The evening world. Newspaper, February 13, 1909, Page 6

EAE OX LiL MRE f l STORIES OF SPORTS TOLD BY EXPERTS or 2 SAILOR BURKE BEATS MSHERRY N ONE ROUN _¢4¢e—— Spectators at National A C. Implore Referee to Stop Bout Between Col- lege Boxing Instructor and Brookl lyn Boy. BY ROBERT EDGREN. Pst was no fault of Referee Jim Buckley that Sailor Burke didn’t imurder Jim McSherry at the gore-lined National Club last night. In fess than three minutes Burke butchered the novice, and finally knocked him out with a ferocious brutality unequalled in the annals of boxing in New York City. : It was as near mur ‘And ali through it Buckley, utterly disregarding the hor pide. McSherry was unconscious for tittee ‘less from the ring and laid on the floor in an aisle while the doctors tworked over him. i was a repetition of the scene in the same club three | months ago when Fred Bradley was knocked out by Al Kaufman long | 'pfter the bout should have been stop pe HELPLESS, WUTH HANDS Downs ” urged th AND EYES SHUT, MESHERRY ees a ey ToTTERED TOHIS FEET, e commercial world, | Burne sTRuCK HIM ONE LAST MURDEROUS Blow. BAR ST, & = 3 S 8 § nt P| i : g Fei ge man could go without crossing the line, the referee, calmly stood back and looked on, !f tified shouts from the spectators at the ring inutes. He was taken sense The members of the National Va@idn’t turn out In force last nigh jdldn't care to see a novice put in against ring, big in politic THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1909, ° = BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK UP TO DATE, NEWSY AND WELL WRITTEN SAILOR BURKE AND M'SHERRY---THAT'’S ALL “The FIRST reNOLK DOWN = ASSHERRY WAS DRoPPED So HARD HE LANDED ON MIS Face, THe THIRD HNOCHDOWN WSHERRY WAS HALF RISING WHEN SAILOR, Burke RusHeD IN AND STRUCK HIM A SAVAGE Blow GeHind THe cam. GANS IS MATCHED WITH JABEZ WHITE FOR TEN ROUNDS TO-NIGHT’S STAGS. A. C. Jersey, | JOE Will Be Englis Time Champion 2 3 \ppeared in New York. Bout Wei Take Pt Take Place at te National A. C. on March 12. stag At Long Ac of New Jack § rounds fn t pr CHa y nt il precede it of Brooklyn stag BY JOHN POLLOCK. i : the ; rry Powers OF GANS, the exlightweight cham | nay, pion, who has not fought since Fields will bo# Dick MI ‘ : was knocked out in twenty-one rounds by Battling Nelson at Col- ‘ 'ma, Cal., —$__—_—_____— ; box In this city, last September, is going to He was matched !a manager of t Jabez White, the club has champten, fr tencey i ae ten rounds at a stag to be held by th ot i % : the Nationals on le slugger like Burke. And they were. in , in law. Buckley would lpight. As I said in yesterday's column, have be ad to listen to them outside REFEREB BUCKLEY CALMLY Loo 12, If White can pull off this eeetiaatn th Burke is noted for the manner in which e ioe Sears i ING Oe Pe lees ne \he can “trim a sucker.” Those who St es e i | ‘ood Li ; | leaey eavaraysalan teeareita, kectslaichs lammnmmcccencnceia oemnln)y | pee But he stood like a d and said : Towered Over McSherry. Burke sprang In from behind fe ! err and struck McSherry a fearful blow * ke, but 1m d | When the fight began Burke towered pack of the ear. Dashed to the resined | ; cant wut ever McSherry by half a head. He was fioor as if struck down by a club, antes ures We ERT i \ Droad and muscular. The college man Mosherry fell, and his head bou ae : : ; eh a HWooked like anything but a well-tral mon ihetcaittcovereaval Jobat thu N \ t 3 3 Jathlete, He didn’t have half of Burke's ervete GU Pitcee GEE Gon aT Naa and he started out to finish me, ny on any bet, whieh Includes 312 SLE 2 5 af i rs ; |muscular development. He was a rather|!t—he came up again, The man’s un- {iain uer yea Ticouen intima tery cae CO ape oa nn nents : J t a etared|(C e : : : : away from } ne in dir 0 ‘ f |leasant, good-looking fellow. It seemed | e AE A) Ch L h h S 3 M swings until the fourth rour and from then on) favor ‘ Heh ! i \q shame as they came together, for It amazing. ok 4 stood totter ampion 1g. dle t ays EX 1CAM || Mis ime the honors. had been. abou p xreat stars of the tbe f |was evident in an instant that he might 's closed, F 4 Chea ores bere a me in for the H A e tatu i now a little about gymnashim boxing, r h G st Wh | d ise of my life., , Fe creat ana [tome ; Was the Greates irlwin Herrera Knocks Bat to the Mat. lin a ag Burke raw {t, and his little| e much to ine | Mi f Hi Ti We had Juat gotten togetier, ina F 7 it e re Qn \ eh and Was vackiny way with m. “4 8 |black eyes svarkled with pleasure and | men like 1xer O 1S) Lime; [punch sd eee Dae ng eee en Ty a anticipation. 