TWC OU MIA SVNDAV WOK: MARCH 0, 1013.
WOLGAST NOT A "HAS-BEEN" ! CHANCE WORKING FOR SPEED
Bill Nftughton Say. He is Still a Teerlc.s leader Training Yankees in
Heal richtinc Man. Art of Base Running.
OPINION OP AN EXPERT JUDGE
Formrr Champion Shown HU Unalltj
In Flewe Mntch lth Tommy
Mnrphy Hndh Tnlk nt
111k llrtlrement.
HAS NEW PLAN OF OAMPAIQN
r York Ainrrlrnna (Jrt I.rn tn
llnsc flnll Alnnir lilne hnl Menu
Murh for Their Ohnncra
of AVInnlnn.
Br W. V. NAllUUTO.V.
SAN Fit A NT I SCO, March S. After
eeelng Art Wolgast In aetten with Tommy
Murphy. sporting men of thoughtful
turn have cm to the eonl4en tlmt
even tt Wolgast ha "gene buck." he Is
tlU tit rthK company for anything of
his weight that walks In two sin
It Is doubtful If Wolgast In hi palmiest
days eould have stood the stress of as
Mliiardy a bout and shown less signs of
fatigue. It was an affnlr to twit the
mettle of the mot rugged fighters, let
nlone oho whose vitality mil supposed to
have- suffered through nn appendicitis
op ration.
A a result of It nil. It I not likely that
the possible effects of Wolgast's hospital
experiences a year nso will enter no
much Into the dlseuselon about chalices
when he stand forth to fight again.
If he does the square thing: by him
relf tn the training tine and li then de
feated by Wllllo Ritchie Joo ntvers or
Tommv Murphy. as the case may be.
them will scarcely be a disposition on
the part of the sporting public to at
tribute the reverse to n sloughing away
of Wolgast' fighting ability. The ver
dict I'm thinking will be that Wolgast
simply met hi master and that the same
man .would have beaten Ad probably at
nn.y time In his career.
About "(loin llnck."
When tho suspicion exists that a pugi
list haa "(tone back,' those looking at
Um In action naturally expect to see
him "blow up" when well hammered and
carried along at an unusually fast pace.
Well, Wolgait tided over nn experience
of that kind In the Murphy affair,! bo
that even If he lacks the dash of ante
nppendlcltls days, he retains his powers
of recuperation In n, marked degree. And
as long as nature comes U a man's aid
hs quickly ns she did In Wolgast's case.
It Is sheer nonsense to list him as a
wreck.
For nine rounds Murphy Jabbed and
Jolted Wolgast. until tho ex-chnmplon's
face was not fair to look upon. Ad was
well peppeerd around the ribs, too, but It
was tho foco that Murphy used ns a tar
get In the. main. And the action that
was crowded Into every round of the nine
was sufficient to keep tho watchers pop
eyed. It took Wolgast the better part of nine
rounds to decide thnt In quick spnsms of
fighting, where short-arm uppereuts were
the blows used, ho was running a poor
second to the Harlem lad. The writer
watched tho men closely In all the breast-to-breast
rallies and tt looked to mo
many times tlmt Murphy was sending In
two punches to Wolgast's one. Taking
the mens' facen as scorolronrds, It would
be easy enough to substantiate a claim
of this kind.
When Ad made ud his mind Mumhv
had It on him at In-tlghtlng, tho wildcat
cnangea tactics In a flash. Instead of
being all too ready to fluht shoulder to
shoulder and root Until split out by the
referee, he set himself and put every
ounco oi energy lie boasted Into body
jmucnes.
ISffect on MnniliT.
The effect was Immediate. It showed It
ii. tne iook of sufferlns that came Into
Murphy's eyes, it showed In the way
Murphy's seconds began to urge their
man to "box with him" instead of piling
In open mouthed. And It showed In the
change In Wolgast's appearance. He
naa round, a way to stand off m,v..ri,.l
Murphy, and from being a swollen-facod
nd probably discouraged under w
Wolgast took on the nappy-eed, ani
mated look of the fellow who la gaining
the upper hand.
