THK OMAHA SUNDAY I?i;K: MAY 1015.
BASE BALL BEATS CRICKET
A Picture Story With Just One Word
Drawn for The Bee by Tad
Copyright, 1915, by the Ftsr Company.
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
TuMic ia Australia Abandon! It
ter, but Takei Kindly to
Former Game.
COLLEGIANS ARE TO MAKE TOUR
KTPNKT. Australia, May LThe rteadf
Affection from cricket on the part of the
public and the un-.tlfsrtnry showing
made by the Knlish rame both ah r
sums player and finances a correlation
of facta which Is quite the most striking
reature of Auntrnllnn sport at present
ee Just led to rXornmttve measures by
the New South Wales Cricket association
In an effort to stem thin tide of unpopu
larity. Whether theae will regain for
cricket the plare It la lotting remain to
be aoeo. At an event thl statement by
M. A. Noble, one of the greatest of Aus
tralian cricketers and an InternatlonallHt
of fame. In a recent Interview In a 8yd
ney newspaper Under the triklni title
'T Cricket on It Last Leg?" m slg
nlflcant
"Surf bathing la undoubtedly attracting;
many old follower of the came. The new
Richmond which ha come Into the field
base ball. It the crlcketnre are not care
ful. ! going to have a big -pull' In Satur
day afternoon aport. It seem that the
Interest and enthulam In barn ball In
rreaae every week. It I a quicker Rama,
and to my mind a decided menace, to
cricket though a cricketer who I now
playing baee bait told ma he doea not
think so. Tn winter the base bailer are
able to secure grate worth 1150 and 1230
per match, a aum which club cricket
nver attracted. Nowaday the (cricket)
ground are thrown open to. the public.
but the player have the ground mainly
to themselves, alnc the public have found
ether form of antertal
Incidentally, when Nobla waa playing
cricket he retired five year ago from
th sport he waa alao something of
baae ball player, for in hi time he and
the ether leading cricketer In the Com
monweaith played ball during the winter
. months July, August; and September to
keen themselves In trim for cricket, and
not a few of these took advantage of
their return trip from matches In Eng
land to witness baee ball game tn the
United Slate.
Another phase of thla antipodean lean
big toward base ball Is tha baa ball tour
of Australia and possibly New Zealand
wnlcn has been lately projected by the
base ball authorities of Inland Stanford
university. The California collegian
seem o hare become Imbued with the
Idea that th antipodes are rip for a
series, of gamea "down under" neat win
ter, but th baa balllsts her have ad
vised them that until the war la over
such an undertaking would not pay.
When peace ha been declared, however,
a trip of th kind I quit probable, and
it la quit aa probable that the Americana
would receive aa mueh popular support
aa they have during their vacation tour
of Hawaii and Japan. A Sydney dally
say of thla project:
- "It has been aald that the sportsmen
of tha Vnlted (Hates are ambltioua to
make a peaceful conquest of thl country
by knocking cricket out with baee ball.
And just at present, as I explained on
the sporting page, excited by the succea
of tho Giants' and 'Whit Box. Htanford
university U trying to arrange a base ball
tour here for th coming winter. Winter
base ball baa been played in Sydney for
aome year mainly by cricketer. But,
though It Is by right a summer game,
. baee ball ha been played here In summer
only a couple of season. Any American
who thinks this country likely to throw
cricket over for hi nattoaal gam must
be possessed of quit a fair share of bis
country characteristic confidence, But
that th possibility could even have been
conceived aay something. And. what I
more. It aay it against th cricket and
crlcketera of today. In the Rhrf field
Shield matches Nw Smith Walrfa and
Victoria did not average more than a
couple of hundred runs a day a total
that once upon a time Trumper and Puff
would have knocked together comforta
bly before lunch. What Is th matter
with cricket, anyhow? Have not our
batsmen any enterprise T"
Sullivan's Record
As Catcher Enviable
KEW TORK, Way t Billy Kulltvan,
arh raoently. reoetvad his unconditional
relneao from tha Chicago Whlta Box.
quita tha American league team, and
prcbaMy major league base ball, with aa
enviable record as a catcher. He ha
caught and ooevohed more famotia pitch
er during his eareer on the diamond than
any othar backstop who over figured In
the national game, and hi gam a a
catcher will, la all probability, la long.
