The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-26

out fhe why and wherefore rf every
 thing pertaining fo the game. says
 Otto Flotp. l was in Chicago uuf
 long az and af enc ot the cafes
 where th, players are iu the habit
 Of gathering. inc discussion came up
 wh! Washington and St Luui, gen
 erally have 'ali-end teams. r Was fin ally figured cut tha, the oppressive
 heat in those places Saps all the vitality out of Inc player
 T have heard this story before. but the ian who told if this time in
 sisted ,ha, he had talked with Jesse
 TauuchilI and that Tam hill had told him such was fhe ease. Tame hill said. T never believed ir until ]. l went there. and then l found 1 what they had been saying fo be
 tue" You will ask why it does mol affect thc visiting teams. T. does.
 but they are there only for three 3r fuur days when they get oH' of the
 climate. and it does uor take ,hc
 same hold om them that il does on
 the Washington players with he lonG stretch Ot game, al home.
 Whether what Tanuchjii says is
 true ,r not. al any rate We must all admit that the Stuatora have mad
 some sweet classy players ou their
 teams. and vet finish in thr second i division d. regular aS ci i.ckWurk. There is Somc'hing wrong ~.mcH here.
 There Was uuly one Euby Robert
 Ffz,immons Only one GaWky
 blacksmith. who. a rl'- age o1 %". went ,u, and Won a worlds cham
 piouship, and for five years sue . ccsslullt defended il, old Bob sci q record that will probably stand | F j all time in the archives ut h-tianu
 FirZ was 'hc Mmc BrruharIt of ] tightdom Aee did uot leave any de ] fleets upon him and he Wa h@hriug great battles when other men were past the meridian ol their years 1 The freckltd kangaroo" established d goal that fighters of the present day Will never be able tu DoHch There are few old glove ramn. r. ill the ring today The rusty arms ! of antiquity have r}ideurIy Geeu consigned to their propr. pIap, ! rhe junk mans back yard. Age oU,. small figure With the oNpouch's rl the manly ar of pummcliH4 Youth iS king. and d mans proficiency r. not gauged by his years because all ol the children ot The God of Fis,i- cuffs ar" pretty cQuitahly matched ] in this regard.
 1 In the hit and gel away game | today man past %o is rated IL being oil the decline rt his powers.
 He is looked Hpau iu ,iH& circles lh. same as all urDu2vuariau. Such d man has uor a chance of ever as- ccndins tu the title. although one does hold uua now Jack ] hn- son. But Jack ia an rNcepri.n.
 Only five fighrerr who are now making their living by sticking gloves iHo an opponent features are over 30 They az Jack Johnson. Cyclone Johnny Tn mp~on Mike and Jack ! Cfwinl sullivan aud J.jH Flynn. only two are 3o ,Icm DriSroN anl Rudolph t'nhrz
 or those past the acknowledged period of decadence, Cyclone Johnny Thompson k the oldest sycamore. H., was the first training quarters of the cyclone one thirly-fye years ago. Thompson is the ldcsl fighter of the present time. However. he didn't start as early as some of his competitors and has only Lern in active conflict nine years
 Queer angle conn cted with he 1 Cyclones history A lightweight and welterweight until &5 he turns iutc a light heavyWcighr, hcfr registered al lGl pounds.
 Next to Thompson k the cham pon Johns Il. The negro has parti- cipated in the sorrows and joys of mundane existence for rhirty-four years Johnscu has come the cl s- est to Fitz's record He Was 32 when he w>n lEc title from Tommy Burns
 The two anliWared hald-headcd twins Mike and Jack ClWinJ Sulli- van, rank neXt in order in the list. Jack has been stopping cross-counters and moving his hands in faultless rhythm for nearly thirteen years Mike is the junior twin or the ring sport. He only took up the game in earnest in 1901, when the fame of his brother began tu permcate his being.
 Jim Flynn the Pueblo fireman, is 32 years Cf age. The fight game has known him for nine years Flynn 1 is the last of millerS over the one score and ten
 Following are the ages of the other oldest ring celebrities of today showing positively that youth is dominant: Owen Moran, 2; Tommy Murphy, 2G; Harry Lewis. 25: Willie Lewis 2; Abe Attell, 27; Tony Ca poni, %; Hugo Kelly. 2S; Fighting Dick Nelson. 2S; Jack RcdmCnd. 27; , Battling Nelson, 29; Jcm Driscoll. 30; Rudolph Cnholz go.
 SPRINGFIELD. Ky. April 2i- Maud $, the famous rrotter. owned by the late George M Stcarns. was shot to death yesterday. as provided for in Stearns' will. Maud < was 8 years old and blind.
 RepOrt of game between the SWampy Reds and the Hilltop Greys at liuckins Corners. Clay county. MoD
 When Ham Bunker stepped up to the Pan, with the sacks Loaded and Put the Wood on that Pill kiss ing il 10 the Right Shadows. the Gang went Nutty. It was no Texas l.easuer, but clean Smash, good for three Bags easy and of Southpaw finger al that
 But old boy Ham could Pole that Splitter some with that Pill Destroyer of his and he was some Speed Merchant on the Paths.