The evening world., 1914-02-14
r the FEDERAL LEAGUE
Plays FAIR WITH THE MEN
n y SURE TO GET BACK
I've OF TINE FANS.


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- EDBRAL League Affairs are com.
ing along with rush. The now
league has one thing to depend
0poa., even II II starts It's first big
UDason without n full list Of famous
baseball stars. Public sentiment will
- with II. All lovers OF baseball will
- Wishing tho newcomers success and
hsping that they will put sport FIRST
and inside baseball politics and money
0Abolng last. Tho public doesn't give
. hoot for the men who pull the wires
end polish the mahogany Mt the an
0ual meetings. The public 10 inter-
oDesd In the mon who play ball. II
- FEDERAL League shows q dispo-
otion 70 play fair with it, men II will
hAvo the strongest backing the fans
- givs It. and sverybody's best
W1shss for success. A good baseball
Slayer n something OF a popular hero.
Any combination OF baseball magnates
watch will repay loyalty as the 10y
o1ty Of Chance, Tinker. Mordecai
Brown snd Johnny Evers has been
Sn0Aid By the owner Of the Cubs will
~ inst the amount OF support It De
serves.
THE Mcfarland Gibbons match
u being held up because Mike
gibbons won't fight unless he
~ - much money a. Mcfarland
This u al absurd stand for Mike
Oobeons TO take.
y Mcfarland has fought many times
- n New York. and has thoroughly
49, good each trip. He 10 the most
D0vpnAr boxer OH our visiting list. In
~. ngsts with Wells. Britton. Leach
0h0 UynuvV- AacvewtawA haa
\1aWn the crowd. Whom he boxes tho
G1oV1 comes. NO matter who 10 put In
$500 him.
63SScnSs record 10 quite different.
49, 10 entitled only to what popu.
LILY he gathered In his recent bout
It'll NcAllioter. whom he beat In
49, chaampionship style. But every
- romembers how Mike fought. not
- vory long ago, when he met Nc
Soofty. One good night since then
dooont wipe out all recollection. and
1elho VIII have 70 do quite . bit moro
I'D work In the ring before the
~ forget how he stalled and ran
~ jumped away and showed q
01Oak Of timidity through nine OF
- Ten rounds of the McGoorty night.
- impression that Mike lacked
60ething was only strengthened by
l.x A.Nh
Uor1d, showing that he had the ability
- make Q tight Of II. II he had the
bnrt.
~ Nike v q great boxer and q hard
h1e4er. but u he thinks he's m much
- Q t'drawtng card" A. Mcfarland In
~ town he's mistaken.
Asldo from all this. Gibbons 10 get-
~ an advantage In weight. and Nc
YA33anA. whose record to date ID free
Hom defeats, In taking risk In
Meeting = clever man In . heavier
49,. He deserves to be paid for II.
~ HEN 0unboat Smith began
lighting in California he wal
accused Of having . yellow
Oogoalk." II he ever did have sucf
3 thing. the .es been no evidence Of
= during the past year or 20.
0unboat can solace himself with
y ~ thought that Bob Fttxsimmons
4 = oane fighter a. ever lived. wa
0nG0 called yellow" An Australian
V0enl0anona:
ssWheu Fitssimmons began hghtin
Z - Australia he was clever boxer
Z ut without much hitting ability. il
K ~ bout with big Bill Slavtn, q ten
0DonA bout, Fitxsimmonss second
oug1t be was going to Jump out o
\ - ring. They had to use some Der
6nas1on TO make him stand and nigh
~ stopped 6lavin In the sevent
ooGpd. Fitssimmons didn't become
y 1oa1)y great fighter until he went
! ~, and confidence and pride In hi
OoocoGD made him ono OF the moi
oGgBeoolve and courageous fighters {
IN many cases SUCCESS has given
aghter the courage that goes viii
ps1ds. Man u no bulldog. and h
b on1o111Ionoo rebels against mel
Goan0ing up and being made into
4 D0nohing bag. Frenchmen. ten yea
~ would cry II struck q blow G
- no0A. II was o strange method
01oAek 70 them. They had the couras
e - e0At like heroes on the battlefield
~ the arms to which they WEI
Z oceHstomed. hut being punched W,
" oo@othing they didn't understand.
= lO0k At the French fighters to-da
NM have taken up boxing with Il
oAtest enthusiasm In the world. at
hegoS ~. quit In them.
Il ~ Gunner meets q man who ca
E<NnoI him down. ono Of these day
N IN al probably, be writing stori
..:$ Gout tie wonderful gameness he d.
Y nyo1 hefore he took the final ten