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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06
OPTIMISTIC CHRIS MATHEWSON THINKS
HE HAS CHANCE TO GET OUT OF CELLAR

NEW YORK. Dec e. Chrsty Mathew
SON, manager OF the Cincinnati Reds.
dropped into John Doylc's Forty-sccoul
street billiard purlur to see some ~ his
friends who are billed 10 perform I'm tho
well known egg tournament VI" wus
iuyciglcd into "A fuursumr during the
course ~ which hc discussed informally
tho 1917 prospects ut the Rhlucnudrrs
Z believe I will com" uui uf the south
with u pretty good pitching staff next
spring said the man who wns the IDOL
OF New York fIudum fur decade and
70 bull Tho veteran pitching staff was
pretty fair and some highly recommended
I Youngsters are coming mp go ms There
TX no reason why Touoy. Schneider uui
| Mitchell should not hc three of the very
best hoNmcu lu the game. Schneider has
/ not studied the National league h,ttors
/ closely enough ns Vet Mosrcy and kuct-
| gpr lack control Control IL something
. that can be- mastered from paiustoklng
practice
/ ~ ann not Worrying hit about Cmcln-
T MATHS pitching Mnuty continued "ThDt
/ end " the game viii he AN nrht IN
/ have time In Shreveport TO coach some
/ " tho Youngsters enough TO guarantee
/ a pretty reliable box department. Hitch.
Inc Is a. very important factor to sue.
/ coss | feel that Cincinnati is sure to
/ improve this last seasons performance.
! "rho Red SoN llnc-up as It finished the
! season Of 1915 was not "A weak fielding
] OmhlnNtiun nv ANY mtunS " tnu|u Nltui
7 another Cloutcr or two and such We may
pick up from the rockies Several NJ the
Young regulars. among them Roush and
Nrnlr, needed Inst seasons experience to
put them on edge. My uutncld next year
should be strOnE
"In Chase and Groh have the two best
] nfclders ~ the National league FOR the
wings n we have the luck To- uncover
/ a first class shortsop the Reds viii have
/ TO take the dust ~ a few rivals
.
/ Tho elimination " speed events for
/ .year-uld trottcrs and PAGERS in cali.
| fotnta was agreed to nt a recent meet.
/ iuy of the directors " the Pacific Coast
| Trotting Horse Brcedrrs association
with the stnte agricultural society there
taking similar action, II eliminates @.
| yeat-oldS from the race programs An.
/ nouncement was made 10y the directors
] that they consider the racing OF tho baby
horse n detrimont TO their future ON the
turf.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06
OkIahomans Expected to Shine On
Jayhawk Eleven Again Next Year

ON the squad. e. one of the three Cher
ukpc lads who came go the JuNhuWhcr
school With clay Fisk, the oklahoma
school teacher. ON the varsity squad
brown and Dan. the other two. quit tho
JAyhnWk,rs to go 10 Friends where they
could plny varsity football Knowles
coming from kiugmou, has been used
both ui end aud half
Connolly. son OF Representative Con
nelly, who is not I'm school this yrnr. hut
hns been helping his father campaign
IN expected TO make ~ strong hld for nr
end position next year llr was n stnl
ON the freshman team ycnr ago. II,
lives NJ Colby "Buck' Seward of Ncodc-
shn and Casey Of Norton, both hRlfhnrks
md Hart. n llncman from Enid. okla
NIL on the ineligible squad, nrc expected
year.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06
GOWDY M Jay BECOME
SECOND BILLY SUNDAY

81 7ANK GOWpY, Rouon Rravcs
Ill catcher Is seriously considering
il il q scheme that VIII make him as
famous as lIlly SUNDAY. tho well
known hall-puyrr-cyrurolst
GoWdy's friends M different times
have told him that hc has been fool.
J-h TO neglect the excellent chance
hc has 70 win fame and a consider
able fortune hN following In Sundays
footsteps Hank ls known to be Hn
amateur d,hatrr and speaker Of no
mean ability Friends have persuaded
him that ban PLAYER Is SO attractive
character 10 most people that this
alone would insure his success More
over they point uut that his own per
sunnl charm would soon win him a
large following I'm addition 20 which
they assure him that he has the git
of fur,rul and persuasive speech and
that hr viii be- foolish II he does not
make the most ut o..
However true nll this may be. II is
said tp be the fact that Gowdy ~
disposed to consider fivurlhly his
chances OF success An the evangelist \
pulpit and that soon hc may appear
before his first audience. Most fans
and baseball experts declare that II
ha IS able 10 chase tho devil with the
same zeal that he chnscs foul balls hr
viii have Billy Sunday walking tho
plank
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06

