Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1915, Page 44

DILLON LACKS THE PUNCH Indianapolis Jack Is Pulling Foolish Chatter When He Talks of Licking Jess Willard. OOULON SHOULD STAY By RINGSIDE. NPW YORK, Dec. 1l—Jack Dillon may be a protype of Stanley Ketchel, | #0 long as he lingers in the light heavy- | welght division; but he will never become & dangerous contender for Jess Will- ard’s heaveyweight title. There was only one Stanley Ketchei—and his remains have been sifted to the four winds There will never be another like him. Dillon is wasting a lot of energy in {ssulng challenges to Willard. Also he 1s wasting a lot of time that he might put to more advantageous use. Dillon’'s loud- est tones must seem like a whisper by the time they ascend to Jess Willard's ear. Dillon is too small to be playing with such big boys like Willard. He should| stick to the middleweights and light heavies, The swarthy Indlanapolis battler may be a “man killer, 'and all that, but he bas no business pestering Willard and | the other big fellows with challenges Up to the time of his fight with Jim Flynn, the antiquated Pueblo fireman, Dillon was considered championship tim- ®er. But his battle with Flynn was the | tip-off, { CLEAR | Lacks the Punch. ! Dillon lacks the punch. That is, & knockout punch. Little Jack is truly & fighting machine, but on a small scale. He packs a hefty wallop, but not the Xnockout variety. For that reason alone he should withdraw his challenge to Will- ard and start on the trall of the lght | heavywelght title. At that Dillon will| find quite & few disputing that honor| with him, and he can always have action from such men as Young Ahearn, Young ‘Welnert, Jim Savage, and the like. Dil- lon has defeated quite a number of good men, but he failed to win by the knock- out route. No one who does not pack a punch soporitic, even among the heavywelghts, should be seen in Willard's company in the ring. So Dillon had better aban- don his quest for the heavyweight title, | while Willard rules that domain. Hi fallure to knock out Jim nynn,‘ t:ilo granddaddy of heavies, who is so feeble that he nn’u it hard to shadow box even for ten rounds, eliminates Mr. Juck Dil- lon from the st of contenders for Jesa 's crown. Wbflldn can always be depended upon to put up a hard fight among the light heavies and middleweights (If he can #till make that poundage); bul as & foe for Willard—well, Dillon simply will not do. | Coulon Pulls Bone. Johnny Coulon should know better. He 1s old enough and bas seen the futility of other deposed champions trylng to *gome back.” Yes, Coulon threatens to return to the ring just as soon as this year ls rung out. Coulon is not an avariclous lad. So accuse him of wantng (o because of the monetary rewaru. however, a thrifty lad, mnd has 000 he earned in the ring. roving too strong for king, and he s after champlonship spectacie of the t champlon fighting the champlon, when Kilbane clashed in Puwlzhl- some months ago, Kilbane, for the first time, showed his entire res, and the i were delighted. It is & question Kiibane can perform so wensationally Coulon thinks Kilbane cannot re- performance, and for that rea- Joy ohnny has no fear of the boss. Coulon has not been sug- as yet. Coulon, him- thheld that information from He is desirous of taking on & to see it he still re- old wizardy before into the arena to be made & bane. Coulon always love of winning, and that quenched. ht since his knock- ' Willlams, nearly We have seen the has in years, has time, and his fighting welght of will make no effort to fe He s as a featherwelght, that chance at South Has Star Who ‘Has Fifty-Five-Yard Aerial Peg Record ‘Geyer, captain and fullback of the university eleven, can throw rther than some players can has made several forward y yards, and in one game of tifty-five yards—more length of the field. That as a record for the grid- iit i ® nt; 1l gt il i i y makes better use of the forward pass than say team in the country, and, with Geyer heaving the oval, his forward passes pave the way to victory over the best teams in the great southwest. PLASOMA FLOOR SQUAD Lalm BASKET BALL GAMES mm“flmdtwhl.rwt would like to get & of the La Plasoma calling or writing schedule some Irving Sorensen lof nours of dafly work. MAGNATES HAVE INNING NOW Days of High Salaries Are Over and the Athlete Is Due to Suffer a Little in Future. SPEAKER ON AUCTION BLOCK! By FRANK G, MENKE, NBW YORK, Dec. 11.