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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

vALTER JOHNSON is the second
IA rreat man Of that name 10 win
w far4e in YVashiuEton-the capital OF
o-rr country There was once a
,,rzsf.Ienr az that name who was very prom
80 e- that time But nowadays, Wleh
--oTr sneak Of Johnson in Washinet YOU
auditor brightens up and says Mo-oe ~. =
hoy. isn't he2 Have you ever seen INN
n walter johnson had gone to college
.-T ,radTreF with politics he might nave
l,9-or7e president. and would have been lor-
Gotten nv washington after four nrleI Eee-La.
Tsr14 instead he pitched hay until he had
a-Iez and then began pitching 1asene-lls-
Long after he has retired from asLll -
80 and has gone back TO the bosom OF MS
r,eouIe. citizens Of the capital VIA s%e h lA
lie midst OF an inauguration or an aoIilii-
ist-arfou ball and ask, by the way 'ui1
you ever see johnson pitcn - 90 III.
johnson Is d very young man slLu =
were in business. would only be cqnsluersu
old enough to take a message from ~
7,aaf % the firm to the chief bookkeeper
OCCASIONALLY. But as a pitcher he IS O-,tI,
Sultan Imperator and High card ne
pitched Washington from the bottom OF lll@
league TO second place in three years !" illlu
ID like pitchfug a freight locomotive INTO
the fourteenth story Of a szyscrapeI- -
nov he draws q large salary and when ne
walks around the streets moving picture
mon sneak up behind him and preserve front
znd rear elevations in action for future
generations 49,. ,sz r.
did not learn baseball, but arrived com
rTetefv equipped like new model autoIno-
6fra No doubt he could use brains in his
work as AIatheWson does but at present
ne is employing the we'll known biceps and
triceps which have given such good satisIac-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
GAME WILL GIVE
LINE ON GAS TEAM
Cellar Occupants Win Attempt to Make a
Comeback sunday in Clash With
Rio tirunde stars.


A line or the playing ability % the re-
able Saturday afternoon when the present
cellar occupants VIII attempt Co spring
-'eomehacl' in a clash with the RIO tirauc-e
stars. present leaders Of the percentage
column Reinforced lu the neld and ~
bat. with an addition 90 the LHlr.lns --.---
that viii make the Gas team one Of rl-
strongest I'm the league "a hard fought l---
Tie IS believed imminent
WolesIaele. who has only been defeated
once this season and iu that instance 13
mound for the Bankers All- Lue Hi-l --el7
have had an the breaks I'm games prev iols
10 the affair last sunday is claim pre-
scented hy the remaining five teams OF the
league The stars have been playing con-
sisteut bah Of late. however. and with
the strongest professional clubs which
II Pazo has ever put into the field
Sunday afternoon the Newspaper club is
slated 20 combat with the Puriries, who
have shown remarkable ability TO cluur
the bah In recent games In the second
company L. who were doing guard duty last
week. are billed 20 clash with the Tele-
phone nine. preteuders for first berth %
the eleag que
Tommy Gallagher. the newly appointed
manager Of the Gas nine, has made a num-
rerialize in victory for the much wall
Ioped club Gallagher VIII go on the mound
himself 90 is said on good authority Wade
a newly acquired iufielder- VIII make his
debut iu city league BAN this season Where
ex-rnanaEer Howla viii be placed is a mys-
no mean ability. viii probably be sent into
the OutfieId. with the moniker Of sub
catcher attached. IL Howard Hornhuckle is
unable TO work in an Of the games
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
TEN $1,000 RACES
AT ARIZONA FAIR

Phoenix; Ariz., May Ten purses II
5000 eacn VIII be hung up for the race
horse rdclns viii be the principal amuse-
Horse racing viii be pthe principal anus
inent on az OF The six DAYS OF the fair ex-
boards on each day thai horse racing b.
featured there viii be two $4,000 events. u
IS expected that the best race Will be the
Iree ior an pace. scheduled for Saturday.
There viii be half a dozen races for Ari-
zona horses the purses ranging from $500
TO $1,000.
The commissioners have laid down a rule
that cooking 10y other means than electricity
VIII not be permitted on the grounds during
cooking will be prohfbifaT In order 10 pra-
vent accIdents and promota cIaanIiness.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
ABOUT STARS
Humorous and Serious Tales of the Ball Field
BY BILLY EVANS

