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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
Managing With the Second Guess
BY BILLY EVANS
Especially


OONNIE MACK is conceded. to be one Of
the wisest men in baseball. He sell
~ dom makes a strategic move that is
omen TO censure. seriously doubt however.
if any manager was ever more freely criti-
Cised for failure to act than was the re-
sourceful leader Of the Athletics in the sec
ond game of the 1913 worlds series. At the
time it seemed to me that possibly Mack
had erred. for. after all. he is only human
On thinking the situation over that evening,
1 was won back to Mack's line OF resOning,
and when / later talked the situation over
with him, he showed me Just how he had
worked out his actions on logical lines
It Will be remembe that tina Athletics
won the first game OF the serieA to 4,
Bender beating Narquard, Crandau and
Tesreau. IN the second game, the two vet
Grams, Eddie Plank and Chrlsty Mathewson,
were the opposing pitchers With these
two master twirlers officiating it was only
natural that the contest resulted in a pitch
er's battle For nine innings neither team
was able to score. In the tenth New York
put three runs over the plate, clnching the
game. In the ninth. It seemed certain that
the Athletics would win, but a golden
chance was thrown away. It was the fail
ure % win in this inning that resulted in
manager Mack's being severely censured for
the way he had handled the situation.
COacher Was Blamed.
StrUnk started the inning with a single
to center field. Barry followed with
scratch hit between Wiltse and Nathewson
which second basenan Doyle fielded. He
made a try and threw wild, the ball going
to the stands. Strunk reached third on the
play and. as things turned out, probably
could have scored had he cared to take the
chance Barry went to second on the play.
The coacher at third was probably the cause
of Strunk not taking the chance, as he
advised against it. good many critics
severely censured this play. They insisted
that Struuk should nave taken the chance.
that had he gone home the play and
been thrown out. Barry would have moved
up to third where he would have been in
position to score on a single or a fly to the
outfield, since Strunk would have made the
first out Of the inning had he been retired.
All Three Went Out.
Playing 1t safe put Strunl1 on third and
Barry on second with no one out A slow
hit to the infield. sacrifice fly. a safe hit,
or the squeeze play all doomed up as ways
for the Athletics to score the much needed
run. At this stage Mathewson proved his
worth. Lapp hit sharp groHnder to
Wiltse, who retired Strunk at the plate on
a very close decision. On this play Barry
moved TO third, while Lapp reached first
base. 1t was now Planks turn to bat
Everybody figured that some pinch hitter
would be sent to bat for the southpaw.
Danny Murphy started up to the plate, then
returned TO the bench. There was a short
conference, and then Plank walked to the
plate. Plank hit to Wiltse. who threw to
the plate ahead Of Barry and that player
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

?
say it is not Probably the majority Of
followers of the game think it is not.
But there is one Federal Lacquer who
can give any mans son a hot argument
on the subject. He has a good come
back for very point that can be raised.
The same is Dick Carroll, new business
manager of the Brooklyn Federal
league club, who was imported from
the Buffalo club to supplant the retired
John Montgomery Ward.
Carroll is a live Wire-the livest sort
of a live wire. His eyes glisten with
enthusiasm whenever he is involved in
debate with an admirer Of the rival
forces, and his entire manner of speak
ing reveals a sincerity of conviction
that he is confident in the sOundness
Of his arguments.
Prevented n Scandal.
Almost at the very beginning of the
particular debate referred to, he
passed along some inside information.
II the Athletics had won the worlds
championship series instead of the
Braves, you would hove learned what
was the greatest ball club in the uni
verse last year, he said. The Indiana
polls club which Won the Federal
league pennaut had closed individual
PERSONAL agreements in writing with
the various members of the Athletics
to play our champions a five game
series. IF the Athletics had beaten the
Braves, we would have taken the hide
of them in the extra event. As it was,
a situation that would have been la
beled scandal by organized baseball
was prevented only by the victory Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

