Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-02
TODAYTO HAVE NEW Ball
NEW YANKEE LEADER SURE
TO MAKE HIT WITH FANS
sWild Bl' Donovan, of This City, Recently Appointed
Manager of the New York American League Team, Has
Always Been Popular-Detro Fans Idolized Him

never suffered the ignomny OF a knock
| out, and has been noored but twice in hi
ring career-once when he won the it'll
from Nelson and tile other time whei
he lost to Ritchie.
Adolphus has the betting fever II
the most aggravated form. He never
fails to back himself heavily for a fight
as he says that is the Inspiration he needs
TO battle in his best form In his cham
pionshp battle with Nelson, Wolgast
backed himself to the extent of $500
! which he won. and he lost $1,000 in wagers
when he passed over the title to Ritchie.
Piscatorial Reading
The game and fish warden was patroing
a stream looking for vlolators of the bass
fishing law. Finding a youngster, he
pulled up his string OF fish and found
only sunfish catfish and suckers-but 10
feet farther down the stream he found
a large bass tied under a willow, the
line weighted down with a stone to pre-
vent the bass struggling. Look here,
what does this meanY' said the warden,
pulling the fish out of the water, IT
want TO explain that to you" answered
the boy. THAT bass has been stealing
my bait all morning and just tied him
up there until 1 got through fishing"
Williams Made Friends Slowly
Considering his great work in the ring
and since winning the bantamweight
championship kid" Williams has made
remarkably few friends. 1t is hard to
account for this. According to all prece-
dent the Baltimore viking should have the
istic world at his feet for he is the only
champion who is doing any real work
worth mentioning.
In the ring Williams takes all kinds OF
chances. He has more fighting ability to
the square inch than any other boxer of
today of any degree or class When he
jumps through the ropes he seems to for
get that he has title to lose. Instead
of playing safe his one object is to land
a crusher with the very least delay pos
sible. And the number of times he sue
ceeds is really remarkable when it Is con-
sidered that he is member of the light
est class
If Williams were merely crude slug
ger his reckless way of risking his title
would be less worthy of note But he is
a clever boxer when he cares to play
the game that way. He proved that
when he outboxed Johnny Coulon in that
bout at Madison Square Gar
den. TERRY" McGovern, Battling" Nell
son, "Ad' Wolgast and others of that
type, who are constantly referred to as
deal champions, were hard fighters, but
they knew no other way of milling. Had
hey been adopts at the hit-and-get-away
style they might not have been so will
ng to make a fight of all their bouts
Williams, having two courses to choose
rom, deserves all the more credit.
How Mccoy Handled Them
Get on the nerves. of your opponent"
vas an axiom of Kid Mccoy in his box
ng days. The Kid was cute and counted
much of his success to his brains. Nc
l., In hTer tl,a
light in this stunt, as developed the other |
lay. Packey Mcfarland is the one who
hares the honors.
A New York promoter told the story |
md vouched for it's truth. Packey once !
worked the art on the redoubtable Leach |
ross The pair were i'm a downtown |
newspaper office being weighed in for a
,out at the Farmont A. C. Cross got on |
he scales and the beam didn't move.
rs Leach backed off the scales Packey
got in his way, and as a conse-
uence they bumped into each other
What do you mean by showing me?"
elled Packey with a furious frown.
az didn't mean to shove you, Packey,"
aid Leach, thoroughly frightened.
rowled Packey.
You're mistaken" said Leach meelIly.
GLOW dare you contradict me?" roared
'aclSey. Take that" and Leach was
ent spinning against the wall from the
orce of left hook that caught him full
n the chin
That took all the spunk out of Cross.
hat night Packey had to actually chase
each. so frightened was the East Slider.
acley laughingly admitted afterward
nat the scale incident had been put on
Dr. the sole purpose of getting Cross
erve,
It's an Ill Wind
After four years of highly appreciated
ervice on the New York Mail, Grant
ind Rice has signed a contract with the
ribune, of New York city. Since he
rrived In the metropolis as a member of
lie big league sport-writing fraternity
ice has been the most sought-after uk-
ert in the entire country. His breezy
tyle, accuracy and profound knowledge
all sports have quickly conducted him
} the topmost rung in his profession.
ot only is Rice a brilliant and pleasing
ritter of sports, but he is himself an
Nponent OF all the so-called major
,orts. During the last few years he
as developed into golfer of rare ability,
nd now devotes all of his spare moments
inning from Col. Bogey' and others.
yhile in college Rice was member of
le varsity baseball, basketball and foot
all teams. The Tribune is to be con-
-atulated on its New Years resolution
} add Grantland Rice to its capable
PORTING staff.
Yanks to Get Grounds
If the statement or Ban johnson is to
taken serlously-for we have had sew
al announcements recently from him
lat did not pan out so rapidly-we may
,pect to see the Yankees playing on
cir own grounds before very long.
With money back of the Yanks we may
.pect to see great things accomplished
lring the next few years
With the sale of the Yankees over,
only hope for continued story
SITS in the prolonging of the negotia-
ms between the Giants and Hans
,bert John McGraw said yesterday /
at he would probably see the third ]
seman from Philadelphia today.