4 loose his arm when X : stood back x ABITik Fat ire tromth : McSherry rushed and landed two or ; ltheonbeaie | swing squarely on top ¢ ! , Corbett! haw ne 1 from the j Shree tight pews. Burke measures bin Pena yee AIR blindly, Burke | rhe rite, Battles and Carver of Battling Nelson, the Lightweight Champion of the World, | sledge hammer signal vietd 4 SH tpt and whipped over a right. McSherry’ |) 33 ng with pleas : ia lurned /eccomplete j . of course, fae } \u dashed in suddenly and whipped (Copyright, 1008, by Battling > shh} a published in the He Wi took it well, but missed pitifully In his his right fist with all his might . somersault an i ublished “tn the fi form, Hl mau returns. Burke led again and McSherry The cruel and cowardly blow landed on BY BATTLING NELSON. back, my head Nit | ge thereabouts tad3, N.Y ducked. |me. poe peek weaitowars 2 a | ting ‘the mat first, edi serie f ran elsey é Nant I watched Burke closely. He has the h and backward until at CHAPTER XV. | tould see the Mex: foun ieturown to timmy. Britt, W 4 8 t ‘wmallest eyes ever set n a man’s head. | HILE I felt confident that I could lick Aurelia Herrera, I was In for | ‘can standing over wn, IT was after a fight with Bi | Hs of They are little black beads lke the) }f SaaTst a EPRLUGEL TES OUST rend with 8 viclous however, and went straight to him first san , ae ey ° r ; reat y life, or, rather, of my prize- | look In his for Fight With Corbett, n ‘i re eyes of a rattlesnake. Burke feinted. | } e nls Arranges for Fig! : it t Tt was like a rattler waving his head) | vaetera pil fighting career. I bad trained faithfully and was in such perfect AA ey, pane “Go and yet a reputation for you i eee hG CO EEG te and fro before striking at a rabbit.| ‘ht his to his condition that as I made my way to the ring that day I felt as if 1 could| he thought I a pete gileeadie ayer pe Ol y Sf d with | | hey d to t u Iready ot i ve to lic a1 before you ea i His snakelike eye: ff ly eA eles | br a Once he beat Jim Jeffries, On the way I stopped in a pool-room and found that the | ‘waen't of took a tome abuut a figh Britt refused to i Hav cut ie ake auc nagaly Meanits, si net irom the chair. ‘They odds against me were 10 to 7, I bet $1,000 on myself at those odds, and as | Cane cae 2 Yetey oaty [iste any, conversation th nar DE R- I f again, the rattlesn: ck, 8 ele i Sather oak : pia é y 1 and i y : oe : E ff seersith, deadly. alm, Burke's right,| me Saya, cxclainied «mon beste Chat was the largest amount T had ever bet I felt that I simply had to win, |/MEADAL MY feet an dntunie | 1a that thore was no chante of get- moving through so short an arc |few were leaving hurriedly, Other ® fought In an open-alr arena built s reaching there about two|ated tiger, putting every” ounce of tin Britt to fight, so my manager \ | | Fine-tentha of the breathless spectators] Walted anxiously to see it out. specially for the occasion down on «There I found Herrera smoking | strength. he possessed into his punches, out to find Conbett and fer a fe didn't see the blow at all, chugged} Carried From Ring. Hats of Butte. It was in the afterno pind, full of confidence. 1 had | He was somewhat daze! when ive found tera te conn onene against the left side of Alc nd it was a natlo shook hands Ina friendly way. He that he had not knocked me out. I was EN 1s took we fi a factor in sprints. With the revival nat penne hever was any too friendly. with any- {He frst: man on whom bis punch had match, eto fivht in Fi ft the Marathon hes forcevot ithe) blow sfbin Ura we drew ody, but he appeared to like me even | {lled. f then surprised him some more EAI AN yoodward's Pavilion Carlisle Indig ee ws Great of dea alavarptaventin however the {te victim from his feet. Ha wd that ever attended a when I was his sparring partner by standing up toe to toe and meeting nee Corbett was then in his pr Aarlisie indian onows Greats uns proved that the old plo- in the alr. McSherry fell. 