The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-20

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/ Now that it has become evident that
Paclsy Mcfarland is going to have an
| awful time getting within lightweight
limits for fight, all the lightweight
/ boxers are quite willing TO take him
on Willie Rttchie has just announced
/ that he will give Packey a fight, pro-
vtded, Of course, that Packey makes
/ 1S5 pounds Six hours before the fight,
/ almost an fmpossi bility. In order the
| better 10 think this over, Packey has
| set out for Bermuda, where he will
| SPEND some time in company with the
| New York Yankees, training there. He
ds q great friend of Manager Frank
/ Chance.
Cleveland has a e-haIndred-dhou-
sand-SdoIIar ball club. This is the val
| uadon totalled in travel insurance
taken out by Secretary Blackwood.
They'll have to go some, though be-
fore they come up relative to the value
| OF 100000 set upon Manager McGraw
OF the New York Giants in insurance
taken out by the owners OF the club.
The success of New York's. boxing
commission in Strengthening out the
1stic situation in that state has
brought about imitation from many
other commonweafthsi Utah has just
passed a law similar to the Empire
state rule while Illinois and Wisconsin
seem near similar action. In all TWEEN
ty states alave boxing bills before the
legislature are contemplating having
them drawn up. All are modelled at
ter New YorIxss code.
Ed Walsh. premier pitcher of the
Chicago White Sox, is said to be in his
old-time mastery form. In a recent
game with the San Francisco Coast
league team he uncorked a few kinks
in the way of curves and spitters that
made the natives marvel He probably
can stick around the big show for a
season or so yet
Speaking OF Chicago. Ed Reulbsch,
OF the Cubs also is in fine fettle. The
Eversites went over to Fort Dale, near
Tampa, Fla, a few days ago and play
ed the soldier boys an alleged game
Reulbach pitched FIVE innings and give
his signals himself, in q fashion viSf-'
bic to all. Even spotted that much.
the soldiers found him a puzzle, and
their total of safeties came to two, gar
nered both by Private Bishop, one OF ?
them being a scratch hit on a bad
bound
The argument which has arisen over
the loaded ball question in the tourna-
ment of the American bowling con-
the Ohio Bowling Association has an
nounced that In it's 1914 tournament
to be held IN Toledo, loaded balls will
be permitted. Cleveland bowlers have
been especially warm in their adher-
ance to loaded balls.
Kid Williams called the Hercules
in a capsule" is now coming into the
hmelight as possible vanquisher Of
Johnny Coulon and capturer of the
hantamweight title. His victory over
Eddie Campi is considered to make
ahim the only logical opponent OF Cou-
Ion, and the form he showed in this
scrap makes many think he can trim
the champion. Tom McCarey has Of
fered to stage fight between the two
in his arena at Vernon. Cal, but Cou-
Ion still is lodging, under the plant
of stomach trouble He'd better take
his beating like a man. II he has II
coming to him; and, if he can beat
Williams. he ought to quiet that young
ster effectively and for all
II won't be long now before the
gladstone swat of the festive bat
against the hilarious bali will be heard
throughout the length and breadth OF
our great and glorious land. The Pa
cific Coast league will pry the lid
loose on April 1. Five other leagues
Will blow it sIy-high on April To-
They are American, National, Ameri-
can association, Texas, and Southern.
After that they come trailing along in
rapid succession, until May s, when
the Ohio State league gets under way.
Manager Frank Chance. of the New
York Yankees, training down at Ber-
pIuda, is commencing to pat himself
on the back over the possession OF
what looks like a pair of remarkably
caever young left-handed pitchers. A.
Shulz In the Southern, and Chester
Hoff in the New England leagues last
year were rated the best southpaws IN
their circuits and ranked close to lead
Ing all ll1lrlers. Both are big and have
good control and speed. Hoff. in a
trial with the Yankees two years ago.
celebrated by tanning on three pitched
balls the first man opposed 20 l1im-Ty
Cobb.
Jake Stahl is fine reminiscent bal
player. He's going to stop off with
the champion Boston Red Sox, for two
games early in April with his old MI
nois University team at Urbana, Ill.
He is especially anxious to point out
the old trace in center field into which
he knocked q home run with three
Michigan men on bases in 1901.
Another hold out has come into the
fold. Rube Marquard, demon south
paw who won nineteen straight games
for the New York Giants last season,
Is said to have thought better OF his
discrimination to stay on
The stage rather than accept the terms
McGraw offered him. He is
TO report March 20. He got
a lot of perfectly good press agent
stuff out OF it, at any rate.
A greater runner even than Ted
Meredith, the Mercersburg academy
boy who was the hero of the 1912
games, is thought to exist in