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Some Characteristics of ManagChicago, March 18.- When the manager lt;r a successful light “blows around*' to the newspaper offices of the various cities in which lie happens to be and makes a loud noise in a laudatory vein the editors and members of the sporting staff listen with polite Interest, then proceed 10 write a lot of stuff about what the boxer had to say concerning the pugilistic situation. Perhaps the name of the manager is mentioned, but if it is he is given little space for bis views on the subject.In the haunts of the pugilistic clan the manager appears just as unimportant as in the newspaper offices, and here again he must make some noise in order to create some interest in himself. It should be mentioned right here that all managers are not alike any more than any two men in any other line of endeavor are alike. Home of thett, if they depend on their conversational powers, would never get anywhere, while others wouldn't last a minute but for the chatter which they are capable of emitting.Method of Tom Jone*.For instance, no one would suspect Tom Jones, manager of Ad Wol-gast, former lightweight champion, Jeas Willard and Matty McOue, or being a “regular** manager if4 it weren’t for the fact that he is there strong with the talk. When Jonea makes a match for one of his lighters he scores his victory by outtalking the manager of the opposition. He gets just as noisy and excited as the occasion demands, and there isn’t a chance for anyone else to get a word in edgewise as long as Tom Is present.Emil Thiry, manager of Packey McFarland, the Chicago lightweight,is another of the noisy managers. Emil, who is fondly termed» Emil, who is fondly termed “Bway- Hv(vvicu UB WIIWI1 wr fIlens by bis most Intimate friends. | wilT leave'no room^‘argument is a (rcrman, and for a peraou who fires them at the manager ofslderablv in Chicago, is all that pre-veMts a thundersome racket all the time.Morgan and Thiry have often had occasion to meet, as have their respective battlers in real ring action, and while there* hasn't been any reason for a lengthy confab at any time, thfv never make a match without chewing at each other for severalhours. Thiry. while willing to acknowledge that Jones has him shaded on the gab, refuses to concede anything to Morgan, especially since Packey McFarland has shown he Is capable of administering an artistic trimming to Jack Britton, (lotiies Precede Harris*There are some other managers who create sound in other ways. For instance, Sammy Harris of Baltimore, who only recently came into the limelight through the ring)prowess of “Kid” Williams, can beheard coming long before he arrives.In the sartorial class Harris certainly shines. On his last trip to the coast, where W illiams battled Eddie Campi, Harris shocked the travelers with his gaudy weskit” and a mackinaw that had an earthquake beaten to a frazzle. Harris Isn t much for size, but he certainly makes an Impression wherever he goes. Any one would with the stripes and checks of red and green that adorn his diminutive frame.Eddie Reddy ig manager of MikeGibbons, the St. Paul “phantom/* Reddy doesn’t go in strong for the clothes thing, usually wearing a suit of dark material, and few would suspect him of being the manager of ont of the most successful fighters in the ring today. It also can he said for Reddy that he doesn't tear the roof off every time he makes a match. He usually picks out a few well selected words which he figuresandhas been mixed up in some situations guaranteed to cause excitement he can develop more nervousness over making a match than anyone we know. Thiry admits he is somemanager and also that lie doesn’t like Tom Jones. The reason is Jones can outtalk him. CtBunny Morgan Noisy.There’s one other noisy manager who must not he overlooked, and that is Danny Morgan of Now York. Morgan is manager «M .lack Britton,Battling ’ Eevinsky ami has a fewothers in his stable who ha vs no| gained sufficient prominence to be worthy of mention. Even Tom Jones cannot he conceded an advantage over Morgan, and the fact that Morgan spends most of his time in Gotham, while Jones hesitates eon-thethatforMc-NewHome Phone 1180. 523 Main St.COMMERCIAL CAFEBest Popular-Prlce Restaurant inthe City. # lOlH SPECIALTY. GOOD COFFEEDICK LAPHAM. Manager.Security CompAll $50,000.00.STRACTS OF TITLE.VTK LOANSopposition. In most cases if fails there isn’t much chance making a match.Agree in Fifteen Minutes.Recently when Gibbons andFarland were matched for aYork light, which later was called off by Promoter Gibson because the fighters wanted too much of the gate money, their managers reached anagreement after conferring only fifteen minutes. They went into a roomtogether and were out so speedily that friends outside were suspicious. They thought that something was wrong somewhere if the match could be arranged so quickly, and many ot them voiced the belief that the bout never would take place.When asked if there had been any argument in making the match, Reddy said: “1 told Thiry just whatthings I would agree to and toldhim to take the match or pass it up.Emil sputtered a little and accepted, but 1 guess that was the speediest match t hat Thiry ever made for Packey/*Itoclic Quiet Person.Billy Roche, who looks after the managerial interests of Pal Moore, the little Philadelphia