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Judgments
THE! question at issue among fol
lower of University of Nebraska,
foot ball right now Is the selec
tion of a mentor to assume the
,. shoes of Jumbo Stlehrn, who haa
resigned to take a more renumeratlvo
position as coach at Indiana. This topic la
far more vital to foot ball fans than the
European war or early Christmas shopping
and many are the arguments heard pro
and con. Thus far the names of four
coaches have been suggested as possible
candidates. They are Bill Roper, for
merly at Missouri and Princeton; Bennle
Owen of Oklahoma, Gil Doble, who Just
resigned at Washington, and Jesse Har
per of Notre, Dame. As far as past rec
ords go, and observations of teams
coached by these men in action, it ap
pears very probable that any one of the
four would be just aa successful, if, per
haps, not more so, than Stlehm. Btiehm
has made an enviable record at Nebraska.
It Is not to be denied that Nebraska has
ascended to a top-notch rank In western
foot ball during the regime of Jumbo,
but without In any way discrediting
Stiehm's ability, there are men who are
Just as good aa he Is and it should not
be overly difficult . for . the Cornhusker
athletic board to eelect one when the
emergency meeting la held Monday. Of
the four men suggested. Roper and Doble
have the beat records, but there is prob
ably less chance to secure the services
of either one of these men than Owen or
Harper. Roper, it will be remembered.
Is the man who won the Missouri Valley
championship for Missouri In 1900. Roper
won the championship that year- from
two better teams, Nebraska and Kansas.
Kansas defeated the Hunkers and Roper,
with a very ordinary team and the odds
strongly against him, won from Kansas.
He" used twenty-three men to do it, but
he did it, and the name of Bill Roper to
this day stands at the top of the Mis
souri hall of fame. Two years later
Roper took charge of the eleven at
Princeton and turned out the only team
in the history of the school that won
from both Harvard and Tale. ' He la the
man who made an ail-American end out
of Sammy White. This year Roper
coached Swarthmore when he wasn't busy
practicing law in Philadelphia. Whether
he could be Induced to abandon his law
practice to come to Nebraska Is doubtful,
but it would be a ten-strike for the Corn
huskers If fortune should eo favor them.
Doble a few days ago announced his in
tention ot taking up the practice of law
and he resigned the position as mentor
ai v BBiiinKiun 10 ao n. vji course, u
may be possible to bring him to Lincoln,
but it seems unlikely. Jesse Harper and
Bennle Owen have both made good rec
ords aa coaches. Harper has turned out
good teams at Notre Dame ever since he
haa been there. And Harper's good
teams have largely been the result of
Harper's coaching ability. Such team
work and wonderful interference as ex
hibited by the Notre Dame eleven this
year haa never before been Been in Ne
braska, and good coaching alone can de
velop even team-work and good Inter
ference. Owen makes his bid for honor
largely through his knowledge of the for
ward passing game. Oklahoma this year
depended almost exclusively on the for
ward Pass to net gains and this method
was eo successful that Oklahoma went
through the year with a clear slate of
victories. It has been said by foot ball
atudents who saw the Sooner in action
this year that they had the most won
derful system of forward passing of any
team In the country, and an assertion
like that Is a great tribute to the ability
of Bennle Owen as a coach. The Ne
braska athletic board will do well Mon
day to get a line on all four of these
mentors suggested, for any one of them
would undoubtedly be aa great. If not
a greater success, than the passing
Jumbo.
The proposal by Jack Holland of St.
Joseph that ladles' days in the Western
league be abolished is likely to inspire a
howl of disapproval from the fair fana
who have been afforded the privilege of
occupying 50-cent seaii at Rourke park
without the expenditure of anything ex
cept carfare two days each week. Per
haps Holland's proposal is for the best
it Is said most tf the magnates agree it
Is as it is a difficult matter to pay ex
penses out of a free gate but Jack la
hooked to become very unpopular among
the blondes and brunette.
Tip O'Neill, it la aaid. Is trying to buy
the Oakland Coaat league club, but can't
agree on the price aet by the present
owners. Tip would probably buy the club
if they'd take confederate money for it
Joseph Gilmore of Honolulu ha been
elected captain of the Harvard eleven.
Westerners never were any good as
foot bail players, either.
They are selling J. Franklin Baker to
fomlakey again. -Selling Baker to
Oomikey is becoming almost a popular
as selling the Cubs.
