El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-07
BY B. b. CADDLE.


not known. And it probably. never VII
he as neither he or any OF inc IN
pitchers care to make a Sla II 49,
garding the trouble. Bender ~ 4 "a -
both has good seasons, each winning
large neTceutage' of their games
Coombs who was injured Two 81 80 80
was carried by Mack during lHdL t i4
and never worked. ToWaIqS Lhe 80 80
of the season he started plthlng d lew lev
innings Of the games and showed IhaI
he was returning to his OLD IlHle IO4lll
X X
And now comes the news from the
cast that "Chief' Charles Bender, the
star twirler of the Athletics, mas Ioi-
lowed his teammate Eddie Plank ana
Jumped to the Federals. Home Run
Baker and Jack Coombs or lne ~ ALG-
Ietics are expected to follow their
teammates and jump to the outlaws.
The jumping of Plank and Bender
came as no surprise. In 1act II was
known for many weeks LhaL Lhey
would do this, and Jack Coombs Is
known to now being negotiating 1or
berth in the new league But the news
that Baker was going to jump Connie
Mack's aggregation Of ball players
came as a distinct surprise.
X
The flight of such players as john
son, Bender, Plank, COOmbs and Baker
to the Federals will greatly strengthen
that league. In fact next season 1t will
be lust as strong as either of the Two
organized leagues. The American league
was made just the same way the Fed
eral league is being nodded, by signing
the star twirlers and fielders of the or
ganized leagues. They forced the Ma
tional league to recognize them, and It
looks now as though the Federals were
going to make the two major leagues
recognize them. The magnates Of the
Federals lost a barrel of money last
season, but they have put up another
( barrel full to weather them from the
rocks this season.
Willie Beecher, the New York light
weight, who is a conner. has hands
that compare favorably with those Of
Jim Jeffries, the former heavyweight
champion Those who have seen
Beecher work say that his hands are
the largest of any lightweight boxer
that ever stepped into a roped arena
! The hands are about the size of small
ham. the eastern sport writers claim
Unlike most boxers Of the present day.
Beecher gives club promoters much DIFF
ficulty in obtaining gloves large
enough for him. In fact they generally
! have to order an unusually large pair
of mitts. The advance of Beecher in
] the lightweight division has been me-
| teoric. Within a few months he fought
his way to the top Of the ladder and
/ is now looked upon as a contender for
the crown held by Freddie Welsh.
/ While on the coast BeeCher met jim
/ Jeffries. who took liking to the east
! ern lightweight The resemblance Of
j betCuEI ) nduuS 10 LlLOSE OF the nEdNy =
( weight was then noted. His maulers,
Jeffries says, will bring him home the
| bacon.
The popularity of horse racing is
shown by the number of winter race
| courses now operating. There are no
l less than four tracks where racing is
I holding sway this winter, Juarez, Ha-
1 vana. Cuba; New Orleans and Charles
ton, S. c. When the crusade against
| horse racing was started some years
| ago racing ceased at New Orleans and
| the venture in Havana was a failure.
This year the game returned to New
] Orleans. after the legislature refused
to legalize the game. The business men
made pool to guarantee the hOrsemen
/ that the purses would be paid. There
are no less than 1000 thoroughbreds
racing the four winter courses.
". W. Taylor, leads all the jockeys
now riding at Juarez in winning
mounts Up until last Sunday he piloted
] l20 thOrOughbreds past the winning
/ line in front during the year J. O'Brien
/ is second with 107 wins and A. Mott
| third with 1O4 wins These are the only
/ three riders now riding at Juarez that
/ have passed the 100 mark.