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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-10-02

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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12
LITTLE CHANCE FOR
THE COMING SEASON

Third league talk is still going the
rounds Of the semi-pro ball parks Of
the country. Pittsburgh being active
IN trying to revive last years United
States league under the name Of the
Federal circuit this year. The pro-
motors are going about the deal on
q cash basis. demanding guarantees
o other cities that they will carry
out any schedule they sign. Prospects
seem slim for any franchise for Chi.
cago, as Gunther park has Joined the
Lake Shore league, while Rogers park
is committed to a free lance schedule
and the American Giants are also fill
ed up. with dates by other colored
rlubs. I
Earl Rugar's new Riverview park
team seems their only hope and Rugar
is busy or another deal whereby he
expects to arrange games on an ex-
change basis with Clevelend, Cincin-
natl and indianapolis. Should his deal
reach completion 1t will mean that no
regular schedule will be played and
that the fans will get just AZ much
or as little baseball as they show
an inclination to pas for. Rugar re.
turned from Cleveland last week
where he secured promises Of support
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12
MARYLAND A Y
HE WAS TEMPTED
TO BET ON SELF

New York, March 12.-Aroused by
What they consider a serious men.
ace to the integrity of the Frawley
boxing law, under which the game has
nourished in this state, members Of
the state athletic commission stated
To-Day that if Packey Mcfarland. the
Chicago lightweight. would furnish
them the names of certain persons
who tried to make the stockyards
champion bet on himself in his bout
with Jack Britton last Friday night.
the offenders should be barred for
ever from participating in the o
McFarland's declarations following
his easy victory over the local boy.
have convinced many that he spoke
the truth. 1t is pointed out that he
mad nothing to lose by putting up
his money, as it was a foregone con-
clusion that he would come off vic.
torious. In view of this fact, the Chi.
cago fighter is given credit for OBJ
serving the letter Of the Frawley law,
which states specifically that there
snail be no betting on results.
This rule has worked admirably for
the advancement of the game in this
state. and the trainers of the law are
given credit for the reform which sue
coeded many evils existing under the
~ Horton statute. ATTEMPTS are
now being made to pass measures sim.
liar to the F'rawley law in the legisla-
lures OF Illinois and other states and
the New York boxing commissioners
are anxious to preserve a law which
has given the public satisfaction az
well as protection.
It was stated that Mcfarland will
be formally requested to give the
names Of the men who endeavored ia
get him to bet.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12

Chips stock take a sudden rise. and
there are people in the coal regions
now who will back the chunky youth
to meet his old rival. Buck Grouse.
and also Frank klaus. another Penn
sylvanta product, who beat Billy Pap
Ike in Paris last Wednesday night.
Chip is now considered among the
real contenders. and is out with a
chip" on his shoulder. Jimmy Clab-
by. the globe trotter, was not to be
outdone. SO Jimmy tool on Freddy
Hicks, the Detroit middleweight. in
place OF Ernie Zanders. who was taxi
en- i'll and could not so on with the
bout at Hammond, Ind. Jimmy put
up n of his best battles and made
the Hicks aspirant look like an Aus
tralian aboriginal. Clabby had all the
class. and well-known judges of box
ing did not hesitate to say that he is
n Of the 15S-pounders who can lay
claim to h claim left by the late
Stanley ketchel. At 15s pounds ring
side there is no one whom Clabby has
not a good chance t. beat. The great
est surprise of all. however. was
brought off al Fond du Lac, Wis, a
few miles from Eddie McGoorty's
home town. when the latter and Gus
of Milwaukee met for a ten,
round battle. Christie had been train
ed to the minute by foxy Teddy Muir,
ply. while McGoorty. thinking he had
easy picking, was fat and overweight.
The result was the same as in many
similar matches before this one-Mc-
Goorty found Christie a hard propo-
sition, no matter how he took him, at
boxing or mixing. and he was glad
when the final bell rang. 1t was an
other case where a top-notcher fought
his hardest battle for q mearer nurse
and before a fair-sized crowd. Gee.
but what a fight that would have been
for Madison Square Garden, New
YORK! 1t was a good draw. and it
has also taught McGoorty a lesson.
He will not be careless in the future.
1t also brought out another good mid
dleweight.- and from now on Gus
Christie is liable to make all the 1888.
Founders take off their hats to him.
Like Jimmy Clabby. he is a real mid
dleweight, scaling 1853 ringside easily.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12

