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ce en A LE LS A ER RLS SAS UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY THE EVENING a celia sce WORLD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911. American Association's De- mands Turned Down by Na-! tional Commission and Big Baseball War Likely to Result. Copsright, 1911, by The P: Putttentng Oo. (The New York ) LL ts not ser In the baseball A world just at p: From Cin: cinna where the National Commission has been in session the rumor of a war (hat n Worse than that which was precipita when the American League was organs ized. The cause of the threatened out- break \s the refusal of the supreme court of the diamond to recognize the @emands made upon it by the American Association Por a number: of » 5 bas had a chip on its shoulder. It has been crying season after season that it hasn't been getting a fair deal, Frequent reporis have been received to) the effect that Chi Neague territory were to be invaded. | Now comes t action that Is likely to Fesult in the biggest turmoil that ever the prosperity of the national | American Association has long sidered that {t was practically en- titled to as high a ranking as the two Th major leagues agreement with the National Assoc on under which they worked has expired and they have de- clared that they have no intention of renewing !t. This in Itself tends to! show that they are on the warpath. The A, demanded concessions from the N: sion: 1 tonal Commis- | Major leagues cost $5,000 e a clas- sification distinct from any league in| the National agreement save the East- ern 1 igue; that only one man be draft- am cach club, and the right to take all cases and appea! Commission direct, In return for the privileges hoped to be conceded by the National Commission the A. A, promised to walve the drafting rights on minor leagues now held by them, buying all players direct from the major or minor leagues So critical has the situation become that the recretary of the National C mission has been instructed not to turn over any drafting money, forwarded py Wajor lei clubs, te the A, A. teams watll further notice. HE A. A. has been given until 10 to decide whether or not they will continue to operate under the national agreement In handing down its decision the Na- tional Commission declared that tt didn’t | have any jurisdiction in the matter, and that if the A. A. wanted any favors {¢ would have to appeal to the National Asvoclation. In the meanwhile the Western body will receive the protec- tion of the National Commission Indetl- nitely, regardiese of whet jon it takes President Chivington of the warring | minor lesgue declares that his organ- feation did not make any demands other than those that are just. He anys that If the National Commisston hed only granted thelr requests It would have been of great benefit all around, He pointed out that there would no longer be any necessity for clubs to pay fabulous sums like those given for Pitchers O'Toole and Marquard, av an even 35,00 would be the limit asked for @ player. Not only that, but he says that his league would not be weakened ach year by the raid of the maje who get players have no real need of for a small p The major leagues have an tmmense sinking fund for any such emergency as the threatened secession of the American Association, and if the war takes piace !t is bound to result In a Breat lose for all those concer ‘The A. A. Is going to hold @ meeting im the near future to decide on what course it will take in the rumpus, ‘ UMB DAN" MORGAN didn't 4 have much more to say yes- terday than though he had a maxim silencer attached to his mouth When he rang up, howe he com- mented as follows on his boy's showing inst Matt Wells 0 and other major | the following | of being gloomy 0} at all players drafted by the! to the National | they | | HACKENSCHMIDT erg AND GOTCH MUST | SC WRESTLE FAIRLY Chicago Police to Stop Big Labor Day Bout if Men | Get Too Rough. (Apectal to The Brening Wor! CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—Assistan nief of Police Schuettler to-day assipned the e detail for the big wrestling match betwe Frank Gotch and George | Hackenschmidt. One hundred patrol- men, ten sergeants, four lleutenants, one j captain, one inapector and the Assist ant Chief of Police will be on hand to keep the expected throng in order, ob+ serve the regulations laid down in the ordinances about seating accommoda. tion and te take care of the general ad- mission crowd, “I