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The Bee's . Special Sunday
Sport Pages
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ST. LOUIS BROWNS
TO START SEASON
WITH A NEW TEAM
.
Mound City Owners Break All
Records for Shattering and
at Same Time Rebuilding '
Ban Club.
BY JACK VEIOCK.
New York, March 23.rVhen it
comes to rebuilding 11 bajj' cjub the
owners of the "Stl. 'Loiils" Browns have
all records shattered. ; "' - -
Within less than a "yer's 'time - the
Browns as .they, stood , last :,August
have been transformed" to .such an ex
tent that St, Louis fatis" will not know
them when they trot on to the field
at,home for the first time this season.
Between mid-season, 1917, and-the
present timethe Browns have lost
all of the regular outfielders who
were with the team last year, ot to
mention the substitute fielders Most
of the infieiders who held regular
meal tickets have gone, and four veN
eran hurlers and part of-the catching
staff are missing. . . ,.'
Trades Start.
Last August the Brownie owners
made a deal with Joe Tinker, of the
, Columbus club, for Pitcher Lowder
.milk, Infieldcr Gerber and Outfielder
Demmitt. From that time on trades
and sales followed rapidly and Fielder
Jones took, a strange bunch of play
ers to Dixie this spring.
With Eddie Plank traded to the
Yanks, Boh Groom sold to Cleveland
and Ernie Koob among the missing,
St. Lduis fans will have .to do their
v rooting (or Bert Gallia, secured from
T Washington; Grover ,&wdermilk,
from Columbus; Nick Qullop and Ur
ban Shocker, from, the Yankees, and
old Lefty Leifield, who did a come
back with St. Paul. Davenport, Rog
( '"A Sothoron are all that remain
;,";imaker to Help.
Hank Severeid, star of the Browns"
backstops, will be assisted this year
by Leslie Nunamaker, who wields a
mean bludgeon and whose presence
in the lineup will be welcome because
of the fact that he can be used both
as a catcher and a pinch hitter.
The outfield will look strange with
out Bert Shotton gamboling around
the gardens. Yale SloaTi, Ward .Mil
ler, Lee Magee and Amando Matsans,
all of whom have worn Brownie uni
forms since the opening of the 1917
season, have gone.. Some of them are
in the service and others have been
traced. Tobin; Dmrnjtr, Smith,
Hendryx and K. Williams, purchased
from Portland, are new outfielders.
Among the new infieiders who will
wear the regalia of the Jonesites are
Maisel, Gedeon and Gerber.
Tyler Will Provp , ( .
'Valuable jart for
Mcao Cublets
The Cubs made a good deal when
thev got George Tyler from Boston.
Tyler,, working with Alexander,
Vaughn, Douglas-and the younger
members of Fred Mitchell's pitching
staff, should be a pilfer of strength to
the Chicago club, for 'he is the sort
nf a pitcher who can win with just the
iverage support behind him, and best
of all, from a -Cub viewpoint, . he is
lefthander.. .r.: :
There are only a -few really nepettd-,,
. abje southpaws in the National league,
''compared to the number of right
handers who have strangle holds on
their jobs. And Tyler and Vaughn are
of this class. Tyler is no youngster
f in so far as major, league experience
gods, for he has been a member of
the Braves, including the season of
1917, since 1910, when he came up
from the Lowell -club. ( ... ,
His record for the eighth season
rtint with the Braves- shows that he
lost more games than he won, so far
as grand totals go, but he was handi
capped by being a member of a los
'ing club most of the time,, and the
won and tosfcolumn of a pitcher Wth
a lnsiner club do "t show . his true
value.
-
Tvtpr has won a tbtal of 94 games
of base ball since he busted into the
big show, and the records charge
him with 102 defeats. The records also
show that he w a good, substantial
workhorse, for in every campaigi in
which he has taken part he has pitch
ed in better than 30 games season,
with but one exception. .
Up to three years ago Tyler s main
trouble was wildness:But for thelast
three seasons he has'been getting em
over in better formfor, where he used
to nand out a hundred or more passes
' in a summer, he has succeeded in cut
ting the yearjy total down nearly 20
per cent. . - V ' .
