El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-05
Baseball Taps VIII Sound Soon
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Football VIII Then Engage Interest
BY B. b. cADDLE.

- My three more days remain until
q taps is sounded sI on the 1919 PLAYING
wednesday are concluded the players viii
I have rounded out another season and the
Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletlcs
I viii arrange for the opening Of the worlds
Z series which will be inaugurated at PhiladeI-
phla on October g.
The Boston Braves Saturday concluded
the closing series with the New York Giants
and Monday open three game series with
! the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers. The Phila-
uelphia Athletics closed their series with the
/ Washington Senators Saturday and today
open a three game series with the New
The Athletics won the toss OF the coin and
Z the first two games OF the worlds series
Z viii be played on their home grounds which
I must be conceded Is a big factor in having
! viii not be tired by a long railroad journey.
! Closing the season at Brooklyn the club will
I probably ride over 10 Philadelphia Thursday
morning and lounge around the hotel lobby
! until the next day when the series open.
Great interest is being taken IN the COM
ing series In fact the fans are more
I worked up over the series than perhaps any
/ since the Giants and Athletics hooked up in
7 their first worlds series Boston has big
( following And II they play as they have
/ during the closing days Of the National
/ league they viii undoubtedly be returned the
| worlds champions Having such a superior
/ twirling staff. Boston will be a hard team
I 70 beat by the Athletics in a short series.
! The Braves and Clients divided their dou-
l bic header Saturday. As predicted by The
writer Stallings is only giving his stars
I enough work now 70 keep them on edge In
was worked four innings, just enough 10
give him a good workout. Hess finished the
Chlg SIX mus were maze on the Boston
hurlers while the Braves were anneEinE Is
of Fromne and Schuppe
In the second game Stallings breeZed Ru-
4 dolph for a few innings and finished the
game with his two sensational recruits.
Crutcher and Strand While Boston
lost the game by score Of 1 70 O. only
one stiugly hit was made by the Giants and
Boston made five off Marquard.
Connie Mack is also nursing his star play
ers. not caring 70 take chance on over
working them OF hsvinr them injured Jack
Coombs was worked few innings Saturday
and twlrled wonderful ball. Al EennOck fin |
ished the game.
It is very unlikely that Coombs will work
in any Of the worlds series games COMBS |
has been out Of the game for two years ow- |
ing % an injury and is just now rounding |
TO- He is hardly physically able 10 work a !
Iuu game There have been reports that Z
Mack has COOmbs under cover for a sur /
prise and Is working him just enough to /
ger MIN On edge Out TINS ooes not seem i
probable. But II Coombs had recovered his !
strength earlier in the season and was the /
JACK Coomhs Of 1909, Phllacelphla would /
undoubtedly win the series. But the loss Of j
Coombs and the fact that Mack has not a
thir9 star which is a veteran may Be the
missing link that viii cost them the duel.
There IS a great amount OF interest mani
Tested in football this season. but right
now the worlds series holds the s. flight (
After that interest viii center on the pig
skin warriors.
Football today. as compared with the
game Of years gone by. demonstrates the I
fact that st IS almost a different sport. The
forward pass has revolutonIzed the !
pass and the open play. Those who are [
keeping the tactics used in attacks years |
ago are being defeated by elevens much I
lighter and considered inferior as 70 lndi-
vidual stars
Football viii not be all forward pass. but
the pass is one Of the strongest factors and
a team must master IL to become q. winner !
There is great deal OF science .connscted !
WI me 1870 pass. A coach must de-
Felop man VINO can pass the ban swiftly
accurately and with judgment Secondly he :
mas 10 develop at least two and preferably !
Iour or i've men adept in receiving the mass /
Otherwise the play, so far as his team f5 l
concerned. viii remain reckless. hazardous
Princeton seems TO have mastered the FIR
ward pass better than any OF the other bfg |
eastern elevens- BOland. the big fuIIbacF ]
-aFe 4o4ll the pass their best form Of Of Z
fence Harvard IS also using the pass ef-
-ecurely.
The season Is too young TO atternn+ IN nick ]
the winner Of the big four" but On present /
dope Harvard again looms up as the Strong ]
- eastern college eleven. Next TO the z
Crimson ranks Yale and then Princeton
In the games Saturday Harvard toyed I
~ SiTlngIleld y ~ c. A, scoring A
points me 1ale Bulldog sprung a surprise
BY scoring n points against the strong Uni-
'erslty OF Virginia eleven. virginia has q /
tTons team this season but the Blue played
} Ear superior game
FL Paso High school seems to have one Of
ne strongest II not the strongest eleven I /
ms year mat ever represented the school.
The team has a hard schedule before it, /
ut should win majority OF the contests
ne CathoAe - {. is whipping Z fast team 4 !