El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-30
SPORTS ENJOYED BIC COMEBACK
DURING 1878; ALL GIVEN IMPETUS
Leaders In Every Branch Began to Rehabitate Plans
After the Signing of the Armistice and the Result
Was the Greatest Year For Athletics In His
tory; Football and Baseball Cause Upsets.


8 move for baseball and 10 had its
birth during 1913.
The American league. torn by in
! ternal strife for the first time since
I IL was formed, is still troubled with
court proceedings and the squaDbllng
/ Of rival factions et despite inter
raj conflict the league prospered
during the year as did the staid old
I National
ban johnson and his five Loyal
club-OWners. fighting against the
Rupert - Comiszey % Frazee faction
furnished some baseball history Yet
the wiseacres Of the game predict
that all differences viii be eventually
ircned out The league viii not be
permitted to die.
The penuanf races in both
leagues were red hot up to mid
season. when the Cincinnati Reds
drew away from their closest
riTnIs-the Giants-and rode on
down the stretch TO the first
National League championship
Cincinnati has won in fifty years.
Following this great victory for
Pat Moran and his Tallumts came
their surprising and Well-receiTed
triumph over the White SOE in
the Worlds series-a series in
which nearly every member Of the
Reds proved himself n hero.
Crucial series in both major
leagues, especially in the east
brought out the fans in crowds that
kept the turnstiles clicking 10 the
tune Of thousands OF dollars The
memorable series between the Giants
and Reds at the Polo Grounds. in
which Moran's men took four out Of
six games, drew tremendous crowds,
upward OF 5000 saw several OF these
games.
Babe Ruth's wonderful hitting was
one OF the outstanding features Of the
1913 season. The Boston Babe ham
mered out twenty-nine home runs,
lettering the best previous record by
two circuit sWats- This mark VIII
in all probability, stand for many
years Ed Roush and Ty Cobb also
entered the spot light for their hit
ting, winning the batting champion
ships OF their respective leagues The
biggest winning pitchers in the two
majors were Eddie Cicotte OF the
White Sox and Jess Barnes Of the
Giants.
In the minor leagues which came
back uoblv after being hit hard by
the war and a lean year or two prior
70 Uncle Sans entrance. the pennant
races were watched with the old
time interest by the fans.
The new international League, the
American Association and the Pacific
Coast League, in particular enjoyed
successful seasons The Southern.
came back strong, while the smaller
leagues OF the country got by" and
the result Of the 1913 season has had
the effect OF squirting the masnates
on TO make greater preparations in
the way Of spending hard cash for
Minors.
The action Of the minor leagues IN I
requesting and bringing about the
abrogation Of the National Agreement, (
signed in 1903 was someW hat Of q
test for the Grand old game as she
used TO he run. and likely viii be
run again. The ancient right OF the
majors 20 draft players from their Z
smaller brothers was tabOOeQ- But Z
The smaller fry IN their ranks dis
covered 10 their sorrow that the draft
was not such burden after all. ]
Result new agreement has now Z
been requested by the minors and Z
VIII. in all probability, be framed and I
signed when the National Commis- T.
sion meets in Januarv-
Baseball. then. has experienced
its sorr0Ws. its joys and its les
sons during 1919, which has been
in reality a big year for the game
The fact that there T. every indi-
cation that plenty OF oil win be
poured wherever the waters are
troubled at present leaves 1919
10 go into the discard with pleas
ant memories
Boxing had one Of the best years II Z
las even seen. Jess willard the big
yest man who has ever held the 7
worlds heavyweight championship,
vas dethroned at the memorable bat
le OF 1Iaumee Bay by Jack Dempsey
The young, hard-hitting gisnt-kil-
er from salt Lake hlaZed his way
.cross the fistic armament within a
hort twelve months time reached 4
Wizards doorstep BY leaps and
.ounds through a series Of knockout