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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18
MOST BASEBALL STARS WILLPAS5
OUT OF CANE IN NEXT five YEARS
Lajoie Wagner and Mathe wson Are But Three of the
Present Veterans Who Are Slipping Fast; Bender and
Plank Due to Go With Two or Three Years;
Many Others Are Abo ut Ready For Minors
By FRANK G. SIENKE.
ranks as a wonderful second base

still ranks as a wonderful second base
man.but Miller is getting pretty well
along in years. Johnny 'EVerS still IS
a wonderful player-but will Johnny
be able to answer the major league
roll call five years hence, when he viii
be nearing the 40 year mark?
RUDE Oldring and Jack Lapp of the
Athletics are getting old. They soon
must fall by the wayside. Dick HOblit-
eel, now with the Red Sox is
veteran. Sam Crawford. the old war
horse of the Detroit Tigers, hit like
a fiend last year and fielded in wonder
full style He showed no signs Of age,
yet Sam has passed the turning point
and it seems unlikely that when 1918
comes around that Sam will be any
thing else than major league memory.
Archer Is Nearly Through
Jimmy Archer, the Cub catcher, and
Larry Mclean, the Giant catcher are
nearly through. They are still good
but they are skidding. Jake Daubert,
the great first sacNer Of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, is pretty well along in years.
as ball players go.
Charles Doom, Hans Lobert, Grover
Alexander, Sherwood Magee, "Gabby"
Cravath and Luderus. who made up the
main strength of the Phillies last year
are veterans They rank Just now as
among the best players in the game
But how many do you think viii be
in the major league ranks five years
from now?
Other Veterans
Heinie Zimmerman, of the Cubs NAV
last five years longer-and he may not.
Vic Safer, Of the Cubs, may last five
years-and he may not. lack Wheat, OF
the Dodgers, who ranks as a wonderful
Outfielder, is nearing the turn. "Dode"
Paskert of the Phiilies cannot last
much longer. Frank Shuttle, of the
Cubs, is due for the minors in another
year. Eddie Grant Of the Giants. Josh
Devore OF the Braves, Reulbach of the
Dodgers, Ames of Cincinnati and a
score of other present day stars in the
National league soon must travel the
trail to oblivion
Terry Turner OF the Maps. ranking
now as the greatest utility man i'm the
game, is near the end. So are George
MOriarity of the Tigers and Bill Car
rigan of the Red SOx. In the Ameri-
can league today. where the talent is
somewhat younger than that of the Ma
tional league, there are at least Is
players who seem to be in their prime
But five years hence-where will they
be-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18

stunned. The runners on first and
second had held their bases, so as not
to be doubled, but the moment the
ball was dropped, noticing the dazed
condition of the two players they
started for the next base. reaching
same in safety. The batsman also
reached first base.
Held Batsmnn Out.
The umpire in charge OF the game
permitted the runners to advance,
since they had done so at their peril,
but he refused to grant the batsman
filst base, even though his fly ball
was muffed by the left fielder. This
umpire held. as most umpires do, that
the infield fly rule rests entirely with
the Judgment of the umpire If he
believes a fly ball can be handled by
an infielder, and so declares his be
lief, the rule applies regardless of who
handles the ball. Very often infield-
ers 90 out into the outfield and either
catch OF muff fly balls, yet that fact
does not make such hits infield flies.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18
Billy Evans Puzzle Plays
Especially This Paper by the Famous American League Umpire

r S it essential that an infielder han
die a fly ball before it can be
classed as an infield fly? That is
the question that is raised by play
Whlch came up in a minor league game
last summer The rule book thus de-
Iines an infield fly: THE batsman is
out II, before two hands are out, while
Ilrst aud second or first, second and
thlrd is occupied, he hits a fly ball
other than line drive. that can be han
uIed by an infielder IN such case the
umpire, as soon as the ball be hit de-
clares it an infield or outfie1d hit"
In the minor league game in cues
1on. one man was out and runners on
Iirst and second, when the dispute
arose over the ruling of the umpire.
The batter was just an ordinary hitter,
LETT handler, known to have a fail
ing for hitting dropping flies just over
me inIield- Because of this the out
Held was playing in rather close for
hlm- \ rather high wind was blowing
which made the handling of fly balls
fairly difficult The batsman hif a
rather high fly in the direction of the
shortstop, which il was evident he
would have no trouble handling. In
order to protect the base runners. the
umpire at once declared the hit of the
batsman an infieldf fly. The umpire
having declared the hit the runners
on first and second held their bases, as
they felt sure that there was no chance
to advance on such a play and that
the batsman was out.
Then Came Their Chance.
The shortstOp called for the ball,
backed up a few feet and set himself
for the catch. At this stage of the
game, the left fielder butted into the
scene. Tearing in from left field at
tor speed he yelled that he would
make the catch. The outfielder col
lided with the shortstop after getting
mis- hands on the ball but was unable
to hold it. Both players were badly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18
BY J. 6. BRANN.

