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IT IS RUMORED THAT LES DARCY, THE FAMOUS ACTOR, ONCE WAS A REGULAR PUGILll
f .UNLESS BASEBALL OWNERS HAVE
j ' CARE, DAME FORTUNE WILL SMILE
AT THEM INSTEAD OF ON THEM
Magnates. Have Been Playing in Rare Good Luck
in Executing Their Retrenchment Policy, But
Overcpnfidence May Be Their Undoing
rpiIE baseball magnates havo been playing in rare good fortune this bcmeslcr,
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but unless they stop crowding things Dnmo Kortiino Ih likely to forgot to Kinllu
and put on tho grim vlsago of Miss Tortunn. Months ago It wiih decided to adopt
policy of retrenchment and the owners went through with their plans, nhlv
aided and abetted by a series of unlooked-for situations, l'lrst. IJavo I'ultx con
ceived and tried to cxecuto the unpopular players' revolt, and tho public, lone dls
trusted with tho grabbing tactics of the pin era during tho Federal Lcbkiiu war.
Shifted their sympathies to tho magnates. Instead of lUlng In wiath against tho
advance In admission prices and other measures of lettcnchment, tho fans entod
their spleen on tho plaers. Then -camo tho war talk, und what llttlo tlmo tho
public had to think of baseball was spent In congratulating tho owners mi their
farsightedness In stripping tho game to a wartime basis, i Ah a matter of fact,
everything broke right for them and tho policy of retrenchment determined on
months ago went through with llttlo or no criticism.
Success has apparently mado tho magnates overconfident and somewhat care
less. There is a movement afoot to cut tho player limit to eighteen or even lower,
and several owners aro apparently Indlffcient ns to whether somo star hold outfi
come Into tho fold or stay out. Owners who figured a month ago that they lould
not afford to allow certain star players to slip away hcrausu of public opinion'
aro now willing to let them go.
Rule Changes May lie the Feature of Baseball Session
QEVEItAIj moguls have suggested different nnd distinct ideas to lrnpioxo bat-
ting, nnd following tho big baseball meeting In New York this week It Is
probable a change or two will bu mado for tho Ameilcan nnd N.itlonat leagues
this year. For several weeks a manager, owner or player has been quoted
as suggesting plans to glv tho offenslvo side more of an edge. Shortening tho
playing field, allowing a man his bnso on thieo balls and other suggestions hnvo
been made. Now Harney Droyfuss, of tho Pittsburgh club, comes tlnough with
a brand-now idea. Ho says If a rule was paused to limit tho pitching staff to
five hurlers tho batter would hae tho benefit of less substltuto twirling; that
la. fewer relief pitchers would bo railed Into a game than In past years,
Pat Moran had his say with tho others, but his was dlflVieut ft om the
rest. Moran Is satisfied with tho present rules, so why argue furl her?
Loss of Hen Derr Will Weaken I'enn Next Year
TT AVILIj bo difficult to rcplaro lien Derr in tho Venn backlleld ne.t year nnd
J-Bob Folwcll's 1917 team Is weakened, befoio the season starts. Derr has an
nounced that he will leave college In a short tlmo and go Into business, llo wanted
to end his college courso last ear, but was prevailed upon to ciimn back and play
another season. Ho played u wonderful game lost fall, but did not take much
interest in his studies. As a result, he got Into trouble with the faculty, and whuu
ho overcut his classes on the trip AVest thcie was llttlo hope that ho could make
up his work, Derr -was the mainstay of tho I'enn team on the defense, and Is hitlil
ii uu uimj in. mu uesi j)iuers in mat department ever (leveiuj'cu on j-milium num.
$He was a suro tackier, quick to diagnose plan and constantly was encouraging:
J"his teammates to further efforts. On tho offenso ho appeared slow, but was a
terrific lino plunger. Wo liavo seen him crash through the lino time and again
for big gains and nlways was tho man called upon when only n short distance
was needed to make first down. Ho never was a .showy player, but his consistent
hard work mado him one of tho most valuahlo men on tho team.
In addition to Derr, Penn will loso Ktstiesvaag, the lineman who replaced
Billy Neill, and pqsslbly thieo or four others. These men also have "overcut"
their classes and might find it impossible to make tip tho'back, work. I.ou l.lttlo,
one of tho best tackles in tho country, Ih said i be In scholastic ditllciiltlcs and
has been granted a leave of nbsenco until next fall. If ho comes back ho probably
will bo eligible, but It is not certain that ho will return. This means that Folwell
will not have an easv tlmo in getting a first-class team together, and the outlook
for tho comlnsr season Is not so rosy as It might be. I'enn will hnvo to go some
if tho record of last year Is surpassed.
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Fulton nnd AVelnert have missed a perfectly good alibi by ono day.
