The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1912, Page 8

UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY KEARNS A SECOND SHARKEY IN LOOKS, BUT IS BIGGER AND BETTER BUILT FIGHTER Latest Sensation Among the Heavy- weights an Edition ¢e Luxe of Famous Ex-Sailor. Copyright, 1912, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New fork Wertt). 66T WAS born on Christmas Eve,” said Soldier Kearns. I “You were something of a Christmas present,” said I. And indeed he was. If Soldier Kearns had been born some- time after Sailor Tom Sharkey had left this scene of atrife, scientific men would have discovered that he ‘was Sharkey reincarnated—and no possible doubt about it. In feature and limb he is an edition de luxe of the famous fighting man from the Navy. He's a bigger and better built Sharkey, e Imagine Tom Sharkey weighing 200 pounds stripped instead of 11 standing 6 feet 10 bare feet instead of 5 feet 81-3 inches, stretching 78 inches from finger tip to finger tip inbtead of 68 inches, and you have the soldier in place of the sailor. Soldier Kearns was born in Brook- lyn, Christmas Eve, 1886. Tuesday aight he'll be twenty-six years of age. Kearns thinks that's juet about the right age for fighting. At twenty-six a man, providing that he has led an athletic Hfe, should be in the full glory of bis youthful strength and endurance. “What would Tom Sharkey Aside from his one-round victory over to the modern bunch of heavyweights?’ |One-Round Davis Kearns’s best per- in @ question often asked, Watch | formance was the knocking out of Andy Kearns and you'll eee. Morrie in @ round. Morris has been And for that matter the hg emes| ie|known as one of the toughest and Colng pretty well. Wednesday roughest fighters in the trade. Blows Enooked out One Round Davia, the Buf- bounce from hie Harveyised dome like hail from a cobblestone, To stow him away in a punch te a pretty fair feat, ‘The soldier's ambition just now is to fight Smith, Palser or M can match dim in EFORH he became a soldier Kearns was @ blacksmith. He first became @equainted with Tom Sharkey when be shod Tom' ees. He did a litte work of the came sort with Fita- simmons, In the blacksmith shop they called him “Sharkey” because of his Tesemitance to the fighter. But it wasn't until he had entered the army that Kearns thought of fighting himeeit. This was when he was in the ith Cavalry, stationed in the Philippines. He was @ first claes athlete, winning the shot-put and other events in the army meets. But his specialty was trick riding. By constant practice Kearns became eo Wkilful that he was selected to go to Australja with a team from the United States cavairy that took part In @ tournament in that coun:ry One of hie favorite tricks was vaulting four horses in full stride and landing on the back of the Afth in a reverse po- sition. No wonder he can move around @ ring, He's @ circus man, Kearns ten't just @ slugger. He does his own thinking when in the ring. Just to illustrate this, take his description of the way be beat Davis: “The minute we started I found that Davis could hit. He landed « punch on my ohin that chipped off the edges of my front teeth. way to get him with my right. When I l when! roel the Heutenant’s|I saw that he was a little slow in turn: him with a dig grunt] ing decause he shifted both Cost instead We intended to fight} °f pivoting on one, 1 went around him ‘and the knockout was| Util I saw that I could alip in a left to bother him, I got in two lefts, and then next fellow was Frank I got the opening for the. right and three and weighing 9) pianted it on his jaw. That was really 100, and I thought I'4/the knockout punch. I immediately the sixth Kenney. )hhooked ay, ett ars. 0 jaw and didn't come rove my right in a rt fore ‘ WP Cor Melee could fall. ‘There wasn't @ chanoe for him to get up after that. “1 don't know that I oare much about Aghting just to fight," Kearns added. ‘Money comes slowly at biackemithing ni ican maks tt fast Sy Pury What |T want te to earn enough to buy my {mother a home ‘own, eo that she ¥. im the ninth | Won't be bothered with janitors and rent collectors all the reat of her life, I haven't thought It out beyond that. What happens to me \s of comparatively little consequenc fight, after he had left was with Jim Stewart. sevice against Stewart a year mm was trimming Car the rest of them, The fight Jervie, N. Found Stewart was bleeding badly and was pretty tired. The mayor and stopped the Jumped into the ring bout, MILITARY FEATURES each week, most iikely on Sundays, all during this winter, The officers of the United States Army, the officers representing the Mexican Army will contest against each other for the beautiful silver cups of- fered as trophies to the rider of