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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
GOLFERS
WELL MATCHED
Francis Ouimet and Charles
Evans Jr. Are Two Of the
Greatest of PaStime.

Boston. Mass, Nov. I1.-For the
present any attempt al comparison
between those prominent golfers,
Charles Evans. jr.. and Francis Oui-
met must largely be in the nature Of
guesswork- Had Evans appeared in an
individual match with Oulmet at Brae
Burn recently the Boston admirers OF
the woodland golfers would doubtless
have been on the losing end.
That, however. is only q SUPPOSE
ton. In q four bail affair a golfer
in a two ball match With one part
uer reasonably certain of getting
-FOUR the other often takes a bold
chance that II successful leaves him
with q put for g. bird" or in the event
Of failure may get him badly bunk
cred.
Ordinarily Ouimet would be fully as
long Off the tee as The National ANA
reur and open champion, " no- longer
though the reverse seemed 10 be the
case ia the four ball exhibition at
Brae Burn OuImeL OF course. Is not
playing so often as formerly and that
is bound TO allow a certain unsteaCi-
ness 10 creep into his game but even
so, he can always be counted on 10
bring off a number of brilliant holes
that are sure TO tell heavily at match
play.
shot for shot. there is hardly any
thing 70 choose between these TWO
If-anythiug, Chick has the more dead
ly half iron approach but that is dis
counted BY Ouimet's steadier putting.
The situation then resolves itself into
O question Of nerve and courage Prio-
to the 1916 season Chick was not
given credit for possessing any too
much sand, but man who can win in
the open and amateur titles in sue
cession must. after all. have his heart
in the tight place.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
0.SS'.4,z5&fe TIzE2S

y VERY man who shoots would Ike
=. to shoot better.
- The man who can usually aver
age 50 per cent, a. the traps. under
favorable conditions, finds his score
suffer when conditions are untaVor-
able. The man who can average oul
so ner cent under favorable cOndl-
lions. finds less satisfaction IN the
scores he makes when conditions are
uEfavorable.
And 70 il is that every man who
shoots would like TO shoot better
and be sure Of his average no
matter what the conditions
can this be Accomplished many
viii ask The experience Of all OF US
who remember our first visit 10 Lhe
traps will bear witness thar most
shooters improve 20 = certain degree
of proficiency with practice " nen
they reach their level they flnd that
Il is only occasionally that they can
score better than their average
Improve Their Scores
Many men have improved -AeLL
scores TO an appreciate degree pS
-.-s r-fcfug with a hand trap Trap
Shooting AT targets thrown from
hand trap IS not ordinary sloollgE-
II is snap shooting sighting ana
every other kind OF shooting moulded
II gives one the best kind Of practice.
for hunting. and improves one. S scores
at the LrapshoOLLlE club in al4lllou
IL IS more real. genuine FUN and sport
i'm 10 minutes than any other kind OF
shooting is in half a day.
lust listen to this Five men line
M as al the traps. The hand trap
o5arator takes the center position.
shooter No. / gets ready 10 rire- He
gets a target that goes 100 feet in the
air. and. the chances are, misses IT.
No gets a left angle that goes
Win the speed of q rife bullet, and
curves or takes English like Dill
10. gets a dub" that goes
etraiEht-sway about 80 yards Every
body gives him the laugh when he
overshoOts II.
10. 4 don't know what TO expect,
and Gets q skinner that sails about
z fest above the ground for 20 yards
or more. like a Jack rabbit.
No gets one on edge WnlcL
presents a surface to shoot at that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
Jim Bagby of Cleveland
Is a Reliable Iwirler
By ERNEST LANIGAN

