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Show PORTING SECTION. TIIE POSTPONEMENT SPORTING SECTION. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,. SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1916 HERALD-KEPUBLICA- N, FEATU HEAVYWEIGHT ELIMINATIO FRED FULTON, WHO IS BOOKED TO COAST SPORTS EVEN THE SAL A RY OF MIGHTY MEET WILL ARB, HAS LONG REACH THRIVE DESPITE TMS SPEAK E R IS TO EE CUT ONLY BOXER OF WILLARD'S SIZE jz ; :- 0 X - Boxing Goes On Just the Same, According to Report, Although Illegal. Was Found in. Wilds of Minnesota a Short Time STANFORD Ago. His ie- - Reach I J ; - ; J- - ' '' r - vv;:,.. tht nrnMtlo'i young Fred Fulton who aspires to the heavy weight championship jott crown from the dome of bl Jess WM-ard- ? tj- h sr..! rather it developed that fu- r ture. Fulton was discovered in the wltds of Minnesota ome time ro and not m long tlm. In fa t, he has not been have out of the brush long cnoush la Ida nam appear In the fistic records break into places or hi farther remot from Minnesota than ph-tocra- Ch lea ico. i V , . i . :;.; i iff - 7 i 5 lf c!i. Ilky X ' .;-- ' " I v r. - " ; 'f i i ' i - - - - v on : h . " - " v . - , " " - ' ' . . '-- ' ' , ,'. f . : ' jSyy' S , I well-know- I n FEED FULTON. s 1 tht . pion. ENOUGH FOR MEAL TICKET we ' Old Now, Though, He May Have to FHANCISCO, Jan. 15. Notwith- boxing and voted It out of existence at a recent election. tho professional four rotind promoters are disregarding the law and continue d to stage the aTfalr Just as of yore without any apparent disposition on the part of the authorities to interfere. Out and out professionals such as Willie Meehan. Willie Hoppe, J.ee Johnson. Charlie Miller, Bob McAllister, Frankle Jones and others have been seen In action at the regular weekly bouts Which are staged every Friday nfght. If bona fide amateurs have boxed In shows at which these men have' appeared, the Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic union g has a big on Its hands and the inaction of this organization In regard to the matter has been the source of no little criticism. It Is the general opinion that in view of the favor with which boxing is held by a large number of ring enthusiasts, the authorities are allowing it to proceed as long as the public is willing to allow It to continue. t m Per Summer. ' " .x ,J"Ss!St. s Brave the Sun for a Lower Figure. - s- ,i& Jan. 15. It has come. Star BOSTON, have been trembling In their shoes since the peace pact be- f. 4 - - w A house-cleanin- Fulton age haf not been revealed. t Ms picture would convince that he He I still on the youthful side of was i)Orn. raised and found in Rochester Minn. 1C Is reported to have hv Mlk Collin, prominent hen fount promoter and manager. Minnesota Fred i the only boxer In captivity who closely approaches Willard In and general development. fe-4 Inches in height. He stands ill WHUrd's height is 2 feet inches, Wlllard ; is pounds. weight battling battles at about 2ZS or 23 pounds. i Inches, reach Is Is ANDomFred's everyone must It admit out for Figure rarh. and you'll find that to be yourself Inch. seven feet ard one-hapossessed by It's the longest reach Willard measures living l.tfr. any Inches and Jess is the In Zi In An-drs- Two Months Ago Tris Could Have Commanded $15,000 J r a.' of professional much man t. who approaches Fulton only respe-that These are two of the reasons why the fore. His Fulton hs Jumped to His record Is a record Is another. brief on. Including knockouts rathTArthur Jack ovr Petkey. Jack Moran. Ueltar anl Terrr Anderson. Lewis Tlti Ixan. Andre Mit not lsf. and Th k rtokouf over thrust Fulton to the front more . performance-thso all of hts other took pla"e Th clash with Anderson f Milwaukee Just a short time aro. been well advertise!. lie n4rsort had bad more than mediocre undoubtedly r r T, H'iM men wasted considerable ; .1 enersrr rvtsr over Mm. Chloago-felt that the Windy City had withr, in i's confines th text heavy champ. Chleagean fact on was so throusthly convinced that he that Anderson had the goo-I! ulton i . kel hi optnlor with dropped Anderson cold In an early ritnhas been claimed that last spring Minnesota white Wlllard was touring with in connection local giving101 exhiHt'ns. all Ranch show, aaalnst the he boxed and was knocked comers tinwn bv Fulton. He th t as It may there appear to re some and several person. notably of tho.e residing In the neighborhood who have Minnesota ard Wisconsin, who keel over opponents, man een Fulton he Is the rrofess to