the win- ner of these events. Only horses owned by officers of the military service will be eligible to race. Capts, Mitchell and PLANNED FOR JUAREZ Weekly Events Will Bring | Hannigan be _ About Races of Army Of- BF Corman's tvoxmaraige a ath doing nice i mot eet any of them down at anything like fast ficers in Mexico. i Ke the tat put training 9@ early os July, but are gues, slow ARBZ, Mexico, Dec. 1A series | Teo Wate Sof occasions known as society and mill- t a tary daya will soon be inaugurated at the race track here. It is the intention | ‘of the track officials co-operating with bes eae | ike ameers af the United States Army baad officers of the Mexican forces jo have from time to time races which | py" cer bap, aed | Reh Dts Te mark 4 record in this line in mill-| fn: yyy a ee \ gircies. These occasions are ine filler Saered «i ‘at this tapek | BE Gens G. % Btoever, sore | wich te, CON oe wer gee ‘Mander of the Department of Texas, and | on the dam al ta? Gen. ¥. Trucy Aubert, at the head of | Er ig Thumom! and ‘ ‘ane Mexican army now stationed at during the Juares the Meares, There officers will form a com- ‘MiUtier to arrange thé programme of the evens which will be ru of on a day QSL! ee ieee oh ies THE EVENING WORLD, SAT URDAY, DEUEMBER 21, 1912. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK Copyright, 191, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). Tre sons SPORTS O0DS AND ENDS, NEWSY PARAGRAPHS AND ALL KINDS OF GOSSIP betttlanty in Vag hg C rd 8 World’s Greate|—"" NP aastlaad George Standing, World’s Grea‘ ibe est Professional ter, lead Bray Racquets ap, tho, gradvated rom wie ranks took a terrific. beating tn gf & ten-round bout with big margin for six rounds, ry only recently ‘amateur boxers, ‘one Lipoy aaned offsite Ne Polo A.C, wry Player, to Retire From Com-| Sci. iol AiuGh fren waned, oft Refer amateur bouts and had Libby in # very wy toward the end of the first round, petition at End of This Month, G tition at the end of this month and upon the first day of the new year he will entirely devote his dues at the Racqu try. BRORGE STANDING, te professional racquet player of the | mremal of form abd work, will retire from compe- In his day he has beaten all the | Sth Seer Fatward M1. ard "player, ehampton | tie fillierd time to nis and Tennia Club, | {* prominent mem. | ding is the oldest instructor | y to de cracks of the United States and Europe, , *& * recon! (He won the world's title by deteating | Peter Latham, the wonderful English | defended it | Pal, sem gH om against Ferdinand Garcin of France, ee nents) Willigma, the present English champton, | [ and others. play Oem Meranones of Pitedrrah, ‘began looking for aj lant champ iM | York et the 1h.2 sume at Vitteburah, the score being 400 tomary_ cold “that aéteat JAMES THORIE- Olympic Games at Stockho! Decathlon and Pentathlon against the combined performers of eight coun- tries, Went over 23 feet in the broad jump; the high jump; ran the high hurdles in 15 3-68, and did the 109-yard race in M1 1-be, After seven days of continuous competition outran every one in the 1,600 metre in the remarkable time of 4.40, season's great football stars, excelled in baseball and was world marks during the year. annals of athletics. Mercersburg student. diatan: dest for the longer distances over the 1,500 metri country’s best miler, student during the year in the mile and shorter events. Ad Wolk and he successfull to than ie the start. the 18.1 bil detested George ‘Siadon of New Ha, 102 lomo. te uttering from | Petr a ng ed! Besta Teun ATHLETICS. ~The workl's greatest at! Captured the Th TED MEREDITH—World's champion middle-Jistance runner. Greatest middle-distance runner in the All distance records up to HANNES KOHL AINEN—The speedy F runner tn the world at the Olympte ( n this country could produce in the lo: ABEL KIVIAT—Ranks with the famous Did even more constaten BASEBALL. TY COBB—Led the American League in batting for 1912, BOXING. WILLIE RITCHIE ton Thanksgiving at San Francisco won his firet oa! ry to 248, of racquets and court tennis in the coun- | Psite den The’ tnost torr Now lightweight ‘champion. Carr, the BO-yenrold amateur pil- % mirprine in the three- after being almost ahowel @ sudden wut his opponent and game of the tournament, A, net, joendurger is now in the lead of the touroament, tring Won three game and lost none, Ry finns hasten District im the fine sou. ol wabtarget rifle shootin, Ued Bryant for 0 ms a defeat. he Hoard of age Bac! ox victories ‘and one iftrenet, rather than any ware, Urigeeton’s aaket Lerr fist tournament at Paul's River. | an WS 14 INCH "SnecU! Hobey Baker’s Wonderful Playing Gives the Tigers terity with hie stick enabled Roj Keep th the game he was forced t Coles, who