The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-30

The popularity or ooxlnG IN tne
training camps has already had quite
a little mention But it has been
made manifest lately that the game
would be even more popular II the
boys had enough gloves to go half way
around. Athletic equipment In all OF
the camps is not by any means what
II might be and though there have
been many worthy efforts made to
supply the men with the things they
need so badly they are still we'll up
against it for enough boxing GLOW to
keep them happy. Danny Goodman,
the old lightweight star, who is now
boxing Instructor in the camps. says
that more gloves will be q wonderful
boon to the army camps and that 1t
will be a greater help in turning out
real fighting men than anything else.
OF course Goodmans enthusiasm over
the game may dispose him to overrate
its value a bit. but there's no doubt
that it has been a great help to the
training of the men in camp. Moth
ing is better for conditioning a man"
says Goodman. land ] can prove it.
Boxing calls into play every -~Asscle
that is otherwise never exercised and
! can prove it. And we certainly need
more gloves"
Pitcher Al Mamaux. a resident
of Pittsburgh and still there. is
filling Pittsburgh papers with
stories Of how he's going to pitch
his head off to beat the Pirates
next season. And then they talk
about the home" club in base
ball and cheer the mercernaries
who wear the name of the city
on their blouses.
The White Sox are not likely to be
greatly disturbed by the draft this
important member Of the worlds
champions is married man. Urban
Faber is the one single man Of them
all and the only one likely to be taken
In the next draft. Pants Rowland de-
clares that he is satisfied with his
team as it stands at present and be.
leves it can walk through to another
pennan without the least alterations.
Old Charley Comiskey feels the same
way about it and so do the White Sox
fans. Few large deals or purchases
will be needed to get the fans around
to the White Sox park this season.
The Philadelphia Athletics and the
Pittsburgh Pirates will play practice
series in Jacksonville. where both
teams will train. We don't know who
said it first. but we repeat it: What
a great chance to prove which is the
worst team in the major leagues. The
two clubs, though both train in the
same city. will us different ball parks
TO work out In.
Pitcher Waite Hoyt. the school
boy phenom. though he has fail
ed for two or three seasons past
to set the season afire, will get
another chance with John Nc
Graw. Hoyt was taken on as
seventeen-year-old boy several
years ago and since then McGraw
has had him with various minor
league clubs in hopes Of some day
developing him into major league
class.
A space filler going the rounds that
Manager Miller Higgins, now Of the
Yankees, is a quick jerker of pitchers,
is real news to ST. Louis fans. In the
Cardinal city one Of the complaints
against Higgins was that he left
wobbly pitchers in too long.
Tommy Leach has been given
his unconditional release by the
Kansas City club Of the American
association and another great star
Of few years ago may pass out Of
baseball.
In Philadelphia, where they think
they got the best of 1t in the Paskert-
Williams deal with the Chicago Cubs. |
they are printing reports that Manager