The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-02-04
Sideline Remarks
on Sport Topics

| on Sport Iopics|
II BY J. L.
Semi-professional bali is not gain
ing in popularity and profit in Chi
cago. Jimmy Callahan is ready to
return to big league company ana
atggs Donahue will try for first base
on the White Sox. IL Jiggs fails to
make good. nere's a chance for some
club to pick up two sterling young
sters
Hugh Fullerton pays his respects to
Charles Webb Murphy in a column
long article in a sporting paper. He
accuses him of cheating the public
in the matter of peddling worlds Sc
rles tickets through spectators. He
declares that checks sent to pay for
tickets were stolen and the senders
never got tickets or the checks back
He also says the checks were cashed
and somebody close to the Chicago
club, and 1t wasn't Frank Chance, got
the money He concludes with these
words:
CiAall man IitIIHldfu charges ul-
I rectly that persons connected with
the Chicago club cashed checks with
out sending tickets to the signers of
those checks. He states positively
that Secretary McRoy was not in
! yoived, bat that the trouble cama
/ from checks sent tn the Chicago Ma
tional League club. not to the repre-
| sentatives OF the commission
The Chicago public il weary of
| continual scandal of the petit larceny
4 brand. II does not care whether Muir
4 ply or Hermann or Thomas or John
| son is to blame.
( The public is weary of scandal
Ergo; The public is weary of Chas
w. Murphy.
HUGH :. FULLERTON"
! 1t Is up to Mr.. Murphy to explain
| or sue for libel
Charlie Meegan, who holds forth in
/ New York, takes whack at the
wrestling game after this fashion:
/ There is a scandal brewing--in
/ TACT it is already brewed and is about
to serVe--in the wrestling game that
( will put that sport on the blink again
and Will probably show up in an ,in-
enviable light a couple of our philan-
thropic sport promoters, who until
now. have never been suspected of
being capable of stealing pennies from
off the eyes of a dead man. The ex-
plosion is likely to occur any day
now, and somebody will be buried
deep in the debris when 1t comes Off
Double dealing. double crossing
! breach of faith and few other
shortcomings usually connected with
projects managed by these promoters
will be charged and proved. Letters
kilograms and contracts will be
brought 10 light that may give sports
men an idea of how they are fire.
quently made the fall guys for a
bunch of corrupt promoters Wres-
tiers who have never won a match
and promoters who have never won a
fight will figure largely in the lime
light when the proper times arrives
And It's almost due" .
Sounds as If Meegan had his grid
die and a quick fire ready.
Maybe the wrestlers referred to are
the same who offered to come to
Richmond and pun off anything from
a. real bout to a fake and double
| cross.
From the foregoing one would
gather that sport for sports sake is a
thing Of the past but the fact is
tHat SpoiI was never ON Il
| sauaFer basis than-it is to-day. The
public and the men who write about
1t. in the majority OF cases, will not
stand for anything else.
Exception may be taken to the
| statement above and the Reno affair
l.cited as. an example, Yet 1t can be
said emphatically that were there any
proof by which that business could
be cleared up. it would be no mystery
in twenty-four hours.
Amateur athletics were never in a
more healthy condition. Eligibility
rules are becoming more strict every
year. In college circles these rules
| work hardships on the smaller insti-
tntions, 1t is said. but. nevertheless. ii
Is for the good OF the majority and
all the colleges recognize this. Still
a little more liberal policy, especially
toward summer baseball and the
freshman rule In the small institu-
tons would not be amiss.
A word of praise should be given
| Richmond College and the gallant eff
fort being made there to boom track
athletics. The boys have taken hold
| In fine style and are doing their best
to form team that will be a credit
! to Richmond as well as the college,
Coach Hagaman expects great
things of his relay team. and when
+! II is given out that the men are run
ming quarter miles under SIS seconds
| his expectations are well founded.
| Time like that on furlong track Is
some speed. To be sure. 1t Is not of
the record breaking order. but 1t gives
| promise OF better things.
1t is too bad that Captain Taylor
Is lost to the team through death in
his family. but this should not and
undoubtedly will not discourage the
boys. When they hold their invita-
ton meeting. which now is set for
April 10, according to present infor-