The evening world. Newspaper, March 9, 1912, Page 6

eoumage a ——— —— . -_ = — . "_THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JAY, MARCH 9, 1912.9 BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK _ Weird, Stra | _ JM FRANEY’S GHOST CAUSED M'CONNELL’S "DOWNFALL IN FISTIANA Voice of Man He Killed in Battle Frightened Olympic Club Idol So That Al Neil Knocked Him Out. Do You | You Believe in Ghosts? Bo you believe in ghosts? Yes! Well, you don't think that they lurk in any euch prosaic place as the ring, do you? If you don’t, you had better read the accompanying story, which may or may not get you to change your opinion. Most people just see the physical side of the ring Geme. They don't give the social side or the moral side of it a thought. There are many little tragedies ¢! ppen inaide and outside the ring; many things that the average fam mover dreams exist{. All he can see is the two op- ponents battering away at each other, not thinking for a moment that there are any ghosts lurking in the neigh. borhood, Fram = wer ts FRANEY"DOING IN Your conver? ? Capyright, 1912, by The Press Publiehing Co. (Tho New York World). ld Woodward's Pavilion in San Francisco, long since burned to ashes after the great earthquake, Jim Franey of St. Louis was killed in a Sight with Frank McConuell, Aug. 16, 1899. It was a brutal thing—the ‘most brutal, I think, that I ever saw ‘ 7 elther in a ring or outside. Poor 1 MAR OORS OUT COLDm Franey held McConnell cheap, al- WTR HIS: HEAD"RAISED LAND HIS though the Olympic Club's idol had EXES-WDE OPEN STARING AT MET done some great fighting in his home town. He held him cheap, and didn’t train. Franey, red-haired Irishman, uation wisn naeee| Giants Intend to Work contempt for other fighting men, even those of Irish blood like Mc- Tesreau as a Reg ular __Pitcher This Season Connell, spent his training season trying to drink all the red liquor at Secret of the fact that he thinks he has secured a good twirler in Tesreau, the roadhouse where he was sup Manager Pr Expects Big Ths bi bear hunter from the Ozarks, (posed to be working. As a result he came into the ring soft and fat and Jeff to Prove One of Year’s Sensations, “FIT SIMMONS |Crescents Gamely Tie hae Wanderers for Hockey _League Championship - 3 “- Victory Over New York A. C. FUUATaUR Tontas LExeune Sunn paliotcding “fT Bar ace Gives Half-Mooners Unex- iL MY MONEY ON HIM AND. WOW we’s Wanderers pected Chance for Cup. he Hockey Club, apparently a little fuddled. McConnell, @ beautiful boxer and © dangerous bitter, but as cautious a q@an as ever aspired to a champion- ship, boxed cleverly on the defense Yesterday afternoon the entire team Lavanive arm?” and backed away, while Franey worked out on the graasy lawn in front ‘wild rushes. After fourteen rounds of this, while} BY BOZEMAN BULGER. |° the hotel at Marlin, and the centre in f attract! v MoGraw, ‘ing the black-haired local favorite and calling him a Dallas, Tex. March % |Robinson and Chief Meyers were trying = Se eho Roa RR awa eRe HE Giants arrived here this morn-|to teach ‘hi ny alt " W lls’ R f A D ” igre aang Perera his headlong fight just long enough to strike ing for w eecond attempt at aladd to his collection ‘The big fellow (4 Ss Ss (4 urn ere le aye hing “bb fell like a log. The referee tolled off combined attack on Dallas and found, srvat difficulty at first tn wetting i i goed over iim, and as he rose knocked him down| Forth Worth. On their last visit rain|his plvot foot far enough to one side Bi M Hi Li . from beneath the ring, or f in| UPset the plans and the best that could {oO make the delivery effective, but they y Mus usic a nga ement spectacular hurdiing and jumping ae rom @ comin kept working at him until he ntep- hockeyite, well satisfied with the . hoarsely: “Frank, what's|be done wee game by the sevond {oine “rectly toward third base, when thought that he had witnessed « nerve. | tunt# and frequently won the applause Franey doing te vet comer?" string of youngsters over at Fort! he turned the ball loone. Ls of the huge crowd that jammed ime * 5 ‘acking jule, dug his nose into the Worth, Though the wind ts blowing! “You've got to get that, Jeff,” ad-| Ey Siinsion “Wi BOXING SHOWS T TO-NIGHT. |}: