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4 5? THK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 12, 1015. DILLON LACKS THE PONCH, Indianapolis Jack It Pulling Foolish Chatter When He Talki of licking Jen Willard. COULON SHOULD STAT CLEAR N'EW TORK. leo. ll.-Jsck Plllon way be a protjpe of Stanley lveicnei, mo lone as he linger In the light heavy- weight division: but he win never become a dangerou contender ror jess w 111 ard heaveyweight title. There was only one Stanley Ketchel and his remains have been sifted to the four winds There will never be another like him. Dillon is wanting a lot of energy In Issuing challenges to Willard. Also he la wasting a lot of time that be might put to more advantageous use. Dillon s loud est tones must seem like a whisper by the time they ascend to Jess Willard' ear. Dillon Is too small to be playing with such big boys like Willard. He should stick to the mlddleweights and light heavies. Th swarthy Indianapolis battler may ba a "man killer 'and all that, but he baa no business pestering Willard and the other big fellows with challenges. Vp to the time of his fight with Jim Flynn, the antiquated Pueblo fireman, Dillon was considered championship tlm ter. But his battle with Flynn was the tip-off. Lack the roach. Dillon lacks the punch. That Is, a knockout punch. Little Jack Is truly a fighting machine, but on a small scale, lie packs a hefty wallop, but not the knockout variety. For that reason alone ha should withdraw his challenge to WIU ard and start on the trail of the light heavyweight title. At that Dillon will find quit a few disputing that honor with him, and he can always have action from such men as Young Ahearn, Young Welnert, Jim Savage, and the like. Dil lon has defeated quite a number of good loan, but h failed to win by the knock out route. No one who does not pack a punch soporific vn mong the heavyweights, should be seen In Willard' company li th ring. Bo Dillon had better aban don hla quest for the heavyweight title, while Willard rules that domain. Ills failure to knock out Jim Flynn, th granddaddy of heavies, who is so feeble that he finds It hard to shadow bo even for ten rounds, eliminates Mr. Jack Dil lon from tha list of contender for Jess Willard a crown. Dillon can always be depended upon to put up a hard fight among the light heavies and mlddlewelghts Of h c UU make that poundage); but as a foe for Wlllard-well, Dillon simply wl" not do. t'osloa Fall Rone. Johnny Coulon should know better. He Is old enough and haa seen the futility of other deposed champions trying to "coma back." Yes, Coulon threatens to return to the ring Just a oon a thl old year la rung out. Coulon 1 not an avarlctou lad. Bo w cannot accuse him of wanting to return because of th monetary rewaru. He 1, howevr, a thrifty lad. vnd has most of th 1100.000 he earned in the ring. J3ut th lur la proving too trong for th one-time bantam king, and ha Is ready to start anew after championship hnnnra. Xt is not th bantamweight tlUa Ceulon ..n. Ma held that bauW for many yeara. and know how It fl to b a champion. Coulon will return to th roain and padded glove a a full-fledged featherweight, and then, jonnny . bane, beware! w. k een the spectacle of the bantamweight champion fighting the featherweight champion, when Kllban and Williams clashed In Philadelphia some months ago. Kllbane. for tha first tlm. howed hi entir ware, and the ' fan war delighted. It Is a question If Xllban can perform ao sensationally again. Coulon thinka Kllbane cannot re peat that performance, and for that rea son little Johnny ha no fear of th featherweight boss. A match with Coulon has not been sug gested to Kllban a yet. Coulon. him self, ha withheld that information from KUban. Ho la desirous of taking on a minor bout first, to e h .till re tain soma of W old wlsardy bfor entering Into th arena to be mad a how of by Kllbane. Coulon alwaya fought for th lov of winning, and that daalr ha never been quenched. Coulon has not fought lnc hi knock out by. Jonnny TUd" William, nearly two years age. Th veteran campaigner, although he 1 still young In year, brnm rated most of tht time, and added U pound to bi tlahting 01 11 pound. 