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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31
EDDIE COLLINS Pulls 'B0NEHEAD'
THAT WENT UNNOTICED BY FANS
d osCAR G. REICHoW.

DDIE COLLINS, hero OF the
worlds series and one OF the
IL greatest ball players that ever
stepped up to the plate. is receiving
all the glory for starting the fourth
inning Eally that gave the White Soz
three runs and the deciding victory
over the New York Giants. He is en-
titled TO the credit. But 70 date no
one has been inclined TO mention a
part Of his work in that inning that
displayed anything but admirable
judgment according 70 the ethics OF
the game.
When Collins was on third and
Jackson on first as a result Of errors
by Zimmerman and Robertson, there
started for the plate on Felsch's rap
10 Benton. made a mistake that re-
suited in a lucky break for the White
Sox and helped them win the worlds
championship IN six games
It was Collins part to attempt 70
score on a play that was directly in
'front.' o. him. for 10 was suicide for
him 10 run and he would have died"
had Zimmerman made his play pro-
perry.
Collins should have remained on
third base, as Felsch's out would have
been only the first and he still would
have had a chance TO score on a sac
rffice fly or an lnfield out
Analysis Of Collins Play.
II don't know why Collins started
for the plate on a ball hit Straight
back at the pitcher" said knowing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31

TEW YORK, Oct s1.-The best
M football player in the country
= today2 There Is only one an
sUer-Elmer Oliphant. United States
Military Academy, West Point, NY.
When you say Olphant you have
said the last word in describing a
finished product Of American foot
bail, and you have said a forkfulL
OIlphant IL Best.
A year ago. when football experts
were busy shaping up their all-Amer-
lean eleveus, ELEPHANTS name was the
first that went down on every list
because no one even Started TO com
pare any other player in the country
with the former Purdue star. Walter
Camp placed Ollie on his first eleven,
and in mentioning him paid the tow
headed Indianan the highest compH-
mature player We have, and he shows
ollie IS still wearing the football
<ogs Of the Army eleven
He represents 90 per cent, or
more. Of the total offensive
strength Of the West Point HEEre-
cation. He il the Inspiration and
the backbone OF the team md
his playing this year has been
just as brilliant and just as effec-
tive as ever before.
The paraEra pliers jokinEly say that
when a rival team is going TO play
the Army il IS going 10 play OliphauL
and after all, It isn't far from the
truth. Last fail, with the assistance
of Vidal. ollie kept the Army's slate
clean by defeating Notre Dame. This
year the team has been built around
him.
Has the Physique.
Elmer Oliphant is just as much at
home on the gridirOn as q fish in the
water He has the physique, the
speed and that rare football judg-
ment-the ability 10 think fighting
fast and do the right thing at the
right time-ln addition TO all-arOund
ability
He is a good kicker. a terrific line
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31

New York; Hermann for Cincinnati,
and Dreyfuss for Pittsburg.
Higgins has put mp with a world
OF inconvenience and misfits with
the result that he Is not regarded as
highly as a manager as he should be.
But he viii not open his mouth and
complain There lies his weakness.
Higgins viii not take the fans into
his confidence. He has much TO ex-
plain, but he will not do il. A man
aGer like McGraw would have yelped
long ago.
Once a great ball player himself,
the Cardinal leader is not beloved by
his men, but he has their esteem. and
they know he Is on the level with
them Absolute harmony and concord
reign in the club. He Is one OF his
own boys. He eXacts discipline. but
he is not a martinez
He does not tear his hair and weep
II his men drink beer. but he does
draw the line at cigarets.
Still II no catches one OF his boys
putting away at the coffin nails
Higgins does not slap a big fine on
the offender. He let's the culprit
know that he is disDleased. II the
offense IS too frequently repeated.
Huggins unlOcks a tongue that con-
tains some strenuous words. The
Whelmiug, but the soil on which his
words pour would be worse without
them
We have said that HuEgins IL
on the level with everybody. He
f.; he believes in living and let
live He wins his men by his
squareness. HIS honesty T. sin
cere. He Will go to the mat with
the Officials OF his club n he be-
lieves that one Of the Cardinal
players O. not getting what IL
coming to him.
Give this fellow a team Of real ball
players like 1IcGraw commanded IN
the worlds Series and he Will wake
things up.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31
HARRY WOLVERTON
IS OUT OF GAME

