The evening world. Newspaper, March 31, 1906, Page 7

‘ F aie ees bist i THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1906. N PUGILISM, BASEBALL, RACING AND ATHLETICS f "ATHLETES COMPOSING THE AMERICAN OLYMPIC TEAM ARRIVING IN _ NEW YORK FROM ALL SECTIONS WILL BE READY FOR VOYAGE TUESDAY! * ? EDGREN PUTTING THE SHOT. | Majority of Teams Already | Here and Remainder | Are Coming. ‘Swimmers Daniels and Schwartz Begin Stop off Trip To-day. | CPT, OF COLUMBIA. \Y BY ROBERT EDGREN. | (0 Tuesday at 11 A. M. the American sé sails for historic Athens. The Bele of preparation is drawing to a “j } cose. The athletes are on edge. All the minor decalls are being cleared up e managers. atig preparations fer such an in- yasion as this 1s no joke. Picking the members of tee team, arranging for their transportation, training, every- thing else, is like getting together an army and whipping it into shape for a S learned last night that when | the Columbia crew goes to Poughkeep- | sie next June it will be without the servicer of Its captain, Henry B, Post. FATALLY INJURED His physician has told him that he resigned varsity sterday ‘asc crew, und Ger: of the dS, campaign. Loughlin, who ‘“generalled” the boat Mr. James E, Sullivan started work- PHILADELPHIA, March 81.—Alexan-| jose jon yori flected in his stead. ing on the scheme a year ago, and it der Kemp, a student at the University! athletics since he entered college wit js to ‘his hustling that credit for suc- 3 % of Pennsylvania, died yesterday in the| the class of '06, and was one of tl cess up to date is due. Practically noth- 3 university hospital as the result of in-| gy U-reund athletes in the univ |Athens to take part in the athletic games next month, To do this it has| become necessary for him to resign from the pol force, but there will [probably be no objection to his rein- c pane ee | must give up, at least temporarily, all | | athletics or else be in danger of per- | | matent disease of the heart. “Ost a —_-—_. EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN SHERIDAN QUITS POLICE pion Will Be Reins Martin Sheridan, the greatest all- round athlete in the world, will sail on Tuesday with the American team for | he returns—certainly statement when not {f he comes home a victor. Sheridan's decision to resign and ao- | company the team lifts from the minds | of the managers a load of worry as big 1s the Flatiron Bullding. He is really the backbone of the aggregation of ath- | letes who will try to gather the cham- plonship of the world on the historic | athletic battle ground in Greece. Some of the events are absolutely at his | mercy In others fhe appears to have the best chance. The points that Sheri- dan {s expected to guin are absolutely necessary to the success of the Yankee athletes, Bingham Suggests the Way. ja p TO COMPETE AT ATHENS |Commissioner Bingham Says All-Round Chama tated When He Re. turns from Historic Competitions, . he may put it all over some aspiring aliitetes from England, Germany, France and cther countries. ‘This 1s the best news that James 5. Sullivan has had stuce he inaugurated the vork of collecting the team. Sheridan is the third of the - American Athotic Club ware ‘who Tare had to surmount diffloulties nm order to go abroad for the Olympic games. Sul- llvan's case was In doubt up to # couple of daye aso. It appeared that he would not the able to get leave of absence trom the oBard of Education, by which he is employed. Billy Frank fwas worried be- cause of i fis fence the tear that he wuld lose Brightens Team's Chances. A patriotic American of the east side has set Frank's mind at rest. He has runner Guaranteed (to give the ic sition for @ year—perl ronan eqenk, returns from ‘ore uy a better one, he now tplda, eee he certainty that Frank wil com- Pete in the Marathon race Srigntens the chances for the American .team taking that event. Frank was never in better shape. He showed marvel form in the ‘mile race at