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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06

mighty sluggers and walking one, who
was caught stealing a moment later
First Score in Fourth
san JacintO drew first blood in their
first half of the fourth. a three base
hit by Patterson starting the fireworks.
and before the side had been retired
the San Jacinto had gathered four runs.
Lamar came back strong in their half
and counted three. The game from here
on became largely a batting fest with
both pitchers weakening fast.
The San JacintO boys are being
coached by Miss NJ Rice. who is highly
pleased with the showing her bows is
making in the initial game Of the sea-
son and hopes to keep the pep" going
throughout abe season Miss Rice was
very much excited during the course of
the game when the umpire waved one
Of her players out at the third station.
when seemingly he was safe.
Lamars Have Good Team.
The Lamar boys have a very fine
team and despite that they were licked
the tlrst time out they should be heard
from before this seasons play is over.
Ihey are being coached by Miss Pull
man. play teacher at Lamar
san JacintO base runners sue
ceeded in stealing a total of 20 sacks
they We're able to walk off with the
game, II to g.
The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06
COLUMBUS POLO
TEAM A. WINNER
18th Cavalry Officers Out
play Eighth Ysletans
Win a Game.

The Polo team Of the 18th cavalry
| romped home easy winners over the
] Eighth cavalry four in the polo match
/ at Washington park Sunday afternoon,
| the game being the second in the tour
nament now in progress. The Colum-
( Dusl team won by a score Of 10 to u
| points.
While the Eighth officers put Up a
! good exhibition, they were lacking in
team play and the crack combination
Of the visitors proved too much for the
Fort Bliss aggregation.
The game was witnessed by a crowd
of several hundred fans and, despite the
one-sided score. there was lot Of in
terest shown in the play.
Valley Wins Saturday
Efficient handling Of their ponies together
with faster and more even team work en-
abled the Valley Inn polo team to easily
defeat tho representative Eighth brigade
four in a snappy contest at Washington
Park Saturday afternoon by the score OF
l4h 10 2. Racing their ponies down the
field and taking advantage Of every offer
ing, the lower valley team had little diff
the initial period OF the game. due to the
Work or Lieut. Hardy and Messrs. Roberts
and Priest who kept. up consistent ag-
gressive attack throughout the entire game.
Lieut. Hardy Star.
In the first three minutes Of play Hardy
broke the Eighth brigade defence when he
sent the white ball speeding between the
goal posts for tn initial. point OF the game.
A short time later Roberts also scored when
after driving the ball down the field by a
succession Of well timed strikes he shot it
past the army guard The first army score
was made In the third period by Lieut.
McCunif after close battle near. the VAL
ley Inn goal, in which a safety was charged
against the brigade four. bringing the total
score up TO for the valleyites and z for
the army.
The contest was Witnessed by about 200
FL Pasoans and army polo enthusiasts. The
tneups were Army lieutenants Wood Nc
Cuniff Peak and Simpson; Valley Inn,
Messrs. Roberts, Priest, Kane and Lieut.
Hardy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06

8 sdopes'' that players and fans grow
furious because they think their favor
! ties are being belittled by comparison
, with some other player. Remember this
is not the case. For instance, one may
concede that Evers is a better ball plav-
er than Herkes but in these figures l
. 90 not compare Evers with Yerkes.
hefkes, II ne plays 154 games. would
! mean Chicago's second baseman, but 1
must figure, and have figured. that the
understudy or substitute will play part
Of the games in that position. so when
! Igure Boston's second base strength,
l inquire EVers $50 games. Egan 20,
some bench sub. T. The aim is to get
the position value Of each team.
Applying Figures to Players.
1nese Igures represent the basis for
computlngethe strength Of a team. All
we have to do is TO apply them to in
dividuals. Thus. if the average center
fielder is worth z in attack and rs
IN defence, what is Cobb worth to his
team? eGt the idea2 How many more
runs does he score. hits does he make,
bases does he steal extra bases does
he take on hits. how many more flies
into2
I shall take each PLAYER fin the Amer
lean and National league, compare his
offensive and defensive work with the
average figure how many games he
viii be in, and average him up with his
understudy on that basis. When L get
IS
assemble the players and managers
into teams, the teams into leagues, then
add and divide until we learn the
strength Of each team.
For the sake Of convenience. shall
use 200 instead of as the basis Of
attacking strength. so as to show min
ute differences. and in center field shall
use 24O instead of ? 2-5. 1t is the
same thing.
One thing viii strike you, and that
is the number Of players who are above
the average this season. The pitchers
and catchers. of course, cut down the
attacking average, but from the figures
thus far. it looks to me as if more reg
ulars are above average strength than
ever before.
1t is several weeks before the season
starts. Remember, I have to work in
March, and I make a reservation. If
big trades are made. or accidents hap
pen before the final figures are COM
piled. 1 reserve the right to correct my
figures. I don't want to figure Speaker
in center for Boston if he breaks q leg
in training.
Now we're off-aud tomorrow we will
start with the first basemen of the Ma
tional league.-COpyright 1916, by The
Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06
Doping 1916 Baseball Season With Hugh S. Fullerton
How the Doping Is Done.
By HUGH S. FULLERTON.

