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MONDAY, MAY 31, 1915.-
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—THE ATIVAN i A GEORGIAN-
You Must Make Sacrifices if You Hope to Land Amon^t b Leaders in Life’s League
Many of his worshipers
Kill be backing Coffey when he gets
hla lynack at trig elongated Kansan
teamed by Tom Jones.
Billy Gibson is the lucky party who
happens to be managing Coffey. He
has been patient with the Turkey, has
teapied him along carefully and has
finally turned him out a finished
heavyweight product of the prize ring,
ready for anybody big enough to
quarpel with him.
Nate L§wls and Charlje White saw
Coffey put the finisher to A1 Reich
the Other night in (Gotham, and have
added themselves to his list of ad
mirers. Lewis talks about Coffey
in their vein:
Reich Formidable Fop.
'^Coffey beat a great young fighter
in Reich. The latter had almost
everything, I thought, but Coffey had
a little bit more. Reich is a wonder
ful hitter with his right hand. He
got over a beautiful cross to the Cof
fey chin In the second round. Coffey
was groggy, but he showed that he
knew how to pull out of a tight hole.
Jim stalled along for fully half a
mlnutp, brushing the cobwebs from
fils brain and recovering from the
chin smash. Reich was swinging
9-way at him wildly all the while in
an gndeavor to land a knock-out.
When Coffey became himself he kept
oi} ^tailing until he got an opening.
It came just before the bell, when
Jim flattened A1 with a terrific right
to the jaw.
“Then everybody knew it was all
over. Coffey went right after his
man in the third, shooting a fusillade
of punches to the head: With the
Reich guard up he then slipped in a
dandy left to the body that ended
tft&tl6rs.' Reich was counted out on
his knees, paralyzed a.s Corbett was at
Carson City, but with his brain clear.
He knew' that Billy Roche was count
ing ten op him, but he simply coqld
not make a move. It was as clean
and pretty a knock-out pfi'nch to (he
body as I ever have seen.
Curley Lauds Coffey.
“Jack Curley, one of the syndicate
that is managing Willard, admitted
to me that he thought Coffey would
be the map that Willard would have
to meet In his first fight. While
waiting for Willard Coffey may be
sent against Frank Moran, and possi
bly Gunboat Smith, who holds a de
cision over Willard. Jim’s backers
have great confidence in his ability
to polish off either party. Willard
and Coffey may box at Coney Island
in the open air on Labor Day, as
Willard has signed for a match at
that time. If Jim shows well in that
encounter then they will have (o hunt
up a place where the Irishman and
the Kansan can fight It out for the
championship. It’s sure to come, In
my belief.”
Wolaast Training.
Ad Wolgast has been quietly pre
paring himself for weeks for his com
ing struggle with Freddie Welsh at
Milwaukee on the 18th. The Dutch
man declares that his hands and wrist
bones are O. K. at last, and is getting
Into the finest of fettle for the cham
pion. The tip Is out that Wglsh will
have to be mighty good that night,
else Wolgast \£ill do things to him
from start to finish. Ad had some
thing on Freddie in their New Yorft
clash until he smashed a hand in the
fourth round. He had to stop in the
eighth because of the injury. Wol
gast knows what he is doing and is
positiye that fie is going to stage a
real come-back this trip.
Evans Wants to See Evers
Golf Against Eddie Collins
‘Chick’ Has Played With Both and Is Sure They
Would Make an Interesting Match.
By Charles (“Chick”) Evans.
U NLESS Johnnie Evers practices a little* more golf I am afraid that
Eddie Collins can give him about 4 up, and beat him at that. It is,
however, nearly two years since I played with Evers, and Just re
cently that I have had the pleasure of a game with the famous little second
baseman of the White So*. Collins is getting along nicely with golf now,
and I think I would like to see a clash for golf supremacy between these
two great second basemen.
I was glad to And Eddie Collins so keenly enthusiastic about golf;
already he has played on courses from coast to coast, for he plays at the
game whenever he has a chance, and for all there is in it. He is preparing
himself fdr those years when the diamond does not need him, for, unlike
golf, there is a time limit to baseball. For Collins, of course, this time is
very distant, but it lies before every baseball player.
