TIIK OMAIL SrXDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 2, 1D13.
MAY BANISH BOX FIGHTERS
STILL ANOTHER WHITE ,H0PE
Ty Cobb, Greatest Ball Player the World Ever Knew
California Commencing to Tire of
the Mitt Artists.
' Jcc ChoynsM Thinks He is Working
Material that Qan Do 1$.
OUTLOOK BRINGS FEW GASPS
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SAN FRANCICO. Feb. l.-Is boxing to
be placed under the ban In California'
Senator Drown of Los Angeles says It
Is, but senators err In their prognostica
tions at times,
nrown Is anxious to stamp out profes
fionaJ pugilism. In this stnte, and In pur-
suanco or nis purpose no iks framed a
bill which Is to be passed upon by the
legislature at present In sesMon.
In the new measure everything bearing
upon boxing contests Is mndo a felony
Nothing In the shape of side Issues has
leen overlooked. If a complement of
fans" want to discuss the possibility of
a wrap that is to take place In some
other, state, they will have to no out Into
the sand dunes and talk In whispers,
It Is such a prohibitory, airtight, waters
tight affair that there. Is a promise of It
b"ing self-strangled. Senators and asscm-
blymen who ordinarily have llttlo use
for the sport of gloves are likely to con
clude that the Ilrown law Is too much
of a bluo law and refuse to accord It
their support.
U that, the fellows wiho derive a bus
trnnncv from boxing are uneasy. It Is
felt that soberness and severity comprise
the earmarks of tlto 1913 legislature In
California ana that any measure sug
gcstlve of reform Is liable to be "passed
to print."
It the sport Is tabooed, It will be some
time before San Francisco adapts Itself
contentedly to new conditions. This Is
one place In which tho popularity of box
ing never waned. It Is nigh onto thirty
years since fighting was converted Into
an Indoor sport In this city, yet the thing
continues to flourish like a green boy
tree.
And it Is only fair to say that tho game
has been shorn of many of Its objection
Bbl features. Tho public lifts "become
educated to it,"' as the Haying Is, and the
chances of faking successfully haVn been
mlnlmlred to such an extent that crook
edness has been practically abandoned.
If tho gamo goes under tho older fans
will content themsotves with living in
tho post. And what 11 puglllstlp retro
ipeet Sail Frunclsco boasts. No other city
in the world has housed tho ring celebri
ties that this city lias during tho lost
quarter of a century.
We have, seen John J. Sullivan fh. action
with Ms old rival. Paddy Ityan. Wo have
watched Jim Burlto and Jack iJompsoy
swatting each other with bigger gloves
than are used now, and wo saw Peter
Jackson, Australian colored marvel, In
his opening engagement on American noil.
Champions and near champions from
the four quarters of tho globo huvo bat
tled in front of San Francisco fight
rowds. Among the llttlo fellows we have
had Franklo Murphy, tho Ung'.Uh boy;
Australian Billy Murphy, Johnny Murphy,
Tommy AVarren and Jcck llavelln.
Will we never forget when doughty Abe
Willis was imported specially from Au
stralia to glvo dcorgo Dxon a fight for
the championship nnd how Dixon almost
nettled the visitors' aspirations with
vicious left rips In tho opening round.
Who can forget tho Dempscy-LoHlancho
and tho Jack McAullff-JImmy Carroll
bout. And doesn't the Jimmy Carroll
Sammy Blakelock affair linger In memory
equally aa vividly.
Blakelock was a Urltlsh lightweight
and Carroll an Irlih-Cockney who through
long residence hud become American
ized. When tho date of contest at the
old California club drew near Carroll
found ho needed more tlmo to train.
x lie dislocated his knee one day whl6
doing road work and Blakelock was mad
lear through when the Kstponcmcnt was
demanded. He wns up to Carroll's tricks
and knew that Jimmy could throw his
tneo out of Joint whenever it suited htm.
When they met at the club to solech
a new date Carroll smiled. !
"Wot aro yer grinnln ut?" asked U)ikc
!ock heatedly.
