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THE FARMER MARCH 7, 1914
TEIES IF.O
. (EDITED BY .WAGNER)
It9 All 'MCBES "
DUNDEE fUST IMPROVE TO
BEAT CHAMP JOHNNY KILBANE
Jim Corbett Says Willie Ritchie Is Su
perior To Ad Wolgast At The
I Present Time
(By James J. Corbett, Former Heavy
weight Champion of the World.) J
(Special to the Farmer-) , s-;,
. New York, March- 7,-Matrclx is pop
ularly supposed to toe a" stormy month:
And to this part of the couhtrjrrt -certainly
started of as if -it intended liv
In up to its reputation! Ine tine fight
ing line it ' also promises well, In
tact. It looks as ' if it might develop
incri,4- flfhHnr- month W9
have known in a long time. . i
Nearly every one of the star mitt artists-
In the smaller division win
shake a leg within the roped arena
once or more during March. - Be
ginning .Wednesday night next-over in
J?hilly" Champion. Johnny Kilbane
will defend his honors in a six round
bout with Johnny Dundee, consider
ed his most dangerous rival. Dun
dee has been boxing so much of late
that he has taken off the extra pound
age that threatened to end his career
as a feather-weight. Just now he is
down ' dangerously close to the 122'
pound mark. " His manager told me
that Dundee wanted the ILilbane
match, fixed" at 122 ringside, but that
the champion demurred.
Dundee boxed in New York last
week. His. opponent was Pal Moore,
who was ratea. a neauTimci
ago. Johnny gave "Pal abqut seven
pounds and a good artistic trimming,
but failed to show anything worth,
while in the puriching line even, after
lie had Pal leg tired and weary all
over. If Scotty Monteith, entertains
championship ambitions " for his
youngster he will have to teach Dun
dee a "kick." 1 While fairly clever
Johnny does not possess such, an
abundance-of science that he can get
by on that alone. He usually wins by
just nargin enough to cause folks to
regard him" with the "suspicion that he
lacks something. The "kick" la that
something, I reckon. It doesn't take
such a hard punch to stop a weaken
ed adversary, but Johnny has yet to
learn that important thing." - :
Thursday night, in Milwaukee, Wil
lie Ritchie is to make his first ring
appearance in four months. The
champion's delayed start is due to no
fault of his own, but to an unfortun
ate run of accidents and' sickness
which prevented one of the greatest
lightweights of recent years from ex
hibiting his fighting skill and inci
dentally gathering the dollars to
which his hard earned nonors enti
tles him.
' Ritchie's opponent is to be Ad Wol
gast a mighty good , man, and the
party from whom he garnered the ti
tle. That It will be an interesting
battle is assured by the great improve
ment in Wolgast's recent exhibitions.
Apparently Ad has begun to ' realize
-that he will have to kep in good
physical trim if he wants to keep the
good will of the fight fans and retain
his money-earning capacity. Since
he got "hep". to himself his form has
been excellent and he has recovered
that confidence in his ability that was
his chief characteristic - during ' his
championship days. Wolgast actual
Jy feels so cocky that he has been
writing the newspapers and - telling
them how he will beat Ritchie, an'l
reeover the- title. - . . .. ,
When Ad feels that way the specta
tors can depend on him putting up a
good battle even if he loses.
As for Ritchie, the champion Is
quietly 1 raining and lets it go at that.
Willie is anything' but a braggart. He
does all his fighting in the ring; not
In the papers. In action he . is ; a
"regular" fighter with occasional
flashes of skill that would do credit
to even a McFarland, and which couJ
pled with his well known ability co
"mix it up" -is the explanation pfhis
standing in lightweight society.
While. Wolgast is a great little man
when good, I think Ritchie superior
at levery- point" of the .game. , I hard
ly look for a knock-out but will not be
surprised if the champion should ' get
tbfe needed punch over before the
limit. After watching Willie come so
close to sending Leach Cross to
dreamland in the third round of their
bout in this city and for the nar
row escape he had Leachie can
thank the lateness of the round and
the welcome sound of the intermis
sion gong -I am satisfied : that the
Calif ornian carries the most Wicked
wallop of any mstn of his poundage
and that he is liable to end any old
fight, no matter how tough his oppon
ent, very suddenly.
