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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12

IN ORDER that we may have a com
plete understanding right at ths
4 start, let us start out on this series
by defining what constitutes a knock
out
There are many kinds OF them, all
classified under that broad and sweep
ine ring term Of * o." In parlance
Of the glove arena they mean pretty
much the same thing to the fight fan
defeat. always defeat-but when ana
lived they are all vastly different, each
telling its own story.
Here is a general definition OF the
knockout as it is understood by those
who know something Of the Queens
berry code:
Knockout-Ca) A condition brought
about in a glove contest whereby one
man, as result OF a single blow or
succession Of blows, renders an op-
ponent unfit to continue the contest
or unable to respond inside Of ten sec
onds, as counted by the referee in the
ring.
Cb)-Interfereence by a referee whose
judgment may dictate that it is unwise
or unsafe for one Of the contestants
TO attempt to continue the contest
(c)-Failure Of one Of the contest
ants TO respond to the call OF time at
at beginning Of a round.
(d)-Acti0n Of a contestants seconds
In acknowledging defeat by tossing a
sponge or towel into the ring during
the progress OF a round or between
rounds
Sometimes Used in Theafers.
There are other uses for the term
knockout. It is brought in effectively
in theatrical parlance TO describe a real
nit in the way of a play, a sketch, a
skit, a song or even the loWly wheeze.
sometimes the two line gag. made pop
ular in the old days OF Ward and Vokes,
IS described as "a real knockout" be-
cause It is supposed to have the same
effect on an audience as q telling
punch on the jaw or in the solar plexus
has on boxer in the ring. It Is a
laughing knockout and sometimes
termed scream" and "screech.n
This series Of stories will embodv
knockouts in all Of the broadest sense
Of the term It will treat Of the tragedy
OF the sleep producer handed out in (
championship battles and those that
are almost championships, as well as /
the comic side Of ring affairs. in I
bouts of minor Importance, some OF /
which were real screams"
Sensational kmocEOufE
sensational knOckOuts have been so
frequent IN the last % years. or since 1
John L sullivan. under the able guild I
ahce OF Billy Madden, brought the five
ounce gloves into lasting popularity as 1
a means Of Queensberry demonstration. /
that II would be a too difficult task 10 1
PICK out one that could stand out as the
most sensational Of all Of them.
MeCormiek-McCOy Knockout
For that reason we will approach
That portion Of the subject with dir /
ndence BY stating that the most sensa-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12

The All Stars claim that the scora
In the game with the Feldmans rs
II to 8 and not % to and also thar
they had only six Of their PLAYERS for
the game.
Altura Juniors can get a game with
the All Stars If they are looking for a
contest.
Here's some confusion. The West
Main Juniors send in a report that they
beat the Feldman Juniors by a score
of to and the Feldmans come along
with a report Of a victory over the
West Main Juniors by a score Of 8 TO .
The Juniors claim that they drove Todd
from the mound and that the Field
mans sent in Pat Dwyer, a member OF
the Feldman Seniors. Anyway, il is
evident that there was a bustup about
the sixth inning and each team claims
a forfeit.
The lineup of the Feldman Juniors
was; Burnside, C; Todd, D: Cooley. 10
J. Mckenzie, 2b; Lerner, 3b: T. McKen-
zie' II; r Welsh, CT; Croxton, If
For the West Main Juniors, the line
up was: Butler, c; n. Cordova and
Beisswenger, p; J. O'Keefe. 1b: I. Cor
dova, 2b; DUchesne, 3b; r. Miller IS:
B. Stensel, IT, The names Of the other
Two outfielders were not reported.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12