has had. The first half ended with the
core IA to 10 in favor Of the High
Palmer Schumacher was put in at
guard in place Of Scott Walker in the
second half
Questioning Decisions
While slightly superior teamwork was
the principal factor in the defeat of the
Miners 1t may also be attributed TO one
or two other causes. Had Baylor Eos
ter played throughout the game IN
place of Leasure, it is highly probable
that their team would have won. And
it is certain that victory would have
come to them had Buster Biggs been
in the game. Buster for some reason,
has failed to turn out to practice with
the team, and captain Billy Race re-
fused to give him the preference over
the hard workers and permit him TO
play In this game there was some
questioning of the decisions Of referee
Frank Scotch, owing to the fact that
of the seven fouls which he called
six were on the Miners, and also owing
to the fact that in several instances
Miners were thrown to the floor and no
foul was called on the High school.
However. Frank confined himself as
much as possible to the calling of
technical fouls. And it so happened
that the Miners were guilty of more of
those than the High team. In the sec
ond place, although on at least three
occasions a High school player grasped
an opponent by the shoulder or around
the waist and hurled him to the floor,
and no foul was called. no blame can
be attached to the referee. 1t SO hap
pens that each Of these fouls occurred
just after the ball had been passed to
the other end of the field. The referee,
naturally following the ball, failed 10
see these fouls, and there being no one
else to call them, they went unheeded.
Complaints in Second Game.
In the second game again some fault
was found with the referee. True the
referee was responsible to a certain
extent in the defeat Of the Cactus club.
Yet no blame should be attached 10
him. On three occasions just as Gao
tus player shot the ball so that ii i'm
mediately afterWard dropped into the
basket, the referee sounded his whistle,
siEnifying the commission OF a foul. On
every one Of the three occasions the
whistle was sounded just as the Cactus
man threw the bah and as there is no
one so gifted as TO be able to tell when
a man is going to throw a basket there
can be no question that the referee was
perfectly honest His honesty is futrehr
proved by the fact that in all three
cases the foul called was in favor Of
the Cactus club. Instead of being con-
demned for poor work, Russell Worth
ington really should have been com
mended, as he refereed one of the best
games ever seen in Ell Paso.
Adkins Shows Gamesness.
The second game was principally
featured by one of the most remark
able exhibitions OF gameness ever seen
in FL PasO or anywhere else. Al Adj
kins went into the game so sick that
instead OF playing basketball he should
have been in bed, Shortly after the
start of the game, 'Y" player acct
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18

other teams IN the Junior league to de.
feat the Villas boys who have been 81
ably coached by their principal. Miss
swami. The score Of s to o in Villas IA
vor was the biggest victory scored in
either league to date.
Jimmie Hunter. William Caples, Guy
Ter Magruder, Leroy Schiller and man
ager George Cross all put up fine
game In Guyler Magruder, Villas IN
doubtedly has far and away the best
backfield man in the Junior league and
a youngster who is as good as most in
the Senior league and better than many
Of them And in Jimmie Hunter and
George Cross, they have a pair OF rush
5linemen whom it would be mighty hard
to equal anywhere Several games VIII
be played during the week, both in the
Senior league. for The Herald banner,
emblematic of the championship Of the
CITY and in the Junior league.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18

