The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-06
eksr, Golf and Checkers When
Mixed With Baseball Is Bad
: Diet, According 10 Manager
! John J. McGraw-Ritchie Be-
gins Training To-Day.

'o~ssss a.. r. r.. Ss, II fI ss ss' ss On
TOHN McGraw has given out the
mandate that poker. checkers.
y golf and all similar excitements
must 20. From this time on the
Giants are TO give all their attention
70 baseball. Poker Is likely to keep
ssplayers up late at night. Checkers
spvorWortD their brains. Golf de-
volopo the muscles that lift . Scotch
highbail rather than tho curved ball
s,shrowing muscles. Running an auto
makes . player think too much Of
,slpesd limits. while on the ball neld
tseAere y no speed limit There's too
much solid ivory around . pool table.
Solid ivory and baseball don't 70
together. Football 10 likely to de-
I9rivs any ball player Of to many
A4fms or legs.
TT u rather diGicult for . mere lay
man to follow the logic Of that
A. western Judge who has just
nvsn . decision" making permanent
eaA Injunction against the Federal
leagues tampering with National
League ball players In ais city.
.vr - Judge gives out that the Ma
Si0aRA hSpsus contrActs under which
q q 1fSx$sre work are void because
s14At ~ Federal League agents. are
s1ktafer{ng With property rights
wheA' they make Offers to players
.v4ho have signed these void" con.
u. 4 .vosd" contract being no contract
oct ali. legally. how can II establish
.y~psoDerty rightS"f
NV San Francisco tomorrow In
Ut. time to begin his local training
4or the fight with Tommy Murphy on
9pru 18th. The lightweight champ
don. who has been resting At . noun
s:8ain resort In Colorado. says that he
expects to be In FIRST class condition
when he meets Harlem Tommy. He
Intends to win with q knockout -
quickly AZ possible.
Sr Richie may find that knocking
Tommy Murphy out quickly IL more
fpf task than he thought. Tommy
murphy IL an experienced old timer.
Ole has shown unexpected ruggedness
sstu all Of his long Western fights.
Tommy always takes good care Of his
condition. 30 1t Ia quite possible that
-ho hasn't begun to go back" even
though he has been fighting mum
t6er sof years. Tommys showing
against Packy Mcfarland didn't indi
s,tate what he might do against q light
weight In a twenty-round fight. Nc.
Farland wasn't q lightweight or a
welterweight the night he made such
q show Of Tommy at the Garden. He
n nnNnAla ~ NJ IN t,u x,x
heen lighting Eddie McGoorty or Mike
a.Qibbon& Tommy was overweight,
himself and little fat, but he looked
fcabout half the size Of Mcfarland. II
fthsir Frisco fight Mcfarland uset
Tommy for q punching bag for ten OF
@twelve rounds. after which Tomm,
came along stronger. and In the nine
. teenth and twentieth had McFarlan,
: distressed and hanging on to avoit
punishmene This suggests the pos
slbility that he may disappoint viii,
= Richie II Willie expects to make 1t q
shovt fight.
~ Murphy went West a week ago. HI
trained quietly In Flatbush before go
ing, and talked as IL he felt cheer
fully confident. i've been waiting
long time for this chance" he sal,
the day he went away. when l com
back I'll bring that title along"
r. Murphy thinks there's no chanc
and expects to at least outpoint tn
champion as he outpointed Owel
Moran and Ad Wolgast in Californis
oUILpERs Of tho chifed gran,
Jn stand are now holding out 70
. more money. They must hav
hard Mr.. Gilmore's remarks abou
the "hfty-two million dollars benin
The Federal League.
Anyhow, to be consistent VIII
sphouldn't the Feds double wages 10
carpenters. brick layers. concret
workers and iron men too? They'v
sobsen q soft mark for everybody else.