Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-12-08
Pufs From the Pipe.

would be considered pretty slim by the majority
of the ring patrons.
Big Bob Armstrong now wants to meet Peter
Maher. Armstrong; chance against the Irishman
Tommy Ryan announces that he will be ready to
meet either Mccoy or Choynsk within the next
seven weeks.
Kid Lavigne is out with a statement to the effect
that he is in good health and has no intention of
leaving the ring.
Memphis is trying to secure a match for the holt
days between Gus Rubin and Joe Choynski. That
match would be good enough for St. Louis.
Snapper Garrison. the Jockey. who capped the eli
max of his fame by saving Boundless at the post
in the famous Worlds Fair American derby as to
enable that colt to win his is now full fedged
trainer and has quite nice string under his
At meeting of the athletic board Of the University
of Michigan last Wednesday night committee Of
three appointed to look up the best Eastern and
Western coaches and report to the board This action
coaching force, although Coach Ferbert, who has
been coaching them for three years, has the hearty
support Of q large number Of the students.
Henry Williamson Pel elected captain last
Wednesday OF the Princeton football team for next
year. PelI is only IS years old and the youngest
captain the Princeton team had. He stands very
high in his class work and is very popular through
the college. He is feet inches tall and weighs
1877 pounds and is Of Princeton's best players.
His election to the captancy has the approval OF the
student body.
Pat oDea wisconsin's great football punter. is
perhaps the wealthiest football player in the West
He title TO the greater portion of Australian
estate valued at slOo. Co., He Is going there within
month to settle the final transfer OF the property
left him by his father. ODea expects to spend the
rest OF the winter and spring in Australia and
to this country early in the summer to so into
business in Milwaukee and have nothing more to
do with football.
Pitcher Hahn, OF the Cincinnati baseball team, re-
Gently related how he to be called Noodles.
when l youngster there was poor old man
who lived not far from my grandfather's house..
said Hahn MY grandfather used to send things
over for him to eat used TO carry them. He was
very fond of noodle soup. My brothers started to
kidding about the noodle soup. Finally they
dropped the soup and used to call me Noodles 1t
long until everybody else called me Mood
les And ii has been Noodles ever since"
James p Reed, the famous checker player, form
erly champion Of the world. died yesterday the
Homeopathic hospital, Pttsburg Pa. from an
epileptic fit. He 40 years of age and single
His death removes one of the most prominent figures
In American sporting circles. As checker player
he had few equals He was recognized the
greatest player in America and claimed the cham
pionship of the world by forfeit. Champion Wiley
whom he challenged. refused to meet him. Reed
won the championship of the United States from
Bsrket by whom he defeated in a second match
some time ago. This his last match of import
suce although he afterward took part in a contest
in England.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch says: H. W. Cheese
Wakefield. an oldtime pugilistic manager around
Kansas City in the days when fighting with or with
| out gloves was the proper caper, Is now running
famous sporting headquarters in the town at the
mouth Of the Kaw river. During the days when
Cheese pugilst:c manager he had in his fight
ing stable such noted knights Of the stuffed glove
| Jack Everhart. Paddy Purtell and Kong Jones.
the latter now retired. kong Jones became ia
nous as a prize fighter and great ring general by
his defeat of Jack Norton. the Cavalier who
! was the champion heavyweight Of Southwest Mis-
souri, at the time he met 'konk.'' but the latter
defeated him in sixty-nne hard, well fought rounds
| with the bare knuckles on the turf. When 1t be-
came evident that 1t was only a Question-cf time
until the Cavalier would be defeated his friends
tried to gang the ring and save their by in
cue with a cornknife and soon had things his own
way. The battle was for large stake