The evening world. Newspaper, April 17, 1905, Page 10

baa gucci @uccesstul opening,” sty the Aqueduct bookies, Several heavily loaded Grays were to teave the track at sunset. Bat- ‘was a fearful day for favorites. iverybody was there, of courne. Biverybody tums out for the firat day @f the season. Floating through the ‘on, the Jawn one could meet dur- ‘trom Hoboken to Bath Beach. itanites elbowed men from Brooklyn. are was as a desert place. The four of Wall atreet died to a whisper. IN a crowd Nike that the trust presi- Gent attracts Uttle attention as & newsboy, But there was one lit- | 6 square-snouliered fellow strolling “glong fn front of the grandstands who | geemed to hold every eye. It was Terry MoGovern. Hundreds shook his hand, ‘and each one stopped for a moment or two to talk. The story of the little cx- n'e collapse had been wide- at) \ Merey seemed to be in a state of in- ‘ tense nervous excitement. The crowds, ‘the betting, the meeting with hundred: \ of old friends, all these things, in his present weakened condition, put him on eige. He laughed loudly, He } talked one moment of jumping into the Pine again, and an instant Inter of bet- ting a thousand on the next race. Iie ‘was far different trom the Terry of a year ago. It is evident that !f Terry fe to “come back" he must take a rest fm ome less exciting place then Aqueduct, ID M’COY, allent, tall, slim, ele- gant in manner, wandered through the crowd, He had just! > returned to New York, | “1 am going to fight O'Brien tn Baltt- | more within a few weeks,” said Mc- Coy, “I have been taking care of my- nelf; haven't had a drink since the 1st | of December, and I'm in good shape. | I'm going to show veople that one man) who hashiived/on Broadway under the white Ifett’ cat! come back to the ring ‘without losing the punch.” —e TT. Hackenschmidt-Jenkins match to be still somewhat In England, Hack mays, he «ets something like 75 per Garden offer of 60 per cent. fails to das Bome of the ring champions In this! ‘country have taken as much as 65 pex feent, from the promoters, and in a few instances even more than that; but if ‘fhe Russtan Lion gets more than halt Rt twill establish a new mark for “wrestlers. There ip one thing to be “wala in favor of his demand for the Jerger sum: He wrestles on the level, @nd, unlike some grapplers who hava come here from abroad, depends on- Urely upon his shave of the gate ro- ‘eeipts for his profits, os “SAYS “HAGK’ IS DODGING {Tt begins to look now as though| the public would not have tho pleasure ©f secing George Hackenschmidt, Russian Lion," and ‘Yom Jenkins wr for the champlonship of the wor! Jenkins's manager, Harry Pollok, is Bitter at “Hack turning down all the bids for the match that were Opened Saturday, and in an Interview, to-day said: t "George Hackenschmidt has ately flunked owt of the match. When} the match was made the following elause+was embodied in the articles of agreement: * for deliber- | (“Bide for the sald contest will be Opened on the afternoon of Saturday, | April 15, when the BE OFFER for | be sqid contest shall be accepted the aid Hackenschmidt and Jenkin “when the blds were opened it was Agreed by every one present, includ ing Hackenschmidt's own manage! that the Madison Square Garden bid Was tho ‘besi offer.’ According to the _.Atlicles, Hackenschmidt was for ) aecept this bid, as It was the ol if “Ho tries to take refuge now behind @ childish and Insincere proposition to ) Wretile Jenkins, ‘wianer take or ) for a 85,000 side bet. to st wood idea for him to make good his | Word regarding the agreement he has ne to be ready made before frusted furthe } a0. ius of ie trying to bac Bs-cateh-can pi Lumisiake, when we. sig iat 1 did not make © Hex toen, the "Hack Frobaniy he five been more binding *HoOWes@i, as 1ODK ize match with hance at hia laur | RACE HORSE INJURES BOY. PAMAICA, L. 1, April 17.