—And now comes the t'me when the magnates avenge themselves upon the players who two years ago held the whip-hand and clubbed the owners in an unmerciful fashion. Many of the war-time base ball con- tracts entered Into in the spring of 1914 expired at the close of the 1915 season, and that means that a lot of players who drew down husky salaries during the lust two years are due for a rude upset. Bome of them will be kept in the majors—at the magnates own terms. Oth- ers will be pushed down Into the low- priced minors or out into the cold cruel world with nothing to turn to but their old jobs as plasterers, miners, bricklay- | ers, laborers, and ice wagon drivers. | The day of high salaries is over, even | though the war still continues. The Feds have ceased paying the price of a king's ransom to players for a couple THE OMAHA The magnates in Organized Base Ball, therefore, do| not find it necessary to meet the big | bids of the Feds. They can sign players | almost at thelr own terms and they are going to do 1t. ! The players who got $4,000, $5,000 and | $6,00 during the last two seasons, will | be lucky If they get half of that sum during the coming season—and for many seasons to come. Many of the players who used the | Feds as a club to pound out big salaries | when the war began, were given three- | year contracts. That means that easy money will continue to trickle in during | the 1016 meason. But after that ——. | Sneaker an Anction Rloek. Tris Speaker's $16,000 per annum eon- | tract expired with the end of the 1815 geason. Tris ia “on the fence” as to 1916, He wants to stay in Organized | Base Hall and he wants his old salary again, but it is doubtful if Joe Lannin, the Red Box owner, will “come through" | Iy as he aid In 1914, when he gave Tris & two-year document. The Feds want Tris, but not quite as much ai they did In the early days of the war and it s doubttul it they will offer him anything like $16,600. How Do Van “Dope’ It? In 1913 the Athleties and Giants min- gled In the world serfes battles. Fach team represented the best in its respec- tive orgAnization. In 1915 the Athletios finished last in the American league and the Giants trailed in the National. In the case of the Athletics it ia easy fo account for the slump. Rddle Col- lins has gone, and so had Jack Barry, Eddle Murphy, Eddie Plank, Jack Coombs and Chief Bender, Connle Mack had wrecked his team—and the natural result followed. But with the Glants it was different. John MeGraw retained the bulk of his 1913 stars. He strengthened the team in its weak spots, He had a team that looked as on paper as did the 1913 outfit. Yet the 1915 Glants were the Jokes of the league, What is the logloal answer for the slump? Didn't the players exert themselves? Didn't they try to play real baseball? Or is the real answer the fact that the other teams in the Tenor cir- cuit were so strengthened that they really were superior to the McGraw i It Redn Get Pitchers, Beware, It Charile Herzog gets a couple of good H%hm during the win! his ence- time mifit Reds will bear watching in 1916, Herzsog’s crowd outfielded every other team In the Natlonal league in 1945, Their hitting was nothing to sget excited about, but, just the same, it was hard enough and consistent enough to bave won many ordinary battles if the pltching had been just a bit better. The Reds bave a wonderful pitcher in Toney, & good pitcher in Dale and a fair pitcher in Lear, But that's about as far as they go in real pitchers, Hersog is browsing around for a brace of firs glass twirlers, and If success crowns his efforts those Reds will be ‘in the 1916 fight, Hank Gowdy, World Series Hero, May Be Usod in Trade “Talking of trades and deals, of course, ia reviving—it always does as the days for the December meetings of the big leagues draws nearer. One rumior has it that Boston will exchange Hank Gowdy for Tom Clarke. There is only one thing to block any such deal; Boston, like Cin- cinnatl, is right now short on catchers, and such & trade would leave both clubs Just as shy on mask men as before. Boston, in fact, is worse off than the Reds, who have Wingo for a certainty, and could reinstate Clarke if it seemed bert, while Boston has only Gowdy on the staff. There s little doubt.that Boston is anxious to secure Clarke, but the deal Is more likely to be as follows: A pitcher probably George Tyler, for the Cincin- natl catcher. Clarke and