THICAGO, ILL, Feb. 13-Steve Well
Steve before 1 write you an other
letter 1 wont be single no more
but i will be married and it comes off
next Wed. night. q getting ready to
get married is as good as a trc~ eng
TIP Steve because it keeps a man hus-
ling a round so they amt no chance
for him to stay fat, tho Of corse 1
don't never get Fat because I all ways
take good care of my self and don't
never take a drink out side of beer &
onct in while q little skee & gin
when L don't feel good. But L bet I'm
down to wait now because 1 must Of
Token off or 10 lbs. in the passed
wk. trOttnE q round * doing this in
that.
Is Threw at the TayIOr'E.
finely got threw at the taylor. I
Wisht some of the peopl at home could
see me when I'm married Steve because
I'm going to look swell & that amt no
cOnseat neither but a man should ought
to look swell when you get robbed by
L Of them taylors.
All as he made for me was a dress
suite of ewing close & a extra pare OF
trousers to ware with the blue suite 1
got last fall and the new trauseTS <
the suite amt quiet exactly the same
collier of blue but so clost that you
cant telle them like at night & that's
when man wants to look good. And
soaked me $4,000 dollars.
I'm going to ware the new trausers
& my blue suite when we go a way af-
ter the welding & wear going to racine
and Milwaukee and then come back
here on acct l don't dare stay a way
from Chicago to long because Bresna-
nan might want should go south a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

the pres. of the club and to both c. p.
Taft 81 G. w. Murphy so as to be sure
Id get the man that owns the club be-
cause some peOpl says 1 owns it &,
some the other. But nothing has came
from neither 1 of them yet or nothing
from pres. Thomas q probly there all
going in to gether & get me some
thing hansome may be suite of close
or a sofa Of a davenport 6, of corse
that amt the same davenport that
pitched for Cinncinatti for vile but
this is something you lie on and is
no wonder the other davenport jumped
to the federal because if he had stayed
back to the bushs if they had of gave
me a chance to hit against him because
all as he had was a little speed and
that's my meet Ell steve
Steve's Present Missing.
Well Steve your present hasent
showed up yet & prObly you made your
miLd up to not send nothing & if you
did all right d don't worry a bout it
only I thot may be you might Of send
some thing and may be send 1t to the
wrong a dress & that's why we dident
get it but don't worry bout giveinS
me nothing and we will say no more
bout it only if you had in mind to
send us some thing & havenut send it
yet you better get it right off because
wear libel to be gone all ready when
it gets here.
Well Steve 1 bet your wishing you
was in my place & you would If you
seen the girl & / hope you can find
your self a girl some where's & get
married because its crate stuff only of
like Gussy & that's not to be expect it.
Wish me luck Steve & 1 will write
&, tell you all a bout If.
Respy. BILL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

a chance More important yet was vino
would pitch II he used a pinch hitter for
Plank and the Athletics failed to score. 1t
was fast growing dark The situation bObbed
up so quickly that there was no chance to
warm any one up If Plank had been taken
out, and the pinch hitter failed, and the
game won with the substitute pitcher work
ing, Mack would have been just as severely
criticised. The very fact that the Giants
got to Plank in the next inning, scoring
three runs, made every one say that old
Plank was all in: Mack should have known
it; no youngster could have done any worse.
As q matter OF fact, tough break in luck
put Plank in bad in the extra inning It
was q tough situation to handle. but even
with a chance to make a second guess,
opine that 1 would have done just as Mack
did Don't you think Mack had some logical
reasons for his actions p Copyright, 1915,
by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

the BoaOn team over MackS charges
Carroll then set out upon the dis
cussion to show that the Federal is a
big league by parallelng its early his
tory with that of the American league.
We are much stronger in playing tall
ent now than the American league was
al a similar stage of its career he
declared. banging his fist on a nearby
table. THE Johnson organization did
not have any thing like as strOn-
bunch Of players as ours until about
the third year of its existence. And We
have just passed through our very first
season Of existence as a prOfessed
major circuit.
That List Of Towns.
Perhaps you are right" was the re-
tort but how can you call your league
a major with that list of cities2 Look
a. Baltimore. which was unable to sup
port international league ball properly.
Look at Kansas City. How can you
possibly rate BragtOWn on the kaW as
a major league town. Buffalo is GER
taiuly not big league city. Indiana
polls couldn't support your league de-
Gently even when tbs home club won
your penuant.
Carroll was not nonplussed. The
twinkle Of his eyes revealed pleasure
at the knowledge he had some argu-
ments to batter down He proceeded
to batter. Towns like those" he said,
failed to support minor league ball
properly for the simple reason that
they are major league cities at heart.
Want Real Article.
The people will pay to see nothing
but the real article You saw how it
was at BaltiOmer last year. We got
all the patronage and drove Jack
Continued on Next Page)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

