THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 16, 1912.
Imam fights for Australia
j Euh D. Mcintosh Will Not Invade
i New York as He Intended.
COSINESS OMCOMES PRIDE
Five Star Mackmen on Whom Connie Confidently Depends for Pennant
New York Base Ball Enemies May
Use the Same Grounds.
STIFF-SICKED PRIDE VANISHES
Parrell Mast Have a Sew and More
' Accessible Diamond and Brnah
. ". ; Said to Be la Need of
the Monff.
BV W. J.. MACBETH.
NEW YORK. June 15.-In this sordid
age of business a man who wilfully closes
his eyes to an opportunity for doubling
his profits Is usually regarded as a fit
candidate for the "white house on the
hill."' They may be born every minute
hut they are not so dense as to stumble
across a bundle of yellow-backs without
taking the trouble to pick It up.
All of which is appropos of the local
base ball situation. Frank Farrell has
the privilege of playing on the Polo
grounds In the future. President Brush Is
Willing to share the beautiful Brush Sta
ilium with his rival promoter. The senti
ment springs from no philanthropic In
stinct on the part of John T. He does
not Intend to welcome the competitor
r.a a hallowed guest. With him It la a
plain business proposition and conse-
cimtly entails profit to himself.
Brush Stadium, the most gorgeous,
monumental tribute to organised base
ball.' was conceived after the old wooden
xtands at the Polo grounds had been
burned In the spring of 1911. Erected of
reinforced concrete and steel, the edifice I
proved correspondingly costly. Before
the foundations were laid Mr. Brush esti
mated a 1750,000 expenditure. It cornea
f; oni excellent authoritl that the sum
tvfntually proved far greater. For un
scrupulous tinder-officials perhaps the
number should be held to a singular-
taking advantage or Mr. Brush s poor
health, let out contracts Irrespective of
bids at self-profit and consequent dis
advantage to the owner of the Giants.
IIIr Financial Proposition.
Yet, calculating the cost of Brush
Stadium at no more than $750,000, we find
, Mr. 'Brush with a gigantic financial propo
sition on his hands. That aura, at the low
ate of S per cent, would earn $37,500
annually. Before bulldina- hia ,. remark.
able plant It was necessary for the boss
of the Glanta to take out a thirty year
please on his grounds from the Cooean
Connie Mack ; has not talked of the
estate. The rent Is said to be $40,000 a chance, of th. wnrM'. h.,ni Phii-
ear. Wherefore, before he makes oneL-o-ui . . ,
u. . . . " " delphla Athletics to win the American
cent profit on his Investment Mr. Brush
ill M MX w mmm,
(j &t ( - ------ ikT vo' ij
profit on his Investment Mr. Brush
must clear 177,500 each season. That sura
league race to date, but the shrewd
V
doesn't cut a great figure to a promoter I leadr of the title holders expressed hlm-
blessed with such an aggregation as self a few days ago on the subject and
McGuw s championship Giants. Tet there what he had to say should be carefully
nave neen years and they may come digested by fandom.
again when the Polo grounders found "Chicago, has a great ball club," said
jjme m tne treasury after paying salar
ies, traveling expenses, rent and office
help for a dull campaign.
- Frank J. Farrell pays $8,000 yearly for
the Hilltop. He got the property, when It
aa practically valueless, on a ten year's
Jesse. It cost him considerable money" to
convert the boulder Into playing field,
e.0 his rent altogether has not been as
modest as the lease figures would Imply.
Mr. Farrell's lease has- almost, expired.
It Is up to him to move, for the landlord
will not listen to sane figures. The prop
erty that was made valuable by the
occupation of the American league team
Is onw a mighty fine real estate propo
rtion, John T. Brush has offered to rent his
Stadium to Frank J. Farrell. By such
an arrangement both the Giants and
Highlanders would utilise the hlstorio
Polo grounds. Such a plan would be
oulte feasible, for there havs been no
local major league conflicts for some
Viars. It is said that Mr. Brush Is wil
ling to lease his grounds for half the
rent he pays, $20,000 a year. Let us for
a moment consider the mutual advan
tage" of such an arrangement.
Woald Lessen Expenses.
