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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANl'AJKT 4, 1914.
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BOB F1TZ BMFOR CHANGE
Tamottg Robert Seeks Opportunity to
Show Up the White Hope.
PAST THE HALF CENTURY MARK
Ux-Ghtnp, ttotrrlthstnndlnsr, Feel,
that lie Can Shorr the YonnR
atcra of Todny Some
Urn nit Netr Staff.
By W. XV. NAUGIITO.T.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Many sur
prises are sprung In connection with
pugilism from tlma to time, but the
news that the lure of the roped and
rosined platform has unsettled Veteran
Bob Fitzslmmons comes pretty near be
ing the premier sensation of the year
juet closed.
The pity of It Is that Fitzslmmons
seems to be terribly in earnest about It.
In his plea to be Riven a chance to show next season's -work.
what he can do, he does not claim that) Not un of thorn.' have been, sued for
he is as good as ever, or even advance breach of promise, figured In Bri auto
the argument that ho feels he has one moblle accident, eloped with n. chorus
good fight left In him. r(rI; or Inherited n few .million dbllars
He simply reasons that the present day I from on10 entirely forgotten relatives,
heavies are a bunch of Incapables and j Thf .ctalply be parlous 'times tor the
begs for an opportunity to show that he ""Ibbl nr fellows who .re exrecttdMo
is not undervaluing them.
What cause, me to lay special stress
on Pi.n,mnn.- ,...,.-. u ,ur
connection Is tho fact that while other I
"exempts" among the big fallows have !
spoken from time to time of irMMnir hM, ',
In the camo thrr nlwav. wr.Unn,! n,t
made denials when they saw the things
they said in print I
This thine of feellne an Itch t Irenrt 1
the boards again after years of retire
tnent la a disease and it disappears very
quickly when tho fellow afflicted with 1
it sees that ho has become a mark of j
curiosity to tho public and a mark of
ridicule for tho critics.
If you don't believe me, ask Jim Jef
fries, Tom Sharkey and a few others.
Trarlnir lint riarUirnril.
Fitzslmmons 4s with one exception the
oldest ex-champlon of tho world in cno.
tlvlty, his senior being John U Su.llvan. I
Bob ha. passed tho half century mark
and recalling his pnrllrr ntnit .on .
In America, smack, of looking back Into
another life.
The writer saw him In hi. flr.t bout
in thl. country. That was when he
whipped Billy McCarty at tho California,
club, Ban Francisco, about twenty-three
years ago. I saw him win tho middle
weight championship from Jack Demp
ey at New Orleans and the heavyweight
championship from Jim Corbett at Car
son. I saw him loso his heavyweight
title to Jeffries, and I aaw him In the
return match In San Francisco. I so,w
him box dus nuhlln at .Madison Square
and even nt that time-It was thirteen
years ago 1 noticed how bungllnsly he
sploshed around In tho opening round.
He went back to hi. corner and .aid to
Georgo Dawson, who was behind him:
"I don't know what's the matter. I
seem to have forgotten nit I knew."
"Tou'll be better when, you get warmed
up," said Dawson encouragingly and
tire enough Bob Immediately Improved
rouhd by round until he laid nuhlln low
with his famous shift in tho sixth.
I saw him two weeks later with Tom
52fi y at Con6y u,nn1- Hun tlma Sob
Wflted by hi. previous oxperlenee, and
did hjs warming up in his dressing room
MoW entering the ring, And Sharker
lasted about n round and a ralf.
I remember that Bob, flushed with .u6
cess, leaned oyer the ropes nnd beckoned
vigorously to Jim Jofferles to come up
and be challenged, but Jim merely
laughed and shook , his head.
After another few years I saw nob
tep twenty spiritless rounds, with George
Gardner in San Frahcl.eq and safd' td
myself right then. "My what a larnortt-,
able falling away," ! ,
Two year, later, it was (n 1900, I aw
Fltxslmmons slide from Jilr chair In a
state pf coma after completing thirteen
rounds with Jack O'Brien, and it occurred
to me then that It .would be a good thing
If there were a law debarring pugilists
from following tholr vocation when they
were manifestly on -the down grade.
Satldrst rirtute at
It has been the wrltr's lot to witness
severnl such fights. One Was when feter
Jackson crumbled In front, of Jim Jef
fries and another when. . Fra,nk Slvln,
one of the most rugged and effective
fighters of his day, lurched and reeled
thl. way and (hat under the Influence of
punches administered by Joo Butler, a
negro heavyweight.