was equal to its offensive value, no
team ever would score a run. The Of
fence must be stronger than the de-
fence-therefOre. offensive strength is
of more value than defensive.
Study the runs scored in ratio to put
outs and assists and you will get an
idea of the relative value of offensive
and defensive. 1 figure the offensive
value of the average team, at SO, and
the defensive value at 81 Everyone
comedies that run making-that is, bat
ting, base running and general attack
is more important than fielding.
We can learn the offensive value of
any player by studying his speed, his
batting, his base running, his aggres-
siveness. etc. We have records cover
ing years to show what each can do.
The average attacking value Of each
individual on a ball team is one-ninth
Of the value of the team attack-and
one-ninth of So is Z. the average at
lacking strength of each player.
Defensive value is harder ] have
evolved a table showing the value Of
each position on a team. This is based
upon the number OF chances the player
has, as well as on the importance Of
those chances. You know. of course,
that a right fielder is not as important
as a catcher. i have figured out how
important each position is:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06
OTERO HIGH SCHOOL FIVE
DEFEATS Ell PASO TEAM

Alamogordo. y. ". MarcEf s.-Getting
flying start and scoring six points before
post the five Of the Otero county high
school won easily from the FL Pas0 offics
team II the FL Paso & Southwestern sys-
tenn in the basketball game which was
played here Saturday night in the amuse-
ment pavilion The final score was 81 to
10. At the end OF the first half the score
stood 10 T. which was the nearest the El
Paso team ever could get to a tie. ''Skeet''
Saulsberry. forward. and Tommy Jones,
center. scored 13 and 10 points. respectively,
for Otero.
The FL Paso boys are favorites in Ala
mogordo and were the guests OF honor al
a dance which was given in the pavilion
Immediately after the game.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06
'KIEBANE WON'T FIGHT CLANCY
DECISION BOUT, SAYS MANAGER
Hagglng Over Money ARA 1gements is Ended and Real
Reason For Dispute Crops Up; KIbane May Be
Obliged to Battle, However; Willard Not as Fat
as Some of Critics Have Tried to Make Him
By T. :. ANDREWS.

