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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

TDDIE BARLOW, pocket billiard
champion OF New York city, de-
IL featsd Norman Gorham. Texas
champion, In one OF the most closely
contested carom battles ever seen by
Il Paso fans. Tuesday night at
Primm's hall. the New Yorker playing
80 points TO Gorham's 1ks.
Gorham's defeat was the result Of
his carelessness in miscalling one bail
and falling to call another, coupled
with two or three exhibitions Of dar-
Ing that gave his opponent good open
ings and such as the visitor couldn't
attempt Gorham easily outplayed the
New Yorker. but his ignoring Of tech
nicaiities cost him the game.
Record Run By GOrham.
Gorham started In with q scratch.
hut fl the second inning made a run
OF IS balls. the record Of the game. He
kept his lead only two Innings. during
" hleh Barlow made 20 easy ones and
gained a handicap that Gorham never
caught up with.
Crowd Kisses Barlow.
When the game was at its hottest
Gcrham. evidently color blinded for
tire moment, shot a combination on
the Il ball and called IL the Is. the
stripes on the two being closely
shaded red. He made the shot but
Barlow objected 10 the miscalling.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
AIRY srNEAL. tennis PROBES

AIRY ArNEAL, tennis profess
sional IS OF the opinion that
L i lawn tennis. like many other
departments Of human endeavor. is
destined TO undergo some remarkable
and IN a way startling changes be-
cause OF the influences due TO the
world war. and in this respect he Is
supported by some Of those who have
critically studied the shifting ele-
ments as they appear at this time.
ar. McNeaI said: The time Is At
hand in lawn tennis when the service
is to count for less than It has in the
Fast. ! am aware that my opinion
and statement is most radical. Still,
an unprejudiced and careful consid-
GRAFTON OF my reasons, and study
Of the methods which the leading
players are almost unconsciously be-
ginning TO use at this time appear.
to me at least, to substantiate the
revolutionary idea which ] have eX-
pressed. There is every reason. how
ever, to believe that the service is
not likely to continue to be regarded
as a formidable weapon OF attack"
McNeal began his career as pro-
fessional at the famous Queens club.
London, al the time when 10 was
courts as Arthur S. Gore. Frank H
Riseley. the Doherty brothers, the
late Anthony F. Wilding and q few
other luminaries.
II is the opinion OF AIcNeal that
the service reached its highest form
as played by Maurice E. Mclaughlin.
He recalled how the California Comet
had fairly bombarded opponents COM
pletely off the court by the severity
with which he played the stroke.
"Wilding was the player who solved
the problem as to how to nullify the
effect Of the terrifi~ service" con-
tinued AlcNeaL He had to do II to
retain his holding Of the All-EnS.an1
championship against McLoughlin's
challenge in 1873 ct Wiuh rS01. o.
Wilding never has received full credit
for the achievement. and before he
showed Us how to do It we had been
betting two to one in favor Of Nc
Loughlin to win the championship in
q walk away"
Wilding solved the problem by
standing close into the service court
He caught the ball on the sharp rise
Of the bound. a daring and unheard
Of thing at that time. II amounted
to volleying the service, for he was
well up toward the net. The inabil-
ity Of Mclaughlin to drive his opr o.
nent out OF position by his powerful
service eventually cost him the
match
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
RANGING STARS OF BASEBALL
OUTFIELDER IS ARTILLERYMAN
RI JACK vEIoCK.

argue long over the selection OF iris
as the runnerup. Speaker is the only
player in his league who ever ousted
Cobb from the batting leadership
since Ty budded into star Third
place goes to Joe Jackson, consist
emily great as a hitter and q good,
all around. seasoned player in every
respect
Roush Has Future.
Fourth place in the rank, as we
see II. goes to Eddie Roush. a new
found star. who bears all the ear
marks Of a PLAYER who. like Cobb and
Speaker. will keep going al terrific
pace for some years to come. Roush
is young fast. smart. good fielder
and a terrific hitter.
The others have been graded down
from fourth to tenth places, and in
passing mention Is made Of Max Ca
rey. Of the Pirates. Clyde Milan. Of
the Senators, and Bobbie Roth. Of
the Indians. all great outflelderS, who
deserve no end OF praise and who
were barely forced out of places in
the list below. We have ranked the
outfielders, according 70 our best
Judgment of the values. as follows;
The Leading Outfielders.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
Was Much Better
Than Real Thing

