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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09

American business men cOnversant
with conditions throughout the south
ern continent Baseball is frequently
played by Americans residing in the
principal cities of Chile, Peru, Argen-
tina and other South American cOUn-
tries. These games never fail to at
tract me natives who watch the play
with interest The younger genera
tions are taking to the game and al
ready play fair baseball Leagues
composed Of native players are pre-
dicted within the next 10 years.
Norman S. Faber, former Brown
university mile runner and now a
Rhodes scholar and member of the re-
lay team at oxford university in writ
ing of Undergraduate life at the Eng
fish university, states:
The activities among Undergradu-
ates also tend to broaden the Rhodes
scholar for they, too, are different
from those in American universities
and here I believe that, in one particu-
lar at least, Oxford has valuable les
son to teach the colleges in the united
States. This is her system Of ath-
letics and which provides exercise and
competition for everyone and not for
a limited number of stars. In the
afternoon all Oxford men, almost
without exception. take part in outdoor
games of some sort. / do not dis
count the Importance and the value of
the university teams, but 1 do wish
to encourage the building up Of a sys-
TEN of athletics that will cater to
every student. Regular exercises and
competition on the athletic field are
essential to both the mental and ply
steal development of an efficient man.
and oxford is adequately supplying
these elements
In a list of IS intercollegiate sports
in which eastern colleges and univer-
stiles competed during 1914 eight won
championship honors. Cornell and Har-
ward are tied with five each with
Columbia next with three and Prince
ton following with two.
According to Harry Hillman, attn
letic trainer at Dartmouth college, it
will be fully 20 years before any Eu-
ropean nation can hope to compete
successfully against the American ath-
lete Hillman, a famous runner and
member of Olympic teams in his COM
petition days, stated that in his opion-
ion the European war and the ad-
vanced training system and methods
in vogue in America formed handicaps
that would prevent the foreign athlete
from reaching the general standard
maintained in this country for score
of years at least.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
PROPOSES WORLD SERIES CHANGE;
WOULD MAKE CIRCUIT Of GAMES
Menke Suggests One Game in Each NOncompetng Major
League City and Remainder, Until One Team Has
Scored Nine Victories, in Cities Owning Compel
ing Clubs; More Peep lie, Under Such an Ar
rangement, Would ee Teams in Action.
BY FRANK G. NIENkE.

or else the players would be fighting
it out for world series hOnors well
along into November, in case they
bumped into a spell of bad weather.
Could Arrange Players Share.
Such a series would enable the non
competing club owners and non COM
peting players to grab off little
slice of money. The suggestion was
made some time go that the non COM
petfng players get divvy in the world
series receipts. Under the present
world series system such a plan would
be unjust to the world series players
for the income isn't enough to warrant
a split among about 200 ball players.
But under the system in keeping with
our suggestion, such a split could be
arranged without working an injustice
to the world series players.
The National commission could rule
that club owners in the non competing
towns could have Is percent of the
gross receipts Of the game in their
town for the use of the grounds, and
the owners could split that $3.50 with
the players.
In towns like Chicago, ST. Louis,
Philadelphia, New York, and Boston,
where there are two major league
clubs, the National commission could
allow the non competing club owners
and non competing players in those
cities about IS percent of the gross re-
ceiDts, the portion to be split among
the two different clubs and the two
different squads of players.
Would Make Larger Division.
Assume that the average receipts for
the first IL games were S65, 900. That
would allow about $4,000 for the non
competing clubs and non competing
players anad leave about $4,000 per
game for the competing clubs and
players. IF the series ran to Is games
that would mean a total around $780,
600 to be split among the COmDetin 2
clubs, competing players and the Ma
tiOnal commission. The biggest split
to date, under the present system, was
S490,449 in the 1913 Red SOx-G Giant
series.
This suggestion, as We view it, would
work out to the advantage of all the
major league players, all the major
league club owners, and, best Of all, it
would afford all the major league fans
chance to see at least one world
series battle without travelling 10OG
miles or so for the privilege.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09

