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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30

public. West Point and Annapolis
are not private schools. They be-
long to the nation and their foot
ball patrons are entitled TO every
The prompt avowaI OF the Army's
willingness TO number the players IS
gratifying. II came officially yester-
day In the following telegram
sid Mercer. New York Journal.
Desire 10 inform you that the Army
viii be glad to mark its football
players at the Army-Navy game at
the Polo Grounds On November %
We appreciate the public demand for
same, and are willing TO cooperate al
ways. Please give this publicity
Thanking you,
Major Philip Hayes.
Executive for Athletics.
= =
Leonard and Jackson
Willie Jackson IS now put forward
as the logical contender for the
lightweight title Jackson surely
ne emerged from ohscuritT by coping
Johnny Dundee on the chin, but he
is still a novice compared 70 Leon
ard
Every time there Is mention OF
= match Between Leonard and
Jackson we think Of the night
when The lightweight champion
gave Jackson q boxing lesson at
a war time benefit in Madison
square Garden about three years
axe. Jackson did not lay \ glove
on Leonard that night and the
champion hif him at VIII.
Lew Tender is better qualified 70
give Leonard a battle. but Tender
cannot be induced to enter the ring
with Leonard Either he is not ready
for a fling at the title or his manager
Is over cautious.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
ARTILLERY THEATER
WILL BE MADE OVER
INTO BOXING ARENA

Z lightweight boxers may meet in the
I first card 1t Is proposed to officiall5
I try ont the newly arranged theatel
with these two men as both while
I lacking the class Of a Carter-AIcCanr
mixup are well known as mixers and
the fans crave good deal Of action
Hawkins has come back TO Vas
qucz for another match over the
marathon route in spite Of his two
successive defeats. He plans 10
use a new style OF milling this
time and also and viii devote his
entire team to carrying the battle
and keeping his opponent upon
a defensive angle II possible Vas
queE welcomes the long fight and
asserts that he is ready 10 box Mt
any time.
The next card is TO be along about
Christmas time as IL viii either bring
together Dick Griffin and the Zulu
Kid or, Speedball Hayden and Gorilla
Jones. This Jones can hit, is a clever
boxer and had met the best men Of
his weight, il is claimed He out
pointed Hayden in four rounds at Co
lumbus ond THANKSGIVING day before
he Internationally fouied the clever
gath champion. some say, although
others assert that II was even Steve
hen and award the shade II any 10 the
Speedbau-
where's Your Record.
Matchmaker Jimmy Erwin is fight
ing a bit shy OF records now as the
cumbersome Lewis. who wrestled
frankie FoWser recently came with
the reputation OF having met some OF
the best men He left out Of his rec
ord where these best men" had de-
feated him however and now Erwin
is making il mandatory for every
boxer TO work out before the Officials
Of the club before he gets chance
This viii serve TO protect the fans
and the energetic boxing head has his
eye on giving the bugs a square deal
every time. The receipts OF an
matches at the post are to 90 toward
the construction OF q new and modern
Ulcers club
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
New York May
Not Get Big Bout

New York. Nov. 30.-In the event no
suitable place can be found in this
country TO hold the Forthcoming
heavyweight boxing bout between
Jack Dempsey, worlds champion. and
Georges Carpenter. European title
holder, the contest may be staged in
England, 10 was reported here today
Neither Tex Richard. one Of the
trio Of promoters, nor Jack Kearns.
Dempsey's manager, would admit that
negotiations had been started TO hold
the contest abroad, out Kearns said
Dempsey's formerly espresso an
tipathy TO going outside the United
States had been virtually overcome
The proposition TO shift the fight
abroad was said 20 have been prompt
ed by. coldness exhibited by members
Of the New York state boxing com
mission toward holding 1t in this
state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
SpitbaII Hurlers Losing Out
ButFewMOundV eteransRemain

Anew YORK. Nov. s0.-The spit
Y baiI''' VIII not be legislated ont OF
the major leagues next season.
The bars are up against the freak
delivery, to be sure, but those already
inside VIII be permitted 70 operate
until they reach the end OF their ef-
.ectiFeuess against major league bats
Cluh owners have Informally de-
ridad TO let the veteran -spitbail
remain and the legislation passed last
winter barring them IN 1921 VIII not
he enforced With the exception OF
Barney Dreyfuss, who employs no
-spitball" pitcher the uagnates per
ceiTe the 1oolishness OF sacrificing e
flock OF good pitchers at one time.
Fade ont Is Predicted
The "spitba1lers" were not numer-
Gus enough 70 dilute batting aver
axes last season. They VIII fade out
one by one and no injustice VIII be
done
me sentiment among club owners
on this question was manifested so
early last season that "spitbal" eE-
uerts made no serious attempts 70
develop other styles Of pitching.
The other DAY we scolded the army
and navy football managers little
because we understood that both
schools had declined TO respond 20
the general demand that players be
numbered In the annual service game
a. the Polo Grounds this month
We are pleased 70 learn, how
ever that G=E prescription was
WRONG a. fur aE the Army f. con-
eermed.
They are entering a new era n
athletics uU ut West Point and
one Of the policies stressed b. the
atahIetie Officers f. 10 please the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
Veteran Umpire
Is Death Victim

