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Show through the newspapers, hnt Psckev hss shows clsss aianv times sad he has yet demonstrated Ik true meat of his shiiitv. - I don't believe that Psckey esa ma he the light weight limit, hut -to- still maintsiss that ha raa "if some on will mske it worth while." If Parkev McFarlaad ran make IM and fight strong he will bear watching. ..'.. Cliff Rlsnkenship was much elsted ' when be picked. up the Iset edition of . the Mporttng News and found aeverat " gNiwisg prriteups for young Hwain, the ont fielder from the Pacific roast, ; whom he reeommeaded to Wasbiagfna. , Herein wa rapped quitti hard bv evea aotne of I ha coast papers and several eastern eritirs predicted that BUnken- ship had made a ntutake in rerom- 1 mending the eoast diss -In a major , csgueshin. According t Thomas Rice, he Wsshingten scribe, "Swain ia a find. If rlwain mskas' good with Wsehingtos, Blaokenahrp will have three men of his rerommSBdatioa on the elith Walter Johmavn, I'lvde Mi-Ian Mi-Ian and Rwain. Unite a feather in the eap of the Salt lake nisnsgr-ese that should land biin n job as scout Tor any of the big league clubs when bis playing days are ended. Blaeken- ship sars thai he has aeaee a awed game of baseball left ia him vet. however how-ever and that he will do his regular catching stunt for some yesrs to come. . First call for the spring salt. Jis Papke persoa ainst have been 'doing bnsmess" over ia Australia. With the arrival of tha American troops the aaaouneentent thst the Jnnrea rare meeting is extended was expected.. " - - The Oklahoma Citv baseball free chise said to be scheduled for sale at public auction. Here's a chance for Loo Thiel. fame pretty aear polling off a whole card of bouts at the Manhattan club last Monday night without introducing intro-ducing a pug. .. . Uaion league directors tell me that everythine except a few minor details is ia readiness for the opening of the season. . Let 'a hops so. . Bill Lang ia still the champion of Australia and they are actually getting get-ting ready to pay some more real mosey to see him ia action. Reports have it that George Knight has all the skia back on his nosn sod that he will be ready or duty at the .Manhattan. .dub again verj 6om Here's hoping that Cob Gallagher will have ample padding in his ring aext week. We think we know of Contrary to tba general belief. Walter Wal-ter Johnson does not hold the strikeout strike-out record of the American league. True, he surpassed Waddell 's record of 301 strike outs ia lyoa hnt the fact waa overlooked that is 1WM Waddell followed up hia wonderful perform-""f.0.." perform-""f.0.." PTe,1'n ycar-bv atrikmg . out 343 men ia forty six games in which he worked, an average of nearly near-ly eight whiff victims per game. Jaiit y,r !7"lt,'r Jobneon caosed 31.1 men ilil . IL"? out '""y fro games, and thn performance was widelv adver-i'"Tj adver-i'"Tj ,h" ?t major league per- ' .hfi,..g 1I0J. r""',, 'onr'der-ably 'onr'der-ably better. The mistake waa due to aa ovenught. aa all the eeror.l books someone who will be glad to Bad a soft spot. There la not a baseball plaver la the United States at Jhie apreading of the ink who ia not convinced that he in poing to hava the season of his life this year. Langford savs if he can 't force Johnson John-son into a boxing match he will buy an auto and try and make a match this way with Jack. Uioka like the safest plan, Sammy. Recently I earns Into receipt of a letter from our old friend George itiurdner. who informs me that he is now a Hirer maker ia the city of Chi- '7'" Xv.aae" " holding the rec-SJiUf.301- 6 " Wndd.il , till W""". although hia star as a ?... .? "T ,"OR ttik out ferord, teen 'a"" f wr" wi"' the at. luis browns, equaled tha fent. foJlT" 8,f.,0tB- ih bl!ing msnagcr and. stating thst Walter Miller, the Minneapolis boy. gave Gehring a -tnigbtv hard tus.Je.Jt tk "chrinl i three hours to gsin the two f.ilK eanloa also brings the sews that Mil- ."L k.V ",M . "' Mike Yokel and that he ia willing te come to 8aH u! ,oc, bov about P,o-o... " f4 Promoter Harry Heagren. ililler murt .... ifi. 1' " ""A !l i?" of b!; .ho'n against Gehring hould give Yokel a matuh worth go- ' "". Acord'ng to Scanlon, he and Oehring have not forgotten the promise of Hesgrea to give the fleve- 15 s lr-v 1tb.e.'" ,0 look rtnrefore as if Mike lokel might have a busy time cut ent for him this spring. Heagren Hea-gren is willing to stage a few more matches before summer, and, with the bovs willing, wrestling fans should hsve reason to rejoice. Pearl Beemas of Great Falls is another man who wants a . match. Tleeman, Miller and Gehrin- la the order named, and the Ootch Leon match ssndwiched in. looks mighty good to th fans. Oae of the beet compliments that has aver been nairf tk - . a . v - csgo.