The Winnipeg Tribune from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada • Page 11

TH WINNIPEG EVENING TRIBUNE Thursday, march is, 1917 I 13 I Bright Sport News Fr Tribume Readers I I New President Is Needed to Save Ball Players' Fraternity Union and Magnates May Come To Terms If Dave Fultz Steps Out By I. E. SANBORN rjJHlC'AOO, March 16 Whether or not the failure of the baseball players' 1 1 strike results in the dlsband-Ing of their fraternity de-pends largely on the pli ers them- The b( st chance for its continua-Ion U' In the retirement voluntarily I'rc u1 nt Fultz, whose attitude of at.it; jnmm toward the club owners as i. i prevented the organization I om lining numerous concessions c. ncflt to the players.

These "de-; have been granted because he were recognized as reasonable, at any fear of President ull his organization. The "de- thai have been refused were dmi" 'ly unreasonable by the ma-Tit the intelligent players. Fult. 3 last attempt to compel the major lf.ii?ues to coerce the minors nto a cori'Tsnion that would have Iiut somi of the smaller circuits out of buslntis was bound to fail. Magnates Object to Fultz Although the club owners and the executives are on rec-iri 'fusing to recognize the body and determine to with the players individually, "at attitude is the result of the an-agonism Fultz has inspired.

While i ha -o no authority to speak for any in fact, am writing this a housand miles away from any of inside information, it is my belief the club owners would avor the recognition and existence ot a organization If properly iff 'ircd nnd conducted. was a strong movement omc years ago among the players to uake riulsty Mathewson president if the fraternity in place of Fultz. It hat had been done there is no doubt players would have been given a.i many concessions, and more They would have retain-1 organisation with unbroken and would have been welcom-i by the magnates. Mathewson is ut Df the question now as president the rati rnlty on account of his ri.il position, but he is not 'in only veteran player qualified to erform successfully the duties of ifadln i players' association. Don't Need Lawyer for President Th of any experienced i tne or retired, in whom the fu Tad the club owners could re ''d' no( would renew friendly n- "iween the fraternity and i r.r, I'aHsts of the game.

This Is mjit to suggest the proper in-. i. for the Job. There are' 'tn if the plavers will ex-r in selection. not know a thing about if only he Is on the level.

In i-ru; experience has dmnn-tra. that the law, as admlnister-d uv-re court of JuMee. nd ba tali don't mix worth a darn. The 't onal commission has been ntiv, i v'elate some of te sicred eivl' 'aw In order to do ustli in a basebnll esse, esneelallv i i -rnirt crook has tried to put. i ui-er on a ball player or mo owner No Plaee on Commission I presentation on the mission, long sought by the int.

is not a probability, and ntfiit wisdom, but there is, hy the players cannot ti the asking a voice in ail is a' involve the rights of p'av-Su a player a the frnternitv To. Its preiident would he tn before the national com-m anv of Its meeting' and jt te ews personally, or to pre-nt a sc In wrltlnir at anv time. wou'd find W-lf ve)co" therp would be mutual If Rupi. retired rtflior lsur wrp president of the plnver' hi" "adeiuar. rino'nrtl for d-llv totjei ti ai-i of the natlonf' ri3 not evn ewplnv stent' prepare his "b-Ws" Tie rt A.

iver thm orai'v by slmplv. w.lkln, the front door of the of flees and asking to Il' rrmnnn. Strife Hurts Game Thn i nle of the players toward "ha "ie court" as fostered by Fv: nltz has been harmful to' the to the players. They, have be- made to bel'eve thev cou'di not expet Jutloe without demand-1 tng it w'th sufficient rhow of force to a hesrlnc. A concrete il-1 lustrnMon rami to my personal knowledge recently.

A plav. of no great reputation I wss cnmrlainln shout a row eal that a been plvn I asked If he a'd prove his t-tement within wr ti or hv We ro'i'd prodne? written asked whv he had not e-e tn the 'mm'-lon. He d'Cared W-uld no good, as he had heard the commission never gave a player a chance. Finully I asked him If the next time he was in Chicago he would go with me to Dan Johnson's office and tell his story to that member of the commission. He promised half hearted-ly and I had to urge him later to keep his promise.

