The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 9

TOE LINCOLN DAILY STAB -THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918. NINE In the Realm ol Sport Edited By "Cy" Sherman WIUAIf GREED Fight Writers Panning the Ring Champion for Giving Nothing to Uncle Sam. Jess "U'illavd's money-grabbing habits have made him the most unpopular world's champion in the history of the ring. The Kansas giant has been a dollar-chaser, rather than a glove, champion, from the day he the title from Johnson. throe years ago.

Within less than sixty days. Willard had tied up i a circus. The venture brought him a golden harvest and also turned his head. During the three years Jess has held the title ho has participated in but one ring battle--a ten round joust with Frank Mo ran in which the championship was not at stake. The Moran fight over, "Willard went back into the coin-chasinir game sideshow to a circus and, like as not.

would be at it today hut for Kred Fulton and a popular clamor which demanded a championship contest or an acknowledgement by the elephantine Jess that he had waived all claims on U-? title. Smoked out of his shell, Willard fin- came across, signing a contract which binds him to meet Fulton, next yet the champion drove a bargain by exacting terms which will give him all but $20,000 of the purse, in addition to a half-share of the promoter's profits. Gotham Writer Applies Lash. The WilUuxl determination to "hop: it all" has made him a mark for fight i all over America, many of are suggesting that the fray White Sox Unable to Play in Lincoln There i be no exhibition baseball same in Lincoln betweeu the world's champion White Sox and J'a Rourke's Omaha aggregation. Charley Moon, who filed a bid for a Kox-Oinaha bout, today received a wire from Harry Grabiiic-r, seo- letarv to Charles A.

which conveyed the infos mat ion that the Sox had filled all open dates and could not come to Lincoln this spring. PESEK'S PILOT ON TO STRIKE TROUBLES Railway Commission Gives Out Views on Lincoln Street Car Labor Controversy. ANOTHER LITTLE THING OUR BOYS IN FRANCE HAVE TO DO IS TO PUT A GAS MASK ON A MISSOURI MULE. Iiv Whftlcr I to bouts between white and eolorwl men, it must be admitted, in all fairness, that the African race some of the cleverest and brainiest ring gladiators in thc history of the game, lu thc opinion of many experts, was the greatest of all fighting machines, and George llixon was assuredly a star among the little fellows. Joe Wnlcott, the welterweight champion, and Joe Gans, who held the lightweight title, rank among the beet men in their respective divisions.

Whatever else may be said of Johnson, he was certainly a finished boxer, and Sam Langford and Joe Jeanette were not far behind him. The appearance of the colored man in pugilism dates back to more than n. century ago. when a "Virginia negro named Tom Mollneux wen over to England and challenged Tom Cribb, the champion. It is said that llolin- etix knocked out Cribb, but that the white man was permitted to recover and continue tbe fight, and in the end the race was saved from the ignominy of the defeat of its chosen gladiator by the son of Africa.

Sporting Squibs Kd W. Smith, perhaps the Manager Slattery to Negotiate for Matches With Hussane or Ad Santell. Kither Yussif Hussane or Adolph a i be the opponent of John 1'e-sck, Shelton's a i prodigy, a Lincoln mat boat which a a a Slattery has decreed is to bo the introductory contest i a a a i des wed to pit Pesek a a i the hea.v\ i in America. JVsek's i over Jack T.iylor two weeks ago at Grand Inland i tery a thc Shelton phenom is ready for big game, so Manager a headed for Lincoln today to clinch the i a i i Pago, local prom for mutches w.th Hussane and SantPll. Thc dicker for a houf was inaugurated by Page at the time of the Taylor-l esek grapple in Grand Island.

Sliittcrv declared his willing, ness to start Pesek against thc i graders i delay, i i bumped Into a snag when Sanfll was 'Bounded on the subject of a Pesek match. Joe of Chicago, who handles Santell's business affairs, gave approval, but explained a Santell had been sent to Texas for a series of matches. The Chicago manager now declares he Hail and Taylor File Majority Opinion--Wilson Vigorously Dissents. Ma i i and i op i on Lincoln street car strike controversy. hlch was heard nearly year ago, were given out by a i.iil- way commi.ssion Thursday.

