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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
''Beck's" Amen Corner
BY aBECKv

DASS CITY Gun club will hold an
other shoot on its grounds near
the Country club on Sunday morn
ing. Again the club extends an IL
vitation to strangers and also to the
women to participate.
JACK CURLEY says that he got
) $500 to stage the Willard John
son fight at the Havana racetrack.
Jacks prices evidently slumped after
he left e. Paso.
7 OCAL golfers are not at all in
Il cIined to turn in their cards
these days. Wonder if any one Of
them is giving old man DOGGY any
worry?
\
''XYTILLARD confident that he will
put johnson away" says a
headline in a Denver paper over
Jess's own story of what he IS going
to do. Well, If we could believe the
press agents, Jefries was confident
before the Reno battle.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

ONLY four weeks more and the
professional baseball season Will
open in FL Paso.
7 H. slime, the new recreation
J superintendent, has the night
idea when he agitates Tor public
tennis courts at convenient points
throughout the city. And did you
notice that Mr.. Slime lays stress
on the fact that the women should
also compete? 1t viii be up to the
tennis associations to add events for
women to their programs. There is
no reason Why they shouldn't.
GEORGE wILTSE, once a great
southpaw with the Giants and
carried as a utility man during the
past couple Of years, has been re-
warded for his good work and is
now manager Of the Jersey City
club of the International league.
Some people might think that job
a punishment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
Two Handed Pitchers Are Very Rare
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War Department Approves of Baseball

the various recruiting stations and
promote interest in the camps. In
Chicago the scheme has gone so far
that president Weeghman Of the Fed
eral league club has given permission
for the soldiers to use his park 10 play
their games. It is now expected that
the clubs in other leagues viii make
similar offers
In accepting WeeEham's offer ,secr0-
tary Garrison wrote:
1T is the aim Of the military author
tiles TO make the army as attractive
TO young men as is possible to make il
consistent with the purpose for which
they enter the service OF the United
States With this end in view, athlet-
les are always encouraged, and base
ball is one Of the most popular OF ath-
letic sports throughout the army Fur
thermOre, I am keenly interested in
securing good. clean men for the army
and feel satisfied there is no better
field for securing such men than
among baseball players.
Navy Players show skill.
In the navy department word has
been sent out to many OF the officials
in charge Of recruiting stations TO pay
special attention in making reports Of
recruits to mention about their knowI-
edge and experience in baseball Last
season there was a team Of recruits in
Norfolk, Va which played 90 games
during the season and lost only p. a
record which they boast Of and main
tain is not equaled by any amateur
club in the country.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

eITe Us an idea Of the class OF ban %
be played.
Had expected before this to have
heard from George Reed but he seems
at Albuquerque. The league has a very
good class Of managers, so far as 1
know them or know Of them. 1t ought
to be a so and viii be if we can be
Of any help from this end"
There was a zig meeting OF the Al
buqUerque fans Friday night, when
financial engagements for the local
club for the coming season were com
pleted- George Reed and Ward Isbell
have been very successful in Albu-
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

M The successful ambidextrous
pitcher is almost non existent
There was owen Keenan,, who hurled
for Youngstown. Ohio. in 1885. doing
equally well with either arm. On July
4, 1885, Keenan, beat New Castle in two
contests. working his left arm in the
first game and his right in the second
The famous Larry COrcOran Of the
Chicago team in the early eighties was
one OF the great hurlers Of the period.
Larry lost use Of his right arm during
the season Of 1885. This almost broke
his heart, for Larry was not old in
years II daWned upCn him that he
might make a left-handed pitcher. for
he was always clever at throwing with
his left and used TO practice frequently
In the season Of 1886 COrcOran signed
with a Southern league team as a left
handed pitcher and reported for prac-
tice as such
He worked hard to gain control. for
he developed rare speed Larry pitched
few exhibition games, and in one
of them he llinked his remaining wing
so badly that he was released He had
TO quit the game, for he had run out
of pitching arms.
Another One Wore Out.
Windham originally a right-handed
pitcher, lost the use Of his pitching
arm through an accident He made a
shift and began practicing with his
left arm He was very successful and
made a splendid record with the
Worcester team Of the Easton league
during 1903. so good. in fact. that he
was signed by the st Louis Americans
for the season of 1904 However. his
pitching from the left side was not
natural for him, and instead OF his
arms getting stronger and better he
v eallened his whole left side and
finally had to give up pitching
Garrison Approves Baseball.
Secretary of war Garrison believes
thoroughly in baseball for Uncle Sans
soldiers and sailors He now has his
recruiting stations on the lookout for
men who can play the national game
Il Is nrnnnead 70 INN laaa--las arlnnE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
SPORT and
AUTO Section