He waa a wonderful catcher In hi
youth, and even up to two year aro
event year as a professional has
ball player, ha was still ranked, high In
ability, being regarded aa tha Chicago
team' maln-tay behind tha bat Sul
livan base ball career started In l
with thg XUbUQUe la., team and In WT
tie was with th Columbus. O., nine.
(H waa with thla club for two year, and
tn IS and 1K he caught for tho lloaton
National league team. He Jumped from
thla team to th Chicago White Box In
1801.
Following to a list of tha famous
Ynoundmea whom Bull Ivan baa caught
during his seventeen year as big league
base ball ttiayar:
IKfift-Ntchol Willis and I wis.
loo-Nkrhols. Willi, tawts. Dlneen,
jTminner and Ralley.
lWi Caliaben. llett. Griffith. Ps Hereon.
Ekui.e, Hry Katoll and Hart.
1' Griffith, I'stierson, Callahan. Oar
vln, I'latt.' Kalcill. hkoper. Mc.Macklln,
K liUKhxe anti lurhnm
lu Callahan. Vettrrsoa. White, Flah
erty. (ifn. i 'until and Allnx-k.
Itt-t I'att-rcn. Owen. Alt rock. White,
FUherty. Kmlth. KtrtcKlrtt, HI Walsh and
Jjoimlierty.
l!.bAUrock. Walsh. Owen, ratterson.
White ivJ Mnhh
H-Velh. VMilte. Owen. Tatterson,
Altrwk. h-inlth and Klcne
lV.,.h. Whlt, Kmlth. Altrock,
Owen. Maauel anl Nelson.
; Walsh. S hli. amlth. Altrock,
Own, Pattrrson and Kirn.
Ue WaiM. White. IS. tilth, Altrock.
Ctn, buro. Tiro hcott, liit, Ruler ami
Olir.tead.
lai' aleli. White, flcott Tngw, Olnv-t-nd.
Tiiuig. Knntii end Rurna
ll! WsJhIi. Whlt. 8-ott. Lnnrr, nim
strad. Young, Raker, iiovllk and Mog
riJv.
l a White, Walsh. Lang. Ren. Boott.
1ott, tHlhl. Mugritlge. Tayulr, retera,
I1 ani Jordan.
!., alli. White, 8 olt. Ren. Cicotte,
Is. Waiato. 8c.tt. Cans. Olcotte. Rus-
U. rhtr, Wulfriang and Jaapt-r.
MISSOURI TIGERS
TIKE GAME FROM AMES
AMES. I.. May 1. (Special TelTrara.)
-Tfc aiiseourt Tlfrer saatUtwl tho sao
vnd gam of tha ark froto A me today,
1 to t No runa were sou red mull the
debus inning McMillan crossed tho
4ai to Hiaaoort Hkioret R.I1.&.
tme
uMwurt tti l J
pant: A mem.' Uu, Marrill aM
SCvuumJ); KxiKui. Cav aoa UVua.(f.
I
V Hsaa3tg3wH0
FEW NO-HIT GAMES PITCHED
Bnt McGraw Bouts Four Hurler
Who Performed that Bait
Ball Teat
MATTY HAS TWO TO HIS CREDIT
NEW TORK, May l.-When Rub Mar.
quard pitched that no-hlt game against
Brooklyn recently, he did something
which la tha ambition of ever oltoher
who ever twirled In th major league.
It I no easy task and a no-hlt gam In
tha major league today I a deserving
credential for admission to th base ball
hall of fame. It la a mora difficult taak
to pitch a no-hit game no ws days than It
waa year ago. Batsmen, while they don't
Mt any harder and In many Instance not
aa much, are smarter and trickier. Tha
feat, Is performed occasionally In tha
minor league. ' .
In the list of no-hlt gamea In the major
leagua In th last dosen or more year,
l a, significant fact that four of tha
Ulant pitcher have realised thl ambi
tion. Mathewson stands unluue among
ths National league pitcher a being th
mni to pitch . two no-hlt game. li
pitched the first In 1901 against 8t Louis
and again In lime he twirled a no-hlt game
against the Chicago Cubs.
