El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-06
Looks Like Tough Year For Sport
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Astrological Forecast Is Prepared
ny DAMON Ruxrox.

mas. There will be rumors that the
Yanks are to be strengthened. The
Chicago papers will explain that the
position OF the White Sox is due to the
strife between Eddie Collins and Buck
Weaver and no hitting. Christy
Mathewson will state in his editorials
that the Giants have not yet struck
their stride because OF bad weather.
Hickey VIII Arrive.
By the Fourth of July predict there
the Giants. Branch Hickey viii ar
rive in the city with the St Louis
Browns to play the Yanks for the posi-
riOn in the standing just above the
Cleveland club. The shakeup in the
Giants will occur. SnOdgrass will 90
70 center field in place Of Bescher,
and Murray will relieve Dave Robert
son in right Reports in the New York
papers OF the Breekfed ames will have
shrunk to 100 word leads, and the box
score. There will be further talk of
strengthening the Xanks. George STALL
ings will state in his articles that
managers most difficult task is to keep
a championship club from becoming
overconfident. John ]. McGraw, John
Evers and Heine Zimmerman will be
suspended for trouble with umpires
KLEIN Byron, Quigley O'Day and
others.
Critical for Griff.
Ny consultation OF the planet Venus
discloses that pest Of golf and lawn
tennis players will descend upon the
land during midsummer Along in
August the YanlSs viii be strength
ened. King Cole will not be allowed
to do any more pitching for them.
Roger Bresnahan and Heine thinner
man Will box their ninth consecutive
draw. 1t will be very hot in Cincinnati
sam Crane will be intensely disguised
with the Giants The St. Louis fans
will be resigned TO their fate in all
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month for Clarke Griffith. as he will
discover that he cannot win the pen
nant He should be very careful about
what he eats at this critical period,
and wear cabbage leaf in his cap to
keep his head cool
Arthur stiI In There.
BY the the first of September Christy
MathewsOn's editorials will hint that
McGraW's machine will have to be en-
tirely rebuilt. Arthur Fromme will
continue warming up in right field
Articles by Walter Camp will COM
mence making their appearance in the
papers, indicating the approach Of fall.
"Hurry-up" Yost will be filled with
gloomy forebodings about Michigans
football team. The Brooklyn fans will
have ceased writing letters. Rumors
VIII connect the name Of Jake Daubert
with the management. Daubert will
have fine batting average and symp-
toms Of a bad ankle People will be
all those fine young players. The Bos-
ton baseball writer's will be pointing
out that if the Red Sox had played
the same kind Of baseball earlier I'm the
season that they are playing now, they
might have won the pennant
Jake VIII Lead.
BY the middle Of September Jake
Daubert will be leading the National
league batsmen, and HIS bum ankle
viii have him on the bench. Sam
Crane will be more disguised than
ever with the Giants. There viii be
talk Of Strengthening the Yanks for
next season. I predict that the Phil
adelphia Nationals will still be in tbz
league. The season viii come to a close
with Ping Bodie holding a strong lead
IN point Of paragrahpical mention by
sport page photographers over Fred
Merkle, the White Hopes, Walter John
son, the Federal league and Bill KLEIN,
but with the six day riders yet to hear
from.
It looks to me like tough year.