Groom Will Be Big Help :
To Cleveland, Evans Says
Umpire Billy Evans, who has
worked behind Bob roem a great
number of games since be broke into
the, American league is .ot .-tne..p.e;ier
:hat the former Brownie. will be of
nuch use tcr; the; Cleveland Indiana
;his summer, j It is the ".opinion of
Evans that Groom showed about as
nuch stuif last year as he ever did.
Groom has fine speed, " a corking
curve and a most deceptive- spjtter,
which he uses "only occasionally.
Evans believes that Fohl will make
much use of Groom as a relief pitcher,
since his curYeand spitter are often
of great "advantage 'jh stopping a bat
ting rally. ,: . v. ?.:." '
War Tax on AU Base Ball
Passes Except Employes
.kThe final tilmg-' of the -War de
partment has been to,, the effect that
all holder! of passes except bona fide
employes of the base ball association
must pay a war .tax,-; The. newspaper
men who scow-the-games-are includ
ed as employe! and are 'exempt."
Max Carey Selected as i -fi.
Captain at Pittsburgh
With Hans -Wagrter-gone iMt Pi
.rates iiad to have'a new captain. Max
' ferey has been given the hojiot and
the incrawd cay. that, goes. withYthe
iob. - " ""-! -.-
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AMATEUR LOOPS
TAKE SHAPE AS
SEASON NEARS
Only One League, the Metropol
itan, Fails tq Get Into the
Runing; Others Ready '
.... ,' to Go.
: By Frank Qujgley.
One "by' one the leagues of the
Omaha Amateur Base Ball associa
tion emerge from their winter's ha
of doubt and as the season approaches
the note of optimism rises. Practically
every league of any importance with
one exception has buckled up enough
teams and is ready for the training
period. No better test of the virility
ot amateur base ball can be louna
than this. About everything that
could happen to the amateurs to put
them under thesod has happened,
but issa two-to-orie shot that ulti
mate good will come out of the hard
ships that have been endured and
which will .continue until the termina
tion of the big fight across the waves.
Sofar five leagues have been organ
ized, namely, Greater Omaha, Amer
ican. City, Inter-City and Booster.
The exception is the eMtropolitan
league and its president, William Am
nions, now secretary of the Omaha
Amateur. Base Ball" association, has
done nothinsr towards outtinsr this
league on a firm foundation. From
present1 indications there will' be
enough teams.' to organize another
Llass B league. If these Llass a teams
which are now xjut in the cold would
squeak to President vIsaacson he will
arrange matters so isji other league
will be organized in the verymmedi
ate future, If this is done the Omaha'
Amateur Base Ball association will
be as strong as last year. , . N
' '' ;' Inter-City League. " ,
At the meeting 6i the Inter-CHy
league last week a schedule was
adopted to commence April 14 and
tworounds with eight eoritesting
teams will be played. -
Two new teams, namely Tomaneks
and J. B. Roots, were -added to the
Booster league,' making it an eight-
club organization. It was decided
that each team should post a forfeit
or nve rouna uoys iu uc spin, uu aim
40; to the ring, master and the man
agers. A schedule was adopted which
will open the gates Sunday,1 April. 14.
Officers will be elected At their next
meeting.-this week.
The City league meeting was post
poned until this week when officers
will be installed for the approaching
seasom . K
It was said -that - Ernie Holmes,
harlfpr oft he Holmes White Sox.
threatened to withdraw his brigade
from the Greater Omaha league un
less the association gave his park a
deal durinsr' the city series
games this year, he" contending that
he drew a lemon last year.
Meetincr Postponed.
The meeting of the American league
scheduled for last Thursday was
calld off because the president was
holdinar down a berth at St. Joseph
hosoital. Said league will convene at
the citv hall next Thursday.
