The evening world., 1913-10-24

The New York World.
THB revolutionary IDEAS OF oustavus
T. Kirby on amateurism will |
= shake the Amateur Athletic Union
TO ets foundation. Ills utterances. in |
which he fnvors contests between ANA
teure and professionals. como Al = time
when the other big men OF the union |
cwVr which ne pres.des are trying 10 |
establish an amateur status In this |
co>sntry that neither England nor any OF !,
tho other nations can question. Tho Brd- !
tons. st3li smartinR under the wailopine |
hooded them In tho stadium at Stock
HON, Wi mako a lot out Of Mr.. K,rbys |
rsEnaSa<A Even now every critic In |
Eoaand - busy writing or.doians on
or way Of doing things N amateur |
ataalstacs. They win donounes he anna
tsur statue OF our athletes n harsher |
tssms than ever before
mot n is not likely that 1fr. Kirbys
III idens will be adopted By the oon-
trolling body. Several ysars ago
n plan OF this mind was suggested but
IL Aroused such loud protest. that no |
hday dared bring n up Until We heard /.
from tho pres,iens OF che A. A. u. |
Jatnes E. sullivan Will probably have |
sotnctil1ng TO say now. He WI oppose |
Z, as strongly 40 wal sv1sv head Of TIE |
different associations throughout ne |
country. Ths college would ooe tolerate
anything that has the siAGheeGe faint Of
professionalism.
nN1IY 0rB0oN says - VA soon ~
n tire from the boginG eamA That
II no will ssvsS Ill his connections
az . promoter. 0dhoon. howsvsr. will
always be a dsvotss Of ens glove game.
Pressure OF other ousinees oompels
lilo, 20 step ont. when he sstarss. which
VII be next sprins. ne gams WIN lose
its strongest supporter. He won the
reputation Of being the 0Quarase man In
, the game simply oscauss h would not
tolerate anything that was not on tho
level. and always Jaw 70 & mat the
public was not Hoodwinked
THE past few days have developed
q rich crop Of baseball, rumors.
First We had Konotohy coming
here from ST. Louis in exchange for half
OF the Giant team. Tho amusing part
Of this report. which was apiked by
Manager MoGraw. IL that IN 81. Louis
they still insist that tho Deal Is under
way. McGraw. as Is the way OF base
ban manager. denies that he Ia going
TO Grade Rube Marquard for Tyler. the
young pitcher from Boston. There ~
more 10 the MnrGuard deal than to any
OF those mentioned since tho season
closed. Marquard gave the New York
club q heap o. trouble las. spring. II.
didnr come into the fold until shortly
before the season opened, and this
meant that the Giants didn't have much
Of his services unit! the season was
wen under way. As /, happened Mar
guards holdout methods did not hurt
much. as the Giants won the pennant,
But the New York club officials. and
Mc0raw IN particular. did no, like Mar.
luard's demands and actions duriny the
time he was touring the country IN
vaudeville
- RANAGER MGRAw never had any
M use for = player who backed IN
"ve tho spring, He doesn't want q
man around who might break up I'M
Discipline OF his Organization. Some peo
I ole still believe that the little leader 81
'hs Giants harbors a grievance tina
sTeW Out III tbEnttlluS lnd' Hhp.'il''
that cold day IN Boston n little NOR,
than q year ago when the Giants were
about 10 start the final game nSa'ns
the Boston Red Sox. Marquard was th'
man slated 10 pitch IN that final s'rus
gle. But Matty was compelled to worl
" at the last minute. We are told tina
Y Marquard complained Of the cold oi
,at eventful day McGraw never ha,
my use for man who rot chill
.s'' when Important work wac TO be done
IN Cleveland. which In Johnny XII
bane's home town. they say he IL
practical man and doesn'. take an
n chaaces with his title OF featherwelgh
W champion. Yes, Kllbane IL a practica
business man. Any time he thinks h
Is In danger OF losing his title he doesn'
box. When he can be Induced to az
pear he compes the other fellow I
give him practically all the money
makes him get down 10 the feather
weight limit and then insists that Il,
as champion, should be permitted
box at catchweights, Yes. Johnny X
bans IS practical man. lie is nor
Than that.
Packey Mcfarland was talking ~
other night about knockouts. lie insist
that he doesn't believe they are ne,
essary IN ring encounters To prove on
mans superiority over another, II wa
criticised for not knocking Tommy Mu
ply ont In our California fight and
honestly admitted ! couldn't have don
20 u ] had wanted TO- Then Al Wo
east. ono OF my critics. the Michlga
Fat-hirn- alive Wildcat, tried 10 do
and got a bad licking from "MurIh.
Me- kaid Packoy. II never try
knock anybody out
Just then somebody reminded Packe
~ - had knocked out Jack Goodwin
rsW16t" replied Packey. accidents W!