1U will mak no effort to reduo more than a few pound. He l content to be i!td a featherweight. long aa h geU that chanc at KU ban. South Has Star Who Has Fif ty-Five-Yard Aerial Peg Eecord : Spot Oeyer. captain and fullback of th ' Oklahoma university eleven, can throw a foot ball farther than some player can kick It II ha made several forward passes of fifty yards, and In on gam a oas of tlfty-flv yards-mor than half th length of th field. That pas Is claimed as a record tor tne gna Iron snort. Oklahoma probably make better us of th forward pas than aay team In th country, and. with Ueyer heaving the oval, hi forward passes pav tha way to victory over th best team In th great southwest LA PUS0MA FLOOR SQUAD WANTS BASKET BALL GAMES Any basket ball team, either In or out of Omaha, which would like to get a clac on th schedule of the I -a Plasoma quintet may do by calling or wrlUng Harold Unanam. 31 Myrtl avenue. The La llaaoma dub ha quit a floor quintet this year and wlshe to chedul om game with fast teams. Irving SorsnseO Is the captain. Long Dsop Kicks and Their Makers Yfr Name and Team. Payne, Wkota Wesleyaa.. l.v-0 '!. Wisconsin Cowilng. Harvard iv.u lut;y. WlclitKnn 1 i ;,ry. Vale INH 1 i rten, foi iJ-.Mglit. Princeton i'umpelly, Yale l-i-M ii!-r, Columbia 1--Mi.Hnt. Princeton , trri am, Pt-nn 'I toktr, Prluctou Tarda MAGNATES HAVE INKING HOW Days of High Salaxiei Are Over and the Athlete Ii Sue to Suffer a Little in Future. SPEAKER ON AUCTION BLOCK Rr FIAfK fi. MKKE. NEW TORK, Dec. 11. And now comet the .'me whm the magnate even re themselves upon the players who two year ago hem the whip-hand and clubbed the owners in an unmerciful fashion. Many of the war-time base ball con tracts entered Into in tha spring of 1914 expired at the doe of the 1915 season. and that means thst a lot of players who drew down husky salaries during the ltst two year are due for a rude upset Soma of them will be kept In the major at th magnate own term. Oth ers will be pushed down Into the low- priced minors or out Into the eold cruel world with nothing to turn to but their old Jobs as plasterers, miners, bricklay ers, laborers, and Ice wagon driven. The day of high salaries Is over, even though the war still continues. The Feds have ceased paying the price of a king' ransom to player for a couple of hour of daily work. Tho magnate In Organised lias Dail, therefore, do not find It necessary to meet th big bids of the Feds. They can sign player almost at their own terms and they are going to do It The players who got M.W U.OM and $1,000 during the last two seasons, will be lucky If they gt half of thA sum during the coming season and for many season to come. Many of th players who used the Feds as a club to pound out big salaries when the war began, were given three year contracts. That means that essy money will continue to trickle In during .he 1019 season. Hut after that . nee leer isn tnrdnn Itloek. Tri Speaker's $l,Ono per annum con tract expired with the end of the 1MB season. Trls is "on the fence" as to 1911 He wants to stay In Organised Base Kali and he wants his old salary again, but It la doubtful If Joe Lannln, the Red Sox owner, will "com through" a easily as he did In 1914, when he gave Trls a two-year document. The Feds want Trls, but. not quite as much a they did In th early days of the war 1 ad it I doubtful If they will offer him j anything like fl.GO0. How Tin Von Dour" lit In ml th Athletic and Giant min gled In th world series battles. Kach team represented the best In Its respec tive organisation. In 1915 the Athletlo finished last In the American league and the Giants trailed In the National. In th case of the Athletic It I easy to acoount for th slump. Eddie Col lins has gone, and so had Jack Harry, Kddl Murphy. Eddie Plank, Jack Coornb and Chief Bender. Connie Mack had wrecked hi team and the natunl result followed. But with the Giants It wsa different. John llcOrsw retained th bulk of hi inn star. He strengthened th team In Its weak spots. He had a team that looked as strong on paper a did the 191J outfit Yet the 1515 Giants ware th Jokes of th league. What i th logical answer for th Giants' slump? Didn't the player exert themselves? Didn't they try to play real baseball T Or I th real answer th fact that the other team In th Tenor cir cuit were o strengthened that they really was superior to the McClraw squad. If Rods et rttrhers, Beware If Charlie Hersog gets a couple of good pltoher during th winter his noa tlm mA fit Reds will bear watching In 1918, Hersog's crowd outflelded every other team In the National league. In litis. Their hitting was nothing to get xclted about, but, Just the same, It wa hard tnough and consistent enough to hay won many ordinary battlea If the pitching had been Just a btt better. Th Red have a wonderful pltoher In Toney, a good pitcher - In Dale and a fair pitcher la Lear, - But that' about as far aa they go In real pitchers. Hersog Is browsing around for a brae of first class twlrlers, and If success crowns hi effort those Red will b In the 191 flsht. Hank