The evening world. Newspaper, August 26, 1911, Page 6

Madison Square Garden One of the Three Great Fight Arenas of Modern Times, the Other Two Being Mechanics Pavil- lon of San Francisco and the National Sporting Club of London. Copyright, 1911, by The ne New Yor Word nn ADISON SQUARE GARDEN fs to have a finish worthy of ite past. What memories will hang o' that famous corner when the Garden ‘e torn down and a@ skyscraper stands om the spot where the champions 2f the world have met in many a his- toric battle! There John L. Sullivan fought Charlie Mitchell, “Boxing Cham- Dion of England.” There Fitsimmons, Jeffries, Corbett, Maher, MoCoy, Ryan, Bene, Lavigne, Mysterious Rilly amith, Tommy West, Matty Matthewe—hun- dreds of other famous fighters olam- dered through the ropes and sat waiting for the bell, There was just one other place in ell of America whose ring traditions ri- valled the traditions of Madison Square Garden. That was the Mechanios Pawi- fon in San Francisco. In the olf Me- chanics vilion scores of champion- ehip battles were fought—many more, in fact, than in Madison Square Garden, for the Pavilion for many years was the greatest place on the Pacific Coast for holding fights, and boxing waa in full swing there during the long and @reary time when it under the heel of the professional “reformer” here ‘an New York, The old Mechanics Pavilion had an ending as sensational as its history, Om the morning of the San Franciaco earthquake the Pavilion wi turned imto @ great hospital and the injured rescued from the ruins nearby were carried there and laid in long rows on that very floor where for years the eager fight fans had stamped thelr !m- Patience for the appearance of the champions, When they speak of the ending of the Pavilion in in Francisco it is with lowered voice. On that fatal morning the fire came running swiftly from block to block, carried by a high wind. At last it was in the bulldings across the street. Before the startled people realized what was happening it leaped the gap and the dry timbers of the Great pavilion burst into flame with the foar of an explosion. There was a rushing and a@ scurrying. The: a Gloomy story told in San Francisco— which some deny. It ts said that while some of the injured were being hastily ragged out doctors ran from cot to cot with hypodermics, so that those who could not be rescued at least would die easy death, In a few seconds the rushing flames and choking clouds of emoke swept the arena, and the Inst stragglers reeled from the doors into the blistering street. That was the end of the famous Me- chanics Pavilion, one of the three great fight arenas of the modern world, as famous in its day as tho National Sporting Club of London and Madison Square Garden in New York. The Garten, they say, will soon be Pulled down, But first the Twentieth Century A. C., which holds a lease, will have a few shows at which Knockout Brown, Matt Wells, possibly Ad. Wol- Bast and many other noted fighters will appear. HE Boxing Commission held a meeting at its offices, 41 Park Row, yesterday, and considered plications for licensors from several clubs. Those passed upon as satisfac- tory were the Fairmont A. C., the Twentieth Century A. C. and the Mad- {son A. C. Other clubs will be licensed later, no doubt. The commission an- ounces that it will hold another meet- ing at its offices Monday at 2 P. M., When, among other matters, a list of approved referees will be announ The report of the commission doe tell whether or not th Hieation for license by Tom O'Rourke of the Na- tlonal 8, C. has yet been passed upon, Possibly there is at least an unde standing of some sort, as O'Rourke ts announcing a fight between Sam Lang ford and Jim Flynn tn three Flynn's knocking out of Al Kauf: would seem to Indicate much im; ment on his part, since he wus knocked out by Langford March 17, 1910, in eight rounds, and on another occasion, Dec. 21, 188, by Langford in one round, and by Al Kaufman !n ni by Jack Johnson in el n't en rounds, ily Papke and was beaten by teva Jack Bullivan. ATT WELL the English cham- for the K. Brown bout. His