Show P RJ SIP GO 7 SIPI I 6 c I I I p I WALTER D. D BRATZ Bunny Brief Is still holding out out out- his hll hand One of the old timers on the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Giants lost a thousand bean beans the other day with loaded dice And still they think that a hick Is II a bird who never saw a subway Walter Waiter Miller claims the tho pound iCS wrestling title Now when the and pound titles arc are settled we can top stop worrying Signing up with a circus not only furnishes a good alibi for not fighting Fred Fulton but It also brings home the bacon After all down n In your heart do you blame the man when the public f falls fails for It so eo easily A roller skater sk skated ur ur hours without stopping Keeper sweep I out padded cell No 97 I I I IDID DID YOU KNOW KNOW- I It sounds unbelievable but a Den ver wizard has trained a telephone operator so that she gets the correct number the first time he can CUI Shows what patience will do By oiling the hinge on your collar button frequently It will be found to strengthen Its life and In Insure ure Its Ita endur endurance against gum chewing an and andu ISN'T IT FUNNY u You Why V do they tre treat the bartender bartend r wouldn't say tay to the b baker Have a bun on mel Or take a motorman for a car ride ride- ride ride- Or ask the mailman to take a wa walk IK with you But Dut In the dry states they never er erOh treat the druggist Oh you peeked WOW WOWS dollars a day to keep keen the Astor baby That's ts easily understood under stood If they're feeding him pota pot toe toes I. I One of the most significant things thing about baseball this year Is the tend of th the minor ency leagues to p pa pats cs veteran rules and 15 Issue Ue the call c to youth The Coast league now has haj a law which compels each team In the tho league to carry among Its fifteen players six who have never played In class A or better Many other leagues league have followed this uit The nation al has fought these rulIngs rul rul- Ings on the grounds that they are discriminating legislation but th the movement persists The commission Is la right after a fashion for these new rulings do discriminate against t the e veteran OUt DUt the laws are also pro Minor leagues all over the country have found It Imperative to reduce salary limits as far as pos pOSe i I sible It Is the veteran who draws I larger remuneration for his mis services I and keeps these salary limits up I Thus the veteran rule Is a part of a retrenchment policy In addition the minor leagues league have reached the point where to exist they must make sales lales to the big league club and to do this they must develop the young player So while the veteran rule It If must be be admitted does discriminate against the older player It Is a protective measure which must be followed cut out If baseball Is to continue as the na pa pastime The Inevitable hs happened to Mr lr Lester Darcy The governor of New York has so ordered that Mr Darcy shall not pluck any of the soft money the Broadway suckers stand ready to p pass out In abundant quantities The governor has apparently lr gone Into the guardian angel business and his first act was to build a fence around Darcy Continued on na page pago o 4 4 SPORT GOSSIP COSS Continued from p page 2 The Australian has made pretty much of ot a mess meas of ot things since he landed on this shore Ho He w is given a brass bran band ovation when he arrived and he promptly started to c capitalize It But Buthe Buthe Buthe he went too far got himself In bad bd with scribes and public pUblio alike and It looks like the trenches will be his only place of refuge before long because ft t would not be surprising If It Wisconsin and nd the other states should follow New Yorks York's example and put up the bars Other boxers their manager managers and promoters might do well to take heed of the New York governors governor's action ac tion In this case and be forewarned or some lome more of our pugilistic persons are likely to have to go back to theold tho the old job of piloting a truck Baseball players never again receive the enormous ul salaries of the tho thelast thelast last three years but the diamond athlete ath lete of the future will have no Just Jud cause to harbor grievances over the small smIl stipend he receives Major league Salaries are still pretty liberal Any number of pl players will receive I and even a year while great stars will surpass the these amounts considerably And It Is a J tolerable good salary a l lot of learned university professors earn less leu and how many young fellows between 21 I and 28 23 years of age say get that sum for a full years year's toll at e eight or nine hours a day Instead of six months at two or three hours Ia a day Bueb Baseball In the future may not be the goldmine goldmine gold goldmine 1 mine It has been the last three years year but It will continue to afford a pretty good livelihood for a lot of our bright young men f Jess Willard It Is said uld Is about to branch out as a bona bon l tide fide promoter of boxing contests and Information Kas tu been eased to the dally daily press that he has offered for a pare Carey DarCy Gibbons go gD Evidently Jess Is looking for a still easier way to gather In the around tn the th coin than by galloping arena under a circus tent at law down In St. St An attorney Louis comes come to the front with Ia a novel Cardinals CardInal to get control of tho pl plan and to boost them to continued victory vie vic the to buy up lIP He proposes tory worth of 50 WO franchise and for every stock subscribed to permit permit the buyer 16 of age ago t tObe to tobe lad under years yean to name namo a 0 or of free be admitted to all games game thus enlisted ed to have hay havela havea charge the boys an and ana to their use la a 1 section reserved the team they to t te e e the rooters rooter for At first blush this looks look like Ike a corking plan could e en er enlist The suggestion good enthusiastic services of tu the list lotS lotSof 0 perpetual perpetua make mak for a 3 and of patrons mighty good friends It Is Inte Interest elt- elt i I Inn Ino n n. n |