Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-16
SPORTING NOTES.

i3NG' 1NSniGr, tNH HdlbN b'Sl'i
boxer who gave Fighting Joe" iy-
land a severe 10-round trouncinS last
week, has been engaged to appear for
10 rounds against Freddie" COrbett,
the hard hitting Philadelphia. in the
principal bout at the Brooklyn Beach
A. G. in New York City. Thursday
night. Both boxers are we'll vcrsod in
ring knowledge and each possesses a
crushing blow.
pal" Moore the Quaker City light
weight. will be in great form on Fri
day night when he meets Bert"
keyes, at the National Sporting club
in New York City. Moore has been
promised a match with the winner 81
the Knockout" Brown Wofgast bout,
and in order to clinch this chance he
must win decisively from Reyes.
Moore has improved greatly since he
last appeared1in New York. He won
easily in Battle with "Matty" Bald
win, and his manager and trainer.
Jimmy De Forest, says he never
was better than he is today. Bert"
keNes is training in New York. He is
taking daily runs around Central Park.
Keyes is confident of victory He
wants a return match with Brown Il
Tor him the last time" he says. Il
expect TO beat Moore and then Brown
Will have to meet me again.
New York and Cincinnati seem to
have the call among the wise ones in
the race for the National League pen
Eant. MI right. Let's hope, for argu-
tnents sake, that the Giants and Reds
10 come strong. Let's admit that New
YORK will be bidder for the gonfalon
Dres that imply that Pittsburg isn't t.
he III the race at al, at all?
Where is New York so much strong
OF than last year" Mathewson?? Yes;
Matty is Matty-the king pin of them
all. But. when We admit this, wo
take exception TO the statement that
youth must be served" etc. Matty is
growing old like all of us, he is grow
ing old even as Hcnus Wagner, Fred
Clarke, Tommy Leach is growing old.
If Hatty is to win the pennant Cor
New York, why shouldn't Wagner, or
Leach, or Clarke win it for Pittsburg"
Certain ones will say that Drucke.
.lmes, Crandall, Wiltse. Doyle. Hrid
w"N, Declin and Mergle are stars. and
that they will play bang-up ball this1
year.
Admitted. All of the papers men
toned are good ones. But how about
pittsburg? Wagner. with the eXcap~
tion of last year. when he performed
r.iserabls, Was always reliable. He
says he win be i'll condition and in
earnest This year-and we believe him.
Hunter is highly recommended as Z
first baseman. Miller promises to hGve
Il good year. and if he doesn't the
Pittsburg club has a man who can and
viii play TIE middle bag as it should
he played--a man who will hit over 27e
and whose presence in the infield will
easily be worth 80 points in batting.
AT third Byrne will be found-satis-
fed and enthusiastic. Gibson. Simon
and Martin will take care of the catch |
ing department. In the outfleld Leach. |
Clarke, Wilson, Bates, Campbell and
carey will suffice.
Definite action has been taken by the
Yale athletic council toward the erec-
lion of a stadium TO supplant the old
wooden stands, which now accommo-
date the enormous crowds at the Eli
football games y subcommittee was
chosen at a recent meeting of the
council, which will look into the mat
ter most thoroughly, and which will
report its ;inding to the council at Il
later date. This committee, it is said.
consists OF Walter Camp. Secretary
Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr., Professor
Theodore S. Wolsey and Henry p. Sar
gent, for the alumni. and the mana
gers Of the football, baseball and row
ing teams for the undergraduates.
There seems to be some strange hoo
600 lowering over captains at Har-
ward and this year it seems likely that
the malady will catch the Yale men.
Two years ago Captain Burr of the
Harvard football eleven, the star
tackle who died recently, was unable
10 play in the Yale game through in
nlries.
II may be now that neither Reginald
Foster nor John Fitzpatrick will be
able TO compete next spring when the
Harvard and Yale track teams take
the field for their final meet. They
are respectively captains OF Harvard
and Yale.
Foster pulled ont a tendon last
spring and that may keep him out ii.
Kilpatrick has been uncertain on the
rack because of football hurts, al
though he has generally arisen to the
occasion. His knee, which bothered
him greatly last season, does not seem
70 have given nim so much trouble TINS
year IN foot bail.