ring partners | ced to fight with their right right hand extended which makes more pleasant for Wells th matte for the trainers. GIANTS ALL ALONE IN THE LEAD NOW * lorgantzed an |perpetuation of thelr deeds of valor, rounds and and fince he fought @ ten-round draw with Mon- Under the new law the mom- | T HE EVENING WHAT THEY HAND US Copyright, 191, by The Press Publishing Company (The New York Wortd), HOPE FRom Ownle Bush, the Tiger shortstop, tm the firet Washington game. League race, 004 firm bold on third place in the eame. at the Polo Grounds. In the second against the Browns’ eleven, yet won ‘The Tigers made eleven errors against the Washingtons, ‘The Pirates had thirteen men left ‘The Phillie: allowed. Protest of 11 Second Time me Within Six Days These Sons of Indiana Have Delivered Goods. BY BOZEMAN BUIGER. ie not true, as rumored, that the pennant pole will be erected in In- diana in case the Giants win, but the people of that free and untram- melled Btate are going to give us Now Yorkers an awful battle before they let us have it. No later than yesterday did the sons of this fayored oommon- wealth dash to the rescue and amother the fire that threatened the Giants with destruction, Moreover, it is the second time they have done same within six days of battling, Rockets flashed and roman candles sizzled in the City of Wadina, Ind when it was learned that Otis James Crandall, social leader of the four hun- dred in that town (#0 refers to total population), had set himself in breach of Titan struggle, when all looked dark and gloomy and had led his team mates along the parth of glory. Yea, Bo! But that was nothing to the upheaval in the city of Terry Hut, same State, when the news wae flashed to the world that Joshuway Devore, half por- tion ettizen of said burg, had uncorked the wallop on which the Giants rode te victory in the last half of the eighth. | That was the longest hit of the year in the Brush Stadium and It was a blow for freedom of which any man might well be proud, Josh admits he was proud in a way, but as he filtted around those baga his mind was on that far away Indiana. Just then Crandall, his brother in arms, slipped over the pan with the winning run, “Now,” puffed Josh as he pulled up at third, ‘I guess {t's a cinch they'll \know there's somebody else in Terry |Hut besides that three-fingered Brown!” |In that struggle for prestige Devore is giving Brown a terrtble battle. Hating done all that could be done by one State to boost the Glants along to the pennant, Devore and Crandall |went forthwith to the club house and Indiana society for the In many ways this third setto with Breezy Notes of the Game New of tier pra » In worthy feat tn | into the ting Gite athe Rte waht tha pola Grounds ts at acert to belp th News of Big League Games Told in Short Sentences The Giants now have a lead of four points over the Cubs. ‘The Pirates are two full games behind the Gtants in the Netiona! The Red Box won a double-header from the Browns and now have a ‘The Ptrates and the Nationals were the only clubs to play an errorless OutfieMer Wileon of the Pirates stole two bases—the only pilfers made if of their double bin the Red Sox made three hits Alexander the Great of the Phillies’s staff got an awful hammering ‘Dy the Reds tn the tenth after relieving Curtis, the ex-Cub-rustler. First Baseman Hobiitzell of the Reds made four hits in five times up. Thursday's Cincinnati geme was not the | hung up a record, making five error American League. dy a score of 6 to 2. in the firat game of the double Dill on bases—the Giants only two. Devore and rhe age Again Save Day __Lead for the. Gand the Pirates, which lifted the Giants into the lead of the National League, was the most remarkable affair that has yet been etaged in the big stadium. Thi were more errors than hits, there was more pitching wiliness than there was Pitching control, and still it was the most closely fought battle of the series. To have lost that game would have deen a terrible blot on the escutcheon of Larry Doyle of Breese, Ia., and Hank O'Day of Chicago, to say nothing of Leon Kalamity