The evening world. Newspaper, February 24, 1912, Page 4

ery LEW1S PUT AWAY IN TWO ROUND: ~ ~=s “ Bi in selina ea West Point's System of of Developing the American Man MEN DEVELOPED UNDER CONDITIONS LIKE THUSE QF SPARTAN WARRIORS rr No Boy’s Play to Take Course at ona mrname 181 11117 Uncle Sam’s Military Academy, but When Four Years’ Train- ing Is Over It Is Well Worth the Trouble. Copyright, 1912, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). NCLE 8AM takes a great interest in developing tho perfect type of U the American man. West Point is Uncle Sam's principal factory, and there men are developed under conditions as rigorous as those that made the warriors of ancient Sparta the greatest fighters of their time. It Is no boy's play to take a course at West Point, but when the four years of hard work is over and the cadets become officers in the army of the United States the result is worth all the trouble that dt cost. Uncle Sam {6 not experimenting any more. He knows the best way to turn out mon that are porfect physically and mentally. And so a comparison of Uncle Sam's methods with the free and casy athletic life of our college and club athletes {ts of some Interest. In the first place a boy must be strong and healthy and able to pass strict phystcal and mental examira- tions before he can get into West Point. But on entering ho 1s only good raw material. The four-year grind brings out the best that ts fa him. The moment a youngster enters the Academy every momont of his time is mapped out by his superiors, and he {s moved about Ike a pawn @m @ chess board, with no volition of hix ow He has certain kinds of ‘Work to do. If he does it well he Roes, in his possession, Ho pays his clothing @moothly until his graduation. If he] and his “mesa” on a credit system out will not do the work laid out|of his Government allowance, On the! and keep strictly to the regu-| door of each room in the barracks wa: he {8 dropped, and that's the|4 printed diagram showing what must f it Uncle Sam has no time to actly the position of each article | waste puttering around with unaatis-|in the room, ything ty done abso- | factory materini—and there is always|lutely by rule, To get a new pair of | plemty ef good material crowding at|*ock#, or to havea torn garment mend the gates. adet must apply for permission in writing, and watt until his requent ts | oMclally approved. On the table tn each | room was a thick Kk of regulations. The breaking of even tho slightest of these meant den marks—108 demerit marks during six months, immediate os, fall the casticd cities of Europe|°XPulsion from the Academy, A cadet there fg no more magnificent ssene than | @KHt have 1M demerit marks. Enough MVEch Petal orcsente, per na hill, |@Ust on the top shelf of his closet to marvellous in the grander of its mas. |M4rk 4M Inspecting officer's white glove —and out he ge 1 upo! fe whten | Ad the dally mill etream, On! Fach © in ‘checked up" nineteen rything wan busy, | ties & day, To be absent or even a Bverywhere cadets were doing sentry ent late on Of these tlveteen duty, pacing up and down and paying pasions would mean demerit marke. Uttle attention to the storm or the {9 called out—revellle-—at S45 old sleet that was driven into thelr . every man newly fl WM arriving at West Point to make O @ Study of the eystem by which the United States rears men to] command its armies, 1 felt proud that 1 wae aa American, born and vred. itine ts tron clad one faces, av fine looking a lot of young s ived and fully dresse! for the day, SEN? eny'ech cove And ane They say any cadet can shave-and Resi groria. there aren't ten mafety razore in Weat AR officer met me, and we bein “l Point-and dress in five m lew, Afier sweeping and making up thelr rooms, they march to the moss rooms with drum corps and martial muse at 6.26, trip into a strange land, as full of un empected things as a visit to the polos Unole Gam ts a siric Buardian. One! preaktast at After as + that comen the of his warde would find it hard to Ket) Gay of recitations and military duties fate mischief. In the first place, bor and horseback riding and «ymn two yeare after entering Wert Point the work, ending with a short ‘release cadet ts not apaves a day's leave. His ) quarters,” during whieh the cadet fomity mig r mile from the Tew: owed to spend his time playing qrvation. For two years he old not eball, polo, tennis, handball ,@0 to make thom a visit. ‘The rule, bike in the gyn: eB of Uncle Sam's rules for his cadets, eye wrestling or swhnaning pomes supper fore mation, The cadet can make up bis cot and go to bed after ¥ o'clock, He must be in bed by 10. 