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HEAKST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, .MAY 23, lDio.
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A POOR CHAMPION!
Charlie White'* record of knock
out wins is making Freddie Welsh
look like a bad class leader.
If AH Lightweights Could Hit as Hard as White Ten-Round Bouts Would Be Long Enough
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7 here Is Small Question but That He Is the Best Fighter in the Business at 133 Pounds
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A REAL IRIRH BATTLER!
Jim Coffey fills the bill, gentle
men. Those who have studied him
say he has everything.
COACH HEISMAN SELECTS
ALL-SOUTHERN BILL TEAM
Senter, Harrison, Hill and Hitchcock Are Among
Those Named by Tech Coach—Squad Not as
Strong as in Other Years.
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reasons it gives me little trouble to
decide on Frantz.
Burns, of Cumberland, is a hard
hitter, and a player of experience.
He is tall and well built, and handles
thrown balls nicely.
Louiselle, of Auburn, comes in for
honorable mention.
Second Bate Easy to Pick.
A lot of first year men are holding
down the keystone sack on the vari
ous teams of this vicinity this year;
and though some of them give every
indication of being “comers,” I do
not recall any of the newcomers who
merit singling out except Collins, of
Auburn This chap is going to be
heard from, for he not only fields
brilliantly, but his stick work is ex
cellent as well. He is fast on his
feet, plays a ball properly and pegs
well.
Ladd, of Alabama, is a veteran, and
helps to pull his team out of many
a bad hole. Though not a showy
fielder, he is usually to be counted on.
Tie hits strongly, and he knows the
game very thoroughly. Ladd is a val
uable player.
Kinney, of Mississippi Agricultural
and Mechanical, is a player of expe
rience and does acceptable work. I
do not consider that he has a strong
claim on an All-Southern berth, not
withstanding he was about as valua
ble a player to his team as any on the
A. and M. aggregation.
Smith, of Tech, hits well, and has
all the earmarks of a coming player.
His fielding must become more re
liable.
Harrison Again Honored.
Probably few wil find fault with
my selection of Harrison, of Georgia,
occupant of the position for last year,
as a worthy man to succeed himself.
This chap Is a perfect speed marvel,
both in fielding and throwing, to say
nothing of his brilliant work on the
bases. No matter how hard a
grounder comes to him, Harrison
stops it and gets It to first with all
effectiveness. No matter how slowly
the ball is hit, and no matter how far
back Harrison was when the bail
cracked, he is always found to come
in on it so rapidly, scoops it so un
erringly. and whip it with such little
lost motion to first that the runner
is retired on a ball that is little more
than a bunt. He takes throws quite
approvedly from catcher, and he
covers a very deep territory. His
hitting, while not phenomenal, is sat
isfactory for an inflelder, and if the
pitcher ever makes the mistake of
letting him get a “toe hold” on one he
will “park” it without any compunc
tions whatever. He is a finished base
runner.
To give Harrison his entire des
serts. we may say that he stands on a
plane alone, apart from the other sec
ond basemen of the year. He is quite
ripe for professional ball of a high
order.
Keen Competition for Short.
For the position of shortstop there
is keener competition than at any sta
tion we have yet considered.
Those who have been in the lime
light more or less all year are David
son, of Vanderbilt; Clements, of Geor
gia; Cureton. of Clemson; Ellerbe, of
Sewanee; Hill, of Tech, and Hawes,
of Mercer.
Ellerbe and Hawes are newcomers,
but good ones. They are hardly ripe
for plucking. Ellerbe is a natural hit
ter, and, were it not that the competi
tion Is extra keen, he would have a
look-in.
Davidson is a much better “sticker”
than a fielder, though he is far from
being unhandy in the latter depart
ment. I do not consider him, however,
the equal of either Cureton, Clements
or Hill.
The first of these is a good man—a
real all-round shortstop. He just
doesn’t seem to have the natural phy
sical gifts of speed and grace and
general use of himself that the other
two have, and that’s about all they
have on him.
Cargyle, of Alabama, is another real
ball player. Unfortunately for him.
he has been forced to play the short
position, where he is by no means so
formidable as at third base. At the
latter station he was one of the best
men last year to be found anywhere;
but in considering his work at short I
can only say that he is a good man.
