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Manager Buckley Receives Offer
of Match From Leading
French Promoter.
Bv \\. W. ixaugntoii.
AS FRAXCISCO, CAL.. Dec. 29.
^ While Jim Buckley, manager of
^ Gunboat Smith, is extremely
incident that hi* heavyweight will
• at Arthur Pelky at Daly City on
New Year’s Day, his faith in the gun-
!"-r '> not causing hint to make the
mistake of counting chickens before
* liev are hatched.
Within the last day or two Buckley
is received a cablegram from a lead
s' French promoter in which the
i ucr is offered a match in Paris
■ :i either Georges C' .rpentier or Sam
Langford.
"Did you accept?” Buckley was
“Not yet,” was |the reply. “It w ill
be time enough to do that when the
Ganboat-Pelky battle has been fought.
I do not supposes they would want
fciuitli if Pelky beat him.”
r FI lERE’S a touch of chivalry about
* Buckley’s action in the matter,
i ;t while lie intends to be thoroughly
sure of his ground before acknowl-
- tig receipt of the offer from Paris,
lias practically decided what he
■ ill do in the event of Gunboat win
ning from Pelky.
"If it bad not been for Jack John
son breaking his arm with the other
-lulinson, Gunboat would have looked
r a match with Jack and no one
• Iso.” said Buckley. "Smith has beat-
•‘ii Langford once and that should be
enough, especially in a case like this
ten every tough opponent you dis
pose of means a step nearer the
> iiampionship.
"With Jack Johnson out of it for
; 1 \oral months, as lie will be. if. in-
■ , lie ever fights again, it is a
urse of another color. We will be
M'uito willing tb meet either Langford
r Uarpentier and will journey to
Paris if necessary to make a match.
Wr would prefer, though, to box in
. > country. Sam Langord Is barred
,n New York, but l will give Carpen
ter a personal guarantee of $10,000
lie will agree to meet Gunboat there
within the next few days. If this of
fer is not acceptable it will be a case
"f packing our trunks rind crossing
tiio water, for there will be no one
left oil this side for Guntjoat to box.”
A mam UUST AROUND
THE COBNER STANDING NEAR A
LArv\p POST JUSTADRESSED ME
HE SAID "WHOSE UTTLE CHICKEN
ARE VOU ? ’ WON’T YOU AS A
■>. GENTLEMAN CHASTlSE HIM FOR
AH is impudence: ? • r —:—.
WILL 1 CHASTISE HIM ?
Hl£> DOOM 'SSKlM-ED 1
IN A IWOMEMV YOU
WILL HEAR H4S
|> 1 ' KLEY is more than pleased at
** the way Gunboat’s training is
l»rjgrossing over af Shannon’s. He
insiders the gunner lucky in having
Hemphill and Bill Sloan for
spa’Ting partners.
I don't think Gunboat ever was as
■•»■!! fixed in that line before,” said
Binkley. “These fellows are grand
ui kors and they keep Smith well ex
tended all the time they are boxing
\ith him. 1 am sure he will be in the
shape of his life when lie meets Pelky
n New Year’s Day.”
Buckley referred to the fact that
Pelky is a much heavier man than
Gunboat, but says that Smith has be-
"'ine accustomed to w’eight handi*
1 :ps and thinks nothing now of con-
♦ filing ten or twenty pounds to an
opponent.
"We look for a stiff fight, but at
' same time we expect to win,* said
Th kley. "We are glad that Pelky
os made so many friends among the
•orting (dement since he opened
shop at Millett's. We have heard so
any stories about his speed, his
i 1 a k, his great strength and hard
lf"ks that 1 sometimes think some of
’ho boys are trying to scare the gun-
r* r *r. I saw where one writer said
at all Pelky needed was a cloak of
Id animal skins, a rough whisker
around, his fat e and a w ar club in hi?
and to make him look like the origi
nal cave man.”
