The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-12-25
SPORTING EVENTS.

tn shorten the pitching distance. He has
seen the distance increased from forty
FIVE to sixty feet, and claims that more
interest is taken in the games Of today
NOT that they are more interesting-tha
was taken fifteen or twenty years ago.
"In the DAYS when the pitching distance
was but forty FIVE feet, said Banny, no
interest was manifested III n game IN
which leading pitcher was two or three
runs ahead of his opponents. 1t was gen
orally understood that the star pitcher
who had the opposing team 50 far III the
rear would win his game. and 50 the
crowd would sometimes leave before seven
innings had been played. Today II Is diff
ferent Rallies in closing innings are nu-
mcruuq \ team may ID" SIN or eight
runs behind and still have hopeS-and
frequently will realize them-to win out.
This uncertainty makes the games of to-
day more interesting than those of a dec
ade ago AS far as helping batting is
concerned. | do not think it should or
would be curtailed hy Il reduction in the
pitching distance.
Tommy Ryan Of Syracuse never made
money easier than he did at Buffalo.
He played three rounds with Bill Peffer-
man. who claims to be the welterweight
champion of Australia and South Africa.
but who Is the worst excuse for Il fighter
ever seen in a ring. Before the close of
the first round 1t was plain that the ques-
tion was how long before Ryan would
land, Tommy was charitable and let
him stay, although he might have put on
the finishing touches i'll the first In the
third Heferman was led to his corner
dazed, and the police stopped the con
test.
The withdrawal Of Wisconsin from the
football conference at Chicago was not Il
surprise to Michigan. In fact. although
Michigan might not perhaps have done it
the same way, yet Michigan would have
done about the same thing That the
middle West should dictate the rules of
football at this time does not seem con
sistent. of course Michigan had no rep
resentatiye on the committee but when
the time came to adopt conference rules
1t would undoubtedly have insisted that
the East should first be consulted.
interviews with Coach Ferhert and
several other graduate coaches. as well
rs with members Of the board show it
is not likely that Michigan would favor
the proposed rules, although the tendency
is TO encourage open playing. and no
doubt the rule that seven men must re-
main on the line with the exception of
certain formations where the ends might
drop back would be acquicsrrd in.
1t was only few years ago that Mich
igan met serious handicap when ii
played III the East under different rules
from those enforced in the West, and It
was taught a lesson not easy to be for
gotten. 1t is the sentiment at Ann Ar
Dor that the game should he played cv-
rrywhere alike. Unless this is 50 no
comparison can be made between the
Enst and the middle West,
t'corge Stallinge, by the way. will hc
retained as manager of the. philadrlphias
This is the lntest bit of insiI,. baseball
information. In spite Of the opposition
OF 'he players and majority of the pa
irons of the game Reach and Ropprs
have concluded to try StalIingS once more
ms manager had So much experience
last summer that he decided to prevail
upon RogerS to sweep out all of the al
legged tronhlemakers III fhc Philadelpbia
team, n plan in which he appears to have
oeen successful, III view Of the wholesale
transfer OF Quaker players in the past
three months.
\ howl of criticism AMI Indignation was
evoked hy report that Tom b'RuurkC
manager II the late Crcedon- McCuv cn-
Sagcmrnt at Long Island City. y. Y. last
Friday. admitted he had seen McCoy'S
seconds rnb resin on the gloves hrtwecn
fact helped the hid greatly in win
ming from Crc"don. has aroused storm
ot criticism. Il went over to Mccoy :
corner, said o'Rourke, while the men
Were fighting the sixth round and asked
Payne what hc had rubbed on his prnri-
pals gloves. Payne told me that he
was brushing off the resin that had got on
Mctoys gloves. That made me SIiS-
picious, and | noticed when Mccoy came
back to his corner that his gloves were
thlckly coated with resin. OF course.
when | saw this made his seconds clean
the gloves off. and everything was all
right after that. neither man doing any
thing wrong. After the contest WAS over
and in the presence of Al. Smith. while
| WAS giving Mccoy his share of the
purse, | remarked to him: Well. Mccoy.
here IS Your money: but how did it come
10 pass that YOUR seconds rubbed resin on
your gloves during the contcStE' 'tw
what Is II to YOU what | had on my
gloves. or if had a brick inside Of thrm:'
That statement, made before Smith. nat
urally startled me. as | had thought that
he would deny the entire thing. of
course. |. az manager of the club, could
have made Mctoy get ont of tn. riu.,
when ] discovered that he WAS using fuui
and dirty means 10 win: hut rather than
do for | didn't like McCoy right
along-i WAS satisfied To have him fight
clean after that. Besides this advantage
there ir another one, ana the one that
makes Mctoy.S work hook like that of a
coward. He We'll knew when his seconds
were putting that resin on his gloves
that every time h" would land on Dan
after that he would take some. of th, lat
trr's cuticlc off ut every blow That is
most likely why Dan has such a bad eve
and hig patch Of skin missing from his
forehead.
Ed Cartwright failed to- come to terms
with Jimmy Manning. ana il looks aS if
the Stalwart and plump calves Of the wig
orouS legged Ed will not WAN picturesque
ON the Kansas City heather next season.
The trad. If BackStop Sugdcn for Nor
gan Murphy was what Orator Jim De
moSthenrS q kuurkr would call rcciproc-
ity in bricks Of gold. Watkins Of Pitts
burg. however, has just u faint shade The.
better Of the deal
Arthur Irwin may secure Tom Tucker
in place ot Jack Carney to cover tn. left
corner for the kamck troupe of last sea-
son. \ dicker between Earl Wagner and
two Western league teams. in which the
voiced. SandoW -muSclpd Tommy
figured. viii he blocked in cas-. Tommy
becomes a kauuck. Washington Post
President Watkins of the Pftshurs
club. mas drafted Left Fielder O'Ha.an
from the Newark club Last season
otiagan hatted up To an average of 81
and had fielding average of 81. He
made oni base hits. scored loo runs and
had % stolen bases. He viii play in left
heid. which may mean that Mccarthy
VIII be IN the center ana Rrodir will not
be in it.
'Glrnalyin. the cx-Colt. and former
manager Of the Grand Rapids team, is