El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-12
"Beck's" Amen Corner

SEVENTH infantry meets the
Ninth Massachusetts, in the Army
league game at Rio Grande park on
Wednesday. If the dope is good for
anything, this contest should be one
Of the best Of the entire season The
Seventh is now leading the CONNER
cial league but hasn't hit its stride
in the Army circuit yet and the
Fighting Ninth" aggregation is
likely to give BertTam's men an
awful argument It is likely that
the Seventh band will be out and a
big crowd is certain.
MATT VIM has announced at
-A Louisville that the Juarez race
track viii open for its winter season
on Thanksgiving day. Matt always
was an optimistic guy.
PED S0X are still in the lead IN
the American league. They beat
the Senators on Monday. The Tigers
and White Sox were also winners
on Monday and are holding their own
In the pennant race but If all three
clubs keep on winning there isn't
much chance Of a change in positions.
GIANTS are out of the pennant
race but they are giving the
Phillies a lot of trouble. The New
Workers beat the PhiladeIphians
again on Monday. Braves pulled
themselves back into the race by
beating the Dodgers, Monday. The
Brooklyn club is still in front and
leads Philadelphia by II points and
Boston by %.
THREE preliminaries for the
Barend-Livingston bout at Camp
Cotton next Monday night have al
ready been arranged. They viii be:
Sears VS.. Lewis; Cody VS.. Charlton
and a semi-final for six rounds be
tween Gotham, of the 34th infantry,
and Edwards, of the Ninth Massa-
chusetts. There viii also be a third
four-round preliminary, in addition
to the semi-windup.
A D SANTEL, the San Francisco
grappIer who claims the worlds
light heavyweight wrestling title, is
again after the local promoters to
put him on here against Billy
Hokuf. The promoters have about
come to the conclusion to stage this
match during the Soils Products ex-
position, If enough interest IS shown
by the fans
VIRGINIA league umpires are hav-
ing their troubles, possibly more
troubles than the average umpire,
and that is saying a lot Umpire
". D. Buckley was recently locked
out of the ball park at Petersburg,
Va. He pried a board OF the fence,
went to the diamond and declared
the game forfeited to the visiting
team. Then the Petersburg club
had him arrested and he was fined
S. in police court for trespass. Can
you leat it?
7 go P. FLYNN, boxing manager Of
l. New York, is evidently an Irish
poet. Leo sends out a list Of fight
ers under his management and they
bear the following poetic titles; Bill
Brennan, "The Irish heavyweight
Champion; Knockout Sweeney,
"The Fighting Harp; kid AIberts,
"ex-welterweight champ"-he doesn't
say of what city; Pete Hartley,
"The New Durable Dane; Battling
Lain, Nthe Stanley Ketchel OF the
Bantams." Say, wouldn't they make
peach Of a bunch at a Kilkenny
fair?
SPEED merchant, Jack McPike, Is
about ready to christen his new
Allen racing car and there is a chance
that Jack viii give his machine its
first real test in the Clovis Texioo
races on Tuesday and Wednesday Of
next week. Jack got nd Of his old
Ford some time ago and has been
working on the Allen for the past
fortnight. If we believe Jack, this
new car will break all records of
Dario Resta, Barney 0ldfield and
Carl Reeves