believe thatwhether Willard to prove conclusively chammediocre a or Is merely great t. four-roun- tattle Wlllard in the hazy wilt v - f standing the fact that the voters of California expressed their disapproval . r '.: j:ye . s. Jj . I -. the ... PEACE WROUGHT American Game. 4 r. , , f J . ,i I Feet. a pTllnr,t Th'rjtjrfition since ADAMANT Rugby Will Oust Is Greater Than Any: Over Seven WHO LIKE ....... Authorities Still Believe That WEIGHS OVER 200 POUNDS But WONDERS HATH CALIFORNIA LAW AMJIM COACIII'R. The University of North Carolina Athletic association has decided en a policy of alumni roachlns; for the several athletic teams. An attempt Is also beini? made to tncajte a general director of athletics who shall be an alumnus, and have larsre administrative powera and a place on the faculty. It Is the intention to arrange the athletic In such a activities of the university way that opportunity may be offered to the largest possible number of students for participation in athletic ramfs. ANOTIIKrt CAMIIIIATi:. Secretary Howard F. Whitney of the United states Golf association has announced an additional applicant for the holding of the national open champlon-fhl- p In the Kent County club of Grand Mich. The western amateur ids. Hap championship was played there In 1914, and Chick Fvans, the winner, made some very low scores In the final .lame Standish. Three out of against four applicants for the open tournament are western clubs, and the event Is almost sure to be played In that section. . Fnvor Itngliy. the face of the unprecedented IN popularity of the American col legiate game of football during the past season all over the country, according to the statistics complied by such nationally known experts and authorities as Parke 11. Davis and Walter (.'amp. followers of the game here were surprised at the opinion of the members of tho Stnnford alumni committee to the effect that It was their unanimous belief that ultimately rugby and association football will be the only styles played In America. This unofficial committee, composed of six alumni, acting at the Invitation of the student body, drew tip a report of the conditions under which peace might be acceptable to both Stanford and the University of California. The comment referred to was Included In this report. A ten years trial has been given the game on the Pacific coast rugby with the exception of Stanford and and, the University of Santa Clara, all the large institutions of learning, and a maof the preparatory have jority code. The returned to the Americanschools, Stanford clubs of L.os Angeles and Portland recently practically unanifor the abanmously voted resolutions In favor of the donment of rugby American game. O.ulnt to Co Hack. Olympic club of Pan Francisco, THE has decided to send its unlimited basketball team, which won the championship of the United States during the exposition tournament last year, to defend Its honors at whatever eastern point may later be decided upon for the holding of the event. titular The team has been practicing regufor the last two months and Is larly said to have rounded into a form which shows more speed and accuracy than . THIS SPEAKER. ST. GEORGE , I5UILD A GYMNASIUM TO here are of the SPEAKER'S friends he made a sad George G. Haws, chairman of the general committee of the parents' class, stated that the proposed pool would cost between $3200 and $3500. after the world series without the of signing a new contract formality at the old figures. At that time there Parents' classes of both St. George to hear recently reports on proposed swimming pool. when he left President E. II. Snow proposed that the parents' classes join in with the stake board of education and put up a combined swimming pool, gymnasium and workshops for the Stako academy, the whole to be under one roof and costing about $10,000. This on being put to the parents was unanimousl' carried. There was a big attendance of the parents of both wards, and they" seemed enthusiastic. The building is figured 52x80 feet, two stories, the walls being 30 feet high, the swimming pool 22x40 feet, brick construction with cemented pool. Estimates place the total cost at $9543.70. With this building completed the gymnasium would be moved from the ' ' academy. Oil! OH! Oil! Captain Huston is convicted by the official records of spending too much money on dissipation. If you don't believe it, you can look up the official statement where It says: "Paid bv New York Americans, for Tipple, $9500." To make It even worse the