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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27
BY ABECKY

Steers as a name for the FL Paso
baseball team This is hardly fair, as
surely all Of them are not steers. Why
not call them the 'Toreadors' or Rocky
Mountain Grizzlies or YaQuis." all
suggestive of the west CHARLES Nc
Grady. Las Palmas. n. NJ
Mr McGrady overlooks the fact that
Denver already has the name OF "Griz-
lilies" for its baseball team.
H Doyle Murray. of Tinnie. N N
suggests Head Hunters" ~Speeders.' 90
Masters "Sacatons,' Lucky GUYS"
and Trophies"
''In all the names suggested for the
FL Paso ball team, I haven't noticed
that OF 'Osaples,' write F. L. Med
Ter. Of Las Cruces This is a name
dictinctly suggestive of FL PasO."
Dr. A A. Freeman suggests "Thun-
derers. Texas Leaguers7 and Fl Paso
''Neutrals."
due to the sandy March weather.
which often strikes FL PasO at the
opening Of the baseball season. I sug-
gest 'WhirlWinds,' as we tainIy
have a good chance to blow dust in
the eyes Of all the other mines in the
Rio Grande league" The suggestion
comes from Perry Ross, 720 South St
Nrain street
"I suggest AIcCloskev's Monarchs,'
which L think would be a very suit
able name. FL Paso is my home but
] am at present located in Miami,
Ariz-" Phil McBee is the author.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27
SAYS BALL PLAYER
OUGHT TO STUDY
Old Time Catcher says Players Have More
Idle Time Than Any Other

Chicago. H. April 27.-That the ball
player OF today does not make the most
OF his opportunities IS the opinion OF Malachi
Eittredge. the old-time catcher, now en-
gagged in business in Cleveland
The big league ball player" says kit
tredge. has the easiest Job there is He
does not even have TO pack his uniform
This Is done for him at the clubhouse His
hand baggage is taken TO the train for him
He rides IN a lower berth Arriving at an
other town. he Is met by a taXicab. while
his baggage IS taken 70 the hotel in a
wagon He does not even have 10 write
his name on the hotel register. He finds
his room. and good one with bath, reserved
FOR him
He has nothing TO do except to report
at the grounds at p. m, practice and then
take part in the game His evenings are
hin own. as are his mornings. except at
home. when some clubs have practice ses-
sions He has more idle time upon his
profession. yet he fails TO take advantage OF
IL by fitting himself for some other profess
sion or business to take up when his base
ball playing days are over.
The average player when on the road
mornings takes walks. plays cards or sits
around the hotel Hobbies tanning Evenings.
you can find him either at some theater or
TO devote some OF this time to study he
would be preparing himself for the future.
OF course. he cannot study too much and
run the risk OF injuring his eyes, but an
hour a day would not hurt him. and when
he quits baseball he would find himself well
advanced on some other profession"
FuIIwOrth roofing, 81, s1.25 and $50
a roll. BurtOn-LinEO CO., phone 5O.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27
GOLF ASSOCIATION
CHANGES RULES

New York. April e7.-The executive COM
mittee OF the United States Golf association
has unanimously voted 20 amend section 90
Of the bylaws with reference TO open cham
pionship prizes as follows:
Strike out- "In the event Of an amateur
winning any OF the above prizes, he shall
be given equivalent in plate" and sub
sritute therefor
IF the score made by an amateur should
entitle him 10 any OF the above prizes. he
shall be given suitable trophy in plate"
The entire amount Of money prizes shall
be divided among professional contestants
and IN determining the award thereof. the
scores made by amateurs shall be eumi-
mated
The committee also voted TO add 20 the
"etiQuet Of GOLF the following new section
Section No Io-Players who do not con-
unue In the match play rounds OF tOurna-
ment should be considered TO have forfeited
any prize they may have won in the quail
flying rounds"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27
BY "BECK."