tween the various colleges that make
up the university. Students interested
in intercolege athletics were divided
as follows cross country, $50: track,
$50; baseball, 12O; crew, 90; soccer, Sc;
basketball, 60, and hockey, 50.
y
There are also about 80 men in the
boxing class and about 200 interested
in tennis. Under the rules of the uni
yersity gymnastic training is compul-
sorry for freshmen and sOphomores, Sc
that about 1900 men are enrolled in the
gymnasium class which meets three
times a week. Drill at Cornell also is
compulsory for freshmen students and
approximately 1000 men are required
to pursue military training three times
a week.
:. x
In addition to the forms Of athlet-
les already mentioned it is assumed
that more than 200 men take part in
the interfraternity contests such as
baseball, football. bowling and tennis.
1t is undoubtedly true that same of
the students take part in more than
one branch of athletics during the year.
therefore in the tabulatiOn above there
are Implications. but it is fair to as
sumo that the number of Undergraduates
who during the year get exercises in
one way or another reached the 1000
mark.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

head of the club and may be help him
brake in the new out fielders.
Has n Hole Lot to Do.
I still got a hole lot left to do in
cludeing to get the HsenCe & they will
stick me up $500 for that and the land
lady where L bOrd at says 1 should
ought to buy a new suite case but moth
ing doing because the 1 L got is good
enough and besids its got my inishuls
on it and labbles from all the diffrunt
hotels where the club stops at on the
road and may be some of the peOpI
where we go on our honey moon will
reckonize me but if they do and try
and talk to me wont say nothing but
pretend like L dident think they was
talking to me but L guess that wont
fool them none Ell Steve especially
when it Will of been in all the papers
n bout me getting married.
GusSy Is Some Busy.
Gussys running q round like a chick
en- with out their head cut off & acts
like she was as busy is a dancing
teacher or some thing but L don't see
where shes got anything to do out side
Of get her close fitted and her old close
mend it up and anser a few letters and
so 4th.
The presents have begin comeing
6, the peoDl that sept the most Of
them we got so far could of kept them
with out makeing me sore at them but
some of them is 0. X. includeing q cut
glass dish that will be o. K. to lay
the cigars in when we have Co. * j
big chair that it just a bout fits ms
but that's only l & Gussy cant set on
my lap all the vile and 1 guess she
I'M to the ball PIX. practiceing in the
A. NJ unlest some body comes acrost
with an other chair.
I sent a invitation to pres. Thomas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

was run down between third and home.
There was still A chance with Eddie Murphy
UP, but he retired the side by hitting a
weak roller to Mathewson.
How Mack Reasoned.
What was said about Mack the next day
for his failure to permit a pinch hitter to
bat in place Of Plank would have filled a
large sized book. I later talked the situa-
ton over with Mack and he offered mighty
good reasons for his line OF action. Mack
scores every game carefully and he draws
lots OF conclusions from that score. When
it came Plank's turn to bat in the ninth, he
noted that Eddie, who is pretty fair hit
ter. had been much more successful against
MHtty than q lot Of his supposedly heavy
hitters. In the third inning he had given
second basemun Doyle a hard chance. In
the fifth inning he had singled 20 right
field. In the seventh Fletcher made a nice
catch OF his fly in short left field. Those
happenings made him decide that Plank had
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
NntIrr

Holmes Dyeing and Cleaning Works
is no longer connected in any way with
the tailoring and cleaning office at los
San Antonio street, next to the Wig
wan theater. Phone 1855 and our auto
will call on you. Can leave package
on Mesa avenue, next to Guarantee Shoe
Co. No place like Holmes."-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
'lIIADE IN Ell PAsO.0

One dollar spent at home is equal to
$40 put into circulation as against the
dollar sent out Of town, whether it be
the banker or the man with the pick,
every one benefits by the development
Of home industries and the building UP
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
BOXERS HAVE HIGHER STANDARDS
NOW THAN FORMERLY, SAYS CURLEY

Leaders Generally Live Very Clean Lives and Invest
Their Money and Care For Their Families, Says the
Fight Promoter in Answer to Critics Who Have
Assaied the Wilard-Johnson Match
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
Bill Is Threw AT the Taylors" and
VIII Soon Be Regular Married Man


BY RIM
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
Sport Popular AbrOad.