when the big war started. The fol-
lowing letter just received from
physical culture professor at Copenha-
gen gives a few facts concerning the
game:
While the war has interfered with
nearly everything in a business AMI
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

~ AVANAGH is the first base selec-
K ton Of Jennings. He viii have
N the first call at the sack until
the return OF Burns.
It is claimed that the Pirate YANG
ans are smoking themselves out Of
condition on account Of the many vic
tories over the Regulars.
Pitcher Mattison of the Phillies is
an accomplished young man. He plays
classical music on the violin in his
spare times, having studied as a boy.
Cobb has reported at the training
camp Of the Tigers and Will get into
the game at once He has been work
ing out at Augusta, before reporting
Lewis is at the cleanup station in
the Red Sox batting order. He has
been hammering the ball hard in the
practise sessions thus far. and bids
fair to make good on the job.
The arrival of Bush with the Tigers
has added a lot OF fresh pepper to the
bunch. Bush is one Of the snappiest
any amount Of pepper in the work
outs.
The Reds are about ready 10 break
training camp and get away on a tour
OF exhibition games. Manager HerzOg
u sui ulAAEl me h EaLUEI Out Is gel
ting along rapidly and viii be back
in the game soon
Washington has some big men
among its recruits. Massey and
Browns, the youngsters from Texas,
tip the beam at $50 and 1S5 pounds
respectively, according to a report
from the Charlottesville training
camp.
Jim Shaw is showing plenty OF speed
with the Washington club. but his
mffrnfwcr Hn Ia Ia Of 80.
fective- Somehow or other the batters
have taken kindly to his offerings and
have been hammering the ball all over
the lot.
BaIdomero Acosta. Washingtou's
little Cuban outfielder, is a right big
boy now. He gained an inch in height
during the winter and weighs Isl
pounds. He played i'm the Cuban
National league all winter with the
champion Havana Reds and hit .35S
Joe Boehling has added a ''knuckie ]
balI TO his collection Of shoots Boeh-
ling is working as hard as any man in
camp to get himself into condition.
His knee appears to be perfectly
strong again, and Griff is predicting
a good season for the Richmond lad.
Eddie Holloway, the Giants infield I
recruit from the Three-I league is laid !
up at Marlin as the result OF an Oper- I
alton made necessary by a strain in ]
his groin and is not likely to recover I
in time to take part in any more prac- /
tise work.
Charley Mullen Of the Yankees is /
unfortunate. He mad the fight Of his /
life TO beat out Walter Pipp for the 7
first base job under the most favor /
aple conditions and now he is laid
up with a sore shoulder that is bound /
TO handicap him in the competition.
There is probably no record in re- (
cent years Of a major league team 90 R
ing TO the training camp without a I
recruit pitcher, but this is the case /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
Federals Gather Up SOuthpaw Pitchers
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Too Many Left Handed Batters Last Year
BY Frank G. slENkE.

