THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: JANTATtY 12, 1913.
4-S
LIFE WORK NMUNG LARRY
'What the Great Lajoie Has Done in
Base Ball.
IS THE OLD BOY GOING BACK?
Rerrntrcn "Venrn of Premier Slng
srlns;, Claaar Ftrtttlnir nml All
Htraml rlnylnR by Thin
flrent Athlrlr,
nr w. J. MAcnnni.
NEW TO UK, Jan. 11. The assertion
that this age of base boll la one of
peed (to pa unchallenged. W had Irrefut
able evidence of It a very short time ago
when Pittsburg out loose from Mike
Donlln. Now oomcs a rumbling from the
middle weet that Cleveland hi to aacrlflco
Its great king, Lorry Lajoie. Next thin?
we know of the liana Wagners and Bnm
CYAwforda will be (retting; the hook be
oanse they fall off a pace or two In
sprinting form.
Fred Clarke wax evidently Justified In
vending1 Donlln to Philadelphia, oven
though Mike hit away above .300 In 1912.
Mike Is alow and decrepld. too, In a wny.
Hut for Cleveland to paas up the great
iAjorle aounda too foolish to attract at
tention. Why, that young" fellow Lajoie
la Juat beginning to find himself In the
lhr tent. And do you think for a mlnuto
the Cleveland club doea not realize this?
Do not think the Cleveland club would
dare to sell such a favorite even It It
wished to do boT Do you think Lajoie
would content to be bartered like a
"bush leaguer" offer seventeen yearn In
the trig rings.
There are a few questions that furnish
food for sound reflection. Larry Lajoie
has slowtd up undoubtedly during the
last iwrnt'-en years, but lie Is fai ff m
member of the Kail lllver team when ti o
Phillies netted him Ho played five sea
sons for the Quakers: hitting as high as
.US and never lower than .328. In 1901.
during the war between the major leagues
Lnjolr. with a bunch of his teBtn mates.
Jumped to the rival Athletic. That was
the best season of his career, for In 181
games he banged away at a .424 clip. The
Phillies In the meantime went to the
courts and secured nn Injunction to pre
vent the "deserters" appearing with the
Athletics. It wns finally decided by the
courts that Lajoie and his pals had no
right to play In Pennsylvania with any
olub other than the Phillies. For this
reason Lnjole wns sent to Cleveland, tho
Naps assuming hla war-time contract.
Lajoie had been In Cleveland for the
past eleven years. He managed the team
for five years, throwing up the Job ,ln
1909 after a pennant possibility took a
bad cropper. Immediately he resigned
Lajoie' own frame Improved. The post
three seasons: he nppears to have been as
fit as ever. Lajoie has oi . ays been a
great honor and a credit lo the sport, but
he Inadvertantly figured In a breath of
scandal In 1910. That year he and Ty
Cobb were fighting tooth and nail for
the league batting leadership ns ah auto
mobile was Involved as a prize. In the
last game of the season In St. Louis,
ned" Corrlden, the player recently sent
from Detroit lo the Chicago Cubs In
order that Frank Chance might come to
the Hilltop, played away back on the
grass, at third, every time Lajoie came
up, Larry each time beat out a bunt.
He got five hits In ns many trips to the
plate. But the conduct of Third Iiase
man Corrlden and some of tho Browns
was so palpably fuvorablo to Lajoie that
Ban Johnson held an Investigation. It
was believed that Lajoie had beaten
Cobb for tho honors. But when Ban nn-
Napoleon ("Lorry") Lajoie. Born, Woonsocket,
UTS. Height, 0 feet, 1 Inch. Weight, IPC pounds.
Tear. City and Laaguo. Position. damps.
imFall lllver. New England Outfield SO
ISM Philadelphia, National First base...... S9
18OT Phllfclelphlo, National ....1st b..outf'd...l!