* McOarey May Match
j Clabby and Gibbons
For Go January 17th
Big Crowds Watch
Smith and Pelky as
They Train for Bout
Knabe, with his jaws working vio
lently. will follow up the official,
and, while foaming at the mouth,
gesticulate wildly. He is seem
ingly on the point of taking a
punch at the m«.n in blue uniform
when that official, who can not
stand Knabe’s actions any long
er, jerks his thumb toward the
bench.
P RESIDENT TEXER, of the
National League, has given
at some length his views on
the umpire question. Reduced to
a few words, his belief is that
the players' side v f a case should
be heard before punishment of
fine or suspension is made.
This plan is at total variance
with that of former President
Lynch, who suspended or fined a
player after receiving the report
of the umpire. The player had no
chance to present his side of the
controversy. This policy is the
one originated by President John
son. of the American League, who
believes it Is the most effective
way of preserving order on the
ball field.
CHICAGO. Dec. 29.—Larney Ugh ten-
stein, newly appointed manager of
Jimmy Clabby, is West-bound to-day.
He Is heading for Los Angeles, where
he will meet his protege. Before leav
ing last nTjfht Larney declared that
when ho and James returned to this
city Clabby would be the undisputed
middleweight champion of the world.
Unless pla"s fall, flabby's first bout
will be with Mike Gibbons in Tjos An
gelos Tom McCaroy wants the pair
for January 17. and 1/arney is willing to
close the match providing Gibbons will
permit his charge to do 148 or 150
pounds at 3 o’clock
Jimmy is the only real middleweight
In the business, all the others are light
heavyweights, but. we’ll finish them all
before another six months roll by. I’ll
surprise some people." said Larney.
The latter believes lie ran do much
with Steve Ketehel on the coast and
will send for him as soon as ho closes
a match. Bud Anderson is Larney s
first choice.
SAN FRANCTSCO. Dec. 29.-Larg«i
crowds greeted Gunboat .Smith and
Arthur Pelky at what in practically
the last open boxing they wfll do
prior to their match on New Year's
day. Smith will perform this after
noon for the Olympic clubmen, but
outside of that the boxing end of the
game is finished. He will Iikaly do
the usual shado- boxing on Tues
day, but lie is already down to his
fighting weight, and there is no occa
sion for any more of the srtrenuous
grind.
The Gunner had an exceptionally
busy day, since there was a good at
tendance at shannon’s villa to watch
him work and to get a line on how lm
looks. He boxed three rounds apiece
with Jack Temple and Bill Sloan, and
when lie had finished for the after
noon his weight was announced at
180 pounds.
plenty of wrettlers willing to accept
tainted money.
We are ready to believe the mag
nates who claim there is no money in
baseball—especially when a minor
league franchise sells for $176,000.
THE LIFE SAVER.
How dull these winter days would he
without the Tinker deal!
How sad and, full of discontent the
baseball scribe would fed!
Without you. Joe. our life would be a
slow and listless game.
And so we hope you keep it up at
least till spring has came.
$40,000.
Is it real? Is it earnest*"
Tinhei' asks with puzzled soul.
‘All this money that thou burnest
May be but, a phrmey roll."
We fail to see how the Washington
club will profit by the yarn that Wal
ter Johnson will be insured for $100,-
000. Walter does not need that tort
of press agent work.
It would be a great relief these days
to read a baseball story that is not
punctuated with dollar signs.
It i* a lead-pipe cinch that the
English fashion of wearing evening
dr**a at. the ringside will never be
come popular in tliia country. A
ringside spectator here needs a rain
coat or a bathing suit.
“Red K i 11 if or is the greatest catcher
in the world,” avers Red Dooin, who
evidently has not heard of Jimmy
Archer.
T T STALLY is takes the little
^ player about five minutes to
leave tlie field, but finally play
is resumed, and the last, seen of
Knabe is when he turns as he
reaches the gate and casts a
scornful glance at the umpire
who banished him. This happens
to Knabe not once, but twenty
times, a season.
