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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

dent that the pitching OF the Giant quartet
cannot deceive them
But II they had TO bat against James.
Tyler and Rudolph. OF the Braves. or the
first string pitchers or we Cubs or Cards.
b. would be a different proposition alto
gether- They don't know what those
pitchers would offer in a pinch They don't
know just what each has IN his own line
They would have TO learn that during the
series They wouldn't have pre-series
knowledge as they would have II the Giants
were their foes
It's the same thing with the Athletic
pitchers They know from past experience
just the kind OF balls the Giants can hit
and the kind they can't hit But II they
were pitted against another team Il would
be a different proposition They would
have to feel OUT the hatters and during
the feeling OUT process they might get
bumped for some long hits that would spell
disaster for the winnins chances OF their
club
The Athletic outfieIders know pretty well
where TO play for drives from the Giant
sluggers- But they don't know exactly
where 20 play FOR the hitters on the other
clubs
n the Giants do battle the Athletics. the
70 odds seem fair But IL the Athletics
have to cross bludgeous with some other
National league club. the long end bettors.
in our opinion. are taking chances that are
bit too long, even though the Athletics
outclass every one OF the four teams that
have been fighting it out for the National
league pennant
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
MANAGERS Of NAJ0RLEAGUE5
STRENGTHENING THEIR TEAMS
With Exception of the Athet c There Have Been Many
Changes in the Big Leag ues; Many Minor League
Stars Have Been Purch ased and Will Be Given
Tryouts by Clubs the Big Leagues.
Cleveland Acquires 20 New Players

for third baseman John Martin Boston
records show some IS deals The major
transfers include the sale OF George Beck
To- the Cleveland Americans the trading
81 Hub" Perdue 20 St Louis for players
Whitted and Gather. and Josh Dsvore's ac-
QUESTION for John Martin
The Chicago Cubs have Il transactions
In the record Eliminating the minor league
purchases and releases. the schedule shows
that pitcher koestner was sold to Cincln-
natl, and first haseman LoIlowitz traded 70
the same club for Claude Derrick The St
Louis Cardinals have held fairly steady 10
the early season enrolment HaEeman was
sold 70 the Chicago Nationals and Whitfield
and Gather traded to Boston for pitcher
Perdue- The other deals involve minor
league players
Giants Sign Many.
The New York Giants have a list OF Is
players signed or released this season. but
not IN single case does another major
league club figure In the dealing. Brook
lyn.s principal efforts in this direction in
10 St Louis. Erwin TO Cincinnati. and smith
10 Boston
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
Sport and Automobile Section

HOWDT, MIR. RENO!
Woman sues for fourth divorce,
showing that after the third it
becomes a habit.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

thing like do only he don't get SO i'll l-H
, strenth in TO his swing .t,5-
Well Steve what do YOU think OF tAt.'
here O'Day keeping me on M 80
wareing out my pants and senGlns lL- ~
here kniseley up To bat in a plncH tI u
If he only drawed his pay as OH % m m
gets a base hit he would De pIOAe a." az
the time and if If the only llihes u
rained was when he got a base hit all
the crops would dry up and II w ny
times we win games was Wne IN ~
broke them up the national coll-lSLl.'ll
would fire US out Of the league anu
stick the GAINESVILLE club in there IN
our place. Some Of the boys says ne
can hit a ball hard but II ne can WY
don't he and may be he IS saNelhE W
his base hits for next year ana II ne
is he should ought TO bat 9 Numbered
when he gets ready TO let loose OF some
of them And me setting on the Dencn
all the time.
Schultz saws the reason O'Days got
it in for me is that 1 dress TO good ana
ODay dresses good him SER DuL ne
cant begin to look as swell as me ana
that's why he is sore on me- Wen steve
l guess if 1 want TO get rare zeal l
viii half to throw a way my 5oOo
shirts Including the new just
bought with the big pink and green
stripes and throw a way my ice cream
suit and all the rest Of the sWeu stun
1 got and run round with a sWelteI
or Overalls or some thing but i guess
Il would not do no good TO throw away
my close because the close don't make
a man and 1 would not be no rotten
locker If / did not ware nothing
The little girl went over TO 81 Joe
for a few days with some friends OF
hern and she wont be there 10 see me
tomorrow when 1 get back and she
wont see me for pretty near 3 weeks II
1 token on the eastern trip and may
be she will see some body she likes
better then me but / guess they Is not
no danger of that Ell Steve You would
got from her and IL ended up with
lot OF little round marks that means
kisses. o you Steve. Yours resp-y,-
Bill
lCnnvright.- 1914. bv Ring W. Lardnsr.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
IMaekmen May Beat Giants Easily
another Team Might Be Hard Foe
Mackmen
BY FRANK G. NIENKF