If Ban Johnson aueceeda In selling that
Cleveland franchise he will have Jim
Ulliiiur beaten a city bloc.
The basket ball lads seem to be occu
pying all of the calcium these day.
Remember. Mr. Bt'ehm, they haven't
any Chamberlain at Indiana,
I'LL fix him
I'LL POT tOME
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JESS DOESH'IUKE TO FIGHT
So Says Tom Jones, and from Wil
lard'i Recent Activities He
Probably is Eight.
WILL QUIT THE RING SOON
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. "Do you know,"
said Tom Jones, the other day, "that
Jess Willard doesn't care a rap about
fighting? Well, that the truth. He enly
Intendsi to fight a few more battles and
he'll retire from the ring Inside of a year.
"Jess wants to dispose of all the prom
inent contendere before he retires,
though, to prove that he is a real bona
fide champion. But the real truth I that
he would rather be doing something else
than swapping punches In the ring.
"Willard first took up ' boxing when
Jack Johnson was returned winner over
Jim Jeffries. It was his ambition to re
move the negro from the limelight and
prove the superiority of the white race
that made the big cowboy take up fisti
cuffs, . "The reason that he made such rapid
progress and developed from a big, un
couth heavyweight Into the best the sport
haa produced waa because of his deter
mination to take the title away from
Johnson.
"If Jesa liked boxing or It sidelines,
such aa stag and circus work, he could
now be making thousand of dollar
every week. Instead, he love hi family
and home, and he won't be contented
again until he quit the ring forever and
take up farm life, or something like
that. .
: "Willard haa been receiving all kinds of
offers alnce he quit the circus. It waa
only the other day that he waa 6ffered
5,000 a week for twelveNweeks' work on
the stage, but he wouldn't even consider
U. He la now back borne In Lros Angeles
with his family, and no offer, no matter
how big, would Induce him to leave there
until after the new year starts.
Only Wants His Price.
"Willard will probably fight only three
or four battlea before he quits hi gloves
away for all time. Of course, he wants
to quit with the title In hi possession.
This doesn't mean he is going to pick
any easy mark. As long a he get hi
price, which hi $30,000, he will let the
promoters pick his opponents."
Jones then showed the writer the eon
tract for Jess" bout in March with Fred
Fulton at New Orleans. Fulton isn't
named, a the contract was signed before
Fulton had been secured. "Tie contract
calls for 132.500, I2.&00 of which Is for
training expenses. The contract doesn't
say that he can't meet anybody before
then, and if somebody step forward
with the required sum a bout between the
middle of January and the New Orleans
date, he will be accommodated.
"VV hat other champion ever signed to
fight eight months from ti e date he won
the championship?" continued Jonea. "I
guess they have been few and far be
tween. Eleven month from the time
that he beat Johnson at Havana he will
be opposing Fulton in New Orleans. Some
records that I
"It makes me laugh to see how some
of the so-called contenders are demand
ing exorbitant sum to fight Jess. For
Instance, Moran has twice been offered
111,00 for his end, but has turned It down.
Can you Imagine a fellow who thlnka he
haa a change to cop the title refusing
such a big guarantee?
Willard Loses Money.
"I've had three champions and all three
together didn't make half what Moran Is
passing up when they captured the cham
pionships in their respective classes.
When Wolgast beat Nelson he got 12,600.
no training expenses or railroad tickets.
When Papke knocked out Ketchel he got
about ll.MJO. Willard was over HftOuO In
debt after the Johnson fight.
"But the way I always figured It wa
this: If I had a boxer who had a chance
of beating the champion I waa willing
to let hlra fight for almost anything. It
he won, I knew that it wouU be a
harvest."
Bam McVey, who fought Lang for a a
draw here the other night, heard about
Moran's refusal to meet Willard for a
(11,000 guarantee, and he said:
"I toll you what I'll do. I've got about
14,000 In cash left I won't want a cent
for fighting Willard, but I will bet what
money I have that i U stop him Inside ol
six rounds."
COLLEGE BIG LEA.GUERS
DO NOT RIDE GOAT NOW
College youths who enter the big league
tank these days are accepted by the
veterans without the necessity of sub
mitting to "initiation" ceremonies. In the
old days the vets scoffed at college youths
as professional ball players. They termed
them "stsslea," Ignored them, made life
miserable for them generally, and usually
broke the spirit of moat college boys who
really had enough ability to hold down
regular Jobs if they had been given a
little assistance by their teammates.