Jim SCOTS place on the rubber
against Cleveland in the eighth in
ming on September g.
The Indians. by this time. were
tired out by hHvinE acquired six
runs off the Death Valley" per
son and did not annoy Davis
much. getting tr-O bits and pass,
but nary tally. off him Davis
did no more pitching for the SoX
after that and was returned 10
Columbus, which traded him TO
Louisville last spring.
Willie DOak's trial with Cincinnati
I'm 1872 was even more limited than
Frank Davis trial with the Chicago
Americans three years later The
present Cardinal pitched just one in
uins Of ball for the Reds and ODay
told him TO desist Willie went back
TO Akron 20 work for Lee Alexander
Fohl and came back a year later 10
stick
Bagby's Record
This is what Bagby. Davis and Duak
did for Cincinnati iu 1872
Pitchers Won Lost SO BIB
BagpE ---..----- 10
B 4i. ---.------- 10
And this is what Doak and Bagby
since have done for st. Louis and
Cleveland
Pitchers Won Lost so BIB
B BSs5v ------.- g 90 80 4s5 i5 5S
Davis Back Again.
Davis. who is going 20 try and FOL
low the example OF the Cardinal and
The Indian next year and stick is a
righr-hauder. like the other two He
was born at wilson Mil. y C., on
Oct j.. 1890. having the same birth
day Though in q different year. as
Ivan Howard Of Cleveland and Jimmy
Burke Of Detroit. VINO is not likely
TO he with the Tigers next season
Discard Doak entered the ranks OF
iron men on Sept. is last. when he
trimmed Brooklyn twice. the scores
being . TO and l. 10 & Bill was
working for a $500 bonus for winning
Is games He got it, Bonus Bit
was born in Pittsburgh on Jan IS,
1891 He has hurled i shutouts for
st. LOuis-five against Chicago, three
against Brooklyn. New York and
Pittsburgh. two against Boston and
one against Philadelphia
BaEby. born in TaIiaferro coun-
fy. Georgia. on Oct. ,. 1859. Is enc
Of the greatest rescuers in the
business, employing the fadeaway
bail with which 10 check rallies.
in one game against Washington
last season. on May 10. when Fritz
COumbe was in peril, Bagoy had 10
fire just one bail TO save the day
When Jim has his winning streaks he
gets a pretty good opinion Of him
seIf-dOes not get all swelled Up, but
still thinks lie is some pitcher, as he
is. Then he gets severe pounding
Che got several last year,. and his
opinion of himself willis Watch out
for AR. BaEby at this time-he pitches
practically unhittahle ball
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

@HE answer TO that Often-asked
question DO they ever come
\ back is. If it applies to pitch
ers, canned by Hank O'Day when
managing the Cincinnati Reds in 1872
yes, frequently"
Sir Henry. five years back. tried
cut two dozen slabmen. and among
those he shipped back 20 the minors
We're Willie Doak. of the Cardinals.
Jim EaEby. OF the Indians. and Frank
DixieJ LAWS, who is TO be with the
pills in 1918. Doak returned 70 the
National TO stick q year after ODay
labelled him NC. and BaEhy now has
been q star on the american league
circuit for two seasons Davis was
briefly with the White SoE iu 1915.
and this is his third trip up Scouts
Who covered the American assOcia-
tiou circuit aver that the man the
QUakers got from Louisville VIII last
ia fast company this time
BuEby star Nan.
or the trio ~ pitchers canned by
oDay now on major league clubs
reserve lists. Jim EaEny. whose full
and complete name is James Charles
Jacob EaEby, was tine only one who
won a same for Sir Henry. the lone
man Identified with the national pas
time who refuses TO tell when he was
born
Bagby turned in two wins for the
Reds and was beaten once. Vet this
did not save him from drawing the
blue envelope
In neither OF his triumphs was
James Charles Jacob the pioneer
gunner, and in the second OF
them he had TO be yanked in the
ninth, "Rube7 Benton thrOttlinE
ninth inning rally that the
Cards were staging. BaEby start
ed one game for Cincinnati five
years ago End the Cubs drove him
10 cover IN one inning
Ba=hy Is Canned.
BaEby ceased TO be q Red in June
of 1912 Davis became one early in
the next month. Frank had gained
great fame down in the Appalachian
league by tanning 162 men in 13l in
uings, his master effort being the re-
tirement Of 20 OF. the Eristols on
strikeouts in niue-iuning encounter
on June 2S. Two Bristol hoNmen at
that time were Norman fallas Nlckl
Cullop. Of the Yanls, and jim (Dixie)
Walker. Of the Cubs. Bruno" Bethel
of the Cardinals then was BrlstOls
second h1seman-
Davis found the National league
batsmeu harder to strike out than the
Appalachian league hitters, and was
passed on TO Columbus after whiting
q dozen men iu portions OF seven de-
bates. Tn one OF said debates he was
charged with the loss of the game
Davis accompanied VIM Petev Johns,
q third basemau, 20 the White SON in
the fall OF 1913. and pitched part Of
one game for the EOwlaudi-es, taking
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
OMAR KHAYYAM IS GREATEST
IIII / ! ] {
MUCH FASTER THAN THE OTHERS

