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TIIK OMAHA .SUNDAY 1.1 KK: FEIUU'AKY 1.1, 1!lf.
COFFROTH EXPOSES FAKES
Vttran Promoter Declares Six
Round Mills in Philadelphia
Have All Been Framed.
SAME IN MILWAUKEE AND N. T.
NEW YORK. Feb. U-Mnlng III In a
moribund stste Juki now, and thin con
dition will exist until snmct.iln? start
ling happens to eome of the champlone.
Th t.m In In the doldrums at pres
ent, tin question about that. And re
Jiiienation drp. ndn wholly upon a now
champ. I'onlng enthi:a!ata are heartily
al k of ltnf ;!, m h (ham fighters
i r.(idi ilh. .M Alit'ojr and even
Jchnnv Kllhane. thr featherweight
champion, riali can flRlit, but won't;
McCoy would fluhl. but Cant, while
Kllhane really flthla only on occasion.
Here we hair n.imed the recognised
leaflet of tlitra rllilaions, and If they
fall to Interest, whnl can be eapected of
T flshtere In thrlr respective
Clasaea.
Nobody In thr cast ha attempted to
anawrr thr juration 01 why Interest la
so fast waning In thr hoxini game. Tt
smalm d for J'mmv t'offrotli, premier
ring proniolrr of Mi" west and handlrr
of many rliamplmahlp ront.ata, to f nr
nlali a logical naaon for thr exlMlIng
conditions. (
C'off roth haa done prrhapa mora than
any man In thr world to foster boxing
and put It on thr high plane It haa rn
Joyed for many yrara. Trt. I:i a t"ttrr
to th wrltrr, Coffroth la bold rnoiiKli to
takr a rap at thr inv nr loves more
than anjtMnr rise, in thr hoiw. of recti
fying matter and thua rrvlv Interest. In
the sport.
Rap mt millr Kakrt.
Coffroth wrltra as fallows:
"I don't llkr to bfon inv own nrat,
but I don't believe thrrr wss ryrr a six
round hont ptillrd off ' In' Philadelphia
between men of class that waa on the
level." I will (o fnrlhrr and say tliat I
question rrry seriously whrthrr champion
or champions ever go In tu a alx or ten
round contest In thr raaf without a
drflnll undri-atandin aa to Just what
la o happen.
"I am not talking from hraraay. and If
neersaary 1 ran produce Incriminating
Irttrr from many of thr uncrowned
hrada of fla'lana. Onr read a Ifrrat deal
In thr pa per a nowaday! of thla fighter
or that belli nhadrd In a trn round eon
trat. It mesne me smile from what I
know of thr Innrr workings of the same.
'T ba frank with th public. I haven't
much faith In thee conlrata aa to what
they really mean In thr way of compart
aon. The man up In the rank figure
on getting thr most hr can with the
least poi.nl hie damans to himself.
"I don't lielleve It la going too far to (
aay that thrrr nrvrr waa a atraliiht alx.
round fight between two boxers of claaa
In I'lillailrlDhls. Also I doubt Whether'
thr more Important matches In either !
New York or Milwaukee are allowed to I
procred on thrlr merit a.
Promoters plame. (
Ae lonir at .Ntw York and Milwaukee
promoters continue, to give tha talent
fancy guarantees It la natural thr will
not ba d'apoaed to accept smmller puraei
for loiiKer fights. Men ilka Welsh,
dabby and Ulhbons will continue In
abort -distance bouts until they have lost
their drawing powers and find themaelvea
forced to rehabilitate themaelvea'. Then,
as your Leach Croaa did (in several oc
casion", they will be willing to accept
taenty-round fight for smaller money.
"Iloxlng waa in the same condition
twenty years ago aa It Is now. Jim Cor
belt bad beaten John U iillllvan, and
devoted all his tlrn to stajrs work. A
match with Hob Kltssimmona waa
broached, but Corbelt waa too angroaeed
In uplifting the stage. Finally Kits waa
matched with Hteve. O'Ponncll. who had
been proclaimed by Corbett aa tha brtt
sparring partner he had ever had. Pit
flattened O'Donnell In a hurry.