M series that would embrace one
L game in each non competing ma
jor league city, and the rest of the
games (until one club has scored nine
victories) in the towns owning the
world series clubs, would make a ire
mendous hit with the major league
fans all other the country. Further
more, such a scheme would mean
bale of money for the competing play
ers the competing clubs and the Ma
tiOnal commission.
The present world series rule which
permits the playing of the blue ribbon
games in the two penuant winning
cities only is a nice thing for the fans
in those two towns but it is highly
unsatisfactory to the fans in all the
other cities. They support ordinary
baseball throughout the year but when
the stellar games are played, they
don't get loOkin.
There are IL cities in which there
are major league clubs under the pro-
lection of organized baseball.
How 1t WOuId Work Out.
The suggestion, cOncretely, is this;
Let's assume that the Red SOx and
the Giants win the pennants in their
respective leagues in 1915. The first
game Of the series could be played in
New York. The second game could
be played in Boston. The third game
could be played in Brooklyn, the
fourth in Philadelphia and the fifth
in Washington
The teams then could swing west
ward, playing one game in each Of
these cities: Pittsburg, Cleveland,
Cincinnati. Detroit, Chicago and st.
Louis. That would complete the one
game per town series. Then the teams
could swing back to the east and
finish out the series in the two towns
that owned the peunant winners.
Probably More Than Eleven Games.
Our plan calls for the championship
to go to the first team winning nine
games. Of course, it's possible, but
would win more than eight out of the
first II games. The usual range would
be about seven victories and four de-
feats for the best team. That would
force the team with seven victories to
win two more. This would mean at
least one more game in each of the
towns that owned the pennant winning
clubs; probably two more in each
town, in case the team on the short
end made a rally.
Assuming that four extra games
would be played after the series was
brought back from the swing around
the circuit, it would mean that the
home town fans would have a chance
to see a total of six games. That num-
her ought to satisfy them for last
season the Braves and Athletics played
only four games, and in 1913 the Giants
and Athletics played but five
Would Close Season Earlier.
OF course, if this world series plan
were put into operation, it would mean
that the regular season would have to
close much earlier than it does now,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
Yankees May Not Prove To Be Lemon
"a il -::- il ST
It's Up To Donovan To Improve Team

Jew YORK, Jan. Probably a
n majority Of those baseball fans
" who discuss at all the recent
purchase Of the New York Amer
lean league club by Col Jacob Rupert
and Capt. Tulinghast L. Huston, are Of
thR opinion that the colonel and the
captain got stung. Their long dicker-
ings with Frank Farrell, Bill Devery
and Ban Johnson, before finally putting
through the deal, were looked upon as
more or less a joke. Selling the yam
KEGS was classed as OneO the most
popular indoor sports The Yankees
were regarded as worth less than moth
KEGS" was Classed as one Of the most
money loser with not even an outside
possibility Of earning anything for
their new owners, let alone a fair profit
on an Investment Of between four or
five hundred Thousand dollars.
Rupert and Huston know the past
of the Yankees like a book They have
inquired into the financial record Of
the club for every year since it was es-
uablished in New York in 1903 at the
old Hilltop grounds on Broadway and
16Sth street. They have followed its
career since the club was forced by ex-
piratiOn Of its lease to eyacuate those
grounds and take a temporary habitat
at the Polo Grounds, renting the use of
the park on off days from the Giants
They know exactly what they have
gone into and they know that during
the stretch Of u full seasons, the club
did quite a Bit better than break even
in a pecuniary way, that any difficult
ties of a money sort into which Farrell
and Devery got were the result Of out
side business ventures instead Of loss
by the ball club. And during nearly
all this stretch the Yankees were a los
ing team, artistically, being in the sec
ond division eight of the y years.
New York Hates a Loser.
a-,rr- v1.r- 7,,,-o-. q, ,,-s,,,..,- IVA 4,,- a. .
same token, it hates a loser. Consider
then what is in store for the colonel
and captain If manager wild BilP'
Donovan should lift the team up as
George Stallings hOisted the Boston
Braves. If the club is a money maker,
what viii It do if it gets up there fight
ing for the pennant2 The Giants have
been in the urst division constantly
since John McGraw got them there in
1903 and always have played to crowds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09