Fans yoq won't have to spoil ;our
glims looking for' a ' base bait argu
ment this afternoon because even if
climatic conditions should be a trifle
shady there will be plenty of diiroond
gladiators, pelting the horsehkie on
the various municipal lots. This will
be the initial preliminary workout for
members of the Omaha Amateu' Bise
Ball association art d as only a lew
Sundays will trotv around befcrre'the
bell tingles, jt behooves the ries
to cough up their best brand if they
want to travel with the class selected
by them. "
- Games willTie jerked off on the lol
lowing municipal parks this afternoon:
At 1:30, Thirty-second and Dewey
avenue,' the Omaha Daily New? vill
clash with the Victor Roos icn
tingent. The McCaffrey Motor Co.
squad has leased the grounds from
3:30 until 6. The Union Stock Yards
team has rented Riverview park from
1:30 to 3:30. At 3:30 the Townserds
and Krajiceks will take a wh'rl t
each other. Fontenelle park w'l! be
utilized by the Walter G. Clarks at
1 :30, and at 3:30 the Nebraska St r?ge
Battery Co. will collide wth the Ti ,m
ble Bros. - Miller park is where the
Wroor'rfW"of the World will carnp
from 1:30 to 3:30.
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The Omaha Sunday Bee
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 24. 1918.
OPENING OAY IN
OMAHA A WINNER,
SAYS PA ROURKE
For First Time in History Gate
City Will Make Holiday of
First Game of the
Season.
A regular holiday for opening ("ay
is the scheme W. A. Rourke of the
Omaha base ball club has uo his
sleeve. . .
The opening day of the seasoa I as
ne,ver beetj much, of an event in. OmS
ha in years gone by. A coupl of
times parades were held, , but U.ey
were league affairs and nothing" to
brag bot. Opening day in Omaha
has merely been opening day and
that's all.
' But this year, Rotrrke intends to
board the band wagon and stag an
onenine da4 program that will be the
pride and joy of the entire league.
All of the other cities in tne vvtst-
I ern league make opening day a iua
! event. St. Joseph, Des iMiines,
Wichita, Joplin, Sioux City, Topeka,
; all have , special programs. Huge
booster parades and all the finishing
touches nave been held.
Last year even Denver made a
holiday out of opening day. - A parade,
miles in length was held and there
were automobiles for everybody who
wanted tp crowd on board.. big
banquet at which the opposing ball
teams were guests was held at one of
the leading, hotels and nearly 1,000
fans were present. Yet Denver blew
up in the middle of the season,.,
So Rourke-has figured it put U at
if Denver, a town which couldn't Sup
oort a bail club, could staee an -open
ing day program, Omaha, could, too.-!
So Omana for once rs to nae an
opening day program. v
Jackson Saws Wood.
AH fs quiet ou at Rourke park
where Bill Jackson, new Rourke man
ager, holds , the fort. Bill has been
busy all week, just sawing wooi One
day h took a tew minutes off to an
nounce fhe signing of three mof; tth
letes, then he crawled back into his of
fice and has not emerged since
Jackson, unlike most base bait man
agers, is not long on conversation. He
says what he has, to say and lets it
go at that.
He unequivocally refuses, to peep a
word about Omaha's pennant chances.
Tm not here to predict pennants."
says William, "but to win 'em." Which
in a sense is true.
But Jackson will admit he intends
to have a fighting team, a team tl.at
will be in the battle every inch of the
way. And that's enough to ask this
early in the year.
Western League, Notes.
' Ducky Holmes Wouldn't come to
anv agreement with Jimmy Marnilton
so he will manage Sioux City himself,
he says, ',.-
Charley Moon, once secretary of
the Lincoln club, tried to sneak a .ast
one over and keep the Holmes fran
chis in Lincoln, but he couldn't find
anv nlate to Dlav.
Maire uooawin, wicnua secna
sacker. has Joined the army medical
corps and is stationed at the PrcstfMo,
ban rancisco,
Pitcher Don Marion has been sold
to Wichita by -Vernon.
Eifeht of last year's Denver phyers
have been signed by Topeka. They
were the only ones worth haying, 'tis
said. , . ,
Ralph Heatley, an mfielder, - has
been purchased by Joplin. v
pitcher Pepper Clark, formerly with
Sioux City, has been signed by Des
Moines. .
Berghammer, Ducky Holmes' short
stop, has been recalled by St. Paul.
Jimmy Middleton, Fired
. By Giants, to Quit Game
Jimmy Middletorf. the pitcher - re
cently sold by the New York Giants
t Kansas City, has signed a contract
to manage his father's large' farm and
will retire from base ball as a result.
His friends sav that salary differences
with Kansas City have nothing to' dc4
with his decision.