"r.ven then Colbert refused to be in
veigled In a. match with Kits. Jim came
west and boxed a four-rbund draw with
Fharkey. Fits alx months later defeated
the sailor and forced Corbett Into tha
match, with Kharkey at Carson.
"Thus meeting revived boxing. If It
had not been for that there la no telling
what Interest would have coma VP again,
Unfortunately.' Just now we have no
bea yweltihta worthy of notice. If wa
had It mlxht be posalble to bring about
a rejuvenation of the game."
That Isn't all Coffroth writes, either,
lie adds that New York is a "sucker"
town for tolerstlng ten round decision
less contests. To h's mind, decisions by
referees wouift Improve the game here;
at, least It would help It materially by
keeping tile "atallera" and "tangolata''
away from thla town. There Is mora or
lees Ingle In wbst Coffroth writes..
New Kaw Athlete is
Said to Be Be Eiot in
Sartorial Circles
Moaul Savage,- owner of the Topeks
club, haa alnrd up a two-fold attraction
for Western league (aits. Havana haj
glommod an atlil. ti- who waa originally
termed William Michael Kiiimgun by a
fond parent who had hope or seeing his
offaprtng llie let conveyer of the well
known lied, In captivity.
But William Michael waa a dliaHlnt-
inrnt to hia parent and no lonxer la lie
called William MUkacl. Now they call
him Beau Hiumiiul. According to tlv
iluvt alievt Flmiegtin will be the sartorial
net of tha loop. He comes heralCed '
eaMerneis aa "the beat dreased ball
I'layer In the minors."' A guy who is
tasxrd by that snpellfiilon In tu east
will t nnthin abort of a riot In this
ro'iRli and unclvll'zed part of the w ot lit
in Die winter time h'lnneaan la a clerk
in onr ef Ilia fashionable hotela at on
the eastern com at leaoit. 'it' taK
' to hold a Joh ik that. In, the um
iiki ttn;e he plait tl litl bare.
i'v r'uravthe and Marty Kiwg srr
rmong t' c a ixlorn'y swii'ing the dehut
V Mr Kliintgan as (.' ru wanla to kno-.v
the Ul'tl style In-mml watihra an'
iart Ima a 'bti for novelties n
(at.
GREATER C'.UHA LEAGUE
WILL MEETON THURSDAY
The first maetitig of the Greater Oi.iali
U ague, the big Class A league of tinulu
will be held next Thuradar. About a
duzen teams, of which but eight ran be
o. tommo-iited. ar asking for f rani liiaea
In th league.
STAR CLUE RIDGE HURLER
IS SGLD TO DENVER CLUB
The tiet'yaturg club, of ilir Him
J:W)?e league, haa eld ll alar iitthrr
i'ert iioaard, to tl. fVnver clu'o tf t ie
Wralctn l.baue.
Intimate
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Thro views of Ttwl tTones, Yale's new gridiron center. At the left is Ad Jones, catcher on the
. In t?io center is a close-up view of his face, tlnd at the right is Tad Jones, quarterback, iu
At th e," of ,n l"t foot ba" aennn
Probably the moat dlsastroua in tha hla-
lory of Yale. It waa decided that some
thing had to be dona about foot hall.
"Bomethlng" haa bocn done. Tad Jonea,
one of Yale'a beat athletes In tha days
when Yala waa holding first place In all
aorta of athletics has been signed t:ix
three years aa roach of tha Ell eleven.
Jones haa had plenty of axporlenca ai
a scholastic athlete, a college star and a
coach.
In his school days at Thlllpa Exeter ha
waa In a class by himself as a foot ball
general. Many of the victories that were
gained by hia team Vera due mora to
tha wonderful headwork of Tad Jonea
than to tha playing strength of his team
mates, Ha waa selected by many experts as
tha greatest school boy quarter of all
time. The gridiron sport was not tha
only pastime that this sensational ath
lete excelled In.
