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Show STANDARD SPORTING PAGE I- EVERS IS AFTER RIXEY If Johnny Even can induce Charles t)ooin of the Phillies to trade Epna Rlxoy, the giant Virginian, and Geo Stalllnpe to let Lefty Tyler of the Boston Pilgrims go, he feels confident that the Cube will be able to keep np thnr or thanvbouts during the coming com-ing National leacue buttle. Evers has been afiT several play-en, play-en, pitchers and Infleldcrs particularly, particu-larly, but he states most emphatically emphatical-ly that if he could land Rixey and Tyler ho would take the field with a club fit to give any aspirant for U championship a fight o the finish Vhen Evers was asked how he Intended In-tended to land these two young but sensational southpaws from th Phillies Phil-lies and Bostons, respectively he stated that he would offer lotb Doo-in Doo-in and Stalllngs good enough men in exchange to make the deal worth while to therr Evors thinks both Rixey and Tyler are the two best left hand en In the National league, not sveD barring Rube Marquard. Slim Sallee of the Cardinals or ad Brennan of the Phillies. Phil-lies. According to the new Cub pilot ho looks upon Rixey as the greatest college col-lege southpaw of the decade and thinks that next summer he will be the wonder of the league. I JOHN L. SULLIVAN IS STILL POPULAR While many former champion heavyweight puglliBts of the world, i now restricted by the action ol time from throwing over knockout punches with the zest and result c,f other days, have to give worried thought to flnan-' cial questions of the future, there III one former titleholder who ha3 a life' meal ticket. Nothing will ever efface the popu-1 larlty of John L. In his transit from city to city, crowds will follow him, newspapers still send men to interview inter-view him. his photographs et beam from the sportlnc pages and theaters are packed to seo him. It Is not alone to the older generations genera-tions that ho appears thouph tlx vet erans, of course, entertain for him that regard which comes from the. mellowing process of time that puts a halo around objects venerated In I life's springtime. The younger gen ' oration as well falls for the old glad lator of the ring, "John L " This loyaltv to John L is perhaps' . L the most astonishing sentiment in con-Dectlon con-Dectlon with American sports. There Is no parallel for it Ordinarily the Champion pugilist has his brief day of glor. and it passes, never to return, re-turn, when he surrenders his title to another Not so with the Boston boy. Ho has more followers today than Corbett, who took the title from him; ' Fitzsimmons, who In turn downed the California!!, and Jeffries, who swept the Cornlshmau from the spotlight place CHICAGO TEAM MEETS DEFEAT The highly touted Wendell Phillips High school team of Chicago met wltn a disastrous defeat at the hands of the Portland High last Saturday, los-Inj? los-Inj? the game to 0 Boise beat the Chlcagoans r to 0. and they play Astoria As-toria on New Year's day and mav meet their third straight defeat, an they say Astoria has a fast bunch while the Wendell team Is bruised Dpi and are sore from the two games they have played. The Chicago champion-1 ship was won by Oak Park and t he Wendell Phillips seems to have handed hand-ed out a lemon, as they are not able bo give their western opponents i tough argument. BRIDWELL THE ROLLING STONE I Bridwell, the shortstop who figured in the Tinker deal and will be with the Cubs next year, Is developing a i reputation for being one of tho rolling roll-ing stones of the big leagues. urlcJwell preceded Terry Turner as an infielder fur Columbus Turner Crowded him out and he was sent to Atlanta. When Turner was sold to Cleveland Bridwell was recalled. Cincinnati Cin-cinnati bought him In 1905 and after a fair trial let him no to the Boston Nationals Boston found ubc for him In 100G and the following season, and (hen Included him In the big trade with the Giants, a deal that sent First BaBeman Tenney and Catcher Need-ham Need-ham also to New York In e-chan? for Bill DabJen, Frank Bowennan, Wan McOann and Cecil Ferguson. He remained with New York until mid-season, mid-season, 1911. when he was traded back to Boston for Third Bateman Hersog. Now ho goes to the Cubs. Johnny Evers having purchased him to work in the infield In the event of Red Cor-rldon Cor-rldon falling to make good. It is no certainty t hat Corrldon will deliver. He made no big splash as 8 third sackcr for the Tigers last fall, and tho chances are that Frank Navln was mighty glad to get rid of him, lu-nsmuch lu-nsmuch as he had invested something like $8,000, part of which was prob ably stage money or Navln's valua tion of players to be turned over to Kansas City. Bridwell has always ranked as grand Infielder, although never being be-ing classed as a strong hitter His best batting record was In 190H, when he hit the ball for a figure with the Giants. Ho is 31 years old and probably has one more good year left iu his system. FANS WILL NOT SEE BENDER THIS YEAR Portland gridiron fan9 will not tee Johnny Bender, famous in middle western football, at one time Nebraska's Nebras-ka's star quarterback, in the signal calling roll when the Soattle All-Star Vlsi Goths come down from the north to grapple Multnomah club on NVv Year's day The famous Johnny, now coach and athletic director at Wash InRion State college, is not coming with the invaders because of a row In the dressing room after last Saturday's Satur-day's 15-6 defeat in Seattle , The Seattle Se-attle players, unlike the newspapers, attributed their defeat to Coach