Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

H. D. Brown, who Is president of the
track, also is on the alert. He is not al
lowing individuals with unclean repu-
tations to land on the track, and horse
men who are suspected OF questionable
methods in the racing Of their horses
are eliminated from tho track, stable
and all.
There is no doubt of the success of
this winters meeting at the Oriental
Park track, and, what is more. it is apt
to be the only winter race meeting of
the future.
There Is only one hope for the race
game and that is that 1t be handled
with care by honest men. Tracks con-
Quoted as was the meeting last fall at
! Bowie, where, it Is alleged. big amounts
were rung UP in the mutuels on the
not the sort of methods that will revive
the sport of kings and create interest
| in the turf. The Jockey Club should
not sanction licenses to such turf
manipulators under any circumstances.
| If 1t is true that the Cleveland American
Association Is held at $4,000 1t must
Include the expensive Toledo ball park.
which is the best minor league inclo-
sure. 1t cannot be possible that the
mere sale of the franchise which was
operated in Cleveland last season could
command such figure, even though the
bankers committee which conducts
Charley Somers' affairs is the one
placing the price on it. But under any
circumstances it is not going to be an
/ easy matter to. find persons who will
invest in this venture. though the
grounds are a valuable piece OF prop
for year and may be ripe for an in
Evasion, but only IL the club Is owned
by local interests, such as Bresnahan,
who was born and always lived in
Toledo. could produce.
| The Mike GIbbons-Young Ahearn
fight. which is slated to take place
Tuesday night in Milwaukee, should
prove one of the most interesting bat
| ties staged in some time. This pair
was to have met six weeks or so ago,
| but illness overcame Gibbons while
| finishing his training and the fight
had to be postponed until Tuesday,
| january Is.
Despite the fact that Gibbons knock
| ed out Ahearn three years ago In four
| rounds in New York, the Englishman
is given credit for having improved
considerably, and his friends are back
ing him to gain decision over the
! But Gibbons, as usual, is not worried.
He insists he will beat Ahearn, though
he is willing to concede that the Brit
l lSner Is a DeIteT DOxer Ludu ne was
4 when he knocked him out in New
| York.
| II the Cleveland club is not sold in
accordance with the bankers commit
i tees wishes within week or SO, it is
not very apt to be taken out of the
hands of Charley Somers at all for the
next season at least. The longer the
bankers wait to takeNsome sort of ac-
| ton in the case of the Indians, the
worse Off the team will be. for In q
couple of weeks it will be too late to
make needed improvements.
The latest news" Is that Sinclair
and some Of his colleagues will buy
the Indians, but that does not look
likely. For man who has been bid
ding for the New York Giants. held at
| about S2.000,000, the Cleveland club
would hardly be the sort that he would
want to fool with as an investment.
Stranger things have happened. but
the reason given for the turning over
of the Pittsfed players by Gwinner to
lGilmore-that Gilmore is supposed to
turn them over to a syndicate which
Sinclair Is to lead for the purchase of
the Cleveland club-does not seem rea-
sonable.
It Is not at all unlikely that the clubs