Ugh SCHOOL, q; School Of Mines,
Fl o. Y NJ c. A., 20; Cactus club,
4 4 g. This was the result Of two
fast basketball games played at the
Y. NJ. c. a. Saturday night at the open
ing Of the City league. The games were
the fastest, hardest fought and most
closely contested ever seen in this sec
ton Of the country. As the scores show,
only single point separated the win
ncr from the loser in each contest
The games were marked by a number
Of things, above all else by the fight
ing spirit displayed by the two losing
teams. Too much praise cannot possibly
Hoover, who respectively coached the
School of Mines and the Gao
tus club teams, for the great fight
ing spirit which they have iustilled into
their players. Dwyer is really entitled
70 more credit than Hoover for the
Cactus club players have all played
elsewhere and had acquired a great
deal of this spirit before Bob took
hold Of them. On the other hand, the
Miners are composed principally Of
youngsters, and Tom Dwyer, through
his splendid coaching in both football
and basketball, has brought the boys
up to that condition where they recOg-
nize no odds
Another thing which the game
brought out was the fact that the So
tiers OF any team in this section of the
country as soon as they develop team
work. The games were further marked
by the best refereeing which has been
seen here in many moons.
AS was predicted. the High school
and Y. N. c. A won their games but
they had the fight Of their lives to 40
so. Owing TO the wonderful fight put
up by the Miners in the first game and
the Cactus club ia the second, the win
ners had far from the cinch which both
they and followers of the game had
expected.
Scored Close to Gong.
A feature of both games, and a pc
culiarity which has never previously oc-
CURED in a double header. was the fact
in the first game Cliff Anderson
scored the winning point for High
school with just two seconds left to
get ip position for the tossup Of the
ball the gong sounded, calling time.
And in the second game De Mar Bow
man was in perfect position for a toss
which would have scored the winning
point for the Cactus club when the
gong again sounded.
The feature of the first game was
the splendid basket shooting OF Cliff
Anderson and Al Tatum for the High
school and of Bill Race and Eldon
Routledge for the School of Mines. 1t
was further featured by the guarding
OF Jimmie kilburn, an employe Of The
Herald. Contrary to expectations, the
Sch Dol of Mines under the able tutelage
OF Tom Dwyer, has acquired team work
which was almost equal OF that shown
by High school. And this despite the
fact that the Miners have had nothing
like the practice which High school
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18
Jew YORK. Jan. 1S.-A

TEW YORK. Jan. 1S.-AnOther
M five years and most of the pres
= ent day diamond stars Will be
but memories. Father time has been
lenient nth some, but there is a limit
to Father Times patience. and GER
tain it is that his patience VIII be ex-
hausted in many cases.
Lajoie and Wagner. the grand old
guard, are on the doWngrade. 1t is
possible that both may stick 1t out
through 1915, but it's beyond the hope
of fandom. that they can go through
1916 in major league company.
MathewsOn, the wonderful Giant
pitcher, enters his 18th season in major
league company. Matty is still good
but Matty is slipping Three years at
the most seems TO be Mattys limit as
a regular worker on a big league
mound Matty is only "a years old
now-but his arm isn't as good as it
used to be- 1t lost much of its old
time cunning. Last season it was
rarely that the opposition didn't belt
him for from seven to twelve hits per
game, and when the opposition can do
that it means that Matty is going.
Tommy Leach probably is good for
two more years in major league so
clety-but no more.
Chief Bender and Eddie Plank. the
twirlers who did so much to bring fame
and glory to Philadelphia, are near the
end Of their careers. They may pitch
fine baseball for two or three years
lOnger-but no longer
Walsh Is Going Fast.
Ed Walsh of the White Sox may
come back" in 1916. but if he does. he
can inger only a year or two longer.
Age has robbed the once mighty right
arm OF its power.
Another five years. and it IS hardly
likely that more than three or four of
the present day New York Giants still
will be in the ajors Merkle. Doyle.
Fletcher, Meyers, Snodgrass. Beecher.
Murray and some of the others have
turned the prime time of their base
ball lives. They are on the down.
grade, and soon they Will slip into
Obscurity.
Iris Speaker is 81 years old. He
sttn is a wonderful ball player. but
VIII ne be just as wonderful at the age
Of So? VIII he then be even wonderful
enough to hold a job in the major
leagues. Maybe yes and maybe no
Five Years For Evers.
Miller Huggins, of the Cardinals
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18
Villas SOCCER TEAM BEATS
AOY TEAM IN PRACTICE GAME

