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-chfl' lo iBffW Ijii it 'i a April JO WMt a nooo or hi" i enje Sto'- ..1. )-- nn nnlv 10 avers drawing down big work, and the club owners le.irlng me om. reiMwie me taca. wiiitii where great collapse as they often that to ret tne Dig iwto isai" t-am the race. im the cities of New xors.

C1 ago and. St. Louis, with apmV in the worm i. Ana r-1 1 aach iranaa-' 10 q-it? imi TM -H Vr. will soon get oaca stride and forge to the ,0 sure of the Chicago returnable club Is on the Tuey are not feared any win take not only Frank Char.oe.

but iJV(r. to start ths Cubs on i There are Drains M-rphy's boys, and they will Ta Best- la: or way to a gooa posi- chances ror iu r.iEfced like snow before s. the present line-up. Frank a pra: ball team for Chance and how much Mr. Selee was se who dropped Into a of his good judg- i.t to man makes Frank Selee.

ons that ever crossed the friends, or his for a little aid as I 1 lng away In the shadow stains, Did he get It? Roman, Comlskey, ani 'ii T.aior?. and for nurnllM exieption of Christy Mathewson no pitcher now befoTe the American public can be compared to Eddie Plank, of the Philadelphia Athletics. Mathewson Is the living wonder among baseball Radbourne, Clarkson, Tim Keefe. Charley Nichols. Amos Rusle and Charley Buffing ton will long be, remembered for their great work In the box for the National League, but all were lacking in the qualities as a whole, that went 10 make up a "Mathewson for a dosen years.

For Individual work It would' be Impossible to Imagine anything more brilliant than the pitching of Charley Radbourne for Providence in Rad petered out after- two or three years of fine work. Here we find Mathewson after 12 year on the ball field about as good as ever. Mathewson Is the one pitcher that tries, apparently, to put every ball over the plate tor a strike. No other box man ever adopted the same line of defense. Mathewson pitched every ball with the same preliminary motion, shortening up with men on bases, but pitching the different curves and shoots with the same preliminary swing, making it Impossible for the batsman to call the turn.

Mathewson assortment consists of a fast high ball, a drop, sharp out curve and bis fade-away ball, or inshoot, first introduced by William Sweeney, of the Providence Club, who still holds the record In the major leagues for strike-outs, with ll turned In at the Boston South End grounds In 84. Having perfect control, and never wasting a ball, the batsman must guess the style of ball that Mathewson is about to deliver. If you guess right Mathewson's curves are not hard to find, as they are always over the plate, but the trouble is that the batsman is forced to guess, and he will seldom get the same curve twice in succession, the proposition settling down to a case of calling the turn. Catchers need no signs to catch Mathewson. and signal tipping becomes a lost art with Matty in the box.

Working along these lines, you seldom find Mathewson extending himself. And for this reason. It la more than likely that unless physically unfit for work, the greatest pitcher of them all. will be a factor In the game or years to come, simply because he has perfect control, while sending the ball over the plate, to break in four different directions. I spoke of Eddie Plank, who has shown remarkable form with the Athletics, now on his twelfth year with the Athletics.

Plank la a left bander, using a cross-fire. He has excellent command and a fine knowledge of working his man. With a straight ball on the outside of the plate and a sweeping curve across the plate he has performed successfully, always working under a strain, and really effective only against certain crabs, while to Mathewson all play ere look alike, the free hitter, more apt to And one of Matty's curves than the careful player. In the games last fall against the New York Giants, Jsck Coombs, of the AUiletlcs, worked along the same lines, as Mathewson. and did a remarkably fine piece of work.

CoembTi command was not equal to that of Mathewson's but his line of attack was superb and a great surprise to the National League players. In the first game of that series the first 12 balls delivered by Mathewson were strikes, missed or called, the fielders knowing the ball will be over the plate, are In better tune for fast, interesting fielding, and will not become worried with men on bases: It also kills off base-mnnlng. as the catchers are in a position So throw after takrng the ball. Mathewson can depend on his support while Plank Is continually looking for strikeouts. With Eddie Plank it Is a case of hard work, while the New Tork box man could pitch six good games In one week, as Radbourne and other great pitchers did years ago.

and never feel the effects. The one great trouble with the young pitchers of the present day la lack of control. T. H. Mubmakb.