'n Montana. After some delay one of the officlals him Hey tot blow setore the end of and 1 need not say that he was ag! ; i ane neers were not wrong when they sald ] febrinae struck the came to the dressing room and told us {he round I succeeded In hooking my foxer, Next to Herrera, he wa Form in the Distance that nn Indian could outrun a deer ig thing that that everything had been fixed. with the left half scissors hook Into his liver and PO%tra: hitter among. ue ittle fe there! : cheekbone. His head 3 State autiorities and that. the ght forced him to cover up. As the round [athe was not sa smappy a hitter as the Seere e chase continued long enough. terrible thud. He lay an V would go on. We Yost little time in get- | closed he was hanging on for dear life. | sfexican, His atyle of rushing in at a Events. Tewanim ed Carlisle wthl eleven F: A 1:7 iJ succee e| bear and shooting out a ther dopis oo; nd s then began to tette EINE ne tavorite. with the) tniknocking Aim outs, The latter coenag/ Cevow. kaya BERT. Ge teen Nn ge —_—— H Hane tem get up to his knees. as well as in the betting. Out were all my way, and at the end of the rulllion rights epee one neLe, ALLS lad out . Pushing up wit! AN Uae ercetey ye the people twentleth T had plled up such a lead tepritt licked Corbett because he wag {ns to look as if the Indian !s re le ment n't seem to Ike the Idea an out-| that I was handed the decision on a sil- better borer and A to his own, First we had| mail car his head hard to ¢ and a grim smile i down you plause, chanically try! ng apy of his honors a I got under the ropes anc but not so much e is a opponent. 7 He the Int myle in which he referee, and his decision was cheered by! Chanter XVI. of the Battling Nelson of ath comes forward with the | !o Towanima B moved to king out all his ‘As soon as I could get dressed T hur- stories will appear In The Evening World opinion that T the Carlisle In-; Tae Indians were re: , Herrera felt absdlutely | rfed over to the pool room and collected of Monday. {a, 1s one of z-distance| races, to kick a sm the out of I c harm's Way and won the decision. ‘That | L policy won for him the championship. ngboat and then came Simpson. | Ra ver platter. Not a man kicked on the | Now Mike Murphy, the famous trainer mo verd(ct and the bets were paid off with: out, @ question. Duncan McDonald was has efore th Was ooz! Was Absolutely Game. Burke differs one thing. A ratt mselt es “ARLIE LATHAM, BASEBALL CLOWN, — :: pie runners in the ima learned Eng but managed w page lalways ben one of the greatest quali Ile was sent to Lone and cover short distances the Olymple Maratthon start quickly and cov % and with @ pair of swollen knees mage fae Bee rata i aes ea lata fast clip he gradually dropped out |g, vor nish sag at mas tyra shed of "COMMERCE HIGH WILL : : f ENGAGED TO GIVE GIANTS GINGER BRITT QUITS IN THIRD : ee Saeed A crashing right ew York, All ace held In ROUND WITH KLINE. |." heavily 0 5 | the ring tried tor 4 t ' game apt Vi | bi A t A id | of ipers who have seen him are ened, 4 a School of Commerce will t at psi n Far and Wide as Great: (4 eran 4.00iInsONn grees 0 Al (Special to The Evening World.) Be He wpilon Har DAW An Fevent ie } < | d., Fe 4 the best of Amerita's ten ropes. S s Fs 4 8 ; ost Comediar ‘amo | RALTIMORE, Md., Feb, 12.—Patey| to his feet and stood thete with bis ght, Feb, 22 1 ‘ = tian the Diamond C raw ‘it the oung ic: EPS | cine, of Newark, last night beat Young | back toward Burke, ber t the list, ; tie Ever Had * out, || Britt. of this clty, In the third round ‘old man; u i a 1 . ILBERT ROBINSON, the famous veteran catcher of the Baltimore Or! Hit erare the Eureka A. C, Thg contest, moreannaings en to ex-moer t 3 oles, at last has agreed definitely to go South with the Glants to assist | Oo ay ag it went, was a fast one, both | me Chis fs his friend, McGraw, in handling the young pitehers, With this settled | of true courag ; : ara andling 6 piteher en forcing matters, and In the first | BY BOZEMAN BULGER, McGraw Is now perfectly contented with the outlook for the season Deer a ee caumaentntanthielleanvas eral wa i Ae F Artie Latham Joins the Glants—and There 1s no man in the United States who knows more about handling J) "4 ie left to the jaw, and a few —_—— eine the i L f 1 Shiet if MeGraw says he migit—every move | youthful twirlers than Robinson, or “Robby,” as he is familiarly called. ‘They ||“ Mai later Britt sent Kline down with |1 Have a Dandy Liquid Pistol, a New aR tt will be a pleture. It fs the purpose | thought he was all in and too heavy to ever don the mitt and mask ai ara Invention, for Every Boy Who Will Alte su Wide t uit) iL rot tl Is 8 to use | but he surprised the baseball world last year by signing with the Bal In the second it was a