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Show RIGHT OFF THE BAT. Our sainted baseball . players are still trying hard to butt into the high school league. They ought to be given a chance the more the merrier. There will be no more boxing matches at Hot Springs. This is after the Matter-Hart Matter-Hart joke Tuesday night. Don't blame 'em a blt , , - High school baseballers are working hard these days and promise to put up the real thing this season. Here's hoping so. We can stand all they give us. Mountain Home. Ida., Is after Ernest Ileusser of Murray, who formerly played with Topeka. Heusser thinks he'll stay here and be decent. . Gus Besenah of Cincinnati was knocked out last night in less than thirty seconds by Frank Carsey of Chicago at Newr castle. Pa. Carsey knocked Gus' keneb-scot keneb-scot out of gear, and Gus then slid on top of the rollers. . 7 . Patterson, crack third baseman for Park City last year, has signed up with the Shreveport, La., team. Big Bill say Patterson is not his real name, but that J. H. Mead is. and that he changed his John - Hancock because the National league was after him for jumping a contract. con-tract. The name doesn't count when it comes to good playing. . Skating has put Ogden bowling on the bum. and the City and Commercial leagues of that burg are going to quit this week. There are ; moments when one wants to be alone. Mike Donlln. who holds, down the middle mid-dle division in field for the New York Nationals, Na-tionals, has quit because he couldn't agree with the - management, and gone into theatricals. Beats the deuce what some men'll do to get that stuff. ; The Bat has been riven his last chance to fight Joe Gans. The chocolate drop said that never, no never, will be ever dally around the great Dane again. That's ! the reason Joe signed up with Harry Lewis, the man who got cold feet, when it came to meeting Peter SulUvsn, now in this man's town. The Bat says he has enough money, ami that he's going to quit. That won't hurt the Bat any. . Over the fence and out that's the new rule of the Americans when a ball flies over the boards. Once over, always over. For that reason eighteen new balls will be supplied before each game. Down in Noo Awleahns they think Muggsy McGraw of the New. York Giants is nothing but a loafer and a rowdy and a tough. Muggsy and the Giants queered themselves in the Southern city this season sea-son because of the bullying way they acted. . . Tommy Sullivan, one of the best in New England, is after Joe Thomas of 'Frisco, at 160 pounds, any place, any time, any money. Clark, the Australian bike rider here, says that Bill Squires is some punkins at i home, and that he'd make a lot of our four-flushers sweat. We-el, there's nothing noth-ing like trying. Bill is due at 'Frisco on the 16th, in time to learn about the graft cases. "My big brother," Tom Sharkey's big brother, is coming over here from the oula sod to show some of our scrappers how to do the thing up right. It's never too late ' to learn. . Young Donahue, who was matched to box Pete Sullivan here and was prevented prevent-ed by the county authorities and others, is knocking this city, calling it a dead one. That Isn't hurting Donahue any. Lawson and his trainer. Kid Hannan, worked hard yesterday for the coming bl. cycle races. Other riders at the local sauV cer track are In training, and all of them are anxious for the fun to begin. The flrst game of the high school league will take place next Tuesday. Everybody go. . .-,' Rochester. N. Y.. will get the national bowling tournament next year. Lou Criger. catcher for the Boston Americans, Is els ted to succeed Chick Stahl as captain and manager of the outfit. out-fit. Stahl killed himself at West. Baden Springs, Ind., the other day, because, an he Intimated before his death, the duties of the Job were too heavy. Los Angeles city dads are trymg to kill hoss-racing in their town. Something's come over this country this year either! Teddy Roosevelt or Carrie Nation. |