E0W1KO. racial, distatcw to rn Bsgvrsas. Boston. April 20. Five Harvard crews are practicing for the race with Cornell and Princeton In May on the Charles River and the classic event at New London in June.

This leaves Coach Wray free to devote his attention to balancing the boat and teaching the men a new stroke. Wray has an idea that he has discovered a stroke thst will defeat Cornell at last. For three years the Ithacans have beaten the Crimson in the two-mile race, while Harvard has found little difficulty In beating Tale In a race of twice the distance. QUARTET OF K. I.

0. MANAGERS. V- 4" ITS Aav Fi i THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1912 HBCTIOX THREB. aMAAeaaaaaaewaavaawaaaaMaaaafaawaaie a Annual Meet of Cincinnati Golf League Will Be Held To-Morrow English Don't Care How They Claim Ring Championships Near-Champs Kicking on Rivers Being Favored By Ad Wolgast Vlany Spring Disappointments in the National Game SPORTING AND A nim KB obligations. to be a real race the season.

You must in baseball, past glory I iK for lhe New rork 10 front In a lew aaya. after McGraw boys. Braves will be 26 per cent ran last year. Thers can oe city willing to wager John Ward will land his I ran' aee- a OO- n-rVas that for Ward this year aient on hand. KUng Is catching h.j ht work for the Chicago vet ran has enthused over his -i he Boston fans, as well as like work and his rnanners.

I.t Leajrje will soon serue f. 'luts. four looking lor tne Detroit is doing much for. and with a taS liuih 'Jennings can count his laa is tfi? running. Ba: Red Sox look better than at iree i-4.

As a hitting team tney ia-s and the players are young 1-4 Ml The speed boyw are l-t of ir f.rst division, with a fine chance with a weatner eye out Tor.y. Connie Mack will have slimmer for a vacation to a v.s.t to the new Irish Parlla- got a poor start, but :c.ii!r on. Atlanta proved lip- pn.infl anrt leajTeH'a men condition. St. Louis will tin season.

This man will prove a big help to the wi ain Trior pame for Wuh- ere pulled off by the Senators jimmie Lananan must sun forced to depend too mucb on i.iat jimmie will get there in ones! nelief. I can't see where any improvement over r.rs It was Connie and kind heart toward k--n knowledge of the game. on the Mark mmlal 1 -er i should finally get the h- (parley Somers. a king at nil of the good soes for tiie minors With a targe number of the members out for. the informal openings of their clubs yesterday, and the call the annual meeting) of the Cincinnati League having been lssojed.

it rather looks as if the golfing-season has been given Its start. The start; II that's what It can be called, comes somewhat earlier than last year, but as far as the. real official openings are concerned, the Important part of It, will be later than the. previous year. The excellent weather of the past few weeks has been of great JOHNNY POPKEN, If fir ill Tff say Pitcher and All-Around Flayer, Who Has Signed With Paris, Ky.

help to the professionals In. getting the courses In shape. They snapped up the advantage with a gusto, so consequently the links right now are better than the biggest optimists would have predicted a month or so ago. The Cincinnati Oolf League will be composed of the same six teams which held membership last year Beat Hill. Elbro.i, Ft.

Mitchell. Hamilton County Country Club, Hyde Park Country Club and Losantl-vllle Country Club. The meeting to-morrow noon at Secretary A. W. Goldsmith's office will be for the purpose of electing officers and appointing a committee to draft the schedule.

Each team will play xwo gmea, one at home and one abroad, the -season starting probably In May. The -winning team will be rewarded with a silver loviag cup. Last year the runner-up got nothing, but this season will be presented- with a sliver cup, some smaller than the one that is to go to the champions. Last year East Hill took the champion -J ship. The league has been In existence a number of years, but this season promises to make the past ones look small.

Games will he played every other As usual, each-side will be composed of six members. President Thomas 1. Creaghead, of the Ft Mltcbel Country Club, will name the Schedule Committee from the following delegates: Cincinnati. C. H.

