The Washington times., 1905-12-28
FOOTBALL :: BOWLING :: TROTTlNC SHOOTING
Personal Comment On Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

'pugs" in the Quaker City. willis mad |
for his opponent Chick Tucker, the |
powerful little fighter. who has had TO /
box men several pounds heavier than |
himself in the majority of battles which /
he has fought since he has come to the /
front in the featherweight division /
Willis and Tucker fought a three-round |
bout at the Hudson Athletic Cldb |
which was fun OF fast fighting from the !
tap of the gong
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ping pong athletics and basketball are I
locking up at Columbia University Since /
the abolition OF all the brutal debasing. |
distasteful. diabolical, etc, kinds OF
sport at this seat of learning. a great
impetus has been given to knitting.
croeheting and Battenberg exercises
Bonnets that tie under the chin have
been passed around. Already one-half
of the students can make just lovely
fudge.
That should be an interesting en-
counter when Willie Lewis and Willie
Fitzgerald neet before the Colma A. c.,
San Francisco. on January TO- Both are
good welters and as no love is lost be-
tween them they should give the fans a
twenty-five rounds which the fight is
scheduled to go.
Frank QuiGg, a minor league umpire.
says that not Is per cent of the baseball
PLAYERS ever read the book OF rules be
fore the opening of the regular cham
pionship JASON. and that many kicks
are made through ignorance and zeal to
win.
Ed Shaunnessy, the San Francisco |
pugilist who killed man in fight al |
Pawnee. O. T.. has been sent TO prison |
for fifteen years.
After taking a lay-off for several
weeks. 1t is announced that the fight |
Mass, the authorities having decided |
20 Issue permits TO the clubs once more
thing. the indications are that the sec
ond division teams of the National
League are gong to be much stronger
than they were last year, while the
first division fellows do not seem TO be
adding materially TO their strength II
such happy contingency should come
about it would certainly be Of material
benefit to the game.
According to head coach Reid. of Har-
ward, graft and corruption In the busi-
for much OF the evil that besets ath-
letics at the colleges" Reid condemns
the practice of soliciting athletes at the
different preparatory schools. Offering
them special inducements to go to GER
tain colleges. Reids criticism is timely
and will be indorsed in practically every
college that made a poor showing in the
football season.
THE proposed rule prohibiting tack
ling below the knee would probably
bring about more disputes than reforms
in football" says Walter Eckersan- 1T
will be impossible for the officials 10 en-
force the rule They can never deter
mine where a man is tackled except IN
a few cases, and If a decision is made
the tackler will claim he tackled above
the knees, but his hands slipped down,
which often happens. This viii lead TO
disputes between the rival iylayers and
cause i'll feeling, which VIII do much
harm. A similar rule was tried some
years ago and proved failure.
How a successful pugilist's fortune
does grow. II would appear from the
Jack O'Brien Il one of the heaviest
property owners in the City OF Brother
ly Love. Besides owning Fairmount
Park, the Broad Street Station, lnde-
pendence Hail. the Hotel Walton and
the Public Library. he is said 10 be ne
gotiating for the purchase of the county
court house and the Schuylklll river
Gus Rubin. who put in a claim for
the championship title, has retired TO
welcome obscurfty since there has
arisen a possibility that he might have
to fight O'Brien or Hart before his
claim would receive any CONSIDERATION
from the sporting world
It's the man behind who generally
gets the money Take the case of Fred
BeeIl, the wonderfully developed wrest-
Ter from Marshfield, Wis. He signed
contract to wrestIe Harvey Parker for
$50 a week. that salary to be paid TO
him whether he engaged in any matches
or not. Beeu has been kept busy with
matches. and as hS has won all Of them
his manager has cleaned up several
thousand dollars in the past few
months.
the white mans scnurge" is Illus
| trated IN the case OF DR.. William H.
Murphy, former Yale captain and coach
and New York National League short
stop. He is in the Adirondacks. said
| to be hOpelessly I'll with tuberculosis
| An example OF all-around brilllancy
/ In athletics at Columbia has been given
| uate last years speedy varsity quar-
| the diamond, on the track and on the
| basketball court.
with New York back in the fold the
Individual membership of the American
| Bowling Congress is now between 1000
| and $1,000
Ted Turner. a jockey who rode with
! remarkable success in Australia all last
| summer, has arrived in San Francisco
Kace-gOers on the coast will have a