The annual expenses of Mr. Brush would
be considerably lessened. Certainly the
grounds would be better advertised with
bath local teams playing there, and this
would result ' In better attendances all
round. Mr. Farrell would save the ex
pense of building such a modern plant
as the Polo grounds boasts. For the
days of wooden stands have passed; It
would be Impossible to get a permit for
audi In Greatetv New York, even If the
Jnugnates had not already realized the
advantage of lasting steel and concrete.
And then comes the matter of cost, and
maintenance.
How absurd it would be-if Indeed Mr.
Farrell could rent the Polo grounds at
any reasonable flgure-for him to go to
the expense of building. It would mean
an outlay almost equal to that of Mr.
Brush; and such a outlay for an amuse
ment venture that can be utilised only
seventy-seven days out of the 365 days
at the most. How much saner and safer
to double up on the grounds already pro
vided. There Is nothing to prevent it but stlff
incked pride. It Is whispered that Ban
Johnson has set his foot down on the
proposition. Ban thinks such a move
ould cheapen the American league in
the eyes of the public. This "seems a
very narrow and bigoted view. The nuh.
lie doesn't care a rap where the teams
1'iuy, so long as the grounds are acces
sible and their favorites play good ball.
.'. wmi tne national commlslon and
the major league promoters We to do
to retain the loyalty of the public Is to
ktp me national pastime clean and
straight, as It now Is. No one would sua-
Kit, from the fact that the Tankees
were playin at the Polo grounds, that
Mr. Cuish was financially Interested in
the American league. His Is a business
proposition, and It seems to most that
acceptance would be a good business
FirKe on the part of Frank Fa.rr.ll
. Harlem real estate Is too valuable to be
numbered with property that has an
earnfns value three months In the year
only, when it might Just as easily be
MWMkMSB. . ... .
- KarreH Talks of Bntldlnat.
For the last two years Mr. Farrell has
ia.Kd or building at Two Hundred and
, i wemy-unn street and Broadway. He
has done practically nothing In this di.
Kction. however, for he has been un
able to secure a clear title to all the land
that he requires. Ho tied up a lot of
money In the plot, yet it is not a bad in-
vaxtment He will double the capital In.
volved in five years, sharp real estate
mn declare. No other site Is available.
Onsuq&Oie reasons the American league
yii park IV New Tork has never had th
" tronage it merited was because of th
Inconvenience of reaching it - Without
doubt it is the most beautifully situated
nJor league park in the country. Yet.
because of Its inaccessibility fans would
vooner forego the cool Hudson breezes.
TJ:eae same delightful breezes are the
bane of athletes. It la absolutely impos
sible to kep a team In good condition on
IS Hilltop. Draughts cause lame arms.
THj null, of but several Inches thickness
Manager Mack, "but we have the best
team In the league, man for man. I
think that the fight at the flnlsh-you
know It's a long race will develop be
tween the Athletics and both of the
Soxes, the Red Sox of Boston and the
White Sox of Chicago, with the latter
the better team because of their evenly
balanced pitching staff and the fact that
Ed Walsh is a horse for' work.
"My team, as In the last two races, has
not spurted at the start, and then again
this season, as last year, my pitching
staff has been slow in rounding Into form.
Once Bender, Morgan, Plant and parti
cularly Combs, get under way, we are
going to be just as hard to beat as we
ever have been.
"Last year we made a wonderful spurt
from the rear. I hardly expect a winning
streak that good again, but we will play
better average ball all year, and that will
even It up.
"It will take us a month to get Into
the lead, if we get them, and I think that
we will, and when we pull ahead of the
rest , of the teams, our playing will con
tinue' the same, while I cannot imagln
the White Spx. or the Red Sox going at
their present gait all the year.' ,
"Repeating is one of the hardest things
In base ball, and we are up against that
this season. Every club, even Washington
and St. Louis, saves its best stock ; of
pitchers for us, for they know that we
are the one club that they have to whip.
I have confidence in the men who repre
sent Philadelphia in the American league,
and they are a long way from beaten In
the 1912 race.".
Kearney Team of the State League
iNai
Powell, St. Joseph
Ellis, Wlcnita
Lloyd, Denver
Campbell, Sioux City...
