St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 16

i FRIDAY TT. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH NOVEMBER 30? 1000 in Edited by J. B. Sheridan POST-DISPHTCH PHGE OF SPORT THIS MAN OF TUB RUGBY YEAR KIPPLES ACADEMY NEEDED A SHERRY TO WIN COCHEMS LEADER OF THE NEW RUGBY of the Rj)ing jt Haverhill. George Gunther lasted three rounds against Sam l-ans-ford Thursday afternoon, the Kangaroo bting punched all over the room by his heavier untagonlst.

(5unther was worn down by tne continuous jabbing by ljftngfoi'd. and in the third round Ins sei.on.i. Jack Johnson, threw up tne sponge. e. rf Not Wine, However, but the Brilliant Playing of Central'i Captain Brought Victory to His Eleven Smith Lacked Irdividual Star.

Football Instructor of St. Louis University Has Proven Himself the Most Advanced Perceptor of the Reformed Game in America. ft At Sotithbridse. Mass. Johnny Lynch! and tackling that would have been hariJ to beat.

On every punt he would bo down the field and the way he wool. I rip the legs from under Hagar, Smith plucky k. who taught Sherry's punts, was a fright. lUor wa a veteran from last er's eleven. He missed but one or two out of the numer.

ous punls sent his way. At times It ii. SI lOlllS I IliVfl F'ty i dlese uf the to (li-f fat of Iowa, a at Sportsman's Park I l.i a'loul t'l'iUCll lie established I lift claim, team which may In; ill'' Western in ill II. r- hull II W.Ht. Her .7.1 Thi.nk.sgii and Wisconsin, classed MELLODY MAKES WOLCOTT STOP White Middleweight Causes the Black Demon to Quit in Fight at Chelsea.

Sioial lo the Pt-Iilspatc h. BOSTON, Nov. Mellody oi Charlestown Is at last the world welterweight champion, for by making Joe Wolcott stop in 12 rounds at the Lincoln Club, Chelsea, last night, lie became the possessor of the title that Wolcott has held time he defeated Rube Ferns at Fort L'rie in 19ul. It lias been the ambition of Mellodv to win the proud title that many have tried and failed to wrest from Wolcott. and he was as hapy as a child with a new toy when he heard Wolcott say: I have enough," and stop boxing.

While Wolcott was in better shape than Mellody. Mill he is far from being the boxer that he was when he won the wreath in his class. While stopping the way Wolcott did is apt to class him as a -'quitter," still the colored boxer did the only thing possible. In the ninth round he his arm in the same plice that he did in his battle with Guns, and this meant that he would get only a worse beating than he bad already received from Mellody If he continued. FOUR INJURED Ill MVI.ES J.

ni KKG. Individual playing, thinking and the determination of Karl Sherry, captain of the Central Hich School gave to the public school ys their victory over the Smith Academy eleven 9 to 0 In their annual Intel scholastic Ijesgue game at Sportmnn's 1'ark Thursday morning before about ff wildly enthusiastic men. women. Rlrls. boys and children, every one of whom seemed to be interested In having one or the other of the teams win.

Smith only needed Vincent Campbel'. captain of last year's eleven, or another star, to have turned defeat Into victory as they did In tsXiS. All of the academy liovg worked, strained and punished themnelves almost to the limit of human tndurance to win. There was Portland and Frank Adams of Newion for the fourth time (ought a li-rnund draw Thursday night. jt South Bridse.

Johnny Lynch of Cambridge got the decision over Tommy Flanagan of Newton In tlie bout there Thursday night. In thtf preliminaries Lemoyne put Butcher llowe away in the first round, and Slurry disposed of Kid Barry In two rounds and Jick Williams got the decision over Kid Holt in cU rounds. At Baltimore. Benny Franklin and Willis Schumacher of New York, tb 105-pound champion, boxed six clean rounds to a draw Thursday night before the Broadway Athletic Club. The tight was to have gone' fifteen rounds, hut owing to the pmall house Schumacher would only consent to go six rounds.

