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The New York herald., 1921-04-24
There is a city
in which no one
is rich or poor

CARTAGENA AND THE BANKS OF
THE SINU. BY r. h. Cunninghame
Graham. George II. Doran Company.
A fierce love for things old and
storied and for mouldy cities unfre-
quented by the generality of human
beings has led r. b. iCunninghame
Graham to write this volume on
Cartagena of Colombia and the Sinu
River country.
Regarding his fondness for out OF
the way places Bernard Shaw tells
the following story: Somebody told
him of Tarndant. city of Morocco. in
which no Christian had ever set foot.
Concluding at once that it must be
desirable place to live in he took ship
and horse. changed hat for turban and
made for the sacred city via Mogador.
.. He fell into the hands OF the
Cadi of Kintafi, who rightly held that
there was more danger to Islam in
one Cunninghame Graham than in
thousand Christians"
There are few spots in the civilized
sDo uncivilized world which the au-
thor of this book has not visited.
Spanish America he knows marvel
lously WELL its people, its natural life
and Its traditions. Little wonder that
he. has chosen to tell the story of
Cartagena, its vivid tropic beauties.
which make a wondrous background
~ ~ -.
doris jumping through the jungle in
quest of Ell Dorado. His labors as a
Historian are ended when he has told
the story of the conuuerors, for the
period when they held sway is most
interesting and dearest to the heart
IF this Scotch laird. who is himself
conquistador gone astray in the twen-.
tieth century.
Graham is both solitary and a ro-
antic, mingling with the crowds.
He has the build and mien of Don
Cslixote; very appropriate, too, for
man who loves the Spanish tongue
and is always charging at evil. One
critic sees in him the literary and
physical reincaration of Sir Philip
Sidney, the gallant Elizabethan SON
HeLctT. AIOtHeI HAS cdllcu MN Tic
Scotch Maupassant. Bernard Shaw
regrets that he is an unashamed
candy; such boots and such hat
would have dazzled D'Orsay,' but he
carries his unconventional costumes
off in magnificent style-nobody
thinks them extraordinary
Less than half a century after
Columbus discovered his continent the
blood and orange banner of Spain was
hanging listlessly on its staff before
the hut of Don Pedro de Heredia,
founder of Cartagena. In 1888 Don
Pedro forced the inhabitants of the
city and of the surrounding country
to submit
Don Pedro spent his days building
up Cartagena and seeking and find
ing treasure in the jungles. In one
spot alone he 'unearthed more treasure
than ever fell to the lot. of either
Cortes or Pizarro. In fact. it is be-
lieved that the gold discovered not
far from the banks of the Sinu
sent other Spaniards down into Peru
and resulted in the vanquishment of
the Incas and other Peruvian tribes.
Never were there such treasure hunt
ers as these early Spanards. Worn
TO the skin and bones by disease and
hunger. an Indian yarn of treasure
was sufficient to turn them from their
homeward path toward new sallies in
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

helot to the republics OF the Southern
Hemisphere. he cries, "and taught
them that all our criticism of their
poor, futile revolutions, so sparing OF
the sacrifices of life, so careful to
respect the honor OF the home, has
been but child's play to our own
bloody sport
To return to Shaw, who while out
walking with his mother. greeted
Graham.
"Who is that?" she asked the play
wright.
"Cunningham Graham" he replied
"Cunninghame Graham is one o.
your socialists she said unbelieving
THAT man is gentleman
The New York herald., 1921-04-24
BOOKS ON SOUTH AMERICA

those OF other cities in like latitude,
it's nearness to the Panama Canal
and the traditions it enshrines will,
when the railway system of the re-
public is a little more advanced, make
it the glory of the land"
The socialistic tendencies of the au-
thor crop out here and there. Through
out the volume he makes us aware
of his dislike for formal religion and
his contempt for the morality of Gov
ernments.
We'll have we played the part Of
The New York herald., 1921-04-24

pitched with mud, supporting roots
either OF reeds from the river banks
or Of banana leaves.
mo one is rich or poor. Fuel and
clothes the problems of the north,
affect the people little. The earth
yields crops with the minimum of cul-
tivation. and fruit is plentiful. OUT
wardly there seems to be content, but
no doubt envy. hatred. malice and the
rest OF the passions with which men
plague themselves the world over are
to be found there, as they were in
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
=$$ {: Siftings of the Sport World :: ~: e.:
GREAT BRITAIN
MAY DUCK The
1924 OLYMPICS