Faithful Rollie. Zeider. one Of the
graduates from the old Northern
league. Is tottering in his position as
a regular member Of the Chicago
White Sox. Zeider. who at one time
played on Winnipeg and Grand Forks
teams in the old Northerl. league. is
Chicago team for the next season.
Rollie. who for years has been
handy man for the White Sox, play.
Ing every position in the inield as
the need arose. is about to be showed
out into the realm of mere substitute
dom. If. present indications are at all
to be trusted. At the start Of las,
season he was the regular first base
man of the team. and a cracking good
one. At the close Of last season, he
was the regular third ba eman and
a cracking good one. too. Folks said
that the difficult corner was his
natural position, and that there were
few better hird-sackersi in the league
Rollie had climbed almost to the
heights of stardom.
There was damaging fault IN
this state of affairs. Rollie had gone
to third base not as a regular. but az
a substitute. because Captain Harry
Lord, when at his full stride one OF
the best third baseme of all time
had fallen off color in fielding, and
had been shifted to the outield. wher;
lac was held by eason Of a healthy
batting average Of 1867 and a valuable
ability to steal bases.
Rollie. who had been playing stead
lily at first base, was sent w to Al
the gap at third. and first base be,
came the contested ground WHEREOF
fought brilliantly the youthful Bortol
and Collins, both of whom ielded bet
ter than Zeider, and batted far harder
the former hitting .371 in 81 games
while Collins, shifting between tn,
outfieid n first base. at which latte
.290. Zeider. the first baseman, wa,
forgotten. and Zeider.- the third base
man, remained.
Now, however. Lord declares him
self back in his old-time form.
Rollie apparently Is soon to b,
frozen out.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12
% .
(By w. ". Naurhton.l

San Francisco. March 12.-After
seeing Ad Wolgast in action with Tom
turn have come to the conclusion that
even II Wolgast has gone back he
is still fit ring company for anything
of his weight that walks in two shoes.
1t is doubtful if Wolgast in his
palmiest days could have stood the
Murphy, sporting men of thoughtful
stress of as blizzardly a bout and
shown less signs of fatigue: 1t was
an affair to test the mettle Of the most
rugged fighters, let alone one whose
vitality was supposed to have suffered
through an appendicitis operation.
AS a result Of it ali it is not likely
that the possible effects Of Wolgast's
hospital experiences of a year ago will
enter SO much into the discussion
about chances when he stands forth
to fight again.
II he does the square thing by him
self In the training line and is then
defeated by Willie Richie, Joe Rivers
or Tommy Murphy. as the case may
be. there will scarcely be a disposition
on the part Of h sporting public to
attribute the reverse to a sloughing
away of Wolgast's lighting ability. The
verdict. I'm thinking. will be that
Wolgast simply met his master, and
that h same man would have beat
en- AID probably at any time in his
career.
When the suspicion exists that a
pugilist has gone back" those look
ing at him in action naturally expect
to see him blow up" when well ham,
mered and carried along at an unusu-
ally fast pace. Well, Wolgast tided
over an experience of that kind in the
Murphy affair. SO that even If he
lacks the dash of ante-appendicitis
days. he retains his powers Of recup-
Grafton in a marked degree. And as
long as nature comes to a mans aid
as quickly as she did in the Wolgast's
case. It Is sheer nonsense to list him
as a wreck.
For nine rounds Murphy jabbed
and jolted Wolgast until the ex-cham-
pion's face was not fair to look upon.
Ad was we'll peppered about the ribs.
too. but it was the face that Murphy
used as a target in the main. And
the action that was crowded into
every round of the nine was sufficient
to keep the watchers pop-eyed.
It took Wolgast the better part of
nine rounds to decide that in quick
spasms Of fighting. where short-arm
uppercuts were the blows used, he
was running a poor second to the Har-
lem lad. The writer watched the men
closely in all the breast.to-breast rail-
lies. and 1t looked to me many times
that Murphy was sending in two
punches to Wolgast's one. Take the
mems faces as score boards. it would
be easy enough to substantiate a claim
Of this kind.
When Ad made up his mind Muir
ply had it on him at infighting the
wild cat changed tactics in a flash.
Instead Of being all too ready to fight
shoulder and shoulder and root until
split out by. the referee he set him
self and put every ounce of energy he
boosted into body punches.
The effect was immediate. It show
ed In the look of suffering that came
in Murphy's ayes. 1t showed in the
way Murphy's seconds began to urge
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12
Wolgast is Not a Member
OF the "Has Been" Glass