Harry Wolverton, with all Of his
love for baseball. admits that he has
but two innings OF baseball since
he and the Seals parted company sew
e-al months ago. It isn't that Harry
has lost interest in the game. but he
simply hasn't had the time to 20 20
the ball park. First or all. Harry
was busy getting his little farm at
Mountain View into the idea Of rails
ing beans and Cabbages And after
that Harry began TO lay his plans
for getting into the automobile bust
ress in san Francisco and has lately
been working night and day In his
Van Ness avenue store.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31

plunger and q great open-fleld run
ner- He is an adept in the handling
of the forward pass and he is seldom
thrown hard by a tackler because he
twists and squirms through a broken
field. yet manages to keep his feet
where other players would 90 down
with a crash
he is a human dynamo, is Elmer
Oliphant. They don't make 'em any
better. and they seldom make EN- as
good
The soldier boys ut Camp sher-
man, Ohio are In for sports from
Alpha TO Omega. They have re-
ceived more sporting pnrapheru1-
lias according to n recent report
than any other national. army
cantOnment. and are equipped 10
ply everything from handbnu to
pClOs
Perhaps the most noticeable fea-
ture Of sports at Camp Sheridan has
been the manner in which the khaki
clad boys OF the Buckeye state have
gone in for football When the call
for candidates was issued more than
so men turned out for the team, and,
under the eye Of Capt. Talbot, former
Yale and all-American halfback. as
sisted by Ed. Conner. eX-cOaCh Of the
Lincoln High school, Of Cleveland
and Walt Powell former coach Of the
Western Reserve eleven, the soldiers
developed quickly
To Arrange Games.
Games with Ohio colleges were ar
ranged shortly after the caliber of
the Camp sherman team was discov-
cred, and on November "A in q benefit
game for the camp comforts fund with
Case and Reserve, at Cleveland. il Is
believed the gate win be the biggest
ever taken in at an athletic contest
in Ohio.
The Case and Reserve elevcns viii
against the soldiers by
quarters. which viii be giving the
q big advantage. Yet
Camp Sherman enthusiasts predict
that Case and Reserve are in for a
real trimming If the soldiers keep on
developing at the rate they have
started
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31
DEL HOWARD NOT
TOLEAVE SEALS

Though Il has been frequently de-
MED that Del Howard is to retire
from the management OF the Oakland
team rumOrs are current IN san
Francisco and Oakland that Cliff
Blankenship, former manager OF the
salt Lake team IS destined 20 guide
the destinies OF Oakland next seat
son Blankenship is now cOnductin 8
a billiard hail and bowling alley in
san Francisco, but he stiu has a hank
ering TO ''yank" a pitcher OF clash
with the jumps" and 10 would not
be surprising TO see him edge in
somewhere. but II Is almost \ GER
taintv that it will not be Oaklanl-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31
CARDS AND BROWNS.

Both st. FOULS ball clubs are rep
resented in the army camp at Camp
Pike. near Little Rock Pitcher
Fincher. recalled by the st. Louis
Browns from Portland and pitcher FL
mo Knight. purchased BY the St
Louis Cardinals from Little Rock. are
The players in khaki Floyd Kroh.
veteran pitcher Of major and minor
leagues. is also in training at Camp
Pike.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31
BY JACK vEIOCK.

his right hand crusher Hnd
crossed him 20 the jaw. knocking
him down. After that Il was easy
for Leonard And q was his
fighting br- IN that showed him
the way to defeat the best light
weight the west had developed
since the heydnys OF Ad " OlEust.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31
NATIONAL LEAGUE
TO HOLD CAUCUS

The National League. which is
holding a special meeting of some
sort or other about once a week these
days, is not going to have anything
on the American. It is announced
that the Johnson organization viii
move up TO its annual December
meeting and hold Il early in Novem-
Der. at which time there viii be a gi-
gantic discussion OF the future OF
baseball. The future OF baseball wiz
take care Of itself II the magu1tes
VIII only give IL a chance.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31
ELMER 0IPHANT. WEST POINTER,
I5BE5T Of THEF00TBALL PLAYERS

