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Football is to get a knockout blow
in Texas this winter, it is said. A bill
will be introduced in the Legislature
making 1t a crime to play the game,
and this bill has already been in
dorsed by about half a hundred lsgs
islators.
Close students of footbatll say the
East and the West are likely to split
in another year and play under diff
ferent rules. The forward pass is
making the trouble. Eastern football
experts don't like the forward pass,
while in the West the play is very
popular. The western members of
the football rules committee wanted
to split last winter, but were per-
suaded to keep on another year.
John Camel, who managed the
Cincinnati Reds several years ago,
and who piloted the Rochester team
ITO three pennants in four years, is
being talked of as manager of the
New York Yankees for 1913. CAMEL
is anxious to return to hte major
leagues as manager.
Patsy Fiaherty, whose last major
league engagement was with the Bos-
ton Braves, is a candidate for mama
ger of the Elmira team of the New
York State League. Billy Sullivan Of
the Chicago White Sox also put in a
bid, but later withdrew it.
Though the New York Americans
will train in Bermuda, it will in no
sense be O winter baseball stunt, as
it is not planned to go to the islands
before March /.
Being manager of a baseball team
affects q mans batting eye. at least
in ST. Louis. While Bobby Wallace
was manager of the ST. Louis Amer
leans Stovall was hitting over the
300 mark, while Wallace was bare
ly above 200. Just as soon as Stovall
took charge his batting eye failed
him, and he finished last season lower
than at any time in years. On the
other hand Wallace picked up and
batted close to .250 which is some
points higher than he batted while
manager
Should Horace Fogel be forced Out
of the ownership of the Philadelphia
Nationals, he can get $4,000 for an
inside story on the baseball trust.
says a Philadelphia report.
Captain Harry Smith, of the Tigers,
returned from a hunting trip to An
dover ON Saturday and reported that
a hve-day search failed to reveal
much in the line of game. The hunt
ers have evidently combed that region
clean.
Joe McGinnity, ex-manager of the
Newark Club, returned to Newark
Saturday. He has an option on the
Tacoma Club, which it was reported
he will manage, but he has not yet
exercised his privilege.
The immediate future of Mr.. Joe
Tinker, Chicago Cub shortstop, is
shrouded in mystery. Tinker wanted
to De manager of the Cincinnati Reds
but President Murphy, of the Cubs,
and Garry Hermann, of the Reds
couldn't come to terms. Murphy
wants Nap Rucker, the Brooklyn
star twirler, and would like TO ex-
change Tinker for him. 1t is said,
however. that President Ebbeta
wouldn't exchange Rucker for two
or three Thinkers.
America will be overrun with for
eign boxers this winter. A few OF
them who are out after our money
are Bombardier Wells. champion
heavyweight of England; George
Carpenter, the French lightweight
champion, with whom Billy Papke
wiped the earth last month; Charles
Ledoux, French bantam. and Eddie
Morgan, Welsh bantam. who is the
only star of the lot.
Tom O'Rourke has been offered a
guarantee of $1,000 with the privilege
Of percentage for AL Palzer to box
Luther McCarty at San Francisco.
O'Rourke and Palzer will leave for
California after Palzer's bout with
Tony Ross at the Olympia on Friday
night. -