- Jew YORK. Sept 12-Down in Wall
n street there are some folks who are
| ~ willing now 20 bet 20 i that the
Athletics win the world series no
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
NEW YORK CLUB
WINS BIG MEET

Baltimore; Nd. Sept 1.-THE New York
Athletic club won the championship with a
score OF % points The New York Irish
American Athletic club was second with q
points: Boston Athletic association, third.
association. fourth Is points: and Chicago
Athletlc association fIfth. - points
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

TEW YORK. Sept 12.-Down in Wall
N street there are some folks who are
willing now 20 bet 20 1 that the
Athletics win the world series no
If the Giants oppose the Athletics It seems
OF colecung- The Athletics, as previously
pointed out seem TO have the Giants buzz
faloed- The Giants have been beaten so Of
ten By the Athletics that rs become a habit
with them 10 take a beating
The Athletics outclass the Giants this
year in every department Of the game.
Their pitching staff seems Tar stronger
steady and can HIT their infieId so FAR
Overshadows the Giants that there's no
comparison. and even in the outfield the
Philadelphians have a big edge.
Added 20 all this Is the biggest factor IN
favor o. the Athletics-they seem TO have
the number Of the Giants
Another Team Might Change story.
But IL the Athletics go against either the
Braves. Cards or Cubs there might be a
different story 10 tell when reviewing the
result OF the 1914 world series None OF
the three teams mentioned seem any
stronger than the Giants. but they would go
into battle with a different spirit than the
Giants. There wouldn't be that feeling akin
who are so familiar with the offensive and
defensive tactics OF the Giants would be
UP against a different proposition II they
had 10 face another team
The Athletics have batted against 0fath-
ewson. Marquard. Tesreau and Demaree-
They know pretty well what each pitcher
has in the way OF curve and speed They
know that they can hit those twisters and
straight ones for homers They are conf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

"HIS year OF 1914. in so many ways
the anus mirabilis'' Of baseball is
already notable for the great shifting
about OF major league teams Eirl
Kitchener. in his efforts 10 bring
troops 10 the front. has nothing on the
diamond field marshals with their securing
Of the countryside fer anything % brace up
their warriors
The world champion Athletics is about
the only team which has stood pat The
other big leaguers have been cickering and
trading and buying right and left from the
minors besides noisily fighting the Federal
league sediuon
In the American league. Boston secured
Egan, Shore and Ruth from the Baltimore
club. Of the international; HobItzeL. from
Cincinnati Gregg. from Cleveland. in
change for Coumbre, r. johnson and Egan.
as well as several minor league and col
lege players The Chicago White Sox have
signed or released 10 date even dozen
players. not including Hal Chase. who
jumped 70 the Buffalo Federals- The deal
ing. however, has been confined TO the
minor and college class. although Comis-
key holds the present season record in his
purchase Of fielder Felch from Milwaukee
Of the American association. at $4,000 cash
and two players
The New York Americans have purchased.
exchanged or released 10 players since April
Il. Some Of the big league material secured
includes catcher Nunamaker. from the Bos-
ton Americans: pitcher Carroll Brown. from
the Athletics: in addition 10 Birdie Cree
from the Baltimore Internationals Cleve-
land IS another club which has dipped deeply
have been bought, sold. exchanged or lost
by desertion this season A majority OF
these transactions involved minor leagues.
the principal major league deal being with
the Boston Americans whereby pitcher
Nean Gregg, sent TO the Red Sox in ex-
change for pitchers COumbre and johnson
and catcher Ben Egan-
Detroit Makes Little Change.
Aside from the purchase OF two minor
league players and the release Of catcher
Gibson the Detroit club has stood pat 10
date. and the same may be said OF Clark
Griffith's Washington combination. The
Capital club purchased outfelder Mike
Mitchell from the Pittsburs Nationals. re-
secured J. E. Blair from the MarunsburE.
w. Va. club. The St Louis Browns re-
leased two players and purchased one for
future delivery.
Far more activity in this direction has
been shown in the National league The
30 players have figured in one way an
other I'm club deals or jumped 10 the Fed
eral league Claude Derrick was bought
from Baltimore and then traded to Chi
ntzel went 10 the Boston Americans and
Tex Irwin from Brooklyn TO Cincinnati. and
back again Bert Daniels. former Yankee.
ana part Of Jack Dunn's $4,000 Baltimore
international league assets, found his way
to the Cincinnati club. TO say nothing OF
a number Of minor league and college
players
Pirate Scouts Busy.
PittsburE scouts too have been busy and
have 10 deals OF one kind another 90
Washiustons. whereby Mike Mitchell was
solo' me transaction involved the purchase
or release Of players from or TO minor
A6ues- The Philadelphia Nationals have
being the trade OF Josh Devore TO Boston
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12