MS-Philadelphia, National Second base... 147
1SXV Philadelphia, National ..Kecond base.,, 72
1TO0 Philadelphia, National Second base... 101
190L-Phlladelphla, American......... Kecond base. .,102
1903 Cleveland, American Second base... 57
1908 Cleveland, American .....Sesond base... IIS
Cleveland, American....... 2d b,-shorts'p..l40
190G Cleveland. American. .Kecond base... 63
IMS Cleveland, American...... 2d and Sd bae.lfl2
1907 Cleveland, American Second base.,, 137
1905 Cleveland, American Second bane, .,167
1909 Cleveland, American Becond base,,. 128
1910 Cleveland, American. ... Becond base...ll9
1911 Cleveland, American lit & 2d base.. 90
1912 Cleveland, American.,.. 1st & 2d base...ll7
R. I September B,
Bat. Av. Weld A v.
.421 .031
..tit MX,
.XVi .94-00
.ICS .947
.379 .957
.XV, .959
,m am
..TO .974
.KG .957
.Ml .95R-31
.329 .991
.EM .973-23
.299 .969
.2S! .964
.329 MO
.331 ,K
.HI, .990-41
.368 . 9S4-69
being any sort of derelict Last year ho
played 117 games and hit for the re
markable average of .368, Under those
circumstances, having enjoyed one of tho
verv best seasons of his brilliant career
It la vary unlikely that Cleveland would
consent to port with Lajoie at any price,
Ito has bocome a Forest City Institution.
Many of Lajolo's friends would like to
see him transferred to soma other club,
especially one which has some chance
for the pennant For tho big Frenchman
lias never yet figured on a winning team
or shared any of tho spoils of a world's
nerles. Wagner, Crawford, Cobb, Donlln
nnd all this wonderful veteran's contem
poraries of the old nnd modern schools
imvo bad their share of the big glory and
big gravy. Several times Lorry lias
cotno close; most notably In 1908 when ho
managed tho Blues. That year Clovo
land. Detroit and the White Box fought
such a finish that the pennant was not
decided until tho very last day., The sad
port of the affair from n Clevoland stand
point was that Lajoie that year, when his
services were so badly needed, had tho
worst season of his big league career,
Larry played In every game, but he bat
ted only .298 and fielded far below his
Btandard. Only ono other time In his life
did the big Frenchman fall to rap .300 nr
better. In 1907 he fell shy of the coveted
notch by only one point,
Lnjole broke Into fast company when
he was tl years of age. He had fairly
broken up the New England league as a
nounccd. his official averages Ty was
ahead of Larry a fractional point, .385 to
.Ml, Bon fixed It up so that each got
an auto and there were no hard feelings.
Lajoie had always been one of the most
graceful players tho game ever knew.
No play over looked hard for him. A
finished Holder he was a lion on defense.
His offensive charm laid In his great
batting eyo for Lajolo was never noted
as a speed demon. Ho used to bo pretty
fast, you know, but never a Cobb or a
Josh Devoro. If Larry had been speedy
he'd have mado the world forget all
about Ty Cobb's performances with the
ash.
Lajoie Is a free hitter, like Hnns Wag
ner. He la Just such another kind of
player except that ho Is tho direct op
posite in everything but i effectiveness,
Hans Is awkward and clumsy in his man
euvers, even if ho is sure as death; Jajolo
Is all grace and politf, But both of thoni
are deadly swatters and as liable to pink
a pitch out for .a homo run as to single
off one right Iti tho groove
It does not seem that Cleveland could
ever part with lojolo so long as ho Is
able lo stand up with the aid of a crutch.
That .sns ho clouti'd In 1912 assures him
soma big loagua berth for sumo tlina to
come. But If Lurry ever does leave
Cleveland, let us hope ho hooks up with
a real hall club. It would bo Interesting
to see just what this grand old fence
breaker would do in the bluo-rlbbon clas
sic of tho snort.
New White Heavyweight World Champion
ii v w. w. NAuairroN.
