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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
Veteran Official
Tells Why Umpire
Earns His Salary

New York. Oct 2-"Silver King
Sullivan, so called because OF his
white hair, used 20 be an umpire. and
before he laid aside aside the mask
and protector he went through a good
many thrilling experiences one day
in Toronto Sullivan had an experience
which he says he VIII never forget
Let him tell it.
1t was a hot series between the
Toronto and Baltimore clubs" says
Suliy. and ehere was a big crowd out
The fans overflOWed the stands and
there were carriages and autos in the
Outfield- In the ninth inning To-
routo was behind, but made strong
rally. and il looked as though the
tide was going 70 turn
Three times during that inning.
with the winning run coming across
for every one Of the three was out
mile. But the bugs couldn't see IL
that way. and the crowd thought If
was the whole world-seemed to
start In my direction
There was only one sensible thing
to do, and that was 10 hOof Il, and
hoof il fast So beat il around the
grandstand and made for the wagon
gate. There was = little two By four
box office az the wagon gate, and I
ducked into q and latched the door
behind me. The fans were sore and
they tried TO get 10 me. but the door
held. Finally the crowd tipped the
little box office over, but still the
door held. and I stuck Il out TIL the
police-We called EN- messenger boys
because OF their siZe-disper the
crowd and released me"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
To
MEET TONIGHT
Glass Candidates to Work
Out Under Direction OF
&. r. Mccain.

The y. " c. A. wrestling class viii
meet in the gym" Tuesday at
o'clock. The instruction Will be IN the
hands OF H. r. Mccain. who has had
many years Of experience as a 3rofes-
sional wrestler as well as a teacher.
The class Is open TO all regular
members.
The regular Sym" class will meet
as usual on Monday and Thursdaz
evenings with special program for
young men. including marching. calls
THEME athletics. gymnastics and bas-
ket ball The business mems gym"
class will have their regular sessions
on Monday Wednesday and Frldayf
with handball from 5.15 TO 5-45. work
out from $40 20 6. and Volley bail
from s TO T.
The young business men play hand
ball on Tuesday. Thursday and Satur-
day from 5 TO s. and volley ball on
Tuesday and Thursday from 8 10 q
The voliey ball sharks will play .
match game on saturday from 70 g.
Wednesday evening the floor viii BE
open for basket ball practice from $50
TO $50. and on Friday from SD 20
$50.
The Hexathlon team members Will
be glad TO hear that the medals nave
arrived ana nave ueeu Fvtrt o- a.
who have seen them as the real
things 4 formal presentation viii be
held as soon as the boys get Warn1e d
up enough 10 give an exhibition
Every member Of the gym classes
is expected to get into harness at once
and practice. The exhibition VIII he
held within week Teams are being
clicked in al Of the classes for the
annual group contests in athletics and
basket ball. The attendance buttons
VIII he awarded at the end Of each
month for perfect attendance
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02

a fact proved many times this sea
son. That is that when pilcneI
leafs the White SOZ one game, nolds
them hel lless and seems 10 have them
hammer him hard the next time Jney
face him. II has been one OF the Yea
lures of the season
This fact was first called to my at
tention by a Chicao gambler, who IN
formed me that they have done this
thing for two seasons, and this season
he had won large sums betting that
pitchers who shut out the SoN Woul..
be beaten the next time they worked
against them. / searched the dop
and IL was true. ] found nine IN
stances in which it had happened.
You viii find also that the " hite
SoN batting average against Ger tam
pitchers is pulling. The figures
make IL look as if they had hit al
most every pitcher hard, whereas
they have been getting few hits IN
one game and a bunch in the next
1t must follow, II Schupp and Sallee
heat them in their opening ga
that 1fcGraw's strategy Of sendinG
them back TO clean up the series is
liable 10 meet with failure.
In order TO get at vital statistics on
the teams 7 had TO divide and CLASSIFY
the strength Of the teams and calcu-
late their worth In each item j Il'l-
Batting. Chicago; sacrificing. Ne
York going TO first. New York; tax
ing extra bases. White Sox; base run
ming (steahngl. Chicago; fhr l,,7,I
fnfie1d). New York. (outfield) Chica-
20: long driving. Chicago; base on
balls. New York. waiting out pitch
ers. New York generalship (including
moving forward runners, playing bat
tiers. etc1. New york, holding run
ners close to bases. Chicago
All these elements and several more
enter into the comparison, and each
team has its points Of superiority
over the other To get at the totals
I had to take each individual and cal
culate his ability, and then compile
them into teams. II is rather tough
lob TO figure them that way, especi-
ally against strange pitchers, because
the only method Of procedure is TO
search the records and make up a
list OF American League pitchers VINO
resemble in stvle the delivery Of the
Giants. and then calculate what the
white Sox will do against the Giant
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
EY-TIGER AND MINES PLAYERS
ORGANIZE 4 FOOTBALL ELEVEN