If attracted sufficient attention on th
diamond to have many big league mas.
ager offer h'm attractive contracts long
bafora h completed his scholaatlo work.
Tha spirit of tha sport waa stronger In
th heart of Jonea than th deslra. for
INDOOR TOURNEY. IN
Young Ken'i Christian Aiaociatioa
Will Staff. Annual Event at '
, Auditorium. ; ; ..
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WILL BE BIGGER THAN EVEE
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The- fifth annual Indoor athletic meet
of th Omaha Young Men' Christian
aaaoclatlon will b held Jt th Auditor
ium March IU ... , , , ......
Tha event this year will be th fifth
annual. The four meet held In past . years
proved big successes and tt la anticipated
that this year tournament will aurpaa
alt recorda. v .
The event this yesr will follow .this
plan of the previoti affair. Two division
plan of the previous affairs. Two divi
sions athlotlo and gymnastic, .will ba
held.' Th gymnaatto division permits th
entrance of th turner of whom there
la a great number In Omaha,
Invitations to enter the tournament will
be mailed to all tha aehoola, colleges and
unlverelttea near Omaha as well as th
athletic olubs and Young Men's Chrlatlan
aaaocUtlons. Both th I'nlverslty of N-
Being a Yarn of Time Jack Prince
Found the Champ Hebrew Wrestler
Bill rickens, manager of the late .'Lin
coln Bcachey and co-luborer with Jack
rrince. tells a arn on Jack Prlnc that
Is a riot. Pli'Wena sprung the yarn when
be was her laat week .with Prince pro-
1m"Ul,a U,e tu-'-r
tome years a no Prince wa ataglug a
wreatllng tournament lit Naahvlll beful
Jack Cuiley obtained a copyright.' on
mulling tournaments. After auvoru'
matches had been ataged prlnc dug up
a Japaiies track laborer some place a rid
lugged I'lrn Into Naahv lie with aa Idea
of arousing thv. laxglng Inteirat in the
tournament.
Th night tha Jap was to wrestle
Prince stepped to th platform to make
Ilia announcement.
"Ladlea and gentlunieu." Prince started,
"I wish to Introduce Kayo Yaiiakl. the
champion of Japan, aho will wieatle BUI
Ba'ley here tonight."
At thla point a roughneck In the gal
lery howleili "How about Jin Ji an?"
This waa Juat about th time Jiu Jit au
waa heard of In America and It waa ron
alilerabla of a novelty.
Jack had no idea what Jiu Jitau waa.
ao he started his ni h again. "Th a II -tle
fellow haa tluon all the wrertler In
laoan." I.e continued.
about J!u Jltaur" thr mm In lUr
gH'S'i y Inaiatcd.
"Thia little f.Unw mUl t,ut 17,
Views of Yale's New Foot Ball Coach
worldly goods, with th result that be
entered Hheffleld Scientific school of Yala
unlvrrsity in the fall of
HI first year at ilia New Haven col
leg was sufficient to convince all who
watched him perform that he wa a
star of tha flret magnitude. He was
given the place at quarterback over all
other candidates.
Ill handling of the, Kit eleven In 1906
was one of tha noteworthy feats of his
athletic career. Their win of 65 to 0 over
the husky Columbia university squad wa
th greatest exhibition of systematic team
play ever witnessed on a gridiron.
Jones wa tha star of th aggregation,
and tt was due to th manner In which ha
varied hta offens that enabled his team
mate to gain turn tromendou power.
Tale's victory ovr Princeton by tha
score of 11 to JO In tha final minute of
play waa another nnipl of th remark
able ability possessed by Jones to work
hi teammates to determined drive,
ven in th face of apparent defeat.
Oh the base rail field hi prowess aa a
player wa Vn mora prnnounod than It
was on tha gridiron. Ilia aenaatlonal
catching, throwing to bases, hitting and
braska .and the Iowa Agricultural col
tea at Ames have signified their inten
tions of. entering teams,, which will lend
an IntercolleKiate air that will augment
tho Interest considerably.
