The Alaska citizen., 1911-03-13
The Sporting World

t'A-HHE .iA"F , NflEtA NltSbtlS bl rlo country. wants 10 set himself ril.t.
 A various times have been quoted and pretty much misquoted 90, tn my apiui ns of Frank Gotch and Goorg. Hackenschmidt. and wish tul would set me right from my own hand | don't want the public TT ci'hsr of the men men toned 10 ri-uudcrsrnd me.
 One prominent paper said was EIu. king GotCh. Another said I mus have fusscd with him. because last year I said he could beat any man in the world and now say rha' Ha,kenSchmiit is the great ,>'
 To begin with | never knocked Gu.ch in my life. but on the con t~3ry have had nothing but pleas ant things @ say about him. When I said | thought Gotch was the best wrestler in the world l told the truth. l think right now that he is the mo~' scientific wrestler in the world
 Since have met Hackenschmidt however have become convinced thai the I.i-n's' weight and strength would win against any amount of sCicn," known to Gotch or any other wrestler. That simply is my oriuien. and surely l am entitled 70 tna' By ir mean no slam al the champion He is wonderful performer. game man and a gentlemen.
 Nov. however. l will express an urini H. and in doing so will say that ' iS backed up and agrees with the opinion of al least four out cf every five men l met who are quanf.d to speak intelligently. If Go.eh really means 10 wrestle once more for his title. the man for him to mtc, is George HackensChmidt, who, so far a. l have been informed never lost q single fall to his shoul- d,rs in his entire career. GOtch has thrown all the remainder of us. and none has the cnviablc record and standing hat the Lion possesses -
 "Patsy FIaherty. th" veteran south uaW who has seen service with anoa, half of the Ii big league clubs i5 he only slabman in captivity who struck out batter on two pitched balls All the fans know that Fiaherty is the owner of the trickics. mofirn of them all. Base summers seld m gay when Patsy is Cn he job. as ii is suicidal to attempt to get a h,C lead on him.
 Steve Evans. the Cardinals right fielder is the gent who served as the fall guy the afternoon Flaherty pulled his stellar ' rformance of striking out batter on two pitch cd ban-. r was in game in Phil a'e'uhia last summer. Skipper Charley Do~in picked Patsy up in wi1season. and he hucked the Car dinals in enc cf his early shows with 'ho Phillies. Evans swings from the If
 When Evans faced Flaherty for the frs time Patsy gave him the best he had. as Ed Kcney had pre- vious1v laced him for One-spot. and he wanted 10 get the left-hand bit Y. Steve missed the first two Flahortv served uD bv foot. Next Patsy 'ried 10 pick Koney eff first. The ins'ant he whipped the hall over to Bransfcld Evans dropped his bat and prOcce'ed 70 beat il back to th- Cardinals bench.
 N llH' = no l'd ter 'Olllt bd' IA here shouted Cmuire klem. who was calling the strikes. 'Flaherty onlv has two strikes on YOU, Steve.
 "'YOu're blind was Evans reply tO the arbitrator. I swung three tines
 "'Quit kidding vcurself.' stated Kim. 'Flaherty only pitched two balls
 'Yes.' chirped back Evans. But remember when he whipped the ball over 10 Bransfield. Well, l swung at that one, too
 NEW YORK. Jan. 2S. Pop" Anson. who won almost internarion- al fame as the efficient city clerk of Chicago under the Dunne admin iStratiOn. but who has found a great deal Cf time to play baseball, made his second annoarance on any staoe al the New York Theater last night The program was testi- monial 10 William H. Wood, and the veteran was announced as mak- ing his first appoarance, which he haetened 10 correct.
 This is my second" he said, proudly Years ago the late Charles H Hovt wrote a play for me. He called it "The Runaway Colt" It didn't run very far. I remember Mir. Hovt rushed into my dressing room after the first performance and erasnad my hand. He said that af- ter seeing me as an actor he was strenothened in his oDinion that l was the greatest baseball player he ha1 ever known
 Pm doing this because I need the money. That's on the suuare. need the money. I've got all there is out of politics and billiards. and I've eo+ 10 find something else. My contract here is a funny one. Pm heino nad hv the lauoh: for a gig gle get s1 for laugh s5: for a scream. s1n. and for a round of arrlauce s95."
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 Charles Hovt was a proat base ball fan" said "PoD" While at a game in Chicago he saw me bluff an umnira into chaneine his decis- ion Af+cr the game he told me that had more nerve than any a play on me With his ability and my nerve. he said, we were sure to sTcCCei But we didn't. l
 SD ~aking of baseball players Pop" said: There's Johnnie Evers. Evcrs has done more to make second base famous than any man in the game-that is, with the possible ex,