Gowdy would make & great catching staff for Stallings, and Tyler would fit in timely on the Red pitching department. There is a chance, too, that Fitspatrick might go along with Tyler, and Fitzpatrick 1s a great little second baseman. Lefty George is the odesi_ Little Lad Charley Herzog admires gameness and confidence in & player. and when he heard a good one on Lefty George he decided to give him a chance. George was with Toronto In the year that Topsy Hartsel managed the Mudhens. During & meeting In the spring Hartsel, in an address to the players, invited them to speak on matters pertaining to the good of the club. Lefty stepped into the cir- and clearing his throat, he sad: ‘'Well, men, with a great leader like Topay here and me in there every fourth day, I can't see anything to it but the pennsnt for the Mudhens.' HERE’ S ONE EASTERNER WHO CAN SEE NEBRASKA All hats off to the foot ball eritic on is one eastern sharp who the University of Nebraska put two other westerners, Buck ‘Wisconstn and De Prato of the Michl- Aggies, firet team. Ok TINKER.: The layout shows at the top James Gilmore, president of the Federal league, Harry Sinelair, owner of the Newark Feds, and sald to be intprested in the proposed New York Federal club, At the bottom are three of the Kederal stars, from whom a leader may be chosen—Joe Tinker, John Ganzel and Herry Lord. NEW YORK, Dec. 1L.—~Who will lead the New York IFederal league olub is the all absorbing question in base ball Just now, With the plans for the estab- WICHITA HAS HIGH HOPES Kansans Confident Jimmy Jackson Will Develop a Western Loop Pennant Contender. AFTER TWO NEW INFIELDERS WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 11.—The news of the signing of Jimmy Jackson man- ager of the Wolves for the 1916 season has caused the base ball fans to sit up and take notice, Nothing but praise has been heard on the deal. It speaks well for Jackson's ability when the fans in Wich- ita are eager for him to take charge at Island park. Jackson will have complete control of the players. He will say who will be kept on the team and who will be let go. The base ball season in Wichita looks better than it has for years. Starting with the eatching department, the Wolves have Gray and Buster on the reserved list. The cances are that an experienced catcher will be signed to hold down the Job with Gray or Buster. The recent rul- ing by the league where the player limit was reduced to but fourteen players makes It necessary to have utility play- ¢rs from the catching and pltching de- partments. Deals are under way for an experienced catcher, but no terms have been reached. The Bt. Louls Browns recalled Southern ond claimed Riley, but both these men may come back to Wichita for angther season. Negotiations are under way to got them back if they fail to muke' good with the Browns. Davis, Pate, Gelst and Brinley also are under reserve. Word comes from Patterson that Malarkey has accepted terms with the Wolves. Roxy Middleton says Malarkey will be a star in the Western league. The firet base position will be filled. Patterson {s keeping his eyes open for a first sacker on the coast. Britton on Second, Brition will be back at second and he is a8 good & second sacker as will be in the league next year. Hetling also will be back at third, and Gus showed the fans that he stlll can play that bag. There is no worry over second or third, \ A shortstop will have to be secured. Acey Blue s a classy little shortstop and it may be that he will fit in there, It is known that Jackson admires Blue's play- ing, and Jimmy says he will make the best shortstop in the league out of Blue. Tallion will be back . and he is no poor shortastop by any meaps. In the outfield Jackson, Thlesing, Fox and Tallion will be on the job, in a dition to Tobin of the Opkland team. The chances are that Bennett will be eliminated by his securing a position as manager with some team in a lower fleague. But three outflelders can be carried, and with Jacksen In center it means that the others will have to fight it out for the other two positions. Five pitchers, two ocatchers, four in- fielders and three outfiplders will be car- ried under the fourteen player limit rule. A catcher who can play the utility role and at least a couple of pitchers who can play outfield or infleld in a pinch will have the preference, other conditions be ing equal. If Southern comes back the Wolves will be in