He thought it useless and feared it might do him harm by prejudicing his club owners against him, although the club to which he then belonged was not Implicated in the matter at all. Wins Case Without Fight When he finally was persuaded to tell his story President Johnson merely asked if he would make affidavit to the truth of the facts he had stated and, without asking for the written proofs, presented the case to the national commission, which decided in the player's favor on the strength of his sworn statement. Any man as president of the Players' fraternity who will go to the national commission in a friendly spirit and state his case honestly, without prejudice or legal verbiage, will not only get a respectful hearing but a square deal. If the players can be made to realize that, they ean continue their organisation with excellent results to themselves and to the sport. I LIKE ELECTRIC I EOTTOJIOIf TOES Tells Why a Corn It So Painful and Says Cutting Makes Them Grow rc 3 an electric button and you 'crm 'iritact wtth a live wire nt, rinqs the bell.

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i i ALLAN ulF I AsLS VICTORIAS vs. DENIALS Friday, March 16th. Monday, March 19th. a Seats on Sale at the Rink today and at the STAG, Donald Street, Friday, 10 a.m. to 530 p.m.

RESERVED SEATS, $1.00. GENERAL ADMISSION, 60c, Sion ticket holdtrs must proeui their tickets at the rink todsy. Phone Shtr. 31. 1 1Y mm good OM 'COMEBACK' BY RAY C.

PEARSON CHICAGO, March 15 They seldom come back, but Judging by the recent performances of Johnny Coulon of Chicago, former bant amweight chamn'on of the world, he is making good on what hs set out to do several months ago. But perhaps the strangest part of the work in the ring of "Wee Johnny" Is the fact that he is accomplishing something that he failed to do once before, and that he Is succeeding shows that there Is some reward for persistency and determination. When Coulon was clipped on the chin and knocked out by Kid Williams of Baltimore, losing his title, some three years ago, there wasn't a follower of the game of fisticuffs who didn't say that Coulon was "through." But this bantam wasn't through. He waited for a year and roughed it in the Canadian woods in an effort to get ready to make his comeback. When he thought he was ready he faced the test, but Instead of success he fnet failure, for he was far from the Coulon of cham-pionsh'p days Tries Canadian Woods 8etbak dldnt 8tP he IHt'e Chlcagoan.

Once more he returned to the seclusion of the Canadian woods to harden himself for ring action, for he was determined llVe pu effort t0 rpa'n the honors he had lost to Williams. to after another year of preparation I Coulon started out again. He didn't even go tv the trouble of signing a I manager, but travelled to the Pa- here four Ti bouts are permitted. And it was in these four round tilts that Johnny declares ne fo nd himself." He didn't win all these bouta, but t0 CP the majority of them, and this gave him the confidence he needed to start out on the big time' In New York and other legal" CUl6S Where boxlng York shows two contests, and in both of them the popular decision went to him. In the first of these Gotham en-fragements he bested Joe Wagner.

I seeond he flmmed a tough bird named Young Sharkey. Sipned Lewis as Manager That Coulon believed he Is "bark" is evidenced by his action In signing up a manager. N'ate Lewis, manager of Charley White, the Chicago left-hoK artist. Is looking after his In. rw andnas Lels about ls as they mftke, Coulon looks pretty certain right now to grain success as well as to pick up Btuff that me the regular old mare go.

The writer is well acquainted with Coulon and is in a position to tip off "lining the si ccess that this bantamweight is achieving. There is a reason, and it seems that Johnny has used his own noodle 'and discovered the way to win. da when he held the title you.on could punch. His record doesn show a great string of knockouts, but he did knock some of his opponents Into the land of sleepers However. Johnny pa.ked a blow that was a punisher and many of his opponents in those days would have been tickied half sick to block his maulles.

Discards Punch for Cleverness Those who have seen the Coulon of today in action probably have no. ucea that he does not use that punishing punch. Probably they have reached the conclusion that he has ost It, but such is not the case. Coulon Pbably can hit st as hard as he did when a champion, but he Is not doing It. He has sidetracked ihe punch to employ other tactics which roll up points in his favor Instead of trying to knock his opponents into dream.and.

And at the same time he I Is making a big hit with the fans of New York. In his bouts in Gotham he showed all the old speed and pep along with (Jtoverness, and he went so fast against Wegner and Sharkey that he outpointed them bo far there could I be no doubt at the end of ten rounds as who was the winner. Doing that Is enough for Coulon and he is satisfied that he has "come back" to stay and to renaln the world title, which I Is now held by Pete Herman of New Orleans. His manager, Nate Lewis, always1 was a careful pilot. He was careful In the das when he was nursing Kid i Herman of Chicago along In the1 lightweight ranks.