Star Fulback of Military Academy Team Is Rated as so
Percent Of Effective Strength Of the Eleven and is
Most Valuable Man of Gridiron in Country To
day; Soldier Boys Are Enjoying Sports.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31
CHAMPION LEONARD'S RIGHT HAND.
IS CAUSE Of HIS MANY VICTORIES

Lightweight Title Holder Has Terrific Punching Power
in His Left Mitt and Has Row of Knockouts Credited
to His Record; Defeated Leo Johnson Before
Negro Boy Could Put Up His Guard.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-31

Gun repairing orr specially. Allen
arms & Cycle Co. 404 n. Oregon St
Adv.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
GAYETY

The World of Frolics,' the 1917 edi-
ton of Dave Marionis show, will fur
nish entertainment to patrons of the
Gayety Theater this week. with per-
formances today at and S pm. Head
ed by Marion, in the familiar role of
Snuffy, the Cabman, the cast also
contains notabieS of the burlesQue
world. such as Agnes Behler, Inez De
Nerdier, Charles Raymond, Edward
Horan, Nellie Watson, Al Dwinell.
Lewis Elber, Henry PIunkett, Fred
Rith. Gus Rober and S. II. Dudley the
last :. colored comedian and a Wash
ingtonian. A musical revue. in two
acts and ten scenes. this years offer
ing. serves to introduce specialties of
merit, among them a Hawaiian dance.
by Emilia Batnoletti: 'e confidential
talk" by Dave Marion: an act. styled
IAN adventure with mule by s. H.
Dudley. and the Alpine Four in tune
full melodies. A chorus of twentyfour
singing and dancing girls will be in the
foreground. assisted by a double quar-
tet ot male voices The entertainment
viii conclude with a bizarre number,
entitled. Congress of Nations each
member Of the cast representing d
country.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
POLI'S

Vistas Of mountain and stream
strange Hawaiian architecture. grace
fully arched bridges and quaint airy
interiors with bamboo lattices lend
glamour 70 The Hawaiian play. "A
Daughter Of the sun new produc-
ton. which will tonight begin a
weeks engagement at Polls Theater
Native musicians. who. throughout
sing and play their own music. con
tribute to the "atmosphere" OF tho
play, which was written ny Lorsn J.
Howard and Ralph Kettering
1t is a traditional melodrama of the
tropics with modern touches in the
way of q plot against the United
States the tapping of the wireless. etc
4 Bird of Paradise" flavor is intro
duced by native priest. who pur-
sues the beautiful Hawaiian Butter
fy." subjecting her TO relentless per
secution ostensibly for her own good
and the uplifting of the race. There is
also a plot against the life of the
American hero.
All turns out happily At last. with
the Butterfly in the arms of the hero
and the villain foiled.
The cast is exceptional. including
Jean Clarendon. who has the difficult
role of the villain: Miss Virginia Stew
art. beautiful woman, who portrays
the part of a Broadway favorite
F'reda Tymers. Lea Hatch. Richard
Earle and Frank lreson. A troupe OF
native HawaiiaEs. who play ard SinG
! their native melodies throughout the
action Of The play.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Crandall's Knickerbocker.

Julian E.ltinGe, the noted female I'M
nersonator, will be pictured in his first
erTort for the rlction picture screen
.rHe countess Charming" which WliI
be shown at Crandail's knicEerbockef
today aud tomorrow. Ills role Is tha'
of Saunders Julian, wealthy Eouns
business man. who unintentionalty Of
f+nd.S Mrs. Wand Hgriff. Z tfadtE OF the
smart set. She. in reVenie, causes MN
to be oStracizcd in tht inner circles OF
society. lie starts ''reprlSal ana de
cid"S 10 pose as a Russian countess
making use of his ability 10 lmperson
ate women and utilizing a large ward
robe of feminine clothing. which he had
used in amateur theatr!Cals. 1he PIC
ture abounds in comedy situation. Flor
cnce Nidor and Tully Marshall are I'M
poriant members Of the supporting
cast Tuesday and Wednesday. Jack
PIckford and Louise Huff viii be pic
tured in The Ghost House: Thursday.
Harold Lockwood in PARADISE Garden.
and Friday and Saturday, Vivian Mar
tin in The Sunset Trail
Evening star., 1917-10-28
BELASCO

