The evening world. Newspaper, October 7, 1911, Page 8

M’COY KNOCKS OUT SAVAGE IN FOURTH Rourke Would Bar Freddie Welsh From Boxing in New York, bui the Clever English Fighter Isn't Worrying Over the Threat. Copenh, 2911, by Ths Proce Pubtishing Co. (Tae New Yor Workt.) ] sie the Boxing Commissioners on to Freddie Welsh tarred from boxing in aig months, O'Rourke claims Welsh “pen out” on him, but Welsh says CRourke Aid the bolting. It seente that O'Rourke, after falling { convince Freddie Welsh that !t would be @ 004 Idea to let him become his wanager, cabled the English iNghtwelght te eome to this country for three fights, te be held at the National Sporting Cis, After an exchange of corres- pendence, during which it was agreed that Welsh was to get $2,000 flat or a Quarantes for cach fight, Welsh hopped @ boat and came across. He took a Pal Moore as his first opponent, beat him, and, although the club lost money, the $2,000 guarantee, There was no @ne else on hand to be whipped right #0 Welsh packed up and een fought Matty Baldwia Coast and then signed up with ‘Wolgast for fight in November. to get on a couple of ten-round before he tackled Wolgast. Welsh back to New York to finish out hig contract with O'Rourke for two mere fights at $2,000 per. O'Rourke im- Medlately selected Tommy Murphy Weleh’s opponent, and everything wi © K., apparetiy, until the clever Eng- Mehman casually inquired about his “end.” According to Welsh, O'Rourke ead he hadn't thought about that, but Dlandiy agreed to give him 3 per cent. Of the receipts. ‘Welsh, in addition to being an un- woually clever boxer, is something of a financier, He wanted the original bar- gain adhered tothe $2,000 guarantee. O'Rourke said he would have to consult Mg fellow directors about that, ‘The other directors, whoever they may be, frowned on the $2,000, They and O'Rourke tried to convince Welsh that he had misunderstood the original con- tract that brought him from England. | Actording!y, O'Rourke enid he Other alternat: but to gl 3% cent. but at the same time expressed per the belief that the fe 6,000, thua netting Welsh $2,100, more than the sum for witch Adlding out, Welsh knows a two about drawing cards and a for the bait, so, as far as ho te con- gerned, the fight with Murphy te off, Wu: faye he ten't in the least bit scared at O'Rourke's threat to have him barred In Now York 4nd ho would welcome a chance to gl the Boxing Commission his side pt the ease, ilo,argues that he only wanty hig rights, If he recetved $2,000 for fight fag Pal Moore and has since beaten Matty Baldwin and been olutched with Wolgast for the world’s title, he sees no reagon why he should all the way beck from the Cousi at his own expense and accept anything loss than what he got for hie fight with Moors, | The Rngiehnian has a vory interent- ing oollection of Iettors O'Rourke, anged with Ho haa them ali index @ Methodion! way and can Mush o f them to prove ar make, He hia a y mtater vat have placed himself wing, Woleh, however, elways maintainod that a manager was As Recessary to a good Aghter as a fifth whee) '* to @ wagon, Tt I Jones ait down without domand $12,500 of the £10,000 purse offored a bout between Wolvaa: and in this Morgen {s som philan- ning Brown ion on any Browa a of a to get Wolgaat into « again, but tt would hie ability ag @ ma: auch arrangement SPAULDING COMES ALL WAY FROM CALIFORNIA TO SEE WORLD'S SERIES. A, ©, Bpauidine, time piteh owner, Who hae never ef work's pories ah the way from his fornia 10 pee the Athietioa ole “the fa noua old. series, Would be diMeurs vo Cet two tear more evenly matched. We nll know OM O'ROURKE has threatened to /T must bo galling to Dan Morgan to) uD J. it i ih (ue il Ny hi nih i HE BOSS WON'T GE DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS! HE JUST PHONED! Wie i OH: PAW! AND | SAT UP ALL NIGHT THINK - ING UP AN EXCUSE TO SEE THE GAMES 301 COULO AND 1 HADIT ALL MEMORIZED WHAT | WAS GOING To 1 GOT IN A FIGHT JUST TO LOOK GAD OFF FROM WORK! THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1911. _ BEST SPORTING PAGE IN ny YORK HOW GIANTS WON, AS TOLD BY M’GRAW THINK THE Ive Geen BOSS STOLE | | 'HAD THE CUTEST, TRYING TO ie oy ran eT MY IDEA! JL] SRANDEST AND sou at, $0 1 COULD SEE PRETTIEST FACUSE! GO LONG I, ALL THE GAMES! OH! DEAR: Aran NOw 1 GOT OS BLACK EVE ALL FER NUTTIN’! i AN SICK! MGRAW TELLS WHAT MADE GIANTS PENNANT. WINNERS; _ CHICAGO CUBS ONLY TEAM TO BREAK EVEN WITH THEM 0 ee “The Giants won the pennant on na speed.”’ “Getting the extra base and making a single count for a double is the secret of making runs on the {No amount pitching on WANAGER MGRAW'S IDEAS: because he “In building speed.” ry ROZEMAN BULGER. if penpant winnig business ty not & novel sensation to John Me- Graw, Six times he has worked on a team that floated the champton- Jahtp flag. It can be truly antd, however, (hat the manager of the Glants ts ler of the pennant that has just heen won than of any honora that have fallen to his lot dur.ng his twenty years of excitement on the diamond. | '\V nue 1 will not say that this ts alto- | gether the beat team that I ever played on or wald the little sniet that really makes that for several place, they are I say In the frst ail young follows and there Is nothing thet makes « young fellow ambitious for more glory than to win hts pennant, ‘The second r n, in aw might be called a selfish one, I am { y proud of the present team because I had oharge of ory one of them from the mo- broke into the big league, It {an team of tny own selection ani that I doveloped, Outside of Mathew- and Murray, 1 started them ali tn tho big league business, Naturally, one would fool proud of what they have done for me. "IL baw @iwaya been a hobby of mine to have (ie faatert team In the world, and I think I have ft, By that T mean fn ten of great base runners, Right now ! t a slow runner on my et the pons exception Wilton, We have six who rank among the ten best base ud the club as a whole will ear equalling the world © total number of bf pg a reason, We are pret | understand that Pitts 282 Davee in 1008, We are 270 mark, and we have up the dit n the part bY ing niat © moat ronson the leaat s tx the thing to work for, pret ad way for a after We won » MS veterans ne tr and tT had ' te yolr Places, an 7 ony 14 eee w toned nieces st A One® Prat Ins 1 reallved that vane ae ret vt out anew and 14 9 team te enit welt, Ae y of fact, the onty men that T ty on at the nd of two yeare from at time were Mathewson, Devitn, new and Wiltee, 1 had great dimoutty y getting & wecond baseman until I nd ae Doyle. ' sew that he had the ou in him and be was re tained ext got Merkle. When Tenney vrexe down he fell right into the yeoant spot, the greatest number of smallest number of hits.” of aggressiveness on the defense.” developed it himseli.”’ @ pennant winning ma- chine he centred his endeavors on “He thinks the catching and hitting of Chief Meyers and the first base play of Merkle did as much as anything { else to give New York a perinant.” ‘The nucleus he had for building the present team after the world’s series of 1905 was Mathewson, Devlin, Ames and Wiltse.” T had trouble with my outfiel along until 1 secured Devore him going right. When Seyir down T decided to make an outflelder to sult myself, and 1 Igrass the ch on decount I had wanted Murray for tt and when I got the chance I traded for him me outeld, and I added Becker to make It stronger, All {hs time T had my mind on speed Fletcher proved a find f ‘ and then Hera the thing any well “Another player of whom I am par. tloularly proud ta Chief Mevers postition | ‘ Y intleld and play [doubtless remember how he vas erith cised when he firat started, Wol!, 1 saw that he Was a great hitter tnd 1 knew that he had plenty of determina tion. I gave him a chance a to make good and he did not disappoint me You would have to go a long way rr! now to find a better catcher than Me: Mis hitting has been a hig fa tor In winning this pennant, and he ts throwing as well as any of them," “Well, how do you account for t Giants being able to go at such a gat all season and not break down?" | asked of MoGraw, “That was due entirely to the wonder ful enndition of the team when they left Marlin, Tex., last spring,” he piled, "When the Giants came Bnat last spring Jimmy McAleer of the Washington team tohi 1 never maw a ball club tn tion, That was true Tho Marlin ts Ideal for (ns ball elub. and they had enough of It to get thom wight for a long campaign, “I Ao not delleve In these short trips bases can win unless there is good, “He is particularly proud of this team) Mack Sees Good Omen In the Loss of the Toss. BY CONNIE MACK. ATURALLY, if T had a chol N at the Polo Grounds, in Ni am disappointed at our failure to win the toss. Philadelphia, Oct. 7 ice I would prefer to have the open- ing game of the world’s series played in this city rather than ew-York. Still I cannot say that I My reason for this is the fact that in 1905 our first game withthe Giants took place on the Athletics’ diamond, and the Giants beat us by 4 to 1 in the series. Perhaps, therefore, the loss of the toss is a good omen fur us. decision not to play the opening much, It.wiltigive us just about to put the Athletics on eage for winner of the series, I do not car The game until Oct. 14 pleases me very the time that I figured ‘t requires the big games. As to the probable ‘e to make any prediction. We are ~ going into the game