Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-29
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

The unexpected has happened to AID VOL
CAST. The former lightweight champion
has been forced to lower his colors.
Unfortunately, his defeat was not clean
cut, a foul blow ending the battle. VOL
the attack of appendicitis with which he
was stricken about a year ago. The
fact that he lacks the stamina to go
a long route proves this, and the chances
are that he will never regain the recuper-
alive powers which a fighter needs.
There were rumors before the fight that
Wolgast had not trained faithfully, and
the outcome of the contest proved that
these stories were well founded. Barring
Jack Johnson. who, however, seems to
have been eliminated from the pugilistic
game, there appear to be no fighters
right now who stand out in their respec-
tive classes. Not one of the so-called
champions have any assurance of hold
ing their titles if they become active
in the ring. AS a whole, the present
crop is a rather bad lot. and is not to
be compared with the title holders of a
few years back. With Johnson out Of
consideration, the heavyweight class
seems to have poorer material than ever
before. and there are no signs that there
will be any Improvement in this division
for some time to come.
The refusal of Murphy to live up to a
verbal agreement which would have
given Tinker to Cincinnati may force
Garry Hermann to appoint Frank
Chance to manage his ball team. 1t now
seems certain that Tinker will be re-
tanned by Chicago, in which event Herr
mann will have no one but Chance to offer
the position to. The latest break on the
part of Murphy is very apt to cause a lot
more trouble in the National League
There was a chance Of Murphy's part in
the Fogel scandal being overlooked, but
now that he has once more SHOWN ms
hand he, like Fogel, will likely have to
stand an investigation and like Fogel he
may be barred from the councils of the
league.
Chance undoubtedly will prove more
valuable man at the head of the Cincin-
natl team than Tinker, for the reason
that he has a long and successful career
as a manager, while Tinker would be
nothing more than an experiment. There
is no reason why Chance should not be
just as capable now as he was during
the many years that he had the Cubs in
charge. He may not be able to play any
more. but there is no question about his
Unless the deal goes through Tinker
will retire from the game. He seems to
be in earnest about his threat, because it
is readily to be seen that he has no inten
ton of working under Evers and is par
ticularly anxious to get away from Muir
ply. Tinker predicts that the Cubs will
go all to pieces under Evers and Muir
phys regime and that he does not want
to be a member Of the team when the
final blOw-of comes.
Swaps in the American League are go
ing to be few and far between this winter.
1t looks like cinch that every one of the
first three teams will stand pat and the
others have little than they can make
advantageous trades with. Boston. of
course. is not going to make any changes,
though it was rumored for while that
Buck O'Brien would be sold or traded to
three players for Outfielder Daley Of the
coast and is through so far as any deals
are concerned. Washington has no trades
to make. Griffith intends to stand pat
with lis team. the only changes possible
comi' rom the development of one of
the Jus youngsters he is to try out
in : ring. Griff does not believe in
tra0 .nyway. He says it is cheaper
and n uch more satisfactory to go out
and buy a player when he is needed. SO
that all the chance club takes is with
the money 1t pays and does not weaken
its team by letting out players who
might become useful.
There is no doubt now that Tom Lynch
will succeed himself as president of the
National League. That the league was
unanimous in it's stand with Lynch in
the Fogel scandal would indicate that
the club owners are we'll satisfied with
his administration and that there Is no
concerted movement to run some other
candidate against him. Some day the
National League will wake up to the fac.
that it is good policy to elect a capable
man for the presidency for a number of
years.
These one-year terms are not salts