El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-02
SPORTOCRAPHY By -G1a9g-

THIS is Wednesday. Oct ?, which
1 should remind everyone that there
never was a better buy than Liberty
bond Do it now
Harry Hooper IS back in his home
in California. and. according to his
own announcement. has played his
last game in the major leagues
has been with the Boston Red
Sox for ten years and has never played
with any other professional club un-
der the national agreement and ne
thinks he's getting too old for the
game Besides this. Harry is Of the
opinion that there viii be q great
change in the national pastime, as
far as players salaries are con-
cerned- He thinks salaries are going
to be very low and, furthermore. he
has a business OF his own which he
expects viii grow so that he viii have
to devote his entire time 70 It.
Hooper has always been a great ia
vorfte with the Boston fans and they
look upon his retirement with many
regrets
FRED CLARKE's BIRTHDAY.
You all remember Fred Clarke. the
former pilot Of the Pirate craft Well.
Fred viii celebrate his 46th birthday
tomorrow and thousands
OF fans all over the country, as wen
as his former associates in the ma
tional pastime, will give him a kindly
thought Fred retired as skipper OF
the Pirates at the end Of the 1915 sea-
son, after having guided their des-
tinies for IS years. Since that time
he has been devoting himself 70 his
rich and productive farm OF 10000
acres in Kansas. Incidentally, he
held the long distance record for the
managership OF one team. until the
beginning OF this season. when his
laurels were taken over by Connie
Mack, who took charge Of the Ath-
letics in 1901. having completed It
seasons with the Philadelphia aggre-
cation.
Fred Clarke Is a native OF Iowa,
having been born IN Madison county,
in that state, on Oct. 3, 1872 He
started his career driving a delivery
wagon for a Des Moines grocer at $50
a month. He landed the Job on the
strength OF his baseball talent. for the
grocer was ian and his son was the
pitcher OF a kid" nine called the Mas
cots. The club needed a good second
baseman who could hit, and Fred
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Saturday afternoons off 10 play ball.
He made his first money from base
ball with the semiprofessional club
OF Carroll, Ia. which paid him $50 \
month In 1892 he landed a better
job with Hastings. in the Nebraska
league. where he made his profess
sional debut as a backstop at $50 a
month From there he went to ST.
Joseph at S125 a month. He next
played in the south. with Memphis.
and Savannah, and in
1884 he was purchased by Louisville,
then in the National league. II was
just about IS years ago that he made
his start in the main show and he re-
NAMED there until his retirement from
the game.
When he took charge Of the Pirates
In 1900, the club finished second. and
Il won the peanant three consecutive
seasons thereafter and again in 1903,
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JEM MACE'S FIRST VICTORY.
Jem Mace defeated Slasher Slack in
nine rounds at Hildenhal, England. s.
years ago today, Oct. .. 1855, this be-
ing the first OF Mace's long series OF
victories which made him the cham
Dion OF the world and the greatest
boxer OF his time. About four years
before his encounter with Slack he
lad met Licker Pratt in the ring. but
Pratt was an experienced fighter md