The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-02
ALSO NUMEROUS ERRORS BY EAR
NEST RECORDERS DURING
PAST SEASON.
FEW CORRECTIONS MADE
GENERAL GOSSIP AND COMMENT
CONCERNING CURRENT EVENTS
IN SPORTING CIRCLES, PRO-
rEssI0NAL AND AMATEUR.
BY Jay LENS.

Killed by football accidents, by base
bau games, at hockey, lacrosse. pony
rolo, rowing. cricket. golf and ping
Pong He wishes TO recite to you
how many well known persons In the
world of sports died during the year
and is grievcd II he cannot get the
space TO state other cheerful facts
from the morgue.
Also that some statistical soul
would set forth The champion this.
that and the other---the champion
iatsman, champion swimmer, cham
pion sprinter and the man who set
the new record at holding ones
breath. He Is there with all kinds of
facts for tha baseball ian, from the
number of men struck out by Walter
johnson TO tho name of the last man
tossed out in the worlds champion
series.
Moreover. this man OF facts and
figures would give you the premier
among horsef'esh. automobiles, prize
pups and pugilists. ON the first three
he In apt To be correct but on the
latter he finds with the tariff reforIner
that If fgurs@ cannot lie. liars can
figure. IL puts him at a disadvan-
tage.
Therefore. II any student of the
strenuous lite should fall upon con-
frcting statements in the various
selves of Sunday. concerning WHO'S
Who among the pugiiists. or the cham
Lions of the various classes in box
irg, let him not be discouraged. Rather
/. let him stueg them all, IL being
profitable ami excellent thing to let
alone. Considered properly. the more
he knows about IL. the more he should
let 1t alone--or should be willing 10
Let IL alone.
However for the benefit of the
earnest youths to whom the champion
81 the good old game of seif-defense
and ofense IL hero. few facts
taay not be am ISIS.
There are seven classes more or
less recognized In the boxing game,
the bantamweight. featherweight.
Lightweight. weiterweight. middle
weight. light-heavyweigh and heavy
weight.
The weltcrweight and the light
heavyweight classes are mongreis aud
should not be recognized In exclusive
CIRCLES, the weiterweiRht being prop
erly I'm the middieweight class, the
light heavyweight in the class with
out the distinctive prefix light.
The champions in their various
Classes are: Rantamweight- Jimmy
Walsh, who has defeated Digger Stan
ley. the English champion. This In
spite of the claims ~ Johnny Gnnlnn--
who has never boxed Walsh nor
Stanley. If a not too Inaccurate mem
cry is correct.
Featherweight. Ate Attel,
Lightweight. Ad wolgast
Welterweight, open; claimed by
Harry Lewis. Willie Lewis, Jimmy
Gardner, Mike Sullivan and Jim
Clabby. Ciabby Is regarded as the
best OF the lot. He is now in Aus
tralia.
Middleweignt. OPEN; claimants. Bill
Papke. Frank Klaus Hugo Kelly and
others. Best man. according to rec
ords, Papke. Australian advices say
he lis going back In that event
Klaus should get the title eventually
as Kelly is getting ancient. langford
n IL too heavy for the. middleweight
class. So Is Jack Sullivan.
ght-heavyweight, open. Claimed
by Tommy Brrns. Sam Langford. Jack
2 Sullivan. ct al, Iangford regarded
as the best Of the lot.
Heavyweight. Jack Johnson. No
''white mans hope" IN sight. despite
furious spas.ns by one Corbett, Billy
delaney and a few others.
Having settled the above momen-
tous matter let MS take a fall out %
tho wrestlers ii possible.
Frank Gotch, who said he would
wrestle Hackenschmidt again, SOW
announces he will not. Gotch gives
IA his excuse the one made famous
by an English music hall ditty: My
wife won't let me-.
Unkind persons say that Mr.. 6otch
In merely trying to get up little ex-
element among the ingenious fol-
lowers of the mat game. to help the
box af'loe receipts. Which is some
thing all who know professional wrest-
lers declare to be a mean, low. spite
ini remark. Professional wrestlers.
of course. would never bs guilty of
vaeh oneryNconduct.
Erudite baseball statisticisn raises
his hand to inform the fans that the
A punch hitter is a false alarm and not
worthy of HIS hire. Mr.. Pinch Hitter
had batting average of a mere .1S5
in the big leagues last season. This
4 appears to be an uncalled for jab at
the poor overworked pitcher. who was
looking forward eagerly to the time
: when another player would do all
his batting and base running for him.
Speaking on this subject would 1t
H. nat he n good idea to have two mines
In club, one fielding and the other
! batting: or. as the highbrows put it,
one for defensive and the other for
Offensive work? Then we could have
q game Of real baseball with 10 play
ers engaged. Suggestion il respect
fully offered gratis to the national
commission and all fans as yet I'M
confined In public institutions. The
plan has been worked out carefully
In these latter places. IL reports are
true
That spriGhtiy young golfer Walter
~. Travis. has just won another tour
nAment. College champion, Hunter
did his best but youth would nor be
denied. Attempt to reeigate Mr.
Travis to the cant come back" club
has received deserved rebuke.
Harvard athletic advisers are urg--
ing that Yale agree to the abolition
Of professional baseball. coaching. II
ale moves to amend the proposition
ny offering TO abolish al profess
4 slanal coaches Harvard might with
draw the motion Professional coach.
Jim WrAy. appears 10 be the only
person Harvard can depend upon to
defeat Yale at rowing.
Glorious State Of California Is in