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Judgments
ALBERT O. SPAULDING. whose
death occurred on Friday, was
one of the pioneers of profes
sional base ball, and had the
pleasure of seeing the gnmn
grown Into a mighty Institution. H.s
own contribution to Its wonderful ex
tension was not small. As a player,
manager, team owner and pportlnjj
goods manufacturer, he contributed
iulte as much aa any one man to make
base ball popular and the professional
frame successful. He was one of that
coterie of players whose llit Includes
Harry Wright and others whose names
are recalled with loving tenderness by
the older men of the country, who have
followed baso ball for all the days of
Its half-century of real growth. As a
pitcher, Al Spauldlng was noted In his
time, and his achievements In the early
days or the game were quite as note
worthy as are any of his successors,
who have aided In reducing the game
to the beautiful scientific contest It has
become. As owner of the old Chicago
White Sox. he helred to bring the game
to the highest point of business de
velopment, and his achievement in de
vising tho reserve clause In base ball
contracts really made organized ba 1 pos
sible. For many years his connection
with the game ha been that of seml
detochment, his sporting goods Interest
keeping him concerned In the prosperity
of base bail, aa well as all other games
that require apparatus or equipment, but
hla attitude was that of one who la
deeply Involved In the work of pre
serving the beat Interests of base ball at
all tlrr.es. He will be sincerely mourned
by many, and his parting will be no
ticed by millions who know him only be
cause of his connection with base ball.
The drafting season opens next Wed
nesday, and lna little while the mlno
league owners will know Just to what ex
tent they will have to rebuild their teams
for the coming season.. It Is scarcely
probable that experience of the last few
years will be duplicated, for the big
league owners are held back by the
twenty-one player limit, and mighty few
of them are anxious to load down tl.e
payroll with untried ball tossers. Just to
keep tho other fellow from getting him.
Ihe leagues have been pretty well plckod
over already by the scouts, and a num
ber of tales have been matfo to the Mi
leag es. and the fact that the new player
has been chucked right Into the game, to
take the place of the man he displaced on
the roster, gives color to the cellef that
the b'.g league magnates are buying for
Immediate consumption, as they say on
lie board of trade, and not for futures.
However, a few days will tell the story.
in Chicago la wonder
fully busy these days, turning the Omaha
franrhlso and grounds over to a successor
to Pa Rourke. So far no amount of
inquiry has been able to develop the
Identity of this person. He is on a
warm trail, however, for Rourke Is will
ing to sell out. If he can get his price,
but he has no Intention of giving the
team away. For tho Information of some
of the persons who may be Interested In
the transaction. It may here be stated
that to make the deal effective under
the nat'onal agreement, and the laws of
the National Assertion, both Rourke
and the Western league must be satis
fied, and then the matter must be passed
upen by the National Association. Qu to
a little red tape has to be unwound these
days when transferring ownerstup of a
base ball club.
V lot of folks who thought they were
not feeing the usual hlsh grade of base
ball In the Western league during the
last season, and especially at Oroahi.
may be referred to the performance of
the players who hsve been sold and are
now blrg used regularly by the big
leagues. Take Krerger. for example, wlio
went from Omaha to the Tanks; he ha
been working oftener than any other
caterer since he Joined New Tork and Is
making good. The proceedings had quite
a Western league flavor the other dy.
when Mcgridge and Kreu?er formed the
battery for New York, ana they beat tha
Boston Red Box. We did have some
pretty good ball here during the summer,
skin tho weather man would let the boys ,
Uiay.
The race is not over yet tn any of the
major leagues, and the fan are oe' lining
to warm up as they haven't since thi
leys when Chicago ana New York tied
fur fl'st place and had to ptay off that
elebrated Merkle game. Almor. any of
them can p'ck the winner, and tell yo'i
hy he 1 right. And that's wnat really
makes the game g-od Also, almost any
ft them may be wrong.
Connie Mack Is able to smile these days.
He know he Isn't going to win any pen
r.ants, but he has banked a lot of good
Iron men through the sale of players, and
that help a lot.
Poverty Retires.
Tom Fogsrty, president and secretary
of the HarHshurg club retired from that
position. Frsnk D an of Jersey City
was chosen to succeed him.
Jarknua Traded Beck.