Owing to the fact that the teams
could not be turned out, there was no
game Saturday in the Senior Grammar
School Soccer league which is playing
for The FL Paso Herald championship
banner. However, a practice game was
played in the Junior league between
Aoy and Villas teams. About the only
thing besides individual play that the
game brought out is that it will be
well nigh impossible for any of the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18

Had the outfielder not pulled a bone.
the shortstOp would have been able
to handle the play and it is almost a
certainty that neither runner would
have been able to advance.-(Copyrigh
1915. by the Wheeler Syndicate, 1nc-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18
HIGH SCHOOL AND !. N. c. A. TEAMS
WIN IN FAST BASkET BALL CANES

Miners Lose to High School, and Cactus Club to Y NJ c.
A., by Single Point EACH Fighting Spirit Displayed
by Losing Teams Is One of the Features of the
Games; Arizona Team Cancels Dates Here.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-18

The second game was principally
featured by one of the most remark
able exhibitions OF gameness ever seen
in FL PasO or anywhere else Al Adj
kins went into the game so sick that
instead Of playing basketball he should
have been in bed. Shortly after the
start of the game, "Y'' player acct
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-11-20
MENACE TO THE YOUNG.

"A writer in the New Orleans
American, which by the way, is
striking some hard licks in the in
terest of its city, says:
THE primary cause for the
downfall Of young girls can be
traced directly to the socalIed ca.
harets which flourish around
beautiful Rampant Avenue. on
IbervilIe Street and adjacent to the
theatres. These deEs under the
guise of cabarets. exist principally
by selling liquor to women, in d.
rect violation to the main intent
of the Gay Shattucx law. The pre-
tense of conducting q restaurant
is a joke to all but the police.
Tie principal reasons why girls
go wrong are: Joy rides with some
unscrupuIous person then a visit TO
the so-caIled cabarets. after which
no Pattersons. Juvenile Courts OF
Houses Of Good Shepherd can ever
redeem the poor, lost souls How
many more girls will be sacrificed
to the greed Of the fiends who oper-
ate these 5ens before we get relief
by their suppression?"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-11-20
FARMERS BUSY ON FALL CROP.
IMPROVED LINES OF FARMING

During the past week large num-
bers Of Lincoln farmers have been
active in planting their winter
crops of oats, clover and other leg.
umes, and the rain came in good
time to insure the termination of
seed recently planted. There
seems to be concerted action upon
the part of the farmers in this Sec
tioD to plant a larger acreage of
these fall crops. and give more at
tention to the live stock and dairy
business than ever before The
operation Of the two creameries ia
the city has alsu made it worth
the farmers while to pay more
attention to these branches, and
there is general Improvement all
over the county in the grade Of
cattle and stock being brought in.
Farmers are buying good stock.
high grade cattle, and making prep
arations to increase their holdings
along this line. 1t is thought now
that the county will shortly vote
upon tick eradication and it is be-
lieved the election will carry
against the ticks.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-11-20
TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF VIEW,
ING THE ADVERTISING SUBJECT

Don't advertise if you believe
you are wasting money Let your
compe titor waste his money on ad-
vertising, and perhaps in this way
you will put him out of business.
Just stand back and laugh at him
when you see him squandering
money for ink Once there was
boy named John, we believe it wRs
Wanamaker. maybe it was Mon-
eymaker, anyhow bis name was
John. with some sort of maker at
tached to his last name. He own
ed fifty yards of calico, three pairs
of jean pants. half a dozen pair of
home made socks and five pairs of
boots He called this a dry goods
store through Philadelphia news
paper and offered to sell pair of
socks for 80 cents The dId-not-
beIieve-in-advertising merchant
laughed. Young John spent $65
with the Philadelphia Ledger to
advertise just one time Rnt less
than 500 worth of goods He was
cautioned by the merchant who
knew It didn't pay" 1T was
through sympathy they said,
for his poor mntber that they
offered advice. But John did not
listen to them and went. and blew
his money fooIishIy and today John
sees the result of his misdoings; he
has so many large dry goods stores
that he can barely find time TO
study his Sunday school lesson -
Ex.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-11-20
Honor Roll of HeUCk'S Retreat High
School.