As for foreign countries, boxing is
patrOnized even by royalty and in
France and England, like first class
theater-by men and women, mostly in
evening clothes. In England, France,
Australia, Germany, Russia, Canada,
Panama, Cuba, and severl South Ame-
ricn countries boxing is very popular.
In Australia there is a tax upon ev-
cry boxing show - in fact a sort Of
license on each boxer. Said tax is not
an assessment Of so much money, but
boxers are detailed to teach the box
ing game to what is known there as
Bakers regiments, named in honor OF
snowy Baker, the leading boxing
promoter of Sydney and Melbourne,
These regiments, consisting Of school
boys ranging from seven to 16 years,
are taught self defence during school
hous and leading authorities clam it is
the greatest form of athletics ever
tried for school boys, and is working
great benefits on both mind and body.
Bishop Introduced Principals.
In the lightweight championship
match in London, Eng. last June, the
principals were introduced by a noted
bishop OF tho English church, with the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
FEDERAL SAYS Braves VICTORY
PREVENTED 4 BASEBALL SCANDAL
Business Manager of BrOokfeds Says Indianapolis Feds
Signed Individual Agreements With Members of Ath-
letics For Five Game Series to Follow the World
Series if the Athletics COPIED the Pennant.
BY MONTY.

THEW YORK, 15-1s the the BoSon team Mack
NJ Federal league major league? up
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

BY RING W. LARDNER.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

head of the club and may be help him
brake in the new out fielders.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-14
By Woodroy zson
French Activity.

fully
impose atty infringement by either
entire OIL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-14
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
It's Grandmother's recipe to bring
back color, thickness and Iustre-
Everybody is using it again.

Gray hair, however handsome. de-
notes advancing age. We all know
the advantages of a youthful appear
ance. Your hair is your charm. II
makes or mars the face. When il
fades, turns gray and looks dry
wispy and scraggly, just few appli-
cations of Sage Tea and Sulphur en-
hances its appearance a hundred-fold.
Don't stay gray! Look young! Eth
er prepare the tonic at home or get
from any drug store a 50-cent bottle
of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" Thousands of folks recon-
mend this ready-to-use preparation,
because it darkens the hair beautiful
ly and removes dandruff, stops scalp
itching and falling hair; besides, no
one can possibly tell, as it darkens
SO naturally and evenly. You moisten
a sponge or soft brush with it, draw
ing this through the hair, taking one
small strand at time. By morning
the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two, its natural
color is restored and it becomes thick.
glossy and lustrous, and you appear
years younger. (adv.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-14

The French had an advantage, new
ertheless, which was not to be de-
spised. They moved as they were or
dered to move by an active and
policies were made, and which meant
to cramp the English, if it could not
actually get rid of them.
They extended and organized the
military power of France as they
went; and they were steadily girdling
the English about with a chain of
posts and settlements which babe fair
to keep all the northern and western
regions of the great continent for the
King of France, from the mouth of
the st. Lawrence round about, 1000
miles, to the outlets of the Missis-
sippi at the gulf.
Their movement along the great
rivers and the lakes had been very
slow at first; but it had quickened
from generation to generation, and
was now rapid enough to fix the at
tention of any man who could hear
news and had his eyes abroad upon
what was happening about him.
Jacques Cartier had explored the
noble River ST. Lawrence for his royal
master of France long century and
a half ago, in the far year 1885, fifty
years before the English so much as
attempted a settlement. But it was
not until 1903, the year after James
town was begun, that Samuel de
Champlain established the first per-
manent French settlement, at Que
bee, and there were still but 200 lone
ly settlers there when nearly thirty
years more had gone by (1636.)
It was the quick growth and syste-
matte explorations of the latter part
of the century that made the English
uneasy.
The $4,000 Frenchmen who were
busy at the work of occupation when
William of Orange became king had
not confined themselves to the settle
ments long ago made in the Bay of
Fundy and at Montreal, Quebec, and
Tadousac, where the great river of
the north broadened to the sea. They
had carried their boats across from
the upper waters of the Ottawa to
the open reaches of Lake Huron; had
penetrated thence to Lake Michigan,
and even to the farthest shores of
Lake Superior, establishing forts and
trading posts as they advanced.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-14