rILWAUKEE. Wis March G.
Nj Jimmie Dunn, Sammy Harris
l. L and Henry Bletzer. managers
respectively of Johnny Kilbane, KID
Williams and George CLANCY, are nav
ing a triangular controversy as 10 why
Williams viii not box Chaney IN Bal
timore Originally kilbane was malcheu
tp to meet Clancy before the club con
Quoted by harris and Bletzer IN Balu-
more. for which he was to receive
$500. All this was known by man
ager Jimmy Dunn beforehand, but Tor
some reason he refused TO go through
with the deal
reason for calling the match off, was
4 money consideration entirely, Tor
since that time more money has been
offered to Kilbane TO meet Chaney-
Efforts have been MADE 10 Isl Al
<Herford, the former promoter OF that
city. handle the match, but there have
been objections from other sources
than Baltimore to that end OF the
angle.
new offer in which he says.
Il have been trying to get Kilbane
TO fight Clancy in Baltimore during
March or in May and have offered
him $500 for o. 20 round go. L even
went to Cleveland and tried to close
the match, but manager Jimmy Dunn
bane meet CLANCY in a decision con-
test However, he may be forced 10
do So"
As there does not appear TO be any
other boy capable Of giving kilbane
q real argument for the title, IL seems
mp to the Cleveland boy to take on
CLANCY, for it is certainly about time
that he defended his championship.
Mocha Is Again I'm Came
Bob Moha, the Milwaukee middle
b.. fsNH Ia FuHn
the original cave man, has decided
that he wants to get back into the
game and feels certain that he can
work to the top Of the ladder. In or
der to get the right kind of matches
Bob has placed himself under the man
Wisconsin, the original manager Of
Eddie McGOorty. Bob, who at one
time scaled nearly 100 pounds, has
worked down TO about 40 and he
claims he san make lbs pounds at
o'clock very nicely, If called upon TO
do so. At the present time manager
callahan is endeavoring to get Bob on
with some topnotchers In the light
heavyweight division, especially such
men as Jack Dillon and Jim Flynn
and If he is successful he will then
set about and try to capture the mid
.dleweight crown. There was some
talk Of Bob going to Australia for
meeting with, Les Darcy, but IL seems
that Robert, after he heard that Aus
tralia was 1000 miles away, made
up mis- mind that he would never be
able TO get back again and for the
present he has declared all bets off as
far as the Antipodes are concerned.
willard Isn't SO Fat.
The persons who gave out the re-
ports about Jess willard weighing
over 500 pounds and being what they
termed "hOg fat" must have been
dreaming to make such statements.
Before Jess Willard left Chicago, the
writer had occasion to visit with the
big fellow and TO see him in some
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06

light exercises: also on the scale. The
fact IS jess was under the 26U noucu.
which IS light for him, and there was
hardly any surplus flesh about HIS
mid-sectiOn; in fact, no more than an
athelete would be expected TO carry
before training down too fines
When II Is known that Jess enters
the ring at about 245, i'm condition. it
can be readily seen that he was carry
ing very little extra weight 1t looked
very much as though the champion had
been doing some light training right
along, for his appearance was that Of
the athlete and not the indifferent
boxer many imagined 1t is inst pos
sible that Willard was keeping himself
i'm the best OF shape during tie time
the stories were being circulated that
he was "hog fat" etc
Big Men Have the Call.
There are many instances where
small men have defeated big men, but
there is always more confidence with
a big fellow against n small one The
wonderful Tom Savers, 1856 pounds.
gave John c. Heenan, 225, "A remark
able battle over half century ago
fighting AZ rounds; Charlie Mitchell,
about 1856, battled with John L. Sulli-
van for 80 rounds. Bob Fitzsimmons
gave away 20 pounds to James ]. JEFF
fries and nearly defeated him and also
gave away % pounds to James J. Cor
bett and won the heavyweight title
HIrOfl MINI at lAlI EdllAt TIME DElnE dDle
to fight as middleweight at 1jS
Locks Like a Good House.
However, the big man will always
have the call and the champion will
no doubt be a big favorite over Frank
Moran when they clash at Madison
SQUARE Garden. New York, March %
on form Jess should be to ] bet
and if he fights as he did at Havana
against Jack Johnson, he should come
pretty near putting over haymaker
Despite some kicking about prices for
the big show, il looks as though the
place will be sold out and that Tex
Rickard will clean up considerable for
his gamble.
Gibbons Fights Smith March II.
Mike Gibbons is to have the first OF
a series Of three battles under his
$50. 600 contract with the Capitol City
Athletic club Of st. Paul on March II,
when he meets Jeff Smith, the Newark
middleweight who has travelled
through Europe and Australia, meet
ing the best fighters OF those countries
The club will have to draw over SIS
600 to break even, according to what it
will pay Gibbons and Smith, and it is
a pretty good bet that no such sum will
be taken in at the gate on st. Patrick's
day.
Mike made a big hit when he stopped
Young Ahearn i'm the first round OF
their scheduled ten round fight I'm Jan
uary. but the chances are that no such
thing will occur when he tackles
Smith.
Jeff is a first class middleweight
and should be able to make Gibbons
extend himself. but the odds are in
favor OF the phantom Jeff claims to
have knocked out Les Darcy, the Aus
tralian champion and claimant Of the
worlds title, but such is not the case.
When they fought the first time, Janu-
nry %. 1915, Darcy claimed he was
fouled by Smith i'm the fifth round and
Continued on Page FOurteen.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06
BASKETBALL SEASON
rs ABOUT ENDED

