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Judgments
THE addition of John M. Ward to
the lift of National league mag
nates docs nothing to mollify
the smoldering war between
Nationals and Americana, par
ticularly Han Johnson. Han Johnson Is
allowed to be pretty much the wholo of
the American league under certain cir
cumstances and for the purposes of the
present controversy that Is unfortunate.
AVard, It will be remembered, had occa
sion to suo Mr. Johnson In a court of
justice for slander or libel. At any rate,
Mr. Johnson made remarks about Mr.
Ward which Mr. Ward considered not
only derogatory, but damaging to his
reputation, and he aaked for some $23,000,
or millions, we forget which. The court,
or Jury, gave him 1.000. One thousand
under suoti circumstances to Johnson is
the same as one hundred thousand; it
cut Just as deeply. It left an ugly scar.
Sanborn of Chicago thinks the breach
between the two major leagues Is widen
ing. If co, it has certainly not been nar
rowed any by Ward's getting hold of
Boston. But even at that, nobody wants
to crowd Johnny Ward out. He will be
a strong addition to the league, to base
ball, in fact. He is one of the men who
was putting the game on its feet when
such celebrities as Chubby Charley
Murphy and Fat Ban Johnson were not
more than cub reporters, hardly that.
Base ball needs him and it is fortunate
to get him again. In the meantime, sup
pose the break comes between the big
leagues, can't they patch it up again?
I...
Brother Dave sent out to Grand Island
for ten cars of cobs when that big snow
came and then didn't need them. Charley
Lane hustled them In on a special train,
on which he acted as head brakeman,
himself.
Ty Cobb can't "see1 the Athletics for
more than second place next year. Welt,
that is not such a long ways off. But
since Tyrus spies the Tigers in first
place we kinder reckon hi. seeln' ain't
so almighty good as it is whe.t the
Georgia Peach gets to hitting 'em out
'long about the time the birds begin to
chirp. What has happened or what Is
going to happen to make Detroit a bet
ter team in 1U12 than the' Athletics is be
yond our ken. Maybe Ty knows, tve
don't. Looks mighty like the MoGUll
luddy family would be at least as good
as the JenniugseD. When It comes to
that, the Sox surely will make everybody
hustle for that flug next year and so
will Boston. Kven Cobb admits that; he
nays if the Tigers lose the pennant It
will be to Boston, in which event, we
suppose, the poor Athletics would have
to be content with third or fourth place.
Cobb bases his deductions on the prob
ability of Bender, Coombs or Plank go
ing back. Well, In time that Is Inevit
able, but surely none of these gents gave
anybody reason In 1911 to believe ?hat
lie would renig on the Job In 1912. AVe
lather expect to eee eacn of them about
as strong as ever.
It seems thnt Roger Bresnahan Is put
ting a very cliletante aspect upon base
ba.l to appeal to the national commission
lor redress from tlio grievance of being
called a liar, especially when It wus none
other than little C. Wtbu Murphy that
so addressed him. r.uer might have de
ouied the Important little Cub boss had
not two or tares other magnates pre
vented him, but havinj failed at that to
come to the commission with his ttale
seems puerile. We don't doubt .Murphy
deserves a eauisanu". but this is a funny
way to give It to lilm.
"National Will lie: ea tier curb chatter
ing magnates.," says the Sporting News
in a headline. It might have said "mag
pies." It Is time al.so for the American
to do some similar curbing. Johnson and
Murphy and a lew others talk entirely
more than is necessary, as old Chris
Von Der Ahe used to say to Captain
Comiskey when a certain hard hitting
left fielder used to become Indulgent:
"Charley, I tell you vhat it las. I don't
like to become personals, undt peer drink
ing is all riylit, but it some of des&
Tip O'Neill, he better loogk oudt."
Hal Chase pledges himself to play his
best at first base for Wolverton, the new
Highlander manager, ne.t season. Why
shouldn't he? What has happened to
Justify him doing anything else? He had
a fair chance as manager and failed, so
why should he skulk. It is a funny Idea
some stars have of their duty, unyway.
