The evening world. Newspaper, May 4, 1911, Page 14

It Would Be Hard to Draw Up @ Bill More Unfavorable to Boxing Than That of Jim Frawley Which Comes Up Before the Albany Legislature To-Day. Coprdght, 1. mete Wet at listing Co, ENATOR FRAWLEY'S boxing bill S te before the Lagixinture to-duy Of course, Senator Jim's inten tions are of the best, and he ts inter- ested tn the game because he thinks It 008 eport— finest tnvitations to graft ever devised It provides for @ boxing commission of thrée, to be appointed by the Governor, to without salary, and to have absolutely autocratic powers, ‘The powera and duties of the unsal- od boxing commitesioners would be mewhat extensive, They would have ent control of boxing clubs, boxers and all contests held in the Siate. They ould Insue licenses to the clubs, and would have power to revoke the license of any club, They would license the Loxera and would have power to take way an jcense at pleasure. ‘The Dill provides that “faking” ts to be pontshed by taking away the boxer's | license and barring him from the ring Now, i# it possible to imagine a plum like this escaping the grarp of the hun- wry politician? It te not. Before ong the unsainried committee of three would consist of Just the sort Of political grafters that do get the soft political jobs in this community. Imagine a grafting politician holding down the position of boxing commis- sioner. Hy doesn’t get a ealary from the State, but he has something better. In the past boxing clubs have been rich ploking for the powers that prey ‘The boxing commissioner would be in & position to do all of the gathering Limeelf. The law provides that the commissionera count the gate receipts. ‘They are pretty close to the money. ES could be easier and sim~ a pler than for the boxing commis- Gioner to “declare himself in” for percentage of the receipts at any tome. club. If he didn't get it ne could use his autocratic powers, revoke | the Heense and put the club out of ex- | Istence. Every club would be forced to give up whatever was demanded or | UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY up FRAWLEY BowiG Bie THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAY 4 BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK “4 HERE AND THERE IN THE WORLD OF SPORT Tovar Hildiestels in Clo in Good Condi- tion for This Series, Thanks to the Athletics. BY BOZEMAN BOLGER. T's Boston speed boys are in our #on, and before they drop their bathrobes and put their feet in the resin Manager Chase wante them to clearly understand that the new bleach- ors in deep centre fleld were bullt as &n accommodation to the fans und at not to be used a target for visiting hitters that may stré time to time. Have jo In here from re, Patey Don- \ovant Unfortunately, jee could not get that {dea into their heads, and they bounced threo-base wallops off that stand just an freoly wrote tts doors, It would be the enacat (40d familiar ike as if they owned the dnd safest graft {n the world, No club | “Hole grounds. Hurry Davie even went vxher would dare to "squeal," because * f4F 4s to soak one drive right tn the even If he did succeed in exposing one | raster the that followed would put him out of business for their own protection. Also there would be fght- Ing among the big clubs, and the ttrongest would make it worth the commissioner's while to exercise his au- tooratio powers and kill off competi- tion, Very soft! Again, the boxers themselves could be bel@ up just as easily and safely. ‘The bread provision for the revoking | of @ bexer's license for “fakin, woull put Qe boxers at the mercy of any commissioner, It |s easy ea boxer of faking. At every close con- test many spectators are ready to cry “fake.” The commissioner would only | need to accuse a boxer of “faking” and) Gisqualify him, He could get away wita | the accusation tn almost any cugo, | Buppose @ boxer was to get $5,00 for u contest and a gentioman with auto cratic power over his professional fu. tor sugwested that @ few hundred would help pay off a grocer’s bill or tw Would the boxer refuse? Not unless he was all wood from the neck | up, T might be eald that the Governor I would have power to remove dis- honest boxing commissioners. tainly, He has power to remove any Gishoneet State official. But this office of boxing commissioner would be pe cullarly adapted to safe graft. Tho ub promote: vosttion of @ well-known promoter of enta here in New York. some jo @ police: h approached this wentleman in @ cafe, and without the slightest provocation knocked him down and gave him @ beating, Charges were Cor- brought inst the policeman because | of prominence given to the affair py the newspapers, and subpoena: sent out for the promoter to bri; to the police trial, He dodged end stayed away. and the charges w Gismissed. 