They will settle their quarrel tonight in New York, but had It been scheduled
for tomorrow the loser could havo blamedlt on tho unlucky 13.
Two Different Laics fur Same Issue
"TT'S all settled." Tho chief business of the annual meeting of the 1'nited .States
-- Golf Association this year was the amateur problem with regaid to supplies
Belling by stars. The rule against selling was I'AHSUD. The chief business of tho
annual meeting of tho T'nlted States National I.awn Tennis Association this car
-as.the amateur problem with regard to supplies selling by Mars. The rule against
Belling was NOT passed. The golfers were passionately asked by ono of tho orators
whether they would "prostitute principle for personality." "NO," they responded
with a landslldo vote. Tho tennlslsts weio ptesented with tho mme problem of
principle versus personality. To tho question tho delegates voted "Yi;.S," 13.1
to 134. Tho dissension between these two great bodies of American spoilsmen
now makes It apparent that 'neither decision will hold; that both will bo up again
at anothertannual meeting for the assaulting of those present.
Tho voto of the tennis delegates also brings out the fact that there Is some
thing readicnlly wrong Willi tho method of voting. Small-town clubs, hotel clubs
and so forth had tho same vote, namely, one, ns tho large, powetful and long
established clubs with a hundred times as much Interest In national affairs as tho
equal-franchise club. Proxies also plajed a largo part In tho voting. Unlnstrifted
proxy votes appear to be n teal menace and out of date. Also tho policy of a district
association voting on a question and then tho Individual clubs voting as a unit
for tho decision of tho association seems to bo a misplaced principle.
The Point Being That It's Not Settled
WITH two of tho largest bodies of sportsmen maintaining exactly opposlto
clauses In their amateur laws, things seem to be in a flno state and higher in
the air than the sun shining down on all tho fracas. Many clubs voted or sent
delegates to both meetings, so that In some cases there Is a dlfferenco of opinion
In tho two sports in the samo club. Yet tho situation Is almost Identical and
there seems to bo no reason why theio should bo ono rule for ono sport and
another for the other. -
When viewed through a microscope the whole situation seems to hlngo mound
tho personal rather than tho principle. Tho golfers at their meeting wcto very
strong for the reinstatement of Francis Ouitnet, who in his day had seized both
titles, but who had been thrown Into tho professional ranks by a ruling which
had had, a year's run. They were strong for Oulmet qII through tho dinner which
preceded tho meeting, and the sentiment nt the end of the speech ngalnst tho con
tinuance of tho rule ngalnst selling golf supplies us an amatour seemed nlso to bo
greatly in favor of Oulmet. Hut when his now-historical lettor was lead, It swung
tho matter and proved that most of the Interest was personal. lJcforo that It had
appeared that the golfers wero ready to vote against the rule In order to rclnstuto
Oulmet.
Jasper May Play Carbondale
WIIAj the winner of tho Eastern Basketball League tltlo play Carbondale in a
post-season series? This is the question now uppermost In the minds of cngo
enthusiasts, not only in Philadelphia and towns of the Eastern League circuit, but,
throughout tho entire States. Carbondale has already dofcatcd Groystock and
Camden by largo scores, but did not find Trenton such soft picking on Friday
evening and Just won out In a garrison finish, 32 to 29. Of course, thero wero
more penalties Inflicted on the visitors, twenty-threo being called on tho Potters
and sixteen on parbondale, But is Carbondale in n class with tho Eastern
League? That Is what tho fans deslro to learn, Cngo critics Just figure, tho
State winners as two men, Sulls and Inglis. Tho other three would barely make
sood. In these parts. They aro Nolan, Mclntyro and Ripley.
What will bo the outcome if Jasper wins the Eastern pennant? The Jewels
had a game scheduled with Carbondale, but canceled it because Andy Sulls did
not live up to hla ngreoment. The letters of Sulla to Marty Friedman provo this.
Jasper is willing to play the Carbondale tossers without waiting till tho end of
the season and promises to defeat them too. But this little debate going on between
Sulfa and Friedman has nothing to do with the fans who want to soo the clubs
In action. The Pennsylvania Stato League held a meeting yesterday at Wilkes
Barre relative to the dropping of Freeland from that league, and it Is is said
an offer was made Bulls to play Jasper in Scranton. Tho outlook for a gamo at
this writing Is very encouraging.
Wholesale Tennis Slaughter if Rule Had Passed
r? IS difficult to believe that the western tennis moguls would have made such
a strenuous fight against the proposed tennis amateur law, which barred tho
selling of tennis goods by amateurs, if it had not affepted so many of its own stars.