They, no less than the poorest players,
vhould do their best all the time.
There will be little doing in the West
ern league until the schedule meeting In
February, that Is, little for the dopsters.
Your Pa and the rest of the magnates
re doing things all the time In the way
tf building their 1112 fences. I'a says
Bill Bryan can't beat him laying rails
when it comes to putting up a new
fence.
If John O. Yelser could be dissauded
from self-imposed task of hunting up a
presidential candidate for next year, Pa
might give him a Job scouting for a few
candidates for left field and one or two
for the box. John's some scout when
acoutlng la good.
Athletes of this section are now turn
ing their attention to basket ball as a
filler between seasons of real sport.
John Beell back to Depver. Tes, John
la a good minor leaguer.
CHAMPION FIGHTERS AILING
Ad Wolgast Heads Long List of Ring
Men with Conphints. .
CAN WOLGAST REGAIN STRENGTH
.! Six Months in Which to Pre
pare to Defend His Title Ques
tion n to Whether Any Man
Can Beat Him.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23,-What is the mat
ter with all the champion boxers of late?
Are they more subject to the Ills, espe
cially appendicitis, than the ordinary
boxer, or doos It Just happen to be a
coincidence that several of them are laid
up at about the sam.i time? Ad Wolgast,
the lightweight champion of the world, Is
not the only champion who has the high
toned complaint. While Ad Is recuperat
ing at Los Angeles, Sammy Kellar, the
British 140-poutider. who claims the title
in England, is also recovering from ap
pendicitis in London, having been oper
ated on Just on the eve of his battle with
Sid Smith for the championship. The
French champion. Marcel Moreau, was
also threatened with the same complaint,
and it is not long since that Dave Smith,
the Australian champion, was operated
on; also Les O'Donnell, the crack middle
weight of the Antipodes, and Jack Red
mond, the Milwaukee lightweight, were
a bit cut up, but have fully recovered.
It has been fortunate for most of the
boxers, however, that they have been In
good physical condition at the time of
being stricken down, and that has helped
wonderfully to pull them through safely.
And still some of the timid ones says
boxing Is not a good, healthful exercise.
On top of Ad Wolgast's illness comes a
report from England that Matt Wells,
the British lightweight champion, has
been taken to the hospital for an opera
tion, and that It will ba three months
before he will be able to box again. This
will Interfere -with the plans of the New
York promoters, who had hoped to bring
the British champion and Wolgast to
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ten-round contest. Terms
had praoMcally bMn weed 0n and Well.
had arranged to com back to the states
with his manager, George McDonald, in
three weeks' time, but Wolgast's sudden
illness stopped all proceedings, and right
on the heels of the champion's trouble
comes the Jinx after Matt. ' This will
leave the field clear for a time for Packey
McFarland and Freddy Welsh, which Is
again a peculiar incident, Welsh Ming
the next man In England to Wells, while
McFarland Is considered next to Wolgast
here by the fans.
McFarland Has Xo roach.
A great deal has been said and written
bout the failure of both Feddy Welsh
and Packey McFarland to qualify as real
contenders for the crown of Champion
Wolgast. It Is said that McFarland has
no punch and that Welsh cannot hit hard
enough to ever put a dent into Wolgast's
skin. It Is true that Freddy failed to
stop Willie Ritchie, the Ban Francisco
boy, inside the twenty rounds, but It may
not be generally known that Welsh took
on Ritchie at c.atch weights and that the
Frisco boy weighed Just nine pounds more
than the Englishman, or, in other words,
scaled at 142, against 133 for Welsh.
Ritchie was In the best shape, having
trained for several weeks with McFarland
and others, so that it was no novice
agalnct the clever Freddy, nor an un
trained youth. At that Welsh stood toe
to toe with Ritchie at times and slugged.
somethings he seldom does in a contest,
but at the end he had a big margin over
Ritchie. The fact that both Tom Mc
Carey and Jimmy Coffroth want Welsh
for a big attraction proves that he must
have made a good showing. Against Wol
gast the lOnglishman would have a harder
hitter to face, it Is true, but then the
chances are that Freddy would have
adopted different tactics, too.
