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SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1925. SPORTS. 31 sriff Personally Directed Training of Harris : Cubs May Be Factor in Flag Race EDDIE COLLINS USED AS MODEL BY BUCKY Got Many Valuable Pointers on Cov-| ering Position by Studying Methods of Star Chicago Second Baseman. Chapter 25—Taken BY STANLEY ( ANAGER GRI regulars’ line up. short flies when he first saw me play in Buffalo. + when I helped Johnson lose his 14- broke in with Washington, that 1 & Texas Leaguers. ¢ Tampa sun, he batted short flies a and second. He drilled me until tracks. 1 me ma “T'd I told Griffith one da “If you are half as good as he is Tl be tisfled,” the veteran leader replied. He's the type of second baseman to watch closely. You can learn = ot from him Did you no- tice any good points in his play when the Sex were in Washington last Fall?” “He has mixup with goes after “I noticed ing good his outfielders a short fly,” I answered that he waved his arms 2 know he would take the I can see they could get that signal where they might not be able to hear him shout if the crowd was making much noise.” “You learned something Buc Griffith said. He pleased. “Take a leaf out of that bird’s book. You may save a few games some time when they're need- ed. If an inflelder and outfielder really go after a short-hit fly, about four times out of ten it falls safe unless some signal system used.” systen prevent when a he there, seemed is Learns to Shorten Stride. The Washington leader did more than improve my flelding on flies. He drilled me in pulling up short in my stride while going after a ball hit ytoward second. I had been In the habit of running all the way to the bag before shooting the ball to first He taught me to pull up sharp, slide my foot to the cushion and be set to make the play at the first corner. Such instruction also helped me in going to second to take a throw from the shortstop or third baseman pivot for a double p 1 saved a ®ood stride by the lessons. Most times that is all the difference between making a double play and retiring only one runmer. The margin be- tween success’ and failure base ball, as in life itself, is seldom very great. Attention to the little things in learning your business pays in the long run I soon learned I needed more than anything else that no matter how speed I couldn't be erratic and success I worked overtime in the training camp and on the barnstorming (rip Wwith the then world champion Reds to become steady. I made my full share of errors and wild throws while schooling myself. In the long run, however, the extra effort was worth while. You can't really improve your- self without hard work and of it. Studied Collins’ I studied Eddie Collins closely from the time I joined Washington. He is the greatest second baseman 1 have ever seen. Plays which are difficult for even a finished infielder are made to appear almost ridiculously easy by the former Columbia University ath- letic star. 1 have never seen his jequal in tagging runners. I h ttried to copy his style In going after short flies, getting the ball off and in other ways. I never could learn to ride a runner to the bag as he does A second baseman could wateh him every day in the season and learn something Close study of Coll teach me the value of I learned that it keep mentally as alert, to figure out the immedia and what it might develop. knew the batting strength and weak- ness of the older players in the league. He knew their tricks on the bases. He studied the newcomers until he knew I could see Methods. < style helped was neces: well as phys that when he was mame he never thought about thing else. Because he w upon his business he made takes. He was rightly king of second bas didn’t think he knew it all. With such an attitude and his wonderful natural ability he couldn’t help but in a any s so intent few called men, and vet he reach the top and stay there many | years. Listed as Regular at Last. Griffith, while working to improve my fielding, didn't neglect drilling me | &t bat in training camp. He decided I was a' natural choke style batter He thought I might succeed as a hit- and-run man. He coached me in the hope that I would fill the place of Eddie Foster in this respect. Foster could hit behind a runner with the best the game has produced. His was a hard position in the batting order for me to fill. I had to do a lot of work before I earned the right to hit next to the lead-off man. I enjoved the intensive drills before the: opening of the season. I was learning something each day. Grif- fith was a hard taskmaster, but he was a wonderful teacher. He kept the regulars and recruits on their toes all the time we were on the ball fleld. When the day's work was done we were so tired that no one thought of keeping late hours. We were posed to be in bed at 10 o'clock