Maurice McLoughlln, who has jjist about the same pedestal of fame in tho tennis
world na Ouimet in the golf circle, was the leading California!!, in point of iiuman
interest, who would have been axed by the new ruling. William Johnston,
(.former champion, and about as good as Norrls Williams, the present chamnlon
.',- would have been affected, together with
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Now Nate Lewis Is After Title for Carl Morris
,J,f1Anti MORRIS has been trying tojwin the heavyweight championship for seven
"., ' Vytars, ever since Jack; Johnson knocked out Jim J, Jeffries in 1910. But It
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prafuy fjt:,l)tter 'chance. or doing.
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'EVENING tEDGEE-fHttJApELPHIA", IfONDAY, FEBRUARY 12.
CROSS SETS PACE
IN LEAGUE SCORING
Groystock Guard Cages -3c
Two-Pointers in Ten
Eastern" Games
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t onsldered that t'luns Is a backlleld limn
Harney Hidinn, of Jasper, and Hoy Steele,
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was rivell on l-Vlil.iv niht nt the Imniln nf
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nlercnl Iho nrt wltli four tuti-lmKgem
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hr r-ti;ne,i tiw iioettlan ns ccieh Rt itm rnir
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(hant of tin Churchmen Ih iLurlhK uo.!!n In
ariili-r profuxlon tiutl had ilrurH-l In flftien In
hli fast nix utiirts
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will libftltlel l,p n nieinher Ono Kaelern
la-acus nuinaKer mn ttreak It up tn tlio mlniiteii
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will neer etart Thero von hni It. nml an th
news l.reikn rentiers will bo Klen thu a-imo If
it pamea tho uniur O K
Mneomr pl.ijeil six men nt Iloertown Ratur
day nlk'hl ami was onlv beaten hy a point 1'ouH
calleil on ln,,iiir ", !nertmn 11 What
ruiitfh iilajtm tie IMtum mutt hive lcn
WILD FOXES IN CHASE
TO HOUNDS OF HUNTERS
Pickerinir, and Mather Hunt
Clubs Ride Fields for
Br'er Reynard
W'i:ST f'lIKSTKH. I'a. I-Vb. 12. The
nnntial meet of tlio hounds of the I'lckerlnft
and Charles j:. Slather Hunt flubs was
started at Marhhallton today. It has been
held here for Feei.il ears. A hunt break
fast took place jireWous to the Mart at
TlrandywlnA Meadow Farm, tlm country
place of Mr. Mather, nnd from thero the
riders camo to Marshallton for the start.
No fox vuis lllicrateil, but a wild ono was
soiTeIiI nnd an early cliasn Is expected
Foxes aie plentiful about tho Hradfnrds,
over which tlm packs will bo eapt.
At this .meet every f-eason there Is a
Keen rivalry between the crack Knelish
Mather pa ok and the American hounds from
the Chester Valley. The best hounds of
each pack nro marked with dlstlnctivn rib
bons on their collars and tho laco is on.
It is a question which species of hounds do
the best work and the event arouses much
i.pitlnK blood among tho backeis of the
icspectlvn pack. So far neither has won a
declaim victory, nlthouch the members or
tiolh hunts usually clalrli the best work for
their animals It adds a spice of sport to
overy occasion when they meet.
Thn main party of the hunters.mado tho
trip this mornbiK from Philadelphia and
many points nlqnK the Main Line. The
itadnor hunters lode with the Mather pack
for tho day, many of them belnB members
of both organizations.
"TED" MEREDITH IN TWO
BIG' RACES IN NEW YORK
Ted Meredith, now of the Meadowbrook
Club, has two hard races ahead of him, to
nleht and tomoirovv nluht.
One of the best races of tho season will
bo held tonlsht, when Meredith, Diamond,
llalpin, IllKBlns, Wilcox and Dernell face
tho starter In tho suburban quarter, tho
feature event In the Knlichts of St. Anthony
meet at the Forty-seventh Regiment
Armory, Brooklyn. Tomorrow night Ted
again will be forced to meet the best run
ners now In action, when he takes part In
the TJuermcyer 500-yard special, one. of h
two feature events on tho program of the
New York A. C. meet In Madison Square
Garden,
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AMATKUIl BASKETBALL NOTES
Cermantown noys' Club has several open
dates for first-class teams at home. Febru
ary 31, March 7 and 14 nre to be filled.
Charles II. aottsbtnd, '26 W. Penn street.