MILTON STOCK HAS THE
LAUGH ON JOHN M'GRAW
Milton Stock, one of the players who
figured In the trade with Phi adelph a.
whereby Hans Lobert came to the Giants,
had the laugh on McOraw, for he batted
eight points better than the formt r
Philadelphia!!.
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COASTERS FAIL WITH MACK
Native Son Athletes Have Never
Managed to Deliver Goods
with the Athletics.
DALY IS SHIPPED BACK HOME
Fete Daly, the outfielder from whom
mucli was expected when he Joined the
Athletic a few year ago, haa drifted
back to the Pacific coast and will play
with the Vernon club of the Pacific
Coast league next year. Pete' failure to
make good with the Athletic or the New
York Highlander bring out the fact that
Manager Mack never had much luck
with California player, writes William
O. Weart.
Connie haa brought several promising
looking outfielders from the coast only
to have every one of them fall down on
the Job. On the other hand, California
has been good to the Phillies. No state
In the union is so well represented on the
Quakers' pay roll aa California. Gavvy
Cravath, Eddie Burns and Joe Oeachger
are native sons, while Bancroft and
Becker now make their homes in that
state In the winter.
No less than four outfielders have been
brought from the Golden atate by Mana
ger Mack. BUI Hogan could not main
tain the reputation which had preceded
him. Heine Heltmuller, who waa prob
ably the largest man that ever wore a
White Elephant uniform and wa are not
forgetting Socks Seybold also failed, and
waa sent to Baltimore, and thence back
to California. After his return to h!
native state, Heine fell unconscious one
day when he struck out. He waa carried
off the field and died a few days later
of typhoid fever.
Wouldn't Take Advice.
Harl MUKgert next had a trial. Mag
gert was a fast, speedy player and he
could hit. He looked like an ideal man
for the Job, but he would not listen to
advice and he did not fit In well with
other members of the team and waa let
out. Maggert was one of the few play
ers to put the ball over the right-field
wall at Shibe park.
Pete Daly, like Maggert, waa fast and
a fair hitter, but not up to the Mack
standard. Ho was sent to New York in
change for Jimmy Walsh.
The most success that Connie Mack
ever had with a California waa with
Pitcher Harry Krause. Harry "had a
wonderful winning streak one year, but
the "south-paw" afterwards fell down
and waa let out.
Wanted n Valet.
One of the reasons for Pete Daly
being sent back to the minors Is said to
have been his classy Ideas. Those
acquainted with the Inner doings of the
Highlanders last season claim that Pete
and some of the other playera of the
club had an Idea that they should be
furnished with valets aa well as numer
ous other luxuries.
It Is said that every time the High
landers went to a city some of the play
ers, Daly Included, thought some one
should be on hand to carry their grips
from the car to the atreet. When the out
side of the station was reached, the f'rvt
question they would ssk waa aa to why
taxicabs were not near at hand to take
them to the hotel.
Magnates are tirrd of players with
hlgh-faluttng Ideas. The limit Is said to
have been reached when President
Hedge of the St. Lout Americans was
Joked about being seen carrying the suit
caae of one of the pitcher he feared
might Jump to the Federal.
WRESTLING PROMOTER
TO ENTER FIELD HERE
According to ad vires from St. Joseph
W. 8. liurton. the man who promoted
resiling matches at Kvansvllle. Ind ,
tntll the Stecher-Lels snatch. Is coming
to Omaha to enter the promotion field
here, tfarton ment from Kvansvllle to
t. Joseph, put found the UUaouri town
too dead, so tie decided to tome up the
river for a trial.
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International
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No "Gate" Charged
at First Harvard
and Yale Contest
Compared with the wonderful exhi
bition of team play given by the Harv
ard eleven of 1915 against Yale, the first
meeting of these two university squads
would appear almost laughable, if it
could, be staged again today. That con
test waa played at New Haven on Sat
urday, November 13, 1875, on a field
measuring 400 by 200 feet and was wit
nessed by about 1.600 spectators, which
Included several hundred women. The
number of playera on a team was op
tional with the captain, the rule simpiy
specifying that from eleven to fifteen
might be played. The game was divided
Into three thlrty-mlnute periods and the
only scoring permitted wa a goal fol
lowing touchdown, kicked over the goal
bar suspended ten feet above the ground
from two uprights twenty feet apart.