Ames, the Father of Hhard Luck. They did everything in thelr power to toss it away, but virtue triumphed in the end, and here we are, looking over the edge at the pesky Cubs and the eour visaged Pirates as they struggle below. Doyle had a field day at second, and but for the terrific ife-saving wallop of Devore in the eighth the Giant Captain could have been blamed with the font. He booted four balls as clean whistle, and his last kick at the trleky aphere wave the Pirates their lead which for a while looked like the candy, Larry did the best he could, however, and his teammates did not blame him, but one who dotes on verbal fireworks should have been In the clubhouse when there arose a discussion of the work of Umpire Hank O'Day. After doing a nice Job on Thursday Hanie cut loose all the dad decisions in his syetem yesterday, and unfortunately most of them were alrred at the Giants, In fact, when all was over, the Glants felt that they had won as big a victory over O'Day as they had over the Pirates, ‘The one bad break by O'Day that al- most lost the game for New York arose in the elghth Inning—the same round in whicls they finally hammered out a vic- {tory, Herzog was on first, and with no one out the Pirate pitcher failed to get the first two over for Fletcher. ‘The next one went & yard wide of the plate and the Giants were jumping up in joy when all of a sudden O'Day refused to call it ether a ball or a strike. He had deen saying someting to Arte Latham on the coaching lines and he claimed that he did not see the ball Fletcher got one more ball and that would have given him his base, With | two on and none out tt would have been | easy. went out on @ foul to the catcher and | Chief Meyers did the samo (hing, | Fletcher says that Umpire O'Day did | call time, but that he did not do ao until the ball Lad left the pitcher's hand. Anyway, Crandall came through with @ single and Devore put over the win- ning punch and thereby prevented what might have been a riot, as the fana were terribly wrought up over the decision or negitgence of O'Day. boat, and tilt GENTS , THIS ts Tue maRvecous WHITE \ 1OWA , WHO FIGHTS Toray THURSDAY NIGHT NOTE Hiy FEROCIOUS GLARE; HE 1d THINKING OF WHat HELL Do To UA JOHNSON WHEN HE Gets A CHANCE Instead of that, however, Fletcher | joe" ere ote th i: sible for ‘the failure to. a rte may have soinething to do with teams on Taurens z E ie unique recont of Artie Latham holds th ee ato eM ont ate ramet a | Ting caliod'® swelthead, Anis Gibson made a wonderfu eighth when cateh tn that histaric ran himdion into. the conerete rt the slump of both | menet | BATTLING NELSON |7¢%es Seven SIGNS FOR THREE BOUTS IN BOSTON se Johnny Benny he west for ten Larry George cago wi pet TS BOXING STAGS TO-NIGHT. At Fairmont A. C—Three round bouts will be staged. In the main event Willle Adams Lew Meyers. At Long Acre A. A.—Amateur and professional fighters will battle. At Sharkey A. C.—Kid Egan and yout of ten rounds, Matches Arranged. Beach A. C. Sept. the Twentieth Century A. C, stag on Monday night. ten- wil meet Lore will meet in the star Franklin and Kid Burns, side lightweight, will meeet rounds at the Brooklyn Bnglish of Afbany end ‘Knockout Brown of Chi- IN battle for ten rounds at BY JOHN POLLOCK, ATTLING NELSON must intend to do considerable fighting tutu! in the re, for he has signed articles calling for three bouts to take place at the Armory A, A. of Boston, His frat contest wili be with Young Nixon of Cambridge, Mass., on Sept, 18; his sec- ond with Young Saylor, the Indianapolis lightweight, two weeks later, third will crack fighter of Boston, the in October. and his be with Matty Baldwin, the cond week Each bout will be of twelve rounds’ duration. Nelson is expected to arrive in Boston next week to start training for the contests. Uiah hearywei pase Fortes, 01 yn, rail from Vancouver, B. 4 nth, these A represents rt Onion, aud get i The propos Jack sJounwon, tat Dubin, Iredand, ety jot Cray hag. 0 Eng B taerel a Che sontent to alas ‘ceded sjoatch ‘that ee ‘promoters ‘cold feet." Loey tiniest ene anda, tian: two M ferege men are ‘or