THE OMAllA- SUNDAY HUE: MARCH ID, VJG.
MENKE'S SPORT CHATTER, WILLARD WILL WIN BY K. 0.
Costly Players for Yankees
One Outfielder, Two Infielderi and
Three Pitcher .All that Are
Left of Old Bmve Machine.
CO-EDS FIXD TRAINING HARD
Ringside Predicts Champion Will
Dispatch Moran to Dreamland
by Eighth Round.
PRANK POSSESSES NO CLAS3
4-S .
r FRXK U. MKSKK.
The day 1o flit and flit and flit.
The March-y month's half gon.
A few Wffki more and fan.iom then,
W ill rhant Its diamond nonit.
"lilt r a mllvor two old kid.
"Htiet It one on the scam.
"(Jet on, old boy, get on nomf way.
And help the old ball tram."
A statistical fl"nd recently Informed all
those who rare for the Information that
each bull club tiara up from I'M to S)t
lane ball bnlla during the training imnn
and an average of Lit") d.irlng the regular
Season.
W. J. Wchrr. the San Antonio hore
man, paid aVWJ for the 2-year-old bay
gelding Warcmore, a ahort while back.
Kverybody figured that he had ben bam
booiled. Weber thought otherwise. He
lms campaigned the animal at Juarex
and Warcmore haa been a conslctrnt
money horse since then. Ilia earninii
to data are aald to be well over K.oo .
And the horse coat $300.
One of baae ball's historian (Ives to
Jim O'Rouike the credit for making Pan
Broutho.ru famous.
"After Brouthera had failed In a tryout
with the Troy club," any the writer, "he
went back to his old Job of laying aewer
pipe, revolved to quit the diamond for all
time.
"A short time afterward .Urn O'Rotirko
became manager of tho Buffalo club.
That waa in the early 'i One of th
f irst things OTtoiirke did was to rouni
, up Brouthers and offer him a contrai t
O'Jtourke had seen 'Big Dan' in ai tl in,
and looked upon him as a diamond In the
rough. After soma persuasive talk.
O'Rourke got Brouthers" signature to the
contract. What happened arterward la
Matory."
The wrecking of the Braves' machine,
which steam-rolled everything that tood
In ft way In 1914 deserves a chapter by
itself In baae ball history.
Joe Connolly alone remains of the five
gardeners who helped to bring a world
championship banner to Boston In Octo
ber of a year ago. I-elle Mann la with
the Cubs, George Whltted la on the
Phillies' roster, while Herb Moran and
Ted Cather heve skidded into the minors.
Only two of the five Inflelders toted
around in 1914 are still with the club.
"Butch" Schmidt, who used to first base
with considerable eclat, has quit the game;
Charles Deal is with the fit. Louis
Browns and Oscar Dugey, utility man, la
doing similar work for the Phillies.
Cochreham, Cottrell, Crutcher and Hess,
who were among the pltchera that cot a
plit of the world aeries' gold in 1014,
have passed along. Of the regular hurl
era who worked under Stalllnga In 1914
only three remain Taylor, James and
Rudolph. .
But the wrecking of the 11)14 team ha
enhanced the chances of the lfM outfit be
cause the new Braves' combination la
far more powerful than the world cham
pion aggregation. The 1H4 Braves
wouldn't have much of a chance In the
coming pennant battle simply because the
other teams have been strengthened far
beyond their 1S14 power. Stalllnga saw
that he had to rebuild with strong ma
terialand he haa done It,
A Gotham lawyer named Mortimer Levy
claims there are 8.000 more millionaires In
the United fltate today than there were a
year ago. Bete ha Mort haa been "taken
In" by the stories concerning the salaries
of some ball players.
AU la not the truth that's spoken, Mort
Xo one has heard from Dick Klegln
since Jack Johnson announced in Lon
don, on February 27tb:
"Dick Klegln haa offered me $50,000 to
meet either Bam Iuigford or Sam MoVea
in South America."
When the news of his "offer" to John
son reached Dick, he probably collapsed
so completely that he hasn't had a Chance
to revive. ,
A ID0.0U0 purse for Jack Johnson nowl
Some of the co-eda at the University of
Wisconsin are Just discovering what suf
fering one must endure when one yearns
to become an athlete.