The Chicago American club has turned
hark to the Bloomlngton club of the I.
I. I. leasue Charles Jai kson of Ht. Louis,
d uo to the acquirement of Joe Jackson.
Clrairali Takes J .
Iltv Clements or the Tulsa team of the
Western aa iatiou has sirfued lto the
Mil Louis federals.
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C'AOiHTERJ
WITH THE OMAHA AMATEURS I
31a ss B and C Championships Are
to Be Decided This Afternoon
at Lnxns Park.
LUXUS TO TACKLE ALAMITOS
ny FRANK QCIGLEY.
Today will be a real gala day In ama
teur base ball circles In Omaha. Two
championship battles and one pennant
deciding conflict are carded to occupy the
boards.
The class B and class C championships
will be settled at Luxua park today. In
the former class the Frown Park Mer
chants and Drexels will mix and the
Trimble Bros, and the O. A. Nelsons will
settle the C honors.
In class A tho Luxus and the Alamitos
will play for the championship of the
Greater Omaha league. These two teams
are tied at present. This game will be
played at tho Douglas County Fair
grounds.
In all probability the best battle will
be staged by the Alamitos and Luxus,
the contingents that are knotted for the
top roost In the Greater Omaha league.
Foth of these teams have amply demon
strated the fact that they consist of the
best material available around these
Jungles and as both managers wilt have
a barrel of pepper on deck to be In
jected If required, a real live fight for
supremacy will undoubtedly be dished
out. Holland, the old reliable, will
utilise his left lunch hook on the mound
to dish up puszlers to fool the hard-hitting
hltamlths of the milk crew. The
milky children will stick Stengel, the
cream of their alabaters, on the firing
line. He Is a southpaw and here of late
, has been twirling like an old veteran.
I Anyway a wrangle full of base ball
! enmity In which the rivalry will stick
! out very conspicuously will be on the
Mil of fare. This contest will ring In on
or about S bells at the county fair
grounds which Is located directly opposite
Krug park.
Melmtna Are Favorites.
Down at Luxus park the class C and B
championships will be decided. The first
argument will be between the Trimble
Bros., the dudes that grabbed the rag In
the Inter-City league, and the O. A. Nel
sons, the boys that copped the flag In the
Booster league. The strength of these
two teams cannot be estimated because
! of the different leagues they are aseo
j elated with, but the general opinion Is
that the Booster league played the fast
est base ball, therefore, the U. A. Nelsons
look like the best bet. Nevertheless, the
Trimbles state with vehemence that the
Nelson will have to step fast to hook
the bacon.
Aa soon as the game la history the
Brown Park Merchants and the Drexel
Shoe Company aggngatlona will clash to
decide the Class B championship and In
cidentally ascertain which team will be
eligible to participate In the National
Amateur association Class B elimination
series, the first game of which will be
played at St. PauL Oodles of rivalry ex
bts between these two squads, so a con
test full of thrills Is anticipated by the
followers of both congregations. In the
first game staged the Parks put the
Kennedy & Bescllns out of the race and
then the Drexels put the kibosh on the
Corr Electrics and next the 8hoe Teddlere
put the First Christian church bunch on
the shelf, and now all that remains Is to
slip the Brown Park Merchants a dose
of defest. They will have their hands
full administering said dose, but they
say they can do It Naturally the Mer
chants cough up a different story.
Potach. the pride of the Brown Park
MerchanU, wl.l heave the honsehlde tor
the Southtown lads and Qarnett will hand
the foolers over the crockery for the
Drexel Shoe Co. First game will be
called promptly at one whistle and a
half.
ftandlot Gossip.
Hen Kennedy says that next season
he w II try and find time to be the chief
dictator for the Kennedy St Besellns.
The Nebraska Auto School team are
still looking for game. Call Webster
fc.Y.2 and make a noise for Frank Jacobs.
That Colonial league and another one
orgftnlsed In the city across the wnves
were the only ones to explode this season.
Vattle M-Or"th stro'leil In at week
sfter a touvh siege with the bustiers. At
tht Mattle lad a very auo.ee(ul sea
son. K-om a'l Indications McKm will be re
elected pretlent of the lnter-Clty leagje.