'It la confidently predicted that fully
6JQ or 70D athlete will participate in tha
toumiumrnt. which will, make It about
aa big a' Indoor tournament from tha
standpoint of number's as Is held In the
country." " .'';. .
Th ll tourney will be th first ven
ture, of -the new "V" physical director,
"Bud" Kearns. Last year J. Trult Max
Well resigned Juat befor th event, but
remained to handle th ' business of it.
Th! yer Kearns will, be in charge and
h is making a mighty effort to have hi
maiden venture be tha biggest aucoea
of alt. . . .
BOYS' INDOOR CIRCUS
AT Y. M..C. A. THIS WEEK
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' Thf annual' boys' Indood comedy circus
will be ltarrd at the Young Men' Chris
tian aaaoclatlon Friday and Saturday this
Week.- Tlie e'reus will be staged Friday
evening,. Haturday aftrtnoon and fatur
day evening. Ous Miller will be ringmaster.-'
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PQiin,ila. but he la the beat In all Japan,"
disregarded Prlnoe.
-''Tuelwlih lliau" . called th gallery
bird. 'How about J'u Jltau?"
in i. mvaiuime jacK a Drain had a
chance to work, Ro he acratched Ins head
and then answered hack: "Oh. yea; Jiu
JltsiL th Hebrew champion, he wrertlea
Thanksgiving."
Pickens also comes to bat with a story
about Barney Oldfleld that is good for a
prtie. Pickens was manager for Oldfteld
at th time.
Barney was driving In a race and he
had a green pit crew with a New York
millionaire acquaintance who knew noth
ing about automobile racing, or pit work,
but thought h did,, bossing the menials.
Barney mad several stops at the pits
and was having an awful time with the
crew. When he wanted gaa they gave him
oil. When ! wanted a tire changed
koiiiebody ran out with a monkey wrench
Finally when Barney had mad hi
sixth stop snd for th sixth time the pit
crew musned things up and lost a couple
of precious minutes. Barney howled.
"What the dickens is the matter with
you guvsT
The nillllona're, who had been abroad
cm iilarbl and liked to spring foreign
stuff, stepped to -the front and liUormed
Barney that "the esprit de corps la mlau
ln." ' "I'm a aon-of-a- guii." ror red Barm y,
ihe"a .h iml- " I had. t!i, bir
luur una flom llj.ry Sluil."
basa running were Important farters In
all of tha Blue team's games.
After completing hi collere course
Jonea refused to enter th fold of pro
fessionalism by signing a contract to
play big league base ball. Modraw of the
Glints, "Connie" Msck of the Athletics,
Hugh Jennings of tha Tiger and many
other big league manager . held out
tempting offers to him to Join their r-
spcctlv squad. '.
To all he made the same reply:
"I do not intend to play professional
baa ball, ao ho offer can possibly tempt
me." . i
' After graduating he returned to his
alma mater to help coach th candidate
for th quarterback position. Ilia Inex
perience at instructing was a handicap
to him. The next year ha succeeded hla
brother, "Harvard" Jones, aa head coach
of foot ball-at Syracuse university. .-
Failure to comply' with echolnstlo re
quirements caused the retirement of sev
eral of hla star players, with th result
that th team' record auffered In conse
quence. . j .
After his experience with faculties,
FULTZ WILLJPUT UP BATTLE
President of Players' Fraternity
Says Order Will Protect Con
tracts of Ex-Feds.