shall stop this mateh,” maid Schuettier, “if there t# any repetition of the gouging and unfair wrestling tacties that marked the Dexter Pavilion | meeting of the Russian and Gotch, It js not sportsman like for one opponent |to gouge eyes and nostrils of nis rival, and tracts from the sport of | wrestling. The public will not stand for it, and the Police Department is deter- mined that it will not be Emee Amor: Kook, of th Hack training staff, told Promoter Cof- fey to-day that If any preliminaries were needed they would be pleased to go in bouts just preceding the main contest with any one selected from ptch's retinue of trainers. Rogers May Meet Koch. In all probability Coffey will endeavor to sikn Big Joe Roi for a one fall bout with Koch, the palr belng almost (Englishmen Want | Tennis Matches Put Oft a Week NEWPORT, R. 1, Sept. 1.—Dr. James Dwight, president of the National Ten- ms Association, has just received a cable message from George R. New- burn, Secretary of the English Tennis Aes equesting @ postponement of equal welght, while Americus will] 30 pra ie yi ‘Sraluwaaiy bry Peet eater Eaar ee the ne Towan| matches. for the Davis international trial horge for Gotch ts willing {0 #9) chatienge cup, which are scheduled to on at shrot no sgh be played between the English and With champion Frank Gotch in Chi- iG : cago to-day to take his turn under wast mele Chine Biase add Sie the wrestling spotlight, George Hacken- i aide Fhe schmidt Is out at the North Shore camp ~ biiad Koel id dala orarily OA tead : Sete oats over thin the Rursian| After receivipg the message Dr. Lion actually, is pleased. ‘The final| DWight held a meeting in the board hours of preparation for the great|Tom of the Casino and the matter was match at Comiskey's ball park havo|@scussed. At {ts conclusion a lengthy message was sent to Robert D, Wrenn asking him to confer with Side Tennis Club as to whether or not the delay could reasonably be granted. Tt was explained by Dr, Dwight that the English association had agreed to the dates and that to put the matches over one week would probably entail) considerable loss, brought the foreign athlete to the tem- paremental stage that he would wel- come seculsion If he had to go down in @ coal min Harry Moir has prepared quarters at the Morrison for his ol@ friend Goteh and Chairman H. H. Latham of the athletic committee of the Chicago Ath- letic Association has made plana for Frank Gotch and | Heckenschmidt T: raining to Wrestle for Purse That Rivals Fabulous Sum tor Which Jeffries and Johnson Foughi FRANK GS 4 the West; T SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK - = amen wn nw wee one mie _ EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN The picture on left shows | the champion stripped for ac- White Ever Saw! sensational affair if those two dusky warriors perform up to the standard | of the contest they had several month: ago in Boston. Speaking of the"Bi town’ flugtest, White sald, “In spite | oft the fact that I have seen all the/ important contsets held in this country I can truthfully say that the Langford- Jeanette battle was the grontest I ever witnessed.” Langford is drawing ban-! ner crowds to watch him train at Felix | Boehm's place at New Dorp, 8. 1, aa Lion about to throw his part- ner, Doc Roller, to the ground by neck and body hold. \4 Training % ” an—dumb, really dumb, for the first /I wil! expect to make when I box Wol- this Is the first time the “Tar Baby 1 a D ite ite; BoD ~ @ast, and it will be an easy weight for ever got Into condition for e matoh in _bel in OSé OOTS = 1 ling acres net Wals’e man- ime to make in any place but Dagtand the vicinity of this city. Gotch's use of the gymnasium in tho big Michigan avenue club house. “Hack” will utllize the remaining time for his regular programme Duke's Offer to work and will welcome the turning of the wilt hay Im spotlight off his camp, so that he nothing to disturb his mental The condition of the big liow nd; his air of quiet confide 80 ed when he condiuded lity trathing Shoreham camp in England, has mur at the retu Roller Thinke Hack Will Win, “Barring aveident or sickness, the Russian Lion will go on the mat the superior of Gotch, and 1 look for @ victory,” said Dr. Roller, chief of train- ing staff, “A flusco In tha coming match,” Dr. Roller continued, “would be # calamity, The mateh Is not alone e national af- fair, but has assumed international im. Wl a British sportsman bluff out an American? is what the motor boat