The evening world. Newspaper, February 13, 1909, Page 15

a ea} SELDELOILARC EP (ELON Fics “ee He: ~ Alc ah WitATIER GS SE Sank nT PT AL WHN 2 y_6 SAILOR N Spectators at National A. C. Implore Referee to Stop Bout Between Col- lege Boxing Instructor and Brooklyn Boy. BY ROBERT EDGRE It was no fault of Referee Jim Buckley that Sailor Burke didn’t r imurder Jim McSherry at the gore-lined National Club last night. es Burke butchered the novice, and final less than three min him out with a ferocious brutalit |New York City. It was as near murder as And all through it Buckley, the referee, calmly stood back and utterly disregarding the horrified shouts from the s side. McSherry was unconscious for titteen minutes. ‘fess from the ring and laid on the floor in an aisle while worked over him, Ii was a repetition of the scene in the same club three months ago when Fred Bradley was knocked out by Al Kaufman long | ‘after the bout should have bee The members of the National Vaidn't turn out In force last night. against ) jdidn’t care to see a novice put ir jm slugger like Burke, And th ipight. As I said in yeste Burke is noted for the man (he can “trim « sucker.’ Towered Over McSherry, When the fight began Burke towered jpver McSherry by half a head. He was © man fooked like anything but a well-trained lathlete, He didn’t have half of Burke's jmuscular development. He was a rathei pleasant, good-looking fellow. It seemed | l@ shame as they came together, for It j evident in an instant that he might) h. know a little about gymnasium boxing, | broad and muscular. The colle Nput nothing at all about actual fighting | ¢/ \in a ring. Burke saw It, and his little} black eyes sparkled with pleasur anticipation. | McSherry rushed and ljanded two or three light blows. and whipped over a right. took it well, but missed pitifully in his} oy t t and McSherry u € cruel and cowardly blow landed on {STORIES OF SPORTS TOLD BY EXPERTS BEATS MSHERRY yed away didn't care to see slaugh- Burke measured him | 10 McSherry | [ oor 2 BURKE ROUND OMe In ly knocked f boxing in y unequalled in the annals o' nan could go without crossing the line. looked on, at the ring De, pectators He was taken sense- he doctors | WELPLESS, WITH HANDS DowN | 4 Buckley,” urged the men AND EYES SHUT, ME SHERRS ring, ‘There were blg men| weNTEREP TOHIS Feet, Burne STRUCK HIM ONE LAST big in the commercial world, | in law. Buckley would MURDEROUS Blow. n stopped, A. C.} ney ft, around the and his head bounved up the felt-covered planks, —1 don't know now he did e up again. The man's un- e vitality, were ‘ Champion Lightweight Says Mexican _ Was the Greatest Whirlwind Mixer of His Time. | conscious ama with ck Aga to Bu dumb. the slaught 6 much to in- with It. f | Wn men Ike ey stood back dl’ on, and the half conscious d swaying blindly, Burke, ake eyes ering with pleas- dashed in ly and. whipped er his right f ight and | n, while Bue! World ‘The Idfe, Battles and Career of Battlin; (Copyright, BY BATTLING NELSON. Champion of ¢! Ison, the Lightweis! 0S, by Battling Nelson hall his m returns. Burke led again F ducked. ln ney s Jaw. His back was toward : me, and I sa 4 ‘i 5 a I watched Burke closely, He has the] fils’ head around a poe aa CHAPTER XV. Temallest eyes ever set In a man’s head.| loved HILE I felt confident that I could lick Aurelia Herrera, I was {n for “They are Mttle black beads like the) {*, e telnted.| ji, Bu eyes of a rattlesnake. It was like a rattler waving his head) to and fro before striking at a His snakelike eyes fairly sparkled With) pring |p Then, as the novice came in| limp bo ake struck, suddenly) Pujed | malice. In, the ratt! wn one of the greatest surprises of my life, or, rather, of my prize- W uae aetara pited fighting career. I bad trained faithfully and was in such perfect rabbit iat ae i him hon pls condition that as I made my way to the ring that day I felt as If I could beat Jim Jeffries, On the way I stopped in a pool-room and found that the odds against me were 10 to 7, I bet $1,000 on myself at those odds, and as Chat was the larges nt I had ever bet I felt that I simply had to win. the chair. They 1 trom med a man beside ee right, | and with deadly alm Sreratl z moving through so short an | ew 1 hurriedly, Otuery _ We fought In an open-alr arena bullt side early, reaching there about two nine-tenths of the breathless si ors| Waited anxiously to see it out. tpeclally for the occasion down on the /cleck. There I found Herrera smokin idn't see the blow at all, chugged Carried From Ring. ts of Butte, It was in the aft Tot ‘seen