Although no blood was drawn, both men were badly marked. jft i oiiiv-tcm champion. Chicago and ft iii. lifiit Iowa, only IS to 0. ii ..1 i seemel that the terrific hammering: was receiving from th Central players would make him lose hi nerve on the next play he would try a hard to gain tho hall as ever.

Billy Bown ef the Academy team performed the fet on several occasions of punting the hall and then running down the field and bringing down the runner, gonerall" Sherry, who had evaj. the other Smith i nu n. i i'iirtn--r, liiiiiims I -v. fjpirliig i.i'ly assisted Iowa ill keeping (low ii St. J.oills' score.

Passing o.i. l-t us siv it. ami fay it rt'harp a lid fast and cuttingly. Lieut. Jl.ickett mid Mr.

llamill, the so-called best oftlcials in America, arc not by any luLUiia to bu rutin red with V. C. Con Lincoln Breaks oae. Tall Jim Lincoln. Central's plunging fullback, gave a fine exhibition of pluck by playing a'most the entire second half with a broken nose.

At times the flow of blood almost choked but he said nothing and. If anything, played a stronger game than before. It was the kind of a game that mawen At Victor. Maurice Thompson, the Butte (Mont.) lightweight, was given the decision over Jack Kearns of Spokane, after three rounds of fast fighting at the Opera House Thursday night. A hard right to the pit of the stomach toward the end of the third round did the business and Kearns" seconds saved their man.

who had blown up. tinent- and J. If. War of St. Louis, rh Parti'- ularly is Mr.

1 1st milt much infer-ior us mi umpire to Mr. Wear. Iowa xenl a fairish lnm lo St. Louis riay. It was of goodly game, well enough trained, but, Kansas, a (lull of comprehen- one feel as thnuga half rut ideated wlit.e Kion.

In the fundamentals OI wiua" ii was hv no moans the eitual of St. Lieut. Kellogg, the old Aspen pugilist. in a grueling fight badly whipped Tom Jones, a husky miner front Independ-, ence, in four rounds. Jones had his n.wte and was badly punished.

He fell from his chair from exhaustion IN PROFESSIONAL If lx)iiis. Indeed, in the elements of the liyunie, handling a loose, hall, saying fumbles. taking pusses kicks, paH-iing, the forward inter-'f, hi open lid. I play es pecially protection men atching punts-Iowa piiifnllv inferior to ft. l-onls.

Tho frllawkeves not know the fust thing i. i 1 1 tin- the man who was fioWl- behind the S-. In all, U-uis I niversity would be sadly up against It iinyu any of the live KT-at teams. I have been told bv gniduates of Ka-t-ern unlversltieH that tin- players of the plaver of tin; St. Louis I'niver-sdv team are all post-Kraduat-x.

wliich would mean tnat they the oloer and more Tiow'-rlul than tl(e und. ritradiiates of which Kantcrn teams are composed and thut to compare them with the KasUTncrs and with of the conference is unfair to the younger men of these schools. While It is tun" that St. Louis men would in many cases be ineligible to play under cenferenee and Kast-rn on account of freshmen nnd postgraduate conditions. I doubt tliut Lhey ure any older.

Acker is but L'n, Irwin These men are the star of the team. Lamb Is only 20 and Kinney. Howe find Murphy are mere Ixiys. French. Orr, Kohlnson and Schneider are a bit uii the veteran order, but none of them are more than years old.

True, some oi theni hBve played more then four year on college teams. Yet. in followins the ball, haudlms it. p'rovidiiur for emergencies. meetitiK when they develop, making the opportunities an I them, no football team in the world has it on this eleven.

When I first saw it recover after fumble and recapture kick after kick and take pass after pass I ascribed it to luck. Continued -observation. however, proved that Coehenis had a scheme of extempore provision for accidents that was as beautiful as it was simple. Chalmers and Catim of Iowa should be advanced coaches, but the result of theii "work was painfully crude as compared with that displayed by the men who studfe.l at the knee of Cochems. Taken, man for man, on line and end plays, Iowa was not 1' points inferior to St.