with only one idea—that is, to win tho series if we can do 60. The Athletics are a great team, and so are the Giants, and the games will tell their own story. ; SOME BATTERS, THESE ATHLETICS; Hartsel Strunk Derrick Davis See Wo 4s scheduled or 5 o'clock this rnoon, At that time Tom Jones, Danny organ et al., will once again gather In the Metropole re- feotory and once again thresh it out. This will make the third threshing this week and some are rash enough to pre- dict that the Ad Wolgast-Knookowt Brown encounter will be pulled off after of course tat 1s mere guesa- ey htwelaht champion and his rival for the title for some ve been matched to exchange but not wishing ness of thelr ence air are highly desir vor upon the | demert a Mght club to stage the meeting—for a monetary consideration, And right here comes the rub, for there are in cations that more than one fight ps noter in Gotham {s wary of offering Jany substantial load of kale for t privilege. Not that the bout shouldn’s of two or three weeks Into the § brave polh & SAHA AHA DORRGIN Bie Players in that time Just enough |” Of Work ton imake them Hette NOUk” | "Phe latest effort to lead some pro- tacks from the cold when they strike |More into temptation was a highiy (he Northern climate, It takes five or | interesiing eve The Graton the} Mx Weeks of hard work to condition a [scene wat Jones, radiant In a now | vall club. Tt may not tet At the (eneeked sult, hin tle adorned with a t of the season, *\sparklor that postttvely dazeled way. come down to’ the | farere who ventured Into the nelxhbor. training will make tiself. felt |hood. With him was Bob Vernon, Wine Of course we hi Iveky in not awent and fight fan, Ag the olan gath- haying any se bit Teles the to discussed pleagantly a| ativibute a» lot the superd nin ovent of history ocourring tn condition of the team," Reno, Ney, “Haw do you think they eompare| f) due time Danny Morgan brought WIth the Athietios ‘hie omtle around the corner and with “L haven't seon the Athtette them came the tnevitable Toby, Knosk- plied the Giants’ manager. “Ii y out Brown's bodyguard, After a itile beat theve bove they will have the|(he crowd was awelled by the advent oredit. of having gone some, ‘The of Referee Charley White, Gt Boag of GHanta will give them a tough first and the Madison A, C., Harry Pollok of the 1 4m banking strongly on the youth of late Madivon Square A. C. and ‘Tom my club showing to advantaxe, The O'Rourke the National Spordiag works series will Gepend large) Chub ‘The stage ploture was completed the piton. sat 1 think we are just ae hat departinent as the Ath- om by a donen te news waihoren Aw the October sun wank tn tte wonted jer lights of pugdom and Player. Games. A.B. RH. HR, Collins . + 1% st 16 Fy Lapp sree 64 aS 1 Baker 104 1h u urphy . 139 165 6 McInnis . 126 10 a Coombs . 50 “ 2 Lord 128 170 Fy Oldring 4. us 2 3 ot ec 0: » to waste tho} CAN MATTY AND MARQUARD STOP ’EM? Tom Jones’s Exalted Idea ot What It's Worth to lgast Box.Here place, the scene shifted from the siie- walk to the quiet of Minehost Cons- dine's dinin, pm, and here, amid the wondering glances of waite Jones, and others threshing. It was @ qu threshing, and Charley White was un- {disturbed tn devouring the light lunch | with which he improved the opportu- | nity. A | | There was nlrendy before the man. Agers @ telephoned offer of $16,000 trom | McMahon Brothers of the Empire A, C. | Tom O'Rourke came to pat first and ventured a bid of $10,000 for the match, | specifying no club. Gil Bong was next, nd he offered $12,000 Tat, with 75 per nt. of all receipts ab re 316,00, Here O'Rourke announced — hi ement | |frow the race, and Morgan sank Into | profound meditation, and from the ex- | pression of his face it was plain that he was analysing the Boag proposition down to the last nickel. He thought and | thought, and might have been thinking yet had not Jones broken up the think party. Jones's suggestion was that it is al- ways quite fetching to have the money | on the table when playing cards, and | accordingly he suggested that the wh thing be put over unt!l to-d each bid would bo made in writ accompania! by cash or cheek fe 1,0 Roag wanted to make Mt $5.00, but Mor- gan and Jones didnit want to see so! |mmuch “money lying around, and so tn. ano’ ewan er | | Morgan general good feeling about tho| 1 Man ROO fants cenliseraneat pscne tng away, Another ub Insist, and dee claves he will pereia: tn insisting, that Wolgnst get a fat $12.60, At which Morgan laugha eeoffingly because that | would leave Brown only half as muots | out of the best offer the bont Is likely to get, Jones argues that Wolgast is the card and basa title at stake, while Morgan 0 enough disagrees with