As for McFarland not putting Harlem
Tommy Murphy away, it might be men
tioned that Ad Wolgast battered away at
Battling Nelson for forty rounds and
failed to knock him off his feet for the
count of ten. Nelson was not a clever
blocked like Murphy, so there should be
no great surprise because Packey failed
to stop him Inside the Jwenty rounds.
What It Knockout Brown did stop
Murphy In one round, or rather one mln
ute. Brown was credited with having
the best of Ad Wolgast In two ten- round
bouts, but no one believes that he would
stand a chance against the champion
for a long oontest. It is different to get
a full force blow to a clever man like
Murphy than to batter some boxer who
has no skill and does not know how to
block or keep out of distance. McFar
land can hit all right, but it is doubtful
whether he will ever bo able to be at
his best when making 133 pounds at 3 or
J o'clock, PacRey has the class all
right and showed It against Murphy, even
though ba failed to knock him out.
( Wolgast Recover?
With all the mix-ups among the light
weights, the question now uppermost In
the minds of the fans Is whether Wolgast
will be hlmhelf when he recovers from
the effects of the operation. It will be
at least six months before lie can get
Into the ring again In any kind of shape
and it may be longer; It all depends upon
the results or after effects of the cutting.
Ad will retain the championship, just the
tame, at any champion has six months'
grace before takbig up the defense of
hi title, according to boxing rules, and
the chances are that the Michigan boy
will be ready and anxious by that f me
to tackle any one. During the period of
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inactivity by Wolgast the rest of the
lightweights can fight it out among them
selves. There should bo some lively bat
tles with the string of likely lightweights
on the warnath just now. Besides Mc
Farland and Welsh, there Is Joe Mandot,
the southern champion; Mllburn Baylor
of Indianapolis, Grover Hayes, Matty
Baldwin, Knockout Brown and several
lesser lights coming to the front, such as
Pal Brown, the Minnesota champion; Joe
Rivers, developing into a lightweight,
and others. Matty Baldwin, the Boston
boy, has gone so far as to have his
manager, Aleo MacLean, post a forfeit
of 11,000 for a match with Welsh or any
lightweight In the world. The talk of
Battling Nelson coming back Is not
taken seriously. The Battler was thu ;
greatest of the entire bunch, but he has
passed his prime and must Join those
who were champions before him. The
wonderful Dane Is not a dead one, by
any means, but he Is not the kind now to
win back the championship.
Collegiate Meet
Starts in Gotham
After Christmas
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Seventy-two col
leges compose the National Collegiate
Athletlo association, which meets at the
Hotel Astor, this city, on Thursday, De
cember1 28, for Its sixth annual meeting.
Prof. Nlcolson of Weslyan university,
secrtary-treasurer of the association, has
been sending circulars to the various col
leges concerning the topics to be dis
cussed. Reports to the secretary show
that about 30 per cent of the- under
graduates In each college take part in
intercollegiate sports. The question of a
professional coach for base ball has been
Indorred by a majority of the colleges,
but the agitation against the professional
element participating in college base ball
Is unanimous.
Prof. Nlcolson believes that all the In
stitutions will not favor abolishing gate
receipts at the college contests, because
of the limited finuncial resources of the
college athletic association. Reports
from the different colleges relative to foot
ball show that the rules aro proving so
saiibfactory that no riUcuBslon of them
will be necessary. The chief address) pro
cured by the secretary for the meeting
will be by Major General Leonard Wood,
chief of staff. United States army, on
"The Military Value of Athletics to a
Nation."
Season's Last Game
to Be Played Today
This afternoon at Fort Omaha the
Shamrocks and Defenders will clash. Both
teams have made remarkable records this
season. Out of eleven games played the
Irishmen have only dropped one, while
their opponents have lost two out of nine
games played. The Hhamrocks, as usual,
are stuffed to the brim with confidence.
Anyway fans are assured of seeing a con
tent that will be hard fought from the
first toot of the whistle to the finish.
