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JAMES J. CORBETT
FRANK MENKE
MIS Bffi
BEATING HIGH
Y. M. d A. Team Defeats School of Mines in Second
Game of Oity Basketball Series; Cactus Club Shows
Improvement While High School Is Off In Its
Play; Bailey .Team Beats Alta Vista Team
In the Grammar School League.
DV J. O.
the City
X TWO games played in
i Basketball league Saturday night
the first was won by the team
representing the Gactjs club which
defeated the High school team
by a score of 25 to 18. while the
second game between tne T. M. C. A.
and School of Mines went to the former
team by a score of 37 to S.
The Cactus club showed marked im-
provement in team work over Its last
appearance while "Hi" showed its
worst game since the opening of the
season. High school was handicapped
by the absence of Cliff Anderson from
the lineup. He is suffering from an at-
tack of diphtheria and may not be able
to get back in the game this season.
Capt. Bob Bryant substituted for An-
derson Saturday night When he is
right Bob is one of the best forwards
in the southwest But Bryant was not
right Saturday night though he scored
12 of the 18 points made by his team.
Practically his baskets came on easy
shots. When speed and fighting were
required Bob was not there while An-
derson would have been. It is not at
all to Bryant's discredit that he did not
play his usual game. On the contrary
he deserves a world of credit for the
sameness which he displayed in going
into the game at all for he was suf-
fering with a sprained ankle In suclu
a condition that nine out of 10 players
would have refused to try to play. The
team was also somewhat handicapped
because of the fact that Bryant has
been out of the game for practically
the entire season and the other play-
ers are not used to his style of play.
McKriay rian to Form.
Cooper McKemy.was practically the
only "Hi" player who played up to
form. As in the last game McKemy
nas all over-the floor fighting every-
body he could get close to. Both Jlm-
mie Kilburn and Palmer Schumacher
put up a strong game at guard but it
lacked a little of the great game which
both usua'llv show. Al Tatum at cen-
ter had a decidedly off night both in
general play and In basket shooting.
Son man Stars for Cactu.
Vor the Cactus club one man stood
out far above all others and stood head
and shouldeis above any player on the
floor during the night He was DeMar
Bowman who played left forward for
the Cactus five. DeMar's play Saturday
night simply served to further drive
home the fact that he stands alone at
forward among local basketballers. His
great strength combined with his
agility and wonderful accuracy In bas-
ket shooting enable him to shoot goals
even when a guard Is hanging upon
him. Saturday night he did not content
himself with shooting baskets alone
but frequently rushed down the field
while the running guard was busy and
aided the anchor guard. On two of
these occasions he took the ball away
from the "Hi" man who had it and.
after dribbling the ball the length of
the field shot a basket
-' -V4feii Outplayed Tntum.
l "Adkins at center played a remark-
able game despite the fact that Tatum
has a decided advantage over Adkins.
both in reach and height as well as in
weight the latter outjumped Tatum.
mid not only outjumped bnt outplayed
him at every angle of tho game Next
to Bowman Adkins played the best
game of the night and even Bowman
lid not have a great deal on him. At
his own position he showed a game
superior to any player seen during the
season. Bob Hoover at forward played
his usual hard fast game and showed
that he is a fit running mate for Bow-
man. Vern Lyman played hlB first
game of the year. He took the anchor
guard and he shewed that at that posi-
tion he'll do even among this collection
of stars. Kuhn at the other guard
ri.vxl h'i nun nl fiirhtlnar rami He was I
up ana down tne iioor constantly ana
with Kuhn and Lyman working to-
gether "HI" had to work and fight
hard for every point scored. After the
Cactus club had put the game on ice
the players contented themselves with
trying to develop team work. Had they
cared to do so It is certain that the
Cactus boys could have run the score
up much higher. Aside from the great
play of Bowman at forward. Saturday's
play developed the fact that if AI Ad-
kins can continue to show the same
wonderful game at center he will stand
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Takes you to the door of Willard's Training Camp
Regular Trains Every Hour
On the Hour
Special express leaves at 2:25 return-
ing after the work out
Tickets at Hotel Paso del Norte People's
Drug Store and Company's Office
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SCHOOL nun
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. as far ahead of all other centers in the
southwest as Bowman'tloes at forward.
