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Judgments
DRAFTING season Is here, and the
minor league- clubs are open
prey for the majors, subject to
limitations that scarcely serve
to limit, although they do pre
vent such indiscriminate and -wholesale
raiding- as Ebbets of Brooklyn practiced
agftlnat the Southern league a couple of
years ago, when he dratted over forty
players from the one circuit On Mon
day the time for purchase expired, and
it was expected that a large number of
sales would, be reported, but only a fowv
were given out; me Dig league owners
aro wafting for the advantago of the
draft, the results of which will not be
known until after September 15. But
each club owner In the minors knows
that his material has all been looked
over, reported upon and card Indexed for
the uses of the majors, and It Is certain
that the best men in every little team
will be asked td come up for a "tryout."
No objection could possibly be raised to
this course, If It were not for the effect
ot the draft as It has been worked out
by the magnates.
Under the practice players who not
only are not needed, but not wanted, are
Crafted, simply for the purpose of keeping-
bther teams from getting hold of
them; not a big league team but Is guilty
of this., The law that Is supposed to
prohibit "farming" players was Invoked
with a great flourish of trumpets against
Owners Murphy of Chicago and Grayson
of Louisville very reoently, but who has
heard anything of any big league mag
bate being punished for exercising an
Voptlon"? "When the 15th of May comes
tround the majors are aupppsed to rr
luce. the strength of eaoh team to twenty-five
from thirty-five,- the number they
ire permitted to carry from September
15 to May 15. Instead of giving these
players unconditional releases, as the
aw apparently contemplates, the majors
"sell' the surplus players to minor league
:lubt en "option." which simply means
that the major may At any time recall
the player who is supposed to be re
leased, or may take any other player he
nay chooeo from the team on which the
option is playing. The effect of this Is
too obvious to need discussion. It is the
flimsiest of subterfuge to evade the let
'.or and spirit of the draft law and the
law . limiting the number of players a
tnajo'r team may carry.
"What Is the remedy T It is so simple
that ono wonders why it has not been
tut .Into offset already. All that Is
tended is for tho nftnors to refuse to ao
opt ah option player! then the majors
Voutd bo forcod to observe the law of
Ihelr. own making. If necessary the
hlnbin should at th coming meeting
KJopt a law of their own, forbidding the
ess by ono of their members of a' player
ri whom a major league team holds an
kptlon. Along with this should ba d-
iand for a further reduction in th num'
er oif players a big league team can
larry, and further restrictions of the
(raft. Buch legislation would have th
)ffeot of rellvlng a situation that is rap
taly hurrying bass ball to destruction as
I sport and turning it Into business, pure
nd slmpU. iMtt now the owners of the
)lg league teams praottoally control the
)rhol of organised ball, either through
llract ownership of minor loague teams,
t through the control of option players,
the alligations that it Is a trust and not
sport are pretty woll founded in fact.
If the big league magnates do not want
)o wake up some ftnt day and find them
ielvis sitting amid the wrockage of the
)reateit organised sport the world has
)vr known, If they are not entirely pur
iltnd, and Interested solely In the dollars
they see Just at hand, and without
thought of the future, they will qulokly
let about the reforms that are so neces
laty to save organized base ball as a
treat popular game, The publlo is tiring
If tlw commercialised aspect of the sport.
Walter Johnson's winning streak begun
and nded against Boston. On June 17,
Washington, with Johnson pltohlngi beat
the Athletics, and Johnson then run the
tamut of Ed Iluelbach's old record of
lourteen suooesslvo victories, and on
lugust ts met the lied Box in his at
tempt to stretch the record to fifteen
tames, but lost. Btlll, two months ts a
ood, long time to go without a defeat,
tnd at that, Johnson lost only after glv
W three hits In ten innings. Johnson
lll"tands tho king of the America.
) not tho National league.
1 "What the Rourkes now have to look
jut or Is not dropping below Topeka Id
' (he race. The Kawa aro coming harder
than .Omaha, and the latter must taka
full advantage of the present long stretoh
It home or fall back, we fear. The start
on this stretch, dropping three games to
Dos Molnts. put a decided damper on
local '.enthusiasm.
