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TITE OMAHA .S1NTAV BKK: AFRTTi 4, 1015.
BIG FIGHT STAGED MONDAY
Johnson, Cinder Champ, Will Defend
Title Ag-ainit . Jen Willard,
Hope of White Race.
RINGSIDE GIVES HOPE "CHANCE
Br msGinK.
NTTST TORK, April . Monday, shortly
after mMrtsy, perhaps, we shall hav the
answer. The anawer will be to the much
mooted question: "In Jack Johnson SMll
the domineering fores In the heavyweight
division?"
Jea Willard. ?46 pound of sinew and
imiseie, has contrived to obtain the an
(w from the big Fenegamblan himself.
Willard hu been allotted forty-five
rounds to solve the problem; hut It 1
wholly up to himself whether he shall re
quire the entire forty-five rounds to ob
tain a favorable answer, or determine the
mutter In it shorter space f time and
with leas drain on his vitality.
All of which la a preamble to the sp
I'ended facts:
Jack Johnson, rolorert. the Incumbent
(liainplon. Is to meet Jess Wills d. the
white challenger, In a scheduled fnfty-flve-round
fight at the Oriental race
trark. Marlanom, about five miles from
the heart of Havana, Cuba, tomorrow;
Johnson's championship of the universe
la at stake, and the men are to embark
on their epoch-making Journey at 11
o'clock In the morning.
Theae are salient points In the caac.
The speculative Is herewith advanced,
Willard Ha a (hanee, .
U la the Jiunible opinion of the writer
that Wlllnrd has an excellent chance of
restoring the world's heftvywelsht chm
plonahlp to the Cancaaittn race, provided
lht reaervatjon iroea without prediction
-Big Jcas has p. fighting heart as big or
small as a pebble, r.y this we wish
to convey that If Willard pooaeases any
kind of a fighting heart ut all be should
have, at least an even chance with the
dusky champion.
Willard has every natural advantage In
tomorrow s big- fight. He Is taller, .heav
ier, more powerful, better developed pro
portionately, than Johnson. Burly Jak
will appear like a plumy when he ranges
alongside Willard tomorrow.
One most Important eastnttal In John
sons favor Is his experience. He hat a
master fighting brain; is keen to Improve
his opportunities, and besides hi la ar
rogantly confident on the surface.
Also, a psychological aspect Into the
controveray. While outwardly Johnson
seems cock-sure of victory, tt Is the gen
eral belief that In his heart there lurks
an Ingrown apprehension that he may
lose his title, and all the emolument ac
cruing therefrom, and thus the source of
tils easy mode of living will be suddenly
ind effectively cut off. This Is believed
to wefch on Johnson's mind more than ail
ther matters concerning the fight. '
' Johnson la Braetalnsr. '
"Willard win he sent the way (one by
ill the other 'white hopes" that have met
me. I will knock Jess out Inside of twen
ty rounds," Is Johnnon'a boast. '
But such brsKStftdacio can scarcely mis
lead any one who ha a seen the ridge of
superfluous beef around Johnson's waist
line.
"t can hit harder, and am more clever
than Willard. and he'll be a plaything
In my hands when I get warmed up," J
the gist of Johnson's next statement.
But even this falls to ring true to any
ne who has noted the continued absence
or ine champions celebrated "golden
smile during the ardious training siege,
There is a great deal of slgntflcsnce at-
tamed to the loss of Johnson's "million-
dollar grin." There Is no gainsaying bat
....... ..v lining inn anair witn w II
i j. . . . i
mra seriously; otherwise he would not
mve trained so assiduously since 'belnir
aerinitely informed that tho fight would
surely be contested.
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jim icur or. possible defeat Is Upon
im ii ni enters uio ring lit a
perturbed state of mind. Wlllard's chant e
r.r. ultimate victory will be greatly n-
nancea. Jack haa gone so far as to take
pre-nutlonary measures to Insure his fu.
lure In cams of defeat, as ho has threat
ened to open a hotel in Havana shortly.
