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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03

4 FACT has been dug up recently
n in connection with Jack John
4 n son which will still further re-
duce his chances and enhance those Of
Willard in the coming scrap. 1t is that
when Johnson was first starting in
the fight game he was stricken with
appendicitis and compelled to undergo
an operation Now mark this. At the
time Johnson was operated on for ap-
pendicitis he had attained his majority.
And no fighter in the game has ever
been operated on for appendicitis after
he passed the voting age and retained
his punch Ad Wolgast lost the light
weight championship to While Richie
some time after he had undergone an
operation for appendicitis And Ads
defeat in this battle is directly trace
able to that operation. He showed con-
clusively then and in the bouts which
he fought later that he had lost the
punch which won him so many fights,
and that with it he had lost a good deal
of the wonderful stamina which he had
possessed prior to the operation.
There are probably a great many who
will contend that the operation which
he underwent will not affect Johnson as
other fighters before him They viii
further contend that he has a world
Of stamina and a terrific punch. But
has he2 Take his stamina first. Johnson
started fighting in 1899, losing his first
fight to Young K1ondike- This makes
16 years he has been following the
game. During that time he has fought
u 20 round fights. This is the longest
route he has ever been asked to travel.
OF those u bouts Il were fought be-
tween 1899 and 1905. Since he won the
championship from Jeff the only fight
over any distance which he has fought
was the one which he fought with
Frank Moran during the past year. And
in every one Of these fights over dis
lance Johnson has stalled at least dur
ing the latter part Of the fight.
=
This stallinE cost him two 20 round
fights. one to Hank Griffin in 1902 and
the other to George Gardner in san
Francisco in 1905. This record doesn't
show that he possesses any great
amount of stamina. And to further
show that he does not possess 1t, prac-
ticalIy every one Of his fights shows
that he always made the other man
carry the fight to him and has saved
himself throughout the fight. He fur
Their saves himself through his HAT
footed, shutting method of getting
around the ring If he really possessed
the great stamina attributed to him il
would be entirely unnecessary for him
to pursue these methods of saving him
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03

TT WAS in the fourth game OF the
1912 worlds series that manager
\ 1IcGraw took a similar chance to
that which won him so much praise in
the opening game Of the 1911 series and
which I described Tuesday in detail
This second chance failed Of success
and. instead of being called a wise
head, he was charged with having taken
a very foolish and ,unwise chance. It
seemed to me that he had once again
played good baseball, but his plan had
failed, and the result is usually the only
thing that is given much consideration
by those who take in baseball games.
Boston had won the first game, the
second had ended in an IL inning tie,
while New York had captured the third
contest by a one run margin, the same
lead that Boston enjoyed in the opening
victory. It was known that both man
ayers were mighty anxious to take the
fourth game, as it would give the win
ner the edge in the series. Manager
Stahl had called upon Joe Wood to
carry the Red SOX burden, while Nc
GraW pinned his hopes on big Tesreau.
Gardner Scored First.
In the second inning Gardner, of Bos-
ton, scored the first run OF the game.
He hit a terrific Crive to right field,
which was held to a triple by some fast
a wild pitch. Tesreau got into trouble
in the fourth by walking Gardner, the
first man to face him. Stahl hit to the
pitcher, and Gardner was forced at
second. Stahl stole second. Wagner
was out to Merkle, Stahl going to
third. Cadys hit was too hard for
Fletcher to handle and Stahl scored
Thus. when the Giants went to bat in
the last half of the seventh, the score
stood ? to 0 against McGraw's team.
1t was evident that the Giants would
have to be doing things if they were
10 beat Wood, who was pitching in
fine style.
Expected Fletcher to Score.
Merkle opened New YOrk's half Of
the seventh by striking out. HerzOg
scratched a single through Wagner.
Myers flied to Speaker. putting it up
to Fletcher. who had failed so badly in
the opening game when a hit would
have meant New York victory.
Fletcher came through with a slashing
double to right that scored HerzOg and
put the Giants in the running. Nc
GraW, seeing a chance to tie up the
game, sent Mccormick, is star pinch
hitter, in to bat for Tesreau. I UNI
pired the bases in that series, and was
standing directly back of pitcher
Wood when Mccormick sent an ugly
bounder through the pitchers box which
Wood was unable to handle. As the
ball bounded past me, I did not think
there was a chance in the world for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03

