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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-11-24
PRAISE HIM.
Thi5r1o5t Precious
GiftED.:''

\ AN evening Of this week IL occurred
! 10 a man, sitting alone in an upper
4 room, that Thanksgiving day was
right at hand. SO he bestirred his
mind to consider those things for
which an American might sensibly
offer up gratitude to God.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
RAIN ENDS REAL BATTLE WITH
MINERS AND FELDMANS EVEN Up
York Has Better of Pate in the Three Innings Played
When Showers Interfere; Santa Ritas Refuse To
Continue On Muddy iamond; Fans See Real
Ball Game AS Lon as Game Lasts
BY "BECK.-

~HERE isn't an awful lot Of diff
ference between the professional
l. baseball played in Hurley and
Santa Rita and that in the Commercial
league, if you may judge by the three
innings played at Rio Grande park
Thursday afternoon. by the Feldmans
and Santa Rita before rain put an end
to the festivities The diamond was
heavy after 20 minutes of rain, but
the Feldmans We're willing to satisfy
the fans-who had a taste of real base
ball and wanted more-while the vlsi-
tors argued that the going" was too
heavy and refused TO continue.
The truth of il seemed to be that the
Feldmans were hitting Lefty Pate
while Jimmy York had the profession
ais as badly puzzled as were the Every
bodys ten days ago On the slow dia-
mond the Commercial leaguers would
have had a material advantage and.
unfortunately. there was a lot Of bet
ting on the game
A good crowd was on hand despite
ominous clouds and the distant roar
of thunder which grew closer as the
game started The Feldmans played
Benjamin on third and let it be said
right here that Benny played ball
Incidentally, he got the only hit Steele.
Of the Seventh infantry. was on first
while Meason. Of the Puritys, held
down center field. With the excep-
lion Of these two men and the bat
terry. the visitors faced the regular
Feldman team.
York in Fine Form
Jimmy York put them over for FL
Paso and Jimmy was "right-with
considerable accent Lefty Pate took
the mound for Santa Rita. hut his old
fault in the Texas league-failUre 10
stand on the rubber while pitching
got him off bad for umpire Lortz in
sisted on playing according to the
rules
There were only three innings PLAYED
when the rain came down and every
body had to hike for shelter. But
those three innings saw some real base
ball There is so much interest in this
series that a bit of the play-by-play
may be of interest.
First Inning.
Santa Rita-Smith was retired on /
Benjamin's throw. Benny mailing the :
Erounder near the pitchers box. Bris- I
tow famed but Gallagher dropped the !
third strike and then threw bad TO 1
first Bristow thought he'd show up /
the semi-pro. and started for second 1
but Steele's throw beat him by ten /
feet. Clark was thrown out by Head. |
No hits. no runs.
Feldmans-Head waited out for = 1
walk Buchanan sacrificed. Pate TO ,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

WIN BALL CAME
Annual Game of Represen-
tatives Exciting; Demos
Blame Chautauqua.

Washington. D. C.. Aug 1.-THE an
nuaI house baseball game went Re-
publican Thursday by score of IS 10
u. 1t was the first Democratic defeat
in four years
The Republican representatives
boosted after the game that their we'll
balanced team was responsible for the
victory, but the Democrats laid It at
the doors Of county chautauqua- They
said the star Democratic pitcher. rep
resentative Yates Webb OF North Caro-
lima. who for years has held the Re-
publicans at his mercy. fell over a
bench while reaching out to shake
hands with an admirer after speech
in Virginia yesterday and badly
sprained his left arm
This alibi aroused derision among the
Pspublicans who pointed out that
Webb is a right handler. but the Demo-
Gratis replied that it was a left arm
injury that retired Mathewson from
the game. though he. too. is right
handler and with that they rested their
case
The Republicans appeared to be in
better condition than their opponents
They used only nine men. though they
frequently changed position Repre-
sentative Sydney Mudd the Maryland
pitcher. starred. He made two runs,
three hits. six putouts and seven as
sists and struck out six men Only
once. in the sixth inning. was he batted
hard Democrats then scored seven
runs After that Johnson. of South
Dakota, and Miller Of Delaware. re- :
lieved Mudd for a short time. but he
came back strong later
The Democrats used IA players
Nichols Of South Carolina, Rouse %
Kentucky, and Harrison Of Mississippi,
starred for them. each obtaining rnrea
hits Harrison also scored three runs.
made several remarkable stops at short
and held the Republicans runless while
pitching the last two innings
Speaker Clark and Republican leader
Mann were honorary umpires. but they
never left the grandstand- Uncle Joe
Cannon consumed three boxes Of pop
corn while he yelled encouragement to .
the Republicans
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