In my game with Collins I was much impressed with his ability to con
trol the ball and his consistency in hitting it. Most baseball players who
attempt golf are like the college boy who just swats away at the ball no
matfef where it goes, and it is not very often that the little white sphere Is
struck twice by the same part of the club-blade.
Uses His Clubs Left-Handed.
Collins, however, strikes the ball with fair consistency of stroke, and
I see no reason why, with due application, he can not develop Into one of
the best golfers In the country, notwithstanding the fact that at golf as at
bat he is left-handed, a physical condition he shares with Evers.
Collins, however, has one of the faults of the baseball player who takes
up golf, his weight being badly distributed In the address, and the position
of his feet is not what it should be. The fact is that the stance of the base
ball player is particularly ungodlike.
My game with Collins took place on the Edgewater course In Chicago,
which is in excellent condition at present. Harry Davis, coach for the
Athletics and I were opposed to Carl Devol and the White Sox second
baseman’ We were only able to play 9 holes, and Harry Davis (excellent
name fpr a golfer, by the way) and I jumped Into the lead at once, playing
best ball and added‘score, and we were never headed.
Davis could not get them out of the infield, hut now and then he got
away with a nit. When he hit a long one he admonished it to “Stay in the
Park," and if it went over to one side he called it “a hit into another
league.”
Collin’* Approaching is Lood.
Collins seldom hit along the ground, his chief difficulty ljdng in the
fact that he was always in the left field. The bent follow through is the
most desirable form In golf ancl Eddie got into it easily. '
M ? On the 9th of his third shot at the ball, a full wooden, was a beauty
within a few feet of the pin. In fact, I was continually surprised at the
second baseman's good approaching, for as a rule the basenah player who
plays for strength can not get near the pin. Collin, however, is already
a good second shot player. Perhaps one can get a better knowledge of
his*game from the fact that he and the old stand-by of the game, Carl Devol,
had the same number of strokes for the njne holes
Collins putted well, with boldness and with a good sense of force and
direction. When he missed it was by a fraction of m inch.
Collins had a pretty good set of golf clubs, an . am wondering if he
takes them with him on his journeys He had all .he standard clubs and
0116 “hope that^EverT'ts not neglecting his game or I «... getting a little
keen about seeing a golf match between these two wonders of the diamond.
JIM COFFEY IS FIRST MAN
WILLARD WILL HAVE TO BOX
Real Irishman Is Real Fighter and Jack Curley
Admits Jess Will Be Forced to Meet Him on
His Return to Ring—Gotham Wild Over Him.
By Sol Plex.
J IM COFFEY, a real Irishman and a real fighter, is the jnap Jess
Willard will have to box when he decides to quit Wild West
ing it and return to the game in defense of the heavyweight
crown he wrested from John Artha Johnson at Havana. That’s
the way it looks at this writing, at any rate. The Dublin giant
has coifie through, delivered, made good, proved hsi class—or any
way you wjint to put it. They are crazy about him right now in
New York, where he has fought most of his good battles, and they
won’t i^Jmlt thg.t any white man ex-
tant has a chances with him outside
Of Willard
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Herrera’s Punch Has Real Effect
“You Can Not Get Good Money
for Fighting Dubs These
Days,” Says Mike.
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Rube’ Kissinger Sold
To Nashville Vols
NEW ORLEANS, May 29.—The sale
if Pitcher Charles "Rube" Kissinger to
Cashvllle was announced to-day by
’resident A. J. Heinemann. of the New
Irleaps Southern Association club. Kis-
in’ger recently was sold ’ the Chatta-
moga club, but owing to jhe refusal of
’resident Andrews to rat If:■ the pur
base was turned hack to the locals. l
Catcher Betu Sold
By Jhattanooga Club
CH,’ TANOOGA. May 29.—-Catcher
Red B o$1he Chattanooga club. Was
• \u v to the Fort Worth Hub A
League, 'rom which he was
Betts will be replaced by Pe-
?cured from Detroit.
sold
the
draft
ters,
TERRE HAUTE. IND.. May 28.—
Leona.'<1 Madden, at one time a pitcher
for th» Cubic to-day was released by
the local club.