the ‘Twente, | ‘The question as to whether or not second Regiment Armory | when he defeated Melvin Sheppard: mits nave been ing remains but for we who Ihave selected to “make good” and bring back the fourth Olympic world’s champlon- | ship to America. with the details of the trip well in Juries received in a wrestling bout two weeks ago with a muoh heavier op- ponent in order to reduce his weight s0 vhat he might compete in ithe inter- collegiate championships. SPECIAL CABLE ARTICLES ON OLYMPIC GAMES band here, Mr. Sullivan left for Europe @ couple of weeks ago. He !8 now completing all arrangements for taking care of the athletes during the stay in Will Be Furnished by ROBERT EDGREN Member of Yankee Team Greece. ‘The local work of preparation has been in the hands of Matt Halpin, and he has been a busy man. c To-day most of us are already in New York. The others are all on the way and lhave been keeping in touch with the manager by telegraph. Swimmers Sail To-Day. Daniels and Schwartz, the crack swimmers, leave to-day on the steamer New York. They will stop in Paris and | swim there for a couple of days, then take train down to Naples, where they will swim come more, and then catah “on the 16th, two or three days before RRANGEMENTS are practically completed for the departure of the thirty-odd American athletes, who sail for Greece Tuesday next, to compete in the historic Olympic games. Robert Edgren, The Evening World’s sporting authority, goes along as a member of the team, to compete in the weight events and the tug-of-war. He will also furnish The Evening World with special cable articles on the trip to Ath- ens, and the arrival there, together with daily letters, and from time to time illustra- tions of the doings of the Yankee boys abroad. Fi'om every point where there are cable connections with New York Mr. Edgren will send detailed descriptions of every mat- ter of importance, thus keeping the thousands of Evening World readers thoroughly posted on events of interest to America’s sport-loviny people. in the Stadium at Athens will also be fully reported and illustrated by Mr. Edgren. Get The Evening World for the best news of the American team in Greece: The actual competitions { ‘wo arrive. \ Swimming is a hard game. The run- thers may de able to run well after be- ing on the ocean for two weeks and ashore only a couple of days. They can trot up and down decks if they feel | @ steamer that will land them in Athens PUBLIC SCHOGL 77 HOLDS BIG GAMES Fine Programme Arranged for | | To-Night’s Meet at Eighth | | Regiment Armory. The second annual indoor meet of | Public School No. 77, Manhattan, will } the necessity for more exercise. { But with the swimmers it ds different, Patty penageececne RSoR ER bers | th \ There 1s nothing larger than a bathtud| faculty that he ough to be meat half. aboard for thelr accommodation. They] iniler, holding the in ercollegiate chee . need to train right up to the day of the pionship. He has a wonderful finishing | Sprint, and js the most dangerous men race Ike fighters going into ¢ gruelling) Of"ths rach when it comes to a final : contest. spurt down ‘to the tape. He will keep ah manager sent Daniels and up his studies to the last moment. se ry ‘Phe’ oter Parsons—the California Behwartz on ahead to give than tlmo| rinter (American champion and record ff + for a few days in the water. Holder for the ia yard dashes now a The rest of the athletes will go in a/ student at the University of Wisconsin. het: He has wired Mat Halpin that the Body.) Our sults and athtetio meee | tactulty wiil not allow him to go. For- ings are to be placed aboard the Bar-| tunately the team has other 9 4-5 second b rossa early Tuesday morning. men on Sts list, ‘4 Athletes Assemble at N. Y. A. C. Team Represents Every Section. At five o'clock Monday afternoon the | ‘The above notes, walle they do. not bied at | sive a complete account of all the indi- 2, omaricen) teem Anbpripee nna ae | viduals that make up our American the New York Athletic bess Af eam, show how truly it represents the ninth street and Sixth avenue. The! whole country, here are men trom s M1 ft) New York, nolg, | Massach s, athletes ne ie leaw each other | Oregon, Wisconsin, Callfornia, Connee- the | country. y ticut, Montana and other ‘As the only by reputation. It will be good for; cainpaign orators say, “From where the them to become acquainted before go-| stonmy Atlantic hurls its boisterous bil-, ing to sea, “Meeting Ike this wil | lows Upon the rocky shores of Maine in really organize the tcim for the first ||avea the ‘golden strand of Galitecie time. And besides that, {t is necessary] in the West; from the wooded ‘Adiron- | iv man to understand |hacks to, the snowy summits of the Foe Oat ene eye ea the Barberoesa | Sierras: from the delta of the mighty. all about being aboai | Mississippi in the South to the tallest | on time, |pine that marks the Ginadian boundary | ‘The New York athletes, of course, jibes in the North,” this team is gath- @re right on the ground, and have been |" Bit enough of oratory. The time for training, mostly indoors In the various| that is hearty cver. From now, on. clubs, for weeks. ¢ iJ @ three short weeks that In- Outdoor traning has been dono by accusing, Mie? COs SRN, Aide few who didn't mind the weather. | have undertaken since that first Amet'-| * They have rua and jumped at the New | ont team crossed the Atlantic to win at | yn years we wi all be! West Side A. C. and the Pastime A. C. | jusy with preparation, Ivers menewii Brounds here, and at the Delphi track | be thinking of his event, saving up hie i Brookirs. nen ON Saari Sea de Some of the local men had trouble in | Win wien th e_ comes, 1s 1s the getting away from thelr business. It| [RRS that, wins, just as much as mero | Wis thougat that Martin Sheridan and| (And as for you soot Yankees who pm pees ae thet ielanth Begin stay al e and look for results ory o-nignt, eginning iy Sullivan, of the 1. A. A. C., and Billy | Wii stay at home and look for results Arne Frank, would be unable to make the the don't forget to root! Every little bit | ‘Two special features on pro. tip, helps!) Even though we can't gee yo | gramme ‘are, the two-mile bieycle han 7 set we’ now you are ‘on the b,"? an jcap race, in which are entered Cam- ACh ‘aborted Apa ay ‘suilt, | Nothing elzo’ puts so much ‘singer. int eron, Nerént, Barezik, Vanden Vries, have been all smoothed over. any nthlete as the knowledge that hi Devine ‘ard ‘Jacobs, and the 40-yard van and Frank have made all arrange- | friends are waiting and watching and handicap regimental, in which thirty- ments. *sxpecting him to do his bes: fet entree ate Een Fecelved, among Biel: JM To Petition Aldermanic Board. ‘The numuer of entries for the events DOHF'N TO BOX JOHNSON In regard to the members of the team , for elementary achools exceeds tive hun- FRANK DSFEATS ‘who are employed in one capacity or | dred. In one Public School No. 6 is rt- | another by the city and who have: vol ted against Public School No. 18. The unteered to give thelr time and efforts | other is a match between the iat side] Ridie Johnson, who hae eamed the to the success of this venture, a move- Branch of the Y. M,C. A. und the Har-| tite of the “Fighting Blacksmith” be- * ment ts on foot that will be approved lem Branch of the Y. M.'C. A, jt | é d by every patriotic man. It is proposed 66 Ut Other events are (as ‘follows: Relay | cause he is not afraid to exchange wal- to bring up. ‘ motion in the next mee ‘open to schools of the thirteenth and | lops with an opponent, will meet | dng of the Board of Aldermen on Tues- fiiteenth school districts; 440-yard High | Jonny Dohan in the star bout Tues- | Set: Paaricedicane aucng cheitiets | School oy ge: 220-; arta serio novive./day night at the Morrisania Athletic vi " open to element fichools of New | Gy ventee! sence; in other words, thelr salaries will —__ i Pork