Miners Tried Hard.
In the second game of the night Sat-
urday the great fighting spirit which
Tom Dwyei- has instilled into the
Miners enabled them to hold the Y. M.
C. A. team down for the greater part
of the first half. Toward the end. of
this half the "Y" team began getting
in its team work and after that it was
merely a question of how big the score
would be.
At the end of the first half fine
shooting by "Sag" Shea put the "Y"
ahead by the large margin of 25 to 2.
In the second half both the Y. M. C. A-
and the Miners changed their lineups
somewhat In this period the "Y" con-
tented itself principally with practicing
team play and the Miners scored six
points while the "Y" was getting 12.
The feature of this game was the bas-
ket shooting of "Sag" Shea. Sag has not
played quite his best game recently
but Saturday night he showed that he
has returned to his own as lie scored
20 of the 37 points. Had no other mem-
ber of the team made a point the goals
scored by "Sag" would have been suf-
ficient to give the "Y" the game by a
good inargln.
Bob Done as usual played a strong
game at center. For the Miners both
Billy Race and Buster Biggs played
well. Billy played a good game through
both halves. Buster was not a howl-
ing success at forward in the first half
but he played a fine game at guard in
the second period of play.
1hf Sniurflfiv T.lnetma
The lineups for Saturday night's j
games were: i
Cactus club Left forward D. Bow- !
man; right forward R. Hoover: cen-
ter A. Adkins; left guard W. Kuhn
right guard V. Lyman.
High school Left guard C. Mc-
Kemy: right forward R. Bryant; cen-
ter A. Tatum; left guard. P. Schu-
macher; right guard. J. Kilburn.
Y. M. C. A. Left forward; -L. Shea
right forward F. Ross and G. Biefer.
center R. Done; left1 guard P. Hoiz-
man and R. Gaylord; right guard L.
Thomas. i
School of Mines Left forward; 3
Biggs and K. Routledge; right forward
W. Race; center O. Walker: left guard.
A. Black; right guard V. Leasure and
J. Biggs. .
Il.-.IIcy Benti A'.in Vista.
Saturday afternoon the Bailey bas- ;
ketbivl team defeated Alta Vista in
the Secior Grammar School league by
the overwhelming score of 42 to 4. I
The game was not even good practice J
for Bailey. Palmer Boyd played a
gieat game for Alta Vista but he could
not win alone and his team mates ren-
dered him practically no assistance.
With the sole exception of Palmer the
Alta Vista players showed ignorance
of the game. It was quite clear that
most of the players had never played
before Saturday. The entire Bailey
team played well throughout with the
exception of two faults. Not more than
two or 'three times during the game
did they follow up their throws. This
is one of the first rules of basketball
and had the Bailey players followed it
Saturday they would have been able
to score many more points. The other
fault was that In throwing for a bas-
ket the boys rarely raised from their
feet On the whole though they put
up a splendid game for youngsters and
when they have overcome these two
faults they ought to run away ' from
any of the other grammar school
teams. Their team work Saturday was
far better than some of the big teams 4
show and reflects credit to Stanley
Shea who has been coaching them. The
lineups for Saturday afternoon's game
were:
Bailey Left forward Hi Adkins and
P Harris: right forward. F. Bryant and
. sorter; center v. .nicimrun; ivn
guard L. Johnson; right guard IL Mc-
Kemy. Alta Vista Left guard P. Boyd;
right forward P. Bunsen; center I.
Stevens; left guard A. Bodereaux;
right guard W. Mosely.
KAFORA IS RELEASED.
Pittsburg Pa.. Feb. 1. Catcher Frank
Kafora has been released by the Pitts-
burg baseball club to the Omaha club
of the Western league. Hans Wagner
has not yet signed his 1915 contract
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SPORTING -PAGE
Scenes At Willard's Camp
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Managing Witli
BY BILLY
Written Especially for This Paper by
Umpire.
HAVE you ever left the ball park
cussing manager player or um-
plre perhaps all three for mak-
ing some move that failed to meet with
your approval? Of course you have. If
not then you could hardly be claaaed
as a real fan. There are times whan
the average Jan believes he could man-
age the team a whole lot better than
the manager pitch a great deal more
effectively than the star twirler. and
run tne game mucn more smoomiy man
the umnire.