tional knockout ever handed a boxer
/ IN Chicago was dealt out by Jack Nc
/ Cormick, then OF Philadelphia, with
| Norman Selby ("Kid McCoy') as the
/ victim.
This battle created more ring chat
/ ter at the time than any other because
I Of the prominence Just then Of Mccoy,
! who looked to be every inch a cham
pionship contender. Personally I be-
neVe the knockout Of Joe ChOyniski
by Eddie ('Kid") Carter almost three
years later at the old American club
was its equal in point OF sensationalism,
perhaps even greater as a real thriller
because the man who scored the knock
out was so groggy at the time he could
scarcely stand upright But the men
did rot enjoy as high position as did
the handsome Mccoy.
The bout took place at the old Star
theater at KinZie and Clark strets, the
place formerly having been a museum
and before that was Woods museum
and NcCormick's hall It was there
that John l. Sullivan, making his first
Chicago appearance, slew Cap Dalton,
the tUgbOat man, who was thought
capable Of giving the Boston Strong
Boy lively argument
Felt Sympathy for Stranger.
Sam Summerfield and Charley Essig
we're running the Star fights at the
time and Mccoy was q great card: they
had fine house that night McCor-
horse. Everybody felt sorry for the
stranger despite the vastness OF his
physical proportions when he drew off
his robe and stood up to face the lacing
the crowd thought Mccoy surely
would deal out to him.
Mccoy didn't weigh much over $50
pounds at the time and looked like a
boy beside the massive 40 pounds OF
solid front that Jack presented TO him. :
It was plain that Mccoy had skill and
speed in his favor and his splendid
foOtwork, without being flashy, car
ried him so nicely out Of range that
Mccormick, during the first minute,
was made to look like a truck horse
A half dozen lightning like lefts TO
McCOrmick's face put plenty OF pink /
there and appeared to fluster the big
man.
Mccormick never let up in his rush /
ing tactics, however, twice sprawling |
badly as the slippery Kid sidestepped I
and clipped the big man as he flew by. /
Then Mccoy made a fatal mistake. He /
stood still, evidently looking for an /
opening through which to land that /
left hook Of his. He knew he could I
bring the giant down with it il he 4
landed. "
Exit Mccoy.
Mccoy waited near the ropes at the /
side Of the ring right in the glare /
OF the footlights. Mccormick rushed 1
IN close, being held off slightly with (
that tantalizing left. SteadyinE him
self, Mccormick leaned backward
dropped his pOndeToUs right almost 10
the 1loor OF the ring and brought It
up to the point of AIcCoy's Jaw. II was /
q clean knockout
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12

Hagerman passed ten men but al
lowed only three hits and the Indians
beat the 4anks, TO J. the only run
81 the Donovan crew being forced over
the plate in the eighth on a pass. Keat-
ing was hit hard in the early innings
Errors by the Red Sox. .coupled with
timely hitting by the Tigers, gave the
latter victory. to 1.
The Browns presented the Maekmen
with two runs in the fourth with a
Juicy error. while Shawkey was in fine
form and allowed only three hits and
no runs.
When Scott issued a pass in the
fourth, he didn't count on Morgan com
ing up with a double. It gave the SEN
ators their first run and they grabbed
another in the fifth, beating the White
Sox, to 0. The Sox got only four hits
off Shaw.
Chief Bender got bad start at Bal
umore when the Sloufeds grabbed four
runs in the opening inning but he then
steaoled and the Terrapins took advan-
Jage Of the St Louis errors. Bender
drove in the winning run in the eighth
with double.
The Chifeds made a whale Of q finish
at Brooklyn Hollis tumble started
things and Tinker rushed in three 1i1Cb
hltters, all Of whom delivered the
goods. and the Chifeds scored four
runs, winning to 4.
hogse and Anderson had a pitching
duel at Buffalo. each allowing sig bfts
heily's homer in the first inning v-as
the only score, Pittsburg winning,
Johnson. of the Packers. held the
Ne Warks to three hits and shutout
while his team mates hit three 49,
pitchers hard and often
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
All Leagues Witness Weird Baseball
IL IL il IL IL
Big Scores and Errors Are Plentiiffu
BY ~BECK.Y


