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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH ill, 1915.
MICHAEL GIBBONS IS CHAMP
St Paul Phantom It Leading Light
in Middleweight Circlet, Says
Expert Bingsid.
AX M COY HAS NARY A 'CLAIM
Br mwGamrc.
NEW TOHK, March SO. TIn.IT, fight
fan. the new middleweight champion of
the worl.l Michael Gibbons of St. Paul.
Minn. Oibbors la hereby award by ec
tlsmallen the title which ha been In
ibo ranee ever since dashing Stanley
Ketrhel met lila untimely end atthe
hands of an assassin.
There have been claimant! and coun
ter claimant of the much abused mid
dleweight championship, but none ha the
rlvrt hold on the diadem that Michael
. Gibbons possesses. Without the aid of a
voluble manager, Glbbona ha managed
to flaht hi way to the apes of the mid
dleweight ladder: and now he la the soli
tary ocenj-ant of the topmoat runs;.
tesplt piotestatlons from Al (Rudolph)
McCoy, or hia loquacious manager. Dan
Morgsn. we herewith award the palm to
Glhhons; and It will take an elastic
Imagination tn show cause why Olbboaa
should not be proclaimed king of the
middleweight. The division has been In
muddle since Kotchel' demise, and for
the first time a clear, unobstructed path
la risible with Mike Glbbona alone
promenading down that path.
Pcveral month ago there were quite a
number of joung men' eligible for the
l.V-poiiod championship, although even
at that time Gibbon appeared to have 4
sinecure on that honor. Jimmy Clabby,
i;Klle .McGoorty. Jack Dillon. YoUntf
Ahearn. George Chip, and even poor mis
guided Al McCoy were loud In their de
nunciation of those who dared look upon
Mike Gibbon a the peer of middle
weights. Now we will proceed to unravel the
skein of event that has earned for Olb
bon an undisputed hold on the title.
First we shall eliminate Al MoCoy, who
by stetdfastly refusing to fight auto
matically put himself out of ths running,
although he has to his credit a one-punch
knockout of George Chip. Fight fans
were willing enough to uphold McCoy tn
his contention that he should be acknowl
edged the legitimate champion, but Me
Coy gave hia adherents no support or
basis for argument as he was unwilling
to rngnge -In a real battle.
lias W Claim.
On past performance, aside from the
Chip Incident, McCoy has no" claim to
prestige. He takes an unmerciful lacing
for ten ' rounds at the hands of Mlks
Gibbons, who could have put out McCoy
at any moment had he been so Inclined.
o' exit, 'Mr. McCoy.
Jack Dillon and yoursg Ahearn must
next he considered, and they can be dis
missed In a few simple words. Both have
outgrown the middleweight poundage of
1JS pounds ringside, and thus end their
pretention to the title. It Is doubtful If
either could make the scales quiver at US
pounds at any time, of the day of cham
pionship fight '.
True. Dillon and Ahearn were seriously
considered as middleweight championship
icib!ittins, but that was a few months
back, before they graduated Into the light
havywe!ght class.
That leave Chip, Clabby and MoOoorty
and Gibbons. When the field was left
open to thla formidable trio It wa aug
gested that a round robin of bout be
arranged, the ultimata winner to be ad'
Judged the champion. At the time thla
movement was In the Incubation stage.
c tabby was believed to have the best
claim to the 'middle" crown. , flo a battle
was clinched between ' Oibbons and
Clabby.
Clabby ' ray.
Ring loro tells us that Gibons "took"
flabby over the ten-round rout at a pace
tl.at made even the ailt-o'-the-wUp
Jimmy gasp for breath. Glbbona held
nothing In reserve and trounced Clabby
so severely that there was no discussion
over the winner. -
Kddie MtOoorty was nowthe only ob
. alacle t;i Gibbons' headlong rush toward
the championship goal. Besides ' being
icerely an opponent In the tlnaOnalch of
the elimination. McQoorty was an arch
enemy to the phantom Gibbons. For two
year a newspaper defeat by McOoorty
right hereln New Tork rankled In Mike'
mind. The latter claimed he was li at
the time of his Gotham meeting, and here
was his long-awaited opportunity to prove
to a fickle populace that he was telling
the truth.
Huff loo it to ssy that Mike vindicated
Mmself In a manner that left no doubt
In the minds of even the skeptics. He
whaled the "Oshkoh Whale" In very
on of the ten round they battled at
Hudson. Wis., a fortnight ago. Mot one
man at the ringside could even claim a
draw for McGoorty, so complete was
Mike's revenge.