une a nel next Veurhary. Bin i, rustratia’ Woodman. will (wr fight between ‘La fond and the heavyweight chamy/1 ue, er ¢} bas been made ian title, between Jac ‘dle, the iw hea Dulas of $4,000. over Sate “ia “Ocwober 2. omer to allow Jol wp @ theat it on Ray Bronson, the “clever walterweight of ganged wil be soon action Tete Saiz | AN aro cine oy ig, “als opponent i te ce, lt ame good tate th that cy. thew faa fwelve-round bout at 140" pounds Frankie Burns, the }ittle Jersey Oi | weight tas naued” articles ot" agreement vealfing | the as ume ch arolon, "10, tale piken eos Pantani 0,10" take Won Side A, C, of Grivana ‘a Sbotoner satve “of (hey ub namoed ‘on aor the champion, are Ww accept for his nephew, Jimmy Dime, manager of Tom MeMahon,, the a of and heave the eat of jextar if they ever meet. again, ‘Dork, ing epell to the best of his Ba ny mladiewelgnt,. is in town i xe Uy OND and | fight rs “gler Sut q ty the sane plensed to. put Medfaion a time. rake “well. to. the idea of the opinion that | namie Kelly has Tommy Maloney down at Beaten Taland, going through @ train ft him for One Hound. Hegan ang wi the good ones in bership proposition ts to be done away ete es to make @ second with in this match, and all who come | {i, fee, ras, Ving. ron tye sane | oa ~ eam buy their tickets at the gate, It| Ames int one ‘ba 1 ts Cranaall | & : Aote: ot inert ne bu Ho" can "tba will be a pleasan ling Dros | new end’ that he ain wal when he he Pirates ha ettweltcrwelght Limit eastiy and enye peta AS moters to know that they won't be aa is whe gasue, study he ie a | eve: of that number to mingle with Wililc Lewis, mee Melody or Decide leaviiey were youn ane | Bho nites am the lu ny ot em fa, fact, “ Fitiaerad te ay thats when they held Jimmy Britt ‘ to the Cube tn nice port 1» Chica ‘abd the ~ever al vas ‘g MeGovern bout Garden under | f fay : tt has beet an er ance ‘ Pion, the eric mittee Very simnii nt tO ast, thew ie tine, When st comes to "b lug 9, sadety af Jot, Fak wh 4 wiry ruck that betting aver- | Bt th tes A We th Ape A }: ‘ aah x * glen. the amie he Fon eas of the" Uianta i he lat ee "ene, fn the iat tall hee ee bias Hess, Bons ts Wo corntch tp the wore | Jamiary We alle underw ‘ 4 | ning i eae itea waneus WORLD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26,1911, - BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK THE WHITE HOPE TWO SCHOOLBOYS SENSATIONS OF; TENNIS TOURNEY scored in lawn tennis annals. Church, who is a older @ean year Washburn, just fell short of ett ‘Thomas C. Bundy, the Californian, ‘oot mendous Church was within a stroke of in the lest set. The final score match was 8-6, 86, 68, 61, 7-6. 'A Great Fortune Rather Than Glory What Knockout Brown Seeks in Rin ng TH) the natives of Gavin Rook, Connecticut, refer to Knockout Brown es “that young kid” and few of them believe Brown when he tells them that he will be enrolled as a voter in New York by next April. ‘They insist he’s the youngest boxer that ever came there to prepare for 4 Dout and they marvel at the great name he has already made for himself as a fighting man. Boxmen To Shove Hilltops Into Sixth Place ———— Duffy of White Sox Uses Every Stratagem to Beat New Yorks. (Bpectal to The Evening World.) Chicago, Aug. 28. HE) Highianders have been pulled out of fourth place in the Ameri- can League race and are occu- pying sixth place to~<lay as @ result of two straight defeats suffered at the hands of the White Sox. The game thin afternoon is to de termine whether the New Yorkers re- main where they are or whether they will be able to take their old place again. With Russell Ford on the mound Manager Hal. Chase feels con- fident that his men will be able to push back into the first division and leave here to-night for St. Louis in a happy frame of mind. ‘The game yesterday was one of the hardest fought contests of the year on the looal grounds. The two teams real- ized that there was much at stake and extended themselves to the limit. Seven pitchers were used by the home team before the victory was won, and the visitors had to send two slabmen to the front. Nine pitchers in