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BAReLA DARCLJ BARCLAYJ BARCLAYJBoom Y . - rrll rrllBoom Boom Days ArePredicted ArePredicted Are ArePredicted Predicted for forMiddleweights forMiddleweights forMiddleweights forMiddleweightsGolden Middleweights MiddleweightsGolden Golden days loom 100m ahead aheadror aheadfor aheadfor ror for the middleweights . , if ifprophets ifprophets Ifprophets prophets reading the future futureby futureby futureby by means of the past are arecorrect arecorrect arecorrect correct in m their prognostica prognostica- prognosticatIOns prognostications prognostications - - tions Golden days for 160- 160 160pound 160pound 160-pound 160 pound - - pound fighters lighters who prove provethcIr provetheir provetheir thcIr their competence with fistsand fists fistsand fistsand and footwork in m the tile prizermg prizertng prize prizering ring rmg rtng ringThe rmgThe rtngThe The old boom times of the middle middle- middleweIght middleweight middleweight - - weight division promise to become becomethe becomethe becomethe the new boom times because for forUte forthe torthe Ute the first flrst time In a generation there thereIs thereis thereIs Is a great abundance of classy claasy tal"n tel'nt tal tel talnt "n n 'nt nt " ' nt t In this fieldThe fieldThe field fieldThe The bitter fistic fistle feud feod between betweenCbamplon betweenChampion betweenChampion . Cbamplon Champion Freddy Steele of Ta- Ta Taooma Ta-ooma Ta ooma . - - ooma coma Wash Wasb and Fred Apoatoll ApostoU Apostoll of r:3 r3 : r:3Fred Fred Apostoll ApostoU Aposloil called the uncrowned unerowned uncrownedking unerownedking uncrownedking king of the middlcwelghts mIddleweights middiewelghts middlcwelghtsSan middiewelghtsSan San Francisco growing ; ont oat of theIr theIrrecent theirrecent theirrecent recent non title battle In New York Yorkwhen Yorkwhen Yorkwhen when the challenger knocked tbe the tbechampion thechampion thechampion champion cold la Is a case ease In poInt poIntIt pointIt It ' recalls 1"calls 1calls ( " the lusty era when wh"n whn ( " Stan .tan- .tan . ' Stanley , .tanI"y tan - . ley I"y Iy icy ( " Ketchel K"tchel Ktchel ( " Billy Papke Joe Tbom Theft Theftas Thornas . as ( yclonc yclone ycionc Johnny Thompson ThompsonIUulCo ThompsonHugo ThompsonHugo IUulCo Hugo Krily Kclly Kelly Kid Ktd McCoy McLoy Mctoy and a lot lotmore lotmere lotmore more mere of like Importance filled ring ringblstory ringhistory ringhistory blstory history with epic battles and their theirpockets theIrpockets theirpockets pockets with ready coinSteele coin coinSleele Sleele Steele and Apostoli AposloB Apostoii w 11 II fllt fli fit ! , , , ! t for forthe forthe forthe the championship in Seattle in the thespring thespring thespring spring They will probably fight fight.everal fightseveral fightseveral .everal everal several . times more before the books booksare booksare booksare are finally closed closell They will wlll have haveother haveother haveother other opponents too such as Young YoungCorbett YoungCorbett YoungCorbett Corbett III Glen Lee I ou Broull I3rouil Broulllard I3rouillard Brouillard lard Solly Kneger Krieger Jack McAvoy McAvoyMarcel McAvoyMarcel McAvoyMarcel Marcel Thu Thil Thll of F I ' ranee rance awl se-ct se ct a - a couple coupleof coupleof of job lot lnvadt.rs lnvadtrs inva&rs invars & . . from I 7 nhland nhlandKetchel n land landKetchel Ketchel Becomes Km KingPerhaps Knio King KnioPerhaps Perhaps the most moat Interestn Interesllr Interestir g era eraof eraof 01 of the middleweights was wag when a ayoung ayoung ayoung young coal miner mmer corner named Stanley StanleyKetchel StanleyKetchei StanleyKetchel Ketchel Ketchei came out of Butte M mt mtback ) xitback nt ntback back in 1907 and announced that heintended he heIntended heintended Intended to fight tight his way through a agroup agroup agroup group of 01 tough battlers to the top topNob topNob topNob Nob ) > dy paid much attention to him himunlll