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a Here’s the Inside Story of a Bout Seventeen Years Ago on the Coast When Tom Sharkey Knocked Out a Giant Sailor With a Punch. Copretant, 3011, by The Mere Puiehing Co. (The New York World,) ME Heutenant touched a match to! his cigar and looked out through | / Then he lected back | When he} oes that, I've noticed, he usually has a| & porthole. fn his chair and chuckted. yarn to spin. “Ever tell you,” he asked, “about the Diggest thing in the fighting line that| ‘was ever pulled off in the United States Navy?" “Manila Bay, Santiago"— I began. “No, no," said the lieutenant. Glov line, I mean, Four-ounce “No,” sald I. “Let ‘er xo. “Weil,” said the leutenant, “here's the _ yarn. But don’t tell anybody who told ft te you. This ts inside history.” He struck another match and drew @ Lod puff or two, and this is the tale he| oT were great okt days out on the Coast seventeen years ago. We had a lot of fighting fim the navy, and turned out « lot of ood men. It was in ‘D4, and I wes @beard the Olympic, anchored in San Francisco Bay, run in for a visit to the Mare Island Navy Yard. We were all @ports, and wo all had a liking for a @ood fight. We had a good husky lot @board—some fighters, But every now and then we heard stories about a man- eater on the Philadelphia who had just Gere through a lot of fights ashore in Honolulu and knocked out his men in a feung or two. He was a fellow named ‘Tom Sharkey. mate raiesaianie was at Mare Island, whenever we met anybody @em aboard her Sharke Bate the conversation. They thought he Was @ world-beater, and they wore will- fg to back him against anybody In the BAVY oF out of It, wit:, real money. “Just about that time there wa: a @oller stationed at the Presidio who Went under tho name of Ripke. Ho was @ whale of a man, six feot four and built ke Frank Gotoh. He amused himself and then by fighting in some of the eclaba One night he fought a big fellow known as the ‘Terrible Swede.’ Ripke knocked the! Swede out for twen- ty-four hours. They put him in the jug @ntil the Swede came to and then turned im loose. Ripke left the army and dis- @ppeared, and a week or two later a big fan who looked aston!shingly ike him @alisted on the Olympic as a coal heaver funder the name of Jim Dunn. He took to the gloves right off the reel, and he Was a terror. It seemed as if he could touch a man without knocking uff as @ capstan bar. There was that Dunn was Ripke, and the about names, fo the con- man who could ‘s champion, We ng and began ralsing uid get our hands crowd, officers and flush after backing So we Dunn and crew, were pretty Sharkey tn half a dozen fights. up & match betwen Gharkey, to be fought at Vallejo, for a pares of $1,000, Quartermaster Herman of the Philadelphia holding the “That night the Army Hall in pout three could get rried all the Philadelphia and ake! feave were there, and we money on the ship. wd was ready fo we got down about fy Everybody was betting the crowd was a s! wa, as I'll never months of our advan: know but that the ‘Ola Man’ himself gent a little coin along just to be with the bunch. last our big red headed man ¢ “A got Into the ring, and there was a roar, Then Sharkey fumpod in and took the opposite corner, and the Philadelphia crowd nearly faised the roof. Dunn looked biz enough to eat Sharkey alive, and he seowled across the ring like a gorilla, About that time we bet the funds of the cook's mess. It looked a cinch, We hadn't scen Sharkey before. Sharkey @howed about ax much interest in the proceedngs as a wooden Indian, “and then the bell rang. We settled Gown Into our chairs to enjoy the fight, tt war one great occas: Joy every where I'll never forget that moment 1 felt lke a milMonatre as I figured how much I stood to win, “Dunn got slowly up and stepped out, putting up his hands with a grin. Be- fore the big fellow could take another step Sharkey had bounced from his corner and crossed tie ring In about two