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year. And after dropping two In a row to Brooklyn Evers wants to win a game to cheer his men over Sun day. tyew York, is playing the same "brand of hall as the Cubs. They have a better pitching staff when it is right, but it isn't right. Clouting is getting the champions the majority of the games they cop. Heinle Zimmerman was still among the missing this morning, and Phelan was slated to play third. Zim was reported to be sick at his home in the Bronx, but Christy Mathew son said he .saw the slugger in the grandstand at the Polo grounds yes terday; Evers denies that he has sus pended Zim, but the circumstances surrounding the case are peculiar. If Zim quit just to have a good time while his mates are in a fierce fight he should be disciplined severely. Johnny Coulon, the bantam cham pion, has reversed matters on Kid Williams of Baltimore, andis de manding a fight. Heretofore the Easterner has pulled all the oratory, offering to post a bonus of $500 to get a crack at Cbulon's title, and ac cusing the Logan Square battler of lacking gameness. At the time Williams was hurling his defis Coulon was not in condition to fight. He was recovering from a long illness, but promised Williams that as soon as he was strong the crown would be on the market. Cou lon traveled a trial heat at Windsor a couple of weeks ago and found he still had a kick and remembered the finer points of the duck and swing game. Nothing was heard from Williams following this showing, so John has become impatient, and is forcing 'matters. He wants to meet, Williams in ten rounds In New York, and they go the derby distance later with the same man in Los Angeles. Coulon is a great little financier, and figures he would pick up considerable Change in the two figts, Williams is reported to prefer the twenty-round go first. Johnny Dundee is in New York for a rest 'before his fight with Ad Wol-1 gast on the coast June 10. Wolgast is the first lightweight Dundee has been matched with. After this battle Johnny Kilbane. the feather champ, when the title holder will be definite ly decided. Mickey Sheridan and Danny Good man of Chicago fought each other to a standstill in ten rounds at Terre Haute last night. The bout was full of real slugging. Mike Murphy's physicians today deny the famous athletic trainer is in. a dangerous condition. It was said that he might be back on Franklin Field handling the Pennsylvania track men in a short time. HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST? Star players come and go in base ball, but Nap Lajoie and Hans Wag-