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HEL? FOR JOHNSON
Walter, the great pitcher, is un
decided as to where he will spend
next summer. The courts will as
sist him.
A Baseball War Becomes Hideous When the Rivals Start Bidding for “Angels
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Surely the National Game Fs on the Decline and No One Knows fVhat IVill Happen Next
NOT HEARS FROM
Whefce is tlie fan who'knows how
many days cdme and go before the
ball season opens?
ITBALL RULES
On the left is
Nothing of Importance Needs To Be
Done, Anyway, Says the Leading
Authority—Devotes Some Space to
Discussion of Amateur Sportsmen, j
Ey V/ALTER CAMP.
W HY should we have any Football Rules Committee meeting
this winter? Why is it not wise to let the game crystallize
just where it is now—a game that pleases spectators, inter
ests the players, has become freed from objectionable mass play,
admits of plenty of scoring and opens up the possibilities in the line
of attack not only not yet developed, but only partially compre
hended?
Some one say^ “But there were weaknesses in tlie rules this
cisms Regarding the wording, such as
the use of the word “recovery” when
it really means “interception/’ as in
the case of a forward pass: the use
of the term “crosses the side line,''
when it means “crosses or touches,”
as m the case of a kick striking on
the white line and then bounding into
the field of play. There are a few
other matters of this kind which could
be handled by the subcommittee on
wording, and there is little question
but that a unanimous vote of the
committee could be secured by mail.
Altogether, the public, players,
coaches and athletic associations,
wjiich foot the bills of'these meetings,
would all be better off If the matter
were handled in this manner, and the
rules which have given such satis
faction tampered with in the smallest
possible way.
The Amateur Sportsman
This column will have a great deal
more to say before the year 1015 is
out on the subject of the amateur,
especially if we are to see a revival of
that, perennial discussion. Last week
x brief history was given here of that
question in the colleges. Now it is
exciting the golfers. Their rule is
. weak and has been, and those who
alterations in the mam principles of have studied the question have known
the game, and that (thanks to the f or a i on g time. Ignorance is not
year," 1 am ready to grant that for
1 presume there is no one whose mail
is more loaded down with requests
for decisions of all kinds, and when
you take several thousand players,
captains and coaches throughout trie
country studying rules and how Car
they can go under them, you are pret
ty sure to have all the weaknesses
shown up.
Hut this season these letters, al
though g '► t in number, and some
of them raising points which surely
might be considered doubtful, almost
without exception are directed to
points of the use of thfc terms and
not in any way requiring an altera
tion in the fundamental points of the
rules themselves. We have now a
body of experts writing the newspa
per accounts of the games, and these
experts are not in name only, but in
fact. They have followed the game
closely for many years, and are quite
as competent to decide matters con
nected with football as those of us
who are only called upon to make
the rules. Furthermore these writers'
have the interest of the game at heart
quite as much as the legislators, and
they realize that it takes the public a
season or two to become adjusted to
lessened number of changes in the
last two years) the game is at pres
ent better understood than it ever
was before.
A Mail Vote.
Why not, therefore, have the chair
man of the rules committee, E. X.
so bad as humbug, but it should be
remembered at the same time that
when the former undertakes to pre
scribe pills it is more deadly, for the
quack knows enough to keep his drugs
harmless at least, while Ignorance
may dole out all sorts of deadly things
» Hall, of Dartmouth, get a mail vote in blissful unconsciousness. We want
of the fourteen members of the com
mittee, authorizing the small sub
committees in whose hands was the
wording of the rules las season to
go over the rules, make such altera
tion in wordi g as will answer he
various queries brought up during
the season and then submit this re
wording to the committee for a vote
by mail, at the same time coupling
with it one point, and one point only,
and that s the n ubering of players,
which should be done?
Now, suppose we go over the points
this subcommittee would have to at
tend to, and see if there is anything
in the :ist that would require fourteen
men to come from all parts of the
country and pend i couple of days
in legislating upon it:
The Following Points.
1 Numbering of players.
2. Providing a definite time and
manner in which incoming substi
tutes may enter the game.
2. Making clear what is forbidden
In “hiding on the side lines.”
4. Making definite the point that a
neither. We should have carefully
studied constructive legislation. The
E.iglish rule that governs goif ama
teurism is at this rate far better than
ours, and as a matter of fact so is
their practice. But that is a later
question.