Hl work proved t a' lafa'tury to all con
cerned. Mil kv Fo n c t - '- 'n - '
than he doee In base ball, but at that he
satisfied li.e Cvi. . - .... . -
garden.
Gentleman's llnl'ys would like to pUy
a few ramee before the aahestos drops.
Call Douglas 1 and squawk for John
G ntlemaii.
Max FroJsky's Inl'lnt anpexrante aa
a ma'-ager was a distinct success. He
held the man g r.al rwtua for tiie O.naha
Ruuber Co. band.
Next season will find a new gent at
the post for Hrandels Stores, because
Manager Johnston has decided to hand
In his resignation.
Jawn Dennlson. the leader of the Iaixus
trour his tem will do all In Its
rowr tola v to hok the pennant of the
Greater Omaha league.
The Ducsy Holiuea boys are fighting
toiay to Unco fourth place and ring lu
on the money tn be dished out by tho
Oreater Omaha league.
Joe Moran of the M'irphy Did Its Is
now playing with the Athlrl ee and ha Is
performing in a faultlesa manner with the
at Irk and In the field.
The directors of the Omaha Amateur
art.M''ati"ll. were toj busy utt e.-k It;
! ft-u4 the question i'f huhllng a haniil
afur unwuaii'-m of tho season. Thj
Copyright. 1"1S, International
News Service.
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Michigan Prospects
COACH YOST. J?asw 43rrT.
; COACH FIELDING II. TOST AND C
BIT? OK MICHIGAN ELEVEN.
' "Hurry Up" Tost, coach of the Uni
versity of Michigan eleven, Is not worry
ing eo very much these days, for the
famous foot ball Instructor has a lot of
promising material at the Wolverine
college. Besides Captain Cochran of last
year's team, Maulbetsch, the sensation
of last year; Relman, Benten, Dunne,
Btaats and Watson are left to the
Wolverines this year. Most of theae
men were "green" at the beginning of
last season, but they Improved toward
matter mill be taken up at the next
meeting.
Walter Rpellman could have picked up
$25 laying wi h Papilllon last Sunday
and Monday, but he stayed home and
played with th Alamitos.
To date this season the CounH' !
Imperials have compiled a wonderful
record. Most all oi imlr tamn ,
played with teams out of town.
Down at Muskogee, Okl., Edward
O'Connor, formerly a star on the local
firmament. Is starting the natives with
the phenomenal stuff he pulls off.
Dirk Klssane wlU handle the Indicator
during one of the chsmplnrshln battles
to be staged today. So far he has been
getting by as good as ft clever politician.
The Saturday Class "A" league closed
the gates with the Armours in the f rat
stall, the Mhlland Glasa and Paint com
pany, second, and the Woodmen of the
World, third.
For games either on Saturday or Sun
day with the Midland Glaaa and Pa'nt
company, addreaa Frank Qulgley, 160
Chicago street or telephone Dougias iJi
or W ebster X&&3.
Frank Golden did not play base ball
this season, but neverthels he savs he
wil be in the pink of condition when the
foot ball season rolls In. He Is In Kan
sas City now.
Probably on next Sunday the Ramblers
will be afforded an opportun ty to play
the leaders of the Greater Omaha league.
They rambled away with the pennant
of the National league.
Amateur Games Today
Luxus against Alamitos, county fair
grounds, at 3 30 p. m.
G A. Nelanns against Trimble Bros.,
Lotus park. !: p. m.
Brown Park Merchants against Drexel
Sh Co. Luxus rork, 3:30 o. m.
Boraeols vga'rst Ducky Holmes, Twenty-sixth
and Martha.
S'ors against Dodge, Neb., at Rourke
park.
Nebraska Auto School aswlnst 8outb
Omaha Merchants. Fontenelle park, east
diamond. 3:3n c. m.
WHllama Pharmacy aralnst Counel
Bl'iffa AhVti- Twenty-first and First
avenue Council B'uffs.
Dundee Woolen Mlis "t Klkora, Neb.
Armours at Pender. Neb.
Ramblers aralnst Counel' Tllnfe tls
first gsme. AthleMe park. Council Bluf'a
Joe Hmltl'.s aaralnst Council Fluffs t
Vol VH"i second game. Athletic park
Cou-rll lioffs.
