Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-07


Babe has his own style and is good
at 1t. Just because fellow is big
and strong is no reason to believe he
| could be successful with Ruth's
STYLE
Frank Foster coach of the Olym-
| pic Club of San Francisco, where
Peter Jackson, Jim Corbett and other
! famous ringsters were wont to per-
form years ago, declares that in his
opinion Harry Wills is as great a
fighter as was Jackson. From what
| ! saw of Wills when he defeated Fred
Fulton said Foster recently, she
has everything that Jackson had
Peters famous straight right to the
heart had nothing on the wallop with
which Wills battered Fulton to the
floor breaking two OF his ribs. Peter
F, might have been little more fancy
they had more time to he fancy in
his day--but he was no mpre effective
than Wills is"
Grover Alexander Won his 23oth
National League victory Aug. %,
with shutout over the Robins Alex,
during his ten-year career, in the
,senior major. won $50 and lost l13
games for a pitching percentage of
.6Il up to that time. Alexis complete
record follows: a
Against the Reds, won 40 and lost
II.
Against the Pirates. won 80 and
lost II.
Against the Robins. won SO and
lost IA.
Against the Braves, won So and
lost 10.
Against the Cardinals, won SO and
lost 49,
Against the Cubs, won 25 and lost
Il.
Against the Phillies, won 6 and lost
3.
Against the Giants, won 90 and lost
%.
brazil is developing many clever
oarsmen. The sport is conducted
under direction of the Brazilian Fed
Grafton of Rowing, which comprises
the following clubs: Botafogo, Guam
abara. Nataeo. Christovan, Flamenco,
Bouquerio, Nasco do CANA and Ioa-
ray. Crews are selected from these
clubs three times a year and regat-
tas are rowed on Guanabara bay.
Veteran Edward (Pop) Geers,
Grand Circuit driver, will be glad
when 1920 rolls into it's place in his
tory. Pop" has had two spills this
season and has barely missed half
dozen otherss until he has come to
believe 1929 is jinx campaign for
him. Geers first spilled at the first
Columbus meeting in July, when the
trotter "Prosser'' did a dive going in
to the first turn after getting the
word. That tumble covered the
Grand Old Man" with bruises, but
he was back in the sulky the next
day. At the Syracuse meeting, wiki
Wiki" fell after finishing second in
the 2:07 trot. and Geers was thrown
to the ground heavily. A badly
wrenched back and shoulder resulted
from the spill and the 'old man" will
be out of the game for the remainder
Of the season.
| Regardless OF the fact that the
Cleveland ball park is much too
small to accommodate the great
crowd anxious to see world series
games there, owner Dunn is not now
and will not in the future even con-
slider erecting larger grounds for the
Cleveland team. "Our plant is large
enough for regular games, and it is
not likely that Cleveland will win
the worlds series every year." said
Dunn. A crowd Of $4,000 people fills
| the Cleveland ball yard, and already
| the club has applications in excess Of
$4,000 for the blue ribbon games.
Dunn is spending nearly $4,000 to
construct bleachers to accommodate
$500 fans, and the bleachers will be
permanent. This will bring the ca
lpacity up to nearly 10000. Dunn
pointed out that the great rise in real
estate values in Cleveland makes it
almost impossible for the club to ob-
tain a suitable site for new grounds.
Altho small, League Park, in Cleve-
| land, is one of the best appointed
irplants in the major leagues.
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight
champion of the world. is not in the
least perturbed by Tex Richards
threat to stage featherweight battle
and create a new champion. Kilbane
read recently Of. Richards, plan and
then emitted the following: Its too
bad Richard can't run the world box
ing game to suit himself. He wants
to pay fighters Just what he thinks
they are worth, then If they don't