TEW York, Nov. 17.-Omar Khay-
M yam. WHfrid yiau's imported
= = son OF Marco. was the best
three-year- on the turf this season.
Some followers OF the ponies viii
dispute this statement and point TO
the recent match race at Laurel.
which was won by August BeImont's
Hourless. as proof that Hourless is
the master of the Kentucky Derby
winner.
Omar Lends All.
But ou performances this season
Omar has the call. and 1t is no more
than fair that he should be given the
title as the champion three-year-old
Of 1917
Omar lost the match race to Hour
less because he was oVerWOrked
Wise old horsemen who have followed
the game Tor years sat iu the stands
or decorated the rail when HOurless
gallOped home the winner in their
great race, and the consensus of opin-
ion among them was all in Omar's Ia
VOr, even though he lost
In sizing up the two colts it
must be remembered that Omar
Ikhayyam was a consistent win
ner nlI season. After winning
the Kentucky Derby he wus
brought to the eastern tracks und
worked consistently in every race
he ran.
During the summer NE defeated
HOurless among other great colts in
classy fields Spur and Campfire were
among his victims this season. and
he broke the track record at Belmont
for a mile and three-quarte When
he first met HOurless he won by a
nose and there We're many who said
he was lucky 20 win.
Yet IL must be remembered that
while Omar was being shipped around
the country HOurless was being
ErOomed for this race. and had had
at least two solid weeks of careful
training. while Omar spent q lot of
his time i'm q horse car and jumped
from one climate TO another
Wilfred Niau's supreme confidence
iu Omar Khayyam is believed 90 have
been the real cause of his defeat in
Maryland Had Eiau insisted that
the match be made for later date.
there are many who believe that the
Kentucky Derby winner would have
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
ROBERTSON
MAY GO TO ARMY

Whether Dave Robertson plays for
John McGraw or for Uncle sam next
year. or even with some other club.
Ross Young viii be the favorite for
the right field berth with the Giants
McGraw says EOung's place is in the
outfield, though he was used much
i'm the infield by Rochester last sea-
son He is fast. has a great throw
ing arm and can hit.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
AHEAD
OF OTHER CITIES

The northwest is far ahead in the
matter Of municipal links Seattle.
Portland. Tacoma, Vancouver and
other cities UP there have at least one
city course. In southern California
municipal golf has taken firm root
and growing fast Indications are
that the Bay cities viii soon catch up.
Oakland IS TO have q municipal course.
Berkeley has been talking Of one for Il
long time. Sacramento has a flour
ishinE one.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
InrNsnN on InR.

Humboldt, Kan, on October 81. cele-
brated its annual Walter Johnson
Day" Johnson pitched for the home
team against a team recruited in KAN
sas City and he had TO go some, win
ming by a score Of to o. Johnson
struck out 20 Of the bstters who on
posed him. Loren Bader OF the BOs-
ton Red Sox played third base FOR
the Humboldt team.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
was not with the st. Louis club

last fall
The player further insists that un-
der section G. OF rule 16 OF the COM
mission ne is entitled 70 salary from
the St. Louis American league club
from Sept. 19, the close Of the Auer-
lean association season, to the final
championship game OF the St Louis
American league team
The action Of the St Louis club IN
this case was irregular in several re-
spects- While waivers were requested
IL is beyond question that the applica-'
tiOn for them at that time was irregu-
lar. However it is significant that he
was not claimed by a major league
club and that he obtained a position
with 4 class A club.
Allows Salary Claim.
The commission allows the players
salary claim against the St Louis club
from September 20 to October ], both
inclusive. at the rate Of $500 a month.
and affirms the right Of the Columbus
club TO his services by purchase
The st. Louis club Is directed 10
forthwith forward its check In
adjustment Of this award to the
secretary OF the commission Tor
transmission to the player.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
EDDIE CIC0TTE FIRM BELIEVER
IN HARD TRAINING IN SPRING