4a ap ieflexible an cast tron, Advocate the “simple life’ tor these who want ealth and strength, Me ome who has never visited West Petat knows what the simple Life ts, | — West Point ts the only place I've ever the two and a halt fe the last letter—oulside of a prison When the cadets are in camp on And yet ino way it's a © mpiex life—so the reservation vghing 4" ike real eomplex that i's & wonder any boy cag Midler, released endirely from stud master ite intricacies. and engaged in applying thelr knowl. — practioally, they have in pres EB went through a room ed forine of exercise in the gyms arracks, It was a wu m, taken in “avetions of some room, with bare floor and and two chairs and two windows, cadets lived there. One end of the room ‘Was partitioned off into something that 4 v lke foot bail, baseball | sare voluntary, and nd track ath resembled two horse stalls, In each "4 be Indulged in only during the | was @ oot. Under each cot, on pre.) *urt hour or so of Hverty each da cieely almilar spots on the bare pine Pie development of West Point's g floor, sto04 in a row one pair of gniters, {tall teams under such conditio one pair of heavy shoes, one pair of thal teams under such conditions ts drese shoes ‘and one pair of felt slippers, | 'Y the fret that thelr miliary studies On each partition side were seven hooks; “4 drills all help to develop strategy on each set of hooks an exactly simiar “4 ean Work, Of compulwory gyms arrangement of different articies of rk, the members of entertag, clothing. On @ post was a cadet's ho: » Class, have five hours met er cap. There urs two metal lock- hour. datly, the men of the number of other three classes havt three hours A ones in euch, Of course there ts a arrangement of a certain number of Beat deal of drilling and march: nd collars, handkerchiefs, socks, shirts ang ‘re exercises do as much good as the mmple articles of clothing. On the neat ve apparatus, Fencing, box- ink, Wrestling, wthiedos and other » fe the top shelf of each locker Iay @ gry hundiod in Buch @ Way a6 to Pies breast plate, face down on a out a groat number of contestants, the Piece of chamois. On the top shelf the one object being to benefit every cadet, tadet wes allowed to have 4@ limited not only a few champions and spectal- mumber of pictures, and this, appar. iste ently, was the only thing he was al-|. [Be credit for the great work one in men at Weet Point strength and militar rriage of the cadets, 18 due iceta,. are |£p an, Capt, Herman J, Koehler, packed and stored. He gets then again ny = ph and a when he gradua: While in West bas evolved and developed the entire Point he ts uot allowed to tara money eyetem of symmastic and orate werk, lowed to have except the required ar- S°%* tleles of clothing, On entering Wort PMs «| Point the newcomer's civilian clothes, (0% with the contents of the poo! for the appear- Fitzpatrick Is das shown | simmons at the Royale. | take a place among the lightweight pos- |here are tables showing the average de- GYMNASIUM WORK Promising Boxer AU Brooklyn {s taking an interest tn Fighting Fitzpatrick, a local boy who remarkable ability in the ring during the past year. Followers of the sport across the bridge think that Fitzpatrick 1s the coming Hghtwelgnt champlon. He ts a fine, clean-living 1 during the past year has supported his mother and two sisters on his earn- ings In the ring. He nas never known the tuste of alcohol or tobacco. Tonight Mitpatrick meets Young Fitz- As Young Fit simmons ts matched to fght K. OO. Brown, the boy from ‘Terry MeGovern's | batliwiek will do his best to win and hardest punchers in the business, fought my last fight. was still there or all in, is the re. past. weight champion in a year or #9, | Gibbons Best Man I Ever Met, Says Lewis in Adieu to Ring. By Willie Lewis. 