hammer-and- Write to Me. Jt : i Latham for the simple purpose of k Hastern League Club and making good. { fair, Kline using hls left to eS SS = = tor z the te nag in “The greatest trouble with young pitchers,” says Robinson, “ls that they ee meat ice ‘ana Britt threw out - t lie is deprived of the com are afrald somebody will not find out that they < very. diffle [Esato ae | 7 : = = : ut that they are good, It fs very difficult to s of truce, although not very S ) h i S ‘et S “VICE sof J Taylor, som ke them take {t eas: y are #0 anxious to show the ari catthers (ithe, fee Of ttuces: arth eh wat diiligan s Secre ervice sts ; ke them take teas) ¥ are so anxious to show the big League catchers |) OM hg F that they’ have speed and a variety of curves that they ‘cut loose’ too soon and FPS" TY iy icine, seoing that hie eee . ; ue H often spoil their arms, It is my plan to let th he stiffnes in : ‘ 4 4 ov Py ; Hi 7 I m work the stiffness out of t was about ready to quit, lk ollea Af empl i) Quiw U im ! . sti Tie ieey ca | [Nema eeueeee ermine py aHesreea shor: me WHBt Uiey ihe yell sbe ier cuabee (eareaita “He landed his left to the nes he can a urves, ‘aded \ I onsl Spurge lace and a right to the jaw, and Britt nt US PUES, ad | fevly. ait, his old-time yellow streak an Inveter Smoker Fe kihie Craw a not Coaching lines with @ bundle of papers himself, so as to beat the ru The | Shining out. 7 ' e. Long tte and a mateh, Ina moment he started | fect of both It the bag at about the | r This pistol {s certainly a dandy. It fs five ¢ « bonfire, and overybody In the stands | same time | his eye. Ei y expected to see the | inct H long. d moots many, mee (tae y am can make good owed sult, This tronteal shot was) ‘Judgment! yelled Millerick, as he |{ittle umpire Mal an ave feet ot | pins tarrel of monkeys, It will shoot. any © breaking thelr necks for an op. | {00 Strong for the umpires, and they | threw up his hand sn ie mplve looked up. In a Hava Loaded with water It may be used , hanlty to seo the Glante lt Latharg | “nally called the game on account of | ndy waited for Latham to make | very. une hed manner he inguired, | play. Handy for a bicyclist to drive away \ ni u Latham | so suness, Other comedians of the dia-|& declaton. Tilo How fs your Hiv does, Write me to-day and [ will toll roa bow ‘ t DpH IMOle a his old stunts, A Have bean (ull ft th : Walt a minute," sald Arile, “Il wa [siete WAS 80 peter a mins | you can get this pistol for a little eagy worl fone of tie varly in life Arile Latham began hig) Mond have been pulling off that trick | 4 qo see et tecde tnan Famed | Voeertta Re, apat aorithenabuest (asta | 1 Ria ot ime hen ence. into Le aE came out with out laugh ing, in ele momen ne ki ! t ' a fun one time ; a tape. meas, pile the crowd sat Inking back to the beneh, com- 1 qua Aca tarad ste TUN) Onesie Ora ravelOe ha rauED am deliberately meas- | etely yieten by this shaft of wit i gliting ® week with Latham while he -vas an! ured et s two Pats—Millerick | when Latham was with St. Lous he) / His. umpire in the Southern League. Ot one own that Wrigh as 4 in trouble with Chris Vor . New those days the Birt am club w ng and Milleri der A his a Boy i rena mayors | was a Ing at Little Rock, and It was just ideaionsihe deeisione tom a twlee A for a lecture, 4 were at the end of ason. Pat Wright|_ ‘Tt Latham did another expelally If they doen a t t laying first fo : a | fun i the crowd | vere all se fe ie It gi playing first for Little Rock, and] irnre ite jad. just called a third | opicegn'a room on the tenth floor of an fark fina stant fielders Pat Mi , of Birmingham, was at virie on one of ihe visiting players, |omee! building. There was not another ¢ t ind-atand. the bat. He hit a little grounder tow- Harry Vaughan, the old. Cincinnati | wall that high within a mile. ‘ r * e rds and for a moment it was cate erm ar manager at Birming ayn Dex Cy aime his lecture La. cl arry immed lew into! yegan to 3 ie J them te me play ing that puldn't quite Latham tsa runt. der ahhe- Why *you pay atten- 5 Tough Job. : Started a Bonfire ‘make it on the run, he slid for the bag Shut Harry Vaughan Up. teat think somebody 4 looking in at the tle afraid of having| To the Immense delight of the crowd Pat Wright at the same time gut the| yaughan aye a Jum from ge denen indow,”’ replied Latha 6 winked ped, I got over to the ring- Arlle Latham suddenly appeared on the ball a Uttle wide and slid for the beg ,