ALL ATHLETES - REINSTATED
By KRSK (1, M RBI KB. " '"
NEW YORK, Feb,.ll-Davld U Fulta.
president of tha Base Ball Player' - fra
ternity, haa Issued forth with an an
nouncement that hla organisation jo
Ing to do everything in its power to
force th Federal league magnate to, llv
up to the contract made with the
players. ,
"Ot course, we never officially rec
ognised tha Feds." asserted Fulta. "but
the purpose of our organisation Is to
protect the player. While the Federal
lesgue existed the player In it were not
recognised by u. Thos who belonged to
our organisation and then Jump to the
Feds, automatically suspended them
selves. But th recent marger.-"which!
wlpod out the Federal eagu from exis-
lence had th effect of restoring to mefu-!
brrahlp 1 onr inanrmled meniW. 1
"A the matter stands now, these rncnj
again belong to our organisation and.;
therrfore, IU Js our duty to secure for'
them a square deal. Just what action
w will take In caet where ma a nates of'
the Federal league ignore binding con-!
tracts with players is something that the
future must decide. We are marking
time. Nothing will, b done until after
the plalng seaaon opena. Then we wtlt
know what players, f anv, have been
treated unjuxtly as regsrds their con!
ttacts."' . i
Koraees Bewrflta.
Fulta iefi'.1 to set excited over rei
ports that whon the Natlonul Comni'a,
slon Is rrorguntxed next winter there Is
a possibility of a player being named as
one of its members. Pulls said that at
this time he-couldn't.' quit figure' out
where th player wou'd be benefited by'
National 0niiMie'.on repreaentatkut If
the player waa la th minority.
"The plan, if it ever waa put through,
might bring about much belter conditions
lor the player, but I can't Imagine its
full beneftta Just now. added Fults.
"For the players to have a member In
he coinmlsalon certainly would b a
fine tbing. Tli a reported plan, as I un
derstand it. calls tor a commission of
three members.- one representing th
player and the other two member rep
resenting th respectiv leaguea. In a
caae where there waa aom dispute be
tween the league and the player, and
tha matter came to a vote. It would be
two to one agalnat the player, in case
the commission members voted as their
oi ganixatluiia dictated.'
. rr'rat la Gawd bas.
Toucting on the condition of the frater
nity. Fults said:
"We are In better shape rilit now
than ever hefoie. Our lnal nieinbertbip
Yale nine, throwing to second.
action.
Jones decided to retlr to th business
world., II wa hardly established before,
a very tempting offer Was made him to
assume Charge of th athletic destiny of
Paulding school. ; ' ' ,
III success at this School waa marked
by tha entrance Into tha colleglat world
of many star athlete.
."Lefty" Plynn,' former star fullback at
New Haven, waa a noteworthy example
of the caliber of athletea that Jonea de
veloped at th up-state school.
He continued coaching at. Paulding for
four years, when he resigned '. to tak
charge of foot ball affairs at Fhlltp
Exeter academy. . . '
Up to Jones' adveut Philip Andover
had triumphed yearly over their Exeter
brother. In fact, tho foot ball contest
wa beginning to be a sort of Joke, ao far
aa Exeter winning wa concerned.
It took Jones leM than, si month to
whip th foot bait candidate into proper
shape to score a triumph aver their An
dover rival. " ...v -V
Hla records of 18 to 7 and 37 to T scores
against Andover ara th most sensational
win recorded In tha annals of th gam.
I. 1.080. Approximately 90 per cent of
the big league player are" enrolled.- The
balance of our membership l recruited
from the teams In the. Class AA and
Class" 'a leagues. . We are taking new
Member right: along.., . ' .
'"Do.yoit figure on taking in tha player
of the lower leagues 7"
"Not now. "ifseema to us that In talc
nig in player from - the , three 'highest
grade' leaguea w have covered th field
fiilrli'. well. At . some future data w
may decide to add th Claaa B league
Player 'to membership,, but gueby a plan
la -not. berny considered at present."
It i very likely that within th next
three month 'ot f the Fraternity ffi
clala will call a general meatlng for th
purpose of re-electing officer and for
mulating nw plana for th betterment of
the players' conditions.
OMAXA MEN TO PLAY IN
VDLtEY BALL TOURNEY
Tha Omaha Young Men Christian as
sociation will be represented at tha first
annual Nebraika' volioy ball tournament
at .Columbus Tut id ay. C. G. Linn. Harry
Klewit. John Qulnn. W. H. Bherrlg, H. D.