1 think Givbons ts a wonderful fighter. shifty, but he can certainly deliver a terrific blow. with him this time I was oonfident he could not punch. ferent now, for he proved to my satisfaction that he 1 I have fought middlewelghts, light heavyweights and heavyweights, both tn this country, England and France, but none of ther hit me so hard as Gitbons, I wish to state right now that I am through with the fighting game forever. 1 took on this bout with Gibbons to find out !f I I am satisfed now that I am all in, and that on why I have retired from the game. for thirteen years next June and I think {t's about time for me to quit. I intend to pay strict attention to my cafe in the future and forget the 1 wish Glbons the best of luck and hope to see him middle- ~~ __THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, He 4s not onty clever and Before my fight I know dit- one of the \ T have I have been fighting Mike - Gibbons and Jack Denning Meet _ Again at Local Club Next M Month ten rounds at 1 pounds at 3 P. M.,; which welght McKetrick demanded. This Match to Take Place Week of March 20 to 27, at 150 Pounds at 3 P. M. BY JOHN PO! LOCK. MMEDIATELY after his bout with I Willie Lewts. a match was speodily arranged between Mike Gibbons and Jack Denning, the clever local middie: welght, which will be decided at one of the local clubs between March % and 27, Dan MeKetrick, manager of Denning, suxwested the bout to Eddie Reddy, manager of Gibbons, who lost no tim It, The men will meet for battled, Gibbons and his manager leave for St. Paul, Minn, at 4 P. iy to-day, but will return in two weeks to wet ready for the Denning bout. ‘The gros receipts of the Gibbons-Lewis fight ei a Gibhons recelved 40, ber iy. 4¥, out of wiley. they had. to. bay the ta ary bowls, Referee, Usiers aud many Other tucklentals, the One Round cht has Vee tet Doren Woe vasability Of matehing Megan wit with, Just to ehow what the system does, velopment of the cadet during ono eea-| non of cine, from Oct. 1 to June MEASUKEM Tight R't Up. Chest, Chest, Upper Arm, Wat. normal. exp'ded, Watst. Arm, set. Maw 33.00 ‘35.88 28.23 9.68 use June Mis | 92084005912. 12.00 Guin Ceo Taes ee 0] STRENGTH TESTS, Tung PullUp, Dip, Right Fores Left Fores Back, Les, Capacity, Average, times, — times. lbs, arm, ibs. pounds, — pounds. October .... TU 4% 0.4 m 478.83 June. 00 We 23.29 era 60.22 Gain . 329 bw 12.8 72.78 Wo 1a HPSP tables show Japanese canvas Jackets to help with.» | development plainly. What they| Its holds, He itnekled Daly. Daly Mf cannot show ts the pairtotiem | danced around and around and refused in land the spirit developed tn the men, | 1? be cor “j ihe Sanancke protested, Tt tn thls, BerhAps, CAAT CU ee eerie tut. nly weak as phyeical Atnens, In the last Inter | ony waiting, auddeniy he went in heed collegiate feneing champtonhips West | jown and bow d the Jap over with a int entered a team, During a contest! hard football 1 of the cadets, Anderson by name! tt wasn't a» was run through by a broken foil. It! temed the J entered below the arm pit, went straight | Iinesman, through his body, puncturing one lung, | right and came out under his shoulder bled 4 ket and kioked Aim tn the »: will be the gecond time those men have St, Paul eae Is to Return Home To-Day for Two ought to KuOW Le Herw are a. cv Tenstik the Pegi Keancd c [4 any good featuerwelght, The Cast 5) , Sunday, (hat be Orieans to the elf 97 | eve Boras a ret of their previo BiADAger Min Johnny Koa th Weeks’ Rest. i,t surprising ke auch “tis “top | swing. Gibbons ranch mle inself Mt he tem-| and, stepping back Farland match 1s‘ worth waiting for, and Boag piat count tel 0. hee Maru, Matty | Ba dia 8 Oneclgound | Lew’ Cross “bs, ot Jack Frunk | rvs. Carl. Morria whe! promoted stewart aid Owen Morn and Thus putting Brookly he ues dechied. to call oll ius M hampion, 16 «disputed ; Means ast as jist quale m evater bs perfectly ‘ihice: to sanie conditions a ei the’ Weat’ feather. man: ttert af f mt eI agers niet have, already wired Kfibane are dilliy nh Tile ant Mt in with TMpton'e He walked from the mat to the dreas- | i / eof fair Aahtiag, Ju-s!tau o i ing room, pulled off hie fencing Jacket | ita and falling on feign i An ‘4 and eald caimly: “It went clear through fe he amashed him to the fons, caught a strangle hold and choked him until hte eyes hung out, The onlookers tried to me. I can feel the cold of the stee! in- | side, I'4 iike to go on with the bout, put I think I'm seriously hurt.) Then) drag him off but he held his grip until | he wae taken to the hospital and event- the commandant himself ordered him to | ually recovered. Another fencer wae|!