The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-30
Latest Outside Sporting Dope

One of the recognized duties Of
organized baseball is to keep Bone
setter Roose from going to the the
atre of war in Europe,
Jack Johnson has not gone back.
He was pinched in London the other
/ day johnson wants TO fight Jess
! Willard if he comes to America, but
/ he will have to whip the United
/ States district attorney at Chicago
first.
There is a decided change regard
ing trap shooting at the New York
Athletic club this year, Instead of
shooting committee being appoint
ed TO look after the sport. one of
the board of governors of the club
has been appointed captain, and he
will have the entire management
of the team. George J. Corbett. one
of the best shots of the club is the
! first governor to fill the office
Fred r. Fortmeyer has been appoint
ed secretary and these two officers
| have completed arrangements for
the season which started recently
and will continue until May Is, 1915,
when the club championship takes
place.
Everyone who has been studying
the baseball situation from an I'M
biased point of view, has predicted
that the opposing factions would
have to make peace There are
many reasons why this should be so,
but the most important one is the
money question. 1t takes coin to
run a baseball series and plenty
of it. The public likes to see big
players and will pay to see them,
but a sprinkling of good baseball
men will hardly make any team
strong enough to be lasting drawing
card. no matter how prominent the
stars are. Even the moneyed man
behind organized and Federal league
baseball cannot afford to keep on
losing; so why not get together?
Wants a Fighter.
New York-Sam Fitzpatrick, call
ed the greatest of all managers, who
brought out kid" Lavigne and Jack
Johnson, has under his management
Charley Wienert a good 1S5-pound
boxer. who is open to meet any
boxer in the world at the weight
Weinert started boxing as an anna
teur in the Jos class at Is years old,
and is now just past 10 and stands
6 feet 2 inches. He has a clean rec
ord of about % fights.
His last 20 was ten-round no.
decision bout with Battling Levin
sky Fitzpatrick writes that this box
er is the classiest looking fellow he
has seen in long time, and Sam
should know. as he has handed
enough of them. Fitzpatrick had
all arrangements made to take Vein
ert to Paris to meet Carpenter, and
was about to leave when the big
scrap started, so then all bets We're
off. Wienert would like to box be
fore the fans of this city and show
that he is the real goods. Fitz-
patrick's address is 76 Manhattan
avenue. New York, if any of the
matchmakers care to write him.
Is Veteran Horseman.
| Washington c. H., OhiO.-"Pop'
Geers. perhaps the greatest reinsman
that ever guided a horse, is GO years
old and is as good at the game as
| ever, says du oulSlut VANIoiSoS' ~
entered upon his long and success
full career as driver OF race horses
at Mobile. Ala, away back in 1878,
just SO years ago
He has kept right on winning
races during all that time. and now
says that he hopes to remain active
in the work for at least 10 years
longer.
He has driven 300 races in that
time, and has on several occasions
been seriously injured. but has al
ways managed to get back to work
again in a very short time.
Pop" is very reserved when it
comes to talking about his achieve
ments. His theory has always been
that the trainer and driver of race
horses should study the peculiari-
ties of each individual horse, and
then humor the horse accordingly.
Like human beings, horses are diff
ferent The judgment of Pop
Geers on the future possibilities OF
a youngster is regarded as being
practically infallble He can call
the turn on the conner"
Too Much "kidding."
ANY one who wants to get rid or
the blues should take a day off and
listen to big Ed Dunhorst tell OF
the funny things that came off when
he was in the ring, says a sporting
writer.
Dunk says that he hopes to reach
the acknowledgement mark before
he dies, and is willing to bet that
he can whip lot of the white
hopes now before the public. Dunk
is too soft-hearted to be fighter
but was a good one in his day, hav,
ing fought all the cracks Of the ring
Here is a story he tells that occur
red when he fought Peter Maher:
"Maher came up smiling. and just
for to be sure I was going to get
one good crack at him I hit him as
soon as we shook hands. Maher was
in a rage and shouted, What do yer
mean. you big stiff 4 mean, says
l. that am going to knock your
block off, you big gutter At this
remark Peter rushed at me and
sent crushing blow to my jaw
Believe me, he could hit some.
81 kept on kidding him, and fol
my trouble got another on the jaw
Then I woke up. Here, Pete, my
hand I shouted. and extended my
paw. Let's shake; l was only kid
ding I'll shake ye,' he replied and
the next instant he hit me another
wallop on the jaw. Cant you take