A. M, Boyi' Club, of South J'hIUd.lphU,
rrnlne nimi with 100-133 pound ttima. In
or-out of th city, lswli Kalt, Starr Uardcn,
Rlxtli and lximuard atretU,
Knlchta of St. deorga. third, fourth and fifth
rlaaa ttama, aro open lor garnea in rcbruarr
and March with hoina cluha, Q. . Qutar, 10
Eaet lloytr atrteU
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PET PIECE OF PITCHING PROPERTY
IS G. CLEVELAND ALEXANDER,
AND DESERVES $12,000, AT LEAST
Hy (JKAXTI.ANIJ KICK
Tin' Veteran Speaks A Rain
My iriutj is nn the hum I know;
My IrpH ntr tlonv 'in qithixt ifmi ,
'I hr nhl pn; ilorsii'l in(fc ri t thlvttgli
I htr 'em hy tl font or fiu,
I'm not ti Hpnihir or n i'nhb
-tin jif thrt kiri we on the job,
Itrrnuir, whoever' on the hill,
'Ihey know that I n rruii fidt jill
The old u hiii's nil of klnki at lost;
'J he njtieil I usril tn hoi e (i iitsf:
The ilinku aunt 1 nsil to hertt
,Y lotiyrr loll on limy stint;
I fiur.ss I in Intuitu worth the tloutjh.
And yet they httte to an vie qo,
Jtctause the ansuer's on the hill.
They know that I run hit that ylll.
IS TIIH last two i,e.ws there has been
one pltiher In baseball able to win mure
than thirty (rames. Ills name, Is (Irovcr
Cleveland Alexander. There Isn't nnv qii(s
tlon about his beliiB tlie most valuable
piece of pitching pinpertv In the pastime -since
1&H, nt least if Alexander isn't
worth fiom J12.000 to $in.onn n esr. then
the average ball game isn't worth ten cents
for a box scat Alexander has been content
to dilft along on a much smaller salary
th, in many stats have been receiving. He
has been worth mine than f 10 000 a venr
for somo time. If servlie of the t po ho
offers in't wortli the tevvnid, the game,
from the players' -view point. Is hardly wortli
while.
If there had been any reward last season
for the most Milualile hall plaer In the
National I.eaguu Hlg Alex would have won
in n lazv canter. Iho American League had
Its Cobb nnd Its Speaker, but It had no
pltiher of Alexander's worth, for even the
leiloubtable Johnson wasn't up to the Ne
Vraskan's lofty stanUaid Thlity-three vic
tories, wltli sixteen shutouts, would have
been considered a great year for Mathew
son Johnson or Walsh at their best. None
of the three named ever reached tills shut
out mark And when tho showdown came
at the finish no man In baseball ever worked
hauler than the rhilly prembr to carrv his
lau across In front of the field Thete
have been only an exclusive few In the last
ten ears of Alexanders type. Twelve thou
sand dollars a ear for him would be no
part of nn excessive stipend. .
Yost nnd Haughton
Wo haven't inn acioss any one who sums
mi Percy Ilnughton's ability better than
Fielding It. Yost.
"You find n number nf personal' savs
Yost, "who say that Haughton should have
hem successful because he has had flno ma
terial. This latter statement Is true He
has had fine material. Hut this point has
been frequently overlooked ho iias also
gotten tho last ounce out of his innteilal
It takes as much football getdus to get the
full worth of fine material ns It does to de
velop poor material. For thcie Is n ten-
JOE MOSS PUTS OVER
WINNING ACE IN SQUASH
As an added attraction to tho Intercity
squash matches nt the Itacquet Chili a pro
fessional match was arranged between Joo
Moss, ono of F. C. Tompkins' youthful as
sistant, and 1". It. Henry, physical Instructor
at the llaltimore Athletic Club. Henry has
acquired quite n reputation in llaltimore,
but Moss proved that he was his superior,
since he defeated the Ilaltlmorcan by three
games to one. This was Joe's first profes.
slonal match and the form he displayed put
him in the class of the coming champions
Moss had something up his sleeve all the
time. 'Henry would drop one short just
above the telltale, Moss would sprint to
the front of the court and draw his oppo
nent forward, and then when he got him
where he wanted him he would smash tho
ball to the back of the court, well out
of Henry's reach.
GEORGE WILEY HAS PNEUMONIA
Forced Out of Six-Day Bike Grind
Many Accidents Carman Hurt
CHICAGO, Feb. 12. Accidents ma'rked
the first few hours of the annual six-day
bicycle race here. In which eleven teams
got away late last night. Pneumonia at
tacked George Wiley shortly before the start
and as a result he and Clarence Carman
were compelled to cancel their engagement.
Carman, who hooked up with Lawrence
and was In a bad spjll early today, was In
jured, as wero Debaetes, Magln Verrl, Sul
livan and Thomas. Debaetes was knocked
unconscious by a blow on the head and
Magln suffered a bad Injury to tho shoulder.
The Injuries of the others were minor.
At 11)30 o'clock, after thirteen hours of
riding, the teams were still bunched, with
Lawrence and Carmansttll a lap behind.