The saddest sight of all Is to see Jim
Kane hitting under .SOft. It Isa't natural,
Jim.
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Cause for worn" A match between
Arthur- Felky and Jack Johnson.
Denver doesn't dare stop for rest, because-
there's Des Moines.
LOCAL TEAMS STILL IN RING
Advanced Season Finds Many Sand
lotters Up and Coming in Game.
SOME PLAYING FINAL BOUT
Several Amntcvr Nines Will Meet
Today for the Last Time This
Year In Hotly Con
tested Battles.
Br FRANK QUIGXiISY.
Although several prominent tean(s thnt
looked especially formidable when the
curtain, was raised last April have al
ready drawn their last breath and arc
now resting peacefully in tho haopy
hunting grounds, nevertheless there iro
plonty ot troupes left to utilize the va
cant spots in our fair city. The only ma
terial difference Is that the Omaha
squads that are still on the map don't
havo to bother themselves about lookirg
for out-of-town games, because they have
plenty of room to cavort at home. At
the beginning ot the season It Is always
customary for the managers to look for
out-of-town contests, because there aro
not enough vacant spots for all ot the
teams to perform on. According to tho
dope, all the teams that are still In the
ring Intend to' stick- till the bell rings.
At that they will finish this season with
more teams than heretofore.
Twn f3n.mM mt HlnfffM.
A couple ot Council Bluffs Class "U"
teams will put on the curtain raiser nt
Athletic park today, and after' their con
test has ontered the graveyard the Work
mon team and the Council Bluffs Mer
chants will clash. This will be their third
meeting this season. The first game re
sulted In & victory for the Omaha crow
and the Council Bluffs boys nabbel tr.e
second game. As. this is their third and
last fight for this season It will have t
prove a charm for one aggregation, iioi
Innil. thn crack left wlnsrer. will shoot
them over the crockery for the Workman
gang and Bobble Probst will Hoist tnnm
for the boys across the river. The llnoup
for the first came:
A. O. U. W. C.B. MERCHANTS.
Coo...., First..,...,.; gwlngwood
McAndrews Third .. Viekham :
. . . . c . n Unl f.nn
Dougherty ift Xismp
McCroary Center Oot f
Hall Right Rice
Holland Pitch Prjbst
QUlgley jicn
Dual Bout at Fort.
Two contests that should draw a packed
house am on the bill of tare at beautiful
Fort Omaha for this afternoon. The n-
Itlal argument will bo between tne snor
mart Avenue Merchants and the Bol
Phlls. This contest will -undoubtedly bo
a warm debate because an unusual
amount of sour stuff exists between tuce
two herds. Maine will wiggle them ror
the Sherman Avenue Merchants and
Woolsey will sling them for the soi
Phil. At three and a half whistles the
Armours from South Omaha and tho O.
D. Klpllngers will parade out cm tne
green and do their utmost to llok tr.rh
other. All season the Armours havs been
trying to secure a game with the woea
gentlemen, and now that the opportunity
la presented to them they will make the
smoke agents go some to hand thorn a
package labeled defeat. Moran will work
fnr the tobocco kids and Gurness will
heave them for the meat family. The
lineup for the second gome:
ARMOURS. KIPIJNOERS.
Ryan7.......-,.....Flrst Gulnane
M GravesV.V. 7,7.7 Center. . . .......... Abdlil
Andy araves ... Right Moran
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Iat Game nt liuxue.
