El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-19
Hickey Has Hard Job of Sitting
IL IL il IL IL
Has As Players To Classify
By JOHN E. wRAY.

y T. LOUIS, No, Feb. 1s-Four more
HtlcEeys needed. No, fellow mahog-
- any polishers; this is not the sort of
Elckey you nave an mind The refer
ence above is rifled at one Branch RicJzev-
commander Of the As brownies now in st
Petersburg, Fla where they are to be siffed
down to one big league nine.
Branch had better pick himself out a
reliable alenist and have him on the spot
with one ration Of eyes, brains. ears and
motor equipment, he is undertaking to look
over five separate mines which comDoEe his
squad see the virtues and faults in each
ma out II these are temporary or perma-
nent, get sufficiently well ACQUAINTED with
each man to know his temperament and
mental poise, and at last come ont and
say: This is my best first baseman
shortstop. oUtfielder. pitcher etc this =
ny next best first baseman, shortstop etc -
II Branch could Whack himself up into
1--WE parts. each part just as able and keen
as he himself is, he might surround tbfs
situation TO the extent OF at least giving
them all a 'Ouce-over.' That he can hone
to put into fit physical condition and teach
the theory and practice Of PLAYING baseball
to this squad in addition and ali alone. is
sheer ahsurdity.
Thanks to Mr. staIIings.
Appears very much as though Charles
Me65 Murphy we're running for Sweeney
Garry Put the Amt in Saint.
Considering the pioneer baseball work OF
Herr HERMANN it's remarkable that the
baseball world has not rechristened Gin
clnnau st. OWEoOstine.
Bright Future for Murphy.
II ChaF5ey Murphy ever gets down to his
last 100000 he can earn his dailv lobster
a Ia NeWDerg by signing up as a fog horn
or train caller At calling Charles is
About the New Rules.
Miller higgins and his fellow members
Of the rules committee made a few radical
changes while cOmbing the statutes for
flaws. Here is the result Of their findings-
IL pitcher drops the ball lust 40 bess
about to throw, It goes as a balIz
4 3aSe runner may not advance on an
Base runners may take as many bases as
possible II thrown ball hits an umpire who
is on fair ground.
pitchers are now permitted to stand on
.coachers on first and third may now
address the batter. O"
Coachers on third may no longer inter
Iere win Ihe runner turning third by touch
his side.
If hit ball Is touched by a glove or
cap thrown at it by a fielder. If Sose fol-
two instead OF three bases
Where the Shoe Pinehes.
me feleFaI ieague is putting I'D some /
queer angles to baseball people For in /
the latest deal, Johnny Evers is to AVERAGE /
$4,000 a year from his four-y-ea7 oor+roo+ ]
and bonus Ty Cobb gets but $4,000 Der /
year Hes worth only about three or four /
'Amble, ramble gamble. scrambIe-don,t /
argify, VIII have to be the slogan Of the 1
Federal league if it is to open its gates in /
the cities Of its circuit at the vi6duD Of 4
It's ''big league or bust camDaien
And the bulk Of the organizations busy
little minutes henceforth viii be devoted I
largely to gambling and scramblinp- Tt's
scramble to get ready in time and a big
Six Parks to be Built.
Tho chief cause for worry lies with the
7r-zss- In ST Louis Indianapolis, Chicago
Toronto. Buffalo and Baltimore co1nDlete
-sw stands must be erected ground pre-