New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1915, Page 8

nockouts Sco ES OF THE Pirate Crew at Old Game ( I liner Verdi reached New Beunos Ayres a few weeks ht among its passngers /George ; Louis, Rickard, ',‘ 'rheéeby hatigs a tale of | ~and romance, of fortunes and of wanderings in prts of the world, as interest- y yarn spun by the creators a” fiction. rs of the Verdi, with their with the pedigrees of erican . plutocrats, would | you that the big, bronzed, sombre who appeared on jmger list as George Louis s the cattle king of Para- principal ‘owner of the ‘Land and Cattle company, h of five million acres and nds of cattle grazing on ;nd plains and valleys of the | republie, tucked in be- irgentina, Brazil and Bolivia. ‘informant might have added r n plutocrat, a onaire, is no other than Rickard who put Goldfield p, and promoted the Gans- d Johnson-Jeffries ring Rickard, now in his is. rich again—which he truth of the assertion iz can't keep a good man down. ith American republic he uilt his shattered fortunes. Pex” Rickard the loss of one s but the beginning of another, success will not come as a to those who know the life this amazing man. ng -history “Tex” Rickard 18 be remembered as the man [d $101,000 for the Jeffries- i battle in Reno, -and thus “himself the gamest and most r ring. promoter in the the sport. He has been prospector, miner, gambler, i promoter, banker and cattle | ind he has carried on ‘his ac- any parts of the United in Alaska, South. Africa America. jard was born in Kansas, and jower state thus numbers native sons not only the mpion of the world, but boxing promoter of all was only three or four years his parents moved to Texas, ‘his father ‘bought a Cattle ‘ex'l. learned to ride a horse las early as he learned to walk. h was spent among the cow- and when he was old enough pame one of them. He made a by his cool daringand his e FlavsnssnemiIisIinrwmARERENwER Pittsburgh, May 29.—Fred Clarke's crew of Buccaneers seems to have up- set the dope again. Picked for a sec- qnd division berth by the experts, the | Pirates are booming aleng fighting and’ scrapping and behaving generally like Of Upsetting Expert Opinion penant contenders, There are many reasons for this unlookede for deport- ment of supposedly hopeless tailend- ers, but there are three potent reasons which stand out in relief. These are Hinchman, Carey and Wagnen. Carey and Wagner, the veterans, are play- ing a wonderful game in the field, and, saved a considerable sum from the wreckage and was soon on. his feet ugain. k. R Some years before this Rickard had ‘become interested in; mining proper- tieg in South Africa, and made several irips to Johannsburg, in Loéndon, where he witnessed several bouts staged by the National Sport- ing club. Encouraged by his success in the Gsns-Nelson: affair, Rickard deter- and while he was still a s the city dads of Henrietta _him the job of: city marshal. /& cowpuncher “‘Tex” was getting 0 a month and board, and the peace ser ‘brought' in $75 d decided to ac- nd e was on the job ‘few bad men brave enousgh hing in Henrietta. n’t been wearing a star very ‘when he was afflicted with the , gold fever. = “Tex” resigned job and hit the trail for the frigid nd. He reached Dawson City the rush started, and as a el prospector accumulated gold to enable him to set up a and gambling house in Daw- On several occasions the bad i of .the place tried to start a off second best. venture was not very , and “Tex” got: enocugh ther to open another 2 this time in Nome. ized pile. in this’ wealthy man when he to " the urally gravitated to he had lost his wad . house he had opened staked out a number se panned out well, and d himself the possesor of rtune. - The goddess of mined to try for even bigger pugilis- tic game, and when the match be- tween Jeffries and Johnson was pro- | rosed he landed it by offering a purse 0f, $101,000; *“Tex” intended to pull off the fight in San Krancisco, but, after the arena 'was nearing com- pietion and he had spent a large sum ¢n the arrangements the governor vetoed the battle. “Tex" permitted this to daze him for about two feconds, and then calmly announced that he would pull off the mill in Nevada. He built another big arena at Reno, where the great fistic con- test was staged. The worry and trouble incident to that match cured “Tex" of his desire to shine as a box- ing promoter, but his interest in the game from a sporting viewpoint is as strong as ever. One. of Rickard's chief; reasons’ for visiting his native iand after an absence of over three Years was to see a good bout. Down Paraguay way