HICAGO, May 29.—“Any old
time the followers of boxing
talk about a top-notch mixer
picking easy coin for slapping dubs
around the ring it give§ me a big
laugh,” said Mike Gibbons.
Some one had suggested to Make
that he slip down to St. Louis to show
his ability, as he never has boxed in
the Missouri metropolis. Mike was
assured that he could drag down at
least $1,500 to fight some dub, but
apparently Mickado had already tried
plucking off the easy cash for beat
ing suckers, and it didn’t take.
"There is no such thing as sucker
picking nowadays,” continued the St.
Paul phantom. "Any time a boxer is
egotistical enough 'to think’' thal v *hfs
name alone can draw in the cash to a
box office he has another guess com
ing. That’s stone-age stuff.
"A few years ago a world’s cham
pion or a near-champion could book
himself to box any old galoot, regard
less of reputation, and for his serv
ices he eoula demand a big wad of
the filthy lucre. But things have
changed and it is I who know this
to be a fact.
Mike’s Scheme Was a Failure.
“When I first came to the realiza
tion that { gicfually possessed enough
Class to win a place with the best
welter and middle boxers, about the
first thing I did was to set myself
down and dope out a plan whereby
I could gather In a wagonload of
cash without submitting my face for
disfiguration.
"I liked to box and I liked the cash
derived therefrom, but I must admit
that I dreaded the thought of carry
ing life scars as a result of my ring
activity.
“My plan for action was all right,
but I had made a ppor gue$s on what
to expect and hope f^r in the boxing
game It took me less than two
months to realize that ther-e was no
such a pastime as sucker plucking,
and almost immediately I got'^own to
business and accepted the boyts a»
they popped within grasping range.
To-day, for instancy, I may get a
wire fyom St. I«ouls, New Orleans,
Pittsburg or %oine other boxing city,
asking if I will agr-ft? to"’box syme
dub for $1,500.
“I will wire back my acceptance,
and a few day.* later will receive a set
of articles calling for a 10 of 12-
round battle with men such ay George
Chip, aBttllng Levlnsky, "fcmqg Ah
ern, Jack Dillon or Eddie McGoprty—
matches for which I could demand
and would receive at least IS.OOtf
each.
Fans Demand Good Bouts.
“Apd that’s the way it goes. The
fans will not pa*y their money to see
a champion or near-champion mur
der a dub." ThfiV a.r*» wisfc and de
mand that a classy bout be staged,
t m*ght wire to s me place like Prov
idence, R. L, and agree to show there,
figuring that they have eorne local
bov who ^Yould he willing; box.
"I Receive an answyrf agreeing to
stage, a bout, but It Is the game old
gag—they want a World’® champion
ship fuss for the price of a dub en
counter. Yes, indeed; we fighters
have anything but soft picking these loving
day*-”
“KNOCKOUTS I HAVE SEEN”
NO. 9.
By ED W. SMITH.
G OING back over the long list of
gppd ligfctweight§ that have
flashed by since the great days
of Jack McAuliffe. the first real cham
pion of the division undef the Queens-
berry code, I can recall no harder
puncher than a sw'arthy little full-
blooded Mexican boy named Aurelia
Herrera, who came out of California
in the late nineties and cut a wifle
swath for §ev? r £l year?.
Herrera had his good points and
his bad, the latter, unfortunately, out
weighing the others. For Instance, he
was a chap wliP wqs none too partic
ular about his training hetdos. and nf
result frequently wag caught entirely
out of shape and beaten by men who
had no license to even match up With
him. But he certalrily could whale
with his right hand, and if he could
“lake PUT an an opponent the end
generally came quickly.
T HE Mexican was around Chicago
In 1904 and had several sensa
tional patties In that vicinity, but the
strangest of these easily was his bat
tle with Kid Farmer, a Chicago boy.
Herrera had a tremendous record and
was cordially feared by most of the
135-pounders. He had beaten §ucn
men as Tommy Cody, George Memslc,
Cyclone Thompson and Eddie San try ^
and It was hard for him to get
matches.
