Evening star., 1921-03-28

The welter king says he is not feel
Ing we'll, and his physician advises
him that twenty-four bouts in the
course of the past twelve months are
responsible for his condition. No one
will begrudge Britton his rest. Here
is at least one champion who is never
afraid to risk his title nor 10th to face
any man who wants to fight.
Kansas nt st. Paul.
Westerners will have a chance to
see Rocky Kansas in action at st.
Paul next week. The young mastadon
with clublike arms will exchange
wallops with Bobby Ward on April 4.
Kansas can work every week for a
good purse if he wants to. His Broad
way success against Willie Jackson
has given him a money value such as
he never before knew, and promoters
are now asking him to name his price.
In the short space of twelve days
Rocky cleaned up $4,000. He re-
Mitchell in ten rounds at Milwaukee
on March 9. and Tex Rickard gave
him $4,000 for his appearance against
Willie Jackson.
So from now on Kansas is likely
to do little worrying, no matter how
many golf balls he loses, "r how
many clubs he breaks. Yep, Rock is
a golfer. He fell for the game hard
last year and all the time he is not
training he is out on the links whack
ing the elusive pill and then trying
to find it.
Base Ball and Golf.
Professional base ball players have
long known the lure of the game of
golf. Matty was among the pioneer
big leaguers in the game. lot of
the Giants followed him. John Nc
Graw didn't approve of the sport, his
idea being that it made his men less
effective as ball players. Later, how
ever, he decided differently.
Johnny EverS had no use for the
game at all and was on the point of
stopping those of the Cubs who were
playing the links at Catalina Island
until Grover Alexander took him over
eighteen holes. Johnny returned foot
sore and tired. He said if there was
any, game better fitted than golf to
put y man in good physical condition
he didn't know what it was. He told
the Cubs to go to it to their hearts
content.
Something About Jennings.
Into the office the other day walked
a letter carrier. He was gray and
his face was scanned. Yet the breadth
of his shoulders and the sturdiness
of legs and body indicated man who
had gained his build through some
thing more strenuous than delivering
mail He saw a picture of Hughey
Jennings and smiled.
when l knew Hughey,' he said.
''he was a driver out in the mines at
Avoca. Pa He drove for me. 1 was a
coal miner then and l filled many a
car for Hughey. Didn't know then
he was a ball player. except every
once in while I'd see him pick up a
chunk of coal and heave it at sone-
thing-usually at some miner who
had kidded him. Well, / went into
business for Uncle Sam and Hughey
he went into base ball"
Haven for Ex-Big Leasuers.
Where are the stars of yesterday?
IF the fans of the big league circuit
should ever be interested in finding
the answer to this question they
would find it in the Coast League. 1t
sure looks as IL all good big leaguers
went to the Pacific shore when they
died On the Vernon team we find
Truck Hannah, Ernie Shore and Slim
Love. San Francisco has Lefty
O'Dowd and Morris Rath. Rube Old
ring is playing with Seattle. Gavvy
Cravath is managing the Salt Lake
crew. Other former stars of the
spangie circuit may be found playing
amid the soft coal smoke Of the Amer
lean Association centers.