nights I was sound asleep long fore that time. The discipline in the Tampa camp, as in most big league training places, was largely imposed by the players themselve had to work to get in condition. The Youngsters wouldn't sacrifice a chance to earn a regular berth by breaking training. Dissipation in the Sp..:g training season is almost unknown. The business of getting in condition to play through a hard season Is a serious one. A player's means of live- lihood may depend on his showing over a few weeks. When we left Tampa on a long trip with the Reds, I had the satisfaction of knowing my work had not been in vain. I was listed as Washington’s regular second baseman. su M be- (Copyright, 1925.) Tomorrow: One Hit Puts Me in the 300 Class. RUTH TO START SUNDAY. NEW_YORK, January Babe Ruth, Yankee home-run king, will leave for Hot Springs, Ark. Su to condition himself for the co base ball season. WILL HELP COACH PURDUE. LAFAYETTE, Ind., January 29— Walter Tragesser, who played with the Braves and Phillies, has- been signed as assistant base ball coach at Purdue, Tragesser is a catchen TH took me in hand after putting me in the He noticed my weakness in going back after He instructed mie himgelf. hanks to him I overcame a weakness that might have prevented ke to be able to eat those flies up the way Eddie Collins does,” y after an unusually long drill plenty | as much about them! | the | The veterans knew they | in Hand by Griffith. BUCKY) HARRIS. He saw again, inning struggle with Mays the day I recded much drilling in getting under Day after day, in the hot round second base and between first I was almost ready to drop in my 'MARTIN GETS $30,000 " T0 BATTLE GENERO NEW YORK, January 29.—"Cannon- !ball Eddie” Martin has accepted an | offer of $30.000 to defend his bantam- | weight title in a fight with Frank | Genero, America’s flyweight titleholder: ‘holdn'r | The fight }3 adison | | | held in eivher on will probalg: be Square _Gary March 20 or May 5 At least half of the profits of the show will go to the People’s Hospital Benny Leonard, who recently va- cated the lightweight title, has con- sented to meet any worthy opponent in a six-round bout. He will fight without remuneratio AHERN IS FIGHT WINNER | WHEN DECISION REVISED| SAVANNAH, Goldie Ahern of Washington won a revised referee’s decision over Boots Antley of Columbus, Ga., after their 10-round bout here last night | Referee Joe M first called the | fight a draw, and he was upheld by | two of the judkes | Later, the local post of fthe Ameri- | can Legion, under whose auspices the | bout was staged, held a meeting and | protested that the decision .«m..m[ | | have gone to Ahern. The referee then changed. AFTER BOWLING R BUFFALO, N. Y. January with a week to go before the close of entries for the 25th annual interna- | tion in tournament of the American Bowling Congress, to be held here March 5 to April 6, 1,800 teams ure reported entered. An at-| empt is being made to break the rec ord of 2,132 ECORD. DIEGEL-SARAZAN St HOLLYWOOD, Fla Gene Sarazen and Lec wood team of the I sional Golfers' 1 ue Tampa combination of and Bobby Crulkshank match, 5 up. Cards Cruikshank, Diegel, 138; CORE. Holly- January Diegel, orida Profes- defeated the Johnny Farrell in a 36-hole arrell, 139; zen, 14 WILL BE GOLF REFEREE. MIAMI, Fla., | Pfeil, president of the Western Golf | Association, has arrived here to ref- eree the first 36 holes of the match between Walter Hagen, British open | champion, and Cyril Walker, Ameri- can open title holder, for the unofficial world championship. January 29.—C. O, YALE FROSH LIST CULVER. EW HAVEN, January Yale freshman foot-ball schedule for 1925, just issued, shows that Cul- |ver (Ind) Military Academy will play here on October 24. This will be Culver's first foot ball appearance at Yale, although the eight-oared crew of the academy has rowed here for three vears in the Interscholastic re- gatta Conn., MACK'S SON TO LEAD. PHILADELPHIA, January 29.—Man- ager Connie Mack of the Philadelphia American League base ball club has announced that his son, Earl Mack, had been appointed captain of the Athletics to succeed Danny Murphy. Young Mack formerly managed teams in the Carolina_Association, Blue Ridge and Three-I leagues, URGES NEW HOCKEY RULE. PITTSRURGH, January 29.—Play- ers In the United States Amateur Hockey Association would be limited to those having a residence of at least one year in the United -States, under a resolution prepared by W. S, Haddock, president of the association. The resolution, re said, would elimi- nate the use of Canadian pla HAS NOT SIGNED FALK. ST. LOUIS, Mo, January 29.