New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1914, Page 8

Latest. \Gibbons and Chip Best Men |Fight Between Behr and Murray Now Leftin LonesomelU. S. A. Where Are the Scrappers of Yesteryear? All Raking in s the Coin in England, i [ CWritten for the New Britain Herald.) ' New York, July 18—American ‘boxing promoters’ had- better get a move on or there will be no first class attractions in the way of star boxers left in the country by the time the €00l weather sets in, when the fans usually display greater interest in pugilistic doings. To judge by the class of . attraction local clubs have been offering patrons all summer long one who didn’t know differently would think Lhmiwudt any such thing as a champion®boxer left in the blooming eountry, Engligh, Australian and French pro- moters have been grabbing all.the big matches the past few months. So many Yankee boxers have gone abroad torharvest the big money in circulation in foreign countries that American | matchmakers are ‘just about at their wits” end trying to)frame up something in the fight line that will appeal to the fans. Not only in this city where the class of glove merchants holding forth is not even .of the second grade, but in California as well the sport has taken a terrific slump as a result of the mdgration of the stars to foreign shores. Still there are a few high class art- ists-left in the country at that, even though we don’t hear much from them these days. Maybe when the cooler weather sets in, provided the foreigners have not landed them in ths interim, thesy may emerge from thefy shells and show us something worth while in the boxing line——box- ing exhibitions without class do not appeal to American fans. They have Leen so accustomed to getting the best in the past that nothing else will ‘cause. them to manifest the slightest interest in a show. Aithough the leading heavyweights ~ of class have about all run out on us ~——if there is any real class among them——we will have a couple of the most promising middle-weights in our midst. And one of the very best cards a promoter could offer his patrons would be a Mike Gibbons-George Chip. match. Such a contest would come as close to settling the middle- weight championship as any that can be conceived. Chip seems to be the top-notcher of the slugging boys while Gibbons apparently has it on most of the clever brothers. I, for cne would be willing to take a ticket on ' the winner of a Gibbons-Chip twenty round fight against any other middle-weight in the game——and that takes in Jimmy Clabby and Ed. McGoorty, likewise ‘the well known champion (?) Al McCoy. George Chip has redeemed himself by his splendid performances the last iecuple of months.” Many figured that muick knock-out in the bout with McCoy would take much of the cocki- mess and confldence out of the New Castle man. On the contrary the de- feat has apparently acted as a splendid tenic for Chip. ‘He has since met and stopped two of the toughest men Mn the .middleweight division. Sadlor Petroskey was one and the Saillor proved a stumbling block for most of the middle-weights who had boxed avith him. - Clabby, McAllister and one or two. bthers outpointed him, but the former tar was always there at the finish—until he ran afoul of the hard hitting Chip. Chip’s next victim was a better man than Petroskey—Billy Murray. There sere few " in this part of the ccuntry ‘who thought Chip would succeed in stopping the sturdy Mur- ey before the Ilimit, but hé turned the trick in less than fifteen rounds. The New Castle fighter has demon- strated that he is not a fluke himself, ‘but by stopping ' Murray, who twice THad the better of Al McCoy in ten round matches, he proved that' Mec- Co¥ 's ‘quick victory over him was one of ‘the biggest flukes known to follow- ers of the game. Even a greater sur- prise than wher Jack McCormick hing one on the elusive Kid McCoy's’| jax’some fifteen years ago—and when the sports of those days read the ac- count of that surprise party they could scarcely believe thetruth of it. “Tt would Dbe interesting to see two boxers of such totally different styles of millinz as Gibbons and Chip in the ripg. Gibbons, in my opinion, would have considerable advantage. He is ciever, few know more about the science then Mike, a splendid ring general, and, above all, can hit hard @nough to stop his man. On the other hand Chip is a powerful hitter, but knows little in comparison with Gibbons of the scientific game. 1In a fight with Gibbons, Chip could not be expected to do much in the boxing Mne.. He would have to make it a ‘rushing, igruelling match from the $ump. Any other style would be tempting fafe for Gibbons would pick him to pleces and dually wear him MON%Y .o pringfield at New Britain TUESDAY New London at New Brifain DNESDAY aven at New Britain NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1014. France and Australia —Middleweights Alone Left. down, and then the big K. O. Whether Chip could make his system work successfully against the speedy Gibbons is a question however. My opinion’ is that Chip is made to order for a cool, calculating fighter, and Mike at his best is all of that. In fact, I believe George would be lucky to hit'Mike at all,'and his open style of fighting would invite so many effective punches that I figure Mike would not have d great task to finish his man well within the twenty rounds. I am told that Gibbons wants so much, money, win, lose or draw to meet Chip that promotors balk at going through with the match. Jim Coffroth is working on Gibbons at the present time, however, and I will be surprised if an announcement is not shortly forthcoming that the men have been matched. If Gibbons neglects this opportunity—it looks a golden one—then we will have to pass him up. Of all the stars of the di- vision Mike is the only one who is not getting any money worth while— and there ‘is .no doubt that he is the greatest card of the lot, for he is a mighty interesting scrapper when he makes up his mind to get on the job. Now is the time for Gibbons to de- clare himself if he really fosters de- signs on the middleweight title. If he makes his terms to box Chip prohibi- tive—which is tantamount to turning the proposition down cold—we will have come to the conclusion that the St. Paul man has no stomach for real fighting—that he is simply a limited round no-decision boxer, and not worthy of consideration as a legiti- ‘mate aspirant for titular honors. Somehow I can’'t get it out of my mind that Mike is the class of the entire division. However, if he lacks confidence in his ability to clean up his huskier looking rivals there is slight chance of his ever making good. Confldence begets success. I observe that Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion, has chal- lenged Freddy Welsh for the light- weight title. There is about as much chance of Freddy agreeing . to box Johnny as there is of Johnson and Kid Williams signing up. Likely, if Johnny gets too obstreperous with his challenges the world’s lightweight champ will tell him *“go get a reputa- tion by licking Willle Ritchie.” . And that will end the whole thing right there. Anyway Johnny is probably only seeking a little free advertising— be knows there is not the ghost of a chance of landing Welsh, even if sin- cere about meeting the champion. At that Freddy can pick softer guys than Johnny Kilbane. If Kilbane wants to do some fighting that may task all his championship qualities he might consider the chal- lenge of Kid Willlams, recent con- queror of Johnny Coulon. I under- stand the new bantam champ wants a bout with the featherweight title lolder at 122 pounds. If Johnny can make this weight—as he claims he can—this would make an interesting encounter and one that would attract much attention from the fans. As to Williams' chances with Kil- bane, that is a matter of opinion. There is no denying that the Kid is finding it difficult to keep within the bantamweight borders and that 118 would suit him better than 116 ring- side. If Kilbane agrees to make 122 ringside for Willlams it ought to make an interesting scrap—for a few rounds anyway. There is no doubt that Williams be- sides getting too heavy for them also outclasses his fellows in the bantam division. Kilbane likewise looks to outclass the legitimate feathers. Out- side of Johnny Dundee, and the New Yorker can hardly do 122, there fis no boy in the division . quite good enough to give the champion a ser- jous argument. At 122 ringside weight Kid Williams would not be so badly handicapped in poundage. There would not be more than three or four pounds difference in all, and Willlams, who is of sturdy frame, might build right up to the feather- weight notch without injuring or slowing ‘himself any. Anyway the Kid is anxious for the match, and if Kilbane really wants fizht here is his chance. Willie Ritchie has more to answer for than the marginal defeat on points by Freddy Welsh. ‘When he lost the world’s title to the clever Welshman he opened up things for a lot of fellows we thought had long ago retired from the game for good and all Here we have Abe At- tell, one time featherweight