The Alaska citizen., 1915-04-19

fights and glove contests" The ad. dltion Of glove contests proves that the show-me state is wise 10 the present generation of fighters
 The \. A. |. having declared a woman professional because she sSam in front of movie camera. probably would have made Jonah a pro" for hls performance with the whale
 Fred Blanding has quit baseball and will remain on his Michigan farm because he has grown too fat 10 play ball. Anyone who can grow fat on Michigan farm has no bus mess In baseball.
 IL is possible that Curley Brown will continue to race at his track in Marianao all summer He Is re ported to be planning a campaign of two days & week. Saturdays and Sundays in order to educate the Cubans as to the mutual betting system The Cubans have not taken kindly 10 the books. il Is said
 SHltld, lOuI edl -oiO cIUlOu- dale. Nancy D., gives promise of be- ing one of the best jumpers in the stable of Gwyn Tompkins. The lat ter's horses wintered at Warrenton, John Clark, who rode ill the colors of Miss Chamblet" this year, will be first jockey for Tompkins this season. The veteran Kermath. how ever, will be seen in the saddle tn .S Tompkins.
 Owner Joe Lannin. of the Boston Red SoX. wishes that the fans would cease predicting pennant for his club. He believes too much ante season boosting is a bad thing for he says it focuses the attention of other clubs upon the Red SoX. "l! everybody Is afraid of us" says Joe, they will have up their best pitch CTS for Us and make our job harder than that of any other of the clubs"
 Somebody has been pointing to fact that Freddie Welsh eats only one meal day. which prompts some one to ask of what that meal con sists We'll, someone has come for ward to state that 1t includes every thing on the menu-tha strong drinks excepted From the time that Freddie gets up In the morning un- til he starts to eat that one meal, he is doing nothing but working up a healthy mans appetite by going through his strenuous training stunts
 Christy Matlhewson writes tha, the team, not the individual star, draws the crowds. It would be well to compare hIs article with what he told McGraw the last time he want ed a salary raise
 If they are going to tax baseball receipts five per cent Connie Mack wants to know If the state will do anything toward helping him get back some of the s60,0O0 the Athletics lost last season with a champion ship club Connie says if they are going to tax winnings, they cer- tainly ought 10 tax losings as well.
 Statistics show that il cost the University of Michigan Athletic As sociation sl2,00O in round figures to place a football eleven on the Sridiron in 1914. Eastern university presidents have been complaing of the high cost of football tutors. The advantage that the college professor has, however, is that he is sure of his job for more than three or four seasons, if he makes good.
 Proxy Britton of the Cardinals has sent word 10 his ball players that they will not receive a share of the spring series money th's year. Last season the team threat ened to strike for a share of the proceeds. but Brit,on qnieted them down by giving each of his men who took part small slice. Hard times now, and every dollar counts
 Alfred Wedge, a minister of Oma- ha, las forsaken his calling and entered the ring. He was In the pulpit four years and wanted to take up something soft. He was matched to fight Jack Fitzgerald and the ex.sky pilot gave John a skilful trashing. Before he entered the ministry Wedge was boxer
 Larry Cheney the star pitcher of the Chicago Cubs, may jump to the Newark Federal league club. Harry J. Sinclair who was announced as the new angel Of the third league, ts a close friend of the big hurler. and It is said that he has been using his influence with Cheney to make him take the jump.
 Quite number of people have imagined that Battling Nelson is talking of returning to the ring be- cause he needs the coin. Never was heard greater blunder. Battling Nelson could keep the wolf from the door for the rest of his natural life and is appearing before the pub lie solely on his pugilistic reputa- tlon He owns half of Hegewisch. III.
 Yale will have two star infielders this year in Long John" Reilly and Harry Le Gore, the football star. Reilly will be seen at third base and Le Gore at shortstop. Both have turned down big league offers.
 The spring meetings to be held in Maryland are attracting the atten- tion of horsemen in the state of New York, and some of the best runners owned by New Workers have been sent South. Snapper" Garrison. who has been .winterins coma Splapdid horcoo at tho Gravo-