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Miller Huggins, '.manager of the
New York i Yankees, 'will pin all his
pennant hopes upon, the wings of his
pitchers. The Jecent acquisition of
Ping Bodie to the team makes the
in SOON TO
HEAR WAR'S CALL
Graduation:' Into Army Will
End Great Athletic Career
v of One of Country's
Phenoms.
When the senior cadets at We9t
Point graduate next August, 10
months ahead of time, the greatest
all-around college athlete in the coun
try will fade out of collegiate sports
for the stern business of war.
Elmer Oliphant will never again
defend the honor of the army on the
gridiron, for his earl graduation will
rob him of one more year of foot ball,
and, Iwe all his brother cadets who
will graduate this year, he will be
come a commissioned officer in the
army. v
There arc great athletes in every
age, but few have ever been uncov
ered who have had the ail-around
ability in various branches of sports
that Oliphant has.
First of all he is ranked as the
greatest foot ball player in the coun
try. He can do everything demanded
of a foot ball player and do It well,
and he had no trouble earriin? All
American honors. '
In base ball, basket ball, track and
hockey Oliphant has starred at West
Point ever since he became a cadet,
and he is one of,the few army athletes
who has ever 'Won honors in so many
sports, For the last three years he
has been a "four-letter man.
Oliphant developed his athletic
prowess at Punchie university. From
the very first ne was the foremost
athlete at the Lafayette institution
and in years when Purdue would have
been unheard of for anything accom
plished by athletic teams, it was put
on the map by Oliphant, who was al
ways good for two or three sensa
tional athletic feats during the school
year. '
There is only one "Qllie.' There
may never be another Tike him, and
foljowers of college sports regret that
he must step down and out of the col
legiate limelight.
Former Pirate Rookie
Now an Army Lieutenant
The Pittsburgh -club officials have
just heard from a player who got a
tryout with the Pirates m"ll4 as a
catcher; He is Lloyd WaitH He writes
Barney Dreyfuss from: Camp Funston,
where he is now a lieutenant in tne
field artillery," and he still shows his
interest in the Pirates, wishing them
success on their 1918 journey.
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Yankees one of the heaviest hitting
outfits in the circuit. Baker. JJ&die.
Tipp, Peckinpaiigh, make quite a for
midable lineup. The pitching staff has
been woefully weak for many seasons,
C0RRID0N AND HIS PART IN
DEVELOPMENT OF SPITBALL
First Discovered ... Saliva Pill
and Shbwed Elmer St rick -lett
How it Could, Fool
Batters.
Memories of other days are revised
with the, announcement that F'ank
Corridon has been appointed Me
ball .coach of the Second Navat J-is-trict
base ball team at Newport. R.
I. Corridon is the old National leaue
pitcher. He played major league
ball for some years, and, while he was
never rated as a star pitcher, hit in
fluence on base ball h still felt.'
To- Elmer Stricklett has alvay
been .given the credit for the devel
opment of the spit ball. But the wet
delivery was not the inventiei of
the one-time Brooklyn pitcher. It
,was Cornaon wlio nrst aisc:wcvea
the spitter.
Stricklett was a little fellow, tittle
as pitchers go. They have nevei rad
much use for short pitchers n the
btf leagues. Big league manager
have always leaned to the ppr.von
that big league twirlers munt be
huskies to stand up under the gn. el
ling fight that a major league pen iant
race really is. '
Because he- was small StrHlett
seemeo doomed to never get out of
the minor leagues. And that, too not
withstanding tha'. he was ratol the
headiest pitcher in the bushes.
Stricklett Cot the Idea.
Stricklett himself admitted that he
had about given up hope that hi waJ
ever to make tne big snow. tut,
one day; Frank Corridon, who was
also pitching in the bushes at that
time, showed him the tricks he ?ot.ld
makY a base ball play just by Kiing
a little saliva.'
Corridon looked upon his disnoiery
as only a freak, something with ,vhich
to get a laugh out of his com rdel
in their idle moments on the fcld.
But Stricklett was a wise little rran.
Jn the Corridon delivery he int'tatty
saw something . that might lift him
out of the bushes into the big league
after all. .