Gowdy, World Series Hero, May Be Used in Trade Talking of trade and deals, of course, i reviving It alwaya doe aa-th day for th December meeting of th big league draw nearer. One rumor haa It that Boston will exchange Hank Gowdy for Tom Clarke. There I only on thing to block any such deal; Boston, Ilk Cin cinnati. I right now short on catchers, and such a trad would leav both club Just a shy on mask men aa before. Boston. In fact, is wor off than th Red, who have Wlngo for a certainty, and could reinstate Clark If It seemed best, while Boston ha only Gowdy on th staff. There la littl doubt. that Boston Is anxious to secure Clark, hut th deal la more likely to ba aa follows: A pltoher probably Oeorg Tyler, for th Cincin nati catcher. Clarke and Gowdy would mak a great catching staff for Stalling, and Tyler would fit In timely on th Red pitching department There la a chance, too. that Fltspatrlok might go along with Tyler, and FUspatrlck I a great llttl second baseman. Lefty George is the Modest Little Lad Charley Hersog admire gameness and confidence In a player - and when he heard a good one on Lefty . Oeorg h decided to glv him a chance. Oeorge wa with Toronto in th year that Topsy Hartsel managed the Mudhena. During a meeting In the spring Hartael. In an address to the playera, invited them to speak on matters pertaining to th good of th club. Lefty stepped Into the cir cle aivd clearing hla throat, he said; 'Well, men, with a great . leader like Topsy her and m in there every fourth day, I can't anything to It but the penntbt for th Mud hens." HERE' S ONE EASTERNER WHO CAN SEE NEBRASKA All hata oft to th foot ball crttlo on th Washington Herald. Th Washing ton man Is on eastern sharp who acknowledges th University of Nebraska Is on th foot ball map. On th first All-american team he selected Ouy 3 ; bo U 54 tI A Chamberlain waa placed at en.l and on the second eleven Dick Rutherford wa ! piaceo at nairoaia. ine Washington critic also put two other westerners. Buck of Wisconsin and D FY to of th Mlchl - gan Aggie, on hi flrt team. Who Jb rsaesjet,? The layout ' shows at the top James Ollmore, president of the Federal league, Harry Sinclair, owner of the Newark Feda, and said to be Interested in th proposed New York Federal club, At the bottom are three of the Federal stars, from whom a leader may be chosen Joe Tinker, John Oansel and Harry Lord. NEW YORK. Dec. lL-Who will lead wie i-ew iora e eaerai league ciuo ib the all absorbing question In base ball Just now. With th plan for th estab WICHITA HASJIGH HOPES Eansani Confident Jimmy Jackson will Develop a Weitern Loop Pennant Contender. AFTER. TWO NEW IN FIELDERS WICHITA, Kan., Dec. it Th new of th signing of Jimmy Jackson as man ager of th Wolves for th 19U season ha caused th base ball ran to sit up and take notice. Nothing but praise ha been heard on the deal. It apeak well tor Jackson's ability when the tan In Wich ita are eager for htm to take charge at Island park. Jackson wilt hav complete control of th player. He will say who will be kept on,th team and who will be let go. Th base ball season In Wlohtta looks better than It has for year. Starting with th catching department th Wolves hav Oray and Buster on th reserved list Th oancea are that an experienced catcher will be aimed to hold down the Job. with Oray or Buster. Th recent rul ing by th league wher th player limit Wat reduced to but fourteen players make It necessary to hav utility play er from th catching tnd pitching de partment. Deals are under way for an experienced catcher, but no terms have been reached. The St. Louis Browns recalled Southern and claimed Riley, but both these men fumy com back to Wichita for another season. Negotiations are under way to get them back if they fall to make' good with th Browns. Davis. Pate, Gelst and Brlnley also ar under reserve Word come from Patterson that Malarkey has accepted term with th Wolves. Roxy Mlddleton aay Malarkey will b a star in th Western league. Th first baa position will be filled. Patterson 1 keeping his eye open for a first sacker on th coast. BrHfam ss Beeoavd. Brttton will bo back at second and he I a good a second sacker as will ba in th leagu next year. Hetllng alao will be back at third, and Oua showed the fans that h still can play that bag. There 1 no worry over second or third. A horttop will hav to be secured. Acey Blue Is a classy little shortstop and It may be that he will fit In there. It 1 known that Jackson admires Blue play ing, and Jimmy aay he will mak th best shortstop In th leagu out of Blue. Telllon will b back . and he ts no poor shortstop by any weans. In th outfield