The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-22
What's Doing in the World of Sport
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While 1t may sadden some of the
Cuba and picking up $500 to $500
OF leisure. the report that Havana
people have soured or American play
ers. II the reason given in a dispatch
printed this morning is the correct
one, Is extremely encouraging. 1t
shows that n team finally has gone
to the island and played the game as
1t should be played. giving its best
that should follow when a first class
major league outfit hooks up with d
minor. or semiprofessional club, in Il
series of games. Hitherto this has
not usually been the case. though Nc
Graw made his man pay attention to
condition. 49, cut out kidding on the
ball field. when they went to Havana
a year ago.
There Is a rule in baseball now that
prohibits the winner of a world cham
pionship. or In combination Of it's
members. from playing n barn
storming dates in the fall or winter
following its victory. This is the d.
rect result of Cuban trips of the past.
IN which champion clubs. or others.
hav gone to Havana. and have been
beaten either in the series or in a
number OF their games. The Cuban
teams are good. but nay major league
team should. of course. defeat them BY
a VIDE margin In a run of twelve con-
tests. That they do not is due to the
iact that the Americans pay little at
tention to raining rules. AXE no morn
ing. practice. and generally regard the
series as an outing. This discredits
the major leagues. and gives a false
idea Of American baseball to Cubans.
Until recently. because of the Amer
lean inrasions prior to 1911. Cuba has
believed that it could put a team in
the field capable Of winning the world
championship. And there was no
great reason why 1t should not think
SO. from what it had seen. The dis
illusioningN of the past two winters has
been painful. 1t would seem.
Some time has elapsed since the oil
Observation-Disclosures story, as
sprung by ball PLAYERS trying to force
boosts in their salaries. was good for
much. Everybody knew. as soon as
a player used this one. that he WASH t
on the level. OF late more originality
has been shown. jean Dubuc. the
Detroit pitcher. rather lays over most
OF his fellows. with his statement tina;
he fears he will be forced to quit the
Tigers. because the Union Baseball
league of Paris. France. has offered
him $4,000 per year more than he
asks of Detroit, with a five years con.
tract.
Any man who can dope out a move
stall like this is almost entitled to an;
sum thai he asks. Dubuc. before tn,
season closed. insisted that Detroit
would have to come across LIBERAL,
before he would report in 1918. 1t is
a certainty that he demands not les!
than $4,000 from the Tigers. which
means that he requests the public t;
believe that an unheard Of league il
a country where baseball is Amos
unknown offers him $4,000 or NOR,
per year. and guarantees the sum fol
five seasons And. to make 1t strong
er. he only special qualification tina
Dubuc would have for the berth i
that he speaks French. He is a phi.
cher, and made good only last season
mo- until he comes around and show!
: his steamship ticfets will he frightel
his present employers.
According to a New York paper
Battling Nelson. who is matched t
box ten rounds with Leach Cross a
the Forty-fourth Street Sporting clul
on the afternoon of Thanksgivin day
is bringing his owl gong to be rigyet
at the ringside. Nelson is SO deaf tina
he cannot hear the ordinary bells IL
use at boxing clubs. SO he has pur
chased a huge fire gong that can b
heard above the din Of any crowd"
Many a boxer has learned that
fight was over through having tn
lights turned out on him. but this !
In the ring.