Cecil Healy, the veteran swimming
champion OF Australia, who is on the
western front with the Anzacs. re-
Gently had the privilege. as he ex-
pressed It, OF reading his own obitu-
airy notices. He was reported killed
in action and newspapers telling Of
his loss reached him.
The error, evidently a double one,
appears to have occurred when his
younger brother was wounded on an
other sector in France and sent to a
base hospital in a critical condition.
But even he is now on the high road
70 recovery.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
TWIRLER MAY
BREAK RECORD
Alexander Has Chance to
Break Worlds Record If
Spared by the Draft.
By JACK VEIOCK-

II Grover Cleveland Alexander es-
capes being called into the National
army he will have a chance TO estab-
lish 3 worlds pitching record next
season.
For the past three seasons the
great Alex has turned In a total
of 80 victories per season. II he
should win so games next sum-
mer he will be the only pitcher
in the history of the game TO win
that many contests for four con-
secutive years, and he is the only
pitcher in b-Sebau now who has
q chance to do IL.
The feat OF winning 80 games Of
baseball in a season has been ac-
complished Il times by big league
pitchers in the past 20 years, and tC
Christy Mathewson goes the credit Of
registering four times,
MathewsOn Failed.
MathewsOn, however, did not win
80 games for four consecutive years.
Starting with the season of 1908 Nat
ty turned IN 80 wins He repeated
in 1908 and 1905, and then, after a
lapse OF two seasons, he came back
in 1908 with 80 victories for the
Giants. In all there have been but
ten pitchers to win as many games
IN a season
Before the pitching distance was
heightened TO the present distance
Cy Young had tut ned In 80 victories
on two occasions. winning that many
games In 1895 and 1886. He hung
up two more record performances in
1901 and 1902.
Pitchers Who Won Thirty.
Other pitchers who have won so
--9Tes. and the dates. are as follows:
Charley Nicholas. 1898: Joe McGin-
nifty. 1903 and 1905: Jack CHESHIRE
1904: Ed Walsh. 1908: Jack Coombs
1910: Joe Wood. 1912, and Walter
Johnson. 1913 These pitchers. with
Cy Youngs two record years under
the new rules, Mathewson's four and
Alexander's total OF three complete
the list OF ten pitchers who have &C
complished the feat OF Il times.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

~ARRY on" win be the motto
Of the physical department Of
~ the local Y. II. c. A for the
next two weeks at least On Thurs
day evening. February Z. at 8 o'clock
the first Of the Hexathlon events viii
be run off In the following order:
Running high jump, 12-pound shot
put, sO-yard potato race. On Monday.
February Il. the events will be;
Standing broad jump. fence vault
and 220-yard potato race. The sec
ond round Of the finals will begin
Oh .uesuay. February u, with the
running high jump, 12-pound shot
put and 6O-yard POTATO race
On Thursday the finals will close
with the standing broad jump. fence
vault, and 220-yard potato race At
leas. eight men VIII be required 70
compete on each night. and eight men
finals. This will mean that approx
mately 25 men viii secure places on
the team. Bronze medals VIII be
given to these men. a silver medal TO
the first man IN each event. and z
gold medal 70 the high all around
man. or the man winning the largest
number OF points In all six events
Up to date Lee Nichols is the only
member OF past Hexathlon teams VINO
has worked IN the tryouts.
There are many Of the last year 5
teams still in town, and II 10 hoped
that these men viii make every effort
10 do their bit for the y" These
men are. Darbyshire, Mayer. Hem.
Bryant Fox. Livingstone. Gilbert a.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
BOWERS MEET
IN CINCINNATI
Over 300 Teams Already
Entered; Promise of Big
gsst Nest in History.

with 500 out-of-town teams al
ready entered and prospects bright
for an additional 200 10 be IN line
when the entries clase, and not
counting the 200 teams that viii par
ticiPate from Cincinnati alone, the
annual international bowling tourna-
ment Of the American Bowling con-
gress, 10 be held IN Cincinnati from
February &c 70 March 10. promises
gi.a. sn.ngs tor bowlers and Tor fol-
lowers Of the sport sn general
Cincinnati certainly must look at
fractive TO the members Of the fra
ternity when zoo teams can be
counted on TO contest under condi-
tons that have heretofore not inter-
1ered with the success OF any BOWERS
meeting When one considers that
hundreds Of the younger element Of
the fraternity have answered the call
10 the colors, the entry list for the
CINCINNATI tournament Is truly re-
variable
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
BILL FAVORING
BOXING BOUTS
Club Owners Object, Bill
Looks Good to Gotham
Fight Managers.