en- thusisasts at Huntington Harbor are asking to-day, Those who heard the their amazement to discuss the matter | of the offer of a $100,000 bet that has been made by the Duke of Westminster. | The Duke 1s the owner of the Pioneer, which was a dangerous opponent las: year of the Dixte III, So confident !s portance. It Is blagoned forth to the /ine British nobleman that his boat ts publ @ champlonship aftalr, and tt thing aftoat In her Mne Is no more than falr to the many who [the speedtest thing oan oe support clean sport that it terminate |that he has cabled an offer to bet i 4 satisfactory manner,” 000 that she would beat the Dixte IV. Hack's camp prograinme yesterday |in the races for the British Interna differed in no detail from that of the tional Trophy. eliminated the lake ie walk, in two ty of ight work | gymnasium with the ght |founded by the wall machines, grip machine |that he 4s groggy yet ne ball. Jany of the American previous day, He plunge, took a six s, and had ple Fred Burnham, helmsman and part owner of the Dixle IV., was so dumb- message from London Netther he nor t welgnts, and me > ne Standing. on [7 hour." willingness to five miles an vo | The Duke's Ei ub, W. make @ Brown was not h the worst battle I ever saw him put up. He was as slow as an ice cart ot his feet and swung his arms like an old woman. But I must give WV lots of credit. He is the best lad K. O ever met, but when you see them tn another fight, mark my words, things will be quite different. I am willing to bet everything that I have that W would make Wolgast look Iike a t rible joke in a ten-round battle, Would outpoint him three to one to What he scored against my Dutchman.” eM; he fought HE boxing fever that hit York so hard Wednesday Promises to sweep the o from coast to coast. Even Pennsy 1s clamoring for legislation auc enacted at Albany. A Pittsburgh rep- resentative in the Legislature at Har- risburg is going to introduce a bill in the tall patterned after the Frawley bill, and he believes that there wil! be no trouble in having it passed, A dolega- tion of sporting men are going to be sent to this city to watoh the operation of the law now in force in this State, and all its good points will be embodied fu the Pennsylvania measure. a Zeber. B26, New nigh bab and | ies Teasdale QUPRIGAN Leauun, bat Plevna’ @° tw ony! Wash't rh O38) BIA) et Laute RESULTS OF YEST League games postponed on URDAY'S GAMES ALL Ameri oned on account of Philadelphia, Two ea games, w York at at Bi _— | $75 TO $100 VALUE FOR the On sale on our second floor finest Im- ported Winter Sultings and OvatroRsinns formerly the stock ot L, L. Schwartz & Co. 0: 198 Broadway. The style and tailoring wili be absolutely perfect. Store open untli © o’ciock Saturdays, ARNHEI Broadway & Staggers Motor Boat Men news are just recoving sufficiently from | boatmen have} In the afternoon the Russian put on altaken up the wager, and say they will] sweater under his street coat and took | gtick around a little while before they | Rhy "ide lover the south: | come across with thelr money. Jevard and park systems. ? Goteh wi to-day and Satur-| "The Ploneer must be r this year| at th Athietic Assocta-|than she was last, Ww she coult| tion, tapering off with a long walk in|have beaten the Dixie Til. if she bad the parks, All work on Sunday ts to been content with winning by a small consist of just enough to keep the| margin, instead of a big distanct champion in the great condition thet he |saiq Burnham. ‘She must have in- icles creased her speed this year four or Roce. 4% | wager of a size never before heard 0: etn 1 i $0 | in motor-boating has stimulated Interest | Bee Oe ‘42 the elimination trials being held at “ Huntington Harbor, where the com- panies o fthe Dixie IV, are being se- te motor-boat men, de his offer of a $100,000 wide det, howe fare making the Dixie a n to five favorite over the Pioneer, The fact} thet tt ie claimed that the Vita IL, » Ninth Street his Mt et o her 23 igi tip for the hae sional foot runners; backers and a host] Dounda ‘without, any. trou an Whi =| At the of the friends of both fighters. |Alvference in the climate,” remarked Bet $100, 000 Big te Hope Fr Hope From Okla lpr sit tin a feos ach After @ while Wells took many deep| Wells, and “Mum” Danny muttered tm | AN them Was pwrpoue! looks at Brown's sparklers and the|repiy that Rrown had three ame: homa Daily Calling for | sti ‘pert let sihie vase SO. eee ments that would keep him busy. catty 4 | ager deeded to ‘cal "Say