"I was Jes laffln tcr think en tho-mug
yer'll 'ave on ycr goln' bank to I.unnoii,
when I get through with yer." said
Jimmy.
Soy," said Sammy, fairly trembling
with liaralon. VI'll take yer houtbld
i eight now and give yer n go with the
siw uns."
But Carroll merely shook himself nnd
"lawffed" tho harder.
Burn eirough, wluon Carroll 'got, through
with Blakelock the .latter' mother would
lot bivo Known him.
"Vo also had to do -with Ike Wolr, tho
celebrated Belfast Spider. Who will for
set, tho night ho toxd Billy Murphy from
htt Antipodes'? The Kpldrr Just ted the
ther foreigner Into a knot. Once lie
feinted ut Murphy und whqn the latter
unwound hla unni from his head the
Spider was over by the far ropes tying
his Hlioo laces. v
Theso are merely mlnUceuoea that
come Jo mind an I Write. Mingled with
these recollections ar- ethers of Joe Ood-
dard. Jim Corbett, George Dawson. Bob
"Itxslmmons, Tom Trucy, pan treeoon.
Jake Kllrnln, Oeorge Godfrey, Danny
Ncefnam Brooklyn Jimmy Cmrroll, Vounj
Mitchell. Tommy Ryan, Shadow .Maber,
llm Hall and a hott of others who have
oo further place in pugilism.
Assuredly when the" moving pictures of
uumory start unfolding a wonderful pro
esslon of old-timp ring heroes pass in
review. ,
JEFF SMITH TO MEET GEORGE
CARPENT1ER FOR 20 ROUNDS
NEW YOBK. Feb. I.-Jeff Smith, the
middleweight of Bayonnc, N. J . who has
won five fights in succession In Paris,
lis been matched to meet George Carpen
ter, the ex-mlddlewelght champion of
trance, for twenty' rounds before the
Wonderland club of Paris on February o.
This information was received in a letter
'rom Al Uppewho has several American
Boxers fighting abroad. IJppe also say
thst Carpentler met Marcel Moreau, the
French middleweight. In a twenty-round
bout at Ilia Cirque do Parjs on January s
tnd knocked him out In the eighth round.
Tho gross receipts amounted tej I1I.W1
The fighters got 60 per cent of tjjla sum
the winner taking "5 per cent and the
toser 25 per cent. Carpentler! end was
S.IZ.V) and MoraU'f. $:.SU.S.
All Ilwve New ParUs.
When George Tebeau gets his r)0W ha.o
all plant completed at Kansas Cjty evary
tub In the circuit will huvo u commo
diouK homo for tho flrbt time since the
association was organized. Iu1hvI11 hns
a park tllt in need of cunie .rem.odelliig.
but it 1 a, fair plant, and In all other
titles excellent parks await (he patronage
tt the tan?.
. . 'PofSiwPflPlML I I Fr Bevcn seasortH the Georgia Peach han led
mjmMKBHk 1 L tlle Amei-lcau league In batting. Ho 1b unexcelled
V tH fMSBMuBm VT fleIdlns aud baSo stealing and nearly every vlc-
'-3 sJrlrEaKBM tory -won by Detroit last season was duo to his por-
jfciiKiiiHBv sonal playing. Tho question In the, minds of many
HKflKSv of tho 'ollowerB of the gamo is: "IIow.longwill he
ikX . .
X mjKSHKBjtKK I ""But build and extremely nervous;
JKBjHBK WANT STANDARD GOLF BALL
TRAINING TRIPS START NOW
Ball Players Getting Ready for the
Coming Season.
M'GBAW FIRST IN THE FIELD
(limits Will He on Tlielr War o
Martin Hprlntfa In Two WVeUa
Wlint the Olher Tennis
Will Do.
lly W. .1. MAOllKTII.
NKW YOniv. Feb. 1.-tio open season
of base bull Is fast niiproachlng. Two
weeks hence John' T. MtCliaw will have
leading his rookies to tho celebrated
watering place of Marlln Springs, Tox.
