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of suspicion and is put to worf
packing hod until he proves he's the
goods. But, in America they high
to see who can pay newcomer the
most money. 1t might have some
educational value if Mr.. Darcy shoulc
prove to be ring tailed frost.
Thomas Hickey, new president o.
the American association. having
made a successful transfer OF the 20
lumbus franchise. is now said to bt
bending efforts to make transtei
of the Kansas City club because
George Tebeau is said to have be
come unpopular in Kaw town. But
if Hickey moves the Kay See clut
he'll be man of achievements. lie
beau was one of Hickey's opponent:
in the recent association election and
he's not going to do anything to
please Hickey, only to please Tebeau
and if Hickey makes deal it will
be a deal that pleased Tebeau. Te.
beau will be remembered by old
Western league fans as the man who
invaded this circuit on shoestring,
by some shrewd methods obtained
the Denevr club and began his
career as a magnate. And he's made
a lot of money, too. While in Kan
sas City Tebeau was hooked with a
long lease on a dead ball park and
his doom was heralded by his enemies.
But by hooking him with the long
lease his enemies performed a great
favor for Tebeau, for along came pro-
moters of the Union depot and bought
Tebeau off for many thousands OF
dollars to use the location for a new
depot. Hickey may force Tebeau out
of Kansas City, but Tebeau will be
the gamer in the deal.
Eleyens of the central west failed
to hold their own against eastern In
vasion of the world of foot ball last
fall, but any shortcomings Of Mich
igan, Illinois, Indiana and Notre
Dame were more than made up for
by the sturdy warriors of Oregon
New Years day when they cleaned
uip on Bob Folwell's Pennsylvania
team. At the conclusion Of the sea-
son, despite. PENIS defeat at the
hands of Pittsburgh, eastern foot ball
critics hailed Folwelps charges as
one of the best teams in the east, the
equal at least of Harvard and Yale
and Brown and Colgate and perhaps
the superior. 1t must have been
something of a shock for them to see
their pets downed by an inconsequent-
al western eleven. Perhaps they'll gig
back now and say the Penn crew was
a secondary eleven in the east. No
doubt they'll have the alibis ready,
but putting them over is something
else again.
What excuse is there for the ex-
istence of the prize fighter. This
worthy never did have much of an
excuse, but it's getting smaller every
day. The professional prize fighter
has become little less than a profess
sional CRATER. We find that Jess
Willard wants $4,000 for a fight,
Packy Mcfarland wants $4,000 to
fight Mike Gibbons. Les Darcy is
planning an invasion of the vaude-
vile theaters at large sum per week.
Freddie Welsh refuses to risk his
championship unless the purse is well
up in five figures. And not one of
them is worth it. Sixty thousand
dollars for ten rounds. Ridiculous.
Sixty cents would be better value.
Give them credit if they get away
with it," you say. Granted: But why
let them get away with it? Is the
American public going to remain in
the sucker class forever?
After escaping all the lurking dan
gers of two decades of professional
base ball, Hans Wagner, AZ years
Young, found he couldn't hook slide
around the crafty Dan Cupid and has
at last signed up for life, as they say
it in base ball. Andn 100000 fans
in the United States-rnost of them
silently of course-are wishing him
the fullest measure of matrimonial
bliss becaue if any ball player ever
deserved it old Honus, the veteran
of veterans, does.
Base ball magnates are seriously
considering, it is said, the introduc-
ton of professional foot ball in major
league parks. Professional foot ball
may listen good, but it's not likely
to get any place. Foot ball is a
college sport; the faint of CONNER
cialism is at least hidden if not alb
sent, and the fans like it that way.
Syracuse, Notre Dame, Michigan
Aggies, Missouri, Iowa and Kansas
some schedule the Cornhuskers will
tackle next fall. If Doc Stewart pulls
his charges through this sextette of
conflicts without tripping some place !,
the 1917 Huskers will go down in
history as one wonderful eleven and
we wouldn't be surprised if Walter
Camp might take cognizance of them.
Stranger Lewis, against whom
many verbal and written TRADES were
directed following his five-hour push
EN- and pull-em" with Joe Stecher, has
become something OF a popular idol
upon the Pacific coast All of which
goes to show that while you can't
fool all of the people all of the time"
it's a cinch to fool some of the peo-
pie part Of the time.
Packy Mcfarland says he will
fight Mike Gibbons for $4,000. After
the affair Packy and Mike staged in
New York Packy will very likely get
this sum-not.
Major league club owners may re-
gard the adjustment of the bleachers
a good move until they find they have
abolished the fans. too.