I want to have you|Sent. 1 New Sparring Partners. | ,,°%if, Samm Langfont defeats. me when take a peep at some of the stones 1) ,7))0" Danny re | Which races this afternoon against the fp ope ten rand, boy on Hromaay ment decorate up with once ie witte, and ancho | Viva and Disturber I, can make fitty- ~~ foe dennstie to-day, fat tm it my watch," sald Matt as he handed |. Ldap ae five miles an hour, has also caused the | ego mere fo ah ce, pen @ tick man | over to Knockout hi Jewelry. Ther - Ken ib reune OF Ag gasoline yachtsmen to put her down | 4¥ JOHN POLLOCK, going im, the ring. | This ime 1 will be ‘weil ‘aad | OV®' . egirieiohad Pskad Le 48 & possible winner of the trophy, for | atrong and in the best shape of ARL MORRIS, the big white hope : ts believed that forty miles an hour | a 7 f Dan “Porky yn, the Bosto speed GH ia a eae from Oklahoma, who will prob- a,n Mt, “Porky. I am oaton heayy ebly clash with Jim Flynn, the fighter, will be ecen in’ astion agatu ‘on’ nest matched: to meet hard-hitting Halt balms "AG, Baalth “esetis a hard battle, ay Pueblo heavyweight, in a ten-round | Wate Bi “ilo has bout at the Garden either the Intter | hearrreght part of this month or the first week in {af %,4 October, ts going through his daily | Three More Men | Have Entered in already knocked out several of his|to Three additional entries have been re- Stabe ceived for the two-day automohite race | ‘ainers, and hiv manager, B, F. Ut Battling Nelwon | was offernt a twonts-round meeting which In to take place at the {tae sent oUt @ call for new ‘heavys| pont wit tay Ewell ie Caitotu Tante : ac | bet %° ot Macrurment Brighton Beach track to-morrow and|Welshts to work with him. Morris is wired’ the isaid to be a terrific puncher wattle Ben ‘ pect Monday. The new drivers entered in| With nis right hand, which he ua the big event are Hughey Hughes, | With hie right b r winner of the Kane County trophy |* "le? P = Bay aay: Mery race, who will take part In seven of| puly Papke, who hed intented to 19) @Al grraneeninnte for phe txeued bo: the races. 8. W. Fromm of Brooklyn, | stret uaiuiog and then sek a retain matte with | tween Momus OT oote of “palitd ut pe he wil his fret alice “urbe or some other man of fis weight | Coster of Brooklyn he finaly chet” ] Who will make rat appearance at| has gone. back to his home at. Kewanee, ‘The lade will, meet in ‘ound bout betons the track this year, and Cyrus Patschke, | Bul but wo days.of hant work at Allenhurst, | tho National AG. of Intletel hia oe ‘Satur |the daring driver who with Ray Hase| Sd Gast Morn, and uiten suideniy packed | evening col Cotter amie he will try Sart |roun won first place tn the Indianapolis si his lp —— Menta “at the focal cite,” 9% °% some good | speedway races. Otto Rost, who sent tn his entry for the race, will not be permitted to start | Rost was suspended at the last meet held at the Brighton track. It ts Jearped from a reliable source that Jim Flynn, he, Wenter, "900 fo den, J hearywetgh: Me Jones a Tommy Houck of P ‘yp office wortn that much | Mr. Goodresser ||é | —or do you want to be one of the | crowd ?”? My Fall hats will make you stand out | from the crowd like the quills on a por- cupine or the star of a Broadway show. The “ Bannockburn”? has England—it’s the most stylish so ever shown on Broadway 167 other styles and one 9 uniform quality and price. | Putton Broad RIGKARD GABLES OFFER Famous Stage Battle for Lightweight Championship of the World in | bouts Open Air Arena at Buenos || ‘:°". ey Hares wilt battle in the Ayres, South America, in Fall, |” wae! HES ARTA M = ‘WELLS'S next appearance in ‘am, and !t may be for many mor than are allowed under this Siato's laws. | “Tex” Rickard, *ho promoted not only | the champtonship fight between Battling | [9® Of Ils exreriences json and Joe Gans, but also finnaced | I've wot som: ns for you—gagl battle between Jack Johnson and |*iMe cheeses for sou, was Johnson's has cabled from Muenos | *tS* rem Ayros, South America, that he ts willing |.) 7 1 T neve to rive a purse of $40,000 for @ finish fight ms Yee between Wolgast and Wells for the Iight-| ) 00! 