Taken on football knowledge St. Louis was 'J points to ti superior lo Iowa. Ilrnlnn I'rtfrr Than Itrnun. I am not. disposed to belittle the merit of whom I reurd as the best hack I have ever wen; of Irwin, who I Mold hichly.

as a rhiftv lisht tackle; uf ihr Hull of KreiK-h. still icnor-ant of the line points, but a Kiant in power: of the useful Lamb or the clever Schneider, yet I give to Coehenis t' per cent of I he power of the St. I junta 1'imcrsity football team. For he taught It foot ball that is football, football that calls tor Individual and extempore play, t-peed. accuracy, dash, elan, nerve and pluck like the very (-vil.

Given a ton of beef and 11 ounces of brains, a Hurry Yost can drill a team to pound out five-yard Rains in three clowns all day. Take a fairly Kuuii line and a man like Acker and you have live yards in three-line micks sure as shooting. That Is mere persistent usage of mere mechanical devices. Hut when the new football came old lines were to be abandoned new ones drawn. tne couch who wtm possessed of fielf rlia.nce and initiative enough to ut himself absolutely loose from the old ties and it is hard to forget tlie lessons and the friends of a lifetime nil in one minute proved the man ot th- i-ar.

when taken to his corner and lookttd In bad shape when he left th" ring. The preliminary between Joe McDonald of Victor and Kid Butch of Cripple Creek amused the crowd and was declared a draw. At Fort Wayne. Otto Sieloff wim put out in the third round ThursdAy night by Jimmy Gardner of Lowell. Mass.

Gardner jabied with his left and then put an uppercut to the body. He followed this with lefts to the body and then sent two left hooks and a heavy right to the jaw, which put his man out. At Titusville. Cy Flynn of Buffalo It is in progress from the excitement and dull and listless afterwards. Kverybotty look one fide or Ihe other and the cheer-Ing, yells and bright colors were everywhere.

Both teams displayed a stronger defense than offense, all'i-iugli the gain was the Kie-Uent exhibition of kicking seen on a local field this eon. The teams seemed well matched, although Central had slightly the lietter learn work. As before, alt that Sn.ltn needed was Sherry to win-mil Slietrjr was captain of the Central High School eleven and such a thing wa an impossibility. Trie game was much more Interest than the afternoon content between St Iannis and Iowa. The greit enthusiasm and partisan of the crowd, the desp-rate spirit with whl the elevens played seemed lo pervsfl the nlr.

The nlav was faster and more open, e-inseeiient I eiore -e, tscnlir. The afternoon contest il be compared to a struRRle between two powee-ful flehilng dots and the morn'ng game to a battle between fox terr crs The big fellows knew more about th. nme and of 1-lege sport was fine one. Th lilt fe -lows Instead o' getting a hold tt were and holding It pranced about ul way doing something to cu the Moot tu Came More One. Men who d'd not know much aboi-l foMball games but who w'tresael bo contets were noked which game they liked the better, the morning or after i n-r f.

hall, hacking Mm up. looking ,,,1 ii f'imhK- or blocking St. Louis. nl ulll.o.ia'.i it was (piite within tho of UK- Uluo and White to carry ball down the Ii- Id on straight loot- riS -bsy -jWJtt-v fv ViU it van to ic-iuplure ot nm her ijrtii Kic rate pi.s-.ea ge: ral -nun 'VI FOOTBALL GAME. to tlie PoRt-Iiipnteh.

Cli AGO, jN-v M. Provisional football was tried out in Chicago yesterday and there are four additional patients in the Hospital. Willie lleston. the noted Michigan Dlayer of last year, was carried from tho field with a broken leg. Rose, the fullback for Wisconsin last year, was placed In a cot with a fractured shoulder.

Hare, the fullback of this year's University of Indiana's team, was knocked unconscious twice. The last time he did not fully recover and be. is still under treatment. Wisconsin halfback, has a frac-Vanderboom, the former noted tured nose. The massacre came at the meeting on the South Ball Park of the professional Massillon (O.) team, which averaged 204 pounds, and an Ail-Western team.

After the field had been cleared up it was found that the Massillon slaughterers had won by 9 to 4. r' and Frank R. Jeffries of Titusville St. Lou's mo- i.i i All. I Il.llVUMNli II 1 the one bright star of the team missing, however, a man who had tho brains to figure out his opponent's weakness and to reach a quick decision as to what was best Instantly, and If a gain of a yard or two was absolutely necessary to carry the ball and make tho d'stance and first down himself.

