Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1912 — Gossip Among Sports [ARTICLE]

Gossip Among Sports

Good wrestlers should get ready to wrestle with the new date. Ban Johnson has things pretty well settled up, taking things all together. It appears that no change of rules is necessary to make football profitable. Chief of Police Qualman of Beloit, Wis., has placed his foot on boxing for that town. It is possible that Willie Lewis* the lightweight fighter, may go to Paris for a few fights. If Cobb demanded J 50.000 for next season probably he had it in mind to take a part in trade. What Overall would like to know is will his wing stand the strain of competition in ’tne outlaw circuit? Prank Baker, the home run hero of the world’s series, says he has retired. He has retired —to his farm. Now If they will refrain from calling him “Knockout” Palzer he may be able to weather the storm as a real hope. Since Battling Nelson is still durable, his principal pastime seems to be in making “bum prophets” out of his critics. Otto Zeigler, once one of the greatest of bicycle racers of ' the world, is totally blind at his home in Alameda, Cal. With so many outlaws making a noise like, a war, the national commission petted the minor leaguers’ dove of peace. C Gotch says he will wrestle the man who beats Mahmout, the Turk. This is another way of saying he will take a prolonged vacation. Frank Farrell has won his suit against Joseph Gordon and is declared the rightful owner of the original stock in the hill top team. French aeroplanes of tfre latest designs are to arrive in this country in a few days. That ought to revive Interest in the sport, which has not been lively in the last month or so.