El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04

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I ent OF Joe yelling, the sensational
| - fastener who outpointed Babe Pr
/ cato recently at Vernon. Jimmie Row
an, manager Of Azevedo, has offered to
: wager. $4,000 that his'protege can defeat
! Charlie White in 2O-round contest. It
! is proDaDie, however, that before Aze-
vedo is matched to meet a man of
I Whites caiber, he will be given try
| out at the hands. OF yelling. yelling
/ exhibited a number Of Jimmy ClaDDy
I tricks when he met Picato, and showed
| the effects of the schooling which he
received from the middleWeight title
claimant.
Joe Birmingham, manager Of the
Cleveland Maps, is after the services Of
Buck O'Brien, the ex-Red Sox twirler-
I The diminutive manager OF the. CIeVe-
land club recently wired Art Devlin,
manager Of the Oakland Pacific Coast as
league team, to see If he could buy the
tWirler. Owner James McGill, Of the
Indianapolis American association
team, however. quietly closed the deal
for Buck in the meantime. Cleveland
is badly in need Of pitchers.
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Because he had already agreed to
meet Baltimore Kid Williams at Ner-
non on June 10, Johnny Coulon, ban
tamweight champion, was compelled to
reject an OIIeI TO meet OudTl6S L6uOuAf
bantamweight champion of Europe. at
London. COUlOn asked a pOstpOnement
OF one month. An inducement of a
guarantee Of $500, two round trip tick
cts and expenses, and $500 travelling ex-
penses, accompanied the offer.
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Miller Higgins, manager Of the St
Louis Cardinals, is Of the opinion that
the Giants will cop the 1914 pennant
Of the National league Higgins de-
oil NJ mnHnH
circuit had been weakened by the Fed
eral invasion. st. Louis, according to
higgins, is stronger than ever. Less
opposition than last season will be
faced in Brooklyn, Philadelphia and
Cincinnati, while the Cards have been
strengthened materially.
Leach Cross will depend on his wal
lOp to beat Freddie Welsh when he
meets the speedy little Englishman at
Cross, stated that Welsh defeated
Rivers because he discouraged the Mex
lean early in the fight. Cross is a much
better ringman than Rivers, and was
not at all right when he met the Cali
fOrnian several months ago, according
to Wallach. Welsh is a clever boxer,
with talcUm powder punch.
"Rube WaddeIl was the greatest
pitcher in the game" This is the trib-
ute DdLQ 10 EuUe w dQuGll Dy OOnlAAE
Mack, veteran manager of the Phila-
delphia American league club. "Wad-
dell came to the Quaker City
stranger, but entered into the spirit OF
the city and tried with all his heart to
bring a pennant there" states Connie.
He may have failed at times, but to
him I and the other owners Of the
Athletics ball club owe much"
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Joe shugrue, the New York Hebrew
lightweight. is now en- route to San
Francisco, from which port he viii sail
to Australia, where he is slated to box
before Snowy Bakers Sydney fight
arena. Manager Lee, who handles the
destinies of Shugrue, announced re-
Gently that when he arrived in san
Francisco a substantial guarantee
would be posted to bind a match with
Willie Richie.
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Harry Gessler, manager OF the Pitts
burg Federal league club, has been
gumshoeing around the Brooklyn
Dodgers for several days. It is be-
lieved that Gessler is the bearer OF
number of offers from Federal league
owners to the Superbas Overtures
have been made to a number OF the
Dodgers, according to reports.
Jack Britton looks good, but is not
any better than any other eastern stars,
according to the opinion of a st. LOUIS
boxing critic 1t was difficult to make
a comparison between Britton and
Packey Mcfarland, Freddie. Welsh and
Jimmy Duffey, because it was plainly
evident that he did not extend himseh.
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Arthur Simons ex-amateur bantam
weirht chamDion of the south ana
spaTring partner of Joe Mandot, de-
feated Young Sinnet the middle west
title contender, in New Orleans re.
Gently. Conflicting reports were sent