DIG JIM VAUGHAN, vino was with
x New York and Washington in the
- American league for time, and
Who last year came hack strong with
the Chicago Cubs, is one of the most
powerfully built men in baseball.
Vaughan has a physique that would
make amy champion heavyweight more
than enviOus-
Ever since Jack johnson won the
championship from Jim Jeffries, the
white race has been trying its very
best TO produce q white hope" able
10 take the measure Of Johnson. A
number Of sOcalled fighters have been
shown the public, all Of them labeled
white hopes" but it is very possible
mat johnson could trOunce most Of
them in the same ring on the same
evening
Bail Players Are Fight Fans.
4 majority OF the ball players are
1iSht fans. When playing any CITY
where lighting as permitted. they can
always be seen at the ring side. of
iale boxing program was not COM
plete unless it had a couple of heavy
weights on the program During
Nauhgan's stay with the washington
ciub- he always had a great deal OF
rem wrestling with Nick AT-rorly yrit1
NICK always getting the losers end OF
the purse
During series in New York the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

a CERTAIN young man-yOung refers
IA 10 age not 10 baseball experience
n has come into the big league so
- quietly that many fans do not yet
know it, But il Is not his first time
Two or three years ago this young man
became a little disa ppointed at what some
Of his friends regarded as q baseball failure
and announced that he was going 10 become
q farmer He did Right now he has corn.
cotton and stock growing on the ground that
was the scene OF one Of the greatest battles
in the history OF America At the same
time. he plays baseball and makes as much
money that way on the farm
A few years ago our hero caused a lot Of
talk in the papers by suggesting that the
rules Of baseball be so changed that the
batter be given the privilege Of going
around the bases either way so as 10 neu-
tral-ze the difference between left handed
and right handed hitters- In other words.
il is his theory that batter should be
allowed 10 start TO third or first as he
chooses This. ne claims would make the
game more evenly balanced
IN his prime our hero was one OF the
greatest hitters and base runners in the
business. He knew nauEht Of fear and
would take any chance that offered His
nickname. which we are forbidden TO print.
would suggest in minute his fiery dispo-
Another one OF his ideas that might re-
call him to your mind was his method OF
teaching batter not 10 back away from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

players went TO a boxing show one
night TO see McGOOrty and Mona The
next day in the dressing room the
players were discussing the fight OF
the previous evening Remembering
the number Of decisions that Vaughan
had secured over him, Altrock in sar-
castle tones remarked
If I was as big as you I would trim
Johnson"
"Well,' replied Jim. you're just
about McGOorty's weight, so why
worry about Johnson"
Nick was forced TO admit that once
again Vaughan had scored a victory
over him and il was a victory Of brain
not Drawn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

TEW YORK May Had Ban
~ Johnson and Garry Hermann
L lived in the days when court
testers we're in vogue, it's a certainty
that a gang of kiugly men would have
battIed for the services Of this JOcular
pair But. as il is. they live in an age
when testers have degenerated INTO
clowns. and there's no other real pace
for this amusing pair TO display their
wares than on the tan bark Of circus
These two If NAY be remembered.
rose Up in righteous wrath and with
proper eclat and dignity some months
ago and. after fixing the public with
ferocious glare, shouted this
Let It be understood right here ana
now that any players now IN organ
lied baseball who jump 10 the Federdl
lague. never, never, never can come
back within the organized told rms
applies not only 10 men VINO may III
the future break their lawful con-
tracts and jump TO the Federais- Dut
also to men who disregard the reserve
clause and 90 over to the euersils-
OF course. we cannot stop men rom
Tumning but we can stop them from
ever coming back in to our ranks And
But They're Taking Them Back
And right now this pair OF lokers
are the ones who are IN tue lllckesl
Of the fight to set back INTO me or
gained fold the players who Jumped
II the Feds. This pair has given its
run sanction to the use Of any neces-
sary means to get back the falthless
players
johnson Is some Buffer.
As previously stated Ban Johnson
Is considerable of a bluffer-perhaps
one of the very best that ever horned
his way into baseball He's tried bluiI
and buster ever since the REDS got
under way in an effort TO scare them
our. And when he and Garry said that
..no player can come back" 1t was Just
another bluff The players called II
and now Ban, and his testing coi-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
SHELTER LEAGUE
SEASON Is OPENED
Talent Is Evenly Distributed and Hard
Fought Games Are Believed To Be
in Prospect

