The evening world. Newspaper, October 6, 1911, Page 18

veetet tn a | Jack Geyer, Strapping Heavy-! weight From Denver, Latest Fighter to Arrive Here Look- ing for Fistic Engagements. Copyright, 1911, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). ARDLY a@ train from the West some pugilist or other aboard. UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1911. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK [podSiFe3 was ROBERT EDGREN “BIG PITCHING FOUR” OF COMING WORLD’S SERIES AND THEIR BEST ‘CURVES Matty’ “ FapeAway * ‘WABBLE” coomsBs BENDERS "QUICK BREAKER" MARQUARDY ‘'YUMP BALL 1°) RIVAL MANAGERS AGREE THAT WORLD'S SERIES HAS NARROWED DOWN TO QUESTION OF PITCHERS Jack Geyer, & strapping heavyweight from Denver, ts the latest newcomer, and he 1s anxious to mingle with the! Dest the city affords. He would particu: | larly Uke a chance to show what he can do against such big fellows as Tom | Kennedy, Al Pelzer and Al Kaufman, and he feels confident that if he ts given the ohance he will knock out any one of them. | Geyer looks Mke @ fighter from hend to foot. His features are typically those of the fighter, while his build ts enor- mous. Ho stands alx feet one and one- auarter inches in his stocking foet, ‘welghs 199 pounds in condition, and de- clares he possesses @ punch that would fell an ox. } Geyer’ most creditable ring perform. | ance was when he knocked out Battling Johnson in seven rounds, The latter fas two draws and a defeat by Jim | Flynn, recent conqueror of Carl Morr to his credit. It was not #0 long ago, | @ither, that at Los Angeles Geyer | tucked away Gunboat Smith in nine founds, and Al Solomon, @ Pacific coast mavy champion, In one round, i} Gome of the holdings that Geyer ts the prowd owner of are a number of pic- ¢ures showing him in various pores with Jack Johnson. When the colored cham- pion, now supposed to be retired, was training st Reno for his fight with Jim Jeffries Geyer was one of his train- ing staff, and ways that the reason the colored man didn't use him oftener to ox against was because of his pile- @riving blows, which upset his equl- ‘tfbrium. « {CLE TOM M'CAREY has landed [ J the pugilistic treat of the year in Joe Jeanette and Sam Lank- ford for twenty rounds at Los Angeles, ‘Thanksgiving Day. There never were two greater rivals in the prize ring than this pair. They have fought sev- era] times without a satisfactory result, ‘and now they just love each other, heir recent ten-round bout at the Garden was one of the best fights ever seon in New York, Opinion was at vided as to the winner, It was in- deed fortunate that the Loxing Com- n had previously prohibited de- cisions, for any verdict that Charley White might have given that night | sould have caused @ lot of dissension “In twenty rounds, as they will go in Los Angeles, some kind of a de- elsion should be reached, Jeanette has continuously claimed he can beat Lang- ford in twenty rounds, {f for no other reason than he will outgame him The fight comes close to being a championship affair, if Johnson's state- ment that he wants to quit the ring can be taken serlously, Jack will either have to meet the winner or retire, engagement to-night with Tony Capon, the Western lght-heavy- welght, at the Twentieth Century A. ©. Capon! ts fairly clever, as strong as a ‘ull and thrives on wallops. He has @ ten-round draw with Langford to his gredit and he ts nervy enough to think I ANGFORD has rather an important | —— How to Obtain Tickets Piayers Eligible {or the Worid's Series.] Giants to Depend on Christy Mathewson and|| For World’s Series. Rube Marquard, While Chief Bender and “mae Coombs Will Be Athletics’ Mainstays. a New York the world's city should pers: or write W 4 wishing to seo kames tn this on w York’ Nattonal Glob, Wor Lied Broadway, work of these four men for the season | and then bends away at a sharp angle. Out of town orders muat all bef! Stacks up about as follow This ts very almilar to M accompanted by post office order, [| Trat, famous Bender's curve ts much xpreas money order or a New || Coombs rt faster than Hrowns, and when he has] fatam ety, made out to the Mathewson 1a Perfect control he ts almost unbeatable, |] Moray, manager, xhibition Company. | Marquarad e The sharp kink In this ¢ vices |] Mathewson, p. orders must be acec | _ Bender 6 It exceedingly dim vito TD Macanardy by panied A certified check or || Figures itke that are of Itttle value, | Catch the ball 4 nose. 1b Post-oMce or express money or- || however, for making comparisons of | Bender also h nee ed. By iE Lautetio. igity, eal nat iy s qutek || Wikon, ant puzzle months ao Mathewaon | aernating a slow bail wit es of @ slump, while he| breaking curve he is a con. rm. He te In| to opposing batters. | better condition right now than at any . to be wild. In one of the games against time this seas FAST BALL RUBE'S BEST ASSET. 