lightweight, doesn't do a lot of talking. Roche is an old-timer in the game and is wise (o (lie fact that with a pretty fair boxer in hand he doesn’t need to go around and blow his horn Another of the quiet sort is Nate Lewis of Chicago, manager for Charley White, the lightweight, who hasSilentFallowMen of good judgment and mechanical knowledge Invariably buyMho HARLEY-DAVIDSON; they wantthe; best. M( u»t» usore, but worth It,**ARNOLD MOTOR A SUPPLY CO.lt; Distributers)SIO Joplin St. Joplin, Mo.PTON. M. DLIMITED TODiseases1-5; Evening 7-8. JOPLIN, MO.Ubeen making rapid strides toward the top in the lightweight ranks. White is making so much noise by his milling that Lewis doesn’t Itnd it necessary to shout Lewis thinks White is Just about as good a lightweight j as there is in the game today and j has notified promoters throughout j the country that he wilfc match his boy against anyone. That “peep/* Lewis figures, is enough and he is kept too busy takiug care of his bil-Uard room in Chicago to permit of further conversation.Oil more Work ftSgtJlMlMLFred Gilmore, who has a string of pretty good ones in ids stable, has little to say ahoul any of them. Gilmore, who is a son of Prof. Harry Gilmore, the Chicago boxing instructor, believes in keeping all of his fighters working all the time There is nothing about Fred thai would:in me average per game. He was Labe, who In 1913 participated in the Hlinoks-MisHour! League, stealing thirty-\ lt;»t sacks in forty-six contests, an average o per contest. Grundel. a third baseman from the Border League, was second, with twenty-one steals in thirty games, an average of .70.Major league dubs did not have much success landing the demon base pilferers of the minors during 1913. Of the total of 37, only nine will g»t a chance to allow their worth in the majors the coming campaign.(17 Swiped by Om*.one of the nine coming up will be Willi the Browns. He la Rob Messenger, the outfielder, who comes from the Southern League. Boh, playing with j Birmingham, swiped Nlxty.seven sacks In 120 contests for an average of .IS, which was high for tin* southern organisation.Johnny McGraw succeeded In landing the peer of the youngsters, who will try for a major league berth, in the pilfering line. Ik was Pies, an outfielder from the VirginLeague. The !youngster swiped seventy-two sacks In 110 I contests for an average of ,66. 1‘iea with ! tiiis total landed fourth among the j base abaters, Labe, Grundel and Wakefield, who topped the Texas-oklahotna, being tiie only ones ahead of him.Then comes Jimmy Johnston, the star! base thief of the Pacific Coast League, who will try for a berth with the White Sox. Jimmy swiped mote ks than an\ other athlete in the national pastime during 1‘u, with a total of 124 In 201 battles. This gave hint at) average of .♦ per battle, giving him fifthplace. lt;™Among the other minor leaguers who will try for berths in the majors next year are Kelly, the Western Leagueoutfielder* who goes to the Pirates; Mollwitz, Wisconsin-] Hi nois, Cuba; Du-gey, Texas, Boston Braves; Mo we. New York State, Brooklyn; Wilson, New England. Boston Red Sox, and Frit* Maisel, who topped the international and who was with the Yankees the latter part of the 19H campaign.H Is a very rare occasion that players with a hatting ; r ,-, ,,f |«ss than .260 top their leagues in swiping sacks.This happened on two occasions last year. Wort mail topped the South Atlantic with an average of .36. although he hit only only .22* w. h. r of the Kitty League pilfered .69 sacks per battle, with a butting average of only 221.Hu major league h »lt;h i- did not have very much success landing far to the front, i lydc Milan, the National outfielder who topped the American, rankedSixteenth In tin- list of thirty-seven with .48, while Max Carey, leader In the National, was t wen t v-sc v id h with an average of .40.Indicate that he is a manager of prizefighters lie lias little to sa, hut goes it hand and “sawg wood. Incidentally it might he stated here that Gilmore may lie heard from as a topnoteher in the welter* weight rank Instead of as a manager In the near future, for lie has determined to take a whirl at the gain*himself. He has gone to Hot Spring*to train for a month.Just Itight for Backache andRheumatism.Foley Kidney Pills are so thor oughly effective for backache, rheu mutism, swollen, aching joints, kid ney and bladder ailments that the;are recommended everywhere. AA. Jeffords, McGrow, Nebr., says My druggist recommended Folej Kidney Pills for pains in my hack and before I finished one bottle in old trouble entirely disappeared.* \\ heeler Leffen Drug Co.Oriole* W in From Pidllie*.Grccmshoro, \. C., March lg.~The Haiti more Internationals won their second vie tor.v of the training season over tin Philadelphia Nationals at Fayetteville N C , today, by a score of ( to 3. Tinwinning run was scored with two met out In the ninth inning, Caporel, Ft tit t and Jarman pitched for Baltimore, am Jacobs and O'Neil for Philadelphia.Constipat*'Vanishes ForeverPermanent CornCARTER’S LITLIVER PILLS d.fail. Purely veget.•Ue—set surely but gently t five liter.Stop afterimprove tk# complexioQ — bnskeyes. Smell Pill, Small Dew, Smell Price,-leaGennine
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Joplin, Missouri, US
Thu, Mar 19, 1914
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