Our rule forbids the acceptance of
fee money or gratuity for playing or
teaching the game, for making or re
pairing golf clubs or balls, caddying
or managing caddies or keeping greens
after the age of 16 or having been a
professional in any other branch of
sport. It does hot forbid a player
competing for a money priz$ so long
as he does not win it.
The English rule forbids carrying
clubs for him after the age of 16, re
ceiving any consideration for play
ing or teaching the game, playing for
a money prize in any competition or
receiving any consideration from the
promoters of a match or tournament
for playing.
Now, when the American spirit is
aroused it sometimes becomes fanat-"
ical and commits such wholesale
foul must be signaled bv a horn, so as slaughter that for a long time it loses
not. to confuse the blowing of the horn I either respect or following. Last year
with the cessation of plav. | s Proposition was made ‘ to declare
5 Rewording the rule regarding the j professional any golfer who played
snapperback passing the bail back out I for a stake, and this column com-
of bounds, so that it shall be clear merited sadly upon the fact that prob-
that the sequence of downs is not | ably a majority of all club members
thereby broken.
6. Making A change in the wording
of the rule about the referee blowing
his whistle when a kicked ball goes
over the opponents’ goal line, so that
it shall be clear that a ball thus sent
in this country, and certainly a large
majority of all British golfers from 16
to 60, would be disqualified! If you
stand at the first tee on any golf
course you will hear ' Plav you Nas
sau!” which means "for a ball on the
over from kick-off or from a fair first nine, a ball on the second nine
catch is not dead until it is touched and a ball on the match!” Anyone
down. There is a decided conflict in you meet on a British golf course will
the rules regarding this point. ask you before starting “What shall
The writer has several minor criti- | we have on?”
White Sox Magnate
Paid $107,500 for 6
Star Ball Players
The purchase of Eddie Collins for =
$50,000 brings up the total of money
paid by Charles Comiskey for stars j
within the past few years up to $107,- t
500. This Includes only six men, and
puts the White Sox owner in a class i
by himself when it comes to loosen- j
ing up the purse strings in an effort j
to produce a pennant-winning ball I
club.
Here are the big stars in recent I
years bought by the Y/hite Sox:
Eddie Collins $50,000
Ohappelle 18 000
Felch .\ 12.500
Blackburne 11,000
Roth 8.000
Schalk 8,000
GIANTS ARE LUCKY.
The Now York Nationals got ten
men by draft, while the New York
Americans did not get a man.
Where Is Heine?
— By DAMON RUNYON
/ TOLD 'm “Nix,” per honor, on' / pointed to thin card:
You kin are perse'f it sit “1 Ye're nootooral here."
Hut he leaned hisse'f agin me bar. an’ slammed his fist down hard.
An’ he yells "Rails mit the Dutch” into his hei r.
IX/ELL, only Vree gups hit 'im. fer I wudden tan' fer more:
yy They was Cockney George, mcsc'f, an' oV Mid: Flynn
An' I wudden let 'em fund 'im whin they had 'im on the floor.
Hut I calls fer Cohen, the cop, who runs 'im in.
p! RflAHiS’ / shuddah told 'im o' 'at little empty store
* Where the kids are roller skatin’, up the street.
O' the blinds upon the winders, since Heine went to war.
An' the dust upon the counters and so neat.
O 'AT creakin’ sign down youder 'at teems tub us to try
A tchiny ’Where is Heine” all the day.
An' hoir the youngsters stare in wonder, an' tee dass-ten tell 'em why
Their Onklc Heine Schmitt has went away. .
P UR HAPS / shuddah told ’im, when hr begin to crack.
O' the. time Flynn broke his leg, the poor of' dub.
How Heine, set up ev'y night 'at Flynn teas on his bad,
An' paid the rent, an' stocked the house ’ith grub.
F VRHAPS I shuddah told 'im how Cockney George got hoit
H hen he fell in-tuh a fire, an’ like tuh died.
How they needed skin for graftin' an' how /D im peeled his short
An’ staked George to Free fed o’ Choiman hide.
•
A V’ as far me, per honor, 1 soaked him once beeaus•
i didden seem tvh like his mush a bit.
An’ 1 midden stan’ no knockin' o’ 'at, pal o’ Sandy Claus.
