The evening world. Newspaper, September 11, 1908, Page 14

NORAD a! AR AY “RNY ir Dap nla ean pate UP TO DATE AND NEWSY Leach Cross and Willie Fitzgerald Scheduled for Six Rounds at National : A. C. To-Night, IN Leacw CRoss Hig FAVORITE DEFENSE ATTITUDE, at the plush-lined and goid plated club, Leach Cross aud Willis Fitzgerald, better known as the “Fighting Harp,” will entertain It should be a very recherche attain, Willie has cut out the brew e+ pecially for the occasion, and Crus@) | bas been training at New Dorp. Willle, who is now under the direction bf of Jinmy Kelly, the Spider Kelly of Gotiiam, has aiso been taking gentle ex- ercise fur several weeks. Willie tells! Kelly that he was never in better con- dition in nis life, and ait there 1s q nothing startlingly orig.nai in this state- men, it ja, if true, a guarantee th Mr. Cross will have to break Smitu- son's hurdle record to go the six rounds. Cross has been, ever since his inau- ural entertainment, one of our vest fancy burdlers, Few figniers nave ever ' g@ucceeded In Catching lum after the handshake. He is spry as a kitten on his feet, having once trained seriously with the idea of breaking Arthur Dui- fey’s sprinung records. Cross can also tga, al intervals. i. of conung yut of bis shell about twenty | seconds beivre ine veli at tne end ot} @acnh Ubree minutes, anu devvering an @rucie of scrapping that would make ' him @ Champion if be haunt tached it on | the wrong end of (ue round. Lals makes Hun popwar wilh the gallery, He ls lignthing last, aug can dive dade pita) eluer Hand he was 4 beauuiul pune but being a bit soy in ine oeart line woes t Wace it for iis full value in! } eiecs. Beiure every fyyat Cross nas } himseif announced as Ip this evening's social gathering | Cross SAYS THERE WON'T Be A TUNE LEFT IN TRE FIGHTING HARP WHEN HE GETS THROUGH. CROSS MAKES & Jone: "LUFT UGK THE HARP ILL Tare His TITLE AND THEN LU BE *¢ A JEWSMARP. ” TO BUILD A BING aye NINE, _PLANTN NCHGAN eaUArS will take advantage ine |Gidnts in action, even against the hard luck | Dodgers. ACCORDING To THE RRESS AGENT BAT NELSON 1S AWAITING THE RESULT OF THis FIGHT IN A STATE OF HORRI6LE SUSPENSE. He has a h BY VINCENT TREANOR. ICHIGAN is to become a racing} be amy Sweet wi jack In the saddie Lies | Weel chauipiul of the Work ‘ . - during the send meeting oy nas he stops jvsing me by getting into VIRGINIA RACES M conthe lt/pregenviplens cont mie been “recuperating at Nova Scotia since bis corners abd cover UD neu ve gruy- vents are un- tal! Wiuisaered velore be arrives, der way now to establish a plant that ‘Luis is just Wal Cross promises to ompare with any throughout the). (si! 1 men ale cyaera sa) ever do. He inner an untry Union Pier, in the Lake | ia cn in a ra Officials i ui Charge of James: | state val very influential turfmen | Jare interested in the scheme, among, town Meeting Refuse to m our old frlend, Timothy D, Bulli 2 Filsy ow or be Knocked out himsell. He Wuiuurcad sulleuing ke Lie just) beiure Lgauing Youu ye bus] Wath de suw 40, die ative < The fact that | cduuon asserted itseit. HoweVer Cross | Give out Results. ider in the enterprise mal | way have reformed in wie past week, ! like a succesful venture, Hi aud in ina, case tue 21 Bowery statesman is not digging uy |! sb lixeiy to a few st Special to The Es ‘dead’ things in which. to sink hig| Looks as if Spo: 0d. AS ior Pilg, a lew NORFOLK, Va. 1.