Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 June 1914 — Page 8
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JOHNSON GIVES lit TO "FRAMED" REPORT
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Negro Loses Smile When Subject of Possible Crooked Match Is Mentioned.
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Some $25,000 Has Already Been Paid In for High Priced Seats —Standing Room $1.50.
Big fright to Begin at 5 P. M., Eastern Time
A telegram from Dan Morgan, of yl New York, one of tne managers of Frank Moran, announces that the Mo-ran-Johnson heavyweight championship battle in Paris next Saturday nis^ht will begin at 10 o'clock Paris time This is about 5 p. m., Terre
Hiute time. Should the fight start on time the result should be known in Terre Haute before 7 p. m. if the battle goes twenty lounds, and earlier should a knockout be delivered before the limit.
PARIS, June 25.—Reports that Saturday's world's championship heavyweight fight between Frank Moran and the tittleholder, Jack Johnson, is 'framed," are untruths in the estimation of boxing experts who are handling' the advance news of the big battie. Whosoever is champion after the go will be the winner on merit alone.
Johnson has trained off everything but his smile. He loses that too, when tales of his alleged dissipation are brought to him. The big black weighs only 214, though he looks easily fifteen pounds heavier. Moran, who has slackened his training considerably in the last few days, is down to 206 and expects to enter the ring at that figure. Dan McKetrick has seen to it that Moran will not enter the ring stale, and -vw Johnson, on the other hand, is well prepared to defend his laurels.
Six hundred French boxing fans pay a franc daily to see the "big smoke" slam his four sparring partners. Already some $25,000 has been paid in for the high-priced seats. While comparatively little enthusiasm is being raised by the bout outside the gay French capital, Paris is fight mad In ecf.er anticipation of the big event. A Irrge party of American enthusiasts have arrived to attend the battle.
Johnson predicts a victory in four rounds. Moran, if anything over-con-fident, says he will wrest the title from .the negro giant inside of twelve rounds. "Under French boxing rules hitting in the clinches is barred, and this will prevent Johnson using his right uppercut, which was so effective in the clinches with Jeffries at Reno. Moran points to this as a huge advantage for him. .Both fighters have been offered half a engagementsj dependent upon outcome of the match. One of the matches proposed for Johnson, if he wins, is against Sam Langford.
Best seats for Saturday's conflict are selling at $50. Standing room, which will not permit even a glimpse of the battle, but will insure earliest reports from the ringside, is going fast at $1.50 a throw.
IN EXCELLENT HEALTH.
Physician Says Negro Champ's Physical Condition Is Perfect. PARIS, June 25.—Dr. Gaston Dupau examined Jack Johnson today before and after his regular exercises. Except for a slight after trace of pneumonia, which the fighter had In March, 1918, the doctor found his condition perfect. This slight defect was. detected by a histling from near the top of the right ung, while his breath was being exelled. The doctor said there is nothfig serious In the symptoms, which teually follow pneumonia and always isappear within two years. The only i^ticeable effect is after a deep breath has been taken.
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In all other respects the doctor declared Johnson's condition above normal. Before exercise his pulse is at 08, respiration 15. After his last exercise, in which he engaged In somewhat more violent boxing than usual, his pulse was 102, respiration 20.
The doctor t«ays his liver is in a fine state and hie stomach not at all distended. In his opinion. Johnson has not indulged in dissipation to any injurious extent. The negro weighed 211 pounds today.
Pick Johnson to Win
James W. Coffroth.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.—Jack Johnson, I believe, will Burely beat Moran. Johnson may have gone back, but I don't believe it is very far. He can go back a long way and still be able to beat the best of them. He is a wonderful fiprhting machine ar.d that, machine is still there. The big black can go the pace for a long while and still be sood. This talk about his high living I thing is exaggerated, anyway. He in the limelight and everything ho does Is brought to public notice. Mo•ran is a good man, but not strong enough and not clever enough to whip jjohnson. The negro knows too much jfer him and is stronger, even granting 'lie has gone back some.
