Evening star., 1921-01-22

rAssuminx that the evidence. against
the players-Cicotte and dacksoh
alone appear to have made d fuii con
fession-is not regarded as sufhcientiS
strong to hold them. what, Iheh' Is 'ne
status of those men? VIII they not oe
eligible to play for Comiskey' assuH
ing he wants them to play!
Chicago Fms Interested.
As a matter of fact. In the case OF
such a player as Buck weaver anu
others who have contracts for ISLl'
would not President Comiskey De un,
der legal necessity of playing them!
Weaver says he will prove his lnno-
cence of the charges and that the trial
cannot come too quickly for him. one
thing is certain. Chicago fans Will
seek to be convinced that Buck anu
his comrades are really guilty of the
charges made against them ana
would be only too happy to hear that
they were thrown out OF court on
the ground of not being proved.
rAs for Shorty Kerr. the Chicago
pitcher. who says he wants more than
$500 for pitching this season. the
way things look now-shortage OF
White Sox pitchers and the IKE
pickey will be worth more than ms
present salary. Anyway. his demand
looks to be pretty well timed
American League Outlook.
II the White Sox take to the field
when the season begins In their pres
ant shattered shape they are likely
70 be Door contenders for the Ameri-
Can League pennant. Sharing hum
ble position with Comiskey's bunch
probably will be the Athletics, al
though Mack has & >veloped some good
pitching material. IT he can produce
- L.
moundsmen the team may do better
than some now think. -, 80
washington ought to bat heavily.
Her one pitching ace is Walter Jonn-
son, hut q team of heavy hitters with
6ne star moundsman may DO a lot 70
iumbie leading teams into ,, the 70 oasi n,har az
words, while no one thinks the Ma
fionals have much of a chance at the
Remnant, there is the belief that 1t
will be an outfit for no opposing club
cEiiIer HnEEins has pulled the David
Harum act-at least New Hofkers
hope hts ventures will turn out that
Iay. If SO, the YankeesI ought to
make q strong bid for the gonfalon
Iris Speakers Cleveland clno VIII ne
at least as strong as last year: IN
fact, every indication u that 1t VIII
be stronger.
Johnny Ev6rS says ne - tuIouSu
with batting umpires. Wont say a
word to them, he promfSeS, Wonder
II this includes Johnny's practice OF
turning his back to the umpire ana
facing the grandstahd upon the oc-
casion Of poor decisions, holding his
fingers to his well known nose.
Knbane Lucky Cha.p..
Johnny Kilbane -is this, luckiest
champion that the lighter divisions
ever saw. There isn't an a4pifant for
his crown who eonvinees ne. critics
of ability to overthrow the kinS, de-
epite the fact that said king has gray
hair aud 10 bit more rotund than he
used to be- Kilbane can BOZ and can
hit-two qualifications which the
present run Of feathefweights seem
TO lack.
i Charley Ledoux, the French bantam.
who recently returned to Brance,. says
that he likes the moneyia fighter gets
I'M America (they all do. curiously
0nough), and he likes the people who
70 to fights, but he said as9ghter had
TO keep his eyes open in order to get
a square deal at some of9the boxing,
clubs. He says the scales were tam
pered with W hen he and Joe Lynch
Weighed in for their fight. Old Mon
sieur. Alibit fisT "a
= Referee Walter Houlihan pulled
funny one in the bout between Char
hey White and Sailor Friedman out In
Kenosha.: Wis. the other night. He
disqualifed White in the tenth round
Tor bum lighting in the ffst:
H,ODvrtxhf 1901