London, Jan. Twill Britain com
pete i'll the Olympic games of 1924
After the near-f1asco of last August
when it was touch and go whether there
would be any British team at Antwerp,
this question is agtating British athletic
circles. The whole position has now
been outlined by Sir Theodore Cook,
editor of The Field, and one of the
leading authorities on British sport. In
terviewed recently, Sir Theodore point
ed out that the matter was simply a
question of finance.
"Anybody," he said, who would give
10000 pounds in trust to the British
Olympic Council before the end of 1921
for the purpose of the British team of
1924 would destroy any argument of
mine or anybody else's against these
games.
The unfortunate fact is, however,
that the British Olympic Council had
never as much as $4,000 pounds to spend
six months before any Of these games
began. The public refused to subscribe
in 1908 until a leading newspaper OBJ
tanned about $4,000 pounds by an appeal
at the last moment. In 1912 the public
refused again, and team had to be
sent to Stockholm with very little money
which had been left over from the pre-
ViOuS occasions.
In 1918 an extremely strong commit
tee was formed, with men like Lord
Roberts, the Duke of Westminster, and
others signing the appeal and the public
took no notice in spite of the press
being filled with exhortation on the
subject. In 1920 the public took precise
ly the same view, but the British Olym-
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
TRACK AND FIELD HAD
BIG YEAR DURING 1920
Records Fall Generally Due to
Tryouts For
Olympics.

The season in track and field sport
last year was an exceptionally big one
the preparations for the Olympic games
the tryOOts and other test competitions
arousing the men of muscle all over
the United States to their greatest eff
forts III trying for places on the team
What the American athletes did at
Antwerp where they scored as many
points as the entire nations of the earth
put together, is now ancient history,
but what the American girls did in the
contests for women was still more sur
prising.
During the progress of the season a
number of minor records were made,
but it was notable that the standard
marks remained untouched Perhaps
the fact can be accounted for by the
very advanced Ca1ibre of records in the
championship events. Nowadays it re-
quires a superathlete to set up a new
record in either track or field. In the
team championship for the national out
door event held in the Harvard Sta
dunn the Chicago A. A. and the New
York A. c. competed, the victory 60
ing to the former by the score of IS
points to "a.
Individually Charles Paddock of Los
Angeles and Alan Woodring of SYRIA
cuse proved to be the leading American
sprinters, while Robert w. Landon
of Yale university turned out
to be the star jumper of the year and
his win at the Olympic Games was the
most sensational event of the meet Pat
Ryan showed the best all around ability
as weight tosser by winning first and
second at the Olympic Games.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
JACK BARRY MAY
COACH HOLY CROSS

With assurances that Jesse Burkett,
who has met with great success as
baseball mentor of the Holy Gross nine
for the past four seasons. will not con-
tinue in that capacity with the Purple
the coming season, the Holy Cross
authorities are now i'll search of a
coach for the year.
One who is being favorably men
toned and who will likely be offered the
vacancy is Jack Barry, former star
shortstop of the great Philadelphia
Athletic machine and later manager of
the Boston Red Sox Barry is form
er Holy Cross captain and at present
is in the automobile business i'll Wor-
cester He is we'll liked by the alumni
and appears to be the logical man.
Cleo" O'Donnell. at present the foot
ball coach at Holy Cross, is another
talked of for the baseball berth.
O'Donnell has had coaching experience
with the high schools in Boston and
Purdue university and at one time was
manager in the old New England
league,
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
SOME CLASS TO LIFE
OF MORAN In ENGLAND
American Pug Living in Castle
on Thames Like Other
Lords.