one game is @ record that will stand for some time to come. The Hilltops aia not force all of the pitchers to quit because they were hit- ting them hard, but Manager Duffy Pats switching so as to gee the greatest amount of batting strength into the game and to keep the New York batters from locating the Sox pitcher. Two of the seven pitchers thet were used by Duffy were sent up as pinch hitters and not asked to do any pitohing. Lange and Walsh both went up to bat for other pitchers and in both cases made good as hitters an@ scored ryns. Chase did not have the large reserve at hand that Duffy did so cout’ not keep switching constantly. He did send twelve men into the fray, however, dur- ing the afternoon, two of them being pitchers and one a pinch hitter. Fisher was weakening after five rounds of hard hitting and Vaughn was sent to his relief. Daniele was used as an emergency hitter in making the switch of pitohers, | DA | MES. oe ee 9 ren ter "The mee eae Star won Paty y Ldncotne, are, sms feet Tica" gamne, Jack Kieinow to sat eo for the Mare the at Lenox 0 Lg ag ral Kjetnow wi mary the St. Charles team erie ‘wey tne Kornvites tury attraction of bie doubleheader Vt Teh a hela wil raga AGRE RP oP Clark Grtthth's Cin goat Rete we) be the ete IEleeltad anegin, Hrokize: oer thet oil iz enchan ~ Rede fer tees nin brseem 3 ‘The PP HA 45] oe EY? clay ie Pittebure, ¢ haat he attraction st Suburban Oval, will be ® pe caer street, fine a rend ea ae Bekins, 1 He the Tema te tailed at 3 Stone Defeats Willie Howard In Fast Battle Although only a small crowd of fight cham- | fans attended the stag of the Twentieth {Century A. C., those who were fortu- nate enough to be on hand witnessed a ten-round bout between Harry Stone and Wille Howard of Brooklyn that had the Billy Papke-Satlor Burke fight beaten by @ considerable distance. The men fought hard every second of the contest, and thelr vicious milling kept the spectators worked up to a hi ml pitch of excitement. Howard had an advantage of six pounds, but despite this handicap Stone fought a fine fight and succeeded in winning by using a straight lefthand jab to the face. In the other ten-round bout Johnny Moran, the “fighting actor,” gave Jer- sey Tommy Murphy a bad lacing, win- with much to spare at the final bell. we ree oo a ti HR rsa 4 ae prookiyt-Oiaan and qamin’ postponed af oh ron ioe BY Soute-noston wet grounds, York. Revita "wo game. STANDING OF THE ©: GAMES SCHEDULED yOR TO-DAY. Evers Won't Play Again for Cubs Till Next Year Johnny Evers, the great eecond base- man of the Chicago Cubs, will not play with ¢hat team again this eeagon, hav- ing decided to remain on the bench. He will do the dulk of the coaching for the club, Johnny ie fast recovering from the nervous breakdown which has kept him out of the game for several month, and gaye that by the time next season rts he will be ready to go in and play i» position regularly. ‘Do you think the Cubs will win the pennant?” an Evening World reporter asked him. "I certainly do, You know we will have « long stretch of games at home, which will help us materially in winning the flag. If our pitchers were in good form we would breeze home with the pennant. I expect they will get | better when we return to Chicago, and then watch us go along and win games,” inte {yess Y'Ss GAM) 6 ow York at ‘eshington at eaton at Bl Windoiphia at Cleveland, ris East Side Lightweight Just as] « Modest as He Was Before He Became Famous. No wonder they call Mm kid. Pugtl- {atic fame, popularity with the fight fans, bundles of money stowed away in the banks and a splendid chance that he may some day become lightweight champion of the world—none of these conditions has brought about the least particle of change in Brown's conduct, and to-day he is the same simple, un- imaginative, good-natured little fellow that he was when Danny Morgan first ploked him out of the ranke of prelim- inary boxers and atarted him on the In feos than @ year Brown, who en- tirely lacks a cunning brain such ae by | belged nearly every man who has ever the lightweight title along the road to the top, has jumped