The evening world. Newspaper, January 27, 1913, Page 8

UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY Copyright, 1913, _THE EVENING WOBLD, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK THORPE AND PRIZES HE MAY HAVE TO RETURN by ‘The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World).! 1918. MeCarty Had Better Gather More Experience Before Tack- ling Jack Johnson. ‘allie Co. Coperisht, - pA Py Free ce ing . UTHER M'CARTHY is weakening ‘on his color line declaration. After all he may fight Jack Johnson if there is a public demand for such a con i test. Luther ts evidently becoming am- i Ditious, but If he follows the advice of swell moaning friends he will let the big negro alone for a time at least. At beat MeCarty is a comparative novice. It would be bad management to stack him Ggainst Johnson without @ iittle more jence, While it is just possible that be could beat Joffries's conqueror wight now, it would be a bad betting Proposition. MoCarty hae done remark- ably well in less than a year, but he hhagn’t fought any Johnsons or Sar Langtords or Joe Jeannettes, He would be 4 to 1 shot against any one of (ee black trio in any kind of @ bout jut now. In another year, if MoCarty shows as much iinprovement as he ies ehown in the last twelve months, his chances of estatéishing a clear claim to the heavyweight title might be favor- avy considered. There ien't anything terrible In the ranks of the white hopes at the present time, and there fe no use dodging the fat that any white mar with champion- @llip aspirations must wipe out the biack Wyweights to be regarded supreme tm hie clase. OTH Al Palzer and Joe Jeanette are claiming the match with Jack Johnson June 4, the night before Grand ‘Prix. Al Lippe writes from that all details have been ar- ranged for a meeting of Palser and Jehneon, and Dan McKetrick is now If he can get away Johnson . Will doubtless jump at the chance of mesting Palser, but may not be 9 anxious to clash with Jeanette. The Hoboken negro has had almost as much wing experience as Johnson, and ex- perience counts in any kind of an ar: Youth and strength are ul fighter. y of our nightly Fecrult with strength - is ALKING about athletic competi- tiona, that “Suburban” quarter. Qt least. Years ago a meeting of auch @Mth, Jim Rosenderger, “Mel” Bhep- de good for & seconds or better for the Meyer is more or less of an usknown quantity, for the reason that 5 to the “hun. @f epeed of the fantest men fm America, but run as it will be, and ® turn, jockeying and ‘team ‘werk are likely to affect tle result. IL, DAHLEN, manager of the B Brooklyns, is out with the pre- diction that the Dodgers will fin- {sh fourth in the Nationa! League race mest season. Good for “Bad Bill!” NVe hope it comes true, Dahlen says thet for two years be hus been bulld- tas up hie team, and now he is satis- Geof with the‘men who will sport the Brooklyn uniforms. He thinks his Ditching staff is as food if not better , than chat of any of the other teams in the Jeague, and argues that a glance ‘at the records will show that his men | Mon’t suffer in comparison in a batting and fielding way with any club tn the ctreuit. Ba in the days when the Brooklyns were known as the Bride- Brooms, and when Fastern Park was thelr stamping «round, Brooklyn cut a let of ice in the league race and pen- nants were not a rarity for fans across the Bridge. Scoreboard For the Polo Grounds. ‘The ball fan who gionaly able, to ait ball game at, the locad parks Will be pleased to learn that next season at the Polo Grounds there'll hi 1 tell him only occa- # major balls and strikes him, and other information that he usually annoyingiy seeks from the an seated next to him, N Ghat, but the batteries of the High- anders or Giants, whichever ts play- 4ng away from home, and their op- Posted, as will ¢ games in both (the Nationst and American Leagues, t Hempstead of the Nation- just given the order to a firm to oi, re ||AU Dealers A ETBR rising to the highest pin- Carolina League before entering Carll epeed merchants as Alvah Meyer, Mere- | ‘Pn: matic of the highest individ returned but some of thi ever made in this cou ‘Wiped off the that the National Rei eulity ot Eastern North July, 1912, America Will Return Olympic Prizes If Thorpe Is Found to Be a “Pro” Charges That Indian All-Round Champion Played Professional Baseball Are Being Investigated by the A. A. U. THORPE’S TEAM-MATES IDENTIFY HIM. nacle in sports ever held by any mile run, the feature of the| at the Kaights of M. Anthony's games in| trial to er charges that he blotted Brooklyn Wednesday nigh about | his ama’ standing by playing pro- the athletic event of the year—indoors, | fessional bus ‘is country will be @ heavy loser if the are proven, for > Games at Swed eat records must be record books, James E. Sullivan, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union, said to-day fon Comnilt- rkes of pro- tee would take up feasionalism against James Thorpe, the y Cari ; ian, to-morro’ afternoon. fo received money to pla; baseball in the Carolina League, in which {t 1s charged he pitched and cov- ered firat base, America will have to re- turn to Sweden the trophies the Indian While the ot would affect '# total to some extent, tt would