Of course there is always something
doing at Luxus park, but today more ex
cltement la looked for than usual. The
Inst game of the double-decker booked
for said park Is the main attraction. This
battle will be between the Advos and the
Luxus. For years these two bands have
been bitter enemies and every time they
book up a game worth the change OAd
then some Is the outcome. Fox will
wing them for the Brewers and Cass,
Miller or Carter will be on the tiring
line for tho Pure Food Dlsptnuers. Be
fore this wrangle the Chris Lycks and
tho Foresters will have a battle royal
for supremacy. At the present writing
the Chris Lycks aro playing wonderful
hnn hull and thev look like the best bet
In the Class "B" army. The Foresters
also look preXty swweet and with Kar
bowski on the mound they are a hard
combination to whip. Altman will" serve
them up for the Chris Lycks and Kar
bowskl for the opposition. lineup, seo-
ond game.
T Tt-VTTO ATVOB.
Vanous First McGrath
Smith,..., Second Howiey
Tracy..... Third ,....W Probst
Ti-t.lV" Tvft Dennlson
Tnny, ?nir- 1v ,1 roV81
rTX.,..,......'Ullb .,.uuaiiw,ii
Clair Catch.., Coe
Dyclc Pitch , vft
f ox j-,m;i.. ....
The noble Store family will wander up
to Wahoo, Neb., today and endeavor to
demonstrate to the village base ball ma
nipulators stationed there Just how the
grand old national pastime should be
filnv1 A n,r,nn thA fimftUB vlllAfff!
klnkster with a rep a mile long, will toss
Bunch of Omaha's Real Amateur Base
From Left to Right Lutbes. right field; Runa. left field; Jacobus, shorstop; Steener, first base; Huntley (captain), third
base; Wells, pitcher: Swanson, center field: Llndberg, catcher; Rovcc, second base.
THE NEBRASKA CLOTHING COMPANY 1913 BASE BALL TEAM.
up his foolers to the consternation of the
8 tors band and Kelly will probably work
his spltter for' the Stors Triumphs.
At Blair, Neb., the Shamrocks from
South Omaha . will deliver their wares.
They visited this town some moons ago
and on that excursion they waltzed homo
with the gravy. This trip the Blair chil
dren say they are going to noil the gome.
They might, but they will find themselves
up against a starchy proposition.
Fletcher will hoist them for the Sham
rocks and Wolff will be on the rubber
tor the Blalrltes.
A bunch of base ballltes that hall from
Nebraska City will drift up to our burg
and fight the Stars and Stripes at River
view porl$. A -game worth the change
and ft bit more Is anticipated. We all
know that the Stars and Stripes always
tight and fight 'hard for every point, and
as the Nebraska City boys are supposed
to havo them outclassed, they will have
to work hard If they expect a lookln.
Bushman will push them over tho crock
ery for the Stars and Stripes and Fox
will dish out the curves for the visitors.
The first game at Florence park this
afternoon will be between the Florense
Athletics and the Ames Avenue Mer
chants. On account of the rivalry ex
isting between these two congregations
a gr.ine ot a torrid nature Is predicted.
Strlbllng wlU kink thim for the Florence
children. As yet the Merchant manager
is undecided who he will pit against the
Florence dudee. Immediately after this
struggle the Dundee Woolen Mills and
the Overlands will buckle up.
At Thirty-second and Dewey avenue
the Ilollya and Naps will clash In what
la anticipated to bo a real warm debate
for tho winning number. Both of these
teams are buA about glommlng the
class "C" rag so it Is a lead pipe that
they will fight and tight hard for every
point
BUI Blossles, the "All Stars'" leader,
searched the woods thoroughly for a
contest last week and he couldn't find
a team that would kick through and give
his colts a game. Notwithstanding this
fact several of our Omaha squads are
loafing today because they couldn't get
a game that would suit them.
Down at Plattsmoutb, Neb., the Orkln
Bros, tribe will buck up against the
strong contingent of base bolllsts lo
cated there. They will have a tough time
trimming the Plattsmouth gang, but
Manager Weiss thinks his gang con
turn the trick. Anyway the Plattsmouth
boys always treat you right and you get
a chance to win on your merits because
their umpire's on the square.
Tomorrow the Shamrocks will battle
with the village cutups stationed at Ne
braska City.
There will be two games at Flor
ence park tomorrow. First game,
Florence Athletics against Brown Park
Pharmacy. Second game, Overlands
against the Stars and Stripes.
