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. 4 - BASEBALl SPORTS OF ALL SORTS BOXING If plans do not miscarry a boxing bill will be before the Illinois legisla ture this week forfirst reading. The draft of a law embracing the best fea tures of three propositions introduced was prepared by the subcommittee on license last week, and the concensus of opinion in Springfield is that the measure has an excellent chance of becoming a law. i Sentiment of numerous downstate members has switched in favor of boxing and the Chicago delegation is behind the bill. There will be no trouble in the senate, which regularly passes a boxing bill, only to have it killed m the house. The proposed law is a good one. The size of the forfeit demanded from fight clubs will keep out the irre sponsible element, and the clause re quiring residence in the state for a year before a promoter can take out a license is also a good one. The sal ary of the three cpmmissioners is fixed at $2,500 each and incidental traveling expenses. Mayor-elect Thompson is a boxing enthusiast and will use his efforts to keep the game clean in Chicago if the bill becomes a law. Boxing promoters are becoming weary of efforts to match Packey Mc Farland with Mike Gibbons, Eddie McGoorty or some other good mid dleweight. Every now and then the stockyards man breaks out with a challenge. When it comes down to cases, however, he is shy on forfeit money and slips up on the final nego tiations. He agreed to meet Mike Gibbons before the club making the best offer by April 15. So far McFarland has not posted a forfeit and has not followed up his initial defi. Joe Mandot will box eight rounds in Memphis April 19 with Patsy Drouillard. - r V-Sijfe jiiirf iMii-i i timing. ij1itiw Mr. Bresnahan and his finely trained Cubs arrived home today, full of confidence and ambition and ready to shoot open the National league season Wednesday with a combat against the St. Louis Cardinals. Only one thing is bothering the Cub pilot. That is the condition of his two star pitchers, Larry Cheney and Jim Vaughn. Neither has exhib ited unusual prowess in recent starts and it is barely possible that some other aspiring grapeviner will be given the opening assignment to box work. That is something that no one but Bresnahan knows. Roger is not in the habit of managing his team through the newspapers, and keeps his Busi ness to himself. He may withhold the announcement until Wednesday morning, which is his privilege and gets no protesting vote from us. Fisher is the only other man in the squad who isjn the least backward. Shortstop Bob has been troubled with a lame arm all spring and the sore limb is still giving a bit of trouble. It is not serious enough to affect the defensive work of the team to any ex tent, and he has enough spring in the whip to beat runners who bump balls to his territory. Every athlete in the squad was loud in his praises of Cy Williams, the home run kid, whose four-baggers have been a daily feature of the Cub box score. The players give Cy credit for being a greatly improved per former and are betting on his ability to make good in the big show this season. Schulte is also showing more than last year. He has put some ambition and dash in his work, and Is working hard for Bresnahan, being an admirer of the new boss. With these two fel lows and Wilbur Good going right there will be no trouble about the Cub outfield. There will b'e just enough cere- fmmmmmmmmtmAmmm, i jr'vS.. i-iafZ. ..a. A3!S22ra&JiiSr l.-Z gif& L ,.,Mi mmHmmmmmimmmmmtmMmmem