The riders had covered 219 miles and one
lap. The record is 3.Q0 miles.
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Penn Runners Enter New Jersey Meet
EA ghltlda, Oeorsa Whitman and Frad Davla
will wiww. i" luw
MWufnih. amMof thi Sfni.r
NEEDS A FRIEND
mwrujmr. .
dM v with guild niatetl.il at hand to get
j latiliss nnd let a good patt of It go tn
wntti Haiiglitun has never made this tnls-
laki lie has left nothing go to waste.
He l the sort of footh.ill instiuctor who
i an develop poor matt rial. If given the
time, and who tan get the best out of good
material.
"This is the combination that makes for
a victorious system. Thcv may stop him
oiuo in a while, but only figure back over
his isimpletu aveiago for Ughl or ten
(ars."
KanKiiiK Teams
Yost ilnesn t believe In tho piesent system
of tanking tennis and of selecting all-star
line-ups
"Football teams," he says, "should only
be lankid In tlm groups to which they lie
long And bv tills I inian tho rules under
wbli h tiny play. It Is haidly fair to rank
one ilevcn that doesn't play freshmen, that
has ,i three- ear limit, that has stilct
sclinlaislilp lequlremeuts, with a team that
win Us under nonn of these restrictions.
Whv shouldn't llrowu, Colgate and West
Point, for example, have tine elevens? Look
al the, long expei Imicb that (Jllphant, Mc
Hnaii and Vld.il had drawn before they
ever saw West Point You'll find that a
great many football plavers are tuit stats
until thtlr thin oar at tho game. Yet
Ollphant lias alteadv had the years and
Mcllw.iu almost ns man " .
Football nnd Other (iumes
Lack of experience Is undoubtedly one
of tho factors that weigh against many.
The average football star doesn't get to
play twenty-five college games In his entire
raiirr. How good would tho average base
ball plavcr be at tho end of twenty-five
games with no moie experience to carry
him along' Tho onlv wonder is that foot
ball development has gone as far ns it has
under such a restricting handicap,
Tho Span of the Game
One tiny you me there with all you've got;
The nerl you me not;
One ilov you ean u'fii fn jinto of the plant;
And the vert jyoti can't:
You ran rail it luck you ran call it fate
You ran mold your form you can pick
your date
.'nf o inin can tell what the score u'lll lo
As he leaves the tec.
"ficrmaiiv doesn't take the military
strength nf the t'nlted States very serl
ouslv" News note. On the other pinion.
Germany has never yet faced a hand
grenade battery led bv Walter Johnson,
Alexander, llaho Iluth, Joe Hush, Nick Cul
lop, fluy Morton, IMdlo Plank and some
thirty-five or seventy others.
Who would mako tho best grenade throw,
ers outfielders or pitchers? This looks
to be a tidy little opening for a February
debate Why not hold nn official tryout?
FIVE-PITCHER LIMIT
WOULD AID THE BATTER
PITTSHl'nnil, Feb 15 President Bar
ney Dreyfuss, of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Is
going tn tho srhedulo meeting of tho Na
tional Leaguo with a brand-new sugges
tion to Increase batting, which Is, In a
way, along tho line of his well-known pol
icy of holding a team membership down
to the nowest ebb,- Said ho'
"They want Increased batting, and I am
going to suggest to tho leaguo directors
that wo make a stringent rulo forbidding
nnv club from carrlng more than five
pltcheis. That will stop a manager from
sticking In several pinchers in one game
where tho opposing batsmen have their
batting eyes peeled."
PHILA. RETAINS SQUASH TITLE
Defeats Baltimore, 5-0 Pearson De
fends His Crown Against Smith
Philadelphia easily retained the Intercity
squash racquets championship by defeating
llaltimore at tho Itacquet Club yesterday
by five matches to none. As the holders of
the tltte had beaten Boston by five matches
to.nono on .the previous day, they made it
ten straight, Boston came In second, with
Ave wins and a like number of defeafa, and
Baltimore was last, with ten straight de
feats. For the third successive time, Stanley
W. Pearson, of Gcrmantown, won the na
tlonal squash racquets championship, de
feating F. N. Smith, of Baltimore, In
straight games In the deciding match. 15-8
15-7 and 16-8.
CRAIG BIDDLE IN TENNIS MEET
Six Matches Scheduled 'in Indoor Tour
nament at Now York Armory
NEW YOIHv, Feb. 12. De'an Mathey vs
V, C. Argulbau. Clifton Herd vs. Ben PhlK
lips, Craig Blddle vs. a. S. Oroesbeck Ar
thur H. Cragln vs. C. A. Suarks. S. Howard
Voshell vs. Carl Jolllff and George King- ,
Count Otfo Balm, makes un todai'. .'