But the saddest thing I saw in that
line was merely a photograph of such a
Bte?.,V"awA5 Aus,raJla- " deleted
Bob Fltislmmon. flat on his hack In the
Jtrong glare of the antipodean auri. his
a dead Indian on bier, and over him
he form of Bill i-B, tt man ,0 W
EPS. y the rft(r' U "rt bLhffl
of flstl.na the world around.
i.uJV,bt ? Ton W,U a mM wo
. determined as Flttilmmlpns, and
ho rolnt. to th fact that ht I. pre-
bright bet'lh0ttMnd- otdo" that h.,
He 1. aaklng the New Tork boxln
.now s tn: j B,vo h,m -5?x
now that he know, what ho Is talklnir
bout and It may be an opening w I "b,
made for him. In such case It w be
In Urestlng to watch how h acqulta "lm!
Doherty to Take Up
, Lawn Tennis Again
NEW TOItK. Jan. t.-The report that
XI. U Doherty intend, to t.keVllwn
.hISi" ltm "1? ,nUr ta- he campion,
hip. hM excited deep Interest in the
Unnl. world. It . true that II, u pro
PMod to pracuce the game .erlously th
fm il,T lt h6 cn capture that
form which carried him to victory .6
often In the past, but whether he will
enter for the ehnmplonhp. or not will
ontlrely depend on the result of such a
test. A d.votlon to golf for the la.t a.ven
years may have had the effect not only
of impairing- ths .kill with which In Uie
pa.t be wa. endowed, but. may a.o have
cau.ed a serious lot. of that mobility
which i so essential in lawn tennis.
Derrick Looks Gootl o Some.
vS-vn " C'e Defricfc did not please
rh,a?ciuwh"? Joints to land Uie
hrttop t"?11 w,th the New York
,T rim?,'ihe ,Jl0e. PPrntiy won
H!e l?iUon of Charles i. Ebberts of
the Brooklyn club, fpr the Dodgers are
niwrmVofWtrrBrik?K
' I . " "1 "
Iaa; Pltcklnir staff.
J?,5rk Pt T1" 1,av ventn
pitchers in line when the Senators ko
outh-Johroon, Groom, Hughe.. Both
Il. Engjl. Bhaw. AVre. Bentler. GalUa.
Jlarper, Hedgepeth. Ixve. O. Williams,
SartoB. Dawton. Muster and the ancient
llr. Altrock. Griff, by the way.T. thi
first American logue manager to claim
(Spit year's pennanjj
WINTER BASE BALL IS SLOW
Not Many Player Are Ruthin? Into
Frint -with High Prices. .
WERE DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
Same of the Grrntmt Men that V.-rwr
tinievA Any Jjeasroe Lookrd
Impnirallile ' nt ' First
Rlnncr. ,
Dr FRANK (. JIK.NKH. ,
NEW YOjlK, Jaii S,-Whats the .matter
with these base boll playing geezers any
way? Don't they know1 that .the w'lnter
league Is open and thai, they are sup
posed to participate In the (tamed? Here1
we are, more than two months' away from
the spring training camp dnys, and not
one of the- aforementioned geezers- has
riisi-ed Into pr'nt with an announcement
that . wants a few m'lllon ,kqpecks for
" 7""' V" "T" co.umns escn
."?W 'nB n K"J! Mt 'tm M when
nolod -s tossing anything In 111. general
rtc,,on ' . a
"tilling nnil AVnanrr. . '
Kverv tlmft George Stalling, now man
tT f lne "oston Braves, hears the
nm? '."" Warner, the great Plr.te
shortstop, the said George almost weep'.
1''" Ke twenty years ogp, Qeorce,
then manager of a major leagtio team.
fixed- up a deal whereby he -was- to have
the pick, at tho end of the season, of
any man on the Patersbn. N J.. team.
Ktalllngs decided to take an Inflelder
named Iieldrlck, a graceful limbed ath-.
lete. -
"I dqn't want to dictate your choice,"
said the manager of the- Paterson club.
mil if I were in' your place", I'd take
f'ho fellow Wagner,
'ho rough.
He's a djamond In
"'"li'iBB took one. ook at the' clumsy.
wwrd Person named Wagner and gig1,
fled.
"Hny, that guy I. too clumsy to, even
mind the bats," said mailings. "He
might do In the minors, but ho'l never
bo any good' In tho majors. He's too
slow and too clumsy."
"All right; Mr. 8talllngst" said tho
Patewon manager "Just suit yourself.
Only I think that some' dAy you'll regret
that y6u.d!(Jn't tako this 'Wagner follow,"
The Wagner referred to w.s the peer
less II6nus. , - .
,,, on Amos rttnlr.
When Amoe IluMe. regarded by many
tin the greatost pitcher that ever stepped
Into the. box, became a .Grant, ho was a
country bpy. fro.h from ihfarm, Thl.
led his- teammate, to perpetrate many
jokes; nt his expense,
One of-the fl-st came abojlfwheri thi
team mad0. a trip to Boston soon i'tiei
nuleJolnd. -... ,. r -
The trip was made at n!4hr mi iu.