jumps. As he came he feinted with his left. Dunn ducked a little, and Bharkey's right shot straight across to {the coal heaver's jaw, Dunn went down flat on bis back as if he had been ‘nit on the head with « hammer. & moment there wasn't a sound. UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY Which Took Place | THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1911, AND STILL THEY SAY BASEBALL IS STRENUOUS GO ON - You ONLY HAVE TO RIDE Six MORE Papke-Moha Worst Boxing Exhibition Ever Seen in Boston pee Spectators Claim “Contest” a Frameup, but Bill Says He's “All In.” (Special to The Evening World.) Boston, Nov. 1. OB MOHA, B weight, the Milwaukee middle- was given the decision over Bill Papko tn their twelve- round bout at the Armory A. A, t witn@nsed the affair | tim: exception, tit, for th in Boston, It was so bad the timekeeper refused to ring the gong for the end of the con- Battling Mantell Wins Over Young Fitzsimmons Loser Maki His Bet His Best Showing in Sixth Round of Brown Gymnasium Contest. }Y JOHN POLLOCK. Na furious battle of ten rounds Bat- ting Mantell came out victorious Young Fitzsimmons at Brown Gymnasium A. a, show entitled to the honors because | he had the better of eight rounds of the bout, Fitzsimmons making a great show ing in only the sixth and tenth rounds, | when he had Mantel! in a pad way from a volley of blows to the body, face and Mantell was the aggressor in the rounds, rushing at Fitssimmons and ecoring r peatedly with straight left-hand jabs in the face, which sent Fita's head tack, Had Fitzsimmons fought in the other I over tell w Jaw. majority wriggled a toe, someboay yelled, Then there was a But Dunn didn't move, and he The enraged Jackies up, you bi roar. counted out. of the ig quitter,’ rushed for the ring. “There caught made @ buckets burned down. dragged hustled him through a window, that's the last we ever saw of . I don't know what might have pened if he'd ever come back to the but he never didn't try very hard to find him, pody thought that Dunn quit, Sharkey’s performances after pretty well satisfied that he never knew Olympic, what hit ever tors China station shortly afterward, mess funds and as sore and badly referve began to count. When he got to six, and Dunn hadn't 60 much as atr loses,” w ir, and quick rush the hall of Dunn out him, Anyway, et that fight, ped @ crowd as xhibition ever almost a riot. citement some sailor swung himacit up | on the chan ‘The gas escaping from the broken pip fire and if the sailors hadn't with might In the melee somebody The it wae, without the Man- | continually ‘Get In the ex- {t ome down. the have wat bee the ring and And hap- aid, and we Every- but from ard I none of us will We loft for the why of | er backed a te ring about six minutes before some o1 took compassion on the sports and rang the bell, ending the agony, for that was what It was for the fans. The majority of the tsfled that it was a frameup, apke denied this, “all tn, the ri The first round passed without any one getting suspicious. After that period the bout was a joke. to see Papke go through hi to land a blow. and the boxers wrestled about the pectaors were but Ho claimed that he wi and that he was going back to his home and never again enter He missed most of the HE 1$ ONLY TRYING TO CHOKE HIM TO WRESTLING THE BASEBALL NUT CLUB. bY »OZEMAN BULGER. There’s Only One Way to Keep Cobb of Tigers From Steal- ing Bases and It Took a Cuban Catcher to Invent It. HILE the Giants are hanging around town waiting for their start to Cuba the lobby of the Braddock Hotel, where they all are stopping, has been very aptly named “The Nut Club.” Bugs of all varieties drop in to give thelr versions of the world series, and baseball lies that have lain dormant for, lo! these many years are blossoming forth in all thelr former radiance. While the gang was talking about Cuba and their inability to speak Spanish, in came Senor Conti, one of the Cuban baseball writers, who