New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1915, Page 8

Has Yt to 3 Officiatly. . 0, owner of the tof the loastern as- bordinate to his sire to | ; " Bver he aas bit further said that b 25 long as James esident of ,the or- be the led than he will e greatest Tavors do the league rouble is that he e president of this hro h the news- er takes the trou- to bear out what ke ren e ains most, destructive in- oouses to close his organized base- late and effective. PO Franchise, ¢ his franchise. it is worth get Jim le may do it, al- garded as a great -grobably will do er said any such ames came out that he was over d been all season, at he didn’t even lwho knew it, not psident O’'Rourke. put up to him ing, and he in- at he ev said | was very much James now is hown up this win- bout Jjoining the e lalter got too he was turned always had to of good league ssitated his pay- than would ‘have € were an astute t the salary limit $2,500 to $2,000 pndering how he's a good ermiife to do it. of ball players, king for jobs this O'Rourke. ke caid last night sire to entér into “'a man ‘of Clar- g what he is quot- should think he aid Mr. O'Rourke ion could then be rn association ex- n had a place in continue after his Jn that the depar- the leagugé would veryone in’ it.” raphy VY. k__| | 1arge, ’ W:’s Gurgle Tickles Jeems O’ Rourke, Who Feels the News Is Too Good to Be True--- Ritchie ted 10 Put Welsh to Sleep---Records of Taylor and Maroin---Yanks Offer 325,000 for Baker ' Joe Benz, White Sox Pitcfier, Now a Gray Haired Veteran a luxuriant crop of rich, sandy The hair. Paso Robles, Cal., March 2.—Chi- cago American league fans need not | hob with the fuzz on be surprised should they glue their | boy's dome. Though he still is twen- lamps to a gray thatched slab artist | 'y pounds under weight and weak when the White Sox veturn from the | from his illness, the Batesville boy is training .trip. The apparently aged | confident he will soon be able to show twirler is Joe Benz who once boasted ' his old time *‘zip.” the ¥ Papke get the title which he lost to Klaus? ‘Well, when Ketchel was murdered in 1910 Papke was recog- | nized as the best middleweight at and he claimed that the title reverted to him. He didn't keep it long, however, for late in 1910 he lost to Dave Smith, the Australian fizghter, in Sydney. Dave then as- sumed the honors, which he was en- titled to do if the “reversion” theory holds good. Smith defended the title against Jimmy Clabby and Cyclone Johnny Thompson, hoth of whom he defeated in twenty round bhouts in Syvdney. In Februavy, 1911, Papke was whiped by Cyclone Johnny Thompson, who also claimed the title, and in the following month Rilly met Dave Smith again. This time he knoeked.out the Australian in the seventh round, and the verted” title again reverted to Uapke, although in the meantime he had heea hested by Thompsen. The latter soon lost his “title” to RPandsman Rice, the J2nglish boxer. | In October, 1911, Papke was defeat- ed by Fob Moha in Boston. The pud v Bohemian soon outgrew his ‘“title, this time to FFrank Mantell, the Ger- 3oston, Mar. 2.—William and, anyway, he was defeated last | who recently released Meggs was a Bristol colller who had made something of a reputation in his ive town, and was a pupil of Jack A match was arranged be- ! tween Stevens and Meggs, and Slack | wagered a thousand dollars on his protege. In order to make certain of i winning the bet. Slack bribed Stev- ens to quit for $250. Stevens lived up to the agreement, and scarcely a blow had been struck when he laid down. The “w ‘uns” picked up a neat sum, but boxing received a black from which it did not ver for many years. confessed and Slack and Meg became outlaws from sporting society 18 F'rank Whitney, lightweight hoxer, born in Cedar Rapids. lo, 1892—Charlie Mitchell defeated Ar- thur Upham in six rounds at New Orleans. 1896-—Kid Tommy Ryan Maspeth, L. L. eve Stevens re- McCoy in knocked tifteenth out round at SWEENEY BACK IN HUB. Former Captain of Braves Now With Red Sox. Sweeney wa by tihe dleweight = cham- ons claimed the ted Jimmy Clab- rted that he . was ghampion when he | mch” victory over e 'six . or sixteen aim to the honor. won by fighting [Paul phantom, on eturns, seems to F Technically, how- the shade, al- tyled ‘‘champion™ | stand a chance B ring. his descent as . Frank Klaus- line. 0 this week, on it Klaus won on pke in Paris, and fhe world’s middle- ‘Pennsylvania Ger- JGeorges Carpentier , and was the ad- of Europe. When | United States lat- s was knocked out he sixth round at a return engage- on by a knockout. fhat made him mid- , and publicly ad- Then last April Al it Chip in the firs: ik, and since then leadershiy of the " Bul where did Bil- HE 1 Bowlers HE Alleys ofessional Mcu ! man year by Jack Dillon, who has als Chicago Nationals has s long since outgrown the middleweight tract to play with the Boston aivision. cans during the coming season. In 1912 Papke again lost his “title,” Sweeney was formerly captain and middleweight, in a {wenty = Second baseman of the Boston Nafion- round bout in Sacremento. Mantell 818 8oing to Chicago in connection