James J. Corbett.
f' NEW YORK, June 25.—I am only 'tidglng from what I hear, but my honsst view of the white man's chances is very low. Much as I would like to see Moran win—in fact, I would give my right arm to see him put the big coon away—I don't think he has a ghost of a shew of tuining the trick. Even if
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the stories of Johnson's dissipations are truo—and think they are— said Jim, the negro would have to dissipate extensively before there was any chancc of him being beaten by Moran. Johnson, in my estimation, will stall around and smile through the twenty touiids, relying on his cleverness to pull him through. The only chance Moran has is to go In and rough It In the early rounds In an attempt to wear Johnson down. If he should tire the champion there may be a possible chance of his putting over a knockout.
Pick Moran to Win
William A. Brady.
IJONDON, June 25.—There's going to be a big surprise party in Paris Saturday. I know the fight is going to be absolutely on the level, but that's not all I know. I know that Johnson is 30 years old. I know he has been drinking hard, living the fastest kind of life —going the pace that kills—for five years. I know'that two years ago he could not beat Jim Flynr.—at his best a second rater. Moran has heavyweight measurements, plus real wlllingnesfe to go in and fight. These two qualities
Fltterv had another one of his good days yesterdav and the Evas blanked the Waynes, 3 to 0. The southpaw fanned fifteen.
The Yets haven't gone completely as evinced by their win over the Waynes yesterday.
The Senators and Browns gained in the American league race yesterday, each aggregation bagging two games while the Athletics lost two and the Tigers one.
Those hard hitting Athletics were held to seven hits in two games yesterday, P.oehling holding them to three and Walter Johnson to four.
Hartzell's homer in the ninth Inning of the second game gave the Yanks an even split with the Speed Boys yesterday. The scores were 3 to 0 and 3 to 2.
When the White Sox scored on Coveleskie in the third inning yesterday, they broke his record of consecutive shut out innings. Incidentally, the So\: clawed the Tigers, 5 to 2. The Detroit fllnger had pitched thirty-four and a fraction innings of scoreless ball previous to the bust up.
Watch those Browns travel! By defeating the Naps in two games yesterday they tightened their grip on third place in the American league titie chase.
Rube Marquard apparently has struck his gait. He blanked the Braves in the s-econd Ketto yesterday after the Giants had lost the first contest.
The Pirates were yesterday shut out by Doak, a former Central league pitcher, now with St. Louis, "Whitey" allowing but four hits.
No, Pfeffer didn't have a hand in yesterday's double defeat of.the Superhas by the Phillies. When that gent hurls, Brooklyn usually makes it interesting for the opposition.
Away to an early start, the Indianapolis Feda yesterday hung up their fifteenth straight victory. The K. C. club was the victim.
Cleveland got but one run In both sections of yesterday's double bill with the Millers and, needless to remark, dropped two games.
The Yankees are on a still hunt for some hard-hitting outfielders, as Manager Chance is still dis-satisfted with the hitting ability of his outer ^T~
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WASHINGTON, June 25.—Walter JohnBon, pitcher of the Washington American baseball team, and Miss Hazel Lee Roberts, daughter of Representative E. E. Roberts of Nevada, were married here last night at the home of the bride's parents. Only the members of the Roberts family witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by Dr. R. W. Prettyman, chaplain of the senate. The pitcher and his bride will not have their honeymoon
until after the end of the baseball season. Miss Roberts and her mother saw Johnson pitch his way to victory against the world's champion Athletics yesterday afternoon. The bride came to Washington three years ago, when her father was elected to the sixty-sec-ond congress. Johnson, although a veteran in the baseball world, is only 26 years old. His home Is In Coffeyville, Kas., where he owns a ranch.
are plenty to bring about Johnson's defeat. If he will carry the fight to Johnson from the tap of the gong and never stop, the world will once more have a white man Jn the top division of boxing, and I have reason to believe that Moran will do just this.
Blllr Glhnon.