The i i by Cha rmnn Hall and concurred in by Commissioner Tnylor, dismisses car men's complaint and holds a the comnii.s.sion no au- i order Traction com- hooked for 4 beWb.dden unlVss experienced wrestling referee the champion comes across with a dem America, is to be third man the cent divvy i one of Uncle Sam's ring at the Caddock-Olin bout Friday wired to Texas ten days ago, urging tile desirability of a Pesek-Santcll contest, but not word come out of i i to i i a a is ready at i jjmc to face Knov.ii i war activities. George Dailey of the Xew York World hits it off i appropriately in the following: Comparisons may bo odious, as somebody has suggested, but torrie- tunes they paint an illuminating' picture and tearti a losson of true worth The death of Charlie Mitchell in England following so closely on the passing of Los Darcy. Bob and John L. Sullivan, recalls once again, in a vibrant way. the flubbi- nef-s of the heavyweights in boxing, and more particularly the champion of all the heavyweights.

There is reason a at the i redulitv. even the gullibility, of those, who i a buy boxing gold brinks when the heavies go into the ring in the hope, it would seem, that some day something wif.I come out of it except brass filings or sodden lend. has so fnr commercialized his title that it lias lost all semblance nf its sporting flavor, lie lias so far i i tlio sport of boxing that any bout In is concerned must take on the attributes of a circus. That true fighting spirit which biooks no restraint and rises superior to nny sacrifice is even morc'tlom- Inant in this hour of our notion's history than in the days of such men as Fitzsimmons. Sullivan and Mitchell but unfortunatelv it Ijps been replaced in those who- have-succeeded these big men of the ring by mere money lust.

The spectacle of hawking around a bout betwro.i JPSS Willard and Fred Fulton for J100.000 and more is almost nauseating. It I' worth so littjo. Xo doubt the boxing f.ins will pav flip price, but it's 100 to 1 that it wil' bo as much i the real stand up i a Fitzimmons. Sullnan or Mitchell over ready to give, as a meet- Ing of two strutting roosters is like tho battle of the Marne. It is a rollicking commentary on the good nature of boxing fans that such men as Willarrl and Fulton can i a practically $100.000 between to step in the ring for ten or I rounds of such boxing a.s they ftrp able to give.

They oould not a nllv earn that amount of inoncv if they E-ot in the ring and remained thero for the re.5t of their natural T'lere ii just one excuse for this night in Des Moines. The articles call for a decision on points, in event neither grappler cops two falls. The same conditions prevailed at the time of the Cad- dock-Zbyjzko a at DCS Moines, Curley Suggests Hussane. a i Jack i of Xew York, who a Zbysnko and has proposed a a a in Lincoln, so a headed tor the capital city today to i a on the subject of terms i the local employ a i i i i a Commissioner Wilson, in dissent ing i i takes the lew a It has such power. a i a Hii'l.

i i i i i a a cu a i i a tho car men to force the Traction company to sign an agreement i i union contained Inconsistent i the powers of tho state a i a commission, and such provisions, even though a hy both parties, would have, boon ineffective, ns the i i a powers of the commission are not to bo abrogated by pri- a agreement." IK- agrees i Wilson a the a discouraged its men from i i the i and discharged some of them because of their a i i in i it. But he blames the men for following "unwise leadership" and refusing the services of the commission i a i i i i a it became a a the strike was a Because did so. ho holds, could not a complain of i i i s-ervico to i oven company itse'f a'so i tho overt s. Caddoek was awarded the i telephoned early i morning from a Posek icnt for a on points. Olin looms tough oppoi Ine Iowa, marvel.

Tlie Finnish weight, who will outbeef Caddoek at least twenty pounds, was practically unknown i a year ago last December, when he was given a referee's decision over Joe Steekcr at Springtleld. The Nebraska grappler had all the better of the bout, but tore a shoulder ligament was forced to Quit the mat. A that. Olin lost to Lewis and Zbyszko. forfeiting the first bout when ho was injured and succumbing to a Zhyszko toc- liOld in the second.

Nevertheless, not one of Olm's opponents has been able to pm his shoulders to the pad. The Finn is iTodited i rare sprrd and strength. if Caddoek can phi the foreigner, tho I a boy will i a real champion. Pug: i i Lincoln boy. is oi ders i'rom Connie Mnck.

pilot of the Philadelphia Athletics, to repoit to a i more club of the reorganized I a tional league. allowing pun-base of his release from the Lincoln club last summer, Pug reported to Mack and i ished the season i the Athletics. Subsequently, he was "farmed" to Baltimor-, but the blowup of the old a i a put Pug on the anxious seat and he went for weeks without i i word from ek an to where he was to land. A telegram ramo last night ordering Pug to head for Baltimore and the local pas- timer is to out for Oystcrtown Saturday afternoon. be ready for a or and a tho fir.st ono to cnmr through i an a a a i would land tho match.