Oeorgo Wlltsc, the veteran southpaw,
who I nor manager of Jersey City,
pltohed a remarkable game against th
rhlillo in 9oft, when he traveled ten In
nings without allowing a hit. Big Jeff
Tesrcau got Into th charmed circle of
pitchers in 181! In Philadelphia, when ho
hut out th Ihllllc. Red Am pitched
again Brooklyn for nine Innnlngs In
th opening game In IMS without allow
ing a hit, but he lot th gam In tho
thirteenth Inning. .
"Nap" Ruolter of rooklyn ha a no
hlt samo to hi credit In IMS. Rucker
didn't allow Boston a slngls hit. Iat
year the performance of youn; George
Davla, tho collegian of tho Boston Braves,
when ho pitched a no-hlt gam against
Philadelphia, waa a remarkable ptecg of
pitching for a novice.
"Bmoky" Joe Wood of tho Red Bog. 'of
course. I among the no-hlt pitcher.
Wood pitched hi no-hlt gam against Ft.
Louis in 1911. Big Ed Walag. pitched a
no-htt gam srnlntt Boston In lll. whll
Chief Bender, formerly of tho Athletic,
let Cleveland down without a hit In 1W0.
two member of th Chicago Whit Bos
team. Scott and Betia. both hav no-hlt
game la their credit. Ben pitched hi
classic against Cleveland In 1914, and
Bcott pitched his against Washington last
season. I
rl Hamilton of tha 8t. Ijoula fttftwna
pitched- a no-htt game against Detroit In
VHX. while Oeorti Mullen, th former De
troit twlrlef. mad a no-hlt game record
iur mnieeir against Bt. Louis In 1913.
On of th great rltchera of tha r,...t
day game, whi ha never been able to
pitch a no-hlt game, I Walter Johnson,
th Washington sited king. It la dlffl.
ouu to underatan j why Johnson has
never been able to get within thl charmed
circle. He has come very close to it a
number of time, but haa n ...
q.ut that little -bit of baa fctll luck
which help out on uch momentous oc
casions. PHELPS COUNTY AMATEURS
FORM BASE BALL LEAGUE
IIOLDREQB. Neb., May t-lgpeoUl.)
A meeting to complete tb organisation
of aa amateur base ball league consisting
of Klwood. Bertrand. Loom is and Uold
rege was held her last Thursday night.
C. A. Yeoman of El wood was elected
president, latch team will play two
gamea a week, the schedule being ar
ranged to allow one at horn and th
other abroad. Tha opening date will be
next Tuesday. May 4, El wood playing at
Loomla and Bertrand at Holdrcge. The
season will continue for only nine week,
th closing gamea being played on July L
Th gamea will be nlajed on Tuesday
and Thursday
Ravrama, Defeats Less City.
RAVENNA. Neb., afav 1 -ri.i
The first base ball game of the amii
''"J. .hmr ,odr. he Raw ana
lltan school team defeating th students
from Loup City by t t a
Nirtknt,ra Leaarae.
At Taeoraa Abrdi, 1; Teooma. J,
At eWttW-Vanoouver, ; ffcattie, a
At Vuurla-tiHaaa, S. Victoria, t.
Crli
Vict aw.
CAMFiRino rv, Mua. Mar lIUrvard.
9; bmmie laltuta, L
BAN JOHHSOHJS OPTIMISTIC
Bon of American League Predict,
that Publio Will Patronize
Baie Ball Well.
