El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-30

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r an I'll Paso baseball club were
Z taken when Park Pitmau. Charles
Newman, VIII T.. Watson. Art Woods,
Bob Holiday and Robert Krakauer
mot az the Cactus club Friday after
noon % MADE the beginning of
an organization by eleCting Woods
secretary treasurer. It was decided TO
make an effort toward reorganization
OF the Copper league with the MEM
bership OF two years ago., Ell Paso,
santa Rita, Hurley>and Silver City.
secretary Woods was empowered to
communicate with fhe three latter cit
les az nee and find .ut how they stand
on the subject. 81 they agree to re-
organize the league Mr. Woods was di-
rected to request that they each send
q representative to . meC:iI.s TO be held
In El PasO within the next ten a
At this meeting, il all ARE agreeable,
the Copper league VIII be prganized
and it is possible that a schedule win
be arranged. If the Schedule is not
made up at this meeting it VIII be
shortly afterward. NeN raesdaY e.
t~ernoon at 4 o'clock all interested i'm
the scheme win meet at the Cactus
club and the different Officers, except
ing the sccretary-treasureT VIII hc
elected. A board OF directors Tor the
El Paso baseball club viii also be
elected.
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No action has been taken as yet IN
regard TO securing players Or a man
ager. But as soon as The officers and
the board Of directors are elected ana
the Copper league properly organized,
both a manager and player viii be Sc
ecure II is believed thar after the
manager has been secured the work Of
obtaining players sill BE- surned over
TO him TO a great extent
One resolution adopted at the meet
ing Friday afternoon was that III Paso
mould -fnnI Fnu nnfhfn.r harf "a rrrfnnnT-
regardless OF the cost. We're At pcs
sible to retain the players now in the
city and add a few outsiders, it is be
lieved Ell Paso could rOmp IN with the
flag.
This. however, would Re Impossible
as a number Of those row i'm The city
are going to various leagues IN or
ganizcd baseball. At least one will go
to a classfA league. Several Of the
youngsters. at least. have visions Of
the big league, and an even bigger sal
airy than they viii receive where they
are going could not hold them here.
However. there are many good bail
players in the country who car be Sc
cured at a reasonable price, and the
club viii so out after the best ~ these.
last year at the end Of the season,
the players on the teams in Tho City
league received an average az about
Sc apiece. This amount did not
NME allDlaA AAAA play Eto HG--AN 70 NtI
fare. There was Approximately $3.50
left after the league had paid the city
Of FL Paso S1025 for the use u Wash
ington park during the season.
FL PasO had a city league during the
summer of 1912. At the end of the
season the league paid the city $1,000
for the seasons use of Ihe park. $50
more than was paid during the past
season. At the end of the yea- the
league divided among the players or
the four teams the sum of S3G92- The
winning Globe Mills team received
S1O73.2O. The 22nd Infantry received
Sq23.20. The White SOx received $3.50 20
and the In%ternationals received SS33.20.
in 1912 the players on the winning
team received nearly 800 apiece for
The season, while the players on the
tail end Internationals received ar
prOximately SIS apiece. IN 1912 Art
Woods managed the City league, be
ing secretary n treasurer of it,
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Despite the fact that manager Cal
lahan Of the Chicago White Sox re
leased Ping Bodie it is not at all GER
tain that the fence buster" is through.
Bodie is, and for Il number of years
has been considered the worst ivory
dome i'm baseball Ping could always
slug, however. and Joe Tinker is of
the opinion that he still retains his
smuggling ability. Joe is after Ping for