El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-13

1hEolDEN LANNlN, of the
Red SOx, told a New York
writer, in Brooklyn, last Friday that
off l sold Speaker it would be lust
the same as selling the American
league pennant." And the very next
day, Speaker was sold to the
Cleveland Indians. How do YOU ex-
plain it?
A MOTHER foreign welterweight
who promises to be as big a
sensation as Ted Lewis has made
his appearance in New York. Al
bert BadOud, welter champion of
Europe, was recently released from
service with the French army and
Immediately started for New York.
He has challenged Jack Britton.
Ted Lewis and Willie Richie but
after it became known that Badoud
had won IS of his 90 bouts bv
knockouts and that the list of
knockouts includes "Young" Ahearn
and Johnny Basham, weller cham
pion of England, the American
welters are not so keen on taking
him over a route.
WITH morning and afternoon
" games, Commercial league fans
will have to do some picking" for
next Sunday. The morning game
stunt is a new one but the bill is
one that promises to be a big draw
ing card Wilson VS.. Villareal
should mean a pitching duel and
that is what the fans like to see.
LARRY WILLS is hot after a
bout with Jess Willard but lack
Curley has come out with a state
ment that the champions "board of
financial strategy and management"
will not even consider the offer of
a Boston club of $4,000 for Willard
to meet the negro. Curley says that
Willard has positively drawn the
color line and that no negro fighter
will be considered as an opponent.
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SIGNING of pitcher Jim Wilson by
the Feldmans was due to the
kindness of John J. McCloskey. VIII
son is signed up to play with
"Mack's" team and when he found
that the Feldmans were likely to be
out of the Commercial league race,
pending the arrival of Asa Porter,
because of the lack of a pitcher, he
wired Wilson to report here at once.
When the ex-soldier arrived here
there was a big demand for his serv-
ices but he had promised McClOskev
he would help out the Feldmans and
the photographers got him. Harry
Kane says that he is going to prove
a good scout for the Feldmans and
will send them another star pitcher
within the next couple of days.
I UMPIRE Harry Kane has received
his transportation from the
Western league and will leave Sun
day for his new post. His mate in
the double umpire system will be
Jack Ryan, a former schoolmate.
Bet there'n be some merry tanning
bees when Ryan and Kane get to-
getheTl
GROVER ALEXANDER and Walter
johnson, the pitching sensations
of the big leagues last year, both
won their games on Wednesday.
George Mcconnell, one of the leaders
in the Federal league, was also a
winner.
HOME RUNS were expected of
"Home Run" Baker, Benny
Kauff, Lee Magee and a few other
fence-busters in the first game but
none delivered. It remained for the
old standbys, such as Merkle, Sisler,
etc, to rap out the circuit hits.
Magee did his best but it was one
base short of the circuit.
BOWLING is now at rest with
- basketball and the fans can
give their undivided attention to
baseball for a while. And there will
be some crowd at Rio Grande park
on Sunday for both morning and
afternoon attractions of the Com
mercial league.
II PasO Seed Co. open evenings
3 San Antonio. Opp. Court House
iv.