El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-22

Gus WEIGH To
COACH on COAST

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VIII Handle Washington
State College Team Sue
ceeding Dietz.
New York. Oct. 2s.-Ths report that
Gus weleh. former star Of the Car
Isle indian teams IN 1912 and 1913.
has been appointed head coach Of
Washington state college, replacing
Lone Star Distz, the other Indian. is
welcomed IN the east Welch stood
out ASA player at Carlisle and IN
fact Glenn Warner said that the IN
dams never had better man at quar-
ter back. he Is a close student OF foot
ban, and was noted for the speed
and Eeneralship with which he d.
I rected his teams
WEIGH has recently returned from
overseas. where be served as a cap
tain IN the A. z F.
J Washington state college will un-
doubtedly do wen under Welch. He
lis one OF Glenn Warmers products,
3 and knows every method OF his
, famous former teacher.
them made a crooked move half the
J experts and All his fellow players
would be wise In q minute.
The tremendous betting on the
{ series and the huge receipts furnish
T food for the suspicious ones.
are Making Mistake.
The point I make IS that the club
owners and officials are making j
/ mistake in trying TO ignore such talk.
Z They owe il 10 the players to them
selves and 70 the sport-if not to their
own business-to 90 to the bottom OF
{ 30 HHa-H+r na
papers, Of course are cautious about
mentioning such things. bus II Is not
libel TO ten what thousands are say
ing The ugly ralk is ali over the
country. I have received kilograms
ana letters from Iowa. Missouri and
two places ia Illinois asking whether
20 pay off bets on the series.
It is 2 pretty rotten knock at Mo-
rams crowd OF hard working. hustling
fellows. who played SO hard to gain
their honors, to have their title
smeared over IN that way
Let's see-the worlds series win
ners get more than 5000 each, the
losers over $500. and the members Of :
third place teams get around $3.50.
Twenty years ago the average
PLAYER received around $500 for his
seasons work. Arson, acting as first I
basemans champion batter, manager, I
captain, secretary and bat boy, re- I
ceived $1,000 a year.
Fifteen years nso the players
were talking Of EtrikinE because 7
there was q clause in the con
tracts requiring them 60 pay $50
n year for their uniforms. New
they are kicking because the
money given to second and third
place teams was not taken out OF
the olFnerss end Of the spells In
ntead OF the pluyers- Truly IL Sc
70 nmHfH"r- rrnnnNr-
But to pleasanter subjects. There +
is a fellow out in Chicago named I
Papatheo dorokoumundingi iomachalo-
populos who is trying 70 break into
the big leagues. He asked BIZ Neecf,,i
president Of the Cubs, for a trial In
the spring. but BIZ did not have
contract long enough for him 20 sign.
He remarked. however. that il ne
could hit the length OF bis name he ]
try him out The matter was re-
fsrred to the baseball writers, VINO
promptly voted 70 have him stood up
against the wall and all the NoWels
shot out Of his name Can you mag
inc what q printer would do>with that
name in a box scorer
should Be on Stage.
Speaking OF names Czysz ie play
ing on the Michigan football team
He missed his forte. He ought 70
play the settler bottle IN vaudeviile
comedy.
Whether you believe in lunches OF
not. listen TO this,
Prior 10 the series 7 was doping
the probable results-the figures Of
course being based upon Official ay-
eraEes, and received letter 4nls
letter was from Toledo The writer
was a stranger. he said be vas a
White Sox fan He had friend or
relation in Toledo This man was an
invalid, bed ridden and blind for
many years. In youth, he had been
cutie q baseball fan but when /,
stricken with disease had forgotten :
the game The women Of his family
read the newspapers to him every Gay
but for years had not read him the
sporting news imagining Llal II
-=ou1d recall his own athletic days.
The White Sex fan had visited
the invalid and had by chance
read to him Of the approaching
worlds SERIES The invalid had II
heeu fnfcuseIF Interested. Two I.
DAYS later the blind and helpless
nan had called the white Sex
fnu and very calmly told him that
4he Reds would win the first ana
r-roud r-nmes. The White eOz the
third. the Reds the fourth the
sox the next two ana the Reds
the final
The sox ian, who declared ne was
not a bit superstitious, decided 10 bet
nee vav The dav after the series
ne came around TO say goodbye, car )
rvine a bank roll that looked Ike
rug. He was on his way 70 Ioleqo
10 get some more dOpe.-Copyrlen
1919. by the Bell Syndicate. Inc =