At Athletlo park. Council Bluffs, on
Labor day the Armours from South
Omaha and the Council Blutfs Merchants
will tangle.
Diamond Dnst.
Last week the Overlands visited the
undertaker.
Today the Emit Hansens ore golror to
celebrate their recoid by holding a picnic
September 4 the Wagmans will play tho
Red Oak, la., aggregation at Red Ouk.
The other day with the Nebraska Col
leglans Plats climbed on one for tour
cushions.
Roger Kelly is sure In lake with Benson
fans since he took hold ot the Chris
i-ycK team.
Although the Townsends have hod a lot
of hard luck this season, they are still
sucKing arouna.
Under the leodeishlD of Herman Gross
man the Florence Athletics are now step
ping preuy iosi.
Front, who was with th Nebraska
collegians, is nacK. lie ie;t tne gang at
central city, tito.
This season the Independents have al
"ready had three managers. They must
ue an inaepenaeni nuncn
Stump Morrow is catching grand base
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST
Judgment at Times
boll for tho Bcrlbner, Nob., team. Ills
arm is unusually strong.
Those Omaha Gas company dudes have
ti'fulo a remarkable record this season.
They only play on Saturdays.
Cap Benson says the Hanscom Parks'
will be back on the Job stronger than
ever when the bell tingles again.
Jlmmlfi Danze la the idne- bee at North
Platte. Neb. He is pulling down more
change than a good many leaguers.
The Alhambros ore going to loaf today.
They are going to reconstruct their ag
gregation before they trot out again.
Qua Probst, recently attached to the
Advos, made good on the Jumpotf. Ha Is
an excellent outgardener and can hit.
Duff of the Council Bluffs Merchants
will be bock In tho harness today. He
has been laid up with, a bum lunch hook.
Here of late Gillie Fox has picked up
a lot of dough twirling for Bancroft,
Neb, Last Sunday he only allowed one
hit.
All thn Class "B" teams will have to
step some to slip anything over on the
Foresters since they signed up Kax
bowsitl. The Wagmans, Townsends, Etntl Han
sons and All stars must all have picnics
booked for today, as they haven't got a
game booked.
At short for the Armours iAnghelne la
a marvel. He has on excellent' arm, nicks
'em up, has a good roof and la thero
with tho mushroom.
That fellow. Vanntut hltnhrd in ttm
Luxus tribe, could easily make good with
a league squad. He con hit, field and
throw with any of thera,
It Mfmfl n e thmlfftt nrnmrn nt tta
Store Triumphs is still on the map. Here
of lata he has been clouting the sphere
to all corners of the lot.
Tomorrow the Ancient frAr nt TTnltMl
Workmen team will glide down to Platts
mouth, Neb., and endeavor to add an
other victory onto their list.
According to Red fluvrr. th TTrmtnnt
rill be back in the running again next
season. They didn't have any business
going to the wall this season.
Manager Weiss said hn didn't nnV fnr
any players while In Chicago for hla
Orkln Brothers bunch. He says there
uru yicniy 01 gooa ones in mis Durg.
DUtch HennfnCTHAn. an Hmnlla nfrwfi.n,
Is stopping them behind the willow for
Hooper, Neb. He 1b one of the best back
stoppers around that neck of the woods.
Baker is celtlnir bv annA nt Maitlmn
Neb. He has every kink on the map and
tti.cu .us uuuuio nets io warning a in no
better ho will bo eligible for the Western
league.
For games with the Warm an a pntl H. A.
?&,,sJr "A. Douglas C4 or address him at
1702 North Twenty-seventh street. He Is
especially anxious to get a whack at a
few of the out-of-town bands;
Back Of th hit atttttnn fnr th- An.l..l
Order ot United Workmen band Pretka
Is doing great work.. He has a good
belfry, watches the bases like a hawk,
stops them all and with the willow he
Is a very pernicious gent.