1 asked him why he didn't prosecute, and he said: “Why, that cop would have been thrown out, and I would have been put ‘on the police black list as @ man who had prosecuted an officer, They'd drive me out of New York, and if I tried to run @ bike race or anything else here twenty-five years from now they'd wu every technicailty to pul me our of business. They'd do it, too. They never forget.” ‘Another thing againat the Frawley bit! ts the fact that It discrim! rectly against the N.Y A. C. and th ing boxing sho' Jaw, because of @ provision that Dosing held in @ building ppar- ently bang to bar the real athletic see @ube from competing profes Gional promotere gt boxing shows, would be mueh in tho! nuddle of the seats, ‘There have been some occasions when the ball waa smitten rather freely on the Hilltop, but the limit of abandon was shown when these young bride- grooms, even if they are the holder smusued up the outfield with eighteen clean smashes for @ total of twenty- seven buses, In @ way it was a good edward Loverett Bell to the con- tr notwithstanding. It convinced us thoroughly that the Highlanders are in good cc Otherwise they could never have finished the game. For a fielder to turn his back to the stand and chase a dozen and @ halt wallops t# no laughing matter, It not only offends the dignity, but it requires grewt powers of en: urance. “That's where we fooled them,” said with @ sly wink Inst night. 6, took off enough welght tn that one game to put us tn shape for the entire series with Boston, All those things, you know, must be fe th It might be surpr! ing for the fans to don't belleve, ask Bert Danie! The Athletice established the Ait- tia record of the 1911 season yea- when they batted Ray and Jack Quinn for thirteen three two-bagyere and two | | was demonstrated thor- bad throwing bullt more for comfort than epoed, dis- and Chief Meyers of congratulations midot for tho first time this sea. | 4, the champion Athiet- | hing {s the pivotal point of covered that he could steal base on the Giants ex- by _telepbone ws poate ks antes 'BOSTON SPEED BOYS HERE FOR FIRST TIME , last night, Sweene: arm was | bad and the Ctmmpe etole six bases on |him before the day was done. The first evidence that the wing was wobbling bobbed up tn the secand inning, The [Bese sr ie seme, aie, ne BY AN AMERICUS ON MAT | Gouble at (itd ti hesten row to When he had | wes Ld hy eee ef (ees brads they say in ite claseica, “The beet ala fourth Inning they repeated the same| Huge Pole Fails to sea wo fhe Op- | plane,”" &o, 4 then tt looked so easy that took his partner's best and tea! second alone. Ile | If Mtting cownte ae one of the qualifications, it looks ae tf Bhort- stop McInnes had Barry's job all sewed up in a pack. During the re- cent series againat the Highlan Molnnes went to bat twelve times and m three of them being for ewtra bases. Bome voting, eh? At this time of the year, on the Hili- the sunfield in right ts @ terrible nightmare to the athletes who have to earn their money in that Garden. Wol- | ter lost an easy fy tn the second inning that went for two bases, and when Bailey took his place he was completely blinded on the first one hit. The sun comes over the stand flare, nnd it {9 remarkable that a ball ie ever caught in that field at all. This afternoon Chase says he ts go! hie new outfielder, Lynch, @ chance to Collere, reports, ie im the groin in the frat inning and had to retire from the game. He may be out for several days. If Jack Coombs {e suffering from malaria, Chase says he ts going to get some of the germs and feed them to his whole staff. Coombs was very rocky at the start, but after the Highlanders had shot their bolt tn the third inning he settled down like dust after a rain, Not another hit was made off him for the rest of the game. The beat Hilltoppers could get from hii result being five run Birdie Cree continu: of the Highland times up y% two-bagger Abies. on clan. Tending nitere of the American INDIANAPOLIS, May }.