Reilly, Barney, St. Josef
Crutcher, St. Joseph....
Coyie, Omaha
Miller, Lincoln
Cole, Lincoln
UatEon, St. Joseph
Claire, Des Moines
Barbour, Lincoln
Cliellette, eit. Joseph....
I conard,
Fentress,
Coiiigan,
1'iantz, Topeka.
Rickert, Tupeka
Cotfey, Denver.
Quillin, Denver.
Dcs iioines,.
Omaha
Des Moines..
Standing, Letf to Right. Synek, Gray, Oheran, Harriott, ' Schumnosky, Pagles, Wright, Schuren. Sitting, Left to Right, Becthold, Berte, (Manager), . Spellman,
Lots, Trimble, Downey.
' KEARNEY BASE BALL TEAM, NEBRASKA STATE LEAGUE
ROURKES LEAD IN FIELDING
By Remarkable Work on the Boad
Omaha Climbs Into First Place.
NIEHOFF.IS BEST BASE STEALER
Omaha's - Speedy Third' backer Is
Now the. Terror of the Entire .
I.eaaae for the Oppos
lag, Baekstopa, '
Omaha's wonderful work on the present
road trip can be credited to some extent
to the great fielding work of the team.
Since the Rourkes have been on the trip
they have jumped from fourth place in
cluh fielding to the top of the list whet$
tney are now situated with -an average
of .958. with Denver a close second with
.958. In stolen bases the' Rourkes hold
second place, having . garnered ninety
nine and in sacrifice hits ar holding
down second place with seventy-three.
In batting Arthur Thomason lias taken
a slump and Instead of being In, second
place where he was two weeks ago he
now rests tn fifth place with an average
over solid rook, springs Innumerable
charley-horses . and' occasions sprains by
the wholesale. On the other hand the
Polo grounds, surrounded by bluffs and
structures that shield it from the winds.
Is the ideal place for a major league per
former. No unnecessary colds or sprains
there. And the field Is so true that there
Is no chance to establish an alibi for a
fielding mtscue.
The matter has cot beyond the experi
mental stage.: The Highlanders: played
the Athletics at the Polo grounds Mem
orial day morning. Fully 6,000 were on
hand for the game,-one of the biggest
morning attendances of base ball history
in this city. It was a threatening morn
Ing, too. Now, that crowd didn't come
to see the Giants, nor did It come to see
the world's champions., It came-to the
Polo grounds as much as either of the
otner two. It is doubtful If a third of
the attendance would have been on hand
at the Hilltop. There Is masle In that
historic name. The sooner this fact Is
appreciated by the American league of
ficials of this country, the sooner wilt
Gotham fandom be perfectly charmed.
of .369. Two weeks ago the Omaha
fieTder was hitting at a .410 clip. Four
of the Omaha boys are batting over .300.
They are Thomason, Coyle, Kane and
Johnson. In stolen bases Bertie Nle'hoff
Is still the peer of the league with twenty
two. In pitching Jack Ryan and Harry
Hicks' are tied for first honors, each hav
ing won six games and lost, one.
V Following: are the standings including
last Tuesday's game:
Batting; Average. .
AB. R. H. Pet.