On corner thr Tnhtt, rnnf
Jers, who used to cavort on local sand
doing great work f6r Hooper,
Neb. ..That misunderstanding in regard
to railroad fare whioh Cass said the
Hooper, Neb., club owed him has been
straightened up to the entire satisfac
tion ot all concerned.
Walter Johnson
Some Worker as
Well as a Player
WASfnNGTON, Aug. 30.-Tnero Is no
pitcher better qualified to tell. his fellow
craftsmen how to succeed In their pro
fession than Walter Johnson, the star of
the Washington American club. Johnson
attributes Ills success to the following
program of living;
"I was bom on a farm, and I love the
life. A good many ball players don't,
but I do. When the base ball season is
over I go back to our farm out In Kan
sas and work on the place right through
the winter, just like any of the men I
get enough ot the big towns and the
bright lights during the summer, and I
am glad to get back to the farm and do
farm work Just as soon as I can. And I
always hate to come back east every
spring to begin Ploying base ball again.
"I have always said, and no one has
disputed me, that I work harder every
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Drawn
Ball Players
winter than any other ball plnyer. The
result Is thrtt In the spring I tun Just as
hard as I was In the autumn. Instead
of hanging around hotels and pool rooms
In some big city, I am out on the farm,
gottlng up every morning before day-
light nnd going out to help feed tho stock.
Then I comk back to the house for break -
fast, have ft good, healthy appetite and
eat accordingly.
"After that there Is a lot more work, to
be done around tho place. I put in a
good day every day In the week, and by
the tlmo night comes I am ready to turn
in early, for I know that the next iriorn
ing I must get up. Just- as early and start
out again lantern in hand, sometimes
with the thermometer way down below
sero, for we have It cold out our way lots
of the time during the winter. I don't
do It so much because I have to, but be
cause I llko to, and I haven't yet run
across any ball players with whom I
would swap places during the off sea
Bon." Iowa University
Foot Ball Line in
Need of More Beef
IOWA CITT, la., Aug. 90.-(SpecIat)-Toklng
stock of their prospects as the
opening of the 1913 foot ball season draws
near, local rooters ore beginning to doubt
whether their team will be heavy enough
to hod Its own In tho big games with
Chicago and Nebraska. Just at present
lack of weight in the line jooka like a
probable weoknoss, and the problem of
strengthening tho forward wull will It
all likelihood be about the first that
Coach Hawkey will have to face when ha
calls his men together on Iowa field Sep
tember 20.
The backtleld will also be light, but as
every man here will bo a veteran, there
is not so much to fear, Captain McGlnnis
at full, Parsons and Dick at the halves
and Meloy at quarter are all regulars
of last year and will have Pennlngroth
and Van Meter, two other experienced
backs, to give them competition for their
places, as well as several good freshmen.
In tho Hue, however, there is pretty
sure to be a number of places that will
tako a lo of work to fill satisfactorily.
Captain Hanson and Trlckey, two ot the
best linemen In the west last year, will
be gone, and Clemens, who played oppo
site the captain at right guard, will also
be missing. Likewise Buckloy, Von
Lackum and Bo wen, who alternated in
the right end position, have all been
graduated, Houghton, center; Kirk,
tackle, and Gunden.on, end, are the only
,regulars who will report for duty on the
line. Captain uarron oc last year s ircsh
'man team, is a capable lineman and
seems sure of a place, and Conn another
1912 star, has the weight to mak a val
uable addition to the lino material. Gar
retson, who played behind the line on
the freshman team, Is likely to be shifted
to the forwards because be has weight
and strength. Schulto and Breuckucr,
sub-tackles last season, will be out again
and ono ot these may develop Into a val
uable player. Wilson, a star guard on
last year's freshman eleven, has sent
word that he will not bo back In school,
and Bowles, the big guard who was play
ing regularly hut' season until he broke
his leg, Is now Ineligible and cannot be
used.
