The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-08
REVIEW
OF SPORT
Events Transplrlng purlns
tho Past Week and 10 Trans
pire. With Comments on Well
Known Athletes.

fgure cur team viii cut In the perfant
race we prefer 10 let It's work speak for
itself" Nolan thinks well OF Garson's
team. having personal knowledge o.
many OF the new Houston men. and says
they win be found In the thick Of the fghi
from the start
The new rules regarding discipline Of
players adopted by the National league
are as fellows;
Rule IS. The umpire shall remove from
the game and from the field any player
guilty OF indecent or vulgar language o.
conduct. and in addition thereto the player
| shall 30 nnet the sum Of SIS
Rule 90. section /. The umpire is author
!zed 10 impose fine OF not less thsa s.
nor more than so during the progress OF
the game as follows:
Sec. For the captain, coacher, or any
player OF the contestng teams failing TO
remain within thu bounds OF his position
as defined n these rules. This. however
shall not deprive the captain Of either team
from appealing 10 the umpire upon CUES
ton involving an Interpretation Of The
rules
Sec. s-For the disobeaienco by Il player
Of any order Of the umpire or any viola
lion Of these rules.
u
violation Of his rule, the umpire shall i'm
pose ine OF 81 and. in his discretion,
shall or4cr the player from the game aud
from the field. and forthwith notify the
captain Of the team 10 which the player
belongs that Gu;1nE the continuance of the
game be VIII Impose no further fines but
instantly remove plhyer guilty Of any
Violation Of these rules
SEC. D. When the umpire orders player
from tho game he shall also insist upon
the players removal from tho field, and
suspend play until this order is obeyed
Now, as FAR as authority Is concerned
the umpire will not be whit more power
iul next season than he has been TN the
IaEt. He has always had the power TO re-
move player from the game u he deemed
ihe onense serious enough. This has been
argued ia these reviews for years. ana
1t has been stated here time and again
that II umrres had the courage TO en-
iovce the rules that we have had there
would be no need of new ones. The mat
ter IS ilst where It was It all depends on
the umpirc's nerve. 1t may he said that
the rule oompels him to remove 4 player
FOR using vulgar and bad language during
game, but a weak -kuecd umpire may not
hear the bad language New rules and
Old ones AL amount to 'he same thing u
II e. plaln To 500 t,,, tt.a No., 90 III
tho new y,,lss il 10 sl-,.t, th. ,,,,.,s. a.,
a., D., nv, Nh, -. W va,
az the same time give tho offending players
10 understand that be could not possibly
do anything elise. even n no wished. This
is an admission on tic part OF the mag
mates that the umplres are very timid.
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mere are some things that will not
down. and the question Of who Is the
champion heavyweight tighter is one vi
thom- Ihcre was a time when 1t was a
very easy matter 20 distinguish the cham
'"'. HHh'eF. IhFte were rules definitely
bearing on tho question, and these rules
We're adhered 10. A man had 20 meet and
beat all comcrs within "A reasonable snacs
OF time, ot course. once 10 six months al
irast hut the custom or rule has been on
tbe.airl,..l ,,er.,,r.r.rs u9-"Il''l5
.a,-.- ~, ,,,'il 49,, IS, ""N "V'hK more
IA roil,,,. tNo,, h.. -. ~ '',at WY IMAM
rghtirp. m, -. Us oi l''l|e
changad M mo, - we E"uns nave
boxers" ana the,, trs,s, V"a'ull9H
when a. e,,i,s ~, '' 'etuuE "h'F
drlt,, a. o., ,,o - V''iHP"is arr
capt,i f,r ~, 80 oI,i.''o'' must pe @e-
"e'''s'
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AZ rules 20 nowadays n Is not dlffic;ilf IN
md out who g champion Of Amerlr,
Corbett until short time nEo hell fb,,
Tito beyond all dispute He won It from
John J.. Sullivan. ON the night that Ma
her defeated O'ponneu Corhett y,lir-
quished The title IN worry emphatic man
hcr; In fact. he declared he had retir.1
from the ring. He presumed 10 give tho
uio to Maher and the latter refused 50
mat II was IN abeyauce. ns n has boon
many a time before. Mahcr nnd Flzsin-
mons fought for IL, aud ,hc latter Won
IT, NoT Corbett secs the blunder he r,,1..
and very foollshly, even ahsurdy come,
10 the front again claiming to SIM holt
the tito. HIS claim is preposterous ana
his eagsrness to arht Fltz nr0.,,,s q, ~
Moui' nave had his own time OF fighting.
10 "e mas IA" peiore.
RI
Now comes the chann,onsh,r -, -
world question. Corbett u,as 80, "a 'he
pi0n OF The world either f., nox', Vli' nam
ing. lIe defeated sullivan anH ~, u ns.t-
was not champiou az tbN a,, '' '"tt'r
claimed he was bv h.,,t,, YIN I.,, II vas
I<llrain only made N draw Nm s .,.', NV
1snsI,sh oi,,,,,'ID ',"W WIN smith, the
Smith ever beat an Australian N rba,, nor