Sherry was everything to Central High. He carried the ball with the Fpeed and power of a university player, used his free arm to ward off tacklers and on several occasions took long ci.anccs of serious Injury to gain an extra yard or two after he had been partially checked by a Smith tackier. Sherry's Ileadwork. Then It was Sherry early In tho game, who, after the first exchange of punts with Billy Bown of Smith Academy, instantly saw that ne could gain from 5 to 10 yards on every exchange of kicks and afterwards on every opportunity booted the ball from on an average of about 35 yards, while Bown was hardlv averaging 30 yards. It was Sherrv also who kicked a goal from the field from the 35-yard line at a difficult angle, whlcli gave to Central High Its first 4 Other plav-rs would have surelv failed to have kicked the goal.

Morton's pass hark to little Sparks was Mo high. Spark lumped off his knees, grabbed the ball and slammed It down on the soft eartn without a moment's hesitation and Sherry, taking one look at th ball dug his foot Into the leather, sending it at last 10 yards over the cross bnr and between the upright. Sherry's goal was remarkable for the fact that the pass was bad and by time Sparks had the ball the Smith Academy boys had bioken VhrouVh the line and were tilt at Sherrv -d Sparks Si.errv cool and confident. kicked when with Sparks 1 under an avalanche of tilms-'n a-iiu white jersej'B. CntrnT Touchdown.

It was Sherrv also who. when the ball was Tarried to Central's seven-yard ne. ball and by struggling. arrest display of rhyslea strength and finally a wiggle that allowed him to shove the ball across the goal Itn" covered those seven yards from the goal line and gave to Central Ulr'i Its only touchdown. On tho dcfenKc Sherry, t'-o.

rlN J' a demon He would avoid the interference and not only tsckle surely, but trv every lime to hurl the man with the ball back for a loss and be succeeded a number of times. Again he displayed a comprehension or what was the best thing to do while right in the heat of the battle that was remarkable. Once tho ball was passed back to him for a punt. Sherry ad started to kick, his foot was loivit.g the ground when he saw that rapt. Krnst of the Smith Academy team.

In his desire to block the ball, had rut too far inside. Sherrv made up his mind in nru He saw the Wt fide of the line was unguarded and he dashed around and for a S)-vard gain. It was Sherry, also. 1. mini 1 1 1111.

,1,1 is I I t1 matter how mu fought 10 fast rounds Thursday nigiit before a crowd of Buffalo. Titusville. Oil Citv and Franklin sporting men that filled the Queen 'ity Athletic Club-rooms to the doors. Flynn was 10 pounds lighter than Jeffries, but to the at all times and outpointed his man. I'nder the laws of Pennsylvania, no decision is permitted, but in the opinion of the spectators there was a viidi margin between the two th- Mi tues of team wo, K.

he to drill faultlessly. Wit 11 dm me takes human brains to p. y.iuiself. to pioet I lie una "You Look Good to Dalley." and Watchen on Credit at cash prices. Washington at 6th.

2d floor. v-; fcv Jj atcl eui. TRen. v. nay.

to rape.i.v and I-' Pupated for tlie In this (P partment. St. Louw all teams I haye seen pla. II rot Vrrm In VI. Without a don'it it is at least 1.1 points thf 't west of the Alir.enms.

That it would beat I'ennsyvma. oi o-Carlisle 1 have not any doubt. i. ehis. EDWARD CQCHJiMS.

The Wibconsonite whose brilliant I Kast or West, of America in the first work with the S'. Touis University I year of the reformed game of rugby Busier Bronu Bloe Rlhbon Shoes hnv- ''rni1t Shoes Store S22 Olive. It! it Vouhl to ia.id i.ny of the team marks him as tlie leading coach. I ff- ally biK i i.e. Htvard- I doubt for the reason mat (lefePHO Of Ht- J'UIS IS miiali.

it-win in as wood a Usht man S-i I Iiiim' ecr leen play tackle, but his SAD DEGENERACY OF HEAVYWEIGHTS onfrere.s in the line would ix- iiitehissed in Then Acker is ho onlv- r.ian of iniivi-rttity chips noon contest. They declared that trte morning game, ti their wav of think-Inc. was Lie beet fir the reason thrv could aiwsvs tee whet ws going on end that there seenie.1 to be great" rivalry between the elevens. The spectator" displayed more 11 Intereat In the end game. Tlie game was always Imily contesel throurhout while the St.