New York. Feb. s.-Sporting inter
est here today is conferred In the bill
introduced by assemblyman Marty N
McCue. The measure provides for a
revival OF professional boxing
matches IN this state. but consider
able opposition on the part OF snail
club owners has developed They
object TO a provision OF the bill
which would compel all club owners
to pay a license lee Of $4,000.
Owners OF the Olympic A c.. the
new Polo A C., the Hunters Point.
Vanderbilt and Military clubs declare
that enactment OF the McCus law
would compel their retirement
But the $4,000 license fee has no
terrors for the leading fight club
managers. Billy Gibson. Tex Rick
ard. Jack Curley. Tom O'RouI Ike,
Jimmy tombstone and others already
are scrambling and bidding for
terms and leases on Madison Squar'-
Garden They consider the Garden b
gold mine" on the $4,000 license fee
basis.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
Tigers To Combat
Two Strong Teams

The basketball team Of the 18th
cavalry headquarters will meet the
Tigers Wednesday night at the high
school gymnasium The army team
held the championship at Camp Bowie
while located there and promises TO
give the fast high school team good
game
The Tigers are not taking any
chances, because they have been win
uers in every game this season
Coach Behnamann believes that whai
was good to get the team IN winning
form is excellent to keep them IN
good shape. Monday night he put
the high players through two and
one-half hours Of stiff work. On Sat
urday night the Las Cruces team viii
meet the Tigers at the high school
gym.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
Third Game Won
by 82d SluggerS

The baseball team OF the s2i fielc
artillery defeated the 18th field ar
trlery nine in a loosely played game
by \ score Of i2-s.
The 18th made eight hItA tbs s3d
IS. Degru and Napier slugged most
everything that came their way from
the pitchers BOX. In the fifth inning
the s2d made one three base hit
three two base hits and q single. net
ting them five runs. . lead which
the 18th were unable to overcome
This Is the third meeting between
the teams this season
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

Schultz, and ". Schultz. In the trials
# in. has been scored IN the
high jump; # in IN the broad
Jump; # IN the fence vault q It.
in the shot put. and IS IS seconds IN
the 60-yard potato race II can be
seen from this that any member OF
average ability can easily score as
one OF the first eight In each event
and secure . place on the team,
thereby helping to keep E Paso on
the athletic map.
Athletic instructor A L. Holm. VINO
Is working hard on athletic timber
for the match. could be made 70
shout for JOY By some Of the old team
going to the rescue Il there are any
Of the old championship teams who
want TO see the instructor smile. re-
port at the "Y'' gym 70 help uphold
e Paso's world record
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
COLUMBIA MAY PUT
OUT CAINESE CREW

New York. Feb. 6.-ColUmbis Col
Hudson river this spring. jim Rice
rowing coach OF Columbia. has Just
announced that he has plenty OF ma
terlsl for a Chinese crew. but might
stick In an Irish coxsWain- Rice
firmly believes that q scowlinZ CeIt
can obtain considerable speed from 3
Chinese crew
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
Wrestler Padden
Also Uses MittS

Corporal John padden. OF the 5sth
infantry. who recently defeated Ar
thur Williams, OF B battery. SGD field
artillery. for the border champion
ship at AS pounds. will meet Pvt
Frank Davis. OF 3 company, Gath in
fantry. on the night OF Feb at a
smoker given by the University club.
He will ils0 COX five rounds with
Lieut. Baldwin. Of the 6fth infantry.
Paddsn. who is remsr k25ly fast in
wrestling. is looking for q match with
some Eooi las pound man and viii
probably appear al ole ot 5he Fort
Bliss athletic shows within the next
few weeks he is r"ady e defend mis-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