records also prove that the captain doesn't even it bottled, but this Tipple comes In buy form the of a pitcher! , MANY GOOD YVISIIES. loudly expressed good wishes could win a pennant Capt. Til Huston of the New York Americans already, has one tucked away. He was showered with earnest hopes for the success of his club, and everybody who said "I hope you win it," added, "and that s on the Tf level, too." SMITH DOESX'T CA RE. Pitcher Frank Smith, former White. Sox and later Pittsburgh Rebel, does not care what happens now In baseball. Says he: "I'm working now at real hard work; I am with the Pennsylvania railroad in Pitcalrn, and it wants me to with It and run its ball club nextstay summer, and I am thinking seriof it." after raridex, shown when the premier honors that Frank Navin, owner of the Detroit were Officials of the club de- Tigers, says the only man he wants clare gained. from the Federal is Catcher Bill that It Is the " strongest aggre- gation of players that ever has represented the "Winged O" organization. Every member of last year's team is again, while several new men playing have added to the strength materiallyConfidence of the combination. is extho club membership that pressed by the local clubmen will repeat their vic tory. league Hariden of the Newark club. AccordNavin doesn't care for the ing to this,Miles Main. return of If the western conference abolish baseball, how is the colleges to nine intoChicago university shape for tour of get its annualgoing Japan? New York WorM. DELIVERIES PROVED POPULAR AND WINS HARVARDGAINS AMERICAN GAME IN TRYING LAST GREAT SEASON the and Sense Common f Accumulation Old Style Pitching Would Have Has Taught Crimson Lesson. Freak and Mystery Balls Offered Been Much in the Greatest Use of - According to the Harvard football Fercy lI.us;.iton, success of the Crimson coach, the years elevens on the Krldlmn In recent been due al:nost entirely to the use has common sense anil thorough efof and tralntnc. loachlnjf in the ficiency as indiof the players tjrnpaisntns the eleven as a unit. In viduals andtho system, Haughton said describing recently: "Our ..ffenstve and defensive methods were based upon an application ofAsthe1 Herman system of salesmanship. never try understand It. the Hermans whatever they to yell in a new territory have on hard. Instead,manuthey happen to what is needed, and ascertain facture exactly what is wanted, and, of course. mor: cheaply than their competitors. e "So with our football prob.em. our oplearned in a ijrneral waydowhat on the of were atoinc to ponents fen and w- - met ft with different was h of th'e defenses a certain kind of play planned tt nieetconditions and the tam under certain was ro thor'mhty versed In what to that in the xpe't from Its opponent of cas s It used the tirrAt majority anv civen play. riefe jrnj'r "Vr. the offenr we ntudled our and !fenslve methods weake-- t tiieir aTalnt point, to this i r r : i tI by pretndint varying ami sot attack the wek dvci,pinu toward what, awithout the, fr.k, was territory. theoretically w flrmiit it off "Fjich year th have found r.e rrtix f our to rHn Z Jsuw the.e to rneet eS tln conditions.the result f methods t nrt sirr.dv I durlnJr the p ist what we haveOnleirre the contrary, they are, etchtacev.it. u i;ula tlor.s of Hnrard foottall th rlret-Hlhack to the tirre of brains and Front them Water. Yale I,rwi It was we learned that to feat to outfUi.t them. From Cam tn and r'oi'be. t h roa-h-in irder to ouffishf them that larned It wa r.eces-r- ari l t have fifvnI. well from Hill wI'.ei who men to do it: and ') roach! in ISO I. New York. Jan. - -- le-il- .v aK-iir.- t OP-pone- tro-reed- 'd 1 ne'.-essa- v rv d the invaluable le.ron of pavlr k sfrict attention to the smallest detail." ;frr" soi tiii'Aw. Another pltrt er has obtained by Manatrer Griffith. He Is who Itumphri's. a bic l.TStouth;aw, Humteft-hande- .I for Norfolk Vltrhd who se!'n,io ws recom mended phreys, by Pitchers of Box Profusion 13 ne.