is interested in the coming trip. In almost perfect English he pulled this one: “When the Detroit Tigers went to Havana the Cuban ball players had heard #0 much of the wonderful speed of Ty Cobb that they really expected to see some supernatural being with legs like an antelope. They had been led to belleve that {t was impossible for a catcher to throw him out on a steal, “In the first game between Detroit and the Almarandes, Cobp got on first ‘base, and the Cubans were watching him with awe and suspense. Crawford hit & grounder, and it would have been easy for the shortstop to have caught Cobb at third, Instead of that he shot the ball to the catcher, who held to it with a eathlike grip and firmly planted his feet on the home plate. Of course, Cob! stopped at third, but did not score. “When the side was out Cobb walked over to the catcher and through an interpreter asked him why he didn’t throw the ball to third. i ‘No, no,” replied the excited Cuban, in Sp: “I heard he was so fast nobody could throw him out on the bases, eo I just held ¢ thi@® plate aa to catch him coming home. That is what we call layin ite ~ ' ing in the world's series, and unconsciously several Red” Murray, who failed to get @ safe bingle during Some one pierre to hi heads were turned toward “ the late unpleasantness. “When I think about the hitting,” said Murray, “I remind myself of Bil! Dahlen in the series of 195. If you remember, ¢he National Leaguers knew very Uttle about the American Leaguers then, and were curious to know what kind of ball they played. For the first three games Dahlen did not get a hit. After the game at the Polo Grounds George Browne, who was very nervous at times and who had been watching the game very closely from his position in right fleld, took Dahlen by the arm as they walked off the field. “ ‘Say, Bill,’ asked Browne, very seriously, as he thought of a peculiar play used by the Athletics, ‘what do you think of this American League ball, anyway?’ "I don't know, Brownie,’ repiled Bill, rather sourly, “I haven't hit one yet.’ Christy Mathewson is the possessor of a couple of prize letters that he has saved out of his correspondence for the season. They are from a little town out ‘baad Texas. See if you would prize them: Dear Mr, Mathewson: Knowing that you are a great ball player, ad knowing that you are ‘and continually went into @clinch,| interested in seeing others succeed, I am asking you to do me a favor. I with Moha hitting him in the stomach| have cept to Hy Hecker. Now, when and ribs, They pull 14 hauled each the bi ‘e full and Hy Hecker is at bat I say that I ought to pitch him other about the ring, ‘K. 0." over on Papke. BOXING SHOWS TO-NIGHT. At Sharkey A, C.—Monte Dale Bert Keyes, for ten round: At Long Acre A. A.—Mike Glover, vs. Pat Breslin of Scotland, for ten rounds, At New Star A, C.—George Bush, vs, Ben Douglass, for ten rounds. Matches Arranged. Tommy Houck and Johnny Dun- deo will meet for ten rounds at the Olymple A. C. on Saturday night, Young Cashman and Young Hickey will batge for ten rounds at the Fatrmont A, C, Saturday night Three round bouts will be staged at the Congress A. C. of Brooklyn on Friday night, rounds like he did im tn ixth and tenth sessions he would have turned the tide in his fayor, At Indianapolis tosnf battle which may eli widdlewelaht Ue, tis and We another aspir Jack Milon of lGoorty of Oshkosh, ughout the ten 1} Papke trying to keep Moha from hitting him in the body and Moha apparently trying to put a u there will be another Wis, h , wit ad as both 0 {ie ahaa tncy oe 2 ‘aston “Uae thre my high-in-up, The manager says I should pitch him a slow out drop. Please advise me immediately what you think should be done in a case lke thi Matty passed the letter up as one of the usual bug variety, and paid no atten- tion to it, and, to his great surprise, he received the following a month later: Sir—Some time ago I wrote you an important letter and wanted you to @ive me some