man OF baseball
He is the lad who shoulders the
brunt of breaking down the fences
and defenees Of the opposition. He IL
the one who must he fleet of font
in the field and on the baEN, and he
must pick tricky fly balls out Of any
old kind Of n sky.
In addition 70 this all an outfielder
has t. do Is to trap the short drives.
pick the long ones off the fences, hit
like q piledTiver. run like q twin six
and throw farther and truer than
anybody else.
Out Of some go odd outfieiders who
earn their sinkers and coffee In the
major leagues there are perhaps ID
or &c who are good enough for any
mans ball club. But there are,
among this number. outstanding
stars.
Cobb Best.
Every baseball fan, from the small
est urchin 70 the oldest bleacherite,
agrees that there Is only one Ty Cobb.
and that when you have said Cobb
you have expressed the last word IN
outfielders- For - consecutive sea-
sons Ty Cobb has hit better than 800.
and base runner and he has always
had g strong throwing arm. Rating
the outfielders for their value to a
ball club means starting out with
Cobb.
Second among the gardeners IS
Tristram Speaker, and no one Will
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
JoHN DE RARRER.


Popular was John de Barber
In his reign OF fistic glory,
In the days Of much boxfiShtinE
Ere the Frawiey law was banisked-
That was when ole John de Barber
Had n fight club up in Harlem.
when the boxing biz was gravy
For the hungry fight promoter.
But today this famous barber
Gets no mention in the papers,
For the game il on the hummer
And he has no Annie OakieyB.
Now he iabOrs with a razor
In his WhiSl<er cutting pariOr,
Moving wind chimes for a living
Which Is tough on John de Barber.
TOHN WGRAw IS spending the
winter digging bitches In Cuba
John is golfing at Havana
LUZ in sports is due to the fact
that Ban Johnson hasn't offered his
services to the government lately.
USELESS THINGS - Steam radia-
tors. straw hats. lemonade. south pole
and the Athletics
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

him came another Irish pugilist. Nc
Hyer.
The latter met Yankee" IN a saloon.
and. after some words, they engaged
IN an impromptu braWl which resulted
dlsastrously for Sullivan He then
challenged Hyer to a fight in the
ring, and his def was accepted. The
bout was for the heavyweight cham
plonship Of America and $4,000 This
was the first fight in America for the
Dig title, and vast crowd Of fans
oraved the cold weather to see the
mill The battle was with bare
EnuckleS OF course, and under the
cid slaughter house" rules. For Is
rounds Sullivan fought gamely, but
in the 18th he was groggy and shaky.
and Hyer knocked him out By this
victory Hyer became the first of a
long line Of American champions
Four years after whipping Sullivan he
challenged Perry. "the Upton Slash
err" to battle for the heavyweight
championship Of the world, but Perry
refused Hyer retired from the ring
soon afterWard, but he lived to be SIS
years old. Always open handed. he
soon spent and gave away his ring
earnings. and in his latter years was
dependent upon friends
The fight between John L Sullivan
and Paddy Ryan, by which the former
became champion. was staged at Mis-
sissippi City. Miss, Feb. Z, 1882. Ryan
had won the American title two years
before by whipping Joe Goss in an
81 round bare fist bout in West Vir-
ginia, and his friends thought he
would have an easy time with the
Boston Strong Boy" On the contrary.
1t took John l. just nine rounds 70
lick Ryan.
Smfth-ThOmpsOl Battle.
Dave Smith defeated Cyclone John
ny Thompson in 20 rounds at Sydney.
on Feb. z. 1911, just seven years ago
today. Smith. like SO many other
great boxers OF the Antipodes. began
fighting in New Zealand. where ne
was born He began his professional
career al the age Of %. and most Of
his early bouts were won by knock
outs. He came into prominence In 1910
when he won on a foul from Billy
Papke The following year he de-
feated Thompson and Jimmy Clabby,
and Australian fight fans were Jubi-
liant in the belief that another great
middleweight had been discovered
Their Joy was brief. however, for a
little later Smith WIS knocked out by
Billy Papke. and in 1912 Eddie Nc
Cioorty disposed Of Smith when he
came to America
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
THINKS EVERYBODY ELSE
HAS A MILLION, To-

President Charley Weeghman talks
- big figures. whether he Is buying
or selling. For instance. he offered
Rookie Leslie to Portland FOR the
mere pittance OF $500. and now It IS
stated that Los Angeles proposal to
buv Harry Wolter has been blocked
because the head OF the Chicago club
wanted too much money for him. Just
because Weeghman has q million OF
80 behind him be seems TO think ev-
cry other magnate IS similarly sup
piled
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
FIRST Of HEXATHLON FINALS
WILL Be RUN THURSDAY NIGHT.