'Pesik is going a wrestlers in the I a Hussane or SjntiT. me. a TV. Diokerson. i of ern baseball league, has decked himself i a in-w peacock feather.

Ihu.s a i to his previous collection. A American association banned the spitter. the emery and the shiner. Picky hopped i print with the claim that he was the fir.st is-c man in baseball to deolare war on freak i i deliveries. Xow he comes along with the assertion that steel spikes must bo barred i national game.

Picky jnav be right about it. at a yet he is i old A iTUsade the spikes i.s nothing new- It was pulled a and 3 ears ago. tery. "so lie. i as a i i one i battled i Stacker for 7 and a hiy a in i i fall.

S-'antell has wrestled two matches i Sleeker and it i.s on record a tbe 1 lodge boy had to extend hjmself to the i i am i iv.sck is a comin-; i i i and a to i it by i a a i a cir SantPll. If John can beat both in a could the trick, and 1 am i dent be can do that A cry i i can bo no i a a tho conclusion a UIP boy has championship possibilities. 1 i i be in Lincoln i nnd hope there i'i no bitch in the i a i There is just ono i 7 a to say for John Pesek. If he ever gets to the top of the heap, hi- i I i for Powers of the Comminion. Mr.

goes i a a se on i I a theme of railway commission's powers i i and laws. He says it may i the hours of employ- and condition'; of service. oven to wages of the men and employed, I cannot direct company to hire pui i a i ulua Is nor t.an il force an em- ploye. to i at work against his i "Tho i i i i has no a i i over ihe i i i a i a i i i of a i service corporation," a i i i If tho employes s- charged, says a i a they might a a remedy tho courts, but not the uulwtiy i i The opinion declares damage to compnny's property was caused by collisions between stront earn, or cars ami vehicles. He i tho fact a one of the con- employed as a i a was i i murder.

Liktnsd "Hog Car Shortage." The i i of the a i that a a was maintained in characterized by Wilson as "a tnives- and "dereliction of duty." Tie 1'onds i "Such a dismissal be i i a only in ca.se ol hog car HO i I I A M'DONALD DEAD. PASO. April i i a C. jMcPonald, fir.st ornor of tho state oT Now Mexico mul a i a a died hero of I dim-use. I i a home a near a i rlzuio, X.

M. Ho a fin ycar.s nf a i i i osta'n- an order should at least a boon ts-. and if worthy lishod i a between carriers and then- rmployon, so long as (boy do not i a i tho service. i a de.siimij to change the i of it says, should apply to tho commission for an order. 1C i is not 'louo.

it coinmi: 1 i i i a oooil.n:,'/! on i own motion, Messrs. a -ind i tho opinion taken cog- i a of the a i a i now pending, in federal court to huve a receiver I I i 7 1 i 1 I a challongor oomos nlonjr. John II do )l tod Trad ion company. no dodging." a It that i r)iio a i vears aso. oon sn.irpil the commission would possess thc Frank Islioll.

to i i mill tciu bout at this time. Our soldiers are The Chicago i Pox. Rerordinc to tl 4 in need of athletic If per cent of total was turned over to the co'mmittee en a i i camp a i i i the bout wou bp well worth wliile even if it did out to be burlesque. Willard did a taking to the ring on the one condition that ppnny he turned over to some -war charitj'. But that was two or three ago.

when interest in the bout was i being worked up. Xot a word a been said on this score the articles between Fulton WMIard were signed. Not a word is likely to be said far as can be judged. Such is Willard. Wherein Denver Should Act.

Tt is just possible that the New Yoik scribe has interjected a wise suggestion. The Willard-Fulton battle will be staged in Denver, unless every sigm g-oes wrong-. It will pull a total gate of $300,000, possibly more, of which amount least one-half will be added to the Willard bank account. Why should an individual of the Willard stripe be permitted to line his pocket with that much wealth, while refusing to give up a dime to Uncle Sam? Other good Americans are putting up to the various war funds, so why not a world's champion pugrillst? The remedy can be prescribed by the city authorities of Uenver. They should refuse to stand for the fight unless Willard contracts to give a decent percentage to tho war.

