Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-14
Gossip of [gg lsg Davidson.

II tt1ENDS or CndriSS Il. McAusns
n better known as Little Lord
= Fauntleroy, will learn with regret
| that the little loud thing is quite SICK
and unable to make much racket. ows
ing to a severe attack of Ia grippe. Lord
has been In bed for several days, ana
! this explains the remarkable peace ana
quietude around Jeffries'. The Rialto
does not look natural without him. ana
reports OF his convalescence are
awaited by large bunch Of good fell
lows. He stuck to the job as long as
day that Baron Long forced him to go
home and get In bed.
Jack Gleason, baseball magnate and
! fight promoter OF San Francisco, Is
passing a few days In Los Angeles
with Joe O'Connor, manager OF Ketch-
ell, and they probably will go to Cata-
lima FOR q day or two before returning
to Frisco. Gleason will handle the
Ketchel-Papke return match. Since the
fight could not be had for Los Angeles,
local sportsmen are glad that Gleason
landed 1t, as he is the only one of the
northern bunch that can get q pleasant
smile in this town, all because he is a
square guy" He and Eddie Graney
are said to be business partners, and
that is a double reason why he should
be welcome In Los Angeles. Graney Is
the greatest living referee and
square, honorable sportsman.
It is among the possibilities that
baseball players will form union and
affiliate with the American Federation
OF Labor. Samuel Gompers, president
Of the labor organization, has been ag-
itating the question, and says chat
players come In the classification OF
skilled professionals and sees no rea-
son why they should not affiliate for
mutual protection ana advantage. 1t
may be all right, but the fans who
have read of this announcement are
wondering what q strike on the dia-
mond would look like. There really IL
no necessity for such an af1liation at
this time, II seems, as the average
baseball star Is drawing more money
for the time he works than the aver
age bank president, but the reserve
clause and the bargain and sale fea-
ture Of the game nowadays may offer
an excuse.
The boxing game In Milwaukee will
be opened up in q few days, and then
Tom Andrews and his club win get
into competition with the coast clubs
for few good matches. The Milwau-
good fight, and the Chicago bugs also
help swell the gate receipts. The
Ketchel-P apke fight drew $4,000 there
and only $4,000 here. However, 1t may
be true that the Milwaukee club is not
up against such stiff pass system as
prevails In Los Angeles.
Wonder what will be the odds laid on
the Ketchel-Paplce return fight in
Frisco? After reading the opinions of
every prominent fight critic |
down east, written the day preceding |
the fight, / am convinced that the
Papke victory is regarded more as a
fuke than otherwise, and I should not
be surprised II these same experts come
out boldly and say SO next time this
pair meets. Not one opinion gave
Papke more than fifteen rounds grace,
and none even limited that he might
win. 1t looked foolish then, why should
not Ketchel be good enough to make
good the third try? Hey? Cut out the
first round Of each Of their fights and
1t looks like Ketchel-sure as fate. The
majority OF Los Angeles money--the
big money-will be strung with Ketchel
next tima on his showing in taking a |
beating here Labor day.
Baseball is a great old game, and |
somehow or other 1t never gets old and |
to the fans. They go |
crazy every spring and stay In that |
state until late In the fall, and then
get sore" because they have to cut 1t |
cut in winter. Over at st. Louis a
week ago 1900 fans paid their way
TO see the Browns and Tigers fight one
notch for the American league rag. In
al the big league cities the fans turn |