himuntil himuntil unlll until one night in San Francisco he tie hekn tiekn hekn kn cked seked ) out Joe ThomasKetehel Thomas ThomasKetchel I IKetchel Ketchel Ketehel was matched matcbed with the theSullivan theSullivan theSullivan Sullivan twins Mike and Jack and andhe andbe andhe he be flattened them both He lie Imme Imme- Immediately immedlately Immediately - - diately dlately became a sensation Then a ayoung ayoung ayoung young bollermaker boilermaker named Billy filly fillyPapke BillyPapke BillyPapke Papke came out of Kewanee DL Ill IllPeople ULPeople 'eople eople People . ' called cairN ' ! him htm the tbe Thunder Thunderbolt Thunderbolt Thunderbolt bolt Ketchel Kekhel ketchs-l ketchs l - fought him In Mil Mit Milwaukee Mitwaukee M lwaukee waukee and won after aUer ten roundsKetche roundsKetche rounds roundsKetchel Ketchel Ketche ! ) went back to San t 1 < ranrisco ran rancisco rancisco cisco risco where he stopped Hugo Kelly Kellywho Kellywho Kellywho who had claimed the title tJtle tithe He beat beatTh beatTh beatTh Th mas mils mat again and then once more moretook moretook moretook took I apke on This time it was wasdifferent waslifterent wasdifferent different lifterent Ketchel KE'tchel ' had not bothered botheredto botheredLo to Lo tr nn IIn tin ai ar at d I 1 1e 1 e e I ' w is badly bea beatti beattiLess tu Less It U II an two months later laterKetchel lateretchel laterKetche Ketchel etchel ) did something few tlghters fighters tlghtershad fightersiad nghtershad had iad ever done before He carne caine carneback caineaack cameback back aack ar an d defeated the man who whohad whoad whohad had ad taker laker h 8 s a title from h m Ketch Ketchel Ketchii Ketchel el ii went on as all king of the middle middleweights middleiveights middleweights weights iveights andeven and even fought Jack John SOil son for the hea heavyweight vywelght ! ht belL belt . Out Outweighed Outweighed Outweighed weighed he lost after a furious bat batlie battie batlie lie tie Late in 1910 Ketchelwas Ketcheiwas Ketchel Ketchei was shot shotand shotand shotand and killedon killed on a M ssour ssouri ! ranchPapke ranchPapke ranch ranchPapke Papke again claimed dalmed the t1l1e title t1l1efie titletie titleHe fie tie knocked knockf"d knockfd " out outWillle outWlllle Willie Lewis to prove provehili provehis provebis hili his right to the throne 'yclone yclone Cyclone 'ycloneJohuny CycloneJohnny ( ' CycloneJohnny Johuny Johnny Thompson of Sycamore Byeamore 111 ill 111beat illbeat IIIbeat beat Papke In tn Australia Anstralla Then In IniPi2 In1912 1912 iPi2 came a parade of food good tighters fighters fightersto rightcrgto 10 to keep ke'p kep ( ' the tbe middleweight tradition traditionpopular traditionpopular traditionpopular popular They were Jimmy 'lab- 'lab lab Clab- Clab 'labby Clabby ( ' Clab-by Clab by - - - by Frank Klaus Eddie Me.oorty Meoorty Me.oortyJack Me.oortyJack Mrt.oortyJack MrtoortyJack ( . Jack Olllon Dillon and George Oeor.e Oeore . LhlpY ChipF Lhlplowing Chip Lhlp Chipr r Y F \ llowing \lowing lowing the reign of these thcse titans titanscame titanscame titanscame came Mike Gibbons known as the theuncrowned theuncrowned theuncrowned uncrowned king and some 50me fair m d ddlewelghts ddlcwetghts ddiewelghts dlewelghts dlcwetghts Then the divisIOn divisIOnslipped divisionslipped divisionslipped slipped because ol of lack of high class classcompf'tJtors classcompetitors classcompetitors compf'tJtors compftJtors competitors ' although Mickey Walk Walker Walker er and Harry Greb were exceptionsNow exceptionsNow exceptions exceptionsNow Now it appears there is a splen splendid splendid splendid did chance that there will be an another another another other era like ' that 'at at in the day days . of ofKetche ofKetchhl ofKetchel Ketche Ketchhl ) and PapkeSteele Papke PapkeBleele Bleele Steele and Apostoll ApoatoU Apostoli probably come comenearer comenearer comenearer nearer beln being . the tbe Ketchel Retchel Kctchel