Fergus County Democrat., 1914-05-26
THE WORLD Of SPORT

worry. Mccarthy assumed the aggres-
sive in the very first round and never
let up. Tommy would lead with his
left, and follow this with right swing,
hoping to land on vital spot, but Nc
Allister depended on left jab that
was very disconcerting, and several
times when they were close together
he mixed with both hands, showing to
advantage owing to his great speed.
There was little actual work in the
first round, each man sizing up his op-
ponent. In the second Mccarthy got
his chance and drew blood from Nc
Allister's nose. During the third round
Mccarthy sent in several good body
punches, and both men showed a will
ingness to mix matters more. Meal
lister turned on little more speed il
the fourth, and with an uppercut to
the head and left to the face worried
Mccarthy considerably and, using his
strength, the Montana man pushed Nc
Allister violently against the ropes.
The rest of the bout was practically a
repetition, Mccarthy doggedly follow
ing his man, whose cleverness enabled
him to avoid any furnishing blows. In
the eighth round McAllister showed a
desire to stand up and fight, mixing
matters with Mccarthy until DOC"
Flynn, who was seconding the Cali
fornian, yelled to him to stop fighting
and box. In the ninth round McAllis-
ter ran into right hook that hurt him,
but he kept Mccarthy from following
his advantage. Bob did his best work
in the tenth round, when he landed
arI ivl,< oe,1,
brought blood from McCarthy's nose.
Mccarthy was very earnest in his ef-
forts in the eleventh round, but Nc
Allister slipped out of danger. In the
twelfth round Mccarthy redoubled his
efforts, but could not break through
McAllister's defense.
The attendance was very poor, and
the receipts were only $2,631, of which
McAllister gets $1,000. The club re-
tains 20 per cent, the state gets 10 per
cent, and Mccarthy gets the balance,
$711, with which he must pay the 9th
er boxers and the expenses Of the bout.
Give baseball player his hits and
he rests content; rob him of them and
he is ready to do battle for the rest Of
his life. The saying holds good, from
class X to the big leagues, and it is
noticeable fact that the higher the
classification, the more liberal the
their distinction between hit and an
error.
AS matter of fact, while the scor-
ing rules are often condemned as be-
ing too lax in their definitions, there
is no good reason for criticising them
in respect to base hits. The state
ment, that if there is any doubt in the
scorers mind as to hit, that it must
be scored hit, ought to be sufficient.
Yet it frequently happens that when
several persons are scoring together
and doubtful play arises, after a
lengthy argument back and forth an
error is given. The fact that doubt
exists in the minds of the parties to
the debate is in itself absolute evil
dence under the rules that hit
should be scored.
Books have been written around the
rule, none the less, and as long as the
present code exists the argument will
continue. In the final analysis there
is no one, not even the player making
the fielding play, who can always tell
whether he should have
been able to make the play or not, SO
close is the margin.
At a meeting in Inwood, w. Va. to-
night the most remarkable baseball
team in the country was organized
The nine players have twelve legs,
seven and one-half feet, and seven
teen arms.
Most of them were manned at one
time or another in the industries of
the town. The players are:
William Robusky, manager and
shortstop, one leg and one arm; Joe
Lick, first base, no legs; Leg Lannon,
second base, one leg; George Otto
miller, third base, one leg; Ralph
Ford, catcher, one foot; Grip Ironsides,