Loula-lowa game soon became simply a test of how manv points Cochems' men would Col The Central HI til Vi.ool team 1ml the Interscholastlc L'ue champ! shin rlnched son Thursday ga Tie. The team reason w'th a record fHe victories without having cross-d The Smith satlsned. however. They had rut im a game that (hey csnwellj-e proud or LondotT't 7,100,000. From the London Tel'rrh.

its annual inlmv. of London ta-tistlcs. which is this year Issued In a p.w nl letter form, the London County Council Is looking ahead as 1010. Bv that lime It Is calculated that the population of Urenter lnd'j will have exceeded seven and a half ml It Is todsv 7.IU."'. l' Is halt a million more than In Knocking.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak: 1 yundn aland the last United States census reports. Jo women working us heel ights In country. Mr. CrlivuwnbcHk: Well, they'rn the only women who ue lis miner.

BASEBALL BABBLE BASEBALL BABBLE. George Tebeau. who is affect ionately called the "Octnpus-eus" minor I'atiis magnate, lias purchased a bright iel automobile. Dominic .1. Mullaney.

the hustling manager of the Jacksonville. club of the South Atlantic League, wishes to inform the amateur. semi-professional, and professional ballplayers, who might be looking for a change to mak good, to write him. His address is 1210 Zane street, Louisville, Ky. Joe MrGinnity.

during a fanning bee around th forse in his big Iron mill at South McAlister. 1. the other day. said: "The best game that I ever twirled was in a contest between Peoria and St. Joe tn the old Western League several years back.

I worked 21 innings and held St. Joe down to a Fhut-oul and six hits." McGREEVY FINISHES FIRST IN LONG RUN. A dark horse. won the annual cross-country run given by the Central Y. M.

C. A. boys Thanksgiving morning, beating Frank Millhouse, the winner last year and the favorite for this years contest, bv 4" seconds T'l-i course was from th Y. M. C.

A. Building at Grand and Franklin avenues to Lindell boulevard, west on Lindcll to Forest Park and return over th same course. Twelve boys started. McKln-ley. Hardin and Krafft failed to finish.

The other nine finished In the order named 25m. 4Ks. Rueppcl, 2fim. eSs. Probert.

2m. is. Militzer. 27m. SSs.

Hess. 2Sm. Mayfield, Guest. SOrn. Kai-t-cr.

37m. Are on Preparing; for Christmas Comment to (i once, latere the h'ff rroird of Chritrtmas hopns start. We aell diamond oti ami jwelrr eo credit. Tnf-tii 2d Boor Cailrton Ride. A Olive Lecture on Panama.

The Fellowship Club of the King's Highway Presbyt Man Church will hae a ladles' nifcht at 8 p. in. Dll-lwyn M. Harlett will deliver his new stereopticon on "Panama Country and Canal." The organist and choir of the church will give some special music. Fighting Men Are Not What They Were in the Good Days When Sullivan, Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Sharkey, Jeffries and Other Sons of Anak Held Sway.

was kept up nights entertaining about a thousand Ht. Louis enthusiasts who were on hand to see him win the biggest prize in the history of baseball. Si Waller Ylliuot. once a famous outsider with the ChicHuo "jYldte Stock-tt uho mHiianed tlie I trend jTJiiib of the Central League a few er HKn, is out of the Kaine for (mil and 18 K.w runninR rip-roariiiK. blood-and-JJiundi wild West show.

Fielder Jones, manager of the world champion White Sox. is cretllted with haying that Ins boss. Charlie, Comiskey, li. m.t shut his ryes fur two or threw i during the early part of the big series. Mi.

