El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-31
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iuEINIE ZIMMERMAN is suspected
1Iby many fans OF being a bone
head" The truth Of the matter is.
/ however, that he has forgotten more
real baseball than many major league
players will ever learn.
Fred Coombe. Of the Indians. is hav-
ing the best season he has had since
he made his major league debut with
Gedeon IS still making good at sec
ond for the st. Louis Browns. He is
one Of the surprises Of the year.
Charley Grimm. one OF the Cardi-
nails utility infielders. Used to sell
peanuts at the st. Louis ball park.
Pitcher John Watson. OF the Mack
men. was picked up by Comics scouts
down in oklahoma
The recent news that Ed Kouetchy
had pitched for the Braves recalls the
following story, as told by Heinie Zim-
norman; "One day a few years ago,
when Honey was with the Cardinals
and I was with the Cubs. an umpire
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clubs ordered everybody on the St
Louis bench TO the clubhouse because
Of their unruliness- We were hitting
their pitcher pretty hard. and finally
it was decided TO take him out. Big
Ed volunteered TO pitch. so they put
one Of the outfielders on first base.
put the pitcher in the outfield and let
Honey go into the box We thought
he would be joke as a pitcher. but
/ don't think anybody on our club got
as much as hard foul off him for the
remainder Of the game. Then, to top
il off. the Cards came from behind
and beat US. and Honey was credited
with winning the game. For a long
while he used to have a lot OF fun
boastinE that he was the only pitcher
who had never lost games but now
his record is broken"
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LARRY DOYLE'S BIRTHDAY.
Lawrence, better known as Larry.
Doyle. the veteran second baseman Of.
the Giants. viii pass his sd mile
stone today He is, and for many
years has been. one OF the heaviest
hitters in the National league being
the batting champion in 1915. Larry
was born in Caseyville. Ill His youth
was largely spent in the town Of
Broose. about 30 miles east Of St
Louis, and until his marriage Larrup-
ing Larry usually spent his winters
in that vicinity. Since then he has
made his winter home in Jacksonville,
Fla
Doyle was a coal miner in hisI
youth. and before he was old enough
10 enter the mines he helped TO exc
out the family income by delivering
papers and toi1ng in a grocery em-I
porium. He vas IS when he landed
his first regular baseball job with the.
Nation. Ill. club. After two seasons
with Nation he was hired by Spring
field, Ill, and in the middle Of the
1907 season he was bought by Nc
Graw
Doyle started out this season with
the bat like 2 race horse, but he had
an accident which put him out OF the
game for long time He is now
batting around 1873. which isn't so bad
for a sick man. Although a speedy
base runner, he IS not the fastest in
the business. but he probably loses
less time in cutting the corner Of the
initial bag than any other player.
This happy faculty enables Larry 10
stretch what would be a single for an
ordinary runner into a two baEEer. !
Larry is one OF the most spectacular I
players in the business. He can pick I
balls out Of the air that seem TO be I
hopeless chances-aud then again he
muffs 'em when they fly into his init.
but he doesn't muff them very often /
Esd OF JIMMY BIRTHS CAREER.
Jimmy Britt was knocked out by
Johnny Summers in the ninth round