The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
Charles P. Taft A-ousss Ma.
tlonaI League Maenatss Be.
oaUes No Refuses to Sell Chi.
eaoo Cubs.

s~s X. p s.; r s! .:s: r Sssss o.
IN ROPERTY RIGHTS" In base
ball seem TO Be somewhat
t. uncertain things. Now We
Asas hat the other National League
0Asnstss arc bitter over the fail.
- Of Taft to sell the Cubs TO John
3. Csnnsry Of Chicago. Mr.. Taft
- animated N interviews that he
~ . notion Of running the Cubs
hamseiG He has sent In the appoint
nent Of c. H. Thomas. . former Sec
rotary Of Murphy. a. president. The
S0er nAgnates in the National
toeeue. u 10 said. will refuse to al
~ Thomas to head the Cubs. Gov.
yvner announces that he has made
~. TAFT an offer. in the name of the
euonai League" for an option on
Cubs At 100000. Probably II
- tar V 90 inconsideratc ~ TO as
- nv property rights In tho Chi
$500 Baseball Club. and announce
~ tntsntion OF running his own
eeoperty a. he sees NJ. the other club
8vners will try TO ind some way 10
49, MIN out as they did Charlie
Murphy.
As4 yet there are some peop,. m
eoelish ~ to believe that tho differcnt
BASEBALL clubs In . big league are run
neependently. without collision OF
~ Kind. and In q spirit Of pure
uvAry ana sportAmanship.
ZOE JEANETTE received q de-.
eisien over Georges Carpenter
. saturday In Paris. yet the French
~ came through without losing
egSeege. On dope" he did we'll 10
~ dfteen rounds with jeanette, to
~ nothing Of having the best OF the
- ten. ~ reports say be ala.
Jeanette outweiShed CARPENTER
yWoety.nve pounds. Carpenter. while
- has ceen sighting heavyweight
80 knocking Bombardisr Wells out
eSW ana thsn. 10 little over the mid
SSWeiSht limit himself. He 10 just
ocd twenty pears Of age. and has
eS0at me- way up through one ciash
- the heavyweight. He Will need al
49, another two years Of sxpsrie nee
49, growth before he In at 10 axht
IL beet Of the big men,
u V lucky for Carpenter that he
Fought Jeanette instead Of I.anrford.
Jeanette y punishiug. wearinr
eater. but In his place the Boston
Tar Baby" probably would have
enocked the French champion out in
= rev rouhds. In two ysarS more
Carpenter may BE- big enough 10
mako II di6srsnt story.
A d WoLGAsr 10 doing business
n on . big scale. A report from
Aichigan says that the OF.
champion Has Just closed with Jim
Ceeroth OF San Francisco for four
matches on the Pacific coast. ana
that be names $4,000 a. the sum he
u - receive. WolGast y 10 0sht
Neeehae. Murphy. Welsh and Cross.
No a0davtt goes with the above.
oayu the $4,000 II tn he paid
veether he Wins or loses any Of the
eoets. Just how valuable he'd DO 10
C49roth u he we're knocked out BY
S.Syenie Aed Murphy In quick success
90 y something OF = problem.
81 IT'S not liksly. however, that anv
~ tee AghtsrU named Will knock Vol.
Q.De out unless Richie turns the
xeck Tue champion has the punch
go the skiIl to deliver IT, Murphv
- Wolgast have fought three umec.
WITH no oerious danger Of a knock /.
ct ON either side. Murphy won the
e4c3Diou IN ths last match. Freddy
Welsh 70 fAst and clever. but hasn't
ooeuga Of punch 10 worry any nrst.
49, hghtweight. Cross has the
ooooh and might land II with the
keoper e6eot. but Woleast 10 probably
- enoegh 20 keep Leach busy for
0AMY RYAN answers the often
asksd question about his de-
40 scent. There's neither Hebrew
nee Indian In my family. In spite OF
~ the statements that have been
cent over the country Ny father
WaD 2 French Canadian. born up
near Montreal. ana my mother was
Ss0AMY thinks there's no reason
why ounboat Smith or Frank
Moran should fail to make good
& 4 havsn't seen Smith night" ne said,
sbat . lot OF people have told me he
r an awkward fellow. What does
that signifyf No two men box alike
Ntssimmous was awkward, vasn',
hoS But he certainly knew how tc
lat He knew how to win nEhts
"a Smith sesus TO know how, judg
iHg By his record ! haven't q doub,
tAa& - beat Langford when he 70,
IT, Aecision over him In Boston, and
aay one who can beat Langford /,
= Aghtsr. He isn't afraid Of any one
Ind he'd have q chance with John.
ca. The big negro was Erea
lighter at his best, but ] don't car,
Who they are or what color they are
when they dissipate they go dow
lilEo Ill the Others. johnson haI
IaStsA Q long time. but he'll go dow
lard when he does 20. To my mint
yoGfies was the greatest man phys
ton1ly the ring ever saw. His strength
Va0 wonderful. He wasn't aggres
0vo, but he was game. and he coul,
host any man who came At him.
know Fitxs.mmons would rush JET
fSiss at coney Island, ana never sto
rushing. and ! told Jeffries TO keeI
his guard up and nall Fitz as h
: yushed In. lie did II and won tn
ahampionship. Jeffries was at hi
hest that night. Afterward he wen
sssk Mo al champIons who live to
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