Grlssom- Benjamin singled, Nbarrando
getting the ball deep too late to throw.
Benjamin and Head started a double
steal but Head was nailed off third
Steele famed. One hit. no runs.
Second Inning.
Santa Rita-Bobby Robertson looked
at three curves and retired Grissom
hit to Buchanan but Steele dropped
the ball and the runner was safe.
Nbarrondo skied an easy one to Bu-
chanan. GrissOm gave Gallagher
chance TO test his peg No runs, no
hits
Feldmans-Meason was thrown out
by Smith and Gallagher by Ybarrondo.
Mulkey hit ore which Grissom fielded
and Pate took the throw on first. No
runs, no hits
Third Inning.
Santa Rita-Shell Robertson took a
look at three strikes. Dempsey did
manage to foul one strike but he. too.
was famed Pate hunted an easy one
at Benjamin and it was over. No runs,
no hits.
Feldmans-There were hopes when
Longmyre hit a long one 10 left field
but Dempsey got it, York famed and
Head was thrown out by Pate. No
hits, no runs
Fourth Inning.
Santa Rita-It was beginning to rain
when Smith was tanning and there
Were two strikes and two balls on
Bristow when the rain drove the play
ers 10 shelter.
The score aS FAR &C NAV rro~rassa5.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
KUNCE IS MOTORBIKE
CHAMP OF COLORADO

Colorado Springs, Colo. Aug IL
Frank Kunce of Loveland. Colo, was
crowned motorcycle champion of Colo
radO Thursday afternoon and won a
prize of $500 through his proves in
negotiating the Pixies Peak auto race
course, a distance of u II miles in %
minutes. three seconds. Floyd Clymer
of Greeley, Colo, was only seven sec
onds behind the winner, while Howard
Williams finished third in % minutes
$40 seconds
Although Kunce landed the state
championship. his time to the summit
of the peak was beaten in ire fourth
race even by Clymer, who made the
distance in p minutes IS seconds.
Kunce finished second in this event
in p minutes, 40 seconds. and Edward
Fillmore third in % minutes IS seconds.
Perfect weather ushered in the three
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
BY aBECKp

"HONEST JOHN RCLOSKEY is
home after an extended trip
through the east. MACK" looked
over the Texas leaguers on his way
home but wasn't very much i'm
pressed He says his 1915 Ell Paso
team could wipe up" the league. Of
the Galveston team, only the second
baseman impressed the scout as hav-
ing any real class.
BECAUSE Ad Santell has failed to
send in an acceptance of terms
for the wrestling match scheduled
for next Thursday evening, pro-
moter jim Brown has been compelled
to postpone the match. Unless San
tell accepts within the next couple
Of days, an effort will be made to
get Charlie Cutler as the opponent
for Billy Hokuf. Santell had a
two-hour bout with Cutler in San
Francisco recently. The California
grappler does not appear over
anxious to wrestle outside San
Francisco where he can have his
own referee. Hokuf is a formidable
man and it may be that Santell is
not anxious to take chances.
"YoUNG DEMPSEY" who used to
be able TO give a mighty good
account Of himself in the ring two OF
three years ago, now belongs to the
10th Pennsylvania infantry and
wants to hook up with kid" Payo
OF any other 122-pOunder in these
parts.
PLANS for an army league to play
weekday games were started by
John J. McClOskey on his return
from the east, Thursday. Both
national guards and regulars are in
vited to enter. Managers may enter
regimental teams by sending name
or number of regiment, name and
phone number of manager to the
sporting editor of The Herald. Let's
hear iron some of these national
guard teams which are making so
much noisei How about IT. Won
fellows of the Fighting Ninth?
There should be Il teams entered.
Double headers can be played every
day. Who's first?
r ED SOX hammered the offerings
Of Russell and Danforth on
Thursday and beat the White Sox.
II to J. The victory helped Boston
ugnten the grip on first place and
kicked the Chicago team into third
place Cleveland going in the second
berth. 1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
"BECK'S" AMEN CORNER