It looked bad for Murphy for several
rounds. This was while Wnlcut n.
fine Judgment and notable smashing force
kept sending tn rib punches that both
looaea ana sounded as though thev hurt
Wolgast tired from, his own efforts, and
the Indomitable fighting spirit of the
uianem llgni-welgut. which possibly
nausea siigniiy in some of the cruel
rounds between the thirteenth and the
seventeen, asserted Itself again. The
pace, which had been fierce throughout.
became fiercer than ever and the con
cluding rounds found Wolgast forced to
fight the way that suited Murphy best
it all ended with the men as fairly en
titled to equal credits as any pair of
horses that ever raced level muzzled
under the wire, albeit 'of the two, Wol
goat was palpably the more tired-
There will be another match, of course,
and between you and I and the gate
post. It will be as acceptable to San
Kranclaco followers of the game as any
bout that could be arranged. They, the
followers, know what to expect. It
Isn't s case of footworker and In-tighter,
but of two fellows who box alike and
who will be assiduous tn their efforts to
harm each other as a couple of Kilkenny
-ats from lell to bell.
Not J'lckinc Favorites.
Just who would bo favorite tn another
match I wouldn't undertake to say. Bit'
ting tn the press benches after the crowds
had swarmed Into the ring, the thought
came to me that Wolgast would probably
render a much better account of himself
with a longer spell of training. I felt
that Murphy had fought to his last
ounce and that It would scarcely be pos
Bible fur htm to improve on his Washing-
ton's birthday showing. Later, when
heard that Murphy had Injured one of
his hands severely lh one of the early
rounds and heretofore been hampered.
I changed my views to some extent
After that, again, 1 learned that Wol
gast also had sustained an Injury to his
arm during the break-neck mill, and then
my ideas of what another fight might
show became foggy.
But, with many others, I admitted that
the time hed not come for placing this
Youngster Wolgast with the has-beens.
Great Cuban Player.
An American tn Havana; who Is an en
thusiastic Brooklyn fan, hs written a
letter to Manager Oahlen calling hlra to
account for not signing Thomas Roman
acb. the Cuban shortstop landed by Cin
cinnati, The Havana man says he tipped
Dahlen off to the player a year ago and
predict a great future for him. Roman
ach played last summer at Long Branch.
N J., and Dahlen had plenty of opportu
nity to look him over If he wished.
WIuk" and "Wlnnro.
Following the injury to Larry McLean,
Manager "Huggins of the Cardinals had
to hustle around and secure a catcher
who could warm up pitchers In prast.ee
at the training camp and signed a young
fellow named Winger from Cincinnati.
The Cardinals already have Wlnso.
which means morotrouble for the scorers
in case Winger should be'held oyer uatfi
after the sfAonetart8. '
1 ny W. J. M'llHTIt.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, March .-Krnnk
Chanee haa shown. In the week' training
here, that he Intends to speelstUc In speed
with his New Ynrks this season. The retr
ies lender has sevcrnl sliding pit In
operation and every uthlete Is forced to
spend a considerable time each day In
practice on the "fall-away," "split,'
"scissors" and nil other known varieties
of tho base sliding craft.
"I am qulto satisfied," declared the
Peerless Leader tlie other night, 'that my
club -will develop all the necessary hitting
power. Two or three cloulcrs of the .3(M
class sluiutil carry any tonm to victory
provided It Is strong In other department.
Fielding, of course, Is one of the cnrdlnnl
virtues, but equally Important with cither
fielding or hitting fls bwo running ability.
"When McOraw started Inst nensin he
showed tho trnguo more speed,.thnn it hs
ever seen lefore on nny clilb. I mean
speed In the fleld-offenslvely on well as
defensively. Why, It wns nlmot Impos
sible to drlvo tho ball through tho Inner
line. And when tho.Cllnnts got on the
buses tlvey simply toro around, piling up
run after, run. that would never h.ivn do-
eloped It the Olanfn had not been prop
erly schooled on tlio paths.
"There I nothing like the old wallop
In the pinch, but properly npplled speed
will cover a multitude of sin. A uas and
steal I ns good as a doublo play nny
time tn bno runners who nro waiting to
be soured. My team has shown me that
It has the speed to become a mnrvoiousiy
fast aggregation If it npplles itself nsldu.
ously to a study of base running. I in
tend to do all In my power along these
lines."