— > noney. HeWinea Rood Five yesterday and sandied one of Wie greater: igatweixats in the sentative of the New York pool 1 =a PeAe we. he Was LNA Ub k Rosehe he b 1 eS, BUt Hertel doe GABET ete arrived in town to-day to make an Bossiene Nea Be | aly te te) ' Ug and tue puisumens Ments to get tho results of ¥ else beiure pele KNUcKed oul Be held here under the a two or three blocks in * ALlD® just when he wil! come a1 He is rugged, very cley Jamestown Jockey Clu the benefit tain t ane iy puncner, T , vas, of the pool rooms in New Y fe poemaatn r ir race ; hether 1. nas come back again or not was tur down cold as the S ” ; will be sewed tonight, was turned down cold as the J as cone to Brookdale to} Calragor pulled up P. 8.—The plus: Club management ri to, ngs in their tryouts, [+ d press agent says that Battling Nelson wiil lose sicep to- night walting for the returns from Gb scrap, as he will probaoly ner—or vice versa : (How aoout T. Muri any arrangement w They feared that to make such con- ns mmigiit result Larry Demptey ply is use of & running. i wo! Sandpaper ses y oe taken as a treak of the young ) last week?) by the Virginia Le at e's horses at the Sheepshead taken by the New re meeting isiaam over against horee racing and thus ruin tne ses sm over tracks in Vinginia No meing to-day, so the maserity ot HE tremend our Olympic ha died out yet. To-day the Oregon, members of the Olyntpic team are on their way bome In a special train pro- vided by enthusiastic Oregonians, and a great recepton is awaiting them in the Webdfoot State. _——-- CHANGE TO BOSS n they thi t with a The officers and employees of the F ort Will take the shine out of the Ir h Navy Yard are ing Raymond C | Athletic followers have Camel A. A. C. and New York A. C. Boston Ewry. winner of two events !n London, | 3 ne be held in | t0% expects to be In the tussle Tne a testimonial recention on Saturday af- : B Ear Montreal A. A. C. are co) across | ternoon, This will be a splendid af- per ound) Neweue) 7 vorder with some cracks, among falr. y ued A mis Kerr, wi roof t vetres Under the motto. "Honor to the Navy ee : 2 recent Olympic Games Entries Department's Olymp'an Champlon,” the de ptetne e also in from Wa: on, D. Cy| Invitations are worded as follows » Friday and Satu Balti ore, Md., and o} qua “The honor of your presence {s par- e 1S and yo Tickets for meets can de tleularly requested at the testimonial al junior and cae x ADA Spaldie t Travers Island. tional the ch cago A. A. is and No. . Teception tenderad by th upionships, 4 employees at the York, the Olympian c man in the Steam Eng! ment, te be held at place and Broaaw urday afternoon, P.M “The officers and employees y Yara are espec fact that among the of American athletes #0 bravely and so s Btadium in London for tha + ae i " ean flag was numbered on field ne f e next Brookiyn Cubs es Wb cago of the nud of the galaxy fant a ington BOWLING TOURNEY MONTREAL ENTRIES, American peo} hen a | band thustasm y Ame i Ny 5 can athletes w ; pd i) nF years mso and wen tne & get of} 20M J , Pp. Olymplan games held s the ba Aut ; : ginning of the s nd p T \ i F hy teen hundred years a That “ anka slasin grew when Americans triun k 4 1 3 1 ¢ at Paris. it grew grea 5 ‘ Ke e Mino’ ‘ e nt a 2 S: Lasker Draws With Tarrasch tf my, Sa et MUNI The @ ° Ww y ae if ia ‘a Wate + Jim r ad : » i th = o i , : i . Season's First > — -- = f eee tine te ‘ bs Hs Baseball, Polo Grounds, To-day boo M, * & How u . {tn “a aa en ue Glarts ve voklya Admisdog Se %* yl Apprentice allowance claimed n Brooklyn, (he score Deing 5 gues to 1. Middleweights Sign Up fer]! 