Jackson, Thlealng. Fox and TalHon will toe on the Job, in ad dition to Tobin of th Oakland team. Th chance are .that Bennett will be eliminated by hi securing a position as manager with' orae team In a lower Peagru. But three outfielder can b carried, and with Jacksen In center It mean that the othera will have to fight It out for the other two positions. Flv pitchers, two catchers, four In- flelder and three outfielders will be car ried under th fourteen player limit rule. A catcher who can ply the utility role and at least a couple of pitchers who can play outfield or Infield in a pinch will hav th preference, other conditions be Ing equal. It Southern comes back the Wolves will be In pretty good shape, as h can play outfield and Davis can play a good outflld or Infield, either. Scots and English Will Mix in Soccer Fray This Afternoon Th curtain will ring down on the soc cer seaaoa in Omaha today when the Scottish and English selected elevens will stag their annual conflict at Rourke park at I o'clock. This game bids well to surpaa 'the on staged two weeks ago between Omaha and Sioux City, nd It Is expected that a banner crowd will attend a a result. The EnslUh and Pent are bitter rival ca the soccer gridiron and both Cap tain Pet Lowdn of tha Scot anl Frank Cockayne of th EnglUh are do- termlned for victory. Last year th lr ternallonel contest resulted In a tie. Superintendent of Recreation Enllsh 1 will deliver th kick-off. which will I stsrt the gs.ro on It way. Will Lead New York SsX 1 A i J4 V;;, v ZZZj; lishment of a new club In the metropolis and the rumored selection of a alt for th grounds, th next thing is to select a leader. It Is said that James Ollmore, the pres ident of tho Federal league, and Harry Sinclair, the wealthy owner of the New ark Feds, and said to be the chief backer of the proposed New York organi sation, have their eyes on several men. Hughle Jennings of the Detroit Tigers and J. Franklin Baker, formerly of the ALEXANDER TELLS 'EM HOW TO GET THE MONEY In a Nebraska town, during the recent trip of the Bancroft tourists, Wade Ki in fer, playliur the outfield for the All-Na tionals, made a wonderful catch with hi hands behind his back and turned a flip-flop. 'Wow, what do ye think of that ketch?" yelled a farmer In leather boots and beard, stamping up and down In the stands. "By heck. I've got my dollar' worth already." . "All right, go out and come in again," suggested Orover Alexander. MATTY IS TOTH $150,000 Big- Six Haa Many Waya of Collect ' ing- Mazuma, One of Them Being Via tho Poker Koute. IS SOME GOLF SHARP, TOO There la no man In baae ball, nor has there been for ten yeara, who Is making the money that Christy Mathewson has made on practically no Investment. For a long time Matty was tho highest sal aried man In the game. Last year he got $5,200 for fifty-two base boll stories and an occasional maga slne contribution. He haa an Insurance business, which dovetails with the dia mond game. He has good Investments by reason of the entree he gained , through his base ball connections. He Is raid to be worth II DO, 000, although alwaya a conservative manipulator. But Matty ha been for ten year the great est pitcher In the game. He Is now th best golf player in base ball. Only Bob Wallace can' make thing In teresting for him in billiard. . Nobody In baae ball can make thlnga Interesting for Matty In chess or check-, era. Ho has toured the Toung Men'aj Christian association on exhibition tours. He play a better hand of bridge than anybody in bla profession; so good that hla Income from thl alon 1 not to be poofed at H can play jtoker so well that he'll break up a gam by merely "Ittin" In." Page Mr. Alexander, Boy; They .Want Him Back in Philly Town On would tak It that Philadelphia fan think' quit considerable of on Orover Cleveland Alexander of St. Paul, Neb. At least that would be a reasonable deduction to 'mak from th following letter received by the opening editor of The Bee: Just a few lines to ask you If you would be so kind and ask Mr. Orover Cleveland Alexander when will he come back to Philadelphia, as all fana are waiting for him, as he was to come back for Thanksgiving and he never showed up. so we would like to know It ha la coming back for Christmas, aa he waa to spend winter here with us. Kindly let us know, as we get the Omaha paper every day and trying to see If he is com ing DacK. oui. aa we said before, we have not aeen anything as yet. Now kindly be so kind and uo that little thing for ua feigned. Ten PhUa. ilsae Ball Fan. Boy Scout Lad Asks Del Pratt a Slicker Derrlll Pratt, the eacond baseman of th Brown, former captain of th Unlver alty of Alabama foot ball eleven, a golf player of parts, likewise a' foot .ball writer of pleasing perspicuity, a movie unpreaario ana a lecturer before boy scouts, was addreaslngr a troupe of the little khaki lad at a St Louis gather lr 'When he had finished hi' has ball talk he volunteered to answer any ques tion th boy, who ranged from 12 to li year, might wish to ask. ' A youth with a suspiclou twinkle' In bis eye stood us. "WeUr aueried Pratt "I wanta know, he piped, "who' the heat second baseman on th Browns T"? "I'm sure I don't know," replied Pratt. 