The evening world., 1913-02-17
Mo0raw Can Afford to Retire
From Baseball at the E,plra.
Ion Of the Fat Contract He
Has Just Signed to Manage
the Giants.
opNfaA 1918. ~ rss Prs. Publishing Co.
fr'he Ns-v York WoYidl

THE Nov York World.
- RETTY soft for John Mc0raw-a
hve-ysar contract at $4,000 year.
= John can Afford 10 retire after
that and spend his time fishing for
yellowtaii at Catalina Island. don't
tAink, hSwsver. that any one will deny
nc0sNw's rSht 10 such q salary. The
man who can handle q big league team
and bring II through . winner ss~ and
then brings hundreds Of thous1 Ids Of
dollars to the gates Of the ball parks
where his team plays IT'S only fair
that he should have . share Of the
profts Of the game. McGraw has
worked himself into . saisry-command-
Ing position. He deserves all he can
set
The funny thought: DID the club give
the big raise because he deserved Il.
o. because tho Ilighianders were get.
ting 20 much FREQ advertising through
the "record salary" paid to the new
mansser. Frank chanosf
RYOw ic, Frank Farrell call the
III ~. Y. National caub's blum, ana
= raise Chance to tSS.0oo 4 year.
Chance won't have the slightest objse-
ton In tho world.
TIiis IL fine motor boat show
weather It's good enough 70 hold
tbs show on water. Now. Il the
cid Cuff Stream slides In . little closer
next year. why not try 10? A motor
about a. much ut home ss an autonio-
In, 40
nay.
0AMUEL p. 0INDER Of Annapolis
had his leg broken q couple of days
ago while playing soccer. Better
change the soccer rules. Might make
svsry player wear feather Pillows on his
shins. and prohibit any movement
faster than wobblinE walk. That
would please the rafety-at-any.p price
, bugs.
!@AbIFoRNIA will see some CLASSY
lightweight fighting next satur.
day. In Los Angeles X. o. Brown
msets Rivers: In San Francisco Tommy
Murphy meets wolEsst. There won't b
much. travel up and down the Coast this
week.
X. o. Brown has made a Srea, hit IA
Los AnEsIes The Californ!ans have
heard all about X. q. for many months,
d. Morgan has conducted q campaign OF
education. BY mall. 30 far the bettins
10 a. evens.
Rivers has some advantage oveI
Brown. lie Is . bettor boxer. In fact,
hes Q very good defensive boxer, a. well
a. good hitter and q rough customer
Rivers. too. 10 accustomed to the dis
tance--twenty rounds. Brown neveI
fought . twenty-round night Twelve. &
date. has been his limit. lie hasn'i
fought In tho twsnty-rcund country
But X. O. has a great pair OF lungs fol
length OF the route may not troubl,
him. In any case. here's luck. X. .
You're a good kid. and - willing al
they make 'em.
THE Murphy-wolgast AFFAIR ha
more OF the human interest ele
ment than the other. Tomm!
Murphy owes Ad O regular grudgs 70
sidestepping him when wolgast hell
the title. Murphy whipped wolgas
Ia eix rounds Just before ths Nelson
hght that gave Ad hit, title. And from
Murphy with all the activity OF . MAJ
ducking bullets.
Wolgast needed an excuse for this
So he said that Murphy had INSULTS
him after hts s!x-round bout.
What really occurred on that occa
sion b worth telling.
Just before the bout. which wa
fought In Pittsburgh. woigast cam
into Nurphy'a dressing room and. skin
Tsmny up. with an impudent grin said
Hello! Are you the snippy young XII
I'm going TO lick In q little while'"
Murphy answered never q word
But after the bout Murphy dresse
first. Going In where Ad was still re-
ceiving first aid for the Injured trea,
ment from his seconds. Tommy locke
"A over In apparent surprne. Hello.
said he. are you the snippy young XII
i licked a little while ago.
And Ad. who had enough concelt 10
q heavyweight. never forgavs him.
THAT Mcfarland Britton mate
has been rumored and pos!tivel
- announced SO many times that
for one. refuse to fall for Il" an
more. I'll believe that Mcfarland an
Britton are going 10 box when ] 50
them In the ring ana hear the bell e
the beginning OF the hrst round. OF
yes. II they get there they'll 60 II a
right. They're both gated that wa
And q fiat failure 10 make good.
show action. would knock both Of the
Aputstions into . cooked hst-whs
ever that means.