#t Ko. The Japanego su-jiteu expert | ubstituted, and the team dofeated each | W&* rescued. barely allve, and Jot the college teame in turn, Again, |@hded ali talk of introducing the Jap- the Japanese Consul once brought | Mapes. Freie ot Aahiing mt Wot Potn fiu-fiteu expert to West Point to show | on the H. Pear out Rist ting men up how superior the Japanese method war. | and the | men who have the aptrit “how him the American method,” the Leng A between the cadets, Japanese had the American cadets éen waa! Spartan life te worth wh: The be a gond thing !f more A dom bad rican boye | m championahip of Greater Koster hi jand the physique, The four years of | whion h Gitwon, GH ‘Sporting a ‘The Englisa Neer pound box ai nin Alleys In t Charley Dewerick of he National | cir) ‘Mahon, 1 Radio Ae! alittle jarchant, the 124. Batis ele he Oh o"Natlonata el ta’ night @ grip on| meet ce Ki ieht & Ki Nn) n a, RIDDELL AND KOSTER RESUME BOWLING MATCH. To-m that | me orrow night Glen Riddell will ohn Koater at the Bronx Central to fecide the Now York, ‘® load of fifty-seven ping ned on Riddell on the lat- # last Monday BIER Ao, both in the La rin an inter rool yrone games mente oF ce of it now and shem coting series should be the 19198. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK ATHLETICS Lewis Cries When He Realizes Mike Gibbons Has Knocked Him Out Local Fighier Qui Quickly pe | | posed Of in Second Round by St. Paul Fistic Artist. nessed the bout between Mike Gibbons of St, Puul and Willle Tewls of this city at the Empire A. C. and after !t was over these same th thousand persons left Manhattan Ca- sino proclaiming the Westerner one of the greatest fighters for his weight they have ever seen in action, This high compliment was tendered to Gibbons for the easy and graceful way in which he knocked out Lewis in the second round, after about one minute of fizht- ing, with @ terrific right hand ewing on "TT nene thousand fight fans wit- , the Jaw. Gibbons would have accomplished the feat in the first round had % not been for the clang of the bell, which sounded while Willie was groggy on his feet after having got up from the floor in a) helpless condition from a heavy blow on the chin. Up to the time Gthbons put in the punch thi stowed Lewis away the Western “phenom” had given an exhibi- | tlon of cleverness, ring generaiship and clean and terrific hitting which are sel- dom seen in bouta at the local clubs. Gibbons fought an entirely different battle from those whioh he put up in his previous six contests here. Instead of doing o jot of unnecerasry feinting, sidestepping end ducking, as he did in these other bouts, Gidpons just walked out of his corner and with his guard high he cut loore at Lewis ine way that whowed 3 out to win as quickly as possible or lose out himself in the attempt. After jabbing Lewis a few times in the face Gibbons let fly an overhand left hand swing, which nalled him flush on the cheekbone. The moment the blow landed Lewis's legs began to wob- he started to stagger Gib- him left and right hand swings on the jaw. These blows dazed Wiille completely, and he began to rush at Gibbons, letting fly with a right the punch coming , let the blow fall short and then countered beautifully with two straight Jabs into Lewis's face, ing his head back. y this time Lewis was bewildered, and Gibbons, seeing he had him at his mercy, hooked # left swing to the Jaw which sent him reel As quick as @ _AMUSEMENTS. Ay. Ly MM MestSeat AROUND THE WORLD To-morrow Evg, pular Prices, Seats Now PH LHARMONIC ot ay Mista wet sr utes Winter Garden ',j,.5.00" YoRDR Lapouk: Va ¢ DALY’S Were ro:DAYe'2 CYRIL SCOTT ws THE FATTEDCALF TROADWAY The aT Matinee Torstay, 2.18. Hokey Pokey @ Bunty a a na | 7 a) MATINEE TO-DA\ loTr" a tort, The BIRD OF PARADISE so | es pO 0 Bway bE Ey BHO, Met, To-day, 3,70 ate the sr ene raters Pay cond half of the series | BOXING SHOWS TO-NIGHT. At Fairmont A. C.