The choice between Clements and
Hill is about as perplexing a task as
*Ha writer will have to-day. Both are
veterans, both are very fast, both have
splendid throwing arms, both cover a
world of ground, both are excellent at
taking the catcher’s peg to second,
both are fine base runners, and both
are extra hard hitters. Each has had
extended experience, and each plays a
steady game. Both are the real goods
when it comes either to starting or
ending double plays at their station.
Both these men can bunt, both are
easy to Handle, both ambitious work
ers. both good sliders, and so on, and
so forth. Now the reader can under
stand my predicament. There seems
practically nothing to sway me to a
choice.
It is true I have not been able to see
elements playing his game day in and
day out as I have Hill. I am able to
speak of the consistency and reliabil
ity of Hill's game because of famil
iarity with his daily work. I do not
happen to know that Clements can
duplicate here, though probably he
can
In the early season Hill made sev
eral careless bobbles of easy ground
balls, and the fact that I saw him
make these (as well as the many diffi
cult play's he pulls off) comes near to
making me “scratch” him. In other
words, this merely shows the other
side of what it is to have a man who
attempts a selection like the present
see you work out day after day. Per
haps Clements made some of those
• foolish” ones also In games I did not
witness.
H»ll Has Shade on Clsmenta
Mainly' on the strength of the way
they looked to me In their games
.against each other at the very close of
the season. I believe I will choose Hill.
Ventente certainly played nice ball.
‘ N Hill looked a shade better to me.
Clements went after some bad balls at
the plate—a thing that Hill rarely
does. Again, Hill is a stronger, more
robust man than Clements, and
there is little question in my
fectiveness. It’s just a matter of
which man you would prefer, and if
I had to make a choice I think 1
would take 1H11, because T know’ that,
in the long run, I would find no oth
ers this year with bis physical
strength and endurance, and none who
would play such steadily good ball day
in and day out.
Moore a Born Ball Player.
We have now reached the "hot”
corner in our travels, and here we find
a perfectly good little volcano In ac
tion. This Is none other than our old
college chum "Scrappy” Moore, erst
while of Tech, but now a Commodore.
There simply isn’t any' debating to
do when looking over applicants for
this berth. Moore is the w’hole works.
There have been a lot of clever third
basemen to perform In Southern col
lege ball from first to last, but I can
not now' recall any who had much edge
on Moore—not even Harry Holland,
nor W. West, of Trinity; nor Joe
Holland, of Clemson; nor Graves, of
Georgia.
Moore is simply a born ball player.
He stands up to the plate like a "pro,”
he slides like “Ty,” he covers seem
ingly impossible stretches of terri
tory, he scoops up anything from a
scared rabbit to a cannon ball, and he
throws from as many' positions as
Tommy McMillan. And HOW he
throws! My, my! What an arm that
boy has! Oh, w r ell—what’s the need?
Next to Moore, the classiest third
baseman of the year is McMillen, of
Clemson. He is a wonderfifl little
fielder, and has batted In the neigh
borhood of .300. Were Moore not on
hand, T would certainly choose him.
Dew'berry, of Mercer, is a nice field
ing third sacker, and so is J. Smith,
of Tech: but neither of them is strong
w’ith the willow. Both should come
stronger next year.
Milligan, of Auburn, is a promising
play'er. Holden, of Georgia, is an
other good fielder. Bobo, of Missis
sippi A. and M.. plays pretty fair ball.
But none of them is in Moore’s class.
Hard to Pick Outfielders.
This brings us to the outfield, and
here we look long before w r e find what
we want. There are, indeed, few outer
gardeners w'hose work stamps them
as being in a class with a dozen and
more stars who scintillated in years
gone by.
So much difficulty Is encountered in
finding men who are reasonably
strong in all departments. There are
plenty who are splendid fielders, and
phenomenally fast if they ever get on
base, but who so seldom get on that
their speed isn’t worth much as an as
set except in covering territory in the
outfield. Such a man is Curry, of
Vanderbilt, and such a man is Mon
tague, of Tech. Preas, of Tech, is
about in the same boat. Crawford, of
Alabama, is a good man. He is the
hardest to reject.
Cochran, of Mercer, is a good bail
player, but he was laid up such a
large part of the season by illness that
we fail to find him eligible.
The Georgia outfielders field all
right, but neither do any of them hit
hard enough to win a home. Steed,
of Auburn, bats pretty well but 1
would not consider him quite the right
combination in other respects.