Frankfort and H. Wllhlte will be
inembcra of t,he team.
. Rawdatll to Coast.
Outfirldr'r Bancall. late of Milwaukee
has signed with thw Oakland club of the
Pacific Coast league, s ,
Will Gotch Share Fate of Jeffries
f in Risking Title Against Stecher?
Fm or fortune-whkh would you
choose? , .
Would .you rather loa prestige and
puick up a huge piece of change? Or
would you pass by the lur of th lucre
and cling tightly to auch honors as you
already had won?
You probably wouldn't want to glv up
either. You'd try to grab both, like others
who have gone before you.
At least the dope on persons of ath
let.c note subjected to aimllar tempta
tions indicates that the above would be
your Una of reasoning. ,
Jlin Jeffries weakened after five years
of struggle. He had retired with a cham
pionship e4 wa lotlv to come out. but
the' temptation of tao.WW. win. loa r
draw wa too tnuch and ba auccumbed.
He figured he would take a chance. He
took It and lost th prestige, but ga'neg
th coin. .
And now come Frank Golcb. Indepen
dently wealthy, it la said, he 1 about
to capitulate. Th blandishment of Sj00
day with a clrcua. plus a t,C match
at th close of 100.ou0 worth of show
work, have shattered hi deciaion to re
tire from th wreatllng game.
There Mule doubt but what Gotch will
meet Joe Htechvr. the sensational lodge,
The Hypodermic Needle
By FRED 5. HUNTER'
.r.tnwn o? spobt.
. 3 tlaxlnsj.
Irie fighting-politely ' termed the
manly rt cf self-defense by those in the
business-Is a very difficult pursuit. We
say pursuit advlaedly pursuing the
dough. It is a pretty hard matter to
danc around a twenty-four-foot ring,
keep an eye on . your opponent to see
that he doe.n't doublc-oross you by
slipping over one that wasn't rehearsed,
and count the house at ono nnd the same
tlme. Also Jt is a tough Job to keep your
manager from getttln; more than hla
SO per cent. .
As prUe fighting goes In th' mrdcrn
day and aer, Vernon Castle ranks aa
about the brat In the business. Time was
when a borer-maker made out of solid
concrete aod dad from thr neck up and
carrying a' punch In hla right mit made
the best timber for pugilism, but now an
expert fox trotter la the goods.
To retain membership In g-o.1 standing
In thr International Order of Orand Ex
ponents of the Manly Art of fie If -clef finer,
one must not engage In bouts of more
than ten-round duration, or It bout nftrr
which a decision I made by the referee.
Als members In good standing must
not efiter the ring unless guarsntecd the
Vnlted States mint. 90 per cent of the
stock of thr Oenersl Film company. haf
of the I'tiitcd State bonds issued with
the Statue' of Uberty thrown In.
Also a mrmbpr In good etandlng la to do
his fljrhtlrig over ' the srlrct'on of the
refeire and tha place where the fidit Is
to be'lield. not in the ring. -This tnttlr
shall continue until at lenst twelve col
umns of publicity next to pure reading
matter has hern secured In at least flfty
sevrn newapsper.
A prlxe fight 'a a 'most enjoyable spec
tacle. "For ten bucks one mar occupy a
rlngsld seat, learn all the latest steps,
get douard with water from the bucket
of the tealous seconds and Inhnlc rosin
for half an hour. If It Is really a high
clas fight and the ringside seats coat
twenty-five seeda.'ihe seconds will alan
step on fret, try to step on your face and
slip you a little "yra bo" chatter.