Wagner, Topeka 14 4 6 .429
tforton, St. Joseph 191 44 77 . 403
Watson, St. Joseph 215 57 82 .381
Middieton, Wichita 171 17 65 .880
Llmlsey, Denver 133 16 50 .376
Thomason, Omaha 206 35 7& . .369
Westerzil, JVlchlta 19 2 7 .368
Zwiillng. St. Joseph...., 199 46 73 .367
Beall, Denver , 166 46 59 .355
Quillin, Denver 202 32 71 .351
Coyle, Omaha 210 37 72 .343
Clemons, Wichita, 105 10 38 .343
Korea, Des Moines..... ......177 24 60 . 339
Retlly, B., St. Joseph. ...... .104 15 85 .337
French, Sioux City 96 14 32 . 833
fmlth, T., Sioux City. 156 29 62 .383
Myers, Sioux City 189 25 63 .333
Tennant. Sioux City 121 18 40,. 330
Kane, Omaha 201 J7 66 .328
Cobb. Lincoln ...183 27 60. 328
McCormlck, Lincoln ..183 27 60 .325
Craig. Wichita 191 34 62 .325
Berghammer, Lincoln 74 10 24 .324
King. Topeka 182 25 58 .319
Preen, Sioux City 186 28 69 '.317
Kelly, St Joseph !05 50 66 -.317
nugnes, wiemta 188 32 58
Belden, Dps Moines...... 104 16 32
Waoob, Wichita 65 3 20
Callahan, Wichita 137 28 42
Johnson, Omaha - 153 31 47
Cassldy, Denver ,197 26 60
Powell. St Joseph 214 44 65
Harris. Denver 10 0 $
Sage, Sioux CJty 10 I - J
Slaughter, Sioux City 30 5 9
Isbell, Des Moines 10 - J 8
Channel), Denver ....154 21 46
Kenworthy. Denver ....189 29 56
Wanner, Omaha 105 13 31
Davis, Wichita 133 21 39
Walsh, Topeka 107 19 81
Dwyer, Lincoln 97 14 28
Coffey. Denver 212 29 i
Nithoff, Omaha .....194 27 66
Carney, Lincoln 78 22
Chapman. Topeka 107 11 30
Orendorff. Sioux City........ 25 10 7
Gardner. Topeka ,.1S7 3 52
Cole, Lincoln..... im 29 Rl
?pahr, In'-er m 15 99
rntrhnm. Vtob!ta 40 4 11
'nitron. Wichita.. r $
harbour. Lincoln..., v. . ! 51
Re'Hy, SiMix City I" ? n
Hail. Qmaha i, 4 n
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Thomas, Des Moines!. I!!.!j34 25 53
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Gossett, St. Joseph 98 9 26 .265
Davidson, Omaha 189 27 60 .265
Melnke, St. Joseph 197 23 62 . 264
Dulln, Topeka 73 5 19 .260
Bogge, Des Moines 50 6 13 . 260
Mee. Wichita.... 155 27 40 .268
Hahn, Des Moines 164 18 42 . 257
Rickert, Topeka 148 29 49 . 256
Leonard, Des Moines 39 4 10 . 256
Emory, Topeka 160 18 41 .256
Lee, , Topeka 195 31 60 . 256
Castle, St. Joseph 63 6 16 .254
Andreas, Sioux City 114 15 29 .251
Scanlon, Omaha 182 22 46 . 253
Frantz, Topeka 119 15 30 .252
Miller, Lincoln 156, 21 39 .250
Herche, Wichita 24 . 1 .250
Ellis. Wichita. 32 3 8 .250
Million, Sioux City 80 14 20 .260
Koerner, Wichita 133 17 33 .248
Coiiigan, Des Moines 206 15 61 .247
Pettigrew, Wichita ...130 26 32 . 246
Freeman, St. Joseph .; 29 1 7 .241
Cadman. Sioux City 133 11 32 . 240
UlatowskI, Des Moines 81 10 19 .235
Roth, St. Joseph............;. 69" 916".232
Lloyd, Denver... 203 27 47 .232
Arbogast, Omaha... ...48 7 11 .229
Mullen, Lincoln 175 21 40 . 229
Gear, Topeka 141 12 31 .226
Curtis, Des Moines 200 17 42 .210
Leake, Topeka.. .'..." 15 0 3 .200
Wainwright, Topeka 16 1 3 .187
Justice, Omaha 143 14 26 .182
Faber, Des Moines.:....;.... 33 2 6 .182
Stratton." Lincoln. 99 6 18 .182
Ferell, Sioux City.... 127 12 23 .181
Woldrtng, St. Joseph , 28 4 5 .179
'Johnson, St. Joseph 39 3 7 .179
Schreiber, Denver............ 38 0 7 .179
Wolverton. Lincoln 17 18 .176
Bachant, St Joseph 40 ; 4 7 .175
Doyle. Lincoln 23 , 2 : 4 .174
Fentress, Omaha 23 4 ' 4 .174
Frambes, i Denver 42 v 2 7 .167
Campbell. Sioux City ...30 :1- 6 .167
Stark. Wichita ... 37 4 6 .162