Noble an Old Head.
One sure man 1 believe we have in
Noble, who disports in center for Mis
sissippi A. and M. Here we have an
old head. Last year he was considered
good enough at A. and M. to lead the
bunch, and here we still have him
back playing another year. Noble is a
good, dependable fielder, hits left-
handed and maintains an excellent
hitting percentage. His arm is all
rignt, and he plays with his mind on
the game at all times.
Nor must we overlook the fact that
he is about the fastest collegian in the
South to-day. This was the chap who
won the 100-yard dash at the S. I. A.
A. meet last year in 10 seconds flat:
and certainly this speed comes in pat
in playing center field or in scudding
down to first base, especially with the
left-hand start he gets. His athletic
temperament is all right.
Another man who in all probability
deserves a place Is Thomasson, of
Tennessee. While an acceptable field
er, it should be pointed out that his
main strength is in his ability to hit
the ball—and what does an outfielder
amount to, anyway, if he can not hit?
I selected Thomasson for a place
last year, and, as his game has not
fallen off in any particular this year,
his claim should now be still stronger,
because of a year of added experience.
As for his speed and general shifti
ness, it needs only to be recalled that
he plays regular halfback on the Vol
unteer football team, which is suffi
cient evidence that he has all the leg
nimbleness we require of an out
fielder.
As for the remaining man of the
trio—well, 1 would like to slide this
one over to somebody else. No man I
can find stands out the way he should.
Possibly the best remaining man is
Vick, of MUlsaps. He has a great rec
ord so far as the figures go, present
ing for inspection a batting average
of close to .500. and having a fielding
percentage of LOGO. In addition, he
has stolen more bases than any other
player on the Millsaps team He has
a good arm. and Is altogether the star
of a team that played high-class ball
the whole season, winning nine out of
fourteen S. I. A. A games played.
McGoodwin, of Sewanee. Is a
smooth and reliable outfielder, but
does not hit quite hard enough.
Cargyle. of Alabama, was moved to
the outfield the latter part of the sea
son. where, reports have it. he played
sensational ball. On account, how
ever. of his lack of experience at this
position and the short time he has
played it with his team, I do not feel
I can justly name him for the place.
Langley, of Chattanooga, is a fine
batter, but lacks the necessary finish
in most other departments.
Exponents of Manly Art Will Show Prowess in;
Pings Pitched in National and Federal
League Ball Parks.
HE YEARS PISS
Illinois A, C. Wonder Has Won
All-Western Classic Six Times.
Has Passed 33-Year Mark.
A THLETIC experts and the gen
eral run of theorists who devote
their time to the minute cal
culation of the amount of stamina in
a human being have agreed that
Marathon racing calls forth the
greatest exertion of the muscular sys
tem! the consequence being that the
active life of the Marathoner is lim
ited.
That the drain is too much is the
conclusion arrived at. and it is a re
markable fact that no runner has
ever repeated the Marathon deed at
the Olympic games, and only one of
the great runners ever won the Bos
ton Marathon more than once; and
the event is as consistent in its an
nual appearance as the big item on
the modem Olympiad.
In every sport there are excep
tions, of course, and so with the
Marathon game. Perhaps the most
notable case to-day in connection
with the long grind is that of Sidney
H. Hatch, of the Illinois A. C., who
has pursued the heart-breaking ex
ercise for a period of ten long years,
and the spell includes summers and
winters.
Evidently the Chicago man is as
good this year as ever, for recently he
won the All-Western Marathon at St.
Louis, only two weeks after he se
cured third prize in the Boston Mar
athon.
Improves With Age.
Hatch is now 33 years old. and, ac
cording to the experts, it is the period
of life long past the grand climac
teric of athletic prowess; yet he set
up better figures than he did ten
years ago, It is true the St. Louis
race was rather slow’, the time being
3:05:10, but Hatch could have im-i
proved well on these figures had he
been pushed.
The course was the full Marathon
distance of 26 miles 385 yarns, and in
the three hours or more he was hoof
ing it over the journey Hatch lost
eight pounds in w’eight. a fact which
could be advanced to support the ar
gument that Mara than racing should
come under the heading of cruelty to
animals, and that it Is absolutely of
no use as a means to develop dis
tance racing.
