El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-06
Tinker Talks In Large Figures
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Would Pay 100000 For johnson
BY JOIN Z. WAY.

OF LOUIS NO. June G.-The hot at
~ uospllIe is circulating freely through
4 the lurerstices Of Lr Joe Tinker s.
- Bangkok Tlnker's teeming magma
tl0l has drawn picture Of Walter johnson
OF S55,sSa-ss Tor each OF the next three sea
sons
since appearing in q magazine Joe has
not been able TO confine himself 10 the COM
mOuplac= or merely plausible The figure
OF speech known as hyperDole, according TO
which one can run cipher up 10 in1inity,
is one Of the handiest aids TO fiction Joe has
not overlooked il.
Could Get Walter for Half.
Not that we can assert that what Joe re-
lates is fiction. FOR truth is stranger than =
And what Joe says IS, likewise, little BIT
more queer than d story. Here IL is
The Federal league through ar Ward
years work From what he told me IN
washington recently / believe he Will ac-
cept Johnson viii be with the Feds because
organized baseball hasn't enough money 10
keep him Ty Cobb may be with Us next
Organized baseball has not enough money
90 keep him That statement Lu--l-lcs all
Tinker says. even If the 100000 f9r three
years, -i-nt sufficiently kl-l IT, t5li---ns q
team al that rate. d club would have
chance TO run up a Sl.0eu,yoo annual budget
and vie with congress In the matter OF an
uual expenditures.
A Long way From Home.
Just now the Federal league has enough
90 Go thinking about where 10 viii head I'D.
This is said aith a due appreciation Of the
6eElenes5. popularity and financial strelst b
e
ing good. as major league. IL Is losing in
some places. the early popularity that greet
ed it, ana its circuit is badly organized
Before 1t can pay 100000 salaries to in
clFicuals 10 VIII have 10 see its way clear
90 receipts bearing some reasonable proper
ton 20 the amount invested The Federal
has a cot 20 do yet IS a major league
and can you figure q minor league eX-
pending 100000 for one mani
4 step Forward
me new SCORING system was used At the
Mass. According 10 ID five places fiaue
IN the count Five, four, three. two and one
are the respective values given 70 first. sec
o-l-ss lA-r4sr L1urLns ana 1lltAs a. the finish
Irrespective Of what difference this might
make In the chances OF respective teams.
the neE system Will he helpful in another
uucerlen- 90 athletes. The men who can fin
Ism close up 90, hui not quite in the win
ton Tor their labor and pains in train
ing throughout an entire season.
ANY scheme that tends 10 bring out more
men into competitive athletics works for the
6e1crel good
Fortifying the imp"
Time was when tne imp went into the
RAY with only his blue serge uniform and
ul1ounded confidence But not so now For
the "uup' OF today Is like a fortified carup
he ls protected at every joint. and the
chances are that some day he Will direct the
game rom the embrazure Of a stone ram
part, aided boy good glass Now that's only
d slEs esticu. due TO the present trend
mere 8 what q modern imp looks like
"--hl- az As-seA AoL L4Ae uaLLle 4lelG-
gLe e-eal protector extending over the
entire trunk OK the body
one pair OF guards for the lower Iegz
Metal shoes lor the protection OF thl feet
-l2sE. Tor the protection Of the head.
Metal planes Tor the protection Of the
ears.
Pu- such a figure on q horse. give him a
lance and he's ripe 10 send into the joust-
ing tournaments against Sir SagramOre le
DESTROYS.
As yet no device FOR rebufdng the pop bot
tie has been used.
Umpire Klein. who is about the ueztcst
Of all jumps in his appearance. has de-
ylsed a scheme for hiding his armor plate
His protector IS built 10 fit under his trOu-
sers- The shoe plates none can notice. while
the mask is only visible evidence Of his lack
OF confidence in foul tips
A Gentle Little Thrust.
President Savin OF the Detroit club brings
out a little point which one doesn't know
whether 90 accept as plausible theory or
a deep stuff knock
He calls attention to the tremendous ex-
penditurc Of the Federal league and the