The evening world. Newspaper, March 7, 1907, Page 16

UP TO DATE __ AND NEWSY. EDITED.BY ROBERT EDGREN. First. Round When He Dropped Honey—Latter Was Aggressor, but_Lost_on Points. ‘Philadelphia, Pa, March 7. ONEY MELLODY, welter- H weight champion, fought six desperate rounds here 1sst night with Jée Thomas, of Cuall-/ fornia. ‘Thomas had the best of the “fight on points, although Melody was the aggressor from start | to finish. Thomas seemed to hare the ‘Boston | boy measured. —He either blocked: ~—Moellody:s-blows or moyod-away with them when they landed. Thomas .” had much the fame style of fighting | ‘that made Kid MoCoy famous. Metody was wild in. his delivery ond missed ewing after swing.° He was over-anxiotis to land -a knock- | out. Almost at the beginning of. the first round Thomas knocked Mellody - down with | a left hook that landed savarely on the jaw,’ and for a-moment WHEN THE Two WALLOPS MET Honey. 13 STILL: SUPERLATIVE INCTHE WELTER WEIGHT CATEGORY. “Sou'ltL BE THE WELTED CHAMP, INA JUNO TE ;"SAID THOMAS, WORLD'S BEST ATHLETES VY AC. GAMES between the fastest New York and Irish: Ameri- can Athletic: Oheds, Tb pronpent ~ | Track 2nd Field Tes Teams of Big|* TALMOOKGA IKE a quick victory Tor Ue Calttorntan, = “When Mellody and Thomas stripped off their bathrobes it was seen that they were almost exactly allke in bufld, and both looked, trained to} @ Moment. In fact they were drawn, and it js doubtful that etther could “make the welter-weight limit of 142 ;4aunds and be in fighting trim. They Welghed in at 145 In the afternoon. Thomas was surely weakiat the welght “His cheeks wero ‘hollow, and he didn't seem to have much snap in his ; ined -Metiody's Dan dues: id + KY 7 HEN the nent started Thomas seemed to be nervous, while Mellody, ag > who had been knocked out by Thomas before and-might easily have been the anxious party, was willing and-aggressive as a bull- “sparred cautiously for a. mor | 62a began using left end right all Se ral ‘ment, and then came into a flyin pings Nowsl at cving allot ern val EMelloay’s right connected with Joe's | hte i batty vet iq. the Shin, end the Californian was thrown Gainst the ropes. Ho came off with a rebound’ und’ that brought him within hit- vite span feaousand. i Rival Clubs Will Fight Jt Out March 12-at-the Garden. rks have been rhc ew Yorte—ath! Howant Nalentine, Harry S have entered, Iman and J. B, Taylo, chor y teams have be. as Trainers usy figuring ov » Penn team, Tee, there will be practically | The card comprise the tv ndatd-evente-on-teaek and feld.- 1 middie distance nd broad jumps, pole it throwing und Sh avid Dally Matiness ar roe - A. and fnternettlement chich will be topped off hae Di Pi id ie M a BY de Ata. ¥.8.15, at. 216. “a hing? dn tried his best to.swing one bome on Ghat carried the fighters clear across| the Californians. elustve Jar. x the ring to the ide. stone love goard'in ove PHO S Satden, walle the mixing was | oon, °rhonate arnane ‘hottest, Thomas whipped left | and they Dean, mist Fat over in-w vicious hook. ‘the blow | S59. ot’ the to to # : fused to, talk the stag- but rose gamely and Sint another mix-up. ‘very weak just then, and tf Thomas, cool as_ice, ayeld eid —eming: —soparated-them.