~ the event that the School Of
Mines decides not TO put a foot
4 bali eleven into the field this sea-
sen. IT IS practically certain that one
other Fl Paso team will enter in
direct opposition TO the High School
Tigers and viii doubtless be slated
for the Thanksgiving day game This
team is composed Of former High
school players. School Of Mines men
and university graduates who want
20 play the game purely for the sake
OF the sport. and VIII be in readiness
TO accept all challenges within the
next two weeks. The name OF the
new eleven VIII be the N. A. C's, an
aObreViation for the Mac Athletic
club
The personnel Of the new eleven in
cludes many names known 20 Fl Paso
football elrhus lasts. among them be-
ing Orbau and Scott Walker, for
mcrly of the school Of Mines Orban
is now g candidate for enlistment IN
The navy aviation corps at Pensacola,
but VIII remain in FL PasO until or
dered 10 report Dick Nidmier. star
of High school fame, IL is said viii
be a member Of the new eleven. al
though st was previously understood
that Nidmie- had registered at the
school and would continue through
cut the season with that team
Bob Bryant and Chris Fox. eZ-High
h00l r-en. VIII not be members Of
the team. owing TO their personal
feelings about playing against the
High school, OF which they are grad
yates
other members Of the team are
Jack Mckinney. Frank McQuatters,
Earl Cochran. jennie Schafer, Maurey
Alberta Sharp. Of the Carlyle Military
institute: Elliott Chess. formerly Of
the High school and a member of
the T. n C.. A. Bill Flato. Alton HO-
bein. eX-F0uudry baseball player;
Carter Morris, and Garrett. player
with the san Joaquin valley institute
Of California Hoyt Cole. Scott Wal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
Gridiron Notes


Big Squad Out.
Minneapolis, Mimi, oct. 2.-Ihe
largest football squad Of the season
turned out Monday 10 begin the third
weeks practice at the University OF
Minnesota an even three teams being
in uniform. Long signal practice Tea
tured the days workout
Indiana On Job.
Bloomington, Ind, Oct COACHES
at Indiana university today an
nOuuced that football practice would
be made harder this week in prepar-
alton for the opening Of the season
next Saturday with Wabash Prac-
tice Monday ended with a scrim-
mage with the freshmen
Practice Forward Pass.
Lafayette, Ind, Oct. Coach
O'Donneu put the football squad at
Perdue university through a hard
practice Monday with special empha-
sis on the forward pass.
Illinois Work HRrG-
Urbana, Ill, Oct The showing
made by the University Of Illinois
football squad against the freshman
team last Saturday does not hold out
promise for a victory over Kansas
Saturday. Zuppke is working the
men strong on new plays
Wisconsin On Job.
Madison. Wis. Oct Slam Ander-
SON former Wisconsin ana Yale foot
bali star, was out Monday to assist
coaches Richards and Jones with the
University OF Wisconsin football
SQUAD. Ralph Scott. heavyweight
linesman. was back in his football
clothes and was in the best Of con-
dition-
StaEg Has Eleven.
Chicago. I'LL. Oct. -Four new
men reported for practice at the Uni
versity Of Chicago football field
Monday, giving coach Stage two full
elevens for first time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02

= E4E 1DLs4Ar DC-- - W ----S Ai4I
NJ winning Of q pennant and the
! = resultant participation in the
world series is based upon the num-
her Of games won during the entire
season OF league play, it is as a rule
the final weeks OF the schedule IN
which the championships are clinched.
At this period Of the play the leading
teams Of each league are putting
forth their greatest Efforts in an at
tempt 10 capture first place, and each
davis struggle is fought out to the
finish For this reason 1t has ire
cueurlv been said that the true speed
OF a team in world series can be
gagged from the power OF ITS play
near the point where the pennant was
mathemarically won
Based upon this assumption an an
alvsis Of the work Of the chicago
Americans and the New York M
tiOnals in the closing weeks OF the
present season should afford some
what general outline Of the form
which NAV be expected OF these two
clubs when they met in the world S
series Of 1917 On the first day OF
September the Chicago White SoN
IS ere leading in the American League
sox. while the New York Nationals
led the Philles in the senior league
by nine games
In neither ease WIS the lead 50
great that the runner-up club did
not have q chan - to oVertake and
pass the pace settlers Under the
circumstances the New York and
Chicago teams were forced to
ufnv their best game and despite
nm oera sfounl defeat the records
show that they travelled Mt high
~ne~d ND TO the very moment that
the flag WAS won beyond perad-
venture.
During the first 20 days Of Septem-
her the New York Nationals played
% games. OF which they Won Is and
lost seven. showing q winning aver
ace OF $50 for that period In the
same number OF days the Chica &c
White SoE 1l0yed Is games. OF which
they won all but three, for an aver
age OF 500 in these IS games the
Chicago PLAYERS accumulated total
uf 50 runs 20 their opponents 81. or
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02

