El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-09

lew YORK, Sept. 9.-One of the
favorite pastimes of John Nc
L y Graw has been TO lash his play
ers with his vitrioIIc tongue And
rothing in the past has given Heinie
Zimmerman quite as much JOY as
speaking my piece" to an umpire,
or fussing bit with his fellow play
ers and managers
John is famous because Of the way
he can fIay foozling athlete with
his whip of speech Zim has been an
umpire's nightmare for years and the
despair Of managers.
And now. We pause to ask you:
Do you think 8lessrs. Zim and Nc
Graw will get along harmoniously2
What do you think will happen when
Zim makes an occasional bobble and
John rushes forth TO tell Zim his
opinion of it2
Have the Ambulance Ready:
Yes. that would be good scheme
TO have an ambulance in attendance at
all future Giants games But why not
two2 Persons so inclined can battle
just as well in an ambulance as any
McGraw is optimistic He feels he
can handle Zim, that he can bring
out the best there is in him; that he
and Zim will do a Damon and PytnlaS
stunt Mebbe you've got the correct
dope, John, but no one seems to be
willing TO wager much on it They'rs
all from Missouri il seems. and they
are going to watch with interest John
how you team up with the peppery
diamond athlete
athletics Showing Strength.
Two months ago everyone glggled
when Connie Mack said:
I expect to have my team coins
along fairly well about the middle CT
August"
right as the teams have learned that
played recently against the tail end
ers The western clubs arrived for
their recent series, hopeful OF snarlnS
every game they played against the
Mackmen. But What rude awaken
ing it was,
They Are Coming Back.
The cellarites took on new life. i'm
their disastrous swing through the
west They grappled with the Yanks
and stunned the community OF Gotham
by dealing the YanIs brace of wal
lops-
il will be a year or two more be-
fore the crafty PHILADELPHIA chieftain
gets a real machine built, but the Ath-
letics are coming back
We ought to be back among the
fopnotchers in 1918 or 1919" says Con-
ME And Connie probably is right
Cobb in Desperate Squirt
The fight for the batting leadership
of the American league is almost As
thrilling as the bunting race itself
Slowly but surely. the demon Tiger
is creeping up on Speaker, and just
jump or so behind him Is Josephus
Jackson The leading Indian continues
TO mace the hOrsehide, but he isn't hit
ting with the frequency of Cobb or !
jackson
Cobb never in all his brilliant career |
has pIaved with such earnestness. such /
daring and such fury as during the
mast month. He is risking life and \
limb almost daily in his efforts to top 1
the league Earlier in the season, It 1
seemed as though Cobb had slowed up, |
especially in getting down 10 tlrst- I
But. in the past month, Cobb has been 1
racing to the first station at clip /
beyond anything heretofore SHOWN
Diced Is Feet
The Georgia Peach" during the past
three weeks has beaten out infleld /
tame that seemed like certain outs a. 4
The crack of the bat he has been off I
for the bag and when the play was /
close he would finish with a tremend-
ous slide. In two Of the New AorA !
lanes he earned hits by virtue OF two /
81 t1e most remarkable baseball slides |
ever seen Fifteen feet from the Da5
on one occasion he hurled himself at !
If without decreasing by an iota the |
preat speed at which he was travelling
Ha shot into the sack in a cloud OF I
dust-a fraction of a second ahead OF I
the throw.
Cobb has been rather unfortunate |
lately with his long drives He hash /
been hitting them where they ain L
And there is no nourishment for a /
batting average in driving terrific 1
liners into outfielders hands So Ty 1
shifted his tactics. He has been tap
ming them to the infield, depending