On Thursday, March 13, the day
after Ritchie and Wolgast have It. out
Leach Cross and Young Joe Shugrue,
two of the very best boys in the "am
- bitious" division, are to meet in a
ten round session .at a local club. One
week later Harlem Tommy Murphy,
who" Is matched - to box Ritchie on
April 17, will have a ten round try-
out with Johnny Lore, a local lad of
little science but a dangerous punch
er. Leach Cross will also . perform
at the Empire. A. . C. show ; on March
27, provided of course the match with
Ehugrue does not upset his- plans and
hurt his drawing powers, and Match
maker McMahon announces that Joe
Azevede, the California lightweight
will be his opponent. ,
Then there is the bout scheduled at
Tom MoCareys club some time dur
ing the month between Freddy" Welsh
and Joe Rivers. I -.don't know .the
exact aaie. nave seen it announced
for March 12, also for March 17. Any
way Rivers may spoil Manager Harry
Pollock's dream about Freddy beat
ing Ritchie for . the world's title.
Welsh Is not a hard hitter, although a
great boxer, and against an" opponent
with a light punch Rivers is a won
der. It would be a great boost for
Rivers if he should happen to stop
the British champion. And he is 11
able to dothat little thing too. Welsh
at his. best would likely make a suck
er out of the Mexican, but "they"
tell me the little Englishman ' is on
the decline. If that's the case, how
ever, I doubt if a shrewd fellow like
Pollock would allow Freddy , to take
x such, tough proposition as Riv-
t. . Tt lnnks to me.- lf H raay is on
the down grade. Pollock, as a good
business " man- would ? devote rus ei
foris. solely to the big. cleanup that
ihattia oriffi -.Pitnhifl fori the world's
title would surely bring him. A de
feat by Rivers would .relegate w.elsn
to" the. second, division and mean that
hla days Jfor'; important, matches ana
big purses 'are over.: : ..
Everything considered March looks
like a big month in . pugilism. "
Danny McKettr'ick writes J from
Paris that June 27 has been set as the
date for the Johnson-Moran bout for
the championship of 'the world-' Dan
ny is Moran's manager. Joe Wood
man,: recently -back with' Sam Lang
ford, . says there is not the . slightest
chance to pull off the Johnson-Moran
thing.- Also that, if "suckers" were
found to put" up that $35,000 guaran
teed- the- men tha ttee authorities
would not stand for the- douc 'in
other words, without exactly saying
so in plain - English, 'Woodman inti
mated that there was something fishy
looking about the whole thing, that
the French sports are "next to it all,
and that Johnson and Moran will not
meet in June "at any rate.
Woodman and McKettrick used , to
be ' very chummy, I am told, in spite
of the fact that they -assumed bellig-,
erent attitudes ' towards one another
for business reasons. ; As above men
tioned Joe manages .Langford and
Daniel directs Joe : Jeannette's busi
ness affairs. And many the time this
pair of worthies have pulled off their
little ''battles' when the exchequers
ere low.;: :
However, the last time Sam and
Joe mot in Paris a couple of months
ago reports indicated that" the "tar
baby" had given. Jeannette' a genuine
licking no fake about it at-.all. May
be that Is what started the trouble
between- Woodman and McKettrick.
The latter may believe . her was , double-crossed
and is -'now, trying to get
even with his former friend. Then,
too. Woodman wantst. Johnson - for
Langford and resents McKettrick's
attempts to steal the match for Mo
ran.; It. certainly looks' as If Danny
and Joe were, no longer little pals to
gether ;" :" . "
Winter Baseball
Pitcher Joe. Lake, after flirting with
the Feds, -has signed with. Minneapo
lis. ';.': --. -t. -. .' .-
Hugh Bradley thinks the Feds will
surely live. . He jumped because he
figured . the chances slim of ' getting
back into the big ring after a fellow
has been there once and passed out.
5 As a baseball scribe suggests, V Mr.
Murphy's policy may be built on solid
rock, but there -are-those who sus
pect, that it is: built on solid ivory.
As-a result of the world tour it is
said that France will organize a -real
basebalHeague.. It ; will have every
thing : that goes 'to make .up.a' real
baseball' league except real baseball
players. - .- . .. :-.,..
Hans Wagner explains his. delay in
signing by saying.Ljhat "a fellow only
gets one contract . a- year. . Hans de
clares he has. been "working like ev
erything" this winter. The -Feds do
mot seem to be-interested in: him.
, Of course the telegraph wires nev
er failed when th"e winter gossip was
at -- its height, but - now ' that iia; -.-little
of the real stuff is coming through
from the South everything Is, tied up.