—Bill Friel, busin, manager of the St. Louis Browns, has denied a report from Austin, Tex., that a contract had been signed with Chester Falk, Austin High School star and a broth- er of Falk of the Chicago White Sox. BY WILL one phase of outdoor recreatio Ve e | | or the other, and so on. But the days when a sportsman | Rock Sand. connoisseur w ON CFFICIAL BUSINESS ast attending to a little mat- business,” wax the reaxon axcribed by Byrom Bancroft John mon, prexident of the American League, for hix presence today in Washingto According to Johnson, who ar- rived from Philadelphia last night and expects to return there thix ‘evening, hix mission has no xigni- ficance of Interest to the public. He had no comment to make om any of the recent developments In baxe ball. WIDENER PURCHASES THE BELMONT STUD tor NEW YORK, January stallions and sixty-five mares of the nursery stud of the late Maj. August Belmont, conservatively held by well informed horsemen to be worth $500 000, were sold yesterday to Joseph E. Widener, the Philadelphia sportsman. The varfous sales that have marked the holdings of the Belmont estate, the greatest in the history of the American turf, have reached approxi- mately $1,000,000 After the completion of the sale Widener announced that he had given instructions to sell the nurvery stud, near Lexington, Ky, comprising the thoroughbreds already named, by pub- lic auction on Friday, May 15, the day before the running of the Ken- tucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The sires tncluded in the sale are the famous Fair Play and the leading American sires of 1920 and again in 1924, Hourless and Messenger. It is considered by horsemen that Falr Play, despite his 19 years, is worth in the neighborhood of $100,000. He is a young-looking horse and is ex- pected to be good for four or five more years in the stud. Fair Play a chestnut horse by Hastings—Falry Gold, by Bend Or. Messenger is a son of Fair Play out of Mission by Rock Sand and is now 6 years old. He was a fast 2-year- old. After winning the Grab Bag Handlcap at Saratoga, Harry Payne Whitney, it is sald, offered $100,000 for the colt, which was refused. went wrong in his training, and was not raced as a Hourless is now 9 vears old. He is by Negofol out of Hour Glass II, by He was one of the best of a decade and is y Hour, Missionary 29.—Three ear-olds sire of Luc others, In th ery stud and there are 15 Rock Sand. which were held by Belmont as well-| nigh priceless, as are also many ported dams acquired by Maj. Bel- mont in recent vears. One of these, Pasta, by Lemburg, cost him $26,000 at public auction in England. Lading, dam of Ladkin; Dona Roca. dam of Ordinance and other superb matrons, will go under the hammer May, and is predicted that of them will bring $25,000 There is certain to be the test rivalry on the part of breed- ers for thelr possession. An offer of $40,000 was refused only a few days ago by the executors of the estate for two of the mares in the lot, and neither of them was by Rock Sand It would not be sirprising if breed- ers came from abroad to attend the sale, as the fame of the late owner of the nursery stud as a bloodstock international it Inside Golf By Chester Horton. At the finsh of the forward swing, whether with wood or irom, you want to have your right ear down wo it can hear what the ball had to say. What I mean by this is lllustrated in the sketch. This shows how the head h rolled with the forward swing. The old rule of | keeping the head fixed to its place really means to keep the hend from bobbing up or down. There s a rolling mo- tion with the head, however, that nearly all HAD TO SAY | par golfers use. Many of them, In order to get set for this head roll, turn the head as far =3 they can to the right just before starting the back swing, them hold it there until the forward swing be- gins, The hend then rolls through with the shoulders, but during this roll the focux is kept on the ball. . (Copyright, 1925.) ————e PIRATES SELL BARNES TO CHATTANOOGA CLUB PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 29.— Everett Barnes, recruit infleider of the Pittsburgh Nationals, has been sold under option to the Caattanooga club of the Southern Association. Barnes joined the Pirates two years ago and has served as substi- tute at first base. HOPPE TO PLAY CANNEFAX. NEW YORK, January 29.—A 600- point three-cushion billiard match be- tween Robert L. Cannefax, the cham- plon, and Willie Hoppe will be played at the Friar's Club here, beginning February 15. Pald _college coaches are unknown in England. THE CALL OF THE OUTDOORS H. DILG. President Izaak Walton League of America. ERY few outdoors people are particularly interested in more than n. A man who is both a hunter and rmest spot in his heart for either one can think only of fish or of game He | rear-old | the | lot of 65 mares at the nurs- | or| Dolan Is Ready to Testify; . O’Connell Seeks Im...unity By the Associated Press. SAN FRAWCISCO, January 29— Jimmy O'Connell, former New York National League outfielder, barred from base ball by Judge Landis, through an attorney has declared he will refuse to go to New York to testify before the district attorney unless he is given immunity. O'Connell previously had sald he would go East. In asking immunity for O'Connell, Joseph L Mclnerney, attorney for him, declared it was hie intention to probe all the facts and circumstances surrounding the con- nection of O'Connell with the at- tempted bribe of Heinie Sand of the Philadelphia Natlonals. NEW YORK, January 29.