LAWRENCE, Kan. Dec with the
football season ended the Jnyhawkcr fol-
lowers nro looking forward to next son
son Three letter mrn, Captain Lind
sry Burton and Heath. are lost Dos
graduation but I'm their plnccs g. an
uu,omiug crop VI likely candidates from
the freshman squad Frank T. Nnndr-
Vile, "a kingmnn. Kan. youth. who at
tended school nj kiugrshrr Okla. the
home OF Captain Adrian Lindsey. IS rN-
p"ctod to IN the vacancy LETT 10y the
Oklahoma wonder Mnudcvilc g. con
ndrrcd the star Of the freshmen back
field men At end the freshmen are
Knowles all are good men BERNARD, who
comes from Horton, is said to hc a bot
ter defensive end than either ~ the
varsity men. bernard, the only Sooner
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06
Cold Feet

CHICAGO Dee s-Ohio state
university. winner ot the 1916
u football championship NJ the RIG
Sine conference, fnilod to obtain
games with either Minnesota ur chit
cngp when the football schedule for
the 1917 season was tentatively
adopted nj the annual meeting Of tho
football coaches ana athletic directors
Of the western conference here
Neither was Northwestern. runner
up 10 Onto state, awarded gumcs
with Wisconsin or Minnesota prnc-
ticnlly the only upset In the 1917 pro-
gram wns the dropping OF Indiana nv
Chicago. Coach Stugg of Chicago do
clin'd to grant ohio state "A game, and
Coach Harry l. Williams ut Mime.
sofa said II was impossible for Min.
0"soh 10 play MT Columbus
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06

NORMAN Okla Dec Especial -
The last of the 1916 intcr-clnss foot
BAN games WINS played Yesterday. the I'm
gluccrs and Sophomorcs fighting to n 6
TO q tie Carey and James made the
luuChdOwus.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06
BOWLING
Standing OF the Teams

II Hll Layton had errricd TO St Louis
the same form he displayed ip bowling
against the Wilson quintet last night.
the oklahoma city winnings In the Mid
dlo-Wust tournament would have passed
the 500 mark Hollands Gl2 got him
so at ST Louis ana last night Layton
knocked over GO
Tho Cnrhnrt team had an easy time
taking three straight from the Wilson's
piling up total ~ 2il more points
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06
Baseball

II the trip with the New york National
league club proves successful next spring,
n ls quite probable thpt the Detroit
Americans viii cut down the length ot
their sorson .ut the southern trimming
rpmp Manager jennings and most uf
the ploNcrS believe that the long siege
uf training ni spring camp does more
harm than good because the majority of
mnior league players keep I'm reasonably
good condition during the winter months
Jennings believes that best results could
hr obtained from "a shorter stay In camp
lo condition his men followed hv n series
of sharp games with major league oppo-
siiun
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06

fnothpu eleven should hpNr tn, h,ttle
flame and the determined desire tu win
II is very fine and fitting that each In
dNidunl player should cNnlt hits spirit to
the level ot Johnny roc's when the lat
ter pid. II you won't be- bent YOU can't
hc beat Victory always is spicudt
thlng for which tp strive, hut 30 obtain
u In its fun sweetness " must com" to
th" victor unsulliod The only uno an.
iricnvc between real amateur and pro-
irssiounl spirit is that In one case "a man
Wishes only to win fairly. Whlc In the
other h" lH,Willing iu Win hy amy means
he can. one M sportsmnnlko rumpctl.
tlon and the other is wu,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-06

The Difference Between the Original Syock and Tonn Jones
is That Shy Wanted Povmd of Flesh and Tom Tom of Dough-
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
OVERTON TR|UMPHS
 IN SPECIAL RACE
Yale Athlete Defeats Field in Jas per Three-quarter Mile Contest

