Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-18

scored ON days that he pitches than at
any other time.
But Notwithstanding these conditions
Johnson is always giving the team the
best he has. There has never been any
indication of his suking or showing a
disposition not to do his best for his
team.
Many pitcher with Johnsons reputa-
ton would consider his duty done If he
merely essayed to pitch, but Johnson is
not of that makeup. The fact that the
team is not able to win for him. notwith-
standing his effective work, does not dis
courage him in the least. fact which
not only accounts for his great popuia ritz
with his teammates but shows him to be
q. very level-headed young man.
There is a wide difference of opinion
as to whether the Jeffries-J ohnson fight
went fifteen rounds or not. Inasmuch
as Johnson won in the fifteenth round, it
lis argued that the bout did not go fifteen
rounds, and technically this is correct.
But the average man who wasered that
the fight would go fifteen rounds would
win his bet. for the construction placed
on such bet is that the fight would
not be decided before the fifteenth round.
In the records it will be shown that
johnson knocked out Jeffries in fifteen
Wounds.
TIE story that Corbett wanted Jeffries
TO agree to have Richard call off all bets
before the men entered the ring has
brought up the old question whether or
not a referee has any right to take such
action. Richard would not have had the
right to take such action. yet there is a
precedent where this was done. Honest
John Kelley called all bets off when the
Corbett-Sharkey fiasco came to an end.
but in so doing he violated all accepted
traditions and recognized rules governing
betting.
The referee of any sort of a contest
should not know that there is any bet
ting. He should not take cognizance of
any wagering that may be done. A
referee is not to decide the bets, but is
to give decision as to the relative
merits of two pugilists, and when he has
done that his duty ceases
It seems to be the experience of almost
every scout that the major league clubs
have out securing the minor leagues for
material that the players who are doing
the best work in these leagues are those
who have been sent there by major
league clubs.
The veterans wlgo were supposed to
have gone back. and for that reason
were dropped back with the small fry,
are the ones who are playing real base
ball in the minors. Naturally the aver
age major league clubs does not want
to bring back those players who were
turned down a year ago, and yet, be-
cause of the dearth of promising young
sters, it will no the at all surprising to
years of experience in fast company
come back with the big fellows this
fall. There is no doubt, either, that some
of them will be of more value to major
league clubs than many of the young
SterS.
Until Jack johnson agrees to meet Sam
Langford, and that is not going to be
very soon. he is going to be kept very
busy by his colored rival There is not
the slightest doubt that Langford is sim
csre in his efforts to get a fight on with
Johnson. He believes that he can beat
the champion. and there are many who
share this opinion Langford, while he
is not as big as Johnson, must not be
underestimated. He is mighty clever
boxer; glutton for punishment, and
what is more, he has a knock out in
either hand.
Johnson. it is evident. does not relish
the idea of fighting Langford, probably
for the season that he has everything to
lose and nothing to gain in so doing,
but unless Langford should be beaten in
some fight with lesser light in the
meantime. he is sure to force Johnson
into ring with him before another
year.