of a good sized average. They have
been the biggest money maker in base
ball history for a long run Of years.
The Yankees draw on the same terri
tory, the same people, for their patron
age, and will experience the same brand
of success if they can deliver the same
brand of goods. Furthermore, sue
cessful American league team here
would be a novelty and New York
loves a novelty.
A National League City.
The Giants, somehow or other, have
become known as GOtham's favorltes.
The Yankees have been considered as
fit to look at only when the Giants are
not at home IN the past, when the
Yankees had their own field and the
clubs had a few conflicting dates, the
Giants always got the bulk Of the
crowd. This has caused the metropo-
lis to become known as National
league city" As a matter Of fact, how
ever, the town is probably no more
National league city than any other
under equal conditions Of winning
teams.
How Teams Compare.
The cause Of the difference in pa
tronage is revealed in this table COM
pairing the records of the two teams
since the Yankees came into existence;
Season. Giants Place. Yankees Place
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09

FEW YORK. Jan. "a world
series that would embrace one
game in each non competing ma
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09

Thus the average station Of the Gil
ants has been between first and second
place, whereas the average windup Of
the Yankees has been between fifth
and sixth place. Considerable differ
encel
It doesn't take much OF a prophet to
predict that the Yankees will turn out
to be a gilt edged investment If DonO-
van is able to pilot them up into the
first division and keep them there.
Rapport and Huston are not up against
such a bleak outlook as some squallers
would have US think.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
JUAREZ CHOSEN FOR BIC BATTLE

as he arrives there. The $1,000 which
has been given to Johnson for travel
ing and training expenses VIII not be
deducted from the 100000.
CurIey's Message.
The telegram from Curley follows:
LAS per your request to wire you
when battle site was chosen, 1 now
can state that Juarez, Mexico, across
from El Paso, will be the scene for the
Willard-JohnsOn battle. The match is
for As rounds. March is the date
this to fit in with the cattlemen's con-
YentiOn.
willard and Jones leave for Excel
sior Springs Saturday. Willard will
spend a week there to prepare for a
hard training siege He has decided to
refuse all offers for one night appear
ances on his way to training quarters,
except at Kansas City on January is
at Convention hall. This appearance
will be Wizards last public stand till
he steps into the ring with Johnson.
Havana made the best bid after
Jaurez. Billy Gibson worked hard
against it, but promised to attend the
Juarez battle just the same.
81 viii leave for the Mexico scene OF
battle nexI Wednesday and devote all
my time to promoting the interests of
the match.
eJaclx Cturlev"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
KELLY BEATS MOORE IN
BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY

Two games were played Friday night
at the Gem Billiard hall in the tourna-
ment which is being held to decide the
three cushion championship. In the
first game Tom Kelly defeated ]. Moore
rather easily, the complete score being
so to 45. As Kelly is a scratch man
and Moore has been given a handicap
of 10, Kelly actually made so billiards
while Moore was garnering go
In the second game TOmmie ThOmp-
son retained his 1000 percentage by de-
feating Palmer by a score of 43 to 81.
AS Thompson has received a handicap
Of seven and Palmer 10 this brings the
score up to so to A. Tonight Tommie
Thompson will again play. meeting
Murphy in the first game of the eve
ming. In the second game J. Beardsley
and George Bell VIII tie up.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09

KILBANE OUTBOXEs DAILY.
Toledo. o., Jan. 9-Johnny Kilbane,
champion featherweight, outfought,
outboxed and outdodged frankie Daily
of Latrobe, Pa. in a 10 round match
here Friday night
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09

or else the players would be fighting
it out for world series hOnors well
along into November, in case they
bumped into smell of bad weather.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
McGOORTY BEATS MURRAY.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. eddie Nc
GoOrty. Friday night earned a decision
over Billy Murray Of san Francisco in
10 rounds He sent Murray down for the
count Of eight in the fourth round.
McGoorty had six, Murray two and two
rOunds>Were even
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
The
Successful
Business
Man

Success in business
is due in a large de-
gree to the careful
management Of your
banking business.
The successful man Of
today was the careful
manager Of yesterday.
An account with us
insures careful and
prompt attention to
the details of your
banking business.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-09
RACE WINS HIGH JUMP .

