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Show SPORT GOSSIP ar,ZSrs INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 21. Jack Hendricks, manager of the Indianapolis club of the American association, has been mentioned as a candidate for the leadership of the Pittsburg Pirates. Hugo Bezdek will not return to Pittsburg next season, and Hendricks is said to be in line for the job. Hendricks had a trial as a major league pilot with the Cardinals year before last. He did not prove much of a success with the Cardinals, Cardi-nals, and returned to the association. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21. Willie Jackson of New York defeated Johnny Drummie of Jersey City in a fast six-round six-round bout tonight. Jackson had the advantage in every round except the fifth. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Oct. 21. Georges Carpentler, French heavyweight champion, has refused an offer made by Jimmy Dougherty, the local boxing promoter, to meet Champion Jack Dempsey in a six-round no-decision bout in this city, the bout to have taken place next summer. Carpentler, it is said, has been advised not to go into the ring with the Utah wonder. Carpentler is said to havo been guaranteed a purse of 580,000. Dougherty will take a trip to Europe this winter in an effort to sign either Carpentier or Beckett to fight Dempsey. The contest will be staged either here or in Essington, a short distance from Philadelphia, where Dougherty believes he can get permission to hold longer bouts. TULSA. Okla., Oct. 21. Sam Lang-ford Lang-ford of Boston and Jack Thompson of St. Joseph, Mo., negro heavyweights, boxed fifteen rounds to a draw last night. SEATTLE, Oct. 21. Evidently the gridiron game is following close on the heels of baseball in popularity, because a great number of former college and high school football stars are completing plans for a half dozen elevens which will furnish fur-nish Sunday football this fall. There are a host of former players in Seattle who are eager to get into a suit aga.in. Among the teams which have already al-ready announced their intention of put-t:ng put-t:ng an eleven into the field are the Ballard Meteors, the Keystone Giants, the Japanese, and the shipyards. Though defeated in the world's scries, Chicago is quite some pennant winning city, as these fignres show: Year. League. Manager. IW.IL.IPCj 1876 National, Spalding 52 14 .188 1880 National, Anson ....... 67, 17.79S 1.881 National, Anson 66 28 .Obi 1882 National. Anson G5 2S .66., 1886 National, Anson 87. 2n .in 1S86 National, Anson 50 34 .7i6 1901 American, Griffith 83 63 .bio inOG American, Jones 32 60 .616 1906 National, Chance 116 3G.7lo 1907 National. Chance 107 45;. iU; 1908 National, Chance 99 ba .W 1910 National, Chance 104 E0.67n 1915 Federal, Tinker 86 66 .ob- 1917 American, Rowland 100 f,4 .64.1 1918 National, Mitchell 84 4o bal PITTSBURG, Oct. 21. Jack Perry, Pittsburg, won by a slight shade over Joe Welsh, Philadelphia, in a ten-round bout last night, according to a majority of local sport writers. Both men are welterweights. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21. Tom Hughes, formerly of the Braves, whose attempt to come back with the Angels failed, is now an automobile salesman. Tom is specializing special-izing in used oars. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 21. A. Matin, manager of Sammy Gordon, returned from a business trip to Spokane and Seattle Se-attle yesterday. While in Spokane Matin talked with Abe Kemp, a sport writer there, who told him that it wras expected in the near future that professional profes-sional boxing would be permitted there. It seems that there is strong opposition opposi-tion to this among some of the city com-nvssioners, com-nvssioners, but it is expected that this will be straightened out. As soon as the new Elks building is completed, it will provide a first-class arena. Spokane, it is said, is in a prosperous condition, and boxing bouts would draw well there. It is hoped, now that the game is under un-der control of a boxing commission at Seattle, composed of reputable business men there, that Spokane can follow suit and form a similar body to take charge of the sport. |