CONTINUED From Previous Page)
have pretty combination and it will
take n mighty fast team to beat them
While the league seems to be a thing
or the past arrangements have been
made for an exhibition game next Sat
urday night between the Cactus and the
First National bank. The fans will re-
member the last game between these
teams when the bankers won by a
score Of % to IS in the most sensational
contest of the. season. Next Saturday
nights game should be a cOrker and. it
is possible that there viii be three
games in the series
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06

: ILWAUKEE, Wis., March g
Nj Jimmie Dunn, Sammy Harris
4 and Henry BletZer, managers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06

Continued on Page FOurteen0
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06
TWENTY-ONE HITS FEATURE
CAEnINAL-sAN ANTnNIn CANE

San Antonio Texas. March Twenty
one hits. including three home runs. marked
the second game Of the practice series be-
tween the st. Louis Nationals and san An
tonic Of the Texas league. which st. Louis
won Sunday, II TO g. thereby evening the
score Of the series Brottem OF the visitors
and Wotteu and Bunckel OF san Antonio
Nit for four bases
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-06

players entire value, therefore. is
shis individual value in attack plus his
individual value in defence in his posi-
ton You will admit that Ty Cobb in
center field is of less value to his team
than Babe BOrton at first base. or that
Niehoff at second is better than John
Evers on the bench.
I have found, in making these
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-07-06
Injunction Stops LabOrs' Rights

Indianapolis-"The government OF
the United States, through congress,
has said that the labor power OF a
human being is not a commodity or
article of commerce." says the United
Mine Workers Journal.
But, while this human labor power,
which includes the worker himself, is
conceded by the federal government,
not the property of any except the
worker himself, to grant or withhold,
singly or collectively, as he decides,
many of the judges of state or dis
trict courts still hold the contrary to
be the fact In no state in the Union
can there be any written law to JUS
tify such a position; the laws of
equity, confined in every labor coun-
try, and now by the government of
the United States as only applying
to property disputes when irretriev-
able damage may be done, and for
which there is no other redress, is
based on what is known as the COM
mon law, based on the laws of chan
Gerry of the monarchial governments.
'We hold that the expression of the
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-07-06
Campaign Concerns the Workers

In this presidential campaign it will
be we'll for those working men and
women who concern themselves little
about national politics to awaken to
the importance of this falls general
election. A determed effort is to
be made by all the predatory inter
ests to regain control of the white
house and congress. Should they sue
ceed. it will, of course, be the wage
earners, the producers, who suffer.
Peace, prosperity and happiness in
larger measure than for many years
now prevail throughout this union.
Higher wages and shorter hours have
beer gained for more workers than
ever before. Labor is represented in
the Presidents cabinet and in the halls
of congress. Only this month man
in whom the plain people have impli-
cit faith has gained a seat upon the
United States supreme court bench
over the protest of Wall street and
allied corporations, and after one of
the most vicious fights by the money
powers ever directed against an ap-
pointee of the President.
Under Wilson the people of high
and low eegree have been given
square deal.
Working people in particular are
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-07-06
Workers to Organize

San Francisco-The Labor Council
has refused to comply with the re-
quest of the Steam Laundry Workers
union, one of its affliates, that the
pending ordinance, which would in
crease the laundry license fee from
$40 to 81 900 year, be indorsed.
The laundry workers reported that
proprietors of union laundries favor
ed the high license and that this leg
islation would stabilize" the industry.
The council was not impressed with
this theory, delegates pointing out
that the ordinance would permit laun-
dries that could pay the license to
build up a monopoly, which might
later be turned against the unionists'
The request was referred to the coun-
cips organizing committee with in
structions to assist the Laundry
Workers unon in thoroughly organ
izing this city.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-07-06

not ove:-enthusiastic about taking a
judge for President They had one
sad experience of this character in
President William Howard Taft Jus
tice Hughes has been on the supreme
court bench for little over six years,
and has invariably joined in decisions
favoring the money powers. His
opinions have given comfort to the
reactionaries and corporations. AS
President he could be expected to
continue to travel with the plutes and
ignore the plebes.' AS governor of
New York he vetoed bill giving the
firemen of New York city two
platoon system and the policemen an
eight-hour day. He likewise vetoed a
bill providing equal pay for men and
women teachers in the public schools
of that state.
The working people of the nation
have gained more in legislation and
administrative benefits since Wood
row Wilson became President than
during all the previous administra-
tions of this country.
So far as the organized workers are
concerned, they will continue ito de-
feat their enemies and elect their
proven friends. Denver Labor Bull
fefin
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-07-06
Sheriff Kicked Out by High Court