—John Me- ‘was soverely' Injured this morning exercising W race Norse at the at Jamolor. ‘The horse became unio and bolted, He throw the Pell about the track fracture of ap Uno: n pent. of the gate for a purse. So the! G he | ire, olghtes yours of age, a stable | AT AQUEDUCT. } ~R. F. AmBRose CLARY IA He tate Papodcre. STANDING OF NATIONAL LEAGUE. fl PC.) Club, W. Le © 1,000] Cincianatl, 2 “Bat Br aay: 0 H 0 | {067} Boston s.s:0 2 '000| Pittebure, 9: Chicazo, ;_Cincinnat!, 4, ‘St, Louls, | ton at New York. Panadeiphis at Erook! ittebure at, Cincinnat! Enicago ay Bt, Luts, y BY ALLEN About # dozen letters have come to this office making inquiries about and commenting upon salaries paid the Jants, also particular requests to know what Keeler and Chesvro ive, One, for example, signed by Cc, Wate son, a crank," will do as illustration, Mr, Weison undoubtedly meant ‘'base- ball crank.” We trust and even offer prayer that he does not thus reckon his general value, But Mr, Watson, wWhat- ever is your business, remember that old adage as to believing all you hear. You want to get better control. You say that ‘'a friend of yours on the Inside" declares positively that Mr. Mathewson hits Brush's pocket for $0,000 per. You admit that he never saw the pay-roll, but that the Factory- “Me hero In additidn to hi jalary gets) a “huge bonus on the side."’ Inside or outside, you do not state, But let that go! We never saw the pay-roll either, and do not care to, with all this meningitis | and heart disease going the rounds, Dut | you copper that bet on the $10,000 thing. | There's nothing to It. If you read the papers several yenrs ago you would know that Mathewson and Bowerman went to St, Louls for | the lump sum of $10,000, Maybe that's, where your friend yot his Inside-out- side information, But do not forget | that Frank shared in the wad. Frank must Ilve too and HAT. He has a farm in Michigan; he has manicure bills to pay and there are other expenses, | BALL PLAYERS DON’T GET BANK PRESIDENTS’ PAY RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY. THE CLUBS. AMERICAN LEAGUE, ®. ree 8 1.000] Betroht 1 467! Washin Chicago, 6; 8t, Louis, New York at Washin, Boston at Philadelphia Dettolt at Cleveland, St. Louls at Chicago, SANGREE, Gained method. The post season ries sOeY, net him $500, and putting It high. Iuet year the Giants dn @ Sunday game at Hoboken recetved, I think, $45 apleco, Together with thelr benefit nnd barn-ratorming trip th expected io gather up $100, cad’ woul have, only somebody got away with the wad, But that's another story! o ee We are also in it of a commu- nication from Harry McCormick, who Played outfield for tho Giants in 1904 and then figured in the jar deal that sent him to Pittsburg, ring to Cincinnati and Donlin to York, He says: ‘Please correct the ny that I have had any trouble with Pitts- | burg or Philadelphia. I quit baseball | because I got_a good job with the Pennsylvania Steel Company, and for no other reason. I never intended to stay in the game all my life, but was only ‘waiting for a good chance to ot {nto business," Now that's honest and right over the boa, Harry left Bucknell College and , played with Jersey City, He js only) twenty-three years old, has had no he returned it with thanks, Nobody | knew what had ‘become of him until a friend visiting the steel works last November saw ‘‘Mac'’ hustling red- hot plairon, clad in overalls, a jumper, and black with sweaty grime, He handled a sledge and made so many base hits that the superintendent used ters in New York, smokes the presi- dent's cigars, and borrows matches from the auditor, Thua we see what it is) to lead an honest life! High-Priced Men. Well, “Matty” and Bowerman jumpod | that St. Louls contract, as they had a lreht to, at that time, and came wiih MeGraw, Perhaps they signed for a litte less than $5,009 each, and maybe they are getting $1,000 more each now, | but no more. We go not know, but we reely think that "Joe" McGinnity wowld work for less than Mathewson, and those three are the highest-priced men on the team, As for inauirie: anent the