Chris Lycka against Luxus. county fair
grounds, at l:3u p m.
-! IklOs.
The Columbus rliib h"a sold Oufleldur
Sliellun to the New York AmtrKana.
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APTAJN COCHRAN OF THE) UNTVEO-
the end of the year. In addition there
are some very promising men from the
last year's freshmen team. With the dis
covery of a good drop kicker to take the
place of Splawn, tho Michigan team
should shape up well. Tost Is now look
ing for ft boot ftrtkM. but feels confident
that out of the thirty-seven men who
will report for practice on September 20
he will find or develop a man who can
take care of the kicking end of the game
for the malie and blue.
HARVARD IS AHOME SCHOOL
Nearly All Flayers on Percy Hough
ton's Eleven Come from Within
Stat of Massachusetts.
SEVERAL AREFR0M BOSTON
BOSTON. Mass., Sept It While Yale
and Princeton get foot ball players from
all over the country, the beat foot ball
material at Harvard has been drawn
from Massachusetts. Of the 1914 flrst
strng team, only three live outside of
! Massachusetts. Wallace, the center,
malla from California, where be played
foot ball before entering Harvard; Pen
nock, the all-American g .ard, oame from
Syracuse, N. Y., and Parson, the tackle,
come from Providence. Captain Brick
1. y made Kvcrelt famous, and Captain
Kddle Mahan of the 1913 team la up
holding the prestige that Natlck has
ga ncd In the past by being the bailiwick
of the late Mike Murphy, Keene FUs
patrlck. Pooch Donovan, Tom Connelly,
Johnny Mack, and others Identified with
athletics.
The backfteld of the Harvard team last
year was a Greater Boston outfit. Lo
gan, the quarterback, came from South
lioaton; Bradlee. the all-Amerlcaa half
back, lives In Boeton; Mahan comes from
Natlck, and t'rancke, tho fullback, re
s.des In Cambridge, where h s father Is
a professor at Harvard. Tack Hard
wick Uvea In Qulncy; Trumbull Uvea tn
Salem; Weston, the guard, lives In Cam
bridge, and Jeff Ooolidge, the end, re
sides In Boston.
It la ft notable fact that four of the five
Harvard player whom many picked for
this year's all-America eleven live In
Massachusetts, the fifth one being Pen
nock, from New York state. Also, It is
a notable fact that for five consecutive
years now the Harvard foot ball cap
tains have been Massachusetts men. Ma
han of U15 and Brickley of 114 are
from the Bay state, and Percy Wendoil.
captain of the lil team that defeated
Yale, 20 to 0, lives In Koxbury; 4-lnrer,
lust year's captain, lives In Boston, snd
r'uhir, captain in UU, lives in Ni n.
Drawn for The Be by George McManus
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COBB'S BATTING SLUMPS
Georgia Pea,ch, However, is Far in
Lead, with Crawford First in
Total Bases.
FINAL AVERAGES OF WESTERNS
CHICAGO. Kept. 11. Ty Cobb has agnln
fallen Into a batting slump. But desplto
drop of five points below his mark of
last week, the Itetrolt star la still leading
the Amer'can league with an average of
.370, according to averages published here
today.
Cobb maintains his speed on tho bases
however, and Is leading the league with
eighty-two stolen bases. He also has
strengthened his margin as the lending,
run-Rctter, having scored lHO. Crawford,
Cobb's teammate, drove Ty from the top
of the total base column with rt total of
249 bases, twelve more than Coht 's mark.
Other batters In tho American league
who are hitting In the .yo class are:
Jackson, Chicago, .327; Speaker. Boston,
.SCI;. K. Collins, Chicago. .SIR; Crawford.