'But I'm th only on who 1 playing thera" Feds? Athletics, are both mentioned In rumors, but In case either was offered the Job he would have to Jump from Organized Base Ball. ' In the ranks of the Federal themselves are three men who would make good leaders, according to the experts. They are John Gansel, manager of the Brook feds; Joe Tinker of the Chicago club, and Harry Lord, th pilot Of the Buffalo Federals. All three have made good with the teams they handled last season. WOULD CUT OUT LADIES' DAY Tack Holland Will Suggest Abolish ment of Free Transportation to Fair Sex in Western. HAS REDUCED-PRICE PLAN One of th thing tho club owner in the Western league will be aaked to vote upon at the February meeting will decide the question of abolishment of ladles' free days. The author of the movement I Jack Holland, owner of the Drummers. However, It la proposed to sell book of ticket to women at reduced price. According to Holland' plan, book of sixty tickets would bo sold at 5 or $. The tickets would be good for any game with the exception of holiday. Sundays and opening days. This would leave sixty or more games, quite all most women would care to see in one season. Thl Is not all the slashing that would bo done in th scale of prices for the women. On holidays, Sundays and opening days they would be admitted to the grandstand tor 25 cent, half the Usual price. This rule also would apply to children. Kid fro day would b done away with and book of tickets sold to them the same aa to the women. Whether a boy would be eligible to this or not would de pend upon whether or not he wore knee trousers. ' Holland had to take the matter up with the whole league, since every club would be affected. Of course, the home clubs would be allowed to retain tho proceeds from the sale of these books, but that would be as fair for one as for another. The question was put to the magnate at th 'Frisco meeting and a majority of them seemed to favor it, so they decided to take final action at the schedule con fab. "It would be a great thing for the women and kid," Holland said. "It would mean that they could see prac tically every game of the season for 10 cents a shot; and where la there a boy that couldn't rake up enough money to buy himself a bookT Father who cannot afford to tak their children very many time when it costs GO cents each could purchase several books and let them have all th base ball they want at small cost." The books would not be transferable. The ticket would bo numbered consecu tively from one to th number of game scheduled and each ticket would be good only for the game of that number. It Is further Intended to put the books on sale April 1 and continue the sale two month. Joe and Hans Hand Each Other Bouquets Th three-cornered argument as to which la the best shortstop Maranvtlle, Bancroft or Hersog Is an amusing con trast to the Alphonso and Gaston chlv. airy displayed by Hans Wagner and Joe Tinker several yeara ago, when the mer its of th pair were under discussion. Both, at the time were play dig tha great est ball of their careers. The scribes put It up to Tinker. . "Oh, the Dutchman is th greatest In the business," replied Joe with Alphonslo grace and modesty. ' A few days later th matter of great shortstop wa put up to Honua. Th Teuton pretended to be absorbed In deep thought and finally he replied: "I consider Joe Tinker th greatest shortstop In the business."' GRIF SAYS BARNSTORM . TOUR GOOD FOR PLAYER Clark Griffith Is carrying' a chip on his shoulder for Ban Johnson and will oppose the American league head's fight against barnstorming tours. 