A LBUQUERQUB clergymen viii
all have passes for the league
baseball there. It's a mighty good
idea that might be followed by the
other clubs Of the circuit.
CALIFORNIA legislators are ques-
tioning the value of athletics in
the high schools Of that state Why
viii the voters persist in sending old
fogies to the legislature?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27

"PEPoRT has It that McArdle's
job as captain and shortstop Of
the Phoenix club is a good one.
Bert Coy is angling for a berth with
the same organization" says the San
Francisco Chronicle. After the league
directors set an individual salary
limit Of $50 a month, at the meet
ing Wednesday, McAIdle's job may
not look quite so good
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27

That is what all pitchers ought 20 do.
Give their work a little thought, for.
after ALL pitching and batting is little
more than a guessing match between
two men, the pitcher and the batter"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27

Athey eIOth-Iined weather strip keeps
out the dust Rathbun-3lix Co.-Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27
GRAMMAR SCHOOL GAME
An ia GuuuECnn

AT WASHINGTON Dark
The baseball game between the Beall
and Alta Vista grammar schools in the
Grammar School league viii be played
at Washington park Wednesday after
noon at o'clock
The game was first scheduled for the
high school stadium but was changed TO
the East FL PasO grounds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27
Observation-Disclosures TEiI.SPLIY
LEAGUE OPENS WITH HALF HOLIDAY

Music and Parade Feature First Game of New League;
Annual Meeting of the League Is Scheduled to Be
Held Here Wednesday; Western Clubs OPP
pose Individual Salary Limit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27

Everything is lovely up here tele-
phoned n c Frenger. Of the Las
Cruces club, on Monday night
x
81 see that some one suggests
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27

FuIIwOrth roofing, 81, s1.25 and $50
n roll. BurtOn-LingO CO., phone 5O.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27

Las Cruces is getting the baseball
fever in real earnest The fans I'D
there are going TO tender a banquet
TO the players and manager Bill Hur-
ley on Wednesday evening at o'clock
and it is likely that several Of the
other magnates will take a trip I'd to
Las Cruces after the meeting here on
Wednesday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-27

Besides the seven players announce
by manager George Reed. of the Al
buQuerque team. q couple OF days ago.
he now has catcher RaedeI, who, ac-
cOrding TO Albuquerque papers. was
with Ogden in the Union. association
last year. The official records show
Raedel 10 have led the catchers in
fielding with 1874 for % games He
batted 1913. The Albuquerque papers
are spelling the name -'RadeIl." while
the records give IL as sRaedel'
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5 LETTERS TO HENRY BREVOORT

