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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, June 05, 1913, Image 12

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death was expected. NotwithBtarid
ing his condition, Murphy stuck to
his post until the last few weeksVand
the showing of the Quakers in the re
cent intercollegiate iheetwas due to
his training. He had charge of the
American team at three Olympic
meets and each time the athletes
under his wing won.
The 20-rolihd fight betweetl Willie
Ritchie, lightweight champion, and
Joe Rivers, scheduled for July 4 at
San Francisco, waa definitely called
oft today. Billy Nolan, manager for
Ritchie", and Joe Levy, Rivers' man
ager were Uiiable to get together on
the weight question.
Johnny Coulori, bantamweight
champion, has accepted the challenge
of Kid Williams of Balfimdre for a
title bout, to take place In the Mary
land city, July 4. The go is slated
for 20 rounds. All negotiations have
not been completed.
Will the Naps climb any faster
now that the king ofswat, Napo
leon Lajoie, is babk, after an en
forced vacation, due to a hroken
finger?
Even with the great Nap out
of the game, Cleveland refused
to slip backward, thereby caus
ing much embarrassment among
some of our well-known baseball
critics, who insisted that with
the king laid up and Manager Birm
ingham unable to outfield while us
ing crutches the team which had
been skidding along near the top
would drop.
But the veteran Cotton Turner
performed nobly at second for La
joie, Buddy Ryan filled the shoes of
Birmingham and the team respond
ed nobly. Among other things the
badly bunged Naps managed to lead
the league at bat, copped nine games
in a row and played -almost every
team in the league off their feet.
Now with Lajoie back on second
and his -walloping willow working
wonders, there Is no reason to doubt
that the additional strength will
make the offepse more effective and
make holding first place harder than
ever for the Athletics, who are hav
ing the time of their lives keeping
out in front as it is.
When the batting ave'rages were
last published, Lajoie was hitting the
mere trifle of .348.
Napoleon Lajoie.
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