11. ’Cubs inst fall he wave eleven pases Bender has been confined to hia room| Rube Marquard's best pitching asset|on balls and still managed to win his der for exact amount, After mall orders for all three gam: have been filled the advance sa Will take place ut No, 1133 Bro: way, second floor, on Thursda Oct, 12, For the games in Phils deiphia the same rules appl | streng DIP. Cat tontiancee reomeess Elwin a during the past month, and|!* his fast ball, The Rube has as|zume. The Cubs were running bases made to John R. Shibe, secre- | ehat iu why he haa Het hed so many |™MUCK, If not more, specd than any | badly during that series and cou! n tary Pe the Patladeipita Amert- J] games. Mo tx in good shape now, a Past ball a MNAREYORT Arts Bintacit Me Me Hileher tana creatine oleaie ue Club, Shibe Park, ri ‘s at | fa , |No pi could gi 4 Philadelphia. Dales th fear hin more than they do] going with such speed that It takes a|Dases on balls and beat them. They even though the latter bas 4 giight jump upward as it goes over the |all good waiters much better record, plate. Without that jump on his fast) they get on. ach of these pitehers has bis own | hall Marquard is easy, but once he has| With the exception of Marquard al!| ullar delivery, and the effect of these | nig speed adjusted properly it ts diM-|of these pitchers are veterans th iia slants and shoots against @l cuit for anybody to beat him. Batters|have been under fire time and he coming duel bi the Giants | strange team will be Intensely interest-| wit often miss a fast ball right over |again, Bender and Mathewson are and the Athletics for tho world's | !ns- the heart of the plate on account of |old owls at the business of working t championship has narrowed down to a| “FADE-AWAY" MATTY'S BEST. [being unable to gauge the terrific speed |opposing batters, but it ts sald Question of pitchers. This ts the opin- | Mathewson's gr t curve ts his far|Rube's only weakness {s when he par-|Coombs and Marquard rely mor fon of Connie Mack, and McGraw han| famed “fade-away." This is @ curvo|tially loses control, He ts so afr f | atufe th the bal! agreed with him. Some ave uegued| that runs contrary to all the laws of/ Walking a batter that ho will often|do Js to get it over and let the batter that hitting will settle the chample ng Ari hander’s curve usually |throw the ball over the p! swing as hard as he will. bly MAL MAE tel practioner ‘outward to right handed batters, | ‘nothing #0 a8 to keep the bi The fact that Jack Coombs won three nd good runners af: ———$—$—— BY BOZEMAN BULGER. I" the minds of the baseball public Tony Ross Makes Harris | Cry Quiis in the Third Me tadecaway" comes up to the plate |ter from getting a base on balls. When| games from the Cubs last fall does not Dwentlath; Century A.C thing, as the hitting will depend en- with a slow, motion and then|he gets that way there is nothing to|cause the Giants any concern. The La meets Se ~ che Off rather tirely upon the mirength or the weak-| pends inward 4ns f outward. It {s]do but yank hit out of the box. Givelcandidly admit that they have mor: int nA event of tou *alnvad “Riphte ad iv re tay coaat ness of the pitching. vty effective against left handed bat-{him control and he is a terror. dof Bender. On the other han Colored Fighter Floored Six} at ton tha There are two star men o1 ho have trouble in hitting a ball] Jack Coombs has a curve that resem- Athletics are not worrled over the Sera eel tna: nite ‘ nthe Ath-| ters, who ha : x A ans, letlow’ staff, and the Gia n hongs| that Is curving away from them. ‘That | bles Matty's fade-aw up tolfact that Matty shut t K imes Before Referee Hale Mane bonat | is why are ustially