-e-aar- "Pi AVY DANFORTII. formerly of the Athletics, later re-- 1 ! eraited bv tho White' Sox. whoi one of the greatest suc-- J proved J cesses on the mound. He trotted t bn Grif- fith br Kill lUnnun of Norfolk, wa drafted bv thoverMinneapolis club, and to the Washington thn turned manager, who will give him a trial in th BY BILLY EVANS. season of 1915 will go down in baseball history as a campaign o balls. Never in one season have so many styles of newfangled deliveries been resorted to. The emery ball, which enjoyed a big season in 1014, was under the ban last year, but at that hardly a game pas5ed bv in any league without some manager making accusations against the opposing pitcher. In addition, there was the "mud ball," tho "finger nail ball, the talcum ball' and a host of others too numerous to men- TIIE out a ball which had umpires and j batsmen alike wondering whether j J it was going to explode. Accord to Billy Evans it was a com ing bination of a spit ball, fast balli and the famed emery ball. Pic-- ! turc it. 1 1 5?5 I s. came through with flying colors. of Eddie Plank to instruct duty how to pitch the curve. DanDanforth forth had much troiible to master that style of delivery.trying needSadly ing experience, he was sent to the Baltimore club in the International league. He did pretty well for Dunn, hut he couldn't get his curve to breaking in big league style. When Dunn was to withdraw forced from Baltimore because of Federal league he sold most of his players, opposition, Danforth being among them. He went to the Louisville club. first season at DURING his met with pretty fair success. This year he started off in good style, but his work didn't fairly cause any of the scouts to offer fancy prices for his services. He showed a pretty good curve, far better than tht average speed, but yet was only ablr to win with success. Aboul the middle of varying the season. Danforth began to show the association batters of a fast something- new in the ball. Strikeouts began toway feature every game he worked. In a few weeks he was the most talked about pitcher in the organization. His winning streak about July 23. Here are just started a few of the pitching feats he turned in the last two months of the seaduring son. July 23 Worked six innings against Cleveland, allowed only three hits and struck out nine men. His team lost, because of the big lead Cleveland had taken off the pitcher who started the game. 1 Allowed Kansas nine August in six innings, in which City hits time he seven men. AVon his also struck out game 9 to 6 7. In seven Innings he alAugust lowed Milwaukee three hits and struck out eleven men; the game was lost 8 to 7. 11 Beat St. Paul 14 to 4 in a August game in which he was never forced to show his best stuff. In eight inhis opponents made eight hits, nings while he struck out seven. August 18 In seven Innings, he al lowed only six hits and struck outj -- ' s v v--- ill - new-mor- aif'fi bench during the game. Danforth received his first chance nuder most tryconditions. He was sent in to reing lieve one of the veteran pitchers with the bases filled and no one out. He Danforth showed good speed, but .4. lacked a curve ball entirely. It became the tion. Thero Is no denying1 that the success of the emery ball was the cause of all the other new Inventions In pitching deliveries. It Is now a matter of history that Itusaell Ford's great success was because of Its use. Ford led the public, press, players and umpires to believe he waa using the spit ball, but Russell was footing everybody and possibly himself. When the ball was legislated against Ford had nothing to fall back on to deceive tho batsmen. It is also contended that tho continued use of that ball robbed him of much of his speed and also hurt his curve. When the penalty for tising the emery ball was made so severe that pitchers feared to dabble with it. they began to experiment with other methods that would create the Fame result, cause the ball to sail in and out. or dip down. Experiments proved that the use of a coarse dirt slightly moistened would make trouble for the batters. The ue of talcum to create a hmooth. slippery surface also was resorted to by some pitchers. A good many others found that it was potslhle to get a rough spot on the ball not unlike that made by the use of emery paper by using the finger nails. In which alls credited with having the very best fact. 