A. T. A. Nelson; Hamilton County, John Mackelfresh; Hyde O. F.

Mer-pall; Losantlville, A. W. Goldsmith. Jr. Other committees will be appointed to get matters In shape for the season.

Another thing of importance to be' taken up at the golf meeting to-morrow will be the- annual city championship tournament. Like last season the tourney will probably be held again In September. The course, however, will not be decided upon until later. Last year the East Hill grounds were put Into use and the satisfaction was general: -'The lodrney, which has now been held for the past- two rears, will be pullea off under the auspices of the league and an effort will he made to secure a large entry list. Brand Eldredga, of Ft.

Mitchell, Is the present title holder. Losantlville Country Club members were out using nine holes yesterday. course has been changed around a bit over hist year, so that the tenth from the eighteenth will be nearer the clubhouse. It will be a week or more before the entire 18 can be put Into use. Losantlville has arranged a triclty match with Chicago and St.

Louis at St. Louis, in July. Alex Taylor, professional, at Losantlville, used to seeing all the noted professionals swing the brassle and mid Iron down Boutn, would like to see some of the big fellows get into action here, and If he gets the chance may pull off a big match or two. Local enthusiasts would no doubt turn out en masse for a competition of this sort, for many have yet to see champions of the caliber of McDermott. Gil Nichols or J.

Si-Brady at work. see The Directors of the El heron County Club have decided not to increase their course nine boles this summer. This sctionwas taken at a meeting held last week. and. although It means no elghteen-hole golf for the members this year.

It may turn out to be different in 1818. for tbt agitation baa been started and may go through well enough. The Greens Committee, consisting of George F. Stewart, Dr. W.

8. Murphy and Joseph M. Lammert. Is planning to hold the formal opening of the club about the middle of May. They will soon adopt ths entire program.

The Elberoo Club may appoint a professional for this season. President William Howard has appointed A. Rich and L. F. E.

HummeU as a committee to look into the matter. Both Pennants May Fall To New York Clubs This Year racial, ntsraxca to ras sirqcniBa. New Tork, April 20. There Is a remote possibility of New Tork "hogging" the world's championship series next fall. No club In the National League has a better chance for the pennant than John J.

Mc-G raw's agile champions. Harry Wolver-ton's outlook with the Highlanders dees not appear nearly so bright as McGraw' but this club has a great deal better than an outside look-In with the sensational world's champion Athletics. Let us first consider the Highlanders, for they are the more doubtful proposition. Wolvterton firmly believes that he has a chance to wrest the crown from Connie Mack's brow. He Is not underestimating the Athletics, perhaps overestimating his own followers.

A conviction will go a long way in any honest purpose. Wolverton not only believes in bis team, but he has every member of the squad Infused with the desire to make the very best possible showing. There Is not a man on the pay roll but has complete confidence In himself and his teammates, individually and collectively. The club Is hooked up far mora closely than it has ever before been amalgamated. A snappy, style of play, with every athlete full of life and poise, is bound to prove at least an interesting novelty to American League fans, who have been used to look upon the Hill-toppers as a rather lethargic group, despite any race position they might occupy.

Wolverton is a man who will get every ounce of energy out of his followers. He Is a hustler, a driver. But ha never asks a player to work harder than himself, and he drives himself as long and arduously as the veriest recruit. Within a week after he took charge of the club be bad every player pulling for him. They respect his ability as a player and admire his fine knowledge of the game gained in a long and flattering period of service In the ranks.

Wolverton's theory Is that a team of ordinary players pulling together at all times has twice the chance of success that a bunch of stars would have If some of them overlooked the common welfare In selfish motives. Harry Wolverton has no bad club. There are few weaks spots to be found anywhere In the array. These are prospective weaknesses. There Is a big question whether Earl Gardner is physically equipped for the strain of a full campaign.

So long as his strength lasts he will play the bag to perfection. He has always been one of the team's best hitters In the spring till weakness forced him from the regular Une-up. Gardner is the only problematic weak link of the Inner chain. Hal Chase never in his life played the ball, he has shown this spring. He never employed his speed to better advantage on the paths.