Nate Lewis, now managing Charley
White, had Farmer at the time, and
when the latter suggested a match
with the Mexican Lewis very frankly
told Farmer It wouldn't do at all.
“He can lick you sure,’’ Nate said.
“Nobody can lick me,” was the
game retort: so. very much against
Nate’s judgment and advice, the con
test was scheduled.
Aurelia was a sleepy-looklng little
fellow even under fire, but a close
look would reveal a whole lot o'f dan
ger lurking behind those dark eyes
of hi?. Farmer soon diseqyered this.
* * *
Vy HEN the bell rapg Farmer sailed
Into tne Mexican "ke a trolley
car Funning amuck. For two r^in-
utos and a half he shot *o many lefts
and rights In the direction of ttie
Mexican that it was impossible' f o
count them. Meantime the >Iex was
merely guarding himself ..nd looking
over the man in front of him. Farm
er making V)th*t looked like a
sucker fight. That’s what It proved to
be.
Farmer paused for an Instant to get
a fresh start, and, like a flash, Her
rera shot out a right that caught
Farmer under the he^rt. He stiffened
up with a JerK, and then over went
the right to the Jaw, flooring Farmer
cleanly.
The Chicago bov took the full count
and arose Just as the bell ended the
round. Farmer walked to his corner
and during the minute's rest seemed
to revive nicely. But there wag a wjge
bid*Read Handling him—Adam Ryan.
He krfew all the Indications. and'Jtlst
before the second round was to start
he said quietly to Lewis:
"Throw in the sponge; it’s all off
with this boy.”
* * •
J UFT then Farmer leaned his head
back into the angle of the ring
and went to sleep as peacefully as a
baby might have. They carried him
out pf the ring and stretched him on
a door that had' bPefl''fftltefi from Its
hinges.
For exactly one hour Farmer slant
on. His worried handlers called a
doctor, who made a hasty examina
tion and $aid there wq,s ho danger, as
big* heart action was entfrelv normal.
Thev didn’t try to waken him at all.
At the end of an hour Farmer opened
his eyes and sat up.
He stared around at the flock of
frlund* that surrounded him. rubbed
pis law reflectively and then said:
“Gee. that was one horrible crack
he gave me, wasn't ft?”
OUT 314 IN
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By Right Cross.
IT SEEMS ABOUT TIME that old Doc Osier did his duty with the
recognized leaders of the lightweight division, the most popular class
In pugilism.
Since Battling Nelson, the greatest fighter In that division, went
down to defeat before one Ad Wolgast, the lightweight title has not
seemed to care who held It or who contended for it. Wolgast won
It from Nelson in one of the most desperate battles that was ever
fought unfler Queensberry rules. Willie Ritchie took It from Wolgast
after stinging Wolgast with a lucky punch which caused the bootblack
champion to foul Ritchie while he was In a daze. Ritchie lost the titla
to Freddie Welsh in a waltzing contest over in London, where they
judge fights on a mathematical basis.
Consider the so-Galled lightweight topnotchers of tp-day. Wojyaflt
has just been defeated by a substitute for Welsh- Willie Ritchie was
Just able to hold his own with Matty Baldwin. The aged and decrepit
Oscar Battling Nelson wants to fight Freddie Welsh over the long
route. This Is not 90 funny as it sounds. The present lightweight .
champion couldn’t stop the battler, even as he Is to-day, with an ix.
The only reason that the alleged topnotchers in the class hold
their prestige and their money-making power is that there are few
cities which do not Insist upon the limited bout. Freddie Welsh can
hold on for ten or twelve roupds with a novice, but one of these days
he will rpn Into a tough one, despite tbe fact that he i§ being V 6|T
Carefully phaperoned, and tpere tyl'l bfi some real action In the light
weight division.
fn the meantime, while the "topnotchers” are stalling about, keep
your eye on a few of these younger lightweights. You will see far
more Interesting bouts, and you may be able to discover the comer who
w*U wear the mantle of Battling Nelson as though he deserved It
♦ • •
THERE IS A STANDING ORDER at boxing bouts In the naiT
which should be adopted at landsmen's bouts. It Is, "No remarks,
please." It Is an adaptation of tRe command, “Don’t cheer, boys,
Those poor devils are dying.'’