Ko doubt there are a gooa
manv instances when he would do as
well but you must remember that the
spectator always has the second guess
II tne manager ians to suosiuuce a
pinch hitter and the player strikes out
you at once hop on the manager for
not using such and such a batter. You
insist .that he could have done no worse
than the regular in whom the manager
pinned hls faith. If the manager sends
in a pinch hitter and said hitter strikes
tout you opine that the regular would
have done at least that much or that
some other substitute was the player
who should have been sent to the bat
You have the second guess.
v Substituting Pitchers.
If a star pitcher shows signs of
faltering and the manaaer who has
great confidence in the veteran failB
to yank him soon enough to save the
game you are In a position to criticise
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the leader of the team because he did
not act an inning sooner because any-
body could have seen that the star was
through for the day. If the manager
the moment the star weakens sends
another pitcher to his relief and the
substitute is batted all over the field
you decide that it would have been
wiser to have allowed the experienced
old head to continue in charge of so
critical and important a situation. Once
more you have the second guess while
the manage must take snap judgment
and the abuse or praise which follows
with grin.
If when your favorites need only a
run to win and there is a man on first
one out and your best hitter up. the
manager insists that the" batter sacri-
fice the man to second where he can
score on a hit and the star batter pops
up a little fly In his attempt to Dunt.
is is easy to argue that it would have
been wiser to have-depended on the hit
and run because the star batter never
was a very good bunter.
Again Blaming the Manager.
If 1r the ninth inning with the score
a tie tho bases filled one out. and the
pitcher up the manager sends in a
pinch hitter who falls to deliver as
does the next man and no score is made
there is much argument. If the pitcher
who takes the place of tho other pitcher
is batted hard the fans insist that It
was a poor move to take a chance on
a relief pitcher in so crucial a situa-
tion. If the manager takes a chance on
the pitcher to Jiit in the runs and ha
fails at the bat and later weakens in
the box the manager is censured for
not calling on a pinch hitter when a
fly would have won the game. "Connie"
Mack was the victim of such a situation
in a world's series game. I have always
believed that he did the proper thing
more so than ever since he told me his
reasons but a.t the time "Connie" was
a much maligned man.
Game of Snap Judgment. '
Baseball is a game of snap judgment.
Manager player or umpire must make
up his mind quickly and then stand his
ground. Many mistakes are made but
such happenings are a part of the game.
There are a good many Cases in big
games where mnnagers and players
have been severely censured for mak-
ing certain plays when in reality the
players and manager concerned acted
properly tinder the circumstances. It
'is my intention from day to (Jay to dis-
cuss some of these incidents and try
to show why the action taken was the
proper one. The fact that everybody
knows or believes he knows the game
better than his neighbor is what makes
It so popular. (Coj.yright 1915 by the
Wheeler Syndicate.)
AVERAGES 24 MILES AN
HOUR FROM TUCSON TO YUMA
"Tucson Ariz. Feb. 1. Tourist records
for speedy travel over the Borderland
route from Tucson to Yuma were broken
by Bob Byrns who has' returned from
Yuma where he went in a new Cadillac
eight. A party went with ByrnB. The
first day they made 132 miles to Phoenix
In six hours and 25 minutes without
taking out the time spent at Florence
for lunch. . .
The second day they drove from Phoe-
nix to Yuma a distance of 210 miles. In
nine hours and 55 minutes. Byrns says
tie did not try for any speed records as
the car was new and he had not been
over the road but as it as they made
an average of 24 miles and a fraction
an hour.
In the party were Stuart Bogan Mr.
and Mrs. Brown and Byrns. Tho car
had been purchased by Bogan the day
before and Byrns made the jtrip for
pleasure. Byrns left the party at Yuma
and came back to Tucson Friday but
the car went on through to Los An-
geles where Bogan will spend the next
couphs of months.
BACKERS OF IMSKUALI.