harmless as they appeared, kept li-
fat For ten years they preveute
his becoming the great box arts
that he now is.
People in the east have said tha
he is 40 years old. Maybe he is. IT.
has yet TO announce his age But I'll
fact remains that he came back
most unexpectedly. He has don,
something that no other hurler in thu
history of the great national pastiu-
has accomplished. The reason is We.
expressed in his own words 81 wen
TO work
They accused him or using the
shine ball. and DE did not complain
He did rub the apple on his trOuser-
And the h0stiles did talk about r.
They not only Jalked-they shoute@
CIcOttc went on his merry way lie
did not complain when oyer-Zealou
umpi-es examined the BAH al the he.
hest of Indignant batsmen past WHOM
10 had been cast He just Eriuuel-
Was Not Freak Ball.
After the season was well con
Guided DC was discovered that Clcotr'
and the shine bali" were as IA
apart as day IS from night. Their
was no such thinE-
What do YOU think I wanted 20 s.
out and crab il f0r-' Cicotte asked.
"If they think have shine ball
so much the better Then I got them
every time I rub the ball on my pants.
Let them worry
As O matter of fact, CicOtte's strOu-
right arm could prOpel the ball pas,
the bltsmen in an astonishing way
That IS why he won II is one OF the
best known principles in baseball thar
control is the big thing. He has it,
He is fast He bluffs a splitter and
then doesn't throw IT,
In a word. Ed CicOtte's system has
been to let the other fellow worry
which has been done pleutifully.
GOTHAM No MORE
Favorite Law Of Gotham boxers and
- --LL-E ga L. rrn-L-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
PLAYER JIM Park RECEIVES BACK
PAYFR0M5T. LOUIS BROWN CLUB

TUST because the St Louis Amer
lean league club neglected TO OBJ
serve the very technical point Of
having player Jim Park report 20 1t
after his recall from Omaha It VIII
have to pay him salary amounting to
500. Park was recalled and released
to Columbus. He went straight from
one minor league club TO the other.
Technically he should have rejoined
the Browns and been in their actual
service" AS il was the Browns are
held for his salary until the end Of
the major season. The national com
mission so decides in the following
In lie Complaint OF Player Park
Against St Louis American league
club:
PLAYER James Park was released TO
and recalled from the Omaha club by
the St Louis American league club
under a 1917 optional agreement
Without being required 20 report to
the latter. he was transferred py IL
10 the Columbus club OF the American
association as per written notification
and directed TO join the Columbus club
after the close Of the Western leagues
season
Illegal Transfer.
The player contends that his trans
fer 20 the Columbus club was irregu-
lar under the circumstances and that
he should have been required to re-
turn 10 the st. Louis club after
Sept &c. the final day Of the Western
leagues championship race. and then
released by the recalling CLUB 20
Columbus direct. after major league
waivers were obtained.
II is also called 70 the commits
EIoa'a attention that interleaEue
waivers could not be legally re-
aueSted by the It. Louis club on
recalled PLAYER under Rale -
unless he were under contract TO
Il and in It's actual service. He
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
10y fused about in the major
leagues for ten years and then
Il 7 went TO work"

ELT fused about in the major
leagues for ten years and then
Il I went TO work"
That is the way Ed Clcotte OF the
Chicago White Sox explains his sud-
den and unexpected bIossominr forth
as the leading hurIer Of the great
American league.
To prove this he displays a we'll
worn belt This handy article OF ap-
parel he has used for three years.
away over toward the fag end there
is a hole in which the buckle was in
serted in 1913 and 1916. Vow there
is hole four inches toward the other
end This is the place where he now
wears the buckle.
Is Proud Of Belt.
Il am proud OF this belt Clcotte
says. 1t shows the difference be-
tween a pitcher who could work six
or seven innings in style and a man
who can go the route
II used to joke did not take
baseball seriously Finally I came to
the conclusion tuat ii l wished 70 be
a really good pitcher I must train
harder than I ever trained before I
ann now at the age when one becomes
fat This spring went TO work I
hustled I pitched often I did every
thing that one could do TO make him
self more proficient The results OF
this kind Of living are apparent in my
record.
81 have long been n firm be
lever that no ball player il bet
ter than his record in the book
and 1 am willing TO stand on what
has been recorded. The fans OF
Chicago were exceedingly kind 10
me when 1 just went along, and
they have been wonderful since I
commenced to win
Cicotte omitted TO mention that he
used to drink beer he never INDUCED
In the flowing bowl, so called. To eN-
cess. but he took several drinks after
---e---- rrnaz. ~-raEea- Of T.aar-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
AMBULANCE CORPS
HAS TRACK TEAM

san Francisco Calf. Nov. IA
list OF members OF the United States
army ambulance corps cross country
athletic team ut Allentown Pa, IN
cludes coach Benneson. from Santa
Clara university santa Clara, Calf.
and c. O. Branner a stanford athlete
and contestant in the annual Dipsea
race, run in Marin county across the
bay from san Francisco Branner Is
the son Of John Casper Branner, for
mer Stanford president
SEVENTH Is BEST.
Best part Of the worlds series Vas
the seventh game
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
BENNY LEONARD
IS A KNOCKEROUT

Here is Benny Leonard's 1917 rec
ord complete.
Tt shows 10 straight victories. 10
Of them scored via the knockout
route.
An of these "Kayo" triumphs have
come since March. when Benny. once
called "The Powder Puff Kid re-
ceived orders from his manager TO
"cut loose with the wallop."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
Is Good Mt Any Time.