- OUGLAS and FL Paso were not the
only teams in organized baseban
- TO pile up a big score on Tuesday.
Indianapolis beat Milwaukee in the
American association by a score Of 1s
10 D. In the four National league games
q errors were made, an average of six
10 the game Boston made seven er-
rors IN the game with st. Louis. In the
American league, there were u errors
an average Of three TO the game The
Federals piled up a total Of 19 errors.
an average Of nearly five TO the game
IN the western league, % errors were
recorded IN four games; in the Texas
league l6 IN four games. These figures
are given merely to show that some
weird baseball is being played all over
the country, in big leagues and small
this season and the blowup here in the
third inning Of Tuesdays game was
quite IN keeping with the games else
where.
The Phillies pumped the Pirates on
tuesday and broke the winning streak
OF the buccaneers McQuilIan was hit
nard but got good support while the
Pirates got only four hits off Alex
errors
Pierce pitched shutout ball against
the Dodgers while Rucker was hit hard
and the Cubs won.
Rube Benton and Ralph stroud
hooked up in a pitchers battle at New
York The Giants gave Stroud wobblv
support and the Reds walked off with
the victory.
II was q weird game that was PLAYED
AT Boston the Cardinals fairly PLAYING
rings around the Braves, who made
seven errors. The Cards worked the
squeeze play three times.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
DOUGLAS WINS TENNIS
MATCH FROM WARREN

Douglas. Ariz-, May 12.-By a score
Of IL TO >, the Douglas Country club
tennis team defeated the Warren Dis
trict Country club players in a match
played here Warren won two singles
out OF seven and lost all four doubles
This makes one match won by each
club. Both clubs are preparing TO send
teams to the Southwestern Tennis as
ISOLATION tournament AT FL PasO this
month
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Brooklyn r H r.
Chicago ..........O1O DOL 1915 Il 1
Brooklyn ...... 900 600 O1O-1 4 .
Batteries: Chicago, Pierce and
Archer: Brooklyn, Cadare and Miller.
At Philadelphia Ri z.
Pittsburg No.. OO1 600 O1O-2 .
Philadelphia . 002 900 11x+ 10
Batteries: Pittsburg, McQuillan and
Schang; Philadelphia, Alexander and
Burns
At New York RHE-
Cincinnati $500. 600 900 DOL Oh /
Batteries: Cincinnati, Benton and
Clarke; New York, Stroud and Meyers
At Boston r H L
St Louis 600 122 900 =
Boston .......... 600 600 100
Batteries: st. Louis. Doak and Sny-
der; Boston, Rudolph, Ragan and
Gowdy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
WOMEN ARE TO BE BARRED
FROM WISCONSIN FIGHTS

kenOsha- Wis, May 12-Women viii
be barred from Wisconsin boxing con-
tests in the future, according to a rul-
ing Of the boxing commission an
nounced at a ten round contest be
tween Knockout George Brown and
Fighting Billy" Murray here Tuesday
night.
Many women in the audience showed
disapproVement at the announcement
According 10 sporting writer's at the
ringside Brown had the best OF the
match Murray weighed 1872 and Brown
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
LARGE ENTRY LIST
FOR TRACK MEET

A large field Of entries is assured
for the southwestern amateur track
and field meet Saturday at Washington
park Roswell has entered u men and
the "Y" and A and NJ college viii have
at least the same number
Owing TO the large number Of entries
it will be necessary to run the trial
heats in the morning at 10 o'clock
All track finishes. as well as the field
events. viii take place in fro2t OF the
grandstand.
The first event the finals in the 100
yard dash, viii be called promptly at
2-3Q o'clock.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
AMERICAN AssOCIATIOl
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.

