Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-24
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as
being displayed by the national COM
mission over the Jimmy Sebring case.
The commission goes on the assump-
ton that it has letters patent on
honor and fidelity and that any player
who dares assert himself is unworthy
of consideration by other men. Take
the case of Heydon. just declared an
outlaw beyond the pale of human
hope. He is a promising player, with
laudable ambition to go higher. He
was playing with a minor league club
and each year, through base ball Jug
Cling, he was covered up and finally
he left the ranks of organized base
ball to play with the outlaws. How
many other players have been COW
cred up through the draft in like man
ner? Mike Kelly wants TO play with
and manage a team in the American
Association. Do you think the i'm
maculate national commission will
permit him to do so? Not on ypur
life. A club in ST. Louis wants Kelly.
and even though Kelly is not under
contract. with st. Paul, where he
played last year, yet the commission
says Kelly must not better his con
dition and develop his managerial
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a necessity, of course, but it might
be fair and just in its dealings, instead
of swinging a knout over the players
heads and impressing upon them that
they are chattels and nothing more.
Young Corbett" will not go into
retirement to recuperate, as he had
intended doing. He has decided that
the best way TO get into first class
condition is to keep on fighting sec
ond raters, and lots of them.
Jimmy Britt considers Marvin Hart
the best fighter, J~effries excepted,
now before the public. He says Hart
has made the mistake of not fighting
oftener. He will fool a lot 81 the
fellows who have been rapping him, -
says Jimmy.
A discussion has arisen in the east
as to the age of base ball. A.. G.
Spalding contends that 1t is an off
of "One old cat" while Henry
Chadwick, known as "the father of
base ball" declares it developed from
the English game of FOUNDERS
John w Oliver, to whom the question
was submitted, declared that base ball
was played in Baltimore in 1925, and
that the bases were run then just as
they are now Mr.. Oliver is 81 years
old, and has a perfect memory of the
game as it was played years ago. His
statement upsets a lot of theories re-
garding the origin and age OF the
great national game.
Pedlar Palmer, the ex-champion
bantamweight of England, was re-
Gently defeated in six rounds by
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fought for a purse of $3.50 and a side
bet of $1,000. Palmer slipped and
fell. AS he arose Cohen sent a right
swing to the jaw that did the bust
ness.
Christy Mathewson has accepted an
offer to play exhibition games in Ha-
vana. his only stipulation being that
he should not play on Sunday. Just
now Matty and Bowerman are deer
hunting in Michigan woods.
John Condor, who, with Louis A..
Celia, has purchased a half interest
in the Crescent City Jockey Club,
says the fight against Ed Corrigan
will be carried on to the bitter end.
Il believe we hold the winning hand
he said in an interview, and have
no fear of results. We will open the
gates on Thanksgiving Day, and will
race until well into spring, and will
show no quarter to the opposition"
1t begins to look as though the pro-
posed meeting between Nelson and
McGovern will fall through. Mccoy
ern's manager insists on fighting be-
fore the National A. c., of Philadel-
phia, but Nolan believes a better
purse al be secured elsewhere. and
is holding out on that proposition.
And Nolan has established his repu-
tation for sticking to his own opinion
when once he makes it public.
Garry >Herrmann is trying to coax
RUDE Waddell into the Redland camp
at Cincinnati. but Connie Mack has
not agreed to release the eccentric
one. Hermann thinks RUDE would
complete his 1906 pitching staff, and
besides he is confident he could get
good work out of Waddell. Connie
Mack said that should ne decide to
trade Waddell Cincinnati should have
first call.
French auto racers have decided to
abandon racing for touring contests.
Word m from Paris that no more
entries will be made in American
racing meets, but efforts will be made
to induce Americans to turn their at
tention to touring. The French have
come to the conclusion that the best
test of an auto comes while touring
and that very little is TO be gained
in the speed trials.
Don't wait for an explosion-cook
with gas-the humane way.