was later whipped by Jack Dillon at With the Braves' deal for Johnnic Proyvidence, by Tommy Gavigan at | [oVers. Youngstown, and by Pat O'Keefe at London, among several others. In spite of the fact that he had ' bheen defeatea by Cyclone Johnny Thompson, 3o0b Moha and ranl Mantell, Papke went over to Europs in 1912 still declaring himself to be the middleweight champion of . the world. By defeating Jim Sullivan in J.ondon and Georges Carpentier and Marcel Moreau in France, the Illinois Thunderbolt somewhat bholstered up his reputation, but he was distinctly on the down grade when he fought Frank Klaus in Paris two years ago. By his victory Klaus carned the right to claim the European championship, bpt, in view of the udes through which Papke's title had passed, it is difficult to = see where Billy then had even the shadow of a claim on the world's middleweight championship, McCoy’s ingenious theory doesn't fool anybody—probably not even him- self—and yvet some of the New York sport writers continue to gravely re fer to Al as the “‘middleweight cham- uion.” The only way to settle the middleweight muddle is to fight it out. TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS, 1761-—George Meggs defeated Bill Stevens in 17 minutes near London. This was the first of man ‘fakes"” which have so often brought pugilism into disrepute, Bill Stevens, a Birm- ingham man, had won the British championship by defeating Jack Slack in 1760. Slack had captured the hon- gned a cor Amer O'TOOLE AGAIN IN MINOL Former Pirate Will Wear a Columbus Uniform. Columbus, 0., Mairch O'Toole, pitcher, formerly Nation has h the ciation team ording to ~Marty with the signed @ Columbus the com- a4 message ramington, Mass., where Manager Quinn signed O'Toole. He will be considered part for Hinchman and Gerber, sold the Pittshurg club last fall. contrac American ing season, from South I pay to DUND New York, M ot LEONARD, 1rch 2.-—Johnny Dun- dee, contender for the lightweight title, and Benny Leonard, Billy Gibgon’s Rronx hope, are in the best of condition for the main bout at the opening of the 139th Street A. (., this evening. Bob McAllister, who was to have fought Kid Wagner, tho tough Wilkesbarre middleweight, in the other ten round bout, discovered yesterday 'that ho had a couple of broken ribs, so Wild Burt Kenny has | been substituted. - LICENSE. ‘as granted a 1o hold a boxing show at on March 16 by the common council committee on licenses last night There were only five votes cas Thin%(: who favored the license wore Counoil man Knowland, Danberg ang Mec- Crann. Those who voted against 1‘t license Turner hall | res | country, | siext bovs MARINO, TOUGH MAN Has Gine Down the Line Against Some of (he Best Bantams. who is scheduled to ex change wallops with Jimmy Taylor the rugged New York bantamweight in the main fifteen round event of an all star boxin how which will b2 staged in this city on March 16, is one of the most dangerous contenders for champion Kid Williams' crown. Mar- ino is a pocket edition of Mike Gibbons and like the £t. Paul speed merchant he generally depends on his ring to bring home the bacon. s a great amount of cleverness ino has a wallop that brings dire ults to an opponent when it land tamweight Ma Bundee’s Sparring Partner. has fought all whip & some in the game. Marino over of the cl When Scotty | | Monteith | Dundee for the latter's | Johnny Kilbane. ; with the fans. there | tained | feated i tie | ever ravages of typhold fever playad | .. butcher | took Johnny trip last year, with the -pair Dundee on his Marino went nd he trained remarkable Ifeatherweight (*haumpion It was while on the | created big hit | Marino surp 1 many some of the best hoys | Bddi Campi, 7 5 French champion, and But the love for old r as too much for Marino. He ieft TI. Angeles flat, and at the consent of Monteith, Marino placed liimself under the able managerient of Chick Kenny, where he is at pres- ent. Besides the on the around ttling Vst wlon draw with ccast that Marino by whipping namely Ledoux, the New Y K glorics Marino at- Pacific coast, he de- New York, Battling ! Reddy Mickey Dupn Murray, Young Solsberg, Ar- Simons, Young Zulu Kid, Dutch Brandt Louisiana and a host of others Marino has been in over one hnudred fights and in that length of time he received only one setback and that at the hands of champion Kid: Williams. The boys met in Baltimore and after cight of the best rounds of fighting witnes in Raltimore the ref- erec stopped the fight declaring that Marino was all in. fuch was not the e Marino was positively fr Lahn, Jimmy cas ~FOR JIMMY TAYLOR Young Marino, the sensational ban- ! and was carrying the fighting to Wil- liams according to the Oriole city scribes who were at the ring side Taylor a Tough Bantam. | In meeting Taylor however Marino | realizes that he is boxing the toughest | bantam in the game {oday with the possible exception of champion Wil- { liams. Marino well remembers their last battle in New York, where for ten rounds of demons. Speaking of Taylor it must be said | that he is a lad with a bull dog's cour- | | age. He does not possess any of tha clever stuff, but