London Jan. 1.-The America that
knows its fighting men may not believe
it but Frank Moran, Caulif1oWer ear and
all is today living the life of an Eng
lish squire, with one of the most beau
tiful country homes in England, and
lOrding it over the tenants as a real
squire would.
He leased home on the banks of the
Thames near Maiden Head when he
came here to train for his fight againt
Beckett and is still using it as head
quarters for his work in keeping in
shape for his hoped for bout with Car
pentier.
When I passed through the spacious
grounds, and over an undulating lawn
stretching to the rivers edge, a grave
looking butler opened the door, and
led the way through halls decked with
trophies of the chase and valuable old
sporting prints into a reception room,
heavily carpeted, and filled with oil
paintings and marble statuary. On the
hearth, near a cheerful fire, were half a
dozen bottles of vintage wines having
their chill taken off.
The new squire of Maiden Head. his
sparring partner, Frank Goddard, a
lively poodle pup, and a beautiful COL
den retriever, entered from the garden.
Nice little place this" said Moran.
Take a look around"
We went over the entire house. 1t is
richly furnished and there is in it no
indication Of fighters home except in
the masseurs room, where the rundown
Stats and a battery of bottles of 1ini-
ments are ready for his need
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08

Antwerp won the middleweight cham
pionship of the world. During the war
he was assigned with several hundred
other constables to the Admiralty and
served with the Naval Police in the sea-
port towns of France
According to O'Rourke, British
sportsmen are confident that, whatever
his mates on this boxing team may do,
Mallin will vanquish his American Op-
ponents. He has had a world of ex-
perience in the ring-he cannot remem-
Der how many bouts he has had-is a
clever boxer and l@rd hitter. Say this
for him-he has fighting face.
Stanley is a wide eyed handsome
youth of p. He enlisted in the First
Royal Fusileers in 1913 and was in the
vanguard of the force which Great Brit
ain flung into France in August of 1914.
He fought all over the western 'front.'
was wounded three times, was sent to
Africa and took a few swings at the
Germans in that part of the world and
then was sent back to France, to remain
until the signing of the artnistce. He
founded his boxing career in the army
and came out undefeated. Last May he
joined the police department and few
months ago won in handy fashion an
elimination tournament to decide which
of the heavyweight bobby boxers would
come here for the impending internal
tional clash.
Stanley is frankly amazed with the
town and gets lot of fun out of jog
ging up and down Riverside Drive in
the early morning hours, taking in our
shows and riding in the subway. He
has struck up an acquaintance with the
cop who patrols the beat which covers
fellow. Every day when the cop goes
off duty he drops into the club to see
Stanley go through a bit of light exer-
else in the gymnasium. The cop likes
the English boy immensely and prob
ably will root for him when the tourna-
ment rolls around. If that be treason,
make the most of it.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
MORAN HASN'T
CHANCE OF CRACK
AT CARPENTER
Bear Cat Hits Too Hard for
Frenchman Backers to
Take Chance.

Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh Bear
cat, did what everybody in this country
expected him to do when he defeated
Joe Beckett, the alleged heavyweight
champion of England in two rounds
and thereby punctured the aspirations
of that worthy as a fighter of the first
class. He lessened the great glamor
that has been surrounding the French
champion for a similar performance.
Moran is happy mixture of good,
bad and indifferent fighter.
He has all the chance to get to the
top, but he lacks that essential of not
being able to outthink his opponent
when he goes up against first class men.
Moran has wallop that would cap
size stone sloop if he placed it, but
it go a trife too late He has had
some contests with the very best men
in the game, but has always been I'M
fortunate to finish after the other fel-
low has crossed the line a yard or two
in advance and been declared winner.
Moran is shreWd and an intelligent
chap outside of the ring, but he seems
to leave his thinking apparatus, as far
as skill is concerned, somewhere out
side of the ropes when decks are
cleared for action. His performance
against the giant Beckett will serve to
give him new lease of ring life and
from now on it will be apparent that
he will set sail for a match either with
Carpenter or the champion, Jack
Dempsey.
Moran is a gamester and can be de-
pended upon to go the whole length of
his ability without tin-canning or turn
ing his back to the Cruel if it is coming
has way and his fighting record shows
that he has taken some fine and fancy
1acings and did not yell murder when
the glove shrapnel was tearing up
everything in his neighborhood.
Moran has all the confidence in the
world that he can beat all in creation
here and now and all he wants is a
crack at the Freshman to prove the
assertion. But nevertheless the Pitts
burgher will not get the chance for the
reason that the French champion is
sewed up with a copper-riveted con-
tract that forbids him from taking on
anybody without the sanction of the
promoters, who will not allow Carpen
tier to take any such hazard. Frank
may holler and yell until the COWS
come home, but he hasn't 'Juciers"
chance to upset the card that is already
arranged for the FrenChman to meet
Dempsey.
Many will laugh and say rot" when
it is argued that Moran has a good
chance to beat either Dempsey or Car
pentier, 1t may not be quite as ridicul
Gus as it sounds and if it could be ar
ranged, a match between Carpenter and
Moran, in France of England, might
prove it.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08

