The evening world. Newspaper, June 18, 1904, Page 6

ei BUSY DAYS FOR MANA / ” Becenn will do the twirling for the - Murray Hills, eee TTR TSE: PRINCETON MEETS } YALE TEAM. 6 VENING WORLD / GER OOO} wed JOHN OOOO M’GRAW. W HO DEC OO oo Four - STRIKE BATTERS TIED TOA Post. PEDDDODDDDODODOHGDOGDIGQGOIOTSO. M’GRAW SIDESTEPS THE QUESTION OF WINNERS That Is, He Won't Pick Any Pennant Candi- date, but Thinks that Munroe Is a Great Fighter and One Who Will Take the Championship. BY ROBERT EDGREN. Usually John J. McGraw, Boss of the Giants, wears an expression gs serious as that affected by the sfgners of the Declaration of Inde- pendence while calculating their chances of being hung hy King George at the end of the ruction. Not so yesterday afternoon. Z Johnny McGraw came back to the team's dressing quarters after the game decorated with a broad smile. , “Going to win that pennant?" I asked. The smile came off. McGraw has been dodging that question for three years. @oquired the side-stepping agility of Kid" McCoy. tered with another. “Who will win the big fight?” I confessed ignorance. “Why, Munroe,” said McGraw, “Munroe is the boy. He has thu! MAKES A PRoPHECY. He has He ducked and coun- THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENT SPORTS EDITED BY LINE 2 G WwW SHows CARTOON SUGGESTED Nee ENERO ow Bos usycltanar ScHoor. SESE CRN RSE HE SAYS TH MY PITCHERS HAVE THE A CUP WHILE PLAYING Jorn M'GRAW CONSERVATIVE XODQOOOOODOGOSGH# Na eds PE FES LORETTA JUNE 18, 1904. BIG_ TROTTING MEET BEGINS. ERNST ARE FENT I 2 | ROBERT EDGREN © : ee GVISDPVOBOHDIOOIGHVIOGSGGIOSE. MCGRAW GOLF -POOL, Ioan) INTERVIEWED ON THE PENNANT QUESTION $99IHHOHOHEODIOHTDWOOH/ITGIHIOIH|IGIVOOSVEDUOOOWOOOHOHSIED, SAYS THE MINER'S HAND WOULD STOP ANY BALL WITHOUT ‘THE AID OF A NET. wECorr NEIL STILL. THE BANTAM CHAMPICN Little Fellow Had Easy Time of| It with Harry Forbes in Chi- cago, Putting Him Out in Third Round. WuerRE Jon SHIES . “(Special to The Evening World.) CHICAGO, Ill, Tune 18.—Frankie Neil, the bantam-we!ght champion of the world, disposed of Harry Forbes, ex- champion of the same division. in the third round of an exciting and fast! battle at the shew last night Neil demonstrated he {s the fastest! and flercest plece of fighting machinery, of his weight in the world. He met Forbes at 120 pounds ringside, and thereby handicapped himself at least five pounds. With all this weight! Rainst him he tore into Harry from) biggest hands I ever saw. He'd make a great ball player. Nothing could get by him. He could put out one hand like a net, and he'd stop any- thing up to a Jap cannonball. He'll stop Jeff.” HE SIDESTEPS AGAIN. “How about the penn——” McGraw ducked again. “Munroe for mine. I taught him how to play Golf pool. Ought to see him take hold of the cue. Might have been raising a telegraph pole. Why, his hands covered about half the stick, And when he tried to make a little easy shot, the ball missed and HACK KNOCKED QUT BY BILLY MANAG (Special to The Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 15. FIGHT LIKELY 10 CHLLED 0 Jeffries Still in Bed, and Hardly Billy went around the cushions three timeg,” Malaty, the young farmer, eg ts He saw mo laughing at bim, and he blushed like @ girl. “But It he Welghts in, this city at the preseat} Probable that He Will Be ever eff with those hands——" time, defeated G Hack in the fifth i “Do you expect to win the pennant?” Found before ihe BveAufora Athielle Able to Enter the Ring on John McGraw let the queation slide trom him like water from alone wile inate. gene Mas 4 8) June 30, luck’s back. . “I used to like fighting myself, when I was younger,” he said. “At College we kept u sct of gloves in a bookcase, behind the books, and when the profs. weren't around I used to fight any fellow in the the Afth Maharg hander to hia op| the latter went out. He later the advice of a him the refere (Special to The Evening World.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 18.