Jones Is correct as to the Did Kontan's having lost a few nights sleep, but when he attributes the lows to nervousness on the part of the old tl Louis pride he errs bit. Commie M. Stanley Rnhison, president of Me-Oloskey-s Ordinals, says Jake Beck-ley will surely line tip at first base in tlie spring. "We tried several men at first last season, but with poor success. Where can we land a better and more reliable man than old Jake? I'll buy the man If someone can iv Yne his name and address.

I look to pee Heck-lev come back and again hit his usual this season." Nothing like He not only caught the ball per''tlV-but made gains every time. Sherry's plavlng can be best summed tip by the statement of a bey wearing the crimson and white w.io was leaving the grounds after the game with a High School boy: "If the Smith Academy team i sd Sherry, they would have won." ttsll'a Fine Tnckllng. Other wlayers on both learns played verv fine football, too. Little Hall. Central's end.

gave an exhibition of speed So far this winter Manager John J. McCloskey of the Cardinals has not been beard from. The wise Kentuckian Is about the country picking up promising young material. Here is a complete list of the new material signed by Jimmy McAleer for next season: Kmtl Frisk. St.

Paul, outfielder; I ode Criss. Cleybourne, pitcher; J. F. Davidson, Dubuo.ue, in-fielder; Ollie Pickering. Columbus, outfielder: William Butler, Akron, shortstop and third baseman; Harry Conip-ton.

Lancaster, pitcher: J. F. Farrls, Dallas, pitcher; Will McGill. San Antonio, pitcher; James Stevens, Dallas, catcher, and John Lattimer, pitcher. They are.

of course, all sensations, and will he until otherwise proven. Willi the new arrivals added Manager will have to pay board and lodging ior just 3" men this spring in Texas. BV ROBERT EDRK. XKW YORK, Nov. 30.

"I outpointed Burns. I think, but I was a little light for him. Hereafter I shall fight in the middleweight cla That's what Jack O'Brien had to sav for himself after the fight with Burns on Thanksgiving When you take his statement and compare it with what he said to me a few months ago. Jack looks very much like a joke a living, monumental joke. Jack had called in to see me and talk about his championship.

He put ids silk hat on a bookcase, placed his cane and gloves carefullv on top of my desk, eat down in a chair and began: "As for Jeffries" "You don't mean to tell me that you'd have the nerve to fight Jeffries!" I exclaimed. Jack looked severely pained. "Certainly I would fight Jeffries! I lie very glad to fight Jeffries if I could persuade him to re-enter the ring. Why not? He would be easv for me!" But Jeffries weighs 2M pounds," said 1. "Why.

you" Weight makes no difference:" retorted ltiien. "His weight would handicap him. I'd lie so much faster that 1 could easily Jab him and keep out or range until I had his eves closed, like, Kauffman in Sun Francisco, and th'-n" Jack Thinks IlIITereBt. Now O'Brien thinks he is a little light to fight such a man as Tommy Burns --height 5 feet 7 inches; weight 171 rounds. How have the mighty fallen! If the O'Brien-Burns fight showed nothing else it proved conclusively that the present crop of American heavyweights is, compared with Jeffries, Sharkey, Fitzsimmons et a feeble, scrawny output.

Imagine either Burns or O'Brien in a ring with Tom Sharkey or Bob Fitzsimmons as they were live or six years ago. Imagine O'Brien ox Burns pitted against a John L. Sullivan, a Peter Maher, a Gus Ruhhn, a Kid McCoy. What would Jim Corbett. NOW GET Y01R CHRISTMAS CIGARS F.iery smoker knows the Fontella Cijrar.

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Conk finished wi'h a batting percentage of ranking ninth with the club. He participated in lttl Raines in the outfield and ticldud at a clip. without finishing him. Probably Jim did land that number of blows on Sullivan in New Orleans. But Corbett was almost a novice fighting a giant whose name was a terror all throughout the world.

Corbett was extremely cautious. When he did meet a little "fellow like Tommy Burns or O'Brien that was Charley Mitchell he landed the final punch within three rounds. And Corbett did not punch Mitchell 4M times to do it. either. After that Corbett began to lose class, but he was a great man when he whipped Sullivan.