CAN'T say any real blame attaches
to Santa Rita ball players for
refusing to play after Thursdays
heavy shower. The diamond was
really too muddy for fast base
running and it was on the paths that
the miners hoped to win-when they
found York's pitching had real class
"DOC" MCAMANT really should
give York another chance
against Santa Rita. There is
possibility that he may do so this
afternoon, though Graham is carded
to pitch, with Pete Leyva doing
mound duty Saturday.
SCOUTS for two major league clubs
are reported as headed this way.
A representative of the Athletics,
who has been combing the California
bushes and who is reported to have
made pitcher Babe" Hollis a fine
offer, IS due here within a week to
give the Commercial leaguers the
'onoe over"
DON'T miss the Saturday game be-
tween the Feldmans and Santa
Rita The three innings played on
Thursday show that the miners have
nothing on the photographers and if
the teams play up to Thursdays
form the Saturday game will be
worth going to see.
DALLAS team of the Texas league
will play a weeks series in Ell
Paso at the close of the Texas league
season, meeting the best team that
can be secured here. If the patronage
IS good, FL Paso can have a franchise
Tor 1917 on very REASONABLE condi-
tons. Say, have you noticed that
the Texas league is drawing so poorly
IN Fort Worth that the games have
had to be transferred. The Texas
league needs E. Paso more than FL
PasO needs the league The CONNER
cial leaguers are playing real base
ball this year
MANAGER ED HANDS of the
Krackajacks has decided that he
needs a real shortstop and has
Canned" Clyde Woollen. He has al
so handed releases to Lucas, Lam
kin, Afford and Young. Fleischman.
Of the 31st Michigan, has been signed
TO play short and Mayer, a regular
army man, will be found in center
field. The new men look good and
Hands has an idea that the hard
ware team will be right in the race
from now on.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
School sports,
and
q of the
SA4 - 4N%44&Ae

TANLEY EHLER, of the Overlands,
reports that he would like to get
- a game for his team on some week
day So far he has only had games
with the Houston Squares, and having
defeated them in both games. he wants
to play some other team, either the
Orchard Parks. Aoy Juniors or the
East Ell Paso Juniors. If any of these
teams can play on some week day,
please notify Boyland.
Walk Juniors. on account Of several
OF their men having TO go TO work at
about II o'clock. Saturday morning.
have asked that their game with the
Westside Juniors be put at $3.50 o'clock,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

, instead Of 11:30, as was scheduled.
Since they have no substitutes. this
VIII be done. and the schedule for Sat
urday will be:
Oaklands vs. Westside Juniors at s
o'clock, Saturday morning. at Rio
Grande park
Walk Juniors Us. Westside Juniors
Rio Grande park.
Oaklands Us. Cactus Motor company
at 1l;S9. Saturday morning. at Rio
Grande park
There viii probably be a regular
umpire for the games on Saturday. and
thfs umpire viii have the power 10 put
out OF the game any player who be-
gins 10 think he can rljn thinSz 70
suit himself Also. the decisions of
this umpire Will be final. and there
VII be no discussion after the game.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
THREE U. S. ATHLETES ARE
TO COMPETE IN SWEDEN

New York. Aug. IF. W Rubier
secretary of the Amateur AtbIstis
union announced Thursday the receipt
OF cablegram from the Swedish n
uonal Gymnastic and Sporting associo-
uon requesting him TO arrange Tor the
entry of Ted" Meredith and two o+bar
American athletes in field events 10
take place in Sweden some time he
tween October 9 and 10. Mr. Pnbie,
mas selected Joe LoOmis of Chicago as
the second entry
The third man to complete in tba
game will be named. Mr.. Ruben said.
been held at Newark, September s a
and 16. -
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
CERTAIN WINNERS"
GO DOWN TO DEFEAT

Pittsburg. Pa Aug. 11--Defeat Of two
horses that were regarded as certain
winners. Peter Mount in the thres
year old trot by CochatO Jay and Lind y
say in the 2:17 trot by Sister Strong
featured the second day Of Grand Cir
cult racing at Brunot's island Derby
Custer in the 2-17 pace was the only
favorite to make good. although Direc-
tor Todd in the 2:10 trot performed,
true to form and won his race
Peter Mount broke when not far from
the wire in the opening heat and fin
fshed second In the two subsequent
heats. the son Of Peter the Great came
in third. Cochato Jay won the race in
straight heats
Crystal Border trotted an exhibition
mile to beat 2-30 1-2, covered the dis
lance in 2:15 IA The weather was
ideal and the track fast Directum I
Will be driven in an exhibition mile to-
day
Fresh vegetables Success Cafe. 2Os Mills.-Ad.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