him, He says Brown t# the veal eard Deoause, he anya, he walloped the cham- pion, and anyhow Jones will come down, But to-day will tell—maybe, | hetghts w |of real footuall before entering into their well-behaved | , stated that (he guarantee bo $1,000, Then | Chicago Teich Ma Managed to Get Even Break on Twenty-two | Games With the Champion | New Yorkers. H | AVING trimmed the Phillies for two straight games, the Giants | now have the honar of having |beaten every club in the league with |the exception of the Cubs a majority |of games for the season. The record with the Cubs is an even break, each jelub having won eleven games, Until lyesterday the Phillies and the Gtant: » ted, each having won ten gam is afternoon we’ have the Boston he fans are hoping that old cy" Young will do the pitching, It has been years since Young appeared on the Polo Grounds, but- he 1s still loved by the New York public, and the old-timers are anxious to see him start. This will be Boston's last appearance for the eeayon, | There has been so much | about the AthiI#tics being able to “steal” the Giants signals that McGraw and his men are taking precautions to pre- vent anything being tipped off in the coming series, Cubs stoutly aver talk ‘lately Coach Herman P. sistant, Tom Kellly, ham alt Olcott and ‘his as- week to whip the New, York University football eleven into abape for thelr opening game of the season with Muhlenberg College to-day, Practice on the heights gridiron has been held every afternoon, The Clinton and Commerce High School teams were met in tee games during the week and gave the lors e chance to get @ taste engagement to-day. Although lllffe, Wheeler, Murphy, Gorsch, ex-Capt, Galloway and Yule, the star fullback, are lost to the eleven, tho team this yer {8 @ good one, but the development of a new punter to replace Yule is giving the coaches considerable worry. Halfback Moore has been prac tising kicking all summer and hag be- me aproficientdrop-kicker,but he lacks ability & punter, Coach Olcott ia taking much pains with Capt. Brennan and Von Egloftston, who both give promise of developing into punters, Brennan ts playing at Yule's old” place GIANTS TO HELP DODGER’ Tt has been found necessary to make slight change in the programme of the benefit to be tendared John H. Ne!- morrow afternoon, Instead of a whole Mrooklyn team m In the feature there will be six Brook- lyn players and probably three cham- pion Giants, Hal Chaso and his entire team @f New York Americans will be on hand, and it 19 worth a small jour- ney to Gee Hal cover the Initial sack, | Ono of his star pitchers will be in the box, It haa besn decided to start thi game at 8 o'clock, but before the & mond clash begins ailing bouts In front of the grand oo Coffey Finds Cinch tm Kelly, Harvey Kolly, a lightweight of tho Morningside A. ©,, was no matoh for Jim Coffey, the latter having no trouble |outpotnting him in @ ten-round bout et |the New Polo A, A, Coffey was too fast and clever for Kelly, landing con- stantly with straight lefte in the face Pand ati punahes In the stomaoh, Kelly showed up to good advantage at close quarters, working both hands to Cof- | Soy's mid-section, ‘ den at Washington Park, Brooklyn, to- { ting the Highlanders | | there will be two | {| i { | that the Athletics got their signs last fall and in that way were able to double-cross them. Harry Davis and Topsey Hartsel work the sign business on the coaching lines and the runners on second base get them from that angle. berate had a meeting of the players last night, and while they would | hot discuss the matter, it Is pre! In that a new set of signals wa: arranged. A plan was also mapped out by which they could change them at a moment's notice. Now that the opening game !s to bo played at the Polo Grounds, many of the Giant players are of the opinion that it would be a good idea to work Marquard in the opener and let Mathew- son do the work at Philadelphia. Their reason for this is a belief that Matty would do better on a strange ground than the big Frenchman. Still, 1t wo:ld be a good bet that Big Six will be on the mound when.the whistle blows for the first battle. That jump ts a big thing and if McGraw can get an ace jin the hole on the Athlefics he will do 40, A letter was received from Marlin yesterday to the effect shat the Com- mercial Club of that town had char- tered a special car and would have a representative crowd of citizens from the Giants’ training quarters at the |world's seri The people of Marlin look upon the Giants as their own prop- erty. As @ matter of fact they know the players personally better than the people of New York. N. Y. U. Plays Muhlenberg In In First Game Of Season et full and has already