aude Fuitin's comedy success The
Brat will return TO the Belasco
for one week. beginning tomorrow
evening, under the direction of Oliver
Morosco. THE Brat" was given its
first eastern showing before going to
New York at the Belasco last season.
After a most favorable reception here
1t went to New York and scored one of
the hits of the season. 1t recently
completed run of six months at the
Morosco Theater
Miss Fulton, who not only wrote the
play, but appears in the leading role.
was formerly the dancing partner OF
William Rock of the dancing vaude-
willie headline team of Rock and Full
ton. She has written a story of a
street waif- which is clean. sweet and
wholesome. with many opportunities
for laughter and a tear or two. II
tells the story of a sophisticated street
waif who has landed in the woman S
night court for the first time, but who
has committed no offense. Here she is
found by row-minded, cynical
novelist. who takes her to his home as
a type to be studied. His interest in
her purely as a type leads the waif
belief that he is genuinely in love with
her. With all her lack of educati
and peculiar manners. however, the
girl sets the disrupted household
Alright and finally goes west with a
younger brother of the novelist, whom
she has reformed. to begin life anew rs
his wife.
The cast includes Edmund Lowe
Percival T. Moore, Gertrude Maitland
Helen Stewart. Ruth Holt Boucicault
John Findlay, Frank Kingdom, Bessie
Andra and Maude Fulton.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
Crandall's.

Augustus Thomas play, The Bur-
slar." furnishes the plot for the photo
play winch will be shown at Gran
dalrs today and tomorrow, with Car.
lyle Blackwell as the featured player,
The story has To do with William
Lewis. 4 young college man, who be-
comes involved in an escapade which
results in the shooting of policeman.
Believing himself guilty he escapes to
another town. settles down and makes
good. Eventually the affair of his col
legs days is traced to him. Then fol-
low q series of surprising and highly
dramatic occurrences. Madge Evans and
Evelyn Greedy ere in the picture cast.
Julian Eltinge. in The Countess
Charming" is scheduled for Tuesday
and Wednesday. In this picture, as a
young business man, he masquerades
as a foreign countess to obtain funds
for the Red Cross, and incidentally to
gain a humorous revenge on certain
soscial leaders who have ostracized
him Tully Marshall is in the cast.
The Lifted Neil." story of love and
regeneration, with Ethel Barrymore
pictured in the leading role. will be
shown Thursday and Friday. and 'The
Silence Sellers" featuring Olga Pc.
trova, will be shown Saturday.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
COSMOS

The Twelve kincaid Kites. Scottish
lads and lassies. will headline the Cosmos
Theater bill this week in songs dances
and mirthful features. presented in a be-
wildering combination of color reflected
by the plaid and tartan of many clans of
the Scottish Highlands. 1t is one of the
most delightful acts of its kind in this
years vaudeville. Three other acts of
special note are Frank tarrar parodi.t
and raconteur who has Broadway repu-
tation: Rawson and Claire. in a pretty
song p!aylet called Yesterdays" and Con-
rad and Boganny. both artists, the one a
pianist and the other violinist. in q
concert repertoire. Other acts include
Nora Allen. vocalist. with Fred DwyeI
at the piano; Stewart and Leslie, in "The
Chappie and the Girl" team offering
and Kathleen De Vote, the Lasky picture
star. assisted by Jack Moralis, in q move
Evening star., 1917-10-28
NEW NATIONAL

