El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-15
ZANLOCK LEAVES
COPPER LEAGUE
Tells of Three Cornered
League in Ray-Hayden
District; Rivalry Keen.
By HARRY B. SMITH.

San Francisco. Calf, Dec. 14.-Carl
ZamlOck, eX-COaster, ex-American
Lacquer and ex-Western Lacquer, TO
say nothing OF his prospects for lining
up with Los Angeles in 1916, has re
turned home for the winter and he
brings with him the tale OF the Arizona
owes no allegiance to organized base
ball and is owned body and soul BY
the Ray Consolidated Copper Mining
company, so he says
There has been the Midnight league
up in Canada, where baseball was
played long after the lights are blink
Ing Of an evening in san Francisco,
and Of otter leagues with freaky
characteristics, but nothing that com
pares with the COpperites-
The Ray Consolidated Mining COM
pany realizes that amusement is not
only a good thing but a necessity for
the men who are employed in the vari-
Gus camps To the end Of furnishing
the fun, this league was inaugurated
and with two games a wesk-one Of
q Wednesday and the Olner on Sunday
It's a booming institution
When the season opened. Zamloek
was with his old club, Denver in the
Western league. He threw his arm
out in the early spring, so he couldn't
heave a ball twenty feet and was
forced to quit From Denver he drift
ted to the Rio Grande association.
where he played ball until that i'll
tated organization blew up Then,
bent on discovering a job. Zamlock
heard Of the Copper league and paid
his fare to headquarters
incidentally il was lucky move, for
II was in Arizona that he ran into
physician VINO gave him the aid that
enabled him TO return 10 the pitching
department
The Copper league consists Of three
clubs One represents the mine at Ray.
another the mill at Hayden. and still a
third the smelter, half a mile from the
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or mine, team Bali players were not
only paid a salary for their services On
the team. but attached to the company
pay roll as we'll and it made mo
never minds" whether they worked or
not, he says
Time Ont For Game.
6 And here's another one for the book
The Sunday games are o. k but
the rub came when the midWeek game
had TO be reckOned with How was
time 10 be allowed. so the employees
could see the contests and stlll lose no
Easy enough. BY a mutual agree
ment the miners went 10 work during
the baseball season at 10 minutes 10
in the morning and cut 10 minutes of
their uOOuiug- On the week, that al
lowed enough time so they could see
the Wednesday game without q bit OF
trouble
You never saw such rivalry said
Carl, in explaining the sltua ton
Every game was like a worlds series
match so intense was the excitement
There was a lot Of rivalry so much 50
that the management found il neces-
sary TO seat the opposing rOOters in
different sections. Let them get to
gether as they did on one or two &C
casions and there was free for all
fighting
Carl. row that his arm IS back in
shape, doesn't expect to return 70 the
Copper league A scout from the Los
Angeles club. who saw him perform in
one Of the closing games, wanted to
sign him on the spot. but ZamlOck
thought il would be a better scheme to
wait until his return and discover Just
how the land lies
Ex-COasfers in League.
Quite a few former Coasters were IN
this league. particularly for the last
month of its existence. Hester, who
was with Blankenship in the sprIng,
managed one Of the clubs Bromley OF
the Oaks. Flame Delhi, Glananich-
Charlie Arbogast. Red Toner, the Seal
pitcher. buddy. the Oakland infieider-
Elliott Dent and Al Hester, once with
Sacramento. were among those who
had jobs
II is likely that ZamIock viii have
his annual job OF helping to whip the
University OF California baseball team
into shape. For the past three years
he has assisted Jimmy Schae1rer ana
now that the latter has quit coaching,
California would benefit BY giving the
pitcher fun control