Old Stars Of the Champion Team of the World Called on
to "Do Their Bit for the Y' Bronze Medals for the
Men on Team, Silver for Men Taking First Places
and Gold One for the Best Point Winner.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
PLAYERS WIVES BARRED
ON SPRING TRAINING IA

Chicago. III. FEB. 6.-Wives OF PAL
nlavers and stockholders Of the club
have been barred from accompanying
the Chicago Nationals on the spring
training trip TO Pasadena. Cal. presi-
dent Weeghman said last night. ow-
ing to the limited transportation
facilities.
The squad that leaves here on
March y will be the smallest in years
The only persons in the party VIII be
the players, newspaper men. manager
Fred Mitchell and the business man
ager Of the club. The players viii De
expected 70 travel without trunks
Weeghman himself will not make the
trip.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
.SPORTOGRAPHY By Gray

Let's see. where did hear Of this
guy bef0res
Of course. you al know
The well known third bnsinE fence
breakers
Though 1t seems he's lost pep,
He still has the @rep"
That he made when he played - a
Quaker.
~ DOR old Fred Snodgrass, the for
- mer Giant who played last sea-
= son with the Vernon club Of the
Pacific Coast league. and who has just
retired from the diamond pastime. viii
very likely find it easy TO get a job
as driver Of an ice wagon Fred was a
good skate" all the same.
Only % players going to the train
ing camp with Clark Griffith. Four OF
Fred's men are in the army. five will
be canned" or turned back 70 the
minors, and gee. wont the rest feel
lonely during those long nights.
Australian boxing fans are
planning a memorial to the late
Bob FitEsimmOnH, who began his
long and brilliant flghting career
in their midst. The smithy, where
ltE developed those muscles
which proved the undoinE Of SO
many good men. silk stands, and
arrangements Will probably be
made 10 purchase the place by
public subscription and preserve
il as n monument to the memory
OF the old ring gladiator.
X
Two Famous Battles.
Tomorrow Will mark the ami
yersary Of two Of the greatest battles
for the heavyweight championship Of
America It was on Feb Z, IS99s that
Tom Hyer defeated Yankee Sullivan
In the first battle ever held for the
American title, and IL was SO years
later. on Feb. Z. 1882, that John l.
Sullivan Won the big title by defeat
ing Paddy Ryan.
Americas first championship bout
was held at Rock Point, Nd Tom
Hyer, In taking TO the fighting game,
was but following the example OF his
father, Jacob Hyer, who was one or
the principals in the first ring battle
on this side Of the Atlantic, about a
century ago. His opponent was
Yankee" Sullivan. a native OF Ire
land, whose real name was Frank
Murray. Yankee" had whipped most
Of the good men In England and Ire
land before coming TO America With
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
Maze IN REAlArS MrrH ATHIFTICs

MACK TO REMAIN With ATHLETICS.
The ruRcr that Connie Mack might
manage the Boston Red Sox this year
hecame so persistent that President
Ban Johnson himself dignified il with
a denial The American league head
stated positively that Mack would
remain In Philadelphia with the Ath-
fetfcs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
EAs HANKERING FOR NATIoNAL

Has HANkEhlN0 FUR MANUAL
Outfielder Olaf Hendrickson, re-
leased by the Boston Americans last
fall, may try g comeback in the Ma
tional league. Out OF several offers
he has received he likes that from
the Brooklyn club best. Other clubs
70 make him offers were the ST
Louis Americans and the Pittsburg
Nationals.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

Points won--Engineers !: Plant ..
High gsme-Adams 200.
High totsi-Adams 81
TonIght-BiE League.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

Over IS percent Of the factory work
ers in India are women and children.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

Points wo1-Accountiag 8; Commercial
High game-Anderson 226.
High total-Philips 57s.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

- Jew YORK. Feb. 6.-The out
N fielder is the heavy artillery
- man OF baseball.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06
BOWLING

CACIJs CLOb.
Telephone League.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

GARRY on" will be the motto
Of the physical department Of
VI A. LII Y Il q for The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-06

Vhere did 1 hear Of this