The evening world., 1913-09-29
Other Sports Can Come and Go,

0spyTtsht. 1913. nv The pr~as Publishing G..
tThs Nsw York World
VH1S IL the time OF year when base
ball gives It's dying kick. and. like
= the last effort Of the government
mule. IT'S some kick. Football In filling
the columns Of the sporting pages and
apparently q waiting world is thrilling
In anticipation OF coming goal kicks
ana 0-yArd runs. But the baseball fans
stul occupy q large pink square on the
sporting map. and will until the world
sefies 10 over. Mr.. Ouimet's best en-
leavors IN golf. Brickey's kicks. Gun
beat Smiths punch, plans OF Sir Thomas
lAOton's latest challenger-all these
items 60 In the small type while We
woaAsr u Matty's arm will be A. ef-
fe0liva a. ever ana II Bakers home-run
wollop has simply been kept under
eover for the big occasion. Other sports
cas come and 20. but baseball chat goes
on forever.
f-HAT match between Gunboat
Smith and Carl Morris will show
= dscisively who 10 the real class
ameng the white hopes" 0unboat
0Dith has been pretty effective In dis
posing Of big men. He knocked out Fred
Askay. the six and . half foot giant
fsem Winnipeg. with little trouble. and
he beat Jess willard, the six foot six
oeWpuncher. Morris 10 only six feet five.
Dvt I'm inclined TO think that the
0e1AAoma man 10 going to give our
deDondabls old friend 0unboat more
tsOobls than any Of the others even
in . short ten.round bout Morris has
dsveloped into something very much
VIE regular fighter In the past year.
Whsn he nrst came TO New York. her.
aidod - the only white Hope" he
vac only q veryS big man. rather fat,
wse thought he could night A conn.
dsot attack had won three or four
boues for him. He had no real ring ex.
pssisnce at all. That 10 why Jim Flynn
wps able to butcher him. Morris
showed remarkable Eameness In that
a0at and GOOD sound moral courage
when he stayed right here In tho town
that saw him whipped. trained here
ana fought here for several months
AWKWARD. When Morris started out
% . tour OF the country he was sti,l
an unfinished product. although great
" improved. Transforming about. TAX
in0 on bouts here and there, has given
Aim experience. He has become even
m0s conhdent In his powers. and has
pscssd up some speed and q useful
knowledge OF effective hitting. Against
~ Reich the other night he looked the
seasoned and deliberate workman. He
hes taken on all OF the fat and his
strength has Increased. Smith will nnd
Aerris . tough proposition In the
choches and wherever there, any
seeehns' II will take one Of the Gun.
sescs best swinging wallops 70 make
an impression on the giant.
noost can hnd some comfort IN
- F1trsimrnons's old saying: "rhs
ee9Ber they are the 'arder thev ,.,, :.
n Nn b some fall II Norris toppi..
veer ounbosts wa,iop. ''
AkIKE DOolAN USED his n.r.,..
N sivs mitt on an insulting ,pec.
0tor Saturday afternoon. down
Philadelphia. Phiiadeinhia.s arh,
coss haven't been FOSTERING many
ware OF late What's the use. when
- can 90 to ball game and "A. an
eA~ting one-round scrap and q hot n. n
sane all Tor one price Of admission p.
40 Tor Doolan. ! don't blame him. 7,
msst oe rather difficult for a ball plavsr
70 maintain q habitual smile under a
running nre OF comment that wouIA
siage the hair OF black cats hide
Ifs especially hard for . bail pl.ys,
because he 10 coached and taught Ali
ths time that he must be "scrappy.'
In the game he plays. Naturally. his
'scrappy" feeling IL extended to oths,
occasions. stlll. ball players might re.
strain their feelings as effectively N,
truck drivers. remember very wei
my nrst day In New York-which wa,
quite . number Of years ago. wa,
walking through william street MA,
the bridge and saw two trucks stallst
In . narrow space. The truck driver,
challenged each other and began n
climb down from their seats. ! stopped
thinking I'd see good nght. The,
looked able. When on the ground the,
approached each other slowly and er
changed 4 number Of playful sxpression,
that Webster forgot to put into nj,
dictionary. Aha" Quoth |. "th,s won
be scrap. No mere blows could win
that out. It'll have to be KILN,
now" And ] stepped back a couple o
paces out OF range and waited for m
excitement The truck drivers cam
within three feet OF each other, wave
their hsts under each others nose,
and erupted a sulphurous blast Of abus,
Then. without firing a shot or strikln
blow. they slowly walked back d
their respective trucks. climbed to thei
seats. and began backing their horse
toward the open space behind.