AN FHANCISCO, Cal., Jail, ll.-A re
markable circumstance In connection
with the Luther McCarty-AI. Palr-er fight
for the whlto hcovy-welght championship
was the manner In which tho rival bet
ting factions held earh other to even
money wagering from first to last. There
nevor was n case Ilko It, probably.
Very often a pair of pugilists will sell
at even money In the days preceding
their match. At the last moment, how
ever, there Is a pressure of money from
one side or the other and one of the men
will go Into the ring a pronounced
favorite.
The philosophy of all this Is that one
of the men has always commanded the
greater support, but that his backers
have held off lo the 'last so as not to bull
the market. Then In order to place thtlr
money before It Is too late they loosen tip
and offer odds.
With Palzer and McCarty It was even
money a week In advance of New Year's
day. It was even money the night be. J
fore end H --as even mone'- when the
men'wrro taking their corners. After
tho. third or fourth round It Is doubtful
If an offer of 3 to 1 would have located
a Palzer man.
Now that It Is all over the sports are
trying to explain how It wan that the
hopes sold oven. The majority appear
to think that Tom O'Rourke, 1nlier's
manager, wss largely responsible for the
Btuhbornnsas of the market
Palzer and O'Rourke arrived In T.oa
Angeles In time to seo McCarty defeat
Jim Flynn. When the boiit was over nnd
the Pnlzer-McCorty contest araangetl
O'Rourke at once began to Inquire for
bets. He was willing nt first to give a
tittle odds, but he soon found that it
wasn't necessary.
Tho Los Angeles bolting men had a
wonderfully good opinion of McCarty
after seeing the way he handled Flynn
and they not .only met the even money
bets, but made McCarty a slight favorite.
O'ltourke and his friends were always
ready to cover bets and presently the Los
Angelesnna began to think. They re
mernbered that O'Rourke Is a very old
timer at the pugilistic game and that he
has developed and managed many world's
champions. They orgued that the silver
hnlred gentleman from Now York Is the
last person In the world to throw money
away foolishly and that when he planked
down his coin in support of his Judgment
It was-time for the other side to proceed
with caution.
Beforo very long men who had won on
McCarty when ho beat Flyhn followed
O'Rourke's lead. O'Hourke's eagerness
to back his man practically paralyzcd.the
betting. It kept nt evens with compara
tively Uttlo doing In the wagering line
right tin to the ring tlre,
Now that It Is all ovr you will hear
some of the spnrtB savint Hint ir
other man hut O'ltourko had been bc-
nirm I'flizer tlio odds would have been
10 to 7 In Mccarty's favor and that
many, who look their cue from O'ltourko
would have remained loyal to McCarty
and won large sums.
A laugh Is going the rounds at the ex
pense of Nat Goodwin, who was one of
the biggest winners when McCarty de
feated Flynn. Goodwin was one of tho
first to greet Tom O'Rourke when ho
ramo to town. From being much In
O'Rourko's company, Goodwin became
enamored of Palrcr's chances. Ho turned
his back on McCarty, In a betting sonse,
and the switch cost him IS.000. Goodwin
sat closo to the ring on New Year's day
and happoned to be In the center of a
group of McCarty admlrors.
Hhatno to tako the money," said Not.
taking out hit memorandum book and
CRlllng off some of the wagers he had
mado on Palzor. "I have M.SOO placed at
even money and Its Ilka robbing people."
imzmaiwaiSL
, ATHLETES ARE SUCCESSFUL
Carlisle Stars Later Make Good, in
Business.
MANY HAVE MADE FORTUNES
Kxprrlencrnlncrt In Unities Given
Theta nn Insight Into Elements
of Competition that So Fre
quently ICnter Duslneaa.
Luther McCarty. the former cowboy,
who by his' decisive and complete vic
tory over Al Palzer on New Year's day,
establishes himself as tho most formida
ble white man In the ring tbday. By
general consent he now wears tho tltlo
which he Is likely to kpep for several
years.
JIM 'THORPE JMAYE RIVAL
famous All-Around Athlete Will
Have Indian to Contend With.