Thereafter, at short periods, tho other
fifteen big league clubs will hike to lands
of Hunslilun to got In tho first preps for
the big campaign of 1913. All the clubs
have sclented their varloim training
camps. It but remains for them to
rendezvous to start tho wires humming
with the glad tldliiKs of prospective pen
nants In no less tlinn sixteen major league
ball grounds. Kvery fan Is entitled to
one pennant each spring for his beloved
Idol.
It will ho much tho snlun this spring, 1
suppose, its thu many -spi-lhgHv that Imvo
gone by. Training or no trolling, class
is bound to tell. Before the fields got
straightened away for the back stretch
run about July A tho habitual trailers nro
very likely to ho trailing again or there
about. Of course thero' Is no telling
What may happen. In baso ball. One or
two of those rluhs now selected for the
down and out.socjuty Is llkrl.v to spring
such u' surprise' os. Old Foxy Clark Grif
fith spilled In the American league u year
ago. These, howover, will' lie thu excep
tions. '
Tho writer shall not at this long range
attempt to forecast tho outcome of cither
race, for that would be folly. 1 do
think thnt ou tho whole thu first di
vision clubs .will 'pretty nearly mnlntuin
ns good as they, now enjoy. In tho Na
tional Iruguo'PJttaburKh may .hustlo.New
York's champion (Hants tyid oven ChU
ciiRo hus it mlghtygood ehanco'of finish
ing tin well us kIio did In 1912 It not better.
Olve IJvers a pitcher -cu- two' and he will
make things intcrwitlitK enough for both
Smoke. Town and tltn Ulg Tov.u." fh (ho
American league the flght' uluiuld be
ainciii Philadelphia.' Boston . upd Wili- '
Ington all tho way. Tito Athletics tjrej
likely to nip the world'n chiunplons lf,i
Connlo Mack's old pltcheru ure (o lie I
depended upon for the wise Connlo- has
picked up two wonderful outfielders, lie
already boasted by fur tho ulnssteil lU
fleld In orgaulted base' ball. WnsliliiRjon
will le dangerous, too. ns muelj su,u a
year ugo for now tho wonderful wultux
Johnson has some sort of team behind
him for .tho first tlmo ln his llfo. JJrtf.
flth'8 young nirn should be mutli mqre
dependable now than .they 'we're n year
ago. Their wpmierfiji run of 1912 has In
stilled all sorts of .confidence.
Now there irtay Just jiosxlbly be a durk
horse or two to crop out' In oHher IcaK'ia
But whether or no. It Is not going Jo- be
a dull campaign hy any 'means for tho
clubn destliiod In the Iwer floor.- It
should ho a Kruat'l'aso'lul) season from
every standnolntv for thqre are no 1c
than fcrtveu new "managers or at It'isJ
new so far as tludr present situations ur
concerned. And of the seven up Umi tU&n
five are connected with second division
outfits, t ' . .
Of th?e'rtlve, two In particular vlH
command, the closest scrutiny .of the- fans
ot Maw York' in particular, ana doubties1
the cohutryJat isjo gensral. These
are VYapk -Chance, who coms .to the
Highlanders,, and peqrgo uU1pbs, wo
goes to .Boston, . Both hapi Rhgw.n won
derful ability In tho past. , jmd their
careeia are linked In a way. eonuse of
the former . associations of the "H)g
Chief." Both take hqld of tallend .elubr.
but cluua. pojuessed of Poas.lMJJVIrs. TJiev
will furnish an Interesting , study for
comparisons. ' .
In putting Jho .Yankee anionii tjie frqnt
ranks of tliei American league. Ptatik
Chance is being called upoi to do tiwt
whloji hf has nver liefore atteniptwl
to complete reorganization of a hope
lessly disrupted outfit. Prank Chan.e
did wondcra with his wonderful Cuba
from ISOti to 1915, It muu be admitted.
Ills career is as brilliant as any of hi i-
tory. But ho found the team ready made
for' him. Ono must give him all the credit
In t .e world as, a "1-eerless Ij aler." What
Cl(ance Is asked to do Stulllngs has al
ready done, not onoe, but several times.