EXPECTS TIGHT RACE FOR RAG
President Ban Johnson of tha American
league take a hopeful view of th future,
and especially of tha faat approaching
season. Bald) ho: ''Baa ball, . tho
premier aport of th American people,
will com Into It own again In th sea
son of 1D15. X hava arrived at thl con
clusion after carefully considering the
outlook from every angle. Tha patronage
of the gam waa seriously affected last
year by th depressing business condi
tion throughout th country, which were
mainly caused by th trouble In Mexico
and th war In Kurop. but these con
dition now bav improved, and base bait
ia bound to profit by tho Improvement
I know of fio reason to' b other 'than
optimlatlu, and th olub bwnere of the
American league share thla feeling of
optimism with me. I am glad to aay. If
there la any secret of success In our na
tional game, that secret lie In furnish
ing th fan with a close and exciting
race for tha pennant among eight well
balanced teams. W hava had many sen
sational campaigns In our league, aa
almost ovary fan can testify, and ws
hops to live up to our reputation In this
respect during tho season of 1916. Judg
ing from th personnel of our teams. I
should aay, off-hand, that at. least six
of the eight hav a chanc to qualify
for tho world' series next October.
"Viewed from every angle, at thla time,
I hava no hesitation In saying that the
American league race of 11 promise
to be th greatest race In th history of
our organisation. May w not be disap
pointed. In conclusion I wish to say that
I . aspect baa ball will be liberally
patronised by th publio thl year. The
am appeal directly to tb people, old
and young, rich and poor, and hence la
dear to th heart of all. It la a high
class. Innocent form of entertainment and
recreation, and Its followers are num
bered among tha millions. It growth has
kept pace with th growth of th country,
and It future la and always has been
assured. Make ao miataa about that"
KEEWATIN MAN MAKES
PLACE INCORNELL MEET
ITHACA, N. T May L (Special Tele
gram.) Looml of Keewatln academy
was Individual point winner at th
Cornell Inlorscholaatlc meet, securing
places In th 100-yard dash, low hurdles,
broad Jump, high lump and pole vault,
winning third place In th meet alone,
with twclv points.
America Associativa.
At Minneapolis- R H E.
Milwaukee T 0 0
Mlnneapolla u 0 1
Batteries: Milwaukee, Young and
Hughes; Minneapolis, Williams, Ingersoll
and Bulllvan.
At L Paul R H ID.
Kansas City a 1 1
8t. Paul 1 t
Batteries: Kansas City. Return and
Moore, tlelhel; Kt. Paul, (llpe. WllllanuH
Steele and Marahall. Wcvfo tnnlnss.
At Louisville K.H.K
Indianapolis 0 T S
Louisville 1 T 1
Batteries: Indianapolis.' Mere, Cant
Weil and Qoseelt; Laiuisville, Northrop
and tlvmons.
At nolumbus R.lt E.
Cleveland : I 10 I
Columbus 9 4
Battsrics: Cleveland. ColUmore and
Basaler; t'oiuatbus. lavia. Turner and
Coleman. Robertson.
wthera) Aseweiatiaa.
At New Orleans New Orleans, 0; At
lanta. 4.
At Mrmphls Memphis. 1: Nashville. .
At Chattanooga Chattanooga, 1; LUttl
Rock' 4.
At Mobile Mobile. ; Birmingham, t
Ft rat t'hrlatlan Wla.
Tha 1rst Chrstln church team de
feated tha Walnut Hill club. S to .
Calleae Iiihh,
, tnnaylvanla. 7; Princeton, t,
Yale. ; Vlrstnta, X.
Iowa, 7; Clili-ago. 4
Byracua university. It; Pprtnirfield
Young Mvn's ChrisUan aasodatlon. 4. .
Harvard. ; Amherst, a
Trlaity, New York university, a
Krown, Holy Croea. t.
Worcester Technical, I; Pteveaa Insti
tute t.
Illinois. ; Northwestern,' I.
Pean btite, 4; Iafayetl. 1
tixttysburg. I: Villa Nova,
Navy, 10; DK:ktnso, t.
Rutgers, (: BwerUunora, 1
Yale. Virginia, 1 t
Anuy, 11; Uwnttvn, 4.
OiOo bUOe, Al OtwliA, a '
. ' . . - 1 '
i : . . ? - -5 - . r. t , i
Standing of Teams
WESTERN LBAOUB.
P. W.
Omaha & 4
Topclia : T
Wichita 8
!- Moines J
Denver 6 I
U
Pot.
.7o0
.714
.62S
fmti
0
.87B
.sa3
.143
Ht. Joseph
Sioux City
Lilncoln 7 1
NAT. LEAGUE. AMER.