Louisville. Ky. Nov. 30--Louis ".
Knapp, American association umpire
Tor several seasons past. and widely
known in minor league baseball died
at his home In Louisville on NoVem-
Der IL after several weeks illness
with pneumonia. His death was a
shock 70 all his friends. for il was
thought he was about recovered from
his illness. which dated back TO a
cold taken last June At that time
Knapp continued his work as an UNI
pIre, and It was his failure 10 take a
rest that weakened him and made
him an easier victim 20 the pneu-
monia that attacked him in Septem-
Der.
The dead umpire fought off the
pneumonia and only two or three days
before his death Il was announced he
was out OF danger. but he suffered n
sudden relapse and death came sud-
denly from a hemorrhage OF the
lungs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30

ginia hadn't beaten Princeton, and
Centre. in turn. hadn't beaten West
Virginia, do you suppose McMillin
and Weaver would ever have been
featured on an All-Americau team .
You are entitled to two guesses, but
you ought 70 require only one.
Would Have Been Good.
And yet. had the spotlight not shed
its rays on Centre in the manner that
it did, McMillin and Weaver would
still have played as great a game
They would have been as good foot
bail players, whether or not they had
played West Virginia directly after
its triumph over Princeton hope ]
have brought out what I intended
that gaining the fall'' team is a mat
ter Of chance, and that always the
best man does not win out
Mr.. Camp and other experts
who compile these mythical honor
teams do 80 with every effort at
sincerity, and yet they must feel
that II f. only Elorified guess
many times these AIl-Amerfcn
ulckeru don't even see the men
they choose. Necessarily, they
must accept the spoken word OF
hose who have sen them, or
else Judge their merit from press
accounts That, at hest. is rather
unceEtnin. and likely to be unfair
TO some player.
Every year there are a few out
standing stars who perform so well
that their names are mentioned with
unanimous acclaim but aside from
those few. the rest are selected on
the basis Of very fine judgment and
distinctions It is this nice judgment
that IS required that makes ALI
American picking toe much for me.
should hate to crowd into a list Of
100 men the best players Of the sea
son. let alone couurezs the sinner
ative players into one outfit Of II
men
The idea OF having these post-sea-
5onal hQuors bestowed on the players
really not bad one at all; but
think il would be more just 70 the
men II a larger and more compre-
lensible list were evolved, instead Of
limiting the mythical membership TO
he II leading players. (Copyrfght.
1890, By Wheeler Syndicale)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
Meanwhile Has
Quite 4 Drag

4 story is going the rounds abour
how heavily Walter Meanwhile and
Dick Rudolph were fined for jumping
the Boston Braves before the close
OF the season. in order TO get some
extra money transforming. Accord
ing TO pretty straight dope, however
they not only were not fined, but
they drew their pay to the end Of
the season, IN spite OF the fact that
they quit before the season ended.
And some Of the other players don't
like the clubs leniency a bit, for they
too. had chances to make big money
in exhibition games. but turned offers
down TO fulfill their contracts with
the Boston club
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30


welterweight wrestling belt en-
blematic Of the worlds champion
ship In this division VIII step into the
ring tonight before FL Paso en-
thusiasts to meet a rugged nan OF
mystery known as the masked mar
TeI" IA a finish match.
Reynolds has been IN the city sew
eral days coming here under the
original understanding OF meeting
Matty Matsuda in a return engage
ment
Readily Agreed to e1IarveLs
Aatsuua's arm is not in a condition
which viii permit him 20 enter the
ring. however, and Reynolds readily
agreed 20 take on the masked mar
VEL a wrestler who has appeared here
before AID has shown himself 70 be
one Of the strongest and most az
gresslFe men OF the mat game The
weller champion will be giving away
slight poundage when he enters the
ring as the marvel has announced
that his weight wiz run around I54
ana i56 pounds while Reynolds be-
Inc possessor OF the weller crown
makes 145 pounds at ringsida with
ease
Following the match with the
man OF mystery Jack will remain
here until December IS when he
win be called into action against
an aggressive heady mixer In Nat
suda. The champion Is eVcz faster
than his japanese rival and has
the advantage Of the deadly toe
hold which be uses TO perfection
Behind Reynolds in his match with
viii be the renowned
Farmer" Burns. former worlds
heavyweight champion wrestler. the
man who brought out the luWlucln bic {
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30