—Afellody—trind warines' pat \tuéy_cwent Matta ression, Ee Knockdown, he would not 1 may ae ‘Thomas whippe ped tho right“ chin, tingly. z iain ‘came a wild flurry of fightin jielledy. camo, with the best of tne i upper-eut ii > “Thomas, so deliberate that he almost leaked sleepy. still snanaged to uvold | PUNCH with the free hands. ‘There. wag Mellody—from- nia 32 “head to his sbeolay And BMeliody was Wild | ta neat Nevius to. taed weber oon, State Palmer, yelled out to Mol 0. Often hi , peut anzicty toi do- damage. fin of | Ody had the ‘best of it at that ga fame. l'ho -spectatora that Palmer ell) ti 1 lene Tera | Zack OBrien in a room for nothin 1d not | roper Usling ie a mawine O'Lrien agreeing t but. he could not land properly | one after anou sat ate until Mel wes, ane "Painer Sart oe eeine to round: Thomer followed the left. with. eva remark was £0 funny that o N-the second round they besan wrest- A freee right hook and aevots fcnoes*| te Quakers “hada rood laugh. "Ing and hitting in tho clinches, | hook. Whi azed the Caiffornian’s chin or ua Ris hal, BACK. ‘They Were hard | pe apartine har ie tue ate with the stra} Be on the siippery ‘Thomas. + | bewildered. end of the laughing, bobbed away Ons aerigy of nilxés and cBatt Sane. In-one/ desperate plpage he. ram ort right peek: t inca x top 7 mo leu up on piellos va abeas miles t-from the way he fougnt it Waou easy get there no_{dea of quit. | Dum Gckline yy <4 mout 28 ‘alddls “ot the “afeond rou Te BIO el 5 er R_ahort "and for a moment Mallod: ed and Bae on. eo was seb the end he sent Twice while) drawing bi mm quickly back trom Mellod; teed ah Spica a Se shooks his feet wid: from under-htm Y Bloget a, Ba“ Went to his knees. Mellody—was tehon: way. troy x Inty showed lack Sed somo good ones. A left awing on|of steam. He is a middleweight and rain e able to fhe mt weste and: Mes Jaw. threw 3 tf ana dot timacit| fatlad te fant Mellody asid, "7 Getting away , at Mellody began, to ee v Pe Try as ho would ‘as Imposs!. ie had been BD pie for fi ¢ RV ah ae | re un la Ss, too short for me," he re- ark to show {s too tough to beat in a JOK Wil 4 Hirelnched, and in the prenke t (Spectat to The Fight over to Mellody n i} PEORIA, Wk, Mareh 7.—In a furious gatopind sheen attle Billy Papke, of Spring HE fo Tr. was minut eines, Then Meith a straight left «rm and cro Bimyon the chin with fa riche Visiows loft hoskh mace Money Pla tace. wax covered blood Hee woa @ sorry wisht ound | Thhodes, of Bosto aupke set a terrific. pa r two | round € clev= | A, ery last nile In ace nd put Rbodes to his knees with t ade of rights and lefts to the fuce, | 20% dd atrong and presented « stone wall -de- Khoa nd} tthe Ak! nd didn Dooenss | for ah have. the punch lo it was a hammer and} Dyan lee dresh An clean as nt. thy start. | tongs ir from the start and both | Henley, pol ito, Guanins, men received severe puntuhinent before | now in the peepee of Brooklyx Auanta, where he was 2 S32 Mallody. Ww, Thomas. shifted be style of sfighting the end. : fey i P OUTSIDE THE RING- POSTS fa must have cer- ——s BY JOHN POLLOCK. YLOBH to three bundred fixht tans | trom New Yo. wont orer on the | special train 10 witness. the battle. tate Sh are hard me stats hare bot | HOUR miscbHon ER Thea li way san HONTGOMERY 4, ESTO Nee ra TYCEUM + f ype Like oes! Thomas was the first to enter the ring. jhe climbed through the ropes at exact. 10.14 with his seconds and took The usast chatiengez were huried-at | corer which “Yeung Corbett’ occupied 5 TOL qnotirer rust Winner, Satior Burke, Tommy Sull!-|the night he waa bested by Tommy. . ; ee, fe. takers the strengt oO! “als Tye ke bay Bey: Z OB SC 1 alk ed OS He ra who pat in in their dea. is _ both wore bandages to 44th: MEA (3 Tho ; PIONEER | DAUGHTER | with Mermaid 1 ates Dale an@—nso™ long Eitnetiqane) ame old flamhlight picture max car} “contest began cand the speurty joa ma Suntilethees The final instructions gtven the men Were as followa: Harry Foley—Now, Joe, _. Both. welghed in under 145 pounds, Thomas being. the. Ughter,— Gross receipts of fight $4.000. Fighters got 30 per cent. —$1,200 each ‘Thomas had the punch. Mellody'did not—his blows lacked