HE IS GUY0N AT CARLISLE
Revolver Shooting
On Higher Plane
For Coming Year
itur Tackle Has Been Gradually and
Sorely Developing, nnd Is Hnlil
to Be Headed Directly for
Blfrsrest Honors.
NEW YORK. Jan. ll.-JIm Thorpe tho
world's greatest all-around athlete, la
to have a rival some day, ococrdlng to
latest advices from Carlisle. He In Gnyon,
the star Indian tackle, who played his
first toot, ball game for tho redskins this
year. Gtiyon, according to Warner, the
coach and athletic director Is headed tho
right way and Is aa good" a natural
athlete as Thorpe. In the Interests of
science Thorpe has recently" been under
going measurements on the theory that
Ids development Is physically that of Just
about the perfect man. Ho Is above all
a product of gradual development
A couple of years ago Warner appre
ciated Thorpe's altitude at all around
athletics, and by a careful graduation
In his development strengthened him first
In the particular ileld events which did
not Involve continuous strain, up to the
point of middle and long distance run
ning and hurdling.
At first his exceptional abilities were
appreciated because of the small number
of grown male students at the Carlisle
school, for whom schedules had been nr.
ranged with some of the leading unlver
cities of America who have enrollments
running Into thousands of students. Fre
quently Thorpe was called upon to enter
an event for which he was comparatively
untrained In order to give Carlisle a com
petitor against her rivals In this par
ticular event. The most notable feature
In connection with his physical growth
bos been the evenness with which he has,
built up his present proportions. In no
way docs he resemble the typical strong
mac No knotted or corded muscles out
of proportion to his body break the sym
nictry that Is the moat characterlsUo
feature of hla physical makeup.
Today the master athlete of the world.
aa a type, stands halfway as a physical
product between the sinuous aborigine,
who has ben found at some time or other
in nearly every .country of the world, and
the modern product of civilization with
tapeclallced muscular development. To
outward Appearances the resemblance to
the eriglnle Is certainly the more
-iiarKea.
livers for Ilnrtunny.
Johnny Ever, the new Cub manager,
says ln reply to Inquiries' as 4o how he
casu'hope'-to'Jteep hla . team in tno race
Wlff' . weakened Infield awng to the
removal ;of Tinker to Cincinnati, that
there'll be JJeac and harmony in the
team anyway. Beyond that Intimation
thai ho Is Just as happy to' have Joe
rnnwr oil bis nanus, livers uoes not go.
GOLF ENTRIES INCREASE
Aspirants for National Champion-
! m mtf a. w
snip j. oo many to iionoue.
SPRINGFIELD, Moan., Jan. ll.-Tho
United States Revolver association, ac-
icordlriV to Secretary J. B. Crabtree, has
readied u higher piano than over beforo.
Speaking of the future. Secretary Crab-
tree sal a today:
"There seems good reason to believe
that Interest In pistol and revolver shoot
ing for this yoar will be even-greater
than In any preceding year. A fascinating
sport, it nas steadily Increased In favor.
Organized March 6, 1900, with nine mem-
bens, for tho purpose of having a na.
uonai body with authority to acceDt a
cnaiienge from Frnnco. the I'nlted States
iievoiver association now hns more than
W members, scattered wherever Amer.
irans are round, from Maine to the
Philippines; from Alnska to the Panama
canal onc. It represents the amateur
sport In this line and Its teams have been
suoccesiui in every International con
test In which they hove nortlcltMLtnit.
cither at rlie Olympic games or In chal
lenge matches with other nations.
-lho association offers nrise mrii.
tor individual excellence. It holds aim.mi
ohomplonshlp contests and awards mKtt.
eramemauc of notional as well as state
nonors. Twenty-eight states wer rn.
sentcd In Us last annual contest and new
rcooras were made. As Interest grows
iou ciuus ronn. affiliate with ti,
Uobal body and have United States Re-
oiver association officers appointed with
authority to conduct matchm
At preoent the following twentv.nv
dttes nro represented by teams In the
Inter-league contest now going ons New
York City. N. Y.J Springfield, Mass.;
Portland, Ore,: Boston. Mass. Denver,
Col.; Son Francisco. Cal; Washington,
"! -iumtxua. O.: Pittsburgh. Pa.