Perhaps the wires were J weakened
some time ago by the .Tinker, ' and
Murphy episode. ' ,-" '.
Having got the' full return of Tub-
licity from : making an offer to Math-
ewson, the outlaws are ndw catching
the ebb tide with a batch of denials
all around.- It makes little difference
what is said as long the clumns re
main open, i - :--;-- ; -
The Washington club intends to
spend $25,000 fixing up, permanent
training quarters ; at Charlottesville,
va., next season.
Cashion "of Washinrton has i-enlv.
ed Manager Griffith's permission to
pitch underhanded almost exclusively
this season.
Fred Clarke refuses' to talk- of Pitts
burgh's chances.' "If Pittsburgh wins
the pennant it will be one on. the
playing field and not in ,th,e .newspa
pers,". ,he says.
; Hendrix and Simon of the ' Pirates,
who have signed with the Feds," have
been tipped - off that . they will be
blacklisted If thy do not report to
Pittsburgh before the 14th.
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SPEAKER GIVEN
GREATEST SALARY
Boston Star Signs Two Year
Contract With. Red Sox ,
For $37,000. '
The high -water mark in the frenzied
finance of modern baseball was ireacih-
ed yesitendJay when the Boston Red
Sox agreed to pay Trie Elpeaker (37,000
for- a two yeajre contract. President
Lannim of the Boston ciuih, ' after a
long conference with the hard-hittlns
outfielder, and 'John 1. Taylor, vice
president of the same ohiib, meude the
player this offer which, because It was
greater than the tempting imdiuee-
menits of the Federal league, oaused
Speaker-to EUcoept.
It le imdierstood" that Sipeaker'e con
tract calls for em. amnual salary of
116,000, and In adidition to thfls he. got
a $5,000' 'bonus tfxr edgning. AIT day
yesterday" the layer was, besieged toy
offers from his own -ollito andi the out
laws. Speaker listened to the Federal
offers, Iburt demanded a. five years' con
tract instead of three yeans. .: He aJso
demianded. the elimination of the
elauee in the contract which gives a
club the privilege of dTopplatg & player
at -ten' days' notice. ;. '
This demand toy Speaker staggered
President 341more and Attorney Gates
of -the -Federade, but wiidle they, were
closeted together last night consider
ing the proposition' the news came to
theim that Speaker had signed with
the Red Sox. - -
This record price tope all salaries
ever paid .in the history -of Che na
tional game. Joe Tirtker lua a con
tract - with he Federal league which
calls for $37,000 xwi a three-year con
tract. Miner Brown also -will get a. big
salary from the same league, and. Otto
KnaJbe wdll receive almost as -r much
with the Baltimore "outlaws. EversTs
salary : wtth the. Boston (Nlationials is
$10,000 a - year, and it js stated, that
Math ewson 'a new contract with the
Giants provides for a salary of at
least $15,000 a ye Ty Cobto receives
a like amount from Detroit. .
BOBBY KEEFE SAYS HE
IS ONLY PLAYER NOT
SOUGHT BY OUTLAWS
"' SSbbby Keef e, , tine slearader- (pitoher.
formerly with the Reds and the High-
lanidiers, ruo-w .assigned, to the Interna
tional league, steps into the limelight
wth a. claim fol- clstfeactaon. Mr.
Keefe, who is spending" the, winter in
Oimcinruati, ' says that -he will make
affidavit to he aibsoluto . truth, of his
story. His reputation for venacity ' ia
excellent, and his willingness to take
an -oah as to tois truthtfulness will get
f ajv. to. neon vince seople who vrould otjb.7,
erwiae scoff vat Ma asserJJone.l' -
0 "I claim," says Mir. Keefe, "'that I
have not been offered a. contract by
the Federal league; that X. hav not
been promised $15,000 bonius, cash ,In
hand, to sign; that I have not been
guaranteed $10,000 -a year ; for . three
years; that?! have not even received
a Federal league letter aftkilng me for
terms and,- finally and most emphati
cally, that I have -never seen or heard
of any FeJaral league" magnate, man
ager or agent. I suppose thiat I am
the only ball player -in the whole wide
world who hasn't been iapproaiohed by
the Federal league- the only living
bail player who hasn't informed hia
clufb that, there- must be more money
on the contract or he will accept the
Federal proposition ; the - individual
wonderv endu solitany monolith of " the
game and the awful hxiesomeness of
my position fills' me with wonideriment
and co-ntempilation . Honestly, I think
1 will have some-cards printed, read
ing about Jike this: ,
"' - "BOBBX " KECEJFB, Pitcher. Tie
OnSy 1 Living Ball Player Whom
the Federals Never. HeaiaiTotf.'