their man to "box with him" instead
OF piling in open-mouthed. And 1t
showed in the change in Wolgast's ap-
pearance. He had found. a way to
stand off mercurial Murphy, and from
being the s~wollen-faced and probably
discouraged underdog Wolgast took on
the snappy-eyed, animated look of the
fellow who is gaining the upper hand.
1t looked bad for Murphy for sew
eral rounds. This was while VOL
CAST. with fine judgment and notable
smashing force, kept sending in rib
punches that both looked and sound
ed as though they hurt.
Wolgast tired from his own efforts.
and the indomitable fighting spirit of
the Harlem lightweight, which possi-
bly, tagged slightly in some of the
cruel rounds between the thirteenth
and seventeenth. asserted itself again.
The pace. which had been fierce
throughout. became fiercer than ever.
and the concluding rounds found VOL
CAST forced to fight the way that suit
ed Murphy best. It all ended with
the men as fairly entitled to equal
credits as any pair Of horses that ever
raced level muzzled under the wire,
albeit of the two Wolgast was palpa.
bly, the more tired.
There will be another match, Of
course, n between You and l n
the gatepost 1t will be as acceptable to
San Francisco followers of the game
as n bout that could be arranged.
They, the followers, know what to ex-
pect. It isn't cas- of footworker and
infighter, but of two fellows who box
alike and who will be assiduous In
their efforts to harm each other as a
couple of Kilkenny cats from bell to
bell.
Just who would be favorite in an
other match I wouldn't undertake to
say. Sitting in the press benches aft.
er the crowds had swarmed into the
ring the thought came to me that
Wolgast would probably render a
much better account Of himself with
a longer spell Of training. I felt that
Murphy had fought to his last ounce
and that it would scarcely be posi-
BILE for him to improve on his Wash
ington's Birthday showing. Later,
when I heard that Murphy had in
jured one Of his hands severely in
one Of the early rounds and had there
by been hampered. I changed my
views to some extent.
After hat again I learned that VOL
CAST also had sustained an injury to
his arm during the break-neck mill,
and then my ideas Of what another
fight might show became foggy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12
Habit of Boxers Covering
Up. Bad For Boxing Game

Milwaukee. March 1.-THE cover
up" habit. which is getting to be sec
ond nature with most boxers, is be-
coming a very disgusting one to the
spectators at boxing shows and meets
with almost as much disapproval as
the "spitball" pitcher in baseball
When YOU get two boxers who have
for a rank contest. for neither one
seems willing to start the fireworks,
with the result that both stall through
the sin or eight rounds and DISCUS,
every n present. 1t is all right for
a boxer to resort to the cover when
he is in hard straits and needs a
chance to himself. but for a
fighter to deliberately start out in a
limited round bou to Cover" before
hitting a blow, it is going too far
In fact, 1t is not boxing. but stalling.
The Badger state seems to have
jumped to the front all of a sudden
in the middleweight line. Three hus-
ky Wisconsin boys have broken nto
the imelight-we might say four
about the same time. They are Eddie
McGoorty. the Oshkosh wonder; Gus
Christie, the Milwaukee boy. whom
Teddy Murphy developed: Jimmy
Clabby. another Milwaukee produce
ton, and Bob Moha, who was a heavy
weight a Short inn ago. but reduced
to the commission weight and won
What he claimed is the title at that
weight. Moha started all the hurrah
by giving Cyclone Johnny Thompson
a defeat at IFS pounds. but it develop
ed afterward that Bob weighed only
1S5 pounds. n he announced tha,
he could easily make 100. and. If
necessary. the middleweight of 1853
pounds. This has resulted in the
matching Of Bob with both McGoorty
and Jack Dillon, the two contests to
be decided in the near future. If Mo-
ha makes the weight easily. and his
hands hold good, he will make all the
middles take notice. George Chip.
the Sensational fighter whom Jimmy
Dime dug up at Newcastle. Penn, stir
red things up by knocking out Tom>
my Gavigan, the Cleveland boy, who
was going along so nicely and winning
some really good battles. 1t made
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12

More investigation at the start will
mean less disappointment in the end.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12
MANY PECULIAR
SHOTS IN GOLF
Two More Freakish Tales of
the Nineteenth Hole-Ball
Hangs in the Web.