shown himself to be @ speedy line plunger, Cumfort and Von Egloffston are fighting it out have been working | for left halfback and will both be given @ trial today. Moore will hold the po- sition of right half, Fred Kopff, last year's centre, will again be seen at that Position, Torrence, last year's centre on Vermont, who was expected to give Kopff a tussle for the pivot position, has not yet put tn appearanos. Ex-Capt. loway's place at quarter- back will be ailed by Nixon, who ts a heady player and a fine field general, At the ends Coach Olcott will have Tom Crawford, the old standby, and either Dressler or Dutcher. Thompson and Vesley, two former High ‘School of Commerce men, will tackle positions. McKay, Andradi and Weiners, the former De Witt Clifton football hero, will alternate as guards, Two youngsters, that are showing up fine and may be given 4 trial to-day are James, a halfback, and Ean Huntley, @ quarterback, The New York University eleven ts now the only college team in Greater New York and Capt. Brennan and his pigskin chasers are determined to make @ good showing. hold down tho) c'¢ STANDING OF THE CLUBS, M'COY KNOCKS OUT SAVAGE IN FOURTH ROUND AT BROWN'S Manager Morgan’s Clever Handling Enables Veteran to Score Another K. O. It surely looks as though Kid McCoy is the original come-back, for he easily knocked out Jim Savage of New Jersey, ered one of the most promising have hereabouts, in show! at Brown's four rounds at ¢! Gymnasium, ‘Tis makes the fourth straight knooke | out he has scored since his re-entry to |the arena some two months ago, ‘The other K, 0.'s were not Impressive, but his showing nat Savage leads one McCoy will cut a wide ranks of the present ts before he is mowed down, wing against such a husky young chap as Savage is a big sure prise, To dispose of such a fine spect men of mu and brawn, cleverness and strength, as Savage possesses, te a big feat for a fighter who has been in the gamo si years and has thirty-nine years behind him, The house was filled. Not a seat wi | vacant, a majority of the spectators fearing that Savage would prove the crafty McCoy's Waterloo. He probably would have had [t not been for the great jhandling by his manager, Danny Mor- gan, who coached him and revived him |when he looked all in after the third round The men had hardly shaken hands tm }the first round, when McCoy sent his man to the floor with a short left hook, avage Was up in a second and stalled jthrough the rest of the round, The Isecond round was all McCoy's too, but dn the third he met with suff oppos! tlon, and when the bell sounded his weak underpinning was ‘almost giving away. Many of the fans thought that McCoy would surely be knocked out fn the fourth session, and made for the door. | However, the advice handed Aim by his peerless manager, Morgan, gave him jnew courage, and he gushed Savage , into a corner and put over the punch that lald him flat on his back. This White Hope Wants a Chance Fred Sheer, the Michigan “White \Hope,”’ is taking the right course te es- tablish himself? in New York. Sheer came here claiming, the champtonship of Canada, Fle holds a decision ever (Mike Shreck and made a trip to Ox- lahoma in a vain effort to get on @ match with Carl Mor: The latter, however, picked Shreck as an opponent, sheer has never appeared here, but he is @ Ukely looking candidate for tho white honors and in training !s sald to have shown unusual cleverness and speed for a big man. He is marting here at the bottom the ladder, In- tending to climb to fame by way of victories, He is matched to meet Sol- dicr Delaney at the Sharkey Club noxt Wednesday night. Sheer says he waats just one chance to show what he ean do. pss ied Many Games for Fans To-Morrow 1 Hi Jersey City Club of the East- ern Leagu Ine up against the Lin -oln double-header at the O) teams each won a game last Sunday, and Managers Jess and Rddle McMahon decided to have them meet again, The first game will begin at 190 P, M, Red- ing will pitch both games for the Lin- coins, while Doescher and Kissinger will work for the Jerseymen, ‘The All Leaguers, “with ‘Tim Jordan on firet ction at Bronx Oval, One third stoeot Soutae ui play the Hoax. al k will be the battery for Hundred. a ee *Wtiuson and ate the Bronxonians, proaiiand for the fan at Lrooklya, when the St. Patrick's ty) againet Me crack rovey Mary GC, pene paige Gta wil the bt. ‘The Metrpoliiana, T aac tha Rochevtee 6 Towa © doubl even 0 i mi lim ‘oe Paolo A tat mb octet teams will pl Durkin will stage a, socner test aud barnoall game at MoNul Miainoet patie wil he wtineen the ferves and ihe Sylean, F founter the Clan McKens Firookien Celtics, ‘The auccer a2. 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