pretty good shape, as he can play outfield and Davis can play a good outfisld or Infleld, either Scots and English Will Mix in Soccer Fray This Afternoon The eurtain will ring down on the soc- cer season in Omaha today when the Scottigh and Boglish selected elevens will stage thelr annual conflict at Rourke park at § o'cleek. This gume bids well 1o surpass ‘the one staged two weeks ago between and ; Sioux City, and it {s expected that a banner crowd will attend &8 & resuit. The Emglish and Ecots are bitter ri on the sogoer gridiron and both Cap taln Pete Lowden of the Scots and Frank Cockayne of the English arc de- termined for victory. Last year the in- ternational pontest resulted fn a tie, Superintendent of Recreation English will deliver the kick-off, which will start the game on its way. | I SUNDAY BEE: DECE lishment of a new club in the metropolis and the rumored selection of a site for the grounds, the next thing is to select a leader. It is sald that James Gilmore, the pres- ident of the Federal league, and Harry Sinclair, the wealthy owner of the New- ark Feds, and sald to be the chief backer of the proposed New York organi- zation, have their eyes on several men. Hughle Jennings of the Detroit Tigers and J. Franklin Baker, formerly of the MBER Who Will Lead New Y ork Feds? 12, 1915. Athletics, are both mentioned in rumors, but in case either was offered the job| he would have to jump from Organized Base Ball, In the ranks of the Federals themselves are three men who would make good leaders, according to the experts. They are John Ganzel, manager of the Brook- feds; Joe Tinker of the Chicago club, and Harry Lord, the pilot of the Buffalo Federals, All three have made good with the teams they handled last season. ALEXANDER TELLS "EM HOW TO GET THE MONEY In a Nebraska town, during the recent trip of the Bancroft tourists, Wade Killi- fer, playing the outfield for the All-Na- tionals, made a wonderful catch with his hands behind his back and turned & flip-flop. “Wow, what do ye think of that ketch?” yelled a farmer in leather boots and beard, stamping up and down in the stands. “By heck, I've got my dollar's worth already.” s . “All right, go out and come in again,” suggested Grover Alexander. MATTY IS WORTH $160,000 Big Six Has Many Ways of Collect- ing Mazuma, One of Them Being Via the Poker Route, IS SOME GOLF SHARP, TO0 There is no man in base ball, nor has there been for ten years, who is making the money that Christy Mathewson has made on practically no investment. For a long time Matty was the highest sal- aried man in the game. Last year he got 85,200 for fifty-two base ball stories and an occasional maga- zine coutribution. He has an insurance business, which dovetails with the dia- mond game. He has good Investments by reason of the entree he gained through his base ball connections. He is #aid to be worth $150,000, although always a conservative manipulator. But— Matty has been for ten years the great- est pitcher in the game. He 15 now the best golt player in base ball. Only Bob Wallace can make things in- teresting for him In billiards. Nobody in base ball can make things interesting for Matty in chess or check- ers. He has toured the Young Men's Christian associations on”exhibition tours, He plays a better hand of bridge than anybody in his profession; so good that his Income from this alone is not to be spoofed at. He can play poker so well that he'll! break up a game by merely “sittin’ in.” | Page Mr, Alexander, Boy; They Want Him Back in Eilly Town One would take it that Philadelphia fans think - quite considerable of one Grover Cleveland Alexander of St. Paul, Neb. At least that would be a reasonable deduction to make from the following letter recelved by the apciiing editor of few lines to ask 4 80 kind and ask e r, Grover ia, | fans are as he ‘was to come back and he never showed like o know if he is v tmas, as he was winter here with us. Kindly let us know, as we get the Omal #ee 1t by ha paper eve y and trying to 1 - e el TR e we i g e Kindly 56 25 Hiod and 55 trat 100 iy for us. Signed. Ten' Pnils. Hase Ball Boy Scout Lad Asks Del PI_'a_tt a Slioker Derrlll Pratt, the second baseman of the Browns, former captain of the Univer- sity of Alabama foot ball eleven, a golf player of parts, likewise foot . ball riter of pleasing perspicuity, & movie and u lecturer before Loy scouts, was addressing a troupe of the Mttle khakl lads at a St. Louls