He Is taking desperate chances of getting away with them. Such a- spirit Is bound to make htm' one of the best sensational base runners In ths game. Hartzell laiSO per cent Improved ball player at short. He covers more ground at this position, takes the throw much better and has more use for his wonderfully strong arm. He appears to have just been awakened to his hitting ability and looks like one of the beat blnglera working for Wolverton.

Dolan Is by far the best third baseman who ever played on the Hill. He has a great pair of hands and a fine arm. He handles a slew ball to perfection, and this Is the real test of third-basing ability. Dolan Is a very fast and heavy base runner, and so far has displayed no batting weakness. That leaves the key to the infield situation up to Gardner.

He has had a One spring, is 10, pounds heavier than usual, and firmly believes that he will be able to stand the grind. Should he falter there seems to be a mighty handy utility man In Simmons to block the gap. Simmons Is a natural hitter and can play well any position on the Infield. If he were Just a trifle faster he would be a rare Jewel. Two of New York's outfielders rank with the very best.

'Birdie" McCree's record of 1911 put him in a special class, but he will bave to go some to hold his elub championship crown this year If nothing happens to Harry Wolter. Right now Wol-ter Is the fastest man on the olub. He was speedy last year, but nothing like aa fast as this pring. He always could hit the ball. He seems to have found hie proper sphere as lead-off man.

Daniels is not of the same class as Cree or Wolter, bat he Is a very much Improved player. He Is handicapped by a very poor arm. His hitting, base running and fielding all spring have been above the average. Oeboxn. the Rochester recruit, appears too slow to be oonsldered for big league duty, though he certainly can clout the balL Zinn is a far better utility oat Held propo sition.

While not as strong a hitter, he Is a finished fielder, a fine thrower and a fast man on the base lines The pitching staff la one of the club's greatest fortes. Every fllnger Is a youngster, with the best part of his career before him. The veterans. Ford. Vaughn, Qulnn.

Caldwell and Warn op, have just had enough big league experience to be at their best this year. George McConnell has ahown enough with hia spit ball to be entitled to consideration as a regular. If one of the four young southpaws proves worthy of big league confidence the Hilltop staff should be the strongest that ever represented the club. SCTJIXIITG. ificul mar arc a to ras asocissa.

Toronto. Ontario, April 20. Edward bur-nan, of this city, and William Haines, of Boston, have signed articles of agreement for a three-mile sculling race to be held on Toronto Bay on Wednesday, July 10, for $1,000 a side and the championship of America. btbciax oaslb to ras matorasn. London, England.

April 20. The present week In boxing circles has been one of unusual activity and has been fraught with' negotiations for Important coming matches. Tn one of these the world's featherweight championship-title will be 'involved, if one is willing to take the word of the National Sporting Club as final and Infallible. It was pointed out In, this cable a week ago that the National Sporting Club had decreed that when Digger Stanley and Charles Ledoux stepped Into the ring next Monday evening at the National Sporting Club the resulting engagement would be for the world's bantam championship, although It was more or less of a question wherein, the winner could justly lay claim to anything more sweeping than ths European bantam title, Stanley and Ledoux being the present champions of their respective countries. Da top of 'this rather daring assertion from "headquarters, as the National Sporting Club Is familiarly termed on this aide, cornea the still more startling assertion that Jem Driscoll and Jean Poeey, the latter a Frenchman.

are to fight for the world's featherweight title, with June 3 as the date and the National Sporting Club as ths location. Truly Matchmaker Bet-tlnson, of the N. 8. and. his associates are Indeed lavish In their passing out at world's titles aa suits their fancy, regardless.

of any clalma.Amerlcans may advance for recognition to titular honors. Following this latest manifesto even some loyal Englishmen have been- foroed to ask. In spirit of fair play, "What becomes of the American, Johnny Kllbane. whose recent defeat of Abe Attell is still fresh in the minds of all?" Jem Driscoll Is an exceedingly clever boxer all will concede regardless of which side of the Atlantic they make their home. That lea Is the legitimate British featherweight champion and bolder of the Lord Lonsdale belt emblematic thereof all will concede.