A, punter to replace Captain Hanson
will alto have to be found, with no one
In sight for the position. Stuart, the big
freshman end, was relied upon to do the
kicking, but it Is not likely that he wilt
be In school. Kirk, a mediocre puster, is
the best now in sight. Captain McGlnnis
I h been working at this branch ot the
game during the summer and may prove
the final choice
for The Bee by
DDST BLOWN OFF FOOT BALL
Games This Season to Be More Pop
ular Than Ever Before.
PLAYERS ALL MARKING TIME
Battering; nam Tnetlcs Done A tray
rrlth in MlifflelA and Now At
tacks Will Be nt the
Goal Posts.
NEW TORli, Aug. 30.-When tho tvhV
tie blows in a few weeks for the first
kick-off of the season on any one ot
the thousand and one foot ball fields in
this sport-loving country, both players
and spectators will reallio that a mw
gamo Is before them. Perhaps It is the
latter Important element ot tho gridiron
population that will have this tact borne
In upon them the strongest, for the
youths who pursued the pigskin last fall
were awakening to the possibilities cf tho
newest foot ball as the season dosed,
Thero was not time then to takq advan
tage of the elevonth-hour knowleU
Therefore the coaches and the rUyers
stored. It up In their brain files and now
they are ready and anxious to blow the
summer dust off and demonstrate what
thoy know to be possible
Foot ball is opening up to an extent
that was not dreamed ot ten years ago.
Even when the forward pass want Into
etfoct away back In 1M no one on field
or side lines would have admlttod that
there was a chance for the line plunging
form of attaok to be shelved. But tnat
Is practically what was done when the
rules for 1811 were changed, and now
with the 131S regulations In force the
changes, though minor, have helped the
good work still further..
Clash Comer at Goal Posts.
Not that the stirring smash of pquads
of husky men will be done away with
, entirely, battering-ram tactics are still ot
Incalculable value in many cases, rut
the coaches agree that the time and place
for such attacks Is when the ball It
within the shade of the goal posts, not
in mldneld. The liveliest example of that
thoory was staged when the Michigan
Wolverines met the Quakers nt Franklin
field last year. The westerners wira
touted, and Justly, long before they cne
east as a team that had developed line
plunging to a high degree ot xceilcn:e
It certainly seemed so In the first half,
for they scored three touchdowns right
oft the reel. Pennsylvania was fairly
swept down the field until the Rod and
Blue tactics were changed. There was
nothing much to lose and possibly ots
to gain through trying to run all around
the westerners, and at the end of the
game the Wolverines had been beaten
by a 27 to SI score. Their plunging at
tack had wasted their strength, so that
when called on to extend themselves after
the fleet Quakers there was no answer.
aat proved what was even then a well-
grounded suspicion that mass mays
should be reservod solely to gain the last
few yards needed for a touotdown.
Of the changes which the rules have
undergone this year, the first and most
Important Is that which does away with
the five-yard restriction placed upon the
kicker. Any distance that suits the man
with the boot Is allowable now, so that
we may look for quick kicking from di
rectly behind the forwards as a feature
of this season's games.
Camp Has n Warsl to Say.
Another which will find favor all around
the fields Is that which permits a team
to substitute a player for the second
time at any moment ot the (fame's last
period. In reference to this change Wal
ter Camp said:
"This alteration was brought about by
the fact that a player could not be re
turned to the game after ho had once
been taken out except at the beginning
of a period. It often happened that an
unexpected situation arose making his
substitution necessary In the fourth
period, and there seemed to be no good
reason why an exception should be made
In this case"
For other differences between the rules
of this season and last, a speclfla pen
alty now being that the punter's angle
the lines in caso of a punt-out, the pen
alty onw being that the punter's angle
be moved five yards away from the
nearest goal post along the goal line. If
the punter-out makes a deliberate at
tempt by a feint to draw the opponents
offside, tho referee )s not to permit him
to kick the ball until the opponents have
had time to return behind their restrain
ing line. In the rules regarding the con
duct ot players after a forward pass or
after a kick, insertion ot the words
"after the pass has been made" now
makos it clear that players may Interfere
with one another until tho pass Is actu
ally made.
