The evening world. Newspaper, January 2, 1909, Page 7

LATEST REPORTS AND TIMELY COMMENT FLAY OVER ICE I FASTEST MILE MAN EVER MADE Waptin Price, of Long Branch, Felt Queer for Four Days After Record-Breaking Ice- Boat Trip. NEWS FASTEST CRAFT IN WORLD AND HER CREW. $ HIZ! A mile in twenty-five seconds, That's going some, | means something over 200 feet a second. Nothing on earth ever approached it. The record has just been given precedence over mything ever attempted on the official record book of the year just ende, and it is doubtful if it ever will be equalled, let alone broken, Capt. Elijah Price, of Long Branch, who made this speed history abogd the Clarel on the ice of the Shrewsbury River, says the record will stad for years, as far as he is concerned, Cet. Price 1s a boatman from the toes) “If I ever improve on that twenty- up, and, as he says, he has been mon- five seconds mile {t will only be In @ Keyng with the speedy ice flyers for race with another boat chasing me forty years, or since he was ten years You can T won't do tt ntionally: | with a view to making records old. - | ‘Never again, I promise you, will I “We didn't win the race that day, alm. | travel at that rate if 1 know 4,” ply because 1 didn't want to take any gald the captain to-day. “Why, [ felt chance of killing all hands aboard the 0 were far queer for four days afterward. In all Clarel. As I said before, my experience I never felt the same tn the lead at the time we headed down nsation. That trip was the nearest that etralghtaway leg, but as we t i @pproach to lightning that I evar knew | the stake the outhauler on the or heard of, ari I made the record with- the bow gaye way aud we flew ar: eut knowing 1/, (ina circle Ike a hunch of fight ‘Twd Boye we Ball | That surely made our heads swim “{ had Charlie Blair with me tending had to take time to make repairs | aheet when t¥e Clare! made her mark, Withdrew from the race, with the dis- | anu two boys for ballast, I renily don’t tinction of having travelled the fastest | __ know how I kept my head then. A false mile of any known {nvention,” aiip, a moment's loss of presence of Clarel ls a Skeleton. mind and to-day all hands might have| the Clarel tn a Mke craft, been over the dead line looking sometitig 1 ‘You see, we were on the most favor- with sleigh I! nOrs A | we catamaran, fasail, She} able stretch of the fifteen-mile course, |i, aimorent th jim and] @ mile and two-tenths straightaway, We mainsail ce inistigelngimoarrying were in the lead of the rs and I) the Jateen rig, a triangular sail of felt ke letting her out, We had a itrttg more than 200 feet of canvas. | = + tixty-mile wind blowing plumb Into us. | gig tg owned by Walter Content “Look out for alr T called to tho firm of Wall street traders Charile Blair, and Charile did, There Content is an enthustastle tow boat was one air hole a mile or so to the man and takvs $4. the Feason on t 2 : leeward and I didn’t want to run into! Sivewabury evry wilitin ons tor Many Py that. Charity watched out for it, but yon dont und Yucht Club si never saw {t tntil {t wot away bel and with th us, We passed this open atretoh of 6o fast that in passing {t was only a blurr, M Govern Was Please, Dixon BY DAN M’ gOW" ROBER They Had to Hold On. “We tad to Ile flat on our stomachs @nd hold on for iife. We simply had! Good luck that day, I don’t think tt ts | t! possible fora man to go that fast anc Keep his head, Please say for me tha’ I have @ wife and four children that I think a lot of, and I am not going to) quit them here on any euch stunt again. | vurtous times some of the sporting men of the « fumily of. tour mn the title holders, 2 eens 14 most intim ore Police |: Sp one of the first things to do after the as were Park Row AA, U. Officials Sc for Interference in Race of id his hands meas Ponta | ignite _—s Referee Sullivan Called Off Race When Chief Wolf | sartitalinpt ealds ROUErtaGEY CARS! ve elr oO deas as he Started Trouble. | SAUTE Elavad should vacmeaanend|| ands they | ke to have r I have instruct: im