The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-09-20
Looking EN- Over
With
JACK KEENE

johnny Wilde. the flyweight cham
pion. Will arrive in New York about the
middle Of the present month. aay Ad-
vices received from England. telling OF
the proposed trip OF the little British
boxer He will start on = tour OF the
west as soon as he has rested up from
his Sea trip. meeting the best men In
the flywelGht and bantamwcight
classes.
The first bout viii be at Mlwau-
kee, whore Wilde In scheduled to meet
Jack Sharkey. From there he will cor
tinue toward the sunset citic and aft
or several bouiS will turn east. lie In
expected to fight In New Jersey. Penn
sylvsnia and Massachusetts,. Should
tho New York legislature In the mean
time pass tho boxing bill no probably
will meet either Lynch or Moore In
New York. Backers OF Wilde will post
n 10000 wager on his arrival that he
viii make lot pounds rinGsite with any
opponent who may be selseted; He
bout with Pal Moore In England.
Cleveland fans believe that y
Morton Apd kIspfsr had been able
70 bitch V(nnlne bali ali season the
indians would have run away with
the American ita0ue psnnant.
The Boston Braves have been play
ing better ball since the departure OF
Nehf and Herxog. President Grant
didn't make such had deals after all.
Williams is another man Of medium
build. while Dick Kerr Is a btntam our
and out.
! Japanese tennis players. especially
| I.htNa In the luaf fnN NeArf
havs been prominent figures In tourna
ment play In this country. and II 10 in
| teresting to learn Of tho advancement
OF the court game In Nippon from Ken
nojo Yamasaki, who In competing II
tournaments In tho United states.
| He II n newcomer to this land, hav
ing arrived less than four months ago
and although he was champion OF ia
pan he does not wish TO be con
sidered = star OF the calibcr OF Kun
aGse.
Al 4 glance II ia noticed that tn
Nippopesc Ia = master OF the game. al
though he has not as yet found" him
self In his play In this country. and !
10 his first attempt on grass courts.
Considering that he has been in th'
country only n short time, one IL some
what surprised At his fluent English
which 10 spoken with a Japanese &C
cent. the words being uttered In soi
pleasant tones. To famasaki Bosto'
he has spent much OF his time of IN
courts looking over the city and su
burbs.
Like KumaEas. Yamasaki features II
q hack court game with \ hard an
fast forshand drive. This he attribute
To the fact that until recent year
Japanese players used smaller an
lighter balls. which necessitated a har'
smash TO carry them to their intsnde'
destination. and Il 70 through habit Q
hitting the lisht ball: heavily that .h
continue with tho hard sweep'nl
smAshes, which lack the cut the Amer
| lean players put on the balls.
Tho japanese balls arc very soft AM
light and about ~ inches In diameter
| with no cloth covering. reminding on
Of n baby's rubber ball. They are o
| japanese manufacture, A are some o
the racquets. which also are llghte
than ours, although many Ensliah sn'
American racauets now are being USE
In Japan.
SO far az Yamaaaki can Judge. ten
mis- was adopted by the Kio universtt!
| In 1898, and u was not until 1919, ate
Can Gardner visited Japan. that tn
university adopted tho reguls tion ball
which are used In our tournaments
On Gardeners visit to Japan on M
way back from Manila. Yamasaki tool
him TO tho Kio university, where theI
played with the Japanese balls. Ate
tho university took up the regulation
balls tho other clubs and universitie'
quickly followed suit. Besides Gardnel
other Americans who have played u
Japan are Griffin. Dawson W. n
Johnston, Fotrell. a. N. Church and II
A. .Throckmorton. Yanssaki believes
that their appearance greatly heipet
, the game In Japan and their mstche,
were great draw Ing cards.
some Of the blo Isssus swnsrs
who are dissatisfied with thslr
managers shouldn't overlook the
veteran Tom Nsehdsm.
IL When Grover Alexander bsat N
Giants IN the recent series at Chioae
Il made HE two hundrsdth victory ainc
bscomins . major 'easvsr.
Il Looks a. II Huso Besdsk viii NJ
RAnASs the Pirates nsxt year. He
11tt1NG Carey and Whitted run n
toom according 20 their own Ideas.
Ansriesn ship Sunk.
| LONDON, Sept. O.--The Amer
can steamship Westarvada, enroute
an Esglish port from Fuschellin
| Nolian1 NJ ban sunk. The caui