FEDERAL LEAGUE
' RAIDS WONT COST ?
MAGNATES MUCH MORE
-llt -ie -tipped oft by two or three big
league officials that . the cash appro
priations of nearly all -the 10 major
dubs will be revised between now and
April, and revised in such fashion that
there will. be but little loss of money
through the Federal raids.
While great-numbers of players man
aged; toasting' their clubs , for , boosts
of salary, the total of such boosts will
fall far short of the $2,000,000 which
the: Federals claim have -been added to
the. major payrolls. - Even if 100 play
ers . had managed to hoist the ante as
much as an average of $2,000 each, the
total would be $200,000, or exactly 3ne
tenth of the $2,000,000 which the mer
ry; invaders think their war has cost
the''1 older ltagues. , "
: . The total salaries which . would .have
beeni paid, the older and higher-priced
men .among the jumpers will amount
to an enormous figure. Several grim
old ' veterans have been released, ; still
furtfier chopping the expense account,
and it- can be considered a cinch that
every club will carry two or three
less men during the coming season,,
both at home and -on the road. Take
off : the three salaries; th-ee car fares
and three hotel -bills, and the amount
will reach a surprising sum. -
" One National league club has frank
ly offered almost the exact figures.
both of the added obligations and the
deducted liabilities caused iay the Fed
eral raids, and those figures which are
probably pretty nearly typical of the
whole array tell something of a story.
They run abouf like this: .
Added (expenses: '
Salary raises for 19 men, .... $20,600
Expenses of agents to sign
doubtful players, 1,100
Salaries, six players, ..17,300
Total, .. ...... 1... '....$39,000
Expenses saved;
Salaries three , released' veter
ans, $17,000
Salaries of Federal jumpers, .... 7,000
Salaries saved by carrying- three
less men, 8,000
Hotels, car fares, saved on dit-
to, 1,000
Total, ,...$33,000
On that sort of 'bookkeeping, where
do th'e big teams get stung very heav
ily? ; . .
' Quails and partridges deserted parts
of France when the aeroplane first
BOSTON TO KEEP v
PERDUE-SWEEHEY
President Tener Orders Braves
To Pay Chicago Big
, Cash Bonus.
The final settlement of the Johnny
Bvers case and the sale of the Chicago
Culbs was the principal lousiness be
fore a meeting of the 'National league
yesterday afternoon at the Wialdjorf
Astorla,""New York.
After the meeting President Tener
annouruced that Johnny Etvers will re
main in Boston, and that Pitcher Hub
Perdtae and Infleldler Bill Sweeney,
who were traded in Chicago in the
original deal, will, remain in Boston."
However, the Chicago cluto will toe re
warded in some financial way (for the
loss of Evers. Governor Tener 1 will
decide what sum will be paid the club,
and saidi he will make ug his mind
within the next" ten days. , -1
Tener said that as Ftreaidlent Oaff
ney had paid Evers a ibonros and a
(big , salaury for playing 'with-- Boston
and showed his enterprise in keeping
Bvers in : the league it would toe un
fair to him to make himvgive up Per-r
duo and; Sweeney.
Charles , P; Taft, present owner of
the majority holdings in the Oufbs, an
noumced his price to the 'National
league. ; - Mr. Taftt tvnauim a pretty big
figure for the club, and: the sale of ,a
major league club, - Involving many
thousands of dollaire, cannot 'be dosed
overnight.;:. :'.
There was" one bidder Jor the clusb
yesterday among the Chicago -friends
of v Charley Comiskey at the Baltimore.-,
He was John T. Oonfluery, a
Chicago coal dealer, , who 3s believed
to represent, a syndicate, of prominent
Chicago business men. Conmery is a
great 1 friend of Comiekey, as well as
of Bam Johnson. - , : -v
Conmery - is said to . have . offered
$600,000 for Taft's stock:, and it is said
vonly a few minor details prevent the
immediate culmination cif the 'deal.
. ' v." iDITx" IiEAGTTEl'""! ?"
" .' , x (Arcade Alleys.)