Willard, like as not, would try to kick out, yet he would 7iot dare. Public opinion would consign to oblivion a champion who would refuse to i it would call on Fulton and Jack Uempsey to scrap it out for the world's gonfalon. mdv City newsnaper correspondents, are in miseiahlp physical trim, despite a month of training down in Texas. Tlie Sox: are being bumped almost ery da in exhibition irames with minor On the other i the Chicago c'ubf are in fine fettle. Housttn and Waco, following victories over the Sox.

have been drubbed by the Cubs. ShorUtop HoIIocher, a Coast league graduate, Rrtvr the Cubs the long enrl of yesterday's to 2 score at Waco, when be scored from second while the Tpxans were executing an infield double play. Outfielder Roy Wolfe, i Lincoln History Discloses That Black- Skinned Boxers Have Won Full Share of Laurels. It was on April 31. 1832.

that John Sullivan CKtabllshed a pugilistic precedent by drawing the "color line" and refusing to cross it to accept the challenge of Peter Jackson. in the same year Sullivan lost his title to Jim Corbett. tvho, the preceding year, had fought a sixty-one round i draw with a big Australian black. If had not been a cripple at that time, as the result of injuries received in a fall from buggy, he might have whipped Corhptt, and he almost certainly have defeated if the hndn't Inker, behind the color line." public opinion is unfavorable 'SPAPERf iTwo States Raise Bars Against Fighters. The battleground picking is gi i to be decidedly for Je.

Willard and Fred Fulton. Nevada and Xew Mexico were presumed to be available for the Fourth of July fight, but now these states are out of the running--the governors of both commonwealths have said said "nix." Governor Boyle of Xe- vada issued the following ukase: "Willard and Fulton cannot fight in Nevada on July or othcr date. They have my permission, however, to go to France fight the Boehe any time they aro ready." And Governor Lindscy of Xew Mexico seconds the after this fashion: 'The "Willard-Fulton fight cannot be held in Xew Mexico while I am governor." As matters now stand. Louisiana and Colorado are the only states in the union where the law will permit them to mix in a 20-round battle to a decision. Thc torrid July climate in the soutli apparently bars Xew Orleans, so it looks more than ever like Denver i.s the battle scene.

i i a The signing of i i the trio, hut Izzv is worrying Pitcher refusal accept salary tender a bv thc boss of the ball club. Hans Wagner, for the first i since he bega'i playing ball professional, and a is sn a i tigo, i sit In thc Brand-stand a root for the Tuutes. Jack Henilrifk.s manager of Cardinals, and Rogers IIornBbj a become greiit i Hornsby lias forgotten all nbout that $10,000 hi; a 'i i TODAY IN I i 1908-- Young ICrne nnd Tommv phy fought a six-round draw at" Philadelphia. 1908-- Puckpy McKiirland defeated Jimmy Britt in lound.s at Sail Francisco. 1910 Tommy Burns drff-alc'l Bill Lang twenty rounds at 1911-- Jimmy Gaidner and Frank Klaus fought a.

six-round draw at Plttsgurgh. Gibbons outpointed Jeff Smith in ten rounds at New York. rafcWjrVJ i i i Wilson, in his i i i heveral ahols a ociates on the railway board iayn tho a i of tbe a i i a i cai "would a left the charged men where a a down i nd out, a bj a commission." i declares Mr. i findings of Messrs, a and i an "ah.s.iult upon tho ord." being at a i a i thc money. He can account for i tlic f.ict a i i of a i opinion did not a i i a the a i except as i the a i company, and by the i that he did not read record." AVilton contends a a i the cvKlencc, vhc car men offerc waive recognition of i union i the controversy to arbltra but I i company refused.

This ref together i i a i of leaders, caused thc strike, as he i He a to testimony she's a poor service resulted from i i of Inexperienced men to the places of the strikers and i srw a i a i over company's i and rates it now h.is. I He Hie the made i i tbt company to bring i c.ir opeiating: force up to Wilson moists tbe commission may thc company to re-employ the five men whom it dlschiirgril nnd the, nine others who were officers of tho i to its strllic- liroakinK cmployc'i who were guilty of the rules and laws, ami reemploy strikers in their placet); a til to i i ngainnt bor.s of tin; union. Numerous court decision aro cited in both opinions to i i a tho respective findings. Mr. Wilson refers ns ho did in bus i ings some months to tho Tnltod States -suprenif! court dcciHion I preting the Adarnson law.

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