New York, March 16-John w. Overton of Yale, Intercollegiate cross country champion, raced five other rivals into submission last night and easily won the Jasper three quarter mile run, which features the annual games of Manhattan college at the TWenty-second Regiment armory. The Intercollegiate champion went into the leead after the first lap and set the pace to the finish. He won by almost twenty yards His time of
 3.07 3-5 only was three-ffths of a second behind the best indoor mark made by Mike DriscOll in the Seventy fourth Regiment armOry of Buffalo several years ago.
 Dave Caldwell, the Boston Athletic association star met his first defeat on the indoor tracks this season, when he finished second. Pressing him closely, two yards behind, came Sydney l.. Leslie of the Long Island Athletic club.
 Three other runners faced the starter, but were never dangerous contenders. They were Mike A De- vanney of the Millrose Athletic asso- ciation, James W. Powers, represent ing the Boston Athletic association, and Homer Baker, now unattached.
 Devanney leaped away in front at the start, with Caldwell second Over ton third, and the remaining three punched behind. At the completion of the second lap the Yale student had moved in front, with Devanney second and Caldwell running in third position. They ran in this order until the final lap, when Overton | sprlnted and never was headed. Stephenson Wins Sprint
 Frank l.. Stephenson, the Military League sprint champion of the Trim ity club, again proved that he was in vincible at the short sprints, by win ming the 75-yard dash from scratch. He caught his opponents at the half point and won by almost two yards ic 8 2-5 seconds
 Manhattan college was easily out Gistanced by the College of the City of New York in it's match relay race at one mile. The Green runners lacked stamina and speed. For a lap and a half of the first relay the Manhattan team showed in front It was never contender thereafter , The City College boys took the lead 1 at the end of the first relay and to l the end it was a regular procession, with Manhattan far behind at the l finish.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
ADKINS OFFICE BOYS
 SHOW PRINTERS UP
Collar and Necltie'' Boys Can Bowl As Well As They Keep Books
 League Leaders Win.

The Office bowling team of Adkins Printing league, won two games from the Composing room quintet at the Aetna Alleys last evening, after a hot battle The teams battled to a tie score of 237 in the second game, but on the roll off, "the pencil push ers'' came through with enough skill to land the string and the match Bengston's work was feature for the winners.
 The Bindery team administered Il three time walloping to the Press room representatives, in games that were featured by close finishes. PTude with two scores of over the century mark was the star performer for the winners, while O'Connell of the losers also distinguished himself by rolling strong game. The scores:
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
WANTS PRIVATE TRAINING.

Albany, N. Y, March 16.-The state athletic commission yesterday lifted the suspension of the Pioneer Athletic Club of New York. It sus- pended indefinitely Elmer Deane, western New York boxer for failure to carry out a contract with the Jamestown Athletic club.
 Chairman Wencke's action ill re- fusing to permit the Pioneer Athletic Club to charge admission to see Will lard train when Al Reich, advertised to spar with the champion, failed to be put on, was unanimously upheld. The commission recommended that in future Willard train in private.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
LAYTON SCORES VICTORY.

Chicago, March 16.-John Layton of Sedalia, Mo-, defeated Joe Con- cannon of Jersey City, 100 to 69, in a pocket billiard tournament yester- day afternoon. Layton scored the high run, IT, and went out in 41 innings.
 The second afternoon game re- suited in 9, victory for Charles Weston of Chicago over Frank Taberski of Schenectady, N. Y, by 100 to S5. Weston's high run was 20, and Taberski's 13. The game lasted S3 innings.
 old Manmouth. H., pocket billiard player, still leads the players.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
"3(??3S &!SHz !:!;!:3 J!