A big point in Omar Khayyam'
favor is the fact that he is a good
colt in any kind of gOiuE
lie doesn't seem to care n tink-
er's durn whether n track j. heavy
or fast, and he is big and strong
enough to puSh his nose under
the wire in front Of most my
field when the going il muddy
HOurieSs. on the other mltt. never
starts in heavy going. He must
have n fasr track to show his hest.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

Minneapolis. Mimi. Nov 1.-THE
Chicago football squad came 10 Min
neapolis determined 90 defeat Mime
sofa today I'm the u DIST Of the larter's
home coming gaiaty and thus main
tain q clean slate in the conference
championship race.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
FIELDER JONES IS
BACK IN PORTLAND

Manager Fielder Jones OF the St
Louis Browns, landing back in Port
land after tough year Of IL, was in
tervieWcd Immediately and let il Be
known he could not think OF desert
ing the ship in a storm I am going
20 stick through thick and thin" he il
quoted as saying. and he adds; This
stuff that I have deserted St Louis
Is all wrong"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

looks as thin as paper. and he waits
too long and misses And so Il goes
in endless variety
They start Mt No. / again. md
the operator throws the targets
upside down. at high elevations,
and right angles that also take
ENGLISH and are pUZziers 10 even
the most expert.
That's real shooting. you'll hear the
game shooters say, and IL is even more
difficult than game shooting. At the
same time the use OF The hand trap
viii improve ones scores in the field
wonderfully. a prominent shooter re-
Gently remarked that he found his
shooting for quail in close cover i'm
proved 100 per cent by the use OF
the hand trap, and he was always con
sidered a good shot
Expert TrapsnOoters who have no
difficulty in breaking an average OF
90 per cent of their targets, VIII
experience - new sensation when they
shoot over the hand trap It's the
eltv and mOuO-Ony never wear OIL
and the targets never become TOO
easy as i'm ordinary shooting
Have Joke Trap
Every shooter knows about the
Joker Trap A hand trap is q Joker
trap" with frills on Every gun club
should have one Tor staging novelty
events. and the shooters VIII vote u
barrel of fun after the first trial me
hand trap can be used also for in
srructiuE new shooters without inter
fer5ng with the events veiug run over
the regular traps
The shooters who would like 10
shoot better can accomplish their
desire by practicinE with n hand
trap. Those who are tfair wealth
cr. shooters can learn TO break
them when the wind Is blowing
gale or the rain is falling.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

Connie Mack is quoted as saying
that il a short schedule IS decided on
with q late start. he viii not attempt
a training trip in Florida, but VIII
get his h0pefuls in shape right az
home in Philly. Mack says that II
the season does not open until May !
then April viii be fine for training at
home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

COLLINS STILL GOING.
Eddie Collins is not an Informal
runner He is stiu tive jumps ahead
of Heinie de Tim
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

Philadelphia. Pa. Nov- Penn
sylvaria and the University OF Mich
igan met on Franklin field today
in what was considered one OF the
most Important intersecronal football
contests Of the season Michigan has
not been beaten this year while Penn
sylvarla met defeat nj the hands OF
both Georgia Tech and Pitts1urg-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

SILK Shfrts-Hand Laundered.
Acme Lauudry-Phoue 430o-AdY.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17

~ ENVER, Colo, Nov 17--Radical-
" different systems Of football
- strategy are opposed in today
game between the University OF Den
yer and the Colorado School OF Mines
here. The game, which viii figure
heavily in deciding claims upon the
Rocky mountain champion ship. rep
resents an effective defence and
crushing. though not fast OF offence,
part Of the University Of Denver. op-
posed 20 an offence and defence on
the part Of the miners in which speed
and dash are the principal factors
Good Game At Columbus.
Columbus. Ohio, Nov with the
championship Of the western confer
ence at stake. Illinois and Ohio state
football teams are ready to do mlghty
battle in their game at Ohio field this
afternoon. Neither has been defeated
this season. and followers Of the game
predict a bitter fight with the ad-
vantage resting slightly with the
Orleans
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
GOTHAM 10 MORE.

GOTHAM No MORE
Favorite lay Of Gotham boxers and
promoters Where DO we go from
here. boys