every nook and corner of tho rink. HE effect of that question on the| cold to-day, the grounds are dry and | vised Reteee fo, Ret, that, Jem” ad-| English mpion *Will Sail spring training reports of the baseball do during the season, was thought after last Friday night's Amateur Hockey League drilliant individually and owe thelr euc- ceas in a measure to Artie Liffiton, Who fame when the Wanderers trounced the acais ted ' Cresconts that they had a copper-riv-| nro (iy Cur of the six goals credited to eted hold on the champtonsidp and the |! team. Shireff, as usual, put in hi Hor: still holds the boards. It As was expected, both sevens were © m At Fairmont A. C—Barney Ford ||teams, And then — — bang! The Bt. Spectators was startling, but its/the chances are that the first big " . You know Hart * ip adepts at rough-house work, and eflect on MoConnell was abso-! jeaguo guns of the season will bo fired |Moore of the Philiics hasn't a three-| Monday, According to Letter fsa faeries eal tea | Pilea dette hnetae ttt ere Goodwin, Reinmund, White of the lutely appalling. His hands dropped|before a big crowd. Inch curve, but he gets by just because Jimmy Fitzpatrick va, Yock Smith, ra, gave them a couple of Yorkers, and borough, Lim Paralysed to his sides. His head turned | This time McGraw brought with him |e has that great crossfire delivery. Received by Bob Vernon. rigidly and slowly toward his corner,|the regulara and the colts. Tho vet-| McGraw then came over and added a eran will play in Fort Worth this af- tion here and there until the ternoon while the youngsters entertain |Crpee-fire, was ee been Ou 4 at Dallas. ‘They will alternate to-mor- at MoGraw in Pa Beeuine tuvane? BY JOHN POLLOCK. in that corner will never be known, |"°" a, eusse seam ts composed of y lent from the fact that he ATT WELLS, the English light- for even a» he turned Neil's right wae Deviia, 1b. Aur 2b.; Pletcher, a to Chief Meyers that he Welght champion, did not leave coming ewiftly. There was a thud, and| 99.) Mersog, 3b Devore, if; mo. | 2ek!n trying to catch him, Meyers has England as scheduled this week McConnell went down to Ile without U of.} Becker, rf. pail wu. [never been allowed to catch the spit-/owing to a music hall engagement, but iver until long after the ref. mene r fabere’ ball pitchers, but the case of Tesreau is / will probably sail on Monday for this Babes Ea rnb An sr bigel ayuda to bo an exception. Wilson always | country. ‘There hus been a good deal ree regained presonce of mind enough Pierce, Maxwen lar pitchers were {Caught Bugs Raymond, apd the only | or soecutati vhich of the two to count the fatal ten. None of the regular pitchers were /time that Meyers worked with him last lon as to which of the ‘Yes, MoConnell recovered.’ But when | brought along, The weather been | season was in tho last three innings of} ™&Nagers that accompanied him when Franey was mentioned in his prosence | #9 bad that no chances will be taken|ong game. In that short time he auf-|Ne was here before would return with after that he was strangely silent. 1|°" ge Yee p of mnater, | fcC! % fractured finger. him, George MeDonald and Dave Levy don't think he ever fought again, The Ie Stock, ios . |MEVERS THINKS HE’LL BE ABLE| 22d him in tow when Matt was here pee tme I heard of him he was “‘tend- previously, but they were at loggerheads mussed them ‘up cons:derably, kIviNg sheriff of the Crescenta were Int ated e Crescents another outside chance |the side lines by Referee Russell, anes Sspeing Kay Wl or ultimate victory and the permanent | watchful eye caught their hooks, ‘A. C-Jack Dilton vs. }| Possesstcn of the huge allver trophy, | 4nd slashes: Doc Mills at goal for : 5 Ceuscstits awecsed dcan on | Yin yed a heady game, A. Av—Pete Milne chance, beat the New York ten rounds, Athletic Club even last night in the At Royale A. c., Brooklyn— most flercety contested game of the Soldier Kerns vs, Soldier Delaney, Ilton, and here, we arovagain with, ane ional A, C, Brooklyn— || ther tle ‘for premier honors between Backus vs. Sallor White, ten }| te Half-Mooners and the Wonderers, with the interest and excitement for the | ARERDAY RVENING playoff gamo keyed up to a: higher . pitch than ever. cardoiie onifonio 0 