Witch use tuh be th( job o’ Heim S hmitt.
P VR HAPS j shuddah menshunned ’at little game o' bunA
'At Heine loved to play this time o’ year.
tDrw he’d get the kids to writin' as tin’ fer 'at Chrismuss junl,
An’ how thane'd give S. Claws the proper steer.
LJOW he’d run around the distri't on < o'y Ghnsmus* em
* * 'Jth a peek o’ stuff 'at he end hardly lug.
lie auxden have no kids hisse'f, an' ’at's why l believe
'At this Chrismuss thing was Heim s fav'rit bug.
j\JOW they's a creakin’ sign down yoiohi, an' it sums to <,* to ory
* * A whiny “Where is If tine' all the day.
An' we got word he's wounded, an' word he’s gonnah die,
Hut the kids don't know why It cine stays away.
yJ.V* ev'y night, yer honor, this lzzy Cohen, the city.
Has tuh bugghrizc 'at empty store an snare
4 ion or two o' tetters ’at the l.iils shore Frew the drop
Addressed to Kandy ('laws in Heine’s care.
O V’Y Free guys hit ’im, fei I wudden stan’ fer mare
An’ the croaker sa he isn't h>nt so much.
Wt’ra poaca’hul in our end ’o town an' nootooru! in *at wai
Hut we will not stan' for raus-sin' mit the Dutchl
Chick Evans Is Here How and
Ouimet May Come on Later
HE ILL
JESS WILLARD'S RECORD
Color, white: born December 29,
1887, Pottawatomie County, Kan
sas. Weight, 230 pounds; height, 6
feet 7 inches; reach, 85 inches.
1011.
Rds.
K. Ed. Burke, El Reno, Okla... 3
K. Louis Fink, Oklaiioma City.. 3
K. Al Mandino, Oklahoma City. 4
K. Joe Kavinaugh, Okla. City..14
K. Bill Schiller, Oklahoma City. 4
W Frank Lyon, Elk City, Okla.. 10
W. Mike Comiskey, Ham'd, Ok!..10
Believes a White Champion;
Would Restore Game to All
Its Former Popularity.
By .Jess Willard.
: » S 1 have been asked to do one
| /A of the most difficult things in
| the world - write a story about
myself—1 will make a desperate ef
fort to do so. There is no doubt that
the main reason I am in the limelight
at present is that 1 am matched to
fight Jack Johnson for tlie heavy
weight championship of the world. 1
wish to say right here that I believe I
will bring back the title to the white
race.
That may seem iather a chesty
stat ment, but all will agree with me
that if a man is not able to realize
Ills worth in any line, even in box-
J irig, he is working under a big handi
cap. If 1 suffer defeat at the hands
• of Johnson, no one will ever hear a
I chirp from me. Then and there I will
| be through with fighting.
I believe that a white heavyweight.
| champion of the world Would do more l
j to boost boxing ihan If the title were
held by a colored man. Even John-
; son will admit the truth of that argu-
1 ment and other good dusky boxers,
j like Jeanette and Longford, have ac
knowledged that Johnson, being the
champion, put a damper orf the game.
After Johnson Only.
At present there are being printed
about me a lot of stories in which
1912.
K John Young, Ft. Wayne. Ind. 6 j
K. Frank Bowers, St. Charles, III. 3 (
K. John Young, South Chicago.. 5 l
W Arthur Peiky, New York.... 10 ’
"W. Luther McCarty, New York. 10 j
K. Sailor White, Buffalo I (
K. Soldier Kearns, New York. .. 8 >
mn. |
* K Frank Bauer, Ft. Wayne, lnd. 6 (
K. .lack l^eon, Ft. Wayne, Ind... 4 J
< L. Gunboat Smith, S. h’ranciseoi 20 '
> D. Charley Miller, S. Francisco. 4 )
K. Al Williams, Reno, Nev 8 ‘
It TO
30 FOR
Great Outfielder Is an Infielder
at Heart and Would Like
the Job.
'■ K. Jluil Younq, V'ernori, Cal. .».u
j George Rodel, Atlanta o
1914.
K. Geo. Rodel, N. Haven, Cotin.. 9
J K. One-Round Dp.vis, Buffalo .. 2
W. Carl Morris, New York...\10
' K. Dan Daly, Buffalo 0
Sporting Food
GEORGE B. PHA!H
EXPENSES.