'"-. " """' "m"or eni tourney
ram In the national Indoor tennis tournev
191.7
MIKE GIBBONS PUTS UP A CLEVER
IT IS seldom that n real champion appear
In our midst and makes a hit with the
fistic fans.'and Mike inimono was no ex
ception at t h o
National A. C.
Saturday night
Michael mingled
with Harry tlreb,
of Plttsbuigh, for
six rounds and at
thn end did not
get the credit he
dcerved tJteli
was on bis feet
nt the final bell
nnd O I bhn n s
was ttnmerrlfiillv
masted ns he left
tho ring. Kvery
o n e seemed to
lose sight of the
fai t that Mike nit
up a wotideifull
IMMgfc dlMBIftaL
aL VMlt '.JbiH
clever exhibition
nn.t showed that noiimiT w maxwiii t.
he Is as shift n.s if not shiftier than, any
middleweight ill the land Thev did not
cnto for the clever stuff They wanted to
ee the phantom from St Paul slip over a
ha.viunl.er on (lieb's Jaw and end the battle
as quiiklv ns possible Thai is the w.iv
Willi champions Thev must perfonn
sensationally or stand for tho rough Kill
ings of the crowd
At that. (Ilbbnus had inanv opportunities
to end the battle In the first four i omuls
(ileb tore after him In his nwk-.vard. mm
beisnme maimer, vvlldlv swinging Ills arms
and leaving liN Jaw unprotected. Three or
four thuewv Mike liuilid li Im slioit. snappy
light to the Jaw. but never followed up his
ndvantagn Io put er a kuorknut llo
stood for lots of mauling and clinching In
stead of ending the battle as quickly as pos
sible. tilhlmiiM seemed to be satisfied with
a vlctoty on points and let It co nt that.
In the sixth round he had (Jrtb In bad shape
but allowed him to stay.
AlwajB Avoids K. O.
Mike Is a yeiy tender liinrled person.
lie never Inllicts unnecessary punlshiner.t on
a roe anil 1 lint Is responsible for his un
savoiy reputation In some quartet. When
lie knocked out Young Ahearn a jear ago,
(llbboiis felt as badl.v ns his lctlm.
"That's hard luck for Abeam." he said
In his dressing loom. "Now he will ernse
to be a drawing caul and can't get big
pluses I'm sort- I knni'Krd him out "
Some say that Mlko "utalls" considera
bly In his bouts Pethaps lie iloes. but Iheie
was no smiling Sattuda.v night, lie was
kept bu- all Hie time nnd took some stiff
wallops It must be lemembered. how
ever, that rsibbons has not been busy of
I.iIh nnd his bout with G'reb was t lie first
since November II, when Im almost assas
sinated ,7nck Dillon
Uany (Ireb. bv the way. Is a mtieh-lm-pioved
boxer and has all the earmarks of
a comer A (.ir ago he was one of the
sadd"st boxers wo ever gazed upon, but
Itcdcly Mason took him In tow and soon will
have him In tho front rank. Harry Is a
trifle wild -and needs some mote pol'lshlng
hut as soon ns he settles down tile leading
light heuvles will have to watch their step.
After Rout With Darcy
nibbons leaves today for New York to
meet l)arc.v's lepiesentatlve In regard to
J,,. '""t 'I','!!' 'l'" Au,,r,'"'X In the near
future. Mike Is anxious to get Into tho
samo ring with I eslle. but there neems to
be little chance of getting his wini. Darcy
Is not fighting any one these days. Tiue
he has a quarrel to settle with Albeitus
Met oy on Match 6, but that should be only
a practice gallop. McCoy is not the class
lest boxer In the world nnd thero aio
scores of middlevvelghts In tho land who
can take his measure. It will not be a real
test for the visitor. A bout with mbhons
would glvo us mote of a line on his ability
.loo .Sherman, of St. Paul, backed bv Tom
.f2 1,aiJd ,eS8 w'"'" offered a purse of
60,noo fr the bout tn bo held in Milwaukee
or Minneapolis That's an awful lot of
money nnd mbbons has accepted U.ircy
however, is not deslious of signing tho artl
chs nnd told Mike to see his reptesentatlvo
in New York Tho meeting will be held to
morrow nnd it's a cinch bet that nothing
will be done
Fulton Iloxes Tonight
Ferocious Kredward Pulton, tho pug
nacious and precocious member nf the plas-
SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS
(
THR United States will be Invaded by a
South American Indian boxer within
tho ncrft year; Just who he will ho Is not
known, and In fact the copper-colored fist
filnger-to.be himself doesn't know of IiIh
contemplated advent hero. AVhen Young
Julio, who learned tho manly nrt In Phila
delphia from Adam Ilyan, returned to his
home In Hondra, Colombia, the Spanish
Indian Introduced boxing there. He lieced
up nn open-air arena nnd has been staging'
pouts between Indians regularly. Now
Julio Is arranging a bantam tournament
with twenty entries. AVhen the best of the
score of scrappers withstands the elimina
tion process Julio will match himself vv.tli
tho "champion," and If said champion also
defeats Julio the latter will escort his
superior here for tho purpose of placing
Colombia on the boxing map, Julio writes
a long and Interesting letter from Hondra.
