The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-15

There will be no more racing at
Juarez, Mexico. at least for several
years. The big track opposite IA Paso
has been abandoned by Matt ]. Winn
and the men who built It. One OF
the reasons is too much winter op-
position at New Orleans, Tia Juana
and Havana. Another is the recent
troubles along the Mexican border.
Juarez. therefore, will remain closed
this winter for the first time In
nearly ten years. At the outset the
track made money, but since 1914
the owners have been compelled to
make up heavy losses.
Packey Mcfarland, the old fight
ing idol, who is now a boxing In
structor at Camp Macarthur, Waco,
Tex. Is not only helping in teaching
the men to box. but he is an influence
in other athletics as well. Packey
has done quite a bit to get the foot
ball squads going at good clip. A
big part Of his work is the directing
Of the financial end of things athletic.
where he should be of really valuable
service, as he had always been known
as the business man Of pugilism. Nc
Farland never owned a title in the
fight game, though he was one Of the
greatest fighters that ever adorned
the pastime, but by using his head
he managed to make IL pay hand
somely. It has been a hard. job to
make any sort of money on the ath-
letic events, but PaclSey has been able
to clear enough to provide the boys
with quite a bit Of equipment. And
he has also agreed to meet Mike Glib
fu fnafrYInfnTs
Camp Dodge, Des Moines. the entire
proceeds to go to athletic funds. It
may be that Mike and Packey will
not try to put each other away, but
they will perform in an interesting
way and show the soldier boys the
real thing. In return for which
neither expects to receive a nickel.
Harry Tuthill, who has charge of
the conditioning of the Detroit Tigers
during the baseball season, is doing
the same work for the Michigan foot
ball team, as he has done for sew
eral seasons past. Apparently he Is
doing very good job at Ann Arbor.
Following are observations made
by a st. Louis scribe on the methods
pursued by Miller Higgins in man
aging a ball club: Higgins ability
to develop young players is not the
least interesting of his attributes
Rogers Hornsby, Frank Snyder, Wal
ton Cruise, Bill Doak, Lee Meadows,
Jack Smith, Mule Watson, Oscar
Horstman and Marvin Goodwin all
are products of Hugs ability TO dew
dozen of these represent total cost
price to the st. Louis club of less than
So, 1000. And why can Huggins develop
young players where others fail? Sey-
r.
that Higgins wins their confidence
right from the jump. He plays psy-
to the limit. He makes them
believe they can play ball and they DO
play. Huggins digs directly to the re-
cruits' hearts. He appeals TO their
with that he puts them on
their honor. In all his experience
with them he has found but one to
hagrantly violate the confidence put
In him.
The camp teams in the east have
their full quota of former gridiron
heroes, and the west is well supplied
with former gridiron warriors. The
Of most of the eastern can
Torment teams is familiar to most OF
the football fans. and in the west
quite a number of former college
stars are found. At Camp Dodge q
former Penn line smasher is found
boring holes in the forwards Of the
This is the Ben Derr, one
OF the best line smashers ever devol-
opoped at Penn, and in the words OF
Coach Yost of Michigan, this Derr
is the hardest tackler and line hitter
I have seen in many days" Shiverick,
former Cornell halfbaek, whose bril-
liant work against Harvard after
Charley Barrett had been knocked out
a few years ago resulted in the first
defeat handed a Haughton-Haryard
team in four seasons, Is at Camp
Grant. Costellos one time nero as
the Camp Custer team. At Camp
Sherman there is Talbot, Maritime
Goebel and ScoYill, all former Yale
stars. Another well known eastern
football player is Eddy OF Princeton.
who is playing with Shiverick in the
oackfield of the Camp Grant team.
Gardner once with the Carlisle In
lians, is captain Of the Camp Custer
eleven. III
owner C.. A. Comiskey, of the White |
sox, received more than 1000 person
II letters and kilograms, congratulate
ng him on the success of his team In |
he worlds series. Commy has just |
inished the task OF acknowledging /
III these messages.
Johnny Dundee, well and favorably /
Known in the fistic fraternity, some /
lines wears kits for motion picture /
purposes. AS a Scotchman who tries |
o live up to his name, that is where l
Johnny gets off. He Is not a Pres
1yterian. he has no liking for the
amous beverage that Is usually
coupled with soda, he dislikes oat-
neal, wouldn't know a bagpipe IL he
ell over one and never quotes Bobbie
Burns or says "Hoot, mon"
AS a matter Of fact Johnny's real
lame is Joseph Carrora, and he was
,orn in Sharkai, Italy, just twenty
our years ago. The name, Johnny
Dundee, was wished on him by his
manager, Scotty Montieth, about
whose nationality there isn't
hadow Of doubt. Dundee fights with
rue Latin abandon. He rushesa
wings, lodges, dances up and down
md is never quiet for a second. He
,egan lighting In 1911. but he did /
lot win prominence until 1912. In
August Of that year he boxed a
welve- round draw with Matt Brock
i Cleveland and the following month
ook on Johnny Kilbane for ten
ounds at New York. Kilbane was
hen champion and had a little the
letter Of the argument. but did not
vim by any wide margin.
In November. 1912. Dundee made
lis first trip to the coast and defeat
d Frankie Conley in nineteen rounds
t Los Angeles. In March Of the fol-
owing year he again went 10 Cali !,
ornia and in April he held Kilbane
o a draw In twenty rounds at Nc
iarey's Vernon arena. After that
"a went into the lightweight division
nd was matched with Leach Cross
nd Ad Wolgast, but the death OF
sull Young after a bout with Jess
Willard caused the cancellation Of
he Vernon bouts.
Umpire Bill Dineen of the Ameri
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