They had crossed from Green Bay
in Lake Michigan to the waters of the
Wisconsin river, and had passed by
that easy way into the Mississippi
I-oTo rudrqueTTe, mad descended the
Father of Waters past the Ohio to
the outlet of the Arkansas (1673) ;
and Robert La Sale had followed him
and gone all the long way to the
spreading mouths of the vast river
and the gates of the gulf 1882, not
by way of the Wisconsin, but by
crossing from the southern end of
Lake Michigan to the stream of the
Illinois, and passing by that way to
the Mississippi.
And so the lakes and the western
rivers and the Mississippi itself saw
the French, and French posts sprang
up upon their shores to mark the
sovereignty of the king of France.
Frenehmen easily enough learned
the ways of the wilderness and be-
came the familiars of the Indians in
their camps and wigwams; and they
showed themselves of every kind
some rough and lawless rovers, only
too glad to throw off the restraints
of the orderly life to which they had
been bred and live as they pleased in
the deep, secluded forests, trading
without license, seeking adventure,
finding a way for the civilization
which was to follow them, but them
selves anxious to escape it; others
regular traders, who kept their hold
upon the settlements behind them and
submitted when they were obliged to
official exactions at Montreal; some
intrepid priests, who preached saliva
ton and the dominion of France
among the dusky tribes, and lived or
died with like fortitude and devo-
ton, never willingly quitting their
sacred task or letting go their hold
upon the hearts of the savage men
they had come to enlighten and sub
due; some hardy captains with little
companies of drilled men-at-arms
from the fields of France-at the
front indomitable explorers, far in
the rear timid farmers clearing
spaces in the silent woodland for
their scanty crops, and little towns
slowly growing within their walls
where the river broadened to the sea.
Monday-The Confederated Iro-
quois.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-07-14
Philadelphia to Spend
$4,000. 900 For Piers.

The city of Philadelphia is to spend
SIS, O00, 900 for piers, one Of which is
soon to be started at an estimated
cost of $1,5Oo,000. This vast ex-
penditure is to be made so as to pro-
vide adequate facilities for commerce
and should be an example to ports all
over the United States, for it demon
strates that one of the greatest ports
of the United States realizes that
without proper facilities port can
not expect to retain its present bust
ness, let alone increasing that COM
merce.
Recently the city of Philadelphia
sold bond issue Of many millions
considerably above par and proposes
to spend this money Immediately il
{ additional docking facilities. In tax
ing this step it realizes that the port
Aat can offer the best advantages
get the business and is preparing
Andle that business when it de
ing the gulf and Atlantis
p.epaAept Pensacola, ports ar
1ney arer an increased business
ent' for epreparing for the pres
are more thaport's facilities nov
wnat comnercequate to handl
gre looking into calling, but the
' De done by future, whic
sired. panty II ccess i Il
Speaking Of philabs,n,3
penditure the Manufaa .pnl1 Ayast e,
pa. recent issus--A..sge-sstasspS to oF
--111fht1gs the most modern port alon
the Atlantic coast was made on Jun
IA when Mayor Blankenburg signe
two ordinances authorizing the De
partment of Wharves, Docks and Eel
ries to acquire the necessary prop
erty at the foot of Mexican street fc
the first of the ten municipal pier
to be erected in the southern ser
ton of the city and known as tn
Moyamensing piers.
AS soon as the Director Of the De
partment of Wharves, Docks and Eel
ries had been notified that the ord
nances had been signed he issued ac
vertisements, asking for bids fo
dredging the site of the pier prepare
tory to starting the construction Q
its substructure.
This pier will be the largest We
built by the city of Philadelphia an
when completed will cost approx
mately $1,50o,OOO. The whole grou
of ten piers, which, it is said, wi
be superior to any municipal-owne
piers in the United States and the ca
storage yards and other facilitie
necessarily appurtenant to the pier
will involve an expenditure of almos
$25 900 900.