Arcades. 1
Conway 84. 90 86 260
Ohristenson -.',. 77 89 ", 101 267
Sivers .. i . : 98 ! 95 ' 82 . 275
Brewer 86 ' 88 87 261
G-rindrod ....,'.108 86 86- .280
Totals , i
Iiberumr .
Peterson . .
Houlihan
Ten-ill
Lewis . . .
...,453 448 4421343
Park-- Cltys. ;" '.'," . . - -. "
1 ... 93 79v 90 262
91 ' 88 109 288
.. 104 96 97 297
....... 86 10O 87 273
117V 95 V. 94v306
' Totals ' . . . . i491 458 4771426
ESTiKS liEAGTJE.
Elk Club Alleys.)
Team E. '
Melia .'. .. . ... i . 88
'113
.' 77
, 94
79
' 87
102
89-
81-79-97-88-121-
-290
- 225
-'272
- 263
-256
-322
Callan : , . . .V- 67
Cumminss . . 99
Dietrich 87
Chad wick , i 81
Nichols . : . .-. .- 99
"-;... ' .
Totals .
.521 -552
. Team G. .
.4. 88 83
87 78
.112 111
, ,i . 92 " ' 87 .
....... 95 89
101" 107
555 1628
McAuIey .
87
' 88-102-
96
" 97-
94-
- 258
x. 253
- 325
275
- 281
-302
Curley.
Hurley a .
Cargill .. .
Mercer , . ,
Grant . . .
Totals .-..,,-675 555 564 1694
' - ' ' ,
: - BRASS SHOP TOOTi .ROOM. .
(Washington Park Alleys.
- V Single Mem. ' . :
Vaignot ........ 73 52 , 73 198
Reagan : . 60 64 - 72 196
Ashley .......... '62 68 .196
Uebscher 49 70 73 192
Smith 96 82 97 275
McFall 1...10S iT3. 88 267
Totals .
..I... 450 403 471 1324
Married Men.
74 71 '72 217
. .. . .".." 82 -78 ; 72 229
.- . . 71 80 76- 227
89 '.78 63 221
, ... . . . 81 82 , 91 254
Hoffman -
Grady ' . . .
Bull . .
Krott ......
Call
Olsen . . . . '. .
88 90 75 253
' INTERNATIONAL TJ3AGUE.
i CSC. M. C. A. Alleys.)
v' Scotland.
Torrance 76 -114 ,93
'Green 78 73 84
283
235
Totals . ..... .154 187
' Canada.
Cedarholm .93 80
177 518
78-79-
251
235
Schwatlow
:
- Totals .
- 76 80
. . .169
160 157-
486
Sweden."
Geijer -. :.
Kallstrom
'Totals .
Kinstler ..
Tbmlinson
- Totals .
...87 73
. . . 86 78
81-90-
241
254
. .173 151
171- 495
France.
82 -83 82
V. 84 86 76
247
246
.166 169 158 -493
FACTORY LEAGUE..
(Arcade Alleys.)
BOWLING.
XT. M. C. Co.
Waldhaus 79 98, S .264
Skinner 88 83 102 273
Connor . 89 95 97 281
Conway ...... . .110 86 83 279
Christenson . 90 84 102 276
Totals . . . .. . .456 441 4761373
Coulter & McKenzie.-
Webster : . . . 93 103 ; 84 280
tank... ...80 .85 84 249
Soule ...... 87 77 96 260
Witherwell ..... 93 : 87 95 275
Brosnan ........ 93 , 98 84 275
Totals A ..... ..446 450 443 1389
While the total immigration to Can
ada increased from 395,804 in 1912 to
413,870 in 1913, or 6 per cent., the
number of immigrants from the Unit
ed States decreased from 140,143 in
1912 to 115,751 in 1913, or more than
" 7 per cent.
BOB STOWE REPORTED TO
HAVE JUMPED TO FEDERALS
May Ask President
. Eastern Meeting To Recon
' i. sider-Schedule
v , (.By wagner.)
Although there have been rumors
for some time, that .the -Federals', were
flirting with Shortstop; Bobby Stow
of the Bridgeport club, it looks as if
he has already decided to limp, Monte
Cross, who managed the local .club
last season, is a Federal league um
pire .and he is said . to have tipped
the outlaws that Stow Is a good man.