into the front ranks purely through his ability to hit hard and often and to take severe punishment. Knockout says that to- day he can etand twice as hard @ punch ee he could @ year ago and feel it less. ‘WMle hie thick, sturdy legs have re- duced somewhat, Brown's upper body has filled and rounded out wonderfully, Gtill, he remains just a id. Nothing seems to Gay hin head in the least. er a ix rounds yesterday ‘with the original Young Donahue, an immensely clever boxer from Boston, Knockout took up a seat in a retired spot on the veranda of hie quart with the expectation that he would be left alone long enough to enjoy a couple of pounds of mixed taffy. Ae Rugged as a Welterweight. “Knockout, you're the atr roughest lightweight I ever boxed with. You're a Uttle fellow like all the other topnotchers in the class to-day, but you're a@ rugged ae the best of the weltera,"” remarked Donahue, “Huh! Sure, sure, yes; I can make 128 pounds easy,” replied Brown, slyly slip- ping @ couple of chunks of taffy into his mouth and equatting further down into hia chair, Naturally, the talk led to Brown's coming engagement at Madison Square Garden next Ws y evening with Matt Welle, the English champion, and Knockout was asked !f hoe had given the out much thought—if he'd ever worrled over & coming battle. “New; what's the use? I read that ‘Wella is going to try and box the same ma bity as I do. Huh!" replied Brown, who is the real “silent member of the Brown & Morgan Co,, ‘that don’t worry me, I never worry about any of my fights. dows I box,” once ina while, ‘The time T boxed Round Hogan he walloped me hard « couple of times and tt sore. Of course I went right aft then. Another time I was angry was when T fought Bert Keyes. He's @ ter- rible puncher," but K. O. falled to oon- tinue the conversation for bn a A yd utes, becoming bustly engaged tn posing of the few sticky pieces of ay that remained hidden in his pocket. Donahue confided that Morgen bed procured a rugged siugwer to give grinned Brown, | Brown lots of rough work and himself to coach Knockout in the science of the game. Boxing System Confueec Brown, “The first day we coxed alternately with him, and the system ee Brown somewhat," remarked Donahue “Yes, and I didn’t Ike it very Sam #0 T pounded you two fellowe ap @ interrupted K. 0. Just then the dinner dell rang. Brown, smiling broader than ever, was the on his feet, and it might be added se he led tn the dash for the dinner table by several yards. Al to the regulation training diet, Brown ry an unusually heavy eater for @ Bete Now. Almost in thi ot | rare roast beef and toasted bread. Apple sauce and several other dishes of light food next dteap- Peared in rapid succession, “Don't be backward e@bowt enough for dinner, Knockout,” eafd of the training staff; “never mind company." “T was told that Sheridan, the disoms thrower, once ate three dosene of I could @o that easily when I come from road work in the mornings, Gat course I never do because tts no for a fighter,” remarked Brown, Out on the veranda again Kpocteut ecame unusually communboative. Mys- tertously he produced more candy ead settled down to enjoy it “T've never thought muoh about ey @ ning the championship until lateig, champion makes a lot of money. ed going to make a tot, and I will fighting until I've learned as much ton champion can," eaid Brown. “Some day I will start ine Leap 4 Ld x will be bet ® win about what 1% ry nice business—no cafe pe ts ST no good. Brown Would Eat Up Candy Protta, “Why not the candy busines? ested one of the fellows who grew with Brown In the Rast Side Boge and now follows him in all his @raining. Brown ignored the question entivety. Probably he realized that he would Be more than Ifkely to cat @p afl of he profits in ¢hat line of business, A Friendly Redcoat in 1776 was the red label on Sir Robt BURNETT Gis London DRY Gin Since the year 1770 it has been the world’s greatest gin for Quality, Fineness and Fla- vor. It deserves ite popularity with the djscriminating in the capitals of Europe and America, € 632-634 W. 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