hnms, with Benny Hoynfon the
star individual scorer OF the east,
IL next In line with 312 points,
although defeated In three out
Of the eight games played. Penn
State and Cornell ere third and
fourth, respectively, with 25e and
2aI.
From defensive standpoint Bos-
ton appears to hold the palm as the
team held its opponents to 16 points.
Of which Yale made l3 ana Mart
eta g.
Syracuse was next with a low on
ponent score Of %. while Harvard va
a close third with Is points. HOLY
Cross was fourth with so. but Il san
mas the Boston college team to stand
on the eastern college schedule 49,
the maximum 10.
The records OF the larger fnstftu-
tons Of the east follow:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
HINDER
FAST WORK OF
HOCKEY TEAM
British Girls Defeat American
Team by Faster Work; Wear
Shorter Skirts Also.

London. England. Nov. so.-The
American Women's hockey team has
been cordially received in England
and newspapers have devoted columns
70 its members. not because Of their
smartness in play. but what writer's
term their 'sportsWOmanship and
pleasing personalities"
When they arrived they frankly
stated they had come 10 learn more
OF the game from the experienced
Brltishers and they proved good
losers" in their early matches
Much has been written about the
American costumes. The English
girls wear their playing skirts wen
above the knee and were surprised
TO see the, Americans come onto the
field IN skirts far below the knee.
The short skirts undoubtedly gave
the Britishers an advantage in the
early games The skirts. smart
sweaters and permanent waves"
came in for more comment from the
newspapers than details Of the play.
IN the first games the Americans
showed 70 Disadvantage in nursing"
the bail in which the English girls
are so proficient. but they have tried
10 improve their game in that respect
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
ARMY LEAGUE PACE
Settlers WILL FACE
BILLINGS ELEVEN

ietio Officers have 50 earnestly
worked 70 Inject into their squad and
everyone was immensely ticklsd az
the success Of the battle from a
standpoint OF scrappinsss.
Defence Was Weekend
The oefencive strength o. each
team was decidedly upon the wane in
the last two quarters o. the game
and this was undoubtedly due TO the
terrific pace set ar the beginning %
the contest This is one thing the
Hospital can guard against on the
part OF the Billings team and Il ear
be done only by getting IN tip tor
condition
This BininEE elan. eoafalainE
a. IL does three boxers, two
VTreHtlers, five basketball stars.
and Trio Of baseball cracks upon
IT'S personnel roster a. always IN
the best o. condition and the
players are IN tit shape TO do
almoEf anything. Little Red
HoEnus BiocEF FULLER. Louis
Marty. Larry shea, the two
Hunters Frank Patterson. Bat
thing Shapiro Battling LuEchei.
York. stanley Colbert and little
Herman Huttuuus. are athletes
whc believe in Rhyaieli eondl-
Ths Billings team is anxious TO ar
range a game for next sunday aft
ernoon with any team o. the Fl Paso
district and VIII welcome ar onplr-
tunity TO play the Seventh cavalry,
Quarternaster corps or any eleven
desiring a contest II had a chal-
Iengs IN fDr the Air Service. bat Capt
lfyer feels that his team VIII de-
velop stronger opposition 70 the
civilians with q little more training
and he plans 10 lead them against the
Billings organization later on.
There is little doubt Of the popu-
larity OF the proposed game between
the Hospital and Billings teams and
ARA nEemeuts are being made 20 make
the day one that viii be long re-
NON hered
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
Indoor Arena For POST Base Team Accep

