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!i')ii"v'-r &&izZzPa&iii3a fc-r '&&- jrjr 7M" 4BSgS I BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL KINDS BOXING Manager Bresnahan of the Cubs, though he did not give out anything for publication, has a message of woe for some West TSidathletes on his present visit to Chicago. So far no plans for trades have been pushed and Rogers is figuring on cutting his roster through the release system. Some of the people who have been drawing salaries from the National league club for some time will have to look elsewhere next season for the all-important pay check. This win ter there will be no effort to cut down on the roster of youngsters, but many veterans will feel the ax. Roger will return to his home in Toledo tomorrow, and, unless some thing unusual occurs, will not be back here until December, when he will go to National league meeting in New York with President Thomas. At that time an effort will be made to put over a trade or two and an other attempt may be made to sign Charley Herzog for the Cub troop. The Army and Navy football game in New York today will put a period to the gridiron sport for 1915. One or two battles are still scheduled for the far west, but they are unimpor tant post-season affairs. On the strength so far displayed this season the soldiers are favorites today and should repeat their suc cess of the past two years. The Navy is weaker on both defense and at tack, though possessing good ma terial Battling Levinsky licked J?orky KJynn in ten rounds at New York, all the fighting ocurring in the latter half of the fight Neither man made a remarkable showing. Packey McFarland, who has been outdanced only by Freddie Welsh and Vernon Castle, will head the grand march, at the annual masked ball of Crown A. C. tonight, Seventh Regi ment Armory. Eddie Pitts, representing the Den Ter syndicate which has offered a sizable purse for a match between Freddie Welsh and Charley White, is in Chicago, armed with the necessary documents and authority to sign them. He says his club will not raise the offer made Welsh. Pitts seemed disappointed that Harry Pollok, manager of the light weight champion, was not here to meet him. Evidently Pitts is not fa miliar with the temperament of title holders and those that surround them. Tom Cowler, Jim Corbett's heavy weight, knocked out Tom McCarty of Montana in the third round at New York. The Dodger Athletic club of Chi cago has recently organized a heavy weight basketball team and is out to meet any team of corresponding abil ity and suitable guaranty. The Dodgers predict a successful season. A. Blumental, manager, 1104 S. Whipple st With the coming of the winter season a country-wide revival of wrestling is on and making pretty good progress. The revival started with a tournament in New York, then spread to Chicago and Kansas City. Other cities are threatened and in dications are the year will be the big gest in wrestling for some time. There is a chance Frank Gotch can be induced to defend his title. He is the chap all the big fellows are after and he has admitted he is at least in terested in talk of an offer of $30,000 for him to meet Joe Stecher. Stecher is the young Nebraskan taught by Farmer Burns. He has beaten Americus, Charley Cutler and lesser lights. His main claim f o fame is a leg scissors hold that may be come as famous as the Gotch toe hold. It is said that when Stecher gets his legs around a man he can ssueeze with pressure of about 2,000 pounds, causing his opponents to roll over and quit j&&iim9S . -