El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-07
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Amen Corner
BY @BECK.-

DETER baseball was seen IN the
- Army league games on Wednes-
day and the attendance has also i'm
proved. II is evident that the teams
are now getting into shape and if the
management can get an army band
out for Saturday they should draw a
big crowd
DURITYS meet Feldmans on Sun
day morning. If the bakers hope
to have even a lookin on this game,
they will have to play much better
baseball than they put up on Mon
day. Graham will work for the Field
mans. A week from Sunday, the
Feldmans play the Seventh. This
game should be the best of the re-
naming contests of the Commercial
league.
PHHLIES couldn't play, Wednes-
nesday, because of rain, but they
went into the lead in the National
league as the Dodgers lost one of
two games to the Giants and fell
back one point. The Phillies play
the Braves this afternoon, probably
a doubleheader, while the Dodgers
again engage the Giants Should the
Phillies take this series from the
Braves, they will stand a fine chance
of coping the flag.
EIFTY-FIVE points cover the first
five teams in the American
league today. Boston and Detroit
both won on Wednesday, the former
administering the tooth defeat of the
season TO the Athletics and the
Tigers taking the measure of the
Browns in sensational contest. The
White Sox remained in the race by
winning from the Indians, 4 to ).
WESTERN league directors will
try TO weather out the full sea
son and viii foot the bills of the
Wichita club. The league has been
far from a financial success this year
and the Wichita club is reported to
be something like 5000 still in the
hole.
"EIGHTING" TOMMY NELSON
didn't show up for his Labor
day bout with young" Corditas.
Tommy's manager says he never dis
appoints the fans, but he must be
barking up the wrong tree Corditas
has a real wallop, which he demon
strated against young" Eddy. He
was badly outboxed, but got a draw
by dropping Eddy for the count of
six. Maybe Tommy heard of that
punch.
MIKE GIBBONS, who has been
A'A finally rated as a false alarm,
wants $4,000 guaranteed for
ten-round bout with Jack Dillon.
He talked a lot about Dillon picking
up easy money and offered to fight
him at 100 pounds, but when the
promoters offered him the chance. he
started TO hedge and demanded s15,-
900. Needless to say, Mike isn't 60
ing to get the match. Gibbons is a
much over-rated boxer and is mighty
shy when it comes to meeting any
opponent with class. He can get
more than ST. 200 to meet Les Darcy
but he knows the brand of wallops
handed out by the Australian and
will take no chances.
DEVINE, a New Haven catcher
II who is likely to be with the
Brave next year, threw Ty Cobb out
twice In an exhibition game week
ago. Cobb got $3.50 for his services
while Devine had the satisfaction of
making the king base stealer look
like 80 cents
CHAPLAIN CH0UINARD, who has
charge of the 23rd infantry, is
reported to be giving serious consid-
Grafton to the elimination of the kid
ney punch in all future bouts at
Camp Cotton. The kidney punch is
barred by several boxing commits
sions and should be barred here It
merely wears down an opponent and
shows no boxing skill. while the man
on whom the punch is inflicted may
be marred for life. The kidney punch
is one of the most foul blows in the
ring and should certainly be barred
from all bouts where the promoters
want clean boxing.
"RATTLING" ToRRENCE is 60
ing to change his boxing style,
&c IN he