Walsenburg,. Col-Sheriff Jeff Farr,
procurer of strikebrakers, pet of coal
operators, gunmen and king of Huer-
fano county for 10 years, has been
ousted from office by the state SUI
preme court because of illegal election
practices.
1t was proven that Fairs election
was made possible through the es,
Enlistment of voting booths in iso-
lated places and in camps controlled
by the coal companies. Farr, and four
associate officers, who were also GUST.
ed. were charged with fraud and cor
ruption. It was shown that no one
could approach the booths in the min
ing camps controlled by the Victor
Fuel Company and the Colorado Fuel
and Iron, accompany without per mis-
sion of the coal company officials.
The supreme court declared that in
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-07-06
MEANING OF LIBERTY
Glowing Apotheosis From Henry Georges
Progress and Poverty

We honor Liberty in name and in
form. We set up her statues ant
sound her praises. But we have not
fully trusted her. And with our
growth SC grow her demands. She
will have no half servicel
Liberty. il is a word to conjurs
with, not to vex the ear in empty
boastings. For Liberty means JUS
tice, and Justice is the natural law
the law of health and symmetry and
strength, of fraternity and co-opera-
ton.
They who look upon Liberty as
having accomplished her mission
when she has abolished hereditary
privileges and given men the ballot,
who think of her as having no fur
ther relations to the everyday affairs
of life, have not seen her real gran
deur-to them the poets who have
sung of her must seem rhampodists,
and her martyrs fool! AS the sun is
the lord of life, as well as of light;
as his beams not merely pierce the
clouds, but support all growth, sup
ply all motion, and call forth from
what would otherwise be a cold and
inert mass all the infinite diversities
of being and beauty, so is Liberty to
mankind. 1t is not for an abstrac-
tion that men have toiled and died;
that in every age the witnesses of lib
erty have stood forth, and the mar
tyrs of Liberty have suffered.
We speak of Liberty as one thing,
and OF virtue, wealth, knowledge, in
vention, national strength and nation
al independence as other things. But,
of all these, Liberty is the source, the
mother, the necessary condition. She
is to virtue what light is to color;
to wealth what sunshine is to grain;
knowledge what eyes are to sight.
She is the genius of invention, the
Drawn of national strength, the spirit
of national independence. Where
Liberty rises there virtue grows,
wealth increases, knowledge expands,
invention multiplies human powers,
and in strength and spirit the freer
nation rises among her neighbors as
Saul amid his brethren-1aller and
fairer. Where Liberty sinks, there
virtue fades, wealth diminishes,
knowledge is forgotten, invention
ceases, and empires once mighty in
arms and arts become helpless prey
to freer barbarians!
Only in broken CLEANS and partial
light has the sun of Liberty yet beam
ed among men, but all progress hath
she called forth.
Liberty came to race of slaves
crouching under Egyptian whips, and
led them forth from the House of
Bondage. She hardened them in the
desert and made of them race of
conquerors. The free spirit of the
Mosaic law took their thinkers up to
heights where they beheld the unity
of God, and inspired their poets with
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-07-06

these camps unqualified voters were
allowed to vote and legal voters were
denied. The court refused to consider
the vote of the closed camps and held
that Farr's opponent was elected be-
cause of pluralities he secured in the
uncontrolled camps. Practically every
polling place was in building or on
land controlled by the operators.
"Thus," said Supreme Court Justice
Scott, were the public districts and
the public election machinery turned
over to the absolute domination and
imperial control Of private coal cor
porations"
The passing of Farr will bring lit
tie regret to trade unionists and other
citizens who made continued protest
against the tigerisb feroeity of this
official during the recent miners
strike in southern Colorado.