Hal Clinsea Speed.
Come to figure It out Chance has a
lot of speed. But heretofore it has borne
cry little fruit Hal Chare Is one or
the best base runners In the game, let
o has never shone particularly in this
line except in flashes. Last season 1io
tole about twenty bases InMdo tliroo
weeks. Then ho didn't try to steal any
more for about n month. No one lias
the knack of pilfering third down so
finely as the Peerless Hal. No ono call
get u bigger brrnk on the pitchers, Hal
slides head first and In so nimble and
agllo that ho can squirm around a bsso
guardian oven If the ball beats him.
This elide Is dangerous to the runner un
less, llko Chance, he Is unusually active.
Hal Is scarcely ever Injured. Chanco
believes that Chase will glvo Cobb and
Milan tho run of their lives for base
stealing honors if ho meets with no In-
Jury.
Chance himself was never a. champion
on the sacks but he Is a heady runner
end makes the brt of his opportunities,
He looks ns fast today ns he haa ever
been within the last five years and con-
ctonilbusly believes that he will be ami
to set a good example. The other In
fielders are green and Inexperienced.
Derrick and Prelst have both lots of na
tural speed and the former seems to be
a pretty fair slider. Priest has plenty
o learn, however, though he 'has shown
apld development. Mldkttf and Young
are earnest enough, though both will
have to Improve not only on the start
but on tho fall away. Hartsell Is one
A.
Two Cracking Good Lightweights
IH km H14'3 '.'..HK-iaZf
of the slowit men on the team.
Another Hvrlft Our.
The outfield possesses great potslblll
tltsi Rlrdle Creo Is one of the very best
runners in the American league and he
doesn't mnko the most of his natural
qualifications at that, Cree Is a fast
breaker who can take an exceptionally
long lead without danger. When he first
came Into tho lenguo ho knew very little
about sliding. What ho has learned ho
has been forced to pck from observa
tlon for himself. Creo Is a pretty nifty
base runner right now but he says that
Chance has shown him a lot of new witn
kles by which he hopes to profit greatly.
crce lias a notion In his head that
be will make the fans sit up In wonder
before tho .end of tho campaign.
Harry Wolter has not been cutting
loose to the limit. His leg, which was
fractured last season, seems to- have bc
come strong as ever, but, naturally. n
is a bit timorous as yet. He csnnot help
but favor It a bit But ho has all his i;d
speed and it is but a question of time be
fore he will have all his old fearlessness.
Wolter was and Undoubtedly will be tills
year one of the most capable base run
nera with Chance. He is absolutely fear.
lias, a skilled slider, a wonderfully quick
PIGSKIN CHASERS ARE BUSY
Eastern Colleges Are Having Spring
Practice with Squads.
NO WINTER PRACTICE AT VALE
151 Eleven Will Not He Called Ont
for Work .In Winter, ns Here
tofore, lint . Will Train
Later- Instead.
Harlem Tommy Murphy, on the left.
and Ad Wolgast, who. on Washington's
birthday, fought a terrible battle In San
Francisco.
The Now York lad set n whirlwind paco
for tho formor lightweight champion, but
the Mlchlgun bearcat stood up and fought
like a real champion. In this bnltlo Wol
gast put nn effective quietus on tho gen
erally accepted belief that he had- gotio
too rar back to ever nnolti flsuro in n
dangerous contender for lightweight
honors. On no loss an authority than
that of W. W. Naughton. tho veteran
sporting writer and pugilistic expert,
Wolgast Is a fit companion for anyone
of his weight In the world.
breaker and as speedy as they como.
Any time he Is on the bases the fans get
run for their money. I think Wolter
will hold his own with either Chase or
Cree, po matter how fast a paoe they may
set.
Bert Daniels should be a groat base
runner, but he never has bcon. Titers 's
great hopo for him under Chance'a
tuition. Bett seems to have caught onto
a little sliding knack, which was pain
fully, lacking In his work heretofore. Dan
lels came from the Trl-State league with
n great reputation As a base runner. He
never panned out In the big show, oe
cause he always seemed to slide into, in.
stead of away from, the ball. All a base
guardian had to do was to block Bert
and he was duck soup. Daniels could
always take as long a lead as any run
ner In the game, but this advantage was
somewhat nullified because of slow start
ing. Let him learn to get away quickly
ana suae properly and he should be a
'bear." Jack Lellvelt Is no speed mar
vel, though he seems faster than ho was
last fall. But a fellow ilka Lellvelt can
show his worth In bther lilies; he can
hammer the ball With the rest of them
Pitchers na Sprinter.
