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coronene © Paris Now Has a National Sport- Ing-Club Composed of Its Lead- ing Citizens, and It Plans to Engage Only French Boxers, Cureein, 1711, (The OXING Dae taken © wonderful nota on the French peopia ‘The ota Yrenan inwa made a blow with « fet @ inore ferious offense than etabd- Ding Or hooting or Kicking. In epite of This ancient prejudices boxing hee & great boxing tad h deen chartered in Paria to be known es “Le National Sporting Club de | France.” It in to be run like the ttomal Sporting Club of London Among ite opgmasers are many of the Most prominent men in srance. Bon Of the names are hintorla There are) Moblemnen, legislators, bankers, capitalinta, profeasional Auguste 4 Altncourt, Bernard touches, Dumont-Pallier, Henri Huttl- fer, Rene Ge Knyf, Georges Ledat, Andre do Neufiise, A. H. Ramsay and BP. Rossesu. are 88 other members no less Prominent tn Prance The object of i i HT il i ing Club af London, by whith each club will bar any fighter barred by the other e\ib on charge of taicng, It would be @ fine thing if we could have ® boxing chib in New York, with & Membership composed of the most noted men of the city; @ dab of thia sort actually run by and for ita mem- bers, and not as @ business propomition, for the promt of » promoter, It would give the game t 6 class tt haa in Wngiand and to-day in France, We are benind the times Je JOHNSON says he ts going to England to #ee the coronation. Jack hawn't been anxious to set foot on Engilsh soll wince he went to Aus- traMa to fight Tommy Burns for the nship. At that time he was a@tehed whh Sam Tancford at the Na- pal Sporting Club, but was released from his cation temporartly, after ening «an agreement to return to Kaw nd from Australia, win or lose, and carry out his contract, Also he was signed up for several months of atrical wor the in Ex 4, and he broke contracts, When Jack came to America after beating Burns and etayed people in I nd threat- «him Into if he ever fet foot on English m ‘ain. Refore he starta Jack would well to find out whether he t# liable to damages, imprisonment or merely a few fines. In the latter case tho court proceeding in England w only amuse him, He Goes love to pay fines. nia, where he ts to feht Wolgast for the champonshtp on July 4, He wil!» Burns acrap tion. Moran knocked out Battling Nelson. Of course, Dat was hardly an good « Nelson Wolgast stopped a He could after the beating ast in forty rounds O™= MORAN {8 off for Caltfor- to seo the Wolgaat 4 wtze up his man tp ac- hardly be as drinkin went on a long r waa a solid round Ipation as tt las While @ boxer ma. De- | UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY training feeling the as that, ty in a Wolgast deed, A then without ha Bod "I for Sa to on, Yo BOB CLARIS, Manager, ow if he} | le — Te “ace sero” ENGLIOH HemvYwerGHT ONLY USED Now FOR, iants Will Be Tied For Second Place if Five Chi te Pear in Pennant Hunt in National League This Season. BY BOZEMAN BULGER. FTDOR a week of tough milling and unexpected reverses the pron- pects for a clome race in the Na- tional League are brighter to-day than | the old organization haa seen for many | years, A few years ago the National | League was looked upon as a conte: between three clubs, while every team in the American League had a chance | and fought st right down to the last | orien, ‘The situation now te reversct. | Detroit ts away out In front in the American, while there are five clubs in the National that must be figured in the betting. ‘This morning the Glante are in third place, Just one game behind the Pirates and only three «ames behind Philadel phia, ‘The Cubs are right on the heel of the Giants, lest than one game rep- arating them, If the Giants should win | to-day they will be tied for second