Ho did hi Detroit years ago, and he did It
In Now York wlthlu tho past five years.
No one will try to argue that StalihKS
Is as grcnt a base ball leader ui Frnnk
Chance. Tho records would not substan
tiate It. But If mailings' ability as a
builder Is 'possessed by Chance, then tho
HUltnppers uro duo for much betfr
things In the near future. It Is ono thing
to lend nien;ntiother to dig up the propor
men to, he led.
Clinnco Is going about Uls work In n
very sensible way. He kfUwa abHolutely
nothing about the situation he will bo
called upon to face oxmpt whut ho hns
learned Becuud-hand. Bit ho Is not wor
rying. Ho Intends to find out matters
for himself!. Consequently ho has de
layed coming to New York until It Is
almost tlmo to leava for Bermuda with
bin charges. He wlshew to be hero for
tho Hohodulo meeting of the Amcrlcnn
league, of course, for he will then get
acquainted with his new surroundlngx
and may perhnps absorb some useful
knowledge that will lend to a trade or
two. Hut Chanco will inako no radlcul
changes until he, personally, hns weighed
his material.
No ono realizes more than "Husk" that
he hus a Job on his hands. The Peerlesa
Leader understands-NeM-Yotlc, which de
mands quick nt'llou ns a Mile- But ho
Im building for tho "future and not for
tho approaching season. Chance will go
cdrofully and It Is h dead certalnty-lio
will not iniiko any precipltuto mistakes.
Ho showed his keen wisdom when ho
arrepted all the arrangements that had
been made for' the training of the team
before he bad been engaged.
And Jimt a word In closing on tho
Yankees training trip. It Is likely to
make a wholo lot of other big league
tennis sorry thut they did not secure
the Island grounds after tho benoflts
shown by Jersey City a year ago. Var
reH'H team will condition In an Ideal
climate, a temporaturo 'that liwiever ex
cessively hot nnd Js never chilly. The
thermometer fllrtH from C! to TP; never
varies fron .those extremes, except on
very rare occasions. Mnrch is fleo from
rnlns ami thero id comparatively no wind.
While Hequestered. thero .' Is rwugh of
tho novel. -to bo aeon' nhdut the Island
to keep one Interested for longer than
a mimth. New Toik will be at Hamilton
during tho rush Honspn for tourists nnd
there Ik llttlo danger of the. ktny Iwconi
1 1 IK lonesome or inonotououti. Beside the
tj'ttin will bo better sheltered and hotter
fe,d than Is possible anywhere In Dlxel
land. Mr Farrell has rented n hotel for
the ojicbiqtvouuo of his-ball players, He
Is sending down his own corps qf chefs
and helpers and will also ship Ills prot
visions three times weekly from this port.
Columbia's Eight
Race Twice Before .
Poughkeepsie Meet
- NKW YOIUi..KeU l.Accoidlug to tho
present plans of the rowing authorities
at .Columbia, the varsity elsht will have
only two races this year befor going to
Po.ughkuepse" at the American Henlsy ;it
Philadelphia, and In the Harlem regatta
pn leooratlon day. There Is u bare pos
sibility, of u. race -with Princeton for the
Child's cup, won last yeaYiby the blue
und white, but that is all- 'The usual
Annapolis rnecil! no.t 6e rowed unless
tuwo is a ohango of ulpd lt the naval
afcadeniy, for tljo cadets v?ant to row at
the Henley distance of one' mile and to
yards, una ' Bide; .the-'Columbla coach,
think it Is a mistake tq send a four-mllo
orow.oh-a sprint' race a short time before
the regatta on the' Hudson, "the date sug
gested belijs tho second' SatdftTay in Jlay,
Xlvw Welka before the PousnlWphy con
tost. The j-acemnV be ljed if the An-
men ynaiige moil; regulations, so
that th contyt may be uj two mllns.
hut QthwwUq tkero wl'lUh none' this
year, . '
Pliin NVw Clr-nll.