When the time came in 1906 to pick
the American Marathoners for the
trip to Athens, the best of the West
ern contingent was Joseph Forshaw.
of St. Louis, chiefly on account of his
win in the All-Western Marathon the
year previous. Hatch was known
then, but for want of an established
record he was not taken to Greece.
While the American team was
abroad the All-Western race came off
in 1906, and Hatch was returned the
winner In the rattling good time of
2:46:14 2-5, nearly half an hour fast
er than the performance of Forshaw
in 1905.
Sets Marathon Record.
Hatch wai the winner in 1907 and
1908. and in the latter year he set up
the record of 2:29:56 2-5. a figure
which has not been equalled since.
The work of Hatch easily secured
him a place in the Olympic team for
England that year along with Morris
sey. of Yonkers; Welton, of Boston;
Forshaw and TewjLnima. the Indian,
and Johnny Hayes, the ultimate win
ner.
Those who tiiourht themselves
good at picking the winners believed
that the ifcsue would be between Mor
rissey and Hatch, nobody thinking
that Hayes would be near the firing
line when the last mile wan reached.
Joe Forshaw was third. Tewanlma
ninth, and Hatch fourteenth. The ex
treme heat bothered Hatch, who was
away under weight and a trifle over
trained.
Nothing daunted by the reverse,
Hatch continued his long-distance
This is one of a series of article
s on men famous in the sporting
world of to-day and of the past. Ev
ery branoh of sport Is represented-
GEORGE E SMITH.
By Bill Hicks.
Over a grave in section 2 of the
Uniondale Cemetery at Pittsburg
stands a handsome statue. Lettered
on its base is the name George E.
Smith.
Of the hundreds w'ho daily view
this likeness of the man in whose
memory^ it was raised, but few know
that George E. Smith was for ther
better part of his life "Pittsburg
Phil.” He was born Smith, chris
tened George E., but early in life was
nicknamed Pittsburg Phil, and this
name stuck to him until, at the early
age of 38. he died. Then with the
order for the statue for his grave he
again became George E. Smith.
Pittsburg Phil was one of the pic
turesque creations of the race track.
During his brief career he won and
lost more money by gambling on
horses than any known man, and,
strange to say. he had a lot of money
left when he died. He was a gam
bler who always knew that the odds
were in his favor before putting
down his money. When he KNEW
that he had an edge he wouldn’t stop
betting until the race started; when
he felt that things were not in his
favor, he would sit for days in the
grandstand and let race after race
pass without making a wager.
A Unique Gambler.
As a gambler, Pittsburg Phil was
unique. Never before or since has
there been a man who was able to
give the same attention to detail;
nothing was too small for him to
take into consideration; and he had
the r;i^ mental makeup which en
abled h%i to see and grasp and hold
minor details that no one else had
ever bothered with
In addition to this. Phil had a small
army of men working for him. He
had his own "dockers”—men who
received big salaries to get to the
track early in the morning and catch
the time on any early trials that
horse owners put their charges
through. Often Phil was among the
early rail birds himself.
Trainers, jockeys and owners came
to him with information and they
were always well paid when their
“Info” proved correct. Tn this way
the Pittsburg man won thousands,
and he was the only man able to keep
any of the money taken from the
bookies. Big plungers of his time.
Charles Gates. John A. Drake and
others, found the game a losing one
and finally quit thousands of dollars
to the bad. It may be. too, that Phil
would have lost out had he remained
on the turf, but illness finally forced
him to give up the game.
Gambling Killed Him.
In an indirect way gambling cost
Pittsburg Phil his life. He died of
consumption, it is true, but physi
cians declared that that dread dis
ease was brought about through con
stantly suppressing his emotions. In
stead of giving way to the excite
ment of the moment when he saw the
horse on which he stood to win thirty
or forty thousand come home in front
Phil’s face would remain impassive
and he would turn from the track
without as much as a suggestion of a
smile. It was the same when he lost.
As George E. Smith, Pittsburg
Phil began life as a cork cutter in
Pittsburg at a salary of $10 a week.
When only a boy his family moved to
Allegheny City, and Smith began
hanging around Ed Price’s poolroom.
He studied the cards, listened to
gamblers and began to bet. He was
even then a cool, calculating gambler,
and pretty soon began to beat Price.