Harvard won by four goals to nothing,
the Crimson scoring two In the first
half-hour and one In the remaining two
periods. The ball could be kicked or
carried; caught on the bound or fly and
the runner could be tackled and thrown
as at present. Harvard's cheering con
tingent consisted of 150 students, who
mude the trip from Cambridge to wit
ness the play.
No adm union was charged and the site
of the crowd and absence of gate re
ceipts contrasts sharply with the fact
that very close lo l),0o0 persons paid
240,0o0 to see the Harvard-Yale gamea
of AB14 and 1916.
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WHAT GECAME
OF THRT SHEW?
Ball Team
FEDS ARE SHOWING SPEED
Outlaws May Be on Verge of Col
lapse, but They Are Putting
Power in Final Kick.
INVEST MILLIONS IN GOTHAM
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. The Federal
league may be on the e ge of collapse,
as certain Or.-anlifd Base Ball men In
cist, but for an orxanlsatlon thit is
fac'ng dire ruin, It cerlalnly la putting a
let cf power in It final kick. By acquir
ing the site bounds! on t' e south , by
One Hundred and Second street, on the
north by Ono Hundred and Pony-fifth
rtrect, on the west by Lenox avenue, and
on the east by Fifth avenue and .h
Harlem rHer, the Feds have ieiH the
National and American leagues a heavy
l'i . They hnve not only made good
their threut to transfer the Kansas City
franchise to this city glvlnj the league
more cattle as a major league outfit but
they have centered the Invasion In one
of the most accessible locations avail
able. They are now in a position to tai 'he
Bronx, a well as Manhattan. Adjacent
to th3 property 1 a brllge ecrosa the
Harlcni rher, with a street car line that
brings t' ose who live or work 1 1 tho
Bronx into touch with the ball park. The
subway In within a stone's throw and
the elevated only two' croHstown blocks
distant. Furthermore, It is a thickly
populated neighborhood, and with a por
tion of the property available for other
uses than base ball all the revenuo to
be derived will not depend solely upon
attendance at the games.
The purchase of the property was a
deal Involving $1,200,000. This price doe
not Include the cost of stand construc
tion, etc. This estimate has not yet been
announced, but the total outlay will
easily represent an expenditure of $1,600,000
when the park la opened next April.
Work on the park will be started with
in a week, and the arrunsernents call
tor the completion of stands capable of
seating 25,000 persons for the opening
game tentat'vely arranged, to be played
about tho middle of April. I.afr addi
tional stands will be constructed that
will Increase the seating capacity to 66,000
persons.
Successor to Jim
Thorpe is Found in
Dear Old "Philly"
NEW YORK, Pec. 11 A uceessor to
Jim Thorpe, Martin Sheridan and one or
two other all-around champions of note,
has been dUcovered. He Is none other
than Martin J. B. Mrponagh, formerly
on the Johns Hopkins track team, and
now a resident of Philadelphia. He may
show In these parts this winter at one
or two big Indoor meets, lie haa been
Invited to debut at a Brooklyn regiment
some time next January.
McDonagh waa a star member of John
Hopkins' outfit while In cullee, and waa
holder of the 220-yard liw hurdles cham
pionship for year In tho South Atlantic
district of the American Athletic union.
He wa all-around champion track and
field man of that section fur five years.
He holds several records In relay racing.
This year, McDonagh's first in Phil,
adelphla, he won the all-around cham
pionship in the Young Men's Christian
aaaaelutlnn district, eotnprlnlng Trenton,
Rctdlug and other neighboring cities, rep.
resenting the West Branch Young "Man's
Christian association.
Back In 19J)i, while our boys war
cleaning up In dear old Lunnon, McDon
agh participated In a t wenty-two-mlle
marathon from Westminster, Md., to
l'altlmore, entabllxhlng a cross-country
record of 3:17, hut technical duflcultle
prevented the mark standing.
McDonagh iuns everything from 100
jards to a nvirathon, plays foot hall, soc
cer, swltns and Jumps. He la 27 years oM,
of Irikh-Gerinan de&cent, and of a wiry
build.
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GALLIA WASJINX FOR COBB
Washington Twirler Allowed the
Georgia Peach Only One Bingle
in Fourteen Times at Bat.