The girls who have gone In for ath
letlca at Wisconsin have pledged thenv
aeivee aa follows:
10 eat no more than one pound of
candy per week.
10 dance not oftener than once In
every seven days.
To "cut out" ice cream and pastries.
To spend at least one hour a day doing
exerclaea.
Reds Eat Raw Meat
To Make Them Wild
CINCINNATI, March U.-Word comes
up from Khreveport. where the Iteds are
doing their spring training, that a diet
of raw meat has been adopted by several
husky athletes. Bill llodgers, the second
baseman, is credited with Introducing
the idea, and Mollwits and several others
l ave taken it up. Judging from reports
the raw meat menu it becoming popular
with the entire squad, and Manager Her
zog a uuoted as being decidedly worried,
openly admitting that he does not know
the effort raw meat la liable to have
upon a trained athlete.
Tebeau Turns Purse
Over to Dan Shay
KANSAS C1TV. Mo., March U.-Danny
riiay is in complete control of the Kan
sas City American association base ball
club, according to an announcement to
day by George Tebsau, owner of the
local team.
"I've given Manager e-hay the reins,"
aid Tebeau. "He holds the purs. Jet
the ball players' are my only Instruc
tions to him.'
8 hay saya he'll follow hla boss com
mand. OPERATION IS BIG-LEAGUE
EVENT OPINES HENDRICKS
INDIANAPOLIS. Marth U--ManSer
Jack Hendricks of the Indianapolis
American Association Baa Ball club, who
recently underwent a minor operation, is
able to be about again.
"The doctor may call it a minor opera
tion," aald Manager Hendricks, "but 1
think It was of major league caliber."
Manuccr lieiidricks say he will be In
good hupe to accompany, hi team when
it start for Albany, Oa, for its spring
training.
n nis;iiF..
NKW YORK, March IS. Jess Wlllard
and Frank Moran will meet In the arena
of MUdlson 8iiare Garden a week from
tonight If nothing unforeseen occurs In
tho interim to cause another postpone
ment. The bout la scheduled to endure
ten rounds, but to be brutally frank to
tho adherent of the challenger Wlllard
should knock out Moran before the
eighth round Is reached. This prediction j
Is mndo In irood fnlth: assuming, of I
course, that the bout will be In good I
faith.
While Moran la admittedly the moat
formidable of the present crop of heavy
weight challengers, we fall to see why
he should be rated on a par with WI1
lnrd, as some "experts" have Been fit to
do. The Incumbent champion has every
physical and mental advantaKe. Wlllarl
Is the world's champion, and aa such non
senses the confidence born of supremaev.
Then, again, Je is several Inches taller
than Moran. weighs about fifty pounos
more, has a more extensive reach,
en hit equally as hard. If not harder,
than Moran.
The one advantage Jack haa over the
Pottawattamie giant Is In the matter of
ring experience. Moran started flKhtlng
In 1910, while Jess embarked upon his ring
career less than a year later. Not auch
an advantage, after all.
Before Wlllard arrived from Chicago to
resume hla training In thla city, Moran
claimed a "psychological advantaKe"
over Jess In that Wlllard had never seen
hlin, and had heard of him only In con
nection with his "deadly punch," the wal
lop that flattened Jim Coffey twice.
I
A dny before Wlllard reached New
York. Moran left for Haratoga. Wlllard'
first workout here was so Impressive
that reporta of It surely must have drifted
lito Moian's camD. "Wlllard was acner-
ally considered a WO vr.r cent better
fighter than when he relieved Johnson of
the championship down Havana way Inst
April: he was put In Jim Corbett' clas
as a boxer, and In Jim Jeffries' class aa
a hitter. And after reading these stories
Ml iran's "psychological advantage" must
have dwindled to no advantage at all.
In fact, It la Mr. Wlllard who now has
that "psychological advantage."
One-Handed Fighter. '
A fart not generally known la that
Moran ia a one-handed flk'hter. Hla right
hand la hla only asset. The knuckles on
Frank's left hand no loniier serve him In
a fight, for every one of them Is broken,
and to hit two hard blows successively
with them is to render the left hand
practically useless. In recent fight
Moran haa swung that left quite often,
but he did this merely aa a "blind."
to make the other fellow wary of the left
and leave himself open for Frank's right.