other Glants | Jyou mention we are quite Ignorant, | Duseba’) as a business, Billy Leader | my way take this for certain, hows! instead of pleking up $0 or $30 4° Sun- jever, that the average ts about $3,090, /day he must needs etay home and | A hbeliplayer getting that from April | sample mineral water, |15 to Oct, 10 considers himself lucky. | Boston Could Use Him. | Regarding Kee and Chesbro we | Jean give no information, but {t Ie likely | Dek eC au et autamat Otte ad |that they are valued approximately at|peen gold to Minneupolls, but refuses | the same as the Glants’ stars ‘to go. Why the blazes doesn't Boston You see, they are not raising sal- | take bim back? He 1s 60 per cent. It would be a artes to any great extent these days; {Petter than any of the present force, | on the con cutting them down, | | Witness Heston team, There is a pretty example, a passing sad - ample. From a glorious prestige the ownera up there, Messrs. Soden, Co- nant and Billings, have forced their club to the lowest ebb, Last fall they lost Willis, thelr best pitcher, by of lopping him about $1,600, He 1 think, $4,200, We under- n had the nerve to slice 1 Tenney about one-third this sea- advancing aa excuse that they list buy a new tapper for the gong. And’ those are the lads who haye something near $1,000,000 in Is {any wonder that "Dick" simply lobbed ‘em over last Saturday in TY that he might be re- dand go back to @yracuse, whore the management has offered to supply him with a new brass pitching toe? “Hot Air’ Getting Cold. No, this salary hot air is getting cold, You se¢, when a young fellow breaks into the League he drawa muy- be $1800 If he makes good, It is then Wp to him to earn more. He cannot devert, because the National Commis: sion him ere, T has it Hard on McCormick. Speaking of McConmick and the Na- tional Commission, It may be noted that Ae, Aber hee teesee Ain Vale ph ¥ | incoher ntly about the famous slide any team In He OCA SAte aawing | across the Delaware and Washington's tion, no major or minor league, ‘This seems a rather foolish clause, It was framed by Ned Hanlon, and it pre- cludes any ex-leaguer ‘from playing against any but an amateur or semi- professional club, It would appear just | tree not to include in this men Who have signified their intention of retiring from | Judging by thelr exhibitions thus far, idently the umpires will stand no Dc this year, When Doniin was called out at first on Saturday he ad- vised Emeslie to get a palr of glasses, ‘I can see you on the bench all right without glasses’ was the clever re- Joinder, whereupon Michael retired in Beeming confusion. Country Baseball Mad, d dowbt now the country | being baseball mad, Yesterda: $,000 | people saw the White Sox beat Bt, | Louls in Chicago while ft snowed, In| St. Louts Chicago eut the locals be- | fore §,000 fans who ‘‘were glad that jthe snow only came tn flurries," At the ame time Pittsburg was. ham- | | mering Overal out of tne box in Cin- | cinnat, This ts the mammooh pitcher who has the pe of Mathewson; the build of Jeffries, But maybe his | overallg were summer ones, It was too cold to snow there, | to oo — POCASSETS WIN AGAIN, The Pocasset B, B. Club of the Harlem Amateur League defeated the Syivans THE WORLD: MO “past life,” and does have a sparkling | Highlanders spent Sunday studying fwture, When Barney Dreyfuss sent| American history. This morning Jim him his contract thia year for $2,000 marching average of every soldier trom) George Washington John Allen, of Mississippi, And all of this was brought about by the annual | convention American Revolution i Prine slow ers around just to} Just an even 964 of these Colonial et them get an uppetite. Dames floxked into the ballplayers’ What Is the result? He 1s now travel- ; 5 lng agent for the firm, with headquar. | Hotel yesterday, and Ilke a chattering and dry on the edges of hunger and In- somnia, e } 5 ; DIAMOND JIM BrRavy va TEN ON A WINNER, NDAY SPORTS EDITED BY | AS HE LooKeD. WHEN