It was in that room that he was
dubbed Pittsburg Phil, the proprietor
calling him that to separate him from
the other Smiths betting there. i
From Allegheny City Phil went to
Chicago, and in 1887 came East and
joined the gamblers at the local
tracks. For a year everything came
his way and he had all sorts of
money. Then the tide turned and he
went broke. He announced this fact
without a tremor and left the track.
Owned Own Stable.
He bobbed up a short time later
and retrieved his fortunes. In 1880
he bought a stable of his own and
raced successfully all over the East
ern circuit. In 1886 he sold this
string and bought better horses,
among them being Belmar, The Win
ner, Howard Mann and Beldemere.
Howard Mann won the Brooklyn
Handicap over a very heavy course,
heavily backed by his owner at odds
of 9 to I.
In 190] Pittsburg Phil discovered
Jockey Willie Shaw and made a great
rider of him. This also profited Phil,
for he backed the boy heavily at all
sorts of odds when ho knew that
there was a chance to win. Tn 1903
Phil’s entries were refused because
of a suspicious ride by Shaw, who
was suspended. Smith sold his stable
then
He was not barred from the track,
though, and continued putting over
coup after coup, until forced to retire
through Illness. He went to a sani
tarium at Asheville and for a time it
was thought he would recover. But
consumption had too firm a grip on
him and he succumbed
“ZIM” HAS SENSE OF HUMOR.
Heinie Zimmerman pulls some fast
ones occasionally that prove that all ta
not bone that pulls boners. A moving
picture man was making pictures of the
Cubs at Tampa and one of the recruits
kept crowding to the front, trying to
get the spotlight position. “Get out
of there’” yelled one of the veterans.
“Let him alone,” remarked Heinie. “It’s
his only chance to stay on a reel team.”
KNOX MANAGERS SELECTED.
GALESBURG. ILL. May 22.—At the
annual election of officers of the Knox
College Athletic Association this week,
the following were chosen for the en
suing year: Henry Chase, president;
Roy Parr, vice president; Kenneth Mc
Govern. secretary; manager baseball
team. Glee Seibel: manager basketball
team, Don Hartman; manager track
team, Elbert Parmenter.
training, but failed to figure as a
winner until 1911. when he carried
off the A11-Western race for the
fourth time. That same year Hatch
took a trip East and captured the
Yonkers Marathon from the best field
of long-distance pluggers In the
Metropolitan district. His time of
2:34:40 is the best record for the
event.
Hatch won the All-Western race
last year. It was his intention to
keep in training until the 1916 Mar
athon ai. the Olympic games.
Mgr. Hendricks, of
Indianapolis, Says 16
Men Enough for Clubs
MILWAUKEE, May 22. -Jack Hen
dricks. manager of the Indianapolis
American Association club, is of the
opinion that sixteen men is sufficient
for any club In President Chivington’s
circuit.
"The matter was taken up by the
league th* past week.” said Hendricks,
in discussing the matter yesterday,
"but It was decided by a majority of
'•bibs that sixteen players would be the
limit for this season.
“There Is no club in the association,
or. in fact, any other minor league that
can afford to carry more than sixteen
men and if the number was cut to fif
teen, it would probably be. a great deal
better for most of them.”
NOT SO GREAT AFTER ALL.
Winnebago Johnson, the wonderful
Indian pitcher of the Kansas City F>?ds,
who was so badly wanted by both the
outlaws and the Cincinnati Reds that
they went to court over him, pitched
against the Chifeds the other day and
was tickled for something like a dozen
blows in four Innings Amanda, an
other of Stovall s stars, finished the
game The Chifeds made a total of 17
hits for 36 bases off the two iwtrlers.
Leader of the White Elephants
Says the Only Player He
Misses Is Frank Baker.
D ETROIT. May 22.—Connie Mack
is no laughing matter. But
Larry Lajoie is 40 years old. and
Eddie Collins has Just turned 28.
And, therefore, when Connie Mack
tells us that he would not trade La
joie to Chicago lor Collins, it strikes
us as a giggle getter.
“I know you’re going to laugh,"
said Connie, in all seriousness this
morning, “when T tell you I would not
trade Lajoie for Collins, but don't. At
least, 1 won’t.
“I mean every word of this state
ment: l wouldn't trade Lajoie for
Collins. Understand, I’m not saying
that for effect, becanse It would have
no effect on Larry. It’s merely my
opinion on the matter.