second baseman Yerkes to make a play
on the ball I felt sure that Speaker
would be called upon to handle it, and
also that Fletcher would have no trou-
bic scoring.
YerI1es Spoiled Things.
No doubt McGraw was of the same
opinion, for, as Fletcher dashed for
third on the hit, he frantically sig
nailed for him to keep on to the plate.
In some way Yerkes managed to break
down the drive by a beautiful one
handed stop with his bare hand Even
then I did not figure that there was
chance to get Fletcher, as Nerkes was
in no position to throw and so off his
stride that it was impossible for him
to get any speed on the ball Without
even aightening up, Yerkes cut loose
with a side arm throw that went true
to the plate. 1t was one Of the most
accurate throws have ever seen, and
IL arrived at Just the right height for
the catcher to put the ball on the
runner. Fletcher, who seemed certain
to score, was retired, with some to
spare, through Yerkess wonderful play
McGraw Received Abuse
A good many fans were unkind enough
to insist that McGraw had thrown the
game away by taking very foolish
chance. In the other game the runner
had advanced three bases on a fast hit,
while in this case, on slower hit the
runner had been retired at the plate
Had Fletcher scored, il would nave
tied up the game. and might have
changed the entire result 1t seemed
like mighty good baseball to me, but
manager McGraw was forced to take a.
lot of abuse for his snap Judgment,
which a year before in a similar play
had won him much praise, which proves
that results sway the baseball audience.
Even though he failed. don't you be-
Heve McGraw should be praised. not
censured, for a brainy play?-Copy-
right, 1915, by the Wheeler Syndicate,
I'M
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03
BRAVES MAY LOSE PENNANT
UNLESS LUCK IS WITH THEM
Chances of 1914 Champions Are Made Subject of Specu
Iation; "Wise Men, Predict Downfall of stallings's
Team, Which Won on Luck as Much as on Brilliant
Playing Last Season, TIL ough Conceding Chance
By FRANK C. MENKE.

some errors made by an opposition
player who averaged about one error
LOOK over the 1914 record of the
Braves-that is from mid July to the
end of the season-and you Will see
they won a large bulk OF their games
bv one run. Time and time again
they were returned victOrs in / to Q or
to ! games. That was when their
pitchers were going good. In the early
part Of the squirt the Braves pltchers
were working in wonderful fashion and
their batters weren't hitting. Later on
when the pitchers slumped the batters
got busy and won the games with
their clubs.
Things Broke just Right.
That's luck. You can't tell me It Is
anything else. The Boston batters
tried as hard to hit when their pitchers
were pitching shutout ball as they did
when they were touched up for six and
seven runs per game. But the Braves
batters were in slump when their
pitchers were going good. They were
lucky enough to get out Of il just IN
the nick of time.
Pitchers Won't Repeat.
THE trio of Boston pitchers-Iyler,
James and RUdOlph-who did such
wonderful work in 1914 won't repeat in
1915. Achievements like theirs of last
season occur only once in decade. All
three may have a good year in 1915
and they may not
'Magee will strengthen the outfield.
The Braves infield ought to work up
to standard in 1915. So should the
catching department The Braves, on
paper. may look better for 1915 than
they did when they beat the Athletics
But will they have the same luck? If
they don't they may finish no better
than third"
What think you all OF these senti-
ments?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03

-Ew YORK, Feb. "A bet Of $500
N to $50 was made down in Wall
4 y street the other day that the
Braves wouldn't win the 1915 pennant.
That wager seemed to express pretty
generally the opinion Of fandom con-
corning the Braves chances during the
coming season.
The Braves played the most wonder
full baseball over a stretch Of 10 weeks
that ever has been played in history.
They beat team in the world series
that was considered to be the greatest
ever welded together. And they peat
that outfit in record time. Ana YET
despite that great showing, despite Ine
fact that the Braves have been
strengthened considerably. only the
stoutest hearted Boston fans are pre-
dieting another pennant for the Braves;
The socalled wise menT of baseball
think that the Braves will not repeat
simply because lightning isn't supposed
TO strike twice in the same place and
that accidents rarely happen twice IN
the same way.
"The Braves victory in 1914 was Of
a miracle nature one Of the wise
ones" tells us. You can't expect too
many miracles in this day and age. or
course, I don't say that the Braves
haven't a chance to repeat in 1915 They
may win. An things are possible But
I don't think they viii win"
"Why?" we asked.
"Well, their 1914 success was due to
a certain extent to great ball playing
and it also was due to luck They
got nearly every break in the games
between mid July and the close Of the
season. Time and again they seemed
to be hopelessly beaten in games, yet
they won out either through some nit
made at a timely moment by man
who never before hit in a pinch, or by
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03
TRAINERS KNABLEKAAIP
AND CHM REINsTATED