As a rule battery men aro not expected
to add to the speed of any major league
outfit But Chance has several pitchers
who can sprint tn lively fashion. Ray
Caldwell, for Instance, Is a rattling good
hitter and o finished base runner. Jack
Warhop Is better than the average in
the base running line. Sweeney, the first
catcher, Is a slow fellow and so Is Bab
Williams. But Sterrett, the Princeton re
crult, is Just tho opposite. He was both.
ered by a flat "T.'heol last summer, but Is
sound again and looks the part.
Trainer Doo Barrett has done a lot of
good work with the boys In helping
Chance with the base running lessons,
The "Boncsetter" Is an athletlo expert
and for years has trained the Williams
college track team. Needless to say ne
will have a lot of quick breakers. This
will help In beating out all sorts of in
field hits and In developing real skill on
the bases.
Cornhusker' Coach
System is in Need
of Some Overhauling
(Continued on Page Four.)
must come before next fall or Nebraska
will go through one of tho most disastrous
seasons In Its history. The schedule Is
too hard for the Cornhusker, trained
under tho handicap that has existed for
tho last ten years. Something must be
done.
It bo long as Stlehm Is forced to do all
tho work. Give tho big coach some as
sistants and then the green material can
be developed nnd the Cornhuskcrs will
have the kind of foot ball elevens that tt
should have strong, polished, game
winning organizations. Until there ure
more coaches we cannot hope to lick
Minnesota or to achieve signal succeed
in the Missouri valley conference contests.
Good Blaterlnl Lost.
Many examples of good material gone
to waste have come to my attention at
Nebraska. Only last fall, the cose of
Halltgan is In point. ThlB youngster did
not rooelve attention during the entlro
season, and in only one gamo did he show
his real power, and that was In the Ok
lahoma battle, which he won by his
magnificent charging of tho Sooner line.
Halltgan would hnvo done wonders be
fore this game had he had a coach to give
htm porsonal attention and show him
what to do. There were other men on
the team who- could have accomplished
more had they been Instructed closely.
But Stjqhm, devising plays, worrying over
the scliidulo. directing lit assistant man
eger, and trying to scheme out a gen
eral plan, was handicapped as no other
coach In the valley. It was a foot ball
crime, to handicap him so; yet the men
tors at Nebraska have not awakened;
they still sleep the sleep of contentment,
nnd of disregard for Nebraska's high
position. If they mean to do nothing,
they should shake off the robes of their
office and get out bo that men who will
do things will get Into office Time too
utnch has been wasted already; Ne
braska must have better foot ball elevens,
and It never will ge them until. more
coaches are provided. These teachera
UNIVERSITY MEN TO HAVE
CHAMPION BOXING MEETING
ITHACA, N. Y., March S.-Many en
tries have been received by the boxing
committee for the annual university box
ing championship to be held in the Cor
nell gymnasium, March H. There will
be seven classes 115, 125, 13S, 145, 14$ and
75-pound end heavyweight. Only those
men who aro registering for boxing will
be allowed to compete, and only boxing,
wrestling and fencing men allowed In tho
gymnasium to see the matches. The
bouts will i consist of four two-minute
rounds. Track Coach Moaklev and Box
ing Instructor Conlcy will act oa Judges.
Tryouts will be held three days before
the championships. ,
Instill and Distill. '
Harry Davis Is tn bn used bv Ormnlo
Mack to Instill the old Athletlo snlrlt into
the recruits. Ho may alHo be used to
keep It Instilled In certain of the veterans
wno zorgot it last year ana imbibed dis
tilled Instead of Instilled spirits. How
ever, this Is a mean remark, for the of
fending ones have already promised to
be gooa ana nave oeen lorgivcn.