And across the channel. In France. Ledoux la easily the French featherweight holder. But to make the meeting of the two Involve a world's championship is preposterous. It goes to show, however, how supreme the National Sporting Club holds Itself In pugilistic prerogatives.

No American Is entitled to hold a British boxing championship under the English code. But that apparently does not prevent an English and a French title holder from fighting for world honors, regardless of, America' and Americana. It is a large stretch of the Imagination to crown Digger Stanley as the best of all the world's bantams, particularly at the English limit of 118 pounds at 2 o'clock And doubly so Is it to accord to Jem Driscoll similar honor among the featherweights of the day. No one would detract one lota from 'Driscoll'a science and cunning. But to recognise htm as technically, or even logically, entitled to -defend the world's featherweight championship la an entirely different proposition.

Carper tier, who is In the public eye. especially since, his little affair with Tom Sullivan at Monte Carlo In February, Is himself negotiating for a bout at. the National in the early summer, with Harry Lewis for hie opponent, in a few days such a match should definitely settled. Lewis desires) such a battle that he may wipe out the sting, of defeat received at Carpentler's hand some time ago. The Frenchman ts likewise keen for the bout, but until a few days sgo was holding out for a flat figure, as his end.

win, lose or draw. The National has ever stood steadfastly for a loser's end, and It Is upon such basis that Carpentier now agrees to take on Lewis The bout will be at 100 pounds, the English middleweight limit and the weight will bother neither man, esoeelally Carpentier. who fell Just four ounces short of 158 pounds when he stepped upon the ringside scales at Paris the other evening before his bout with Gunther. e- A decidedly Interesting situation in regard to the British middleweight title has arisen during the past week through the request of Jim Sullivan, the title holder, anddeniad by the National 8. to bave his match with Jack Harrison, In which title end belt were to be Involved, postponed until next Sullivan claims Illness end recurrence of the troubles that compelled him to return from America a "year or so ago.

His physician has ordered him to take part In LOUIS KIMM, 3 A Winner of Mile Boiler Baring Championship at Milwaukee Recently. 1 no more bouts until cool weather sets In again, and Sullivan has decided to heed the advice. He had been matched with Harrison for the night of May 13, and now that the National Sporting Club will listen to no post ponement, declaring It' would be setting a dangerous precedent. Sullivan has been asked to return the belt he holds, with which goes, of course, a forfeiture of the title. 'What action the N.

S. C. will take under the circumstances is a question. This fellow Harrison is a legitimate challenger for the- title, but to give It to him on a bloodless victory would remove much of the glamor surrounding the honor. The other English middleweights below Harrison ars an Inferior lot, and it may be that some sort of an elimination series will be resorted to.

aa has recently been done In the case of the welters. see The City and Suburban Is down for decision upon Wednesday of the coming week and there has been much anterace betting upon the outcome. The American-bred Sir Martin Is one of the most backed of the entries at and 8 to 1, and. as has already been pointed out, looks a very formidable starter at the 124 pounds assigned to him. Sir Martin has been moving very well 'this spring and looks very forward In hia condition.

His action Is as good aa ever anl he seems to have overcome the habit of carrying his head so low. Sir Martin Is also slated for the Jubilee, which la run later In the season. Ruth McGregor in Training at Memphis For the Grand Circuit racial, diwitcs to tbi ssorraam. Memphis. April 20.

The local driving park, or Billings Park, as It la known, one of the most expensive harness racing plants In the country aad the greatest of the winter aad spring training camps, st present harbors the greatest number of prospective Grand Circuit horses to be found at any track within the confines of these United States. Up until a few days ago the world's champion trotting stallion. The Harvester and the world' a champion gelding. Uhlan were receiving their final preparation for their European tour here, aad their departure by no means exhausted the supply of stars which have honored BlUinge Park by their presence during the time when outdoor training In the North was an Impossibility. As usual the leading stable st Billings Park la that of the veteran "Pop" Geers, who makes fhfs city his winter residence, and who has nearly 40 head of stars and prospective stars In training.

The Harvester is gone, but tne loyal stable boys Insist that "Pop" has another likely candidate for the championship stallion crown In the 1911 M. and M. winner. Anvil While their enthusiasm must be taken with a grain of salt. It cannot -be denied that there Is no more likely looking trotter In training 0 eligible to the 2:00 trots.