BUI Pickens having given our customers
a Barney Oldfleid story in this great
family newspspcr. we gain the nerve to
pull one. too. Hero goes:
A few -years ago Oldfleid put on a hip
podrome .stunt at the North Randall
track Just outside of Cleveland In order
to Induce such maneuver a would re
lieve the papulae of Cleveland of such
surplus cash a it had, and at the same
time augment Barney's pile. In order to
AMATEURS HEAR CRT. OF LOT
Teams and Leagues in Omaha Ama
teur Association Are Reorganiz
ing for 1916 Campaign. j
GREATER OMAHA WILL BE BACK
The call of the diamond 1 beginning to
reverberate In Omaha amateur circle
and tho aandlot warrior have atarted
to dig th old dud out of th garret and
prepare for th approach of spring.
Amateur basa ball 1 du for a bigger
year than ver In Omaha. Official of tha
Omaha Amateur Basa Ban association
confidently expect mora teams to lino
up with the association than laat year
and It will be remembered that lonw
eighty teams held franchise In 1915. VI
A big mas meeting of all the amateur
will be called the last of this month or
th first of March. At thla mall meeting
tha varloua league will be lined up and
th classifications made. Chang n th
constitution and other business matter
will bo consummated. -
Th Greater Omaha league, the prliv
clpal Clasa A league last year, will ba in
the flek again with tha championship
Luxu erew on. hand to race for honor
again. Tha Armour, Alamltoa. Ducky
Holmes Bourgeois and Chrl Lyck team
will also ba back In th Greater Omaha.
Tha Omaha fla company will ask for a
franchise In this loop.
Chenrch loog. on JaTs.
Church league teams have already
started to organise. Th Hirst Memorial
team haa Already signed up a quota of
players end announce that thl church
may even enter two team thl year. Th
other churches will all be back In th
fold with stronger teams than before.
, Th Sunday morning Mercantlla league
will be reorganised although the champ
Ion Drexels will not enter a team.
A new league which will play week-day
games I being organised by street car
men who aay they will have an eight-club
league that will b corker.
Several New TLvaaraea.
It is expected that practically all of
last year's leagues will be back with two
or three new leaguea added to make the
excitement all th more Intense.
Tha fact that Lincoln and Dea Moines
are planning- to get into the National
Amateur Base Ball association of which
Omaha has been a member for two years,
Is addtng Interest to the amateur game.
Th proximity of these cities will make
lnter-city game possible. Lincoln haa al
ready applied for" membership In the
national body and Des Moines will shortly
do so.
Neb., youth new. According to precedent
he will be beaten aa no man haa ever
emerged from retirement at the unit age
aa Gotch, and been victorious. But the
Humbolt man will have something over
tioe.ooo in cold cash as solace.
While there ar those wrestling fane
who Insist 8techer cannot beat Gotch, It
seems more than likely that he will.
They say Stecher hasn't thrown any
really great wrestler. Perhaps not, but
there aren't any really great wrestlers
around for .Stecher to throw. At least
they don't look great when they tackle
Joe.
Jt I also said Golch's mind works so
fast and he Is so thoroughly familiar with
tha finer potnta of the gam Stecher will
never get him in danger. It aeema im
peaaibl for old timer to believe th
scissor hold lon can defeat Gotch who
I, or wa, a Piaster at all holds.
Perhaps pot again. But it will ba ra
membered Uolcti one occupied th aamt
position toward Tom Jenklna that Stecher
now does towards Ootck). Jenkins waa
growing old while Gotch waa coming like
a hurricane. The pair met and Jenklna
was the victor after a hard match. But
Gotcb eventually beat Jenkins and that
Is what will happen to Gotch if he tempt
tort line .flea enough.
make It a rala occss!on a Cleveland band
waa employed.
After" the evrnt it was dlscovrrrd th
Cleveland band wanted four buck per
man Instead of three the regular price
because th aald band had to go out tf
town. Barney Immediately got out on a
Uiah and bellowed:
"That was , the punkest band 1 ever
heard." ' ' :
Barney hadn't heard a note the band
played, but he had to lot out a yelp any
way. The leader tried to explain It.
"I know Mr. OMfield." he said, "but
thr acoustics wore very bad."