Wlllard, however. Is aware of this fact.
and he will keep a lynx eye on Moran' s
right only. Jess haa perfected a left Jab
for thla battle which should discount any
thing Moran may attempt with hla right
The latter Is easily thrown off -balance,
and Jess will feed him left Jabs until he
ha Frank primed for a right upper-
out, the blow which started Johnson Into
puglllstlo oblivion last year.
It 1 a coincidence that yesterday, St.
Patrick' day, the original date for the
Wlllard-Moran embrogllo, marked the
nineteenth anniversary of Jim CorbMt'n
defeat by Bob Fitxalmmona at Carson
City. With It went Corbett' heavyweight
championship, which he held four and a
half years.
First Defense of Title. .
This affair with Moran will be Wlllard i
first fight in defense of the title he mn
April I last. Jea ha been criticise 1 for
not engaging In a battle sooner; but till
Wlllard need do la to point back to i re
cedent for hi seeming delay in Betting
Into the ring again.
Of the heavyweight champion tinder
the marqula of Queensberry coda, only
Jeffrie and Wlllard did not watt t yeir
or mora before fighting again after win
ning the championship. The others b'ded
their time about getting back in action
almost two years and more.
Jim Corbett, after winning thu title
from John L. Sullivan on Heptember 7.
1892, did not re-enter the rlu; unt'l Jan
uary 85. 1894. when he knovked Charley
Mitchell out In three rounds. Thereafter
Jim fought at six-month intervals until
that fateful day at Caraon City, when he
collided with Bob Fltsslmmon' big maul
ers. Fit took the title) from Corbett n
March 17, 1897. It wa more than two
year before Lanky Bob returned to
the ring to defend hi crown against
Jim Jeffrie on June a, 1. Jeff did
for Fit In eleven round. It I one
of the oddities of prise ring history that
such a wonderful fighter as Fltsslmmon
waa could not carry hla championship
through even one fight.
Jeff I.oae No Time.
Jeff didn't lose much time in getting
back Into the game. Less than five
month after vanquishing Fits on No
vember t, laSM, to be exact Jeff took on
and defoated Tom Sharkey In twenty-
five rounds at Coney Iaiand. Jeff then
took a rest until the following April,
taking on a mediocre heavy, and a month
later ho knocked out Jim Corbett for
the first time. From then until lie re
tired from the ring In 1904 Jeff engaged
In alx actual battle.
In V.a Jeff did appear in the ring,
but not aa a principal, however. He
re f creed the Marvin Hart-Tommy Burna
mill and Jeff appearance In the ring
served to complicate the heavyweight
situations for five ensuing years.
Jeff awarded the decision to Burn
ami Jeff told Tommy he wa the legiti
mate heavyweight champion. And Burna
believed, it, too, until Jack Johnson
stopped hi n in fourteen round on De
cember . I- It wa not until John
son knocked out Jeffries In fifteen
round on July 4. li'l' that the negro
waa universally recognised aa the undis
puted champion. Just two year later
July 4, 1911 Johnson fought again, stop
ping Jim Flynn In nine rounds.
In June, V.'H, Johimon defeated mis
same Moran person In twenty round and
)usl ten months later Wlllard knocked
out Johnson In twenty-six rounds.
BIG BOWLING TOURNAMENT
CARDED FOR WASHINGTON
WASinNGTON. March 18. The Atantlo
Coast Low ling association tournament,
which beglna here April $, will be one
of the largest tournaments that ha ever
been held In the east Washington, of
course, 1 expected to be the largest
patron of the tournament, having fifty
odd league that abould furnish at least
1W to MO five-men team.
Ualtlmora ha fallen Into Hue and the
bowling enthusiast have signified their
Intention of sending not Use than fifty
teams to the capital. Philadelphia, a ten
pin center, haa promised to be well rep
resented, and New York mill have abour
forty trams.
I y ;i ''' y f I cw. f .'XT i..-- - -.- s
l f iisiiiiiina.,, mwmmm- mimisUIIOsms. sinaiiu . Ins. .....MI .! nr'. i i i ill H
Jl"re are two Pitchers, a shortstop and
third baseman, for which the New
Work Yankees paid IS1.000.