"My team doesn't miss Colling No;
Baker is the only player we miss.
Kopf is a nice player since he recov
ered from his injury, but Kopf isn’t a
Baker, and that’s why I’m looking for
a Baker. We miss him.
"I really dislike the idea of talking
on Baker's case. I am pursued by
newspaper men in every town, who
want to know the. ’true status of Ba
ker’s case.’ I have, grown quite sick
of discussing it.
"But I’ll say this: Baker signed
for three years with us before the
Federal League was a factor. We
are obliged to live up to that contract.
He seems privileged to violate it.
Now, he’s either all right or all wrong.
One day Baker says he objects to the
length of his contract; another day he
says the salary is at fault; again, he
says he wants to quit baseball. But
he’s playing with the Upland team at
a big salary, so I don’t know what he
wants. However. I’ll never trade him,
not for a franchise.
“He, belongs to my club, and we
n«ed him Ho has nn n .isnn for dis
regarding his contract. That’s all I
care to say about him
“My team is down there now, but it
will come. I ha ve a good team, bar
ring third base. I have five young
pitchers who know how to pitch. I’m
not worried about that department.
They will come, although off to a bad
start. We will be winning and up
there soon.”
And then Connie plunged into a
stack of correspondence, none of
which is overlooked by the lean tacti
cian.
WHY BRAVES SHOULD WIN.
An enthusiastic Boston fan furnishes
these ten reasons in rhyme for the
Braves repeating In the National League
race:
1— Qowdy at bat: none better e'er seen.
2— Schmidt and Smith to keep the bases
clean.
3— Tyler to twirl in a tantalizing way.
4 Aggressive John Evers with plenty to
say.
5— Little Rudolph and his puzzling pill,
6— Little MaranvJlle a big gap to nil
7— Inside baseball and the inimitable
James,
8— Ninth Inning rallies that win many
games.
9— Gumption galore all opponents to
floor.
10— Speed and skull practice. Do you
need any more?
POKER IS A BASEBALL GAUGE.
DETROIT. May 22—A ball player
who can play a stiff game of poker is
usually a mighty good ball player, ac
cording to Jimmy Burke. Tiger scout
and coach. ”T have found.” said Burke,
“that the players who can sit in a
poker game, either with strangers or
f >ersons they have played with frequent-
y. and then win, are usually the smart
est ball players on their club. The snap
Judgment, the taking of quick advan
tage of openings and the continual
headwork required in the Indoor sport
1s the same that makes a. good ball
player great on the diamond. There are
a lot of good ball players w'ho do not
play much poker, nut the good poker
players on the team are usually the
brainy, brilliant baJI players.”
By RINGSIDE.
N EW YORK. May 22.—This prom
ises to be a most active sum
mer for the grand old game of
boxing for Manhattan and environ
ments. Matters pugilistic In this seg
ment of the universe have been in am
unsettled condition since the new ad
ministration went Into control, with a
proposed completely reorganized per
sonnel in the boxing commission and
an increase In the boxing receipts tax
from 5 per cent to 7 1-2 per cent.
These radical changes would
appear to prove a hindrance to
the game, but instead they will prove
a boon, and will tend to place the
•port on a higher plane.
The increased tax will mean the ex
termination of a. number of fly-by-
night clubs. At present there are 39
clubs remaining of the original com
plement of 141 that sprung up when
the Frawley law went Into effect in
this Slate. Greedy managers and
grasping club owners helped pare the
large list, until now there are only a
few undesirable clubs doing business.
Heretofore boxing in New York
during the summer months has been
practically dead. Not more than one
or two clubs attempted to put on
bouts in the torrid spell, and their ex
penses absorbed the receipts all the
time. This past winter the boxing
game in New York was bordering the
moribund stage, as not more than
three or four good bouts were ar
ranged during the entire season.
O'pen-Air Bouts Planned.
But under the new order boxing as
sumes a roseate, hue, for at last New
Yorkers are to have some real fight
ing during the summer months. Li
censes freely granted to open-air
clubs, now in the process of forma
tion. make such a condition possible.
Already the new clubs are bidding for
patronage, and the press agents are
dreaming of attractive matches for
their respective clubs.