"Yes, and. them trombonrs was rotten
too," snorted the master pilot.
RR MISTKr" Wit. LARD AND v
M1STKR CVRLEY AND '
; MISTFR JONES
AND TUB
,.'( REST.
A hundred frenxled flnanc'er.
Were shedding gobs of briny tears,
By day and eke by nigbt,
"We offer you bin wads of dough.
And yet you say It csn't be so.
Why will not Wlllard flghtr"
But sitting on the lid so ttuht. i
"We are by far too proud to fight,"
Qnoth llttl Tommy Jon,
"And I aeree with champion Jrss,
We are too proud to flsrl-.t for less
Than forty, thonaand boa."
LOOK. VK WRTTK TWO
POKMM. OSr. RTCHT
AFTKR ANOT1IKR
I.icr ul icrctie all remind u$,
Grnftftlhi'i boutt ure put k and lame,
Yet tlil R j' oh eaid wilt find us,
Ftt'ling for it hut thf. turn.
Spenk'ng of marked marvels Jess
James wasn't so worse.
Home persons rear their sons to tell
the truth, others to be base ball writers.
Flahtlns; Jim Gllmore,
All Is peace and all ! quiet,
Nary flcht or nary riot,
There's not a sound of mix or row.
80 who' Jim Gllmore fighting now?
EVA TANG IT KY STfFF
FROM TUB MAGNATES.
Who plays tha game within my lot,
I don't care.
Whether ihev plav ball or not,
I don't car;
Be they punk or poor as sin.
If a paine they do not win.
Just so they bring in the tin,
1 don't care.
DARCY GREATaJAYS BAKER
Australian Promoter Says Sidney
Middleweight Would Clean Up
"on Gibbons of St. Paul.
TELLS OF M'GOORTY BATTLE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. M. "Never he
fore ha Australia seen a middleweight
fighter like the Les Darcy, who battered
Bddla MeGoorty for eight rounds and
finished fresh and smiling, but left Me
Goorty In such a state a ha haa not
been in after any other fight of hi
career," write Promoter Showy Baker,
In hla monthly letter on th flstlo situa
tion in th Antipodes.
"At the nd of tha tornado of fighting
MeGoorty looked as if he had been oper
ated - upon by a hammer Instead of a
boxing glove and went off to a hospital
to have stitches put In his Up. Darcy
bore nd signs of having been In an en
gagement. "Th old fiction that when Darcy beat
MeGoorty tha first time tha American
fighter wa not doing his best, or not
able to do hla best. Is now burled. "W. F.
Corbett of the Sydney 'Sun' was th last
sporting pressman to accept Darcy aa a
world beater. - II had refused to do so
on the strength of his fight with Jeff
Smith and MeGoorty. However, the
thrashing which the Australian admin
istered to Clabby and MeGoorty In quick
success have dismissed all doubt a to
his quality. The knowing ones who have
aeen hi best work In Australia ar satis
fied that he would send Mike Gibbon
along the same patch.
"On the night of th fight. MeGoorty
friend failed to reckon how great an
Improvement Darcy had made. Eddie
himself haa vcen winning steadily by
knockouts over near champions, Includ
ing several of tha beat heavyweights.
Among these fellows Eddie wa Invinc
ible, and a group of heavy betting sports,
with whom he la on good terms, backed
him against Darey with extreme con
fidence. They Included some of th bold
est bettor in Sydney, and they laid two
to one on MeGoorty at the race course
the only place in Sydney where betting
I permitted by law. The way they bet
on MeGoorty waa a caution to wltnesa,
but that never ahook the confidence of
Darcy, who hammered MeGoorty just as
he chose.
All Bettlasr on Darey.
"At present there Is no fighter her
whom any sportsman would dream of
backing against Darcy. He haa an en
gagement with George Brown, and there
la some talk of a return . match with
Clabby. . But auch betting a la talked
about Is confined to wager that Darcy
will not knock out Brown or Clabby In
side the twenty-round limit." '
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