El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-02


l Of the Brooklyn club. is going TO
put up a hard fight against the claim
OF first baseman Jake Daubert for
$500 back salary. suit for which was
filed in the New York courts recently.
Daubert's suit against the club comes
as result OF the early closing of the
1918 baseball season. Daubert signed
five year contract with the Dodg-
ers covering the seasons Of 1s14-1s1s.
inclusive, and it expired on October Is
Of this year. The Brooklyn club paid
Daubert up to Labor day, when the
season ended as a result OF the gov
ernment's work or fight" order. Il
was the contention OF the club that
T this order terminated all contracts
Daubert put his case into the hands Of
the national commission and the YER
dict was against him He thereupon
transferred his claim TO one A Close
and the case viii now be decided in
the civil courts
FITZSI1IMONS'S FIRST DEFEAT.
California fans win never again
glaidators as was staged in san Fran
cisco Just % years ago today, Deem
Der ?, when Bob Fitzsimmons lost his
first fight Tom Sharkey was Fits
opponent on that historic occasion
The freckled Australian having
cleaned up all the middleweights, was
then candidate for heavyweight hon.
ors- save for jim Corbett. the cham
pion, Sharkey was the best man to
oppose him. The sailor was in his
prime. He had fought a four round
draw with Corbett a few months be-
fore, and had knocked out Joe
Choynski and many other good heavy
weights. He had never been whipped.
and, in the opinion OF his admirers.
there wasn't a man alive who could
lick him.
The key-Fitzsimmons session
was highly important, since IL was
generally understood that Jim Corbett
would be forced to meet the victor.
The purse was $4,000, and both men
were so supremsly confident that they
agreed TO q Winner-take-aI distribu-
ton
Freckled Fritz also had an unbro-
ken string OF victories, save for that
fake fight in Australia. when he laid
down to Jim Hail Later he stopped
Hall in four rounds At. New Orleans.
After his fight with Dan Creedon. an
other Australian in the Crescent City.
into the neaVyW eight class. as a COM
petitor FOR the title. He started pro-
ceedings by putting Peter Maher to
sleep in the first round at Langtry,
Texas. early in 1886
Then came the decisive battle with
Sharkey-and Ruby Bob lost For eight
rounds FitzsimmOns bombarded the
big sailor fore and aft. Although Tom
was not lacking in eleverness. he was
only a punching bag for the nimble
Bob. Fitz was already doping out
schemes for investing that $4,000,
while sending the sailor sprawiing
with sledgehammer blows. when the
referee, Wyatt carp, stopped the
slaughter and awarded the victory to
Sharkey on a foul A lot OF people
present. gifted with good eyesight.
openly declared that there wasn't any
foul, but the referee said there was.
and that settled II, and the records
show the result as Fitz's first defeat,
although he won fair enough.
LAVINGE-WALCoTT BATTLE.
Kid LaTinge and Joe Waleott fought
10 round draw at Maspeth. y. 2. on
this date in 1895. The little French
Canadian was light for a lightweight,
and had only recently graduated from
the featherweigh class. The sawed
OFF Demon OF Barbados had challenged
several middleweights and heavy
weights. although he was only a well
ter. and a few years later he actually
defeated the great Joe Choynski. Al
though Lavinge had made a great
showing in the ring, few fans thought
he would stand a chance against Joe,
and the Walcott hackers offered 4 to
on their favorite- Walcott was greatly
weakened by making the required
weight OF l33 pounds. but he fought