and Papke Papketype Papketype Papketype type of fighters ftl'hlen ftlhlen fightore ' than ( han & the &be be rln ring , . tin baa baaaeeD naaaeen . aeeD seen since their day . Honors Honore for "Old Old " * * 01d Pete " " When the moguls of baseball ba.ebaU baebaU . d de decreed . ' creed recently that the newe newest . niche nicheIn nich nicheIn . In Its the hall ban hail of o ( fame tame at t Cooperstown Coopertewp Coopentown.N CoopentownN , . . , NY N Y . ahould should be Oiled ftlled filled by Grovel Grover GroverCleveland GroverCleveland ' Cleveland Alexander they made a amove amove move that I 1 la . certain to be popular popularwith popularwith popularwith with fan tans fans . everywhere There bad badbeen badbeen badbeen been grumblings because he be wax was not notnamed notnamed notnamed named earlier earller easrliey , and find nd a belief by lome some lomethat somethat someI that be he might never attain the hon hone honeor honor . or"Old orscold or "Old Old scold . " ' 014 Pete " , " . the great ereat pitcher pltehel ' who who.tood whostood whoatood .tood tood stood . National NaUoual league le.po lepo . batten batter-a batter a - OD on ontbek ODtheir oatheir their tbek head headJI bead * . 'or or for ( ' or 20 to J'e Je ' yean yeari . . , Joins jolDs a . .e- .e is- is isled . se select .elect - - led lect company lnoluc'I lnolucI Including ' Ty TF obb Cobb CobbBabe . , , Dabe flabe Uutb nuth Ruth . , , BaD liana Hans . Wagner Waper , . Vbr Christy ChristyMathewson ChristyMathewson t , . Mathewson . . , Walter Jobnson JOhnson . , , Napo Nape- Nape Napeleon Napoleon . - leon Lajol L&JOI LJOI & . . , Trl Tn Tris . Speaker and anel C7 C7Younc C CyYoung ; Younc Young . , , all aU named uamec'l uamecl ' In past put ballotss ballotsa ballots b&Uot bUot & . a . s . the pm game's games . ' . . outstanding outatandloa ' playera players playerasince playerssince playersaince since 1900 . , Alex never pitched a no-hitter no hitter nohitterbut nohItterbut no-hltterbut no hltterbut - - - but that was about the only thing hemissed he hemissed hemissed missed He turned In four tour one hit hiteames hitgames hitgames eames games In 191 1818 1915 . , a record which whJch will willprobably willprobably willprobably probably never be equalled equaUed He Hewon Hewon Hewon won 28 games In iii 1011 1911 , bis hll hIs first big bigleague bigleague bigleague league season lealon and tor for three straightyears straight straightyears straightyears years beginning in 1915 1916 he won 30 or ormore ormore ormore more victoriesWhen victories victoriesWhen When all aU these tremendous pitch pitchlog pitchIng pitchIng log Ing teats feats are forgotten , , , Alex will willbe willbe willbe be remembered tor for a single atrlke- atrlke strUts- strUts strUtsout atrlkeout atrlke-out atrlke out - - out he chalked up in the 1020 1926 world worldseries worldseries worldseries series between tee the St . . . Louis Cardl Cardi Cardlnals Cardinals Cardnals ! nals and the New York Yankees YankeesIt It was the seventh aeventh Inning InnJnc of 01 the theflnal thefinal theBnal flnal final game The Time Cards Card . were leadIng leadlu leading3 . J 3 to 2 Z The Yanka Yanks tank . had bad the tbe bas base basesloaded . . loadoo loaded , . two down and Tony Lazzerl Lazzeri Lazzerlat Lazzeriat LaxeerIat at bat blat Ales Alex Mex . , . , who wbO had bad won a DID nine- nine & - - - - - - Inning game genie & , . Walloalled oalled called by nornsby Hornsby Horniby to relieve .Jess Jess Jesm Jesmllama .JessHaines . Jessdalnes JessdalnesOld Haines llama . Old Pete ' walked slowly to the thepltchJng thepitching thepitching pltchJng pitching mound and set let Lauerl Lazzeri Lauerldown Lazzeridown Lazieridown down on three pitches pltche . Then he heplodded heplodded heplodded plodded wearily through ' the 'e e lasttwo last lasttwo lasttwo two innings to win the game and the thetlret thefirst thefirst tlret first world s 5 . championship for Sl SlLows St