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Show Almost $13,000 for the widow of Ad lie Joes. I'rettv nire that is. Wolga't h is reschci the pitinarlc u fame. Ho has a 10.H) lawsuit u his bands. Philadelphia will lie losing its r.-( i tation for slowness if it doe I look out Putting up $SvHJ0 for a a.-rouad bout by Ad Wolgast ia not so slow. Metiraw is politician enough to claim everything, but Barney Dreyfus just naturallv "lawfs" when he thinks of John claiming O Toole Mae was about a week and $7500 late. John MfCloskey. "the home club manager" this week, must have tilKxl a whole basketful of lively balls itito the game yesterday. Sam Ijineford (to I.iT A'thuh) Niggah, Ah m gwine ehase you so tas' the wind gwine set vo' rlo's on fiah! 4 Mr. Johnsin eolillr Yaaa. But yo' better not ketch up wl' me! We atill ran 't see what the rubs have gnl. hul it rhnwi up like a. suit iioiled egg oa Brussels carpet when they are playing tho ben ales. Or Philadelphia, even. Probably Marty O 'Toole "a contract now contains clause prohibiting him from motoring, aeroplaning, bathing in the winter time and chewing gum. The report (erroneous) that "Bng" Raymond had been drowned caused a lot of people to shake their heads wisely wise-ly and remark that they always had predicted a liquid finish for the insect. If MeCloskey doesn't eut hi quab-bling quab-bling on the ball Sold, it may become .necessary to include in the box score a column to indicate how marry time he ia beached, fined or banished aad bad worda used, v Also the temperature might be recorded for comparative purposes. pur-poses. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien ia uaing the needle again. With Jack Johnson now a resident of Europe, Jack O'Brien figure that there is a chance of becoming a near-champion again, at least. Johnny Chapman .atatee that the doing do-ing away with all forma of teaming haa been the secret of his success in th east thia vear. Ye Johnny, but you have tho rider. Thing would present a sorry looking mesa at the Bait Palace if some of the riders did not team. I am in receipt of a letter from a friend in Elv, Nov., who is interested ia th wrestling there. He i anxious to aecur some good heavy weight who will give Demetral a good match. Ely haa a large Oreek population and in his recent match there Demetral made quite a hit as well as drew a splendid house. . It 'a a "dirty shame that last night 'a Clsrks-Lswson match should bava been won through a disqualification. disqualifica-tion. Neither man should want, to win that way, or is it done to create enough ''conversation" ao that there will be a larger crowd next Tuesday nightf If Laweon reached over and deliberately deliber-ately took hold of Clarke' jacket and held on (the officials didn't see it) then the Swede showed himself a bigger "rummy" than- I thought he could make himaelf appear. If he merely elbowed el-bowed Clarke, Clarke should have lost the heat, because, after the alleged fouling was all over and aa Clark put np hi bands, be still had a lap and a quarter to go and if ho hadn't aat np he would have had equally aa good a chance to win aa he did rn qay of the other heats. A novel method waa employed at Boston recently to rid the baseball grounds of gamblers who infest them snd who are s menses to the welfare f the game. Photographs were taken f them in the process of betting and iee. being displaced ia various wave .id at diverse limes, had the effect of siting these gambler hunt thetr oles. Gambling is the only serious lenare to baseball in this country. Inst every other objectionable thing ooniected with the game has been eliminated, hut if there is any one thing which is to militate against the national pastime and cause it to approach ap-proach disrepute in anv wav. it is this rsame gsmblng. It hss killed everything every-thing else upon which it has fastened itself, and its Wight will be felt upon baseball if it is not nipped In the bud. Kortunately gambling ig diaeounte- nanced most decidedly in big eitie in the big leagues, but there are two or ,s three places where it hss fastened itself, it-self, and strenuous measures ought to I be trken to eradicate it- Boston took novel measures. There are other way of accomplishing a result, but whatever what-ever ia done should bo don effectually. The passing of a 'law in New York legalizing boxing with no restrictions , other thaaio limit the boutsto ten rounds means that the eastern promo-tora promo-tora will get the pugilistie grapea from now on. It is often said that a championship cham-pionship battle cannot be decided ia ten rounds, but nevertheless knockouts are possible even in that brief distance and, then, when a ehampion fighter loses a decision even in sprint affairs he is discredited dis-credited although he manage to cling to his title with much tenacity. Ten rounds is enough, providing the fighter fight. Ten rounds means thirty minutes of actual fighting and if the promoter only change the rule and make the men tight instead of clinching many of the damaging wallopa may be landed in that time and many an aspiring battler mav be aent over the sleepy route. The passing of the law legalizing boxing box-ing in New York means that Ad Wolgast Wol-gast and "Knockout" Brown will meet in the big city in a few months; it means that Matt Well, th English champion, also will meet th American champion, it mean that Oklahoma will t either ahriek with joy or wallow in gloom, for Carl Morris a'nd Jim Fly a a can now get together, thanka to the generosity gen-erosity of the New York lawmakera. Then, who eaa tell but what Jack John-eon John-eon and Sam Langford may agree to satisfy the longings of the desperate follower of the gentle game of biff. In the good old day of the late lamented Horton law many championship battlea were etaged in New York. It is true that they were allowed to awat for twenty-five rounds during that era of Fugilistie prosperity, but the simple act that the limit bad been reduced to ten won't hurt much. Philadelphia ha thrived on six-round bouts for several seasons and it ia a certainty that New York can atand a "hunch" of four rounda. The new law ia New York will do away eTith mushroom clubs. One clause in the law provides that all clubs licensed to pull off show must either own the building in which the fight are to be staged or at least have a lease on the property for one year. Thia will do away with holding figbta in ball parka or even in Madison Square Garden. Already Al-ready it i said aeveral promoters have let eontrarta for big arenas. It ia a certainty that Marry Pollock, at least, will have a building that will take care -of the multitude. The Pollock gent is to tbe east what Jimmy Coffroth is to th west. Although it bain' been given out it ia almost a certainty that Harry Pollock ia the promoter who has secured se-cured he Morris f lynn fight. Pollock has a hankering for "hopes" and New York undoubtedly desired to gaze upon the massive figure of Carl. Harry Able, who onee twirled for the New York American, is now pitching pitch-ing for Oakland, and ia the aenaation of the Pacific Coast league. Mickey Flynn is doing scout duty foi the New York giants. |