He started right in practicing, to
perfect the delivery. Corridon was
still shbwing it to the minor lciguei
players , assometfcing intended ttjly
to afford- a little amusement, : J hen',
when Stricklett broke into tast tcm
panv, Corridon , woke up1 and. also
perfected a Witter. '"'-" .'''
With the aid of the wet delivery,
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All the Latest
All the
but Huugiiis is hopeful that the work
of his three star hoxnien, Bob Shaw
key, Allan Russell and George Mo
gridge, will improve and help the
Yanks to laud near the top
both Stricklett and Corridon were
able' 'to hold down big league jobs for
years. Jhe former pitcher, however,
became more of a roaster of the spit
ter than did the original discoverer of
the delivery.
The public never got to know Cor
ridon veryvell. Frank was the kind
that made little fuss, so seldom got
into the public prints.- He never tveri
bothered claiming the distinction oi
having been the discoverer of the
spitbail. It was Stricklett who handed
hinv the distinction,
Preferred Violin to Bate Ball,
Corridon Is a splendid violin player.
When he was with the Phillies the
team trained in Savannah, G. Svn
nali, for its size, boasts of quite a
number of public parks. Corridon,
when he was 'down there with the
Phillies, very often afforded the
citizens of the southern towri a fine
night's entertainment by playing M&
violin in" the parks.
Fred Jacklitsch, the veteran catcher,
was with the Phillies at that time,
and was Corridon's boon comoanion.
When Frank, of an eyenlng, wouM po
to one of the parks to play his violin,
Jacklitsch went along as his manager.
Corridon, according to the ball
players of his time, might have been
?ne of the greatest pitchers in the
istory of the national game If he had
taken base ball as seriously, as he did
bis violin. The players claimed, be
side the spitbail, he had other pe
culiar deliveries that no one but Cor
ridon ever showed. ..
San Francisco Club Sold
Fo More Than $200,000
That the sale of the San Francisco
club Is a bona fide affair is indicated
by the $1)00 in revenue stamps that
had to be placed on. the deed ot trans
fer. The new owneta pay over $200,
000 for the property, real and paper,
it is stated. Tbe new club has been
organised with Dr. C, H. Struh a
president, Judge Thopias F. Graham
as vice president, Charles H. Graham
as business manager, Thomas J.
Stephens as treasurer and George A,
Putnam as secretary, Charley Gra
ham and Judge Graham are not re
lated.,. '
; Goes tr Louisville.'' ;
Joe Wagner, who worl ed in the in
field for Kansas City st yeaj, is
slated to hold down t(...d base. lor
the Louisville Colonels.
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Time ,
NEW WILL HOPPE
SEEKS RENOWN IN '
SQUARED ARENA
California Boxer Ambiti6us tc
. Achieve Equal Fame With ,
His Namesake of
the Cue.
By RINGSIDER
Chicago, March 23. Although his
fame never has ascended high
enough to drift acrosi the Sieirra Ne
vada, they have a scrapper out San
hrancisco way who comes as- near,
being entitled to the name of "human
.dynamo," as any" boxer in thA gam.
In this case tne name, out not tne
bearer of it is famous. The boxer inf
question goes by the name of Willie.
Hoppe, an appellation that is widely
familiar to followers of sports. Every
body has heard of Hoppe, the famous
billiardist, but very few' this side-of
the Taeific slope have heard of Hopp'e,
the boxer. 5 '
Honoe. the boxer. Is Teutonic, as
Lhis name implies,1 but he was born in
this country and ts oy no means an
admirer of the kaiser. He is short,
stocky and rugged, fast and a stiff
puncher. When he started fighting he
was a lightweight, but he , has -added
poundage until he no fights at
around 140 pounds. ' f '
His Titles. ''
In San Francisco Hoppe Is known
as the "Butchertown Devastator,1
because he comes from a section fa
mous locally as Butchertown, and be
cause he is a "devasticatin' bearcat"
in the ring. ' . . '
Hoppe's one idea when he slides un
der the ropes is to fight. If ht can't
get his opponent to mix with him,
ltoppe is not happy, Blows rained on
his own face or body hardly annoy
him, for he i too intent on swatting"
his ppponent. He will . trade - Jwo
punches to land one any time, but he
seldom has to, for his foe generally
is vn the defensive and too busy to
take advantage, of the openings Hoppe
Hoppe goea after hU man like' a
whirlwind th minute he hears, the
opening bell. From then until-the
fight Is over he is in action every second-
There is absolutely no stalling
when Hoppe is inside the ropes. He
will launch hiinself like a diver and
come at his. adversary with both, arms
spread like wings. If hit opponent
steps to the left to avoid a rjght awing
Hoppe will clout him with a left, if -,
he steps to the right Hoppe will
whale away with his right, If Jua
adversary tries to itepiinside to avoid
a hoop Hoppe can iwitch to an upper-,
pe's only idea is to land a puneh.