L OS ANGELES, Dec. 29.—The
“in and out” streak that has
zigzagged all the way through
Leach Cross’ ring record apparently
has been lost sight of by the confi
dent admirers of the Broadway light
weight.
That Cross will be backed into fa
voritism over Bud” Anderson on the
occasion of their New Year's Day
dash before the Pacific Athletic Club
at Vernon seems most likely.
Probably one reason why Cross’
friends believe that he will put up a
“good” showing on the afternoon of
January 1 is the fact that another
losing bout right now would set Leach
uown and out.
The New Yorker is fighting with
his back to the walk Meeting the
little chap at the theater Thursday
night, I reminded him of his position,
and was not surprised to hear that
To fclt end spent many hours
“doping” this feature.
“I’ve lost the last two limes out,”
Said Leach. “And no matter how’
popular you have been the public soon
gets tired of looking at a loser.
“I put up a rattling good fight
against Ritchie in New York, but I
lost. I came straight to California
and went through the toughest twen
ty rounds of my life, only to be
licked by Rivers.
“Right now I’m hanging on by sus
picion, you might say. Don’t think
that I am foolish enough not to see
what has happened to me. If L lose
to Anderson, I’m n dead one. Can
you see me standing around on tlie
corners talking to ‘Kayo’ Brown,
Young Corbett and the rest of that
bunch who used to keep alive by tell
ing cavil other what killers they used
to be? No, sir; I’m training faith
fully ami I will try my best to win
from Anderson.
“f can outbox ‘Bud’ all the way.
The thing 1 have to guard against is
his body hammering during the
clinches, and keep a constant e\ e out
for that sleep punch. He carries the
punch, all right, and it’s the best <1f
Its kind In tiic market. I respect the
boy. but I've got l<» beat him to keep
m> business going "
From which it ma\ la- seen that
Surgeons in Paris are astounded by
a men who lives with only half a
brain, but what would they do if they
ever met Ping Bodie?
The tennis critic who ranks three
men higher than Maurice McLouqh-
Iin shows almost as much human in
telligence as some of the gents who
pick All-American football teams.
If is wild that Max Flelschmann
once ran n semi-pro team, but we
fail to see wherein he 1a much better
off now.
Players Allowed at
Baseball Hearing
CYX the other hand. Fred Clarke,
manager of the Pittsburgh,
will saunter up to an umpire aft
er a decision has been made
against his team, and, without
raising his voice or moving a
muscle, will hand the umpire a
tongue-lashing that makes the
official's ears burn. Clarke is
not canned, however, because he
has not •'shown up” the umpire.
tk Mr. Tener carries out his
• ideas next season, there will he
great curiosity to see how they
work out. There are many who
are of the opinion that the pol
icy will not lust long; that Mr.
Tener will find his umpires are
being overridden by I lie players
orid thnl discipline lias gone to the
dog*
* * *
\\/HKX players find out that
VV their Hide of the case will 1)?
heard before action i« taken by
the president of the league, it is
feared they will take advantage
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29. A committee
of hall players, probably headed by
1 <vid l, Fultz, will appear before the
National Baseball Commission when it
■ eets here January 5, to present their
requests to that body in behalf of Hie
Covers’ Fraternity.
Members of tlie commission are de-
" i of having other members of the
• "eternity present, besides the chair-
"an, in order that they may personally
•’ ‘ tr the replies given to their ques
tions.
Inasmuch as the latter will be of
•d importance to the men, it seems
' ‘hable that action will be taken to
•it end, not that they doubt Fultz in
' manner, but simply to guard
L ‘inst misunderstandings which might
anse.
•t is thought that many of the re-
‘ < "ill be granted without delay,
v -GL- others are deemed so unjust by
■ magnates that the situation will
• ri ve to be clearly, not to say cleverly,
Presented in order to convince the rao-
* ils their interests are not placed in
Jeopardy.
New York University, which did
not score a touchdown all last season,
has decided to number its players. It
now behooves New York University
to tell ua why.