SOCK Last night's game with the close score | Dramatic Oratorio by Fellx of 6 to 5 was @ fitting wind-up to a és UO VA schedule of spectacular matches where the lead in the race has continually see- | Orchestra fiom, X.Y. Symphony sawed from one to the other, It was a eed by the” Gowapowar thriller all the way through with both | sckets_at Carnesie welt Mare teams playing at top-notch speed. PL is Wed Mattos to ‘The Winged-foot seven excelled in team work and owed their last three THE G GREYHOUND hy goals to some excellent passing of the forward line. The Crescents were more ————ee and I could see his eyes fairly starting from @ face that was as white and tranaparent as tallow. What be saw Pat HS Bat se eee A. C., Brooklyn— Frankte Pass vs. Hugie Rodden, ten rounds, At Liberal A, C, Young Bedell ys, rounds. » Staten Island— Al King, ten Matches Arranged, Young Wagner vs. Tommy Buck, ten rounds, Olympic A. C,, Monday night. Joe Jeanette vs, Nat Dewey, ten rounds, Long Acre A, A., Wednes- day night. ‘all oF write, pia tld i cg Fgped By. Tesreau's spitball doesn't take s0/ that when he came back one of them y letter received yesterday by Bob Ver- joaded to ith ball{ Will be able to handle him, Chief's HIE most atariling expertence 1 bee Racy Th adaitien to te’ aivety [desire to catch ‘Teareau comes from an | 200. tie Deominent sporting man, 3e- fight with Peter Maher down South. |@ox from Waco to Houston, The two} Season If possible. He wants to break yb, 24, 1919. Some ‘people’ say “Maher wasn't game, | teams stuck together until Bremond |the record for the Kreatest number of! eae won agate ig showing here to be added to the regular string of| 20rd next week, after which we ota, IO forget how he walloped me that time.|CALLAHAN AND M'GRAW EX.|pitchers and they are laying their plans| will ail immediately for We ; tee to salaty | ite ie Ms 8 a ‘ » . the hav the men Weighed there and his control ts pre! near! erfect, by one of the rs appoint wy the Sta “goth Mi, & fown in the queerest way I ever eaw.| and for an hour they told stories and (itis work lin the, Waster Lesko nai | think Baras will hold bis own with “| EMPIRE "nu %, Uji ert ee know. the youngsters. many freakish breaks as the one used would be “overboard.” According to a ever had in the ring.” eald| sleepers carrying the Giants there was {ambition that he has to catch every | Donald is the sole director of Wells's T'think he wad one of the gamest ana| Was reached, and the players had a|#8men ever caught in one season. The troluce @ @ow scheme at th weights of the tighten He nearly had me. But when I dropped CHANGE SYMPATHIES. secordingly, man, thee tae an wee AMUSEMENTS. bre 4 a Athletic Commision, abt He fell flat on his back in a atift sort | sympathised with each other concern. | Was & Die help to him. and tf he meee, EAS 904 Breen. Fours MRS. FISKE PATRIA, bar" in the old Olympic Club of TO HANDLE TESREAU. most of the time, and it was a cinch The train that left Mariin last night|>y Raymond, and the Chief thinks he ri) T Bob Fitesimmons, “was in my|@ sleeper carrying the Chicago White {me played by the team the coming | aftaira now, ‘The letter in part follows: ° this week. We will go to the Ox- | their two clubs, the Empite A, ree figh T e¥ee. mat. I won't great time swapping yarns, players seem to know that Tesreau is they intend to put one over on Peter's Jaw at last he went | simor celiohan citer et ecraw au has a wonderfully fast ball of a way tike a man ina trance, Peter |ing tho weather that has interfered so|oen through as well. an Moat —Mzeerely, GROREE WDONALD. ‘was out cold with his head raise 4] much with the training plans, Ip he ought to be one of the season's _— AMUSEMENTS, To the old-timers McGraw made no sensat bis eyes wide open, staring at me. It achat Dever, the earrwelsht chamrion of the eee | sari i gave me the shivers, He was looking a feats, © exnee wm prsire $® thie y foes a Art hy right at me, but he t mee any- 4 rd annoes to-moerew evening, He bokde CaTeMON ees {] tin, ‘tone eon wit ene vaiee| Murphy Will Try to Knock Out | sisi spiral ey oe |) Meet eee us wanes, Fete, Sot nosed out he a Attell in Coast Bout To-Day |" ss0 0 wax : er Hi TAN AR dines reeanded a: 1 ay _ that his futuro depends on this fight, " CHAZAN ae tah stared open. He'a the only fighter 1 us beaks win and he is going in with a dotermination city the mht of March Zi. ‘He was signal up : mel ca eae w San Franciaco, March 9 | '0 knock Abe out, Should he accom- tha okie ite i Stenround: const ai| | THE CANTON 'S Anan OF AMHRICA, friend of his to bet the roll on him, alts BE ATTELL will try to come back| Pl!