Jsland Bound boot., Hurdly. were! tha
men Hbroad when several went bvef U
and discoursed, solemnly on tW'Ja'ngoH
of .th trio. ,
''Amoij" they . told him flriaIlyV"t6 'pro-
ItlL.W"' ou' mu,t t"P tw6" life
hressrVer on you. Do It rtow. Arid jJo'ri't
lwi;ihil,fl:untu we're Bilfey
fctthe Fail ttlvcr pier." .
nu.le'tronce hustled rodnd. found 'two
big life belt and,. ..(rapped .them around
himself. He walked (nto t)ie dining room
with them on. Ho. promon.ded the-deck,
and walkea through the. 'b! cables with
theACorkJ-strapped around, his chesf. And
he .lector tried to rIp, with the'.llfe
preservers belted ahiund hln.
The climax camo at Fall TUver. Fearing'
that, the boat might-even s(nk at , Its pier,
tlusle rtrused to take the. corks off herl
the.' boat wBa tying "up. Ke .attempted tb
iVaik across jho gapg plank, with them
on,; hUt,,Wtt halted by 'b'no' of, tho .hip's
ofdQlal. , ,
"Say, vnu can't, get away' Willi' thiso1
cocks-put 'm baok,') ordered tho pumr'
Jle grabbed' im.l.'but big Amos brnlce
away rushed duwa, the gang' tilank?' Kit
a.to the. nler. JThpn and 'only then-did
he-unstrVp the corks. . .
r , f ' "r"1 i;ref irers. jie
yelled. throwing'Uhe-cprltji back aC the.
PHrr. ' "r .don't'want 'm-ariynioro.'n,jri
safCi on lapd' now."- ' ' v
Hott Hum Hyntt Uel'pe.l.
Thli is n. talo.or how Ham Hyatt.' the
Wrate Plncfi-hitteh. became n hero because-ha
dd a, little ciisslng:
Mike Mitchell. Max Cai'er and Owen
yltnn. wKb' consUtUted the Pirate out.
field at Various times last stason, never
use profanlfy. dne day a fly ball' wW
drlyen between Mitchell and Wilson.
Spmohow, "Hiey got their signal. "crossej
nnd the ball landed safe. OnVov ru.'hr
over to bacfc up the ply ana foo.led th"
unn as ii pounaeq toward him.
A. a re.ult'. two runner, crossed .in
Plate, When the' ba finally was thrown
back, to- "tho pltcherTa ibox tho trio" f
outfielders .tob,ooklng ct each o'tlicj!.
purpling wth re. 'Tilled with dsgut
and with their lip. fqcrolns word, that
me non-prorane up. dared not utter.
Ju.t then llyah, hustling from the nih
house passed by, ' ,
"Hey Ifarrtj oh,. Ham" yelled MltcMl.
"you .aw" -wh-at Just happened. Wo can't
say what we'd like to, but we think "the,
.ituatlon jul(les some remark, fomrf 1
you mind. Mapj, saying a little some
thing; to rclbv our feellng.r "
itam 0ta-jjd did It well, too.
Klnm iHfl Cattish. i
One pf tl) my.ttirtea of base baU. (at
"Why doe nill .iqeni, National l.acyt
umpire, ,obJ:t to being palled ,r'catfliit"
Bill n,ver he. vouched ; an an.WerK but
th fact wrn'ajos! that. It. almost. Rft
much aa n C.vIUn- life Is worth to
rnentlpn (he word "catfish" wltK Bl In
the neighborhood, jvhlle as for a oall
Player, wU "'. .;., '
tt summer la. New ork mVmVer,
p? ,th vistting- utrrr aft.r -Klrn('f(4 1
made a dct.l6n aalnstx iilnj; rloo(ce4 in
the 'gepraV dfrecttoTv i ItletrVand raiir
mured onithl,nv about, "pitfi.hir. 'K(f
whirled aroutttf, otaftd h,f lager a'f the
Player,-rt4 .rsVfd' ' " ' v
"Von to JJj, ctwb )oa '
This. Irritated the teammat.s' of, (he
chased, player, so .they e about' heog.
ling BUI. Jrt thejrdtigou they began a
oonrrmMon .Jn whlcfi one ' faction-de.
clared It was ytrr.toni. of 'catfish and
the other tat that catfish wrei't "t
to eat Ixjudir and louder grew' the cat
fish, argumtrij uotll ;u revhed, Klim'a
ear.. At vnce he Wl(ed the game,
walked over, toward, the bench. . glaring
at two ot the .nJffers ho Just then -wsre
debating loudly" W the, cart Uh Question.
