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'a&i'if&fW -ii, j-jw BOXING SPORTS OF ALL SORTS BASEBALL Indiana is determined that prize fighting shall not be permitted in the counties near Chicago. The scrap billed for East Chicago last night be tween Ever Hammer and Milburn Saylor was canceled "atter about 500 fans had assembled and hundreds were waiting at Chicago stations to take , trains for the scene. Word came in time to save them a trip. The Lake county prosecutor de clared that Chicago fight promoters should not make his bailiwick a dumping ground. He said that pre vious warning had been given and that Lake county intended to stand pat. Eliminating arguments, the fans were robbed of a good show, as Ham mer and Saylor are both willing mix ers and have not attained enough prestige to warrant them in stalling through ten rounds, as champions sometimes do. The edict finally closes Lake coun ty, and in the future Chicagoans will have to look to Milwaukee as the nearest place where the ring game can be enjoyed. Baseball politics is standing still, waiting for the meeting of the Amer ican league. The National leaguers have advanced some new ideas, but the Johnson circuit must approve. This applies particularly to the pro position to reduce the number of 25 cent seats in big league parks and to change the manner of drafting play ers from the minor leagues. The two proposals are liable to meet opposition from the American league. In that organization the quarter fans have received good treatment, and they were the fel lows who helped to build up the cir cuit Men like Comiskey in Chicago, Ball in St Louis, Navin in Detroit and the Cleveland interests will un doubtedly stand out for the retention of big Dleacher sections. The new draft proposal is that the eighth place clubs have first whack at the budding minors, seventh place teams next, and so on, the stronger clubs having the last pick. In this way it is hoped to balance strength of the leagues. But the recent actions of American leaguers do not warrant the belief that they will take kindly to the idea. In that organization it has been a scramble with the bars down, justas in the National. The latter has come around to the new way of thinking. Last season, after the race was hot, and with battle lines tightening, se veral players were sold in the Amer ican league, but the teams highest in the race were the ones to benefit Maybe that was because they were willing to spend money, but the New York Yankee management has not been parsimonious, and CoL Rupert and Cap. Huston have had difficulty influencing their associates to sell to them. Chief eBender, former Mackman, last year with the Baltimore Feds, has been bought by the Philadelphia Nationals ad will be taken south with the team. It is believed his contract is conditional that he make good. Amateur baseball men, meeting at Louisville, favor letting the bars down more in regard to the amateur stand ing of diamond athletes. It is plan ned in some quarters to designate as a professional only a man making his living from baseball. A fellow who has been a pro or semi-pro, but is now playing baseball while holding a job, will be stamped an amateur. The amateur organization, strong last year, will spread during the com ing season, and more territory, east and west will be taken in. Jo Loomis, C. A. A. athlete, and Joie Ray, I. A. C. flyer, came into their own in the east last night Loomis won the 100-yard hurdle event at the Fordham university games with a mark of 11 seconds, clipping a fifth of a second off the previous record. Ray won the mile race. In the 90- w us&at