Evening journal., 1907-05-02

Hr"f 'ftANtf NRHAAM w iilt NIiIlIAH UIhNH
tice of the Yale football squad. The
prizes were silver cups.
Georgetown University win not be
represented in the American regatta
on the Schuylldn at Philadelphia on
May %. The blue and gray has been
trying for the last three years TO send
a crew TO the regatta and It was
thought that this season the move
would go through, but 1t has been de-
cided that it would be impossible TO
get an eight into shape for the races
next month.
Bill Bailey says:
Many are thee xcuses offered by
athletes TO escape punishment for
their violation of the amateur code.
The latest that has come to light was
offered by a Manhattan basket ball
player who was charged with playing
on an unregistered team. The player
is also a member of a team that Is
competing for the championship of the
Amateur Athletic Union. When haul
ed up before the board the player
stated that he had a twin brother who
was the guilty party. He could not
produce the twin. however, and as he
was not a member of the Amateur
Athletic Union that tody could do
nothing but accept the players word" ."
jeff O'Connell, the English feather
weight, has placed himself under the
management of Florrie Barnett. Bar
nett is ready to match O'Conneu with
any boy in the game who viii make
122-12i pounds
Harry c. Pulliam. president of the
National League, has announced that
these releases have been approved. By
the Cincinnati club to The Youngstown
club, William Thomas; by the New
York club TO Boston CNadonal League)
club, Frank Burke; by the New York
club TO Newark IN. J) club, James II
Mullen; by the St. Louis club to Har-
risburg, e. ID. Zimmerman. 1t was
also announced that Harry Smith had
signed a contract with the Pittsburg
club.
Jimmy Britt has changed his mind
about retiring from the ring. He has
just notified Jimmy Conroth. the hght
promoter of California, to match him
against any lightweight i'm the busi-
ness who viii weigh i'm at 1873 pounds.
Comroth has practically matched Brite
to fight George Memsic, the Chicago
fighter. for twenty rounds. at a show
to be brought off by Coffroth at Col
ma Cal on Nav 90
over six thousand ballplavers are
now engaged at salaries ranging from
500 20 $1,000 per month by the thirty
eight leagues operating under organ
lied baseball Every plaa err is guarar-
teed his fun salary. although at least
one-half of the clubs VIII lose money.
The players hold the high cards in
our national game.
Bobbio Kerr. the Canadian champion
short distance runner. and Dennis
Bennett. the winner OF the Chicago
Marathon race. have been secured by
the Irish-Canadian Catholic Club. of
Toronto, and win hereafter run under
the clubs colors. Both of these men
competed i'm the Marathon run ON
Patriots Day. The same club has
also secured the membership of George
Adams. a Canadian. who has won two
ten-mile events. They are all destined
If they make good, to 80 as repre-.
sentatives of the Toronto Club to the
Marathon i'm England next year.
Although two "solr'-ban pitcher.
helped him win tho American pen.
nant and one of the two was RESPONSE
BILE for the White SoXs winning tn,
worlds championship last fan, Man
ager Fielder Jones, of the champions
is in favor OF doing away with th'
"spit' ball
American sailors won al of th'
places I'm two Of the three internatione
races between the crews OF warship
redezvousing in Hampton Roads o'
Tuesday, but the British tars tool
first and second places in one of th
contests
AS popular as Cy Young Is as
player. the hen hoppers at the varior
hotels about the circuit never cater Il
the grand old man. Cy refuses q
give a tip to anyone. He says tn
management OF the hotel should pa,
his employees enough so that tho
wouldn't have to rely on tips for thei
living. That's good logic.
Jimmy Walsh is one good judge O
a purllist who does not think much q
Bill Squires. the heavyweight cham
pion of Australia. Walsh watche
Squires work in gymnasium at To
! Angeles a short time ago, and whe
/ he was asked by one of his friend
what he thought of Squires as a fight
er he said. 81 don't think much q
] him. If he ever fights Jim Joffrie
I viii bet every dollar have that Je
stops him I'm less than ten rounds.
The Boston Americans have no les
than nine pitchers out in uniform q
each game. all well and willing {
work. Not so long ago a pitcher fe
injured If he was not allowed 20 pitc
every scheduled game. Pitchers an
now often retained because they al
effective against some one club.
Abe Atten recently telegraphed JAG
McGuigan, matchmaker OF the N,
tional A. c., of Philadelphia, Stain
that he would fight both Tomm
O'Toole or Freddie Weeks immediate
~ after DE fought KID" solomon b'
fore the Pacific A. c.. OF Los Angelo
this month McGuigan does not in
tend 70 engage Atten again for som
time, re he claims that Abe would nc