—-The con- ditioa of Champion James J. Jeffries's Tefused to allow the claim. class. Got a black eye now and then—lots — ————— kneo fs unchanged. The big fellow | ’ en ee Soe Tcd COE still In bed and the “Housemaid's knee’ THE WAY TO KEEP IN SHAPE. is so much in evidence that he has be “ . some cross and Irritable, ‘The hot ‘That's the way to keep in shape. No drinking, no smoking; only Seaderonppltestions (thatiwere ‘expeated Scrapping. A man can't drink or smoke and fight well. 1 don't see to work wonders with the sore limbs how Jeff can stand at a bar and drink whiskey and then fight. of the champion have not had the It would kill him off quick on a ball team. If there was a national league of pe eat desired effect, and ho BY TOMMY DAL about him Js beginning to show the re- fighters and the managers dropped all the men who drank, there'd be sult of the strain, It seems a fore- some great scrapping.” gone conclusion that unless something In the nature of a miracle happens the big fight will not come off June 39, Manager Coffroth, of the Yosemite Club, went to Harbin Springs yesterday afternoon to learn If possible just how matters stand at the champion’s train- Apparently this was McGraw's day to be interested in but I tried once more. “Now that penn—" *T'll tell you,” said John J. “I never like to make Prophecies, but I don't mind saying that it none of the other teams gets ahead of us, why, then, perhaps we'll get that pennan§ Some of the hard games are coming on our next trip West. The tough teams to beat are out ther If our boys bat the way they can bat, we may win out.” AS TO THE FOUL STRIKE. “What is your opinion of*the foul-strike rule?" another game; (Spectal to The Evening World.) BALTIMORE, June 18,-Tommy Daly, of Brooklyn, last night knocked out Jue ‘Vipman, of this city, before the Eureka Athletic Club in the twelfth round of what was scheduled to be a fifteen- round contest last night. A left-hand awing to the face followed by a right- hand uppercut to the Jaw sent Tipman to the floor for the count and when he wot up Daly rushed and sent a territic right to the Jaw and 'l'ipman fell Uke a log. Both men were In excellent con- means of communication with the camp have caused him great worry, ai expects that his visit will enable him to announce for a certainty that the fight between Jeffries and Munroe will come off as per the new schedule. Mean- @ition, but Daly out-fought the local) wile he has had the date lines on his McGraw sat up. boy from the start to finish, Uivertising matter! changed to” read ee June “It’s a great thing for the pitchers. They all like it. thing for the spectators, because it kills the batting. It only saves ten or fifteen minutes on a gumo. The batter has no chance. Under the old tules a clever batter could make some fight against the pitcher; but now | a clever batter is no better than a farmer. The rule has made a lot ot | But it’s a poor Just before leaving for the Springs Coffroth received word that the cham- pion's physician would be at the Springs when he arrived, and he wus further In- formed that from now on the hot water application that proved of so little bene- fit to the injured knee of Jeffries will D Caldwell Win CAMMRIDGE, June 17.—Harry of Manchester, easily aor Cycle Race. Caldwell, 1 y halt- sf ict Sreat pitchers; but a game of ball without batting might as woll be [imc Mint ten of todine and giycering, Y “PPlivations checkers,” took sere place and Sen aul aes ie BALL-PLAYER’S LIFE $5,000. SUNDAY BALL GAMES. | shamajons ,of, Hudeon County, x. J | the Howard and Brighton baseball! pelehanty Was Fiected from Train teams meet to-morrow t'snoon at the dway and Halse: This will be the w the Howards and Fell Into Niagara River, TORONTO, Juno 16.—The High Court of Justice has upheld the verdict for $5,000 In favor of the plainsiff in the case every game thus far this season, aks, home grounds, The Murray Hills, the strong semi- soak Sronkive: Professional team, will play the All-| Cubans.at Olympic Field, One Hundred Gnd hirty-sixth sweet and Hifth ave- The game between the Cedars and Westchester Athletic Club, at Weatches- | ter Ova One Hundred and Sixty-third i, Co-motrow. Tue game should be. street and Southern Boulevard, to-mor- and thelr partisans will be out in]! Delehanty the Michigan Central BW ncsaiy conte one, aa the Ali- | row afternoon will be of unusual impor. | fF fO root, “Herbac and Write wil | Railroad "Company, Tecently