2s Twenty Rounds in ’Frisco | M7«er | Chartie White has be mund fight | Kid Stein on Oct Thanksgiving Day Eve. | tr ten Sam 00 NUMBER tr 0 Peer gence paccoceCoOONEEeCOO CASINO ; Tv e ity-second Year Exceptional Value } g 196 THIRD AVE, Near 18th St. “** geoooocecooaqaoooqc9INg WIE HAS BEEN ore THE OREW FOR THis FiaHT, BY JOHN POLLOCK. TLLY B's ” ley y were mat addition, w at apKe W ps are now up are safely housed in WHAT WILL THE TUNE BE? THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1908, THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK ” “The Fiontina Hare, SAYS HE'S ONLY AFRAID CROSS WON'T FACE THe hus. PRE GIVES KE —>— to fight 4 fign fated Was made PAP. the champion mid- ne world, and Stan- Ketchel are to fght again. |, ned last night to fight re Jack G 3 cisco, on Thanksgiving dle-weights are ree hours before | to receive @ per) to be divided 60 per |ac', and 4 to the | not in the artl | recelve a bonus of 10 per , lose or a draw. Langford has actieally NIRES IN ed with Keyes or Cros ably be matched {: Cu. And when bo tol ters stool Buckley agit ments with you, and your manage: oe" Sim tea atok! d Buckley how mat- unless Gunther boxes tne will not box at kler, ail Terry Martin and Harry Lewis will prob & fow days to box at - Fairmont A. C. Jimmy Johnson, the 4 matchmeker, has made Lewis an offer and {e awaiting his reply. Ma’ pted and wil come h a few dave to tr ys nave fought twi Martin was the victor. sorap, for they are eve YOUNG OTTO STOPS BEDELL WN SECOND Young Otto slipped his famous wallop ver on Joe Bedell in two rounds at the g of the Roman A. C. last night tto won from the start, He got over h when the bell sent t? rners in the first se ver headed. O.to is a won eis winning, and proved it ight a good youngster, bur was s lighter than Otto, who loosed e a good-sized welterweight. Boel was dropped after a minute of fig the second round, and tors 1 c¢ fonins. Jle got up very groggy, and with hands down om Ulty 19 over the ng wallop, whitch hecdid, It was a right swing, and due was knocked cold u = tnd it penne? e official s' hton Beach this eve Thomas [82 P erts; Garford Nstere aa tre t H. A, Van Tine Heeene tional and s Red Devil arney Oldfe' exhibiti ns throughow on Ww | Ca | time a Al the drivers have been try- the track dur! the past ten nounce it at in World's records n snould be materially low- LAST WReRS DALY g WE OR NENT MON Opening: BS Exclusive Fall Styles $2.90 to $3.50 t ters wi TREMEN gp. AV Ame best of te pres Il ba re 1 FI: AMUSEMENTS. HIPPODROME [TRIUMPH Daily Matinees at 2; Best Seats $1. Evgs. at 8 sharp; Cheering Crowds and Hurrehing Hundreds Proclaim Biggest Show Ever Given in America, “HIPPODROME’S GREATEST SHOW.” ¢g28 POPE 3410 {SPORTING DAYS FE, 100 HORSES 1N—SENS VELONAL 's Tirshar: KEITH GRIFF MAY HEAD _NEW OUILAW CLUB), Bway & itor TO-MORROW, MAT vill de The report an teclub the Na- the field. The » Asso- Weaker ATTA 215; GIRLS wWitks THE ONLY ROOF UPEN, iH) pee ROOF ein Vic & PROCTOR’S VAST ctoria (Roof bill) US SHOWS—ALL STARS. 5 aM At FRIENDS, of Deve te "ie The Blackmallers of Ne Lilly Lena, La » Kelinos&e, Diy, Mt BES, naMays voner, Byrne ete. Dally Mat. 20. ri, de Sat THURS ALN \THE Nae: fh rppremett7%4 ROPEAN CIRCUS ACTS—10 MARY MANNERING 4° § 5 HACKETT: . ‘acta, fe Xone! all mad jus WwW, and it is believed Wadgue clubs in that Pittsburg, of course, ational League Town can be ne movement sete vite @ promoters, ties, such as Cincinnat!, Cleveland, where there ye major league team, will alga 1 all probaoility be invaded, and there is sume talk that an effort will be made to get a foothold in New York. e great difficulty in Gotham, how- would be Jn securing grounds, ig available except away out further than the Polo Grounds American League Park, and peo- could not be expected to pass by e favored haunts just to patronize a w movement, even were the Induc~ ments ’-cent ball, as the Association reatens, ‘ AMUSEMENTS. 