tf you have seen a tub-paunched, apoplectic person with a thick
neck squatted In a ringside seat and heard him clamor for a knock
out In a vocabulary that Is mostly profanity, you will appreciate the
naval slogan at Its boxing contests. This soft and flabby person Is
the most offensive being at the rlngglde. If a clenched fist were aimed
at his paunch he would shriek and call the police, hut In the thrilling
moment of the prize fight you will see him floundering forward fero
ciously and screaming, "Kill hipi! Knock hyn cold!” And he waves
hlB flabby hands in n fat caricature of the boxer’s pose. There Is no
semblance of chivalry in the ring follower who seems to get the most
enjoyment out of tt. Usually he Is a man who would shrink from a
light blow and die from a hard one.
"No remarks, please," sounds like a raopt reasonable order. At
any rate, It savors of reai sportsmanship.
Celebrities of the Sporting World
Manager Stallings Used Forty-
S>ix Athletes During First
Year in Boston.
W HILE
Natl
HILE the official records of the
National League show that in
the last nine years the Cin
cinnati Reds have used more pJayers
than any other club, George Tweedy
Stallings, boss of the Braves, has the
distinction uf having tried out more
athletes In one season than any leader
in the parent organization.
The first year the miracle man was
in command In Boston he §luug into
championship gamep no less than 46
athletes, 14 of these rpeq being pitch
ers, 7 being catchers, 13 being infleld-
ers and Id being outfielders. Iti Cin
cinnati Clack Griffith, in 19(49, and Joe
Tinker, in 1913, each used 45 men.
Secrgt^iry Heydler’s records show
tl]at from 1900 to 1^1^, inclusive, the
National League clubs have used 2,366
phiyers, an fiYemge fur cat-U ca-pr
paign of zf>3. The nigh and low wa J
t|r rpafks were 303 In 1913 and 221 lrf
Cincinnati In nine seasons has tried
346 men, St Ix.uls 321, Boston 314*
Pittsburg 307, Chicago 3§1, Philadef-
Joe Mandot Is All
But Knocked Out in
FIREWATER RUINED GREAT
PLAYER—LOUIS SOCKALEXIS >
This is one of a series of article* on men famous in the sporting world
of to-day and in the past. Every branch of sport will be represented.
T HE idol of baseball fans fifteen
or sixteen years ago. LpuU
Sockalexis, a Penobscot Indian,
a man who could easily have earned
a fortune both on the diamond and
after retiring, died of heart failure on
returning home from a Maine logging
c^amp a year a?° last moptlL
Broken physically and touched
mentally, this once great athlete lost
all through "firewater” and his end
was miserable.
Sockalexis was second to ppne
when in his prime. No ball player to
day was better liked or more famous.
He was a natural athlete and able to
cun the “hundred” In ten second*.
Physically he was almost perfect, per
haps a trifle Inclined to heaviness.
• • •
T T was in 1895 and 1896 the Indian
* first attracted attention a$ a ball
player. He was then centei^flelder
for the Holy Cross College team and
so sensational was his work that big
league scouts began to look him oyer.
In hl$ first gamo with the pollegje
'team, playing against Springfield, he
fanade two doubles off the then re-
‘nowned pitcher Jimmy Callahan, and
reading newspapers and never missed
a Tine of the sporting news. As times
got harder he was forced to work and
spent the winters fn logging camps
where he toiled long hours for little
pay.
Sockalexis was but forty-one years
of age wh.fit h e died.
215 ENfmES70R~TR0T MEET
HARTFORD, CONN.. May Flatly
closing entries for the Grand Circuit
- ;>t Charter Oak Park next fall,
announced last night, show 215 entries
lo. i*t- ten events for an aggregate
purse of S23.(KH>. The principal race,
fhe 2:08 Charter Oak Trot, for $$.000,
drew seventeen entries.