once predicted that the great French
man was through. whereupon he
the next four or five years LaJoie. s
slump last year was due not so much
TO any falling off in batting skill but
more 10 the fact that he was with
club that was torn by eternal strife
a club in which tie players worked
with a I don't give a darn" spirit
Under Connie Mack, and with a real
ball club to work with, La1oie viii
punch them out for more than 800
In 1915 or Wen miss our guess.
When one thinks of Lajoie ones
thoughts almost unconsciOsly turn 10
that other grand old veteran-Honus
Wagner. The wonderful German
slipped under the 300 mark in 1914 for
the first time in his major league
career. And now the question is
rs Wagner. at the age OF a. really
through, OF vas last year just an Off
year for him2'
Wagner like Lajoie is a natural bat
ter. Of the same old fashioned slug
ging type as LajOie. And IL looks like
a safe proposition to bet that the
Flying Dutchman" will lam them out
for 800 in 1918.
Wagner hit the ball as hard and as
often last year as he has in all the
other years Of his major league career
But he had the misfortune Of hitting
them where they We're and not where
they amt At least 20 times during
the year Wagner was robbed Of hits
by spectacular fielding. Had those
hits gone safe the great HOnUs would
have finished above the 800 mark.
OF course no athlete can 90 on for
ever There's a limit to all But in the
cases Of Wagner and Laioie IL seems
that their limit has not been reached.
Both still have several years Of major
league baseball in their systems and
for the good Of the game we wish il
&c. q
OF just three or four Both men have
been an honor to the game and when
they 90. there Will be none 10 take
their places.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
GOOD BALL PLAYERS WANT JOBS;
EAGER To BREAK INT0NEWL LEAGUE
Albuquerque Fans Hold Nee ting and Complete Plans For
Financial Arrangements; Reed and IsbeI Write
the Club Is Receiving Great Support and
Consequently W i'll Lead League.


-HE fame Of the Rio Grande asso-
citation IS spreading The writer
- has just received a long letter
from Earl Obenshain, editor Of the St.
Louis Sporting News, the best known
baseball weekly in America, in which
he says:
we find a great deal OF interest
here in McCloskeys league, and all the
bail players out of work-and there
are a lot of them. including some
mighty good men-are inQUiring about
1t There are some few out Of work
this spring, too, believe me
81 would like 10 have a complete
roster of the players with each club
as soon as they are lined up. II viii
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

1.-THE LACK of left hand pitch
ers was one OF the main rea-
Il sons for the heavy hitting in
the Federal leagues last season" said
Dick Carroll. business manager Of the
Brooklyn Federals. The league was
too heavy with left handed hitters and
was very shy on left handed pitchers
Conditions viii be a bit different
this year, however. There are more
SouthpaW pitchers on the Federal
rosters this year and look for
slump in the hitting marks OF some
OF the heavy hitters Of last year
II is a known fact that a left hand
ed batter hits almost twice as Wen
against right handed pitching Eddie
Collins, Benny kauff, t. Cobb, sam
Crawford, Frank Baker and other LETT
handed hitters usually murder the Of
ferings Of right handed pitchers but
against southpaws their effectiveness
is almost nil
The Federal league kept records last
year Of what the batters accomplished
IL the two kinds of pitching. These
showed that Kauff, champion batsman
Of the league, hit for a mark only
slightly over 200 against left hand
ers. but against right handlers he
punched them out for an average close
to SOC His grand batting averase for
the year was $50. The records OF the
other Federal league slUggers showed
up in like ratio.
Even money bets are being made
that Larry Lajoie VIII hit 800 or bet
ter this season. And 1t seems to us
that those who are taking the affir-
native side viii cash their bets.
LajOie hit only around ESQ last sea-
son but he's a natural 800 hitter. He's
near the 30 year mark but his batting
eye has not dimmed. If he stayed in
baseball until he was 40 it would fair
y be safe to wager that he would hit
800 for each Of the ensuing five years.
iLajoie slipped down TO .2S9 five or
six years ago Then he came along
with .299. Most Of the wise ones" at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
DENMARK LIKES THE BOXING CAME;
AUTHORITIES ENCOURAGE FIGHTS
Big Danish Syndicate Is to Be Formed After the War Is
Over; Jack Dillon and Billy Murray e Expected
to Stage an INTEREST," ng Fight April 2, For
Both Are Hard, Clever Battlers.
RY Il. 8. ANDREWS.

the boxing followers Of this country
because it is the birthplace OF one
Battling NelsOn-Of whom all the
Danes feel proud. even though the
Battler is not so great an actor as
James j. Cor0ett-
Denmark has developed a number OF
fairly good fighters the past few years
and the game was being doomed there
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
FL PASOAN BELIEVES HE CAN
EQUAL WALKING OF EXPERT