Of Mrs, Madison's Drawing room.
Here | was most graciously re-
ceiyed-found a crowded collection Of
great and little men, of ugly old
women, and beautiful young ones
and in ten minutes was hand and
glove with half the people in the
assemblace, Mrs. Madison is a fine,
pOrtly, huNom dame-who has Il smile
& pleasant word for every body. Her
sisters. Mrs. Cults 4 Mrs. Washing
ton are like the two Merry Wives OF
Windsor-but as to Jenny Madison
-ah' poor Jenny he is bu, a with
cred little applc-John. Hut of this no
more perish the thought that would
initiate against sacred things-Mor
ais avaunt' touch not the lords
a%nointed,"
" the war of 1872 he says:
This war has completely changed
the face of things here. You would
scarcely recognize our old peaceful
city. Nothing IL talked Of but armies,
navies. Battles &c. Men who had
loitered about, the hangers on and
membranes Of society. have all at
one risen to importance and been
the only useful men Of the day,
Had not the miserable accounts
from frontiers dampened In some
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ILL.,. Irving the fall of Napoleon l..
Taken together these two books are
eve more delightful than taken sep
arately. The personality Of the two
men was not unlike; they were both
genial. humorous and very human.
Hay was more of a man OF the world
and had the up TO date manner of the
journalist. lrving's manner was
gentler even in his fun. The irving
collection OF letters Is edited by George
s, Hellman, who has written a full and
sympathetic introduction. | will let
the letters speak for themselves.
There il an amusing account Of
Irving's visit to the White House
when Madison was President. After
arriving at "the Inn" he writes:
~ cut one of my hest opera -four
ishes. skipped into the dressing room,
popped my head into the hands of "A
sanguinary Jacobinical barber, who
carried havoc and desolation into the
lower regions of my face, moved
down all the beard on one of my
checks and laid the other in blood
like a conquered provincc-and thus
like "A second BanquO, with twenty
mortal murthers on my head in a
few minutes ] emerged froN dirt 4
darkness into the blazing spsQD10ur
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important polemlc in American fiction
In defence of property"
Hays monumental work was his
Life of Lincoln" written in collab-
Grafton with Nicolay. There was
much competition for the book, but
the serial rights were finally pur-
chased by the century NdDd<ine for
$685. 900, the highest price paid be-
fore or since for a serial by any mag
azine.
Roswell Smith, the president of the
Century Company, first offered $25.-
600. Hay and Nicolay looked at each
other Tin wild surmise.' MIR. Smith
took the exchange of chances to mean
dissatisfaction with the price. He
left the room. walked up and down
outside tearing bits Of paper TO frag-
ments. then came back and offered
10000. The offer was al once ac-
cepted. ! have always believed that
the Interchange of glances between
the authors when $4,000 was offered
meant that IT was more than they
expected.
1t was some time after this that Hay
was sent as Ambassador To England.
II was during Queen Nictoria's reign.
lie was there at the Jubilee celebra-
ton. of which he writes:
The Jubilee is gone like a Welsh
rabbit dream. II was an explosion Of
loyalty that amazed John Bull himself.
What a curious thing It is that there
has been no king in England since
Elizabeth Of special distinction-most
NJ them far worse than inadvertently
the foreigner. William Ill. Of any
merit-and yet the monarchical re-
iigion has grown day by day till the
Queen Is worshiped as more than NOR
tai and the Prince will he more popular
still when he aCCedes. see
nobody but everybody, and that is a
Diet Of husks."
OF Hay Queen Victoria said TO Lord
~pauucefOte: ale Is the most interest
ing of all the Ambassadors | have
SHOWN Tn" Queens acquaintance
with American onvoys went back TO
Andrew Stevenson, 1887.
Hay returned to this country to take
up the duties OF Secretary OF State.
Before he had been in office very long
he wrote 10 Whitclaw Reid:
My place here il horribly UNI
pleasant. The work is constant and
%uuccasinG. II takes nine hours work
To- clear my desk every day and there
j. no refuge at home. The worst g
the constant solicitations for office,
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John Hay.

those sweet. winning destinations that
won her a crown. There are few
p~artisans so bitter as not to be moved
ny her exquisite manner Even the
little stories al which men smile. her
subsection TO priests. her hanging M
over old Baciocchi's deathhed the hoIy
rag from the baby linen Of John Bap-
list. which eXtor,cd from the tor.
mented old sinner his last grim smile.
her vestal lamp in the Church Of Our
Lady or Victories and all that mum
merry is not unfeminine, and people
do not care to be bitter about il.
She spoke English with "A
charming Castilian accent. which is
infinitely prettier than the French.
She is so winning and SO lovely that
one feels a little guilty in not, being
able in conscience 10 wish her eternal
power for herself, her heirs and as.
signs"
Finally Hay came home and was
glad TO he In the United States again.
He went at nee to Washington.
II drove to Wizards he writes.
saw the same deadbeats hanging
around the office. the same ~listless
loafers moving gloomily up and down.
pensively expectorating."
Writing TO Nicolay AT this time Hay
says: Sumner has blood in his eve.
He is splendid in his present temper
insolent, ~implacable-
thoroughly in earnest-honest as the
day"
Hay went out to Warsaw 10 see his
family and on his way back sat in the
same railway seat with Robert Lin
coin, a second cousin Of the late Presi-
dent. Her. is the record:
HE il Al years old, looks much
older. The same eyes and hair the
President had--the same tall stature
and stumbling gait. less exaggerated;
n rather rough, farmer looking man,
Drinks hard, chews r~avenously. He
says the family Is about run out. We
are not a very marrying set lie is
dying of consumption. he said very
coolly. There was something startling
in the resemblance Of the straight
thicket of hair M the gray. cavern
Gus eyes framed In black brows and
lashes to the features OF the great
dead man. He was a pioneer OF our
country. Knew my father since long
years. Brought a load Of wheat to
Gould & Miller In 1912 with OK teams:
got $50 in gold for II. Told me that
in 1860 he had talked to abe about
assassination. Abe saidi 4 never in
tured anybody. No one Is going to
hurt me- He says he was invited by
Abe to go to Washington at the time
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John Hays birthplace, Salem, Ind.

