El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-02

There was n trapShOOter named Bubble
Who wa "a crack ShOt-but the trouble
Always was with this gink
He was plumb full of drinK.
And all of the targets looked double.
= KEY ISAACSTEIN, the Scandihoov-
ian song bird from the Three-Ban
Il league, has attached his signature
| to a Crimson Hose contract. key
, pitches equally well with either wing.
( and can sing 'Tessie' through his nose
Manager Flanahan Of the Cap'n
Kids thinks he has world-beater in
I Jack Kass, formerly Of the Nova SEQ
/ tia-Arizona league. Jack can wriggle
! his ears like a mule. and is certain
/ to be very popular among the fans
One u the latest additions to the
/ Tame Bear roster is Percy GOodfellow
who played last season with the White
Ribbons. in the EpwOrth League. Percy
was the big sensation Of that circuit,
and led the league in department
SiX-year-Old Antonio Emanuel Spag-
hetu. an Irish youth. has Just been
signed by Manager Nanny Klack of
the Olympics- Tony has never played
I but he Is expected to be a valuable
addition TO the club. as he was born
in q cellar and has lived in one all
I his life
Scout Bonehunter OF the Birds, re-
Gently witnessed game between con-
ViCt mines in a western state prison.
and signed one Of the men. who is
about 10 be released. The fellow stole
a bag Of flour from a grocery store
every night for nearly a year before
he was caught. and BOnehunter believes
that such . bag-pilfering record de-
serves big league recognition
GrOuchy Gus says: The tennis
sOlonS are paying a lot OF ntten-
tIcn to foot fault II they really
want to find out what aiIS tennis
players they have commenced at
the wrong end
Cincinnati Lullaby
Bye. baby bunting.
Matty's gone a-hunting
TO tran n pennant TO its hole
And hang il on the CInncy pole
Mike J. Kelley, pilot Of the st. Poul
club is forty years old today
RevertinS TO the subject Of Harry
Eels. the former pitcher who has now
become millionaire, it is only fair TO
say that he was one of natures noble
men. II ever such person existed.
We recall as II II were but yesterday
how he plunged into a burning build
ing and saved a child at the imminent
risk of his own life-and this was but
one of many instances of this kind.
No kinder hearted man ever lived than
Harry Eels. He was always willing
to divide his last dollar with a friend
and he had no closer friend than US.
Damon and Pythias- We're enemies as
compared with Harry Eels and US
Many's the time we promised each
other that if We ever struck it rich,
the lucky one would make a fifty
fifty split. Remember. Harry?
Harry Eels. who has recently made |
a million or more from a mining in
vestment. dropped out OF baseball in !
1908. because of an injury he received |
while hunting. Harry was shot through |
the knee. and when the news reached |
us OF the terrible accident we broke !
all continuous weeping records So
great was our love for Harry that, I'M |
til we knew he was out of danger. |
we bawled constantly-and 1T was some ,
bawling, We wept three large buckets |
of tears. and we can prove it by the /
office boy, who emptied the buckets.
TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS.
1t was twenty years ago. on Dec. /
.. 1896, that Referee Wyatt carp rem