Quality first Crescent Cleaning Works
Phone 1891. auto will caIl--Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
MIDLAND BEATS AR,rY AGAIN.

Mloland won another polo game from the
Eorl Bliss team al the Midland county falr
Inursaay by score Of TO 3 The polo
team from the Sth brigade was expected
TO return today from Midland.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-13
MEXICAN DOPE

Mexico City. Aug. 13.-Gen. Car
rama will soon occupy Mexico City.
Provisional President Carbajal is en-
route to Vera Cruz today and a gen.
eral movement of federal troops from
the city is in progress a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-13
BITS OF WAR NEWS

New York.-Afthough British adj
miralty has repeatedly assured the
American grain men that the ship
lanes to Europe are clear, dealers
still refuse to ship grain in fulfIment
of their contracts made before the
war. Grain men claim that as the
British government has seized six
cargoes of grain shipped to Liverpool,
they woul dprobably take any future
shipments sent, so their contracts
cannot be carried out.
MISUNDERSTANDING that North
Sea is mined and that England is
planning mining to retaliate for
Germany's move in the open sea
flashed to U. S. gold ships Tennessee
and North Carolina.
New York.-For present at least
Hamburg-American line will not at
tempt to sail any of its ships for
American ports, according to J. P.
Mayer, managing director and one of |
refugees from Rotterdam brought |
back on Potsdam.
New York.-SaiIing of French liner
Rochambeau yesterday cancelled. No
explanation.
New York.-"BattIeship Gray" will
probably be fashionable color next |
season, according to. prediction of
manufacturers. War, they hold, al
ways influences styles.
New York.-British consulate is
sued statement announcing that Ad-
miral Craddock on cruiser Suffolk
has reported Atlantic clear for traffic
of British ships as far south as Trini-
dad. Did not say what became of
German cruisers last reported in
West Indian waters.
Ottawa, Ont.-First units of Can
ada's contribution to England's fight
ing strength will leave for Val Car
tier about middle of next week.
London.-MiIitary experts of Times
say German army now operating
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-13

now on European soil in vicinity OF
Namur, Belgium, cannot be ascer-
tanned, as all movements of either
army or navy are withheld for
strategic reasons.
Washington.-State dept request
Led Ambassador Page at London to
investigate arrest of Henry A.
Methes, st. Louis artist, at Sunder-
land, Eng.
Neutrality-suspicious. M. Hunting
ton, pres. American Geographic So
ciety, and wife are safe and well at
Grand Hotel, Nuremburg, Germany,
according to advices received by
Sec'y Bryan. This is taken to mean
Huntington is not under arrest as
spy, as previously reported.
Washington. - Sisters of Notre
Dame at Trinity College appealed to
Sec'y Bryan to have warning forces
near Namur respect the mother
house of the Sisters of Notre Dame,
where many American girls are. The
secretary has cabled asking that this
be done.
Washington. - Battleships Texas
ouO AOu1Olc1uo3 Gil 4OuIC " 4NCW 1O1h
from Mexican waters, halted at
Guantanamo awaiting orders for pos
sible service in Haiti and Santo Do
mingo, fearing conflict on island on
arrival of American financial COM
mission.
Washington.-Sec'y Bryan decIin-
ed to discuss reports that China,
Tonan and IT G arc IIndorta kinC
mediation in Europe.
Paris.-For first time in history
is proving it's worth in
war. General Joffre, French army
using racing auto,
covers miles along front,
London.-Fifty Grey-Red veterans
of the eFnian raid have volunteered
for service.
-O-O
NEWMAN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
Kiss MARBURY VICTIM
OF GIANT IMPOSTOR
Picks Out the Well Known
Murphy as Man Who
Got Her $25.