T” lAT'S the difference between
A Knabe and Clarke. The same
difference exists between players
of the two big leagues.
in baseball *
:hat it it a
magnate for j
Nobodv it greatly aurprued at the
report that Abe Langtr ' intends to
quit the A. B. C. The aurpriolng fea
ture of it is that he stood it as long
as he did.
IF President Truer allow s the
' players to present their side
of an argument with an umpire,
it is to be feared that there will
be very few suspensions In the
National League next season. The
players will describe their ac
tions as being the mildest sort of
protests, deny using violent lan
guage and assume the part of of
fended innocence. The chances
are that, except in serious cases,
Lite players of both teams will
stand up for the player and tes
tify thut what the player Is
true.
The Cigarette of
we understand it. Miller H
traded Harmon for harmony
If John McGraw reaily wants noise
in hi* infield he can hire Danny Mor
gan and Tom Jones at reasonable
rates.
Quality
Dutch Miller, of Brooklyn. buM.s
into print «« the most remarkable
player in captivity. He actually re
fuses an $800 raise.
Baseball has advanced so rapidly In
late years that a atar ball player is
worth almost as much as a case of
eggs.
The report that someone wants to
match Georges Carpentier with Gun
boat Smith leads one to suspect that
someone has a grudge against George.
WINTER HAS ARROVE.
\\ hnl lliniipli then' be u tack of soon
And autumn breezes frisk about*
I know that irinter has avrin it.
J'or Johnny tiling is holding out.
Frank Gotch Not
Barred in Chicago
The biggest sell
ing 5c. cigarette.
Because it contains only
selected, high-grade to
bacco-—mild, rich and sat
isfying.
Because it is made with
same painstaking care.
Because it is always of
uniform quality. Whole
coupon in each package.
.Myt-o Cjr.
Mo mu! off. the Russian Rn Haler, had
to gain the consent of the Czar be
fore he wan allowed to come to Amer
ica. Thin will be Hewn (o tin* Ur.ar if
lu* ever hears about ll.
r isn’t what they say,
way they Bay it,” Is
jroinlnont umpire in In
u League nut a it.
irrCAGO, Dec. 29.—That Frank
world’s wrestling champion, wan
’■f* barred from Chicago by Mayor
til .n because the heavyweight mat
r failed to appear at a picnic of the
Democracy was to-day declared
" unfounded by those close 10 Chl-
1 s executive.
p Mayor’s secretary said no such
om.'iu had been made.
*' Gotch agreed to appear at this
"a:- denied by his manager. Emil
before lie departed for Fait Lake
Utah, yesterday. Klank said sev-
i complained about Goteh’s not
but no added no agreement
: 'de by ihe champion to appear
wrestle at that picnic. He said
h announcements are made to
tic- a tendance, untl this is an
■ e to Gotch.
THE TOE HOLD
(By F. Gotch.)
/ lore to get a toehold on a lame and
hetUthy mutt:
/ lore to break his limbs and make
him holTer.
t (ore to put his shoulders on thx.
padded cant as—but
/ would rather get a tot holtl on
a dollar.
If the Czar really did wuh Mamu-
toff on u* the friendship of Russia for
the United States is nothing but a
hollow mockery.
Princeton Crew to
Race Cornell May 23
TERRK HAUTE. ISO.. Tier. 29.—Lu
ther “Dummy” Taylor, for eight years
a pitcher with the New York Giants
and a record of nineteen seasons in pro
fessional ball, wants to be an umpire In
the Uentral League. Me says he 5s
confident he can use sign- bv which
both players and spectators will know
i s decisions, and as to !he announcer’s
duties, sriqh as giving th' names of
ha* series and c hanges in players, lie
v. . if necessary, carry an assistant a
i i« >»wn expense - v, purprM
President Louis He-ibronc: believes
deaf-nm e veteran s t a panic me.
for tbe posit ion and if he can overcome
th* difTi'-nlUes < f ire wosilion -should
be given a chance to make good.
site of the fact that our cur-
has been reformed there arc
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What Could Poor Jack Do?
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