place, and the chances are very much in their favor, as Mathewson ts ached- uled to take another fing agatnat Pitte- burg to even up hie defeat of last ‘Thursday. ‘The Cubs are @ cloee that if they should win to-~lay and the Giants should lone Chicago will hop into third place. On the other hand, if the Cubs and Giants both should win New York will be just two games away from the lead. ‘The Pirates will be in the eame position ‘and the Cubs will be but two and « belt ganes away from the Phillies, ‘The Giants have five more games against the Western crowd, and then come the Phillies, ‘The result of these ames will depend largely on the oon- dition of the New York pitchers, Mo- Graw is immensely pleased over the showimg of Drucke and Marquard dur- ing (he past Week, and from now on he lise was olng great when he was laid out by the accident whioh almost broke dis hand, That misfortune may ly, ag the #tar southpaw will be out of the pastime for a probably week or more. The last game with the Pirates wit be played on the hilltop this afternoon, 1 with # place in sight it 14 going to be a One of the most pleasing moreete that New York fane havo tasted for some time dx the wondarful showing the crippled Highlandere have made in thelr last few gam in the West. ‘They won three straight from Bt, Louta, but boat the last one offer a ten-inntng ght, Manager Chase (nin New York and ha ts looking all right again, He had a severe attack of eryeipelas, but ds rapidly recovering, He wilh rejoin the team before the jo HAtlt hen It ts re it wi & week at loa and nobody scored. | we ity of the High: | g of gameness, Brook Mele Josh Dee! poston _ They Deteat Pirates notwithstanding the fact that he was suffering from @ severe spike wound in hia leg. When he was cut last Friday thought he would be laid out for After the gume Satur- jay Jowh declared that his injured leg) felt Detter for the exerciee, A fow daye ajo o sory was grinted to the effect that OAriety Mathewson had cleaned wp 876,000 im Reading stocks, Matty saye that he made 87,500 on the deal, but, after all, what (@ a mere oipher améng friends. * replied the Chief, | most got the rouse. Harvey Watkins, at one time manager of the Giants under the Andrew Fried- man regime, attended the gemes last baseball managing he went back into business for @ rest, The work on the new stands at the Polo Grounds is going on at a marveliously rapid pace. The greatest drawback so far hae deen the time coneumed in driving piles for a foundation. The contractore expect to have the lower stand ready for occupancy by June when the Giants return from the The upper etand will be com- seieh later. Dia you know that Jake Daubert, the star frat sacker for Rrookyin, was with u time and was sent Away because there wasn't enough mom for hum to practise around first base? land at on —= MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS’ STANDING IN DETAIL. AMERICAN LEAGUE, i it FYE IE ra inate P} Tio CU LC fome league that you aid Chief Meyers to) | Umpire Finneran the other day. “What league ts that?" asked the um- one of those twenty thousand |Jeagues under the gea would Just about and he al- I only got two bases 62 if . om 100 15 bo aie a - Phippee private t ‘ne iF BNING@ WORLD ONDAY, Max Coprment, vil, by tne Press Puntishing Co, (The New York World) Tw Paris tS CusTomany FOR THE WINNING BonER Te KISS ‘The RarPense von GETNNG THe Decision ------ Now There's & “MATIVE SON? AAITATION AMERICAN LEAGUERS OUTBAT NATIONALS American League, Thirty of Them Hi Hitting .300 H By OF or Over Against Twenty-one ft Hy H ‘ in Other League. 