them padded Dixor's Hand Peculiar, ‘Take Dixon instance,” contin) “He had a most! FTER Bobby Fowler, of Cam- A bridge, Mass., had won from fitty- nine Marathon runners at the Em- pire City race track yesterday, makiag the distance of twenty-six miles 3 George for DAPTOW i CAPTLISHE PRICE «: Man Who Has Made Fighting Weap- ize-Fighters Says Easiest Man to the Hardest. I i TRICK. ON, glovemaker for the world’s cham- in his “nest” to-day and related some interesting ate acquaintance with the great fight- Every tighter of any prominence has. arrow,” and a visit to his workshop was consummation of a match, There were gloves to be made tor the training quarters—the gloves that the! rs used while working with their sparring partners—and the gloves! orn in the fight—in many instances a contest for the champion- Pecullar shaped hand. His fingers were very long, In fact all out of proportion to the size of his hand. That helped his reach, for when his hand was open he could stick {t Into an opponent's face at long range. This was a favorite method of his.” “How about McGovern, did he have any particular style?” “Terrible Terry! I should say not. yards tn bad going over the straw-cov- ered track In 2.52.45 2-5, and five other runners had finished, they was a near 2 | ALLAN SPLRROW POLI GM | jAny old thing suited him. He often remarked to me: ‘Sparrow, you have my measure, just fix up a pair, I wish they would permit me to wear kid gloves or none at all. I'll bet I could | wallop with a pair of skin ¢ighters.” “Tommy Ryan was the card though. | He insisted that my gloves be used {n all his fights. He made the clubs |put it in the articles of agreement, He was very careful about his hands, and had to measure them for ery fight. defi Easy to Please. “Jeffries was an easy-going fellow and easy to please. The big champion had the smallest hand for his size of THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1909, OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT as a sledge GLOVEMAKER TO THE CHAMPIONS SAYS FIGHTERS ARE A QUEER LOT I padded dus groves away up to the wrist ne me with tl “Wills Le {sal TALS I 7 Mur { oO helj: mms tl foug XK AUTOMOBILES & MOTOR BOATS. AUTOMOBILES & MOTOR BOATS. Tp daueeea 1 1 tig is Ru t's an Mn wants hand of a and Joo € glove, as p e padding mostly Gans ed to pi ud Dave te n get a y and particu mers. Howeve ounce gloy I, srip on | y ree-ounce gloves, tmany of his be ull his gloves, He would no A of amateur interest Bowling is the only sport In which this classification ‘Ys not made, and yet there are 250,000 | fallen into the mistaken Impression ‘teurs neg) ample of this, when the bowling editor | columns for a national EDI ROBERT EDGREN 7 TED BY Lines Drawn for Amateu neemenore | Crucial Point in Ten - Pin, Game Where Future Wel- fare Must Depend Upon) Action Taken Now. | RE you an amateur or “pro” in bowling? ‘There are two dis- tinct classes, and you must be In one or the other If you are a bowler, It's a Hye question, all right, and while the pot-hunters may try to cry It down, ave to be taken up and settled or the tenpin game will fall disrepute, Professtonalism 1s yon g such strong headway that will soon be beyond control of , and too little at the eneouragement the governing b tention is given bowlers in this Greater City, ‘The alley owner—spare the mark, for he seems to be always the target when | anytiing goes wrong—ls largely respon jelble for present conditions. Having big scores are about all there Is In the game to interest the public, the all- | star teams are featured and the ama-— ted. Asa very striking ex- of The Fvening World was called up| by ‘phone one night recently to take} the todrnament scores from a certain j alley onyl those in a league made vip jot star teams were given, Asked why ‘he didn't give those in a league which represents one of the largest fraternal organizations in the world, the alley owner replied: ''W I didn’t think jthelr scores were big enough to pub- lsh” This alley owner Is not an ex- ception, It is the samo in the