8°" welght championship of the world, the | {? MA!" Bhi | battle to take place in an open arena Pete tL lacy there during the early fall. ABA HASIY Ske Her ee ; “Before Mr. Rickard departeg for the| |) |, Pe sedi iaatdacl ERG oS | Southern Continent he met myself and/., ' een ee au his Tremarn Wolgast hero and declared that hel wyat wns meant.) ele physi would offer a good purse for Wells and| was American slang far the vor poor S Wolgast if my man won over Knockout| est brand of fightors a GEORGE Brown,” said Wells's manager, Georse| Woris @ Coad Spor * HACKENSCHMIDT | MeDonald, thts. morning as he sought | '¥ @l/S @ Good Sporisman. DR BF ROLLER | | relef in his rooms from the festivities PAG Held no disposition to withe ard pat | that followed Matt's winning over|Graw hte staement to tus «te Last Go Between Mex | row fant ahowtd! bettas | . “I've received an offer to-da; from Stalemen Sam and Joe Best | | Riskara’"that is aplenty, Hn tor ge | Wells and Wolrast, and in case there fs no better offer forthcoming I believe | that ‘Tex's’ will be taken up by us, | Wells Wolrast, at the time we met Rickard, declared his willingness to meet Wei tghter than himself. between Langford | $ But when a boxer throws water on dat Votan. Cen caek teesenna ed tion, while the one on the |'n Sourn America if the ex-Nevadalin a hivement of his own, aad de runners-up for the heavyweight cham- é promoter's offer large enough.” Iciares that his opponent was splendid plonship, will according to Charite right discloses the Russian | Wells Ready to Meet Wolgast. im every’ way bit Incked the naturar White, the well known referee, be @ Wells 18 of the opinion that Wolgast |"ewured weiaht 0 class in. whlel club that Rickard has formed in Buenos offers. Last jupon Wells in his hotel, and the twolagain meet Wella, but that his boy had the same glass. | the managers, ager that fa, wid change his mind in « few days he trained Englan upon Wells produced a “grandfathe: watch—! into a firgciai Brown gathered up a couple of feet of chain and examined the wonderfal ume- Pleoe. “Some day you'll ‘ave one iike that,” remarked Wells as Brown handed over [Boxing atunt with ble wparteng Dartners | ray i dpeueniere be te eae! | y at Allenhurst, N. J., behind locked ow Orleane to, mest winner the | Big Auto Meet oora so that the public will not get a ae ieyporty sack, & ie uae |e chance to see him in action. Morris has | gg neo ese te Extra Matinee ¥ DONALD CRITERION G JOUN HYAMS fig va fo THE Cay ty ‘pid AM: NEW AMSTESOAM Sy, i aiatbe 23 Lak THE PNET LADY" WINTER GARDE ruse OLYMPIC fg, 62° GE, Bisae [os a 4 Playhouse He “az, 72 DAy-| Robinson's Crusoe Girls | bey Las KEITU & PROCION S| EMMA CARUB JOHN MASON fesieor ee OADWAY ' |MINER’S "son NaTinen | & just arrived trom Miu AVE., CUSRIL ALORS hat |BOWERY, |BRONX, ASTOR | 7 DAYS BICYCLES 7 vmer.can a TAPER 1h eet ‘ “fhggna tt f B ficctine® tae Meade SP yt sigh Ba ra Sart yd arcond hat When THE HARRIS | aaa B BEAGERE! rhht8, to 2 AM | Hi PPOPROME Sy’ The Resurrection OF $40,000 FOR FINISH WELLS-WOLGAST FIGH BOXING STAGS TO-NIGHT. At the Twentieth ( ry A, Of ard and ey Mo ten-round Prometer Wants to and ¥ Donough will r At Atlantic A, Hanmet's Sta- At Br the ring may take from the environment: place far | of Goth- | rounds remarkably of the prize r does “hot care to opt Ut for boating a man and n s extra, cre who appears, then It ts time for follo of the game to sit up and take notie ‘Wells's sportsmansh!p will win him @ place with the equarest men who have ever fought In an American ring. As the talk waned “Mum” Morgan came to Iife for a short spell and re- marked that Brown was anxious to be willing to fight him before the and ho declares he will take on mpion whenever the opportunity night Knockout Brown called i lemonade through straws out of About the table sat “Dumb” Danny Mor- always required an opponent to make 183_pounde ringside, “Really, 13% pounds ringside {s what Over tnere a chap that finds 1% pound: "s greatest profes- hioned. vy gold and old ¢. August 80, to Septei LABOR DAY cine THOT 130 ACrs r atch and a big solitaire ring. ~ returned to this country I ‘AMUSEMENTS. stow, win ie i, dsch St M. Dis snows, grptentions! MGS ay sthite juemtional Jenn "s Goy eddrow Wi Gov. ‘To-Mortow, 2.15 ar tion ey. Vator Dae at 8.20. Piret Ma SE STAHL 13, trom, HEY #8 F ms te ai lAsT a. ROOF idaight Six xy “GinkiStY MAtBONALD im WHE S RING mn irs Lo re et STEEPLECHAS:. re Tyemeatounly buony aoe See ee Se NEW—Daily Arie 250. taney, Lydia BWiG AT OW sete MR Brighton Beach | mond & io HURTIG @ SEAMON’S Be Welch's Fieeg us with By Hote "week. “duecns ‘of the Jarals lie itleh-uick Walser alae’ | er Al Papas Ber! aie oe JURRAY ORY ame ASS, ve Ba Me Tab PASSING PARADE ; 2 1 ay fw Latior Day Thomas ire fan THD! Emel LYN AMUSEMENTS. at Dae SFORTEMEN'S G 20008. 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