J- Franklin Baker, the former Pliila-
delphla Athletic player, who will cover
ALL-NEBRASKA -FLOOR FIVE
I
One Omaha Athlete Gets Position
on All-State Interscholastic
Basket Ball Quintet.
CRETE GETS TWO POSITIONS
By KARL I, EC
miT TXAHC
Leonard FronneU, Crete.. Right Forward
Oosford, Beatrice Left rorward
Amos, University llao .Center
Kogen, urn ana Kignt Guard
Clarence Xrundell, Crete .... Left Qoard
BSCOsTO TXAIC.
Albreoht, Lincoln. ...... .strut rorwarld
Corr. South Omaha Left Vorward
Yaynter, Omaha Center
enroeder, UncoUt might Ooard
Kills, Crete Ift Ouard
TXXmO TEAM.
Mas well, Omaha ftight Torward
O. Xewiuaa, Columbus, .-. .Left Forward
gacer, Crete , . . , . Center
Bnrronghs, Beatrice Bight Ouard
ott, Bouth Omaha Left Ouard
It would seem a comparatively easy
matter to pick fifteen of the best basket
ball playem n the state after one ha
witnessed the leading team not only In
action on a single floor, but In competi
tion for the stat title. All of the good
qualities, the stamina and enduring tac
tics or the Individual player and the
teams should show themselves aupra ne
In such a tournament, yet auch la not al
ways tho case. In the tourney at Lin
coln, where the dope wa upset at Inter
val, where good men of wonderful rec
ords failed temporarily, as It were, the
fal'a-y of thla anurnptlen I proven be
yond doubt. Pa It I that In making- these
all-star selections, not merely the tourna
ment record of the player, but his record
throughout the season, Weil, la con
a dered.
The state tournament this year wa
probably not of aa high a caliber a laat
year', due possibly to the existence of so
much new blood among the player. Here
and there, however, there la to be found
a young athlete of particular note whose
all-around floorwork and baaket shooting
haa brought him Into the limelight The
majority of uch men are found on the
better coached quintet of the larger
cities. Btie and physique count for little
when such men aa Albrecht of Linooln,
Clarence Newman of Columbus and
Thurston Iogan of Omaha are considered.
These men, miniature In comparison with
their teammate, are actual whirlwinds
when it oomea to leading the attack and
paaalng the ball Into advantageous posi
tion. On the other hand, the wonderful lead
ership evinced by auch men aa Clarence
Frundell of Crete, Floyd Paynter of
Omaha and Pus A mo of University
Place, all veteran of the last tourna
ment, formed th connecting link between
the new and the old. Six-footer are fre
quent and in such men as Smith of Bei
trlcc, Corr of South Omaha and Schroeder
of Lincoln are to be found as faat floor
men aa there are In the state. Ellia and
Leonard Frundell of Crete are two tall
youngater of wonderful build who have
performed In whirlwind fashion,' partici
pating In every play of their team. The
consistent playing of Hurroughs of Bea
trice and Uott of South Omaha, both
miniature but powerful In atature, also
brought round of complimentary com
ment.
A anoa at Center.
The central position were easy to fill
although there were a few of the veteran
whirlwinds of past tournamenta who rise
to contest honors with the leaders. Puss
Amos, center on the University place five,
is easl'y the best in the atate. In every
game thla aeason. Including the e'ora
S to T game with Omaha, conceded the
most thrilling of the tournament, he led
hi team' attack and proved Invincible.
In th game with Omaha he out Jumped
Paynter two to one. For thla reason the
Omaha man 1 referred to a secondary
poaltlon. although hla leadership waa
faultless excluding the final game with
lieatrlc. ' Kacer of Crete ha a record of
his own, and, although not In th least
sensational, hi playing wa so consistent
that It would be unfair to overlook him
in bequeathing the honor. Hurb Ashton
of Geneva. Llscow of Columbus and
Nixon of South Omaha are three men
who deserve honorary mention.