A RRANGEMENTS are under way
for a big boxing tournament at
Camp Cotton for Labor day under
the auspices of the Athletic officer
OF the 23rd infantry. Only soldier
boxers VIII appear at these bouts
but as Willie Richie, former light
weight champion, is now enrolled in
a camp in California, It will be seen
that the matchmaker will be able
TO draw from some mighty good
men
AMBETH, Cleveland recruit who
was in the southwest last fall
with a transforming team, out
pitched Allen Russell, of the Yankees,
on Thursday and the Indians won,
to ?.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

DAY racing program and the events
were run off without accident In de-
scending the mountain after the rscas
however Art Davidson of Denver. WIS
unable 10 control his machine and was
thrown on curve. He was piclad
up unconscious but his injuries are not
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
DUNDEE AND HAMMER ARE
MATCHED FOR IL ROTNnS

Kansas City, No. Aug. 11-JOhnnv
Dundee and Ever Hammer. light
weights, have been matched for a l.
round bout to a decision here on SEN
TENDER Il. according to an announce
ment of the promoters
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
YOUNG DENNY KNOCKS
OUT SAILOR JERkuEG.

st Louis. Mo, Aug. 1I-YounS
Denny Of New Orleans. knocked onf
Sailor Jerabek of St Louis. in the firsf
round of scheduled u round boxing
bout here Thursday night. The men
weighed 145 pounds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
Western League.

At Sioux City. RHE
Topeka o.. .-....---.. 600 Dol 00O-1 q
Sioux City -------. 600 $50 OOx-5 IL 0
Batteries; Topeka. Halla. Burwell and
Allen; Sioux City. Schaul and Livingston
AT Omaha Ri E.
Denver go. 5000 900 600 O2O-2 5 /
Omaha &c 80. 600 600 1901 3
Batteries; Denver. Ford and Shestak:
Omaha. North and Marshall
At Des Moines. RHE
81. Joseph OIL. -....... 600 900 200
Des Moines -- ---.22O 90 2Ox-7 II I
Batteries; St. Joseph. Hawk and Beers.
Des Moines. Thomas and Spahr.
At Lincoln Ri =
Wichita 80 -.......- 0lo O0I 900 :
Lincoln -- -------.--. Dol COL O2x-4 3 0
Batteries Wichita. Craig and Griffith;
Lincoln. Halla and johnson.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
Southern Association

~ New Orleans O.. Nashvifr.
AZ Atlanta 8; Little Rock O.
At Mobile 5: Chattanooga /
At birmingham 6. Memphis = Ten f,,i-rs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

At Los Angeles-First game r. H. F..
Portland OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Vernon -.----
Batteries-Portland. Moves and Fisher.
Nernon-E- johnson and Whaling Mite
second game r II. Z
=
Vernon ..-......
Batteries--Portland. Sothoron and Roche
Fisher; Vernon. Mitchell and Metz
At oaldand-First game r II. z.
Los angeles .....-.............. II l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

san Francisco OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S i
Batteries-Los Angeles. Horstman AMI
Boles, san Francisco. Steen. Tanning Old
ham and Sepulveda-
Second game r =
Oakland .... n
salt Lake .....-... -
Batteries-Oakiand. Prough and Cadman;
Salt Lake. Piercey and Easterly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

Southern Association.
American League.

At Cleveland r H e
New York .-----------20 200 600 600 1
Cleveland 900 101 001-5 0
Batteries: New York. Russell and Nuna-
maker: Cleveland, Lambeth and O'Neul.
At Detroit r H f.
Philadelphia ...-..-.-110 10l 900 II 0
Detroit ..--0 02 $50 030-10 Is ]
Batteries: Philadelphia, Williams and
Picinich; Detroit. Mitchell. James and Nc
Kee-
At St Louis r H E
Washington .... 900 OO0 900 5 ,
St. Louis . ...-OO 600 80 O0x-4 S l
Batteries: Washington. BoehlinE and
Henry; St. Louis. Koob and SEVERED
At Chicago. r II. 2.
Boston - ....1OO 22O cell 13 }
Chicago .. ..---.---- 900 OO2 Ill II
Batteries: Boston. Foster. Leonard and
Cady. Chicago. Russell, Danforth. Williams
and Schalk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
Texas League.


At Galveston r H E
Galveston
Waco OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 0
Bstteries-Galveston. Barfoot and Noyes;
Waco. Donalds and Reilly.
At Houston R H E.
Houston = q
Shreveport Observation-Disclosures. >
Batteries-HOuston. Ogle and Jenkins
Shreveport Ferry and Smith. Ten innings
At san Antonio r. H F.
San Antonio Observation-Disclosures 10 @
Fort Worth -----.-....---.- g
Batteries-San Antonio. Stewart and Cook;
Fort Worth. Tretter and Belts.
At Beaumont-Dallas orr dav
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

summary stolen base. Benjamin: sacrifice
hit. buchanan; struck out by York 5. by
Pate >; base on balls, off Pate I; first
base on errors. Santa Rita .: left on bases
Feldmans l: time Of game. so minutes: UNI
pire. LortZ-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
American Association.