cham- plon, and more recently a mark for second rate boys in his own class, hot on the trail of the world's lightweight title holder, Abe sailed for England a week ago —just as soon as he could arrange passage after hearing the news about Ritchie losing the title. Abe hasn’t fought in some little time, for which those who have always admired his former great ability in the ring have been duly gratéful, but now he threat- ens to spoil it all by going after Welsh. Several years ago Freddy and Abe boxed fifteen rounds to a j decision, which Referee Jim Jeffries awarded to the Welsh boxer. At that time Abe could go some. To- day he would be soft pickings for the champion lightweight, : Abe may need the money. I don't doubt that. But it would be much For Place on Davis Cup Team Since the Davis cup committee au- nounced that it wanted a fast and ag- gressive player to team up with Mc- Loughlin rather than a steady ana experienced one, R. Lindley Murray and Karl Behr have been making a a popular subscription for him than to allow him to be slaughtered for the sake of a few dollars. In the first place the match wouldn’t draw flies—and in the second, Welsh would have the promoters tied up so that he would get every nickel that did come in, As a real contest the match would be a joke. JAMES J. CORBETT. Future Greats Bast Ends vs. Manchester. There will be no league game at the Hast End Field tomorrow after- noon as the East Ends have entered the Valley league and will play in Munche!ler‘. but the following Sun- day, July 26, the Farmington teamn will come here for a beating. The East Ends will, no doubt, give a good account of themselves in the league, as they are composed of the same players as the Independent team which won the championship of the city from the Pioneers. The team will leave the triangle on the 12:37 trolley and the following men will make the trip: Schroeder, Donovan, Fusari, Dudjack, J. Wright, Ted Moore, Ray Begley, Norlander, B. Smith, Brennecke, Cunningham and Bill Berry. Rangers vs. Olympias. - The ' Olympias, one of the best teams in the Hartford City league, will be here tomorrow afternoon to play the Rangers. Great rivalry exists between these teams and the games are always close and exciting. The Rangers . won from the Olympias in May by the score of 1 to 0, and last year two overtime games were played. Gerlander or Nelson is ready to tame them once more, while Bloom Wwill endeavor to halt them at second base, Game called at 3 o’clock. North End to Have Sunday Ball. Sunday the Collier A. C. will open thelr new grounds on Broad street on what is known as the old Horace Booth property. The Colliers have _one of the best equipped ball grounds in the city and will have for their opponents the strong Terryville team. Games called every Sunday at 3 p. m. The Colliers would like to hear from teams in and about the city. | Stanley Wood, manager, 4 Union street, New Britain, Conn. Maple Leaves vs. Rose Buds, The Maple Leaves and Rose Buds will cross bats tomorrow afternoon better to arrange a benefit or get upl at the East End diamond. i- BEHR -~ 2 MURRAY great fight for the honor. Bundy and R. Norris Williams, both veterana and championship posibilities, follow the latter style of play and. for that reason may not be acceptable for the doubles. Four men will probably DEAR OLD LONDON'S IN A BEASTLY STEW Such Bickerings, Y. Know, Over Resalt of Prize-Ring Battie. London, July 18.—The fight be- tween Gunboat Smith and Georges Carpentier, interrupted by an alleged foul committed on the Frenchman's person, will continue until the men climb through the ropes for a return engagement. Of course neither the American challenger nor the French title holder of the world’s white heavyweight championship (s0 called) will continue the milling further till a fat purse is hung up, but the partisans of the two pugilists will yield plenty of conversational mitts for them. There are almost as many versions of the fight floating around London as there were spectators at the flasco. Those who couldn’'t get in hear a different story from almost every eye witness. Some say Carpentier wasn't struck by Smith when he went down; others maintain that the Gunner knocked him as dead as a door nail. Some aver Carpentier fell from miss- ing a vicious right and that he was knocked out when he rose to his knees. Still others swear Smith stopped the alleged foul punch before it landed. There are those who main- tain that Smith tried to halt the swing but just failed and that the force of the blow wouldn't have killed a fly. Again, it