At th forward position six men loom
up as leaders. Of thla six Leonard
Frundell of Crete and Cosford of the
Queen City machine aland alone anJ by
themaeive. Th consistency of th first
and the wonderful come-back of the sec
ond make them undisputed leader. Corr
of South Omaha ha played wonderful
ball during the season and ha probably
added up more points than any other
tingle player In th state. He ia easily
a candidate for any all-atar team. Max
well of Omaha. Albrecht of Unroln and
Claience Newman of Columbus are three
otl or whirlw inds who come In for raor
than honorable mention. The lat er was
third baae for the New York Americana,
cost $.15,000.
The Yanks paid $2ii,uni for Ijee Magee,
who will play shortstop. Magee waa
with the Brooklyn Federals laat year.
the Individual star of the Columhus
Omaha game.
In the field of guards, Logan of Omaha
is In a class by hlmelf. The local man
was the name flash of lightning ho haa
always been throughout the season ard
probably wa the best player in the en
tire tourney. Captain Clarence Frundell
of Crete, a man of different build, but
possessing the same whirlwind attack,
come in for the other guard position on
the first team. In Schroeder of Lincoln
and Kills of Crete are found two giants
who seldom allowed their forwards to get
away with a counter when the game wsa
at Its height.
GREAT AUTO RACE
YEAR IS EXPECTED
(Continued from Pace One.)
who mad the famous record at Corona,
87.89 mile an hour on the flat boulevard
track, will be one of the Mbrcer driver,
aa will Joe Thomaa, who wa Pullen'a
mechanician for two year. Ruckatell
will also be a member of the Mercer
crew.
Th come-back of the Mercer Is ex
pected to act as a magnet to draw Harry
8tut back in the game. Harry quit after
a great year, but It alway goe against
Harry' nerve to see Mercer triumph
and it I expected be will come back Just
to give Mercer a battle. Pullen recently
won a vlstory over Earl Cooper on the
new Ascot speedway at Loa Angelea and
this one trick, It is believed, aroused
considerable Ire In Harry' breast.
' " Maxwell Mill in Game.
While the Maxwell company will not bo
In th gam this year all of the Maxwell
oar will be racing. The Presto-Lite com
pany will have a team of Maxwells cap
tained by Eddie Rlckenbacher. Joe Daw
son, famous old Marmon pilot, will drive
one of the Maxwells If he can pasa the
physical examination. Dawson wa In
jured a couple of years ago at Indian
apolis and laat year physician refused to
let hlra drive, declaring he had not fully
recovered, Tom Orr will be the third
member of th Maxwell crew. . All of the
Maxwells are being rebuilt.
There wilt be at least four Peugeots
racing thla year and perhaps a fifth. Two
Peugeot are owned by 'the Indianapolis
Speedway company. They will be driven
by Johnny Aliken, former National pilot,
who returned to the game laet fall, and
Ren Thomaa, winner of the Indianapolis
race In 1914. Thomaa 1 at preaent an
aviator In th French army, but will be
released from ' military duty ' April 1 so
that h can return to this country for the
racing season. He will then return to
th front.
Th other Peugeot will be handled by
Bob Burman and Darlo Resta, who made
many mark with these ateeda laat year.
Two New Machine.
Two new oara which will be Inaugurated
to the racing game this year are two
Premier machine. These cars are now
being built for the Indianapolis Speedway
company. . Howdy Wilcox, one of the
niftiest driver In the business, will lead
on of these new machine. Howdy'
teammate haa not been aelected yet.
Ralph De Palma will, of course, b back
with hla Mercedes and Stuta machines.
Ralph. will drive one and another driver
will nil ot tha othfir. Haleb Braar will
probably be Ralph' partner. '
Hudaoa May Uae.
News that has created considerable of
a aensatlon the last couple of weeks la
that the Hudson company may have a
eouplo of racing car thla year. This In
formation leaked out a ahort while ago
and speed enthusiast are keyed to the
highest pitch over It.
It is ealj that Ralph Mulford I direct
ing th construction of the machines.
These cara will contain the jper-slx mo
tors which only became known to the
world this winter. The Hudson people be
lieve the super-six Is the greatest of all
motors and will prove superior to all
other motor In the way of speed. The
entrance of the Hudson company would
be a powerful factor in making this season-
a great one for speed bugs and It la
hoped Mulford will have succes with hla
cara Mulford, of courae. will pilot one
of the Hudaona, but who the other driv
er wifl bo la not known.