th folks are not much i interested in the “manly art.” H Rickard eventually lost out in Gold- field,” but with “him, the harder he { falls,” the higher he bounces. With his' wife, formerly a San Francisco ! girl, he set out fo South America, and in Paraguay he joined forces with “Znglishmen engaged in developing the ‘greut possibilities of that republic as a cattle ‘country. And when Colonel Roosevelt ' visited South America he was ‘greeted by ‘‘Texas” Rickard, now piaying the réle of cattle king. " still held an _irresistible lure however, and he soon opened b house in Goldflield, known Great Northern. ‘‘Tex” and his _in this venture are sald to split a million dollars between | during the first four vears the orn was operated, ‘‘Tex” a saloon and gambling house ide and built a fine hotel at s life Rickard had been inter- in the boxing game, and in g branched out as a prize fight by offering a purse of $30,- a lightweight championship Joe Gans and Battling body predicted that d be: badly stuck by this ure, but | the , sale jounted to $69,000, a financial Winner. ! the sport, however, Tt was love rather’ ‘than .caused Rickard | 't fingx!; also | Baseball in . *"a Nutshell often stopping | Philadelphia at Boston, St. Louis at Pittsburgh, i Chicago at Cincinnatl, : AMERICAN LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results. Boston 8, Philadelphia 5. Cleveland-Chicago, wet grounds. Detroijt-St, Louis, rain. Standing of the Clubs, Won Lost 26 12 . P.C. .676 622 531 500 .469 424 412, 371 Chicago Detroit .. New York . Boston ‘Washington . Cleveland St. Louis .... Philadelphia . 23 17 14 15 14 14 13 Games Today. New York at Washigton. Boston at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Chicago (2 games). Detroit at St. Louis, FEDERAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results, Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 0, Brooklyn-8t. Louis, rain, Newark-Chicago, rain, Kansas City-Baltimore, postponed. Standing of the Clubs, Won Lost P.C. 21 14 .600 Sn23 15 595 19 14 578 19 .16 .548 17 16 515 15 7 18 484 .13 2 382 11 .306 Chicago Pittsburgh . Kansas City . Newark Brooklyn St. Louis . Baltimore Buffalo ... Games Today. Brooklyn at St, Louis. Newark at Chicago. Baltimore at Kansas City, Buffalo at Pittsburgh. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesmd:;—l;es\llts. Pittsburgh 3,” Brooklyn 1. Boston 5, Philadelphia 2 (1st game).” Boston 5, Philadelphia 4 (2d game). Standing of the Clubs, 4. Won | Lost £AB 1y 17 16 Philadelphia , Chicago, | Boston i Brooklyn «. in Nevada were ¢losed dm. Fé was a big slump In mining ~,and in the panic “Tex’ lost ATy part of his fortune, then round million.© A little did not discourage | good management he St. Louis . Pittgburgh ... Cincinnati .... New York ... 18 17 17 18 Games Today, Brooklyn at New York, o New York 11, St. Louis 4.- * ‘| Richmond INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Yesterday's Results, Buffalo 9, Newark 3. Toronto 3, Jersey City nings). Providence 8, Montreal 7. 2 (13 of the Clubs. “Won' . Lost P.C. 632 625 545 523 .520 429 | .391 .360 Standing Rochester .. Providence Montreal . Newark Jersey City .. Toronto Ganies, Today. Newark at Buffalo:(2 games). Jersey City at Toronto (2 games). Providence at Montreal (2 games). Richmond at Rochester (2 games). | \ while not so strong at bat, still they are making enough timely bingles to more than which none Bill Hinchman, a new- comer, is ‘batting and fielding like a His playing to date has been a revelation, and he is being generally I hailed as the “find” of the year. win games, could ask for. veteran, COLONIAL LEAGUE, Yesterday's Results, Hartford 2, Brockton 1, Fall River 5, New Haven 4. Springfield 10, Taunton 9. New Bedford 6, Pawtucket 6. Standing of the Clubs, ‘Won Lost Hartford v 0 Taunton ...., 2 Brockton .... Fall River ... Springfield ..... Pawtucket ... New Haven .. New Bedford Games Today. Hartford at Springfield. New Haven at Pawtucket, Taunton at New Bedford. Brockton at Fall River. New York State League, Utica 3, Scranton 1. Syracuse 6, Wilkesbarre 5. Troy 6, Elmira 2. New ' England Leaguc, ‘Worcester 9, Fitchburg 4. Portland 7, Lawrence 4. Lewiston 4, Manchester 1. Lynn 12, Lowell 0, Sportography BY “GRAVY.” BIRTHDAY OF TOMMY GREAT WELSH WELTER- WEIGHT. From toe very beginning of British pugilism the hardy sons of Wales have held a high place in the respect of the fight fans, and Taffy has often proved that he is a two-fisted, hard-hitting, quick-thinking fistic gladiator. Fred- die Welsh, the slap-and-get-away champion; Jem Driscoll and Tommy West are among