at . Cubans have a fast aggregation of ball be in the points for the Howards, Palle elland, Wastern lance, The game will practically decide the championi ip of the Bronx In antkipation of a keen strugg Cedars have greatly strengthened (i team hy the addition of some cra players. The preliminary game, wulch will be between the Manhattan Athletic Club and Polo Athletic Club team begin at 1 P.M, Edward J. Delehanty, a professional ball-player, ‘Was expelled from a Michi. n Central train at Bridgeburg and lost hia life by falling off the bridge geross tho Niagara River, connecting Bridgeburg ‘and Buffalo, ' ‘The was brought by bis widow and ak er. and are also great coachers the Brightons have secured an Jaague pitcher to do the twirling. ‘The star portion of @ double-header at Ridgewood to-morrow will be a game between the Hvely Cuban X Glants and the dgewoods, McNeil will be on the firing line for the Long Iskundere, while MeClellan will do the twirling for the colored bal tossers. In the curtain talser the Brookyn F. C, will meet the ‘Tho Visitations will bave thelr nands ng teet the Bridgeport tam of the Con- iA t Stat ‘The Bridgeports Bre easily the best team that has ap- re at Visitation Field this season, iridgeport team is unique in the That w fatber and it dim o! ; ‘yea was a star in does the catching, Was until recen ‘ale players, pia; es. and 1 Brigihton Carsey has strengthened his nine for the game to-morrow with the Newburgs at Equitable Park, Sixty-seventh street and West End ayenue. The "Kid" has decided to pitch for the Mets. The New: ¥ one of the | burga hi ehthe reputauon of being great sluggers, but Carsey counts on a sure if not an e@sy one, The New York World baseball nine will play the Evening Journal to-mor- row at Claremont Hast One Hi dred and Seventieth street. ie Will Le called at 10.90 A. M. Sanday Cyclin The finest array of amateur riding talent that has been seen at M: aAttan Beach cycle track in years wil be tn evidence Sunday at the opening of the jeycle raclig season at tl opu! course. Champion Marcus Ridey? wil be there, towether with Burton Down- ing, the amateur racing star from San Jose, Cal Ovsear Goerke, tl champlon;' Osear Schwak, ¢ Soares naar eae a, ote jardt, of rooklyn. eat wi owever, contre in the. ai ng of W. H. Lee, phe | i Superbas in another game of the series for the semi-professional champlonship ean of Brooklyn, ‘The Hoboken Club has been asked to reserve a aoction of the grant! stand for a delegation of Quaker sports w are coming on to witness the game bi tween the Philadelphia icy Vy and the son é ietor, meet at Park, | ey ae ver merly known as the fobokens to-morrow at i have defeated some of tue depos tye IB 'ricket Grounds, Baseball To-! a George a FM. Final ¥; ay ae ‘ork boy, who Sune the first tap of the gong and never gave him a moment's rest. Forbes might round, but he was pounded into sub-/ mission in the second, and rapped out! for good in the third. Body and jaw punches did the trick Forbes was no sooner up when Nell dropped him again with a left to the jaw. Harry's seconds seeing he had no chance tossed up the towel, which Referee Bardell did not see. When Harry struggled to his feet Frankie was at him like a wildcat, and after a short session of hard fighting put hi ; for good. mucewa Other bouts resulted as follows: ‘Cuban” Dave stopped Charlie Fan ning In the second round; Harry Cobb jon from Jimmy Ross in the fourth round on a foul; “Dusty” Miller won on 4 foul from Tommy Scully In the fourth! nd. and “Diamond Dick’ Torpey and lly Stift went six rounds to a draw, CREWS WILL GET TIME TLS NOW (Special to The Evening World.) HARVARD CREW QUARTERS, RED TOP, Conn, June 18.