—Joe Stein vs. Billy Sherman, ten rounds. At Brown Gymnasium A. A.— Young Rosen vs. Charley Young, ten rounds, At Olympic A. C.—Kid Herman vs. Young Buck, ten round At Sharkey A. C.—Paddy Sullivan vs. Young Evans, ten rounds, At Long Acre A. A.—Yankee De- laney vs. Jimmy Dunn, ten rounds, At Liberal A. C., Staten Island— Tom Dorsey vs. Mike Bweeney, ten rounds. At National A. C., Brooklyn—Kid Ross vs. Knockout Smith, ten rounds, At Royale A. C., Brooklyn—Fight- ing Fitzpatrick vs. Young Fitssim- mons, ten round: At Irving A. C., Brooklyn—Eddie Sherman vs. Alec Lafferty, ten rounds. A. ©. Brooklyn— At Gowanus Frankie Callahan ve. Young Packey McFarland, ten rounds, Matches Arra Jeff Smith ys. Billy ten rounds, Brown's Gymnasium ‘A. A. nevxt Tuesday night flash Gibbons drove in a right upper- cut, dropping Lewis to the floor. After Referee Tone hed counted six, Lewis staggered to his feet. He was very shaky, while both hands hung at! his side, Gibbons was just about to put over the finishing punch when the bell rang, causing Referee Tone to go ber | tween the men, When the second round started Gib: bons waded right into Lewis by jabbing him hard in the nose with a straight left. Willle then threw over a left hand swing to Gibbo: jaw, which seeme: to rile him, for he let go three stiff jab: to Willle’s face and then crossed his right to his Jaw, sending him to the floor on his back. With the exception of a slight turn of his head and the raising of his right leg, Lewis did not move, and was counted ut. At the fatal count of ten the ref- eree and Gibbons bent down and pick- ing Lewis up curried him to After he recovered consclousness Lew! broken-hearted 0 put his head on his gi He w: AMUSEMENTS. SEN TORS LEADING THEATRES, EMPIRE "Solan egy af TIMYS ‘THia TAPATR Won ay (or 2 Weeks) CRITER BILD, 10% Pan ce || Tie iN «Seats Now Belling, Mn E aie itr LYCEUM fe Siatites Bechas rae MARGARET Le iis LA HOW NEW GIANTS LOOK TO AN EXPERT Reilly, Dodgers’ Recruit, Performs Weil at Springs HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. 24.—In the fi All-Americans defea als, $to 2, Sam Crawford captained the winners and Dutch Schaefer the losers. Cy Seymour, who Is in the Ame {Carlsbad trying to gain employment from Bill Dahlen, the Brooklyn skip avoorted in the left tor Nationals, Seyniour got four healthy raps at the ball, but failed to bust into the hit column. In tne fletd he held to two of the three files belted va Barney Iteilly, one of D was on third for the a handled himself well, He tore off one fine safe slap to left, and the three \times he died drove out long outflelt files. The ex-Yuie hero also fielded his position cleanly. Cutshaw, from Oak land, Cal., another one of Dat crults, showed in right team. He too garnered shaw made the not noon wh n's line drive ning and pulled a p first. The hitting of Crawford, Delahanty of the Detroits, Louls Brownie jof the Boston N feature en's kids, ‘ationals and sore n Soh: hit fielding pla hooked in the tty double lay at Mullin and Higgs. a dt. er, and Purdue mals was a bis Pee rey AMS JUSEMENTS. COHAN # ot bis a pe ISTOR **, ouiy, iy tn. ae. od. (Pop) Tole as CENTURY, eae Ta WALLACK’S #2 & sot st seer . ARLISS« DIS MtRSTEIN'S” ere-Q8.00 730 61. Dally Mate. 96, 50) TBe AEA ont A people a ic “Tues, Aft.. Feb. Wah ee aThst ee Wor TREVILLE Chronological Program of French Song as ee? Bf Boxes a1 & at | BELASCO “44,828 2 Re URE NC ee here olumbla's a nity GANTER R AoW, on & Th THE TALKER [Fath wt near Wway. hives 15, ea, 2.1, il ‘Mets & We MME. ee Ea aine SALAM. ie uaa TRAIL tf, LONESOME bint me mag ALKER Hit PHaATaA? oe eae mgt, SRIKER OLONIAL jAPher, migige ALHAMBRA [ites hi Th Ay, & 126th St] Co, PB Mat, Daily, B50. RONX iid Av, & Lapth St{nial Mat. Daily. whe, ACADEMY ur Mu ae THE HEIR “Fo Flere haha ‘el iene oth Ar ste ‘Kéatons, the, * 10, 20 & 30c OTHE HOORAH SIROTA ° mc MENTS. CANTOR | WARSAW TO-NIGHT AcAD ‘a Fausie i Choir of cy ‘| |