SmeIter league pin demolishers officially
iusugurated the duck pin season Of 1919.
Thursday night at the Cactus alleys. Me-
dium averages featured the opening games.
the scores OF which gave ample evidence that
several hard fought matches are likely as a
result Of the veuly distributed talent. among
the eight teams OF the league. Nandemoer
rolled high game. 103 and total. 271-
Femer's trio won three points from the
Abbott team in the second match Schuyler
rolled high game, s., and total. 247.
The scores-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
CAMPI 0UTFIGHTS
FOX, OF ENGLAND

New York, May Eddie Campi. the Los
Angeles bantamweight. outfought and out
pointed Young Fox. Of England, in a 10
round bout Thursday night having the bet
ter Of every round after the fourth campi
forced the pace from the start and was su-
perior both in attack and fence.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
John son Sill Pitches For the Feds
-:I:- -:I:- ill -:I:- Hi
One Injunction Fails To Hold Him

- ESPITE the injunction issued BY
by judge Foeu Of the superior
- court, CHER Johnson. the
Einnebaeo indian viii twirl for the
Kansas City Packers Recently Jonn-
son caused an upheaval i'm the ranks or
organized baseball By hopping 10 the
Kansas CITY Feds from the Cincinnati
National league club George Stovau,
manager Of the Federal club, declares
that the injunction viii restrain john
son from pitching only IN Cook county,
Ill. where the suit was filed l1 pres
ident Herman Of the Reds wishes 10
deprive the Feds of JOhnsons services
he viii have TO get an injunction
against him in every city OF the
league
Indianapolis is DESTROYS Of getting
Artie Shafer to- Join the Federal
league. according to eastern informa-
riou. That efforts viii be made 10
land the Los Angeles player who de
clined to rteurn east and play Wl-n
the New York Giants is a rumor now
making the rounds in eastern circuits
ShafeF turHed down a fatterlug o1ter
Giants recently stating that money
was no object 10 him Tt is hardly
likely that the Feds viii be sufficiently
lucky TO obtain the Californian. VINO
would doubtless give MeEraw Ilrst
call on his services, should he return
TO baseball
The DAYS Of finish fights which
made California famous are now num-
bered A high pitch of agitation has
been stirred up in the only state in
which boxing has been left unmol ested
with the exception OF Nevada over the
fact that reformers have taken pos
session Of Sacramento and declare
that the wear 1914 Will. be the last of
% round bouts No state in the union
has contributed so plentiful to boxing
as California The people of CallfOr-
MIA Will be the losers by long odds.
Several thousands of dollars invested
i'm fight arenas viii be lost
After he had attained a lead Wild
cat Ferns the Kansas CITY Welter-
weight. lost his fight with Eddie John
round Early I'm the deciding Stauza
Johnson swung a terrific LEFT TO which
appeared a trifle low. to FERNS stOm-
ach. The Wildcat Immediately sank to
pain. Regardless Of his claims of
foul the referee began counting over
him. Ferns rushed Johnson against
the ropes. and Immediately began
swinging low The fight was then
awarded to Johnson. who is Pueblo
product
Organized baseball is indebted to
Tv Cobb. according to critic who re-
Gently Witnessed the celebrated Geur-
gia Peach i'm action on a St. Louis dia-
mond. He thinks that just as long as
lean league. the American viii rank
camel. Chattanooga. 4. Nashville. Cseeond
camel
At Atlanta. Q. Memphis. 1s
At Montgomery, e HlrulrE ham l.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

superior to the Federal circuit With
the world. Cobb is not only a won
derful batter and base runner, but he
is also a smart bah player. he knows
what TO do and how to do it at the
proper time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
Where They PIa

Where They Play saturday.
Chicago az ST. Louis
Detroit at Cleveland
Boston at Philadelphia
New York at Washington.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
TEXAs LEAGUE sTANDINGs.