Bill snarledi . '
ley, you two-the fjuvi. hbuw. for
you," and tien locking at. the. rest of
th men pi the'berith'WJth .j c0td;.hhy
eye. Bill said; .
"Tou fellows keep that. talk up another
minute and you'll xo a (he cfub bouse
The
BWWil "MP ' "WW IN it ffHIIIeislHielllMMil'lail
The Bhamrock .rvt Isn't built yet. but
Blf Thomas Llpton himself .ent'out
this picturo of her tho sketch may be'
taken to. bo fairly acoursto and reliable.
The big racer is shown with short moats
and, small, .alls, such as Would be used If
she crossed the ocean tike her predeces
sors. These moat, and sails .would tie re
FODf BALL 'DOCTORS BUSY
Ekoh Hai .R'ini for the Better-
meat or the dame.
ADVANCE VARIOUS THEORIES
Wotild AliollsJl tho Pant-Oat, boot
KIcUIbk ond Woktd Keep All
PtAyeV Nawbered Dor
' t Inc'eHtvst.;
NEW YOUKf iikt -'8.rtTad Jones.
former star nuartefbaek v.! 'ht.
made a suggestion -to trfo feol ball rules
.committee 'for consideration when that
body convenes here early this year to
consider the playing code. Jones' suit.
gektlon .relates -to the ktcklnt- of n, nni
.after. (.otichdaWn, "has .been made, and
lie advances good reports for a change.
H argue., that the ball iKdtild He Kicked
from a. spot directly In Una with the
place- wHre the ball wag downed when
the'itbucruidWn;,. w.s , madB. ' in other
W6rd ,h; would. rthioV t0' privilege or
i puhMUt, W.hlehls :B6 pepUl When the
touchdown Is ndt 'mdj close 'tb the. goal
posts.
Jones contends' that the punt-out la not
copipetltlvq qid, herico'lt should he-Ve nq
lila'te .rtv'f;oot bilL vTliere is practically
no' defense for'lt, and, It 'depends entirely
on a. very klfoyt amount of. kicking skill
oiy.oUe .de,.the OttWr team' .elng , unable
to pVrTinV th6klc''qr'',t").'catoh.;, As a
goai.i fpllow.Ihg ,a tduiJhdow.noccMlonally
decides a'.glm.,- Jones figures that the
team which can put thebajl behind the
poits ha,no mor Vhohce t)ian the teani
which scores near- tho 'sideline, the punt-
;
Who's -Who 'm
ThOiWtiarWMd .Ctpff WHJiiK,
BrootiT JtK vfhlch won the thre Ue
room-JI, jrhlcli won tho th
rlnhoJnCnps' a'nd.'r.et
cord,prv.S;C0 xpr pne1 loll'e
p
world'ii '
reco
U.J1U u
qunrter Apn. ,hlrU ro el
rurlbniiji.lrt liJHi, and foplegA'whlih
covertd ,pr)'mlle Uhd. twenty yard'!
aru?yrrii, rhiud.iDhla ath
TO? $mv "Vld'l ,hon
'Colllm
Frank :kpr aha'jTlW'eA rhpa .
sold tVweJflyn1. for' tne "rccdrd vtth,
of :ieea ' . Vy ' w '
.eea
xmk 1 .a.its-'w.uHcf '& 1 van
howihXlri, .n. fforrti WHUamV and
HajoU' H H'aOcett, -whfl grained th.
Da.vlcij; 'M.Loughlln. 'who wo.a th'
hattqnM'llttjei.ltrp-6r eond tlmo
and refafned Utle lo doubles with T.
C Dundytis. Mary Brown, winner
of women's hl6n.'l sn;,e.s ..titie.
Rouble, with Un IU tArwiillams. n(l
rplge 4o)ihlef wjth W, T.- Tllderl.
Olir 'Jppttrt .TeaalirJobn Ptrachnn.'
whp'iwpn'tha slrtal. champlfoshlp and
with "Clarence, qrif tin wo'njthe doubles
chariiillonshlp. ' ' '
ofFrancls ' 3, 'Oulm.t, who
taftltd wrtd r. -.pofts iy winning ,
natlorua.optrt charnplon'shlp, dsfeatlne
VordWaaa: JJay; Jeremo D.- Traver.
wlrirtirofainateuf. metropolitan apl
Kew-vJoraey. titles"; Miss Olady1.
)Uveh.cxot"jf Jingland. Wlpner of thf
. i y r . .1
"wntii .f..nrsjnpionsrip.
