Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-16
SPORTING.
..BREETTIES

Young Corbett weighs 142 pounds,
and the more he tries to reduce his
weight the heavier he becomes. His
friends think he Is done with the light
weight division for good. The rate at
which he has been going back recent
~ would indicate that he n the
fighting game are getting ready 10
part company for good.
There is a strong probability that
New York lovers of boxing Will soon
have a chance to see 2%0-round bouts
within easy travelling distance OF that
civ. A club has been incorporated
To null off matches fin Delaware u
ty, Pennsylvania. Under the II
svlvania law only six round bouts can
be pulled off in the cities, out ~
round bouts are legal in the country
Coach Reds strong letter against
brutality and evasion OF foot ball
rules has created a stir among the
pig skin chasers. When such a high
| authority as Reid declares the inten-
tional %iniuring Of players and openly
declares that playing rules are lnten-
t|ionally evaded, the effect is bound to
be for the better. 1t means tina der
mite. intelligent and decisive action
must be taken by the sponsors for the
game if it is to be preserved as a
part of college athletics. Either the
evils of the game must be corrected
or a great-sport will pass u OF col
lege life. The protest against the
present style Of play is becoming toe
strong to be much longer ignored.
Arlie Latham should add to the
gayety of the land where the sweet
magnolias bloom. He is to play first
base and manage the Jacksonville
Fla. team in the South Atlantic Lea
que. Latham has had a good many
imitators, on the coaching line, Du'
never an equal. During a game in 81
tLouis. when he was a member oil
| Chris Won der Ahe's celebrated team
a steel chain slipped from its moor
ings in the pulley just outside the
park. and as il dropped to the ground
with a terrific clanking sound, the
people in the stands rose in fright
/ Latham. who was on the coaching
line. ran to the front of the grand
stand. and, raising his arms, called
upon the people not to be AFRAID
What is il. Latham?' shouted q
timid fan. IT'S nothing" replied Ar
lie; its only Chris Won den Ahe II
the club house. counting his money.
The quick sally was greeted with .
roar of laughter, and the crowd set
tied back in their seats with al
thoughts of danger driven from thelI
minds.
Tom LOTUS, who used to W th'
Columbus team, is of the opinion ina
base ball players are born, not made
He SAYS college education cannot give
a hall player base bail sense, n ma
some of the thickest headed individ
nails he ever saw had base ball sens
that made them Chesterfields of tn
diamond. Experience only polishes tn
base ball sense of the natural playe
it d the weakness of the ma
lacking in that needful commodity o
the national game.
4 The talk that Elberfeld vas to b
>, sold or traded by the New York Amer
, leans died away when Owner Fran.
: Farrell said Elby had signed a cor
. tract for next season, and that n
r would be found in his old time pos
. ton at short.
!, After nearly a month of subsistence
= on liquid foods, Dave Fultz' the Ne
York American center fielder, wn
E was injured in a collision with Elbe,
field, has begun to eat solid foods
= FultZ still has his jaw in bandage
5 and a plaster cast in his mouth.
= Charlie Dexter, late manager OF tn
= Des Moines team in the Western lie;
! que, is ahead of the Britt-Nelson fig1
r pictures, and is said to bean expel
b. in securing publicity for them.
e Pop" Schriver has been reengage
t as manager of the Wheeling club !
5 the Central League.
Y Jimmy Walsh of Boston, who r
n Gently defeated Digger Stanley, tn
y English bantamweight, has decided
a go to England to take on owen MO
I gan, the English boxer, for the purS
t offered by the National Sporting Gu
r of London.
Hit. the left hand pitcher secure
e by the New York Americans fro
e the San Francisco club, is said
5 possess absolute control. He is b
? and strong, with many curves in h
repertoire. His western admirers al
confident he will make good in majC
company.
Columbia is right in denying TIL
Columbia's team used rough tactic
+ in the recent game with Yale" says
: New York sporting writer. Probab
this wise writer can explain how
was hat none of Columbia's me
e were injured in the game, while ha
! a dozen Yale players were so bad.
q bruised they were on the hospital II
, after the game.
Young Erne. who is to fight Your
n OLeary at Milwaukee, Nov. 18th, hi
a also signed articles Of agreement
meet Kid Herman in a 10-round DO
p near Chicago, Nov. 23d.