This game will probably be the last one
of the season to be played In Omaha, and,
as a consequence, a large crowd Is an
ticipated. Good officials will run the
game In an up-to-date fashion have been
secured. Game called at 3 p. m. Fol
lowing Is the lineup:
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EASTERN MEN WANT REVISION
Stlg Opposes Abolition of Forward
Puss on Ground that it Would
Weaken Offense and llarni
Game.
NEW YORK, Dec. 33.-A deadlock be
tween western and eastern font ball
coaches over the revision of the playing
rules seems to be shaping. Latest re
ports from Chicago and vicinity state
that coaches thereabout are unanimous
for the retention of the 1911 rules for
next year. Coach A. A. Htatjg of Chi
cago has-- announced himself publicly
on this, and Williams of Minnesota and
Richards of Wisconsin are known to
have the same Ideas. Western coaches
appear to have secured results fjotn the
new rules, and many of the criticisms
directed at the code by eastern critics
and coaches do not find favor west of
Pittsburgh. Coach Btagg is one of the
most influential members of the com
mittee and, although the west Is in the
minority on this body, it is certain the
Maroon leaders' wishes on the subject
will at least be treated with considera
tion. Ask Stavaj for Chana-ea.
Coach Btagg has received scores of let
ters suggesting changes In rules, and
were he to favor all t'he suggestions
made the set of rules he would propose
at the New York meeting would In no
wsy resemble those at present in force.
The Midway director declares, however,
he will stand pat on the present code,
and the changes he will suggest, If any,
will be of a minor character.
Stagg does not favor the abolition of
the forward pass, for he declares thit
play Is the only' one that offers tht
slightest possibility of gaining ten yards
In three downs In anything like a con
sistent manner. He will suggest several
minor changes in the use and limitations
of the play, but favors Its retention as a
whole, believing It has proved Itself of
sufficient value at least to merit further
trial.
In every big game except Minnesota
against Wisconsin, the Chicago-Wisconsin,
the Minnesota-Chicago and the Chicago
Illinois game the better team wat the
victor. In only one game did the stronger
team fall to defeat its opponent, Nebraska
being obliged to be satisfied with a tie
score with Michigan, but the failure of
the Cornhuskers to defeat tha Wolverines,
although they played better foot ball, has
been duplicated often under the old rules
In games In which one teem In a tie
game went off the field with all the
honors and the other was lucky to get
away without a drubbing.
C rlllrUe Forward Pass.
One of the chief complaints of eastern
foot ball men Is that It is almost Impos
sible to advance the ball within twenty
yards of an, opponent's goal. This Is
true to the extent that It Is more dif
ficult than In the center of the field, but
this wss the case under the old rules
and would be the case under any code
which might be adopted.
In moving to abolish tha forward pass,
eastern sharps are further handicapping
tha offense, the department which they
declare they wish to strengthen. Even ad
mitting the forward pass Is not a good
ground gainer and western coaches will
not even concede that point it must be
borne in mind that the forward pass
always weakens a team' defense. Were
the forward pass prohibited the second
ary defense would be drawn close to the
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line and so make that wall almost Im
penetrable by an unassisted runner, per
mitting the runner to be assisted by his
team mates never will be countenanced
by those who wish to safeguard the
game against injuries.
Removing the forward pass from the
list of permissible plays will so
strengthen the defense that even doubling
the number of downs In which to gain
ten yards or halving the distance to
be gained In three downs will not
strengthen the offense to a similar de
gree. Pa Eourke Will Don
a Suit When Robins
Chirp at Joplin, Mo,
When the Rourkes line up on the field
for the first duy's practice at Joplin next
spring Pa ltourke will be there with a
suit on. It will be the first time in
several years that the venerable Pa will
have donned a suit. "I have to get some
of this superfluous flech off me," said
Pa, "and I cannot think of any better
way of doing it than by putting On a
uniform and getting out on the field with
tho boys. Also I will have a better op
portnlty of seeing that the boys get the
right kind of practice. Of courts you
won't find me In the infield, for I am
too old to keep up that psce, but i will
get out In the field and try and spear a
few of the high ones. Maybe some of
tho big leaguers will sign me after get
ting a peep at my cleverness."