—When informed that James O'Connell- had changed his mind and now demands he be granted immunity If he appears here in the investigation, Assistant District Attorney Brothers said that at the present stage of the investi- gation he could not think of granting immunity to O'Connell, notwithstand- ing he is beyond reach of his sub- poena, Cozy Dolan, one of the principal figures in the O'Connell-Dolan base ball bribery scandal, arrived here last night and telephoned Assistant Dis- | trict Attorney Brothers that he was Fifty Years of Base Ball One of a Series of Articles by John B. Foster Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the National League This Year. ready at any time to tell his side of the case. Indication that base ball official power will be employed to its utmost in aiding the New York district at- torney’s investigation was seen yes- terday in the arrival of Leslie M. O'Connor, secretary to Commissioner Landis. 8oon after his arrival from Chicago O'Connor, who was sent here as a personal emissary by the commission- er, arranged a conference for today with the assistant district attorney. O'Connor did not indicate that he had any new information bearing on the bribery deal, but announced he was prepared to give all aid desired, lay all the facts in his possession before the investigators, and pledge the full support of the commissioner's office. O'Connor's arrival was sandwiched between examination of players who figured in the bribery disclosures. Frank Frisch of the Glants and Heinle Sand, to whom O'Connell confessed offering a $500 bride, and Horace Ford, both of the Philadelphia Na- tionals, already have been ques- tioned. Othe are expected here within a few days for hearings, Including George Kelly, Giant first baseman, and John Couch, Philadelphia pitcher, who will leave the Paclific Coast for New York today or tomorrow, L—HISTORIC GAMES—LONGEST 1-T0-0 CONTEST. WAY back in an old Spalding Base Ball Guide, of which the covers are brown and the edges crumbling, there is a modest reference to the longest 1-to-0 game in the history of the National League. For that matter it fails to tell the story that it was an 18-inning contest. It merely says, Providence, 1; Detroit, 0, played August 17, 1882. | Yet that game went for 18 innings and from that day to this the National League has been looking for a 1-to-0 contest that would be longer drawn out for the edi th are any bleachers remaining. The American League, too, has its| who stands without a rival In the 18-innings 1-to-0 game, and, strangel> | history of the game. No man ever | enough. that Is the longest game on |could play third base with one hand |record In that organization of that|as Denny could play it, and there is particular type. The American |not a bail player today who can make League game was played long years |the one-hand stops that Denny could |after the National League game.|make and who can throw the ball Washington won it from Chicago by | with the same easy get-away that {1 to 0 tn 18 Innings, May 5, 1918.! Denny had in his prime. In fact, he That. was during the late war. lasted as a third baseman long after Of the Detroit team, which took [the time that had been predicted for | part in this famous Natlonal League | his downfall. There were many who | game, there are few left. Powell was | thought that such a great player the first baseman and probably every- | would burn out quickly, but he did body except grandfather has forgot- | not. ten that Detroit ever had a first base- | Both Arthur hWitney and Farrell man by the name of Powell. On the [played third for Detroit. Whitney | Providence team at first base was Joe | Was a fine fielder in his day and was Start, old reliable Joe, the man who |destined to be the third baseman for was as popular in the East at first|the Giants of 1889, one of the best as ever any first baseman who played |teams in base ball histgy | ball and in the West they could find| Mike McGeary was Detroit's short- | none better in those days. stop. Mike played in and around One Farrell played second base for |M&ny clubs and always was to be Detroit and another Farrell played |Teckoned with in fielding, but he second for Providence. It was odd |NeVer could hit hard enough to push | that there sheuld happen to be two @ team up into the championship Farcells both playing the same posi- |8tretch. George Wright played short- tion in the same year. Stopifar Brovidenicas ssitsted