steam. the a ring from the cold watt- FEtBS ane Matinees Wed fe rte 233 tried to punch fa the clinches until Me in ae box him clever and keep thag left hand |Johnny Mooney—Tear right Into ii and don't stop. Keep the jing doth your hands for his head ham you acill surely catch him with a blow | that will tnish nim, Men fought straight rules, protecting themselves at all times: — About four-thousand-persons witnessed the battle: rf Thomas was weak’at the welght. He dropped to the floor fire times, Mellody was battle-seared. WILLIAM" COLLIER”. Caught in the Rain | SEITHa PRocToR’s) {itstine Stock Co, real ‘Newwon” was introduced and | “Honey, ran, matchmaker of eaten | acct San ver math , i hig stayed on| ite se Kee aa td and one: | club, folled the crowd by telling them | in neck. ‘ Jao yas unmarke: after the figh Hoar tn f the frst round, arene ahi crag in time. and again, 2 “d he nearly | 80n fighting either of Wiese Tada or any- | dropped Mello fling Thomas back to tho ropes, with the Hebe fo hard that Cid ty | 908 Oise DU Joe Gans. ‘When —Jnek —Paime when —Tomnry the same] City are certainly the limit. from-2% cents to $1 to see & show, and If rer the fighters do not batter one another's oO eliody tx certainty a ‘champion fat tak: | face Into folly In the fra ce gat, Tittey- bles and yell on se alter the fourth round and began to hoot and hiss the men. TAM AGAINST GIANTS: fad force to his blows thera Is no ¢ Californian _w. nook to tho-Jaw, Harry Foléy Jumped jup_and began to yell out: nieament “and yet in, an opcasional | tn, heavywelght, wax inteadueed by Jack | You, have got him noy ook eta ihee etek an The ag atood MeGuiran, Jimm: i ee doubt at the hand Phone 2880 Mad. Diy Mat: 23-50 Rea. U& VAC The followers of acrapa in the Quaker 1 gee 1886 | Thera ; bell, and the round wes over. Tho gross receipts of the fight were H,000. The fighters got © per cent. of the anounted .to. 32,49, sreed to cut this money in pynen the fighters weighed In at the. ate recelved $1,200 for thelr. atx fotel Scott, at 3 P. af. Thomas was the | ds of siuceing, HE etxth and last round was $08t | stacey of iine—pate eek sro 5 | Darched:tor the want of a drink that hy Phone 1926 Gram, Benja: cl san Canam AAO 70 for champion, Weston Co rm jarth He--natied/Thomas = dremsed™ ea auickly HURTIC a SEAMOH'S | 0 World Ren: Extra—Saleme 1 YORKTUTE BERL, ie Mat,To-da iF oie MAT.DALLY: et Tih AY.& 4 CORNERS: tie E ART! if vk —HArry HOOLIGAN: ed Into the jtimes: fasts on the jaw with wicked right anrioug ble, and Coen t apd cups of} and left hand swings, but: the blows was pnt and grow crimson under the mas-| ana Noliods ‘Se ipgesibig Ryan &— Rt in Sp tichaeld, Phowe 2001 Orank several Sf. inne FnaT ALGIDENT i SEASON ~ Eva, 5 10. HA LEM | inaemeras: tn BY LEN. Sa Ri Set Los Angeles, March_7. EBthe Aret Mamont- aceltent for th 1607. Put {t down to the eredit o¢ | # the Gants, with Corcoran the vic- |» ttm. He got a rap.on the right cheek) all pitched ‘by Taylor, and Ht ceme-within-an-ace-ot-knocking out *Corcormn’e toost."’ It hap- -| pened. yesterday during the-fret-prac~ tloa the Giants have been enabled .to take etnde their which hag poured almost tncensantiy. |X eased for @ apell, and the sun came v That interval and an- other tn the afternoon aufficed to «i ht, ang | McGraw the opportunity he wa Ho_trotted the boys out to the Ng1d, 4a Yak Wee wit doa Title heavy: re werk—now,-end-T-want- you chaps-to forget all about tho’ mudtiarks and de- vote-your-beat energy-to-bail-practice."” The dash to the grounda wis done at and three balla tossed ang meas r iia ney eben "Bal took got rid or a few. pound iB beet tn che St ae Pronesseontora Dally Sat 15:25. ;ARa Vaud. IGAL