AUTO ACCIDENTS BURN MONEY
The Crank In a Class by Itself, bat
There Aro Others More ,
Expensive.
T)-n' f- Ih. rranlrt Tf 1a tha crank that
malraa Ufa tiarrflv u-nrth llvlnsr before one
gets an auto, and then it Is the crank
that knocks him out. Here is a summary
of the automooue acciaents lor ine uri
nine months of this year reported by the
various insurance companies:
Number,
Cranking 37
Korelsn matter In eye tl
Amount.
) 3i,4s2.30
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3.W1.M
3.lol.2
b:tin.
3,H..S.:'8
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B7
87
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Operating
C'aretaklng or repairing
(joiusiun
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Pedestrians
8!i 201,8'.. 02
bM 2,873.t4
Totals WO I2S.268.70
It will be seen that the crank stands In
a class by Itself. Of course the crank
will pats aa have the horns on cows that
were Inclined to use them. The dehorned
cow lias at last been duplicated In the
"decranked" auto. A dozen self-starters
have burst on us this pear, and the man
who buys a machine next year that has
a crank will belong to the same age as
the man who buys milk with cream In It.
The age of the crankiest auto, one glance
at the above figures shows, has been
forced on us.
The broken arms and legs from crank
ing accidents, however, have not proved
as expensive to the Insurance companies
as the accidents from skidding anil ditch
ing, which have averagea MM a case,
while collisions have gone up to tVil a
case, Cranking accidents cost, on an
average, about S100 each.
In nine months Just 900 accidents were
reported by the Insurance companies
which, of course, only "carry" a part of
the autos. This Is an average of 1,200 a
year. Indianapolis News.
Persistent Advertising is the Road to
Big Returns.
1911
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COACHES WORKING MEN HARD
Squadi Being; Whipped Into Shape
for College Indoor Track Meets.
MADISON SQUARE MEET SOON
Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell
and 1'rnnayl vanla Vie for tha
t hamnlonshlp Ileeember
and 3T.
NEW YORK, Deo. 23.-AII the collepe
coaches and trainers are whipping their
squads Into shape for the many Indoor
track meets. The championship Indoor
games will be held In Madison Square
Garden on December 26 and 27. Yaln,
Harvard, Princeton, Cornell and Penn
sylvania have all entered teams.
Resides this all-Important event each
college has Its own program with insti
tutions In the same class.
The captains of the track team, name
of college and the event In which each
excels follow:
Amherst Miles, pole vault.
Annapolis Dalton, hurdles.
Ha ten lilunchard, 120 hurdles.
Howdoln Cole, 100-yard dash.
brown Marble, hurdles.
Rticknell Duttsn, high Jump,
Chicago Davenport, 440-yard dash,
Colgate Baker, 8NO-yard run.
Columbia liabcock, pole vault.
Cornell Putnam. 880-yard run.
Dartmouth Mtelnert, 440-yard dash.
Dickinson Oullon, 100-yard dash.
Franklin and Marshall Oberholser,
one-mllo run.
(leorgptown Carrlgan, 100-yard dash.
Hamilton Kggleston, two-mile run.
Harvard WlililiiKtoii, one-mile run.
jioiy i-rnss Koiana, iwvyara oasn.
Johns Hopkins Uet, ona-mllc run.
I.alsyette Thomas, 440-yard dash.
M. A. C Clapp 220-yard dash.
Michigan (lamble, 410-yard dash.
N. Y. U. White pole vault.
Northwestern Fletcher, shot put.
Ohio mate Wlckoff, two-mile run.
University of Pennsylvania Burdlok,
Tilth Jump.
I'onnsylvanlo. State Watts, two-mile
run.
Princeton Hawyer, 220-yord dash.
Rutgers Havens. 100-yard dash.
Hwarthmoru lilllan, broad Jump.
Syracuse Kelilpalh, 440-yard dash.
Trinity Wessels, pole vault.
Tufts 1'halen, one-mile run.
I'nlon Kteever, one-mile run.
Virginia Todd, 100-yard dash.
