Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-22
BY J. ED GRILLo.

1t begins to look as if the New YORK
boxing commission were :rs:ng to serve
good purpose. The commission has
taken cognizance of the Attell-Brown
fake the other night and is making an
investigation. If it is proved that the
fighters had prearranged the affair both
will be barred from further appearance
in any ring in New York-a proper pun
ishment to mete out to such culprits.
But the establishment of guilt ought to
carry with il more severe punishment.
Not only should they be barred i'm New
York hut in every city i'm the country.
| thus virtually putting takers on; of bust
ness.
.tueli. of course. is Offering all sorts of
excuses for his showing. He claims ne
was i'll when he entered the ring ana
could not exert himself. but unfortunate
ly his past is against him. for he has
faxed on innumerable occasions.
Before spring Attell is to meet Johnny
Il ilbanc out on the coast for the title. and
on such occasions he is never handi-
carped by any indsposition But that
fight should never come off if il Is proved
that he faxed with Brown tho other night.
That new outlaw league is indeed in a
dilemma. Its progress is hampercd just
now because there are SO MANY men with
money wanting to get into il that those
in charge have not decided on the selec-
tons. 1t is the only institution which
has ever suffered in that way. and II
would not he at all surprisini, III the
entire proposition would fall through be-
cause of the clamor Of wealthy men to
become identified with the movement.
1t is not a difficult matter to arrange a
base ball circuit during the winter All
it requires is a pad of paper and lead
oil hut comes VOI
opening the gates whole lot of other
things will have had to be done.
The new league will. of course, be
turned down by the national commission
when it makes its application for men,
bership. If there were demand Tor an
other ma jor league the chances are tnat
leagues like the American Association
and International would b" given INC op-
portunity TO EXPAND. But there - no ue
mand for another league. All cities are
we'll supplied with ball clubs, ana solhe
of them do not even support what they
have
And il would take some money to make
a successful fight against organized pase
hall. 4 hundred thousand dollars wouid
not be drop in the buckle, 10 run sineIe
club. The ball players alone would COST
more than that They would want long
torn, contracts of the ironc!ad variety,
which would give them their money wheth-
er they were a BILE to play or not, and the
denapd for advances would De so great
that a fortune would have to be paid out
before a single game was played IL
might of course, be possible to establish
a,other league for comparatively little
money. but such league would hardly
furnish competition to the present major
organizations.
Of the several new managers who Will
hreak into the major leagues this spring.
lake Stahl who will have charge Of the
Roston Red SoN. will undoubtedly have
the best chance to make showing. Stahl
will have a strong team under him. and
the fact that he will greatly improve one
position which he covers himself is going
70 make a great difference in the teams
showing providing Stahl has the ability
10 handle ball team Next to Stahl.
Harry Davis seems to have fallen into a
lucky spot. for like Stahl. Davis has been
handed a ball team which should not be
out. of the race next season. But because
of the superior speed OF the Red SoX, and
the fact that ii seems possible to inject
a good spirit into that team. Stalll seems
to have the better of the argument with
his rival in the Ohio town. and the end
of the next campaign should bear this
out.
AS for Wolverton. he hasn't much of a
ball team unless some of the youngsters
New York has picked up develop into
stars. So far as ability is concerned he