W. E. Settle. OF FL aso. believes that
he can equal any mark for heel and
toe walking which can be made by
Joe DeLisle. DeLisle claims the nation
al championship at all distance from
one to ten miles and is now walking
from Glen Falls. n. Y, to san Fran
cisco. He Will give an exhibition at
the y. n c. a. this evening. Settle
read Of DeLisle's feats and at once
started training He says that he viii
be in good shape on Saturday night
and that If he don't win he'll make
the eastern man "step some, anyway"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
Cobb Is Training With the Tigers
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News Big League Training Camps

with the Phnlies this spring. Demaree
is the only new member of the staff,
and he is tried player, secured in
trade.
Hank Gowdy wanted to umpire a
game the other day between the first
and second teams OF the Boston tribe,
but the players refused to permit 1t
and made him play first base for the
irregulars. He got revenge by smash
ing the ball over the center field fence
and winning the game for his side,
when defeat was almost certain.
The st. Louis American club has
transferred first baseman Charley
Bold 10 the Waco club of the Texas
league Bold was in line for a regular
berth with the Browns last year. when
he broke a leg and was out practically
all season. He is still in his teens and
years experience in the minors he viii
come back fitted to hold regular
job.
Pitcher Earl Hamilton Of the st.
Louis Browns has been playing hand
ball to convince himself and manager
Hickey that the shoulder he broke last
fan is all right There appears to be
nothing wrong with it and if Hamil-
tons disposition improves, as he says
IT viii the Kansas southpaw may
again take his place among the stars
OF the American league
St Petersburg fans apparently take
to the Phillies and the Cubs more than
they did 10 the Browns, who trained
there last year. To is reported 1000
fans saw the Phnlies and Cubs play
their practice game on March s. which
is about ten times as many as the
their exhibition games. Perhaps IL was
the novelty OF seeing two National
league teams against each other out
side the regular season
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

EILWAUKEE. Wis. March 81
MI There is one little country in
4 Il Europe where the boxing game
is on the increase despite the terrible
war conditions which exist over there.
The country in question is little Den
mark, the spot made famous among
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

time TO watch him
VIII Knock Out Welsh.
Richie will knock out Welsh to a
certainty if they ever meet over the
20 round route in the near future. All
the clinching and stalling in the world
Is not going TO prevent a decisive drub-
bling for the Electrical champion next
time The Briton may carry along 10
rounds again in the same evasive man
ner but no longer. After the English
bling for the theoretical champion next
confidence is bound to overWhelm the
latter from the start
Welsh is nothing like the fighter he
was a few years ago. when he was box
ing draws with Packey Mcfarland.
Since he took Ritchies crown last sum-
mer he has aged more rapidly than any
other champion within recollection.
Freddie Welsh has heen writing
series OF physical culture articles. tell
ing how the young men Of the world
become healthy. strong and game. Per
haps il would be Of benefit to him II
he should get clippings and study them
himself, then follow out the advice he
is so willing TO give others
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
TUCSON HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
PLAYS ARIZONA UNIVERSITY

Tucson. Ariz- March 27.-The base
ball teams Of the Tucson high school
and the university Of Arizona play
their first games Of the season this
afternoon. The high school team was
greatly strengthened by the return OF
pitcher Lovejoy, who had been COM
PEELED to lay off because Of a bad arm.
He is said now to have fully recov-
cred.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

was not even worth the expenditure of
time TO watch him
VIII Kunr.L nrrf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

a Profitable Investment.
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actual MARKET VALUE, 305A acres
about miles below the town Of san
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OF very best in lower valley Call at
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Paso Fresh Pacl-age Tlmala--Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

Afhey elOth-Iined weather "trip keeps
,ut the cold Rathbun-Mix Co.-Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

Eddie Holloway, the Giants infield
recruit from the Three-I league is laid
up at Marlin as the result OF an oper-
alton made necessary by a strain in
his groin and is not likely to recover
in time to take part in any more prac-
tise work.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27
Richie Gives Fight Fans Money Worth
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VIII Knock Out Welsh If Given Chance
BY MONTY.