ILMALkEEf WIS. OcL- AN
MI interesting letter on boxing
LII affairs in Europe was received
a few days ago by the writer from
a prominent sporting man OF London,
one connected with the famous Ma
tionai Sporting club. and he touched
on matters pertaining TO conditions IN
the States as we'll
There is plenty OF sport going on
here despite the war conditions"
writes my correspondent, and chief
" among them IS boxing, which
seems TO catch the soldiers ana nav
lads above all other forms OF sport
MANY OF the American lads have been
over here OF late. and naturally lney
have their little boxing matches with
the boys here and also she French
lads. for there are many Of the latter
y5-ho keen I'D the boxing end and are
improving all the time I have been
interested in stories from the states
about the effort 70 get Champion Jess
Willard into a championship match
ar least 10 defend his title against
some good man
II IL were possible I think Billy
Wells would give him real battle
now, for the BOmbardier has i'm
proved in many ways being
heavier and stronger about the
body. something he lacked when
he was in New York fighting the
biz fellows. Our rules here are
very strict regarding champions
They must defend their titles al
given periods. and falling to do So
without the very best reasons, lose
the championship. It was never IN
tended that men winning boxing
championships should use the same
for commercial gain only II they
lack all sporting instinct then they
should he on the outside The rule
are the same in France and Austria
liza The moment 2 champion refuses
TO defend his title when called on n
the proper manner. why ne IS suD1ecl
to censure and also forfeits his rienI
TO longer hold the champ onsnln.
That rule should Brevail in all coun-
tries and IL would help the game
Jess Willard would have lost ms
title two years ago had he been u
this country and failed TO defend II
piles to all classes in boxing ] at
tended some excellent bouts behind
the lines in France q couple OF weeks
ago. The Australian boys had some
great fighters and they made good
against the Britons and French
There were also couple OF YANKEE
boxers and they did well. but lost out
in the finals Lynn Truscott. a regu-
lar globe trotter. made a great show
ing and won the tourney
He f. q urhfweiEht- 7 regret
to tell you OF the death % BIZ
Reader. wonderfully good
feathervFeIght thirty years ago.
and who came from n family Of
fighters way back. He met all
the stars OF three decades aEo
and fought the best Of the Ameri-
cans at that time. We look Tor
some great sport with the arrival
OF more Americans
The decision OF Champion Pete Her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
WORLD SERIES TEAMS CORRECTLY
JUDGED BY PLAY IN FINAL CANES
Proper Strength Of Club Can Be Seen When Averages
of Players in Closing Games of Schedule Are Figured;
Pennants Are Clinched in Last Few Weeks Of the
Season and Require Better Playing

an average OF close to five and a hall
runs per game. The Giants aggre-
gated so runs in % games, for an
average Of three and a half runs per
contest. while their opponents col
lected So.
If the opposing strength were equal
in all games, which was not the case,
however. IL might be assumed thai
the White SON attack was stronger
than that Of the Giants, while the lat
ter's defense was harder TO bre
through The fact that these clubs
did not. OF course, face the same op-
ponents must not be overlooked.
Much stress has been laid upon the
respective ability OF the pitchers OF
the two clubs and the part that these
twirlers viii play in the winning or
the world series. For this reason
comparison Of their box records dur
ing the period under COnsidera ton
may be helpful TO the followers of the
game The Giants have used Sallee.
Perritt Schupp, TesreGu and Benton
for an average Of - 3-5 innings each
in the 20-day period. while Demaree
and Anderson have worked an aver
age Of 171z each
For the White Sox. CicOtte,
Williams and Faber have borne
the brunt of the pitching. having
averaged 40 innings DanfOrth
and Russell between them pitched
20 innings an average Of ten
innings.
The work OF the pitchers Of both
teams. showing innings pitched. hits
allowed and earned runs scored o.
their delivery. follows:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
MAGNATES HOLD
A BIG MEETING

Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct Cen
traI league magnates viii gather this
month, Il present plans do not mis-
carry. TO sum up the season Just
closed and determine, II possible, at
this time, what plans will be fol-
lowed out next season
It is almost a foregOne conclusion
that the leaders of the eight clubs
Of the league, with a single eXcep-
tion, viii hardly be willing TO take
another chance unless the war is over
by that time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02

ker, Fats Byars and Paul Broyles,
all FL Paso boys. bring up the list OF
candidates who are mentioned as try
ing out for the team. Jack McDon-
aid is coach Of the team and Claude
Nichols business manager
Practice was begun by the candi-
dates coutestinE FOR first place this
afternoon at Rio 5rsnde park, and
It will be continued daily. The eleven
is particularly anxious to arrange
games with some of the army teams
and challenges will be received by
Claude Nichols, whose telephone
number at The Herald office is 2020.
The team members also desire TO
challenge the High school and want
L. known that they would like 20
meet the Tigers at any time in the
near future
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02

Rowland. and unless both Schalk and
Lynn should be disabled he viii watch
the worlds series from the side lines
FIRST EASTMAN JIM JOURDAN-
Jim Jourdan came to the SoN from
the St Joseph club or the western
League. He is n big. active player.
who throws and bats lefthauded. and
in the Western League last season
he ranked as the best all-around
initial sacker in the circuit, fielding
as well as any OF his rivals and bat
ting well above the 800 mark.
=
BOBBTE BYRNF-When George
Weaver was first disabled Rowland
picked up BObbic Byrue, the veteran
National League star recently re-
leased by the PhuHes. and IS carrying
him as utility player and pinch hit
ter. Rowland also has another sub
first baseman in Hasbrook.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
MORRIS IS MAKING
MANY FRIENDS

carl Norris is gathering many
friends these days by his willingness
10 make the rounds Of the soldier
camps and box for the Sammies. VIII
lard is busy with the circus and Full
ton is busy with alibis for why he
left the ring at Canton. Only Carl
finds time TO give entertainment 70
the boys in blue and khaki. Yet the
American Boxing association-all
three Of them-are in Mysteries be-
cause Carl was a little rough in the
ring on Labor day. It is 10 laugh and
one OF the best farce-comedies we
have Witnessed in some time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
ANIERICAN LEAGTE.

AT New Y Ork- X H. r.
Chicago $500. 100 010 600 !
New York ....110 600 11X-4 9 0
Batteries: Chicago. Williams. Faber
and Schalk, Lynn; New York. Shocker
and Walters.
40 other games scheduled
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
BASEBALL RESULTS
MONDAY GAMES.
NATInNAL LEAGIE.

At Pittsburg- r II. E
Boston $3.50. 600 600 600 .
Pittsburg 90. ZOO O02 00x-3 3 .
Batteries: Boston. Scott and Ira
gressOr. Pittsburg, Cooper and ".
Schmidt
No other games scheduled.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02

Cleveland Ohio, Oct The Chi
caEo White Sox. American league
pennaut winners and the Cleveland
Americans play an exhibition game
here today. Tonight both teams
leave for Chicago for an exhibition
game tomorrow
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
Who's Who In World Series

NrHIrE 90 UTILTTY PLAYERs.


TIRED 1TMULLIN-When George
X Weaver was put out Of the White
l. Sox lineup with a broken finger
during Chicago's visit TO Washington
in August. Clarence Rowland called
on Freddie AIcAullin 10 fiji the vet
Grams shoes. and Mac responded with
all the pep and ginger in his makeup
He was so glad TO get into the line
up that he did not stop TO figure that
he had a real Job on HIS hands. and
while Weaver was kept on the bench
he played bans-up ball for the sox-
If Weaver's injured hand should keen
him out OF the worlds series AIcAiul-
lin will be played at third in the big
McMuIin IS a comparative new
conner in the majors. as this is his
first fun season with the White SoZ
as a regular, hut he is flashy fielder
and shows signs O1 developing inlo
dangerous hitter.
CATCHER B. LTNN-Because the
White Sox have such a wonderful
catcher in Ray Schalk the DaseDa!l
fans seldom hear OF Bert Lynn Lu-
second-string backstop Of the Amerl-
can League champions. Lynn came
to the SoN from the Salt Lake club IN
1916. and he gets into but few games.
because Schalk manages TO catch N
the neiChbOrhood Of % per cent OF an
the games the White Sox play.
Lynn. however. IS a valuable asset
TO the Sox. Clarence Rowland says
Of him;
Lynn has improved steadily. and
were il not for the fact that Ray
Schalk is so prominently in class
by himself he would DO ut least hal:
OF our catching. He hits hard, al
though his batting average IS not top
heavy. but he IS the kind Of A player
VINO IS liable TO break mp game any
time He has n powerful arm and IS
not afraid to throw"
CATCHER JOE TENkINS-For the
same reason that Lynn is kept glued
to the bench most or the time. Joe
Jenkins. the third catcher Of the
White Sox. is seldom injected into a
game Jenkins has been DECORATING
the White SoN bench all season. for
he is Icing given a prep course by
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
wITHERs MAKES CHANGE.

