Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-05
CALIFORNIA SWIMMERS
CONTEST IN INDOOR TOURNAMENT

went to the Athletics. This is the one
lesson to be learned-the one thing
fatal to ball team is internal dlsseh-
sion, and there isn't a team owner or
manager who doesn't know and act on
this Jiggs Donohue was touted by
Comiskey, Jones and all the White Sox
fraternity, as the greatest first base-
man in the business, then all OF a sud
den he was missed from the lineup
s"What's the matter, | don't see Dono-
hue in the lineup any more? rams IN
qured. Hes SICK" was the general
answer. He wasn't sick. Chances are
Jiggs, who never was the greatest FIRST
baseman, is still cracking good man.
but when he fell out with the manager
of the Sox his usefulness to that team
ceased. 1t does not matter that Jones
did not return to the team, or that MS
refusal to return may have been related
to his trouble with Jiggs; the rest OF
the team, most of them, took Jones end
of the argument and Jiggs became an
outcast. Ganley's value to Washington
deprecated to almost nothing when he
engaged in the fight with Burns. It's
good thing for baseball that things are
this way. And it's a good thing also
that managers are the first to recog-
nize 1t.
Los Angeles pugdom, take notice:
Languishing in a Peruvian jail at the
present time is an American boxer
named Johnny Murray. Johnny was a
student. That's what got him into
trouble.
Anxious to make his mark in the
pugilistic world and get a crown, he
gave all his attention to study in order
to hit upon a plan that would enable
him to go along the line of least resist
ance in his efforts.
He perused the works of many au-
thorities, but the plan which seemed
most feasible to him was that intro
duced by Jack Bonner years ago In
New York in battle with Tommy
West. Murray found an article, How
Bonner Stopped West" during the mo-
ments he spent studying ancient his
tory, and it Immediately appealed to
him.
, Boxing along the canal zone was
good So he made a match, and after
he had been boxing few rounds he
tipped one of his attendants to get a
small flask from his valise. The second
did as instructed. Johnny further ad-
vised him what to do, and the young
man then besmeared both gloves with
the pungent contents Of the flask Just
as soon as the signal for the resump-
ton of hostilities was given Johnny
jumped 10 IIlS CeIlIeF Ol the IlllB dllu
with lightning-like rapidity jabbed his
left glove to his opponents face and
then landed his right before the victim
had an idea of what caused the pecu-
liar burning sensation.
The bout came to an end Immediately
on account of the condition of Murray s
opponent, and an examination of Muir
rays glove disclosed the cause of the
abrupt ending of the match. His OPP
ponent was In a bad way and was
taken to hospital The Oil of Sinapis
had done its work, however and the
sight of one of the victims eyes was
gone. Murray was then arrested and
was sentenced to seven years In jail, a
very mild decision.
This should be a warning to other IN
ventive fighters. Bonner was disquali-
fed for the use of the "oil' on West.
A few modern boxers have deemed 1t
wise to use "ether liniment," and a
case recently in a Rhode Island club
caused considerable trouble. One of
the boxers, a Chicago man, was OPP
posed to a Rhode Island glove artist.
At divers times during the bout he tried
the stuff and got away with it. Punish
ment of the sort meted out to fellows
of the Murray type would cure them of
their inclination to bring the money
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