The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-05
--latest Outside Sporting Dope

War has wrecked rugby. soccer
and cricket teams OF Victoria and
Vancouver, Several OF the star per
formers have joined regiments thai:
have been called TO England's aid
in France. the Empire Football club
having turned over 100 volunteers
for the service. Already a boy ath-
lete OF Montreal has been killed by
German bullets while on guard
duty.
No less than 81 athletes from yari
Gus Victoria teams have taken the
oath. while sport ranks in Eastern
Canada have been shattered.
The California Rugby union has
asked the All-Star British Columbia
team to tour California this win
ter. and has arranged series Of
games for the Canadians with the
best Is in the state subject to the
approval of the visitors.
The rules committee has advised
that the regulations OF the New
South Wales dnion be adopted and
wishes TO make the two three. two
serum compulsory and eliminate the
wing forward, This would change
the number OF players on team
from IS to a. 1t has been suggest
ed four points be allowed for try
and one for kicking the goal instead
of three for try and two for
goal kick
Snowy Baker in his regular steam
or mail says that the reports that
Jimmy Clabby was robbed Of tho
decision in his fight with Jeff Smith.
the Bayonne boy, were all wrong,
Jeff fought superb defensive
fight" writes Baker land probably
Clabby never in his life missed
man so often or by so many feet
as he missed Jeff Smith.
Neither man suffered or inflicted
damage in the encounter but when
Referee Harold Baker gave the YER
dict to Smith. the ringsiders as a
whole. approved it During the fol
lowing days all the press critics said
tat Jeff Smith had won. with one
exception. w. F. Corbett of the
sydney Sun gave his opinion in favor
of Clabby:"
American sportsmen cer1ainl'
would be glad Of the opport unity
to see the Shamrock ". in action.
in order that some idea might be
conditions Since il has been decided
to let the British challenger for the
American cup remain on this side
of the Atlantic for the winter t
will be necessary to give her try
out before the cold weather sets in.
TIE time set for the trial spin will
be eagerly awaited and the Sham
rock " will be watched with inter
est
Promoters are anxious to arrange
a match between jeff Smith of Bay
onne n j. and Mike Gibbons Smith
is regarded as one Of the best mid
dleweights in the country He has
also made a splendid showing abroad.
where he is regarded as some cham
pion There is a blot on his escutch-
con in the States. however. which
was placed there two years ago by
Mike Gibbons. But then Smith was
not the experienced fighter that he
is now, and no doubt he and Gibbons
would make one of the most inter
esting bouts at this time.
Cincinnati has done something
which is still the talk OF the baseball
world That was the giving up of
Herb Moran, who is considered the
best lead-off man in the National
league. 1t is hard to understand
how players like Red Smith and
Moran were given up so readily by
Brooklyn and Cincinnati.
The horse show season is coming
in and many interesting exhibitions
have been planned for various parts
of the country during the autumn.
The postponement OF the National
Horse show in New York has been
great disappointment to many low
ers OF the horse, because animals
that make a splendid showing ut
smaller exhibitions are given a final
tryout at the National event.
Porky Flynn. the Boston heavy
weight, is anxious to get back into
the pugilistic limelight once more
and earn the right to meet all the
topnotchers. Porky has number
of bouts scheduled for the fall but
there are not many Of first magni-
tude. He hopes to show to such
good advantage in the minor events.
however, that he will be called back
to fight some OF the 'uns.
Andy Cortez, who recently fought