Portland. Me.; BalUmore. Md.; Phltadel.
puis. Pa.; Bpokane. Wash.: Bt. Louis
Mo.; Provldenoe. TL I.; Tacoma, Wash.;
tiau me. Mane, Mich.; Cincinnati. O.
Youngstown, O. Belleville. Hi.; Ttoohester,
Y. ; Warrnn. a: Louisville, Ky.: Dal
las, Tex.; and Emeryville, CaL The In
terest In these contests rivals In revolver
circles the enthusiasm shown by the most
ardent fans In base ball league games.
"Interest and membership are steadily
growing not only by reason of the fascl
nation of the sport but because of the
lrecognltlon of its deep underlying prln
ciples. It Is well known that the effi
dency of the firing line In battlo de
pends upon the skill of the Individual
marksman. That our citizen soldier)' may
be effective In time of need It Is esseiv
tlal that our able-bodied men know how
to shoot Practice In pistol shootlnir
trains ono In sighting, steady holding and
pulling the trigger at the right Instant
ard these are the essential features of
ilflo shooting as well
HANDICAP LIST IS ARRANGED
Klnnt detention of Contestants Now
Mndn from Jlnudloap Lists Fur
nished l- Different Clubs
In iho Aasoclntlon.
"I'm willing to be robbed of $100 or
so," said Jack Boot, tho old time middle
weight, and Nat said briskly, "Sfou'ro on."
Tell another man said ho was willing
to bo held up for a couple of hundred
and yet another for $100 or so. Before
the battle began Nat had added at leant
seven or eight hundred to the total of
his wagers. After the third round had
passed, Nat's face was a study. He
said he was up against It and mado a
dUmal attempt at looking unconcerned.
To make It worse Billy. McCarney glanced
over Nat's way as McCarty was passing
out of tho ring and yelled at NaUvVOh,
Vnn tmllnr '.M
llveryonc who saw the contest between'
the big hopes thought there would never
bo any occasion to send the men together
again. It was the general opinion .that
McCarty had proved himself Pnlzer's su
perior at every point of the game.
Palzer, It appears, thinks he should be
given another chnnco. He does not Claim
that he was not at his best in tho mat
ter of condition, although there Is reason
for believing that bilious attacks and a
throat nffcctlon kept him from training
as thoroughly ns ho might have done.
Palzer thinks ho could havo done bet
ter If allowed to fight his own way. He
says that (Vltdurke caused him to change
tits style, thinking better results would
follow if ho Jabbed and countered In the
manner that McCarty does.
"They had me trying a new style ot
boxing In tho last days of my training
and it was to late to teach mo new
tricks," Palzer Is quoted as saying. "I
would like another chance at McCarty,
but they must . let me tear Into him in
my own style."
Whether this kind' ot a plea will get
Al a return match remains to bo seen.
Just at present the feeling Is that Mc
Carty can lick Palzer, no matter what
style the latter adopts.
OAItLISLE. Penn., Jan. 11 From rec
ords obtntnrd.slnce the close of the foot
bnll season at the Indian schboMhere,
It has been found that star foot ball
players at the Institution have, with few
exceptions, succeeded in life since- their
graduation. This Is mainly credited to
the discipline of tho game and the ef
ficiency of the educational system at the
t s -hoot.
Going back to the days when the Indian
I team came Into the foot ball spotlight,
j there was Johnson, the star all-Amori-
can quarter back and captain of the
e'even, who completed his course here
in 1900. He went to Northwestern HJnl
verslty nnd studied dentistry, then he
married a Carlisle school girl, went to
Porto Ulco, and Is now one of the lead-.