Crutcher, St. Joseph 31 S 5 .160
:01mstead, Denver 25 5 4 .160
Douglas, Des Moines......... 31 8 5 .160
Tuckey, Lincoln 19 J 8 .ins
Hueston, Des Moines..,' 26 4 . 4 .153
Schmidt, Topeka ; 41 1 6 .146
McGraw, Des Moines 82 8 12 .146
Chellette, St Joseph........ 41 2" J
Smith. Lincoln 36 , 5 .139
Leonard. Denver 15 . 0 1 .133
Glffen, Sioux City 17 1 2 .124
Hagerman. Lincoln. 33 1 4 .121
Northup, Des Moines........ 26 S 3 .115
Fugate, Tepeka.... , 0 3 .115
Ryan, Omaha 19 2 2 .10"
Palmer. Lincoln 10 1 1 .100
Klnsella, Denver 32 6 3 .094
Pfeffer. Denver 13 1 1 .077
Robinson. Omaha 26 t S .77
Brown. Sioux City 37 J 1 .0T4
Hicks. Omaha 22 4 1 .045
Young, Toneka. 2 1 1 .frit
SYrrv, WUhtta 25 1 1 .041
Healy, Denver S4 0 0 .000
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Eelden, Dcs Moines 46 4 4 1.000
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Clemons, Wichita Hi
(jat'iinei', Topts&a 456
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breen, Sioux City. 66
WacoD, Wichita. H
Bacliunt, St. Joseph 57
Hueston, Des Moines 4
Cadman, Sioux City 184
McCormlck, Lincoln 8
Spahr, Denver 225
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Gossoit, tt Joseph 206
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Hall, Omaha 6
Cassldy, Denver 67
Hahn, Des Moines......... 40
Kenworthy, Denver. ; 87
Middieton. Wichita 77
Zwiillng, St Joseph 105
Herche, Wichita...; 8
Hullen, Lincoln 292
Healy, Denver.. 6
Faber, Des Moines 9
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Gear, Topeka
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Team Averages.
Batting St. Joseph, .300: Wichita.
Denver, .280; Omaha, .in; Sioux City. .270.
fopeKa, .2tl; Lincoln, .249; Des Moines,
Fielding -Omaha, .958; Denver, .956;
Sioux City, .953; Wichita, .953; Des Moines,
.952; St. Joseph, .950; Lincoln, .94; To
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Stolen Bases-St. Joseph, 102; Omaha,
99: Sioux City, 82; Denver, 82; Lincoln,
79; Wichita, 52; Topeka, 40; Des Moines,
34.
Sacrifice Hits Wichita, 83; Omaha, (3;
St. Joseph, 71; Lincoln, 70; Sioux City, 60,
Denver, 60; Des Moines, 60; Topeka, 67.
Individual Records.
Players with Fifteen Stolen iiases Nel
hoft, Omaha, 22; Kelly, St. Joseph, 22,
iWatson. St. Joseph, 20; Coffey, Denver,
18; Powell, St. Joseph, 17; Breen, Sioux
City; Thomason, Omaha, and Mee, Wich
ita, 16 each.
SIGNAL SERVICJE MEN
TO PLAY MILLER PARKERS
An afternoon of medal play to be pulled
oft at the Miller Park links on Saturday
afternoon, July 6, between members of
the Miller Park Golf club and several
commissioned officers of Fort Omaha has
been planned by W. S. Wilmoth, presi
dent of the Miller Park club.
Major Harry Gilchrist and Major Carl
Hartmann are counted upon as the best
adepts at the gutta percha game by the
Fort Omaha officers.
The Persistent and Judicious Use of
Newspaper Advertising Is the Road to
Business Success.
NEW STADItfM TO BE ERECTED
Latest Dispatches from Australia
Sny Roof Is BelnR Put On nad
Jeauette-Lnn.ford Battle
to Be There.
BY W. W. NAI HTOX.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 13. Many a
moon had waxed and waned since Hugh
D. Mcintosh, the Australian fight pro
mot?r, gave out that he was about to
embark tn his particular line of business
In New York, having been invited tp do
so by "many leading sporting men" of
the big eastern city.