gather- ns ‘When he had finished his base ball talk he volunteered to answer any ques- tions the boys, who ranged from 12 to 15 | years, might wish to ask. A youth with a suspicious twinkie in | WOULD CUT OUT LADIES' DAY Jack Holland Will Suggest Abolish- | ment of Free Transportation to Fair Sex in Western. HAS REDUCED-PRICE = PLAN One of the things the club owners in the Western league will be asked to vote upon at the February meeting will decide the question of abolishment of ladies' free days. The author of the movement {8 Jack Holland, owner of the Drummers. However, it is proposed vo sell books of tickets to women at reduced prices. According to Molland's plan, books of sixty tickets would be sdld at $6 or 36 The tickets would be good for any games with the exception of holidays, SBunday» and opening days. This would leave sixty or more games, quite all most women would care to see in one season. This is not all the slashing that would be done in the scale of prices for the women. On holidays, Sundays and opening days they would be admitted to the grandstand for | 25 cents, half the usual price. This rule also would apply to children. Kid free days would be done away with and books of tickets sold to them the same as to the women. Whether a boy would be eligible to this or not would de- pend upon whether or not he wore knee trousers. Holland had to take the matter up with the whole league, since every club would be affected, Of course, the home clubs would be allowed to retain the proceéds from the sale of these books, but that would be as fair for one as for another. | The question was put to the magnates | at the 'Frisco meeting and a majority of them seemed to favor it, so they decided to take final action at the schedule con- fab. “It would be a great thing for the By FRED Higher Educnation. Does the college student ponder over plore the physics of Newton, do's he peruse the martial scribblings of Homer, does he investigate the p:ycholo y of Humé and Hartley, does he analyze the soclology of Comte and Spencer, or what | does he do? It you would know cast your orbs over the following, ome of the #ongs of the Univers'ty of Montana which was published In a recent issie of ths Montana Kaimin, which is published bi-weekly by the students of the fasti- | tution. | SON OF A GAMBOLIER | Oh, here's to old Montana, Where the color of life is red, | We'll rise and give the var ity From our coffins when we'ie deal. And as we mount the g-ldea stair, Well give Saint Peter the cue, And we'll oin in the rollicki g chorus, To hell with the Gold and Blue, I wish I had an automobile, And a gallon of gasoline, I hie me up to Stevens {lle, And buy a keg of steam, I'd drink the health of the varsity, 8o loyal and so true, And we'll join the rollicking chotus, | To hell with the Gold and Blue | I'm a son of, son of a, son of a, son of a, son a gamboMer, A son of a, son of a, son of a, son of a, #on of a gambolier, Like every honest fellow T drink my whisky clear, I'm a student at Montana, And a son of ‘a gun for beer. We wondered for several days low | Montana tled Syracuse 6 to 6 as she did, | but now we knaw. And now we wonder again. We wonder this time if there is any Women's Clirls- tian Temperance union in Montana. SHOWING THAT THERE STILL 1§ SOME JUSTICH IN THIS HERE WORRULD, Haw, haw, Hee, hee, Wefre filled Glee; We do not have to work tonight. Warner. Carlisle may abolish foot ball, 'tis re- ported. Carlisle's foot ball team, it seems, has moved to Pittsburgh. Come On, We read o story from N'Yawk trat skirts would be still higher next year. Tempus Fugit. Let 'er fug. We have reason to doubt—same as “Billy” Sunday—that Hank Ford is not in earnest in his peace mission. 1f he was— FIGHT FANS NOT EXCITED Coming Mix Between Willard and Fulton is Not Creating Overly Amount of Interest. FULTON HASN'T THE CLASS NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—The fact that Jess Willard .has been matched to meet Fred Fulton for twenty rounds at New Orleans next March has not created a great deal of excitement. So little is known of Fulton's ability that it is taken for granted that he will fall an easy prey for the champlon. So far ho one has been found who is disposed to Miht that the big novice from the west has even an outside chance to defeat the man who walloped Jack Johnson. The only interesting feature of the match is that it will be Willard's first outing since he won