He was but a four-year-old last season, and up to the time when he went he won all of his starts but one, and In that was a heat winner and won seoond money to the sensational Argot Hal In the M. and M. he showed that he outclassed the hlgb-priced Lewis Forrest so far that there was no comparison. A bruised heel shortly after his victory in the Detroit classic prevented his trying conclusions with the sensational plow horse c. Belvlsla and Charley Mitchell, the stars of tne ail-conquering Murphy stable.

The lit- tie stallion never was In better condition than he Is this spring, and 24 in a race is the mark the rallMrda predict for him before the season closes. jonn Dickerson. the man who made Bellini famous, expects to ship from here to the Lexington track in the near future. He has two M. and M.

candidates In his niaoie. one is Eva Bellini, a 2:11 trotter when a two-year-old and which trlaled bet ter man the following year, and Parisette, also charged with a mile better than 2:10. The first named mare Is the best liked by the rail -birds here. "Red" Gerrity haa the M. and M.

candidate Betrne Holt, who trotted in 2:10 last season as a three-year-old, and several others here, but will ship to the Liberty-vllle track the coming week. Of the important stables this will leave but the Geers and Benyon outfits here. The Old Master expects to remain until about June 1. when he will ship to the Grand Rapids trac. where the Grand Circuit opens the second week In July.

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12. 18 rxciAL DISPATCH to SKQimiS. Baa Francisco, April 2a Joe Rivers, the Loo Angeles novice, is to get the first crack at Ad Wolgasfs championship, and all the other lightweights and. near-lightweights are up in arms about him. "Ad Wolgast picked an easy mark," say -the disgruntled ones.

"He should have hooked up with some fighter who stands better with the public" All right. But who, for Instance? la there any one man among the lightweights who stands head and shoulders above his fellows as the "logical opponent" of 'Wolgaat? There are probably, a dosen so-called US- pounders who think themselves entitled to a match Wolgaat. Of these the four that loom up the most prominently are Packey Matt Wells. Freddie Welsh and "Knockout" Brown. "McFarland and Wells are tarred with the same brush.

Neither of them can make the weight at which Wolgast won the title, and there Is too much at stake for Ad to grant them any concessions In the matter of poundsge. Freddie Welsh Is an invalid at present. He reports thst he Is fit for service sgaln, but In view of the manner in which he ooi-lapsed a couple times while In training the promoters do not regard him as a gilt-edged risk. "Knockout" Brown, who began his career suspiciously, has performed so atreaklly during many months that there is no public clsmor for a Wolgast-Brown fight. True, his backers keep advancing his claims, and, for that matter, seem willing enough to wager heavily on his chances; but not even the sporting critics of his own New Tork are evincing any excitement over Wolgast's studied coldrtesa toward Brown.

Here Is the case In a nutshell: The lightweight situation Is In such a shape that whoever brings Wolgast to the article-signing point Is the one best entitled to fight the champion. And Rivers Is the laa. At that Rivers Is lucky. The average lightweight has to bear the heat and an extremely long day; the hooks srsciat DisraTcn to ssoutsss. Lexington, April 20.

Contemporaneous with the Inauguration of the 1812 Kentucky racing season here next Saturday, the State Racing Commission will held a meeting tn pursuance of its adjournment on March 23. Much of the time of the Commissioners at thlaarneeting will be taken up with the Issuance of licenses to trainers and Jockeys. Ths officials foe the Lexington, Louisville and Latonla spring meetings will also be passed apon. It his probable that these appointments will be practically as they were last year. Bids for the Kentucky Endurance Stakes, at four miles, to havs not less than 88.000 added, are also to be received.

The request of the newspapers of Louisville and elsewhere for a modification of the rule prohibiting telephone or telegraph service on the racing grounds during any meeting will receive consideration. An Inspector of parl-mutuel machines and part-mutuel betting, to be paid a salary of 20 per day. Is to be appointed, but there Is here no Intimation as to who Is likely to be named. This Is one position thst has not created a rush of applicants. The man who accepts the appointment la going to have a lot of responsibility on bis shoulders, and he roust need be a fast thinker and a fast mover if be undertakes te tab all machines and watch the calculations after each race, as will probably be required of him.