com- merefal leagues Beveral bowling clubs In the Greater JCity are represented in three or four different tournaments. ‘These teams are Hlargely made up of star bowlers, some of them being professionals in every | of the word, Teams from the) sense ‘smaller clubs aye actually frozen out} iso far as the prize moeny Is concerned. o fight ‘phey simply have the fun of bowling. a has na bad right hand. 1e make a bg G op me, und thay ins at the nd A part of Brooklyn; stand ¥ Because of the lack of encouragement to the amateur and the catering to the porfessional side the alley owners this season, except in rare cases, could not man dn the fet enough teams to fill thelr tourna. | and some of them were forced the suggestion of the writer, eral years ago, In scheduling d of three teams each night, seemlug lack of public Inter: st in bowling should be credited to general financial depression {s refuted by the fact that baseball had tts most prosperous year. But the old time alley owner never thinks about these mat- ters While the amateur In the closed league tournament does not recelve the same consideration as the “pro's,” it {s wor- they of note that the Tournament Com- mittee of the Madison Square Garden event Is wide awake to the fact that the former must be depended upon to make the national tournament a suc- The same interest shown by the |inents, to accep’ made se two inst | That any | Only three or four of the r and “Pro’ alley owners house events would double the number of wlers, Club Organization and the warmest support of the New York Bowling Association pavor of alley, k in should be the hearty e owners. The Greater y ment furnishes the best illustra- New tot individual tion of the professional in bowling, eighteen con- testants are not alley owners or. salas ned managers, Alley owners the eutry foes and some of th wlers have received a per diem for each con- test. Tha compecit out doubt one of the most ures of » bowling seaso at help to bow ance would be ¢ Why should 1 nw sional a ba tion and ne NEA OME? GARRY HERRMANN FOR NEW GOVERNING BODY, Herrmann, | National Baseball ¢ {dent of the Garry chalrman of the ommission and preg. Bowling Con. to the bowling editor vening World heartily indorses suxeestions vecently made in these commission to control the tenpin game. He say “Iam in receipt of a marked copy gress, {1 of Tho F the pf The Evening World of date of Dec. oS pertaining to the formation of a naz Wohal body to control the bowling game, At the last meeting of the American Bowling Congress, in Cine cinnatl, In February, 1008. f stronaly recommended the formation of a na- ‘tonal body to ¢ ntrol the game ture in the £ neha ne manner as baseball that is to say, the m rules providing for nd other impor= Ing to the sport, ‘@ the country di- jaternational matches a Ant matters pertaint my Idea being to have vided into Peery three or four sec- je—say the N. B. . for the Hast, the A. B. C. for the Middle West, ono association for the far West, and then | the Canadian aasociatlon, each of thesa bodles to select one member for the national board, and all of them together to select & chairman to formulate ruley to provide for matches and such other things as will elevate the standing of the game. STAR BOWLERS IN A BIG MATCH CONTEST. The best match contest of the local bowling seagoa will take place at the Bergman alleys, One Hundred and Six- teenth street and Lenox avenue, Sunc evening, when Alex. Dunbar and Wink- ler, of the Mohawks, roll a bost four out of seven series for a side bet of $100, Dunbar {8 @ favorite In the Greater New York Individual tournament, and has been hitting the Bergman alleys for a 215 average. Winkler has been shooting his head off lately with high scores, having recently averaged some- thing over 225 for seven games, Both bowlers are popular in Harlem, and the match will draw a big crowd, TOR BOATS, AUTOMOBILES & MO riot at the track. Chief of Police Woit, of Yonkers,) aeems to have been the main cause of the trouble by his action in ordering} Bartow 8, Weeks