NEW YORK, June 25.—Even if the record book shows no great victories for the young Pittsburgh boxer I think that Johnson has been going too riotous a pace to perform in his old style and it is only a question of time when his wind and strength will give out, then Moran will have a chance to slip ever that right. Moran has no chance of outboxing the smoke, but he is game a.nd is willing to take a blow in order to put one over, in return. Methinks there will be a white champion after Saturday.
Tom McCarey.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 25.—Moran is young, strong as a bull, and has always lived clean. He can hit hard and can take a much harder punch than Johnson is capable of giving. I really think he has a good chance to win. Johnson is about through. High life and inactivity will kill off any fighter.
Grabbing the "Spitter" As It Breaks
Due to yesterday's upset, the Terrelrs dropped down a notch and are now resting in fourth position. Get busy, you Terre-irs!
era. The Yankee leader is also looking for a minor league berth for Bill Holden, as he has not picked up base running and fielding as quickly as he was expected to. Holden came from the New London club of the Eastern association.
The Brooklyn sporting editor* are getting all wrinkled up trying iu figure out why the Dodgers are losing so many jcames. To cne at a distance the answer would seem, to be bum playing.
Scoring nine runs in the fifth, the Cubs salted down yesterday's fracas with the Reds, winning, 11 to 5.
If the St. Louis Browns win the American league pennant. Manager Branch Rickey will take them all up in the woods of Michigan for a hunting trip. If they win the world's series he will take them around the world.
Manager McGraw has become enthusiastic over Milton Stock and declares him the equal of Devlin when Devlin was at his best. He can thank Dick Kinsella In a measure for making a third baseman out of Stock, as Dick put him on the far corner at Marlin in thte sprtoig before McGraw arrived from the world tour.
Frank Chance is in baseball to get revenge. He has given himself three years to get it. and this is his second season.
Ciiance quit baseball at the close of 1912. At that time Charles Webb Mur-phy-ousted him and make Johnny Evers his successor. Murphy said Evers was a brainier player and would be a better manager. He took a lot of credit for winning four National league pennants and two world's championships from Chance, gave part it to Evers, but took most of it for himself.
After Murphy gave out a lot of interviews discrediting Chance and calling him "unfit," the Peerlees Leader recalled his decision to quit the game and came back. He signed a threeyear contract to manage New York, then the weakest team in the league. He wanted three years to make a pennant winner and prove Murphy wrong.
His first year was 1913. He did not do well. He kept changing his lineup, searching for new material, signing many youngsters, trying all of them and rejecting nearly every one. "I always knew there were some hi nek heads In "baseball, but never im
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American League Officials Prepare to Prevent Jumper From Playing At Buffalo Today.
BUFFALO, N. T., June 25.—Both Ban Johnson, president of the American league, and Charles Comiskey, president of the Chicago American league team, are coming to Buffalo to start the proceedings by which they hope to prevent Hal Chase from playing with the Buffalo Federal league team, which he joined last Sunday. They wired orders for tickets to the baseball park here for today's game and reserved rooms at a hotel for two days.
The Buffalo management announced today that Chase would surely appear In a Buffalo uniform. Chase, who is said to have spent the last two days In Canada, Is here and ready to play ball.
It is understood that the American league magnates have secured an injunction from a federal court and that papers will be served on Chase as soon as he is located at the ball park.
The Inducements offered Chace to cast his lot with the Federals it was stated unofficially today, included a bonus of $8,000 and -an increase of the salary he was receiving from the White Sox.
No Chance for Jack Johnson
NEW YORK, June 25.—It's all off. Jack Johnson's a goner. Frank Moran Is the next heavyweight champion. And, incidentally. Sir Thomas Lipton wins the American cup.
There's no doubt about these tiding of joy and sorrow. It's a cinch they're true. For, lo. Professor Gustave Meyer, .of Hoboken, American scientific astrologer and, as he admits, "the nation's counsellor," hath said it. In fact, he said it today in a long statement which tells in detail where Jack and Frank get off at and why the white hope will win.