p T. Chinn, trainer for jefferson.
Livingston, and C. H. Knablekamp who
were suspended by the stewards three
weeks ago on information furnished by
Jockeys Hartwell and Collins, were re-
instated Tuesday.
The stewards ruled that, after care
full investigation the charges preferred
had not been sustained beyond possible
doubt
The charges were dismissed and the
suspensions terminated.
The license of jockey J. Collins was
revoked. The decree was sigIsed by
stewards c. F. Price, John T, ireland
and W. H. Fenchler
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03
Managing With the Second Guess
BY BILLY EVANS


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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03

-Ew YORK, Feb. IA bet Of $500
l to $50 was made down in Wall
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03
SUTTON BEATS YAMADA
AT BILLIARD MATCH

Alton. Ills. Feb. 3.-George Sutton de-
feated Koji Yamada SOC to 129. at a national
championship billiard players 14.1 balk line
match here Tuesday night. The men played
"A innings. High runs and averages were;
Sutton-68; 21.35. Yamada-59; 8.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03

St Louis. No. Feb. 3.-Charlie ('Dutch")
Brandt, Of Brooklyn, outpointed Johnny
Solsberg. also Of Brooklyn, in an eight round
bout here Tuesday night The men weighed
lis pounds at the ringside.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03
nT,rARTY WINs sIOW FIGHT.

Albany, n. Y, Feb. 3.-Tommy McCarty,
Of Montana, outboxed Dan ('Porky'') Flynn,
Of Boston. in 10 embarrassing rounds here
Tuesday night Referee O'Reilly threatened
several times to stop the fight because Of
slOWness.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-03
sKID" WILLIAMS BEATS
WALLACE L

New York. Feb Skid" williams Of
Baltimore. the worlds bantamweight cham
pion, who IS matched to meet Johnny Kill
bane, the featherweight title holder. met
and defeated Eddie Wallace. a Brooklyn
featherweight. in a 10 round bout In Brook
Ign Tuesday night. Williams weighed 119%
and Wallace 12O4A pounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05

Norbert Wiener, aged 10, was ap-
pointed by special vote of the Harv-
ard faculty to lecture on THE Theory
of Knowledge" to Harvard students
next year.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
TURKISH ARMORED CRUISER
MEDUDIEH SUNK.
Struck Mine Near the Russian Coast
Had Crew of 302 Men.

London, April 4, 1926 p. 1n-The
sinking of the Turkish arnored cruiser
Medjidieh is reported from Petrograd
to Reuters Telegram company. A
semi official communication from Sc
bastopol to Petrograd says that the
Medjidieh struck q mine near the Rus
sian coast last night and went down.
The Medjidieh was member of the
Turkish Black sea fleet which has at
tackled Russian ports on several occa-
sions and sunk Russian vessels. On
Ian. 81 it was announced at Petrograd
that the Medjidieh, with the Turkish
cruiser Midirli, formerly the German
cruiser Breslau, had been discovered
near SAMSON by the Russian fleet, but
escaped after a long pursuit.
The Medjidieh was an American
built ship, having been laid down in
Philadelphia in 1903. She was not a
large vessel and her armament was
comparatively light. She was 331 feet
long and AZ feet beam and had a dis
placement Of 3,432 tons. She was arm
ed with two 6-inch guns, eight 4.7-inch
guns, six 3-pounders. six 1-pounder
and two torpedo tubes. Her compile
ment was 302 men.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
SERBIA HAS PROTESTED
BULGARIAN INVASION
Requests Arrest and Imprisonment of
Persons Responsible.