John Murphy. known also as Mag,nnis
whose size attracts notice wherever he
goes, was taken to the Norkville police
court yesterday on a charge OF getting
t25 through fraudulent pretcnce from Miss
Elisabeth Msrbury. the dramatic agent
OF l05 West Fortieth street Murphy is
6 fee, inches tail and weighs 37o pounds
on February "a man OF extraordinary
size accompanied by a man OF average
dimensions went TO Miss MarbIry's office
and showing a shield introduced himself
as Police Capt. Kennedy"
This Is my wardman, Detective Con-
roy" the big man is said to have told
Miss Marbury eve are collecting money
for the widows and orphans OF brave
policemen who died in the discharge Of
their duty"
Miss Marbury asked how much was ex-
pected OF her.
Make IT $3.50 and you will have the
prayers OF the orphans"
She made il s25.
Last Thursday Miss Marbury wrote to
Mayor Mitchell about her experience and
the Mayor turned the matter over 10 the
Commissioner OF Accounts. George g.
Miss Marbury to Police Headquarters.
where she picked out the picture OF John
Murphy as that OF the man who got
her s25
Mr. Freer learned that Murphy was
wanted on "A charge Of getting check
tor $50 from the Irving Place Theatre by
PRETENDING he was getting subscriptions
toward fitting up gymnasium for the
building Department.
Detectives william Boyle and John
Boyle took Miss Marburys description OF
the collector and arrested Murphy on Fri
day night at sixth avenue and Forty
sixth street He said he was IS years
old, married, a plumber by trade and lived
at 534 West Thirty-fourth street.
Magistrate Sims held Murphy in $4,000
bail
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

Capt simmons declared that he could
not understand why the steamer Hamilton
failed to send him assistance.
They might not have seen us in the
ilfeooat," he continued. but they GER
tainly saw the signals flying from tho
Tower which was fast going down, and
they were the most urgent signals dis
played by vessels in distress at sea. I
certainly would have not passed vessel
without going TO her assistance II she DIS
played such signals as we did "
Capt simmons said that the Tower
began to break IN two SO rapidly that tho
crew left the ship in about twenty minutes
after the discovery,
I'VE had been displaying distress sig
nails from about 10 O'Clock In the morning
but Il was nearly 1 o'clock before the
Tower disappeared completely from sight
added the captain
We could not have remained on board.
however, all that time, because when sne
began to double up in the middle tho
water poured In her from All directions
and we could hear the water rushing ana
heating against her cargo"
II. A. Wilbur chief engineer OF the
Tower. said the water poured in so fast
that he barely had time to reach the up
per deck.
"She simply went all TO pieces" he
said. "she plunged like waterlogssd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
WANAMAKER WON'T
STOP WITH ONE Filler
Will Keep on Building Until
Ocean Is CrOssed-Curtiss
to Stay Here.

Rodman wanamaker told Glenn n.
Curtiss yesterday afternoon that II the
overocean f!er Mr.. Curtiss Is building did
not cross the Atlantic in the first attempt
he wanted to keep on trying until the
machine is pilo,ed from Newfoundland 70
the Irish coast in single night
Mr.. wanamaker does not want TO back
a failure. Mr. Curt!ss said last night. and
ne is going to take no chances. He ex-
poets to get the Lord Northcliie $4,000
prize, even II several attempts have to be
made.
Nothing that will make for the ultimate
success OF the project is being left undone
Mr.. Curtiss and several OF his mechanics
will spend a month or more at the start
Ing place in Newfoundland. The huge
fiter will get several trials there and a
small scout aeroplane will be used to tes,
wind currents. II Is probable that two or
more balloons will also be used In these
tests. The aviation camp probably will
be established In June.
The Wanamaker iier will be completely
built and tried out at Hammondsport,
". Y, according 10 Mr.. Curtiss II had
been suggested that the machine would
nave " NC aSOc'''S' 80 '''S $50
point in Newfoundland to avoid the
Wright patent decision.
This transatlantic fier will not in
fringe on the patents held by Mr.. Wright"
he said. 1T will be inherently stable
without the use OF aielerons. The Wanna
maker machine is to be a liner. II Is for
straight ahead. long distance flying. We
will not need aielerons for that. OF
course we do not expect to loop the loop
or to ny around corners with II.
Her control will be practically auto
matte and due to design rather than any
artificial means. The sweep Of the planes
will be such that she will keep an even
keel and a true course by herself as natur-
rally AS a boat. and need little more at
| tention.
Two machines Of this type will be
built, one Of them will be worn out in
the trials and the other will make the
trip"
/ There have been constant rumors tina,
| on account of the recent patent decision
| In favor OF Orville Wright the Cur
tiss plant would be moved abroad. Mr.
Curtiss made II plain last night that he
did not contemplate any such move.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
HOW TO EAT ON $3.50 A WEEK,
Prof Esau~rr~ says It's Feasible, and
His boys Are Trying II.