and W. L. Jones, the official timers, off the track as they were scoring the winners, Six men} had crossed the finish ne when Wolff | “paki DUS Atter! several) protests (lie the Twenty-second Regiment on Cloughen at the hundred on several oc- [nigh up on the thumb, ‘This was so timers reported to Referee James 1. | 2 whether Robertson and Keating can nie | (at he could use that side of hts hand pulives who at oD CA the race! oeeastons Cloughen has |over Cloughen at the shorter distance a pre off. ix men had finished, and at) “Bob Fowler, Marathon Winner. equalled the world’s record for 7 yards, | However, Jan. 9 will decide the tssue, least twenty-five nore were on the ———_—— —t—_ > | but owing to tho lack of class of those | Cutt, Will result in one of the greatest Shrubb Ready io track in condition to finish, According to spectators at the finish, Referee Sullivan took the only possible course in calling off the race, as the officials in chargé were being jostled by the police authorities, and were kept out of any chance of watching how the men fin{shed.~ As to the race Itself, !t was well run, the condition of the Empire City track being congidered. Tho track was co ered wits straw, but the tread of many runners foreed the dirt tp through the straw and m it hard on the feet and ankles of runners, At that, t out of the fifty-nine’ starters over thirty of them would have finished the race fhad {[t not been stopped. FIRST SIX TO FINISH IN YONKERS MARATHON, ‘Timo— Mm. a. 1, ROBERT FOWLER, Cambridge Gym @ JOMN DALY, Irish- American A. C..... & S¥DwnY HATOE, 11- Unois A. C..... & EDDIE CARR, Xavier 2 68 452-5 265 444.5 3 00 971-5 Three Great Sprinters Meet ' in Xavier 75-Yard Dash ying the quality of the men that will be against him.” Robertson and Keating Keating, Lawson Robertson | #'8 wndoubtedly two of the fastest men | ighen have forwarded their or the games of Xavier A. auy man in the ring. itz was a card, He had a story ready all the time and would Inset that I laugh, or bang would come down his hand on my neck, Bob iad the largest wrist and didn't care much about padding there, while Tom Shar- key always wanted his gloves padded in America to-day, Keating is the present national cham- | pion at 220 yards, and has beaten) | sprinting races before either man can | | Meet Three kiwals against him he was not pushed to the GANNON KNOCKS OUT Him At theve gen; Rowsvsr_ he NELSON IN FIRST ROUND, ist! eve no excuse to make regard claim distinction over the other. Two other events that are causing a great deal of attention are the three- quarter-mile handicap and the three: pun peas = = mile handicap. In the three-quarter , : f ; 7: mile Gissing, Pilgrim, Trube, 5 | I (Brecil to the Brenig Wort) | High School And. probably Sheppard wil compere | n ule nace PHILADELPHIA, Jan, Pighting g Whenever these men meet a corking | —— | Dick’ Nelson, of New York, was r u rivahe order, Cy this race will cer- Knocked (outitoe’ tho. fitet: timeninu nia 1 B Y tainly be no exception to tho rule, of | A LEFRED SHRURB, the great Eng- career yesterday, Mickey Gannon, ‘of eams usy in public Ina Nagar aie mille hea, che Msh long-distance runner, who lay of three at Madison matched to meet a It Is Impossible at this date to pick a| men in a twelve-mile ‘inner, Driscoll, Collins, Bellars, Bal- Pittsburg, getting over the fatal punch in the first round, The men fought in aaa Basikeiball Games Ss any. gore oes Cragins Win Tennis Title Arthur 8. Cragin and Calhoun Crag! k point 1 » Lee, Clark and Carr are a % } ne: } ig! the wind-up at the National A. C., and ee tulthiully for thig race, ind even ing | Square Garden next Saturday night, ts Sch GRARON OhIY CWO Gullnians and of them has had eyes pecled on one coming here to-morrow or Monduy to y-two. yds to turn the trek with HRBEE tmportant games will be OF Una neneec Tae diamond rings for | finish his training for the event H(Ginacretl Ion cratene creme played In the Public Schools Ath- Tecord: will go In the ore dents nat, 2 | Shrubb has charge of the track team