Where did Willard come in to stand up against a ring master of this type?
 You remember what happened.
 The Turn Again.
 So today we are shown with logical directness, with simple deductions that Moran hasn't chance to beat Willard?
 Which is the bigger of the two? Willard.
 Which one is the faster? Willard.
 Which one knows more about box ing? Willard
 Which one is the stronger? Will lard.
 Which one is champion? Willard. Upon what argument should Moran have even an outside chance to win? No argument at all.
 Why should he have fair chance? ] He shouldn't. But-as suggested be- fcre-remember what has happened in the past. '.The Way of All FIesh.'' The way of all ring flesh is defeat at the appointed hour. Willard isn't 1 invincible Sticking long enough, he will go as Sullivan Corbett, Fitzsim- mons. Jefferies and Johnson went be- 1 for him.
 But it is hardly reasonably to sup pose that he will go so quickly. Sullivan ruled for years. Corbett was champion four years. F'itz was | champion over three years. l Jefferies held the crown five or six years and then retired, to reappear, i still unbeaten, years later on. ! Johnson held a fve-year reign.
 So no heavyweight champion has been dethroned under a three-year | rule.
 Willard has been champion less than a year This is his first start after reaching the far heights.
 If he is beaten in this battle it will be the first event of the sort ever recorded in heavyweight ring his tory.
 And as Willard is no dub cham piOn, you can figure what the odds are upon his defeat-defeat after a brief eleven-mOnth occupancy of the crest.
 Rare Odds.
 Moran, a mighty pllncher and a game-hearted fighter has yet to show any unusual cleverness or speed.
 He must show something entirely new to outpoint Willard. The two battles that he fought against Coffey will leave him far in the rear.
 His main and only chance to finish first is theod Sleep Maker And though Moran might have a l chance at twenty-five rounds to Weal
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

but he had no chance to dem Onstrate that he was so while with the White Sox. It is true that in the worlds series with the Cubs in 1906 he did show flashes of brilliant offense. How ever his reputation is built on barbed wire.
 In the off season he is a, pleasant, quiet sort of chap, studious, man who will give hours to playing a game of checkers. He listens much and says little. Withal, he can joke and tell tales and "fan." He has a, marvel ous memory for occurrences of the l baseball field. He can recall the salient plays of games he played i twenty-five years ago, and can re- member where, when, by what and bJ whom they were lost and won. Changes on Ball Field. l His character changes with the sea- son. The wear and tear makes hir1 nervous and irritable in the summer l and fall. But he is always courteous
 and patient with his players and with 1 the people he meets. He is not vastly popular like Comiskey or Callahan
 his compeers in the White Sox His
 players do not idolize him. Nei~ ,+1 Qo ally prayers ulSllhe nm. Jones k
 the golden mean. His players alway ys
 like him, and have fullest confidence
 in him.
 Jones never gets an argument or z
 fight from his players. They neve1
 challenge anything he may do. H.
 does not lavish endearments on the
 brilliant one, nor does Te lacera te the
 dull one- He knows better than an,
 man in baseball the value of close
 mouth.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
RUTGERS CHOOSES CAPTAIN.
Summerrill to Lead New Jersey
 College Gymnasi Athletes.

New Brunswick, March 16.-Fred F. Summerrill was elected captain of the Rutgers gymnasium team at a meeting yesterday afternoon. He did the bulk of the club swinging for the team this year and is a brother of the 1914 intercollegiate champion, William Summerrill He is the first club swinger who has explained the team.
 The Rutgers gymnasts are working hard for the intercollegiates on March 25 at Philadelphia, and for the first time the entire team will be entered. Summerrill and Captain
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

On the face of prophetic returns MT. Willard should have no great trouble in beating MT. Moran. He has all the physical advantages. He is the champion. Nine men out of ten are picking him to win.
 But there is something in Moran's favor, also. It is this
 Back Over the Highway.
 We recall a certain September twenty -four years ago. We look back to it as through a glass daryly," as through a dim, wavering vista, Whatsoever a vista might be. , For our youth was then extreme, being even the youth of Penrod. But we still recall in a dim, wavering way the advance notice that J. J. Corbett had no sort of a chance against John Lawrence Sullivan. Sul- llvan was to win in a comic canter ! fighting with one hand while he used the other to stiffle a yawn. Corbett was doomed to a far greater extent than Moran is doomed in advance today.
 You remembered what happened.
 And Then And then there was the temerity of a Fitzsimmons, weight 156, tackl- ing COrbett, the champion weight I1S5.
 Fitz also was doomed. He had only an outside chance, to peruse the ad- vance dope.
 l You remember what happened Even AIorc So. Still further along there was the case of the raw, untutOred, founder ing MT. Jefferies, tossed in against i Fitzsimmons, the championo.
 What Joke. Jeff was to be cut to pieces and then knocked colder than an Artic dawn Fitz knew too much for the big, numbering Californian.
 The men who had conquered the ] conqueror of Sullivan was not to be annoyed by any such second rater as James J. Jefferies.
 You remembered what happened On and On.
 And what chance had Jess Willard an OvergrOwn White Hope, against the crafty and powerful Zulu? What had Willard done? He ha( lost a decision to GunbOat Smith anC Pearcat McMahon, both second raters
 He had failed to do anything witf Carl Morris, the Captain GorgonZOls of all.
 Willard was big, but what else could he do? Johnson was a tri1t ancient, but was still clever ant crafty and he could still hit.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