Anyway. Bobby has received a big of.
fer ... and , is about .. ready to sign the
papers, according to ' those who know
him well."' His i loss will -be a big
blow to the locals, who are already
weakened by the loss of Russell. - ' ' .
1 President O'Rourke was informed to
day by local sporting writers that
Owner Clarkin of . Hartford, intended
to ask ' for another, meeting to recon
sider the schedule , recently : adopted
by the -Eastern association. Clarkin
claims the constitution; was violated
because", the new schedule provides
that some teams play , more games
than others. "The fact that the league
directors voted unanimously to adopt
this schedule automatically repeals
that, clause in the 'constitution, said
the-president today. - ' "I have no per
sonal interest in the matter, ; howev
er, 'w It makes, no difference to me if
they ; play 20 more games or 40. But
if the directors think they acted , too
hastily and without realizing what the
new; schedule means, I will be grad
to call a meeting." :
'The " Chicago "White ' Sox are finding
the Coast league teams pretty strong
opponents. ' After losing at Oakland,
MAISEL OF H. Y. a
YAHKEES jfUURED
CaldwelJ and, Cole of Twirling
r' Staff in Best Condition
For Start.
Hbu(s:tein;''Tex!as, Marph-7VTthe Yan
kees will be without (the . service of
Fritz Miaiseli the little third: baseman,
for at least three or four days, which
marks the. first serious injury of the
Yankees training season. Maisel (bad
the index finger of his lelft hand split
open by- a thrown ball, and, while he
did not .tttiinik the Injury would- amount
to- munch, when he reported for practice
yesterday ." his finger wias bothering
him considieiraibly. Mateel wanted to
keep on-workirag, but Manager Cteance
told him iit would be a, good idea to
stay away from the practice, -until the,
finger iieaiedL- - . ' .. , . , .
The entire eq-xuadi with the exception
of liester CbJanneFl, twJio is troubled
with a lame' back, went through four
hours, of hiard work in the hot sun,
"Ebere w'as plenty of hit ting practice.
foajee, running, and fielding. ' The New
York manager also ordiered his twirl
ens to pitch to the catchens for con
trol. The. pitchers who . seern, to be In
the best, condition are Bay Caldwell
and King. ..Cole. They were curving
the Ttxall (fflor the first tame yesterday
until Manager - Chance told them to
ibe careful. Chance seems to ' think
that those two men. ' will be his star
pinchers the coming year. . Cole 1m evi
dently Anxious to come back with fly
ing "colors to the-big league and (he-is
showing1 it in hie daily work. :. -. .
FEDERALS CLAIM -69
MEH READY TO
JUMP CONTRACTS
Unruffled by the failure to get either
Speaker or Crawford, ! Federal .league,
forces prepared last- night for a de
termined stand against ' organized
baseball.'' Contract jumping seems in
evitable unless there, is an agreement
between the warring leagues which
will restore - William Killifen - Quaker
catcher, to the Federal league James
A. Glim ore and E E. Gates, 'of In-:'
diarrapolis,' counsel to "(the: - Federal
league, decided last night that 69 play-"
ers were " eager to ignore - American
and National league contracts and
Jump to the new organization.
"Telegrams from almost a hundred
players are now in : my possession," as
serted Gilmore, "offering to make the
leap as soon as I give the word. This
is no threat. I have hot i changed
from my original " stand against con
tract jumping, but if that is the -only
manner in which 'we can meet our
rivals I -will :- be forced into a fight
involving that system in all its small
ness." - '
Gilmore showed telegrams covering
the . signatures, bearing . out his con-,
tention that big leaguers were ready
to jump contracts.
Today in Pugilistic Annals.
. 1905 Jack (Twfh) Sulivan and Tom
my Burns fought 20-round draw at
Spokane. Later in tlie same year
the " famous "Twin" whipped the Can
adian in a 20-round battle at Los An
geles, and only a few months after
that 'Burns claimed the .heavyweight
championshiip of ,.the woirlcW - Jack
Sullivan never hold a title, yet the
record proves pretty conclusively that
he was a better man than Burns when
the latter was beginning his cham
pionship career. He came Just as
close to grabbing the middleweight
crown, without ever actually wearing
it. Jack began his ring career In
1898 ,and in fifteen years fought over
300 battles.
- 1909 Jack SuJHvan outpointed Jim
Stewart in 10 rounds at New York.
1913 Packey McFarland defeated
Jack Britton In 10 rounds at New
York. -
O'Rourke To Call
Thursday, the Sox were beaten again
at , San Francisco yesterday by 7 to 2.