The following measure, which was Introduced at the meeting of November 18, and was discussed and deferred at the meeting i' and wallops of many a bitterly waged battle before he is in line for a whirl at the title. Here, however, is a youngster who Is going to signalise his entry Into the lightweight class by striving for the high est honors. There may be a measure of truth In the -contention that Wolgast preferred Rivera to some of the others. Ad has seen Rivers train and fight a number of times, and it stands to reason the champion would not bave been so resdy to sign the Los Ange- les articles if he considered the Mexican youth the most dangerous of the bunch. But even If Wolgast set his cap at Rlv- ers.

who can blame him? Wolgast under went a severe ordeal a few months ago. and fully recognizes that he must feel his wsy back into the game very This thing of a champion being operated upon for appendicitis is a new one. and no one can teil what the effect upon Wolgast 1 fighting speed and strength will be. It Is far different from returning to the burly- burly of fisticuffs after being laid off some time with a broken arm. In that case the Injury is purely local, wnereas with a man who has been under the knife, the whole system Is affected.

I have heard old trainers of track men say that an appendicitis operation will make a ten-second man a second slower, and this practically means that It will transfer a clever sprinter Into the ordinary one. ouch being the case, It Is within the bounds of possibility that a similar experience may convert a champion Into a dub. Rivera Is a great little ring man one who shows Improvement every time he boxes but under ordinary circumstances it would savor of forcing matters to send him against a pugilist of Wolgasfs caliber at the very start of his lightweight career. But those who want to figure out the chances of this bout will have to Ignore the ordinary methods of reasoning. Tne main thing to speculate on Is whether Wolgast, minus his appendix, and after montna of building up.

Is the same compact bundle of fighting machinery he was berore he waa forced to submit to the surgeon's knlfs. If Ad's training suggests that ha has rounded to all right he will be a trp-heavy favorite over Rivers. If there Is any doubt about the matter It. will be a bleak outlook for the champion! In Rivers he will find a youngster who punches rapidly, accurately, and with good force, and who knows to a dot when to crowd on sail. W.

w. Naught as. Handbook Rule To Come Before Kentucky Racing Commission In March, will also come up for final ao-tlon: "Anyone guilty of making a handbook on the grounds of any racing association 1 licensed by the oommlaarlon during any race i meeting thereon shall be ejected from the grounds, aad any owner, trainer, jockey or other person interested In any horse or horses at said race meeting who shall be guilty of betting with or through any such handbook shall be ejected from the grounds and the license of such persons who are licensed by this commission shall be revoked." It is claimed that the practice of hand-booking- at the meetings last year was pernicious, and this measure is Intended to put a stop to it effectually. When Cliff Hammon moved Into the Kentucky Association track Monday with E. R.

Bradley's string of fourteen horses, he left Mr. Bradley's Helmet and Burnt Candle, John W. Schorr's Penn and J. McGin-nls's Frank Gill Inspiration filly at Idle Hour Farm. Helmet Is to serve two Of three mares yet and will be taken Into thn string when they ship to Louisville.

He has been working satisfactorily over the farm track It is doubtful if Penn will stand training again, though at present his bowed tendon does not appear to be bothering him. The most recent foal, and one of which Mr. Bradley Is very proud, at Idle Hour Farm Is a Mack colt by Rock Sand out ot Belle of Ormonde. This youngster's dam Is more than a half sister to Ormondale. she being by Orslnl.

son of Ormondale. sire of Ormondale. By Rock Sand out of such mare, this colt should distinguish himself upon the turf. Belle of Ormonde will be one of the good mares at Idle Hour Farm to go to the court of Barney Schreiber's great stallion. Sain, who, together with hlfc distinguished son.

Jack Atkln. Is now at the Bradley establishment near this city. MATCHED WITH M'FARLAND I a i. MATT WELLS, Champion Ug-htw eight of England, who meets Packey XcTazlaad night ta Sew York. Trida-r 17 i.