El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-17

NJ FAN who attended the Sunday
games of the Commercial league
has any kick coming on the quality
Of baseball put up in any of the
three games. There was a scarcity
of hitting, it IS true, but the fielding
was excellent. That TIE teams cal
speed up the game and still maintain
the quality Of the sport was evident
in the first afternoon game, which
was played in 81 minutes.
WHEN umpire LOTtz was given the
batteries for the first afternoon
game, umpire Ebbs got a slant at the
"Cuaron and Chacon" Of the Wall
team. Lortz was rolling his tongue
around the names when Ebbs wanted
to know If he'd have to stack up
against like names IN the next game
If so, he wanted to take a few Span
ish lessons.
| ORTIZ has umpired some mighty
- good ball for the Commercial
league but his work on the paths,
Sunday, was away off. Working be-
hind the plate, LoItz gave another
fine exhibition IN the first afternoon
affair but the morning and second
afternoon games saw many kicks on
his base decisions
POLLS have some use after all
Some one has said that they are
mere tests Of patience. But they
are also good to get baseball scribes
out of bed for morning games. A
certain scribe listened TO "the twit-
terings Of the birds in the early
dawn"-though said dawn" was
around Q Oclool-for the first time
on Sunday morning. After seeing
the morning game al Rio Grande
park, he decided that boils were some
good after all
CREDIT for the hit which sent
over the winning run for the
soldiers against the Feldmans a week
ago belongs to a. Smith. not Kler.
Lieut.. Bertram, manager of the
Seventh, has yet to learn to report
changes Of his batting order to the
scorers. 1t was Kler's turn TO bat
and as the change was not announced
and not noticed, Kler got the credit
for the hit Several OF the CONNER
clal league managers need a bit of
Jacking up from the league president
on this matter of reporting changes
in the batting order.
{ CHARLIE HERZ0G is to 20 to the
New York Giants while Christv
Mathewson is to be the manager of
the Cincinnati Reds. That's the
latest dope from the east. The
Giants admit the deal and state that
It merely needs the approval of the
Cincinnati directors. The Giants
have also virtually arranged for the
purchase of Harry Sanee from the
Cardinals at a price reported to be
$4,000.
REMEMBER "Big Jim Savage
who vas one of WIZARDS spar
ring partners" when he trained near
Ysleta snd was touted-by Tom
Jones, ct alas one Of the boxing
wonders of the ring? Well. lin
happens to be a member of the Fifth
New Jersey regiment and was or
dered to he border but he has been
excused and given an honorable dis
charge because he has a wife and
seven children to support. He should
also get a letter from Teddy Roose-
welt for being a true American.
CUBS managed to use IS men in
the 16-inning tie with the
Dodgers on Sunday. The Dodgers.
too, were pretty strong on getting
men into the game and worked a
names into the box score. thinner
man, Kelly and Archer, of the Cubs,
each got 1our hits in seven times at
bat. So did Wheat, of the Dodgers.
0'Mara was charged with only six
times at bat in getting his four
swats. The Dodgers made IS hits
and the Cubs IS, each getting seven
runs.