is sald that Carpen- tier resorted to a ruse to win a fight which he was afraid to continue. Nobody seems to know what hap- pened, but everybody seems to care a whole lot. Carpentier is blamed here; Smith is execrated there. The parti- sans of the two men are almost at each other's throats. The aftermath has created more excitement than the fight itself. And if the matter had been rehearsed for a year con- ditions could not have been framed better for ‘a lucrative return bout. Yes, the Gunner and the French- man will meet again and doubtless Eugene Corri will be the third man, too. Their managers fixed it all up tentatively yesterday when they met for a division of the swag. Corri was on hand also, but Jim Buckley, the American’s manager, stutteringly re- fused to shake hands with him. He al- so refused to recognize in Deschamps, the Frenchman’s general, any but a foe. Both the crafty managers turned their best ears to an offer from Dick Burge, promoter of the fight, of a $40,000 purse for a return combat. be chosen, however, and McLoughlin, Williams, Bundy and either Behr or Murray seem to have the call. - Mur- ray recently collapsed from the heat while playing in an elimination match against Williams at Seabright, N, J. Buckley suggested the rivals battle winner take all. Deschamps replied that would suit him and suggested an additional side bet of $20,000. Eugene Corri seems as much at sea as all the spectators put together. He says he disqualified Smith because he hit Carpentier while down. He admits the Gunner didn't foul delib- erately and also admits the punch did no damage. Further he says if he had seen Deschamps jump into the ring when the Frenchman went down he would have disqualified Carpentier instead of the American, as it had been agreed the seconds of both men were to remain outside the ropes un- till after the referee announced his opinion. While the words of accusation fly thick and fast among the rival fight- ers, fight managers and fight follow- ers the good old, general public is left to eke out such consolation as it may for its misspent shekels and to await anxiously a real decision— next time. GAMES NEXT WEEK. Monday—Pittsfield at New Haven, New London at Waterbury, Spring- field at New Britain, Bridgeport at Hartford, Tuesday—Waterbury at New Ha- ven, New London at New Britain, Pittsfield at Hartford, Bridgeport at Springfield. Wednesday—New Haven at New Britain, New London at Hartford, Waterbury at Springfield, Bridgeport at Pittsfield. Thursday—Hartford at Springfield, New Haven at New London, Bridge- port at Pittsfield, New Britain at ‘Waterbury (2 games.) Friday—Waterbury at New Britain at Haven at New London, Pittsfield. Saturday—Springfield at Bridge- port (2 games), New Britain at New Haven, Waterbury at New Lon- don, Hartford at Pittsfield. Bridgeport, Springfield, New Hartford at Local Club Has Big Bite to Chew in Fast Bridgeport Team. One of the fastest games this sea- son will be played on the Ellis street grounds Sunday afternoon, when the Pioneers play the Newfields of Bridgeport. The Bridgeport team always plays a fast game, and has about the same record for this season as the Pion- eers. The Newfilds will up as follows: Cairus, 3b; ham, 2b; Clark, son, cf; Fray, c; ton, p. Because of a mix-up in the sched- ule, Manager Norton cancelled his game with the Annex team today. probably line Dunbar, ss; Cunning- 1b; Burke, If; John- Champion or Strat- NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD SMASHED Twenty-one Inning Game i New . York, Ong More Than Mark. Pittsburg, July 18.—Marquard and Adams were the dominant figures yes- terday in a ball game which attained the rare length of twenty-one full in- nings and which the Giants won by a score of 3 to 1. The New York pitcher and the Pittsburg pitcher were the central, the commanding figures because from the time the game be- gan until the Giants hammered home a victory three hours and forty min- utes later, they, the box duelliets, both pitched with fine style, courage and stamina. The game was one of the best pitching struggles in the history of the sport and will be rated so. The score: r. h e N. Y. 001000000000000000002—3 12 5 Pitts, 100000000000000000000—1 12 5 Batteries—Marquard and Meyers, McLean; Adams and Gibson, Cole- man. Cardinals Even With Phfllies. St. Louis, July 18.