First grade-Ardar Hicklngbot.
tom, Jesse Townsell. VirRie NJ
Finger, Larsin Ratcliff. Claude
Stevenson, Willie Townsell. Gene
va Summers. Vera Smith. Eva
Priest, Matte Bell M Finger
Second grade-Norman Garden
er, Harry Fortenberry, Ted ODER
schmidt. Maggie Hickingbotton
William CaIlendar, Berthe Smith.
Third grade-Fred Jackson.
Troy Simth. VirRle Smith. Will.
burn Ulmer, Clyde Stevenson,
Rena Stapp, Pauline RatcIiff, Ad-
dell TownseIl, Made M'Finger.
Lorena Summers. Bernice Lee Low
Ty
Fourth grade-MurI Smith. I.e-
ontin Summers, Joe Gardener.
Frank Newton. Randolph Smith,
Matte Nordan.
Fifth grade-Ollie Mae Hoggatt.
Agnes Smith. Jack Smith. Roy
Scott Oberschmidt. Willie Steven.
son, Ralph Ratcliff.
Seventh grade-Gladys Stapp.
AnnabeI Oberschmidt. Minnie Bul.
lock, Clifton Oberschmidt, JEFF
Ferguson, Floyd Smith
Eighth grade-DoTsey Smith.
Victor Summers, Hezzie Summers,
Nettie Stapp
Ninth grade-Thelma Smith,
Norris Ferguson
Tenth 2rade-M Mary Bullock,
Robert Smith
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-11-20
USE THE BANKS.

The safest place for q mans
money is in some good. reputable
bank. Occasionally a bank breaks
and every once in while one is
robbed. but when they do the de-
positor usually gets back the larg-
est part of his deposits, and runs
no personal risk of also going along
with the bank.
That is not always the case when
a man hides his money or keeps 1t
upon his person, for he not only
invites robbery but risks being
murdered
An aged leweler at Brunswick,
Ca. who didn't trust banks, was
found dead in his little shop Sun
day morning His head had been
split with an axe. Everything was
topsy-turvy and the tin boxes in
(which he had kept his money were
empty
This man had been working
hard for forty years. and, as he
Dever made a deposit in a bank,
the impression went abroad that
he had his savings boarded In his
place of business. This was doubt
less true, and it finally tempted
someone to break into the place
and commit murder to obtain the
money.
The savings of forty years and
the old mans life eere alike taken
aIl because he didn't trust banks
and thought his money would be
safer 10 tin boxes. Clarion-Ledg.
Ter.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-11-20
FARMERS SHOULD LET REPRE-,
SENTATIVE KNOW THEIR WANTS

Eighty per cent of all the lands
cultivated in regular crops in Mis-
sissippi POSSIBLY more) would be
materially improved jn productive
value by more or less liberal ap.
plication of crushed limestone; !.
There are no plants near that
supply this commodity and the
freight rate from outside concerns
make it's use almost prohibitive.
There are a number of Iimetsune
deposits in the State that are rich
in valuable elements, The last leg-
islature passed a law authorizing
the penitentiary board of trustees
TO build one or more pllnts for
crushing limestone, using convict
labor, and sell to those wanting
same at actual cost
Soon after this was done the R.
r Commission promulgated rate
on cfushed limestone that would
enable the man living one hundred
miles from the plant to get it for
from ST to $l.25 per tor, Including
cost of quarrying, crushing, load :
ing and freight by railroad.
The legislature did not make an
appropriation to build these
plants. The penitentiary Board is
quarrying Legislators elect to find
out whether they will authorize an
appropriation not in excess Of $40, :
600 to build and place in operation
one or more of these plants.
If this much needed commodity
is to be available for use within
the next two years, something
must be done right away. If the
farmers of Mississippi want these
plants. it will be necessary for
them to let their representatives
know what they want. Don t
blame the legislator for not carry
ing out your wishes if he does not
know what they are, let your wants
be known.
No better investment of tie
amount can be made. The land
needs lime and Mississippi has it
IN large quantities. Convict labor
might as we'll do something to help
the farmer as to compete with him
in the production Of crops Mag
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