Now, gentle reader, can you suggest
snyone le Gibbons must defeat in or
der to have a clear,' undisputed riitht to
the middleweight championship of the
world? We trust this explicit explanation
settle the middleweight problem that has
been perturbing rutlo followers for these
many years.
Rube Marquard andr
Perritt in Mutual
Admiration Society
Poll Perritt went to Marlln Springs a
stranger, but already h ha been able to
make common cause with oae of the
Giants. Some well wisher sent Poll a
flipping from a tit. Louis paper la which
richuyier Brtttoa, owner of tb Cardinals,
aa quoted as saying:
"J would not havs Perritt on my tear
gain under any circumstances. Me made
more trouble for me than any player J mity of opinion today among physician
1 ever owned Moreover. I wish to deny who hav had long experience In ex
the tumor that the Bt. Louis club has amlnlng college athletes seems to be that
" an ner ior ituo Marquard. We
do not aant Marquard.' He Is a 'nut.'"
Perritt and Marqunrd, oa reading the
flipping, framed a set or resolutions oon-
emlng the life of Schuyler Brtttoa, past
present and future, his character, ability
and disposition, nd passed It uaaui
inoualy.
ALEXANDEffsiGNST
HEAVE FOR P1TTSFIELD
. Raymond J. Alexander, brother of
Clover C. .Alexander, lias signed to beavs
for the PittsfWid club of the Eastern
stsorlatloB this year. Raymond tried out
with Omaha last year, tut failed te de
liver the guods. and the same acourred
Grand Island. Grover. howevar. took
i:e kid to Philadelphia, and be was sent
to Fyrai'use, wlter he did lalrly well, and
I'iiisfkld AXiKict him to b a star. Ray
iiKr.d is at present at Bt. Paul, Neb., the
buiite (f te Alexander family.'
jMENKE WRITES OF GOLF GAME
Bate Ball Expert's Thought Tarn
to the Links and He Relate,
a Few Incident!.
RETIYXS PUTTING AEGUMUJT
RyYflAWK a. ME.1KK,
Alma Whltaker. a Los Angeles golfing
expert, favors looking at the cup Instead
of the ball when putting on the green.
"When one throws a brick at a yowling
cat one looks at the cat not the brick,"
remarks Miss Whltaker.
High to!
Continuing In her argument that folks
mho look at the ball when putting are
doing things backward. Mis. Whltaker
ays:
"When you p'ay croquet you look at the
hoop not the ball. When you sew a but
ton on a shirt you don't look at the
needle. Tou look at the hole In the but
ton. When you bowl you look at the pin
not the hall.
"o why?" ask Miss Whttakev. "should
one reverse the general order In golfing?
Why should one do the backward thing
In golfing? The thing to look at Is the
goal not the Instrument that la to take
you to the goal."
Mis Whltaker' logic seems to u the
best that ever has been offered as an en
swer to the mooted ' question In golf:
"Should one look at the ball or ths hole
when putting?"
The Worat Ciolf goo re.
The worst golf score? Well, three fel
lows played a match game on the Garden
City iN. Y.) links last year during a
tournament of the 'Carpet Trade Oolf
association and If the score's they turned
In aren't of a record nature, show' ua
worse ones.
The "best'' golfer of the three nego
tiated the eighteen holes In 178; the next
best toiik Ul swats at the ball while the
third "blew" himself to 2M swings.
Mere Is the record of golfer No. 1. tha
fellow who hung up the record: .
I11 ---l-fl-n-l-l7-1.1o-1!S
In , -W-22-21-IA-1IUu'm!-i
When the trio of player turned In their
score to the secretary that official looked
at the cards, gasped, and then exclaimed:
nay, tell tna. how were vnu . faiim
able to keep track of all your shots?"
Oh, there wasn't anvthlna- har .h.t
that." answered the B man. "We didn't
have to count any higher than thlrtwna
at any one hole."
One on the Preside.
A golfer, writing to th Golfers' Ma..
xlne say that once un i.
w golfing with several member of the
house of representatives when President
Wilson caught up with the congressional
foursome.
The congressmen Invited tv-laon
through ploase." whereupon Wilson said
I feel some diffidence m driving through
so many members of ths house."
un oi the. eongresmen retorted:
"Mr. President, aren't yon accustomed
to driving through the House?"