Where They Play Saturday.
Austin ar Galveston.
Waco at Houston.
Dallas al san Antonio.
Fort worth at Beaumont
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
SIXTH INFANTRY
TEAM WANTS GAME

been stationed for some time. company b
sth infantry has issued challenge to all
local amateur and semi-pro baseball teams
for a game 10 De played az Washington
park or any other grounds on sunday az
ternocu
The arrival Of the sth and other troops
on the border may influence the officials
Of the Fl Paso city league. IL is believed.
to increase the roster OF the league from
Six to eight teams. in order 10 permit the
entrance OF one OF more OF the soldier
mines. All communication for game
may be addressed to first sergeant company
b. 9Th infantry. El Paso. Texas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of AT Good Old siWaHh.7

tion in the past He has way Of throw
ing a ball which reminds one Of a quick
firing rifle shooting at a mark After he
has streaked a few score curves across the
plate the atmosphere in that ball park is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS.

Where They Play Saturday.
Philadel phia at Boston
Brooklyn az New York.
St Louis at Chicago
Cincinnati at PittsburE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

Batteries - Cleveland. Mitchell GreEg
James and Carisch; ST. Louis Baumgard-
ner and jenkins
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
AMERICAN AssOCIATION sTANDINGs.

Where They Play Saturday.
Columbus az Milwaukee
Cleveland az Kansas CITY
Indianapolis at ST. Paul
Louisville at Minneapolis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

Steaks bought at Opitz Market are
always good. Phone 15G.-Advcrllse-
meut-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
GAlIFS POSTPONFD.

Cincinnati at Pittshurg. cold New Eo-k
at Boston. rain; Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
rain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS.

Where They Play Saturday.
san Francisco at Portland.
Sacramento at Oakland.
Venice at Los Angeles.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

camel. Chattanooga, &. Nashville. 1 Csecond
camel
At Atlanta. Q. Memphis. 1s
At Montgomery, a Birmingham. l.
At New orleans. S; Mobile, 2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

Drop iu at Opitz Market and see how
clean and sanitary thinks are kept
Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Thur.dan,a Enme.-

Al Houston r H. z.
Waco ---.--l .
Batteries. Houston. Edmundson and
Kitchens; Waco, OEle. Donalds and Reilly
At san Antonio p H. Z
san Antonio ----------. .------I .
Dallas ---- .-.-.----.. ..----.-. ---- ------9
Batteries san Antonio. Crahhle and Hau-
onsteln- Dallas. Huenke and Nenefee.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ThmredaN,s Game-.

Detroit ..-----.--....-00 900 200 O9N-5
Chicago ------.---..-.1O0 900 O83-f / =
Batteries Detroit, Han. Dauss and Stan
age Chicago, Benz and Schalk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01
C1WFS POSTpONFD

Bo5ion e Wv York ram washington a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

At kansas City r. r. =
Brooklyn --------. 900 00G 100 0f-S 10 3.
Kansas city 1900. .I03 O00 600 01-f II 6
Batteries Brooklyn. Lafitte and owen
Kansas city. Heuning and Easterly-
IL innings
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

At Chicago T. II. r.
Baltimore -----..-.-- 900 0I4 001-1
Chicago. ---.--..-. 600 Nuu uu--1
Batteries Baltimore. Wilhelm and Jack
litsch. Chicago. Mcclure and Block
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

ATEW YORK May Had Ban
~ Johnson and Garry Hermann
lived in the days when court
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

JOHNSON is the second
1 7 r-est man OF that name 10 win
w fame in Washiugton-the capital OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

At St Louis r. r. i.
Buffalo .-.---------..2 900 0U0 06o-1 @
81 LOUIS ---------- ...-lii- lll- CO..
Batteries Buffalo. Moore and Blair. St
Louis. Groom and Chapman
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

OrCanized baseball is indebted TO
Tv Cobb. according to a critic who re-
Gently Witnessed the celebrated Geur-
gia Peach IN action on a 81. Louis dia-
mond- He thinks that just as long as
Cobb elects 10 remain with the Amer
lean league, the American viii rank
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

At 1ndiauapolis- T. H. Z
PittsburE -..--------..201 001 o10-5 T.
Indianapolis -------.--- 50- 600 00N-7
Batteries PlrtshurE. Walker. Adams.
Dickson and Berry; indianapolis. Hart5r
and Warren
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-01

At ST. Louis PHE
Cleveland ---------...- ...--..-..- .
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-23
Is Head of Stock

