El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-27
'SPORTOGRAPHY B. -Gragg,

that the former were not 10 touch the
Z bail with their hands on penalty OF
forfeiting the purse, while the women
had the privilege OF picking Il up.
running with il and throwing IL as far
as they could. When a squaw had the
! ball the men were allowed to catch
and shake her. but they were not al
lowed TO touch or remove It II leceS-
sary, the men could throw the squaw
holder Of the ball on the ground. but
T If she dropped the ball the bucks were
only permitted TO take the ball away
with their feet. At the opposite ex-
tremes OF the lawn stakes were erect
ed about six feet apart. and the con-
tending parties arrayed themselves
before those stakes the men on one
side and the women on the other. The
party which succeeded in driving the
ball through the stake at the goal OF
. the opponents was proclaimed the vic
tor and received the purse. All things
being ready the old chief went to the
center OF the lawn and threw up the
ball-and the contest began The par
ties seemed TO be fairly matched as
10 mum hers. having about 100 on a
side. The game. lasted more than an
hour, with great animation. but was
finally decided in favor Of the women,
by the power OF a herculean squaw.
who got the ball and in spite Of the
men who seized Der TO shake II from
her uplifted hand held firmly. drag
ging them along till she was SUI
ticiently near the goal 10 throw It
through the stakes. The young
sCuaWs were the most active Of the
party and. Of course. most frequently
caught the ball When they did so
il was amusing TO see the strife be-
tween them and the young Indians.
who Immediately seized them and al
ways succeeded in rescuing the ball
( though sometimes not till their fe-
male competitors were thrown 10 the
ground
In american league circles It has
often been said in recent years that
the Boston club could 90 further on
one run than any other club in that
league. and the truth Of this was
demonstrated in the recent worlds
series. The Red SOx for years has
been a great club to win games by a
single run, just as they have been
noted for their ability 10 come
through in the late innings and get
Just enough runs TO win In the open
ing game Of the series the SOX col
lected a run for Babe Ruth in the
fourth inning, ana It proved enough
for the big fellow 20 win on. In the
second game they staged one Of their
famous ninth inning rallies. and II
fell short, though the tying run was
on first base In the third game the
fNeu ooA 5OL Two runs lor nays al
the fourth and the Cubs got one back
In the fifth. hut the one run lead
was all Mays needed TO win.
IIID McCOY'S LAST BIG BATTLE.
Fourteen years ago today, Sept. p,
1904. Kid Mccoy defeated Jack CTwin)
Sullivan in 20 rounds at Los Angeles.
This was the last big battle in the
ring history Of the clever Hoosier.
who so long defended the middle
weight title against all Corners. Twice
since then the Kid has pulled off
come back" stunts, and has been
very successful in defeating second
raters. Mccoy thought Sullivan would
be easy, but the veteran Twin gave
him a surprise party. Many Of the
spectators thought Sullivan earned a
draw, and only McCoy's superior gen
eralship and cleFerness saved him
from defeat.