New-York tribune., 1910-03-22
SPORTS OF THE DAY
KING NAY LOSE CASE
Mysterious Tip" Comes out
of the West about Catcher.

Of the W est -AbOHt Gdtcher.
BY subway and other underground meth
ode a mysterious message came out of the
West last night II was 20 the effect that
gohmny Killing. the brilliant catcher Of the
Chicago cubs. who refused 10 play last
vssr in spite of a signed contract, would
Lose his case before the supreme court of
baseball at its meeting in Cincinnau to-
CAY.
Thc prediction was supposed 20 have come
from ar authoritative source. but like all
rumors of the hind was strictly oonhden-
i.s," Illing applied for reinstatement some
sine AKA basng his plea on a letter from
a. ~ Murphy. %: The cubs. granting him
leave al ahsenre The original letter has
besn lost hrt "a carbon copy is in the HANDS
90 the ccmnlissiof.
II there is arv yround for the ruinor from
Chicago that lsling case is prejudged the
source could be- none other than h. p.
johnson, president of the American League
Ee Is supposed 20 have been opposed 10
the reinstatement ~ king from the start
and may vote against him az the meeting
to-day.
u has been felt Tor 9ogne time that the
great catcher would be restored a. good
standing on the payment of hne' and
shore has been good ground for th:s opin-
son. with the Hal Chase case as a prece-
cent. chase jumped his contract with the
Yankees two years ago before the season
was over and played in the thcn outlaw
California League, but was reinstated- The
''fans" do not see much difference in the
tWo cases and consequently VIII not take
much stock in the ZIP" from the West
Good news for ;he fans" came IN tele-
gram from Los Angeles yesterday. II
said: ''Biny sullivan. the popular catcher
OF the Chicago White Sox. is improving
steadily. hut he viii be confined 10 his
Eo0m for another week"
Sullivan. who is popular IN every city
where American League teams play. Is
confined 70 q hospital. suffering trom blood
poisoning. the result OF haYipg stepped on =
Eusty nan.
Johnny Hayes. winner az the olympic
Marathon az London I'm 1905. returned 10
New York last night after visit 10 the
Pacifc Coast He says ne developed more
speed and endurance IN the West, and Is
now ready 10 run the race of his life. He
returned home 10 set ready for the Mara
fhon Derby 90 bs run al the Polo Grounds
said Hayes yesterday. 'but I want TO meet
Johanson or any OF the other cracks.
viii run Johanson over the Marathon route
for N.Ooo a side. and the SWede cannot ac-
oept the challenge TOO soon"
n viii cost something 10 see the Jeffries-
johnson hght Tor the worlds heavyweight
championship az EmeryVille on July .
from S. % $50, 10 be exact This is a de-
CIded cut. however. I'm the prices original
ly announced. which were from so 20 SlO0
TEX" Rickard and Jack Gleason. the joint
promoters have decided, no doubt. that
discretion a. the better part OF valor' F;
az any rate. hiCkard, with his ear close
g. the ground. announced the cut in san
francisco YESTERDAY, saying that quite
enough money could De- made az the re-
daoed prices This generosity. or lack of
Gvaricioueness. on tie part ~ the prom0t-
ers is no doubt. one for the public and
two TOR themselves. As "a matter of fact,
a number ~ men who are qualified 20
speak on the subject expressed The opin-
ion On this city yesterday that Rickard and
IDS associates win make more money ar
the new rate than they would al the old
According to present plans. seats Viii he
provided for Thirty thousand persons, ana.
judging from the present interest in the
battle. thirty Thousand persons viii be on
hand even al something above grand opera
prices. lf the seats average So apiece. the
total receipts viii touch $4,000; IL by
chance the average is S2o. the pronts viii
gun close 10 half million dollars. quite
enough money" 10 he sure.
Those interested IN boxing can pick and
choose rhis evening letween The glod