El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-23
ALEXANDER IS
PHILLIE HERO
Approaches Top Of National
League; Superbas Drive
Marquard Out of Box.
BY ~BECks


times called "DOdo." and at other times
The Iron Man." is the hero OF PhlIa-
delphia baseball fans at the present
time The Phillies opened the National
six straight games Grover did MS
fair share of the pitching and won
his share of the glory. The opening
same in Philadelphia was played on
Thursday and Alexander was chosen
for the mound duty. Hess worked for
the Boston Braves. For five innings
it was nip and tuck, both pitchers
doing fine work. In the eighth, five
hits, two stolen bases and errors by
GoWdy and Hess. gave the Phlllles
five runs and the victory. Alexander
issued only one pass and famed seven.
He has been the leading pitcher Of
the Phillies since he was grabbed by
the draft route from the Syracuse
club OF the New York State league four
years ago and seems TO be improving
every year. With the great Mathew
son sliding back as he. grows older,
Alexander is fast approaching the top
Of National league pitchers and viii
soon be recognized as king Of them
all.
Rube Marquard pitched a nO-hit no
run game for the Giants last Friday
and the New York hero wOrshipers
at once and got busy and declared that
the erratic southpaW would establish
some wonderful records this year. He
has already done so. On Thursday he
was foolish enough TO tackle the Su-
perbas, who roasted on the lowest rung
Of the National league standing They
fell on Rube with shouts of glee and
drove him from the mound in the sew
enth. Nap Rucker started for Brook
Ign, but was replaced in the third by
Dell who did good work for the rest
Of the game. The Superbas won,
10 4, and thereby clambered out OF the
cellar position
"Wildfire" Frank Schultz got his
first home run Of the season off Mead
ows, Of the Cardinals, Thursday The
Cubs were out for a batfest and got
nine hits, Including the homer, a dOu-
Bile and a triple, off Meadows, and
Doak. These netted them nine runs,
when mixed with three St. Louis errors
Meadows evened up for the homer
Schultz hit off his delivery by slam
ming one off Vaughn. Vaughn was
replaced by Pete Standridge in the
sixth and he held the Cards 10 two
hits in three innings and famed three
Babe Adams pitched steady ball in
the opening game at Plttsburg and the
Pirates won from the Reds. 10 .
Douglas was knocked out Of the bd1
in the third inning President John
X. Tener, Of the National league,
pitched out the first ball
The White Sox are not winning any
great reputation as sluggers this sea
son but. though outhit by the Browns,
Pants" Rowland's men beat the St
LOuisans by a score Of TO l. They
got all their runs in the eighth inning
The LajOieless Maps started out 70
set a few records this season BY actu-
ally getting into the first division. On
April IA, 1914, the Maps dropped into
last place and, except. for snort
period Of two days, June 80 ana July
!, remained in the dungeon They BoL
off TO a good start this year but have
already started TO slide, and are al
ready back in the second division sam
Crawford, VIII and Leach, Of the IT,
gers. had a lot to do with the defeat
OF Cleveland in the first game on their
home grounds, Thursday. Four bunched
hits and an error by Mitchell gave the
victory TO the Tigers in the fourth
inning
With two runs needed to win, two
out and two on bases, Wagner popped
an easy fly to Murphy, OF the Ath-
letics, at Boston. Thursday. And MUIR
phy dropped the ball Both runners
scored. 'Nuf sed-
Shaw, of the Senators, was as wild
as a haWk-When the bases were empty
but mighty stingy with hits when
the bases were full and the Eanks
both hit hard.
Bedient let the Baltimore Feds have
seven hits, but kept them so scat
tered they did no harm, while the
Buffeds punched their hits off F.
Smith and Conley- Hal Chase scored in
the second, following a pass. a steal
and a single and after Dalton had sin
gled in the fourth, he came along with
a home run.
Harry Moran, who quit the Tigers
for Federal company last fall. got into
the hmelight on Thursday by pitch
ing two nit game against the Brook
lyn TiptOps. one Of the hits being a
fluke. Newark got only four hits off
Wilson. but they were mixed with
passes so they did the most good and
Newark won, TO 0.
Columbus broke into. the winning
column in the American association on I
Thursday by trimming the league lead I
ers, Indianapolis, 4 to s.
Rain played havoc with the Texas I
leaguers on Thursday and only one /
game was played. old Jupiter Pluvius I
holding the stage at Fort Worth, Cal /
weston and Dallas