GEORGE MUST FEAR MORAN
George gt^lUngs must (ear Pat Mo
ran. after af1. for it is noted that Tie has
picked Patrick out for a quafr^l. Mol
ran is aoau.se£ of tipping off ^ev^-al
Boston players to the ract Thai Stallings
had asked waivers cm them, thus, malt
ing them dissatisfied.
I'hla. 277, Brooklyn 2«o: and’New' Yorfj' U ’ ls started his brilliant career on the |
269. .^diamond. Hl§ batting was sensa- [
his base running daring and
tional,
brilliant, his speed enabling him to
\frteat bases almost at will.
Everywhere the fans wept wild
j Over him and he was finally signed
A/>y the Cleveland team, then In the
n TIT* i _» _ pr I National League. This was in 1897.
(tO With Rpn Wcrt.Qnni ln kee P ln s wlth hls spectacular
viU TT lull tY O plJU .\feareer was his initial appearance lh
pew York. He went to Qotham her-
* aided a.s great, but New York then.
was
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BELMONT MAY BE CLOSED
NEW YORK, May 29 The Belmont
race track may be closed by the Shertff
pf Nassau County to-morrow i( a
eral investigation into the alleged gam
hllng conditions at the track shows that
the law Is being violated. The investi
gation will bA held in the Court o? -* s-
tice at Mlneola.
Chalk up another knockout victocy for
Charity Anchowltz. better known In the
world of fisticuffs as Charlie White, the
far-famed knockerout from Chicago.
This time it was greddle Ye.lle who fell
a victim to the Chicagoan’s hitting
power. Yelle was stopped by White in
three rounds at Boston last Wednesday
night.
Yeile *s no newcomer to the boxing
game. He“ has ^een fighting ln and
around B niton for the past five years
a fey.' weeks ago he gave Freddie
Welsh, who parades around the coun
try as tqe lightweight champion 6\ the
world, a stltf argument for iWe*ve
rounds. Yehe has also fought man/ of
tne fhughest lightweights .r. the coun
try.
+ *4* 4*
Charlie is making good hls vow that he
will follow Welsh s footsteps ln ever>
bout tbe Englishman takes part in.
White hopes by beating >r perhaps stop
ping the same boys Welsh fights he will
prove to the public that he Is the
rightful owner of the lightweight cham-
pionsihp.
+ + +
( Whether White wins the title or not.
no one can deny that Charlie is de-
SWiPg of the chance at Welsh's crown
Over the 20-round route. Still Welsh
orrtlnaes fo dodge a meeting vith hls
worthy rival. Just how long Welsh
hopes to continue these tactics is be
yond us. but the public and ;he fight-
loving fans should not be forced to
stand for tnis state of affairs.
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If WelRh is the 'champion then let
him go out and defend hla title If he
1* «*i'ral ‘o do this, then by all means
he she be forced to relinquish all
claim to .ne honors. The boxing g^nie
doesn't need champions of the Welsh
type. He Is hurting the profession by
his ijin^po/’t^Tnanship tactics and cv
ing thd lightweight division to io
pj*U9h 04 itf pa$t popularity.
BRIEFS
and
GOSSIP
Several American boxers are sched
uled to sail for Australia on June 7.
chaperoned by Jack Kerns. The party
includes Billy Murry, middleweight; Red
Watson, lightweight, and Joe Bonds, a
heavyweight, all representatives of the
Pacific Coast fistl\j flock.
T + +
Jack Dillon was offered $6,000 for
three fights in the Antipodes, hut Jack
balked Jack avowed tnat he w.aa aot
in a cruising notion as long as the wa
ters theao days were so liable to an
eruption.'
+ + +
Danny Morgan must be resting hls
Stable of fighters these days. Not much
Ik* Tieard of Rattling Levlnsky, Ja’ck
Britton or K O. Brown, the lightweight.
Probably "talkative Dan” ha^ lost his
"punch."
+ +.4*
Kid Young is having a hard time try
ing to land matches around here Jiistt
when the “Fighting Newsle” thought he
had a fight closed up with Kid Under
wood. up Jumps the Nashville boy and
holds out for more money than the pro
moters care to give.
+ + +
Now Ypung is out with the statement
that Underwood is afraid to meet him.