: r 'FuU of
TatVo;ief4i'Alelii0h- Swimming Duke. Rahanarnoku of oloLwhaS;our'
VAMXoifoli! KMehmatnon. ilawjill. who,.st new .wqrld's.raCords "HWhitriey:, krry IWatury,
J"tV( KVlal..or for to. 76 and 100, ,yaVd's; iW, Mc- . WaterbVrV.,:iP,d ytrilffinV:
acfittJffit&M&X, vrho OUllvray of-illnols AUleUccluu'wh;o t whb'suS.sfc ;SS38R
et neijrorfd, Tdrd. ' . estaMlshe'd records for'- eV' ,and 800 tionai; cup;. ..- jj'VS- $ v v;- ."
iSiHRMSS iaaa-Harwhlch'Mh. '.
UiMSmWSiMdJ -Chares Edw.rd -Brickley tot KMr-'t Aocu,v
J S&i&m&-s 3.ted Tfale. bricking pre IroqWi. ahg.-,w3tiir,; fogffii
ffi3 J.j3te,VBJ5 eVftpm field. ChlcV wjUeh Won . ift p&JtuW Jowphi
league . at thft'.batii TOddte 'Colllni -vr ''' " fouri
Shamrock IV in Ocean
JT2!FSr - r
T 7
moved on the American side and sho
would then be fitted with tall, tapering
steel spars and an enormous spread of
canvas.
out putting the teams on even term,
for the try or a goal. Thus there is no
premium placed on getting' the ball over
the' line at' what should btfthe-mbst ob;
Jectlvo, point.' '
WpolVAbolUh VlcUlnff.
Some have adyahced the radical, tlioory
that the gpal kjckfng feature, should be
abolished, but Jope.' jiojds no such view.
HB believe. In tho kjck, but un.der morl
difficult conditions than have ruled for
several years. j. , '
The. question, of decreasing the vnlgo ot
thi goal from placement or the drop kick
has again been brought forward, but no
change Is' likely to be made. Tho 'groWlnT
tendency to score' In this manner led firs)
to" the value.' of the klclc being 'reduced
ifrom four points to throe, so two kicks
would not be worth more than a touch'
down and goal following. Then the valuo
of a touchdown1 was raised' so that two
'kicks would-nnt-be worth as much as ope,
touchdown, and arool. With the. safetj
.counting two points It. would be unfair
to reduce the value of a drop klok With
out employing fractions as. a drop -kick Is
certainly wor,tti oro'thnn' a", goat aftej;
touchdown. Thus a lll'al nrrnntrmr.t 'nf
the scoring p?sibilltles' neceosHates' a.
field goal .counting ,-, tli'ree points. Th
present system qr scoring- bIx pplnts for
a touchdown ' and one point' for" a goal
has been more popular than either the.
Kour-ond-.two or' the flve-ahd-one point
system which preceded the 'preseJit rat
lng'and no oninge in' this' feature. g de
sired. Welcome IVaiutier Test. '
Thatthe numhering of players will
again f ome up for discussion at the rules
committee' meeting Is an Assured fact
Last year the foot ball ''doctors" held it
long conference on this point, and though
; v- t :
the World of Sports
AthHtih lllba mdrt. rnff!. ni Rrvkr.A
vnrtlfl And rin ytiIIa
. Trottinr-Peter, Vblo, which iestab- '
oitag JacH Johnson. , heavy
weight 'champion, although PnuteV
hajls Sam Langford as'thV.ew. king
Willie fcUchi.' Ughtwefsht .champion).
'Jqhnny Kllbine, ffathcrwelght' ebam
Ijlon; , Johnny Toulon, bapamwelght
champion,. t ,
X9wUg.01bMe7ofJ,)?on Jawing
cub, Toronto, by Mrtus yf victory
, oe,r. Edw.rd B. Butjer.vln.'1th senior
snte,culls. oyer the trultlcn N&.
tlonal aMocJatlen d(lar)'ce of . one
mile and a quarter, College varsity
eights, Syracuse; Vafslty fQUTSr.
Cornell: freshman luht
Orois-CoaBtry JRnasisg Abftl R.
iCIvlat ot 'the 'Irlsh-Amertcaln thle'tlc
clqb winner of the naOQntl champloo-
ship, arid Hanne. Kofehmalnen l the
Irish-American Athletic club winner
of .the metropolitan championship: R
St, ,B, Boyd, of liarvrdi winner of
Intercpllegtate championship, "and Cor
nell university, which won the team
ml?.
f
the W-rhlUMnternat'loiiM ny, at XuA-f rrt TSS0!
' . : ' -'...u " w.. " , . w . .
. wonthe Qrnnd Prt. In FrtLrfce, Marshal.- 'nny.of' fhw
ri auoy unarnDioninirL
Rig
The shape of the
Shamrock is being kept very secret. Sir
Thomas even employs no' married men.
because he Is afraid they might- confide
In their wives. Meanwhile four American
bijats are building. One' of these, the
victor Irf the elimination trials, will meet
the Upton craft in American waters, next
September.
the majority Voted 'against "making- it a
rule, all.ajcreed that a,tet would bo.wel
cOrned. ' t)urt,mouth made the first move
among tjio big' elevens of the' cast, and
spectators at' the 10(0 grounds, when the
Green eleyeji played (He Indians, 'Were
Tiiost agreeably surprised of the resultii.'
