Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-02-03


simmons, at his weight the greatest
fighter Of them all. has said nothing.
Bob is good sport. 1t Is fair to say
that he is not jealous because a yOun-
ger man has done what he could do in
his youth.
ooh, that fellow was just dub"
said Jeffries after Burns had defeated
Gunner Moir.
THE fight was Of as much impor-
lance as the little bouts that are held
nightly in New York." said Corbett.
"As compared with the heavy
weights when Jeffries, Corbett, Fitz-
simmons and myself were fighting.
Burns is a fourth rater." says Shar-
key.
All this talk is decidedly out Of
place and will not help them in the
eyes of the public. These men all had
their day, and now, having retired
from the ring, they should not be-
grudge the new champion his just
need Of praise. The trouble with the
old fellows is that the coming of
new champion dims their renown and
impairs their drawing ability. They
would do we'll to maintain a dignified
silence.
While Burns hasn't by any means
proved that he is the equal Of Fitzsim-
mons or Jeffries. 1t is true that he has
beaten more good men than either Cor
bett or Sharkey. He is improving rap
idly, and If he will fight on the square
there Is little doubt that he will soon
be considered one Of the best pugilists
the country has produced.
1--WE had many peculiar inquiries
concerning that missing finger on my
pitching hand" Mordecai Brown, the
star twirler of the Chicago National
league club, said the other morning.
"but the strangest Of all occurred in
the south during our training trip last
spring.
Zone Of the many recruits that Pres
ident Murphy took on the trip was
twirler by the name Of Purdue. He
was rather an enigma to the majority
Of the players, who did not know
whether to take his funny little say
ings and doings as jokes or whether
Purdue really was serious about them.
zone day while we were gathered in
the hotel lobby discussing things In
general and nothing in particular Pur-
due came over to me and said:
"'Brownie. let me see what's left Of
that pitching mitt Of yours
II pushed out the MANNED hand, and
after he had examined it closely he
said:
"'And do you mean to tell me that
you win all your games with your
hand in that shape?
II confessed that did.
"'Well, swan he replied. And
how did you lose the finger?
II told him that had it chopped Off
in feed cutter and that the remain
ing three fingers were broken at the
same time.
'"Then he deliberately reached down
into his pocket, pulled out an, indelible
pencil and marked a line across his
pitching hand that correspondent to the
cuts on mine.
"'When l get home, I'm going to put
my hand in a feed cutter, too he said
solemnly, and maybe I'll get to be
star twirler.'
"And when we left him in Nashville
the marks were still on his hand"
Owner Dovey of the Boston National
league club purchased a dozen crates
of bats recently. Wonder If he had to
get Barney Dreyfuss' o. K.
He-1 see a college president ut Au-
rora. Ill., has discovered that man can
subsist upon peanuts.
Shelf that is true. you can get your
supper at the baseball park next sum-
mer. and we can keep our cook
An inventor proposes to make a pa
per bat. Even if he got the necessary
weight the invention would probably
lack resiliency. This would be fatal.
In view of the steady decline in bat
ting. a rubber bat might be more IA.
torably considered.
WILLIE WEST.