Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-30

Cocrsane. another Princetonian. coached
California to its frs, victory over Leland
Stanford this year.
The Kansas University Athletic Associa-
tion made enough money during the late
football season to pay the coach and meet
all expenses. although the season was not
as great II success as some, owing TO the
small attendance at the Thanksgiving
game.
George Stallings. the Detroit baseball
manager. is conducting boxing carnivalS
pire Athletic III IN Detroit. and after the
first of the year proposes to give a series
of ten-round bouts. He has arranged a
Terrible Turk" and Jack Comstock. The
Michigan Giant"
One result of the Lenox fiasco will be TO
the benefit of the little men. Seldom do We
hear of fakes among them. Sometimes a
man in the less heavy divisions proves TO
be the cur and lays down land the same
, yon ra might reb be eaid d fss the s,h heayies,; but but
light and feather weights are the princi-
pals.-New York World.
The baseball statistician is still at work
with last years figures. He has just found
out that six of the minor leaguers bettered
their batting averages In their first season
with fast company. One recruit to the
cracked out the same average as in back
woods society-.325. Thirty-two other new
S9mefs ra failed to fbs bat it, up to their cir, m .Eom
Daily, Of Brooklyn. who fell four points.
and extending to Wally Woods. Chicago's
celebrated extra-innings pitcher. who fell
2i points below the percentage he made at
Springfield in 1897: Danny McGann took a
slump of IS points,.
The. Philadelphia Inquirer names an All
American football team composed as fol-
lows: Ends. Poe. Princeton. and Folwell,
Pennsylvania; tackles. Hillebrand. Prince
ton. and Haughton. Harvard; guards. Hare,
Pennsylvania, and Burden. Harvard; CEN
ter ter oveEiield, PennSylyania; qgarterbaek;
Warren Harvard: fullback. Reid. Harvard.
Substitutes are chosen as follows: ends,
Palmer. Princeton. and Cochrane or Hal
lowell, Harvard; tackles, ~Chamberlin, Yale.
yard. and Jaffray. Harvard: quarterback.
Duncan. Princeton: halfbacks. Outland,
Pennsylvania. and Dudley. Yale; fullback
Wheeler. Princeton.
II New York does not want Billy Joyce.
what's the matter with st. Louis taking
him? There Is not a better captain-man-
ager in the country than Joyce. when let
In st. Louis than any professional player in
America. What st. Louis needs is a hust-
ling player to manage her team. She has
Tebeau would fill the bill. but If Pat and
the Clevelands cannot be brought here then
Joyce ce,s wogld be the IN man above all others
wants. He would fill an awful weak spot
at first base and give st. Louis three first
on the infield that would then need
strengthening would be at short.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
If Jackie Minds. the old Pennsylvania
back. who has been coaching Minnesota
this season. could have his way the ma
tional football championship would be de
cided In leagues. He would organize an
Eastern and Western football league among
the big colleges and the winners would play
OFF the last game on a certain date. like
Thanksgiving day. Il will use all my en-
deavors to bring up that question of leagues
at Philadelphia said he. Il am not sure
about going back to Minnesota again. I
am by no means satisfied with the results
there. The first month there | never mad
eleven men together. Toward the end Of
the year We got the men enthused and the
victory over Northwestern put us on our
the material and the way the big colleges
play the game here. The main difference
1 find between Eastern and Western football
Is that in the East men are worked harder
in and out of season. 1 guess from all re-
ports that either Chicago or Michigan
could have given Harvard a close CALL"