Wilson looked sharply at hia ques-
mn- addressed Ms ball. But
nis snouiaera hook with laughter.
How to Treat a. FmAA-m.
Oeorg Maxey, a veteran caddy, writ
ing a pertinent article concerning ths re
lationship of golfer to caddy In the Ool
fer' Magaxlne, ssy n part:
"In eight year' experience a a caddy
Z have, noticed on thing which often
pussies club members. One man will
wae a rmnav ana alter tha vama win,
renort him -a .... v.
. . ' " .
day on. of hi. f.Mo; m.mbrwTa Zl
the am boy and report blm as being
. - .. '"Jrv oini a lng
wm ior nomuig.
"Tha reason Is that the flr-a- man
treated the boy well, took him Into tha
game, as It were, asked hi advice and
did not abuse him If b carried It out
badly. The second man . started out
wrong, exTluded the boy tjym the game,
blamed blm for bad shots, etc. The
first man may have started out with
Oood morning, son. The second prob
ably started out with "Where' my kid?'
"The caddy I human and nothing hi
employer says or doe escapee, hint. The
lrat man had the caddy tm his side from
the start. ' The second man aroused hi
antagonism with hi opening remark. The
best golf is secured only with the whole
hesrted assistance of the caddy.
"Th caddy can do more to Injure your
game than any one other' cause. If he
I against you, it were' better not to play,
for the thing he can devise,, to annoy
you are many."
Hard Training of
College Athlete is
Not Detrimental
ITHACA. N. T.. March la-Assuming'
that the college student who enters ath
letic makes a proper selection of the
sport In which he wishes to engage, fol
low rational method of training and
la subjected to adequate medical super
vision there Is no reason to fear for tha
effects of college sports on the average
student, according to Director CV V. P.
Toung, head of the department of physi
cal training at Cornell university. He
"Widespread discussion Is aroused Just
now won th question:' What are the ef
fects of training on the college athlete
In after Ufa? And a multitude of men
with practical experience In this line
differ widely tn their opinion on the sub
ject. : Dr. Sargent of Harvard says the
number of distinguished athletes, who
die from th Infectlou diseases will al
ways raise the question as to whether
the prolonged strain to which they have
frequently been subjected has not les
sened la soms measure their powers of
resistance galnt disease, while on the
other hand Dr. Anderson of Yale submit
data covering fifty years, which show
that tha Tale athlete does not die young,
but on tha contrary is pronounced by
actuaries of tnsuranoe compantea who
have examined th data a safer risk
than the nonathlete. The general una.nl
under proper condition 'and with proper
training, participation tn college athlete
1 of benefit to th college man." ,
Another Mob Enters
Army of Unemployed
. The dissolution at tha Atlantlo league
mean that about . 11$ player will be
turned loos oa . ths . base ball market
Tb organUattofi developed several play
era last aeaaea who showed promise.
Auong these were Beatty of Pough
keep!,' who Is now' at Marlln with the
-a ho I also with McGraw. HIU Tan.in
of Neaburg -has gons south with tue
Yankees, and also Aragon of Long
rtranch, abo led the.kague la hitting
with an average of .441 RomanaLii, the
Cuban shortstop, who once signed with
th Hrooklyn club, aaa a member of th
Long branch club,
Roger Bresnahan and Jimmy Lavender at
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Ill -:l-:$m?r v
TAMPA, Fla.. March 20. The Chicago
National league base ball club Is here for
spring practice and all the regulars and
a flook of recruits are working out daily.
As usual the Cub are chock full of
optimism and feel aura they will give
the Bsave a run for the pennant. Neither
JUMPING KOTjA NEW SPORT
Most Reliable Figure in Base Ball
Were Leapen in War Fif-
teen Tears Ago
FEDERAL RAIDS ARE MILD
NEW T0RK. March Jtt.-In these days
of spirited controversy between Organ
ised Ball and the Federal league over
th supposedly unpardonable, crime of
Jumping contracts. It Is only neceaaary to
I hark back fifteen years to learn that
r " " . -
afima Af tha IMAat Mnllfihla SniMa In tha
some oi me mosx r
f0rCM 0t ""'"J
Venr Be' Wh -W BOt fOW,, OB Mr Uch
nracnttMna at hnt lima. Tha nanaltv al.
proceeding at that time. The penalty at
tached to deserting I heavily dwelt, upon
In the present day wrangle, but, never
theless, many of ths biggest stars In the
National and American leagues showed
no backwardness aboilt leaping to the
American league when It waa formed.