—The Har- vard Freshmen and second "varélty crgws did the only hard work on the Thames yesterday, the 'varaity and four oar taking ght work both morning and evening. In the evening the fresh- men and second ‘varsity raced up stream over the last two miles of the course against a strong ebb tide and with a half angle of wind behind them which made the river vi mice ade See, om station and the second ‘varsity picked them at the mile and a half flag, pacing with them for the last mile and 4 half, The second won by five length: thme 12.17, very slow, Bowditch went in at bow in th oar he the afteoon, but the. nour BRIS AND WLI FIGHT MONDAY NIGHT Jimmy Briggs, the New England feather-welght, and Billy Willis, the clever boxer, of Philadeiphia, will try conclusions in a six-round bout before the National A. C., of Philadelphia, on | Monday night. This bout ought to be a | fast and clever one, as both fighters are evenly matched and ajso can land a hard wallop, with elther hand, Besides this bout there will be five other contests between evenly matched boxers from the Quaker City, All of the fighters are in training ‘for thelr | battles and will enter the ring in the best of shape. MUNROE MAY FIGHT | UHL IN CHICAGO In the event of the coming heavy- Weight dhampidnship battle between Jim Jeffries and Jack Munroe falling through, the latter will leave San Francisco and proceed at once to Chi- where he will in atl vrobability re Bui or Gus Ruhlin, the Akron Giant, in a six-round bout before the Waverly A. ot the windy olty, Matchmaker Charley Felt, of the Waverly Club, ts anxious to have Mun- roe box elther Ruhlin or Maher, and has notified Munroe's manager that he will offer the Butte miner ble Induce- ments to fight at his club in case his fight with Jeffries falls through. WARD WORK TAKEN BY _|iaulacrartn, in ile Ne CREWS AT POUGHKEEPSIE.|™" ee, YALE ORPW QUARTERS, GALES FPRRY, Conn, June 18,—The Yale boys were taken up river to Horton's cove for their rene, Bene the Aicteed ery rough, ie qi tt and after about’ one- half hour's work the crews returned inthe boatsnouse, Bob" Cook Watched tice from LJ inch, Mere wit be time trials for both eights to-night, if weather conditions are favorable. | YEA POUGHKEEPSIN, June 17,—Coach Courtney admitted to @ reporter for The World to-night that the Cornell ‘varsity crew’ will have to show great improve- ment within ten days in order to get a lace in the intercollegiate regatta. He sald that the last practice on Cayuga Lake showed the crew to be one full minute slower than that of last year the same practice, Ithacans were out twice to-day, seven miles a2 each session un- der hard coaching, Afterwards the coach sald that they rowed better than he had yet seen them do. Courtney never boasts, but evident that he great fafth in his 'varelty four and freshmen it, both of which row ‘Cornell smoothnes: RLINGS ARE SOLD AT VERY SHORT PRICES. Interest in the sale of the Rancho del Ondkions nrevaiied ill Pago yearlings at the sales paddock op- day, vening the crews of Cornell, Pennsylvania and Columbla were close The Quakers went. twic Over the culree at a steady, easy pace. tly. brought considerably te: AL Ane, Gone owen One arity |ieaieg by thelr breeding and generat ing, and tl evenin, e ‘varsity | judgin: Wel the ony. one ee go ot, Saare Proll} red jortnation dg Bend up at short 8) ion amon; e@ fresh- res ol 5 gla akan fe she OG ike yearlings that Drought $2,600 or more were: ‘ Moran Makes World's Record. BREA gh cee eee cy ero 3 REVERE, Mass, June i17,—James B, %. by imp. Moran defeated Hugh MoLean in the twenty-| A. yner, mile _motor-paced stig % i with the typical hetont water ci trifle over the previous horses in embryo co! jt. Gakion—Jude; N, Ben- Watereress—La Flecha; N. Waverley Athletic Club's te - have had a slight shade In the Inittal|" taapionatpaneoag pra bin ONE OF CORNELL'S CREW HAS BLOOD POISONING ns been ng prace corn on one of his toes whieh ind ty frietton in. te (Special to The Evening World) PO! GHKEEPSIB, N, Y., June re was a considerable sensation * nell quarters last night when covered that one of their o: ould have to go to the hospital treated for blood poisoning. Willem H_ Forbes, of Pbiladelnhia who rows No. 3 on the crack ‘¥ four, the crew which Courtney sald le would be very reluctant to break. © to put men in the ‘vars’ . is the victim. The blood-potson loa ~ WHAT FANS DISCUSS. ALL SPORTS IN FINAL EDITION. The final edition of The Evening World contains full reports of all baseball games, races and every snorting event of importance In the cquntry. If you are unable to get a copy of the Final Hditiod notify the Circulation Manager of ‘The Evening World, ce a Detroit, Mich., June 17, Editor of The Evenign