—The Cardinals evened up the series with the Phillies, winning 8 to 4, by hitting Mayer hard in the early innings. A curious thing occurred in the first. Dressen batted second in this inning. As he was eighth in the batting order and Cruise was second he batted again in eighth place, but the umpires and Phillies did not notice the difference and no protest was made, The score: r. h e Philadelphia 000000031—4 1 4 St. Louis ..01200320x—8 11 1 Batteries—Mayer, Rixey and Dooln, Burns; Perdue and Wingo, Roche. Cubs Win on One Hit. Chicago, July 18.—The Cubs beat the Dodgers in the first game of the series because Robinson’s men made @ lot of errors. The Cubs won by 3 to 2, but not because they hit Allen. He held them to one lone hit, a double by Good in the sixth. The score: r. h. e Brooklyn ...110000000—2 6 3 Chicago .0 20100x—3 1 4 Batteries — Allen and Miller; Vaughn and Bresnahan. Braves' Lone Run Enough. Cincinnati, July 18.—Three hits in the fourth inning, just half of the number they garnered off two Red pitchers in the entire contest, gave Boston one run, which proved enough to win the first of the series with Cin- cinnatl, James was a complete puz- zle to the local batsmen, holding them to four hits, The score: r.h e Boston .....000100000—1 6 2 Cincinnati .000000000—0 4 1 Batteries—James and Gowdy; Ben- ton, Schneider and Erwin, AMERICAN LEAGUE. Senators Lose to Naps. Washington, July 18.—Errors at critical stages cost Washington the second game of the Cleveland series, 3 to 1. Walter Johnson was hit safe- ly nine times, Moeller and Milan collided while chasing a fly ball in the eighth and Milan was rendered unconscious. He was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. It was feared that Milan's jawbone is fractured. 'The score: r. h. e Cleveland .000201000—3 9 0 ‘Washington .010000000—1 6 4 Batteries—Collamore and Bassler; Johnson and Ainsmith. Red Sox Swamp Tigers. Boston, July 18.—The Red Sox won an easy victory over the Tigers, score 8 to 2. The Jennings men were un- able to hit Collins, while Coveleskie (Continued on Ninth Page.) MORE ALLOWS SKIS ONLY FOUR BINGLES Springficd Twirler Strangles New Britain in 3-0 Game. (Special to the Herald.) Springfield, Jjuly 18.—The pitching of More for the home team featurka the struggle between Springfield apd New Britain yesterday. More allowed four hits. The score was: Springfela 3. New Britain 0, Spectators saw something unusual when Wilson was withdrawn from the game because the opposing team was taking kindly to his offerings. He was on duty three rounds ana gave three hits and two bases on balls and contributed an eccentrie heave. Woodward, who followed Wilson, pitched one of the best battles of his career. In the five innings he offi- ciated he gave up two hits and but for a streak of wildness in the seventh his record would have been written as almost perfect. The day was hot and sultry, teq hot for baseball, and the work of the players showed it. The score l Springfield. 9 ° B D e e ab. r. bh. Wehrell, cf. . Burke, rf, Groh, 3b, . Stankard, 1b. Hammond, 2b, Swander, . If, Cabrera, ss. . Pratt, ¢, More, p. . ccococcoom HBLeo®mRNNMOS wlesscosccos New Britain, ab. r. Dawson, If. .. . 3 Zeimer, ss Jones, cf. Heath, 1b. Egan, c. .. Noyes, 3hb. Miller, rf. Flannery, ‘Wilson, p. ... Woodward, p. s ° Smmo 3b. |ecssssssss’ | sonsmne | sumonvusnss * P -I scnucconooc! S enssnaswa IS - Springfield New Britain Sacrifice hit, Burke; sacrifice flies, Stankard, Groh; stolen bases, Weh« rell, Burke, Jones; two base hit, Wen- rell; hits, off Wilson, 3 in 3 innings; off Woodward 2 in b innings; firet base on balls, off More 3, oif Wilson 2, off Woodward 4; left on bases, Springfield 7, New Britain 5; strusk out by More 5, by Wilson 2, by Woodward 2; double plays, Praft and Stankard 2, Cabrera and Staf. kard; wild pitch, Wilson; time, 1:48; umpire, Garry. Bridgeport 9, Hartford 3. Hartford, July 18.-—After securin| a lead over Bridgeport yesterda Salmon weakened in the third and Henry, who relleved him, was wild at the start, the visitors securing a lead that Hartford could not overcom Henry received wretched suppo from the Hartford infield. The score: r. h e 000003 11 % Bridgeport 2000—5 8 3 Batteries—S8almon. Henry and Strahan, Muldoon; Tuckey and Kerns Hartford Waterbury 4, New Haven 3. aterbury, July 18.—In a game featured by the ninth inning rally of the visitors, Waterbury humbled New Haven vesterday, 4 to 3. Johnmy i Lower, who has_been winning with the great regularity since joining (Continued on Ninth Page.) FISCHERS ALES~-LAGERS Try these brews just once, please—at OUR request. We believe you will find them so good that you will then prefer them—and ask for them, by name. THE HUBERT FISCHER BREWERY, HARTFORD, CONN. On tap at Charles F. Dehm, Schmarr, W. Hotel Beloin, J. McCarthy.