The engagement of Maude Adams IN
Sir James Matthew Barrie's new play
"a Kiss for Cinderella, opens at 'he
National Theater tomorrow night III
the announcement pleasure and curios-
;tv comminrle The pleasure, or good
part of it, will come from seelns an
actress. who is always delightful, in the
Arst new role opportunity has given
her in several seasons. The CURIOSITY
is aroused as to how Sir James IN ms
first long dramatic excursion SINCE ne
Legend of Leonora'' has modernized the
oldest of fairy tales. Barrie IS never
dull. His genius has never neen que
cal way, he is pleased to class as
fancy" London hailed the play with
delight two winters ago and II is now
running in the English provinces III
the hands of its charming American
;nternreter il ran all last winter in New
York. to the evident pleasure OF those
who witnessed it.
The heroine of "A Kiss for Cinder-
ella" tplayed by Miss Adams) is an
English waif. first seen as the drudge
in the studio of an artist Some boards,
used to cover the skylight. so as not TO
show lights that might attract the
"zepps." are missing. This causes our
home-a little shop. where she does odd
Jobs for other unfortunates like herseif
at night. There the policeman finds the
boards They have been made into
boxes. that hang on the walls. Each
box contains war orphan and one OF
them is named Gretchen. The girl has
adopted four orphans as her wartime e
"bit" The imaginative slavey tells the
babies she is Cinderella and the idea
takes possession of her
Half starved and exhausted. she falls
asleep in the street. In her feNered
imagination the fairy godmother comes
to grant her three wishes. The child
then asks for the ball. TO be allowed to
the man of her choice. Then she is
whirled to the ball. This is the big
scene of the play. The ball is shown
not as balls really are, but as they are
conceived to be in the brain of a little
girl who has never seen anything more
gorgeous than the outside of a gin pal
ace In the court of her imagination
the King and Queen are pictured as
they appear in an old pack of playing
cards. The pale blue prince, who is so
"blarsted particular" bears a wonder
full resemblance to the policeman. The
music is that which the child has heard
In the streets from the barrel organs
The ice cream is served in cones from
a golden pushcart The scene. without
doubt. is the most faneiful that has ever
come through the Barrie pen.
At the stroke of II all becomes dark
again and Cinderella is next found at
the cottage of a doctor, where she is
convalescing from pneumonia. In the
end her real prince the policeman
comes to give her a new kind of en-
gaRement ring, pair OF glass slippers
each slipper representing a kiss.
The production was designed and
staged by Miss Adams 1t is said to be
the last word in artistic sragecraft The
ballroom scene is an adaptation of I.
painting by Maxfeld Parrish.
Surrounding Miss Adams Will be her
usually well balanced company.
Evening star., 1917-10-28
B. F. KEITH'S

Sam Bernard will be featured at
week. and it will be the last time he
will be seen this season. as he is de-
parting from vaudeville for a new
Broadway revue. Mr.. Bernard is billed
to appear as he did twenty-five years
ago" which means that he is doing a
single" act. with the dialect drollery
and JUNCTION that characterized him as
a popular comedian in those days, in
The Rich Mr.. Hoggenheimer." Nearly
Hero THE Rollicking Girl" The
Girl and the Wizard" He Came From
Milwaukee" and The Belle of Bond
Street" Lucille Cavanagh, dainty
danseuse. formerly of White and
Cavanagh. and before then with the
Winter Garden shows. The Whirl
of the World" and The Whirl of
Pleasure" also the Ziegfeld Fol
lies and His Majesty the Fool"
in which her barefoot dances were SEN
sational, if nothing else, assisted by
Frank Hurst and Ted Domer, will pre-
sent "A Kaleidoscope of Dance, Color
and Song" Nouette. the violinist
who sings. will come again with an
entirely new repertoire of selections
and a fresh Importation of milady's
modes McNahon, Diamond and Cnap-
low will offer The Rag DOH. the
buttons will add their society circus
feats on horseback. and Earle Cav
anaugh. supported by Ruth TomIklns.
will offer his new musical comedy. "Ar.
Inquisitive. in which seXtet of pret-
ty girls pose as nurses in q sanatoriun.
Other attractions Will be olga Boris.
formerly a Russian court pianist: the
Evening star., 1917-10-28
In the Spotlight.

Sousa has written Il liberty loan
march.
Maurice and Florence Walton. the
dancers, have returned from France.
Mary Marble has produced a new
sketch called Far Cathay,' a Chinese
fairy tale.
Her Soldier Boy" with Clifton Craw
ford in the leading part. is still on a
successful tour.
Sam Bernard has been engaged by
Raymond Hitchcock to appear in his
new revue in New York.
Ma ytime" the musical play by Rida
Johnson Young. will shortly celebrate
It's Tooth performa nee in New York.
Gregory Kelly has made hit in Chi
-asso in Eooth Tarkington's clever
play. Seventeen.
Margaret AnGlin has leased the Lit
tie Theater in Philadelphia and Is ap-
peariug there i'll Lonely soldiers
The opening Of George V Hobart