He merely wishes to know in advano
khj.lttp 01.- ..-el..-- .j . .
" wuum iook upon the
proportion favorably. Shrewd buy, that
Mr. Johnson, .
Go it rd a Title Careful;.
Another matter that tended to show
Johnson's upet frame of mind was'lndi
rstcd by tho dclib,.rtiun with which he
thoM. the referee. A score of names or
prominent arbiters were offered by tho
Willard backers, but Johnson refiuod tu
rounder any name on the list, rrlnK
that he was to be "Joboert" out of his
Utl. His line meana his life to Johnson,.
u" "c "s guarded It carefully.
It nuw appears certain that nothing
III crop up at tho. eleventh hour to pre
vent the match. For a white after Ha.
Mid i had been selected aa the, site for
tho battle. It seemed If it wculd never
la permitted to be held. A faction of
rival promoter endeavored to Intimidate
Jack Curley. McV Klefcin, et '., tto tho
teiief that thoy would resort to any arti
fice in order to slop the bout taking
!!ace. But President Menof nl has per
sonally approved of the match, and the
supposedly Chamber of Commerce can
'lo nothing to hinder the bout, as that
body U practl.-ully a dead issue on -ilio
!iut(l.
ll was 8.111 declared l.u r,...i....
v.- . owner that the battle betaeen n
black and a white would enjjender r lul
feelint,-, ani possibly at art uprising, but
It is now learned that this stutament was
made with the intention to create inter
net In tho bout.
So Johnson and Willard will get to
llier tomorrow and a r.ew heavyweight
duiiupion may be crowned. Anyway, it
t the it chance In five years that a
white man hi had to win Lack the
-haniplonnhiii from Johnson.
To Hold Townsend "
Memorial Shoot at
Gun Club on July 4
A memorial shoot in honor of the late
lu'iy Townsend will be bold at the Omaha
tiun tlub, July t A trophy has bn de
rated by the Townsend Gun company and
tle shoot fill be held each year on the
l.ullday date.
Btlly Townaend'a name will be utornj
io the ILbt of shooters and a vacant 1C
beftie the traps aa the aquadj line up
will mark the place Townsend so often
crcuifcd la shoi'tf of the past. The shoot
v.t;l be entirely a ciub affair and be
the annual Commemoration by the club
f the man hj had so much to do aith
4vailcig te sport of trap spooling la
tl elty.
J . a a I Dana Mitt. '
V.l fnCtng Kulf fteuuuua euough,
'r.hi.irii Jtii,iti of th iU;d fco lias
"m-i Ma it.in hi tae hn'ii pra-ice at
in i Pi'imy. Ho Hi ! like to
Ii i .'t o Kuih wtit-a tlie youuggler
SUNNY SOUTHJS NOT SUNNY
Menke Makes Trip to the Training
Camps and Discovert Ball Flay
er.' Lot Not Eaiy One.
HOTELS BAD, COOKING WORSE
fly FRAK O. MK.VKR.
Don't envy the bell player because lie
lingers In the south-' for a month or eo
each spring. It sounds like a picnic for
him but It Isn't.
"The ' sunny south" In March Is suny
enough, but the sun seems to lack heat.
In that swing we recently made from
Texas across the Florida and then up to
.North Carolina, we found only one day
In which an overcoat wasn't a necessity.
The weather in the south during last
March Is the representative weather for
March In the south. That's what the na
tives told us. That being the case It
seems that the base bailers might boll
out better In the north because In March
there nre more warmer days In the north
ern cities tTmn ws struck In' the three
week In the "sunny south.'"
Only a few of the southern hotels are
fully equipped with steam heat and on
nights when tho thermometer shoots
down around X and 40 the occupants of
the nonheotnble rooms feel the cold
keenly. Their rooms, except when under
blankets, are uninhabitable.
tlut that Isn't all that the athletics
have to put up with. A change In cook
ery la another factor that makes thelr
lot In the spring-time unenviable. Home
of tho southern hotels use a preparation
made from cotton seed oil for cooking,
which doen't serce with tho digestive ap
paratus of the northerner.