ORMONDE'S RIGHT GALLOPEDEMome, * Ai SA Sy —_s uae “SN ul PAR SYONEY Pacer |would secm that the people don't care Pe eect M’GOVERN O) A SANITARIUM 1049-0 Om be band. Two views oF STARTER CTARS Cassipy, “VERY suc CESSFUL OPENING’, AY THE Booxiés, The prediction that this woulkl be a memorable season for racing will come true, No one can donbt, after) seeing the remarkable attendance at Aqueduct on Saturday. There never, was such a crowd at Aqueduct. ‘There | Never was before within 7,000 of the| crowd that attended the opening day.) Judging from these things, one can) imagine what un enormous game racing is going to be this year, It there are not more than 60,000 persons at the opening of Belmont Park, put the writer down as a bad guessery The growth of the popularity of racing has been wonderful, Even the remarkably bad racing of Iast year, which evoked #0 much comment in the newspapers, has failed to dampen or cool the ardor of the public, It a rap whether racing 1s crooked or it, as it is racing, They Wii, take that a majority ind an enc indulged In. the wagering ested facin; ume of bettin, London, most Ba iB is t of (Spec! to The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.~The feGulre can tell you the shooting and| down to Private of the Daughters of the| horde of locusts devoured everything in thelr path, leaving the Highlanders high Those who are able to be out this| morning are wearing their hats knocked Into a three-cornered shape, and talking long throw of a stone across the Poto- mac, This last story, however, 1x be- Neved to be in the class with Jonah's whale and the chopping of the cherry ‘The first trouble came last night, HIGHLANDERS OF ANCIENT DAUGHTERS ae BY BOZEMAN BULGER when Jim McGuire was taken from an army officer and rush the ‘dining-room surr chattering women, all inded by eight 1 to a table in| Anybody could be brave, and I am now. ‘wise as to why 80 over welght and |soldiers were shot,’ AFOUL | with throwing arms full of crowded about the veteran catcher, Tanne to know the history of his life and begging for opinion on the motto for une monument to be erected at Mount Vermm. Poor Jim was in bad, und in his dilemma sent for a United States history, Some of the boys sent him a copy of Spalding’s Baseball Guide and awaited results, "You want y most exchling experl- lo rides he asked in perplexity. ell, ft was like this, Away back 1867'1 was catching for Chicago— yes, that's right—and there were three on bases, and we needs jum three runs ‘o win, in @ joker!’ exclaimed an ancient . who tipped the scales at 230, ‘dan't he cunning, though?" ‘It's on the square, at that,” con- tinued McGuire, who as yet had not tumbled, ''We heeds just three runs, end it's my time up. J clutches a big stick and gets one good swipe at the bali, and it's all off. I breaks a plank cft the left-tleld fence, Cleans up che bags and when I comes in the rooters hands me a purse worth 629.80. Them times.” ume a roar came from and twp of the D. written essays on sical courage fainted. jeaf, almost dumb, and nearly blind, was exciting About this the players’ table, . H.'s who had phy’ the players agrs to give up their rooms, to. thee Daughters, wh have kept things in an uproar, cretary Nahon, in a disgusted tone, turn to the clerk and remarked: “T don't blame the old boys for going to war if this is what they had at home, many of the poor Evening World’s published Saturday put together. plete reports of all by @ score of 7 to 41n a well-played game yesterday, Next Sunday the win- ho Jaspers: Hed bg Mm bg anda: lowing _ w! crack, Holy "Rosary ‘team, compare it with the ‘other papers. Has Best Sporting News. The Final Edition of The Evening World was the best sporting paper more complete news than all its rivals Get the Final (pink) Edition of The Evening World, every night for com- Final Edition night. It contained KINGDON GOULD HIT IN THE EYE Kingdon Gould is sufferinc from a cut and bruised eye received in sthe polo tournament on