“I stopped him once in five rounds, arid
I guess he doesn't care for any of my
g^rae/’ wails the Kid.
M0GRIDGE STARS ON MOUND
Lefty Mogridge is putting up a fine,
article of pitching for the Des Moines
club, two and three-hit games be trig hi 3
specialty.
HERRING GOES TO FT. SMITH
FORT SMITH. ARK., May 29.—Lee
r rlng. formerly pitcher tor Uie
•mrton Americans, has be^n signed
di western AsaocUtkm cltfb.
dot, the New Orleans lfghtweyfiit
handed the surprise, of hls 1lf«b\
Watson, th£ California battfN^ last
night, the coast boy winning all thb"—-•*
In their ten-round scrap and having Joe
all but out at the finish.
Watsou showed no fear of Mandot’s
blows and gave the Southerner a beat
ing he will remember tor'some trine.
Red was the aggressor throughout the,
fight, keeping on top of Mandot every
round and seldom giving the Niipr Or
leans boy a chance to get set.
Mandot tried hls best to ke*>*> Wat
son off. but the latter would m»t bride
nied and spent most of his hit
ting the French baker boy arotmd- fb**
body. Had the fight gone another r,ound
Mandot might have been knocked out.
Baseball Salaries
To Suffer Big Cuts,
Says 0- Herrmann
CINCINNATI, May 29.—Garry IT err
manri oeileves to-day that the time hat.
come for the financial bickers of base
ball to be careful with their steps.
Herrmann predicts that big league
clubs, with one or two exceptions, can
not continue i*ayiu.g present hLgh tsiarlea
to players
He says many long-term contract
holders face the alternative of accept
ing reduced saalries or seeing their
club reach the place where it can not
pay its salary obligatioriaf.
MISS HYOF RETAINS TITLE.
St’AUBOlilXLiJH, tf Y.. May 59. Hj
defeating Mrs. Joseph E. Davis, of Pip-
lug Hock, L. i.. up and three to
plav, Iri the final round for the women's
metropolitan golf championship at
81eepy Hollow Country Club yesterday,
Miss Lillian B. Hyde, of Westshore. L.
I.. won the title for the fourth time
ifo ta w mi
PEORIA DROPS H. WARRING
REOJtIA, ILL., May 29 Marry. Wa,
ring, captain and third ba.^. rnan of f,
Peoria team of the Thred- E
nas be$p released. Como'
by Secretary Far"
Commission, th
Feds In 1912
ring be dr
»s now, ha* to be shown. On hls first
time at bat he strode to the plate
'•with the confidence of a veteran and
the fact that he was facing the ter
rific speed of Amcxs Riwie ^othejed
him none. Tapping the plate with hls
bludgeon be crouched and waited for
the heat that Busls would shoot over.
!'Ilusie wound up, uncoiled, ’ sent the
sphere toward the plate. There Wqm
■a sharp crack and before the ball
Mt&i back in the Infield Sockalexis
Mashed across the plate.
That memorable home run was but
one of the many made by this great
’star, and day by day hls play became
more spectacular.
• • *
'T HE downfall of Sockaloxls dated
* from his first pay day. The
lights of the big cities dazzled him.
He was coaxed, threatened, cajoled,
all to no effect. He simply would not
listen to managerial advice or recog
nize any discipline. H« was given
every chance, hut there was the abor
iginal Indian thirst for firewater,
which was unquenchable. One night,
In getting out of a second-story win
dow to avoid a guard oa the floor
below, he broke hls ankle. That waa
the beginning of the end.
For a few /ears he drifted around
with minor teams, and was last heard
of ln a small team in Connecticut.
Then, unlike hundreds of other stavs
he dropped completely out of sight.
It is doubtful if n cnee similar to
that of Sockalexis will again stir the
baseball fraternity in year* to come.
As is generally understood, a major
league star, when forced to slip from
the golden era of praise and cheers,
will follow a venture which will
bring support and harvest mainly
through his reputation gained upon
the diamond. Th'% passing of the
famous Indian, who aspired to knock
ing out home runs rather than b©
placed in supreme command' of red-
aklns. marks a singular episode.
- dropping out of the game
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