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3fA P'HAOW MOOT 8W3T4 T23TAJ HHT ' WINTER SPORTING DOPE-FRbM EVERYWHERE Winter lope Is Full of Hope and Hop- Some Dreams. Johnny Cbulon Back in. Racine,. Wis., Ring Tonight. ' Tonight will prove whether Johnny Coulon is bantamweight champion merely, in name or in the real sense of the word. Logan Square's idol meets' Young Sinnet in Kacine, and it will be the first time hejbas been in a fight since last June, Forecasting his perform ance is impossible. He may have en7 tirely recovered from the illness that caused his .previous "breakdown, or he may still be unable t6' travel at the dizfcy-clip that took hinvto the top of the heap. Coulon has not picked out a soft mark to come back with. Sinhet is not a champion;- but he is no dub, either, and has "the qualifications to give any little fellow a tough, rough battle. " . In his last mill Coulon appeared to be in good -shape. .But he simply was not there with the punch and speed, and went back into retirement for another period of rebuilding.. If Johnny wins decisively tonight he promises Kid Williams of Balti more a crack at the' title, and he can make no excuses for further postpon ing the clash. For over a. year Wil 1'ams has been tearing up and down the country, threatening dire things to John, and clafmlng that he 1vas the real wearer of the crown. He has done considerable fighting, and has drawn many" admirers to hs standard as a result Eddie Campl. has fallen before, him once, and they are rematched for a go ,qn the coast Jan. 30. Williams should be an easy , winner aaain. and he will immediate lyget busy on Couloh's trail. If a match is made between the Baltimorean and Coulon it will not be fought for some time. Johnny will neeu more than oue ten-round mill to point him for a utle bout over the derby distance. .Qur idea of real inconsistency has always been the guy whose idea of a . "hurrah" was to gather in the parlor in the evening wijth a bevy 'ot sweet young things and sing the bass part in "Pull for the Shore". "but who took his literature hy perusing the daily sport pages and. calling the ball play ! ers by their first names. . Another guess is nowdue. When j.lhat opinion was formed the major i league magnates had not begun to talk about the Federal and other forms of painful illness.. Nearly every day Ban Johnson and Charley Murphy emit statements about the comiag demise of the Feds, and even set the date for the gather ing of the pallbearers. And in the same breath .they say that boys who jump to the Feds wllL not be allowed back In the organized fold. What have these majors to fear if the Fed is about to, be planted under a. nifty lieadstpne.? ,No one elsa knows. And consider the case of President Ebbets of the Brooklyn pbdgers. Eb bets is much peeyed That; Jpe Tinker should try to grab" some' hioney for himself and says that helwill bring court action if Joey tries, to. play with the third' circuit.. And today he cpmes out with a letter saying that, Tinker will be. a Dodger when the season opens: . From this angle, Jde looks more like a jumper than a "Dodger. But if Ebbets is so sure that Tinker wili be with his team in the. middle of April, why should he rant, along about CDurt action? To this question also the answer is simple, and so is any one who tries to figure it out. Ban Johnson boosted the Foda -alontr bv statinc that RujeH ford t ihp Janks and Edgar WJicti I uie Tigers had signed contracts with the