At New Orleans, ?; Little ROCK. 5.
At Mobile, 0; Nashville, /. a. irst)
seven innings by agreement.
At Mobile, 3; Nashville, 4. (Second)
10 innings
At Chattanooga postponed,
rain
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., postponed.
wet grounds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
TENNIS PLAYERS
ARRIVING HERE
By @BECK.s

Contestants for the Border States
tennis tournament, which opens on the
courts Of the FL Paso Country club on
Thursday morning May p, at 9 o'clock.
are already arriving in the city,
Phil Lynch. the Denver expert, de-
clares the climatic conditions here are
so superior to his home town that he
has decided 10 do his practice work
here and is already in the city. Mem
bers OF the Country club are also en-
thusiastic over the work Of A. Salazar
Of Chihuahua He won the Illinois
state championship last year and is now
working out here with the idea Of tax
ing the southwestern honOrs- He is
accompanied by J. Acosta, who is also
making a favorable impression.
Brame Hillyard, former amateur
champion of England. who is now visit
ing on a cattle ranch near Alpine. has
sent in his entry and will have to be
considered serious contender for the
singles honOrs-
Another contestant who. has won
hOnOrs in big tournaments is J. B.
AdOue, jr, Of New York His entry
was received on Tuesday
Interest Is Intense.
Carl A. Beers has just returned from
an automobile trip which took him
into every city and town in the state
Of Arizona and he states that in all
his experience he has never found so
much interest in a tennis tournament
as now exists in Arizona where all the
players are determined to make a good
showing for the honor OF their state.
Entries for the tournament viii close
at noon on May % and the first draw
ing viii be made early on the follow
ing morning and the pairings published
in The Herald that evening. PLAY
starts at a m on Thursday morning
Nay p, and viii be continued until the
tournament is over. 1t is expected :
that matches Will be played daiIvNfrom /
a m. TO p. m for about five davs
Roswell has sent in one Of the iarcg-
est entries Of any small town and I
there VIII be ten contestants from I
that city
The Tucson and Phoenix entries /
have not yet been received but are ex- 4
pected to be very heavy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12

Don't forget that boys will be ad-
mltted free to the professional base
bal game between Douglas and Ell
PasO Friday afternoon.
Probably 100 boys took advantage
OF the free admission to the bah park
On Tuesday afternoon and they were
among the nOisiest rooters on the
grounds With plenty of hitting and a
garrison ninth inning finish. It goes
Without saying that the young fans
mad good time. There will be even
more boys out for the game on Friday
when the youngsters viii again be ad-
mitted free Of charge.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
KILBANE oUTPOINTs cOOG..N.

New York, May 12.-Johnny hilbane
Of Cleveland. worlds champion feather
weight easily outpOinted Mel COogan
OF Brooklyn Tuesday night in a tame
10-rOund boxing bout in Brooklyn. Kill
bane weighed 12S and Coogan 125
pounds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
In BoyIand:

7 AAAR school is now leading class
A OF the Grammar schools baseball
league with three wins and one
loss while san Jacinto is Close ba,,i--5
with two wins and one lSss Ao,r -
tlnues 10 lead class 3 and has not vet
had 10 taste defeat. The standing of
the teams follows. "a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12

Piano Clearance Sale On nj aBiIiinEs.v
Do you really want a genuine piano
bargain Make your selection lrly.
1929 East Boulevard, or phone I67 for
our car. Billings Piano CO.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
GOLDEN ROD

GOLDEN ROD is sweet, pure and
clean and all stock dearly love it. Try
sack and be convinced. Walter s
Clayton, Agent-Advertfsen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
FEDERAL LEAGUE.