Billy Chandler, who wtil be remembered
aa a Deuanberg pilot at Omaha last sum
mer, la building three car this winter.
It is said -they will be called Chandler
Specials. Considerable mystery surroua 1
these machines. . It Is said a prominent
factory la behind lilUy, but Just who It Is
Is not known.
Porter Car Heady.
F. R. Porter come to bat with Uie in
formation that bis Porter-Knight cars
will be ready this year. These machines
were built a year ago, but did not take
part In any ract because of piston trou
ble which considerably hampered Porter.
These cars contain Knight motors.
Hughie Hughes will drive one of tho
I'orter-KntwhU and Keene and Whalen
will probably drive the other two.
two pitchers,
ectlvely. The
cost $12,3)0 and $!).0i0, respect iv
Yankees seem to have adopted
thli
method of Charles Comlskey In paying
any price for a high class player.
ORDEMAN WILL SHOW FIGHT!
Will Be Toughest Proposition Jot
Steelier Eat Encountered in
All His Career.
MEET AT LINCOLN MARCH 31
When Joe Stecher tangle with Henry
Ordeman at Lincoln the rdght of March
31 hm -will ffni-aiinlur th touarheat on-
ponent of his career Is the consensus of
opinion of Omaha mat fan.
It ia pretty generally agreed that
Charley Cutler and Strangler Lewis and
Adolph Ernst are the best men Stecher
ha tackled up to date. But Ordeman
rank h,ead and shoulders above any of
thla trio. Even though ha haa done very
little wrestling during the last three
years, the Minneapolis man la regarded
a among the leader of American
grapplera.
He I the roan Ootch gave the American
championship to upon hla retirement from
the ring. He la the man Ootch considered
worthy of that honor. He- haa only been
defeated twice, one by Ootch and once
by Stanlalaw Zbyssko. He has defeated
all of the other great.
If Ordeman 1 anywhere near his for
mer self Joe Stecher 1 In for a battle.
Of courae, there 1 a email element of
doubt regarding Ordeman ability to
coma back, but th Mlnneaotan ha been
training hard for several months with
tho expresa purpose of . a match with the
Nebraskan and he says he Is fit. And
he also aver he ha patented a method
which will effectively block the use of
the scissor hold. If he haa, Nebraska
will cee some excitement th night of
March 81.
New York Yankees
Have Sweet Looking
Outfield This Year
NEW YORK, March IS. Indicattone nie
that the New York' Americana (Yankees)
will be a very much Improved team this
season. With Lee Magee and 'rit
Malael both in the outfield the lnd'oa
tlons are for a big improvement In the
outer defense. Both of these men are
fast, fast beyond the ordinary. Their
speed will help greatly in raking the
territory for fly ball and also in rang
ing the outskirts to head off ground
balls and keep the batter to the lowest
minimum of baae obtained from hit.
On of th most affective point of play
of th Red Sox outfield lie In Speaker'
speed and agility In backing up th othir
outfielder and heading off ground balls
which have gone paat or through them.
The Yankee have had few outfielder
who were adept at thl. A hit pat one
of them generally meant a triple or a
home run. Malsel la wift enough to
remedy thl defect and Magee ia another
fast atepper. High and Ollhooley are
speedy runners, and there ts material at
hand for a decided Improvement in in
tercepting ground hits before they yield
triples of four baggers. -
Kaintuck Fight Law
Will Knock Out Ohio
CINCINNATI. O.. March 11-The box
ing game In thla city la likely to be
affected to a considerable extent, ac-
Cullop and Tipple, the
cording to local promoters of the fis ment was noticed In his lilttinar. In hit I
tlo art. if thefboxmg bill legalising ftf- ; new ponitlon he ahowed ability to con-
teen-round bouta In Kentucky becomes a j nect with the best of the early sprinj i
law. The bill has passed the lower ; curvea, and hla admirera have taken hare, j
house of the Kentucky legislature and j if tt u demonstrated that Thorpe, bat
now goes to the senate, where it la re- :
ported to be rather favorably looked I
upon. The local promoter would un-,
daubtedly oiierate In either Newport or
Covington, Ky., across the river. In or
der to stage bouts of more than ten !
rounds. ;
WINNEBAGO JOHNSON
HOCKS ON WITH VERNON,
The Vernon club of the Pacific Coaat
league announces the ulirninff of THthor
VMnnebago Johnson, who Jumped from
Cincinnati to the Kanaas City Feila, and
waa laid on the helf by an injunction.