Home of the larger hotels in the South
have exrellent eoka. Pome of the smeller
ones riaven't.
In the poulh the American plan pre
vails. Tho t'hetee of foods, therefore, is
some what limited and not up to the
northern standard.
enriar Hard on Athletes.
The training camp ball player deserves
genuine sympathy vfor their lot on Bun
day In the smull southern towns. Every
thingexcept the churches Is -cloned
tight" than a drum. Even the "movie"
shows do not operate and the players
Is hard put to amuse himself on the first
day of the week.
At one of the camps we visited we dis
covered that some of tho hall players
were going to church three times on
Bunday. Startling, Isn't it The players
went to church so bften not because they
ar extremely religious, but more because
church attendance made a change In the
dreary monotony of chatting among
themselves on the street corner or doing i
the same thing around the onen orate i
fire In the hotel lobbies.
Carder Yes, the players Indulge-but
not hs often as In other years. One ir
two games a week that' about all they
are ror. Even card playing palls.
Of course, there are some camps where
the Sunday blue laws are not so rigidly
enforced. But these camps are few.
In the south they've become almost as
strict concerning; tfY proper obsorvanoe
or the Sabbath as they are in "New Eng
land. Some of the camps are located near
some lakes that teemi with fish. '
Rente Go Fishing.
The angler ball player spend Sunday
in flahlntr If the law doesn't prevent it.
Another form of diversion Is coon and
poBsirn hunting. That Is done at night.
Saturday night Is about the only night
for hunting because the hunters rarely
return until between midnight and 8 a.
tn., and the managers won't let their
men hunt If they have training work to
dohe next day.
To upend a month in the south "under
the warm sunshine In a balmy climate."
That sounds good. But that listen's like
tho talk of southland's prose agent. We
swun from Texas through Loulstana,
Mississippi. Alabama. Georgia, North
Carolina, fiouth Carolina and Florida.
And we're most awfully glad that we
took along our winter togs. Wo needed
them, although we visited the south dur
ing the .month " that the south claims
brings to It the very nicest weather of
the year.
Trainer Tuthill.
Declares Pitcher
Should Hustle More
DKTROIT. Mich., April (.-Harry Tut
hill, who trains tlie Detroit base baU club
and also the Army foot ball team, has
somo idea which are apt to' make him
very . unpopular with thn . pitching fra
ternity In general. Tuthill thinks thut
l ittneis iav'tou much of a "snnp" Jolt
nowadays. lie says they would do much
bi:itr woik if they were forced to pitch
twice a week and play three other days
In the ouifi,ld, like the pitchers used to
dt in tliu old duys. ,
Tulliiil points liack to the numerous ex
amples ,f ancient fill. tiers who" used to
consider themselves nuaioctod unless they
pitched three times a week and played In
tho outfield o.t other days. The trainer
remarkt. that pitchers are the must
luxurious rlass of men In the world; with
on y one aay a work a week and on iUo
other six days nothing but a life of ease.
niiwcin pitchers are are entirely too
much pantrwrvd." nay Tulhlll, "and
they Kef slow and heavy as a rsault of
loo much Ullencaa. They are not able to I
perform In their best manner when called
on. Mm,. of the ri eat out performances
in Iilatory Rro credited to pitchers who
toll-l at leat every other day.. and some
times n id to pitch every duy at long
stretches at a time.
ni-n a manager sets hold of a uoud
hitter tt would do no harm t have him
work In rlisht Held, where there is little
to do, Cutfleldltig Is not arduous woik
a a rule. Bumellmrs an outfielder will
go through a whole game without having
to ioucn the baU with his hands. Pitchers
of today have a bad habit of thinking
that there Is something the matter with
them. It is all Imagination. Some of
them stall through a whole season by
ininamg up utirerent aches and pains.
v nenever tney are called on to pitch
there Is something the mutter with them.