'MS was a year I av e bt en thing to offer in tho way of w ould hers INKd "iu nuny nurrrs'sful if they had stuck to fangled myst. ry balls. Dave Danforth s the name of a the oid tyle method?, although every.j new who comes to the Chicago met now and then ?orne pitcher would . new-.Sox from the Iouisvllle club of Whitepitcher with phenomenal success with a other All year long, nore . the American association. tangled to players an.i umpires in theAccording associa elub.s insisted Americandelivery. league Ameri f lioston was doping tho bail. win oring with him a namorin tion, ball that does everything but talk. can league umpires failed to fa.t to describe Just hore No on- - seems able any reasontofor su h a belief, for on a what Daiiforth's puzzler does, but the aa much stuff managed get brand new bail as an old one. In one b.ittera aav Isthe easiest thtng In the to do mips it. It is described respert the new delivery has been very world as a combination of the fast ball, the costly. I wacer It was to use al- spit ball and the emery ball. If you nece?ary as can Imagine how such a ball should most twlc as tunny In ? tails have solved the mysteries other years, for the moment a pitcher act. then y.oujust ball to satUrnr. the batter of Dave Danforth's effectiveness. got his fast on A an a rough would lnsit be found and the would usuallyexamination, years aco D.mforth Joined ipot ball would be cast out of In SF.VKRAI.Mack's club. He was sent hv a friend in Texas, who most cases the touch ioi waplay.nti..,1 by the h ill coming into contact with had s en Daniorth do some remarkable the Texas college teams. work among stami. Minor tfe concrete dabbled with the new league delivHe had no professional experience pitchera eries as extensively aa the major leag-ner- whatever, and aa is Mack's system, he Dave Danforth with Louisville allowed Danforth to pitch to his playin the American association last year. ers In batting practice, and warm tho Better if Used by Some of the Men 1 Hi. X I 1 ten men, he was beaten by Kansas City 2yet to 0. 25 Relieved Pitcher Hoch August after Milwaukee had taken a three-ru- n lead. In six innings he allowed only two hits and struck out six men. The three-ru- n lead was enough to beat him 3 to 2. he got the August 31twoOn this over credit for wins day Cleveland. Went in as relief pitcher in the eighth of the first game and won 6 to inning 5. In three innings he struck out four men and only one hit. In the second permitted game of9 the double-head- six-i- n to 0, in a he beat Cleveland game. In the abbreviated affair ning he allowed one nit and struck out eight. September 5 Beat Indianapolis 2 to 1, In which game he was found for ten 01 tne ophits, while only lourwent out on strikes. position exhiSeptember 8 to Despite a great 7 to 4 a he bition lost Minneapolis dethree-ru- n in the final contest. In this inning the rally game fifciding teen strikeouts scored against the wasted. He allowed nine hits. 10 He relieved Hoch in September he seventh inning of the game7 with to 5 Minneapolis, his team leading jLt the time. He held that advantage out five of the six batters by faced him.12 whostriking Had an easy time September Kansas City 8 to 0. Despite beating his lead he traveled at top speed, his two hits, while only out opponents making went on strikes. eighteen of them 15 St. Paul 1 to Defeated September 0 in a pitchers' battle. Struck out sixfive hits. teen and allowed 19 Held Milwaukee to a September 1 to 1 tie, a seven inning affair in which he struck out nine men and was found for five hits. of those figures gives one of what wonderful AnrsuMB Danforth was doing at piicuing the close of the season. In fourteen which he took part in the games inweeks of the season, he struck six last 135 men in ninety-fiv- e out innings of play, which averages nearly one and In strikeouts per Inning. the last four full games In which he officiated his strikeout record was ten, sixteen per game. fifteen, eighteen and Jack Knight, who managed the Cleveland club in the American association last year and who has seen service in five of the eight American er Mil-erswe- -- 'fi one-ha- lf . re for his home were no signs of peace between organized ball and the Feds, and Mr. Lannin was in tho throes of the joy he experienced when the Red Sox trimmed Pat Moran's Phils and won the world title and a big slice of coin of the realm for owners as well as players. There is hardly any doubt. Speaker'sa friends declare, that had he new contract that his boss signed would have been tickled to death to make it at the old figures. But the fact that his unis to despite be reduced, Speaker willsalary be seen cavorting around in doubtedly center field with the world champions this coming season, and cutting down hits and banging in runs with the same gusto as of yore. Indeed, it is he go now pointed out,nowhere could is a Federal that there longer to unleague to offer fabulous salaries and overworked ball players. derpaid cut in salary which is rumored The to be an unwelcome spring gift for is thought to b but the foreSpeaker runner of many other cuts on the now of baseball magnates, who will part a period of rigid retrenchment begin for their