Parke Davis. .Prlnceion'j representative
on the miles committee, spoke strongly n
favor of th eystcni at . the last meeting,
and is still a strong advocate of tho
plan. In tho west and south the. plan was
tried out byvaome, bf the leading elevens
and 'the, results were the same ns In. tho
case of Dartmouth .In the east. The'agita-
ftlon In favor of numbers was so strong
during the laac season that tt seems only
a question df a year 6r' two before' the
, plan wjll -bo universally adopted. The
rules committee has the task of popular
izing tho game even more than, at present,
and nothing will add more'to foot ball's
popularity than the numbering system.
! DRIVES. COLE MANY MILES
; WITHOUT jJJN&ING GEARS
With ho hioeppailnt effort than It
"take to- maintain ' a"; copfortable pace
over, a smooth,. Jevel highway, a" Cole
four-oyllnder touring carJwas.driven rbni
tiidlanapolli 'to, Terre Haute last '-tyeek
without .the. driver "once' shlttfpg from
high gear, The trip; .made at a speed
cbnsfst'erit with the Changing chirniftet;
Of, tho roads, .consnmett ajlgh'tiy lss thoii
three hours. . t
There 'Is "nothing pa-rUcutorly startling
In tho t foot- that the .ivtoty-tWo-mUe
drive, was' made, in-less than 'three,, hours,
Hut there 4s.. a significance In the 'fait
that 'tne driver, 'Xndeniin, kep"t thd
car in high gear from. the',mnute ho
left until his 'de8tlnatl6a,' was reached.
o-irtinsWwitllahYK'nftrtrVhHtl.
, dPhia,.wKo ro. aper'fect) sbora.' (n
Ahirripftn .'T)nwrlic rAMiv.i' , ..i-.1-."
b d'itoTOik nt'SbH3II
Mote aoatlBK-i:. XfunWVv V.,idir-s
Maple iMf- XV, j41nnri.uf".1lntarna
tl4aa pwn f.orlglap,se.lUngiKorId'
record of aijeftfor'a.itrnllpsi.
-rjrrneeA 'aierb'ijrf ,
winner of natl6h,al 'maUur: ehmi
Pl9nship'.i Ja. Solitary wijuvir ofT
worlds PfOfeMlpnaj' title uidtatlohI.
ehawplonshlp.
Oonrt Twa-rJ'.y "ft'oiild. vinnsr"
of national atnateyr Hiharrilonahrpi
Jay Gould and W. "H. Xs Juhn.. wirj
ntr or national dc-uldea cha,ropion.hlp,
JMUiarBwnUeoppe,'' Jiotdef "of
world's chariiplonshlp ar botlj lMrand
llii balkllnerJosVph.-MAyfr, winner Jf
national amateur bhaniploh.hlp.
' ' -i- -, - )
roek.t . lUUrds-r-Beniy 'AUeo.
holder otvPfofessional 'championship:
I. 'iloward Sfioeirioker holder of" ama
teur title.-
4ah T.sai. George . Whitney,,
' winner of nailbnal amateur champion
ship: JojsfsJi O. Ixiwe. ,xvmnerof ni'-.
tlonal amateur handicap,
MANY AFTER DAYIS COP
Seven Nations Will Likely Enter
Tennis Race.
WILDING ANtf DOUST IN LINE
In All Probability They Will Be
Chosen, to llnttle for Knwlnnit In
' Effort to Lnnrt World's
Honors.
NEW TOIUC, Jan. 3. SeVen countries
entered for the. eliminating competition
for the Datfs cuplast year, lt Ib scarcely
llkefy that the field will 'be smaller-thrst""6 of. heavyweights seems to be rather
year. Bepo'rtfi td.hand from South Africa ' for fetched upon looking over" past pcr
ond Canada already reveal' wide interest formances. A careful consideration of alL
In tho event nnd artoetermfnatlon to nd
vanee the-, InUrrmtional 'posltlgn of tho
respective, cbolrfca. (inllthBes from
Engl&nd, Australasia, ifrnnca nnd Ger
may rnny be lakerj- for granted. Belgium
is likely1 to compete again, and the re
turn of Austria to the contest may be
anticipated with some confidence. The
draw, does, not take, placo In New Tork
until eftrly In March, and between thnn
and now the various countries will be
able to tako stock ot their resources and
review the situation.