2 1B i BERET: | TIERE i heavier hitting being ai ies d | done by the American League tM players than those in the Ne- 1B 38 tional League. The younger organiea- s tion has thirty men hitting 80 or over, ‘os while only twenty-one reach thene fg- ures in the veteran organisation One of the surprises of tho season ts the way that Jimmy Callahan, the old- time player, is meeting the ball. He wea out of the game for a few seasons before returning this year, and he !s whaling the leather at a .307 gait for wenstaqnesr-t0-1-19 Oem n08- ewan yews 2 nice scist ‘3 hh ‘Boo OS ‘hos 303, AB, RB. iL) the White Sox, and stands fourth in Yo Se. ay the ise, % 8 6 cto The heavy hftting of course ts be- 2 90 4 [Bos Heved to be dus to the cork cantre ball 13 4 and it te likely thet new legigiation wit! 3a 8 Be shortly out it down, 18 3 e ‘The Highlanders have three men in See a the coveted class, ‘They are Fart Gard- 7 26 2 [BIT ner, Cree and Chase, while the Giants 1g HS 6 BiB have five playere banging the horsehide 74 $ nH at 000 or better in the National League. B88 nt 3a They are Fletcher, who leads the Bh 4 on league with .42, and Wilson, Meyers, i, ate a 300 Devore and Doyle. te nS 38 Hilltoppers Expect to Win Four Straight in Chicago — —~.— and clouted the ball Into the right feld bleachers for a four-baser. Caldwell New Yorks Do Well in St. went in after Bweeney had batted for Fisher, who started the game in the Louis, Losing Only One Game in Four. ninth. Lefty George, the southpaw phenom of the Browns, started on the firtni line, but lasted only seven inning Mitchell Koing to his rescue George Was taken out to let Criss bat for him, and the far south lad slammed out @ triple, which eventually tied the score and enabled the Browns to win later tn the cont Russell Ford, who was slated to pitch Saturday, 1 laid up with @ slight tack of fever, but hopes to get back into the «ame to-day and twirl the pectal to The Rrening Wor, St. Louis, May NABLE to make {t four straight over the Browns, the Highlanders left for Chicago yesterday after- noon, where they open a four-game eer. | |toa with the White Sox toay. St. Louls | oo cning game against the hard fghting fandom, after seeing the Highlanders | 270" come from behind in a few gamee| ‘This poy Johnson, | who cavorts at Hans Wagner {8 compiaining about the | played here, think tnat the team will| short for the Highlanders, has made commercialism of baseball. The crowd | pe fighting hard at the fintsh. one huge hit with the St. Loula fans, on Saturday made a ground rule neces-| Manager Pro ‘Tem. Hemphiti an-|and each and every one is wishing bim jsary, “Hut for that ground rule,” ways| cuted after the qumne yenterday that |#ll the success in the world, Larry Hans, “that long drive of mine would | nounced after 7 wpe Gardner, the across-the-river boy, also have gone for a home run and won the |h@ Was more than pleased with the | PAiSher oo seribe jame. A it wa showing of his team here. “The team fo hitting and flelding and the pitchers are doing about as good work as could be expected of them, and I no rea- son why we should not take four straight from the White Sox,” te the way Hemphill sizes up the situation. Paul Meloan, the ex-White Sox, broke It up for Caldwell in the tenth inning yesterday. He was the first man up, The two young pitchers, Caldwell and Fisher, whom Hemphill showed had look Ike real twiriers, according to the oldest fans who watch games day tn and day out at Sportsman's Park. One sizes 1t up this way: “I see no reason hy those two youngsters should not make good. They speed, fair curves and, what's more and the most tmportant, they have control. Polo Wins Many Fans As Park Tourney y Opens ie a ee Tere Teams Clash Every Day This} ”,,, Morr varie ary, nom Week on Grounds at Van | ret.tetant SEM aes fete Site the batt cae any Orimeon crew bas Cortlandt. A835 Bo erent ets Aen? eee at A wertes of polo games has been ar- ee “inte toned ra ranged to take pace! at Van Cortlandt ead wee Doe < Park ct ting Friday of] 18, now