El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-12
''Beck's" Amen Corner
BY "BECKs

WHEN the girl fans who follow
the Puritys start to "outroot"
the Mexican IOOterS of the Wall
team on Sunday afternoon, the
neutral" fans who attend the
doubleheader at Rio Grande park
will have a real treat.
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PR0BABLY the Giants are waiting
for c. S. Brandebury, of the As
ISOLATED Press, to get back to New
York before thew start that win
ming streak. They NAV want
Brandy" to give them the proper
writeups. But they'd better not
wait for him. He's got an idea now
that he's a real FL Pasoan.
ONCE more we are hearing the old,
old story of "the flowers that
bloom in the spring" Many of the
training camp sensations are drift
ing back to the bushes.
A THLETICS are not being over
looked in Great Britain, despite
the war. The soccer season, lust
closed, saw crowds of from $4,000
TO $4,000 persons with considerable
regularity, while many track and
field meets are now being held in
the tight little isle. Thece will be
no county cricket matches this year,
but the various English leagues will
carry through their regular sched-
ules.
WANT to reduce? Try IS holes
over the FL Paso Country club
links for your weekend exercise. If
Old Sol is on the job, as usual, you'll
feel relieved when you see what the
scales register.
DO you know that the Athletics
actually won a majority of their
games last week? Honest to good
ness, they did. They won three and
lost two and only two other teams
in the American league made a bet
ter showing on the week. However.
the league season consists of about
20 weeks.
FL PASO'S entries in the Border
States tennis championships at
Tucson are going along at a nice
clip. Norman Ferguson is now in
the fourth round of the open sin
giles, but so is "Bill" Horrell, of
Phoenix, and it seems likely that
"Bill" and 'Norm" will meet in the
final for the third successive year.
Ferguson beat Horrell decisively in
the midwinter tournament near
Phoenix and the FL Pasoan may now
"have the number" of the younger
Arizona player.
I AwRENCE SHEAY, FL Paso's
junior champion, was rather
badly beaten in the junior event at
TusOn on Thursday, Young, of
Phoenix, winning, 81, 81. Sheay
did not have the opportunity for
much practice this spring and that
may have had something to do with
his defeat.
MIKE NEFF and Winchester
Cooley are now picked as favor
ties in the veterans doubles at
Tucson. Neff, too, is likely to come
out on top in the veterans singles.
He will run into Bassett. the Ros-
well veteran, in his next match. and
if he can take Bassett's measure he
should win over all the others.
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CONNIE MACK'S misfits NAV be
the tailenders in the American
league, but they are demonstrating
the old saying that the unoc.dog
occasionally gets il his ticks.
OAKLAND broke a record losing
streak on Thursday, but it took
four-hit pitching by Martin to turn
the trick.
DITTSBURG is making an awful
bid for George Sisler, the young
sensation now with the Browns.
Since Fielder Jones took over the
team, SiSler has been restless and
as 1t appears that he once agreed to
play with the Pirates when he
turned professional, the Pittsburg
club is making a big effort to land
him. He Is batting 1888 and playing
a wonderful game at first base