Cys oyard jumor novice, ayes | Club, One Hundred and Seventeenth schools of New’ York| street and Third avenue. f New York) *Art Edmunds, another Uttle fighting machine, will clash with Ralph Linder. i be-SMt out of the'pay roll : ‘his was done during the late war Spain in the case of city em- {9 elementary (‘there aro also fittes Former Had Start of Sixty closed eyents I a a ol bad ‘ ‘ | for Public School No. 77, Manattan, . s I eRAAY tne ont. ‘That such @ thing ie con-) Yards on Irish-American A.C, so Other bow scheduled for | Tuesday fan peoplenand especially ‘those "who \ fuss, Frankie Pau. vs. "Young" Guer- ana, Mike Moran vs. John Mylie, Jack | O'Brien vs. Joe Kelly, and Joe Wagner | vs. Eddle Allen } live an iittle ola ‘York—have risen| Runner in Armory Games, f% to the tea that this athletic campaign i an event of national importance. * Marin Sheridan and Jim Mitchell, the LACROSSE CLUB Sigantlo welght-thrower, have | been| Melvin Sheppard, the great mile-run- FH SS ° 00) ner, waa beaten last night at the games | inter. Dick Sheldon has done most games of his Work in the gymnasium, a8 of the High Schoo! of Commerce, at the { | _ have myself in . . Myer} Twenty-seoonl Regiment Armory, by 2 dhe Went Bite ACC. grounds He hasn't | the clubmate, W. G, Frank, of | the jumped much. He doesn't peed to jump | Irish-American A, C, Sheppard's time 1 e e sprint 18| for the mile was 4234-5. [rank had a The New York Lacrosse Qlub, an or- tt deal in training. f thing and a& man’ rake straining if when he jumps continually, erners Training Here. Moulton, the sixty-yard handicap. ' At the crack of the pistol the handi- cap men sprang away at a lively clip, Seeley taking the lead after the first ganization consisting chiefly of gradu- 2 of the Cfry of New a strong team ha York, has again organize: for approaching | se Many people have a habit of ailin, pn, and nd | who passed Seeley and Shep th » three laps and Sh d a : ; ‘ape i x “i a ‘a h filled to gatn‘on hia men. “Ho ran une Hear—Wor by. Holtman 1/6 feet BOR psc oreeberal testes) lee Hetil Arseinelitnng: moran and Hudsar roe BT tone onic eee pae. Me eeanealt 4) Walaing with Prinetein, So have Kerri-| Waos been to. go. fact’ from aha tact, | Tweaked ora Daah, taldeet.. wand {8 yante):" Uaind wranic 3! Yards). “Nine, |Cornell; Ray, of Hh Gane ee tari Oe Be Siete theritiseth An. the lone Hily time for the quarter was 2 2-8 pose] Pinel Hear eton: °%, ‘amechaurkes. 4 feet; | 880-Yard Handloap| Run—Won by Barrett ic acae tughesniee f fee runner, and Schick, the sprint-| ONds and he passed the haif in £10 4-s, | second, G: ia, 14 feet; third, Lesley, 14 (60 yards); second, Long (ecratoay; third, RM es ta isconsin, has'been sprint-| , Shortly ufter the halt Sheppard began | st TMS, 388 a geraten Won by. Mo | Tate ta Mer gm Ban. 1 Hg wman, Guttsgell, Blow, | is to increase his stride, but 90 did Frank, Nroovits "Hates: | (scraccmse’ areona Wh Kegelman. E, Donohue, | ie ai in, Perkins second and 8 yards); third, iss is W nson (18 yMras): th Jacoby and Btelnert, of the C, C. N. began to pick up his fleld until Just be ne intle wil arri run, handicap—Won by Leo,/\ Running High Jump, (handicap)—Won by , 49 scago j ‘8000! a" Silyerting | Hoffman (ecraten). "3 3 Y}and Mcintyre and Campbell, The foi: ch Soran che oe ee ce tle Sheet eguthe | Caipdon imumma. Bh minndepe 17 18 seconder | Eonact itd ae 3, fret, ioeness second: |towing scedule has been arranged. teach go} te Tunaet, | American, chaaiplon. | rere, in front, of her. Sheppard sprinted Suiting tirelverpound . auch,» handicay-- 8 Inches; ‘thind "Gobters Go" inches}, ‘actual| March si, ©. C. N. Yat Jew York: are subject to Bilious Attacks, i como-in. “Ho” holds severai| the last turn ‘he was atin fifteen yards | Yen" rekateh 9 tecondy 2 Feet Tor | HBS Yards: Senlor thiandicap)—Final peat. | ADULT, Columbia, at New York, April for ction Ga mmneee Wir | seides, “puasing “Hovtar aad statins | nchee: Coemoce: ® feet, third, Al feet O) en oy) Mariage Ais Reds elie aia: |Z Poly Prep, at New York: May 6, ee teat, wall | Cniy Cw a nede. behind Frank, Whee | “Beventy-verd low hurdle, scratch, tinal| “High ‘school fnter-ttass ne Eo: | Crescent A.C, at Brooklyn; May 12, health, which the body. will quick’ Kd tim i222's. “Sheppard's th heat—Won by. Hoffman; ‘second, Garvin; | Half mile.