Mac, always promised fuller particulars
"by next mail," but as the mail in ques
tion Is more than a y?ar overdue, it be
gins to look as though something has
gone awry with Mcintosh's plans for
an eastern Invasion.
It Is a wlerd proposition from the out
set. New York, like any other big Ameri
can city, has sporting entrepeneurs who
can hold their own with men In that liiu
the world around, and why Mcintosh was
needed there to show them how to run
things was never very clear. If the Au
stralian had gone there with a string of
Australian fighters, and msrely as a
padrono it would have been quite under
standable, but the suggestion that his
presence was deemed necessary to placa
boxing on a proper fottlng, was a good
deal of a joke. '
Now that Mac's Australian press bureau
stuff contains no further reference to
his New York invasion, we axe beginning
to wonder whether some one was kidding
him, or he was kidding the balance of us.
The very latest from Sydney Is that
Mcintosh is having the Rushcutters bay
stadium roofed over so as to be available
for boxing matches both winter and sum
mer. This looks as though Mcintosh
has made up his mind to stay , at home
and make Australia an all-year round
pugilistic rendezvous.
Looks for Cards.
For that matter, Mac Is already cast
ing around for winter cards a'hd he is
not particular whose corns he treads on
while reaching for what he wants. He
has probably taken the Jeanette-Lang-ford
contest from McCarey, and while
doing so, has given the ethics of match
making a violent wrench.
The last mall from Australia brought
the usual output of press bureau stuff
from the Mcintosh office In Sydney.
One circular letter sets forth that . the
stadium was being roofed in and that as
a big opening card Mcintosh was after
Jeanette and Langford. The circular
mentioned that some little trouble was
expected because Jeanette and Langford
were already matched for Los Angeles,
but expressed the belief that the Los
Angeles Stumbling block was "something
that could be adjusted."
About the same date, the writer received
a letter from Dan McKltterlck, manager
of Jeanette, who at the time was In
Paris.
"Mcintosh Is offering us all krnffs
inducements to go to Australia and box
Langford," wrote McKltterlck. "He
says Langford has signed up for a new
batch of contests and will not return to
America for a long time."
Snlt Holds Them Back.
About a week later, McCrarey, the Log
Angeles matchmaker, received a cable
gram from Langford's manager in Aus
tralia, setting forth that they hade been
made parties to a law suit and would
not be able to sail for home in time to
keep .the July date with Jeanette In Los
Angeles.
"We will' be back In September, so try
to keep Jeannette in the country," said
the cable, but after reading the extracts
given from the letters received from Mc
intosh and McKitterick, it is easy enough
to see that they vsuld have put one over
on poor old Uncle Tom, the sage of
Vernon. I
By the way, Langford and Sam McVeaN
were to have had a third contest
Sydney maybe Melbourne on, Max.
but the thing had to be postponed on
account of an accident to McVea, It
seems he stepped on his thumb while
cranking his big touring car, and the
doctors said it .would be Several weeks
before he recovered. It goes to show
that men can fight and fight, and fight
again down that way, and, It conveys a
hint that when Jeannette joins the Lng-ford-McVea-Porky
Flynn-Jlm Barry eol
ony, the changes will be rung to such
purpose that the American heavyweights
abroad will have continuous dates for
an indefinite period.
Want Johnson.
While the news does not come officially
from Mcintosh, It is said that the Aus
tralian promoter will offer big induce
ments to Jack Johnson to make the trip
to Sydney, in the event of Johnson de
fending his title successfully against Jim
Flynn at Las Vegas on July 4.
Johnson has never shown any particu
lar desire to revisit Australia, as apart
from the admiration his flehtlne Drowesa
Compels, he Is not popular down that
way. If he should decide to go, though,
Mcintosh's old time dream of a heavy
weight elimination tournament with a'
real championship for a culminating con- ;
test, would be realized at last.
Much of the ground that has been cov
ered already, would be covered again
and Langford and McVea would start off
as fresh as though they had never met.
Then there would be the winner of that
against Jeanette, and the winner of that
against Johnson, provided 'there were no
draws to be fought oft in the meantime.
While the Australians would surely
have an orgy of colored pugilism, with
all the negro fighters marooned in Kan-
garooland, there should be a chance; for
the white hope industry in this country
to develop and expand,
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