dent and Secretary Of State were
seated. They waited about half an
hour and sent once more a servant
to tell the General they were there
and the answer came that the Cen
eral had gone to bed.
Il merely record this unparalleled
insolence OF epaulettes without com
ment. II is the first indication ] have
yet seen of the threatened supremacy
~ the military authorizes. Coming
home. | spoke TO the President ab1ut
the matter, but he seemed not TO have
noticed it specially, saying II were
better AT this time not to be makinS
PORTS of etiquette and personal Dig
nifty"
one can hardly believe that McClel-
Ian. who was a gentleman even II he
wa slow. could have been Informed
as to his visitors.
In Hays diary Of May q, 1854, is
this entry:
"But.er is turning out much As ]
thought he would-pertectly useless
and incapable for campaigning .
| said to the President to-day that
I thought Butler was the only mar
in the army in whom power would C.
DANGEROUS. Mcclellan was too tinid
and vacillating to usurp: Grant was
too sound and cool headed and unse.'
fish: Banks. also: Fremont would be
dangerous II he had more ability n
energy. Yes says the President, he
is like Jim Jett's brother. Jim used 10
say that his brother was the d--dest
scoundrel that ever lived. but in the
infinite mercy of Providence he was
also the d--dest fool"
The paragraph which Immediately
follows Lincoln's remark concerns an
other cause Of anxiety:
The Germans seem inclined to cut
up rough about the removal OF Sigel
from command in the Shenandoah"
Hay writes. "They are heaping up
wrath against themselves by their
clannish impertinence In politics.
In July OF the same year Horace
Greeley went with Hay to Canada to
deliver a message from the President
Hay describes Greeley as "a tall. SOL
emn, spare, false looking man. with
false teeth. false eyes and false hair
Hay was evidently a great favortte
Of Lincoln's. and they were a good deal
together when 1t was not all business
To quote from the diary:
"On two evenings they tried a new
repeating rife. with which the Pr-si-
dent made some pretty good shots. An
irrepressible patriot came up and see
ing the gun recoil slightly said 1t
wouldn't do; too much powder: a good
niece OF audience shouldn't rekyle;
il II did Mt all, 1t should rekyle a
little forbid On another evening they
visited the Observatory. while the
| President took a look Mt the moon and
| Arcturus. went with him to the
| Soldiers Home. and he read Shake
spearc to me, the end OF Henry v"
and the beginning OF "Richard ILL.,"
til my heavy eyelids caught his con-
siderate notice. and he sent me TO
bed"
Hays account OF the trip to Gettys-
burg. where Lincoln delivered the short
address thai has become a classic. Is
memorable:
"In the morning" Of the 18th. Hay
writes, II got a beast and rode out
with the President and suite to the
cemetery in procession. The process
sion formed itself In an orphanly sort
of way, and moved out with very little
help from anybody; and after a little
delay Mr.. Everett took his place on
the standard Mr.. Stockton made q
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prayer which thought II WAS an ora
tion-and Mr.. Everett spoke as he al
Ways does. perfectly: and the Fresi-
dent. in a firm. free way. with more
grace than is his won't. said his half
dozen lines Of consecration-and the
music walled, and We went home
through crowded and cheering streets"
Less than "A month before his as
sassination Lincoln had appointed Hay
Secretary of Legation at Paris. He
was then 81 years old. but he was a
keen observer and a good Judge of
men. His pen portrait Of Louis Ma
poleon is perfect:
Short and stocky. he moves with
a queer. side long gait. like a equity
crab: a nan so wooden looking that
you would expect his voice TO come
rasping out like a watchman's rattle.
\ complexion like crude tallow-'
marked for Death, whenever Death
wants him-to be taken sometime in
half an hour. or left. neglected by the
Skeleton King for years. perhaps, II
properly coddled. The mustache and
imperial which the world knows, but
ragged and bristly. concealing the
mOutn entlTelN, Is NOV INK IL llttIt feI-
yously as the lips twitch. Eyes sleep
lily watchful--furtive-stealthy. rather
ignoble; like servants looking out OF
dirty windows and saying nobody at
home and lying as they say 1t. And
withal a wonderful phlegm. He stands
there as still n impassive as II
carved in oak for a ships figurehead.
He looks not unlike n OF those rude
inartistic statues. His legs are too
short-his body too long. He never
looks we'll hut on a throne or on a
horse. as kings ought"
A hundred pages could not paint a
truer portrait
OF the Empress Eugene he writes
In his diary:
"She was charmingly dressed In a
lilac walking dress with an almost in
visible bonnet. She had doubtless been
to church like a good, pious lady. as
she Is, and received afterward In her
promenade costume. Time has dealt
very gently with her. lEugenie was
born May 3. 1921 She is still full OF
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Charming Pen Pictures of the Men of the Civil War
and Events in His Long and Active Public
Career--Many Anecdotes of Lincoln

