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BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALL SOTS BOXING
Jess Witlard's earning capacity is
illustrated by the offer of $50,000
made him by a New Yorksyridicate
for a 20-round fight, with an oppo
nent yet to be picked?" Tom Jones,
manager of the champion, turned
down the offer for the present, but
gave an option on Big Jess when he
is through with his theatrical en
gagements. A bill legalizing ten-round no-decision
boxing bouts in Minneapolis, St
Paul and Duluth has been passed by
the lower branch of the Minesota leg
islature. Using a combination of the crawl
and trudgeon strokes, Perry McGilli
vray, one of the star swimmers of the
Illinois A. C, last night won the 50
yard National A. A. U. championship
swim by one foot from Walter Ram
me of the New York A. C. in the first
batch of title events at the C. A. A.
Michael McQermott, another pro
. duct of the tricolor club retained his
title as national breast stroke cham
pion by winning the 200-yard event.
George Wetzel I, who has charge of
registration of golfers at the Jackson
park golf links, yesterday announced
that no more names would be accept
ed for play on Saturday and Sun
day. He said that the sheet, which
includes 288 names, is filled, and this
is the largest number which can be
taken care of between the hours of
5 a. m. and 4:50 p. m.
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AN ELEGY
Uncle Silas (viewing some central
real estate) Hum, so that ground
with all them big buildings on it used
ter be a cow pasture? Well all I got
Jer say is it's been plum ruined for a
cow pasture!
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APPROPRIATE
Patron I want some, fish balls.
Dealer What for?
Patron I'm going, out golfing and
I want them to drive at the water
hazards. Judge.
Until the Cubs hook up in a real
contest with a team playing stand
up baseball, the home folks will be
unable to get a line on the ability of
the crew.
The first battle against the- Car
dinals was so soft that it did not give
the West Siders an opportunity to
display the fighting spirit Manager
Bresnahan is supposed to have in
stilled into them. Everything came
the way of the locals without exer
tion. One or two things, however, stuck
out prominently and encouragingly.
Foremost was the element of speed,
a big factor in the scoring of some
of the Cub runs. Bresnahan's peo
ple ran around the sacks as though
they realized what they were doing,
started at the proper times, and, once
they were in motion, they moved
with quickness and dispatch.
First games are never grounds on
which to judge any ball team. There
is a sense of strangene'ss among the
players, they have not been tuned up
to actual combat, and there is also
a certain amount of excitement and
nervous tension which does not ap
pear in the later affrays.
Fisher looms large as a factor in
Cub success. His bat was important,
and he swings confidently, as though
he expected to do some damage to
the opposing pitching. In the field,
advance reports said he would be off
color, as his arm was weak, and could
not wing the ball to first base fast
enough on slow-hit balls.
Fisher disproved this prediction
when he 'caught Glenn, tthe Card
backstop. The ball was hit slowly,
caroming off Vaughn's hands. Fisher
scooted in, grabbed the sphere, and
sent it over to'Saier from a stooping
position.
There was no remarkable' play
around second base. Phelan dis
placed McLarry. One play could
have been turned into a double killing1
by fast action, but Fisher and Phelan
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