El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14
League Preseason Games
GiUe Men Fast Training
Financial End of Intereague Exhibitions Also Proves
Attractive; Gives Young Players Real COmpeti-
ton to Sharpen Their Wits and I'm
prove Ability on Diamond
BY MONTY.

March 80. and play on the following
day Also
ton business, the Dodgers are going
to earn their nickname all over again
by fitting hither and thither and IN q
short space of time, meeting as many
rival major league outfits as any other
club Besides Washington, they VIII
clash with the New York Americans
and Athletics, meeting the 1ankeeS IN
Brooklyn on April 2, 3. 4, and II, ana
the Mackmen in Brooklyn april
Gnu Griffith Visits Old Home.
Clark Griffith will make his rrst
appearance in Cincinnati since ne WdS
fired as manager OF the Reds by Garry
Hermann in 1911 when he takes Ine
Senators there for two game series
with the Reds on April and D. On
cinnati also viii be az nome 70 ne
rival Ohio club the Cleveland Maps,
an ApriI and T. George Stal1ng
Braves are on the boards for only one
ante season series with another DIG
league club, meeting the senators d.
Washington on April 10 and II.
Saws TVhorne VIII Make Good.
ssTiun Thorpe viii make good Inese
words formed the lnIroQucl9n " q
dissertation on the great lnolstu 81
lete written last winter after the res
skin had decided to cast ms !OC WIN
the Giants as a PROFESSIONS De-seD -
T1Iaver following a brilliant career on
the gridirOn and track MANY - ~
iaueh m the sleeve over the Olsap-
Dofntment Thorpe had been Tor NC
CraW allowed him TO appear IN OALy
10 games, only in parts OF some on
them. and the big fellow hit only .l45
in IS times at bat scoring only SIX
rims and with all his tremendous
s1eed- stealing not a single base Some
Dersons expressed the opinion thal NC
GraW was carrying MN on the NIlallls
Davro1I simply as q drawing caro-, pc
eaTse OF his fame earned IN fooIDall
and track athletics But now 1C seems
otherwise. McGraW has announce
that Thorpe was a sensation De1ors me
worlds tour ended, hitting ike a
srreak. fielding sensatiOnally and run
ming wild on the bases
Needed Everyday Action.
"Au Thorpe needed says dcCTfs~'
was everyday action, instead OF ldle-
ness although Of course sitting on the
bench last summer gave him q cnance
to learn lots Of things that van sIeld
him in good stead later on
The mem bers OF the world touring
Marty aver that Thorpe viii put up
hard battle for regular 0erth IN In me
Giants outfield this year, but II VIII
have to be a strictly regular battle II
he hopes to horn his way N me
csiapts have one Of the most impress
sive looking punches Of outfielders in
the country, Jack Murray George
Burns and Fred Snodgfass, last years
regulars. are all on hand, and in add
fio=1 the Giants now have Bob Beacher.
the sensational base runner obtained
nv the Herzog-Hartley trade from Gin
cinnati. and Dave Robertson, the slug
e-fna- southerner. Two less heard OF
YOUNGSTERS, Piez and Harrison, also
have been showing up to advantage
A. fbe Marlin. Texas, training camp
YES. Sir. Mr.. Thorpe viii have to 60
some to do IL this year, but we surely
hone he can. However, here's offering
SIS to two dOughnuts that he IS a Tx
ture and a sensational one next year,
at least