Ins dentists of the Island. Last summer
lio msuln an automobile tour of central
j portions of the United States.
Then earner-Frank- Cayou, a goodMook
trg chap, who had them all faded In clr-'
cling the ends. A7tcr Teavfng Carllsfo'h'e
went toSt. IaiuIs and became athletic
Idlector.at Washington University,
There was fiemIs"Plercc, a giant guard
In the-earlier. Uys, -who .married a-.Cor-,
lisle school girl and settled on a- farm In
western New York state. Hawley Pierce,
l.ls brother, star tackle, Joined the opcrat-j
lug force of the B, B. A P. railroafl ana,
now holds an Important -.position wlth
that company. f ',
Carl Sickles and Kd Rogers .selected
law and dentistry as their profcsslons.j
and "Big Jim" Phillips went from here;
to Northwestern University' and Is now
a rising lawyer In the state of Washlng'-'
ton. '
Charles Dillon, the big guard In 1903
nnd a Sioux Indian of prominence, entered;
the Indian service nftcr graduating from;
r-nriii.li. and is now stationed In Montana.'
Then there whs Charles Wahbo, a Chip-
.o tvim nlaved end In 1905-06. He is
now salesman and head of a branch of
n largo retail firm at Atlanta, un, no
maYrled a white girl.
One of tho wealthiest of all the Car
iinlo alumni U Walter Matthews, the .d
whm made his .reputation In the latter,
part of 'the '00?., Je is now a rach'
owner in uKinuunm, " ..n ,
estimated to be Worth $100,OW.
Others were Ben Caswell, on the '01
eleven, now principal of an Indian school
in Minnesota; Bed Water, tho giant
Cheyenne gilard in 1901, who represented
the Cheyenne chiefs on a recent visit to
Washington; Jonas Metoxen, a success
ful farmer In Washington; "Bill" Gard
ner, the star 1907 end, now athletic direc
tor at Ofterlln university, Ohio; 'Charles
Williams, an Oneida, now In the army
,npd stationed nt Fort Du Pont; Albert
Elxcndlng, captain and end of tho 1903
team, who, after finishing at tho Indian
school, studied law at the Dickinson
School of Law and Is now practicing In
Oklahoma; Antonio Lubo, a railroad em
ploye at Syracuse, N. T., and a long roll
of others who credit their success to
their training at the government school
here, both on -the foot ball field and In
the study room.
National association had the prlvllpgo of
having, his noma crirolled on the national
list, providing1 he.-turned In card- of
threo -scores mado .cm., a r,ccognled golf
course attested . liv tim BNf.k, ... i l .
olub thirtv h.v, ..1 ... Jl'ln tho elimination of the negro from
- ,-V.A"5 w.u utile 3Qt ior
mcnt club, and thero Is a tacit under
standing that negroes shall not bo signed.
The boxing authorities aro apparently
following out that Idea and It will retmlt
NHW YOltk, Jan. ll.-The difficulty of
handling tho Increasing number of on
tries for tho National amateur golf
championship has made It necessary for
tho United States dolf aasoclat!6n to
adopt a system of handicapping whereby
the handling of the tournaments could.
in a measure, be simplified. The Bteady,
growth of the gamo brought with It a
number of aspiring contestants whose
playing abilities did not qualify them for
serious consideration In tho champion
ship tournament. No effort was mada
by the officials of the National associa
tion to discourage young players, but tho
situation became so acute that In order
to handle the tournament properly It was
necessary to limit the participants to
those whose record on the links entitled
them to play In first class company.
Two years ago S17 entries were received
for the amateur championship tournament
nt the Brookllne Country club, near
Boston, but more than half of tho con
testants were below championship calibre,
and could not come within striking dis
tance of the first fifty players. The
tournament was carried through to a
completion, but the many difficulties that
beset the officials mode It Imperative that
drastic methods were necessary to prevent
a repetition In the following year, with
the result that all clubs enjoying mem
bership In the National Oolt association,
were requested to confine their entries
tor the amateur championship to those
players who really were -possible winners.
