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neavyweight champion. Fred Ful ton is as big as they come, yet he is having a hard time forcing a heavy weight of prominence to meet. him. Willard turned Fulton down because the Rochester giant lacks a record which would be 4. drawing card in a championship fight""-- Frank Moran, a smaller man than Fulton, has turned the latter down for mucli the same reason. There is no chance to say Frank is afraid of Fulton. He has proved his game ness. Fulton and his hackers should forget all about an immediate crack at the heavy title and campaign among the lesser lights of the game. If Fred is really a fighter the time will come when he can force the champion into a match. Lars Lund, from Norway, practic ing at the Cary ski slide, "leaped 168 feet, breaking the record for the lo cal hill and falling but a foot short of Ragnar Omtvedt's American record. Price of golf balls will be material ly reduced before the next season opens. All balls will be cut at least ten cents each, and some will be marked as much as $1.50 off. The highest priced ball will retail at 75 cents. This unusual cut is possible, because some patent rights on balls now in use have expired. Jimmy Kilroy has got himself a secretary and is growing more like a regular fight manager every day. James has his secretary direct a few remarks at Doc Krone, and here they are, unexpurgated: "Sporting Editor Day Book When Mr. J. Kilroy stepped into his office this morning he was grumbling about the weather and saying un pleasant things about everything in general. However, about 11 o'clock he happened to pick up a paper and read an article on the wonderful prowess of Willie Schaeffer, Doc Krone's wonderful welterweight. Im mediately he bristled up and turned Tiis flow of wrath in Doc Krone di jection. That is why I am writing this letter. "Why should Willie Schaeffer seek the winner of the Lewis-Graves fight when he still has a good many boys to lick? Among the many he has yet to beat is Young Herman, Cana dian welterweight champ, who is un der our guidance. We are out with a challenge to Schaeffer and have $500 in solid coin which says Young Her man is the better of the two. We can . (T also get lots of backing on S. Water st This applies to any welterweight in the country. ''Young Herman has a string of knockouts to his credit. He knocked out Terry Brooks, Freddie Fisher, and licked the life out of Hillard Lange, former Canadian champ. He is positive he can put Willie Schaef fer to sleep. "If Doc Krone is anxious for a fight, let him get into communication with us. Any reasonable weight and purse are satisfactory, the preferred weight being 147 pounds at 3 o'clock. If Willie Schaeffer once gets into a ring with Herman we would not give one cent for his chances of coming out the best man. "If it would not be too much trou ble we would kindly ask you to call this to the attention of Doc Krone. Wake him up! Let him know that Y Hie Schaeffer is not the only wel terweight on the map. We are will ing to prove that he is not. "Hoping that this may catch Doc Krone's eye, we remain, yours very truly C. E. Wilson, Sec'y. Basketball Scores DePaul College 18, Lane 11. Calumet 17, Lane 8. Hyde Park 17, Crane 12. St Ignatius 52, Bennett 19. Wisconsin 22, Northwestern 18. (T Cathedral A. C. 18, St Andrews 6. o 0 l TRY THIS And leaning over the back of his chair with his feet curled up at the side of it, the premier stated Bulga ria's case. Arthur Ruhl in Collier's Weekly. He oughta go into vaudeville.