Benders Ben-ders head work, and Johnny strenuously strenu-ously objected to the panning They now charge thai Bender for got all about Polly Grimm's tackb swing play which won the Navy game for them Consequently Bender will give way to Calhoun, a Seattle High school prodigy, at quarterback, In the January 1 match. FOULS SHOULD END FIGHTS PROMPTLY (By Robert Edgren.l The ne rules given out by the boxing commission are very good as far as they go. Tho one moBt Important Impor-tant point that should be covered by the ruks, however, is omitted entirely. entire-ly. The referee is not Instructed to I stop any contest In which there Is persistent or harmful fouling, Hs 1 1? not ordered to disqualify a boxer who I foulB. It's a strange thing that these I points have been overlooked Under the rules as they stand at I lent Gunboat Smith, for Instance,' with Billy Joh as referee, could "win "I .his fight with a foul blow Job could count over the man knocked down by foul punch, as he did when Smith fouled Wuesl and knocked lilm down He could let a boxer climb OUl of the nn; srlthoul iwinn disqualified aftei knocking a man out with a blow below the belt, as he did when Tommy Tom-my Maloney fouled White and severely severe-ly injured him There is nothing In the rules to force a referee to stop n bout when one man fouls OOntlnuall And somd referees who lack the normal amount of courage nold taking the responsibility responsi-bility of stopping a bout when It should bt- stopped If foulltiK Is not to bo stopped and the only penalty ll in be Inflicted afterward by tbi? commission there always will he fouling foul-ing A boxer who strikes a foul blow should be disqualified Immediately, whether the foul Is Intention or not If a boxer fouls through i in U - us or lack ol control lie Is Just as guilt of fouling as when he Intends to strike n foul blow. A man who carelessly care-lessly runs over some one In I he-street he-street Is culpable, Isn't he0 The penalty for fouling It; not immediate im-mediate disqualification by ihe refer-i- , bul .i I Itei Bff ili I li" rule reads: "In isc the violation is committed by the contestant he shall In the discretion discre-tion of tho commission be restrained from participating In any boxing competition, com-petition, etc., for a period of not more than six months and not less than :0 days.' The referee, in case of ft w ling, should be strictly held to his duty. Many referees need to be under strict supervision as well as the boxers. There is seldom a boxing show given In which the referee has nerve or Judgment enough to prevent constant fouling by some boxer who knows ho can "Kt away with it " In his bout with Morgan, for in? Stance, Kundee must have struck at least 100 foul blows, holding wltn one luind and hitting with the other, not to mention his deliberate butting. Yet he was not disqualified. The commission should order the referee to enforce the rules anil provide pro-vide a penalty for any failure to do so. When this Is done we will have what every boxing fan wants to see. absolutely clenn boxing Enforce p i sportsmanship by rule neces nan . Id time it will become the uat-ural uat-ural and expected thing. land 'latantec that it would be a big sued.-.-; i but 1 take "leat pride in, thatl iseV , 1 built It up myself, and I WrofDK to enlaige It In the fall. have' iio'iRht a beautitul home la Porfttt Hills, I- I . anJ have brought Oj hy family from Philadelphia Two ol ay brothers and mv sLu. r are in the restaurant with me learning the bu sheas. Ihe greatest, mistake thai irls wbo work make g thai Ihe; don't j?ot down to real hard work There Is phnty of room for ambitious oung womtn In this business and the salaries sal-aries for the advanced ones are von good But to make a success lu it one must 6tart at the bottom and j learc tho work thorouphl v, whether it is a girl's Idea to work In a res-tnunnt res-tnunnt for a big firm Uke this or to go lito business for herself eventually eventual-ly No one can make a succcbs of t b is business without loarnlng every brawl of It Indifferent ability is the reason why ho man) tea room aiK restaurants are so short lived 'To bo successful as 8 caterer a wonan musl learn all the detail work abut the kitchen; sho must know! ho to make erer kind of salad and I saidwlcb and do cooking of every 1 Wit! There is no position in the res- I taurant or kitchen which I could not fill If necessarv. If tun chef left on I u Uomant'8 notice It would not embar-rat embar-rat me at all. I would and could g do his work until wc found another. "Then, as one advances, she must bo ome thoroughly acquainted wltn deilers and prices, and, bj receiving ttj goods learn which dealer deliv-e?i deliv-e?i the best coods al the lowesl pride?. pri-de?. Lessons In domestic economy are given in most night schools, and the Pt-I who wishes to advance rapidlj should tak evei opporl nit; to learn al about her business, l oless a g'rl I is really fond ol the work she should nvor' begin w'H-b it, for she will not suc eed When a clrl decides that this Is tlie career she wishes to pursue, let i lies write a letter to the manager ot the firm she wishes to work for aihl glvo her quallfU atlnns, etc If her letter Impresses the manager fa-vo fa-vo ably she will hear trom him a: sotn as there is a vacancy ''While waitlntr, let hr learn to lo the first thing at band and not gi I discouraged In cause things are not rutins her So m:ni ;lrls lose Interest and enthusiasm and let thlm:-'. sIMo under apparently discouraging conditions. 'Dint Is why the big clt-let clt-let mre full of ghosts of cremated ambitions." am-bitions." oo |