Detroit. .SIR; Fournlor, Chicago, .X14;
Veach. Detroit, .31:1; Mclnnls, Philadel
phia, .310; Strunk. Philadelphia, .303;
'twi. .h. i i- x.
runs with five 1 " flna,1r reached the stage, where he
In club batting, the pennant contenders"' r'ady ,io ulk fight again. The big
are bunched, with Detroit leading with P'"" contract with the Wild West
., and Boston and Chicago close be- 'ow he Is now with, expire, on Nov.m
hind. with .tOC and .262. respectively. . Ur- U nd after that date It will be neees
Pltchers who have worked In twenty-1 arr fop M to enler lh rin ha
five or more games and are In the
select class are: Foster, Boston, won IS
and lost 4. Scott Chicago, 21 and t;
Ruth, Boston, 14 and ; Shore. Boston. 15
and 7; Coveleskle, Detroit. 22 and 11;
Dauss, Detroit, 22 and 10; Fisher, New
York. 18 and 9; Faber. Chicago. 21 and 4Kni an Impossible guarantee and will
11; Boland, Detroit, and Leonard, Boston, , ' the matter of solectmg an oppon
11 and (; Johnson. Washington. 22 and 13; In bands of the promotor, ap
Dubuo, Detroit, 17 and 11 J Ayre. Wash- iParently It Is going to be ft dlff.cult
Ington, and Ben, Chicago. U and 1 matter to arrange a match that will
. . meet with the full approval of the flght-
Dorle I-eada National.. .) golng pubU(J
Captain Larry Doyle, batted himself. JUHi at pre,ent ther, ar, oniy three
Into the lead again In the National league men worthjr ,0 be named In the same
mis wee, aunougn more is very iuuo
change among the first ten. The New
Yorker has an average of .327,
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following hi in are: Luderus. Phjudel
phlu, .326; Long, St. Louis, and Daunert.
Brooklyn, tied with .300; Snyder, St.
Louis. .30h; Merkle, New York, and
Hlnchman. Ilttaburgh, tied with .304;
Griffith. Clnclnatl. .290; Groh. Cincinnati.
.tH; Fisher. Chicago, and Collins,, Pitts
burgh, tied with .293; Robertson. New
York. .282.
St. Louis leads In club batting, with .257,
and Cincinnati la next, with .254. Doyle
leads In total bases, with SIS; Cravath,
Philadelphia, leads In runs scored, with
78, and in home runs, with SL Carey,
Pittsburgh, wtlh S4. lead, the base
stealers.
I The leading pitchers are: Mamaux, i
Pittsburgh, won SO and lost 7; Alexander,
Philadelphia, 25 and : Toney, Cincinnati, ,
U and 4; H. Smith. Brooklyn. 12 and S;
Pierce, Chicago, 11 and 6; Dale, Cincin
nati, Is end II ; Pfeffer, Brooklyn, 14 and
; Meadows, St. Louis, IS and 6; Stand-
rldge, Chicago, S and 2; Ragan, Boston,
Is and 11; Mayer, Philadelphia, IS and IS.
Federal Flgarrs.
The ten leading batters of the Federal
league are: Kauff, Brooklyn, .350; Magee,
Brooklyn, .34R; Fischer. Chicago, .313;
Konetchey, Pittsburgh. .216; Deal, St.
Louis, .314; Rousch, Newark, .313; Camp-
bell. Newark. .812; Terkea, Pittsburgh.
.311; Flack. Chicago, .810; Dalton, Buf-
falo, .Sue.
Magee leads In runs scored, with 32;
Kauff. with 43. leads the base stealers;
Konetchey has the most total bases 244
and Chase. Buffalo, with M. leads th
home run department
The leading pitchers are: F. Allen.
j Pittsburgh. 21 won and lost; McConnell,
' rhinm 21 suit t- Orandaii fit. i.nuia
W and ; Barger, Pittsburgh, S and 4;
Reulbach, Newark, It - and ; Schuls,
I Buffalo, 20 and 12; F. Smith, Brooklyn,
' 10 and ; Anderson, Buffalo, IS and 10,
Cullop. Kansas City,' 17 and 11; Plank, fit
Louis. 15 and 10; M
Brown. Chicago.
12 and 1
Brooklyn, with .271, leads In club bat
ting and Pittsburgh Is second with .297.
Lellvelt Leads Aaaertatton.