The ortrnnliers of the proposed new
Western assoolatlou. to Include Oklahoma
City, Tulsa, Muskdgee, Joplln, ahroveport
Uttle Itock. Fort Bmlth md Springfield,
will aak Judgu Kavunaugh ot.te South--rrt
league tq accept the, prertaihay. An
urgHifuitoii incwHtm will b held early
i.i tui uui).
U. S, Golf Association Would Like
to See Ball Standardized.
DIFFICULTIES TO BE OVERCOME
While a Good Miiny Thlnifs Cnn He
Agreeil Upon, the Qnnllty of 3In
terial AVanlil Produce En
(lrrlr Different Hesultn.
NKW YORK. Feb. l.-When the
oxcoutlvc committee of the United States
flolf association made Its annual report
to the main body a few days ago It
touched on the efforts on both sides of
the Atlantic, to standarlze tho golf hall
and. declared that no practical way could
bo found to brlnjf about such, a consum
mation, no action was taken. In the.
matter. In other words, the standard
ized golf ball, -"lifter considerable studyj
ana researc:', and long communications
with the, Itoyal nnd Ancient Golf club of
St.- Andrews on tho subject. Is practically
Impossible at present. ,
A year ago thq standard golf ball was
one of the most discussed topics in golf,
and -opinions of all kinds and from all
kinds of people In tho 'game found their
way Into print. The United States Oolf
association whs requested to look Into
tlnj mtter with a view of determlng, If
possible, what a standard golf ball, should
be. Tho brief mention of the subject In
the report of the executive committee
declaring It an Impractical move,' puts
the quietus for some tlmo to come on
this vexutloiis. If Important question., and
nt once demolishes n mountain of theo
retical advocacy which has been ad
vanced in its favor.
No Ball .standnrd.
There are many reasons why. tho golf
hall cannot be made of a certain stand
ard, at leant nt tho present tithe. It Is
true thnt sine, weight, and marking
might be defined, but It Is common khowl
edge that even subject to these limita
tions different makers would produce
widely different results, and If ,two play
ers were each using ' balls of different
manufacture- they would be using balla
to all purposca entirely different, so that
neither would be playing what could
fairly bo called n standard ball.
It might be suggested that the limita
tions bo carried further and Include ma
terial and construction, sueU us a hard,
solid center of a given size, and with a
cover of n certain thickness.. I'nder theso
conditions It is urged, that the balls would
brconiQ Inferior to thdso nt present on the
market, while tho cry Is not for an In
ferior ball, hut for one ot u certain stand
ard. Tho great question of tension of the rub
ber, manufacture f the rubber and the
method qf winding It would s.t!H Inter-J
vene and would prqxent uny uniformity of
renult when tho balls, woro turned out by
different makers. Uach maker would j
naturally muke his product us perfect as
possible, Some would turti out hanl balls, ,
otlieis cnmparntlvely soft balls, ttttd some
ot tho ls experienced makers might .turn I
out bat's Unit were sometlme'u' one and
-eometlmca the other, which would brlnfe
about no uniformity. i
'Taneioh and the. quality .of rubber are!
,th- two rooks' on, which all attempt to
'ctamlardlxe U rubber-cored, ball at ajiy
rate 'Vnust "-fa.il. .Nq .-central u,thorJty
'eoii'.d define what tciulon or methoil of
manufacture, could be used .with tegiird to
the rubber, qor if It cpuld Itwo.uld JiardJxj
le nossibla. to follow out' nQ matter luiiv
Toefl' the intentions. Temperature, differ'-j
ut orons of rubber, tho length -ot tiino the
'ruhEcrvuA kept and 'other natural pauses
all conspire to defeat-.thj bet't laid plans.
