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m BASEBALLSPORTS OF ALL SORTS BOXING Jess Willard is on his way home. A special boat is bringing him to Key West, Fla., from where a triumphal tour through the south to New York will be begun. Jess is entitled to all the adulation he gets. Derided, fac ing the natural handicaps of all "white hopes" a now defunct spe cies, almost human he went against Johnson and won the title. And he shad to go some to win. The big black man has done many things in the past that have not been to his credit, but his star sets bright ly, for he fought as game a fight as was ever seen and proved himself a physical marvel. At that, Jack was whiter than some of the company he kept. Only one or two things dim the pleasure we take in Willard's trium phal tour. Tom Jones will probably stand on the back end of the train and tell the folks what he did to make the cowboy a champion, the only thing falling to Jess' lot being deliv-. ering the punch. Rather an import ant part of the program, in our es timation, but Tom won't see it that way. And if Tom is allowed to finish his talk at each station, the train won't get to New York before July 4. Jack Curley will probably have a place of honor beside Jones. Curley promoted the fight and is now pro moting the Willard tour, which has its peculiar aspects. Just what Jack will talk about is not known.- Some of us would like to hear a few words about the Gotch-Hack match at the White S.ox park a few years ago. But even Jesse James never talked much about his hold-ups. Give Willard credit. He has done a big thing and will keep the title for five or ten years. In the meantime, overlook some of the camp followers who will attach themselves to him. Sam Langford, another fat color ed man, outpointed Jim Johnson in eight rouilds at New York. TheCub team this year, in spite of some rough work in its early games, looks like an aggregation that can give a good account of itself in the coming National league cam paign. As an example, a portion of yester day's game against Chattanooga is cited. For five innings the big leaguers were helpless before the shoots of Cunningham, a right hander. They managed to scratch one run across, but failed to deliver in the pinches, despite the fact that runners were getting on with regu larity. Then a southpaw was injected intov the pastime against the Bresnahans. Zimmerman tripled. That was all right, as Zim is a slashing right-handed batter and supposed to be effective against left-handed pitching. Up came Saier, who swings from the off side of the plate. Vic promptly sin gled, scoring a run. Next was Cy Williams. Those who remember Long Cjs efforts against southpaw pitching in the past sea sons would not expect much. But Cy, who is not the Cy of last year, belted a choice left-handed offering for four bases, winning the ball game, 4 to 3. This stout clouting by Saier, Wil liams, McLarry and Schulte against left-handed pitching is one of the most encouraging signs about the 1915 class of Cubs. The team will not be a soft spot for portsiders to be dropped in against, as it has been for the past two seasons. The pitchers that are facing the Cubs now are minor leaguers, but they are advanced in their training. And it should not be forgotten that earlier in the season, when the Mack men and Phillies were encountered, the west siders pasted the ball with even better results. Bresnahan's pitchers are still back ward and neither Cheney or .Vaughn H . - . r.V- J