A rello of the old time when the ball
was not always snapped back with the
hands lias been eliminated. The rule
which read "By one quick, continuous
motion ot the hands or of the foo,t" has
been shortened by cutting out the words
"or of, the foot," The rule relating to a
forward pass or a kick made from behind
the goat line, 'together with the rule re
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PALZER AND MORAN TO MEET
Pugs of the Heavyweight Olau t
Come Together in New York.
WILLARD IN DISCARD IN EAST
Little Demand for Pelkey to Exhibit
II tut self Until He Can Demon
strate thnt He Can Cone
llnck.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-Heavywelghtt
and their doings are furnishing the only
toplo ot Interest for followers of boxing
at present. Although Ounboat Smith
has pretty well established himself it
the head of the white hope 'division, he
will not bo allowed to rest on his laurels
by any means. Soveral matches between
blR follows have been made or are In the
course of making, and Smith is either
directly or Indirectly concerned In all of
thorn.
On September 2, when Al Poller and
Frank Moran meet In this city, the
process of eliminating heavyweights with
championship ifmbltlons will be resumed
and continued all winter. All this war
fare will serve to develop any latent
ublltty that tho present crop of white
hopes may possess.
Just now the men worthy of notice con
sist of Smith, Wlllard, raiser, Moran and
Pelkey. Of late Wlllard has rather
dropped out ot sight In the east. The
ban placed upon him by the Boxing com
mission for failure to fulfill a contract
with a Buffalo club has yet to be lifted.
Ad tho Kansas giant now has a Califor
nia manager, he seems to have no Inten
tion ot returning, but If the supply ol
heavyweights begins "to run short, it may
becomo necessary to send for him once
more.
Wlllard's faults ore typical or the fcre.
cnt day crop of whlto heavies. Although
possessing a physique that gives him a
great advantage over all his rivals, he
appears to be entirely lacking In head-
work. Gunboat Smith s candid efcoujh
to admit that Wlllard gave him more
troubto than any of the others. An a
matter of fact, Smith's hair-line decls.
ion over the towering Wlllard. Is the most
creoiinoie icat tne, former can boast of.
That Palcer-Morast Qont.
The coming bout between Palter and
Moran w)ll bo the moans of defining the
former's standing, which la at prejout
shrouded In mystery, owing to his llinnss
and subsequent lengthy retirement; Fal
ser is well fortified with reasons to ac
count for his poor showing against Lu
ther McCarty, but If he. falls airatnst
Moran he will no longer figure. How
ever, ii raiser wins Decisively be will
at once loom up a most menacing figure
for the lean Gunboat. In that cato a
match between these men will be tba
next In order. Taking It for granted thnt
PaUer will be th" winner, local promoters
are busy trying to arrange such aa af
fair.
Manager Johnson of the St. Xl&eJaa
Athletlo club announced an offer of K$
for a match between the winner of the
raixr-Moran bout with Bmlth. This
offer indicates the confidence felt In lha
drawing powers ot Braitn, when it t re
called that Luther McCarty and: Moran
drew less than $4,090 at this club tone
months ago. With Falser the winner on
September 3, It is not likely that a Is.Mt
guarantee will obtain the match, as the
Garden Athletlo club will offer atretic
inducements. But a Moron-Smith rn-
counter is not likely to bo much of an
attraction, owing to the poor perform
ance these men put up at San Frauds 20.
Moran has been boxing for several
years without attaining much promi
nence. However, he has never been
knocked out. Probably his best perform
ance was his last In this city, when he
almost secured a draw with the lata Lu
ther McCarty. Moran has the facu'.ty of
making his opponents look bad and few
have gained much prestige through an
encounter with him.
There Is practically no demand tor Ar
thur Pelkey to show hla prowess in this
city. Until he demonstrates that he haa
improved Immensely over the form he
showed In the. east last winter he will not
be taken seriously, despite his attempt
to make capital out ot his unfortunate
bout with McCarty.
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