St.Louis StLouis St.LouisHere . . LouisHere Lows Louis Here and There There- There ThereOf Thereof - - Of tbe the ( he twenty teams team tesms . that bave have baveappeared haveappeared haveappeared appeared In its the tbe Rose Bowl Howl durinI during duringthe duringthe ' the twenty twenb ' year history Watery of the tbe Ka.me Kame game game.only gameonly . . , . only four are undefeated andelled _ to In the cia dna- dna dnasic clas classic . - sic ale They are Southern Soutbern Can Call Canfornla Callforale CaHfornia fornla for-ale for ale - , , . which ba baa has . won Its foor four foorIrames fourgame fourfames Irames game . , . Notre Dame Columbia Colombia and andHarvard andHarvard andHarvard Harvard , . each eacb of whom have bave been beenIji beenIn b1 Iji the tbe Rose Bowl fowl once Joe JoeJudge JoeJudge JoeJudge Judge , . former Washington first firstbaseman firstbaseman baseman standa stands to make a sizable sizablepiece sizablepiece piece of change If Harry Darry Bassin a athird athird athird third baseman be he developed at atGeorgetown atGeorgetown atGeorgetown Georgetown signs IIlgns with wUh the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankeea Yankees Moe Moo Berg the theBoston theBoston theBoston Boston Bed Red lied Sox catcher who IIpeaksaeven speaksseven speaks IIpeaks speakseven aeven seven even languages always begins beglas hIs hIsbreakfast hisbreakfast hisbreakfast breakfast with pie and finishes ftnishes with withgrapefruit withgrapefruit withgrapefrult grapefruit British soldiers with withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn drawn bayonets patrol the flllbUc public flllbUcgolf publicgolf publicgolf golf course at Bannu Hannu on the north- north northwest northwest north-west north west - - west frontier of India to protf'ct protfct protect protf'ctplayers protectplayers protectplayers ' players from raids by fierce Jene flere ( "ad ad Varl- Varl Varlristan " Wazl-riatan Wazl riatan , - - . rlBtan ristan tribesmenCue tribesmen tribesmenCue Cue King RepeatsEl Repeats Repf'ats Repfats RepeatstOR ' FOR El tOR ? ' OR the nfth fitth fifth time In fifteen flf'n flfn ! ( ' ( ' years yearsJake yearsJake years- years yearsJake * - Jake Schaeter Schaefer of Cllcago Cl Icago has haswon haswon haswon won the 18 2 balkline balkllne balklirie billiard chan chart chanplonshlp chartplonahip clianpionship plonshlp plonahip This time he took the thecrown thecrown thecrown crown from Welker Welicer CochranPlaying CochranPlaying Cochran CochranPlaying Playing championship cbamplonshlp billiards is isa isa Isa a habit In the tbe Schaefer family familyJake familyJake familyJake Jake a 8 s father , . Jacob Sr was wall a acbamplon achampion achampion cbamplon champion before Ibe the present preseot title- title titleholder titleholder title-holder title holder - - holder was wall born The elder Schae Schae- Schaefer Schaefer Schaefer - - fer held championships at one lime limeor Limeor limeor or anotker another another In the tbe 14 i4 Inch tnch bail-line bail line ball-Line ball ball'line18 ballline18 - - ' 18 1 b&Ikllne bIkllne balklline balk & lne and 18 2 Z divisionsYoung divisionsYoung divisions divisionsYoung Young . Jake .Jake became a two-dlvl two dlvl two-dlvi dlvi twodlvlsian twodlvision two-divlslon two divlslon - - sian sion champion last year when he hewon hewon hewon won the 28 282 2 balkline balkhne championship championshipJake : I Jake S b bohaeler ( { hader haeler wlxard wbard wizard of billiardsfrom billiards billiardsfrom from Willle Willie Hoppe gcoring 8corlng scoring 2500 2500polr 2 SiX & 00poll ) polr poit ts to his opponent s 2 290 296 2P0 in a aseries aseries lIenes series of ten 250 point blocks I Ma Mat < Phail'8 Phail8 Phal1's Phal1s Phail's Phails ' New Job Jot JobBARKY ) ARHY MacPHAIL who whu attt'mpt atttmpt attempt attt'mpted attempted atlempted ' BARKY LARRY LARHY L ed to kidnap kJdnap Kaiser W II 11 II eln elnafter cm cmafter einafter after the |