- Next. A great deal might have been said and written about conditions that once existed, but, for the good of the league ssd the great national game in this section, what's the aset Cliff Blsnkenship has fully two dor.ee atbletea who will report oa his ball Held next week. If he manage to land a dozen good ones out of the gang he will feel satisged. Hardy Downing doesn't know It, but some of these pugs are eating too rcg-ulsrlv. rcg-ulsrlv. A little vacatioa may be the means of inducing some of them to mske good and go on asjxr scree meat. , ' Harrv Iwis is so busy challenging .Sam Langford that he is usable to fight any of th welter weights now clamoring for a chance at the title. If Harrv haa anr respect for hia parents he will try and forget Psmnel. We knew it was coming. " Steven 8en bones announces, in postal card to this derjartmeat, that he will return re-turn to America (''dewr old ,8s't Lake" is th way he put it ia April. 8tev will be accompanied by hia sitter. sit-ter. , The sporting, writers who are uey boosting Hnckeuerbmidt and overlooking over-looking Frank liotch, the real and only champion, will have a lot of crawling to do if Frank will only consent to throw the "beef trust'' representative. representa-tive. , ... press was contained ia the statement of President B. H. Johnson to the effect that the baseball betting svadicate, which recently flashed across th sporting sport-ing korixon. hsd already sueenmbed to th blighting influence of those who comment ia newspapers oa sporting sf-fairs. sf-fairs. Baseball writers, have literally killed tha project and with practically unanimous accord. This wonderful power of th press is especially marked r-with r-with things relating to sports. It shews thst when sporting writers prseticslly , sgree on g given proposition, their st- ' tituds generally commands th situation, situ-ation, but possibly the most impressive thing about the ess in point is that all writers hastened to the defense of baseball base-ball against what they considered a ' menace. A maa may ssv, at once, that they ought to hav done'so. Not aaees-sanlv aaees-sanlv Why, for the sake of argument, ahould sporting writer condemn public batting oa baseball while sanctioning, by silence at least, public betting oa " horae racing! It ia maialv because sporting writers recognise the differ-esce differ-esce betweea th sports. Baseball is worth protectiag by the best efforts of sll eoaeerned. so the writers came to the rescue. Those who toiar possibly feel that sporting writer have no sens The "dope" from Chics go is thst Tommr MeFarlane. the clever little 128 pounder of that city, who fought a draw with Wolgast some time ago, "is training for a match with Peanuta Sinclair of Pelt Lsks City." How sbout it, Pessutsf Hot Csslletoo snd Willetts. th Utter Ut-ter a member of the Inxus tesm which plsved here in 190. both pitching for Vernon, held th rd box to ea hit the other dsv. The loo hit was garnered eC Willetts in the eighth. The boys won their game, 1 to 0- ; Have yon noticed the change that haa come over eertaia baseball ma In Helena "Blubb" Irby. for instsnret "Blubb" worked sight sod day knocking knock-ing the rnion leagn natil th arrival of Pick Cooler, when ssddenlv he is reported to be spinning reminiscent vara with the former Westers leaguer. . Wonder it there's a res-sob res-sob I " To the sportiag editor: A frieod haa tried to tell me that Ootch defeated Barkensekmidt twice. Give him the straight of it for me, will roe please? R. WILfiOX. oi ww ia ngui aaa watt ia wrong should credit thee critics for having don n great work in behalf of tke na- ' tional gams. The sysdiests in question had aa opeaiag through which it might hav become a menace to th progress of the sport snd the public owes these writers a debt of gratitude for their earaest aad practically annnimons eon-. I d em Beta on of th eatftt. Ootch hae met Hseksnsrhmidt (the RussisB Lkb bot oacs, th Chicago battle. ' Ootch failed to pia Hackee achmirlt 'a ebortlders to th mat. Hark-eaackmidt Hark-eaackmidt qait Bad left th mat. Ootch has met s wrestler named Charles Hschenschmidt seversl times. Ko bricks, pleas Loek eat for the tws New York teems. Tke giaats I L. I . L M awkeev. the V. t lOB.) league aad to my way ef thinking, tke yaekeee will hsvs t best out oslv ths athletic. Of the highlssders all will depend apoa tke showing of Hal These, the boy maaager. That New York Americas league brace of twirkrrs looks swfully good. I eoe-aider eoe-aider tke rubs ssd pi re tee ths ealv real costeeders in the National and Detroit should hare a good look la ia ths Amsnesn. . . Dome ens at tha high school said ssid something the ether day whea he or she suggested the name of Henry Riehardsoa ss eowek for the athletic teama of that institution. Henry Richardson is the sub for the job. He would be s credit te the school snd 1-tah interscholaetie st hint ice ss well. RicasrdsaB is sa at Mete of the kiad who spreads good influence aroongMbe rwaager fellows asd. while he has as dowbt had bat little experience at coaching others, there is a re a ao a why he eeoald net fall iato the coaching game niet as have buedrede ef ether. "Tattsy" MrFsrland hss atruek kis gsit at last. The little stork vsr-is weader has beea severely enti isc.i. dee prineipallv to the fm-t that I he has fought swat of his bstticsi |