ao effee- [the plate with a pecuilar wobble and times in succession during tho word unds Times Before Referee Haley Hy idman, manazc othe . ‘OTe, | tive agn nded ert then shoots downwar In a pinch that|serles of 1%. They admit fear of Mar. ot ant t othe We Plain to be seen that the world's series | Ue #eUnst Jed batte +s entirely upon @ curvelis his chief asset. with the speed of a bullet great speed, but he ha viso has|quard on account of his being a left- ination (hander, ten de will be In the hands of Mathewson and that comes Marquard on one side, and Coombs and Sender on the oth | Stops the Bout. . that Marquard ts a -hander, whi Mg Were Under Pull mus. terme cg te and Play Twice To-Day searon have bee mparatively against left-handers, and the jaro not iked any too weil Gtants. almost bh that © both of the Phil |modated, The enormity of this gather. | Phitadetphta, Oct. 6 ling can be understood when It ts known q 4 Athi AD the Wighianders and Athtettes of Instance, J Delighted Because First of ; tnat the targest actual paid crowd that H veen battling for a world’s cham- Instance, Josh Devore ts lever saw a ball gamo was a little more | RIGHANIS) Wnaead Oe) ust fevinal| leas before the offside slants i e than 34,000, hrough the me up to him from the wrong World’s Series Will Be the double ’ Gee eth it nua Lae .oF present othe iz up the a t ‘a season they could not and that side of the plate. There are sever and the Cincinnati Reds last mon of the LA, A. C everyi ‘ e ’ tede last month. | have displayed isle oft Athletic batters who are weak on south- Decided Here. when a double header f n Saturday He K ee ay head, ren the oe oem e paw pitching. Mr. Herrmann of the lonal Com Ms *y \ 08") He was a middle-dista x —_— _ ible ton of Mc h 1% | ft From the records tt"would appear that mission 18 authority for the statement | “2! €* K Bane tH wptul atid Ds o mile to one mile we hundreds of rac to beat the kind of twirl on the Giants, but tt is very slight and won the champtonship,; ¢ver saw a ball gam Official figures Mathew Philadelph America. |Jack Quinn hurled through the olen ‘aw did not go tol rounds of activity. If the Highlanders the Athletic twirlers have a slight shade Hs. gone into foreign flelds! that that was the largest crowd ‘hat [had showed the same kind of stuff tn Honora were even betwoen Walter J. Travis inten City veteran, and W. L, Hicks of the Glants return to the Polo! hand Mc » hard to get, but the | oft in thre with Chatty Direct th ned in. the the showde mes. 1 fifth. Mo 4.8, Mats, Wintor Gardenia since the Giants started away from Bat..50. "7" Grounds this afternoon to recetve the to do, and | lane er er ie : aged’ on CHANCE SPIKES STORY glad hand and, Incidentally, tackle wit not see th ‘ | tho big |It'# good be that Rathore ra ine | nannna AMUSEMENTS, | GRAFONOLAS 825 UP, 85 THAT HE SAID MERKLE IS th Eilon oS § dogblerbendons Ine) ried me Par AL pen toat | SoBe the fe ig wade in 7 \ eae hea ee st a De ning al 0 2 t t ' ap rdner was an mas W, M ved that he is | yM. . . POOR FIRST BASEMAN. |! rhe road record whlch was com-| recy trent tornoror, bot rere | untortunate attain. “Wwnen, the ball Rit [ihe mat sued Hottie || UUOS aa i Diane ener a KNABE Bee Manager of the Cubs | sieted at Brooklyn yesterday shows| responsibility that fs upon pro:|ilke a log, and it was some time t fentny Ry "He Y AROUND THE WORLD | Sth Ave. and J9th Ss, ds the fol elegram to this [/ nineteen games won and four lost [eae *§ to have himself ri on edge! he regained consctousness. Thi Mitohent fi fi SERIES OF COMPLETE NEW Spectactes, | | | fhe has a chance of beating the T Baby, Langford is a most inter: fighter to watch in action, He has a knockout punca that travels only inches, and an opponent hay to be mighty clever and lucky to escape tt OOKS Ike the with th e pennant race ¢ even Pi the toss for t ning game of the world's series, wh! that there'll be considerable doings in the vioinit of the Polo nds Saturday, Oot, 14. te still how with t They won out TE cea neretionmn Bedell aS — . eating the Athi "ladvised him to stay awa game with V a at P morrow afte not had a « Jeal of time since the Rutgers cont Bpots et to gh ec 8 ‘ but they ha ed the offensive w tion in t will be « evens wut and trong! yo aud tals” toer f ne) active