Paris, April 4, 1920 p. m.-The Petit
Journal says that Serbia has protest
ed to Bulgaria because OF the invasion
of Serbian territory by q force de-
scribed as Bulgarian irregulars. While
couched in moderate terms, the pro-
test is said to request the arrest and
Imprisonment of the persons respon-
Sible for the raid.
Further details OF the incident re-
ceived today confirm the report that
the invaders were driven away from
the railroad station ct Strulnitsa, the
Serbian town near the Bulgarian border
where the attack was made. The rail-
way master at Strumitsa reports that
the line to GheVgeh Is now clear Of the
raiders and apparently has not been
damaged.
Serbia frontier guards who pursued
the fleeing trregulars retook the two
cannon which had been captured.
Six bodies were found in the rail-
way station at Strumitsa. The extent
of the losses inflicted upon the at
tacking force is unknown, but It Is
believed to be large. Thirty bodies
were found and the raiders themselves
picked up and buried a number OF
others.
This is the fifth incident Of its
kind since the beginning Of the
European war and there is much
speculation in Paris as to their exact
significance 1t is felt that the atti-
tude of Bulgaria on this occasion will
indicate what policy she intends to
apursue.
The Havas Agency received tonight
from Nish, Serbia, a despatch saying
that the losses of the Serbian troops
were sixty killed and So wounded, in
Guiding five officers.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
NO LIVES LOST
IN NEW ENGLAND
Many Wires Down and Miles of Hieh-
ways Blocked by Snow.

Boston, April 4.-The blizzard which
lashed New England yesterday worked
to the eastward today over the Can
adam maritime provinces, leaving in
its wake Frustrated wires and miles
of snow-blocked highways.
So far as had been learned tonight
no lives We're lost although IA men in
three barges off Cape Cod and three
in a barge in Massa achusetts bay had
narrow escapes from drowning
The most destructive effects of the
storm in this section were felt in
southeastern Massachusetts. where
the telephone and telegraph wires,
heavy with wet snow. were blown
down, cutting off communication south
of Middleboro.
Plymouth, Bristol and Barnstable
counties We're covered with more than
foot of snow. The wind reached a
velocity of so miles an hour at Nam
tucket and was only a little less vio-
lent on Cape Cod. In this city the
snowfall amounted to only few inch
es and no snow fell north of a line
drawn through Kineo Maine, Woods
vile, N. H, and Burlington, VT.
The wreck of the barges Tunnel
Ridge. Coleraine and Mannheim at
High Head on Cape Cod was the chief
marine accident. The crews of all
three vessels were brought ashore by
the coast guard crews of High Head.
Highland and Pampet River stations.
The Nahant coast guard rescued the
crew, of the barge Ruth, which was
driven ashore yesterday at Winthrop
while the coast guard cutter Acush-
net rendered assistance to the crew
of the schooner George Churchman
in Hyannis harbor. The coast guard
cutter Androscoggin rode out the gale
east of Cape Cod without damage, ac-
cording to a radio report received from
her today.
For the first time in more than a
quarter of a century. s1eighing was
enjoyed in southern New England on
Easter day, but the wintry conditions
checked the customary display of fin
cry. The snow was welcomed by the
farmers because it ended a record
breaking drought of 81 days.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
FIGHTING NORTH OF NIEMEN
RIVER FAvoRS THE RUSSIANS
Petrograd Announces Developments
Are Satisfactory.

Petrograd, April 4, via London, April
6.-The following communication was
issued today: ON the front to the
Niemen River the fighting is develop
on the road between Kalwarya and
Euwalki in the region of the village
of Zelonaibuda, after stubborn fight
Friday with German cavalry, which
was supported by infantry, made a
sdashing charge, sabering many of the
5enemy and capturing others. They
drove they Germans from the region
they were occupying and are now pur-
suing them.
In the Carpathians on Friday we
gained a great success in the sector
north of the roads leading to Bart
field and also in the region between
lMezolabocz and Lutovisko.
During the day we captured on the
Carpathian front more than two thou
san soldiers and three guns and three
machine guns.
in the Zaleszitrow region the Aus
trians essayed an offensive but all
their attacks failed completely. We
captured two officers and about 100
men.
I'm the direction of Chotin, after the
grave defeat inflicted on them March
80 by portions of our cavalry who
delivered an irresistible attack while
ion foot, the Austrians evacuated our
terTitory and withdrew to their from
itier, where they are fortifying them
selves.
AFTER this battle of the Both our
cavalry showed unexampled bravery
In attacking while afoot, enemy infan-
Hry units with bayonets, saber and
lance.
'In the Cuff of Odessa on Saturday
a Turkish cruiser believed to be the
Mejidieh struck one Of our mines and
blew up and sank"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
AEROPLANE FLIGHTS
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN,
Planned by Aero Club of America at
Its National Competition.