.I
California Invites
Englishmen -fe Goast
SAN .fjANHnsCdACal., Vfsli .1
AltimuBh"tho Unl.v?ryeV' CaltfornU Is
nq longer. memPerDf th;Bugby union.
thut organization haaMeoljtcd to invite; t,
Rugbv team conslstlfVg uundergrads apil
griuluutta of Oxford-and . Cambridge to
pay h visit to tho coast next fall. With
that object In view a cable wna sent to I
W. W. Hill, thr Hfcretury of the Newj
Bouth Wales RubJV union, who Is now
traveling In Greatfcrltaln. requesting him
to represent this utfton in nrrangtmr 8uei
a tour. Hefore Hill ,Ifft the coast he sold'
that ho intended tii make an effort ti
i brlnjy if team to Australia with tho Idta
I of toyjnt; these players vxil en nut In
! t ullferYiln und phty seiles of came
the Kngllsh varelti' players will be unablu
to take such time from their studies und
buslnW. as u rip' tq Australia would!
neevseltatj, but the visit to California Is j
looked upon with favor. j
average of . 410.
Change in Methods
Demanded if Success
is Ever Attained
1 (Continued from . Pago Que.)
to a school' that Is small competition for
Minnesota and oilier good schools in tho
west, .is lll;o trying to 'get .a man to In
vest his moneyJn a fake mine when h"
knows ho can 'get 6 'or' S per cent -by
Investing In land. r The high school stu
dent', after one has urged upon him the
reasons for going to Nebraska, will come
back with an argument that you cannot
answer effectively.
i "Why should 1 go to Nehraaka?" he
will query, "when I can attend Minne
sota, -Michigan, Yale, Harvard, Dart
mouth, Princeton, Wisconsin or any one
of many other echobts, and bo assured
Hiatal will get fame worth while, If I do
make the team? Those schools turn out
Ucjevens that nro known all over tha
country; they have coaching syBtems that
give them powerful machines; I do not
beltevo they have, better material than
Nebraska. If I knew 1 could bo on a
.Nebraska eleven that would HckJMlnne
sota, -Wisconsin or Michigan, I would
bo likely to go to Lincoln."
I-'iH'ln llnfflr Argriiiuenti.
It muy be easy to argue with a youth
of these sentiments, but his mind Is
young, you must remember, and ho Ik
going to the school that has a name tho
school with tho satisfactory shifts tho
school with tho multiple coaching ar
rangement. Heform tho coaching plan at Nebraska;
give Stlehm the assistants ho should have
fnever mind the cost) lick Minnesota once
or twice, and show clearly that the Corn
huskcrs can piny real great foot hall, and
then there will be no trouble In gcttint
the best men from the Omaha High, or
from any high school' In the state to go
to Nebraska. '
Before anything else Is done Nebraska
must change Its plan of eoacblhg' foot
ball elevens; that might 'as well be put
tho most high-strung player In America, and there
is a feeling among tho experts that he will break
heforo his career reaches tho length of Wagner, or
Lajole, his' two .greatest rivals with tho hat. At
tho beginning of Inst season it was said . he, was
"going back' He did to the extent, of a. hatting
down as a fact right now. Blamsmay
be aimed at those who are boosting for
the change, but no good will come of
that. All weapons ot public , publicity
must ; bo concentrated on gctttqg, assist
ance for Stlehm (tho right' kind.)., Tho
gink who knocks on evejy suggestion
that qomes .from Omaha f(r better' foot
ball at Nebraska la Uke 'tho one who,
dreams that Omaha wants the "tonomeht
university"' brought, up here nnd . located
In tho Third ward. The Cornhu'sker
(i 1 1 1 ... .1 ! . nf nmnliu a r a 1 . Vahrniil'anB .
1 ......... I. V . ...u.d u. v. . . . ' u. .... b .. ... -
Pond they will-unite to boost really boost
any plan that will better Nebraska foot
ball.
Quarterback Welch
of Carlisle is Now
Cap'Mn of Team
CAItl-ISkE, Pa.. Feb. l.-Custavua
Welch,' the Chippewa Indian, who has
been quarterback on the Carlisle team for
two years, has been elected captain, the
first player to get tho position after two
years of piny. The new captain is one of
tho most popular students, at the institu
tion and was the first president of tho In
dian student government at the school.