how he does fight. { To see him in action reminds one of Battling Nelson, the Durable Daney, when he was in his prime. Taylor has gone down th2 pusilis- tic path peating every bantam in sight until he is now looked upon as the only boy in sight capable of making the King of the Bantams extend him- self. Taylor has defeated such boys as Battling Lahn, Al Shubert, Joe Wagner, Kid Herman, K. O. Eggers Mickey Dunn, Young Drummie, Young O'T.eary, Young Sharkey, Kid Good- man, Pinkey Burns, Young Rosner, Dutch Brandt, and others. silvey Burns manager of Taylor and Chick Kenny who looks after Marino | will post forfeits for appearance with the sporting ecditor of the Herald | | some day next week. | NOW OR NEVER, 1S RITCHIE'S RESOLVE Confident of Knockicg Oui Cham- pion Freddie Welsh New York, March 2.-—Willie Ritchie arrived in town last evening at 5:35 on the Michigan-Central from Detroit, ready to start work for his bout with Freddie Welsh, which is scheduled to take place in the Garden on March s b The ex-champion surprised the score of friends who met him at the train with his excellent appearance. In fact Ritchie looked better than on any of his prvious visits. After se- | curing rooms at the Astor, }litchlv. opened up a line of conversation in regard to his fight with Welsh that |had an air of confidence seldom seen in a beaten champion. Ritchie has set his mind on the fact that, if he is to get back his lost both lads fought like a pair | | go. | supervise his training at Billy | meet at title, it will have to be in his coming ten.round bout with Welsh at the Garden. I was negotiating for three days in Denver,” said Ritchie at the dinner table, “for a twenty-round match with Welsh, and on reaching Chicago put the proposition up to Welsh and his manager, but it was only wasting time and they canvinced me then and there that there would be nothing doing for a twenty-round Can Win in Ten Rounds. “Ten rounds will be plenty for me in which to get Welsh. He has been fighting a Jlot since winning the title and getting the money while T am fresh and feel in better trim than I have in a year. A champion has a continued worry on his mind, some- thing I am free from now 1 have forgotten all about my fight in Lon- don and am like a kid with a new toy, anxious to get the gloves on again. “Reports were circulated that I was fat and growing out of my class, but that is false. Two weeks on the stage and three day work in Chicago found me weighing 138 1-2 pounds two weeks ago, and by the end of this week T will be right at the weight for Welsh—1 and taking things easy.' Ritchie was accompanied Jeffrey of San Francisco, by who Grupp's "Frigco work Dr The active gymnasium in Harlem. lightweight will begin tomorrow. Welsh and Ritchie the Garden at one o'clock tomorrow to post forfeits and discuss the referee question. Each man will post $1,000 for weight and appear- ance. Ritchie stated last night that he would not go back to 'Frisco un- til he had won back the title from Welsh. APRIL 30. BEGIN SEASON Worcester, Ma March 2.—Rep- resentatives from the New England league baseball clubs met here yester- day to discuss the schedule for the coming season. As the circuit is not definitely known no definite action was taken. But it was voted to open the season on Friday, April 30, and close it on Monday, September 6. BRAVES IN GEORGIA CAMP. Macon, Ga., March 2.-—Members of the Boston National league baseball team who had arrived here were ready to begin spring training yesterday. Captain Johnny Evers, Catchers Gow- dy Whaling and Tragreesor and Pitch- er Hess were greeted on thelir arrival by Manager Stallings,d who spent winter on his farm near Macon. will | \H]Il the | RUPPERT WILL GIVE - §25,000 FOR BAKER But Connie fiask Wams $50,00p for Thd Baseman. York, matter of only New March 2 A $25,000 stand little” between J. Franklin Baker's playing third base for the Yankees, and doing a similar Athletics, canteloupes down in Trappe, Colonel Jacob Ruppert affirmed the story that he ed Connie Mack about the home-run expert and that while Captain he was willing to go as far as $25,+ 000, Mons, McGillicuddy had written his willingness dispose Baker for the modest sum of $50,000, It i§ therefore apparent that with Hddfe Colling sold for $50,000 Baker evaluated at a like sum, Mack regards the rest of his $100,000 infield ak worth nothing, It was reported that Mack would paltry $25,000 from owners were they to throw in litthf Fritzie Maisel It iz undoubtedly very kind of Connie to consent to that arrangement, but the fact remains that there is very little chance of such a dicker heing consummated Not éven in these hard war times I3 there even $15,000 difference between the values of Baker and Maisel to the New York club, Would Get Baker's so-called broughat about by an unwillingness 10 play for $5,000 a year—the salary for which his contract calls, He knows that there isn't a chance in the world of getting any nfore money out of Mack, and so ne decided to stick on the farm until Connie got some team that would be willing to pay him his price. 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