-Jack Dillon eee eee ae dehter de a Tule tae | of Indianapolis and Rob Mona of Mu- opposing players have a deep and last-| Waukee. aspirants for the middleweight eee di for Bweeney's whip, but title, fought ten rounds here with no when Jack Coombs, a pitcher who {a| decision given, The contest was sup ing her Dillon or Moha, bus honors soston and Philadelphia, respect- the, tar Hulton oaicher, the whole] ware even. Jimmy Cooley ‘of Indlanap- Ae mane ® P Palledelphis club running wild! ote, welterweight, had @ shade over| Manager McGraw of the Giants re-| "jy “Bugs” Rajmond, the man on the bases, and the game went up| Mor 4 Ofanag t was “Bug: § ; Bi River Wineuk a pedtle Coowre tla Bloom of Chicago tn ten rounda, |duced his number of players to the re-| with the ex-thirst, that caused ¢ hak: Tadao reed Cc) oh New 1, Withington, ? STANDING OF THE CLUBS. topes SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY. Puiladedpute low York at Lyn very jess than eiz inches at fn a blinding; 4 California, and, according to | burled him to the bear. for: There’s a Reason, for Then as the star hitter Out of three would be one of | posed to bo for the purpose of eliminat: Copyright, 1911, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York World.) \ 19 ON THE OCEAN Topay Bound fom €unopa .-- HE Too A Hoon AND LINE ALONG . WaAT THE BOX SCORES SHOW. ‘The Pirates onty mate two errors against the Cardinals, and you can't veces whe ft wes that made them It wae our old friend, Hans Wagner, Who etso mad an off usy at the bet. ‘The Clevetands wil provably have @ sew shortstop on the job t> Gay. Oleon, who hee been covering the position for them, made three @rrore and came near causing the loa of the game to the White Box Ownle Bush te playing @ grand game for the Tigers. He got three hie fm four trips to the plate and stole three bases on Catcher Stevens of the Browns. Besides be accepted four chances without an error. Charley Mreet, the crack Washington cataher, may be out of the game for some time, as he had to retire in the contest against the Ratios be cause of an Injury from a foul tip. There were eight two-bagsers and a home run made in the battle te tween the Pirates and the Cardinals, Roger Bresnahan made two doubles. Manager Fred Tenney of the Boston Nationals was the dest sticker of the day. In five times at the bat he got five hits, two of tnem doubles, Although “Three-Fingered” Brown wae batted hard, it was the gpn- erosity of Pitcher Suggs of the Reds that caused the latter's defeat. “He tseued passes to aix Cubs. How the luck of the game breaks ts shown by these figures The Rustiers got six doubles, a triple and a home run, yet ecored only four AMONG OUR GRAPPLERS Tuy Prt ts pune SWAToLoaeR, STARTS AGAIN. while the Phillies got three and only had one hit for extra bases—a Joe MoGinnity's friends were around early to-day offering him eym- pathy. There's a reason. The Torontos made 2 runs against his team's 2, while they gathered in twenty-five hits ageinst the Indians’ atx. ZBYSZKO DEFEATED wie Bm Donerany the Detroit, pitcher, and ponent Once in Hour as | east Sep tormer ree 4 See i ‘ Per Agreement. tie, Sasotim at at sbtovaul cepted ' | defeated tne Have Havestord team) in tne jual Ce. Ho ees ot 82 toa TE omy thing that will emtiafy | Last year and the reer I the wrestling fane in this city | ‘> des, now i# a finish match between Stanislaus Zbyezko and Gus Schoenlein (Americus) of Baltimore In their bout at the Twentieth Century Club they tussied away for an hour and at the end of this pertod neither man had gained a fall, but Referee John Dunn awarded the Oriole the decision on potnte, Tho dig Pole agreed before “ie match to throw his Mghter opponent—yes, ‘iWghter by sixty pounds—in sixty min- lutea, The fact Ss that the man with the sneeze name was lucky that he wasn't pinned to the met in that time, ae he had several close calls. ‘Americus was the aggressor through- |" out, and when he ploked Zbyesko up in hig arms end him around and joor the big houseful of fans was curprised beyond belief. ‘The Pole seemed content to remain on the defensive. It seemed to be his Jobject to tire out his smaller adversary ‘by grappling his huge hulk and tnen McGrawites Anxiously Await Decoration Day —_s— return are some guys and « nice gang to stiok to, aren't th But the Dodgers weren't sorry to part from the Giants, Somehow or other the MoGrawites got their number end won't give it back. The two teams oot eae coed en sma often matte mi ek to umpire in alierertord tae sont word, to, Terran’ ahe y off the tie that exists between the two Grarae for the Intercollegiate Soccer League chara: | Blpnahip, as mow of her players are now playing sored a rict wer the applic eres 7% redhat pag Mur ae arecied the Ht © Py) bry! % serra Cont to, dane Hoe secaad,rate American Py by Shaw of cee x Ji have, to pay i at soa it ree Strieing ‘mare Jom Fa ‘pear A Wort ot the National rottiug 4 oot mem, from eer furlong ‘They'll Meet Dodgers Again tle at Twentieth Cen- tury Club To-Night: BY JOHN