Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-12
LiDe Sports NeDs and Comment

to make progress, to overcome diff
culties. There is much social enjoy
ment at times. and there is indeed a
JOY in the spirit of contest. but the
grasp with which it takes hold of one
ana the tenacity with which it keeps
that grasp are due, as | analyze it,.
to the powerful and inherent trait,
the desire to attain perfection"
Mike Gonzales. Giant catcher, and
premier baseball promoter of Cuba.
has about completed his plans for
taking the Giants to Cuba this
month. The schedule calls for the
team to leave New York for Havana
via Key West on October IL. Sixteen
games will be played in and about
Havana with the Havana Reds, led
by Gonzales. and the Almendares,
ploted by Adolhho Luque. The play
ers have agreed to make the trip
are George Kelly, Larry Doyle. Dave
Bancroft and Frank Frisch, infield-
ers: George Burns. Ross Young.
Vernon Spencer and Benny Kauff.
outfielders: Earl Smith and Frank
Snyder, catchers, and Jess Barnes,
Bill Ryan and Poll Perritt. pitchers.
John McGraw is expected to go to
Havana about that time and will di-
rect the play OF the Giants against
the Cuban teams. Gonzales hopes to
induce Babe Ruth to join the Giants
as an added attraction about October
30, but the Bambino has not yet defi-
nitely made up his mind to so.
In these days of the raucous
sauawk, the statement from Ted
(lid) Lewis that he was beaten fair
~, squarely and soundly by Mike
O'Dowd comes as a rather refreshing
Lewis. thru his manager,
Charles J. Harvey, declared that ne
"bit off little more than he could
chew when he met O'Dowd. Il was
a little too confident" says Lewis.
and O'Dowd is, after all. really the
greatest middleweight in the world.
Hereafter I'll stick to my own class,
the welterweight. l have shown that
l am as good as anybody In that
class and | think I am just a little
bit better want to get a match with
Jack Britton for the title this win
ter
Information to the effect that a
number OF White Sox players had
been bribed to throw the world SER
les last fall was impaired to the
members of the Cincinnati team the
night after the first game. This in
formation came to them from re-
liable source. yet the Reds were in
clined to doubt it because they could
not conceive of players entering into
such bargain. In the succeeding
games they watched closely for evil
dence of trickery, but could detect
none. One member Of the Cincinnati
team said recently that while hobbies
and senseless plays were made by
the White Sox, he thought nothing in
bungles were cleverly masked. Not
until the series was over and the
crookedness Of the Chicago players
had become the subject of common
gossip did the Reds credit the tales
told to them that first night in Gin
cinnati.
Indian Jim Thorpe, manager and
coach of the Canton professional
football team, is going to attempt 70
place the professional gridiron game
in good repute with the college au-
thorities. Thorpe has sent letters to
all leading colleges stating that under
no consideration will the Canton
team offer positions to undergrad
uate players. Thorpe was instru-
mental in banding the professional
teams together in an association.
Peter Volo, worlds champion two,
three and four years old trotter, prob
z. D. Stokes for some time. The
horse was put up at auction in Lex
ington ten days ago and there was
lively interest in him until it was an
nounced the owner would retain him
unless ne brought $4,000 or more.
The bidding was spirited until $780,
900 was reached when it terminated
abruptly. Horsemen believe Peter
Volo will succeed his illustrious sire,
Peter the Great, as sire, but to
date he has sired nothing that stamps
him as worth anywhere near record
price. Stokes is retiring from the
light harness sport.
Bandsman Rice, an English light
heavyweight who has figured in
many bouts with the best heavies of
the old world, has come to the U. s.
Rice is looking for action with the
best men of his weight He probably
will be matched with Gene Tunney
by one of the Jersey clubs. Rice is a
veteran at the game and he claims
no title. Perhaps he will show to bet
ter advantage than some Of those
who have come over here with a
blare of trumpets.
Another fighting son of Erin is out
with a defy to every lightweight
manipulation of the upholstered
knuckles extant. He is Jimmy Duffy,
a rough, tough Mick of New Yorks
west side, who has met with more or
less success with all the leading
lights of the 135-pound division.
Science has no place in Jim's cate
CORY of swat. He is a fighter, pure
and simple who doesn't know the
meaning of the word quit" He has
met Leonard, Tender, Jackson. Fitz-
simmons, yelling, Dundee, Cline,
Kansas. Hartley, Britt, Bloom, Adair
and countless others and las
yet to be knocked off his feet.
And not few of his bouts have
ended with his opponent doing a
spread eagle over the canvass. Duffy
admits that he would like to box
Leonard. Jackson, Tender, F'itz and
all the other so-called terrific punch
ers. All Of them have bounced punch