pic Council were even more unfortunate
than usual for they had trusted to their
new president, Lord Downham to Sc
cure the necessary funds. They were
faced by his illness and subsequent
death, but the public left nothing to be
misunderstood about their attitude be-
cause they still refused to give any
thing after a committee had been
formed in the House of Commons, in
Guiding many energetic MEMBERS
The difficulty of this position was
still further emphasized by the fact that
the foreign office had taken a hand
in the game, and had therefore given
an appearance of official sanctitv to
the entrance of the British team, and in
this light the rest of the world most
certainly regarded that entrance
particularly when the king himself ap-
peared among the few subscribers.
The government, however, limited
their action to the complication pro-
duced by foreign office communications
and never allowed a farthing toward
the expense of the team they had Off
c1ally entered against teams of other
countries, which, in nearly every case
were assisted by subsidies of public
money, or large subscription lists and
the Americans (Who came over on
battleshlp) were particularly resentful
at only having about $150,00O to spend.
Now apart from any contention
that sporting matters should not be fet-
tered and obscured by any diplomatic
interference on the part of the govern
ment i'll relation to the governments of
other countries, | want it to be clearly
understood that in 1910 no association
Cnntr011I11O o. pritic1,
would be likely to refuse to send team
to represent the country anywhere, even
apart from the expressed desire of Bel
gium that we should i'll this way help
her to celebrate her victory over Ger
manV"
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
EDDIE SHEVLIN SCORES
KAYO AT MARLBORO

Mall oro, Jan. Fiddle Shevlin of
Roxbury. the Dartmouth boxing pro
fessor," started the new year with a
technical X. O. over Jack Mclaughlin
of Philadelphia at the Pastime \. c.
here.
Hhe bout, the feature of a good pro-
gram of contests, attracted large
gathering In the sixth round when 1t
was seen that Mclaughlin was likely
to be knocked sense1ess, the referee
stopped the affair and gave Shevlln the
award. Mclaughlin had about 10 pounds
in his favor but Shevlin boxed circles
around him.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
BRITISH BOXERS HERE HOPING TO
WIN OVER AMERICAN AMATEURS
FANS WANT ACTION.

If FeatherWeight Champion
Johnny kilbane had any regard
for the welfare of the sport that
has been the means of bringing
him fame and wealth he would
either defend the crown or vacate
the throne. kilbane is a more
highly intelligent man than the
average professional athlete and
he is well able to appreciate the
fact that he is not acting in the
proper spirit when he ignores the
wishes Of the great army of fight
fans in this matter. despite re-
ports to the contrary, Kilbane has
not been matched with Young
Reis1er at the Garden, and there
is no intention of making any
such match even if Kilbane were
willing. The report was sent out
merely to boost Reisler, who is a
promising novice, but still a long
way from the top of the cham
pionship ladder
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
LATE GEORGE CIPPS FORWARD PASS
OF IS YARDS BROKE RECORD FOR YEAR
WAS IT PROPHETIC?

Those who believe that Eng
lishmen lack a sense of humor
would change their opinion if
they could meet the British anna
teur boxers who have come here
to take part in the International
Sporting Clubs tournament this
month. They all have a fund of
good humor and are full of quips
and jokes. John Watson was
alert when he filled out his app1i-
cation for passport on the eve
Of his departure from London
When he came to the question:
Have you ever been manned or
disfgured in any way?" he had
i'll mind his coming meeting with
American boxers and naively
wrote as his answer: mo, not
yet
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08

ITCHING IldlldScIS W put DOO, J1., 1o1 III
as championship hope within the last
few years have ended in dismal fail
ure. The lads last looming out" af-
fair was pulled off down in Newark,
n. J., after the boy was discharged
from the army. He made a fair show
ing with his opponent-that was all.
While stationed at Camp Dix, New
Jersey, young FitZ boxed with the SOL
diers and appeared in exhibitions
there; so when he was released from
service more than one manager be-
lieved he could be turned into fight
er of the stripe that made his father
famous.
To those who knew Bob in his
boyhood days when he resided at
Dunellen, n. j., the turn of events
was no surprise. Young Bob was a
modest chap and detested the word
"priZefighter." He loved to roam
about the fields, fish in old Stony
brook, catch butterflies and kill snakes,
and play the games with the village
boys. All this was only dozen Of
years ago when Old Bob's fame was
slipping away from him.
Fight was not in young Bob.
Even the little scraps that are common
among boys, Bob, Jr., was never mixed
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
ANOTHER PLANK.