'Griff claims that Harry Harper, his sterling left hander, benefited so much by his recent tour with Bancroft's forces, that he hopes to avail himself of barnstorming tours in the future ' to develop young players. Knee Buraa Firm. Tho company tl.at promoted and fi nanced the building of tiiaves' field has been sued by a Ke7 York agvnt named Fells lnan for M.Ouv. The Hypodermic Needle By ratn tlla-her Rrfara Hon. Does the college student ponder ovrr the philosophy of ArUtntle, d ei he ex plore the physics of Newton, do s he peruse th martial cribblln?s of Homer, does he Investigate the pyoholo y of Hum and Hartley, does he analyze the sociology of Comto and Ppencer, or what does he do? If you would know cast your orbs over the following, one of the eornrs of the Vnlvera ty of Montana which was published In a recent Issjo of th Montana Ka'mln. which Is published bl-weekly by th students of the listl tutlon. 80N OF A OAMBOLIER. Oh, here's to old Montana, Where the color of life Is red, We'll rise and give the var Ity From our coffins when we'ie deal. And as we mount the arlden stair, Veil Elve Faint Peter the cue. And we'll Join In the rolllckl g chorus, To hell with the Gold and Blue. I wish I had an automobile, And a gallon of gasoline, I hie me up to Stevens II le. And buy a keg of steam. I'd drink the health of the varsity, Bo loyal and so true, 1 And we'll Join the ro!!lcklrqr chorus. To hell with the Gold and Blue. I'm a son of, son of a, son of a, son of a, son a gamboller, A son of a, son of a, eon of a, son of a, son of a gamboller, . Like every honest, fellow I drink my whisky clear, I'm a student at Montana, And a son of a gun for beer. W wondered for several day low Montana tied Syracuse 6 to 6 aa she did, but now we know. And now w wonder acaln. Wo wonder this time if there I ny Women's Chris tian Temperance union In Montana. SHOWING THAT THERE STILL IS SOME JUSTICE IN THIS HERB WORRULD. Haw, havr, Her, hee, Wefre filled With Glee We do not have to work tonight. Waraer, Carlisle may abolish foot ball, 'tla re ported. Carlisle's foot ball team. It mmiul has moved to Pittsburgh. Come) Oa. W read a story from NVawk trat skirts would b still higher next year. Tempus Fugit. It "er fug. We have reason to doubt same as "Billy" Bunday-that Hank Ford 1 not In earnest In hla peace mission. If ho wi FIGHT FANSJOT EXCITED Coming- Mix Between Willard and Fulton i Not Creating- Overly Amount of Interest. FULTON HASN'T THE CLASS NEW YORK. Dec. 11. The fact that Jess Willard .has been matched to meet Fred Fulton for twenty rounds at New Orleans next March haa . not created a great deal of excitement So little Is known of Fulton's ability that it 1 Uken for granted that ha will fall an easy prey for the champion. So far ho on ha been found who Is disposed to hint that the big novice from the west has even an outside chance to defeat the man who walloped Jack Johnson. Tho only interesting feature of tho match is that it will be Wlllard's first outing sine ho won tho title. There I lway a certain amount of interest in a new champion's maiden effort This time there will be more than usual, for it wa not until he won the title that Willard was able to convince ring fol lower that he is a first class fighting man. Even yet there are many who are uncertain whether the gigantic Kansas is a flawless machine and thl doubt will not b removed until he haa polished off a few of the leading contender In true championship style. . Hero in New York Willard' class waa recognised more quickly than elsewhere. He did most of hi beat fighting in thl city and although opinion was by no mean unanimous that ho wa a diamond in th rough, there were those who saw at once that ho had all the essential qualities, despite hi lack of polish. Native Bob Skeptical. In other sections of the country Wil lard was less favorably regarded. Even to this day California are firmly con vinced that he 1 a falsa alarm and that this will be shown th first time he meets a real fighter. They cannot forget that he could not beat that Joke, Charley Mil ler, or Gunboat Smith. Smith waa never In high esteem in California and Miller waa the clown of the ling. The only reason the promoter put him on waa because hi weird action kept the crowd in good humor. Willard' victory over Johnson silenced th far coast critics, but failed to convince them and if he fail to mak good there will b no surprise felt in that quarter. Now that Willard 1 the champion, the chronic hero worshipers are hailing hlra aa invincible. That sort of thing always happens when a new champion Is crowned and due allowance must be mad for a certain amount of exaggeration. As a matter of fact. In sizing up Willard, his match with Johnaon should bo thrown out altogether. That affair la worthless aa a means of estimating his ability, since there 1 no mean of telling Just how good, or bad, Johnson was at th time. It I far more significant that even in hi novice day Willard ahowed a great wallop, tremendous strength and the ability to withstand punishment, ri fig ured to beat th aged Johnaon on what he showed In