Compton, Kansas City, no longer holds
the lead In batting In the American asso-
elation. This honor goe to Lellvelt, laws of the land.
j Kansas City, who has an average of .344. 1 Amateur championships are decided In
j Compton's mark Is .343. j four rounds and there I seldom much
Minneapolis leads in club batting with d!sput as to Ihe winners. It la merely
I .281, and Kansas City and Indianapolis ft matter of pace. When the time Is
are tied for second with .71 The lead- limited the speed Is Increased In propor
, Ing pitcher U Hall. St Paul, 23 won and tlon. All needless stalling Is eliminated
1 lot ! In order to get quick results. Boxers who
have Uken part In twenty-round bouts
"" l'-ae Flaal Averages. admt (nat u u pobie to cram a much
The final averages of the Western action Into ten rounds as generally takes
league give LeJeune, i-ioux City, flrat pac) ln battle of twice that length,
place ln the baiting column among play- ; There 1 no doubt that the sporting pub
em who played In half the games of the (lc wouid be well satisfied with ten-round
season. Ills average la .X6. Following bouts for the titles. It would mean that
him are Oalloway, Denver, .346; Forsythe, th4. stagnatlon that results owing to th
1 Omaha, .333; Spencer, Denver, ,31; Morse,
Lincoln. .22g; Jones, Des Moines. .330.
'(Kane, Sioug City. .313; Jackson, Topeka.
' .811; Brltton, Wichita, .808; Callahan.
I Sioux City. -sua.
Denver bold the club 4ettlng honora'on the market. Of course, the difficulty
with .23. with Sioux City second, jwm be to Induce the present set of
with .27a champion to conform to modern eondl-
Jones scored the most runs, 103; Gallo-
way. with 2su, leads total bases; McCor
mii'k, Itenvrr, made the greatest number
of home runs lt and MoGaffigan, Liu-
coin. Is the stolen base king, with 41 to
his credit.
Tho first ten pitchers who worked In
twenty-five or more games are: Musser,
les Moines, ) won, lost; Mltrhel, Ien
vrr, Zl and ft; Thompson, Omaha, 14 and
S; Mogrldge, Dos Moines, 24 and 11;
Oaspar, Sioux City, 19 and 11; Thomas.
IVs Moines. 22 and IS; Clunn. Topeka, 10
and ft; Gllllgan, Des Moines, 13 and S;
Blodgett. 34 and IK; Cant well, Denver,
14 and Clark. Sioux City. It and .
The leading bettor In the International
league Is Gllhooley. Buffalo, with S39;
Providence and Burfalo are tied In cluh
hatting, with .CTS. The leading pitcher
Is Dowd, Montreal, 14 won and b lost.
The leading hatter In the Southern asso
ciation la Hendryx, New Orleans, with
.SM. The leading pitcher la Hogg, Mo
bile. 1 and 10.
WILLARD WILLING TO FIGHT
Champion Finds Only Remaining
Way to Collect Spoils is to
Enter Ring Again.
THREE CANDIDATES TO BATTLE
YORK. Bept 11. J ess Wlllard
pacts to make capital of his honers.
As It takes a month or two to boom
championship match, it la high time
tor him to select an opponent and name
ft date for the bout to take place. Al
though Wlllard declares that he will not
Dreeth with the man who humbled Jack
JohnjKm. Thcy are: Coffey, Welnert and
. Moran. As Coffey and Moran are
scheduled to meet In the near future, the
winner and Welnert will then be left
to fight it out
Because he la the lightest one of the
three, Welnert has received the least con
sideration so far. It Is felt that It would
be unfair to ask blra to pit his 180 pounds
against Wi; lard's ISO, Still, It past per
formances are to be taken Into account.
It must be admitted that the Jersey man
Is entitled to aa high ft rating as either
of his two rivals.
Apparently neither Moran nor Coffey
Is in the least anxious to assume the
uk of aemon.tratln, Welnert aoe.
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ft championship wallop, Welnert has ft
corner on what little speed and skill there
is In the heavyweight divisions at Pres
ent, and his heavier but more clumsy
rivals are well satisfied to leave him
alone. They are wise enough to real ft
that they are not likely to advance their
prestige by an attempt to keep paoe with
a man of his speed.