At Newark R II. E
Kansas City .....-O21 1OI 1911 u 1
Newark 900 600 600 3 1
Batteries: Kansas City, Johnson and
Brown; Newark, Kaiserling, White
house, Billiard and Rariden.
- At Baltimore RHE
Il LOUIS -..------.4OU COL oOO-5 II
Baltimore ......-.1O1 900 22x-s 6 1
/ Batteries: St Louis, Watson and
Hartley; Baltimore, Bender and Owen.
At Buffalo RHE.
-Hittsburg ......1OO 600 O0O-I 6 3
Buffalo -.--...---000 900 600 6 .
Batteries: Pittsburg. Rogge and
Berry; Buffalo, Anderson and Blair.
At Brooklyn RHE
Chicago .......... Dol DOL OO4-6 il
Brooklyn ......-.. O1O OO2 100
Batteries: Chicago. Prendergast,
Brown and Fisher; Brooklyn, Marion
and Simon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
NEEsTERN LEAGuE-

At Des Moines- RHE
Des MOines ... 100 OIL O1x-4 u 5
Batteries Omaha. BIOdgett and
Kruger; Des MOines, Thomas and
Breen-
At Lincoln RH. z.
Wichita .... O1O OO2 1915
Lincoln 1900. 102 OO0 OF &c 10 =
Batteries: Wichita, Geist and Grif-
fifth, Graham, Gray: Lincoln. Dawson
and McAllister, YantZ.
At St Joseph R.HE
Sioux City -... POI 600 600
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
TORTORIGH AND
BURNS TOUNITE
New Orleans Promoters
Cease Fighting and Form
Partnership.

Milwaukee. Wis, May 1.-THE decis-
ION OF D J. TOrtorich, the New Orleans
promoter, to join hands with Tommy
Burns, the former heavyweight cham
pion, will no doubt mean a boost for
the game in the Crescent CITY. last
ran Burns entered the boxing game in
New orleans after Tom McCarey. the
Los Angeles promoter. decided TO give
up the idea Of locating there and the
eXchampion stuck to his last.
linen began a war for matches be-
tween the man who really has kept
the boxing game alive in New Orleans
Tor the past 10 years and the newcomer.
II promised TO prove disastrous to both
II was the same old mistake Of one try
ing to outbid the other with the result
lnat the boxers got practically all Of
the receipts and the promoters did the
digging" It was Dominick Tortorich
who worked his head off 10 get the
boxing bill passed. but the boxers new
er have given a thought when IT came
TO making matches
Then both Tortorich and Burns. began
to realize what fish they would be
for the fighters and managers. so they
wisely concluded to stop bidding sky
high prices and join forces. Tommy
Burns had announced that he would
stage Clabby- Gibbons title match.
but it developed that oTrtorich had
Gibbons signed to a contract that was
oinding. It is planned BY Tommy and
Dominick to stage three big champion
snip matches next winter during the
race meet and Mardi Gras. the first TO
be between lightweights, the second a
battle Of middleweights and windup of
the carnival with a title match between
eavyweights-Jess Willard defending
MS crown 1t viii mean q betterment
81 the boxing game in the old Crescent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
Paeii,U Coast League.
Southern Association.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Cleveland r H E
New York -. 600 600 010-1 ,
Cleveland ........-102 900 OOx-3 0
Batteries: New York. Heating and
Sweeney. Nunamaker; Cleveland, Ha-
german and Egan.
At Chicago R H z.
Washington 1900. 900 10 600
Chicago .....-.-. 600 600 600
Batteries; Washington, Shaw and
Henry; Chicago. Scott, Benz and DAILY.
AT Detroit r H F.
Boston ....... 900 O1O OO0-1
Detroit -......--1O1 O21 O0N-5 10
Batteries: Boston, Ruth. NAYS and
Thomas; Detroit, Dauss and Baker.
At St Louis RH E
Philadelphia 81. 900 200 1000
St Louis 1900. 900 900 600
Batteries Philadelphia. Shawkey
and Schang; St Louis. Hoch and Ag-
nav.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
BASEBALL RESULTS
TUESDAYS GAMES
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS.
Rio Grande Association.
National League.

Scheduled Today.
Douglas at FL Paso.
Las Cruces at Albuquerque.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12

School Sports, Juvenile Sports.
Boys Amateur Sports, and
News and Gossip of the
Culture Greats
BY ssBECK.s
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
Boxing BiIIs Pending.