World's Record of Consecutive Victories is 27
The remarkable record being made by Manager Bill Phillips' Federal league champions has called forth so much comment that it makes the republication of similar feats—as recorded In Francis Richter's "History and Records of Baseball"—particularly pertinent. Under the caption of "Longest Runs of Consecutive Victories," Mr. Richter says. "Herewit are given the various standing records of consecutive victories by clubs in various classes of leagues: "World's record Twenty-seven straight victories, made by the Corsicana team of the Texas league in 1902^ "Next best fecord—Twenty-five straight victories, made by the Charlotte team of the Canadian association in 1902, and twenty-five Straight made by the Wilkesbarre team of the New York State league in 1912. "National league record—Twenty straight victories made by the Providence team in 1884. "American league record—Nineteen straight victories, made by the Chicago team in 1908. "Other notable runs of consecutive victories were: "By Jersey City of the Eastern league, twenty-four straight in 1903 by Austin, of the Texas league, twentytwo straight in 1911, and eighteen straight by the New York Nationals in 1905.
Then touching a matter not quite so pleasant, Mr. Richter says: "The world's record for consecutive defeats was twenty-six, made by Louisville of the old American association in 1889 in the National, twenty-three by Pittsburgh in 1890, and in the American league, twenty by Boston in 1910."
In Our Set
Ban Johnson rises to remark that the Federal league will be on the scrap heap before the first of August, but Mr. Johnson omits to say what year.
A cablegram says the Germans are going to take up polo. If they offer a cup over there It will probably be a stein.
We should worry, we should fret, We still have got some cups yet.
It's a good thing that Paul Revere, before making his famous sprint up the pike, did not see some of the Pirates run bases and endeavor to imitate them. Had he done so we would now be playing cricket instead of baseball.
Base Ingratitude—Dolly Gray stealing second after being given first.
Passing Ty Cobb up to Get Sam Crawford is like dodging an automobile and being hit by a motorcycle.
Tony Ross knocked out a fellow in the fourth round. Anyone who lets Tony put him away doesn't deserve to get his name in the papers.
And now the butcher Cobb licked is talking of suing Ty for damages. He surely must be money mad. Look at all the free advertising Ty gave his shop.
St. Louis must feel at home again with the Sloufeds in last place.
Famooi Date la Htstorr.
June 21, 1914—Upon that day Cobb, Jackson and Speaker were out of the game because of injuries.
Chance Still Has Year to Have His Revenge on Charlie Murphy
agined It was possible to have so many on one club," said Chance one time last year, referring to his team.
He is getting rid of the "boners" and searching for players who can think and act. He has a new line-up now from the one he carried last vear. Compare the two teams. New York of a year ago and New York of today:
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Year Ago. Daniels, r. f. Wolter. c. f. Borton, lb Cree, 1. f. Sweeney, c. McKechnie, 2b. Midkiff, 3b. Peckinpaugh, ss. McConnell, p.
Maisel, 3b. Truesdale, 2b. Peckinpaugh, ss. Hartzell, 1. f. Cook, r. f. Daley, c. f. Sweeney, c. Williams, lb.
Outside a few pitchers, Peckinpaugh, Sweeney and Hartzell are the only players of last year's team still playing under Chance. The others of the 1913 club are nearly all out of the major leagues.
Chance has still more than a year to turn out a winner, and Chance will keep on hauling them in from the bushes until he has players under him.
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Scoops Carey, a Terre Haute boy, and a graduate of the Central league, is back in a rut with a majority of the other Pittsburgh players. The Pirate outfielder has been woefully weak at the bat this spring, and has been hanging around the .200 percentage mark most of the time. He has not been getting on as regularly as he should, a fact which has prevented him from showing his real class as a speeder. Last season he was the star stealer in the National league, but his thievery this spring has been nothing to brag about. Scoops has been pretty much of a late starter ev&r since he became a major leaguer, however, and Manager Clark, of the Pittsburgh club, figures that his young outfielder will be back in his hitting stride before very long and that once he starts there will be no such thing as stopping him.
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