Those who Jumped the National league
and landed very safely Include Nap La-
Jole. new with the Athletic; Bobby .Wal
lace of th Browns; VBIII Donovan, now
manager of th Yankee ; Jimmy Calla
han, formerly manager of the White Box;
Jimmy Collin of th old Boston Amer
icana; Bill Plneen. who Is now an umpire;
Doc White, formerly the southpaw of the
White Sox, and msny others.
The presont raid of the Federal on
Organised Ball I not nearly so sweeping
us the raid which weakened the ranks of
the National league la 1901, 190S and 1903.
In those three years, the National league
lost no less than 133 of their players. In
cluding ths greatest of their stare.
Tha Brooklyn club was the heaviest
loeer, . twenty-three players deserting.
Prominent among the Jumpers from
Brooklyn 'waa Pave Fults, the present
hesd of tse Players' fraternity, who waa
recalled from Milwaukee during the bas
ball war. but Ignored the call and Jumped
to I ha Philadelphia Athletics. Willie
Keeler was another and ao was Fielder
Jones, 'who ts managing the St " Louis
Feds.
The Plilllloa suffered a severe blow In
1901 when "Kd" Delehenty, Klmer Flick,
Monte Cross. "Red" Donahue and "Al"
Orth all made the leap. Harry Wolverton',
a former manager of the Yankees, also
Jumped at this time. Quite a bunch also
Jumped the Giants at that time Including
Mlk ' Grady. "Vruile"' Mercer.' ' "CV"
fieymour and' "Kid ", Gleason. ' George
Davis, the manager, also skipped out, but
Jumped back the following year. " l
Ne less a 'figure than Christy Mathew
son also took' the Jiunsx In May of 1903,
"Matty" and Dummy Taylor. 8ammy
Strang' and: Frank: Bowsrman, who had
Jumped 'the ' OlanU, 'ail returned Th
Yankee la 'the' war - got two 'of Pitts- j
hurgh'a best player when Jimmy Wil
liam :and Jack t'neabro . Jumped the ,
Pirates. ; J I : i . ' . i , '
So It can readily be seen that tumrtng
contracts Is ne ' new accomplishment of i
ball players, including the beat and the
worst of them.' " ' '
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TWO, HAWAIIAN TEAMS ARE
TO INVADEJJNITED STATES
Turn about 1 fair play 'and ball team
from th mainland, having ' visited .the
Hawaiian Island !aM winter, now the
Hawaiian are going to do. a bit of tour
ing themselves. a letter from .J,.' D.
Iastoa or it Ho, Hawaii, state that , a
team of Chines player will make a trip
to th Philippine and Japan, leaving
Honolulu oa April 1 Another team of
part Chines and part Hawaiian already
has left Honolulu for a tour of th state
and Cuba It sailed from Honolulu on
March i. Baca team, one going wt aad
th et.hr coming ast,' will hav traveled
something like 0.oo miles , before th
completion of Its tour. . . , i ,s
Mr. Esston gives a tip t Pitch A ten
Desha, on th team that will tur the
state and Cuba. II ' this t wirier la
all to th good and that th major leagus
i ,,,uk ,n,t ia not hln whUa-h U
lu th tate will be missing an oppor
tunity to land something worth while.
olltaa Slaas.. .
Jim 8l,ertdan. who was captain J ths
Niagara utitvrrsilv ball trii it, at year
mi, a It s'.a- tlli lit r. has br-ii l,nixl by
ti New Haves tiuU of lha llaaUra aaao-
l claUoo.
tha Cub nor th Braves seem to fear
McGraw's team, according to statement
of th player.
The photograph shows Roger Bresna
han, on time manager of the St. Louis
Cardinals, now the chief recolver for
the Cub. He 1 coaching youngster In
TRIPLE ALLIANCE IS FORMED
Tale, Harvard and Princeton Enter
. Into Athletic Understanding
Between Themselves. .
DECIDE Ali CHAMPIONSHIPS
NEW HAVBN. March 20.-A triple un
derstanding In allVhranchcs of sport by
Tale, Harvard and VPrlneeton la at hand.
The signing of a formal agreement by the
three for a series of nine games to settle
the triple bsse ball championship and the
continued conferences of the captains of
the three elevens of the universities are
surface Indications of the movement that
has been quietly In progress for several
years.-furthered by Yale, 'for at least, a
general understanding between the three
In VII branches of the sport.