I t'U you they are too much pampered.'
Rowland Fines 'Em,
But Gives it Back
Ik-sa Rowland of the White Sox K a
stickler for discipline. Yet he is strongly
opposed to fines.
"When I have been compelled to fine
a player." says Rowland. "I have plas- I
tt red the fine on blin, huf. as soon aa he
showed me he was trying to net ail
rlnlit. lie got his money back agalu.
Vincent CampU-il, who starred with
the Feds last seasou, waa one of the play
ers once fined. It waa tor luatlng on t!.
bases. I fined him U). That seaaon he
stole ninety-sevca bases, when the beat
he ever had done pi-evloualy waa seven
teen. Of course I remitted the fine.
Ban Johnson Agrees
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BAH
JOHNSONS
' CHICAGO, April 1 Ban Johnson, pres
ident of the American league, agrees with
Dave U fults of the Base Ball Flayers'
Fraternity, that . this will be a, hard
season for "bushers," players In miner
' leagues.' , '
Fulls suggested that . an arbitration
! board be appointed of members of various
leagues; including the Federals, to adjust
mutters In the base ball war.
"We did not start this fight,"
says Ban
ENGLISH 0AI&T0 RACE HERE
Sunbeam Company of London Write
Omaha Speedway-for Applica
" tiong to July 5 Event.
DEUSENBEEQ ALSO TO ENTER
The Sunbeam Motor company of Ion
rlon, Kngland, ha1 written the manage
ment of the Omaha Speedway for entry
blanks to fly first SOO-mllo race lo be
held on the local track. July 8. Two Sun
beam machlnea will bo sent over from
Kngland to race In American classics this
year, and the request for applications
leads to the belief that the Omaha event
has "beiii selected as on In which the
Englishmen will drive.
CtiaasRgne, probably the greatest Eng
lish driver, not even excepting Darius
Itesta, will pilot one of the Sunbeam ma.
chines. Chassagne is regarded as one ot
the most spectacular drivers In the world.
He never . fails , to provide thrill after
tHrUI when pushing his high-powered nia
thina around the oval and his entrance
here assures that at least one man will
ttliow the brand of driving that so appeals
to the spectators.
It has hot been announced who will
Larry McLean, Rube Marquard and
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MARLIN, Tex., April 8. How many of
the old-tuners are golug to survive the
pruning niade necessary by - the new
twenty-oae-player limit law In the New
York club? That Is the question that tho
regulars are worrying over here on the
eve of their depaiture north. It seems
as though miehty few of the old familiar
face: fei anywhere near secure about
continuing as such at the polo grounds
in New York.
James Henry Smith, a recruit, has been
orklnK behind the bat real often of late,
and Joba MiUraw smiles serenely and
with Fultz It Will Be Hard Year for Pushers'
Johnson. ,'Fult" Is right about a lot of
players finding )t hard to make a Hying'
at the game, but it must be remembered
the men themselves are partly responsi
ble for the Ills that have befallen them "
Johnson favora abandonment' of.- the
spring training camps, and believes the
teams should be organised In the spring
Just before the season begins. , . '
"There will be, hundreds of ball players
on the market In a short time, and who
drive the second Sunbeam. Resta was to
have done so, but switched his allegiance
to the French Peugot team. Oaston Mor
ris, who formerly was a carburetor sales,
man In Omaha, may pilot the second car,
but It is thought that a man better ac
quainted with , track racing will be se
cured, as Morris is a road facer.
The Deusenbeig company of Minneapo
lis has also aaked for entrance applica
tions. - Two new Deusenbergs are now be
in built for the Indianapolis race which,
with the two now In operation, will make
four Deusenbergs In the game. Two of
these will probably come to Omaha. It
1) thought Eddie O'Donnell and Tom
Alley will drive these cars here.