We already khbw that Messrs. Wilding,
Brookes, Dunlap nnd Doust will in all
probability b nvallabte for Australia and
though lt is possible that the stamina of
Mr. Brooks Is hot so good as lt was six
years ago when he wan' last In Europe
the strength of Australia in singles Is
undeniable. Whether Mr. Brooks will
partner Mr. Wilding or Mr. Dunlap In
doubles In -not. likely to be settled until
near the beginning. of the season.-
Messrs. Brookes, and Dunlap nre a
sympathetic pair who have a very fine
record In Australia; they only lost one
'set during the visit of the British team In
1912-13. But the opposition then arrayed
.against them was not quite of tho high
est caliber, and we are Inclined to think
that,, at Wimbledon at all events, Mr.
Brookes will find the present champion a
stronger partner. , Mr. Wilding Is not
only quicker about" the court than Mr.
Dunlop. but hie return of service is more
penetrating: and though he Is not quite
so rellahle or so resourceful overhead
nor uses the lob volley so delicately his
volleying generally has become much
firmer and more decisive In the last two
years". Messrs. Brookes and Wilding, It
may be recalled, won the doubles cham
pionship at Wimbledon In 1W7.
It Is not Inconceivable that when the
trial of strength comes Mr. Brookes, who
will presumably captain the Australasian
team, may decide to reserve himself ex
clusively for singles. He has never borne
the strain of five-set matches with per
fect composure.
Wlliltnit nnd Point Likely.
Should the ex-champlon stand down
from, the doubles It Is possible that
Messrs, Wilding and, DoUst might be- the
combination selected. They are, at pres
ent holders of the covered court doubles
championship., and, as was .shown at
Queens club last eprlng and" subsequently
at Deauvijje. am a team of great ability
and power. Indeed, tt would be difficult
to name at the present 'time any couplo
who .could with confidence expect to beat
them. 'We should , even doubt the capa
city of Messrs. Brookes and Dunlop to
achieve that result. There Is no pair In
England or .on the continent who would
be. quite, their match. Messrs. Mclaugh
lin and Bundyi. the present American
champions, ml'ht possibly succeed in
their own country.
Except that, the challenge round will he
decided In America, probably either In
New' 'York .of .Prlladelphla, we con know
nothing definite "nbout the scene of next
year's 'International matches until tho
draw has been made. That the majority
of the eliminating ties will take place In
'Europe, s a reasonable, supposition.
Should. Australasia ' draw Great Britain.
In the first round,, or, should the twa com
together Jn. the. second round, s, deeply,
Interesting match -may 'be-' played at Wlm
bledon., Incidentally we should see Mr.
Pjtrke opposed to .both Mf. Wilding and
Mr., Brookes on the center court. Of
course, it, .la possible and may beibe
dtenied .practicable, for jnore .than one of
the cliollenKlnff team's to come to. Now
I'ork ajjd there, decide tho question as ta
w)i!ch shall .oppose, America. ' Canada,
for .example, Would .naturally prefer to
fletermlne,,Kervfaite'on "tb'e courts of her
next door' neighbor.
Says-Automobile
Should RunMany
Thousand Miles
What should, be he life .of on auto
mobile? . '
While .the. man who can afford to fol
low ,fads, fancies and style, cares noth-
lpg for volue received would answer
one tiling. the average, motorist, regard
ing his automobile as a utility, would
answer quite another. He believes in
wearing out the old before taking on
the new, and expects years of service
at a good average .mileage.
. According to the experience of a gen
tleman In Santa Ana, Cal., an automo
bile ought to run t,000 miles and then
some. This man is II. Clay Kellogg, and
he! bases hla opinion oh the service he
has secured from a model H, four-cylinder
Cadillac, bought seven years ago,
anil still rurinlng. Mr. Kcllogg's car has
rolled up Cp,0Ci) rnllos. Sometimes Mr.
'kcllpfg 1. asked when he is going to
buy a new car, and he retorts, "Why
should I? In spite of Its reat mileage,
the car Is stll running as well a. over,
and I see no reason why it should not
continue. In fact, I expect to total more
than JOO.O0O mIes"
Yra, Kverrbody neiuenibera It.
W. A. Phelton says that the Giants lost
the world's series because of the bad
breaks. The New York, did make some
horribly bod break, at that. f we re
member correctly. We hove a. vague re
membrance of. Merkle having done some
thing In the way of ''breaking."
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Big Fiasco at Nevada Metropolis
Has a Far-Reaching Effcot.
LOOK AT IT DIFFERENT NOW
Winners of floats Are Xot Condoned
of Their Ku tilts mid Accorded
Itespect thnt .Fans Used
to Give Them.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 The generally ac
cepted Idea that present day white hopes,
do not' begin, to compare with the old
, the lacts indicates inai u is mo pom oi
view regarding pugilism that has
changed rather than the quality of
brawn and muscle.