the Welsh boxers who have displayed their prowess in American rings, and not the least of these was Tommy West. This is the forty-fifth anniversary of Tommy's birth in Cardiff, Wales, If he was in his prime today, instead of at a period when the woods were full of star wel- ters and middleweights, he would casily he champion. Tommy came to America at a tender age, and enlisted in Uncle Sam’s navy, where he got his first introduction to the fight game. He liked it so well that when 'his time expired he decided to become a professional boxer. No- body thought much of him when he made he ring debut. He didn’t look like a fighter. His big blue eyes had an innocent, peaceful look, and his somewhat chubby five-foot-five pay- sique appeared more cherubic than gladiatorial. Tommy had been fighting a year or two when he got his first chance to WEST, J, by Braves Over the Phillies--Aihfetics béfedid by ',"Weaken;--Hgart/ord Takes Brockton Into Camp After § show his form against a first-class man. It was in 1896, in New York. Joe Walcott, tae Barbados Demon, then at is fighting best, had beea matched with Dick O’Brien, the Maine middleweight, but Dick got cold feet and turned down the offer. Mysteri- ous Billy Smith was then offered as a sacrifice to the Black Demon, but on the eve of the battle Occult Willlam was also afflicted with gelid extremi- ties. Tommy West was then offered the chance to “sub” against the Demon. He didn’t hesitate a minute before announcing his readiness. Somep'n happed that night. The fans were disgusted with the idea of pitting the angelic and unknown ‘Welshman againet the seasoned negro, and hooted and howled their derision. }‘Afler a few rounds, however, they realized that they were booked to see a real rookus. West was a man who could eitirer box or slug, as occasion demanded, and he used both styles against Joe with such ?fl‘ecl that the negro was felled time after time. Tae bout was scheduled for twenty rounds, but either by mistake.or to save Wal- cott, ‘only nineteen rounds were fought. West didn’t have a merk at the end of the contest, while Walcott was battered and all in, yet the referee called it a draw. That same year West was knocked out by Kid McCoys but in 1897 he again fought Walcott and defeated him. West was defcated by Tommy Ryan in 1898 and again ‘at Louisville in 1901. He fought Walcott again in 1900, and again defeated him. Tom- my's last ring appearance Wags in Louisville in 1901, wien he was knocked out by Marvin Hart. «Rube” Oldring’s Birthday. «Rube” Oldring, the Athletic out- fielder, will be thirty-one tomorrow. Oldring is called “Rube” because his real name is Reuben, and also be- cause he was born in New York city. He got his early baseball education on the East Side lots of the American metropolis. In 1905, when playing with Hoboken, he was offered a con- tract by the Montgomery, Ala., Souta- ern league club, ‘His work there was so good that he was soon copped by the Athletics, and he has played with Connie Maek’'s bunch ever since. FLAG RAISING DAY MEANS DOUBLE WIN Braves Beat Out League Leadrs le\is,s With Magee's Help. Bbstoh, May “,:—é'l*‘fir!“u were on the winning end in both games of the first double header of the season., the scores being 5 to 2 and 5 to 4, against the Phillies. It was the offi- cial flag raising day for the National league pennant and President Tener of the league, Mayor Curley and Manager Stallings superintended the job at the flag pole. Magee delivered a two base blow in the seventh inning of the first game when all sacks were occupied. This gave the champions victory. The second contest was a seesaw affaif and was captured by the Braves in a sensational windup. Connolly and Gilbert as pinch hitters made singles which, with a base on balls, a bad throw by Bancroft and a sacri- fice fly by Cather manufactured the two runs necessary to win the game. scores: First Game. r. h e Philadelphia ....000001100—2 9 3 Boston .+01010030*—5 3 2 Batteries:i—Alexander and Killifer; Tyler and Tragessor, Whaling. Second Game. r. h. e Philadelphia 000020020—4 13 2 Boston .. .00000122*—5 6 Batteries:—Rixey, Chalmers, Wei- ser and Killifer; James and Whaling, Tragessor. Every one Hits Perdue. New York, May 29.—The inesti- mable advantage or playing two games within forty-eight hours— something they hadn't done for a week—put the Giants back in their | stride yesterday, and they beat the Cardinals, 11 to 4. How long they'll stay in their stride is another matter, but they were in a big one yesterday, They made eighteen hits, all the way way from four for Fletcher to ones for Lobert, Merkle and a few other stragglers. Everybody made a hit off Perdue, and the Giants knocked everything off the ball as pitched by him. Score: g r. h, 8t. Louis .100010002—.4 11 2 New York .30001025%—11 18 3 Batteries:—Perdue and Snyder; Marquard and Smith. Youth Outpoints Age. Brooklyn, . May 29.