Since Welnert has beaten Coffey and
also Gunboat Smith, who took the meas
ure of Moran. It Is only log cal to as
sume that ha could outpoint either of his
rivals, and yet Welnert undoubtedly
would have the least chance of defeat-
Ing Wlllard In the only way Wat a oe-
feat would affect the tltle-by ft knock-
out
If the boxing solons decide to permit
referees' decisions Welnert will have to
be taken more seriously In the future,
In that event hi vlctorte will count
j even though not gained by the knockout
route. Whether this can be taken a an
argument foa or against decisions I
snmewhst doutitful. however. Bo far aa
a championship Is concerned opinion Is
radically unanimous that ten rounds
are not a sufficient test
I saurl Boat Btaadard.
i mm iha Hnu la fust aDurosjihlnsT when
. Un wl the iULrl(Urd distance
for all bouts. If that time has not ac
tually arrived. While It would appear
unfa'r to Wlllard, who won his title in a
long battle, to risk it In ft short skirmish,
eventually It will become necessary to
make the rules of the ring conform to the
difficulty of locating a long distance bat-
tle ground would disappear. Instead of
Uing treated as the private property of
I the holder long after hi fighting ability
(vllj departed ft title would be constantly
Uuns. Once ft precedent Is established
there would be no further ground orj
objection, aa what Is fair for one la fair,
for alL f I
WEINERT IS A COMING PUG
Nineteen-Year-Old Youngster is
About Best Bet in Heavyweights
Outside of Willard.
HAS LICKED M0T0RMAN COFFEY
NBW TOrtlC. Sept. It Heavyweight
contenders come and go with bewllder-
' Ing rapidity. Every few months sees a
i complete change In the situation, aa the
man who has enjoyed 'ft brief spelt of
ipopularity la forced to give way for some
other. This season Charley Welnert's
star seems to be In the ascendant.
Apparently Welnert Is due to last a lit
tle longer than the average seeker after
Wlllard'a title. Already he has met and
defeated Jim Coffey, Gunboat Smith.
Porky Flynn, Battling Levensky and Jim
riavage. Only Frank Moran la missing
to make the list complete, and judging
by past performances Moran will go the
way of the others when he fares the Jer
sey speed merchant. Some record for a
l-year-old youngsterl
The one thing missing that would
make Welnert the sensation of the age
la a knockout punch. So far his record
Is barren of decisive win, all hi vic
tories having been gained on the point
basts. But for that weakness Welnert
would now be In line for championship
match, since he ha eliminated all the
contender that are worth considering.
But although Welnert ha established
his supremacy over the ton-round dis
tance he seem to have reached the end
of hi rope, for the time being at least.
The sporting world will not accept a
heavyweight who lack a punch. Jim
Corbett did get by, but he was an excep
tion. And even Corbett won the title
with ft knockout, although hla defeat of
Sullivan was nothing much to boast of
owing to the latter' poor condition,
lias Plenty of Tim.
But Welnert ha plenty of time tc
acquire ft real wallop. He Is big enough
for all requirements, being well over six
feet In height He Is taking on Weight
rapidly and It will not be long before he
reaches th 100-pound mark. At that fig
ure even Wlllard' huge bulk should
have no terrors for him, provided he re
tains hi speed a he gain In flesh.
There seem to be no good reason
why Welnert cannot learn to hit effec
tively. He la a splendidly muscled fel
low, and It Is evident that the power Is
there If he can only learn to make use
of It
Whether Wstnert will retain Ma good
form aa he grow older I ft question.
A ft rule ft boxer who begin too young
become burnt out by the time he
reaches hi full development Welnert
began boxing three year ago, and it will
be at least three year more before he
ha fully matured. By that time he may
be worn out by th strain of continually
training and fighting. The fact that he
la unable to out short ft fair average of
hla bout to a, round or so means that
he must do considerable more work than
th man who oan make quick work of
an opponent
Fait Hoaeranooa.
After organlsattng the Tiger and Oakes
Into the Base Ball 1 'layers' fraternity.
JJavld L. l'ulu, chief of that organisa
tion, left Los Angeles for the north.
Full I combining business wtlh pleas
ure, as he la on El honeymoon.
ell Tkree to Cera.
The Montreal club of the International
league has sold three player Paul
rinnth. outfielder, and Frank Miller, a
ner, 10 j-iiisuurgn. ana iiennetn
Nash, Inflelder, to the Cardinal.
Terrv tq Go I'p.
With Zeb Terry definitely assured of
'ft bis; league trial next season President
Johnny Powers of the Keraphs Is alreadv
malMing preparations for x man to take
hla place In the Angels' Infield next year.
I Are After Kaa-'e.
Ths Salt Lake City club announces
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