iim. for. some tine, and we against the left side of Mes y dragged the onscious #84 it was a national holiday- shook hands In a friendly way. He The force of the blow fairly ropes and carried him , t-we drew by far the | Hay Maske Y too friendly with any: ‘ Pia from the rng, where. ere idy, but he appeared to Ilke me even {ts victim from his feet. Ha a I ay wd that ever attended a when I was his sparring partner: in the alr. M Doctors wor match tn Montana. After some delay one of the officlals thi hat struck as t the spectators, at Aurelia | Came to the dressing room and told us Ing) that atruck tn 2 - t everything had been fixed with the cheekbone, His ed with a whirlwind . wities and that the ght terrible thud. He 1 a moment, » could hit halve pat little time tn get- then began to wr and try to was the fayorite with the as well as in the betting. Out get up to his kne Pushing up wit! his head hard to and a grim smi Sherry, wh absolutely 5 He and turning moved t chanically t Was oozing Was Absolutel ke differs £ one thing. deadly bi tim. Ha o was all smashed A cras' heay the ring ened, and ropes. to his feet and stpod ther back toward 1 ‘old man; up, surroundin Strugg' ere was from the sp forward ‘to a tim, SSS - ng the “The greatest trouble with young pitche ys Robinson, “Is that they |) 4 adyantag G j : = : ; THalete are afrald somebody will not find out that they good, It is very difficult to ie rr bth although not very q w t m7 g ‘el S eYTICO : I make them take {t easy, They are so anxious to show the big League catchers J) 7° °° a Uligans Secre ervice that they’ have speed and a varlety of curves that they ‘cut loose’ too goon and {| POU MMT | scuine, seoing that his il Ate Oi 4s ii ’ often spoil their arms. It is my plan to let them work the stiffness out of J] Tn ee cuout ready to aut, B, Bulger, S \ I tly hit ' paved | attlal Trace and a right to the jaw, and Britt is i rt sily bh : at let Pg) 3 <<< J | simply quit, his old-time yellow streak : an Inveterate Smoker eine gern oaching lines with @ bundle of papers) himself, so as to beat the ru The | shining out. ies mene match, In a moment he started! feet of both lit the bag at about the | == pa This Plies RL 4 Ct! It WG a, fire, and overybo¢ lier * sverybody. expected to see the | incts long and shoots many times wi bonfire, nd everybody In the stands | same tim |his eye. Every My fees reloading. Youcan have more fun with it than ai HanA owed sult, ‘This fronteal shot was) ‘Judgment!* yelled Millerick, as he jfittle umpire caten Mitt) al. root of | with a barrel of monkeys. It will shoot any ec ong for the umptres, and they | threw up his hand ynen Vausimpive looked up. Liquid. Loaded with water it may be used for , tham {nally called the game on account of | kveryiody waited for Latham to make Latham concerned manner he iny play. ats Solera STS c ' \ {his old stunts, | @arkness. Other comedians of the dia. | & Hee rene {a Arlle, “I | ‘Hello, Harry: MAE, SADIE, i imine you can get this pistol for a little easy work, ‘ h b oe erigee at 3 | cWalt a min safd Arile, “I want | yaughan was so take jor a mi it x I Latham began hig/ mond have been pulling off that trick! 1g do thin thing Fight’. Hie then rushed |Me@rkhat, he sputtered and «then burst |, M. PIPER, MTS Fonular Bldgs Dee | ata” of um. |Cver since into the clubhouse and came out with |out laughing. In another moment. he | oln * pe measure. While the crowd sat t sinking back ‘to, the beach, Som | nay ive be the first. | had the fun one time of travelling ® tape m ‘ went & shaft of wit ’ in suspense Latham deliberately meas- | pletely beaten by this shaff of w : | pull off bout | a week with Latham while he was anlured the feet of th seStiteriek | PGthey athum. w St. Louis he | AUTOMOBILES & MOTOR BOATS, z to pla mpire in the S 1 League. On one; and Wright at Wright's | was always in tro} with ¢ Von | if ean Vi ey 4 wae} foot was nd Millerick ‘der Ae, his po; t was the cu A e nose days the Birming iam club was! Way De ut!” Nobody |trm of Von der A all the players \ t It a ng at Little Rock, and It was just! had the nerve t ion the decision. | up about A we or a lecture, | om ght pires were at the end of the season. Pat Wright] ‘The follow lay Latham did another |espelally If they UE ebte Od Ane's| y ying rT nny c that th ‘owd n Th were ail seatec 4 \ j It grew was playing first for Little Rock, and | funny, trick tial Mad te cywe In ir |omcean’a room on the tenth floor of an Py, fina at the distant fielders Pat Millerick, of Birmingham, was at sine on one of the visiting players, |office’ building. There was not another | “ 1 from t tnd-stand. the bat. He hit a little grounder tow- Harry Vaugh: old) Cincinnati | wall that Wi Al eae and y t th r f prot st and fo noment { catcher, was manager of the B + | Just as Chri@ began c a ; j s all Kt protests, and for a moment it was PALME wa Tem immediately flew into |tham began to act queerly, ‘ ; the umpires were determined and fumbled. Pat went lumbering down to h rage He is a big fellow, while; “Vot le der matter, Arile?” asked Von ered them to resume pla first. Seeing that he couldn't quite Latham tsa runt der Ane. “Why don’t you pay atten, ‘ Bat Had Tough Job. | Started a Bonfire. { make it on the run, he alld for the bag. Shut Harry Vaughan Up. te) ‘think somebody js look! «in the |, pica t the Immense delight of the crowd Pat Wright at the same time gut the e winked was a hero, and the people to like the Idea of an out- taking apy of his honors away, y I got under the ropes and re- ome applause, but not so much Mexican opponent. e gallant style In King out all Herrera felt ew of McSherry as t we have r thal absolu co: a hurry. and k even. ept away s THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, FEBRUAR BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YO c} y's column, | have been glad to en to them outside REFERES BUCKLEY CALMLY LOOrneD ON i gs ip ie a oun! in which of the ring, —. = Tig —— — ac + who Stood Like a Dummy. jit cig a But he stood like a dummy and said BATT ING N oy a nothing. Burke sprang In from behind and struck McSherry a fearful blow back of the ear, Dashed to the resined | \ Haren ITH HERRERA, THE TERRIFIC 9 ntident and he started out to finish me, Nearly $: » 1 fought him very caut from ngs until the fourth rour tlme the honors But right here I c use ad been about me in for the biggest surprise of my life., Herrera Knocks Bat to the Mat. We had Just gotten tog in a linch and T Was backing aw ith my d down. I had no soon turned ose his arm n he swung a | swing squ felt as if arels somebo: sledge hammer. [ turned a | 8 omersaul fell flat j back, my ting the mat first. | 1 looked could see \can st ne with fe was | nish me. | he tho | Wasn't, i ew secon count a | regained Aurelia tore after me like an Infurl- | every ated tige anding over complete t and on my head hi up and the Mex: a vi ds of the nd then my feet r, putting top of my he: had ¥ ood WPA Ay me ounce of strength he possessed into his punches. He was somewhat dazed when hie found that he had not knocked me out I was the first man on whom his punch had feiled { then surprised him some more by standing up toe to toe and meeting Refore the end of the round T succeeded In hooking my left half scissors hook into his ver and forced him to cover up. closed he was hanging on for dear life. Tdid my best, but i could not succeed knocking him out. him blow, for blow As the round The jatter rounds e all my way, and at the end of the twentieth I had piled up such a lead that I was handed the decision on a sil- ver latter, Not a man kicked on the verdict and the bets were paid off with- out, a que! stion, Duncan McDonald was, referee, and his decision was cheered by | the crowd As soon as I could get dressed 1 hur- ' ried over to the pool room and collected ‘of Monday. 4 Y 13, 1909. ° UP TO DATE, NEWSY AND WELL WRITTEN SAILOR BURKE AND M'SHERRY---THAT’S ALL (ASSHERRY WAS DROPPED So HARD HE LANDED N MIS Face. Tre THIRD HNOCHDOWN « USHERRY WAS HALE RISING WHEN SAILOR. Burne RUSHED IN AND STRUCK HIM A SavAGe Brow BEHIND THe EAR. JOE GANS IS MATCHED WITH JABEZ WHITE FOR TEN ROUNDS TO-NIGHT’S STAGS. Will Be First Tim e Champion Bout Wit! Take Place at the, 148 At Long Acre A. C. stag Billy Brolehman tine nae Se National A. C. on Leary, of New Jersey, will meet Englishmen Has Appeared Jack Sheridan, of t city, for t . avi J March 12. rounds in the main event, Five in New York. will precede it, of Brooklyn, stag will tackte preliminary At Natlona Mike Glove BY JOHN POLLOCK. Harry Powers in the star bout of OE GANS, the ex-lightwelght cham-|} sf rounds. In the semi-flnal Lew pion, who has not fought since he Y pieiag will bo Dick Miller for stx was knocked out in twenty-one )P oo. rounds by Battling Nelson at Col- Ima, Cal., last September, is going to| Scene ed ‘ box in this city, He was matched last) night by Johnny White, manager of the National. A. C., to mee: Jabez Wh the English Mghtweight champlen ten rounds at a stag to be h b Nationals on the ni capacity, as the club has put nt of yon my. bet, which Include. me that I had put up. put me in drect Ine for and