2 horses, yearling colt, 8 shoats weigh
ing about $50 pounds each, brood SOW,
25 to 80 hens and large amount of
farming tools.
Description of Stock: There are l6
cows, of which are due to freshen
now, to freshen in two months, 2 to
freshen in the fall, and have been in
four months. A very good lot of young
cows which pay well. Three yearling
heifers and calves. The horses will
weigh about 1850 pounds each; are 7
and 8 years old and an extra good farm
team; serviceably sound. One is more
than an average driver; would make a
good pair for livery or general purposes.
TOOLS CONSIST OF: 2-horse farm
wagon, set trucks, set traverse sleds, 2
plows, disc harrow, cultivator, spring
tooth harrow, pr. drive harnesses, pr
work harnesses, single drive harness,
moving machine, horse rake, " interest
in hay Jedder, 2 buggies, sleigh, grind
stone, cream separator, cream cans and
other dairy tools, also a quantity of
small farming tools, several tons of ex-
ira good hay.
Sale win take place, rain or shine,
Wednesday, beginning at 1890 o'clock
and viii close early. Lunch at noon.
Do not forget the date, May 81, and the
place, the Coville farm near Berlin pond.
A. M. BATCHELDER, Owner.
D. A. PERRY, Auctioneer, Barre, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-23
ESTATE OF LEWIS Z. ROBERTS

State of Vermont. District Of Washington. IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Washington:
To all persons interested in the estate Of
evils Il. Roberts, late of the city of Barre,
in said district deceased. GREETING:
At probate court, holden at Montpelier
within and for said district. the 9Th
day of May. 1914. an instrument purporting
to be the last will and testament of Lewis +.
Roberts, late of the city Of Barre. in taid
district. deceased was presented to the court
aforesaid. for probate
And 1t is ordered by said court that the
29th day of May, 1914, at the probate Office
In said Montpelier, be assigned for proving
said instrument; and that notice thereof be
given to all persons concerned. by publishing
this order three weeks successfully in the
Barre Daily Times, a newspaper circulating
in that vicinity, in said district. previous to
the TING appointed
THEREFORE, you hereby notified TO APP
pear before said court, at the time and place
aforesaid. and contest the probate of said
will, If you have cause.
Given under my hand at Montpelier. in
said district. this 9th day Of May 1914.
FRANK ]. MARTIN, Judge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-23
GraniteQuarry
Shop for Sale!

The undersigned offer for sale their
quarry, known as the Hardwick Granite
Company quarry, which consists of 10
acres of quarry land located on public
highway one mile from railroad down
Hill all the way.
This quarry has been worked about 25
years and has produced the best monu-
mental stock quarried in this vicinity.
This granite, known as DARK BLUE
HARDWICk. is of handsome dark blue
shade. 1t receives and retains bril-
liant polish, shows lettering and tracing
plainly, and stands the test of our
northern climate without rust or discol-
grafton, and we are prepared to back up
these statements by numerous monu-
ments which have been exposed for
twenty years and remain clean and
bright. After being thoroughly tested.
its fine working and wearing qualities
are universally conceded.
The quarry is equipped with good
derrick and hoist, blacksmith shop, and
the usual outfit of tools. On this To-
acre lot there is an undeveloped quarry
of light, firm granite, which makes good
hammered work.
We also offer for sale our cutting shop
in Hardwick village, directly opposite
the railroad station, and one of the best
locations in the town for manufacturing.
The lot is about IL rods wide on the
railroad and IL rods back. The shop
will accommodate two or three gangs
Of cutters, and there is room ON the lot
for additional shops if desired. A good
derrick takes stone directly from the
shops and loads on cars.
The village of Hardwick furnishes
electric power for all manufacturers for
the low price of $50 per h. p.
To anyone wishing to engage in the
monumental business in live granite
town, we can offer superior inducements.
We should be glad to answer inquiries
or to show the property to anyone in
terested.
Hardwick Granite Company
BY H. R. MACK
Hardwick, Vermont, May !, 1914.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-23

thrift and industry. 1t is the church
which creates and preserves in influence
the strongest sanctions. of all good NOR
ais and right conduct. Remove the
churches from any town, and in five
years no man would care to live there.
Loss of faith means loss of integrity,
without which business prosperity is in
secure. 1t is not our laws and our pris-
ons which preserve respect for law; it
is the truth of God and the gospel of
Jesus Christ"