= Once upon a time David D. Z
= Withers. q man who did much Z
= for racing in this country. Z
. listened TO a plea from horse Z
= men and agreed TO change the Z
= way OF running at old Non Z
. mouth park as an experiment. Z
= He never changed back They Z
= run races in England the re- 4
= verse way Of the track. and Z
= they also eat dogflesh in China. Z
= The objection to the way Of Z
= running at Belmont park lies Z
= in its eXclusiveness-they race 4
. the other way at all other Z
= tracks. Few horses, like few 4
= men. are ambideXtrous. a horse Z
= develops certain muscles in Z
= racing around a turn by lean Z
= ing slightly toward the rail, 4
- and when asked 10 run the q
= other way they use muscles on Z
= the other side not so hardened Z
= and are apt to go sore Some Z
. horses take kindly 10 the re- I
= verse way OF racing, while 9TH Z
- ers never run truly This leads Z
= 10 uncertainty and general Z
= scrambling OF 50 called form.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
LEAGUE STANDINGS
NATIONAL LEAGTE.

where They Play Wednesday
Washington at Boston
Philadelphia at New York
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
Jess WILLARD IS BADLY WANTED
BY FOREIGN BOXING PROMOTERS

Several snappy Boxers Have Been Developed IN Eng
land and Handlers of the Game Would Like to See
Them in Action Against Heavyweight Title
Holder; Champion Herman to JOIN Army.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02

1, -EW YORK, Oct. While the
n winning Of a pennant and the
! y resultant participation in the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02

rILWACKEE, Wis Oct An
VI interesting letter on boxing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02

rERE is the strangest freak Of
n the dope I ever have encoun-
l. i tered in a quarter Of a century
~ ----lre To done ont hasehau.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-19
MINOT And VICINITY

Mrs. R. C. Lang entertained the
Sunshine Band Of the Presbyterian
church Wednesday afternoon at her
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hoover and Mr..
and Mrs. J. N. Neukom motored 10
Buffalo Lodge Tuesday for an enjoy
able outing.
Good hay land is worth money this
wear. j. +. McKoane disposed of a
third of the crop from an 80 acre
patch of hay for 5000.
L. X. Prins, prominent Sherwood
merchant, was a Minot visitor Mon
dav. Mr.. Prins has been conducting
the Corner Store at that place for the
past four years.
DR.. and Mrs. Archie D. MCDANIEL
and Mr., and Mrs. Frank P. Taylor
are planning on leaving Saturday by
auto for trip thru Glacier, Park
They will be away about ten days.
Arthur Swanson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. S. Swanson of Burlington, I'M
derwent an operation for appendicitis
at a Minot hospital Wednesday of last
week and at last accounts was making
a splendid recovery.
Thru the cooperation of the Mlnot
Normal school and the Chautauqua
management, all students in attend
ance at the summer session may at
tend the Chautauqua during the week
The board of railroad commission
ers recently were compelled to wait
for an hour in rain at the Hlghllne
station of the N P. near Valley City.
1t didn't take the commissioners long
TO order the company to build wait
ing room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Frank and daugh-
ter Catherine, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Filaris, have returned from an enjoy
able auto trip thru Montana, visiting
the Yellowstone Park. Mr.. and Mrs.
Filaris made the trip as their honey
moon.
P. P. Lee, who is building a large
brick block on Second Street S. W.,
which will be occupied by the Fuller
Motor Co., has decided to add an addl-
tional story to the structure, making
it one Of the best buildings construct
ed in the city this season.
The Independent received an inter-
esting card from DR.. V. E. Sandberg,
who is visiting at his old home at
Westfeld, N. Y. He says: "At the
old home and enjoying myself fine.
Seems nice to be with the old folks
and makes me feel like kid again
Having too much rain out here and
pretty cold for this time Of the year.