He worked Her-1 i up to a champion with ii" famous Joe Oans and he h.n cming Charley White -hir the same H' i-- Is going jiuag blv Coulon. and will take few chances of sllpplntr his protege into a s. thok fcuig him. Hi im, i i l'S 1 ")l 'IV in 1 iuk i hi a hi.t tv' later when Coulon surer ground. I Indoor Sports By Tad IM0ADHCT.

THe COOK TOW IG0WWC- mWA 'Aor avm't Peru ueroie fJL, riuff- 17 A GVMM.AMA2.lUAy a-o mwOvmWPOia jg hr8- wm fm, ROBINSON MEN BUS! CONTESTING fill 'SPIEL Departmental Store People Make Merry At Granite Club Two 13-End Games The first and second draws in the Robinson and second 'spiel were contested Wednesday night at the Oranlte curling rink amid much enthusiasm, both among the playera and boosters. This year a number of the employes from Robinson, Little and Co. are contesting the event. The Ice was not very keen and this was, without a doubt, the reason that some of the veterans met their doom early in the evening. Of spe- cial Interest was the closely contested game between McDonald and Sparling, both old timers at the game, well known to the fra'crnity as "richt fellows with and stanes." An extra end had to be played to decide this game in favor of Sparling.

Another extra-end game was that played between George Turner and John Warwick, which resulted in a victory for the latter. The employes of both firms appreciate very much the courtesy of the Oranlte Curling club, also their generosity in allowing them the use of their ice and stones at this particular time, when they have so many club games yet to pull off and a spring thaw threatening. 4V, Following are the results of the two draws: First Draw Newton Martin Johnson Prentice Evendore Warwick Turner Skip 7 Skip 6 L-ttle Scranbler K'ng MeK'nnon Hoi" McMillan Skip 12 Skip 9 McArthur Watson alker now "ornbv Orr SWP Skip 9 Burns Larke Little Rennie Spendlove McDonald Spurln? I Skip 7 Skip 8 McArthur Herbert Baracer Mom JlcNamara Easton Skip 10 Skip 7 LePage Wilson Scnnlon Scott Tufnel! Complin Knowle, Skip 12 Skip 6 Second Draw Warwick 9. Francey 6 Ppnrllng 10, Blaekwell 5: Easton 8, Knowles 7. Bowling 1 McLean and Glle took four In five from Restlvo and Calto Wednesday, in a Vic Two-Man Bowling league match.

McLean. ..190 179 159 202 155 8S" ..201 160 178 109 183 Totals. ..391 339 337 369 3381776 Restlvo. ..173 184 159 166 213 893 Calto .176 137 157 157 149 776 Totals. 349 321 316 323 3621671 STATIONERY MEN IN HOCKEY GAME; Two teams from Wilson Stationery Co.

met In a friendly hockey match at the Arena rink, which resulted in a 6 tn 5 vlctorv for the A'l-Stars over th O'd-TImers. The fca'MIme score stood 6 to 1, but the Old-T'mers un covered surprising staying ahillt and out-playd th-lr opponents in the second period to tallv on feur or ca-lons while they held the All-Stars DAUPHIN CURLING nAUPHIN. March In the Dauphin curllnc I trnookout competition were plo hrr between niiks skipped i I J. Ruthti Rmhie i ue 14 i (vmning we- Wmte Fraser, W. Robson, Jas.

Rotlne, skip. Heard Around Local Curling Clubs At the Granite Tonight's games at the Granite will be: 7.00 o'clock-rllarry Scott vs. J. Mc-Mahon; J. Erzinger vs.

R. F. Eadle. 8.45 o'clock J. Erzinger vs.

II. Scott Green Curlers' Singles, 7 o'clock R. A. Sinclair vs. A.

J. Costigan, C. W. Furrow vs. G.

E. Fulthorpe, E. A. Gllrov vs. C.

Prior. O. Diamond vs. Robt Ober, H. M.

Leach vs. C. L. Simmonds. E.

J. Bingham vs.f S. Greenlees. 8.00 o'clock S. M.

Campbell vs. D. N. Potter, G. A.

J. G. Thomson, J. E. McQuire vs.

O. B. Douglass, It. C. Fair vs.

C. E. Meadows, A. Barber vs. D.

A. McLeod, E. Leadley vs. W. J.

McDonald. 9.00 o'clock W. T. Kennedy vs. W.

B. Trotter, E. B. McPherson vs. F.

X. Kloepf A. E. Lewis vs. J.

A. C. Newton vs. T. P.

Hessian, R. M. Mclnnes vs. John Robertson, A. D.

Norman vs. G. J. Daly. Footballers' Bonspiel Ken Sutherland won the Footballers' bonspiel Wednesday night when he defeated Flndlay rather easily at the Assiniboine rink.