Many a tale has been told at the
nineteenth hole." where more golf is
played than on the course, about freak
shots; how a ball was so hard that
a thorn was driven through it when it
struck a bush. oil how a sparrow was
killed on the wing, OF how balls have
met In midair: but the latest m
from a player who resides not many
miles from New York. He tells the
tale as follows:
The wind vas slightly against US
when he cached the fifteenth hole,
and l decided to put a little extra
steam In my drive. I hit a fine ball SO
was off the line to the right, and a slice
that developed carried the bail we'll
over on to the adjoining fairway.
There was a big cherry tree which
prevented my seeing that my ball was
about to strike a man who was in the
act of playing the twelfth hole. He was
on his downward swing for a full iron
club squarely on the face. with the re-
suit that he sent my bali flying out
Of bounds"
Must Follow the Ball.
It was only last summer that a Fox
Hill golfer hit his ball out Of the reg
ular line. and it bounded, merrily or
into a bush. When he found the elus-
I've sphere 1t was safely suspended in
a cobweb Of huge proportions. and not
even a strand Of the web was broken.
Perhaps no admonition is given the
beginner In golf as often as Keep
your eye on the ball." 1t Is the secret
Of success. If a nan has any ability
at all, and to the novice It is one Of
the most difficult things to learn. j.
H. Taylor. the famous British profess
sional. classed as a wizard with his
iron and mashie play. attributed his
remarkable success to the knack Of
keeping his eye not only on the ball
but on the spot where it was. even aft
er he had made his stroke.
The secret of this remarkable habit
is said to be due to the practice he
formed of stamping down the real or
imaginary divot his club had cut. So.
when Taylor plays. all divots are re-
placed, and If none is cut. the turf is
none the less touched with his foot,
making 1t necessary even after the ball
Is hit to watch where it has been To-
Gated,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12
UMPIRE TREATED
LIKE A MAN NOW
Old-ti1me Fans Can Rernern-
Der When His Life Was in
Danger While Umpiring

Baseball constantly progresses in
every way, INC in no respect more
Than the manner in which that neces-
Say factor of the game. the umpire.
Is treated. Old-time fans remember
e when the judge Of play was in
danger of life and limb every after
and when crowds were so pref.
udiced and unfair that the man who
vas not a home umpire held his ,nh
Tor a very short period. indeed. The
rams demanded every close decision
Tor the nome team, and
ana egged on the players in attacks
On the umpire whenever any decision
vas given against the towns bows. In
the major leagues this wretched con-
oltlon has almost entirely passed
away. Both the National and Ameri-
a league umpires are so we'll backed
up by the omcials Of their leagues that
tney are never Influenced to give de-
cisions IN any way but exactly as they
zee them. The regeneration has
cached the fans as we'll as the players.
and the majority of spectators TODAY
DO not want home umpiring, and
would soon express their disapproval
or an official who consistently showed
MS yellow by favorfng the home club.
Inc game has come to be considered
q fair contest between two teams NAV
Ing scientific ball. and not a struggle
IN which the home team must be as
sisted to win by the man in charge OF
play. Fair play is all that is
wanted. and the umpire who is known
70 be expert and i~ncorruptible in his
decisions ts the man who is wanted in
the position. Unfortunately this con-
dition does not fully obtain in many
OF the minor leagues. though improve
ment is noticed every season. There
are. however. many Of the smaller
towns where an umpire takes his life
in his hands if he dares to be strictly
on the level.
Many cowardly attacks have been
made recently on judges of play who
We're simply giving things the way
they saw them and refused to be brow
beaten by the hoodlums In the grand
stand n bleachers. Not very long
ago. in a town not far from Cincin.
natl. an umpire put a disorderly and
profane player off the field for Just
cause. A few minutes lates this player
was brought back onto the PLAYING
field by the sheriff Of the county. who
insisted that he should be allowed to
continue. and went 81 far as to threat
en- the umpire with personal violence
at the hands Of the representative Of
the law II he dared to enforce his own
decision. This was about as mean and
coWardly an act as a legal official could
be guilty of. but the fellow who pulled
1t off was %applauded by the rooters
and posed for many days as a hero in
the little town which knew no better
what the spirit of a fair contest should
be. In another town, in the same lea
que. an umpire after a close game wal
brutally assaulted by two Of the home
players, one of whom hit from be-
hind, after the other had strlck him
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12

Manager Frank Chance Of the New
York Highlanders is reported to be
highly pleased with the return to
form shown by Harry Wolter in
spring training at Bermuda.
1t will be remembered that this
sterling outfielder broke his leg early
last season, the first of a series Of a
mishaps which tended to keep the
Yankees in last place.
The leg now is perfectly mended.
and .Wolter is said to show all his
old-time speed.
With Cree and Daniels. the veter-
ans. also in good shape. with Leli-
Welt. the International Lacquer i'm
ported last fall biting the ball for
keeps, and with S%terrett. the former
Princeton player who shone last sum-
mer as a utility man. all available.
Chance hardly need worry about the
state Of his outer garden.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-12
JOE MANDoT KNOCKED OUT.

New Orleans. La. March 11.-Joe
Mandot. the French baker boy. fin
ished fiat on his back in his scheduled
ten-round fight with Leach Cross. the
New York lightweight. here last
night. Mandot was completely
knocked out, the second time in his
career. p
The finish of the New Orleans
formidable contender for the light
weight championship. came in the
tenth round after no had been fioOred
five times in tho ninth.
Mandot responded to the bell in the
tenth round, hardly able to keep his
feet. Cross. noting his condition, met
tho staggering Mandot with q savage
onslaught Of punchak