By CONNIE MACK
Fee broken up the grand old tearn
And set the old gang free.
For if I had not busted it
It would hare busted me.
The Philadelphia fan, according to
Mr. Mack, haa been fed on so much
j several fight managers want to know r j c h food that he has acquired the
‘| why
1 will not fight their charges.
gout in his spending arm.
Consider, you Philadelphia fan. con
sider the Cleveland fan who haa been
j Here is the only answer
1 am after one particular goal—Jack
i Johnson.
! It might be added, for the benefit of j in thp bread Une
; those managers who are trying to get j
i publicity indirectly* through me, that
their stars have no effect on me. view of the fact that Walter
When 1 get through with the John- Johnson has jumped, several players
son fight, and if fortune favors vie, ,n Federal League are about to
' they will have no trouble In getting ® ome 'd® a the power of a 42-
i engagements for their men. centimeter gun.
I Turning to the question of taking |
an outside chance before I meet John.
j sor\, it is easy to show how foolish
, such a move would be. In the Erst,
place, .tack Curley and Tom Jones
I were under heavy expense to arrange
this match.
A few weeks ago Curley made a
.hurried trip across the ocean to get j ^a.11 players
Johnson's signature to the articles.
Jones has been busy getting all the We are willing to agree with Chick
details working so that when the Evans that Indoor golf is a fine gam-,
j scene and time of the battle are deft- It must be fully as thrilling as outdoor
i nitely decided upon the principal part , chess,
j of the program can be arranged with- |
lout any time being lost. OLD STUFF.
Large Sum Involved. Pred Vlorke hits quit the baseball
Then, again, I must impress that to
Billy Murray, who wants to fight
Jimmy Clabby, is just about careless
enough to monkey with a buzz saw.
Maybe John McOraw is willing to
trade nine ball players for Heine
Zim, but where is he going to get- nine
stage this affair will cost at least $50.
000; and a syndicate arranged by
Jones and Curley has already pledged
itself to furnish all the financial back
ing necessary.
When it is realized what a sum of
money is being expended, and what a
sum will be expended, one can easily
see how foolish it would be for me
to risk getting hurt by meeting those
dangerous heavyweights who are now I H a longer way to the home plate if
yelling for a fight with. me. ! you are a Cracker standing on third
I am bound in honor to protect the j base,
gentlemen who are risking their
No more he calls for steal or bunt
He is not in the penannt hunt
Nor looks upon the m ore.
“Too bad!” thi rooters all agree.
“.4 square and upright man was he!” j
And then in glaring type they see:
"Fred Clarke has signed once more
It's a. long wav to Tipperary, but
If Rube Marquard does not have
money and time to give me the chance
of winning the title from Johnson
Few people realize what it would
mean to me to win the heavyweight
title from Johnson. If T never se
cured a penny for performing the feat,
I would feel amply repaid for bring
ing the title back to the white race. | _ , ^ , ... .
t boi'anif a boxer by accident. Out. Charley Ebbets nay» baseball is a
1 hide of the accident it was caused by business proposition. Ain’t Chaney
■ the necessity of making some money. , original cuss.
’l have been earning my own living *
.over since I left school at 13 years of Charlev Herzog, who has signed a
age. During my school days 1 did ^wo-year contract withjhe Rods,_de^
: odd jobs, such as helping to round up
I the herds of cattle to be shipped to
i the Chicago end Kansas City stock -
j yards, and riding horses to the range.
Tries to Corner Market
I rare he will get his name Into the
5 papers. And, gosii; how he dreads it!
Russell Ford, it ia 6aid, perfected
I his curve ball by playing billiards. He
| still practices on the ivories.
serves no sympathy. He has served
a year and knows what it is.
Persons who have been studying th**
trend of baseball are wondering how
Soon I drifted into Ihe horse deal-
i Ing business and saved a few thou-
NEW YORK, Dec 26.—Should the
report that Arthur Shafer is to return
to the Giants again this spring prov*
not true, McOraw is apt to have a
rather familiar face at the third cor
ner the coming season, anyway. We
do not refer to Stock, Grant or Snod
grass, nor yet the great Zim. It is a
young man who more or less known
to Polo Grounders by the name
George Burns.
