The chronicle=news., 1913-03-01

lea next month. Lew h,iachcr or
Philadelphia. will look after I'll" nj
fairs OF I."douN. The last Tine th.
hard. but hardly mad. enough To
cover expenses.
Tn. Marlin. Tex. rans rendered
III. Giants III" annual "iiSh fry" on
their rest Iay after htrcLuuus pgac-
'l'", Him Thorp. went hunting ni''
"r iuck. accompanied by Dav" Rob
.g'son aud - Marlin yuunrs'"r.
William Joh VIII referee til. Ia
round bout between Pack.y Mcfar-
land aud lack l.rit;oh on Match /.
Mcfarland and l:ritton have signed
articles To weigh In at i3a At !!
o'clock. and each viii post SI"""
with "A stakeholder as u forfeit. Brit
ton says he II well satiffI"d with tho
terms and II sur. that h" viii get u
sIunr. deal
Jack Willard has begun training
FOR his bout with Jack Leon In Fort
WAYNE. Ind. on March .. willard
n down To hard training In pr.para-
ton for tn" event ~ h. 'N"pcts u
har,! battle.
!i"!or. leaving Chicago ON the
spring training trip TO the Pacific
court. president Charles \. Comiskcy
OF the Chicago American league base
ball team took ont accident insurauc"
policies ON the members OF his team
agrrcga,ing S3GO.O00. CbrIsty
Mathcwson wrote the risk FOR Com
iskey.
The proposed lV-round bout be-
tween Ioc Mandoi and Charley White
oi Chicago. scheduled ut New Orleans
on March 10. has been called OFF by
the promoters. The managers want
to substitute Leach Cross for White.
Efforts Will d. made to ciinch the
Whiic-Pul Moore bout u; H.nosha
ON March 10.
Not to be outdonc by Joe Tinker.
George StaliinGs. George StovaIl.
John McGraw and Others who have
darkstinncd athletes as members OF
their teams, manager IIuggins OF tn.
Cardinals has signed n Cuban ball
;osscr. lie answers to the name OF
Cabrera. and last season performed
MS II slortstop with Waterbury team
In the C"nnccticu, lcacguc.
Eddie O'Eccfe. tn. sensational
Philadelphia fcathcrwcight. casil-
defeated Kid Julian In a i:-rouni
battle at Akron. o.. O'Kccfc was far
too clever for his opponent and ad-
- severe lacing.
The ST Louis Browns ar. said TO
havc earned 10000 for president
Hedges last season. 10 say nothing
of the $4,000 rentnl that Hedges.
as u holding company. received from
himself as president of the bail club.
Larry Mclean. former Cincinnati
catcher. who signed n contract TO
play with the ST. Louis Cardinals
this season. Is at the home of his bro
,hcr in Newport, Ky. with fracture
of the left arm. received as he WAS
attempting to act as pcaCcnakcr dur
ing - general fight in Il billiard hall.
The national baseball commission
reversed n decision of the national
board aud declared Percy l.. Merit.
Of the Victoria club OF the North
wcsc;rn league n free agent unless
the club settles his salary claims of
sl2a
Manager Mack does not see how
any other club can beat the Athletics
out for this years American league
pennnnt. with his veteran pitchers
In form. infield intact and so many
Outfiefdcrs fighting for the three
places. Strunk and Oldring. the
veterans. will have TO battle with Ed
die Murphy and Daily. tho coast re-
cruit for . Job. and to further add to
Mack's worry he has received a let
ter from Danny Murphy saying that
he expected to be back In right field.
as his right knee has entirely mend
ed.