LEAGUE.
W.LiPPt.
i.. 4 .m
W.UPctl
Phlla 12 I .OiOiNew York
Chicago ... 6 letroit
olt ....33 .0.7
go ....11 7 .671
hingtn. f .671
ClnclnnaU.. 7 .bK vnicai
Hoitnn ....7 6 .fiw Wash
Ht Tiula . a .frtM Boston
Brooklyn... 10 . 875: Cleveland . 7 10 .412
Pittsburgh, t 10 .SMlBt IjouIs...HJ .4
New York. 9 .&m Phlla 4 14
FED. LHAQUE. AMER, A89N.
W.UPctl W.L,Pot.
Chicago ...9 6 .43 lndiertaplla.il 6 .&
Newark ...10 Ixulnvllle...U B .w
Brooklyn ..10 7 8t. Paul. ...10 ;$25
Pittsburgh. 10 7 M inneapolla 7 7 ,W0
Kan. City.. S ,62 Cleveland ..ft .600
Buffalo ... 9 10 .375; Kan. City., f .T
Baltimore.. U ,m Milwaukee...
tt. Louis... 6 10 .S3J Columbus... a 14
Yeetvrday'a Resalts.
WESTERN LBAGUBJ.
Bt.. Joseph, 4; Omaha, a
Denver, 4; Wichita, a
lJncoln, 6; Toix-ka, 7.
Sioux City.. 7; Les Moines. 4.
AMERICAN LKAQUBi.
Petrolt 0; Chicago, t. . ' .
ht. Louis, 6; Oeveland, 3.
Philadelphia, 8; New York, 11.
WashliiKton-Boston, rain.
. NATIONAL, LJ3AUUE1
Cincinnati, 6; Bt. Louis, a
Chicago, I; nttsburgh. L
New Vork, 2; Philadelphia, 4.
Boston. 4; Brooklyn, 1.
FEDERAL LJTAOUB.
fit. Louis, 1; Newark. 4.
ChlcaKO. 2i Buffalo. 1.
Kansas City, 6; Baltimore. 4.
Pittsburgh, t; Brooklyn. L
AMERICAN ASrfCJCIATION.
Milwaukee, 7; Minneapolis, 0.
Kansas City, t; Bt. Paul, 1.
Indianapolis. 0; Louisville, i.
Claveland, 7; Columbus, 1
Uamea Today.
Western League Uncoln ' at Topeka,
Penver at Wichita. 8t. Joseph at Oinaha.
ISIoux City at Lea Moines.
Amerlcaa League letrolt at Chicago,
6t Louis at Cleveland.
National league Cincinnati at Bt
Louts, Ilttshurgh at ChlcaKO.
Federal L-egue L Iul at Newark,
Buttalo at Chicago.
Restore Foot Ball
At New York School
NEW TORK, May 1. By th unanimous
vote of the Columbia University counoll
foot ball gamea hava been restored to
tho undergraduates. Th vote was taken
by th same bodies which placed th baa
on the gridiron sport In 1W6.
Work will be started Immedlatarjr to
arrange a schedule for tb Blue and
Whit team next fell. A manager will
hav to be elected and negotiation will
be opened .at onoe with local oollege
with the hop thgt a gam with Colum
bia can be squeesed In. Tha task la dif
ficult, owing to tha fact that th sched
ules of all of th college teams hav been
completed, and more or less readjust
ment will be found necessary to admit
Columbia to their list.
College student only will be permitted
to play on th team. Th graduate
students will not be eligible, nor will
any of tha scientific students. The en
gineering schools will be placed on a
graduate basis next September, and thla
automatically eliminates them from th
squad.
Cwaat Leagae,
At Ban Francisco' . R.H.B.
Fait lak City ,. 9 I
tan Kranclsco 4 7 S
Batteri'-e: Halt Lake City. Hall, Mor
gan, J. Williams and Hannah: Kan Fran
tlax, Itohrrr. C. Kmlth and Sepulveda.
At Lfa Angeles R.H.B.
Oakland t 11
Venice , 1 10
Batteries: Oakland, Prough. Prulett
and Kuhn; Venice, Johnson, Henley and
Bpencer.
