The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-20
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. ooRBETr

fore drawing a card Of paying, is within his rights. Had he drawn or played after melding the 40 jacks he couldn't make the change.
 Dear Mir. Corbett: Can you give me some information of a MT. Sodemark or Sodamark, a junior billiard player. I would like to communicate with him.
 l.. II. c. I have no records concerning this, put all facts concerning billiardists of the past and present can De secured from tionaI Billiard Weekly, 1472 Broadway, New York city.
 Dear Jim: A claims that before a dealer is permitted to serve a player with cards on the draw, all players must discard. B claims each player discards and buys his ca ' and then-and only then--does the /. player discard In other words hssss aims that no man must discard uillil right at the moment that the dealer is ready to serve him with cards. Who is correct.
 THE MONK.
 Dear MT. Corbett: Was there a Van derbilt cup race held in San Francisco in 1915? If so. who won it and what was the name of the car? w F. R.
 Dario Resta, driving Peugeot, won the race.
 Dear MT. Corbett: will you kindly decide an argument regarding the fam ous "bone" play of Fred Merkle A claims Merkle was on first when another player made the hit and that MerkIe instead of running to second, ran for the clubhouse and Was declared out on a technical forced play. claims Mer- kle hit the ball and after reaching first kept on to the clubhouse and was tho last man to bat in the game.
 A. H. STIHEL
 A. is right; Merkle was on first and failed to touch second.
 Dear MT. Corbett: Can two persons play auction pfnochl eNwithout a dum- my hand? MORRIS ZENESKI.
 Yes.
 Dear MT. Corbett: Who was the coach of the 1917 Columbia football team?
 PHILIP ERNST.
 T. Nelson Metcalf.
 Dear MT. Corbett: What are the heights of Jeff Tesreau and Jim Thorpe? J, A. w.
 Tesreau, 6 feet ? inches; Thorpe, 6 feet F inch.
 Dear MT. Corbett: Tn a six-handed poker game A deals, B opens the pot c drops out, F drops out and F finds that her hand has six cards. Please advise whether this is a misdeal or whether Els hand is dead. l.. J. w.
 The rules of poker provide that if any of the players is served with more or less than five cards on the deal 1t Is misdeal. but after the draw if any player has more or less than five cards that players hand is dead.
 Dear MT. Corbett Did Joe Shugrue and Benny Leonard ever meet in the ring. If so, what was the decision?
 J. R. NJ Shugrue and Leonard met but once. That was on March 5, 1912 when Shu- grue stopped Leonard in four rounds Sidney K: To give you the knock out records of the two fighters you ask would take too much space. Send me self-addressed envelope (with 3 cents in stamps) for address of place where you can get a book which gives ring records of all prominent fight CTS.
 Dear MT. Corbett: Did Fred Fulton ever fight Sam Langford? If so. what was the result? FRANK KELLY. Fulton scored a technical knockout victory over Langford in Boston a short time ago.
 c. A. Donahue: Send me self ad- i dressed envelope (with cents in stamps) for diet which may assist | you in putting on weight. At the same designed for the strengthening of the stomach. heart, lungs, and body gen | orally. This offer goes for your | friends as we'll as yourself. l Dear Mr. Corbett: f1) Did Joe Cox | ever knock out Jess Willard CD Was ! Jess Willard ever knocked out? (3) Els Jack Johnson still living? (4) Is John L. Sullivan still living? | J. GRECO. 1 G) Cox claims to have stopped Jess 1 Willard but there is no record of this | In the books, nor have I ever seen anything to substantiate Cox's claim. l (2) No, according to the records. (3) Yes. (D Yes.
 1 Dear Mr. Corbett: When and where did Jess Willard knock out Jack John- 1 son? J. HICKEY. l Willard knocked out Johnson in the twenty-sixth round in Havana, Cuba, l April 5, 1915.
 Samuel Corlan: Send me self-ad- dressed envelope with cents in stamps. for name of place where you can get for 25 cents book which I gives all the records made in run ming high jumps broad jumps and in I all other forms of track and field ath- letics.
 l Dear MT. Corbett: Whose outneld was considered better-the Giants or 1 Dodgers? JOHN c. F. c. G. L.: If pitcher has been l taken out of the box he can go back again during the same game pro- vided he stayed in the game in some other position.
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