It stems that, although rated eus the
best all-round outfielder in the Na
tional League last season and pickeo
by many experts as one of the three
greatest outer gardeners in the coun
try, George ia an inflelder at heart.
Even now he is money-mooning and
playing third base for the All-Na
tional barnstormers, who are staging
a series with the All-American team
on the Pacific Coast. From all ac
counts, George is playing a bang-up
game in the infield, and, if Shafer
falls to show up at Marlin, has decided
to offer himself as a candidate for
the third base job.
it is very possible that George may
prove even a greater star as an in-
fielder than he has been In the outer
works. He has a good build, is ver>
sure on ground balls, a quick, fas?
thrower, and is light and shift on his
feet. With the experience gained on
the present tour and the long work
out in the spring at Marlin, Burns
may easily be a finished basema:
when the gong lings to start the nexi
pennant race.
The Giants will be very long on out
fielders next year, which is no doubt
the reason that McGraw is thinking of
experimenting with Burns in the in
field. Unless some trades are put
through by the Giant leader to alter
the club roster, our ex-champions will
have Snodgrass, Bescher. Robertson.
Piez, Thorpe, Murray and a number
of. recruits for the outer works. Burns
can easily be spared for the third
base job if he gives evidence of meas
uring up to big league standards at
playing the bag.
Times Have Changed
In Money Line, Says
Ex-Champion Wolgast
CADILLAC. mTch.. Dec. 26.— “Times
have changed,’ 'remarked Ad Wolgast,
recently, after listening to Johnny
Sheridan tell how much money several
young scrappers wanted for boxing these
days. Ad remarked that when he was
a beginner he used to 1h»x for nothing
sometimes he “bummed'' freight trains
to the scene of the conflict.
Wolgast says hef well remembers one
of his first fights which was held at
Petoskey in June, 1906. As Wolgast
remembers it, he spent a month’s
wages to win this fight.
Ad’s opponent was Kid Moore, whr
was held to be a real scrapper. There
u>ie n<» articles to sign and no nego
tiations to carry on, so It did not take \
Wolgast long to complete his plaits
His finances were far from healthy,
and Art rode a Grand Rapids and In
diana freight to Ptrfoskey.
In ePtosksy he used ail his avails
Me funds in preparing for the battle.
He had to purchase an outfit which,
he says, was a sorry looking affair. Ho
had to hire seconds and he had to pay
a veteran scrapper to box with him
and rub him down. When the day of
the fight came. Ad was almost broke
He appeared in one of the preliminaries
but that was as far as Ad figured.
The promoters failed to consider th«
Uadillac boy in their expenses and Ad.
did not receive a dime for his services.
He came home just as he went—on u
freight. But Ad’s trip was not entirely
without results He won the fight
which at that time meant everything t *
Ad.
long Charley Herzog’s two-year con- |
tract will last.
j sand dollars. In order to save money,
t 1 denied myself all luxuries. A friend * scrap between Jori Johnson and
induced me to go into a scheme to ' Sam McVey was a disappointment,
; corner the horse market of our lo- \ but anybody who expected anything
1 cality, and as we were not flnar.ci* s i else deserved to be disappointed,
and had not enough capital I went |
j broke.
T was in Oklahoma City about this
’time looking for a new start, when I
'attended a boxing match between
I “Wildcat” Ferns and Harry Brewer,
Kansas City welterweights. While
i watching the bout, tlie feeling that I
could defeat Jack Johnson rose in me
and I decided to tackle the game.
That night I was introduced to
Carl Morris. I had read of him and j • !
saw where the newspapers conceded ■ If Jimmy Clabby insists on $10,000 |
him a chance to win the title from j per fight, he is going to have a long
Johnson. 1 bluntly told him that he and more or less enjoyable vacation,
could not lick me, and I was ready to | ——
'prove it. I believe my *uze prevented 1 It is hard to believe that the Fed-
. Mortis from buckling right into me, ' eral League magnates are holding a
THE ROOTER.
‘Dost like the game of baseball9”
/ asked a high-browed fan.
“O, pcs,” the stranger answei'ed me;
"I am a loyal fan.”
“Hast ever seen a ball gamef"
The stranger answered: "Nawl
I tike the game because f nm
4 con nselor-ot-law.”
and we parted with chips on
shoulders. Hut the talk caused com-
' ment, and local matchmakers catne
! aftor me to tuke on si one of the lessor
| lights, and on April 10, 1911, I fougnt
! iny first professional battle.
