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mmmmmmmmmmmm IF should be measured from, the inter secting lines behind the plate to the intersecting lines -at the edge of the diamond, and not from the edge of one base to the other. Twelva inches of home plate and 15 inches of first base and third base, the width of the bags?- should touch the boundary lines. The actual distances between bases should be: Home plate to- first base 87 feet, 9 inches. First base to second base 88 feet, iy2 inches. Same from second to third. Third base to home plate 87 feet, 9 inches. Credit for discovery of errors and chances for misunderstanding the rules for measuring belongs to the School of Umpires of Cincinnati, O., the only one of the kind in the coun try. Students, taking up every phase of the game, made the discovery. J. Howard Renshaw, who invented the school, communicated with major league officials. Investigations and changes were ordered. Freddy Welch, lightweight cham pion, claims he is justified in using the dance-around-the-ring style of box ing that has caused him to be criti cised from coast to coast and to be called the Dancing Master. "I learned early in my career," said Welsh in an interview, "that I could stay in the game longer and gain the most success by using speed to keep away from my opponents than by tearing into them in slam bang fashion. "I have won the championship of the world, so I feel I have been a suc cess. "Another thing is this: Nature did not make me a big strapping fellow and did not give me great hitting powers. Nature gave me speed. Why shouldn't I use my best asset? "I never tried to develop terrific punching abilities. Here's the dope: Light hitters last longest Look over the bunch. Abe Attell was not what 1 you would call a terrific hitter. He was clever. He was featherweight champion twelve years. "Johnny Kilbane, the present champ, is a speedy man rather than a heavy hitter. He has been cham pion nearly five years and there sterns, to be no one in sight who looks good enough to beat him. QA "On the other hand, how long did Terry McGovern last! "In the lightweight class there's Ad Wolgast He was a terrier in the ring. At an early age his hands were all bunged up and he broke a bone in his hand or arm nearly every time he fought. There are many other cases of the kind. "A fighter's breadwinners are his hands and he has to take care of them. He has to be careful where and how he hits if he is to keep his hands in good shape. "A fighter does not have to knock out every opponent toTbe successful I have had about 135 figlits. I have scored only 25 knockouts. Yet I have won the highest honors in my profession." Welsh's dope is alright from his standpoint His object is to hang onto the championship and make money. The fight fan admires the man with a wallop. Welsh had 20 bouts in 1915 and 19 of them were no-decision affairs where his title was not at stake. The fight fan likes the champion who will meet all comers and does not insist on barring decisions. o o PRECISELY A Littlehampton allotment garden- er has dug up a parsnip forty-seven "$ inches long about four feet Lon don, England, Evening News. o o Sir When playing-wirrter golf with friend wife, I muffed the ball on the first tee five times and dug up con siderable sod. P. W., being a leetle new at the game suggested that I "place the ball where I intended to hit" Not bad, eh?Artie.