from then on I the original § ean pursul stars of the ting. H. Hanlon , and Herrera, to recognize my right to chai the | topnot i the long run 1 to give me a tle manager, Tedds § parts rol ie Tr to San timan, My at Herrera, | widely published }papers and I was lic personage thi When 1 seac found that You lost his crown to J ritt, we n town, T was after ht with Britt, | however, and went stralght to him first, | Arranges for Fight With Corbett and yet 2 for your: | self,” satd Jame “You will have to lick Corbett to me about a fig listen _to any conve after I had tried out Corbett, “the mar- jvellous sluggler.”” T saw that thore was no chanée ting Britt to fight, so my manag: signal vi of course, in the fast becoming a pub- eabouts. S 1 i t. He will hive nis acrap Johnny Da DEER-LIKE TEWANIMA ~ A COMING CHAMPION asa factor in sprints. out to find Corbett and see wha terms he could make. fet a ist he club of rf which one 0 fF gument, In With the revival clals took part, we Analy nite ian is Jof the Marathon r ! th match, vere to fight in oO On; t = of the Marathon races, however, the Sov, 2 at Woodward's Pavilion Carlisle Indian Shows Great) tna: wed that the old plo- thea in his prime, Nov. 23 Young nd T ce ot way that He Was algte : ; , Ts were wrong When they sald p Next to Herrera, he was. the Forni in the Distance that an pulivouleihraWiesetl? boxer, hardest hitter among us little fellows, | | the chase nough. y a hitter ag th Stirs fellow like a bear and shooting out a a afar ial Kr ate eae feliion rights a second were bad things | —_— alt , ae \ CoE IR red CUaeetineratasaneharal begins to look as if the Indian {s/ there he avant the better borer and stayed out, of ] coming into his own. First car: i alah harm's way and won the decision. ‘That Longboat/and thén came sim ira HEL is (33 policy won for him the championship. | os. Murphy, the famous tralner tng and Tewanima Hes Chapter XVI. of the Battling Nelson of athle comes forward with the ns and isually won, stories will appear In The Evening World on that Tewanima, the Carlisle In- Indians were das nida, {sone of the greatest long-distance ball, something them, Was a Near-Champion had taken care ——————EE—E 1) COMMERCE HIGH WILL HOLD BIG INDOOR MEET, —-— est Comedian the Diamond Has Ever Had. BY BOZEMAN BULGER, r i Ariie Latham Joins the Glants—and 1 2 H ct McGraw says he might—every move io et t t two & will be a picture, It ts the purpose i \ i the manager of the Giants to use tham for the simple purpose of keep: fraid of havi whre e stpped, I got over de \ \ W McGraw Is now perfectly contented with the o There ts no man in the United States who knows more about handling youthful twirlers than Robinson, or “Robb thought he was all !n and too heavy to ever don t H ne baseball world last year by signing with the Baltimore 1b and making good, but he Hastern ole. his friend, McGraw, tn handling the young pitchers, surprised League ( ARLIE LATHAM, BASEBALL CLOWN ENGAGED TO GIVE GIANTS GINGER ooo Known Far and Wide as Great- Veleran iiobinson Agrees to Aid | McGraw With the Young Pitchers BERT ROBINBO: at last has agreed definitely to go South with the Glants to a the famo lo the riug- | Arlie Latham suddenly appeared on the ball @ Little wide and slid for the beg is | |r ners in the world, Endurance Jalways be®n one of the greatest quall- tles possessed by the Indian as an ath- na learned Eng» anaged wo page lete, On account of his Inability to| hls examinations, Ie was sent to Lon- don to enter the Olympic Maratthon. , y d pve sho distances jstart quickly and cover short ¢ and with a pair of swollen knees mi lat a fast clip he gradually dropped out |fwug "vy finish ninth in the Bamem Of = —= =\the F 19 held here in New ROUND WITH KLINE. | | It Js ver (Special to The Evening World.) Md., Feb. 13.—Patsy | that Carlisle will ene the next | BALTIMORE, Kline, of Newark, last night beat Young | | pritt, of this city, In the third round | before the Eureka A, C, The contest, | as far as it went, was a fast one, both | ug veteran catcher of the Baltimore ¢ With this sett yr the season: men forcing matters and in the first round Britt was sent to the can wth a left to the Jaw, and a few mo- Britt sent Kline down with i f As Free To Boys 1 Have a Dandy Liquid Pistol, a New Invention, for Every Boy Who Will Write to Me. larly called e mitt and mask again, * 7) ments later {a right In the second it was a hammer-and- ltongs affair, Kline using his left to/ ana Britt threw out | Maughan gaye aj from the bench bwindow,” replied Latham wis nan ares jump rth ye Bhan ,