Of course, Hoppe'l Style of fight
ing is adapted to tne boxing game a
it is played on the Pacific eoast - He
could not stand the' terrific pace he
sets if he had to travel the lO-rund
route, but oivt there tuey ngnt onty
four rounds and Hoppe kiiows he can
go that distance at top speed.- And
he sets a pace for four rounds that
few men can follow. . . ' '
A clever boxer with a cool head can
1 A. 1. 1 linnna kll tfimhlw
ma kb irnHUia iur iiuuuv ur, mtxwtjtr
laying back and clouting huh ashe
comes, in with one of his puU-Uke
rushes, : It has been done, ratably by ,
Frankle Burns, aq Oakland light-'
weight, who Hnew f nyigh to play that
kind of a garne, But most of the men
Hoppe nl met were lerrinea mw a
defensive ityle of 'fightmsl, by the
ferocity of his attack. . A few nave
made the mistake ol -trying t out
sluir him. but onev of them have
found it profitable. 1 c ; ' v
. . Hat No Finger.
One of the remarkable things about
Hoppe is how he can hit, as, 4ie does
with hands in the condition hi are
In, Hoppe has just two fuigera. and
these ara on different hands.,-. An
accident, suffered in his youth, lopped
off three of the digits and -the thumb
ot eachTiand, leaving him with only
one fingered fists for fighting, tools.
Yet with- these multilated mauler! he
ean awing a punch . that wpset
scofcs of men who were.regarded.as
stars of the Pacific coast, '
Hoppe Is. quiet and unassWin.He
does' not boast and he is perhaps a
little above tle average of the pugi
listic standard' of intelligen, He is
alwaju In condition add, hert Is the
reason: He is married to a thrifty
farmer girl, who doesn't know a
thing about conditioning fighters, 'but
does know how to cook ana keer)
house. She sees ta it that friend husw
band does not dissipate, geta plenty
of sleep and the kind of food that fs '
good for him. Any boxer ougbt to win
with that kind.of handling, ; ' v.v
Fulton'a Qamenesa, ;
Fred Fulton, after his recent battle
with Frank Moran, declared he had
proved his gameness and his ability'
tq take a punch by allowing Moran
to hit him more than 20 times-upon
th. taur Hut did Fulton resllv nroVe
himself game, or did he take a foolish
chance and, by pure luck, get away
with it? ."''
It is or ought to be a maxii'i'of
the priee ring that the unexpected
punch hurts most. If a fighter kn'Tws
a punch is coming and, is set for- it
he is not apt to b badly hurt by it.
Hut if he is et for ope punch and
gets another he is almost . certain to
be stung. . " - ;, '
The punches Fulton took, b H
own admission, were expected.!. He
was figuripg on them and they, cime
over just the way. he expected ttym.
Accordingly, Fulton shook the v tff
like drops of water from an umhrrlli
and escaped unscathed.
But suppose while Fultpn hid M
jaw stuck out Inviting Woran's r,iwi
the blond . Pittsburgher tad. sipped
Fred a, punch on his elongated slats.
Fred would have been very lurkj if
that punch did not take a Jqt o fight
out of him. . t
Fulton took a chance and. because
he was expecting the swats, he got
away with it. His example, h jw
ever, would hardly be called a good
one for ambitious boxers lo. f juow.
It's a dangerous thing to fool with,
this showing a crowd how gama you
can be in the ring. ....
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, who was
a game man himself, said once that
gameness was a form of insanity; He
was not far 'from right To deliber
ately take a beating because you do -not
want to quit fa not always so f
much an exhibition of courage- as ii
is of foolishness. Those kind of beaj
ines take too much out a figfaJMc
