El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-16
SPORTOGRAPHY ~c! BY

tened Ennis by his parents. Cakes has
! always been Rebel to the fans. The
| Dixie Flyer is lord Of an extensive
manor IN Louisiana, owning a plan
| tatton Of more than a thousand acres
| IN the vicinity Of Homer, near the Ar
kansas boundary. The Rebel was one
% the first Of the big leaguers to cast
in his lot with the lost cause Joining
the Pittsburg Feds in 1914 He batted
81 that year, and .3B1 In 1915. As
pilot Of the Pittfeds he made a great
face in the last year Of the independent
circuit. and although the Rebels fin
fshed IN third place, they were in the
pennant chase up to the finish line.
cakes has been playing professional
baseball a dozen years, starting with
Hattiesburg, Miss. in 1905. He was
next heard Of in the Three-I league.
where his work was so good that he
landed 4 berth with the Los Angeles
with the Angels. and in 1910 Joined
the St Louis Nationals. After four
years with the cards he justified his
nickname Of Rebel by leaping TO the
Feds. As pilot OF the Grizzlies this
year he had his men up and coming all
the time but the club wasn't quite good
enough to cope with the best OF its
Western league rivals
MEMORIES.
Can you remember that day IN Sep
TENDER when Gentleman Jim. then
youthful and slim knocked old John L,
Then this il my song. DO. you're
getting along. 30, silver threads
'mOnE the gold, BO,-yes, you're
Say. can you recall that glad day in
the fall when old Cincinnaty went
loOny and batty at winning a Hag-a
major league rage
Then this Il my song. 30. you're
getting along. DO. silver threads
'mOnE the gold, BO,-yeE, you're
growing old.
-
ball when no Dutchman named Hans
delighted the fans by clubbing the
sphere year after year?
Then this is my song. DO. you're
getting along. BO. silver threads
'mong the gold, BO,-yes, you're
growing old.
A sport scribe says Joe Walcott was
longest in the ring. Pifflesticksi Joe
isn't much if any over five feet long
A man who can either drink or
leave IL alone. or who can cut out
the weed whenever he pleases, has
enough viii power to quit any
thinE-eNcept Dragging about his
Will power.
II all the hot air that each winter IS
spilled by fans everywhere in the Hot
Stove circuit-weu, II balloon could
with this gas be filled. why, UP to the
moon it quite quick would Jerk IT,
As MIR. FRAZEE SINGS IT.
To market, to market, TO buy a ball
club;
Home again, home again. with team
in the Hub.
TODAY N PU GILISTTC ANNALS.
In the old days pugilists were useful
as well as ornamental NOblemen hired
them as bodyguards. and companies of
bruisers were employed to keep the
crowds in order at royal functions.
were put was during the 1909 riots in
the COvent Garden Theater in London I
The playhouse had raised the prices. !
and the indignant public retaliated by /
starting rough house in the theater I
every night. In this crisis the theater |
management engaged Dutch Sam one I
OF the famous puCilists of the day. to 4
organize A corps of boxers to maintain !
the peace and eject disorderly persons. |
nightly battles between these pugilists !
and the mob occurred on the night of l
December 16. 1909. and on the follow !
ing day a treaty of peace was ar !
ranged. which ended the riotinE- a /
rhymster of the day wrote: They Z
send in their boxers. who saucily sit. /
with their doxies in front seats OF /
boxes and pit. with orders TO stifle the 1
voice Of the town, and convince US of 4
error by knocking US down
SPIIIING THE DOPE.
To convince yourself that football IS a 4
peculiar game. read this:
Illinois beat Minnesota. IA TO g: Chicag go .
beat Illinois. 20 to Z; Wisconsin beat Chi
consin, 81 10 o.