The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-11
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
SrOR, ar SCRiPPY ma yOYtE
rom M JOHN ". UARD.
Dying Heroine in Thrilling Nrao'irama
CsuId Net Make tiln forxr, Baseball
ans sorrow Was Turned TO Mirth
Giants Hnstling LEADER ef - Wa,
Come Bach sale of Boston Naiionai>

aver. aid John NJ Ward Yesterday love"
/ n ayrd third base for my BROOKLYN fiaE"r~
| League team IN 1870 and he wa~ most
| valuable factor lie WHS earnest. Wiling,
! enthusiastic and alWaN-, lighting Tor VIC
tory The nickname SCrappv WAS libel.
/ for while he roula and would scrap ON oc'a
sion hs was b. nature ~ gentle a. child
lie was u fair fielder. great hat-man, ana
for his weight good base runner. bn' MS
chief value Law IN his rarnc~tne--. ana thl'
rrmaindS me Of story.
The HrookINn- III Isan werr fighting tooth
and nail with the Bostons for III. PLAYER =
, I.eaxi Iennant The race was gru"llins
affair and every game counted. We went
20 chicago in the fall to play four important
games wish Comiskrys stars and ". hoped
"a wtn them all But to our amaI"m"n'
the hiCago- won the first three hamuIerinG
our best pitchers Mcyhing Iovett ami
H-mning. all over the field "" had on"
other pitcher with wS. Johnny Sowdcr-. u
younx l-f'hand"r from Kansas 'Ity. Win"
la"ked control and experience. though he
had plenty NJ nerve tirer "HT third defeat
In chicago w. were HIT discouraged and
dow nheari-d. - In order 20 cheer tn" boys
up accepted an invitation to occupy two
I boNe- AZ . local theatre = stirring m.lo-
/ drama was on the boards and III. ball
players went IN bodS They wanted TO
/ get their minds on baseball
The play infen-sy interesting
\ In the last act the villain shot the h.r"'n"
! and she fell MORALLY hurt The situation
7 WAS 80 thrilling NJ her hf" slowly "hh"d
! away that YOU could have heard "a pin drop
I Now and then hv-tr-i"al Sohs came from
the audience and many handkrr"hi-fs
were III n-- some III sh- i;r,,SsiyR rih<-Sra
/ brushed away tears and myself WAS try
ing 81 keep a stif upper lin when sud-
/ denly felt ing A. my coat sleeve. !
. turned and SAW Rill Joyce His Jaw was
I set and there Ms- IRE IN h- cv" a. h" sad
/ IN "A hoar-s whisper
zap. why not gave "m Sowder- to-
morrow He uan beat EN- sure
! ~lOu see mn hadn't forgotten those
defeats and he vas thinking ~ the fourth
game His comment was heard by the
. other PLAYERS. who bur - INTO laughter.
MT II wasn't iok" with him aud he re-
-"ntsd this treatment IN characteristic
fashion Jovce managed the Giants IN
l>ns With excellent results FOR Mr. fr""'i-
man hn, when he naE rSl"as"d he M"n'
II ne really intends Ia come hack tp base
hal! do not hr-itat" 10 say that he viii
make successful manager Tor. any team
m nssi Of on. Perhaps Mr. Hedges of 'hr
~ Louis Browns might give. him "a chance.
IN hich ease m sure he would make
good
William Hepburn Ru,-'ll. who has organ
Re,i a -VndiCatr ht.fiv uIn.a up oi Ro-ton
n"h Tor IN" puTVn-" 81 hhNins Va" bo-fon
p NATIONAL rague tlub tor siHU'sr. viii
max" ruhi tnnoun..m"nt IN ~" Buh
+ tomorrow morning Mr. l'rI-s"' l"i' herr
for Hos'on Yesterday n-i"n-ibiN 80 hold
. another 'nui"T"n'" vtth John T. IIIrr'-
,mh'- STOCK ~ Ru-.-li I'm r-fu-cd 20
ratk for publication. rut - Nn- stated on
n ~ rni-.ng ~. H.' '.--IrN capital and would
lose th" deal before Tomorrow night
IN that "ut he all r"pr"-.nt a." Eu-rou
'luD ~ the \Tf'onnI rHsJt- meeting here
ou lur~'in,
champion, wtii box iN"nir rounds Win
I'm bri~"uIl. the i~sih-Tws, champion
ot that country. At the National sporting
club of London an b"c.Inh.r - lh'.
match eali- Tor ltl pounds. rins-Id-. ami
Dr-rpH val probably con"-d- about az
ponds oven Moran picA- Welsh - win
and reach he points - the ih'i that M-l-h
r..'lL fri"a,"h t,,"i 90. n"'n,; I. = ,li,""n
shaded \itsii ~ e ten round T"p' ~ in'-
.,'V
B!l Lang ne australian l"aNyw".Eh'
who hroks HI thumb IA - ~ round bout
san N kaufman ~ PHILADELPHIA la>t fail.
r".rI".r from ms manager. iirRh Mcintosh
Iaux has been mat' he'd =" Nkh' tack l'ufn-.