Ho now Is In business with his father, but
contemplates a return to the .States In about
a year.
Willie Jnekaon will mlnale In combat for tho
aecond time thla week In Now A'ork Friday
nlahl, Eddlo AVallaco being tho opposition.
A wild rumor that Artfs Root would not ap
pear at tha olinila lonlaht agalnat Willie Jack
eon waa handed a kayo when the Cleveland lait
arrived hero this morning "feeling 111 hs a
fiddle "
Ororae I.ewl, make, hla debt hero tontiht
at th O impja. lie nieeta a. mlihty danteroua
minUier In K. O. I.oughlln. J,ewla halls from
Toledo.
rrellmlnarlea nt the Oiymrla follow- Dannv
Meldi . Wally Jllnckle. Johnny Murphy ,V
Hilly AValta and Johnny Plain va. liaullni
J'rankle Alblte appears In hla first out-of.
town bout In IJalllmore tonight. lis takea on
Oepran i;hney In a fifteen rounder to a de.
rlalon. Threo olher I'hlladelphlans alio box
there, m
AVrlaht aovernlna- th Kid AVIIIIama.X'Ht.
p'Kj.f. bout atthe.niynii.la ntCdT.l,di
ll ISO pounda. rlnaalde. O'Keefe has been after
a AVIIIIamV tout for three, yean. tter
Frankle William, ihowed real iim,n, i
me.tlna- Joe Auaatla with a broken "bxht hand
M ' ll1'".' however, ahould never hav
allowed him to enter the ring-. r "ave
boa,n'a-,,.rBVi,,,iret.1,er?.ir'1'l
SSSBf ' Wh'" '" ' "'"""' "turlfmh8
Two amateur lin.poundera who it. ,r...
Ilttl. battler. ,r, Ma Wllllam.Sn and pltli
Appalurrl, They may be rematched InT Aii....y
City, after a aeniatfonal ilrap la.t ..A,"an,l
trap laat week.
ho.anl?.,nuouVbi1nu.v.ctb,fd?r
affiSidtT'' rh"d hav.'b,h.,.,hWo,w?n;
Jack Ulaekban will need all of hla et...
whan ha meeta Henry Hauber at Ih. ilt-'r.'""
Thuraday nlaht. "ubrd'anU'rou.punc
UtMer. who n,.y'.p:r1l.lurh
EXHIBITION, BUT FAILS TO MAKE HIT
WHEN HARRY GREB LASTS 6 ROUNll
Middleweight Championship Claimant Overlook!
Opportunities to Flatten Pittsburgher, But!
Makes Wonderful Showing at National :f
Hy ROIJERT S. MAXWELL
""" ""ixiveii Will Cover
Fulton-Wcincrt DattQ
. ..
1mI I'nllon.
tH.
J I
ilMiinnt or il,, ImiiI,! ,,nVn"ld kL
"morrow ,
terers' union, will meet r,nrlevr
Madison Square Harden tonlgf,"
last nnd only elimination bout W .'
W.lla.d ba, on March 20. I, 8n '
grand struggle, ana perhap, the W
"" '" Welnert Is n?'
mean, nnd will K,v0 rrcuwar, "r
nb.--fhe,,lntl,rll,,.fortha,au
Kiilton must win If l, ,.... "url0K
runoil II USl W 11 If lie Is l 1. c1
piously by wil,a!,l I'.M blSIf!!
liattens his foe the hlg sttiir ,,' i i& "
If n...-,he,, oven ll.gYe ". '
lias wanted to meet Pulton for i i...4'.,
sei
lla
I
hi
.MllKCSV .Makes Plnn f- T!ll H
.... . , . .vu ., ,,,,
man
wav i
Muggsy Tavhir. tho Tiro-,,1 .
sailo. found tlmo to leave his h,?.. '"W
leave his bu.lnei,V,
eies s Jl.,1 today, vvhllo ho ,,wa
to the world In behalf of hi, i
iloliiiiiy Tillman Muggsy. bars no e
rrotttd
no ona tajt
orates ns follows
f dOTl't 1llnta !, ..I. .1.1 . H
him against a 'set no- tv.-.. i.lu,1ft
lias been going fine of late and dVS
lecoBii tlon. HC mode a wonderful &
'f'"1 ,,e,'"" Leonard. outshigKed J0Bb
Dundee and make Huck l-'lemmlng ,,hS
..-. iiaiiiiiiK in ine trenches or somt'oikJ
M:ife lilim., l -..l.li.i .. . p""la OlfiSJ
safe place. In addition to that, he clnid
UP two f the be-t bojs In NHv York ,3
Jouineyed to Columbus, where he HVVt2
famous llr an Downev a hard batl'i?