Notwithstanding this motive the commit
tee received 1S3 entries, whloh, although
slightly below tho number ot the preced
ing year, made It a burden to players
and officers ot the association.
Handicap List Created.
As a result of the failure to accomplish
their object by appealing to dub secre
taries It became necessary to adopt an
other method for the actual protection
of the game. It was decided to create a
handicap list of players belonging to
clubs In the association who were really
entitled to play for the ohamplonshlp.
The adoptions ot a national handicap
list somewhat similar to that of the Polo
association was a serious proposition, but
tho efforts ot the handicap committee
was finally rewarded .with a' list of lit
golfers in the United States who were
rated at six strokes' or under.
In order to be perfectly, just In tho se
lection of playeru for tho amateur chit-
thonmatpvi: championship, The ouestlnn
of whether the(gbir,er,wa -of champion
ship caliber was determined by. the ex
ccuUVg . committee ftt'he assoplatlon; -As
a result. of' tjfiis. action the'. field. fenvthb
hist aniaeur. qluurilonshlp'tournamfljiUaJ
Chicago- Ipcjudecl , elghjy.-slx'.com'petitprs,
practically, a jl. pf whom ware- champion
ship contenders. ,Wlth.few. exceptions,
the entry lst Included every highlolais
Kolfer In tho. United Scutes. . and the
tournament. wns conducted, without the
least inconvenience to any contestant.
Tuliulutlim mrrionlt. '
The continued, Improvement of 'some
Players and. the falling, off of others
wakes It necessary to'revlse th Vhtw.i
"U"U,PJ1 every.year. In .flils'ix-flj.ect. '
Secretary .Robert a- Watson nr uL
United .States. Golf associating .v,
perieneed considerable difficulty,' as It Is,
necessary to-have tile support of every '
club In. the association. The tabulator, i
of more tlian. a000 'players is a matter'
"x icuious detail' and" labor, but through I
neglect or for- some unknown rM. 1
sixty-six clubs 1 out of a 'membership, of
SM have failed 'to send' in o'fficlal handi
cap lists. ' '
It Is pointed out by the officials of the
National association that this, Is, unfair
to playing memberswho, ore' aspirants
for the 19U clmmpfonshlp, as. tho failure
ot the secretary of any. club , to seud In
the handicap list works hardslp on the
members of the club, as, their names will
be Include on the handicap list.
Secretary Wesson Is anxious, to com
plete the list and has purged all olub
secretaries to. send In their lists tmmed
lately. ' h
White PjSffists.-',,
Will Refrain f roriv
All Black Matches
NEW TORK, Jan. H.-Parson-Davles.
the pugilistic authority and one' time
manager ot Peter Jackson, thinks th.at
the white and black pugilists have come
to the parting ot the ways. Says Davtes
t'l believe that the white boxers In fu
ture will conduct championship battles
among themselves, and It the pngroea
desire to fight fgr titles the competition
will be among men of black sklh. True,
blacks and whites may be pitted agalnat.
one another in unimportant bouts, but
the tendoncy Is to separate the-races on
account at the prejudices that prevail
against such contests.
"Boxing promoters have the example
ot base ball magnates before them. . It
Is true that there is no rule ot organised
pugilism within a few years.
HAMMER THROW IN DANGER
Besides Being Risky to Spectators,
Other Events Occupy Tinie.
MAY FINALLY BE ABOLISHED
la to Be Threshed Ont Soon, nnd It
Would Not Be Surprising to See
Last nf Thin Form of Sport
Within Two Venrn.
.NEW TORK, Jan. 11. Throwing the
hammer as an event on the Interoolleglate
track -ohd .field program Is In greater
dnnger" this year than It has been In
many years. The prominence of other
events in tho recent Olympic games has
had something to do with this, for they
provide a chance for the big and power
ful man .who could not moke a showing
In track events, but Is too valuable n.
type, to he left out of the games. There
has been some agitation favoring the sub
stitution of the Javelin for the hammer,
and the njatter wns taken up the other
day by the New Kngland association.