New York, April 4EOcean- to ocean
flights along three routes for a trans
continental prize are planned by the
Aero Club of America as a part of it's
national ninety days aeroplane compe-
ton ASHTON beginning July next, the
club announcedd tonight. The compe-
tition as stated in the clubs recent
announcement is designed to assist
the war and navy department in de-
vefoping aviation corps for the nation
al guard and naval militia, and also to
demonstrate the practicability of mail
carrying by aeroplane to isolated
places.
ITO carry the competition into every
state the contest committee of the Ae-
ro club has outlined three main
trans sentimental routes" says to-
nights statement Every aviator in
America will be able to reach one of
these routes at some point by a
cross country fight of moderate
length The contest committee believes
that there will be many ayiators who
in flying for the daily cross country
prizes of 800, a day, will find them
selves on the way across the continent
find it to their advantage to keep on
in an effort to gain the sea-to-sea
prize.
For water flying it is proposed to
establish a distance prize. Starting
and landing places for water aero
planes will be located on the Allan
tic, Pacf1c and Gulf coasts as we'll as
on thesAGfeat Lakes. The stations OH
the Atlantic will include Portland,
New Haven, Norfolk, Charleston and
Savannah. Every naval militia on
both coasts will be made a landing
and starting station.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
RESCUED CREW OF AMERICAN
SCHOONER AIscE MURPHY
Clyde Liner Lanape Found Her Near
Diamond Shoals Light.

Charleston, S. c., April 4.-The
Clyde line steamer Lanape brought
into port here today Captain Murphy,
and the six members of the crew of
the American schooner Alice Murphy,
rescued yesterday in a violent storm
near the Diamond Shoals lightship off
the North Carolina coast. When the
Lanape sighted the water-logsed MUIR
ply, captain and crew were 1ashed to
the nizzenmast and had been with
out food for 36 hours.
Second Officer Wood and a volun-
teer crew of the Lenape rescued the
Murphy's men in a gale that whipped
the water into mountainous waves
Barrels of oil were dumped over the
Lenape's side to calm the sea for q
small boats passage. The Murphy
was 1unber-laden from Savannah, Ga
for Providence, R. I. The battering
of heavy seas opened her seams and
she became water-logged last Friday.
The schooner was built in Thomas
ton. Me, in 1874 and her home port
was Rockland, Maine. She was of
425 gross tons. 14S feet long and SO
feet beam.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-05
BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RAlE
Disorder on the Serb Bulgarian Bor-
der Work of Macedonians.

Rome April 4, via Paris 1901 a. m.
d. Rizow, Bulgarian minister to
Rome, expressed the opinion today
that the incident on the Serb -Bulgari-
an border was the work of Macedo-
nian revolutionists in Serbia who are
opposed to the Serbian regime in the
territory gained in the Balkan wars,
in which the fighting occurred. M.
Rizow asserted that the Bulgarian
government was in no way RESPONSE
Bile for the affair and that its only de-
sire was to preserve neutrality.
M. Ristitch, the Serbian minister,
took issue with M. Rizow's statement.
He said that having spent 80 years
in the region concerned, he knew it
thoroughly and could affirm that the
Macedonfans in this part of Serbia had
no desire to oppose the present order
Of things. Responsibility for the in
cident, he asserted, might be determin-
ed by considering to whose interests
it would be to provoke such an out
break. This, he said, pointed clearly
to Bulgaria, which, by occupying the
left bank of the Vardar rover could
threaten to cut Serbia communications
with Sa1oniki, the only source from
which the country could bring in its
supply. Already, he said, communi-
cation by telegraph and telephone had
been cut.