the title. There is glways a certain amount of interest in & new champlion's maiden effort. This time there will be more than usual, for it was not until he won the title that Willard was able to convince ring fol- lowers that he is a first class fighting man, Even yet there are many who are uncertain whether the gigantic Kansas is a flawless machine and this doubt will not be removed until he has polished off women and kids," Holland sald. “It would mean that they could see prac- tically every game of the season for 10 cents a shot; and where Is there a boy that couldn't rake up enough money to buy himself a book? Fathers who cannot afford to take their children very many times when it costs 60 cents each could purchase several books and let them have all the base ball they want at small cost.” The books would not be transferable. The tickets would be numbered consecu- tively from one to the number of games scheduled and each ticket would be good only for the game of that number. It is further intended to put the books on sale April 1 and continue the sale two months, Joe and‘Hans Hand Each Other Bouquets| | The three-cornered argument as to which is the best shortstop—Maranville, Bancroft or Hersog— is an amusing con- trast to the Alphonse and Gaston chiv. alry displayed by Hans Wagner and Joe Tinker several years ago, when the mer- its of the pair were under discussion. Both at the time were playing the great- it ball of their careers. The scribes put it up to Tinker. “Oh, the Dutchman is the greatest in the business,” replied Joe with alphonsic srace and modesty. A few days later the matter of great shortstops was put up to Monus. The Teuton pretended to be absorbed in deep thought and Timally he replied: “I consider Joe Tinker the greatest shortstop In the business.'” GRIF SAYS BARNSTORM TOUR GOOD FOR PLAYER Clark Gritfith is carrying a chip on his shoulder for Ban Johnsan and will oppose the American league head's fight against barnstorming tours. Griff claims that Harry Harper, his sterling left- hander, benefited so much by his recent tour with Bancroft's forces, that he ihopes to avail himself of barnstorming tours in the future to develop young playérs. i Sucs Boston Firw. The company that promoted and fi- nanced the bullding of Braves' ficld has been sued by a New York agent named Felix Isman for $5.000. | cither. & few of the leading contenders in true championship style. Here in New York Willard's class was recognized more quickly than elsewhere. He did most of his best fighting in this city and although opinion was by no means unanimous that he was a diamond in the rough, there were those who saw at once that he had all the essential qualities, despite his lack of polish. Native Sons Skeptical. In other sections of the country Wil- lard was less favorably regarded. Even to this day Californias are firmly con- vinced that he is a false alarm and that this will be shown the first time he meets & real fighter. They cannot forget that he could not beat that joke, Charley Mil- ler, or Gunboat Smith. Smith was never in high esteem in California and Miller was the clown of the ring. The only reason the promoters put him on was because his weird actions kept the crowd in good humor. Willard's victory over Johnson silenced the far coast critics, but falled to convince them and if he falls to make good there will be mno surprise felt in that quarter, Now that Willard is the champion, the chronic hero worshipers are hailing him as invincible. That sort of thing always happens when a new champlon is crowned and due allowance must be made for a certain amount of exaggeration. As a matter of fact, in sizing up Willard, his match with Johnson should be thrown out altogether. That affair ls worthless as a means of estimating his ability, since there is no means of telling just how good, or bad, Johnson was at the time. It is far more significant that even in his novice days Willard showed a great wallop, tremendous strength and the abllity to withstand punishment. rie fig- ured to beat the aged Johnson on whai he showed in the general run of his bouts, even though his lack of polish caused him to be roasted to a turn. The fact that he succeeded should not be taken to mean that he is now any better than he was before the Havana battle. Smokes Are Overrated. Cold-blooded critics, who know Johnson well, agree that he always was an over- rated fighter. All the negro heavyweights are to some extent. When Langford and Mcvey were battling the other night it was the general opinion that no white man would have had & chance with During the bout Mcvey landed probably 18 clean hjows on Lankford s heed. The net result was a film of red, hardly enough to dim the flash of his teeth. Yet the philosophy of Aristotle, d-es he ex-| The Hypndermic Needle 8. RUNTER or avere, have it your own way—he would | take Judge Landis with him. 