immediately wee ares a with @ volley of shots. The game had hardly opened when Kuhne grabbed the puck from Kilner and surprised Rogers with a pretty shot from the elde. Thirty-one seconds later Baker came flying down the rink and pushed one past Rogers for another tally, The Tigers began circling around he the Purple's territory ae busy as on a mifilstream, Soon after the captain, followed by four Wili- jams men, came within ten feet of the net. “‘Hobey, Hobey, shoot ‘er!"’ yelled Princeton rooters. Hobey did. He rushed the puck so quickly past oe that the goal tender couldn't even see 1 stop it. Unaided, Baker ain within three minutes. ink Entire Wiliams. Sev Seven Scores Only One Point, While Prince- ton Star Himself Registers Eight Goals. H Princeton hockey team, had a walkover with Williams, winning 14 goals to 1, Of this num ber the Tigers’ leader scored eight. Although the game was too one- sided to be interesting, the sensa- tional playing of Hobey Baker, who surpassed even his previous efforts on the ice, kept a big crowd that filled ever nook and corner of the spacious St. Nicholas Rink busy ap- plauding. It was a typical college crowd, too, Williams came with a big delegation, but the Williams lrooters had to console themselves with words of encouragement to their team. Princeton had plenty to rave about, and toward the end the Nassau students cheered Rogers, the one star of the Williams team. | The Putple toupa Baker a phantom on skates, The rush line was powerless to check him, With a worm-like dodge the ‘Tiger leader would elude the entire tried te hand at goal shooting with euc- Williams seven at times and go dash- down the-rink for an almost cer-| The Williams contingent had « briet |tain goal. They teach the players at| chance to cheer when oven, coming Princeton to follow the puck closely, |4own on, the side, Seured fy \eate Baker and the little rubber disc were | TP&e Tale, Cintiwo goals. With the \inseparable. No matter where the play |game safely tucked away, Princeton sent was Baker was always in the thick of|in an almost new team, but the second Hl With Baker a keynote the| string were nearly as strong as the var- OBEY BAKER, assisted by the |: died During this period Williams onty two tries for goais and both went DURING IN- TERM SION. The New England seven lett the rink to devise ways and means to stop the speedy Baker. The Tigers remained on the ice during the intermission and practised shooting goals, The second half began with Williams showing a little stronger attack. For several minutes the play was in Prince- ton’s territory. During that timeWynants adroltly perried off two dangerous look. ing tries for goals. Seeing Kuhne lurk. ing on the side, Baker passed him the puok and the right wing scored from a diMcult angie. Baker shortly afterward went the entire length of the rink and pushed the disc into the net with terrific speed. Racing from the bunch, McCall se and Black | sity and continued the onslaught against | rush ling was faultless. Time and again| the, Purple's goal, Rogere made 8 200s | ie *!three Tigers would skate down abreast hee. no a Egy Hips A ‘with no one to intercept them. Almost ‘one under his feet. as active as his captain was Kuhne, | Date, Princeton Mince scored another goal and with Buker on the other wing these | when the final whistle blew. ‘The line-up: |two stars had things thelr own way. ROGERS .ONLY STAR ON’ WILL. 1AM8 SEVEN. Williams produced one bright star— Williams, - "| Goal Tender Rogers. His g prevented many shot But the Purple goal ‘ie oer Mt miseable night. From all angles, low, it and slow, the puck came rushing’ at him. Only great dex-' hiete, Won his title at the majority of events tn the cleared better than 6 feet In @ red man ranked with the @ fine lacrosse player. GEORGE HORINE—Broke the 18-year high Jump record held by Mike Sweeney with @ sensational leap of 6 feet 61-8 Inches, Not alone did the young Californian establish a new mark but he revoluttonized the method of high jumping, going over the bara with a peculiar twisting movement of his body. Broke two the 1,600 metre held by the nn proved the strongest long- Cohlematinen beat the nd holds all marks John Paul Jones as tho nt running than the Cornell Was also second best base stealer during the season, The Detroit club gave a new wrinkle to the diamond sport when all the players went on strike because they thought the great Tyrus had been unjustly suspended by President Ban Johnson, JOE WOOD-—-His phenomenal pitching during the season won the American League Pennant for Rostoh, In the world series his wonderful twirling atone prevented the Giants from winning the tl In that memorable set of games noky Joe” participated in four games, Two he won easily, lost