That hcrrible fiasco at Reno had more
far teaching effects than has been
realized. For one thing, lt brought about
a great change In tho manner of treat
ing boxing on tho sporting pages.
Whereas formerly all was to glorify the.
boxer and glaie over his faults, the pen
dulum swung to the opposite .extreme,
following the shock and disappointment
that resulted from the boosting of Jer
frles out of all proportion to his merits.
With tho laudable intention of enliven
ing his column, some sporting para
graphor recently hit upon what might
bo termed a verbal slapstick forrn of
humor. This form of setting laughs, re
quiring less mental effort than any
other, has been widely copied. It merely
requires a victim for a few sarcastic re
marks, and the white hopes, providing
ready material, have suffered in con
sequence, often Justly and often unjustly.
Tho obvious excuse for hitting every
head in sight is, of course, based on the
alleged fact that the present day boxers
are a lot of hopeless Incompetents when
compared with the old timers. But this
Idea, when followed to its logical end
would Indicate that the Anglo-Saxons
have changed to a race of weaklings,
overnight, a conclusion that Is manifestly
Incorrect.
Are n Fnlr AVeraa-e.
That the white hopes are an Incom
petent lot may be true enough, but on
an average they are no worse than some
of the old timers whoso names will live
In pugilistic history.
Practically oil the present set of
"hopes" had their counterparts ten
years ago. To compare William with.
Jeffries 1. held to be a ridiculous pro
ceeding, but 'it can be done with rather
surprising results. For Instance, could
Jeffries shoot a straight left with more.
speed, force or precision than Wlllard
can? He could not. Did Jeffries have a.
better uppercut or straight right than
Wlllard has? There Is nothing to show
It. Did Jeffries have better footwork or
any footwork at all, for that matter?
Not when he fought Sharkey and Cor
bett at any rate.
willar'd's one fault is that he lacks
aggressiveness, but Jeffries was little
better. When he met Sharkey he planted
himself In tho center of the ring and
never moved from the spot save when
Sharkey's rushes forced him back. Tow
ering a full head over his opponent.
Jeffries allowed his chunky little antag
onist to make all the fight. He hardly
risked a lead In the whole encounter.
And Sharkey, showing less Intelligence
than tho poorest of the "hopes," dashed!
himself on tho giant's fists In wide open
Btyle. A more boneheaded proceeding
could hardly be Imagined. If a present
day heavy were found guilty of such fool
tactics he would be laughed to scorn.
Tet Jeffries could not knock Sharkey
out,, showing that he was not a won-
derful hitter by any means, for Fltz
slmmond had stopped Sharkey with one
punch.
Smith linn Tllnr dinner.
Again, when Jeffries met Corbett at
Coriey Island, he showed' al" the : re1
slveness of a cow chewing her cud in
the. 'pasture. For ovev twenty rounds
Jeffries was deaf to the tearful plead
ing of. his second's to do a little fighting.
Finally, by a fortunate circumstances,
he caught his opponent unprotected, and
tho extremely fragile Corbett crumpled
up a la Bombardier Wells. For this Jeff
was halted as the wonder of wonders.
For Fltzslmmon. wo now have Gun
boat Smith. In comparing these men It
must be remembered that Fltz was prob
ably; the greatest fighter not only of hla
own', but of all time. Smith little more
than Fitzslmmons, yet he can drop the
Ed Dunkhofsts of today with as little
ceremony as FItx wasted over such mat
ters. It took Fitzslmmons years to de
velop his cunning generalship. At Gun
boat's age he had no such record as
Smith can boast of.
In p'ace of. Choynskl we now havo
Levlnsky. The latter rwis ai poor second,
but it is doubtful of Walcott uould have
knocked him out And Levinsky ls ydung
wlth his future all before him.-
Maher and Rodel resemble each other
In that both have sought the floor when
gloves arrived too fast for their liking
Rodel has no such wallop as Peter car
ried, but he can box as well, if nofbet
ter. Gus Ruhlln made some noise In his
t'me. but he would not be Invincible If
alive and at his best today. The second
and third raters of the two periods offer
no basis for comparl'oi, but without
doubt there Is no difference between
them.
Cole I)ae to Make Good
King Cole, drafted by Now York from
Columbus last fall, is expected to jnako
good in the American league next season.
Though this rcpiainB to be shown, it is
said that there are several clubs willing
to pay a good price for the privilege of
taking Colo off Manager Chance's hands.
Kxlilbltlon Gnme.
Two exhibition games will be played
by the New Yorka with the Philadelphia.
Nationals In Philadelphia on April 8 and
9. The New Yorks' game scheduled for
April 8 with the Brooklyn has been can
celed and April 7 has been substituted.
The New Yorks will nlav In BaltlmorA nn
April 10.
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