Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-29

~ ONTROVERSY over the payment
of wagers made locally upon the
~ result of the Langford- -Ketchel
fight in Philadelphia adds another
clincher to the argument that where
such decisions are left to the news
papers there always will be a lot OF
justifiable kicking by those interested.
History repeats itself at every fight,
because there never was a time when
two or three fight critics could agree
upon a winner if the scrap should be
bit close. The idea of prohibiting
decisions upon fights is producing no
good whatever because decisions Will
be ascertained in some manner by
those who are interested, and where
such restrictions are placed upon them
as obtain in Los Angeles, Philadelphia
and one or two other cities, the publlc
always-not sometimes-gets the worst
of it. If 1t could be shown where
any slight good results from such a
prohibition, there might be some eX-
cuse for the law that permits con-
tests, but bars any expression of opln-
ion regarding the merits of the con-
testants. The man who wagers upon
such unsatisfactory cumulative de-
cisions does not know whether he wins,
loses or only gets his money back ana
instead of getting an even break for
his money he is forced to take 3 TO
/ shot the worst of it to start with.
The only right way to regulate de-
cisions is to permit an official referee
to give the decision and then enforce
the nti-gambling laws, but at least
permit the winner and loser to know
whether he has won or lost
Mark Shaughnessy, doctor and
trainer of fighters, writes from Berlin,
g. of
course, that the Germans have the
world skinned to death when 1t comes
to brewing the amber and says that
If his Los Angeles friends could be
with him and enjoy an evening under
the trees. slipping the hoppy juice. life
would take on a new order for them.
Jack Dillon, one Of the best newspa-
per men on the coast took day Off
this week and went fishing around the
point from San Pedro. After varying
luck for several hours, he managed TO
get a nineteen-pound yellowtail on his
hook and then came forty minutes OF
the hardest work Jack has done since
he left ST. Louis. Game as the fish,
Jack finally tugged it aboard and be-
ing fully satisfied with life, came back
to civilization to exploit his deed This
was not the total of his days fun,
however even If IL did represent about
all he cared much about. He had a
fine lot Of sea bass to gloat over, also,
and the success of the expedition has
caused him to buy up all the books
in print relating to fish and how to
catch them.
Bones Baum experienced more than
the usual thrills yesterday when he
gave his old team a beating in a de-
cisiye manner. Baum formerly wore
an Angelic uniform but since the out
laws were forgiven he has been play
ing with Sacramento and the article
of ball he tossed yesterday shows that
he is far from being all in yet, despite
his long years of service on the SLAB.
Billy Papke will get his first piece
of easy money May IA, when he is
scheduled to take on Joe Thomas at
twenty-five rounds in Frisco. He looks
like a sure winner over the former
champion, who has gone back so fast
since he first was defeated by Ketchel
a couple of years ago that he does not
figure to be dangerous to any middle
weight any more. Papke may not
have such an easy time with Frank
Klaus, whom he tackles June A. Klaus
is a conner. and Papke seems to be on
the toboggan good and hard ever since
Ketchel put him away.
While the thoughtless fans were jeer-
ing at the announcement last night