In track athletics snd rowing th trlpl
entente I not in operation. Yale meet
both It rival cn the track and would be
glad for them to meet each other, but
Harvard and Princeton have no arrange
ment for- such contests. Princeton has
not yet come in to the Tale-Harvard an
nual rowing regatta on the T"VYes, hut
may do so at any tlmo. Yale meet
Princeton and Harvard both on the water
annually, out there la no movement or
the part of Princeton to arrange a dual
tnw race with. Harvard. Officials of the
Princeton Navy and Athletic association
have assured Yale rowing men that the
Tigers were likely before long to come
into the Yale-Harvard annual raeea at
New London.
When the results of the series of in
formal foot ball conference between
Yale, Harvard and Princeton are an
nounced It I expected that progress to
ward a much more complete understand
ing of gridiron matters of mutual interest
will be shown. The Informal talks of
Captain Wilson of Yale, Mahan of Har
vard and Ollck of Princeton wilt be pro
jected Into the business of the general
athletlo committees of the three uni
versities during the remainder of the
school year. .
The agreement for a definite aerie of
nine base, ball gamea has completed an
other project suggested by Yale, similar
to that proposed by Coach Frank Wulnby
of the Ell bas ball team last year, which
ha resulted in a formal agreement of
the three universale for the cqacbe of
their. base ball nine to remain off th
player' benches during a game, for th
piirpoae of proving th. contest to be a
.genuine, battle of- the undergraduate
players and captains.'
The agreement for playing nine definite
games, without regard to the results of
ne -inaitiauaj - series, between sny two
of the three university teams, is regarded
mm inw mow radical step that hae been
taken, la 'college sport In the east this
year.- Yale.- Harvard and Princeton call
their games, played against one another.
their "championship" matches. Tbara
will be a genuine Vhatnpioh''- chosen this
year for the first time smong the three
rivals, for . the percentage leader In the
series of nine game played will be' the
x-rca ui nun iKnei Finyea win oe the
holder? of a clean title to champlonahip
.For years Yale, Harvard and Princeton
have played base ball w ltnout ' a wiMin
to championship hohora ' Last year,
tor Instanoe. Yal defeated 'Harvard,. Har
vard easily beat Princeton, yet Princeton
neatly, trimmed Yale. leaving honors
easy all around. Although eaeh of th
three old rivals-may win' three of th
scheduled games of. th sextos this year
snd a championship may be ag.in' Im
possible, ehaucea are against, any such
outcome 'of the -advent of the', new
triangular entente of Yale, 'Harvard and
Princeton. - ., , .
Irish Champ and
; . Turk Terrier to '
Battle at Krug
. Pat Conlay. one of th several slU-ged
irlah champions who hav hit thae parts,
la carded to. wrestle Youslff llussan at
th Krug theater Wednesday night. Ooa
ley t under th management of Tommy
Dixon and Tommy wear Pat la the oa
jnitliial Hibernian champ. Pat wrestled
Coniey in "Kansas City earlier in th
inter and a dumped.
Cubs' TrainingCamp
the Cub camp In the art cf catching and
base running.
Jimmy lavender, the Cub pitcher who
twirled the day Chicago broke Rube Mar
iuard' winning streak a couple of years
sgo. Is with the team, and feeling fit for
a good season.
PLAYERS PAY INCOME TAX
Estimated that 300 Players Will
Pay Into the Revenue Office
" , Some $5,000- v
SPEAKER IS HARDEST HIT
... s
NEW TORK, March 30. Though the
government U having a tough time get
ting at th facta, professional ball player
will pay Into the Internal revenue depart
ment this year something like $5,000 tn
I? come tax.
But for the fact that (0 per cent of th
players in the American, National and
Federal leagues are married and i are
thereby permitted to claim an exemption
of 14.006 in salary, the sum exacted by the
government would be considerably larger.
From the best Information the experts.
have been able to obtain there are In the
three league mentioned about 300 play
ers who receive more than' 13,000 a year.
This really means six months, as that Is
the length of th contracts. What they
earn during the other six months also
has to ba accounted for, but In most
esses It ts nothing. . ,
Of these 300 there are about 200 who
earn more than $4,000. There are close
to 100 who draw more than tS.000 and
fifty whose , contracts call for amounts
ranging between 16,000 and $10,000. . There
are leas than a dosen who make more
than ..that The notable ones . are Ty
Cobb, Trls Speaker, Eddie Collins, Wal
ter Johnson and a few managers. Mo
raw Is reputed to make 128,000 In salary.