riow; and At third Providence had the great |then by Manning. Wright, to the old- Jerry Denny. There is & ball player | timers. is the best infielder in the ]OHNSUN HAs UNIQUE plenty of ground to bear them out. NET RANKING RECORD For outfielders Detroit had Wood, By the Assoclated Press. Hanlon and Knight. Providence had York, Hines, Radbourne and Ward. The two latter were pitchers, but in 1882 a pitcher was thought good Wallace F. Johnson of Philadelphia | has a unique tennis record in that he has placed nine times among the first | 10 over a period of 17 years. enough to be a right fielder if the Johnson’s name first appeared in club was pinched for funds. Bennett and Sam Trott caught for Detroit. the first 10" baék 'th 1908, when W. A. Larned was ruling the domain. -He Bennett is alive today in Detroit and was ninth that vear. not 1 in 100 knows that Sam Trott He has jumped around somewhat was a catcher. The Providence catchers were Gilligan and Nava, both and, despite the fact that he has been out of competition several times, al- of them pint size and the latter a ways comes back to the first 10 when- Cuban. Both of these teams could fleld ever he plays to any extent. He has been ranked third twice; ell and the Providence team that led part of the season succumbed in the closing days of the race to Chi- fifth, three times; seventh, ninth and tenth, once each. No other player In the first 10 began ‘nson finishing with a drive, as he had in many another base ball his top ranking career previous to 1913. . Scason. (Copyright, 1925.) Next—A National League game in which 18 runs were inning. made in ome HORSEMEN SNOWBOUND. LOUISVILLE, Ky., January 29.— Churchill Downs and Douglas Park, Loulsville's noted race tracks, which recently had basked in Springlike weather at & temperature of 60 de- grees, now find horsemen and thor- oughbreds wintering thers, snow- bound for the first time in seven years. COLLEGE BASKET BALL At Annapolis—Navy, 3 30. At Princeton—Princeton, 58; Am- herst, 11. At Annapolis—St. 42; Devitt Prep, 12. At West Point—Army, chusetts Aggles, 13. HOCKEY GAMES At West Point—Boston University, Army, 3. Duquesne, John's College, 38; Massa- JOCKEY HAINES SAILS. NEW YORK, January 29.—Everett Haines, jockey, who rode Epinard, French thoroughbdred, in three of his At Boston—Boston A. A., 2; Boston | four American races last season, has Hockey Club, 1. sailed for France to resume a two- At Amherst—Amherst, 5; Bates, 1. year contract with Plerre Wertheimer. 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NEW YORK, January 29.—Just what is going to happen to all the cham- plons and near champions who are the West coast in search of lucre? They have just barred Jimmy Cof- froth, present Tia Juana race track owner, and, in past vears, Frisco's leading boxing promoter, from enter- ing the izht game In the State. Why the State athletic commission took this action is not explained, but it is taken to mean that the revival of high-class boxing shows in the State is at best discouraging. It appears that the politician pro- moters have already hegun to take wallops at the new boxing law. They threw Chuck Roach, a local four- round fighter of no great reputation, into the ring against Bermondsey Billy Wells. cation of the chop who sits in the bleachers—wherever there | is past—provided, of course, that he is a real sportsman and is inter- ested in the propagation of wild life and the preservation of his sport. 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To the knowing ones this bit of Informatlon is val- uable, in that it carries a sense of security as to Delaney's efforts in action; he will check that careles: ness which has made of Delaney sort of in-and-outer. Delaney is booked to a return bout with Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo, and loval Buffaloans are hereby warned not to dig too deep in betting on their boy. Tendler through. | worthy a of Philly So be fit. record for is He leaves lightweights a to of several faulty exhibitions in the course of his career. Southpaws and awkwardness are synonymous, according to general belief. Tendler was an exception to this_rule. a sharp shooting right his unorthodox stance. TOUB.N’EYT)PEN TO ALL. In holding its championship meet- Ing this year at St. Cloud, the French Lawn Tennis Federation has decided | to throw open the lists to all comers. | Consequently the tournament will be of an international character, subject to the approval of the International Federation. The St. Cloud tourney is scheduled to open on May 27. hand with TH AS migrating or are about to migrate to ©f Ray Grimes, who was sent to the probably | shoot at, even though he was gullty | He combined grace and | CHICAGO TEAM BOISTERED BY BIG TRIANGULAR TRADE Acquisition of Cooper, Maranville and Grimm Is Ex- pected to Make Windy City Outfit Real Con- tender in ational