information. I asked you if I should pitch Hy Hecker a high-in-up or a slow-out-drop. You ignored me and did not see fit to answer my letter, and now eee what {# the unhappy result: Hy Hecker came to bat with the bases full, and I pitched him a ‘high-in-up. He knocked the ball over the fence and won the game. I hope the next time you pitch to Joe Tinker that he busts down the left fleld fence. Very truly yours, ED JENKINS. Hereafter Matty says he will pay more attention to his correspondence, ‘This one comes to me from the tar West, and is hereby awarded the nut prize of the year: Dear Sir—I have a hard luck story to tell you. While prospecting in the Rocky Mountains, forty miles from the railroad, I struck signs of a baseball mine, and began sinking a shaft. I knew I had it right, for I found marbles after boring ten feet. We kept boring, and after going one hundred feet we came to a pocket of golf balls. This was a good sign and we kept on. At last we came to a strata of as nice baseballs as you ever saw in your life, first “league juntors” and ‘dead reds," and then the real thing. We Immediately began hoisting them out, but we were stumped because there was no railroad facilities for shipping them. I then hit on a scheme, I sent out and hired forty old ball players, and stationed them at Intervals of one hundred yards apart, In this way we took out a large quantity of the baseballs and started relaying them to the rallroad, which was forty miles away, In due time we loaded up a car and was ready to ,{ ship them to New York, when what do you suppose happened? President Lynch wired us that the league had adopted the cork centre ball, and the entire order was cancelled. Please advise us what to do with the supply on hand, Yours, BILL O'REILLY, That will be about all for to-d BASKETBALL LEAGUE STARTS. ‘The third season of the Hudson River Basketball League will open to-nlgh wrestled each other to the floor, the more. effective punches, whlch Morris landed ‘him "the Avvery slim crowd’ (ured e to witness io fam Cangtord bie doe Wootman: his | phe following games will be playe waaened Klewelaht. Oe iy a Mocure MOY Yonkers at Newburg; Kingston at Pat. mere Hangbont thd Kellar eryon, ‘The circuit this season will be at via att Hater AM composed of Trenton and P. er won heavy ela Sy ‘all from “Vancouve! | Jersey; Yonkers, White Plai vel tor Australia in (wo weeks, ay A betm it, et of A bial bia tt the an deal cole Reavy veut 1 hh fee online ney MeParlanas provi to meet Wells Praa) ary « me right back to at Ad CO, ‘ce were bad be | 1k etal pre | burg and Kingston, New York, — oken Jaw Does (Special to Th Stop Thi ning World.) nal forin since jast spring, aad a food, hard ntsh, 4 Southwark Turaer the. wi ui) a game e} few Orleans rin FROM SOSTON DAY ING BC M00, ei ett ag 308. Morris Whips Stewart in Slow Bout Andy Morris of Boston defi the Hruohlyn, he } | Bie INSPECT FLTOGDAY. Oogn nut BUT IF YoU STEP ON A BASE GALL WHERE'S IF THIS. DON'T HAPPEN EVERY ONE I'S SORE! —— DO You THINK HELL DIE; PLAYERS Foot - ITS TERRIBLE! Old Rush ude and Forward K tle: ing from gainer. Seldom has a season, which {fs yet in {ts Infancy, developed so many expo- nents of the booting arts as have crop- ped up in the games already play All the big elevens have at le: two men that can lift the pigskin over the crossbars from difficult angles. Not isfled with the pertormances of the kickers, which have so far been excep- tional, coaches are yet striving to bring | lot the game to the this department itking an Important? | * Feature These Days In _ Battles Pass Give Way to Toe as Ground Gainer. season. The inability sand the infrequent success result forward pt t one oi of highest possible degree of effictenc: Butler, the diminutive Cornell quar’ back, 1s the leading kicker on the ern gridiron. eighty points scored by magic toe of this lttle player has been responsible for over thirty-five, Among the remarkable achievements of But- ler in the booting line was the kicking of two goals from the field js as many ct GABY DESLY'S| See feet st. 1 of about Cornell, Out of a tot AMUSEMENTS. 