CI.UI1 TO ORGANIZE TLKSDVY
At a meeting of the backers of the
El Paso baseball club which will be
ternoon at 4 oclock officers and a board
ternoon at 4 oclock officeis and a oara
of directors will be elected. Immedi-
ately .fterward steps will be taken to
organize the Copper league and to sc-
BIG QUI SEES 1 IMS DEFENDS MANAGER:
WILLARD Til ILL FULFILULLJj S CONTRASTS
Man Who Will Fight John-
son Has Brisk Workout
at Ranch Sunday.
All roads led to the Rome of the lo-
cal fight cmnlre Sunday the same be-
ing Willard-on-the-Acequia down the
1ajeess' Willard's invitation to the HI
Paso sportsmen to travel down 45 cents
worth of Harry Potter's interurban to
the training camp was accepted with-
out a single regret and the special ex-
press car which carried the crowds
down the valley line were crowded
Sunday afternoon in spite of the com
wind. The auto bugsjient down on
gasoline wings and thoffe who lived in
the valley went on foot on burro bacK
or in the family chaise.
Morning Workout. .
Willard was hustled out of his feath-
er bed early Sunday morning by ' lei.
O'Rourke wrapped himself around a
double portion of ham-and hit the irri-
gation bank for a jog east by southeast
and returned for his plunge and rub.
All this is getting to be routine for
the big one with the shot tower stat-
ure It was the afternoon work that
varied the grind of the training rou-
tine. Jess like all humans likes to
work before a crowd and he made the
most of the gallery whfch ganged
around the fluted iron training shed
where he started his workout
Takes n Sparring Partners.
-TXTtiior iwinM nflir or willows from
his downv couch to use inswapping
punches witli O'Rourke took on Thorn-
as ana empie as siuo u ..-
shadow boxed in the sunshine skipped
i.a -nn itk a Sunset school girl and
slars-banged a punching bag while he
was resting.
This moving picture stuff has been
kcanned until next Sunday Dy oraer ui
"Sir Thomas" Jones tne range uush "
the Willard entourage. Starting Mon-
day morning Jess got down to the Kind
of tacks with the shiny heads on them
and cut out the embroidery fer the old
fashioned man driven method of condi-
tioning a fighter.
Jim Jeffries is expected to reach here
soon and there are high hopes in the
wmoi-.i eamn nnil in the city for
"Jimma de Jeff Is expected to try the
old game with the big boy wnom ne i is
backing and whom he will advise lor
his coming fight.
cure a manager and players for the
coining seasdn.
Red Wade a well known ball player
from the Pacific coast arrived in the
city Saturday morning. Wade has
played professional ball on the Pacific
coast for the past four years. Last
vear he managed the Bakersfleld club
in the California State league until the
close of the season there. He then went
up to 1'ortiana ure.. wiieic . y.a.j...
at his regular position second base
with the. Northwestern league team In
that city. .
Before coming to El Paso. Wade was
irformed that the Copper league season
opens in March whereas it will really
not" open until April. This brought him
here a month early. However he will
probably secure a position in the olty
and remain until the opening of the
season. There has been some talk of
Wade managing the Kl Paso team but
this is very unlikely as Red has de-
clared that he does not wish to man-
age but only to play. In addition to
being a first class second baseman he
can also play any position in the Infield.
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William Faversham both as an
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Bantamweight Champion Sends Broadcast Replies to
Criticisms of His Friend; Frankie Burns to Get a
Chance at Williams's Title; Tom McCarey and
Tortorich Have Gone Into Partnership.
BY RINGSIDE.
NEW YORK Feb. 1. John Gutenko
la an appreciative little youth.
Perhaps that statement doesn't
interest you. -Well. then we will say
that "Kid" Wllllamsthe world's ban-
tamweight champion wUl defend a
friend to the last ounce or his fighting
ability which taken by and large is
some fighting; else he would never be
a world's champion.
You may want to know the. connec-
tion between John Gutenko and "Kid"
Williams. Well they are synonymous
for John Gutenko is "Kid"Willlams and
"Kid" Williams Is John Gutenko.
We started out to say that Johnny
"Kid" Williams does not forget a friend.
He has considered Sammy Harris a
friend ever since the latter discovered
latent fighting possibilities in him
when he drew on his first pair of box-
ing gloves. Harris has been Williams'
manager since that day.