25e. to $1. Pp BIRDLAND BALLET 250 DANCERS SHEE UKLOUS SY, Maan os Tie WITCHING HOUR, PRE, W. 424 st, Bye, $,2y, Mats, Wed. & Thi 2.15, ‘ oa ia TO. “MORROW. THE STPAIGHT 1ATINEE TO-MO. HETKOPOLS CECIL “SPOONER _Hid & Sd av, & The Det GRAND»008 STAR opera House, werk Rogers Bros. TAYLOR GRANVILLE. 14th ST, THE STAR BOL N't Wk—Lililan Mortimer, Gi BLANEY’ 424 st, w, Bivay. Matinee ‘To-morrow BELASCO 78% GEOKGE ARLISS YORKVILLE East SUth at, The Giri Salome, THEATRE. Cor 8th Avi VANL ALBA CAR & CU hal Metrop. Opera Ho Frank Nera and § o} 6 . MURRAY ib PEAT THE GAY’ MASQUERADERS star acta, OLY. MPICY “5: ata Auta WHY tad i | — i» jt Friept iy vee Sa- Bush, Australian Tree | % aan EDITED B ROBERT EDGREN ‘AQUEDUCT AND ~IANACK HOLD MEETNE The racing dates allotted to the Jamaica and Aqueduct tracks for their fall meetings wiil be filled out to the letter, There will be no stake features at the former course, but there will be plenty of valuable overnight handicaps. The latter track will live up to Ite | ASreement with the horsemen, and every, race that has been announced will be oftered with its full value, | The local horse owners were anxloy ly awalting the announcement of plans for the meetings at these tracks | The suspension of the Brighton Beach | meeting caused many rumors to circur late that the Jamaica and Aqueduct tracks would close their gates, But these reports were soon killed by the authentic announcement that the meete ings as scheduled would be held, Although nothing definite regarding the price of admission at these two race courses has been determipcu pon, still it ts generiily understo.d among the men who hold stock in toth tracks that the admission fee will te $2 to the grend ni and that the feld stand wil! he “elnsed AMUSEMENTS. GRITERION ivsaansys th ete HATHEY LLIAMS Wires Hie uae & doth St 1S Mat Sat “THE THEF i OW DREW JACK SERAW iNVGKERBOUKER vane THE GIRLS OF GOTTENBERG, GARRICK 33 3, osenh Coyne ‘Aleaund: a Curl near Broa Maun MISS BILLIE BURKE HUDSON rath wees ROBERT EDE i GATETY "Hin gil i, THE TRAVELING SALSWAN OF THEN) New Amsterdam ; State, Wi HENKY W, SA Onerat ‘Sensation Themen) Won ze Wittwey 8D YEAR FOLLIES OF 1 908 FIRg! MAT. WED. LIBERTY '" LILLIAN RUSSE! Me THe Mar Wat Sa it ALGERIA A‘ pa ORMOSI te een E ROUND UP tinge $1.00, enings, 818 2 Ul Sere] Sl Fs Be PAD ix ei ASTOR Fi: at Wa, Hoag Bag NS aeeetin Homa b way © 30.8 Buon FOR 2 er f The, eneedan EVA TAN ry “The Naked truth," eee | pire City Quartet. 6 Mus y Dally. he Meal Cuitve: Remnant, &e !Virginla Harned & Cow ALHAMBRA Sixtseitethae Boarding H. Amy Ane Mat, Dally, Geren MAL | AT THE ae iS THE GARDEN | DEVIL | | Thea, 27th gated, AV ath Gniy version Thin thor FranzMt iN’S GRAND FIREWORKS. |___LAST TWO NIGHTS. cove’ MARDI-GRAS CON ISLAND NVAY TO SALLKDAY, 9. noe et 19 MOWARADE STARTS AT. 7 FM | of 0, arade Saturda Children LUNA | LAST 2 WEEKS. PARK | Special Features, NTN NWT) FREE TO-DAY, DREAMLAND Closes Sun, 1 Sept, 20 0 NORTH BEACH Fireworks Carnival - 3.30 & 8 P.M, Carnival Parade—8,40 P. M, BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, paud abs Ke, anannane Thies Dauge by Buaks PIU Brow duu itaiph ay, ee "3 “AMERICANS i presenting i Hig Ms a “durlesgue “MO toCCO. Bi ive CEDOR, “THORO! aitiatEoe 4 Matinge Dally, AYTON’S Pree DEVIL Nest Week. Lord and Lady Algy, pyeliug | COLUMBIA sictinees | THE CONVICT AND ‘a fai [ Nett Week—FALS® FRIENDA, SPORTING. ¢ Racing To-Morrow. Sheepshead Bay. Autumn Meeting. Grang Stand, 82. Ladies, $1. CATARRH: ‘ ~~ 4 iW { | ease