The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-20

Bonnie Leonard may hold on TO his
lightweight title for some time to
come and IL seems quite certain that
a serious menace to his crown il not
to be found in the class at present. AB
to the other classes there are no
champions whose claim is sure and
undisputed. Both Johnny. Ertle and
Kid Herman have claims on the ban
ed the middleweight title after de-
feating George Chip, but he has never
defended Ii against real comp
and is not every inch champion.
Mike Gibbons is generally regarded as
the best in the class, but he. has no
clared himself to be the welterweiRht
king since beating Jack Britton, but
even his deed does not show him to
have a clear claim on the property. On
the whole the fight game lis in some
thing of q, muddle so far as honest-to-
goodness champions are concerned!
Billy Evans, American league nm
pire, has a good story which he tells
on himself, Bill is the proud father OF
a 6-year-old hopeful who is nothing
IL not original The other night, after
little Bob had said his prayers and
been tucked away between the sheets
Billy and Mrs, Evans were sitting in
the library reading when Bob chirped:
I have a drink" Billy got up and
started for the stairs. He happened
to look up and there was Bob perched
on the top stair. Just pile back into
bed. sonny. and I'll bring YOU drink
of water" Billy said. Say, daddy,
when you fetch in the drink. fool me,
will you? Make 1t lemonade" You're
right, Bobby had lemonade. But then
he can't be blamed for Lemonade is
almost as necessary to Billy Evans
life as are bread and butter.
Hy Myers, OF the Brooklyns, is 4
versatile palyer. He also Is a most
efficient player. Robinson thinks
highly OF him, and 5y is pretty sure
year. But fandom may see Hy at
third base In 1918 instead OF the out
field, where he has cavorted for many
a season. He has held down third
base so capably and done 50 much
better, especially with the bat, than
O'Rourke that he viii probably get
the all-important assignment next
season. ORourke Is an earnest ath-
lete. He is not a bad fielder. But
when 1t comes to batting he is weak
indeed and that is the reason why
Myers will probably replace him next
season.
DO you really believe that you can
play golf2 Are you the proud pos
SCISSOR OF q trophy which denotes that
you have performed the supreme feat
of making a hole in one stroke some
time in your life7 Back up. "a. u
Brady, Of the Siasconset Golf club, has
you whipped TO a frazzle. Playing
with L. Lellier In b recent tournament
at Siasconset, Brady lowered the
course record by turning in a card OF
sixty-eight strokes for eighteen holes.
Brady's sensational stunt was to-
shoot two holes on the same round In
one stroke each. The first hole WAS
one of 165 yards. the second lat yards.
The former record along this line was
held by Fred Poole, the old Yale
catcher, who played the sixth hole az
the old AllBton course. Boston, In one
shot on two successive rounds.
Larry Cheney, OF the Br0ok1yn
Dodgers, says that he used the shine
ball as often els he used the splitter
through the past season. What's more,
Larry says that at least half q dozen
other National league pitchers were
using tina shine ball.