—Won by Freshman team; Junior | C; bla, at New York; May 19, 0, C. ry habits b: ionall; FF ilar See aaeels the Threergtinetors waa Bai Summarice: | rd, Ullos,” "mums, 0 4-8 enconds, team, "pesond; team third, rime, | N. ¥y at’New York: May 30: Philadel: |) sickly habits by occasionally usi fom Chicagy, ‘bo. ie), wilt are ior bandjcapevinal eins ‘ enti | East igurtneuate angeny pay | Bn, Lacrop, FFune’s, || mitted by Beecham's Pills, bunch. h + @econd, vy teh. ndaga In 2 Of Yale, comes. town 16 Foot; third, Krause, 18 feet, | CO, reeds, & yea ter gt cp gig 4 dist puemes sl algo vo arranged, with the Bold Everywhere in Boxes, eh on Qfonday, bas Pastis Blass, malnut rs ve of Penneylva: aif re ing ' ‘4 the Crescent A. C, second trem, BEECHAM’S PILLS od habits to Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels. troubled with Indigestion, Nervousness or Headache, Beecltam’s Pills will reform all these bad habits and set an example of good Sheridan would be able to compete at| Athens was not settled until this after- | noon. It is the ambition of the great athlete to get to the top in the Police Department, and when he found that ha could not retain his membershiy in the force and take the Jong trip too he hesitated about throwing up his fob. Commissioner Bingham suggested a way out of the di Mculty. ‘There is no provision of the charter that forbids a policeman to take a leave of absence of more than twenty days in ny one year except on sick leave. The trip to Greece will take about six weeks, | A lenve of absence for that period was out of the question. “If Sheridan resigns,” said Commis: stoner Bingham, “I will use my best loss of grade when he gets back. As un American I am anxious to have him | zo and compete. As head of Ihe Po-| lice Department I am anxious to ave hi show the people abroad what kind | of men we have on the police force of | this elt: So Sheridan drops out of the New Yark Police Department in order that BASEBALL IN BROOKLYN. The Erighton Field Club will open the baseball season in Brooklyn to- morrow, at 1 P. M., at Wallace's Ridge- wood grounds, In a game with the Ia- mont A. C., champlors of Prospect Pack, For games with the Brighton Mek! Club address Theodore Schafer, Nes 511 Knioterbocker avenue, Brook- yn. of Health ig. How much better it would be h, after all, is largely a matter of a little practise, 3 If you suffer from Constipation or are ty follow. You can break up all ag the health suggestions trans- 200 and Be, fastest man in the country at the dis- tance. Sheppard developed trarestdous speed in overcoming his sixty-yai handicap, but he could nat overtake the § marvellous Frank, who put up a spurt ot the finish that aroused the audience to delirious enthusiasm. HERRERA-ELSON FIGHT MAY 1 LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 31.—Man- ager McCarey has announced the date efforts to have him celnstated without | for the Nelson-Herrera fight, fixing Fri- day night, May 11, as the time. It 1s probable that the Britt-Herman contest will take place May 9 but the date will be definitely settled late to- night. —>__. BASKETBALL TO-NIGHT. Four basketball games will be played it the court of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, ‘Thirty-second street and Lexington ‘avenue, to-night, beginning at 8 o'clock. Tne first game will be between Christ Church House and Union_ Settlement; second gtume, between Clark House and University Settlement; third game, Calvary A. C. and Atlas A. C.; fourth , between Xavier A. A., Jr, and George A. C. 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