the grounds of George Gould, at Lakewood, N, J., Sat- urday, In one of the splendid dashes made by the Rockaways, who were playlug the Lakewoods, young Gould, playing on the latter team, tried to head off P. 1, ColMer and another player, and the letter, in a mix up, struck young Gould a terrible blow on the eye with his mallet, The blow was heard a hundred feet away. Gould gave a cry of pain and stopped playing, the blood streaming down his face. One of the spectators, L- Rodney Berg, of New oYrk, jumped from his carriage and helped whim into the tent used as @ dressing-room. Mrs, Gould, who wa# with a party of guests, witnessed the accident and’ was much alarmed, fearing her son's, eye had been crushed, Fortunately, the mailet missed the eye ‘by ‘half an inch, but caused severe cuts under the lower eyed and on the eyebrow, Dr, Kim-+ ball, of the Laurel House, dressed the wounds, AQUEDUCT ENTRIES. (Bpectal jto The Evening World.) AQUEDUCT RACH TRACK, N, April 17ifhe envefes for ‘to-morro races are as follows: FINST RACE-—Two-year-olds; four furlonKs. Y¥. 1g, Dr. Hel, Dr. Coffey Demtemps Gold Coin. Givonn! Bal Hohemi Oat Banta Catalina .. Craraphine oe. Amber Jack Diamond Flu ir Brillar eutoheon pi ‘ RACE—Mauldens: ir turlonss. "i 100" Lorene. C, sporting events and_ af erg Te ees | ‘Hel Ph | ae ALL RACE COURSES MUST BE — _ ENLARGE D BEFORE MANY YEARS done op future events, and New! racing was coming to when. he, built n ‘ork we have none af this, Save when Belwont Park, caere was no wame- books are made on the big, epring diate nogessity for this course, for handicaps, Future books on All stakcB Westchester would h. served for could not be made here with profit.|.some years. Dut Mr. Belmont has the The public is too wise and too well Valuable gift of “being able to look educated, They would ruli into the futlre, whereas most men live many “book | Into plan for tn maker who tried t gam present | Aqueduct will have the best meetin . Must Enlarge Courses. jit has ever ‘haw. | 7 are pienty It seems plain that if the racing! horses on the ‘ounds, he mild me going to continue increasing spring has give Inera abundant op: in popularity changes must be made | Portunity to ft 20 Names of jn tho various ricccourses, ‘Taere Jame eene, {sno suestion that Gravesend Is Newton Henning: too small, or will be too smali within a Shields, year or two, ell A to accommodate holi 1 Satumday crowds, While people ike racing, they also lke and it seems as if grand-staod nin ators, commodations must be Improved of quailty, At Aqueduct on atures the stand odalbiion es was so dammed that the police were 10. forbid ant snore going THE GARDEN. more than tis doubtful ll that crowd saw that appeals to the public has aa t male to orserloving het even if it were moved | Fla wie Horse Main at dimeult to sev Garden next week, Le- ton ‘and | Westchaster sport promised In thy d-stands, No matter ha TUn.ng paces, poso how. a’ race. can the crowds, every part of} bo ach Racetracks are earning enormous dividends. There no ‘business onethis ‘earth that can show the profit that a racetrack can trotting ricos, on thirty days’ @ business, some of tae ras these. ehonmous profits should be @ Two of them will start from verted toward providing up-to-date ac-!opposite side of the track, the one commodations “for he people who overtaking the ocher to We ‘ show such @ willingness to patronize) In the polo the Bryn Mawr, the sport. Philadelphia _C y Club, Rumsen: Mr. Belmont Was Wise Rockaway, Durland, Lakewood and Squadron A ams will probably com- w what pete Mr, Belmont probably fore: HORSES, CARRIAGES, &C, HORSES, CARRIAGES, 4&C. WAAR Leer EL YAUW DUMP WAGON / nr A perfect Damp Wagon—operated from the’ driver's seat by a simple, convenient contrivance. The most satisfactory Dump Wagon we ever / built: the bottom dump takes the atrain from’ + sides and bottom of the bed and from the runuing gear. Capacity, two cubic yards. 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