The playr who take part In a world'
aerie are required to put that amount in
with their salaries, whloh make it cer
tain that every man on a championship
club has to pay Income tax.
. In making out'thelr statements the ball
players,' or the club secretaries who do
the work for them, have raised an Inter
esting question that may require a de
cision by ths government before It can
be settled definitely.
Instead of a reserve clause th con
tracts now hare one. which declares that
one-fourth of the salary- stipulated shall
be considered payment .fqr. an option on
their services for the following year.
For Instance, a player whose contract
calls for $1,000 doe not get that, amount
In actual salary. One thousand ' dollar
of it I an option on his. future service.
Th player,' therefore wants to know
whether . he shall turn , in a statement
aaylng that hi salary la K000 or $3,000.
If he puts In the latter figure Is he to
include 'the option price as a part of his
Income T
"I- The married players are congratulating
theenaelve In that they have $4,000 ex-
empt, while the single, men hav to pay
a ti on all they make aver $3,000. of
th'-ee bachelor Trls Speaker Is th hard
est, hit . He earns a aalary of $lt.Ooa and
must pay tax on $12,000, which amount
to. rtjo. . ; :.
rn t TM ' V
j J, QQniS JTlayerS HI
Sioux City.Reyive
' Tri-Statb Toiirney
OwJg to. the fact that the Omaha Field
club ha announced .no big,. tennis tour
naments will be held on the -courts hsre.
Bloux City, tenol: enthusiast hav de
cided to revive the .Trt-State Tennis as
sociation, j which held tournaments at
-Wioux city several year age.. Th Tri-
Stat association weut to. . pieces four
years ago .when Omaha . went after the
national ciay court .event. - t . .
Already eloux City man hav reorgan
ised the association and hav applied to
th rotted. 8tates Lawn Tennis associa
te for date during th first or second
eC In Augjuat. , The 'siame wU be
changed at the nest meeting-
Ttanie club la Iowa, Nebraska aad
Ho nth Dakota will form the association.
Hn vital ions to the competition . hv al
ready been sent out and. received by th
promluen tennis playes ( Omaba.
Uet BIt Heeralta,
Washington has aooi big men among
t's ret-ruita. Maaeey and Hrowaa. the
ynuasstera from Texas. tts tha beam at
h aad Imi pounds, respectively.
The. Hypodermic Needle (
tmr r.
X.UCI as we .
When we take our little mill In lmnd' to
batter out a line.
Which we think Is to the mustard snd
would be considered fine.
We are sure to find we bungled, that we
pulled an awful bone.
For some nut Is sure to holler thst we're
made of solid stone.
If We say the Rourkes are rotten, or If
we say they're swell.
We stilr surely have some rookie' say go
ring the other bell; ' I 1
If we put a knock to boxing, or give the
game a boost, '
You can 'gamble that they'll tell ua to
take another roost. '
If we" kid the game of billiards, or bang
a wreetllnar bout. '
Or speak of golf or tennis, or give chess
a hammer clout, s
Or If We ssy some nice thing about any
ono of those.
There Is always some bright chappie who
, will call them boner blows.
L'Cnvol.
So you see why we're so happy when they
carv us with a knife;
Oh, Uere always will be someone to take
the Joy fill ont of life.
One . would take It that the war In Eu
rope has so turned the world around that
those southern ,base ball training camps
have taken the place of Alaska In this
world.
' r
Connie Mack say he wants young men
on .his. team. Probably the reason he
sold Collins snd took Lajole.
But at thst we think Connie said Iron
men, not young men.J
South Omsha and Hastings are fighting
over who should IKs given third honors
in the recent state basket ball tourney,
showing bow easy It Is to .start a fight
lit mused a ft'ny h'de putt,
And only hollered $hu kt!
H viili neur muAr a golfer.
That, vx'U bet a tAowtand bvek$.
Mr. ' Eddie Collin I teaching the
White Sox to hesitate. Rowland had bet
ter be careful or the Ho will become
o proficient they will hesitate around
last place even after th dance change
again. v
It seems that Judge Landlshas a rival
for th honor of being tb slowest man
in base ball. Judge Baldwin ha entered
the race. .
( .
If. la Mr. Barnum aald, there . Is one
born every minute in the United State,
how. . many are born every minute In
Cuba?