"a california hrHt vw"ieh' VINO Wa- beaten
r9 lin stewart ~ l",@l .u.h several
weeks 49," On form Lang -nnuld have
no rrn Ihl. Niih Burn MO j. = rh.rd rnt-r
Dosing d iIm'.aI knnsiengr of SnvIng
Mcintosh. how 80 - telling ngli-hu"u
HAT Burns j. on 81 cha" hr.t ~ Nm"ri'a an
iFd h'lA = WV '''N.' -. Nv
Tlus-i'ie
HarrS i.Ni- the American Wrlf,.rW-ight
vun went - FrhnC" som" i'm" ago ha-
.-,ur"l ~" Tat"h.- one l. with Tom
,nra-'"r an hnEl,-h-nnn' :" h" ,l"c,t"4
- viiu Him sullivan. IN" nsW British md
Il"~sight champion. Il" y" held a. IA"
National >pprfing 'lub of London ~ Ianu-
arN IN each instance Lewis will h" oU'-
weighed
ii. - u,ln hs,TE fI.. .rI
Iun-dal. b-it -mplrmniir Oi the English
han'nmw"ight 'hampion-hip. viii arriN"
IIaniey will not box at less than H. Uound-.
which lets out Johnny t"nl"n uf chicago,
bn, w. wi, hnE- a ,hSnc" =" -h"s H.; KIN
and Monte ttf"it
-Four interesting ,l"y. contests hav. boon
arranged nv local cimb- for Ihs w".'L h-
, Olyup,r : of Harl-in viii bring together
HTr!Ty III Ps--lic IN ten round lrair '".
morrow n,xhr Sm''h and liurl"N ar.
-lnsscr- pure and ..mpi" and hG," an odd
IA Brooklyn 10 morrow might lack DnruiIn
viii tackle Young Ah-arn. an English b"s"r
Of hi- clever t"otWofb Psi Moor. the
eighteen; year -ol.i quaker Who Nn- trimmed
nv hi'-ll rrc.ntlS. - Tnaich:i 4" boy ten
Empire \ & 81 Harlem On Thursday nirhi
They viii meet az ia1 pount-. rinrsd- and
a scientific hatt' - expected M"orr -
working hard at Alienhnr~t. y T. Nh,l.
Murphy haa gon. 20 the Catskiils '" pat On
she IN .hng touches On FRIDAY might at
, rh. National sporting 'Iur Bach tuu-iinan
viii hook ~ with a husky Young man who
fights under the nam. NJ hm Burn. lie
has long b--n anxious to try cone lu-iDn-
with f.DO.iiu.n = both live IN the -niu"
n-i q hnrhoo.t on th. Nest ~id- and each
has Tag following In. weigh - -,
pounds. -cnitn2 -iN hours before ring .Iue
Champion " oIga-f has produced physi-
clans certificate to prove that h.. cannot
box again until next March The physician
=ay- that " olgsst might break his wrist
again II h- ind,Ixa,i In match m"anW hil'
A. q result " o,sast'. bout with X u Brown
has b-en tsc!:. ed 81 much la the lattrr'-
disCOmfiur~ owen Moran says lie viii
keep "n Noiga-r'- trail and will not trN "a
make match with any body else before H..
has COTH"rsd the lightweight champion
~ Brown probably vill h" matched with
III" sinner ~ the Moore Murphy bout
Unless Al" Atrrll agrees Ia box Packv
Mcfarland st the FairmOn' e on D'-
'snii,er - the watch will fab through
At,aIf ~ sOuHd,r scored for not living M 10
hi- agreement am the Bronx club
Md Mc,0y Vho fought Corb"'t. Shark.y.
Iahar Rubin and 0-hrr hrlNyWeicht-
arknd recently hON mgrh he weighed !
slt.n he ms Uhs.sss Ittgtla.I- I nay .