HARDLY had the challenge OF the
n Billings eleven for a game for
FL Paso district supremacy be-
came known before Capt Mccain.
leader OF the Base Hospital squad sc
copied the def FOR a game TO be
played next Sunday week at Rio
Grande park between the two elevens-
This contest viii mark the second
meeting OF the teams the Billings
boys have won the initial game BY
the score OF IA TO at the Fort Bliss
gridiron some weeks ago The Hos
pital boys claimed that one OF their
chief dependencies In slam wilson
was out OF the game that day, how
ever. and have asked for a return
game on the strength Of having this
redoubtable backfield man again n
uniform His gains, together with
those OF Lieut. Niles. resulted IN
victory for the Hospital team over
the Quartermast5r eleven Sunday att
ernOou and the team feels much
stronger when this pair Of players -
working together.
Won Over Q. " Team
Capt Mccain feels that the Hospi-
tai team demonstrated cleancut SUI
perlority cover its Quartermast6r
rivals IN the game Of last Sunday.
This opinion n shared by viz
tually every one ut the game a.
while the QunrfermaEfer team
POSSESSED AAe uHaA INT OF AAE ANN
elevens and made n valiant fiEht
to Hfave eff the threatened touch
down Il was put over anyhow, ana
the score counts just the same.
IL doesn't do any good 20 bubble
over the matter At All rs the Off
eIala Of the contest. capable ath-
leffc Officers Of Fort Blisa. were
uuaniuioun IN their gerdict that
the play be udiudred a touch
down and II was. The previous
ruling on the touchdown had lit
tie or no effect upon this play.
The game between the two leading
elevens OF the post served to bring
out that fighting spirit which ath-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
Outlaw Riders Plan Bike Race
Would Edge Out Tex Richard

NEW YORK. Nov s0.-A group q
IN sportsmen headed by George Il
Young IS pushing plans for a six
day bicycle race intended 70 datract
interest and shekels from the grind
held annually in Madison Square Car
den. The leaders in the mUveue nt.
which IS a revolt against the Cycle
Racing association, declare they VIII
stage their contest before December 6.
which Is the starting date Of the an
uual event In the Garden
These men are going TO oppose
domination Of sporting events By
Tex Richard. WhG g. gathering in
lots ~ money through HIS lease
on Madison Square Garden. Rick
ard o. ready for battle and a. 60
ing to award the largest cash
prizes ever given 10 bike riders
IN this county.
In sporting circles Il IS the general
opinion that the opponents OF Eicklrd
have a hard row to hoe. Tex has lots
Of money and his grim comment. -I'm
ready for EN- does not b0de a grear
deal OF good Tor Young and his asso-
ciates- II takes money TO make
money. in sports OF any other bush
ness. and Richard holds the whip
hand as FAR as the large. round iron
men" are concerned.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30

INDOOR boxing Is assured for For
Bliss
IN addition to this piece OF good
news for the glove fans OF the FL Paso
district comes the Information that
contests are to be staged regularly
who must demonstrate their ability
before the officials Of the TT. Bliss
association before they viii De given
a chance at the military arena Il is
planned 70 hold the contests indoors
and for this purpose the former
Liberty theater in the SIND artillery
camp capable Of holding the entire
regiment when IL was at war strength
Is 20 be remodeled and put into shape
for the winter contests. The initial
bout 10 be held wiz probably be on
December Is at the artillery regf-
mental camp
Have Only Good Ones
MATCHMAKER James Erwin Of the
association gave out the announce
ment- Tuesday morning following the
receipts OF definite Instructions from
Col Glover, district adJutant IN re-
Earding the future staging Of boxing
bouts in the district
Ike original plans OF course call
Cor the opening Of the motor
group punch bowl next spring as
soon az weather condffiouH per-
nit az many Of the bugs did not
attend the last offering OF the rs
ISOLATION becaEse IL was held out
doors ll1h0Egh the weather was
warm enough to permit this. The
rheafer building viii be entirely
zone over and the ring placed in
the center where all may get a
good view and Ike seats VIII be
constructed on fdcuitfcaliy tbs
same order na those in the puma
howl
Il Is expected that work VIII con-
mence within the next few days on
the rsmodeling Of the theatsr IN order
10 have everything shipshape-
TasuucE and Dali
Nike Tssquez and Dal Hawkins. c
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30

The entrance OF Rickard into the
eastern sporting game made many
people pesvlsh- they declared the
east could look after itseif without
Richards help Tex disagreed with
them. Vow, II Young can crystaliza
the anti-Rickard sentiment. he may
get the best OF Richard, but he GER
talnfy viii have z hard fight
The threatened EiE-dlT rebel
ruce, consequently means move
than merely q sporting event. IT
o. a chnIiengeato Ricznrd and HIS
gold bags A number OF ridez1
have already announced rhelE IN
teutiOu Of competing IN Toung'l
race. Including Alfred Gouslef.
who himself has quite q record
a. an iusurrcefidnIEf.
Americans Turn Rebels
Several OF the best American riders
have announced their intention 90
risk biacklstins by the C. R A. szd
compete for EounE's awards Aus
traliau and Canadian riders are also
listening TO the tempter's voice
So, all IN all. quite a merry little
time IS promised IN the bike racing
game It Is pretty near tine some
thing happened 70 enlivsn the situz-
ton The more competition the bet
ter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
CADETS BEST SCORING MACHINE
LEAD ALL OF EASTERN ELEVENS