His foot ball ambitions date from a boast
ho made while attending as member" of
tho Indian band a Pennsylvania-Indian-foot
ball contest In Philadelphia in 110
Tho Indians lost, and while he was wit
nessing tho defeat on Frhnklln field,
Welch said: "Next year I'm going to
get on that team and there'll be another
story to tell." Ho made the 1911 tenn
and wns considered one of the best quar
terbacks In tho counlry. Last year hi
played the same position, and If he had
not suffered 'injuries to his ankle wouH
have been conslderec! an All-American
candidate. Ho has madn his boast.of two
years ago more than good. Welch, be
sides being, a foot ball expert, is a track
man of consldcrablo skill He Is 30 years
old and Is five feet Hen Inches tall.
NEW VOrHCl)'JFcb. 1. Crowning: Lmtnei
McCnrty cKslnpton white-hope haft by n
mcars' rut an ind to tho hunt for now
matirinl. McC'arty's success, on the cnn
trary. has given a now impetus to tho
luduftr: of developing whlto j heaTy
wcights. The ciffht of tho ray cow
punchei, who has practically sprung up
bverniflit. gathering a fortune on the
stage tind being showered with big purees,
has made It apparent thnt thero aro pos
sibilities In the white hopq buslhezs oven
more enticing than gold hunting used to
be In the days of tho Klqndlke rusfh. Wit
ness, for Instance, the frantic jrtruKgio
now going on for tho privilege of man
aging Jess Willlard, who is cxpocjed sot
to be ' running "McCarty a close second In
gathering dollars and glory.
.Too Choynskl, who has been adtiwr as
.bqxlnSj Instruptor at a" Pittsburgh club
for the Inst few years, thinks ho has dis
covered a TYf hope -Who will be, able to
crowd asido' McCarty and WUUard aa
soon, as Choynskl turns him loose The
.veteran says his discovery has fteqpcnUy
knocked' him dowh "in training boats,
which convinces tho 'ono-tlme oqnqueror
of J&cit .Johnson that he' Is' -not -wastlig
his time,- on a dead one. However,
tihoytiHkl refuses to reveal the name ot
the now worider,, who. he.8a.ys. is;tho asn
of a weallny man who will- not. give bJs
consent-to tho -'youngster'a ueglonlng a
career in tho ring Unless "ho Issuro te
become the champion. Another month oi
twowlll be '.sufficient? to put onTtho fin
ishing touches,- says Choynskl, and tbJi
challenges 'to McCarty' and William -will
be In'-order. t
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New York Accepts
' Hurlingham, PqIo
Challenge in June
NEW YORK. Feb. "-Tho dates for th.
International polo- match, Juno 1Q and It,
olub, and hstho-cairtaln.of' th oholleng
Ing team is already ,bn his my .here th
final arrangements will soon be made.
The time of the year ia4he best for th
match, for tho playing, field is fairly cer
tain to bo In condition, probably t Its
best, and the ponies, too, will be at thi
top of their form. Practice will be began
by tho American team as soon aa the
frost is out of the. ground at La ko wood,
and, tho British teanu will be- over here
early,, so ,tho term bf preparation will be
equal on both ,Jdes. The Hurllcsham
players are .the; best that can bo found in
Englaud; they will have plenty of ponies
this time, and will make; a determined bid
for the cup, which America wll,ana dif
ficult to ward o'ff. .
Preliminary Base ' '
Ball Season is Now
On in California
8AN 'FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. The preHm
inary base bull season ,lias ulready opened
In California. Thlrty-two games are on
the schedule between, tho University of
California and Stanford university, and
efforts aro being made to arrango games
with tto Chicago White' Sox, who will
train on the coast.
Tho first game with Stanford wfll be
played March 29, and, the second op April
5. A third rams Is listed for April 12, to
bo -played In the eveit a deciding game
Is necessary. In -the meantime the varsity
will play two games wiUi the Oakland
club of tho Pacific Coast league. These
games are scheduled for March 19 and 2Z
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