EW YORK. March 27.-There is
M a young man named Willie
4 R-tchia : nuiat rnannarad IittIa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

d" WASHINGTON. D. C.. March I'll
M The successful ambidextrous
w pitcher is almost non existent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

Charley Mullen Of the Yankees is
unfortunate He mad the fight Of his
life TO beat out Walter Pipp for the
first base job under the most favor
able conditions. and now he is laid
up with a sore shoulder that is bound
to handicap him in the competition.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-27

There is probably no record fin re-
cent years Of a major league team go
ing to the training camp without a
recruit pitcher, but this is the case
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
V;ce Admiral Gardens Methods
Not Approved Because too Cautious

ter are more dangerous. Three battle
ships were sunk by mines, while two
were damaged from shell fire. The
seriousness of the danger from mines is
emphasized by the frank admission of
the British admiralty that the battle
ships Irresistible and Ocean and the
French battleship Bouvet were sunk in
areas previously cleared of mines.
The Turks, or more probably the
Germans, sent floating mines down
with the swift current. The allied
commanders seem to have disregarded
the possible use of floating mines. 1t
is probable that the large number of
warships used in Thursdays attack
caused the units of the fleet to oper-
ate close together thus presenting a
massed target for floating mines. This
anger might be lessened by using
fewer ships but with corresponding
decrease in effective fire against de-
fensve forts.
The outstanding lesson to be drawn
from Thursdays engagement is that
the Dardanelles straits are impregnable,
if properly defended 1t is evident
that if the Turks continue to show
their present skill, Constantinople will
remain secure unless field operations
on a major scale support the the at
tack Of the offensive fleets.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
Two BurglarieS Reported
To Police This Morning

Two burglaries were reported to the
police this morning, one at the store
of Jack Frost, on South 10Th street and
the other at the willamette University
Gym. At Frost's place the burglars
cut out a pane Of glass on the south
side Of the front annex and took about
$40 worth Of cigars and cigarettes. The
work was plainly that Of amateurs as
the window sash was partly cut away
as well as the putty. 1t appeared that
they only wanted tobacco as they left
four $5 gold pieces lying under a book
and no cash was taken from the till.
A pet rooster belonging to Mr.. Frost
was subjected to extreme humiliation
when the burglars covered up his coop
with two peanut sacks. They went in.
to the back room and brought out the
sacks to carry away their loot but
found them too big so they dropped
them on the ROSTERS coop and the bird
could not tell when 1t was sunrise this
morning and did not crow until Mr.
Frost removed the sacks upon opening
up the store.
At the Willamette gym the robbers
broke down three doors picked several
locks aud broke open five lockers. They
secured nothing but four new base
balls, however, for their trouble
Nothing was missed from the locker,
and the only loot secured was from the
private office of Coach Thompson.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
Salem High School
DebaterS Win From Albany

The salem high school team were de.
clar,d the winners In the debate last
nigh. at Albany with the Albany high
team. Salem took the negative side
OF the proposition, " Resolved That the
government should own aud operate
the railroads. -
The winning of this debate makes
the Salem team the winners OF the
northern district, as they have met and
defeated Ncwhcrg, Candy Oregon tlty,
Porc,t Grove aud Albany, As Eugene
IN the champion Of the southern dis.
trict, the final contest will be with
that team at Eugene. The date Of this
final contest has not been announced,
The Salem dchOters last mgnt az AT.
bany were l.ylt Bartholomew aud Vie.
tory BrudcsUo Accompanying the
team TO Albany were Miss Ethel Rig
don, coach, Miss Gussie Niles, student
manager; Miss Beatrice Walton Mis-.
Ethel Brunk, Miss Iressu FOwlt onl
win Curycr
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
Thousands Left Homeless.

Petrograd March 2O.--A veil of Sc.
crecy was thrown today by the general
start around the movement of the Rus.
sian troops who are reported to have
OCCUPIED Memil, an important port in
east Prussia on the Baltic sea. The
newspapers print the German state.
ments announcing occupation but Of.
Ter 40 comment regarding them.
North of Ostraleuka and in the viein.
ity oi Ossowetz the war office declares
the German, have been repulsed by
the Sloy artillery.
y semioiiicial statement declares
the enemy has destroyed Russian prop
ertv worth S500,0OO,000 as they are be-
ing ."eed back through Poland to the
Ptuss'on frontier They are declared
TO have devastated 9i towns aud large
villages, Twenty.seven hundred
smaller villages have been partly
wrecEcd and 1900 totally DESTROYED.