enforced expenditures during the recent baseball war. the new year finds ball playersTruly, as a class very much on the anxious doing NO WINTER BALL. winter baseTyrus Cobb will not play ball. The Georgian, in a letter to Presi- bench. dent P. J. Navin, received last week and to the Christmas carrying as well as the officials of the club greetings fans of Detroit, declared that he "played DISCOVER summer enough baseball during ontheextra enmonths without taking gagements for the winter." ously D of Knowledge quarters. Avards met GEORGE, Jan. 15. HAUGHTON TELLS HOW NEW-FANGLE- tween the National and American leagues and the Federals has been ratified lest their high salaries would be lopped off. And they had reason to fear if a well founded report originating here bears the truth it seems to. Tris Speaker will be the first to have his salary cut down. The salary of fifteen thousand simoleons. which went to Mm in pay checks in exchange for helping Mr. Lannin win pennants and world championships for the Red Sox, is a thing of the past, according to the report circulated here. Just how much Speaker's salary will be cut has not been mentioned in connection with the report, which is not a formal statement issued by the club, but is rather a well defined bit of gossip that comes from the Red Sox head- TRAPSMMR WHO NEVER MISSES AIM Can Shoot 30 Times a Minute, Gale or Calm, and Never Misses. Shark The trapshooter who never misses discovered. has ben He lives in Atlantic City. N. J., in tho taken up his residence having seaside on January 4. Jersey in and resort out, from sunset night to Night whether the atmatter sunrise, isnoclear and calm or if a mosphere miles an hour, sixty gale is blowing at ten targets a minthis expert fires ute at a rise and he never misses. Of course he Isn't human he's an electrical trapshooter. And he Is "some" trapshot. He's the best in the world. Also the biggest. This expert shooter Is made up of 3000 electric lights and the sign is the largest electrical sign in the world. It advertises the powder of the powder company in the world. largest This Is the first time any arms or has advertised powder manufacturer the sport of Khootlng in an outdoor increasing scarcity of display.and The the stringency of game laws game is bringing trapshooting forward as a leaps and bounds. sport inmammoth Ibis sign measures 50 by 90 feet. The shooter is 21 feet tall.6 The trap boy or puller is 18 feet inches tall. The sign is the creation of George Frank Lord and the details were perfected by R. C. Maxwell comis on the Trenton, N. J. It pany of Dollar Pier and can be seen Million miles away. The sign Is remarkable in every way. It is worth a study. The first operation shows hundreds of electric light bulbs of green, forming the grass, then the trap appears, then the gunner, followed by the puller, who throws tho lever and the target is released. The fires, and the target gunner takes aim, The picture disappears is shattered. and the sequel flashes underneath the shooter in thousands of lights. held by the "trapThe shotgun shooter who never misses" is 18 feet and the target which ho fires at long is 15 inches in diameter. When the shot reaches the target and smashes It the sign is at its best. Hundreds of the smallest electric bulbs flash up and It looks for all the world like a real target breaking into smithereens when hit. It is the most wonderful electric sign in the world and was erected at a cost of $100,000. Mayor William Riddle of Atlantic Citv pushed the button which lit up the' sign tor the first time. Mr. Riddle made the statement in pushing the butd of the population ton that of the country lives within a night's end that ride of Atlantic City see fully the wonder-fu- l 10,000,000 people will shooter. is positimes, are league clubs at variousbatters gotive American league to worry over ing to have ifsomething Danforth doesn't lose his . this spring, the cold fast one during mysterious weather. Jack playred on the same team with Russell Ford, also batted that pitcher, when he was the against sensation of the American league. Russell was famed for his mystery Danforth and his but Jack Insists ball, one will be even more difficult of fast solution. Jack says he doesn't believe he ever came closer than a foot to Danforth's latest discovery. The verdict of Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and the entire American league company will be awaited with interest. (Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Evans.) 30-ya- one-thir- rd |