Evidently the Cincinnati club la willing,
for no protest from It haa been heard.
Vernon .also has Jack Qutnn, another ex
Jumper, on its pitching staff.
CHARLEY BARRETT WILL
HOOK UP WITH WHITE SOX
It is said that the White Sox are to
have the services of Charley Barrett aa
scout for the coming season. Barrett has
ben employed for several years in the
same capacity with the iU. lxnil Browns,
but lost out with the change of owner
sUtu in the Mound City.
By Fred S. Hunter
THE SWAN SONG
OF TUB MANAUKll.
April.
AV'eil be there, ho, with hei: on, ,
Our rookies mic the class.
And when the season's over
You'll see we'll head the mass.
May.
Yea, bo, this team of otira this year
Will ehow 'em all n fij-'ht.
And -when the season's over
Weil lead tho pennant fllnht.
Jane.
We may slow In tart!n, hut .
Well pet there J,it the s:imc.
For when our lads net nolnu xv
They'll sure bust up the name.
Jnl.
A alump, that't all it Is. my boy.
A mere lnldscHcon slump,
Weil get out of it In time, '
And then Just watch us Jump.
Anahat.
Injuries are killing tin sure,
'I he whole team's git the buck.
We should be ,n the hcspltnl. ,
Can you beat tnls kind of hnUr
September.
The umpires in thin loop are fierce.
They've stolen every game,
Tl. . , I .
j i iu up rirry i-uaii.'r in"y ari,
You can't (jive us the blame.
I
October.
I While we finished ia the cellar,
1 It' really no disgrace,
: Oor rookie were not finished
j Tot the gruelling- pennant race,
w,'r n"aln' n w 1 B',i
W'll B1nw 'am all noma hattllni V.A
And we'll oop that rag next year.
AS TOMMY JONES Ll'LLABYfi
IN TUB SHELL-LI KK
EAR OF JESS
WILLARO.
' Ton may lose yonr manly beauty,
t. w ut&,.ri,
I And yonr ribleta caved clear through.
Ton may have yonr dome rocked Uly,
Or an ear split, Z allow,
Bnt remember, bo, we'll be there
To collect that forty thou.
THE DOPE AND THE
WAY TO FOLLOW IT.
Jim Corbett Bays Wlllard will win a
d""on over Moran and Jim Jeffrie, says
iM,oran tt cha"ce- thereupon we
one dime on Moran.
"If Wenck will not let Wlllard
train In New York we can go to
Chicago. We can start a camp
there and take in as much money
as we are doing here." Thttgtioth
Jack Curley when the New York
boxing commlsaloner bounced the
JIM THORPE'S LAST CHANGE
Famous Redskin Athlete it Getting
Last Opportunity to Break Into
Big League.
CAN'T HIT CURVED PITCHING
NEW YORK. March Jim Thorpe,
the c and Fox Indian Olympic prize
winner and one of the greatest foot ball
players that ever donned gridiron, armor,
Is making his last stand on the major
league base ball diamond. Without ques
tion one of the greatest athlete ever
developed in America or any other. por
tion of the world, Thorpe has made
a name for himself in truck and field
sport, lacrosse, foot ball and college
base ball. It waa not until he undertook
to play the latter game in the big
leagues that he found a sport wherein
he failed to ahlne with accustomed bril
liancy. Fresh from his Olympic triumphs at
Stockholm and the subsequent sensa
tional stripping away of these honors
by the Amateur Athletic union on the
charge that he wa a professional,
Thorpe waa signed to play with the New
York National league club by Manager
John J. McOraw. From the very be
ginning the rednkln auilet ran Ilk a
deer in th outfield and on th bases,
fielded well but wa absolutely helpless
before th curved pitching of th big
league box star.