The games were: Sutnerland 12, Flndlay Billings 12, Chlng C. Tonight's draw, Consolation Final McNeil vs. Billings. AT THE THISTLE Tonight's draws: Green Curlers' competition, 6.30 draw Conway vs. Bears.

7 p.m. draw Barker vs. Brown; Newton, 221st vs. Mungham, 190th. 8 p.m.

draw Johnson vs. O. A. Elliott; Gregory, 190th. vs.

King; Lieut. Gardiner vs. C. C. Dunsmore.

Drewry Competition Kail vs. Barr, Ellerhy vs. McLeod, Sullivan Vs. Shaw. AT THE TERMINAL The result of Wednsday night's games Lowe 9, McQuaker 10; Fen-wick 10, Tace Cree.man 9, Milne 13.

Tonight's games Patterson vs. Fenwick, Creelman vs. Murphy, Gass vs. Qulnn, D. H.

Hooper vs. Ebbltt. All gam es play or defaillt. A committee meeting will be held tonight at 7.30 o'clock. AT THE STRATHCONA Tonight's Strathcona games A Class Final FInlay vs.

John T. Haig. Campbell Cup Knockout D. J. Morrison vs.

A. G. McAttliur, W. F. L.

Orris v. Dr McDermld, Crawford vs. McMillan, R. E. Moore vs.

F. J. Dixon. AT ST. JOHN'S Tonight's St.

John's games are: Empire Coulter vs. Palmer, Morton vs. Stannard, Syme vs. Burman, Crawford vs. Ballantyne, Taylor vs.

Sullivan. Green Curlers Powers vs. Watson. SONS OF ENGLAND BONSPIEL The finals In the Sons of England bonspiel will take place tonight at 7.30 at the Civlr rinR. AT ELM WOOD Tonight's games at Elmwood will I be.

K'ldonan cup- E. S. Gunn vs. Wood, Turnbull vs. J.

Moul, Leg- i gett vs. Hardy, Matheson vs. I sheet will be reserved for wo- I men curlers. i 190th Brigade Extends 'Peggers At Basketball The 190th Battalion team extended, the strong Winnipeg five in the final match for the Crowe trophy at the Vaughan Street Y.M.C.A. on Wednsday evening.

The Soldiers have been out of the game for sometime because of vaccination, but they, however, managed to give the Winnlpegs a merry time. Preston Dllts led the 190th men and dlsplay-I ed some of the form which won him fame some years ago. The final score was 40 to 23 for the Khaki men. The teams were Winnlpegs Roberts, Browne, Kennedy, Slater, Sinclair, Parker. 190th McLeod, Polden, Crossin, Dllts.

Williams. Maroons qualified for the Dyson cup final by defeating Graded team 41 to 27. The losers played well In the first half but fell away In the closing session. Teams were Maroons Brown, Cross, Drewe, Schendel, Hughes. Graded Barker, Burke, Far-well, Ross, Douglas.

Bawlf and Caldwell For Finals Western Allan Hockey Cup trustee Claud Rob nson with Winnipeg Vies and Toronto Dental officials after Wednesday's game and completed arrangements for the final series for the Canadian Amateur hockey championship. Fred Bawlf, of Winnipeg, and Gren Caldwell, of Edmonton, were agreed upon as officials. The toss of the coin decided that Friday's game will be played under Manitoba rules and Mondajl'a under O.H.A. laws. As a result of the toss Bawlf will referee on Friday and Caldwell will act as Judge of play.

These officials will switch for Monday's contest. ARENA CARNIVAL There will be a fancy dress carnival at the Arena Friday night. Good prizes are being offered for the best costumes, and with the weather turning colder th" management expect to have a fine bheet of ice in readiness. ASHDOWM BEATS POST 10 THEN DILI IKE Three Teams Now Bunched For Lead In Commercial Handicap Series Ashdowns tightened up the race for the local Commercial Bowling laiMin Handicap title winning two games from Saturday Post team, Wednesday evening. The Ashdown.