of times and was carried to his > letic League has t-bali tourna one of the above men has gone under ®t Harvard and ts always In pre 3 by Gannon, ment to-night, and witle : po! not Sete Lets abo | good ahape, but he wants to finish up ania cannot be cha d, cl oe a ; for the race nea e scene 0: ee Se the leaders cannot 1 i, much | pick a winner fram this buneh, Experts | Us, Work for the race rises : SOCKER E . light will be thrown oy the outcome of are of the opinion that this race wil re, | action, and will pro secure per- x sf E LEVENS IN DRAW. ihe tournament sult in a blanket finish, and that it ig| mission from the Pas A, C. to use 5 Ek See bee The most important gante will be the &Ms man’ feniee the Judges shave given|their running track for his outdoor, ’ eas Y Camerons and Jersey A. ©, Each Stuyyesant-Clinton affair, The nse is a task that fs very rela S| work, Bo 5 ne ed, r ;| Th estion of who w three P Tey Goal in Yast Game, lomedatoran Hl Git aera: 4 nel ques00) 4 only & and if the Sperm He Weaceenease to give the} men to compose the relay Against | : ' ar an oxi iting game ob aocker foate Red t Clinton they ° LEAF the fleet-footed little Britisher still re- ina . , the Camerons and the Jersey A. iil be ait! maloar unsettle ere ts such a di-| Beh a s fs C, played @ tle game at Willlamsdridge pionship, honoi t PRINCET |¥eraty of opinion among the followers % yestorday afternoon. Each team so Me) ay NCETON DEFEATS of the game as to who would be best IBEXING:FON: AVE. e during the play, the Camerong in Mio san only. be.done away with, an YALE IN HOCKEY GAME, | eceB tna the manayement Is 80 anxious i] , OS ae Pai PAZ” J the first half and the Jer n the fore team work developed, the Ciinton- ee to make in of obtaining the best i Mayor Car MAb FeEoAG be ied Ten ott tallled tor t Kes ou Mt to t vernal rk-in despite thelr | princeton took the fecond game of the monterey rae tne ee aR out proven 2; ar) erons and Zehnbauer for the Je defeat by Boy \ > é will probably take sv y's longer ee * f é A. C.. The tle will be played off very man on the C\inton team is qa $3les from Yale at Pittsburg last night infer, ly, Spring and a an 4 L d A Y i & aa hans Mae ene eae ee ae are ot tte 0 ee aes Wat NEN "eager, Kanaly. Spine and, 8 Cuban * Leading American’ Cars. ies eal teat: patna Bay Ridge sented Clinton on the court before, The ing made on a fluke, It happened carly | greatest number of supporters up to| : , eden ate inited at 3 » Brooklyn, | Clinton forwards, too, are the stare inthe first half when Angell made 4| the present time. ‘The latter has been , Yi . ‘ All For 12n C Ys: | yeaterday by | nd at Mar: of the team, long shot, the puck hitting Bartlett on | Showing some starting performances) ‘ e * q elgnycars quette Oval the Brooklyns defeated the! from Dowlin the leg and bounding into the net. down around Havana he time sent| , ; ‘ Keg | Columbia Oval F. C. by a score of 50. guards, i out by his American admirers is cor. | O | E hibi iq . RES rece | i - Only Exhibitan’ America corte coe Soccer Football Sinberg and Greenberg are the Clinton torwart Hurley Didn't Fight Nitchie PHILADELPHIA, crowd y 4 4 Direct fromParis Salon. . All Accessory Makers Jan Before a Results. erday Tommy Langdon, by virtue | entre, will give ont ct ‘ . ; Re Me, | Were Winners in the finals of the 1 fight for'the | of Battling Hurte pts NA Sates Di pe Scale AT ‘ar catcher with |Goor regimental tennis match at t y centre thia year, | meet Young Nitonl At Myerrose Park—Ch 8) Bay Teague, to-day |g, S liander has an excellent ‘head | of “atar'' perf Ridge United. ithe’ iecay ‘Seventh Regiment Armory yeater: and runa ‘of his signals in fine shape An-| fighting back the wh: {Marquette Brooklyns, 6; Colum: SNe 1, lay, $1.00 Leagys, duriog Minning from Wo Mt Hall i gjrer, man who sill press both ofthe two ha alk rounds, was, elthe: bi 0. H \dnussion, Se, uesday, d1.l } ned mG | There vas nothin ho ~l cI ‘VibenY by avores Of ba, 64, the Buiyyebap! "voustn 6: | ahare rad, pouae IR kre Patervon Rangers, 2, cian — n i}