SC Rae er ‘Atisterdam st Gs oe, aret 45 RICHARD Hibuano MANSFIELD 8 a anni oats he Join: Heat ‘eas In whieh— the Jad trom * ed "Danien “in: the BY BOZEMAN BULGER. tor exmaciy & Aroat: 09 college. ate star, WaW16. Mrs. Wed. & Bare n ram. Moete-the-emery mene Eleanor Robson NOTHER dump i landers after mils riorning, it wan found that both Pullman™ care dui days’ they are to play, being boosted to Ket a crowd. A. nice little exhibition gar mean Pinyed with the out for'ah hour. x uy wits Brel Punchiig at-Jow'x stomach and he land- gabe often ari ci landing mi KLAW_4& ERL, Aloette toatl Can sha x OF MUaIO. 14th st, Irv, Pl. it n—dontenctsa- eto carry TER ¢he Tat Chas A wax wild all the/way through. I] ,7 2° “denoris tn Broo : Door ght." Matlogy | SAAT to that of Chane, oi cd. Thomas, in fw | tO D8 wUMering from the discaso™ whi has become epidemic among ball_p: red off. “Wiz |¢F# throughout the country, money than th ir times :"Ud win ina longer feht, put | Brockett certalniy_» account’ of threntened:ralt: qian Jw, the grappt the Giants ara th F next mtunte on the die Mackintoshes. hold here’ these. y to begin the a ten-second jalt, spoung a. surprise right the field Kept AMUSEMENTS, i RETEST v vi, TORIA THI-ATRE OF Daily Matinee Hes Be E. DRESS aOTOR! NG LER acts Comedy | Cire ft lsters: Frank Ti PASTOR’ Gardner and Stoddurd nd Sisk chera would be pa ee COHN a a ms to possess all WASHINGTON. * {tho elements of-a: goed pt =maOK wit re not every greent Melody fo ae convalescents, Mmbered up som@hing influence of Phere was a spell the skidoo to etermined that n ; introduced the firat crack out of tho box. | MISS: CROSMAN” Mme, Nano PASTOR tit a chance to rom there are thre reat of the, 2 “Trockett caer | Therein ties | the tho actually showing eome fash. Taylor hit to outfeld tor ball bounced to the fence line, evidencing tat Taylor has not lost any of his hitting power, McGraw kept the players on the hus- , too, in the outfeld, of balls all batted tn different directions, groundera and sky'linors falling into the voracious mita of the tossers with un- falling regularity. McGraw worked like a Trojan all over the soggy diamond, and kept the play | eoing at top speed—tn team, na well as himself, were panting | like a pack of runaway colts, Devlin stopped everything and played | batted and ran} jo wame thing, ‘but managed | ® time, and every { fleld, tha lant position io right fleld and the ntilevery man Kets a ct and he wir and that (ie |here. Jett was exp chasing a trio cominuter to the Erle, mien were out, our, Iie drove out ed to bo on hand yester- Werr no tidings glven “the decision over ith Js looking for hit {a no certainty of his gazw the first The nature of 1 TSMEN’ NEW YORK, IR MADISON $Q. W fone to1LF.M. 4 of the throws he made Gririth had ta ron tor fie Of Injure funity"s grouch ja best Del, likes 125th. Latlew ie eee i Wunday Att. & Evo. Coe corte BERKELEY: LYCEUM Theatre 4.90 Mate: THE RECKONING, With KATHARINE Oney & Groat Ca : = all Bowery. oF. casa As a sterner recovered and after Kofig|to met into an argument T) down in the second round came back ‘The hitting department to hustle to Ke that Papke hud ditticulty messing Delehantys ut Slericulty In #0lY-| stm ito obme/on and get 4 clover, but Papke forced) Another ball jactly man they. had made clentoce it of which were home , and doubles too numerous to men- with< great vim, HE CHORTE LADY i.Teday. | WEST END wieaaes 2c. & te, 1 SE STANL cudutitttany Jeng on his own THMBA. (At Oth av, ‘ue to his atm, worked’ the Next 0 o'clock in the morning undi afternoon the gun Js ge hot paccount that shady nooks are in demand THEA., 424 st. 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