—~Mamaux, the undefeated boy marvel of the Pirates, put a double hitch in his lariat when he hogtied the Dodgers at / Ebbets fleld yesterday afternoon. He spoiled one of the very best games Jack Coombs has pitched in stopping Brooklyn by a score of 3 to 1. It was a pity to see such a grand old veteran as Coombs nosed out of a well pitched game at the ebb of his career. But it would have been a greater shame for tae stripling who opposed him not to have cashed in on his wonderful performance. Ma- maux is only 20 years of age and about the size of Jack Warhop. If he improves any he will be consider- able master when he grows up. Mamaux held the Dodgers to four scattered hits, half of which were scatchy. He would not hay been scored upon with proper support. Score: r. h e Pittsburg ..000002010—3 6 2 Brooklyn ..000010000—1 4 2 Batteries:—Mamaux and Gibson; Coombs and Miller, McCarty, AMERICAN LEAGUE. Lewis’ Long Drive Decides It. Philadelphia, May 29.—A triple to right fleld in the ninth inning, scoring two runners, gave Boston the first games of the series with the Athletics by 8 to 5. . When Lewis made His long clout the score was five all.” The Athletics - confined all their scoring energy to one inning, the fourth, when they found Mays for five hits, which, with twe errors, two being wild throws by Wagner, enabled the home team to tie it. Score: r’ h. e Philadelphia ....000500000-5 12 3’ Boston ..311000003—8 12 3 Batteries—Shawkey and Schang, McAvoy; Mays, Wood and Thomas. PIONEERS VS, SPARTANS. The Spartans of Hartford will try to trip the Pioneers of this city to- morrow afternoon at the Ellis street grounds. The Spartans captured the Hartford city championship last year R Sox heri 'ff Battle--Romance of Tex Rickard \Springfield 4 NIPPED IN THE Bl Brockten’s Iatcations Geod Uatl Biliard Takes 2 Hand > Hartford, May 20.—Harti ford and Brockton again engagéd in a pitchers’ battle yesterday and gnce more ford was the winner by a ml't. 2 to L. The visitors ntton‘pt@d s nxn;& in- ning rally, slamming out three hits for a run with nobody down, but after Woodcock had fanned the next batter, Billiard wa$ sent in and ‘fHe next two men popped ‘up fiies. Manager Delehanty Hartto was put out of the game for disputé ing a decision at first' base by ngu-f; Waters. Score: by b it r. h Hartford L.00610010%—2'% Brockton L.000000001—1 § Batteries— Woodeock, Bl ; Pjura; Hawson and ’Wu&u Demt sey. of 4 i New Haven Loses Another. Fall River, May 29.—Bul pelle wavered in the sixth inning #nd Fall River turned four hits, to e with two infleld errors, into for' Pine: The final count favored the: iogals bby a § to 4 margin. Chappelid was hitless in every other ini TNew Haven outbatted the loeals two ‘to one. Score: Fall River New Haven Batteries—Peters Chappelle and Soper. Thompson Wing Game. Springfield, May 29.—Thomp hit over the left field fence wi runners on, enabled lyflp.l nose out Taunton 10 to 9. baseball was played by both and all of the pitchers show: of control. No less Le ters were given bases of bal 8 cory L.10113001 3410 14 Taunton ....000600030-=19 10 Batteries—8mith, Flaherty and-L4 vigne; Claremont, Walsh ‘and Bar 4 .. Somers’ Wildness l_’hul. Pawtucket, R. ‘L, May Bomers’ wildness cost Pawtuc! vietory in the opening home gam the season. Score: r. h. New Bedford.. 0031010206 § Pawtucket ....003020000-F § Batteries—Tillman and Phill Somers and McGinley. TUFTS 12, DARTMOUTH 7. Medford, Mass, May 20.—Erro by Dartmouth were largely the ca of her ball team being beaten 12 by Tufts. Whittaker was werllo] all over the lot in the second in * but after that the visitors could 4 . and the Pioneers will have to make haste to emergé on the winning end. “Lefty” Burns will mount the mound and Killian will officiate on the ops posite side of the platter. ‘Winkler is itching to shoot 'em over against the Spartans and McKeon will ap- pear on the receiving end. Mangan will umpire. Ou tap at Charles I'. Dchm, I In qlass ! An olden little with him. Lee, the Tufts pa; tain, got to Peck for a single, a doubl and a home run. The score. r| Dartmouth ....060001000— 4“§ teee..22042002%—12 Batteries—Peck and Wan ‘Whittaker and Carroll, or i tymébnw- ; you'll enjoy. A Brewed by The Hubert Fischer Brewery at Hartford. Comn W. J. McCarthy, fotel Beloin, Keevers, Herman Schodwrr, f