th general run of his bouts, even though his lack of polish oaused hlra to be roasted to a turn. The fart that ha succeeded should not be taken to mean that he Is now any better than he wa before the Havana battle. ' Smoke A re Overrated. Cold-blooded critics, who know Johnson well, agree that he always was an over rated fighter. AH the negro heavyweights are to some extent. When Lang ford and Mcvey were battling the other night it wa th general opinion that no white man wou'd have had a vhanc with .it her. During the bout Mcvey landed probaMy 1) clean bjoms on I-angford s hd. The net result was a film of red. hardly enough to dim the flitab of his teeth. Tet Porky Flynn wss able to flatten Lang- B. HUMTtB " or were, have It your own way he would T' take Judg Landis with him. "" i 'Tla two weeUe before Christmas, Bat, alas, oar poor ol. We've done svone and blew, Every rent of our roll, (f) (?) Oh. well, let us kid ourself If w want to. Tod Sloan has been fired out of Eng land. Tod Sloan, you will remember, Is the guy who went over to England from Kokomo, Ind., and ehowed a few British Jockeys how to send 'em under the wire ahead of the field. 'The Big Nine conference Is stealing stuff from the major league magnates. The Big Nine conference voted against base ball. Watching a six-day bike race Is Ilk watching a man wash windows on th eighteenth story of the Woodmen of tho World building. He misht fall off. Y THK FAMILY. Tfie hoHdayi trt'J soon be hire, 0, let u celebrate; a. W'JI have ajoyoui, Jocund tint. , While father vayi the fretyht. OH, WE ALMOST FORGOT ' OUR WEEKLY TRAVELOGUE! Kansas City, Mo. not Kansas City, Kan., wer never had the nerve to stop there. Is one of the best ao-grab-that- , dollar towns Iwe ever were in. . As an, . example, "Jitney" lines In Kay See charge a dime. Excess fare for speed, and, take it from us, it Is worth the price, as wait ing for street cans .whloh will take you Some place is one of the pastimes In ' Kansas City. There are a lot of street cars there, but none of 'em go where you want to go. Also the Jit lines have a price of two-bits to hotels. To get to a hotel the Jit goes about fifteen feet off lbs regular run, a cent a foot Kansas City is In Jackson county. To hear a guy who lives In Kansas City, Jackson county is merely another name for the world. The general opinion Is that the sun would quit shining if Kan sas City were taken off the map. Kansas City's two principal parallel streets are Main and Walnut. One of the pleasant experiences of a visit to Kansaa City is ascending Ninth or Tenth street from Main to Walnut. A guy who has vacationed In the Alps could hare a good time. Kay See ha a new Union station which cost 17,000.000. It belnff Just as easy to say $7,000,000 as t7. Now they are trying to figure out what to do with It Kay See Is the home of Johnny Kllng, a Federal league ball park with a "For Rent" sign on It, and a few other things of equal importance. . In case you may visit Kansas City some time, there ar a lot of night train run ning out And, oh, yes, live-saving atattono remain open until midnight ford for a count of five and no one ever raved about Porky wonderful wallop. An accident? Probably It was, but it is rather strange that no such accident ever happens wflen the blacks battle each other. When Jim Coffey battered Jim Flynn until the latter best friend could not recognise him. It was said that the Irish boy wa a Joke fighter who couldn't hit a lick. Longford and MteVey slam each other for ten rounds without a scratch to show for it. and they are held to be a pair of man-killers. Seems to be a strange line of reasoning. The mere fact that Fulton agreed to meet Willard at this time Is a good Indi cation that tho former will never amount to much. It la only natural to believe that if hi backer had any faith In his future they would not rush him Into such a match until he haa had sufficient time to become seasoned. Evidently the Fulton crowd expect nothing more than the loser end and will be glad to get that. Caledonians Will Invade Sioux City The Caledonians, who trailed In the Omaha Soccer league thl fall, ar going to do a little invading December 19. The Scot will go to Sioux City on that date to play a game of soccer with the Sioux City eleven, which got walloped by an Omaha all-star team a couple of week ago, Th Caledonian figure they are good enough to tick th Sioux, who were trounced 9 to 1 by the local all star. Richmond Eaters Kick. Th Richmond club' owner threaten to appeal to the courts If President Bar row tries to get rid of them. FREE FREE! 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