MORTON ALSO BOTHERED TT
Ty Cobb, perennial batting ldr of
the American league, hit forty-two
polnta better at homo lat season thn
on tho road, his average at Navln field
txlng .3 and In the orther six ball
orchard .S50.
Wash'ngton wa the only spot on the
American league circuit where the
Tiger didn't turn in a .S00 batting notch,
hla percentage In Wllsonvllle being Jii.
In Philadelphia It was .SO. In Rt. touls
.SIP, In Chicago. .341. In Boston .1157. in
Cleveland .439 and In New Yerk .443.
There la on American league pitcher
who ha a right to pride himself on his
work against Cobb last season. This man
Is Bert Gallia of the Senator, who al
lowed tho Georgian only one hit In
fourteen time at bat percentage of
.071.
The safety waa garnered by Cobb the
last time h faced Oallla, and It drove
In three run, being a double made when
the bases wote full. Morton of Cleveland
was another pitcher who bothered Cobb
considerably In 1915, Tyrus" average
against the Indian star being .125.
Only eleven out of seventy-one pitcher
kept Cobb from making hit and seven
ot the men in question only pitched to
him once. The eleven heroe were Wood
of Boston, Johnson of Chicago, Col la-
more of Cleveland,. Cottrell and Russell
of New York. Morlsette of Philadelphia,
Bliiler and Koob of fit. Louis and Harper,
Dumont and Rice of Washington.
Cobb batted 1,000 against seven hurler.
the beat known of whom is Jim Rhaw
of Wash'ngton, lately Injured In a hunt
ing accident near Pittsburgh, and he
btngled .8.13 against Coumbe of Cleve
land, a southpaw, who distinguished
himself by- stopping the White 8o last
spring when they were having an ex
tended winning streak.
Warhop of .the Yank touched Cobb
for a . batting mark, and Walter of
Cleveland and Cole of New York for .600,
two of these men being fired and the
other suspended before the sesson closed.
Ty betted at a .5SS clip against Jim
Bco'.t of Chlcamo and at a .666 pace
against Eddie Clcotte of the same team.
Getting Wagner to
Talk of Base Ball
is Some' Tough Job
Han Wagner showed up at ths office
of Barney Dreyfuss the other day, com
ing in from chasing the festive rabbit,
and the busy crlbe, alert to know what
he had on hi mind, proceeded to Inter
new him.
"Will you manage the Pirate next
year?" waa the first question fired at the
youthful shortstop.
"Me manage the Pirates T Huh! I want
to kill some more gam before It get too
(at, fay, hunting is great this year, only
it is tougher because there la no snow,"
warbled Honu.
"Well, Jay, you still lead 'em ail in
fielding; notice it?" was asked.
"Yea, the rabbits are pretty plentiful
and I have bagged my share. Bay, I
like this hunting stuff more every day,'
he replied.
"You're looking in great shape; guess
you'll be hopping around that short posi
tion like a two-year-old next yearT" we
continued.
"If all doped out, going to be some
fishing parties on the spring training trip
next year," replied Honus.
Yep, it I great atuff trying to get Wag
ner to talk base ball In the winter time,
or any other time.
Polish Merchants Are
Organizing Ball Club
John Badura, former city councilman
of Booth Omaha, Is organising the Polish
Merchants' Base Ball club and will enter
hla team In one of the league of the
Omaha Amateur Base Ball association
next year. Badura haa been an amateur
follower for a number of years and will
be best remembered by hla connection
with the old Duffys. The Polish team
will hold a dance In the near future to
raise a few funds for suiting the season.
SYRACUSE TRIES TO PULL
ALIBI FOR MONTANA WIN
Pyraouse has pulled the Jim' Alibi that
the 'ratified air' 'of Montana hindered
ita monolith in busting up the Montana
defense. The "unrarlfied'' long runs of
Dries and Roberston also helped some.
The idea is growing that there are any
where from six to sixteen teams in the
middle and far west capable of dousing
Syracuse through the dew.
COOMBS STILL WIZARD AT
BAT AS WELL AS IN BOX
Jack Coombs when alth the Athletics
was always regarded as a good hitting
pitcher. Evidently he ha lost none of
his cunning in that respect, for in twenty
six game with Brooklyn last season he
tut for a mark of .ft
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WHEN HOHERHEANI GLOOM
Rube Oldring Laces Out Circuit
Drive in World's Series, but it
Brings Only Sadnrss.
