The Washington herald., 1911-01-01
MCBRIDE WISHES LOCAL
FANSA HAPPY NEW YEAR
Nationals Captain Also Predicts Fine Season for 1911
Other Gossip of Timely Interest to
Capital Sport Lovers.
BY WILLIAM PEET.

wishes them all happy New Year. He
also makes little prediction on the size
that our ball club is going To hand oIe
few surprises before the 1911 season
closes.
Mcbride is taking things easy at his
home in Milwaukee. He says he is IN
the best Sof health. and being great
open-air bug. spends many hours Skatirg
and ice boating. Il recreation virtually y
unknown to WashingtonianS.
McBridc's letter and New Years greet
inss follow:
Mr.. William Peet Sporting Editor The Washington
Herald.
Dear Bill: I I'M taking this opportunity in let
ter 70 Sou TO wish The baseball fans al washington
a happy and prcsI>crous New Year also to that
are going TO show them hrst division club IN
1911.
I have been taking ii rasv this winter. Last year
YOU rcnen:lsr 1 took the trip 20 ;hc Coast with the
An-Star hall club. and this jrrnket did not do me
good made up my mind Just as soon as the
closed last fall that l would take real va
caicn tins winter and am Certainly living up TO II.
We Lave lad little snow here in Milwaukee. bot
the c skating has been fine and icr yachting also
rood. IT Is the greatest sport in the world, and l
crly wish Aou were here IL enjoy it with me-
ses t!I,Tc little trading at the American
League meeting and nothing sensational. heard
to train down i'll Atlanta. and from reports
of that city I imagine McAlCcr has landed one OF
tho best places in the South.
dc net Encw much about the men are
In Try out but hopc good material shows. for
il will take very little more strength and then We
will h. light up with the hest Of them next season
Rcmgrlbtr ne to hid E1berfed when you sec him,
and again acorn: ms hcSt wishes for harry New
Year Always ycur friend. GEORGE MCBRIDE
Light-weicht Chamnion Wolsast, with
in tn, last forty-eiSht hours. has been
quoted in three different ways regarding
the challenge of owen Moran. the English
pugilist. First. Wolgast announced that
he will not fight Moran before six months
have elapsed. and will then insist upon
finish contest. Then comes a conflicting
statement to the effect that. having con-
suited his physician. he has been III
formed that he can resume boxing within
n month and that Moran will have to
wait until after WolgaSt has taken on
Mcfarland. n. q. Brown. Lew Powell, or
some other boxer of note. in a ten-round
bout. The latest ultima tum from VOL
g;iSt is made through his manager. Tom
Jones. and sets forth the inforation that
he will not BE- able to put on n boxing
glove for at least TWO months. as the
break in his arm is mendlnS very Slowly.
In the opinion of sporting men. WolGast
doesn't want any part of Moran, else he
would not insist upon meeting Packy Nc
Farland first. Mcfarland, according TO
Wolgast will be allowed to weight ID
pounds a o'clock and Will be taken on
for ten rounds in Milwaukee at. some in
definite time. Browns manager Says ne
has tried in vain TO pin WolgaSt down to
a match.
Wolgast has ignored challenges from
numerous Iight-weiGhts for nearly one
year. but Moran is going 70 lay claim
to the worlds lightweight championship.
acting under precedent. When he ar
rires in Chicago TINS week his manager.
Charles ). Harvey. VIII post a forfeit
and issue chalenge in Moran's behalf
to fight within ninety days. If the for
felt is not covered within reasonable
length of time-say one week-Moran
will claim Wolgast's title and will de-
fend it against all corners.
The news that Hugh Mcintosh has
matched Sam Langford and Bill Lang
TO fight at the Olympia London. on Feb
ruary 16. caused much talk in pugilistic
circles yesterday. II will be interesting
to find out how Al Kaufman and Jack
johnson relish this announcement. If
Langford happens to whip Lang, it is
believed that there will he another Shuf-
fling of the cards. with the Boston tar
baby again making it unpleasant for De-
laHy's California pupil and the big negro
champion. 1t looks very much as if
Langfords manager. Joe WOodman. has
stolen a march Kaufman in getting
a match with Lang. Langford-Lang
fight never could be anything but a great
drawing card, and Woodman figures all
the time that by stopping Lang, the Bos-
ton fighter will then be in a position to
force Kaufman into fight on the other
side. Woodman believes Kaufman will
prove as easy as Lang. and that Johnson
will then be compelled to recognize
Langford
Ban johnson and Garry Hermann, in
control of the national commission, have
openly declared that the Eastern League
and American Association are wasting
time in demanding higher classifications
under the national agreement. If these
minor leagues kick over the traces they
will get all the trouble they want, say
johnson and Hermann. But as a matter
of fact the only trouble that could be
made for these flourishing minor leagues
would be raids on their players. which
naturally would overburden the clubs in
the major leagues with surplus players
and increased salaries The ma jor league
clubs are topheavy even now. with about
thirty. players each, so that in the event
of a break they would not be inclined to
take an additional number. of players
away from the two leagues. Convinced
politics are sure that IL the American
Association and the Eastern League as
sert themselves by Withdrawing from So
called organized baseball 1t will not be
long before their demands are formally
recognized.
Australian newspapers which have just
reached here contain interesting criti-
cisms of Bill Papke and other American
= pu0ilisfs pauke aDDears to have made
poor impression, as his recent defeat on
foul by Dick Smith the Australian
middie-reight champion would seem to-
indicate. When Papke defeated Ed Will
iam In the Sydney stadium the Ameri-
can Was harshH criticised. The sydney
Referee, for instance. SAID: &
s'PApfe II dubbed The Illinois Thunder
bolt N his own country. but fheno FaS- ~
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