Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-16
LiDe Sports NeUs and Comment

should eat. The need for exercise
Dempsey will supply himself by
working in a gymnasium and take
long walks into the country at stated
intervals II know many champions
in the past have brought about their
defeat by easy living, but ! am going
to escape that fate If close applica-
ton to business is the remedy" the
champ stated.
President Elect Warren G.. Hard
ing does not believe the entire fabric
of baseball is rotten. Writing to a
Cleveland friend day or two after
his. election, he mentioned the base
ball situation by way of compliment
ing the friend because of the Cleve-
land teams victory. The next presi-
dent declared the fans should keep
an. abiding faith in baseball despite
the scandal disclosed in Chicago. He
also called attention to the fact that
lad people are found in the best or
CARNATIONS in the world, but that it
would be unfair to punish all for a
few. Mr.. Harding is keen baseball
fan. and whenever he happened into
big league city and the time was
available he always attended a
game.
Armas, Otto Lahinan, champion
Finnish wrestler, was recent ar
rival in New York City.
The moment Edward Horemans.
the Belgium billiard player. lands on
this side we will hand him a chal-
lcnge to play for the worlds cham
pionship." said r. b. Benjamin,
manager of Willie sHoppe. recently.
'It will seem strange for the title
holder to be issuing the def, but We
are not going to permit this man to
tour the country on Willie's reputa-
ton and then depart without a
match. We have seen too many all
legged challengers get away with that
little trick in the past. Hoppe is
ready TO play. We will have our
money on the dock awaiting Mr..
Horemans."
iris Speaker carries his sports
manship on his hunting and fishing
trips, as a huntsman from Alexand-
ria Bay. y. Y, discovered. Speaker
and his friends had pair Of call
ducks anchored near their blinds on
their recent shooting expedition up
In Canada. Around point came the
Alexandria man. AS soon as he saw
one of the call ducks floating on the
water he let go with both barrels and
crippled the live decoy. Then it hap
pened. Speaker paddles up to him
and cut loose. Il didn't know 1t was
h caH duck" explained the stranger.
THAT does not make any difference"
replied Speaker Il suppose you call
yourself a sportsman. but any man
who will shoot u duck on the ground
probably would find great sport al
shooting rabbit when he found it
asleep. If you had any red blood in
you. you would give any bird a
chance by waiting until it had TAX
en- wing" He said lot more along
the same line Of argument and pos
sibly he made real sportsman out
Of the Alexandria Bay man.
Waxahachie. Texas. getting on the
map, again as a big league training
camp brings up a story that Pat
Monahan says he turned up while
scouting in a small league in the
middle west. According to Pat the
manager of the ball team used word
signs When he wanted !. a certain
play put on he used keyboard to
notify his players. The key word for
putting on the hit and run, with a
man Oh first, was the name of any
town west of the Mississippi river.
\ runner got on first, the batter
came up. and the. manager, prancing
ca the coaching line let out this yell:
that's the boy, an your toes every
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