At Portland R.H.B.
I.o Aiigele... k I I
Portland 1 11
Batterle' Los Angeles. Ryan and
HoWs; Portland. Krause and Fisher.
Vetoea Hoalagr Bill.
LANBIVO. Mich.. May L Oovernor
Ferrle today vetoed th boxing bill,
whU h was passed this week t y the state
lesialatura. The bill provkJnd for t atate
a iluctk oommlaaton to regulate boxing
malcbea.
yraemee Wlma Hwl.
errRAfnrrl N. y.. Mar 1.
onlveraity defeated th I'nJveraity
of
tiiufwrKn in a traca nwaa at
diuui today, a I U
1, .!
ATEETES GETAPPENDICITIS
Harvard Men'i Experience Indicate
Strenuom Exeroiie JL$lj Cause
Popular Ailment
FOOT BALL STARS SUFFERING
BOSTON, Mas.. May l.-Altack of
appendicitis sustained by Harvard ath
lete during the present year are giving
Harvard physician plenty of food for
thought. Th fact that all three Crimson
foot ball captain of the 1914 season hava
had their appendixes removed since tho
beginning of the season lead to tho be
lief that strenuous athletla ozerclse may
hav something to do wtlh making th
men peculiarly usoeptible to such at
tacks. Walter R. Trumbull, Jr.. acting captain
of last season's foot ball team, is th
third and latest foot ball man to bo oper
ated on. Trumbull's appendix waa re
moved at the Peabody hospital recently
following a sudden attack. Charles B.
Brickley, the Harvard captain, set tho
fashion early In the year when ho devel
oped , serious case during tho first fort
night of. foot ball in October. He was
operated on and remained out of tha
gam oxoept for tho. few minute In which
ha participated in his farewell contest
against Yal at New Haven.
Whll Brickley waa on th sidelines
during th season, Trumbull was mad
acting captain, not knowing that such a
position waa first aid to a case of ap
pendlclUa Th second foot ball captain
to suocumb to an attack of the abdominal 1
aisease -was Tom Enwright, who was
captain of last. season's freshmen team.
Enwright wont under the knife almost aa
oon a th season cam to an end, and
aa a precautionary measure ho- I now
abstaining from spring foot ball practice
at Harvard. Trumbull ia tho third man in
tha list
Morgan B. Phillips of the varsity
hockey team la a fourth Harvard athlete
who has submitted to an operation for
appendicitis since tho cpentnar of college.
There are several other Harvard ath
letes who have been threatened with ap
pendicitis, but who have deferred sub
mitting to an operation tn th hop
that tha attack may yield to external
treatment. :
Allen Wins Hurling
Duel from Laf itte
BROOKLYN. May L -Frank Allen and
Ed Laffltte took part In a pitching dual
her today, the former winning. 1 to L
Th Pittafed runs cam tn th third In
ning, Jones getting a Ufa on Hblt'a
error which was followed by a pass to
Mowery and Konetchy's triple. Brooklyn
counted In th ftflh on LaflUes single,
and Demons double and passes to Mare
and Delehauty. Score: R.1LE.
Pittsburgh 0ta0ft 02 ft t
Brooklyn 001v 1 4 t
Batterle: Pittsburgh, Allen and Perry;
Brooklyn, Lafltta and Land.
MARTY 0'TOOLE IS
RELEASED WITH WARNING
OOLCMBUS. O., May L-In tha rolle
court today Marty OToole, pitcher for
th Columbu American aaaociatioa team,
charged with having engaged tn a fight
wttb. a street oar rooiormaxi, was al
lowed to go free with an admonition by
tha court. Th case of th street railway
oiptoy was disposed of in th same
wajr.
PARISH WINS TITLE BY
DEFEATING M. E. RISLEY
ATLANTIC CITY. May 1 James J,
Parrtsh. jr.. Natlpnal Oolf Links of
America, today won th championship of
th annual spring tournament pi th
Country olub at Atlantic City, defeating
Maurice K. Risley, Mar of th local
field, in the final round. 4 to 1
Risley outdrove bis opponent, but did
not far as well In th approaches and In
putting as th sew Torker.