Although Dan Murphy denies It, the
veteran outfielder is pretty sure to be
found with Baltimore next season.
Connie Mack, the Athletics' owner, is
also financially Interested in. Baltimore,
and . he wants Murphy to go there.
Murphy started his career with Nor
wich and was a big favorite In, the
old Connecticut league before he grad
uated to the big show.
L Pitcher Kay Collins, of the Boston
Red Sox doesn't want much. He. has
accepted terms for this year but now
asks the. club to give him a fat con
tract for 1915.
The Tale crew candidates " -took , to
the water in New Haven harbor today
for - the first time this season. Coach
Giannani -has made - the boys work
hard and they are glad to escape from
the grind of gymnasium drill.
Yale and Columbia meet at basket
ball tonight in New' York: If Yale
wins ' Cornell' is almost sure to get
the championship but if Columbia
wins the New York boys wiH be tied
with Cornell for-first place. . - ', .
Manager Billy Hamilton " of Spring
field has signed - Hoops MteDavltt, a
Clinton, Mass., youngster,'-who Is said
to look promising.
' -., -a . . - ': ,.-""
who mixed it up with Bob Stow and
Jack Spratt at' Savin Bock duirlng a
game in 1912, Is umpiring big league
exhibition games in Florida. .
HARRISON STAR
III GIAI1TS' CAMP
l- . - ". -
Marquard and Demaree - Get
First Workout and Are
'i,u - Hit Hard;.;- -,'.'.
'MarHn, Tex., March 7. 'Heavy bat
tling attentSed , the pracUoa game -between;,
the Dallas Gdanits and the Ma
ty Giants yesterday afternoon, the
Dallas selection ibatting and fielding
better amdl winning for the third time
in succession. The score was 12 to 5.
Marquaxd and Demaree took their
first, turns - to the - box. IThe ' Bjufbe
Pitched two innings anidl held the win
ners to one rum, butt Demaree pushed
the ball urp and was slugged for six
hits and: atx ruins in- one round. A
home run,' a triple, a double. Bind, three
singles were made off him. -
Young Harrison of Newitrorg was the
leading peJforroer the ' diay. "He
made a home run and two douboes,
waJloea,vonce, pulled idtawn b, hard fly.
and ran bases at full speed. : As a first
baseman Mathewson Is a. stiroTug play
er for the -other side. . Mnitty Hooms-urp
to better adtvamtiage-inf the box, while
Jeff Tesreou, whio iwas in -left and at
short., effiowed - how good a pitcher he
HOW EN GUSH PAPERS
; WRITE AMERICAN
"i. BASEBAliL SLANG -
The Wndon newspapers gav
some strange accounts of the "
: game : played there - by ' the
Giants and White Sox. ,
""', The enterprising ; Daily Ex- -press
beat all Its rivals by hav
ing the game written in "Amer
ican slang by "an Amerio&n re-
: 'porter." Here are some extracts
from that gem: - --
'Xobert smacked a ball right -across
the diamond and made
; such a. bully song of it that it
plurrtped. clean among , the
crowd." - ; ,
"Some of the batters fanned '.
: the ball more times than I
fancied.".
.'"When a batter fans the ball
four times running and has to
leave it without-a Whack at it,
it makes you' feel some sad."
. . "People seemed" to be sujr
prised when some of the batters
used the southpaw and', were
even more struck when some of
the southpaw 'men got in some
. , good slogs."
"Lee Magee gave the' Giants
. httchup by doing stunts In left
field." '
'The shortstop buttered ' the
ball." . -
' This special article carried a
diagram explaining the "Amer---lean
slang." It seems that
"httch-up" means assistance,
"buttered" ' means fumbled,
"some" means s, good deal.
The Baseball Writers . As-
soclatlon of America, ho-we-ver,
would like to know what was
the matter' with Umpire Bill."'
Klem (described in one of the '
articles as "Mr. William Klein")
when he let a batter fan the ball
four times running.
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Doolan and Egan Dicker Tilth
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Stays With Detroit.
New York, March 7 The baixinet
tonight at which the White Box and
Giants will be the guests of honor,
will close the week of baseball frenzy
that has reigned in New York. To
morrow or Monday Manager McG-raw
plans to leave with his tourist play
ers for Martin. About the same t3m.
Owner Comlskey and the White . Sox .
will start for the west.
