Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-15

shoulder or twisting around until the
veteran boxer was able to signal the
particular manner necessary to retire
safely from the nasty right of the
Mexican. Just what Herman would
have done without Ryan is more or
less guess work, but nevertheless
Tommy's presence wasn't bad tlring
for the plscky Chicagoan the other
evening.
New ZeaIanders We're Sensation
Nothing more or less than a sensa-
ton was the appearance of the New
zealand rugby team at San Francisco
and the furore which the Maoris cre-
ated i'm the east was evidently the re-
suit of no sentiment arising from the
present preoarous condition of the
American game. The dash and open
work of the Zealanders excited no end
of favorable comment and the critical
Yankee spectators even went so far
as to grow wildly enthusiastic over
the sport Another feather in the cap
of American liberality which never
fails to doff when the right thing
comes along.
BiIIington Declared Professional
English sportsmen are deploring the
loss to amateur ranks OF David Billing
ton, who since the death of b. b.
Kiernan, the Australian, has been the
greatest swimmer of the world. Bill
ington's offense was participation IN
q swim organized by a Paris paper.
Billington declared that he was under
the impression that none but amateurs
were competing. The story did not
go well and Ellington is out.
Big Ball Players Come High
The three highest salared players in
baseball are Lajoie the great French
stickman, Hans Wagner, the stold
German who rules Pittsburg and Jim
my Collins, the Boston third baseman
and manager. Lajoie cuts into the
Cleveland Golfers for $4,000. Honus of
the smoky village uses $1,000 as a re-
ward for leading the National league
in hitting. while Collins is deemed
worth $500 for directing the Beaneat-
ers. The figure at which Christy
Mathewson is held is not for the pub
lie to know and it may be that Christy
receives more than any of the three
mentioned. However, what is known
comes first. Hanlon will receive $12,-
next season overtopping Mugsy Nc
Graw, who at the helm of the New
York Nationals, is valued at $4,000.
viii Raise Fund for Dying Jockey
Jockey Patsy McCue, one of the best
IlutIS tldl lne tuTI ever KNEW, is
| nearing the wire in the last race he
will ever run They are not crowding
| him to the rail and a wide berth is
| open as he rushes down the stretch for
the final dash that is to mark his ca
| reer. McCue lies dying of consump-
| ton in a New York hospital, and
horsemen are raising a fund to pro-
vide a. few last luxuries for the sick
boy. He held the distinction of hav-
ing ridden Kinley Mack in 1900, when
that horse won both the Suburban
and Brooklyn handicaps. a feat never
before accomplished by any other
| horse.
Hard Row for, Nelson to Hoe
Joe Nealon, who last year played
| first base for Frisco and was signed
to hold down the initial sack for the
| Pitssburg team, has a difficult under
| taking cut out for him. Nealon has
been doomed to the skies among east
ern fans, and the almost impossible
| is already expected of the young CAL
| ifornian. The pace set by Hal Chase
was something which made the ball
world sit up and marvel, but the ease
and unconcern of the Santa Clara
| youngster has given rise to the senti-
| ment that manager has but to pack
his grip and take first train west in
order to land a star of the first mag
nitude. Manager Morley, who dis
| covered" Chase after that lad had for
several years been playing around the
acres of Harris and other wise men
of the north, is spoken of with some-
| thing approaching reverence by GER
tain New York sporting writers, who
unhesitatingly give thanks for the dis
cerning ability of the Los Angeles
| manager.
| Dalngerfield Retires to the Stud
Major Daingerfeld, who broke down
| in the fourth race at the fair grounds,
New Orleans, last Saturday will be
! retired to the stud. This 7-year-old
son of Mon Droit was one of the seven
| horses for whom the claim may be
| truthfully made that over 100000 was
| the result of his winnings while on
| the track. After being purchased
from Phil Dwyer, his breeder, DANGER
| field changed hands several times and
is now owner by "Mose" Godblatt.
Students Will Work
Two thousand students of Cornell
| intend going to work with pick and
shovel next spring and finish the grad
| ing of the new fifty-five-acre athletic
| field, work upon which has been stopped
because funds necessary for the
completion. are lacking. This would
be very laudable undertaking, and
in addition to promoting manual labor
among the collegians might give the
college poets a chance to vent their
literary talent at the sight of so many
toiling for the glory of alma mater.
Hugo Kelly Aspires High
Hugo, who holds a decision over
Jack O'Brien, is out with q strong
challenge to the conquerer of Fitzsim-
mons and claims a right for battle
to determine the middleweight cham
pionship. Kelly's victory over O'Brien
was decision gained at the end of
ten rounds in Indianapolis April 20,
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