- III leapoilS- =. Louisville
A 81 Paul. ? Indiunanolis
Al Kansas City. ,. Toledo "a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
Games POSTPONED.

Pittsburg at Boston. st. Louis at New
York. rain; Chicago at Brooklyn. wei
grounds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
Pacific Coast League.

Beaumont-Dallas. OFF day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

Fresh vegetables Success Cafe. sOs Min.-Ad.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11
At St Louis.
National League.

and Schalk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-11

~HERE isn't an awful lot of diff ,
ference between the professional
IL hnrohnn r,1.,-o.l In II,--lor- md !
Oxford eagle., 1916-03-02
HELP FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Government Beats Make Rescues and
Carry Supplies In louisiana

Natchsz. Miss.-Government snaz-
boats have been reported as being put
20 active use by relief workers in the
flooded districts Of coneordia parish.
from where urgent appeals for assist
ance had come. The boats are run
ming in the Black river. and a large
number OF people and live stock have
been removed through their use to
places Of safety
In the black country. however. IL
was stated that there were many white
farmers in need OF supplies for them
selves and food for their cattle They
asked that these supplies be sent to
them. as they desired to remain at
their farms so as to oe able to plant
crops when the water went down
Shallow water prevented snagboafs
from penetrating that district Ten
tons Of hay were sent to the white
farmers by the Natehez relief commit
tee as temporary relief for live stock
Oxford eagle., 1916-03-02
GERMAN ATTACK
ON VERDUN FAILS
FRENCH SAY coUNrER-AuAcks
AGAINST ENEMrs LINES
SUCCESSFUL
IMPORTANT FORT HOLDS
-"eountsrs Between soldIsrs Ars
fierce Hand To Hard Fishss
Other Sections Of Line
Attacked

Paris-Attscks By ghs Csrmsus "a
ne norta * vsrdua. where the battle
TOR the fortress is stin raging fierce.
y. have been driven back By the
French ire and counter attacks. nc.
eording to the Official communication
Issued by the war office on Feb zs.
Hand to-hand encounters occurred
70 the vest Of Fort Douaumont and
the Germans we're driven from \ small
redoubt which they had taken.
German attacks on Frssues. In the
Woevre, the communication adds. com
pleteIy failed.
The text reads:
IN the Argonne our heavy batter.
les and field guns shelled the roads OF
access OF the enemy. particularly IN
the region Of the Cheppy Wood. At
hill 2S5 We exploded a mine. the crater
OF which We occupied
In the region to the north OF Yer.
dun artillery activity on both sides Is
still very spirited. except in the sector
TO the west Of the Meuse. where an
abatement OF the enemy bombardmsnt
Is reported
The Germans have attempted sew
eral partial attacks, which we're driv-
su back BY our fire and counter-attack.
To the west Of Fort Douzumout. par
ucularly. our troops have engaged in
hand-to-hand encounters with the ad-
versary. who was elected from a small
recourt where he had succeeded in
installing himself
In the woevre two attacks against
French completely failed
In Lorraine our artillery has dis
played marked activity in the sectors
of Reilon. Domevre and Badouyil-
Ier."
Oxford eagle., 1916-03-02
carsda Well Fixed.

ottawa, Ont-Canada Is well fixed
.oe ready money. the treasury having
1ahas Tor both dominion and imperial
needs. u was said at the office Of the
ministry OF finance Besides meeting
~ Of Canada's war expenses in March
a. : expected that the treasury also
WI place s25,00o. 600 to the credit OF
me imperial munitions board for shells
sAa other munitions Of war ordered
y NE British war office from Cana
eiah manufacturers Canada already
aas advanced $4,000 900 to the BRIT
4a government on this account
Oxford eagle., 1916-03-02
Predicts Gasoline Famine

Minneapolis, Minn-, Feb. "a
Robert Stewart director of the
Standard Oil Comany of In
diana, explaining to the city
council today the rise In the
price of gasoline, declared that
the price will continue to rise and
said there is Il possibility of a
world wide gasoline famine.
Increases in the price of crude
oil, in the demand for gasline and
the prices of articles used in re-
fining processes have sent prices
skyward,n he said.