The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-03

rounds was the willard j Ohnsou
fight scheduled to go?
J. II. NEv1Ns.
Forty-Ave rounds
Dear Mr.. Corbett; What was the
death?
FRED sHINADL
October 20. 1917.
Dear Mr.. Coroett. What was the
result OF the pool match between
Taberski and Krenter, The game
was played November Is, 1911.
YOUNG HILTON.
Taberski was the winner after three
nights OF play with total OF 459
against 275 for krenter,
Dear MIR. Corhett: After the buy
in q game of drSw poker A has four
cards. claims that his hand is
dead; A claims it isn't Who is right?
SKEILY.
b il right Tho rules OF poker state
specifically that AFTER the draw any
hand Is a foul hand that contains
more or less than FIVE cards"
Dear Mr.. Corbett: When YOU
whipped John l. sullivan what sort
Of punch aid you use to put him
to s&eep?
MAXWELL WHATEN.
wore sullivan down in the final
round with a volley Of punches and
finished him with = right handler To-
the jaw.
Dear Mr.. Corbett: Who. in your
opinion. gave Bennay Leonard the
hardest fight since he won the champ
ionship9
General opinion is that Irish Patsy
Cline gave Benny the hardest aght
Dear M Corbett: In game Of
poker does a royal flush beat Ave %
a kind: that is, with the joker In
Guided?
JACK COBB.
The straight rules OF poker ignore
the exiStence of the joker az one OF
the cards. The real poker deck con-
si9ts Of fittv-two and flfty-three cards.
II the players want TO introduce the
joker into the game and have il
count for anything, thew then must
make their own rules as to whether
FIVE OF a kind is bigger than
+ straight flush.
Dear Mr. Corbett: Where was Bob
Fitzsimmons born?
Elston, Cornwall England.
Dear Mr. Corbett: What is the
most difficult position to play on
boil team?
HARRY BAIL JR.
Matter of opinion but many feel
that 1t is thlrd base.
Dear Mr.. Corhett: Ia It necessary
to jump an opponents man when
there is an opportunity in the ga me
Of checkers?
Yes
n. J. You can get all billiard and
pool information nv writing to Shep-
ard G. Barclay, editor OF the National
Billiard weekly, t472 Broadway,
New York city
Dear Mr.. Corhett: MA WIlhert
Robinson now with the DODGERS, ever
MANAGE the Giants or was he simply
a coach?
ED BOTH.
He wss 8 coach and not manager,
CHARLES Dean Send me SER addressed
I envelope with three cents in stamps
for name Of place where you can Ret
back on hockey rules
| Howard c. White: You probably need
lot op fresh air and diet and eyer
else SEND me self-addressed envelope
I with six cents tn stamps and I shah
/ b every glad to suggest something for
J you.
! Dear Mr. Corbett: Is man consid-
cred down under the Marquis OF
( Ouee1sbarry r@l@s who il on one
knee?
r. L & l.. C.
/ A man on one knee is considered
down.
+ Dear Mr.. Corbett: "a When did Joe
Cans die? (2) what are the weights
Willard?
- BERT. EDWARDS.
% In 1910. (2) Fulton. 8 feet l..
inches: weight. about as pounds. Will
lard. 6 feet IL inches: weight Is a
matter of guess at this time. His
weight for his last fight was 259
pounds He weighed s47 when he
he weighs in the neighborhood OF 500
at the present time
Dear MFR. Corbett: ~ Ia flush
higher than full house in poker7 (2)
Please tell me how the hands in poker
rank. I. q.
Full house is higher. ca Ranking
hands in poker are one pair. two pair
three OF a kind. straight. full house
four OF kind. straight flush and royal
flush.
Dear Mr.. Corbett: % What is the
salary of John McGraw? (3} what is
the seating capacity of the polo
groundsr t3) Where is John Atkin. the
automobile racer?
DORIAN JACOBY.
~ That is n matter which is Sc
cret between McGrnw and the Giant Of
cials Reports have II that II ranges
between $50 900 and $4,000 a year. (2>
! The biggest crowd that ever saw a
baseball game at the polo grounds was
3s.?sl. which sat in for the first game
Of the GIL series. However a crowd
of more than $4,000 say an Army-Navy
football game.
Sparring.
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