New-York tribune., 1911-01-11
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Frank Gotch to Return for Just
One More Bout.
BRlDE-TO.BE CHANGES MIND
Yankees to Report for Warming
Up Work at Hot Springs
on March !.

The latest word from the mysterious
West and the more mysterious Frank Gotcn
would be little short OF amazing IL per
sistent and unscrupulous press agents were
not so plentiful The story goes now tha'
Farmer" Burns. thinking It was April l.
gracefully tossed the mantle OF FRANK
Goteh, as representing the heavywelgh'
wrestling championship, over the WILING
shoulders OF Mahmout as a huge JOKE
Gotch does not Jump into print and spol
II ali No! No! The publicity was not Wei
come
He did hasten 10 advise Hackenschmidt
and some OF his more intimate friends'
however, that he still treasured the ute OF
the opportunity Il afforded for adding 10
his farm lands in Iowa, which accounts
for the fact that Mahmout was not delugeo
with challenges for the title, so coveted oy
mat men and in such easy reach.
But this is not all The strangest part
is sim TO come. Gotchs bride-to-be has
changed her mind. a most unusual thlng
for a woman TO do. For the sake OF man
ing her wedding trip "a tour OF the ouI-
lesoue and vaudeville circuiD the ihuIe
profitable she has consented reluc'a.uS
enough 10 let the champion come hdcE TOT
.iust one more bout after forcing olm
only ten days ago to withdraw his oher 10
vrestle the man who would stake S2OVOO
IN real American money on the outcome.
II onlv remains now for match 10 be
made between Gotch and Hack with
great bla~e Of trumpets. Then each can
take 10 the stage and wax fat as the
sbekels pour into the box Offices AS
10 the bout with a worlds championship
az stake. Oh, that can be pulled on at
leisure, when fresh impetus Is needed
20 lure more wrestling fans" TO the vaude-
vile and moving picture houses.
ARRANGEMENTS were completed yesterday
for the spring training trip Of the New
York Yankees Two series Of dates have
been scheduled which include twenty
seven games. The squad. will be divided
into two teams for it's trip northward after
the tryout at Athens Ca, the first contest
70 be played on March ..
The Veterans will report at Hot Springs,
Va. on March / and remain there until
about the 18th before going 10 Athens.
Among those who will go to the Virginia
resort are the following: Sweeney Blair,
Walsh. Ford Quinn, Warhop, Vaughn,
Fisher Caldwell, Reville, c1ase, Gardner
Laporte. knight, Austin. Roach, johnson,
Elliot Daniels, Cree, Hemphill and Wolter.
Duke" Farrell will gathere the recruits
together at Athens on March 9. These in
clude Bailey, Jube and Kauff, outhelders;
Williams a catcher; Mcclure McGrenier
and Abeles pitchers and Leitcher an in
fielder
The exhibition dates Off the first team
follow: March q and % Atlanta; March 29'
Birmingham. Ala; March 30, Chattanooga,
Tenn. and March 81, Nashville, Tenn; April
J. 2 and 3, Cincinnati April 4, Columbus;
April and 6, Indianapolis; April and 8,
Wilkes Barre, and April 10 Scranton.
The second team will play the following
games: March 25, q and q, Richmond, Va;
March %. Newport News; March 80, 81 and
April /. Norfolk, Va; April and 4, Bal
timore April 5, Trenton; April and Z,
Jersey City, and April s. Princeton.
Hitting is very largely luck. So is
fielding. one man has more natural abil-
fly than another and one man has more
luck than another. ! have been one Of the
lucky ones"
So says Hans Wagner, the batting demon
and fielding marvel Of the Pittsburg
Pirates. in what is said to he his first real
interview. The famous Dutchman, who
has been terror 10 so many pitchers
and who has headed the batting list time
and again. is modest. to say the least,
This man on whom the tickle GODDESS has
smiled so long is quoted further as say
ing:
This baseball game is mighty uncertain
thing. 1 have been given credit for doing
things any man could have done had he
been as lucky as 1 was Take the matter
or hitting, for instance. Some men hit bet
ter than others, but they are the lucky
ones know of times when L would have
given finger TO have been able to pro-
duce a hit. and when the best could do
was 10 make an easy out Then there are
times when a nit wasn't needed when have
slammed rte ball TO the furthermost corner
of the lot. It's luck, tell you"
Incidentally, "Honus' says that the
Pirates will "come back this year and
that their failure last season was due TO
overconfdence. Funny he did not add and
a lack Of luck"
"Packy" Mcfarland. the boxer. who is
likely 10 fight Freddie Welsh In England
some time next month, Will arrive here
this morning with his camp followers on
the Twentieth Century Limited. He will
be seen In one or more ten-round bouts at
the Fairmount Club unless plans go astray.
D. A. Fletcher. the discredited promoter
of third major league, is optimistic. His
latest pronunciamento comes from Pitts
burg. 1t says: II have interested moneyed
men in this city. The new league will be
launched in 1912 and will be strictly an all
ttar organization" Sounds like Fletcher,
GUIITY OF REOETVTNG BETS