POLLOOCK. ly get an opportunity to-night of judging for themselves which ts the better fighter, Jack Goodman or Tommy Malone: tleth Century A. C. at ihe St. Nicholas Rink, in West Sixty-sixth street, and as each man has a big following on the west side the indications are that the clubhouse will be packed to the doors. Both are in the best of shape for the contest, as each realizes he must win in order to get on any important bouts in the future. be ever Bank, Gpittin, the, colored meres, fr sont cat aC AnD AE 1a" bafore Te Abie te typtiotd fever, wi county « 4 dim Jettries, hai 8, over him once and also ‘The twenty-round fight between Bill Lang, Near-Championship When Frankie burns Mee.s Young Wagner. Young Wagner, the local bantam- welght boxer, who ts to meet Frankle Burns in the star bout at the Whirl- wind A, C. to-night, yesterday finished training for the battle. Jimmy De For- est, the veteran conditioner of boxers, {s authority for the statement that Burns was never in better condition in his life. Wasner has been training at New where he has flock of BUFFALO, May 4.—Paddy Latin, the local fighter, ad ‘a big ehade oo Fighting Dich) S* rT Nayed four mi on the Hilltop and know that the At 8 knocked from Jack Quinn oot the warmest recep: for Two Games. Hpsdeen a a To BRSLA ed Te twenty to twenty-five pounds off our| tion of hie young life when he of- Re Beer a eaten a roallen heroes in that game, No Joke, eithe: fered himaelf up for a sacrifice in Here HSA er hee ICT ‘The outfielders lost on an average the last two tnminne Eleven men im) ean with the Geonent gecrat Greer soll, and e am five pounds cach and the infleldera| faced him, and of that number ain Tas dias hia Ga xed thets | *t . ; froprea weight in proportion, If you| Mt safely and one walked, the net inebie thas a Geen/e pad! ‘The two clubs won't meet again until grips and started for the Grand Cen- tral station to take the train for B ton, where they open their first serie: of the season there this afternoon, And ‘you can't blame John McGraw and his | henchmen for hating to leave Brooklyn, can you? Any bunch of players that are good fellows enough to hand you seven games without wanting any in McGraw Sends * Five New Pitchers Back to Minors. May 80, when they play twice at the Hilltop. The Giants ‘anxiously await this date. nuaee ar ra ere up against easier the open a noon, the first town, and they are hi of doing as againet them th tfey did in Brooklyn, where they broke even in | four games. nth the New Yorks and the Brook- lyns will return to their respective home grounds for a long session with the Western clubs as soon as they wind quirements of che roster limit that goes into effect on May 10. Only twenty-five uniformed athletes may be retained Dive pitchers were let out. ‘These were Rudolph, ‘Teareau, Jenkins, Shonts and Hendriks, Rudolph Dodgers’ downfall in the farewell gam He held tho lusers to four hite, Ni Rucker only allowed the Giants one more hit than that, but his support wasn't #0 good as Raymond received. Kelly Hurt His Handa, CHICAGO, May 4.—Hugo Kelly, be- Meved by many to be the logical middle- reverts to Toronto, from club he was secured last season nd with him goes T uu, Jenkins | welgit champion, has bean advized to and Bhopta he n Biven to New| cose boxing for at least a month be- Jari for the time being. Hendricks, |CQuse of a. badly sprained hand eu rom an independent team in Michi-|tained in hia bout with+ " wan, was ¢ sis. Unconditional re | Johnny Thompson, fear, Ho did not wish to be turned _ back into minor | company. Handricks left last night for Chicago, where he hopes to catch on with @ semi-pre au, Goodman and Maloney To 9 Swap Blows at Last | West Side Boys Clash in Bat- + OCAL boxing enthusiasts will final- | °¢:' They will clash in a| ten-round bout at the stag of the Twen- | tinue eden. | providing the feomoters ‘somduct. 1 way, As the Ch Police of Chi- ts “almost goon of, Chiengo, nd Bateer Brann deen, it foe sar of lon 9 won teo Yale Stadium Begins to Take NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 4.—The A) Yale stadium project advanced through one more preliminary step to-day. The Special committee of the alumnis ad- visory board executive committee which considered the proposition here last month reported to the executive com: mittee Itself to-day. The conferences are behind closed doors and will con- morrow, Out of the numerous ttees and con comm rences ts expected to come a plan for the erection of one of the finest athletic grounds in the world. “BEARCAT” M’MAHON MEETS BILL M’KINNON. Tom McMahon, the Pittsburg “bear- cat’ who made such 4 sensational showing in his recent match with Saflor Burke, arr! 1 in New York to-day to meet Bill McKinnon of Boston, at the National Sporting Club, in a ten-round contest to-morrow night. McKinnon claims the championship of New En, land and promises to give the “be cat’ the fight of his career. pe SCOUTS HURRY TO SEE THIS NEW “PHENOM.” CHICAGO, May 4.