Fitzsimmons fought Corbett in Carson. Tlie fight went fourteen rounds. Corbett Fitz rapidly for six rounds, then fi-ught cautiouslv. Fitz merely followed Corbett around and around the ring, doggedly watching for a chance to put in a knockout. He did not land one blow to 10 landed by O'Brien or Burns, but when he got his opening In the fourteenth he shot home a thump that was heard 'round the world.

Remember when Fitz fought Sharkey? Two rounds that was. Did Fitz hit Thomas 400 times? Not quite. About ten or fifteen times, perhaps. And Sharkey was tougher than O'Brien and Burns rolled into one. How- many times did Fitz hit tins Ruhlin the week before in the six rounds that Gus lasted? Not verv many.

Fitz waited for his chance anil finished Gus in a wallop. Sharkey -a a I n. Sharkey in his best days put Ruhlin out with one punch. He did the same to Mexican Pete Kverett. lie put out McCoy the only 160-pound man he ever fought in 10 rounds, and that, night McCoy would have whipped O'Brien and Burn? in five rounds each.

Peter Maher was a real heavyweight and a good one. Big Joe Kennedy came Fast after beating Ruhlin and was matched against Peter, who win already "on the slide." Kennedy attacked I'etcr for one round. When he came out for the second. Peter put one over and Kennedy slept for tiaif an hour. Ruhlin was good once.

He put refer Maher out in two rounds and Sharkey out in eleven. And these were big fe -lows not 170 nouuders. And Jeff, why, Jeff does not wast Bunches at a 4l clln. At least he did not after he "got onto himself." I saw Jeff in San Francisco nearly wallop Corbett out in the second round and then save himself and tease him along for eight more Just to gtve lh crowd a run for its money. Jeff showed one what a finisher be could be if bo wanted to.

Jack Monro was the victim. Make no mistake. Jack was a tough nut to crack. Jeff cracke.1 him in a roun I and a walloj. Jeff never fought sty 170-pounders, except the great mid only Bob Fitzsimmons.

lie didn't was nearly half a thousand punohes on Kt at that. There may be a real heavyweight champion somewhere. but he Is s'-dl leading trucks or shoeing horses. La Flor de Fontella for a Box of 50 Havana Filled Perfectos Tlio Regular Price is $2.00 a Box. If you want small tiar.titir llir sale price will lw II for KM or for lonir ns they last.

Arthur Bauer, the St. Louis "KM." had another -rood season with Pueblo. Arthur batted .305 and fielded He is about ripe for picking for the bij League, they say. McGilvrav led the Western League batsmen, with an average of for lCfl games. The lender is a youngster who was discovered by X-'rank Seh-e i-riv lsst spring Luyties Sixth and Franklin Suit or Overcoat To Order Aiy S30, $35.

S45or $50 Material H-'V AX "Shod old Any Ti Suitor Overcoat JLj To Order Material ROUND-TRIP TICKET TO TEXAS AND RETURN s20.00 iVtf y. th i it i ri.ts) .) roi.oMvr' tMH tl.F Good bid in his prime, do to either one of the fistic jokes? Neither Burns nor O'Brien would be able to stay a round with Kit or Sharkey in Horton law form. And as for Jeffries why, Jeff could take on a whole ring full of them a battle royal, wttii all the O'Brien-Hurnses righting against Jeff at once and Jeff would wallop them all out and chuck them through the ropes one after another without turning hair whatever that means. Figuring It Oat. Take a couple of minutes off and figure things out scientifically.

Fighting In the style affected by Burns and O'Brien lu this encounter, each man landed at least twenty blows to round. Twenty would be very conservative estimate, for while O'Brien did a lot of running. Burn whs after hint all the-time, and Jack was forced to fight fast to save himself. The average number of blows landed being 2 to the round, for Instance and 20 rounds being fought, each man landed some 4 times during the battle. Many of these blows, naturally, did not reach danger spots.

But scores of them did and there was no knockout. There was not even a knockdown. Now compare that with the work of the real champions. To begin with Sullivan, how many times would John L. have been forced to bit a 170-lh.

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