Word: Brortine NrouLstrike rule is responsible for poor hitting in all leagues this season and something must be done to offset this handicap, either by cutting of moving the pitcher back orr both. ciel E. G, BARROW, Mani er Detroit Club, been who have broken into baseball. The only question making his close friends hesitate Is: Has he the physique, and the endurance? bed-fel- Raseball would make strange lows If Fred Tenney should join the Pittsburgs and play under his old Fred Clarke. ‘The suggested enemy. y ransfield( plus trade of Penney, 08, Ta hardly ikely | ““Scoopa'” Carey ts captain of the Ca8h Grout about, however, much a4! Rochesters, tailenders of the Eastern Dreyfuss might desire to see Fr Teneo! Teoney wear the red and blue. pte to|,, Toledo has indefinitely suspenaed This Altrock e*son has been a ae Pitcher Deering for handling. too ened give his old team mates the smile highballs. And yet, Collins did With Boston the hawk and ab- nge of air of- some several occasions. well to let him go. man was ag wild as & ff no use. Chai solutely aif ball players and others. The Phillies are accused of possesse ing no snap or ginger. ‘They are lucky to_possess fobs. Second Baseman Cariss has been elected captain of the University of patting slump stopped ben we Pennsylvania team for next year, when the Senators arrived there. Connle Mack's pitchers are goin along all right, even though some AI the other players are falling off in thei! work, is not strange ¢hat Selee's Colts sneaa get in a few bumps, for the team has been playing for a month in a crippled condition, and has made ie grand fight almost wholly on the strength of its pitching department. it the ¢wirlers are batted hard, as all gov twirlers are at times, the Colte have not the batting strength to sc large number of run . ies a incinnat! will give the Phill! pitoher—either Ewing or Billott. Second Baseman Murphy, of the Ath letics, injured his side in practice Mond day, and will be out of the game fod some time. ciMcinnati’s record In the East nearly as bad aa Washington's in | est. The Reds ha’ the ‘three weak teams of the wast. * A Balt Lake crowd mobbed Umpt Jones, of the Pactflo Coast League, he was arrested to prevent him frou going to the park the next day ancther dose, PG ‘son “make good" as a big Rc Npnstect Few seem to doubt that he will, but men close to him ony. that while fe may appear phlegmatic to outsiders, in reality he is a very high-strung fellow, one of the sort who lays awake nights before games. He has the curves and the speed, and Is a game, plucky young American. He will be no easier “scared to death" by the whispered information thet down at gecond base a set of sharp spikes awetts him than have other youngsters PETER JACKSON TO {CHAMPION ATHLETE FIGHT IN ENGLAND} WEDS MISSIONARY BOSTON, Masa, June 18—Jien Harding Clark, sthidte and op! thropist, and his bride started on wedding trip after thelr marriage the home of the bilde'’s paredts Chan¢ or street. Mr. -lark, who is known as thi champion all-round athlete, took up hit work in the slums several years ag and made his home at the Hotel Fi ence, a tenement-house in Washingtod street, He continued hts work in th Lincoln House, and there met ani fell in love with Miss Victoria Ma, delena, a young Swedish girl, who was interested in the betterment the poor, Young Clark the son of B. O B. Prettor Gert. and @ brother ef SUntEEenaccarnanaee i PARshaik Scr Wsk MARA abies Liles eer ‘The deposing of Manager Barrows, cy Detroit, was not unexpected. Fa: never forgave him for sacrificing No: man Biberfeld for Herman q bY signing of Huff, of Chic Bai jt. means thet the college player will given a show by the Tigers. Peter Jackwon, the new welter- aig ynampion of the world, will le pre to-morrow for this city, whenoo he’ will sail for England, Javkson knocke’ out Joe Walcott in four rounds one week ago and won the welterweight championship. Jackson has been contemplating ea trip to Eng: long time, but hia one desire wisi inne iid Waloott before he left, as hé felt confident he could win th welterweight oht onship if giver, th opportunity, and he made the boast good, Jackgon aay asi Wa 1 and the wenty nan icott id tr CCU, J