Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-09
PERTINENT COMMENT ON
HAPPENINGS In SPORTDOM
yet the Cincinnati club seems to have
permanently assigned him to that posi-

yet the Cincinnati club seems to have
permanently assigned him to that posi-.
ton.
But one season Of constant play in thai
position may have developed AItizer into
a star player in that position. There i.
no doubt about his having shown grand
form for the Minneapolis team last season
and 1t is not improbable that he will
make good for Cincinnati next season
When here Altizer was shifted from one
position to another and it was so while
he was with Cleveland and Chicago. The
result was that he was Jack of al
trades and master of none.'' 1t was hi.
misfortune to be with losing team then
with which every little mistake mean
havoc, and changes were constantly mad,
In the hope Of bolstering it up. Altizel
under such conditions could not develoI
as he is supposed to have last season
when he was kept in one position from
start to finish of the season.
1t has been source of considerable
surprise that the present writer has
found the wrestling game we'll supported
throughout the entire country. but II
seems that history is repeating itself and
the promoters are again making strenuous
efforts to kill the sport. The Chicago
Tribune takes this fling at the mat-bou,
promoters:
1.-The limit OF human nature seems to
have been reached SO far as the wrestling
~
men promoting the only real winter sport
left to local fans appear to be eager to
kill 1T, judging by their present methods
This winter has been a repetition of last
full of chickering's between managers OF
tOpnotch mat men. A supposedly GOOD
friend of the champion of the world de-
clared the champion never would re-enter
the ring and bestowed his wrestling crown
on another. The ink hardly had dried on
that paper before the title holder declared
hn l,s fv~s@ n,y<t -
transfer the championship. What is there
left to believe? Press agents are PAID
for their services and discharged if they
do not earn their wages. 1t looks as il
this press agent had done his work well
But the public is beginning to read be-
tween the lines. This is what it reads
The man who carries a title needs a LOT
of advertising. There is one hitherto sure
way to get it. Managers begin negotia-
tons for a match. but there must be q
certain amount of dickering and publicity
before it finally is made. after being Ion
klnd on again more times than Finne-
CAMS famous train. The champion has
retired. He cannot be tempted into a
match because of a promise. The public
is told that it is beginning to clamor. The
champion is absolved from his promise
just as theatrical man comes along with
splendid proposition. The champion Is
welcome, exceedingly so. He is and al
ways has been credit to a game which
needs men who will not discredit 1t. But
the promoters who are using these means
to an end are making the mistake of APP
preaching the absolute limit. The same
end could be attained by making a match
promptly and for keeps. The same
amount of advertising would be accom-
plished. The mat fans would be far more
interested than they are by the studied
uncertainty in which they are kept More
money would accrue to the promoters and
wrestlers Give the fans a square deal
all the time and they will patronize al
most anything"