This body expressed some hostility, to th
hammer, but decided to wait for-the In
tercollegiate Athletic association beforo
taking drastic action.
Qulnn, tlie Harvard weight coach, whtle.
admitting that the event Is a dangerous
pne, and when made safe hns to bo car
ried out whero the crowds cannot witness)
ItfhaB coma' oupt In favor of shortening
the handle -or Increasing the weight ot
th,e missile, or both, and his plan will bs
brought before the association at Its next
meeting, where It Is expected that much
opposition to tlio continuance of the ham
mer on the program. will develop Qulnn
maintains that the event has certain
features too valuable to be dropped from
the program and thinks that an Increase
In .weight and a shortening of the, handle
will solve the problem.
Snort Is Dnnirerou.
As a matter of fact the hammer Is no
more like a real hammer thati a keyhole
saw Is like tho old-fashioned article. In
the, days of the wooden handle And thn
throw from va fixed position there was
little danger in the ovont, but now that
the piano wire has been substituted for
the handle and the athletes havo mas
tered the Intricacies of the triple turn,
tho missile Is sent to suoh dlstanoeo that
It Is hard to keep the event In the limits
of the average athlctlo field. There Is no
telling when some performer wilt evolvn
the quadruple turn, nnd certainly soma of
the less experienced performers kre not
sure now when they throw Just what
direction the leaden ball will tajce. It
would do no harm to substitute the
fifty-Blx-pound weight for the hammer.
There ore - already records In thl event,
and the college men 'could tako a shy
at tho performances of the older men In
tho athletic clubs. The heavier welglit
would bring out oil tho power there Is In
the big men who now throw the hammer
and there would be no danger to any one.
There are a good many men who-believe
that the hommer should be abolished In
favor of throwing the base ball, which Is
certainly a thoroughly American form ot
competition. In this, of course, the weight
of the contestant would not count for
much, arid the supremen effort would be
far more local. The whole matter will b
thoroughly thieshed out, however, and It
would not be surprising to see the last
of the hammer In another year or two.
Among Ensllah athletes there has been
Uttlo specializing In the hammer, and.
when an American enters the event
against an Englishman the result usually
Is almost a foregone conclusion.
Richie Gets llontiH.
President Murphy of Chicago, has paid
Pitcher Lew Itlchln tl.000 as a bonus
for winning more than CO per cent of his
games In 1912. President Murphy prom
Ihed Richie $500 If he would exceed that
average In 1911, but Ktchla missed the
mnrlc by a fow points. The offer waa
repeated at the beginning of last season.
In addition to the $000 that he failed to
earn in 1911.
C.iiiiniy Wanted Chance.
When President Comiskey, of the White
Sox, waived on Corrlden, of Detroit, In
order to Insure Chance for New Tork he
bald: "This Is tho biggest thing ever ac
complished for tho advancement of the
American league. You know how much
I think of Frank Chance without asking
mo. Wo wanted' him In 1902, before wo
knew how great a manager he was."
Chance Some BTnnngrer.
Manager Fred Clarke of the Pirates;
pays this tribute to Frank Chanco: "Cbn
sldering the fnct that Chance led the
Cubs to four league pennants and the
world's championships, doesn't It seem i
ratner a waste or tlmo to discuss tho
question of whether or not he Is a good
manager and what he will probably do
with the Highlanders? Chanoe'g record
does more than speak for itself It
shouts."
Oldest Tla-er.
Pitcher George MulUn .of the Tigers on
December 24 made himself and the Detroit
club a Christmas gift by signing his con
tract to play "with the Detroit American
leaguo team in 1913. In point of service
MulUn Is tho oldest member of the team,
having already played twelve years wltta
Detroit.
base ball that would prevent a negro be.
plonshlp any golfer belonging to the ; coining a member ot a national arree-
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