Bob Fltxsimmon says he Is going to
Home Run King Is
Only After More of
Coin in Base Ball
NEW YORK, March 20. When Connie
Mack several weeks ago announced that
J. Frank Baker would not play , with th
Athletics again ha showed a letter tram
tha home run king, who wrote that ha had
grown tired of traveling with tha ball
club and had decided to remain In retire
ment ' on his Maryland farm. Mack de
clared that Baker waa not trying to se
cure a rats In aalary and that tha big
batsman was under 'an Ironclad contract
for two year more. It now appears,
however, that Baker Is not really tired
of the game, for he openly admits that
be wants more money. - '
"I will play with any club in Organised
Base Ball that meet' my demands, pro
vided, of course,' my release from the
Athletic can be purchased," says Baker.
"If Mack will raise my salary I will re
turn to the Athletic at onoa, for I
would rather play for Mack than for
any other manager I know. I'd' be glad
to sign with the Yankees if Mack vould
let . me go, for I believe ' I ' could get a
salary tn New York that would make It
worth' while to keep in the gome. If
Mack refuses to raise jsy pay and will
not sell my release I will remain Idle all
season.' Offers from the Federal league
will not Induce me to jump my contract
for 1915 and 1S1 with tha Athletics."
In spite of atatementa to the- contrary,
tha Yankee have not given up th Idea
of purchasing Baker's release. -Colonel
Ruppert and Captain Huston stand ready
to pay $26,000 In cash for the horn run
king. Mack still demands $0,000, but thee
figure. are prohibitive.
HAMILTON EXPECTS TO
, LEAD SOUTHPAWS AGAIN
' Pitcher Earl Hamilton of tha St Louis
Browns has been playing hand ball to
oopvlnoa himself and Manager Rickey
that the shoulder ha broke last fall is all
right There appears to be nothing wrong
with It and If Hamilton's disposition Im
proves, aa he says) it will, tha Kansaa
southpaw may again take his ' place
among th stars of ths American league.
The
a '
Made In
For 79 years
NT)
nas oeen aistmea in me oia-
fashioned way
it s acknorw lodged to be the
only method by which
highest duality ' can be .
tttiaea.
ii hi ' ii in in i i hi
arrfirm:
marry again. We take It Robert k gain
to enter the fight game again.
There is unquestionably a shortage t4
kale In these parts at this time, and yet
ordinarily normal ginks pay real money
to see a wrestling match.
IW DETROIT.
Whene'er ve need a hit wis,
We know that Tyrwe Cobb
Is Jnst the little boy to da I
That tender little Job.
Bat even thoasrh he fnlleth da
And falleth with m slam.
We merely take another diilk, ,
And wait for Wahoo Bam.
Top' : , '?
A subscriber write to inqulr If wd
know any remedy for a blind pig. ' W4
refer him to Chief Dunn or Steve- Ma4
loney. ' -
t
Chicago scribes soem to think Ed WalsB
will come back. Yeh, come, back to ChU
cago. . , ;
Pa Rourke Is said to have a line out fot!
Injunction nd Habeas Corpus, th stai
battery. j -
"All that we must do," says a Missouri
gent trying to revive horse racing, "U
eliminate the gambling element." The,
Missouri gent might Just as well try td
eliminate C. Webb Murphy from' base;
ball or the hole from the well knows
doughnut
'I wonldn't'don a base ball salt,"
Quoth merry Johnay Kilns;,
"Unless I'd get five thousand hark
Or some such little, thing."
Bat we have rot a hssch, old top, 1
That yoa will mis your halt,
For if yea wait for that anach colaj
Toa're la for a helava wait.
Willie Beecher accuses John th Barbe.Y
his manager, of holding out SO per cent
of the gross earnings. We take It that
fight managars, like base bail and trust
magnates, are in the game for thelg
health.
They are framing a match between
Freddie Welsh and Battling Nelson at
Havana, but we think the proper plac
would be-in Forest Lawn.
Boxing critics throughout the east &r
panning Freddie Welsh for fighting ten
round no-decision fights. But why not
pan the public which attends and encour
ages 'em by so doing?
' sad Words
"The government ha hit m aa awful
tilling blow,
It's ruined mer supremely, and I am iovi
and out;
I am a poor press agent for th newest
big white hope.
But I can write no more of him, they've
copped away my dope."
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And what are blood Impurities? The
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