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Judgments


with western schools. but have had
little luck. The east triumphed over
the west in the few intersectional
played last fall, but the glory was
pretty thin and, fortunately tor the
east and unfortunately for the west,
those games that were played were
with weaker western elevenS. Ohio
tried TO get a game with Cornell. but
the lthicans refused to consider it.
Northwestern wanted to schedule
Dartmouth, but the Green said nay
nay. And even Notre Dame hasn't
scheduled the Army yet The east is
learning rapidly, II it only would
tangle up with the west in few more
conflicts its education would be COM
pletc.
Looking over sporting records OF
the last wear one finds the west did
pretty well again. The base ball
championship was won by the east,
Williams, an easterner, won the ten
mis- title, and eastern foot ball teams
had a little edge perhaps on their
western rivals, but with these excep-
lions the west more than held its
own. Chick Evans, westerner.
knocked the eastern golf world to its
knees BY winning both amateur and
open golf titles Robert Simpson,
from Missouri, was easily the star
performer in track athletics; the Du-
luth Boat club won the rowing cham
pionship and Jess Willard-although
we're not bragging-was raised in
Kansas and still lives in the west
Chicago Oh, yes, the west did toll
crably well, tolerably well.
Base ball men seem to be agreed
tina, the abolition of the bleacher seat
i, good thing They may be right for
the present, but how about the future.
The bleacher fan is the boy and the
Young man whose pocketbook cam
stand the heavier grandstand tax. He
learns to enjoy the game from
bleacher seat and he becomes fan.
When his means become greater he
becomes a grandstand fan. But II,
when he's young. he is unable to at
tend the games because OF the high
price, he won't become fan and the
grandstand patrons of the future will
be lost. The base ball men have de-
termined on their stand, but the day
probably will come when they will
wish they had tread more slowly.
Al Tearney. the frebrand of the
minors. has been invited to attend the
annual meeting of the National Com
mission this week to submit his pro-
gram OF reform. 1t also is said the
commission intends to give serious
con ideration to the demands of the
minors. The minors seem to have
made some impression on the big
fellows. At least their reform de-
mands are not going to be buried in
committee and Tearney is going to
get a chance to talk at somebody IN
steady of to himself. Whether the
minors will get any more than polite
attention from the commission is
something else again, but at least they,
are going to get the attention and
that is distinct gain.
The American league has gone on
record as favoring reduction in the
price of worlds series tickets. But
thew overlooked one other vital de-
tail, They said nothing of the dispo-
sition of the tickets. And there's the
RIB. It's the spectators who get the
tickets in their hands and then charge
prohibitive scalping prices who have
provided most of the Scandal attached
TO worlds series and they'll continue
TO do so. The price of ADMISSION to
worlds series games should be re.
duced. that is true, but disposition OF
the tickets should be so remedled that
those prices would stay reduced, too.
Tex Richard is having almost as
much trouble trying to get Georges
Carpentier out of the trenches as
Henry Ford did the entire European
armies. As soon as Richard admitted
his plans dozen other fight promot-
crs horned into the affair. Bush
league promoters follow the leads OF
Richard just like tin-horn Wall street
gamblers follow on the heels OF
shrewd SPECTATORS, with the same re-
suit: they usually manage to muss
everything up Tex ought to step to
one side this trip and let some OF
these wise boys" walk into the trap
There's one thing about that $780,
600 suit of the Baltimore Feds against
Organized Base Ball that may pro
vide interesting food tor the fans. II
will be remembered that Charley
Weeehmann. Harry Sinclair, i'm Oil
more and others made some very Sc
rious charges against Organized ball
in that famous suit before Judge
Lands in Chicago. Now this trio
will be compelled to enter defense
of the very principles they sought to
destroy in that other SUIT. he
LAWYERS ought to have a good time
turning their heavy artillery on
Weeghmann especially.
One would naturally infer that a
box fighter would come to this coun-
try to fight, but the arrival OF Les
Darcy on these shores seems to dis
prove this inference. II would seem
that Darcy has come to this country
TO settle all disputes as to who should
he his manager, count his coin, keep
half OF it, pick the lemons for him,
hold up promoters and bunco the
public. Already there's been more
sighting over the identity of the Aus
trailan's mana~er than Jess Willard
and Freddie Welsh have both done
in their entire careers.
Actor or fighter. Just which is this
Les Darcy that has come from Aus
tralia to visit US? When Darcy was