The third member of the Plank fam
lily to break into organized ball is
Clyde, nephew of Ehdie and Ira. He
will receive a trial as pitcher with
the Waynesboro club of the Blue
Ridge league. Last season he was
rated the best pitcher in Gettysburg in
dependent circles. He is right
handler.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08

in a he a
negh'ong viii
the rival team that the bg fee
half tere only periods in game in those
on when the
a
He
to
ahe he was o the mo
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note
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
FREDDIE WEBB WHIPS
RAMSAY AT QUINCY

Quincy, Jan. 7.-Freddie Webb of
Weymouth defeated Hugh Ramsay,
also Of that town, in the feature bout
at the Coliseum, the affair going the full
route of 10 rounds. The bout was a
good one all the way.
In the semi-fnal Billy Shine of
Quincy kayoed Bert Skellet Of this city
in three rounds. In another bout Billy
Bennett Of Quincy stopped Eddie Kelly
of Whitman III one round
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
Are Equally Divided With Posi-
bility of Another Change
Later.
National League.


OF the 10 clubs that will spring from
their marks for the pennant races in
the major leagues next April, six will
have been provided with new managers,
the half dozen being distributed equally
between the two rival circuits.
Only one of the new leaders can be
regarded as stranger to the role he
assumes, however, the single exception
marking the acceptance of Ty Cobb to
pilot the Tigers in the campaign of
1921, his first service to ball club in a
position other than an athlete in the
ranks.
In each of the other instances the
pilots have effected d change of base
for their operations Fred Mitchell
leaves the Cubs for the Braves, Johnny
Evers succeeds to the pilot house that
Mitchell vacated, and Bill Donovan,
the Phillies VIA Jersey City, where he
tOiled last year.
In the American league a familiar
face returns to the charge of the Red
SoX. Hughie Duffy, former Portland
Eastern league pilot He has been ele-
waited from the job of managing the
Toronto international club a season
ago. Up to date, a manager for the
Browns has not been appointed but evil
dence points strongly to the nomina-
ton of Lee Foil. who until a break
came with iris Speaker, served with
credit in the capacity at Cleveland.
Cobb is the third new manager listed
in the American, where, instead of one,
Speaker, there will be two playing
managers next year. Two of the new
pilots will endeavOr to achieve fame as
leaders where their more brilliant per-
Torrance was staged.
Back in the old days Hughie Duffy
was one of the greatest outhelders and
hitters the game knew. His accom-
plshments will live in baseball history
as long as the sport is fostered. The
heyday of his career was spent In Bos-
ton on the famous old National league
club, after which, compelled by time
to shuttle out of the select circle, he
drifted around the country. Last year
he was successful with the Toronto
club and he stepped up.
.CObbs career is different only in that
he is going to rise from the ranks to
the managerial berth without a break.
Ty started his major league service in
Detroit and unelss he alters his plans,
will finish it in the Michigan city.
Strictly speaking, the Phillies will
possess the only home-bred pilot in the
big tent. Bill Donovan, who at one
time occupied the mound for Hartford,
first saw the light of day in the Quaker
village and started his activities in the
pastime there. 1t remained for him to
carve his niche in the hall of fame
at Brooklyn, however, and to rise to
the dizzy heights he achieved i'll Detroit
as a member of the old pennant Win
ming team.
To some the appointment of Cobb to
manage the Tigers means another step
to the eventual elimination of bench
managers in the big leagues. Until
Speaker succeeded at Cleveland there
wasn't a playing pilot in the big show.
Now there are two with Cobb, still with
several years of good baseball left, that
will don the spangles and get into the
tlickest of the battle.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08

Chicago, Jan 1.-THE state attorneys
office announced that plans were being
made to extradite the indicted White
Sox players not at present within juris-
diction of the state courts. 1t was said
an attempt will be made to bring them
back on charges of conspiracy.