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it some other ambitious club will, so
the Georgia peach is due to receive
a large amount Of kale for his next
seasons work
Again the hard feelings between
England and America because of the
Olympic games hobs up. The English
claim that the Stockholm games were
spoiled by the American "claque
which filled the air with their cheers
The Americans reply by citing the
fact that the English made feeble
and unsuccessful effort to organize
cheer section at the games, but failed
. miserably- One of the American team
adds that the cheering Of the Amerl-
can supporters was drowned in the
sish OF relief when the South African
and not an American won the mara
thOn.
Jack Johnson. recently retired heavy
weight champion of the world, has
been earning on an average of S27SS
since he was a ragged seeker after
honOrs from Tommy Burns, who then
claimed the championship by inheri
lance. johnson recently refused an
it no longer than 80 minutes. As a
high financier johnson has even Ty
Cobb bested- But he is a journeyman
fighter and $1,000 per minute is his
price and not one cent off for cash
In addition to JohnSon's earnings in
the ring he has made several van loads
OF coin in vaudeville and he has sailed
a considerable part of it away despite
the reports to the contrary. Joy riding
and diamonds are his only weaknesses
and both have put him in the jurisdic-
ton Of the court on several occasions.
Just now he is under Indictment for
smuggling diamonds from abroad. and
his arrests for auto speeding are many
and often He owns a gilded palace of
sin, in Chicago, which yields him a
good return on his original invest
ment. Since he has retired, johnson
has assumed the simple life and says
he is going to grow into a benign look
ing Uncle Tom and be the patron saint
OF the black belt IN Chicago
Wild Bill Donovan is being given a
preliminary course of sprouts as scout
for the Detroit Tigers to put him in
line for the managers position which
is to be vacated by Hugh Jennings, by
request of Ban Johnson, at the end Of
the present season. Donovan is now
scouting the minors for likely young
sterS who may be given a tryOut by
Detroit next spring when they start
their preliminary training stunts I'M
der the personal conduct of this same
Wild Bill Of fame
Old Pop Geers continues to drive the
harness winners under the tape and
the old sport seems 10 have all the
cunning left in his driving arms He
is one Of the fixtures of harness horse
racing and has the reputation of
handling more winners than any other
driver who was ever up behind the
naSs-
Indianapolis and the St Louis
Browns are getting theirs at the hands
of the once loyal fans. The support
ers of the two teams in the American
association and the American league
have struck and refused to cheer tDe-r
clubs on to victory when they never
get any nearer to the winged goddess
than the cellar.
1t is the open season for pennant I
winning prophets in both leagues.
The hopes of the New York Nationals |
to establish a record for the greatest I
number Of baseball games won in a /
season, have suffered a shock in the !
last three or four weeks. The chances /
o. equaling the mark Of II6 victories ]
to Sc defeats set by Chicago in 1905
are too slim to be worth considering. {
Only so games remain to be played, So |
that it will be necessary To-: the Giants
to win A ana lose only Is games to !
reach the high water mark.
1t seems more than likely, however,
that the New York team will better its
mark of year ago when it won the Ma J
tiOnal league pennant with a record of /
90 victories and 81 defeats.