AMt Gt Ckaatt,
Danny Moeller'a charlav hanaa k.a
given Mertto Acoeta a ohanra ta braak
into the Washington linaun aftr all and
how If be has Improved aa much aa
Clark Griffith aaid.
Clei
Outfielder Clemena. tha iIuith mt ,k
Texas league last year, has reported to
itKBwrr ur way or DU iJOQla.
year wUh tprlngfl4.
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IlillH 111
UGHTWEIGHTjU POOR LOT
So Sayi Frank Erne of Little
PugilisU Who Are How
in Ring:.
(
FIGHTS
L0NT PREPARE FOR
JSSJOOd otix., 1 iW 2TWQX AiCTM
lot of lightweight in tha history of tb
ring grace it now," says Frank Brno. "I
don't like Welsh at all. I never saw Nel
son, bat rm sure that Wolgaat could
have whipped hlsa at any stag of hi
career. I didn't go to see Bhugrus or
White because they are so poor that it
would be wasting an renins'. I think
Elbows McFndden, Dal Hawkins, Lavlgna
or Splko Bull Ivan could havo cleaned them
all up one toy on.
'Why, these fellows dont prepare for
fight You can't condition yourself In
two weeks. It takes weeks to .prepare
and week to relax so that th body can
regain its normal standard. Oscar Gard
ner, who weighed 115 pounds, could hav
whpped all this lot Wonderful puncher,
he could train down to nothing. Ho al
most had th upper body of a middle
weight "Sammy Kelly, the cleverest of the
clever. could have stabbed these fellows
silly. What a great fight he and Gardner
put upl Oscar broke two of Sammy's
ribs. Oeorgo Dixon was a marvel. With
great head and hands he was everything
that a brilliant boxer should be. He was
always fighting men larger than himself.
He could hit with either hand euually
well. Now they go through ten rounds
of perpetual motion, slapping and cuffing,
and the crowd thinks they're hitting.
"They don't applaud Mike Gibbon. He
Is th high art of' boxing today. Gib
bons, Tommy Ryan, Kid McCoy, they
showed more to the publio than any three
men who ever boxed. Men like Ryan and
McCoy were exponents of their own point
of view. They were as fnuch Inclined to
fool the public 'as they were their oppo
nents. Good as they were. Gibbons
showed me masterful boxing that hasn't
been equaled in my day. Welsh fights
the hard hitters without a display of
generalship. Believe me, he never en
countered a McFadden or a Fltsgerald.
Clans Punch, m Real One.
"Gan was a master. H could - feint
you Into any position he pleased, leaving
you easy prey to s solid punch, hard
because it was so unexpected. He was
the master hitter. You perhaps have
seen an Impromptu battle In a cafe. A
man will be hit sending him across tho
room. That man wasn't hit, he was
pushed. Another man will swing and
the other fallow will go flying sideways
to the wall. Not a punch. He waa pulled
around. When Gans hit you didn't move
out of your tracks. You )ust crumpled
dead to tha floor.
, "All things considered. Boh Fltsstm
mon was tho best fighter' that ever
stepped Into the dng. He fought at a
time when a man went a distance, having
to take into consideration hla powers and
hts opponent's powers, always figuring
as he went along Just how good he'd be
at the end of tan, fifteen, twenty or
twenty-five rounds. It took a general
to plan his battle along those lines. That's
what made them stand head and shoul
ders over today's crop. .
"Th greatest match in the world to
day from a standpoint of high boxing
art would be one between Packy Mo
Farland and .Mike Gibbons. Compared
to some of the matches we see It would
be like Comparing grand opera to a
honkay-tonk concert. It would be a treat
tn generalship, skill, hitting, blocking,
everything that constitute the fine art
of boxing.
1 Geneva Vlaa trass Oseeala.
GENEVA. Neb.. May 1 (Special.) In
the central district meeting at Osceola
final debating contest yesterday Geneva
won first and Donald Vloore will go to
the state contest at Lincoln May 14 to
represent this district
Pawnee Hlk Wtaa.
