The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-28
OF A SPORTING NATURE

~ u ! u VI
French spor,smen. headed by Bar
o.. d, CUubertIn. do not believe that
- VT VIII have anything more than
a temporary effect upon sport in
Fl nee. Individual records VIII sui
fer because such stars at Jean Bou
Tin t'c great runner. have fallen
at the front and others. no doubt
VIII follow. The younger element
viii not reach their highest form for
three years or more. but eventually
the war will prove to have been in
incentive 20 physical training, the
French people think.
Jim Buckl!n, Gunboat Smiths man
ager. says this is "a cruel world"
Things are not coming Jim's way
these days. ; ince the Gunboats de
feat in Boston, Bucklin's trap has
nat been SO loose.
With the old sores reopened and
with the Fed maGnates angry be
cause OF the breaking off of negotia
ttuns for peace there is reason to
believe that the warfare will be con
I'ugG even more bitterly than it
was waged last season. This means
that additional players will jump,
that there Will be more court actions
and that the public is going to be
forced to put up with lot of stuff
that, OF right. does not belong
in baseball Probably things can yet
be CLOSED over and a new deal
agreed 10.
The Oakland club of the Pacific
Coast league announces the signing
Of Pitcher Ray Boyd for a trial next
spring. which probably means that
Boyd won't have TO worry about the
winter Boyd formerly was in the
southern league but his arm went
back Oh him and he was forced to
duit the game.
Richard Nallin is the name Of a
new umpire just secured by Presl-
dent Ban Johnson for the American
league staff next year Nallin has
been umpirinG with excellent results
in I>e International league during the
past four years. He was strongly
recommended to Big Ban by Presi-
dent Barrow, who desired to see Nal
lin go up the ladder. The death of
Jack Sheridan provided the place
for the new man.
Roy Hartzell and Rodger Peckin-
T7Hsh IRE keeping the Yankees Of
flee employees up to date on informa-
ton concerning Florida, but none of
the picture postal cards has been
alluring enough TO draw an admis
sion from Frank Farrell regarding
a training camp site for next spring
Much speculation has been going
on since the election of Judge Charles
S Whitman as 10 the fate of box
i'm in New York state, but it is not
believed that the change in admins
tration will have any effect upon the
fight game. Operating under the
Frawley law. fight clubs have pros
pered there and the promoters do
not believe they will be disturbed.
As matter of fact the game was
never in a healthier state in New
York than at present.
Several colleges rejoice in coach
ing prizes. This list of coaches
would be good Connie Mack, base
ball coach; Percy Haughton, football
coach: Cherries Courtenav rowing
coach; Jim Moakley, track coach;
George Carpenter, boxing coach;
Frank Gotch. wrestling coach; Willie
Hoppe billiard instructor; Francis
Quimet golf coach; Maurice E Nc
Lauqhlin. tennis coach: Duke Kahan
amoku, swimming coach; Joe Fo-
gaarty, basketball coach and DR.
laoker. chess coach.
Young ketchel the 115-pounder of
Providence, stands ready to meet
any boy his weight in New England
Ketchell is an ambitious and agrees
sive youngster who has satisfied
the fans Of his home state. He bars
no snrapper his weight and has
promising future ahead of him.
John McGraw, for the first time
since the close Of the 1910 season,
is figuring on a fight to land some
where, instead of the customary for
mality OF preparing a defence to noid
what really had been acquired.
The St Louis Cardinals will train
next spring at Hot Wells Tex, using
the grounds that were formerly a
part of Charley Carr's baseball
school Charley's institution of base
ball instruction came to a sad end
a few weeks after it was established
last year.
Tall Golfers Best.
New York-One interesting ex-
PLANTATION why tall people are long
but uncertain drivers as rule is
given by writer who considers the
game of Miss Lillian B. Hyde, the
metropolitan woman champion. in
the following manner.
Miss Hyde. as every one who has
seen her realizes, is well over aver
age height, about 5 feet 9 inches.
or 10 at least. with a proportionate
length Of arm. Consequently the
orbit described by the head Of her
wooden club in full swing is very
much larger than that Of the average
girl. resembling that of man Of
good height Now 1t is a well-known
fact that If you tie piece of string
IN weight and swing it around
your head in circles and then let
it fly the velocity is increased as
the string is heightened up to the
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