Of late -Harris has been the subject
of newspaper criticism the breadth of
the country. We will not attempt to
say whether or not these attacks were
deserved. However Williams has sent
broadcast a circular letter defending
his much abused manager and declar-
ing that he will fulfil any boxing con-
tractu Harris makes for "Kid" Williams.
In the same screed Williams takes
occasion to dispel any doubts anyone
may have entertained as to his bantam-
weight status. Williams says he. is still
a legitimate bantam and that he will
defend his title against all comers at
the recognized weight 116 pounds at
the ringside.
The other day the writer asked Wil-
liams why he was over the stipulated
poundage in recent bouts thereby losing
several hundred dollars in weight for-
feits. His reply was:
"If you noticed. I was only a few
ounces over 116 pounds each time. I
assure you that if my championship
had been at stake I mean if any of
these fights had been decision affairs
I would have been far below the 116-
pound notch. As it was. overweight
meant tne loss or a lew nunarea col-
lars but I did not have to force myself
in training. I wasn't going to let my
preparatory work sap my strength for
the mere matter of dollars. It will be
time enough to train down to a fine
fighting edge when the distance is over
ten rounds and my world's champion-
ship is in the balance."
Then Williams attempted to enumer-
ate the contenders for his title. He
named 11 lads whom he considers his
most logical rivals. The boys he thinks
are moat .entitled to a chance to box
him for the crown are: Frankie Burns
of Jersey City; Jimmy Murray of New
York; Kddie Campi of San Francisco:
"Dutch" Brandt of Brooklyn: Battling
Reddy of New York; "Pouisinae" and
Eddie O'Keefe both of Philadelphia:
Eddie Coulon of New Orleans; Patsy
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THE AMERICAN
ERNEST J. LANIGAN
JOHN E. WRAY
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u.n of Pittsburg. Al snuocri oi
New Bedford and Johnny
Ertle of St.
Paul
Williams added that mentioning this
array does not necessarily mean uui
he will not tackle any of the others
that have championship aspirations.
"On the contrary." he says I hae
named the toughest boys in my divis-
ion
and the otners mum. s"i;y w
easier
than any I have seiecreu.
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So it appears that Frankie Burn.
the 'Mersey Wash" will get a whack
at the title after all. For years and
years. Burns has' been a near champion
but not until now has he had a chance
to win the cnampionship he covets so
much namely the bantamweight title.
Burn3 has expressed himself many
times on the subject. He declares he is
confident he can outpoint Williams in
ten rounds: but it is not a ten round
bout Burns is seeking. He wants to
get Williams into the padded arena
for 20 rounds with a decision attached.
It Is probable that Burns and Wil-
liams will be awarded the March date
at New Orleans where 20 round con-
tests have been revived.
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Politics makes strange bed fellows
'tis said but boxing makes stranger
sleeping companions.
Less than two months ago Domii.Mi
Tortorich who has had a monopoly on
the fight promoting game down in New
Orleans as far back as one can remem-
ber was at dagger points with Tom
McCarey. the Los Angeles matchmaker.
At the time McCarey threatened to in-
vade New Orleans as the fight game
in California was doomed.
Among other things. Tortorich said
he would take legal means to bar Mc-
Carey from infesting his territory and
begged the support of New Orleans fight
followers to squelch this obnoxious Mc-
Carey person.
McCarey silent and taciturn formu-
lated his plans and set out for New
Orleans.
And guess who-was the first one tr
shake McCarey by the hand upon his
arrival? Why none other than Mr
Dominick Tortorich. the announced
arch 'rival of Thomas McCarey.
A day or two'later posters were plas-
tered all over the fair city of New Oi
leans that henceforth "banner boxins
exhibitions will be staged under the
supervision of Messrs. Tom McCarey
and Dominick Tortorich."
And they say politics tends to mak
men more clannish than does the honoi -able
game of boxing:
DUNDEE AND 1MXDOT RE
MATCHED FOR 20 ROISDS
Chicago I1L. Feb. 1. Johnny iumdee
and Joe Mandot were matched Sunday
to box 20 rounds in New Orleans. Feb-
ruary 14. The match was made to fill
a date set for a meeting between Man-
dot and Ad Wolgast which was broken
last week.
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