IN 4. w 2. N UU-N I
In a standing high jumping contest
at the Y. n c. A. gymnasium Friday
night W. Race took first with jump
of four feet; W Atheson second with
three feet, 10 inches; O. Becker and
George Biefer, third, tied, three feet,
four inches.
Monday night two Metal league bas-
ketbau games will be played at the Y.
Bricks, and the Copper Heads play the
Tin Horns.
HarTie Sloan wire Altus-Adv.
AtheE cIOth-Iined weather strip keeps
out the cold Rathbun-MiN Co.-Adv.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-08-07
TYPOS Convene IN
Los ANGELES { TODAY
Arrangement Committee Has:
Prepared Gala E vents
~. For Many Visitors.

Saturday, Aug. Z, the typographical
men and women Of the nation will
gather for the annual convention at
Los Angeles. They will be welcomed
to the city by the mem bers Of Typo
graphical union No. 174Eo tnat city
and on Saturday evening a ."Get-to-
GetheF'', meeting for the men will be
held at Ascot park. :. The ladies will
be entertained at the Hotel Angelus:
A tour of the city in automobiles will
be made Sunday by the delegates and
on Monday afternoon, a trolley trip
will be taken through San Gabriel
Mission, City Of Pasadena and along
the Foothill route back to Los aAnge-
les. a<~%t4./>r = $sss $,..>
All day Tuesday, the visitors : and
union typos OF Los Angeles will en-
joy themselves sat Venice. "A bar
baque will be held from noon till 2
p. m. The balance OF the afternoon
will be spent on the beach. at Venice
and q grand fireworks event will end
the day Of fun alto p. m. m.3553 s. s..##s,
I Wednesday will be the day for the
convention ball E and Thursday eve
ming g big lectrical parade viii be
had. .|s a # & g. y. vi #}sE 5zss 81 .a:s 81 3
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-08-07
VESSEL MEN WRECKED
81. MERCHANT MARINE

WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.Vesssll
owners are themselves responsibles
i for the absence OF an American
merchant marine, declares Rresi-
dent Furuseth of the International
| Seamen's union Of America.
The shipping interests are blam-
ing the seamen's law. for their
troubles, and are answered as fol-
lows by the seamen's executive:
. Starting with the beginning OF
this government, for 102 yeara!
congress never passed any measure
. dealing with the merchant marine
except upon the request OF file3|
American ship owners. For 102E
years, up to 1894. ship ownersI
never requested anything that was
not given to them, except, perhapS
q sufficiently large ship subsidy.
During that time congress nevers
passed any law against which thea
ship owners entered protest. Thss
ship owners advice left this coun.s
trywtthou any American ships Ia
the foreign trade and without any
I native or citizen seamen IL xny
/. trade. Congress began . coupIe az
years ago TO use It's own jud dkrnert
I and something like 200 syessels have
I come under the nag. sc cong
continues using It's own Jud dxment1
we Will have both ships and ssaes
men,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-08-07
DISASTER PREDICTED
BY CHICAGO UNIONISTS

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-In notify
ing President Wilson OF the East
land disaster. which resulted in the
loss Of approximately 1900 lives,
Secretary Nockles, of the Chicago
Federation of Labor, inclosed a.
copy of resolutions forwarded to
the federal department of COM
merce June 20 ,1914, in which an
Eastland disaster was predicted.
his resolution of protest against
the steamboat inspection service
declares: ..
I'VE believe the condition of the
excursion passenger steamers are
altogether too unsafe to be per-
mitted to continue without most
vigorous protest from this fedora
ton as a matter of record, in the
event of any accident in the fu-
ture, that we, at least, had regis
tered protest. The crowded con-
ditions allowed will result in the
loss of thousands of lives even
though tied to the dock.
1--WE notice in press dispatches
that former President Mellen' Of
the New Haven railroad, referred
to the coast. steamer as 'tinder
boxes The same applies here be-
cause, as our committee has said,
it seems that United States inspec-
tors are more concerned with the
vessel owners interest and sup
port than the protest of the pub
nc." -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-08-07
A MISPLACED DECISION AND ...=.
>>*. WHAT IT MEANS TO DULUTH