Post and Great West Life teams are now bunched for top position. In the other match Miller. Mors won two Free Press. T'lt- scores were: At the Saratoga Ashdown's 113 133 120 366 1 Stevens 134 164 158 456 Lindsay 128 167 142 437 Delaney 138 167 1" Smith 156 170 186 512 Handicap 87 i7 si Totals 786 888 8322476 Post I Hamilton 177 169 147 493 Thomas: 178 155 148 481 157 141 123421 Randall 169 165 141 465 Lavergne 177 159 160 496 Handicap 74 74 74 Totals 922 863 792356 Ashdown's win 2. At the Vic Miller-Morse Slddle 157 192 139 4S8 Cohon 145 183 167 495 Black 114 116 129 359 Jacobs 143 113 146 402 Courtlce 142 179 198 519 I Handicap 88 88 88 Totals 789 871 S67 2263 Free Tress White 156 135 157 43S Rurrage 148 153 156 456 Neilson 131 113 99 333 Cannon 136 129 133 398 Holmes 145 188 180 513 Handicap S6 86 86 Totals 802 804 8102138 Miller-Morse win 2.

COAST PASSES UP OTTAWA TEAM VANCOUVER, March 15 Presi-dent Frank Patrick, ot the P.C.H.A.. announced yesterday that Ottawa's request for exhibition games on the coast this spring would have to be passed up. Portland, Spokane and Vancouver clubs have already disbanded, Seattle will wind up the series with Canadlens next week In th annual world's series. Ottawa wanted to come out this way and show the folk how the game should be Les Darcyys Hands I Are Larger Than I Jess Willard' I Famous Middleweight Proven to Be Physical Phenom In Comparison With Champion S. lOME Interesting facts In regard to the comparative physical assets of Jess Will-, ard, the world's heavyweight champion boxer, and Les Darcy of Australia, holder of the Island continent's middleweight championship emblem, were obtained the uther day, when the pugilists crossed paths during a stay in Chicago.

Darcy was there appearing in audeville, and Willaru makes the windy city his home when he is not fulfilling boxing or circus contracts. The comparison demonstrated, enough, that, despite the remarkable advantages of Willard in heignt and weight, the Maltland boxer possesses a bigger hand than the heavyweight champion, and has a reach that is only a matter of thiee inches and a fraction shorter, in each arm, than that of Willard. Measurement showed that Darcy's punishment-dealing medium, across the knuckles when closed, is more than an inch wider than the hand of Willard. The Australian boxer possesses an abnormally large hand for a man of his years, height, and weight. It is thick and hard, and the Angers are short and tapering.

Knowledge of the proportions wf this hand makes it easy to understand how the Australian administers such effective punishment to an opponent inside the squared circle. Above these hands are thick wrists, great, herd arms, and massive shou.ders which Darcy developed during his years as an apprentice blacksmith in his native land. The assistance and advice of experienced Doxers were all that Darcy needed when he decided on the ring game as his life's work, for his powerful build equipped him well for fistic encounters. In the matter of reach Darcy showed up well In comparison with the world's heavyweight champion. The Australian's reach from tip to tip with tstretched arms fell only seven Inches shorter than that of Willard another Impressive fact when It Is considered that Willard is 6 feet 7 inches eleven and one-half Inches taller than Darcy.

In these two physical points only can the two boxers be compared, for in every other way Willard has enormous advantages over the Malt-land boxer. The Kansan's advantages are such that they automatical-ly preclude the possibility of Darcy's opposing Willard in a bout fur the world's championship, although the Australian, when he arrived here, did not hesitate to announce that he was hopeful of eventually engaging the bi Kansan In a ring encounter. Darcy has since come to the conclusion that he would fare better If he confined his activities to the light heavywelgh division, where there Is a posslb lity of his being matched against men of nearly his own physical measurements. I New Ontario Soccer League TORONTO, March 15 A pr vincial football league has been definitely organized here by sot -cer enthusiasts. Application v.l be made to the Ontario FoofUdl association for official reoogni- The new league will embody clubs in Toronto, Hamilton.

Urantford, Guelph and St. Catli-arlnes. There will be four clubs 1 in Toronto in the league. i 2,641 is Now I High at Ten Pin Tourney REGIN'A. March lb The jH Saskatoon Tuxedos took the ad In the ive-man open event at the Sas katchewan Bowling tournament last jH night with a 2,641 count, and second jH thus far goes to "Wild BUI' Donovan's Colts, also of Saskatoon, iH with 2.530.

The Rose Athletics, Reglno, rolled 954 in "a game iH which Is the second highest ever iH made In a Saskatchewan tourna ment. Gunn and Brunsktll, of Sas katoon, went Into first place in the doubles with 1,042, and P. Molsky. 'H of Reglna, made 588 for first place In the open singles. White and Francis, of CabrI, went into first i place In the novice doubles with 1,003.

The entry list is by long odds the biggest ever seen in a Saskati-he fl wan tourney, and they will not fin- lsh until Saturday night..