'Tis two weeks hefore Christmas, | Mat, nlas, our poor soul, | We've done mone and blew, Every cent of our rol (). | i 69 (") Oh, well, let us kid ourself it we | want to. Tod Sioan has been fired out of Eng- land. Tod Sloan, you wil] remember, is the guy who went over to England from | Kokomo, Ind., and showed a few British jockeys how to send 'em under the wire ahead of the field The Big Nine conference is stealing | stuff from the major league magnates. The Big Nine conference voted agalnst base ball. Watching a six-day bike race is like watching a man wash windows on the elghteenth story of the Woodmen of the World bullding. He might fall off. BY THE FAMILY. The holidays will soon be here, O, let us celebrate; We'll have a joyous, jocund time, While father vays the freight. OH, WE ALMOST FORGOT OUR WEEKLY TRAVELOGUB. Kansas City, Mo.—not Kansas City, Kan., we never had the nerve to stop | there, is one of the best go-grab-that- | dollar towns we ever were in. As an | example, “jitney” lines in Kay See charge | & dime. Excess fare for speed, and, take it from us, 1t is worth the price, as wait- |ing for street cars which will take you some place is one of the pastimes in | Kansas City. There are a lot of street | cars there, but none of 'em go where you | want to go. Also the jit lines have a price of two-bits to hotels. To get to a hotel the jit goes about fifteen feet off its regular run, a cent a foot. Kansas City is in Jackson county. To hear a guy who lives in Kansas City, Jackson county is merely another name for the world. The general opinion is that the sun would quit shining if Kan- sas City were taken off the map. Kansas City's two principal parallel streets are Main and Walnut. One of the pleasant experfences of a visit to Kansas City is ascending Ninth or Tenth street from Main to Walnut. A guy who | has vacationed in the Alps could have & &ood time. | Kay See has a new Union statfon which | cost $7,000,000, 1t being just as easy to say $7,000,00 as §7. Now they are trying to flgure out what to do with it. | Kay See is the home of Johnny Kling, | = Federal league ball park with a “For | Rent” sign on it, and a few other things of equal importance. In case you may visit Kansas City some time, there are a lot of night trains run- ning out. And, oh, yes, |ive-saving stations remain oven until midnight. ford for a count of five and no one ever raved about Porky's wonderful wallop. An accident? Probably it was, but it is rather strange that no such accldent ever happens when the blacks battle each other. When Jim Coffey battered Jim Filynn until the latter's best friends could not recognize him, it was sald that the Irish boy was a joke fighter who couldn't hit a lick. Langford and McVey slam each other fér ten rounds without a scratch to show for it, and they are held to be a pair of man-killers. Seems to be a strange line of reasoning. The mere fact that Fulton agreed to meet Willard at this time s a good indi- cation that the former will never amount (o much. It 18 only natural to beliéve that if his backers had any faith in his future they would not rush him into such a match until he has had sufficient time to become seasoned. Hvidently the Fulton crowd expect nothing more than the loser's end and will be glad to get that. Caledonians Will Invade Sioux City ‘The Caledonlans, who trafled in the Omaha Boccer league this fall, are golng to do a little invading December 19. The Scots will go to Sioux City on that date to play a game of soccer with the Sioux City eleven, which got walloped by an Omaha all-star team a couple of weeks ago. The Caledonians figure they aro good enough to lck the Sloux, who ‘were trounced 9 to 1 by the local all- stars. | — Richmond Enters Kick. The Richmond club's owners threaten to appeal to the courts if President Bar- row tries to get rid of them. A Gallon Jug of Parke’s Old XXX your erder to Dept. W DISTILLERIES SALES CO, WHISKEY SOLD EVERY:WHERES Porky Flynn was able to flatten Lang-