PilTsBURG. March 7.-Nourishment OF
the proper kind does not cost a small
fortune. asserted Edmond Esquerre, asso-
ciate professor Of chemistry at the Car
negie Institute OF Technology, to-day
here.
Young men. who are the most hearty
eaters in the human family" said Prof.
Esquerre, "can get along on $3.50 a week
for food. They will be enabled to pursu
the hardest courses OF study on the fire
made by the food at the price given and
will gain weight. II the proper methods
we're followed the epidemic of boils that
generally results from football practice
and the training tabls would never
happen.
II want to emphasize the fact that
Young robust men can live on $3.50
"A week and have meat once day"
There are fifty young men In the Insti-
tute Of Technology living under the I;s-
ouerre regime, and they look like con-
ditioned athletes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
OTHERS REACH SHORE
Coal Freighter Breaks in
Two and Becomes YER
liable Sieve.
DISTRESS SIGNALS IGNORED
Capt. Simmons Mystified at Ac-
ton Of Old Dominion
Liner Hamilton.

NORFOLK, Va. March Capt. n. e.
coal steamer Charlemagne Tower. Jr..
which sank off Barnegat. N. j.. yesterday
afternoon, were landed here to-day by the
steamer Bayport. The men were picked
up from a lifeboat off the New Jersey
coast yesterday afternoon five hours after
they left their sinking steamer. Four
other members of the crew. who put of
In another lifeboat. were rescued by New
Jersey life savers. All OF the crew were
saved.
Capt. Simmons declared that the Tower
began leaking yesterday morning. Within
and began to break into halves.
when we took TO the boats" said Capt.
Simmons. the Tower was breaking In
two. Water was pouring in the ship
from bow and stern and we had no chance
to remain anoat. The water poured In
the ship so rapidly that we did not have
time to save any OF our belongings and
were forced to take to the boats.
THE old Dominion liner Hamilton
passed US while we were in the lfeboat.
but did not send us any assistance. I
do not know whether or not the Hamil-
ton lookout was able to see us in the
small boat, but We were displaying dis
tress signals and asked that help be sen,
us at once.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
FIND $4,000 HIDDEN IN STORE
Corners Yield Up Mortgages, Ger
tincates and Notes.

DUNDEE, y. Y. March 7.---Robert
o. Rooms. administrator of the estate Of
his brother. John c. Rooms. a grocer. who
died two months ago. has found more
than $4,000 in cash. mortgages. GER
,ihcates OF deposit and notes hidden in
corners In his brothers store. In the bed
in which the grocer died there were hid
den securities valued at 5000.
After the fortune was found in the
store several persons went TO the adj
minstrator and acknowledged that the
dead man had held notes against them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
MELBA PLEADS WITH AUDIENCE
suddenly Loses Voice In Boston and
Can't Sing Her Part.

BOSTON, March Mime. Melha appeared
In the costume Of Mimi in La Boheme"
In the Opera House this afternoon and In
an almost inaudible tone told her audi
ence that she had come expecting to sing,
but had suddenly lost her voice and was
una BILE to make a note.
The diva said her physician had warned
her that It would be dangerous for her TO
attempt to sing.
Il am deeply grieved to disappoint YOU,
my friends said the prima donna, but
hope to make up for It In some other
way later
Miss Myrna Sharlow took the role or
Mimi. Nine. Melba caught cold In Spring
field a few days ago and had apparently
recovered, hut the rawness of the atmos-
phere here frightened up her vocal cords.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
ENGLAND LIKES OUR CHICKENS.
shipment Of 10000 Pounds Last
Week to supply Fancy Trade.

England demands certain amount OF
fancy frozen frying chickens dressed and
hacked In American style. Last week
100 900 pounds, valued at $4,000. was
shipped TO Liverpool from Western pack
ers This poultry Is all MIX led and IL
packed In most approved style.
Nowhere Is poultry packed as In Amer
lea. Russian and Chinese packers have
tried to initiate the American style.
but they put in small ROSTERS and old
fowls and this has turned the fancy trade
of England to America.
Forty cars were required to haul this
shipment from the Western packing plant.