COBB HITS PICKANINNY
AND CAVES IN HIS FACE
Ty Cobb was with the Tigers two day
when he did something sensational.. In an
exhibition 'game at Mobile he hit a baU
over the fence for a home run. The ball
In ita flight beyond tho ball yard hit a
pickaninny tn the mouth, caved in his
face and caused a commotion In Black
vllle. The nigger boy, however, as soon
as he recovered and learned what had hit
him was ticked almost to death, and will
never tire telling of the event In his life.
contentedly a he watches the lad nail
a straight one to second base. It Smith
maintains the batting; eye ha-has been
using l;e is expected , to rive HI ChUf
Meyers a hard run for the possession of
the cutcher'a ttuutk. -Smith tan take the
delivery of Tesreau, Matty and Marquard
like a veteran, and works well with
Pen-lit. the "ne boj-" fimi .the .'aiVl
tialu. It look like had new for Lang
I-arry McLean. ....
tiomehow the Rube, Marquard. does not
seem to be Mvlng up to tho loiin he said
he bad coucehlrd on his person b. n he
arrived to train. The Rube is not strong-
'DAVE-
can afford to pay them?" he asks. "Not
the minors; they are strapped; the majors
have from 250 to 300 more men than they
need;' the National commission has) claims
for back salaries from hundreds of minor
league players who were unable to col
lect from different clubs last year. If the
owners could not pay . last year the
chances are they won't be able to pay
this year. I advocate the closing- of many
of the parks for at least a' year U the
war keeps up." "
Lawyer-Hurler on
Lincoln Club Signs
Tip and Will Report
Earl Morse,. Lincoln pitcher during- the
fag end of the. 191 season and budding
lawyer of Marshall, Minn., has concluded
(hat he would be delighted to pursue the
pastime with the Tigers this year. Earl
had a hunch a few months ago that he
would quit the sport, so he wrote a letter
to Hugh Jones demanding Ms release and
returning the ctmtraet tendered by the
Lincoln magnate. ' Boss Jones admitted
ho was too dull to comprehend Just why
the Minnesota youth should have release
papers merely for the asking, , so he
placed the spurned contract on file, and
awaited results. - The latter came today
tn the form of a letter in which Karl
states that ho is willing to sign at the
figure oiiglnallyffered. Hughle has the
matter under advisement, but If the con
tract la again forwarded to the youthful
Minnesota t wirier it probably will pro
vide tor a salary reduction. In conform
ance with the new custom In base Drill to
penalise . the . holdouts. Lincoln Daily
New. '.
Chief Meyers
on - training, . anyway, . nor on shaving,
either, for that matter, and he skilfully
.voided the rasor for tea days before his
wife - arrived ' In Martin.. Ills friends
thought ha contemplated' raining a beard
and mustache and doing a "Billy Sunday
act," as they put tt. Rub has wished
himself out of the -odium of the "second
team," in which he was cast in the Mu
tative lineup, but with the twirling staff
reinforced with Perritf aud with Messrs.
fc hauar and Hchupp delivering broadside
like, the- Queen .Elisabeth. Rube cannot
but adroit to himself that he has ao
ino:ure.
The Hypodermic Needle
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By fSHOTA COKF..
HAVANA, Cuba, April t (Special Cor
respondence to the Needle.) The stagre Is
all set for the terrific battle scheduled
for Havana for April B. Said stage has
been briwd with extra beams so that
It will titit break through when Jack
Johnson, who la not Bn ounce overweight.
Steps uron it.' Tom Jones Is making hlm-
self very popular with the newapapef
boys. He Is buying round after round of
drinks and never falls to be host at aTl
three meals f ach day. Johnson has an
nounced he will not accept the tSO.OfiO
gurantee unless the gate Justifies it. "I
do not .want to see the promoters lose
money'sald Jack. Jack Curley refuses
to make 'Hy statements, "rtease do not
use my name.", said Curley. "I want no
publicity. I have nothings to say. "The
gate receipts are expected to be $125,000
and everybody will make money. Tom
Jones announced today that If Willard
wins the fight he will not make a trip
of the theaters In the United States, but
will meet all comers as fast as they ap
pear. "We have no desire to make money
by merely showing Jess at the theaters,"
said Junes, "Jess will fight all and de
fend his title against everybody in the
world. And he will engage In no ten
round nc-declslon bouts, but will fight
nothing less than forty-five rounds.
