The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-27

joined the White Sox in 1901. He was
made manager in 1903. At the end of
the season he was succeeded by Field
cr Jones Then Cal fiirted with the
them until 1910. when the Chicago
baseball league disbanded.
Then 1t was that Cal came back. He
! asked 20. R." Comisky for another
chance. Comiskey sent him south
early in 1911, and Callahan soon
rounded into form.
| He played sensational game right
/ from the start, both in the outfleld and
! a. the bat. Then because of his wise
| Judgment and exceptionsi knowledge
! OF handling players. as well as for his
! business ability, Cal was made man
| ager Of the team when Hugh Duffy
retired.
Cal has sure come back-no doubt
about that.
Matty Mcintyre. the Staten Island
athlete, is another return" Matty
j hit .2s5 with Detroit in 1908, .244 in
/ 500 and .236 in 1910. Then Hugh
Jennings cast him off. Branching out
with the White Sox in 1911, Matty hit
.323, the best average he had ever
made.
| Frank Klaus and Jack Dillon. mid =
dleweight title claimants. will box ten
rounds at the Garden Athletic club,
New York, on May 2.
Jim Flynn. conqueror of Al Kauf-
man and Carl Morris, white hopes"
| originally rated as his superiors. has
reached Hot Springs with Jack Curley,
! his manager, and is conditioning him
sell for his big battle with Jack John
son in Las Vegas, n. NJ, on July 4. .
Jim Corbett, who tried to train JEFF
fries in the ex-champion's memorable
| fight with Johnson at Reno, is also one
of Flynn's handlers. Twenty years ago
Ccrbett surprised the world by de-
feating the then invincible John l..
| Sullivan.
Flynn, I was a bigger longshot
down in New Orleans than you will be
at Las Vegas" said Corbett to Flynn
the other day You remind me of
NV old self Say, Jim. the whole
world, every sporting writer and every
sporting man, even my own father and
ny brothers, said / was fool to fight
John L.
Yes. Corbett. and this is a bad year
for champions" chirped back Flynn.
| 'Papke and Atell have just lost their
crowns, and there is always room for
one mora
Corbett has decided to witness the
battle-something he had said he
wouldn't do all along. Flynn is say
ing little. He and Curley are keep
ing mum and saving wood"
Entries for the fve-hundred mile
| International Sweepstakes race at In
dianapolis, Memorial Day, will close
May ]. There are now enough entries
TO guarantee the race
Manager Dahlen of the Brooklyn
team and Umpire Rigler have had to
pay for the little flsticuff they en-
gagged in at the New York Polo
81 ounds the other day. President of
the National league fined Dahlen 800
and suspended him until May 4. Rig
Ter got off with 500 fine.
Clay Blancke, the sandusKy lad who
will pitch for the Cleveland U. S
League club, is some stickler. He
walked eighty-five miles. from his
home to Cleveland. the other day tC
join the club. He says the exercise
did him good and helped him to get
into shape.
Jack White. the Chicago bantam
| mixed il with Mexican Joe Rivers ou
on the coast a while back. and Jaci
is mighty certain that when AID VOL,
: CAST fights the little greaser on the
glorious Fourth, the champion is go.
ing to have his hands mighty full.
Jack ought to know something abou
it He stacked up against the Mexican
himself not so very long ago and 1
vas quite a while after Rivers landed
| his famous haymaker before Jacl
finally began to take an interest in life
! again.
Wolgast is going to get $4,000 70,
his end. and Rivers $500. The!
will meet before Tom McCarey's clul
at Los Angeles. Then, too. the cham
pion says he's going to bet him $1,000
to 100000, whichever amount sound
best at the time, on his chances. He
willing, he says, TO give odds OF 10 I,
8.
! He ought to find plenty Of takers
| for out on the coast they're dipp-
| about Rivers. Everybody dismisse
JOe's defeat by Johnny Kilbane with
shrug of the shoulders and with tn
| remark that it was a f1uke Anyhow
Joe is heavier now, and much strong
| Ell. and there really isn't any reason
| Why that Kilbane matter should b.
chalked up against him.
II 1t should be a rather charminj
| battle while ii lasts. this Fourth O
JULY affair. Both boys love to mix. an,
| whoever gets the first big wallop owe
gets the big hand and the accompany
1 AAit dNDIstlIOU
III Wolgast will stay at Los Angelo
/ until about May 3, when he will hik
/ back to the old homestead in Cadillac
II Mich, there to put on the finishing
4 touches for the defense of his crown.
III Charlie White, Of Chicago. membe
Il OF the fighting White family an
II brother of Jack, is so sure he ca
II whip Champion Kilbane that he an
nounces he's ready to back himself {
the amount of $1,000.
I'LL IF Jimmy Wallingford Dunn. XII
II bane's manager, ever gets wind of II
II he's likely to give Charlie a chanc
to show the color of his kale. Xii
bane has handily shaded White twic
in limited length affairs. and thinks h
has the Windy City boys number.
Leach Cross. Gotham lightweight. i
dentist The other night he Tough
Tommy Murphy, and in outpointin
Tommy, he landed several wallops {
the face which undid a few of Muir
II phys teeth. Cross was so eIated owe
his victory that he wrote his opponen
II letter, offering to fix the damages
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