Many
Up
Stars Wind
at First Base!
QUITS YALE FOR HARVARD
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.. Dec. 26.-
lohnny MHllken, the star of the
championship Yale freshman eleven,
• nnoitnced to-dav ho vill enter Har
vard. He was expected to be one of
( nc*xt year’s Yale varsity eleven, but a
I dlK igreement with the faculty has
! resulted ; n his decision to go e|se-
1 where
Mention of the fact that Hans Wag-
} ner is going to play first base next
I year recall* that Hughey Jennings
made the shift from short to firut late
In his career. And. by the way, he
was one of the best first basemen. It’s
rather curious the large number of
iirnt basemen began In other posi
tions.
There’s Stuffy McTnntu lie, began
• hm a shortstop. Hutch Schmidt, of
i the Braves, was n pitcher. Fred Ten-
| ney was a catcher; so were Jack
Doyle and Frank Chance Fournier,
j of the White Sox, wan an outfielder.
Jack Miller began as a second base-
man. Hat Te.beau was a third base-
man. The list Is an extensive one.
GOLFERS NAME TYLER.
HANOVER, N. H , Dec. 26. -Mem
bers of the Dartmouth golf team
elected Ralph G. Tyler, of Exeter, N.
j H., captain, and Bruce F. Bundy, of
jEndicott N V, manager, for 1915-
11416. -
meting In our midst. We haven’t
heard the pop of a cork.
SAM LANGFORD SINGS TO HAR
RY WILLS.
FIRST CANTO
/ am
The Kam
Wliat am
SECOND CANTu
No ham
Can slam
<)n 8am
THIRD CANTO
Ham I J !
Swimming Body Is
Formed in Chicago
CHICAGO Dec, 26.—Organization
of the Chicago Amateur Swimming
Association, which will promote out
door affairs natatorial, has been
made, according to a statement by
Louis 13. Reinrnan, of the Columbia
Yacht Club. H. J. Mandy, the vet
eran of the local swimmers and t
members of the Illinois Athletic Club.
Is president of the association:
Charles A. Dean, president of the
Central A. A. U., is vice president of
the splashers and Mr, Reltman is sec
retary - treasurer,
The association will not devote its
attention to the indoor game, but If
merely a free entertainment bureau
for the yacht and boat cluba, for the
plans of tne officials and organizers
are largely dependent upon the good
will of the sailors and rowers.
It is planned to hold a aeries of bi
weekly or weekly swimming meetf
during the warm season, rotating the
show from club to club.
Trinity Baseball
Dates Announced
HARTFORD. Dec. 26.—Trinity's base
ball dates for 1916 are:
April 14, Holy Cross at Hartford; 17,;
Massachusetts Agricultural at Hartford: 1
24 Stevens at Hoboken, N J. 28, MU3-
dlebury at Hartford.
Mu> 1. New York University at Hart-,
ford: 8. Williams at Hartford; 15. Wes-
levan at Hartford; 21 Seton Hail at j
South Orange, N. J : 22. Columbia aij
New York Jrt, Springfield Y. M C. A.;
College at Hartford; 29, open: 31. Wes- ,
ley an at Middletown. j
June 2, Holy Cross Worcester: a. 1
Tiffs wt Mel ford, v
Jim Sullivan Left
Only $1,000 Estate
NEW YORK~~I>ec. 26 —The will of
James E, Sullivan, late secretary
treasurer of the Amateur Athletic
Union and Commissioner to the
Olympian Games, shows that the
popular secretary left an estate val
ued at 11,000. all of which was given
to his wife.
The heirs-at-law and next of kit*
ire Julia E. S Abel, a daughter. ax>d
James fitaoey Sullivan, a eon.
500-MILE RACE ON JUNE 1ft.
CHICAGO, Dec. 86.-—June 18, Ut*
! date asked for, was tentatively
awarded the Speedway Hark Aaeocla
tion for its 500-mile automobile race
by the American Automobile Associa
tion contest board at a meeting hek*
here the other day.
COFFEY TO FIGHT MORRIS.
XUVV YORK. Dec. 26—Jim Coffw
“the Dublin giant,” has been match*#
to fight Carl Morris, the S&pulpa Be
hemoth, at the (tarden «» the •tab* ml
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