El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-06
Texas Magnates Are Signing Players
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Expect Best Season In League History
BY E. w. sIosEBACH.

Cap Leidy is having n very busy time
Of it rounding up the oilers, but at that
Beaumont fans will have 10 cause TO
worry, for he already has nucleus Tor
a team that ought to Keep the BeaHN
well in the running.
With five new players already under
cover the BrOncho boss promises to
ball players that viii warrant liberal
patronage in which the seating capaci-
ty OF the Block stadium can be put to
the test. thereby meaning the filling OF
1000 seats.
How About Eighth CIub2
Al that remains is the settling Of the
hreveport-Austin proposition for the
eighth club in the circuit, and it is eN-
pccted this matter will receive atten-
ton at the next league meeting, which
will be held at Galveston Friday, SAT-
urday and Sunday With this question
disposed Of. the way will be clear for
,the schedule committee to set down to
work And in the arrangement Of the
dates Of play it will be Interesting to
note how the mileage VIII be distribu-
ted among the eight clubs of the
league. It viii be the aim of the COM
mittee to keep this down to a minimum
in carrying out the general fetrench-
mont policy and to avoid unnecessary
trips by the various clubs over the cir
cult.
In the arrangement Of holiday dates
committee
tendance figures since receipts of these
games are pooled for equal division. tt
therefore beEoOves this committee to
consider the drawing qualities Of the
various clubs at home in the arrange
ment of holiday dates. Much of the
financial Success Of baseball depends
on the arrangement OF the schedule of
games so that no city viii be overbur-
dened with the sport.
Must Work Up An Appetite.
In this the law Of supply and demand
may be applied. When the fans are
clamOring for the game they will pat
rOniZe it, but when it is forced upon
them they viii naturally become indif-
ferent and take their good time to
consider as to whether or not to go
out to the ball park. How to work up
. baseball appetite for fandom is an
art the magnates viii have to learn in
these days of strenuous competition.
With the moving picture theaters and
automobile joy riding, both of which
have an all summer run, TO buck. base
BAN IS not enjoying clear field these
days, and all of the alluring features
of the great game must be brought into
play in order to draw the crowds.
Manager Must Work Out Plays.
And right here is where the mama
ger proves his worth Woe to the club
with bench warmer who puts in most
of his time and thought to counting the
man who is busy working out plays to
spring at the unexpected moment who
is a prize de must either be out on
the coaching lines himself or have a
man there in whom he can place reli-
ance to carry out a plan to upset the
calculations Of the opposition. And in
doing this he must be full of life and
action. witty man on the coaching
lines viii keep the crowds interested
and he never allows the game to lag.
He is oftimes a drawing card himself.
Originality should be the managers
There is nothing more
tiresOme than to watch a bunch of
lutOmatoms on a ball field-whose at !
ternOons work is cut out for them be-
fore the game besins-merely put in
their time carrying out instructions. 1t
is managers personality that counts.
A ball club thus equipped with a
chain lightning manager and coacher
who knows the definition of the word
VIII never lack for support, wherever
it may go, regardless Of the movies
or autos in the competition for the
crowds. There is nothing more diff
cult Of eradication than the baseball
germ once it gets into the system, and
the aim of the magnates now should
be to terminate the germ. The rest /
viii be easy.