Washington and Lee Glass, 440-yard
daxh.
West Point Crawford, 220-yard hurdles.
Wisconsin Cleveland, one-mile run.
Yale Childs, hammer throw.
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ATLANTA WANTS CUP RACES
Vanderbilt and Grand Priie Auto
Events Not to Go Begging.
SOKE SAY RACING IS WANING
liens Company Drops Oat of Gam
IHg; 11 urea may II Made Invltatlom
Affairs for Amateurs ana
Private Owners.
NEW YOR1C, Dec. IX Those who pro
fess to see the end of automobile racing
have, In tho vernacular, "gone off half
cocked." Ilecause Savannah may not
havo road racing next year does not
mean that the R.ime Is dead. If Savannah
gives up tha a rand Prize and Vanderbilt
It will be for the reason that Savannah
has decided that these events are no
longer good advertising for the city. Bo
they will bo taken elsewhere perhaps to
Atlanta. Whllo Savannah has had the
experience and can furnish the best
course in America, there are other points
In the south that have looked Jealously on
the advertising given that city by the
holding of the races. Atlanta la one of
these. Among the thousands of strangers
who visited the course were many men
prominent In Atlanta affairs. When the
rumor got around that the Orand Prlae
might ro begging In 1913, half a dosan
of them began to ask about the pos
sibility of Atlanta furnishing the circuit
for next year's races.
The Inquiries, of course, do not neces
sarily Indicate that Atlanta will ask for
the cacos, but no surprise should be
adopted. Whllo a liking for the sport
hfls been the piinolpal motive In Savan
nah's conduct of automobile racing, tha
possibility of attracting Investors haa not
been overlooked. The races have been
successful In showing outsider the at
tractiveness of the town, aa well aa Its
growing importance In a business sens.
Conld Find Good Coarse.
Atlanta Is also desirous ot attracting
attention. It Is a good roads center and,
an automobile raring circuit could prob
ably be found there without trouble. It
la not unlikely, therefore, that Atlanta
will try for the raoes if, the rival city
abandons them. And the one thing neces
sary to Insure the continuance of racing
at Savannah la activity on tha part ot
Atlanta,
The most Important thing to be con
sidered in connection with future re
newals of the Grand Prise and Vender
bile Cup races la not that of obtaining a
course, but of there being enough en
tries to make the races worth while.
Some well Informed persons believe that
racing Is losing Its hold and that it will
be difficult twelve months from now to
bring together fields of cars large enough
to Insure good sport.
'Why there should ba difficulty the
prophets do not say. The Bens company
has announced that It will cease racing,
but Its cars will remain In America. E.
R. Hollander of the Plat company said
before the Orand Prise race that his
company would continue to race for the
gold oup as long as it Is offered in com
petition. Certainly there aro several
American manufacturers preparing for
the 600-mlle race on tha speedway next
Memorial day. All this would seem to
Indicate that the honors to be gained by 1
winning one of tho classics will not ba ,
overlooked.
The suggestion haa been made that In
a vaiivaas or msnuiacturers falls to
reveal a desire for a renewal pf ihm two
big raoes in 1U the conditions can ba
changed to make them invitation affaire
for private owners who use high-powered
cars. There are dozens of men owning
cars capable of running seventy or eighty
miles an hour. They have not been
prominent in spetX contests because of a
conviction that specially built cars wouU
be certain to carry off the prises.
Motorcycle Notes.
A motorcvycle club has been organized
at Undsborg, Kan.
Vlsalla, Cal., has a new motorcycle
club. K. H. Dortey is president.
The police department of Olympla.
Wash., Is preparing to put a motorcycle
In service.
The Lanslnp, Mich., fins department
uses a motorcycle which is equipped
with a hand chemical.
Leslie Tuttle rode his motorcycle from
Wichita to Wellington. Kan., in 54 min
utes. He says he broke the record.
J. R. Caldwell, connected with tho
American embassy at Toklo, Japan,
uses an American motorcycle, covei'lair
a wide exiianse ot territory In. anil
around Toklo.
moruincr. commencing at 7 a. m.