With the passage Of bills legalizing
boxing IN Minnesota, Michigan and
Wisconsin already in line. the middle
west viii be pretty well taken care Of
IN fistic art The bills in Minnesota
and Michigan have not as Yet been
signed by the respective governors. but
there is little doubt that they viii be-
as favorable expressions have come
from both heads Of state. The Mime
sofa measure limits the holding of
boxing shows TO three cities-St. Paul
Minneapolis and Duluth-and in this
the trainers Of the bill were wise, as it
will prevent a lot Of future opposition
from the small town element. which
is always certain to develop. Had Wis
consin limited the granting Of licenses
TO cities like Milwaukee. Racine Su-
perior, Madison and possibly one other,
the chances are there would have been
no opposition TO the law during the
session Of the legislature at Madison
the past month. Ohio tolerates boxing
in a number Of cities. so that there are
few OF the large cities in the middle
west where the game is not permitted
II will mean more clubs now with
Michigan added to the list and more
work for the army Of boxers. It is too
bad there are not more states where
the 20 round battles are permitted. as
il would enable promoters to hold real
championship boxing matches and ere
ate real titles instead Of ready-made
crowns via the no-decisiOn route.
However. better 10 have 10 round con-
tests without decisions than none at
all
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
Figure Fight for CIabby.

The first match Of Importance under
the new agreement at New Orleans viii
IN all probability feature Jimmy Clab-
by and some star middleweight for the
middleweight title. Mike Gibbons is
under contract to Mr. Tortorich to
ught Clabby or any one he may select,
put the chances are that this match
viii not be held until the big carnival
OF championship matches lis held July
4 viii be the date of the Clabby match
and the distance viii be 20 rounds at
the middleweight limit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-12
b u "a sHn Coin.

The Dixie Kid. Of Memphis. Tenn
who has made his home in France and
England the past four years, is rather
a remarkable boxer. He is well along
toward the 30 year mark and still seems
capable Of going the marathon route
without trouble He claimed the well
terweight title at one time. but really
had no legitimate claim to it, other
than a drawn contest with Jimmy
Clabby. Dixie has had some severe
battles with the tOpnotchers, but. like
other good fighters. he was Just bit
below the required standard to be a
champion. His retirement has been
announced several times during the
past few years but somehow he refuses
ito be retired" A few weeks ago he
was matched with Billy Williams.
young and husky welterweiEiIt, before
Dirk Burgess club in London It was
Dfxie's seventh comeback" but while
he appeared TO outclass his man at
times, he could not stand the pace and
had to reserve his strength. the result
being a victory for Williams at the
end OF 20 rounds.
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
unduly Influenced.
Z are vou ron dipooo

wnat are you reading?"
4 bulletin on how to raise fruit"
% Farmer Corntossel.
- you understand it?"
= course I do. After seein' how
chances you've got to take on
- an weather an soil condl
I'm goiA' to quit raisin' fruit |"
The Madison journal., 1915-06-05
CULTIVATE THE STRAWBERRY
plants Should Be Secured From Nur.
seryman Who Makes Speciality OF
Them-keep Weeds Out

Some good points in the commercial
growing of strawberries that should be
emphasized are:
Buy your plants from some nursery
man who makes a specially OF ham
ding them. BY doing this you are not
so likely to get mixed plants or old
brown-rooted ones. Pick the small
crowned plants and prune the roots
back to about three or four inches.
Commence cultivation as soon as the
plants are set and keep 1t up TIL
autumn. The soil must be loosened and
no weeds allowed to grow. II the
plants have done well during their
first summer there should be less
than six inches between the runners
Of adjacent plants. =.
They will bear the first year, but II
is better to pinch of all the blossoms
and wait for the second year crop.
Mulch with straw for the winter, put
ting it over them to a depth OF about
three inches. This straw Is raked back
from the plants in spring, but left be-
tween the rows to hold moisture dur
ing dry weather.