The sun., 1916-12-24

Dear Tom-some months ago saw
George Sutton playing billiards. His hands
are cut on between the wris, and the. ell
he Se~ use. sa' ii. ~ cue e'P He insSrmed me nep hat !,
was impossible for q man to play billiards.
without his hands. VIII you please stat.
holds a cue and also how he ranks Win
the other players, also one or Two OF his
records II possible? A. b,
sutton holds cue with elbows on mos,
shots and uses bridge. III is a master
at masse and one OF the best players
living. although he has not competed
in tournaments He must not be con-
fused with the veteran champion. George
Sutton. They have same name.
Dear TG r.n you eyer hear ., berry
Yes. Henry was one OF the bes;
French lightweights. He won the
French amateur featherwe!ght cham
p%!onship in 1907 and turned professional
the following "ear. Henry met with
good success until he was knocked out
by Young Ahearn in 1913.
Dear Tom-Recen,ly | noticed some one
asked you n there are any chicken breasted
boxers In the ring Now what | wish 10
know is wha, is really mean, by a chicken
a man? il. It superior or Inferior to a
straight. chest? is it any stronger or
weaker FOR use in the rims and what way
II any VIII II aneci a person who has such
contests: IFRASK vivoSA
Your queries hes; can be answered
by your doctor | am sure ne vii! be
glad 10 enlishten YOU.
Dear Tom-uN Did Frank K.su. ever
'gnt Georges Carpenter IN France 80
How many times and what were the re-.
suits? ca Reading THE Sun the other
question: What was tho result Of DICK
Hyiand and Leach Gross? You said ny
land won In eleven rounds. l think You
one rounds. HANK O'BRiEN.
90 Yes. t2) Met only once. klaus
winning in eighteenth round trecord
books enormously state the nineteenth)
on a foul. In the eighteenth ound Klaus
sunk a terrific rL,ht to the body and
Carpenter pitched orwar on his face.
Deschamps, Carpenters manager, leaped
into the ring In violation Of the rules.
The referee officially awarded the tight
to Klaus on "A foul, $50 You are rIght
Through a typographical error II instead
Of Al appeared in early edition.
Dear Tom-in talking over cary Amer
lean League conditions argued mat
charley SOmers. formerly OF the Cleveland
club, was president Of the Boston Amcri-
cans some Ten years bhck, My lIltnis say
that Somers only was connected with the
Cleveland club. NEW ENGLASDER.
Somers was president of the Boston
club in 1901 and 1902. When the Amer
lean League started Johnson ,.id trouble
finding hackers In Boston and SomcIs
put up his roll. lie also owned the
Cleveland club at the time. but kept III
the backs ground. John +. Eilfoyle being
the president OF the Cleveland club until
1910. However. long before that time
Somers withdrew from the Boston club.
Dear Tom-w>V you please describe tho
inning In which Snodgrass OF Sew York
Giants dropped a ball and gave the worlds
championship to Boston Americsns?,
PADDY DOYLE.
Engle. batting for Wood. sent a fly to
centre. which Snods rass mufred. the bat.
ter taking second. Hooper flied to Snod-
grass. Yerkes walked. Speaker raised
Il high foul a few feet away from first
base and Meyers and Merkie watched II
drop safe In the coacter's box. Speaker
then singled to right. Engcl scoring and
Yerkes going to third, Lewis was pur-
posely passed. flling the bases. and
Gardner drove home Yerkes with the
winning run on a sacrifice ny to Devore
In right field,
Dear Tom-Are the titles OF Col. Rup.
pert and Capt. Huston conferred on them
by the sporting writer's Just because they
are head of the Yankees. or were these
JACOB GoLpsrE:N.
Rupert wns made a Colonel OF the
New York National Guard by former
Governor Flower and was a member of
Gov. Flowers stan. Capt. Huston, how
ever, won his title in actual service. lie
enlisted In the volunteer forces az Cap.
tain OF Engineers during the Spanish
American War. and saw active service In
Cuba. where he helped clean up Havana
after the entry Of the American forces.
Dear Tom-Are there any rules for Kelly
pool? SAM.
Yes. Brunswick Bake Collender Com,
pany put out . set OF rules.