1h ay. .4id-44th, | Daily Mas oo) neatagt. va, pay hls THe WORLD ° Pian Chole. tales New Viennese ‘Operetta, PLAHOUSE WAXINE UGH AND fab To Tien. Rh. bet, Hiway tc OTN Ee 8,90, Mat, Tody, Sat, lee LN GL ge FRIT; ZI SCHEFF in . sien COMEDY Mg Gt NTY PULLS i ve Lew, PI bs I BROADWAN led 1 ABORD, ARs Matinee ‘To-mor, tet 1 Mar Haas | Ma nts vile NEVER WOME? “Hast We of bth AW. Fy. 8.15, KACO. & 2d St, Mat.Dally, 2 LHAMBRA | nary aes and” Minerr SOLOMON.” ‘tod 8 ethan G OLD. FAVORITES’ FESTIVAL ae Av 140th Be ‘i ICKING 1s likely to decide many of the big gridiron contests this to gain ground consistently by the old rush tac- ses has driven coaches at all the big college centres to resort to the kicking art as a point- the is ‘fin Tunes \ ay) Ih THE soit raz | {0TH ST. AND BROADWAY AY OLONAL } ny Lan on the Gridiron : Cornell coaches regard Butler eatest kicking artists that ever represented the Red and White, Capt. Arthur Howe {s Yale's one best bet in the booting game, ‘The’ Blue's car tain 1s @ marksmay {n sending the leat er over the bars, How practice of kicxing the ball eight timos in as many trials over the bars stands As a record this year in New Haven. Francis and Walter Camp jr. are other Yale players that have booting abillt but they can’t compare with thelr cap- tain. Pendleton 1s the peer of the Orange and Black toe marksmen. He has sent the ball soaring a number of times over # this season, but his gr galning for the Tigers t only points scored by them in the Yale game last year. Unable to penetrate the Yale line, Pendleton was called up- on to try his kicking art. From the Si-yard iine Pendleton sent the ball r| sailing over the bara to the immensa Joy of the thousands of Princeton sup- porters present. Harvard boasts of @ coterie of boo ers in Potter, Leste, Fisher and M! | holland. ‘The latter is the best of tie nd 1s the Crimson's reliance in a contested struggle. Dalton of the Navy eleven, Smith of Penn State, Dean of the Army and | Hodge of the Indians are players with | better than medio clos jt AM EMENTS. EMPIRE Anis JOHN ate Formerly wort St are ti Mata. To-day & Sat. alia a: ROBERT EDESON (, En 8.10, Meta el sat Bea THE QUAKER GiR HARRIS }, ROSE STAHL " es El DGAR Si weEW Te W, fs ' de Kilanger's “Miva SEY, aie bo ‘a iletion Hast | TRE only SON = ta ‘Day the Amer Wie fan ISE & SOHN Bani MORE Pate 18 EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN "OLYMPIC ek ae | MAY honor INTO SHAPE FOR HARVARD GAME Crimson to Face a Stronger Eleven Than Any Princeton Opponent Thus Far. (Special to The Evening World.) PRINCETON, N. J., Nov, L=The Princeton team ts beginning to round into shape, and Harvard will face @ stronger team Saturday than has any of the Tiger opponents thus far, despite the fact that the Orange and Black will be deprived of several of hor first string men. Yesterday's practice was by fat more encouraging than that of Monday. Many of the Weakneses apparent in Saturday's game with Holy Cross were partially blotted out. The varsity and scrubs scrimmaged for forty-five min- utes, during which time the regulars scored two touchdowns, while the see- ond string men did not tally. (Special to The Evening World.) CAMBRIDGE, Nov, 1.—Harvant expects. te start the new mage that will take plac week new formations, wich the squad tog, on during ihe Inst forts » UDing out. The tom ts-emplosing & and a detuvse for th nth with the ouly real sertm One of two ws been works th 1.—The Cornel thie week yester tears lay 01) ore wah kept, as the and White, ns HOW have Word) 1, stars ob the bad erudite to ional & fy ecot apibal to cose METER, Bill Hallenback, coach o° ‘h fel feated the Re a pine tJ ean pity the, bi iriges, fhe “all Aerfean ‘ art sie wdaition is deck {Spectal to The Evening Worlt,) ANN. . Nov. 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