Olven a straight ball eeroaa tfie heart
of the plate, Thorpe, with his powerful
arm and ahoulder. could - and did lift
tho ball over the centerfielder'a head
with great regularity. The trouble was
that the pitcher never made auch a mis
take but once. Thereafter Thorp not
nothing but curved pitching, and the In
dian swung on the slants In vain.
Carved Oat of Leafsr,
The. Indian drifted from the rrajir
league to tho minors, and even there hW
helplessness at the plate caused hiin to be
cast aside for a less sensational player
who could bat In pinches. Through It all
McQraw held firm to his belief that
eventually Thorpe would master the art
of hitting a curved delivery. Thla spri-is
McGraw decided to give htm another
chanco with the Oiunts at the training
camp at Marlin, Tex.
There the redman waa per.-uaded to try
batting left-handed when he went to the
plate, and at oncu a decided improv
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many suckers as dops Gotham.
For which left -handed rap In the
ttetli Chicago, in our Judgment,
wouhl be Ji stlicd ic srntenclnz
I. Curley to live In N'Yawk the
rst of his I fc.
Oh, yes. anil then Cuii.y sees on
to say, "money Isn't everything."
Which leads us to remark, know
ing Mr. Curley n wo do. that
Martin I'.eck Is passlnr up .1 swell
moriologist. Jack is Just one titter
after another.
And atill more of Curley. "Any
way, Wlllard doesn't think mnoh
of this fight," say he. Tea, bo,
nd there are them other who
thought a run in the eame chan
nel. Only Different.
Frnnk Moran says r"tlcrnce is
the role for tho challenger to piny.
Evllrntly Frank Moran and Henny
Kauff have the same ideas.
' Tom Jones beta $1,000 Willnr.l
will knock Moran out." says
N'Yawk dispatch. One of three
thinss; either Tommy is up to his
old trlika of chucking the festive
bunk or some N'Yawk scrivener
went on a Chinatown party, or
It's n tip for wise guys to Iny off.
Tom Jones would Just as soon
risk $1,009 as you would your right
eye.
' AIN'T IT THE TRUTH.
Tou would see a lot of wrett er
Getting- bellicose and hold,
If Jo should lose hi scissors,
And Frank hi pedal hold.
Hugh Fullerton confesses he re
gards Eddie Collins as overrated.
Probably Hughle, if he continues
the confession stuff, will dmtt he
believes Benny Kauff overrates
Benny Kauff.
AND YET THEY SAT AMERI
CANS , ARE THE BEST MARKSMEN.
He drove kin car at sixty per
West on Farnam ttreet,
And yet in tpite of all hit speed,
He missed us by two feet.
ting left-handed, can land on the ball
with his heavy black, war club, there in
a place for him. with the Giants and
McQraw 'a Judgment will have been vindi
cated. It it la proved, however, that It
la but a flash of batting; ability, then
Thorpe and the big leaguea will part
company forever. . - - ....... Jt
Penn Oarsmen Will
Live on the River
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March U.
Joseph Wright, the Pennsylvania rowing
Coach, haa hit upon an expedient to con
nection with the training of hi men,
which, If followed, will be watched with
Interest by the rowing men of other uni
versities. He would have the members
of the varioua crew live- along the
course throughout the season until the
squad leaves for Poughkeepsle. I'm
Idea Include the reporting of the men
for practice after classes and dln'.njr to- yf
gethcr In one of the boathoueea. in- S
stead, then, of returning to their quar
ters, the oarsmen would be quartered
for the night In the college boathouse,
th Trndlnn clubhouse and nthn hull.!-.
lngs. In the morning before breakfast
there would be a short practice spin on
the river, then breakfast, then a Journey
to the university for the work of cur
riculum. HENDRICKS ANNOUNCES
LINEUP AT INDIANAPOLIS
Manager Jack Hendricks' Indlanapolla
roater ia now aa follows: Catchers, Qos
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Rogge and Aldtidge; Inflelders, Leary,
Met, Moore, CrandalU Derrick, McMil
lan, Mitchell and Bronkle; outfielders,
Joe Keriy, Jim Kelley, RelUey, Cole,
Wlckland. Webb and Butcher.
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