gues 4 Ens weak and incon ne’ are envious| Siaply Sats el Raf ac a to get @ line on the new game will| (i, oMqibnanl, saclay reins have an exceptional chance to witness some good playing, ‘This afternoon \itity % an eR Nae Na ete dad wo the the Meadow Brook Juniors play the seal pete Squadron A team; to-morrow the Pec-| Prank Hart, ing trade onfo team will lin eup against the meres eran race Ode Rose Westchester Insurrectos; Wednesday, — rece in 10 minutes @ tn 8 3B eoat mad the New Orleans Fiitbusters va, Went {t.cnemlle creat in | by ha re bt te Point, On Thursday to-day's winners play the winners of Tuesday's gam: and on @aturday the winning teame of Wednesday and Thureday’s games will | | play oft | Acatemy Iq VISE Joho J. Daly of the Irish-American A, the two-mile steeplechase event and ‘tet ‘conaider ©. won, Sh fon place at ‘Cali io, which Daly took his In a@ five-period practise game on made up hance to” romp jot No i CO. 1 grey ii A jer; No. 8 Keene, | Oogch Vail of the Wisor [and back, 1, ©. Phipps, defeated a| the faculty revort Queen ei Tave heen | Meadow Brook team, which Included the | Wiewrkie aS yes, Waterburys and H. P. Whitney, by a Vail having cle | score of 7 goals to 6 A. Rurden Jr, was phat with money which was tuned ate) ew shell wit SBD Ah kk Nw Sc as OAR BE FT LET avar BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN ASVEY aNd LANGFORD HELPED Tue “NATE SON’ (DEA ALONG. cccllfvoniin “White Hope” Tourney Will § Be Novelty for the Boxing Fans. oe BY JORN POLLOCK. Win there are only two good | over fighte carded for this week at the local clubs, singularly they will take place on ¢ me night— Thursday. Jack Goodman, the cham- pion of the west side, and Young Ahearn, the shifty and clever Engin! man, are to battle in one of them, et Carl h duration. On Friday night O'Rourke will run a “White Hope” tour- nament at the National Sporting Club. | |i Leach Cross will take part in another bout om Monday evening, Mar 23. He will mest | Benny Franklin, the Harlem fighter, in a ten- | Ai ryund out et the Olrmie A.C. ‘of Harlem, | 678 arranged to-day A ont che Re Dat | Crom to ‘On 8 contest with wht “vas Temonaibie for the bout being clinclet. | BMy * fut, shorn” the local “Rant Tana Ly ple hie clam Fyinn for @ fi ; ae Gay BOXING ONE OF MOST POPULAR SPORTS IN FRANCE JUST NOW rave de Pari, “in” Eee Bs ? mericas Tow Loughrey June 2 iymoteeh Tors Ntteen iy to fight him me ot is a orting writer It Capont be seine Beton,” ils any Phoeagoa HOR he utd Good Bouts This Week rey ina” fifteen-ruund ain tut Dine, Kid te jecision one ae tou fn the fourth round. ‘another so one et race,” evi es the Twentieth Century A. C., while! Arighomat * r tendon te Knockout Brown and ‘Tommy Murpny | évar~ at" the Soll RP ee oe btnirns Yount will have their third battle at the Mad- | tnd Sims Da “toe Tina” bynta! foon A. C., in Sulzer'a Harlem ae | eames bg Milica HN os eda Park. Both bouts will be of ten rounds’ | «q7™,caepm, fhe Halian, middiennetm ot Cm ht ever since Pivan knockel out Al ro Founda at Kenosha cate Brows Fiynn ues Stor Harry Potion manager orf the Deentietn, Osnrury t er nred th pitt OF Milwwakee, whe hrosgnt Fapke and *Oycione rain tor fighta, virat after the above date, He Only Allows Rochester mis Six Hits in His First Game fe of the Season, ‘HO was tt first eat, “They don't 2 Joe McGinnity, the {ron-manager, 18 & living refutation of that theory. After having suffered from a broken arm for a few months, Joe got into the game yesterday against Rochester, the Fastern League champion, and should have won, as he only allowed mx hits, However, the fielding behind him was fer from faultless, and the Indians lost by @ score of 3 to 0, Kid eiheteld is Pig . it a iinene Sach he Tas eit is a bey WW tsa Yoel ‘Others May Not“Come Back, = But But Joe