The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-01
Gatherings From the World Of Sport

Coghill, Australian heavy champ.
who was stopped by Fulton in London,
has an excuse for his defeat. A Brit
ish critic says:
while one must admire the truly
sporting spirit OF Coghill which in
duced him to come forward to give
Fulton a match, one must depreciate
the practice Of any one who is not
perfectly sound physically engaging
in serious contest.
mo doubt most Of those who saw
Coghil1 in the ring thought what a
fine figure of man he looked-which
he certainly did. But I wonder how
many were aware Of the fact that
Coghill was fighting with Jaw which
had been shattered in war and which
by marvellous surgical skill was mend
ed and made to perform it's functions
by the aid of springs.
This must have rendered him
easily susceptible to knockout. The
fact must not be lost sight Of that had
anything serious happened as a result
Of this knockout Fulton would have
been apprehended and held responsible
for this. And we must guard against
any possibility Of such happenings
with all our energy, otherwise the
game will soon get into bad odor"
Christy Mathewson, telling the story
Of why the Reds took Walter Ruether
of the hands Of the Cubs, says he was
picked largely because he impressed
Matty as a hitter, even If there was
doubt as to his pitching ability. The
Cubs were playing in Cincinnati, had
three men on bases and needed all
three runs to tie the score, as Matty
tells it, when Fred Mitchell sent Rueth-
er in to bat. He walloped the ball into
deep right center for a triple.
Matty marveled, for Ruether was
he had proved to be some hitter. Matty
ity and learned that among the Cubs
he wasn't considered as much.
A few weeks later the Chicago club
asked for waivers on Ruether. Remem-
berfng that three base hit, Matty
claimed him for the Reds. He figured
that whether or not Dutch could pitch
he might be pretty handy to have
around.
Battling Levfnsky will Outlook
Pack Dempsey Just like Jim Corbett
outboxed Jim Jeffries for % rounds. -
declares Levinsky's manager in his
latest burst of propaganda. "Jeffries
was stronger and better boxer than
Dempsey, and Levinsky is closer to
Corbett In ability than Dempsey to
Jeffries," he continues. If Dempsey
had not walloped Levinsky down and
out in three rounds. this argument
would carry great deal more weight.
1t is difficult matter to explain
away that defeat, since the only ex.
PLANTATION possible reflects no credit
on Levinsky.
Not so very long ago there was
not catcher in the American league
who could be mentioned in the same
breath with Ray Schalk. Now there
are two who must be rated as close
to the White Sox marvel. They are
Steve O'Neill at Cleveland and Cy
Perkins Of the Athletics Lots of
players in the American league claim
that O'Neill is every bit as good a
man as Schalk. He is better hitter
for one thing, just as good a pegger
and there are few who will say his
brain does not operate as quickly as
the best.
But ONeill says that Perkins is the
best backstop in the league. Most
of Philadelphia will tell you the same
thing.
Fans will be glad to learn that Of
lie O'Mara, the blonde infielder, will
be back in the big show next spring
Ollie, however, will not 'eturn to the
majors as a member of the Robins
but will appear ;" Cincinnati uni
form. A few uays after the 1918
season opened the Robins sent the
aggressive infielder to the 1ndianap
oils club of the American association
and last summer played under the di
rection of Jack Hendricks. He was
one of the stars of the strong minor
league. O'Mara was released from the
Robins chiefly because of his failure
to hit, but with indianapolis his stick
work was sensational, and at the close
of the race he was among the organ
F, ization's leading batters.
Frank Isbell, owner of the Wichita