League Campaign. By the Assoctated Press HICAGO, January 29—Acquisition of three sterling veterans from Pittsburgh, the recovery of a trio of Cub players whose injuries crippled the team last Fall and the signing of George Gibson as coach and assistant manager to handle the 16 pitchers on the club’s roster, has boosted the pennant prospects of the Chicago Nationals for the 1925 season, according to President William Veeck. The three players who came to the Cubs in exchange for George Grantham, second "baseman; Vic Aldridge, pitcher, and First Baseman Bert Neihaus, a former Southern Association player, are Wilbur Cooper, a dependable left-hand pitcher; “Rabb Maranville, a steady second sacker, and Charley Grimm, a high-class first baseman. The trio fit in well, as the club was considered weak in these positions. Grimm plugs the hole at first base|close of last season. Pittinger for- for the first time since the passing|Merly was a member of the Bosten | Red ‘Sox. “Sparky” Adams, diminu- | tive shortstop, als v Pacific coast. With Maranville at|the 1umar depenas 15 arallepley e the keystone sack and acting as l'!elrl‘fl In case Friberg is sent to center- leader, the infi ab - | field, the Cubs will have one of tl 2 K €1 bas & stabllity it st outflclds:in ‘the leigve. The as not had In recent years. Maran-|other two regulars probably will be ville is a good batter and is rated|Denver Grigsby and Cliff Heathcote. as one of the bést second basemen in| Hack Miller and Arnold Statz will un- | doubtedly be retained to fll in. the league. The addition of Cooper | £ Four Veteram Pitchers. glves the club the services of one of| . s : Cooper, Grover Alexander, Vic Keen the best southpaws in the game. and Tony Kaufmann give the Cubs a Charles Hollocher, shortstop, who|Strong quartet of moundsmen. Alex- [ wanisick Tneti year, savaine iwin el 2ndlor and Cooper ire meternum, Sin | able to return to his old position this| who showed fine form last seasen, Spring. He has been spending the | while Kaufmann, temperamental Winter months outdoors and appar- |star, possesses a brilllant assortment ently is in good condition, President of pitching wares. Veeck sald. Hollocher was granted| In addition to these four twirlers, permission to escape the training trip| the club has about a dozen othars, to Catalina Island. the largest number ever taken on & Friberg's Leg Is Mended. {training trip. From this array It e 2 hoped that Gibson will be uble to de- Barney Fribers, who suffered a|ielon a few high-class pitehers, broken leg last season, which forced | \ong the most promising are El. him into retirement, has fully recov-| ner Jacobs, Guy Bush, “Rip: Wheeles, ered. He is one of the be: third = Steuland, Nick Dumovick am sackers in the league. The Cubs also ve been with the | obtainea Clarke A. Pittinger, a rangy uld show vast im- |inflelder, from the coast league, and ful eye of | he may be inserted at short or even | at third, it it is decided to shift Fri-| Gabby Hartr and Bob O'Farrell berg to the outfield. This move would do the bulk of catching. This | give the club a hard-hitting outfielder | pair is regarded as one of the best in | of the clean-up type, a man President | the league, while Hartnett is a dan- | Veeck has been seeking since the|gerous hitter in a pinch |BEATING IS ALL FRUSH 1E_ COLLINS ENTERED ; MAY GET OUT OF FIGHT| GAME AS “SULLIVAN” | PARIS, January 20—A legal m-{ tachment placed upon Danny Frush's | By the Associated Press. Eddie Collins, newly appointed |end of the purse for his fight with | | Edouara Mascart, featherweight nager of the Chicago White Sox, entered the big show under the cog- champion of Europe, by Lew Burston of New York, formerly Frush's man- |ager, makes it seem probable that should the lien be upheld by the|nomen “Sulllva | French courts all the English fighter| When Collins will get out of his scrap is a decisivel contract with th 1906 he went to terms with Connie time he was still | beating. Columbia and d another year to | Promoters Boyer and Solal de- play foot b: and base ball When he walked into Connie Maok's posited a check for £450, which |amount was to be paid to Frush, but when Frush called at the bank the manager informed him that the bai- lifts had previously paid a visit and|ofice a scout recognized him, but that the money could not be turned | Mack covered the situation cleverly when he realized that Collins had been recognized. Mack sald to | Collins, *“Hello, Sullivan, I want yeu to meet a friend of mine.” The scout over. was puzzied and declded it wasn't “ollins after all Eddie retained the name of Sullivan in base ball circles until he gradu- ated from Columbia in 1907 provement under the veteran coact first Mac] Phi entered Into men back in delphia to talk Mack. At that a student eat FREICNE Ty WELLS DEFEATS LATZO. 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