ITavsjia Is wlldy enthuslaatlo over the
fight. Oreat crowds gather to see John
son and Willard Work. The crowd watch
ing Willard today was severely hurt when
he tripped over a punching bag laying
on the floor, it Is said that the newt
paper men here are disgusted and will
send nu more press dispatches longer
than twenty words. "Also the flock of
fighters here have decided not to send
out any expert articles written by news
paper men under their names. "That Is
fooling the publlo", say the fighters.
If you will glanoa at the top- line you
will see the above dispatoh is dated April
L Correct ..
- Jack Johnson la said to have wrestled
a bun while training last week. We didn't
suppose Curley would be lending- his pet
animal to Jack like that
GREEDY PUG TO BE JOLTED
Boxing Committions and Promoters
Tiring of Efforts to Gather
Golden Egg Without Labor.
ONLY CHAMPS LIKE TANGOES
NEW TORK, April 8. Those champions
of the fistic realm who are gathering
golden egg's by the bushel with no par
ticular regard for the poor old goose are
to get an awful jolt ere long. All the great
boxing commissions and, organizations of
the world are to combine In an effort to
compel every world's champion boxer to
defend his title In a decision bout at least
once a month.
Frank S. O'Neil of the New York Btate
Athletic commission is the man who Is
fathering - the Idea. He said
. "We who have the interests of the
game at heart feel that the time has
come when something must be done to
keep' up the Interest tn tho manly art.
Unquestionably the game is being- run
the ground by several 1 champions
whose only aim seems ,to be to collect
personally all the money In the world
without giving the man wfio shoves his
money through the box office window a
chance to see anything worth while.
"I have been working on this plan to
compel champion to defend their titles
in a decision bout once in thirty days at
least and all of the boxing organizations
are with me. I have communicated with
Paul Rousseau, president of the National
Federation of Boxing Clubs ef Franco,
and he will back me up In my efforts to
make these men do something that Is
worthy of a champion. Rousseau Is on
the editorial staff o( "Le Tempo" and he
will, swing that paper tn line when It
comes to putting our efforts into effect
Victor Bryer Is with us too.
. "Kugene Corrl of the National Sporting
club of London will lend his aid also. He
Is England's first man in boxing. I bave
been in touch with .him and he agrees
that a man should risk his title in de
cision bouts. Mr. -Baker of Australia has
promised to join tis In a world's govern
ing body.. The state, commissioners of
Wisconsin and Montana are strongly in
favor of our plan and will join us tn an
endeavor o make boxing what It -ehould
be. There isn't a blgpromoter or a club
in the land that won't welcome this plan.
".We are not aiming-. at. any particular
champion,, but we all feel that the get-rlch-qulck
campaigns being conducted by
some of our present day titleholdors tend
to ruin the game because of the very cle
ment of commercialism that surrounds
these campaigns. The least we can tlo
for. the sake of boxing Is to try to. do
away with this golden no-decision Idea
with which all our champions seem to be
obsessed."
When Willie Ritchie was told of Mr.
O'Neil's plan to force champions to box
decision - bouts periodically he almost
jumped out of his shoes with joy.
"That . sounds almost too good to be
true," he said. "Do you think they can
force that fellow Welsh to step out and
Blve me a chance to prove - that they
robbed me of my title? It should be done.
What does he care about the public? Not
a tinker's rap tap, I tell you. He's money
mad, barnstorming and doing everything
he can to ruin the game.
"It's the man with the little $i bill who
must be considered. When you drive him
Into seclusion with these everlasting,
nothing-doing, bloodies, stupd, no-decision
bouts you kill the sport absolutely.
