The Alaska citizen., 1910-12-19

! " lIll4lltSr CNlobtl oI' lt" ti lIt | course record to 26:3S. The best ! former time was made by the Saute- | aux Indian. Paul Acoose, whose mark was 27:27. Keeper is young and stockily built, with a body supp nrted 1 by sturdy legs. and is declared 10 be the real type of middle distance runner
 Milwaukee Is the latest to take up indoor baseball.
 New Orleans has sixty-siX-team boys basketball league.
 Captain Harry Davis. of champion Athletic baseball team of American League, is an enthusiastic bowler.
 Moving pictures were taken of a recent football game between college elevens in St Louis. They will be shown throughout the country
 The English army and navy box ing championships drew 314 entries in the light, featherweight, light, wei ter. middle lightweight. light heavy weight and heavyweight classes.
 Buffalo and St. Louis are already making preparations to hold the National Association and American | Bowling Congress. In the latter city at recent meeting BIO club cap tains were present, representing
 hirty-nine leagues.
 Winnipeg has raised s4000 for a trophy to comm mOrate the winning of the Stewards cup at the Royal Henley regatta this year by their senior four-oared shell crew. It was the first time any foreign crew lifted the trophy.
 Ii is estimated that organized clubs in the major and minor leagues this year controlled over 1000 play CTS. In the major leagues sixteen clubs paid nearly $1,000,000 in salar- ies, it is said, while the Class A leagues pay roll reached $500O0O, it is figured. The other minor lea gues paid over s7OO,OOO.
 Digger Stanley, the English ban tamweight champion, is about to come to this country for matches. He is ready to meet any of the boys who will make 1l6 pounds.
 Holding down the heavyweight cham pionship throne is a soft and con- paratiyely restful sort of job now adays. compared to what it was in the far past. Time was when the boss slugger of the heavies had to to travel sentry go all the time, fear ful lest some willy foe might sneak by his post and claim the title by de- fault or something of that kind Challengers were plentiful, and it behooved the king bee of the hive to sit up and take notice of the said challengers, if he wanted to re- tain his high estate. There are num- erous instances in London prize ring history of champions losing titles by default, failure to cover a forfeit, or even accidents which prevented them coming to the scratch. A challeng- CTS rights were instantly recognized by press and public, whenever he could furnish the needful backing and the champion had to respond or find himself out of the running Even in the days of the Queensbury rules of earlier days the champion was forced to pay pretty prompt at tention to his challengers But com mencing with the reign of Jim lief fries challenges directed at the cock of the roost began to lose signii- canoe. Nobody seemed to have chance with the mastodon of the arena, and if any man had the nerve to suggest a meeting with James J. he was looked upon as a notoriety seeker.
 Everybody knows what a serious time Jack Johnson and his then man ager, Sam Fitzpatrick, had when they attempted to force Tommy Burns into match for the title. They were compelled to chase him clear across the continent and around the world before they succeeded in in signing up with the elusive French Canadian, and even then, had 10 give Tommy the lions share of the purse in return for his gracious condescensiOn. In the old days Burns would have been declared an ex- champion in hurry had he refused to notice a challenger's offer after reasonable time had elapsed, and if he wanted the title back he would have had to fight for it. And now that Johnson is monarch of all he surveys in the fistic line, all he has to do is to sit back and smile. There is nobody in sight worthy of pitting against the big negro, for few believe that Langford would have more than possible chance with him, and as for the white heavy weights, the least said the better. A story went the rounds recently to the effect that French syndicate was ready to hand up purse of S25,000 for John son to meet Joe Jeanette in Paris next spring, but an interview with Johnson proved that the champion personally knew nothing of such an offer. Nor would he be likely to accept if such an offer were made on the square. The purse named is decent sized one, but Johnson can make money easier by filling his theatrical contracts abroad and spare himself the dismal grind of training, labor which he hates thoroughly. To back Jeanette against Johnson for long battle would be consider cd poor joke by American promot- CTS. Langford did everything but knock Joe out in their last meeting and shelved the latter most emphati- cally as possible opponent for Johnson. The pessimists who are wont to deplore the lack of high class heavyweight material declare that it is not a question of how good Johnson is, but how bad his contem- poraries are. That's as it may be,