The Federal League officials, who
failed to sign a player In yesterday's
rush, but .whose activity served tr
establish a new highwater mark tor
salaries, are already leaving town.
More than 300 guests will attend. th
banquet tonight and enough baspba.ll
talk is promised to give the fans food
for thought and discussion until t.
championship seasons open.
Outfielder Steve vana of fit. Zx-:'
Is the only player of th tourists -wYn
has Jumped to the Federals, so far.
Egan and Doolan promised to rwrx -
with Brooklyn and, Philadelphia, re
spectively but have not signed. Craw
ford has signed again with Ierott a.S
a big Increase and Leverenx, the for
mer, Hartford 'pitcher, signed with th
St. Louis Browns, after recelylr, a
boost 'in salary. Win go and. KtfM
of the St- Lonla , Nationals accept"!
terms with that team.
ABINGDON, BACKER OT" J
HAIJU AND MrrCHF.LIi.
WAS' "ONE GAME CCY.
It.. win., be twenty-on( ymmr'm
to-morrow since Bob . FlUEfdrm
mons clinched bis right to the
world's championship by kn k
ing ont bis old enemy, Jim li&Xl,
In four rounds at New Ortrant.
The freckled fellow bad predion -fonght
fake scrap with Hail in
Anstralla, bat - In the Ownt
City bout Bob was on the Kinsrn,
and Jim didn't stand a -cl:ar.fw.
Old Ruby Robert Is still alive and
kicking, and talking about tmrn
big back, bat poor Sim Hall it
dead, and sov too. Is bis wa,ith,T
backer, Squire Abingdon, t:-
Engllshi sport who lost a frmail
fortune on the result or the Jf"l ts
Ha.Il battle lost It wltbmit rx
tlng an eye. "One game gay vs
Abingdon Ilalrd, known u t h
sporting men of both cootinetint
as Squire Abingdon gami rjt
all that brave bunch, of bettlnar
giants who flourished tn the
"oBbStmty: Pdtoeised f vast wsajJi,
Abingdon was - always tv-ha. j tn
wager any -part of It on a boxing
match, a dog or cock fu ht, a.
borse race, or ujy otler mpmin.:
event. He always bad a, stable of
boxers under bis financial vrsn?,
but he was cbiefly famous aa tls
backer of Charley Mitche 1 ni
Jim Hall. ifJtcbeil U urn Vrinz,
and Is said to be the ririfnt en
pugillst In the world. On one oc
casion Itfltchell beat np an ecer-i r
of Squire Abingdon's, for wf . fi
little trick be did a. year In r.o-U
and the Squire rewardct feir.-i
with a.: little gift of - Sl&,ftoo.
Mitchell and Hall were .
friends, and the Atttral.'i -usi
often JDharley's sparring partner.
,When" Squire Abingdon came t. r-r
to America In 1893 to ioqiri r -i r
Mitchell and Hall on im fit,: .1
tlocr tour of the oontlmotit, b9 wiw
lndnoed to back- HaH a-w
FK-'."- 1ti Squire, loofejd mJ1
ter the financial uranjeiwro,
and got the Crescen AtiJetic
Clnb of -New Orleans to tin-r ar !
S40,000 for the boat, the hi
puRiiistic parse ever ofTeirrrrl 1
America, np to that tlmm. 'i .- --.
parse was to, be divided: $&,H
to the winner and $5,000 to t t
loser, 'an arrangement that -fitl'Ml
Abingdon, because be- felt urjre
. that Hall would win. Xfall wu n,
favorite , with -the betters, - al
though a California contin;si!
backed Flit hes-vily. Abingdon,
Mitchell, Jack McAniiae a--1
Johnny Kline Inhabited Tl-&l.r
corner daring the brief batHra. It
was a fierce fight while It lfwtwt,
bat HaH soon succumbed to J-"!t
attacks, and the Calif ornian t
bad bet on Iitx went back horn
with large rolls of Squire A -!.- r
don's coin. But the Squire co-ic,-ed
np without batting an eye. A
game un was the Squire.
The workshops of the South 1.1 n -"churla
railway at, Shahoken, a ?-t
miles from Darlen, representln wl'"-
their equipment an outlay of 12,9 4'.,
000, are fitted throughout with, mod
ern appliances.
Because the tenant farmers at F..
drlngham refused to raise thir wa
ges as King George, had done at J'- r
folk, the laborers struck. "
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