—Big League scouts are rushing /to Lake Forest to-day to observe future work of pitcher Smith of Lake Forest who pitched a ten- inning, no-hit game against Monmouth yesterday, winning his own game, 1 to 6, with a long hit in the tenth, son in’ every one of the ten rounds here. | Laviv AMUSEMENTS. aig UW) ike a rldeweight and ned the a 7 ee of weight, jvelght aud reac America's. Fo Theat [aught an aggressive fight, bat. Paddy was too | gee ®t eres “ian pices tts Clevr, ‘Ty the tenth round savin drvpped Nel- l We M : ‘leanly, but couldn't improve ou lie ad- Bits vantage, Mage AMU! EMENTS. te, easier game for| Keq voums | Giants wouldn't LYCEUM TARDY 30th Street "hy |] JOH MASON "> 4 ae Ba, mes. HSKE ian anon FOLIES BERGERE ($0 si" WA, MA TELL vhose 8400 Bryant, Mate Tues t. htothello, Frocday 2:10 Oates ee and Halo Pea « LAR th Phat Aut & (ey * toa vi gpeanaeirey Sth 4 | 1 Man eo fib HER jm DR De Be LUXE ||| THe DEEP i ie SON Matos wai, Se hatt eee ol] a naacomedy ae BLANCHE | wats wow. ATS jp The Bachelor's Baby afoul a (3 spt INK LAD swill outlive, allthis wera BROADWAY Stk ven, wane 2.15, Lew FIELDSix- ae Ava Soo St iii Comic OPERA ‘Ot, r tt Oe iu ape Way agate { ad EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN , Owner of Giants Signs Long | National League. This means for an m- | the league does not provide for the dis- | ume. POLO GROUNDS — STADIUM AT ONCE, SAYS MR. BRUSH Lease and Will Build New Stands. President John T. Brush of the New York Baseball Club gave out a e- ment to the effect that he yesterday igned a long lease for the Polo Grounds, equal to the present life of the definite period, as the constitution of solution of the league at any given The statement also disposes of the re- port that the.Giants and the High- landers wil! get together and have the same home. Following {s Mr. Brush's statement: “I wish to announce that I have this day leased from Mra. Harriet @. Coogan for a term of yeare equal te the present Ute of the National League the oid, historio Polo Grounds, While Mr: has not deen known as 6 dase- Dail devotee, the fact remaing thet both she and Col. Coogan are enthusiasts and she has, in the interest of the sport, made possible, by virtue of an extraordinarily long lease, to construct a stadium that will accommodate future crowds and be creditable to the city which the Giants represent. Th lowers of the Giants are much indebted to Mrs. Coogan for what the future wil! develop. Plans for future reconstruc: tion are being formulated, and I wit! soon be able to give them to the public, I can now, however, advance the prop- osition that benefits to the baseball \ term | poses for such @ long term te viewed Tangible Form, public will accrue the Polo jrounds disaster.” t ‘ork Giante play base- ball at the Polo Grounds for the fu of the thirty-five years’ lease, President Brush has announced, will have occupied that site for Attys -five years. The team began using hese grounds in 1991. Considering the expansion of New York and the fact at there are miles of city beyond the park, its retention for baseball pur- as remarkable. Mr. Brugh has confirmed the report that iron and conorete stands, to cost” about $500,000, will be erecte! at once. COLLINS NOW LOOKS LIKE NEW BILLIARD CHAMPION. CHICAGO, May 4.—Perey Collins, who cut down the lead of Fred Conklin tn the third block of the 18.2 billiard match here last night, {s to-day thought to have a chance to win the tnterna- tlonal amateur championship. Collins 1s now 48 points behind his handicap, THIS WEEK ONLY Fine & 3RQ ST EMPIRE, - Billy Watson and His Beet Trust PERSE" bone, __ AMUSEMENTS, HAMMERS TEN < a Se ” Py tit tu 81) Dally Yas ies BIG) Cohen, eran) Heer ra tt the LAMBS | PUBLIC. GAMBOL GIVEN AT THE NEW THEATRE. Pr May eit. nick Wi: allingtord ty ta Be Foy oes, MoS Niet, Welt Saat: ALMA, 4, Where. ‘Do You Live? OLYMPIC AMATEUR NioiIT Th ot AT [BELASCO ¢ $744 TIMY: “T ACADEMY ; 0 MET week “rit HE Ww Wy, KULLER SKAL and &: ‘as BAND CONCERTS 1 1 ee j WALLACK’S "4% Fga'h MABEL HITE Biri A Cores ie Ge beh, FEE hens Aue @ aad ‘ ‘Star and Garter shi fyi mi AY ee BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, yi FIFTH AV. Ae isa Strauss, TEN 520" icin, Broadway & Kalph Ay, Best Seats, MAJE ee Ae