The Supreme Court Of Mime
sofa, Justice Hallam dissenting,
handed down a decision Friday,
July 30, declaring the preferential
system of voting unconstitutional
in Minnesota =,
When such decisions are handed
down by a. court of last resort, the
first thing that every good citizen
realizes is that the decision is
final, and is to be acquiesced in
as the law until it is legally over
come by legal. methods. v:
The next thing that a good citi-
zen, who has any respect for his
citizenship, should do is to think
clearly about the system under
which such decisions are made
possible.
It is not a question of whether
the preferential system Of voting
is a good thing. 1t is question of
whether or not a community Of
80, 900 people shall have its solemn
Judgment overthrown by any four
men after it has solemnly decided
by vote of the only people af-
fected by the preferential ballot
that such a system is what they
want.
It is not a question Of whether
there is anything sacred about a
judicial decision on a question Of
law affecting personal or property
rights of individuals. It is a ques-
ton Of whether or not, on a ques-
tion of public policy, the judgment
of four men is superior to the
Judgment of ten thousand voters.
It is not a question of whether
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-08-07

WASHINGTON Aug. 6.-F'or educa-
tional: purposes and to give the widest
publicity to a defense Of the trades
union movement against another at
tack by the Socialist party, President
Gompers again calls. attention to
the following statement made by
him in the American Federationist,
July issue: r s.a:* 2. n. n. + +
. "The Socialist political party is at
it again. Again it has made an open
attack upon the American Federation
Of Labor and this time upon q new
tack; but with the usual bitter antag-
onis1n Of the political Socialists to the
policy of the trade union movement
in the struggle for the attainment for
!, a better life and a better day and
withal to maintain freedom and hui
man liberty. The, Socialists political
party Of Chicago has issued "a .pamph-
let misrepresenting and attacking the
A. F. OF. - and its officers which it
declares 1t will publish and distribute
by the millions OF copies 1T Is only
within week that a. copy of the
pamphlet has. reached the A. 4 #. OF
=. office and hence too late for. con-
sideration in this issue, butsour reply
will appear In the August issue of the
American Federation nists. :, ;, II sEiS s V 9s .ss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-08-07
EUROPEAN AGENTS
]NcLTES ST|RIkEs|?!' e
Gompers Denies Story Circulated
But Reiterates Statement
Previously Made.

WASHINGTON, Aug, 6.-President
Gompers of the American Federation
OF Labor has reiterated his charge
that foreign influences had been
working to make strikes in the Uni
ted States and called on the work.
ingmen to discountenance any such
attempts.
Gompers made public his corre-
spondence with the Central Feder-
ated union of New York, which made
an inquiry regarding statement at
trlbuted to Gompers that 'officers
of international unions had received
money to pull off strikes in Bridge-
port and elsewhere in ammunition
factories. /.
Il never mentioned international
unions" wrote Gompers, NOR did I
use the word German, nor did T
mention Bridgeport, nor did I refer
to ammunition factories.
What did say was that authen-
tic, information had come to me that
efforts had been made to corrupt
men for the purpose of having strikes
lnaugurated among seamen and long
shoremen engaged in handling An1eri-
can products and manning ship for
European ports.
The corrupting influence was be-
ing conducted by agents of foreign
government, and have no doubt the
same agencies and influences were at
work elsewhere with the same pur-
! pose in view.
We. should all enter a sympathe-
tic protest and frown down upon
any foreign interference, no matter by
what motives actuated, particularly
when that motive is ulterior and ia
the detriment of the good name
growth and permanence Of our great
| cause.
That the effort has been made to
corrupt some of our men for. such q
purpose is true, but that. the strikes
have been inaugurated is untrue. and
it is untrue because the men who have
given time and service to the workers
OF our country have interposed In
! time" =