HeGinniiy Does obd, Delebant layers on between the tiny price —buta mighty big thing for shoes, 100 Polishes, 10c, roa teat || America's er Gre ears “iis Sees [10 ae a. gett ; = Rae Pot at ks reas - ra tel Wet, paet Secs nigh aa me sees Sa tat cer aon tees baton ‘ah ow JOHN W MASON: in’ Hague 1 Ficus tet thins BROADWAY fuss aa eee , fre pa ny Tare and tl men Cte tke A P.) as ‘team ‘ame will be played” at | I'm not knocking anyone, but—| compare my $15.00 suit with | any $25.00 value in town. It's guaranteed at that. aire we Sivek Co. in ocd Bal fo * LEW FIELDS 1 ThE HEN-PECKS RALD SQ. % Cohan's w NGNNE Wish wade Has, Thea. EVERYWOM. (Her Pilgrima: toh SO Tine ime | (De Luxe Pattion of Play) | THEATRE, \s Evan 1h Mats Wel. asi "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford ee Stl a Decoracine, Fin war & Gin B ae Meal 8 sat 238. AN {2 Qnest of Love. Night SAFETY DAY, es Fire OHOKER De POM ANS W. CORLETT, DAILY B0c, me The g| ae, Scan avo, Out tut Manone Moe Levy una ania eee abil od |119-125 Walker St., New York. | . mr steel meet of hs career , Rotterdam and Boulogne he Met sant eis. crueine rk, reported by wireless tele- = 1 rwark Velniome With | xraph when miles east of Sandy * leap ay it Hractor’s ENORMOLS at leatah Jecke Took at 715 A. M. Will dock about 8! mowling ama Bililerd yo pldate eat gy, | NOD guerre o's ten | A. 2G, Toureday, Bhat Bh ane i as Ini iat OFS x - 4 eet a id nl st ie I CRON do a EST NT aN AC RA 2/F 115 tof A. ah KENNEDY SURE VALE CREW WILL Coach Says He Did Not Expect Much, in the Princeton Race. NEW HAVEN, Conn, May %%—"1 fdn't expect to do anything at Princeton Saturday. It was practically @ new crew rowing against Cornell and Prince- ton, @ new stroke in the boat, new men at Nos, 6 and 6, and we could not ex- Dect to ses such an arrangement come out in front. Only we wanted the men to get the experience and see how they would act. You won't recognize the same crew in three weeks.” This was the first statement by Coach John Kennedy of Yale since the Saturday boat race on Carnegie Lake, when Cornell and Princeton easily de- feated a ore from Yale over a course one and three-quarters miles long, A week before the race at Tigertown @ crew from Pennsylvania badly defeated the Elis at Springfleld, Mass, The | Bulldog’s poor showing in ba races has cast a gloom over Chuck Kennedy today alaied that he would train practically the same crew that rowed at Pinceton for the race against Harvard on th a June 30, ‘The men had diepiayed level beads in the Saturday's race, he sald The crew will go to New London about the second week jn June. The EM varsity boat did mot take to water to-day, The first practice Saturday's defeat will be taken and Two on Same Night\** cs ‘Honey" Melody, who was a wonderful Chace te ey RESULTS AND SCHEDULES OF MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS. AMERICAN LEAGUB, Results, Philacelphia Boston- Games To-Day, New York at Chicago, Philadelpiva, at Cleveland, Roston at St. Louis, Washington at Detrolt, NATIONAL LEAGUE, Yesterdny's Results, No games schedule. Games Te-pay. Pittstnre at New Qneinnats at Brooks: ————— Firat Defeat for “Mets.” The Meir suifered thelr fits: defeat of losing to the fe Bu ting’ rally ” shut out ngl of Pit was the ‘The ba’ 10 SENSATIONAL NOVELTIES fewudin Mantle nia I os vy Snag A MANA NEW ANSTERUA Swed. o 8 ary ‘i Koay & Brinuger « Musica) Coste oe THE PINK LADY” LIBERTY. B34 2 ou Mate Welw weeks of oes of | CBRISTIE MACDON ook Prune | ih LHe SPRING MAID, “RACUSE ME" She GATETY 805) ]__Bpecin) Matinee Decor fe Cancel, vom Barus RAS Us EDWARDy a behan: ey Odes arc, Julius Tanwen’ “Paul” Armatrong’y 2 W %6 DREAM LAND NOW OPEN PALISADES ei a PARK Gp STEEPLECHASE {te 20 & 30 Lane city bricliron | sr Brighton i BELASCO. 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