How the Fall-Away Slide Works
NBW' YOItlC, Mnrchl8.-Whlle the major
lenguo ball players are In the south
basking themselves tinder warm sunny
skies foot ball Is being played In the
northland. But the game the college
mon aro playing varies qulto differently
from thnt seen on gridirons In the au
tumn. The game that Is, the rudiments
of It are being Workc out In the various
gymnasiums where, the pigskin chasers
are gathering. Tho call to arms lias
been sounded nnd from now until tho
end of collego so-called spring prnctlco
will hold tho strict attention of collego
coaches.
Spring practice has become- a most Im
portant factor In the development of u
varsity squad. It Is ..from this that
coaches as a rule uro able to sort out
nvnllnbla material, which later goes
through a course of sprouts bringing
about fo'ot ball perfection. Princeton has
begun work, as has Pennsylvania. Brown
also has fallen Intp line. Prom time to
tlmo others will fall Into line and by the
early weeks of March spring practice will
have become nlmost tyt Important as the
slinpjng of tho varsity ball squads. Yale,
however, will not start training In this
direction until March 28.
Whllo tho rules committee has put the
Ideal of numbers up to the colJpgeB, Yalo,
for one, will not adopt the novel scheme.
Tim fact Is' mado public by " Captain
Henry C. Ketcham of the Ell eleven. Ac
cording to Captain Ketcham tho reason
why Yale won't 'lulopt numbers Is be
causo tho coaches feel that the changd
may liavo a tendency- In giving away
plsyn nnd for1 that reason alone num
bers will bo kept off tho Yale uniforms.
No" Winter Practice..
Word' has come here, from ifew Haven
that there will be 'no winter practice this
year. In. former years the squad was
called out in January for several weeks
of work In the gymnasium, especially for
the quarterbacks.
The cancelling of winter practice, how-
over, will have llttlo effect, for the squad
will start spring training two weeks
earlier than last year, as the Easter va.
cation coming earlier will allow a fort
night more of light training than usual.
Howard Jones, the new head coach,
has promised to be on hand after Easter,
It Is quite likely that plans for the sum
mer will be outlined. Captain Ketcham
believes that Yale field will be tho place
for this work and that the squad will
be colled together to begin preliminary
fall work two weeks before the first
game of the season, which will be played
with Wesleyan on September 24.
Coach Yost of Michigan, is very fond
of picking all-Amerlcan teams, xne
iWolverine leader haa now picked an
all-Amerlcan eleven which he thinks U
the best of all time. The eleven, accord.
lng to his way of thinking, Is made up
of the following men: mnKey, xaie,
left end; Da Witt, Princeton, left tacklaj
Heffelflnger, Yale, left guard j Bcnuiu.
Michigan, center; Hare, Pennsylvania,
right guard; Cutts, Harvard, right tackle;
Snow. Michigan, right ena; uaiy, nar
nnnrtprback: Heston. Micniuan.
if bulfhaek: Kelly. Princeton, nsm
halfback; Coy, Yale, fullback.
Tradition a" Factor.
Coach Al. Sharpe of Cornell thinks
that tradition Is a strong factor in
athletics. Speaking at a dinner recently
at Syracuse Dr. Sharpe, said: "Cornell's
crews cross tho line In the lead year after
year because they have the traditions oi.
Cornell to live up to. The root nail men
next year will have the tradition estab
llshed by the Cornell line this year to
uphold. The game played at Philadel
phia last November was the one game of
the year that ways played according to
Hoyle, and was a good gome, lost largely
through the misfortune of war."
The work of the line In holding Dart
mouth to eleven downs Inside the five
yard line; its holding Michigan to two
first downs In the entire game and hold
lng Pennsylvania to one first down was
coiqmendcd as showing the beginning of
the true fighting foot ball spirit which
Dr. Sharpe said must be brought cut
"Foot ball rule framers for ltU," aU
vises Robert C Zuppke, Illinois' new
coach, "have done well not to carpenter
the code for 1911 The changes outlined
will not alter tho game materially. Bom
coaches are sorry that there was no pro
vision to ellmlnato thej forward pass after
n, man haa been uck'led'and Is aura to
lose ground. I believe v the 'rule maker
are wise-not to surround the .pass with
restrictions. Too many -details' In th
rules make It difficult for official to act,
with the result that It Is often hard to
determine which Is the greater nuisance,
rule of the officials."
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