at 1 today f r » arrow fornoon, Tar 1 burse, c r ‘ ‘ Chicago, Oct. 6 Marquard will Wed to rest up a netimes does atic atunts, tore a| contender COHAW'S be ey Bozeman Bulger, Baseball Editor |! home. ‘Those figures explain very] tew days before h S working cut, {/inger off Paddy Livingston's right hand GABY DesL¥s | REVUE OF HEWWes. | HE SUCCESS ct of The Evening World | » remt than ansthing ewe] Witt @ wild pitch, which Patrick fool- Ganeert Every Sunday ihe, WCOHA {wily tried. to stop. Gardner had one and one when Mor gan wound up for the delivery of the 1 i pose with terrific for Earl's head T am qu as saying that Merkle is @ bad first base sald that two ye to-day that M ‘oncisely why the Glants won baal por needs ma te right now Inning next week, he will nnant. work out ly with Wilbert Robin New York players make no effort |gon, ‘Tho oli Oriole catcher will have proved ‘firat baseman fe croet dine [| to conceat thelr delight over the fact | entire charge of th and one of the best ball players tn || that t at game of the world's s¢ of the big an, I r# ago. 1 think cle is the most tm- BROADWAY Tete 810 GRAND iy EB " boy ells TK NEVER Hones vA TIN AL LYKIC HN: | We RePUBuC 1!) 2 ey sa Rube until the t i ries, and in this way will city. jardne “Wa ap the country Will be played at the Polo Grounds, It|be a ble help to McGraw, It was |? n attempt to duck out of the HENRY KOLHER ih Presents > THE OKA from Met myins many thousante of dollars more | Robby’s coaching in tho spring that put| Ways and partly turned from the Muster ure hgre ST Ray lub. 1 surely series had been opened at|Marquard in form to make his vonder- |All In a crouching position, but AMUSEMENTS, BELASCO " he Dig series at that the | ful record for the seas before he could drop out of harm's | soparsaniia LEADING TROP REO || Masiabliloll’ sti DAVID RELAsca ing for the Tp ad@1Hon 1 het tne ee ence nee bane. exc {way the ball crashed Into th " Ht i ES, axing Elliot's y's 30, Presents (hat 2 etter chance rom | Glants have a much his head, dropping him to th Graw | ike a sh Playing for several days, a st, 40. ‘w= WHAT THE DBE iui ul ve MPIR EG Ayia hs oe GARTRUDE ELLIOTT + | 4 N's JOHN DFW in ASingte Van | | sory Br Ore itt Bu ON STOR Mats. Dix Won’t Stop || FRANK MciNTVRE inSNoBs | [=acANOH fos on thetr home | grounds than in #trango territory. Bat- | grou [ters who are not accustomed to hitting phe « 3 to keep his mind off the nef is worn down to a pretty fy Next M THE ANAT, WALLACK’S (4 with a sea of faces in the background eJge and ne to rest 2 1d wy % wi a at, tro in getting safe wal- | _ _— = ; The Harris \\ se Wal acet td deg GPO ARILTSS by t the P wis hie will be) CLARKE WINS SKATING RACE, Boxing Just Yet ROSESTAHL a NEX1! mesa hn! American LT a deckled advantogs in favor of the! 5” st ciarko of Manhattan wen tn oo {1} xntchERBOCKER ! | Pi.ynouse 1 etn poe peel I 1 Gis roller skating of the season when | ALBANY, Oct. 6—Gov, Dix won't |] HAMM 4 BOUGHT ANG PAID FOS. i | 2 It may be argued that ate wil bs © led home a speedy fleht of profeas, tke any steps to have the boxing taw || DONALDBRIA par way i meprondunest, | Ne tant ee Tet when they open in Pallatelphta, y 4, the oneaand-a-half-nile yacw |epowled until after the Legtalature has | | CRITERION “) Ma SoC W ede O to ,SPi ‘iT he | tha worM saritg and, on w rule, the Ly eee : make inquiries a8 to tho advisability We} PASSERS-BY it wi Yee GOMEDY *, & “at prae yan ae Mire Le} a “ed mt ants ened a itt start n t wh the Lawmakers pass his djrect primar! *| 2 3 t fori oan prcdeelivyeeneae capa teraps ent treed vas Mie iad ane Terre epic eirurn Tree pal A ARAG MAHI AE 4 Sty 10,20 &30e sae vOSCA - ne > the Polo Grounds and lost, | han D avout tem yas It is his fntention to have the Boxtn, 4 tC athe - A 7 hen butters were not annoyed ee ag oe ee near future and discuss the boxing | [mpi aan LADY HARRY LAUDER 0 Har vrs! bn PO TEP OP AND GURER, ; Dy the ced BE ctat Sek ci manee at = — ~ - LIB Wit aie tit SKATING (000° i Rink Ay i, 10 Polo Grounds will be completed, | JULIA) SE Win WN k and Concerts iy sy ning temporary fun ew Special To-Day and To-Morrow GAMETY ine We eae TT ara S| SHAMON'S BiG GATETY CO: | Baseballs Polo rieachors, 4 ty eatimated that a ite! 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