El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-15


Game Much Better.
Incidentally. we are seeing better
baseball than we have seen in several
fact, are a bit below par all along the
line, but they are hustling as they
have not done in years The new
spirit Is In the men, The last two
years have been marked by lOatng-
dilatory tactics. indifference. This
season the players appear TO have
their minds on the game and they are
paying attention 10 business. They
are hustling- working hard and the
games have more interest
In all last season only saw
five Interesting games where the
teams were battling In earnest
This season 7 have not seen
game in which the players have
not eNcrfed themselves 10 the ut
most.
There IS a danger confronting the
club owners which they would do well
TO avoid Practically every club IN
the major leagues cut salaries heavily
this spring. Even those which paid
the men the same amount a month or
even increased the pay q bit, cut OF
one months pay II seemed ueces zary
Z 10 reduce expenses iu order TO get by
the period Of construction Vow
the clubs with reduced expenses. face
a period Of prosperity.
Players Want More.
1t is certain that. when The players
/ discover that the owners are making
large gains in receipts. they VIII be-
come a bit disseminated
The other day ] was talking 70 O
Z club owner mot one Of the rich ones
I ether and he stated that. in his Opin-
I ion, the club owners ought 10 Work
out Immediately some system Of de-
.anra aanH HHn aHn raj n
I the unexpected increase in receipts.
after the war losses are made up A
l small bonus 20 the players would do a
: great deal toward reestahlishing con-
] tentment and good feeling between
owners and players and il would, in
I my estimation be an excellent invest
ment
Some Of the players already are
: beginning to Eroan ns they con-
template the size Of the crowds as
compared with their educeG sal
aries. A coutented club f. good
club.
Walter Meanwhile IS beginning 20
play real bail again and be has an in
teresting explanation.
Il was aboard ship for months" he
says. when I was discharged from
the navy I was in as good physical
condition as anyone wants 10 be and
able 20 jump right out and play ball
But I still had sea less. I could not
move right. I was constantly brac-
ing myself against the movement Of
the boat and could not take a quick
jump in any direction on solid land
IL has taken me weeks 20 get back
Z onto solid ground and 20 get able 20
stand without swaying my body un-
] consciously am getting back TO
earth now but believe me the navy is
not a good spring training course for
any one"
The Braves. by the way. are not
I half as bad a ball club as the standing
Of the clubs would seem TO Indicate
In fact, they are q pretty 1air clup.
with a strong and evel brilliant in
field and q fair pitching starr. The
pitchers are not working well. Maran-
Vile has been slow getting into con-
dition and the outGeld Is wabbly and
weak, but the team is snappy. tight
ing one, especially on the lnuel1-
nraves Fight Well
After nine straight defeats the
Braves were fighting as hard and as
desperately as any team I ever nave
seen and really playing good ball, but
unable 20 overcome the nanaleap o.
hitting. The value of air tight pitch
ing never was better shown than IN
. their case
Some folks laugh at dope on base
ball This spring. IN doping the
teams. 7 discovered that the New York
Yankees were a stronger team than
the Athletics, but when came 10
match them up for 90 games, pitcher
against pitcher. and figure how many
games each ought TO win in the series,
the dope said that the Athletics would
win s out OF the 20 games ] was so
surprised I went back over the figures
and reached the same conclusion The
difference was entirely upon the
speed Of the two teams Thus FAR the
Athletics have trimmed them three
out OF four games and each victory
has been achieved by sheer speed
equal
In other words. with all other
things being nearly equal the fast
Z team wins. which was Just what the
dope Copyright, 1913, by
the Bell Syndicate, Inc