#h this ho will have a busy schedule ‘gh thas fought all the NAIAN MILANKO-® OG rT eas was sure ho'd lick But pws hen he enters the ring} ®#ead of him, for he agreed to meet fe Miloweights ead “sccured'e areinion over ie #3, a atinee Togas) ett) nies dard Knocked him cold Peter fell non — gy > cinst. “Harlem | the Winner of the Rivers-White bout Bids Banke mo 4 ewelve-round bout at Moston uu 3 LT GI HE LAND. at t io ring in front of tho and also to take on Packey McFarland Set, Dally Mars, fellow who had bet on him, His vs Tommy” Murphy. Local fans think that| in Kenosha, Wis. on April 5. Jess and Eddie McMahon have decided to in. | “ ss MEE WY i ar ile ete We allel ‘were wide oper. The fellow Jumped up| the former champlon, who met defeat a wed Al Wer ist, Byeuings a8 4 ate and took a good look at Peter and a. 4 ‘Y’S Mts THE TALKER Fight Pictu he shrie “He'a laughing at ine. 1 on Feb, 2, can come back, for ping Matinee Today, Lhe igi ‘ictures had talked with | D°t Si! my money on him and now he's| they are making him a 10 te § favorite 6 : 1] Mak nea, THE Tait wat HUDSON * Co tt ae ——— ——— laughing at me over Murphy, ‘The betting at that is ’ sh Be wie ih E ‘af HI LHA RMONI he said, “When- Srererentier very brisk, and indications are that the ‘ON THE WHEEL |] soo noe anercor P i , —Hoclety of New York— t 1 see him at the former champion may go into the ring , ; ¥_ON SYD ty “oat don't dare 4 ‘ut Bvening World’s a 10 to 7 choice, 4 n'y ii i Tea “a ‘ ¥ NSKY, oan BER & IELDS, abies Co. Yi ‘Carnegic ‘Tr Morrow Aft, at dy ! I don’ oo The Murphy contingent, which 4s not . m A my = - . ALDA iiinn tn two before the fant he Headpin Tourney small in this city, figure that Attell ree Roe i A ae ttt nite ion , bor “Franey spoke to ceived too severe a beating at the hands | urn next,’ he said, of Kilbane to have fully recovered in J * #0 short a time, writ is the personifi- at wi wea aay jell on March 23, | ive: ‘Redford 'Y, Mi. cation of confidence, for he is geter- y s| Ot Ski rioKis 18 old skill, but | 82: Wea Gabelt" vo; chaste | mined, #0 he says, to show the fans of Pf | Thea i ue TT OISE tis lenans at eee that something | ya, pi «f Tutherford, N. Jcgimitn, 194; | his home town that he received a raw 4 : v wre sa 6 Natty | With dubious mien’ aga se, Fe. SUMURUN Ves | wor ott twist? ACADEMY 92 Wau aen pe Be : : AR roe | oe agen cee she sphinx VERY cai “ Be Pbserves the position Pla A | + / perilous of Gin incom- it 3 [TP SRS; Comedy i stines ¢ | parable in Bottle with Red Label, i ie i SHAE CHARLESTON SELECTIONS. ‘Watch the car signs, TvRiC see ge ay , Si Robt BURNETTs@s N fie acc Lo ndon DRY Gin Ren Wat telt aees dome oe | THE bu comma dn deadly sear | isrk,, 0; Clearwater, 80; ‘Klive, 108; Meynolds, | deal tn the South. He does not expect elgdth round acter, 68: Ond @ knockout, but will go into the ring de- this sival, We | Bete 23: pitier, $8: Mardonalt. 7 termined to outgeneral and outbox | ” Vaiwberiaon, 8: Murphy. He has met Murphy thres times before, and, though there was no | decision, {t {8 generally conceded that 83; | Attell had the better of it each time, H | Murphy, on the other hand, knows In that | Be Hu. d : ‘ge, | — - te asada ippressed iam Ihe} I BO; Cal road Wve ! ell, SL: Weinger, 2 ron py hai piled First Race~Wood Dove, drawn taut in the con- $9; Welsh, 80; Laub Mi 7, |] stead, Bato: ‘effort of a lust defense, drow p " md Haale. Second Race--Yanker, Morristown, . Neil was moving tn, | Cr: Hi we, 175 Torro, i Rey, 4 Third Race—Guy Fisher, Lochiel, Bizates tinue, 76: prt, Jawbone, ae rab Fourth Race — Merrick, Rose ner, iy 3! Donau, Filth Race~King Olympian, Mage azine, Jesup Burn, Sixth Race ti Gro, My Gal, Duke 682-634 W. 341 St, New va ‘eof Bridgewater. Hemp- First Distilled in 1770 J ies eat Hit ) BELASCO + é ro BROOKLYN. AMUSEMENTS, Sir Robert Burnett & Compan, tk B ;