ace Greeley saw II. he said: 81 have
read a million editorials, and this is
the best Of them ALL"
on February 4. 1874. Hay was mar
ried to Miss Clara Stone. daughter of
Amasa Stone of Cleveland. He wrote
at once To Nicolay a characteristic
letter.
II ought not to leave YOU to learn
from strangers that ! am engaged to
I've married to Miss Clara stone of
Cleveland. Ohio. | do not know when
ii will be. There will be an ]internecine
war before Mrs. Stone consents To give
up her da ughter-wherein I sympa-
thize with her. Before many cen
turies | shall win. She is a very es-
Unable young person large. hand
worth while before"
1t was Hays experience as q man
of affairs that gave him the idea for
his novel The Breadwinners." pub
lished anonymously in the Ccniury
Mdgdsihc. While his father-in-ia W
was abroad Hay looked after his
large interests in Cleveland. The air
was fun Of strikes and descriptions
and Hay saw the most OF 1t from
the inside.
Although the secret Of the author
ship of The Brcadwinners' must
have been shared by eight or nine
persons. it was never so authorize
lively divulged that curiosity ceased,
Any one familiar with Cleveland
could not fan to recognize that city
a. ,L. noon. 80 49,. a,-.,4 900, -.
reasoning might have reduced the
number Of clevelandites capable Of
writing it to one-John iiay-but he
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- NE OF the most dellEntIuI DOCKS
that have ever read is The
~ Life and Letters of John Hay"
,Houghton M.fiin). These two
s,ou, volumes are edited by william
Roscoe Thayer. and exceptionally well
.d,ed. Some time before her death
Afr Hans widow had her husbands
letters and diaries privately printed
,or presents TO her friends. These
volumes contained simply the letters
and diaries without note or comment.
ur Thaycr IN these two volumes has
timed the letters and diaries together
with most interesting note and COM
n.nt. lie has caught the spirit Of
Nav. and IL would he hard to imagine
a better and more satisfactory bit of
.di,inr. Hay would have been de-
lighted with II.
knew John Hay for a great many
years, Ny acquaintance with him
began when We were fellow workers
on the New York Tribune. Hay was
a, that time occupying the managing
editors chair. which was then held by
the late Whitelaw Reid. Hay substi-
,uted for Reid when the latter went
abroad on his honeymoon.
The Tribune Building then was not
what ii is to-day 1t was a rdtty old
structure to which elevators were un-
known and YOU climbed rickety stairs
70 the editorial o Horace Greelcy's
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manner the public zeal, | believe half
Of our young men would have been
military mad, As IT, is, II this war
continues a a regular he raised in
stead of depending on volunteers 4
militia, | believe we shall have the
Commissions sought after with avid
ity, by young gentlemen of education
and good breeding, and our army will
he infinitely more respectable and in
fnitely more successful"
While in England Irving visited
~Sydcnham to call upon Campbell, the
poet. Campbell was not al home, but
Irving writes:
Mrs. & gave me some anecdotes of
Scott-but none so remarkable as to
dwell in my memory, He has lost
much by the failure Of the Ballan-
tynes, but is as merry 4 u~nconcerned
TO all appearance as everyone Of the
happiest fellows that eve wrote
poetry. ] find IT is very much doubted
whether he Is the Author of Waverly
Il Guy Mannering-Brown, one of the
publishers, positively says he Is not.
II is reported that another novel will
soon make its appearance from the
same hand, called the Antiquarian"
Continued on StI(h Pace,