Baseball parks and race courses are
being Impressed by enterprising pro
moters for thetr fight arenas. Syndi
cates have been formed, and first-
rank boxers placed under contract for
opening shows. And a strange coin
cidence is that each one of these
clubs claims to have the exclusive
right to match Jess Willard for his
first battle when ho is ready to return
to the ring. As an old song runs.
“Somebody lies.”
Disregarding the Willard angle, it
indeed does seem as If the sport will
thrive here during the supposed off
season. Preparations are being made
for inaugural boxing shows shortly at
the grounds of the Brooklyn National
League ball club, the park of the
Brooklyn Federal League, ball club
and the old Brighton Beach race
track. In this city Billy Gibson is
considering a suitable site for an
open-air arena It it» Billyum's fond j
hope to have Champion Jess Willard j
become embroiled with Gibson’s Irirti i
heavyweight champion, Jim Coffey, j
and for this reason chiefly is the
Bronx restaurateur desirous of se
curing an open-air club.
Pollok Interested in Arena.
Harry Pollok, manager of Fn debt# j
Welsh. Is enmeshed In the Brighton j
race track proposition; so it is a ce
tainty that the lightweight boss will
appear exclusively at the seaside |
arena. The Broadway Sporting Club !
will transfer its paraphernalia to Eb-J
bets field for the summer, and also it* ]
policy of conducting bouts between j
the leading middleweight*. Those in I
charge of the sport at Washington I
Park—the Brookfods’ heath—will not
specialize in any particular division,!]
but will put on the best matches they j
can engineer.
Another Great Card.
If Billy Gibson goes through wltt|* : j
his plana of conducting bouts in the !
open, ids card for Independence Day
will read: “Mike Gibbons vs. Packey j
McFarland, for the world’s welter
weight championship.”
Packey has signified his tntentlon I
of returning to the ring for just two j
more battles—with Gibbons and Fred-
match has been hanging fire since last |
January, and has not been conmim- I
mated because Packey is waiting to !
see what the Illinois Legislators will 1
do with the boxing hill they have un
der consideration. Packey Is avers* J
to traveling a thousand miles to do
battle when he can have matters set- j
tied in his own back yard.
ITS A PERFECT
DELIGHT
TO LIGHT 4
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A man of good, aound
judgment won’t accept
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there i» none.
Jim Thorpe Playing
Fast Ball Since He
Joined Minor League
JERSEY CITY, N. J , May 22.—Jim
Thorpe, member of the Giants’ squad
for three years, and one of the biggest
Stockholm Olympic athletes, is now
with the local team of the International
League.
Since his advent into the league Just
below the big circuit, Thorpe has shown
flashes of brilliant playing ability—but
one flash does not make a ball player—
as John McGraw found out after three
seasons of coaching of Thorpe
But the Giants have an Ironbound
contract on Thorpe’s services for an
other year, and should the International
League experience develop Thorpe, he
will undoubtedly wear a Giant uniform
aguin next year.
If
Happy Felschlnvents
NewSlangExpression
In former days ball players were con
tinually using expressions which since
have been consigned to the cannery:
“Not yet. but soon.”
“VVhatdeyemean, yuh lost your dog?”
And others of the same ancient vint- j
Happy Felsch has come across with
another which is destined to be heard
many times on the diamond this season.
Wo take pleasure in presenting it, as
follows:
“You ain’t sore, have you?”
WHO STARTED THIS RUMOR?
New York detectives ar*» endeavoring
to trace the origin of the story that the
New York Giants had traded Robertson,
Murray and Perritt for Zack Wheat,
of the Dodgers The story was printed
under glaring headlines and then both
clubs came across with denials that no
such deal had been made.
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SEVEN RED HEADS ON TEAM.
The Cincinnati Reds are well named
this year. No less than seven red
headed players are on th#> list. Win go,
Dooln, Ames. Klllifer, Mollwitz. Griffith
and Lear have highly colored thatches.
“the old reliable"
KILBANE TO BOX MITCHELL
MILWAUKEE, May 22.—Ritchie
Mitchell and Johnny Kllbane have been
matched to fight before the South Side
Athletic Club May 31, closing the boxing
season for the year at the club.
AT DRU99IETS.0R TRIAL BOX BY MAI150* j
FROM PLANTF 9S HENRY ST. BROOKLYN.Itn
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BRESSLER DISAPPOINTMENT.
One of the biggest disappointments of
the season is 'Rube" Brossler. The
“southpaw,” who whs said to be des
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