one and rescued a game after the Giants had lambasted O'Brien. MATHEWSON—Pitched great ball after twelve years of major league twirling, Matty's fine work in the box greatly aided the Giants tn their capture of the National League flag, Pitched sensationally against the Red Sox, but lost because his teammates fell down mise ly in batting, ia Although beaten Matty was just as much @ hero in the eyes of the fans as Joe Wood, Won his title from In the sixteenth round on a Year’s History Makers in all Branches of Sport HI foul. Ritchie had long been @ claimant for the lightweight chempionship. Patiently he pursued Champion Wolgast for a battle, Finally they clashed on Thanksgiving. In a gruelling fight Ritchie floored Wolgast twice with right hooks, Realizing the fight was going against him Wolgast, in despera- tion, deliberately fouled the youngster. The referee gave the decision to Ritchie, which carried the title with it. JOHNNY KILBANE—The new king of feathers. Abe Attell finally met his master in Kilbane on Washington's Birthday out in Cailfornia. Kilbane had shot up with the gpeed of a comet from the ranks of preliminary boxers and demanded a bout with Attell, the champion. They came together on Washington's Birthday and the Cleveland boy made the crafty Attell look like @ second rater. Kilbane won a popular decision after twenty rounds of strenuous milling, Since winning the title Kilbane has been satisfied to rest on his laurels, only participating in several bouts, in which his showing was more or less disappointing. FOOTBALL. BRICKLEY—In their star halfback this season Harvard produced one of the greatest players in the history of tho gridiron, Brickley’s drop kicking ranks with De Witt, Poe and Coy. In seven games he booted over thirteen goals, Not sattwfed with the brilliant kicking, the Harvard wonder was @ certain ground gainer as well as being a tower of strength on the defensive. Brickley pulled off a twenty-five yard run for @ touchdown against Yale. Brickley was THE sensation of the year, KETCHAM—Yale's centre was an All-American choice. Light, but dangerously fast, Ketcham was the cornerstone of the Blue line. Yor his phenomenal playing this season Yale rewarded him with the captaincy of next year's team. HOBEY BAKER—There wasn't a player this year who could run back punts better than Baker, The Princeton star was a wisard in catching and returning kic Although forced to catch the difficult punts from Felton and Flynn, Baker gnly misse’ three during the entire season. The Tigers would have been hi pressed against Yale if it hadn't been for Hobey. TENNIS, MAURICE McLOUGHLIN—Won the national champtonehip in the singles and doubles from William Larned. The dashing Californian went through the #eason undefeated, winning in turn the Pacific States title, the Western championship, the historic Longwood Cup at Boston, the New York State title and finally the National title at Newport, the tournament in which McLoughlin supplanted Larned as the country’s leading tennis player, GOLF. JEROME D. TRAVERS—Won the Amateur championship at Chicago, defeating the stars of this country as well as Harold Hilton, the English crack, Who captured the American title in 1911, Before winning the National title Travers walked away with the Metropolitan and New Jersey championships. Easy Victory on the Ice THE LATEST ‘SENSATION IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT RANK: Jim Bon Bonner. Badly Beaten by Nelson (Special te The Kvening World.) NIAMAQUA, Pa, Dec, 31.—Battling Nelson rushing, tearing and never stop- ping, gave Jim Bonner of Summit Hin @ terrible beating in ten rounds. The fight was never in doubt after the third round, when Nelson scored his first knockdown. Although outweighed by the local man by six or seven pounds, jhe showed greater strength and never gave Bonner @ chance to rest an ine stant during the entire battle. |. The fight was clean cut ani Neloon' was given an ovation when'he left the ring. Nelson held Bonner even | in the first round and was outpointed in the second. Then he started his fight. From the fifth only Bonn dead ers remarkable MUSICA P Y" tone | ‘iB VIOLIN Next ane opti atte EST Scti Alt., 2.80, “Syapheny er AMUSEMENTS, WINTER GARDEN §'73 atines To- Cpr Hine eae Sob a Py & . THE "QuEstron Tee gor, dist To-Day & Xmas, 2:15, THE RED PETA win ee 18. ay ét, wey w.9 oat seit Cima e rhur, ROLY POL’ Ha Anni Revues’ in Enis Fis | I By, ty ‘to, fae iavauriay Hl a WAKES Wiliain COMEDY Ecof wy. Eve 8.15, FANNY’S FIRST PLAY PYRG aT Ca TR E NT Ni LI 1 T LE WILLIAM coLLik n OF HO, Wik Bt, and Bi ¥ ine Witt 3, a Meco ae he isTOR ee be i FAIRBANKS OF THE U.S.A MBA F fia ee TED BY ROBERT EDGREN | 6 z MRS. 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