AND THERE WERE TWO ON, TOO
There are a lot of heartache among
the ball tossera, some of which are when
base hits have gone astray by phenome
nal catches by opponents, for a base ball
player love his hit a h ought to love
his wife and doe love hi pay check.
There are time, though, when a player
get the hit and yet Isn't happy.
Report haa It that Rube Oldring la
going to retire from the game. If Rub
Stick to that determination and on on
believe that he will he can look back
on hla career and easily locate the un
happiest hour of hi life during the time
that he wore a uniform. It waa a sad
day for Rube, and yet It waa all brought
about by hi own home run hit, and that
drive wa made In a world' series game.
Moat players would look upon a home
run hit In a world's aerie contest aa the
most momentous occasion In their lives.
To Oldring his four-bagger brought only
a lot of gloom.
It waa in the fifth and . what should
have been the deciding game of the
world' kerie of 1011 that Oldring banged
out hla circuit drive. This hit should
have clinched the aeries for the Athletics.
The hit wa made oft Marquard. The
game waa played at the Polo ground
in New York. Oldring' home wa then
only a few mile from the Polo groundr,
and there were a lot of hi boyhood
chuma looking on.
Two Oat at Tins.
In the third inning, with l-app anJ
Coomb on the base, Oldring drove the
ball Into the left field bleacher, making
the score I to 0. Late In the game
Coomb Incurred the Injury which laid
htm up for many months, but he per
sisted In remaining on the rubber. In
the seventh Inning New York acored a
run, making the score I to L All during
the game Oldring waa delighted at the
thought of that four-bagger and how hi
would have fun all winter with hi New
York friend.
Incidentally, Rub was dreaming of the
offer he would get from vaudovllte
agent to go on the stage. Then came
the ninth Inning, and New York scored
two runs and tied the count. That made
Oldring homer fade considerably In im
portance. Glamour of Feat Lost.
In the tenth Inning, ' with Plank pitch
ing, the Giants landed another tally and
won the game, 4 to I. The injury to
Coomb, the story that Larry Doyle had
not actually touched the home plate in
scoring In the tenth Inntng and the sen
sational manner in which the Giant
had pulled the victory out of the fir
took away nearly all the glamour from
Oldring1 feat. Instead ef a home run
which would go down In base ball his
tory with Frank Baker two feur-bag-gers
in the am series. Rub' Jilt be
came a mere Incident of the contest.
There were no offer from vaudeville
agent for Oldring to go on the stage.
HI nam was not blaaoned acroa the
pages of the newspaper as, the hero of
the final game of the aerie, and hi pic
ture did not decorate the front pages,
while no squad of agents aaked him to
sign paper Indorsing clgareU, dyspepsia
cures, chewing gum, soft drinks, etc.
When Rube trotted around the bases
on that memorable hit he saw vision of
fame and fortune. An hour or o later
It had all slipped away like a mirage.
No wonder Oldring consider that the
unhappiest hour of hi lite on the dia
mond. Jim Coffey Hooks
Typewriter on Jaw
With the Old Left
NEW YORK, Pec. ll.-The attention
oi Frank Moran of Pittsburgh 1 re
quested by Jim Coffey. Proving that the
exertion of knocking out "Gunboat"
Bmlth had not unnerved him in the least;
Coffee had scarcely removed the band
age from hi fist when he proceeded
to boldly tackle a typewriter. He evi
dently thought he waa in the ring and
that the typewrlere wa an appointment
Instead of a friend in need. He swung
with his left and hooked with hla right
and the typewriter has never recovered.
The result wa aa follows:
"I believe that I have convinced tht
'fana' that I am a different man than
when I met Miran. I am anxious for a
return match, and am prepared to offer
the following Inducements: I will guar
antee Moran (7.000 flat on hi end. and I
will fight on a percentage basis. I think
that la a very fair offer. If Moran re
fuses to meet me I will go right along
boxing all in sight In aa effort to get a
championship match with Willard."
FAIR WEATHER WILL RUN
FOR DES MOINES JOB
Tom Falrweather, secretary of the Pet
Moines bas ball club and on of the
moat popular men connected with the
business end of the Western league, ha
announced his Intention of running foi
city commissioner ef Des Moines. If Dei
Moines has enough base tall faua Tom
Is due to be elected.