I fought Joe Rivers, the toughest man
they could find for me, In my first bout
after winning the Championship. We
were on the floor half the time. It was
aay body's championship." That's what
they want, that's what stimulates boxing
and it's the only thing tnat win go to
ave a great American Institution."-
Phantom Gibbons
Offers to Take On
AH Long Koute
NEW YORK. April . If Mi' Gibbon
doean't get back- Soon and do some of bis
very fme fighting around these parts
he'll lofce somo friends. But In losing
them he will have none who will detract
from bla ability. Mike la a fighter and
fit to wear the crown of champion.
There are thoe who think that Mike is
a dandy ten-round battler, but they doubt
hi capacity to get along for twenty
rounds. On this matter Mike has t the
last few day expressed a fear remarks
They pay cents to see Willard train
at Havana: And yet we thought chumps
who kicked In to see wrestling matches
were the blgret foola.
Roger Coker, In a fit of carelessness
last week, took, on Clyde Cochran on
evening. , "The only reason I lost fK-e
games," said Coker, "Is we only rolled
that many." '-, !
Tr bte(h you, Mr. Willard,
If lh fjM you with to trin,
Whtn John mm ttartt a thorl-arm lab,'
Don't block ttir th your chin.
Providing Willaril wins the fight, when
will he give Johnson another chance.
,ssks a subscriber.' About the same aay
we Inherit ll8.ww.iwo.
I
Willard declares he will wait until the
twentieth round before taking the aggres-(
Blve, providing he Is not knocked out be
fore. Probably Willard intends either to
lose or win the fight ,
THE "OJTO OP TUB ROOKIB.
Twinkle, tvrlakle, little star,
Von vrho knocked the kit far.
Bat who since the boss did far,
How I woade where yon are.
Tip to friends unable to. procure dope!
Read the training stuff from Havana.
. etlehm has started spring foot ball
practice at Lincoln. Pretty soon we will !
hear that he fears Kansas, Notre Dame i
and Amos. '
B. . H, , Serkowlch, who says he has a .
pull with the police and knows, declares j
an .Investigation has been started as to
why 'our Needle still continues to shoot
'em out 'Why, because we have a pull
with the government. '. "
' Kubatyat of April S3.1 c
Somehow we have an awful hunch, .-
That opening day will bring
A day of cruel winter,"
And not of gentle spring
That rain will drop from all the clouds,
Or else the snow will fair,
It always happens Just that way ,
On the opening day of ball.
that must establish him a champion with
out fear. Here's what he said:
"I am placed In a' peculiar position
since I am handling" my own business."
said Mike, "and" I am forced to' make
statements that cannot sound anything
else but egotistical. However, having dis
pensed with a manager, whose duty It is
to shout the praises of the fighting mem
ber of the-party; I am forced totlow my .
own trumpet' ' ' : ' ' ,'
"In the first - plane I'. want to know
whoever said I uttered a statement pro-,
f easing- to be afraid of McOoorty? ' I it ave
defeated both -McGoortyaind Clabby over
the ten-round route, and although It may
sound unbecoming-, I can beat both of
them over the long distance route. And
what's more, I Intend to beat them both
over the Marathon canter Just to convlnoe
the'm and the world tn general that 1
know what I em talking about Why
should t fear McGoorty In a long bout?
And furthermore, if I did entertain any
fear,, why should I make a chump- out?
of myself and solicit the publication of
such .a statement?
, "Just to show where I stand, ,1 don't
want to meet either McOoorty or Clabtoy
fat another short bout. It either man Is
ready to fight 'me over the twenty-round
route, and a club offer a financial In
ducement worth the time, I will talk
business, and the sooner the better. If I
am going to go along- claiming the world'
championship tlUo I might as well clean
up the class thoroughly, and It Jack Dil
lon can make58 pounds I will be happy -to
take him cn. My brother Tommy can
beat' the average run of these middle
weight aspirant and he hae shown -bis
quality by knocking out Buch Crouse
nl beating Billy Murray. If Ltchtonstein
of 'Walsh wants to talk . business they
will find me a willing listener."
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