the kansan down and finally shoot one through to a vital spot, from above reports that we have shown, what are the odds that a champion will be knocked out in ten rounds CT less by a lighter, slower and less skilful opponent, before said cham pion has maintained his authority one full calendric year, dating from April 10 April?
 We don't know what they are nor
 what they ought to be, but we are rot going to take them, whatever the price.
 Not this week nor yet the next
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

Johnson, nearly year ago, and, basing his chances on the showing. he made against Johnson at Paris ir 1914 Moran believes he has the abil- ity and force to wear down Willard, even in q limited bout of ten rounds. Moran is a StOckier man than Willard and he is regarded as being the bet ter boxer. Moran is several inches larger around the chest, his arms are bigger.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
BOXING BILL KILLED.

Frankfort, Ky, March 16.-The bill to license boxing exhibitions and providing for state athletic board of control, was defeated in the Senate late Tuesday night by a vote of 16 to 12. The proposed measure previous ly had passed the lower house and it was thought that it had an excellent chance to pass in the Senate. It was proposed to permit fifteen-round bouts
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

New York March 16-The &C., companying picture gives a splendid idea of how Frank Moran, shown on the left. and Jess Willard. on the right, will appear in the ring in Mad ison Square Garden on the night of March 25. Willard tops Moran 1n height, weight and reach. They are nearly of equal age, Moran having been born on March IS. 1887. and Willard on Dec. 29 of the same year.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

Willard, when he enters the ring will
 tower full five inches over his op- ponent, who measures feet 1 inch, and as to weight Moran will have to concede at least forty pounds. He generally enters the ring weighing a couple of pounds over the 200 mark, While Willard in all likelihood will not be very much under 250 pounds. W1llard's enormous reach of eighty three and one-half inches as com
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
PIONEERS LOSE CLOSE GAME.
Local Basket Tossers Show Will Hmantic Fans Some of Their Speed.

The Pioneers, champions of the city, journeyed to Willimantlc last evening where they tackled the fast Emeralds of the Thread City, and after one of the most brilliant games that has ever been witnessed in that place. the locals came out on the short end of a 35 to 32 score.
 The Hardware City lads set the pace and led at the end of the first half. 8 to 12, but the Emeralds came back strong in the last few minutes or play. and grabbed the contest from tha fire "Dick" Anderson and "Jeck" Martin were the stars for the locals. The big tow headed center located the basket net five times for points, while the passing and floor work of Martin stood out in prominence. Moody also made some pretty shots. For the winners Higgins was a tower of streneth. caging the ball on eight occasions. Chappen made thirteen points for his team. The score and summary:
 Emeralds. Pioneers. Chappell ............ DUoach
 Right forward.
 Left forward. Lewis .......... ......... Anderson
 Center.
 w. Kierns Stevens ....... Stepania1
 Right guard. J. Kierns, Stevens. .... .Stepanian
 Left guard.
 Score-Emeralds 35, Pioneers 52; goals from floor, Chappell 5, Higgins 8, Lewis 2, Stevens 1, Dudacl1 8, Mar tin 2, Anderson 5, Moody 4, Stepanian 2 goals from fouls, Chappeu s; referee, Kelly; time of halves, 20 minutes
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

pared with Moran's seventy-eight IS a handicap which the Pittsburgher will have to overcome in order to nave chance of outpointing his big adversary. That Moran is the pos sessor of courage, stamina and q punch effective for a Knockout has been demonstrated in several of his ring battles. Moran has been anxious to meet Willard ever since the latter
 won the championship from Jack
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16
MURRAY HOCKEY CAPTAIN

New Haven, March 16.-L. N, Mur ray of New York city, was yesterday elected captain of the Yale hockey team for next season. He has played cover point for two years.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-16

Chambers of this years team are ex- pected to place in the club swinging and tumblng.