A boy who can make tii. , i
and tako notice has no right to be hwrbi
around nolng nothing, l, that
Jakn it from me. it Isn't As I iiii'
dont want nny soft marks for TUIm.1
but tho tougher thev aro tho bellai-hami
It I want to match Jnluiiiy with anyboS
- bar none-and I hereby hurl a chilW
a Penny I.eona.d for a return
n litiiiti can beat him sure Then, If Bw
sidesteps tlm match I will take on John
Dundee, Charley While or. best of i?
.Ilinmv Duffy, the guy who flattened BlS
McAndrews last week I gotta hav. j3
tl.", I I'J , n ..! .1 -7
"- "" """ iiione guys .VIL'ST Mi
somo attention to tho challenge or fiS
claim all of their titles " j
A that, a Tlllm;in.I.eonard match b,
good, and a bout with .Ilmmy Duffy o,
i,u iiiuiu iiuwi interesting, ji
Willie Jackson Returns Tonight 1
After putting on his act behind tha lot
llghtn and resting for . time nfi.r h.
Johnny, Dundee to sleep. "Willie Jacksoii i
N'Yavvk. will take on Artie Hoot at'fl
Obmpla toulglit It will Im Interesting
r.- .,...., .,iii.-iiMiii win no now that at ba
entered the lankii of tho topnotchen fort
has been heialded far and wide as'onn
in? ncsi nets iii ine countiy at hi, vtdal
inai hnochouc wallop which scorfd on
tVon'M whiskers took Wlllin nut nf th.i
llmlnary class and now It is up to hla
quariel like a big leaguer However, It
siacacu up against a very rough perjoit
Artie Itoot nnd will havo a tough lot
his hands duilnir nil six stanzas. t.
i.nr, mane ii ki nu nit vvnen ne wait
Johnny Mealey a couple of weeks t
any one who can do that Is worthy of
clai mention. It Is said that Jacksoa
lie matched with Johnny Kllhane In i
clal show If he makes good atalnst 1
tonight Tho other bouts on the earl
pear to be up to the usual llanlonn
standard.
Ernie Koob Signs Rrown Contrtrt'
, RT- I-OJflS, Mo. Ih, 12 Th. lined'
tract of Krnle Koob for tha 1817 leaion
.-,,, ,-iiit-,i ,jv jirnnrn lllrKev, numnll 1
atrr of the ht J.ouls American, Knob In
iiandeii pitcher. vi
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Ry LOUIS II. JAFFE
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-.i i,;j,i ta A un ruiimyii
Fulton's Is Fif tu-seven Ft
ft
XIIKIII, nre nlentj- more nt homeIl a
iiiuauMinnir rreu l ullon, puinaekni I
r'r.c. ...no may aquarn nn siaiiui
(Vlllaril f,ir lh hiAtvsiliht h-maba
Of tile Wlirllt. If HtA nrnn., a-ltta MI
slenefl nn. Tl,- Mn.Uu.1 i..ii. mt uPim
'J' t If alood on earh ntbrr'a heads, wetUtJ
a? feet and the v.elcht of thla Mild M
would be 1H7S pounda. Here I, the date! il
Mltle PrMldy . a ft. 4 In. Ill J
Utile John . n ft. 4 in. till
Utile A'ernle Oft. 4 In. IMj
Utile (.eurce II ft, la. Mj
"im itv n rt. n in. i;
Utile Karl, aiisl 17 (1ft. 4(jln. Ill)
Sinter fenrl, aaed IS R ft. II In. Ml
talher, ilereaaeil. Oft. 4V4ln. Mdg
Mother .... Oft. 0 in, Ml
'Itila Is held to Im almnitt a. uorld'l I
far eollil family bone and meat. TBI 1
tona set alone brautlfiilly with tae i
nora. ;
future. 1II opponent may bo Tuffy nndilj
ifii'iier uino una ueen onercu uouii i'
lan-ii
.'iuii in in awnn jui n, tpies "-j
llfllbfl fit maml fha, itlnnc rt lha fhirtafTl
rnrl 1Ia.I. I. In V,.. V--1- mrtA tl I
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I1ky In the thirteenth round at Pnitf!l
ivruay. ,
AlVrlnpftdlav will h th future boxInC
Ihw Nr-nnirsll This urL Tnmmv faUfllH!
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