Show S P 0 R RT T 0 L 0 G GY Y BY W D RISHEL For the past month there has been considerable talk of a baseball league for the coming season So far it has been just talk and as far faras faras faras as any of the plans put forth are con concerned concerned corned it is well that th t it is just talk for none of the propositions so far could possibly go through with any an de degree degre gree gr gre of success Frank Selee manager of o the Pueblo team and former mana manager manager ger er of 0 the Chicago Cubs is quoted q as being in favor of ot a league le guo but says It will be bt next year ear before it can be carried through Selee wants to form a league with Denver Colorado Springs Trinidad Cheyenne Ogden and Salt Lake Ike Selee says sa s how however however however ever that it would be necessary to get consent to put another team In that city as he does not believe in outlaw ball Selee Selce starts out all right but Instead of Trinidad his league should have Pueblo Such a league should then thon start out with the firm in intention Intention of playing outlaw ball bail if necessary necessary sary sa and you OU will have hav to talk for a along along along long time to convince the writer that outlaw ball is not preferable to or organized ball in email emall league leagues If It Se Selee Sel Selee lee l e would go at the head of such a league he would have no trouble what whatever whatever ever in petting getting Pueblo to desert the Western league loague l ogue as that town is not in inlove Inloe inlove love loe with circuit as it stands stants today With little trouble Denver could be wr sted from George as ag the Denver Dener fans have little use for Uncle George Just let Selee or any other man with baseball bat brains start out on a league of the above aboe and nd it can be car carried carried ried nod through and what is more the na national national association will be bo glad to take it under its protection 11 Siler Slier on a Colored George Siler SlIer says 5 S A certain clique of American A scribes scribe who always have hac declared against a colored man fighting for the heavyweight cham chain championship championship and who stood by Sullivan Corbett and Jeffries Joffries in their stand against fighting colored men seem eem tern de determined d to force Burns Into a fight with Johnson and this strange as it may seem i is because they the believe the black can beat the white This is not consistent with the view these people took of the situation during the reign of other If Johnson was not so formidable and was considered easy picking one might approve of forcing Burns to fight him but as the reverse is the ease case cas the clique it seems wants a colored heavyweight cham champion champion pion It Is the first time in the his tory of o the American prize ring that such a a demand really has haq been made The certain clique of o sporting scribes In lii this case comes pretty near being the entire fraternity of America They are arc trying to force Burns to meet Johnson not because they wish a col colored colored colored ored champion but because they be he believe b bleve lieve leve Burns Is a pure and in l simple He has never made a fight tight in his life ICe to warrant giving him any class and today Johnson is the only man in the ring who rho could really put Jut up a fight in the heavyweight ion The prospect of a match between the same Jack tack Johnson and Jim Jot Jet fries was not frowned Crowned at for fear Cear Johnson would beat the boilermaker and become the heavyweight cham chaim champion champion pion but because it would have been suicide for Johnson to get gel in the ring with Jeffries Tommy Tomm Burns will ner ne neer er cr be given credit by b the American public as a champion until he beats Johnson He can pick all the lemons he h wishes but the big black stands in his way and the quicker Burns beats boats Johnson if he can call the sooner Bunko will be given credit for beins a fighter t Noah Discovered Again Pa of Omaha has hag discovered discovered ered a pitcher and says SIl S he ho is a com corn coming coming ing lug wonder The Omaha manager says sas his man Is nearly nearl seven feet tall taH and that he ho has speed and curves to burn He lie says his man has not had very much experience but is a diamond in inthe Inthe inthe the rough Then he goes on and says saya his name Is Ig Noah This may sound good to the tho Omaha fans and it would have hac been taken all right here in Utah if IC Pa Pu had hadnot not mentioned his name The same Noah was discovered once before b fore and Dad Gimlin of ot Ogden was the scout who did it What the ball play players players ers era did to their batting averages around here on Noahs delivery is still stilla a matter of or history It is also noticed that will keep Slim SUm Hall this season and not sell him to Pittsburg as reported last fall fallIn fallIn fallin In Hall has a live one but Omaha fans know this as Hall Hail was considered the best pitcher in the Western League last season C V Salt Lake Had Right Dope George Decker the Philadelphia pugilist whose best days in the ring are a part of ancient ancl nt was aU ail aUbut aUbut but put out in six rounds at Philadel Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia phia last l st week by Johnny Summers It was Summers fight all the way wa and reports of o the contest say he could have hae put Decker out if i he hc had so 50 de desired desired desired sired Decker is the man who was matched to fight Dick Hyland H land at La Lagoon Lagoon Lagoon goon Everything was as ready to send tickets to Decker when some sonic of ot the sporting writers of the city objected to bringing a dead one here to enable Hyland to make a little easy money mone set up a great howl but the tim objections above referred to went The dope was not far fan wrong on Mr Decker That Match Ma ch Prank Frank Gotch Cotch is coming in for con considerable considerable criticism over his recent match with Joe Rogers in which he failed tailed to throw Rogers five fie times in an hour as he agreed to do Rogers left America and went to England to wres tIe llo and he claimed the American championship As a matter of ot fact Rogers is nothing better than thana a and Gotch offered to throw him five times In an hour This he failed tailed to do although friends thought he could without trou trouble trouble ble One of ot the excuses offered red by friends is that the Iowa farm fann farmer fanner er allowed Rogers to stay in order to throw off ott Others are ares areso RO so s unkind as to say eay sa that Gotch al allowed allowed lowed Jawed him to stay to get another match c Some Seme Advice for Rudolph writes Until U now I am still a foreigner but I will take tak takeout takeout out my m 01 papers some time after my fight with Gans I r represent Africa Australia and England If It I win from Gans Gaas I will have the worlds title It will be the first international cham championship championship championship of the world since the days of or Dick Burke and Kid Lavigne That is all aU very nice talk about tak talt taking taking ing out naturalization papers AFTER his fight with Joe Gans but the writer would suggest that Rudie take out life lite insurance papers BEFORE the fight with Gans |