NEW YORK, Nov. 3o.-The close OF
IN the eastern college football sea-
son finds the task OF selecting a
championship eleven more compli-
Gated than usual
In past years II has frequently
been the case that one varsity team,
with a remarkable record, stood out
so prominently that it was the choice
for tltular honors among large ma
iority Of the gridiron experts. Such
a situation does not exist this year.
Six college or university elevens
passed through the season without
defeat, but in the case OF five OF
these teams. the record was marred
by one or more tie games. Boston
college is the only one which has an
absolutely clean slate to date and
that team still has one game 70 play.
being scheduled 10 meet Holy Cross
next Saturday.
Tie In the Way.
Harvard, Princeton, PittsburE
Pennsylvania State and Stevens all
closed their schedule indicated. but
the tie contest between Princeton and
Harvard left the question of su-
premacy unsolVed. Pennsylvania
state played Tie games with Pitts
burg and Lehigh; Pittsburg was tied
by Syracuse and Pennsylvania State.
while Middlebury held Stevens to a
scoreless tie.
A second group. but thinly separ-
ated from the first division. would
naturally include Dartmouth. syria
cuse. Navy Army. Brown. Holy Cross.
Lehigh, Williams and Yale.
An analysis OF the records OF the
various college elevens Of the east
develops some interesting and confus-
ing data.
The West Point cadet team. al
though defeated By the Navy and
Notre Dame, managed TO roll M
m aggregatinE score Of 3I4
points, which, 30 far as scoring f.
concerned, gives the Army. first
place IN the section totals. WI
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
JUDGE. lands MPARTS DIGNITY
FEDERAL. BENCH HOLDER LIKED

the presidents OF the two big
mat he VIII have things pretty
much his own way goes without say
ing The owners and the league
presidents are quite ready to admit
that they made a mess OF baseball
under the old plan and they VIII ac-
cept the wise counsel Of the eminent
M. Lands in AL things.
After the Crooks
The eight White SoE players in
dicted for tossing" the 1913 worlds
series can expect no mercy from the
new head Of baseball Judge lands
win direct their prosecution and Il
the laws Of Illinois can reach them
they may spend the coming season in
the hooseEoW-
In addition 70 these players
there are several others who are
as good AZ through One IS Joe
Gedeou OF the St Louis roFnE-
Another ~ Claude Hendrix OF the
Cubs. The suunbhle between
Charley Herzog and Rube Benton
viii be thoroughly investigated.
II may result IN the dropping of
one or both Of these players. You
can bet your bottom dollar that
Lands VIII get 'em II they are
crooked.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
Athletic Girls
Boost Family

Boston, Mass. Nov. 30.-The Barry
family, OF Newtonville, can boast Of
Two athletic stars in the same family.
placing them in the same class with
the Galatians and the Garritys and
several others that have become more
or less famous during the football
season In this case. however. the
stars are girls and they are noted for
proves in basketball.
Miss Veronica Barry Is a senior al
Radclitf and is captain OF the varsity
I'VE Her sister. Miss Gertrude Barry
IS captain Of the junior basketball
team at the same college. Both are
graduates OF Newton High school.
where they eXcelled in an branches
OF girl athletics.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
Drivers Act
As Pail Bearers

Los Angeles, Calf. Nov. Sou
neral services were held here Monday
for Eddie O'DonneIl. automobile race
driver, who died last Friday from
day race on the Los Angeles speed
way. The body was placed tenn
porarily in vault in a cemetery.
The Rev. Henry Clark Smith, brother
inlaw to the dead racer. conducted
the services The pail bearers were
race drivers and included Roscoe
Sarles, who won the race which re-
suited in the deaths o. O'Donnell.
Castor Chevrolet driver, and Lyall
JOlls, mechanician
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-30
Names C0rrectS
Baseball Head

Chicago. III, Ncv. 30.-George H.
Names insisted that 1t be in the
bond that any high commissioner OF
organized baseball should have juris-
diction over the game in Canada as
well as the United States. Judge
lands had talked about the game in
the United States" Names cor
rected him Judge Lands should be
furnished q copy Of Louis Heilbroner's
Blue Book, that ne may acquaint
himself with the length and breadth
OF organized baseball territory. He
should also get acquainted with Capt.
Pedrsnr-Lasv uTnuld Like each other.