PAWNFTH Neb.. May 1 Speclal Tele
gram.) Tha Pawnee City High school
track team won from the Beatrice High
chool Mm tn a dual meet hfld in tills
city by the decinlv score of ts to ,
LaJTayette Wlss Mae.
BAlTIMORH. Md . May I I.Fayte
defeated John Hopkins in, a dual track
mast today, af to 47.
trsrtala BeeUs Navy.
ANNAPOLIS. May t University of
vtnrtaia dalaatad Nary la a trauk meet
tuaay. O la ei.
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GOLF HANDICAP IN ISSUE
Experts Differ on Question Whether
Ouimet Alone Should Not Have
Held Scratch.
TRAVEES IS PLACED WITH HIM
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which has arisen owing to the mystery
attached to the presence of the name of
Walter It. Whlgham on the handicap list
of the United States Golf association and
the Metropolitan Golf association Is not
the only question of the accuracy of these
lists. The golfers of Massachusetts and
the Western Golf association have made
some sharp criticism of the arrangement
by which Travers and Ouimet are placed
together at scratch and Evan is at one.
The former Insist the Ouimet should
alone' be at scratch, while the western
Players hold tluU Evan Is entitled to a
place at scratch. Moreover, Oolf Illus
trated at London, edited tv Harold H.
Hilton, the former amateur champion of
sfuwo ana uie vimea Die see.
agrees with the Massachusetts golfers
that Ouimet should stand ht solitary
glory at scratch. On this point Mr. Hil
ton said In a recent Issue:
. "It la rather a surprise to me that
Francis Ouimet does not enjoy the dis
tinction of being on the scratch mark
In solitary loneliness las on his general
form of last season on would be dis
tinctly Inclined to consider hlra the out
standing player of last year as ha won
the amateur championship and put up
Quito a good exhibition In the open
event Mr. Travers was runner up In
the amateur and thla was t!- rilv bio-
event he took part In; but it la quite
within the bounds of probability that the
handtoappera hay been a little Influence.!
by his great deeds in past years and tn
consequence are a little loath to play
him back one until there Is very evident
reason for so doing."
Flsrarrs on Oulmet's Prowess.
One cannot form an idea of i the way
Massachusetts golfers think ' on this
question of Ouimet and Travers at
cratch until they arouse Statistician A.
Llnd Fowler of Boston on th eubjecl.
Then Mr. Fowler will emit worCs faster
than a French seventy-flve-mllllmeter
gun will discharge shot They say that
even the rapidity of speech of the Rev.
Dr. Phillip Brook, the noted Boston
dfvlne, who long held the record for
speed in talking, wero eclipsed the other
day when an unlucky Gotham golfer hap
pened to run across Mr. Fowler on Bos
ton common and congratulated him on
Ouimet getting on scratch with Travers.
They say that the way Mr. Fowler
poured out figures on Oulmet's 1914 per
formance, made a crowd gather In the
belief that he was a llghillng calculator
giving exhibitions of his skill.
Mr. Fowler's point is that Ouimet did
better than Travers In the British ama
teur, being put out in the second round
with his medal score of 63. while Travers
went out In the first round with a score
of 90. In the British open qualifying
round Ouimet led all amateurs and was
only a few strokes fbehlnd the leading
pros. Then In the French championship
final Ouimet beat H. J. Topping of the
United States, who had defeated th man
who had beaten Travers.
Coming back to the United States, Mr.
Fowler dwells on Oulmet's capture of
the Massachusetts championship on the
Ions and difficult Brae Burn course with
all hla rounds under 80. and on his tak
ing fifth place In the national open at'
Chicago. Then In the national amateur
he was one stroke worse than the 144 of
th leading score of Fownes and Gorton
In the qualifying round, while Travers
was about half a doien strokes worse.
In the final he overwhelmed Travers, and
wnen i ney met a few day later in the
Laeiey cup matches at Baltusrol Ouimet
wen again, although the course was new
to him, while Travers knew the linu
"like a book.- When It was pointed out
xo air. rowier that Ouimet had lost In
the first division and the beaten .irk
of the Greenwich tourney In the fall ,.
said that that did not count aa It was
omy a local axralr. while the events In
which Ouimet achieved IOKM .
national Interest
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