nge the result, INDIAN A WONDER AT ALL KINDS OF SPORTS. No one either in this country or abroad has won more notorlety tn the sporting world the last two years than James Thorpe, a student in the Gov- @rnment’s school at Carlisle, There wasn't a sport that the Indian was not tin, and his rise to the title of the world’s greatest athlete at the rev cent Olympic Games at Sweden wus the result of a meteoric career Thorpe first became heard of as a foot. ball player. The asi e@ Kame ap- pealed to the Indian's nature, and was a terror for all opposing teams, For the last two years he has been ranked as an All-American halfback. One instance of his wonderful work on | the gridiron Was the game with the Army last year. ‘The entire Cadet team “played” Torna DONT Theres a VIKING SHIP. Presented to James Thorpe (Indian) of the Carlisle Indian School by the Emperor of Russia for wining the Decathlon or ten event all around Athletic Champion of the world at Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden RALBIGH, ¥. C., Jan, 27—Pans here are not surprised that it has just been charged that the Jim Thorpe who played in the Eastern tdag that they are surpriséd at is that {t should be considered wrong for am athlete to compete as an amateur, even if he aid play profes- Umpire Sherwood Upchurch says that he didn’t think ‘Won at @tockholm Morth Carolina papers printed his pictures. There ave five men here who played with the Indian while he was a mem- | pronounced that several big league for the great Carlisle half] a) ack, but 90 elusive was his line runs! gn Ovten Reser Cn 0 rome ave, caw vera, ._ Hensel Atudio, tri contests, away. with 7 pose ind in the ere Tun ning that he crossed the Army's goal Ine for three touchdowns, Thorpe spe- clalized in drop kicking, and in this branch of the game was second only to Brickley of Harvard in booting the dall over the bars. The Indian turned his attention to lacrowse after the football season closed and was a wizard in chasing up and down the fleld with the netted sticks, BIG LEAGUE TEAMS WANTED TO SIGN HIM UP, Thorpe's baseball ability became so scouts wanted to land the Carlisle stu- dent for their teams, A bitter discus- sion ensued last season when both Pittsburgh and Washington claimed they had corralled him, but Thorpe ended the controversy when he an- nounced his intention of remaining an amateur, ‘Those sports diin't require #0 much time that Thorpe couldn't take up ath- letics, 1t was the same old story when the Indian decided to become a runner and welght man—nobody could beat him, He quickly 6pecialized in the welght-throwing contests and at the tryouts In Cambridge last spring for the American Olympic team soon dem- rated hie right to represent Uncle At the World's Games tn Sweden's capital Thorpe was a revelation to the A Finishing Touch To many a dish sp keen ap- petizer for evety meal, LEA:PERRINS’} SAUCE ‘THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE. An Indispensablo relish for all Sew Foods and Chating Dich Sold by Grocers Everywhere ‘a White Elephant Howl! lard trigee sa rw Everywhere fought his wi ber aeg =) gathered from many coun- #. The Indian wee in his element in the Pentathlon and Decathlon. Against the ‘strongest array ever brought to- gether for ny event the American to the front in both Pentathlon he romped In tl of his schiovements. | Kdvice 2d. . Heart-Hu ry ee Dealer: Dear Editor:-- I am @ coal dealer and am deeply. in’ Yove with e young lady of high ecoial etanding. She eaye that an ordinary coal man ie beneath her scale. A dump comes into my throat every time ehe turne me down. Can you suggest a weigh for we to lighten the load in my heart? Youre truly, CIGARETTES "The Superb $5,000 CASH Prizes FIRST PRIZE, $1,000 2d Prize, $500; 3d Prize, $250; Five $100 Prizes; Ten $50 Prizes; Twenty $25 Prizes; Seventy-five $10 Prizes; Two Hundred $5 Prizes. For the best “Heart-! Hungry” letters of not more than 70 words. Read the one above. Three disinterested judges will select the winners, Right is reserved to publish any letter submitted, also names and addresses of successful contestants, No letters will be returned. Contest closes March 31, 1913. Offer applies to U. §. only. Address letters to Chg, ND Bronse Bust of King of Swed Presented to James Thorpe (Indian) of the Carlisle Indian School by Mis Majesty the King as winner of the Pentahion or five event all around Ath- letic Ohampion of the World at the Olympic Games in Stockholin, Sweden, guy, 1912, Copyright, Hensel Studie, two handsome trophies in record-breaking AMUSEMENTS. _ CUT THIS OUT INTHE SPaciOus” THEATRE y oxo. COHAN’ 'S THA. BY GEO. “M. COHAN Br 7 D Try dt, CHAUNCEY OLCOTT In “THE ISLE O° DRRAMs, Cod BELASCON YEARS OF D REPUBLIC ¥ 15, 218; PSdSe ciP ELE BEVIL| # By Rosemom! Geran! & Maurice Rostand. 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Right after this Canton was kicked in the groin and had to be carried off the field. remumed Walsh made a spectacular gon! for the Brooklyn team and tiled the When play was ‘The crowd stormed the door of the ref- erse'’s dressing room after the game, but they could not gain admittance. tt surest (ye bookies of it ba 2 York. re AMUSEMENTS. | BALL ROOM Vew' yor wing to the al- THE les ae verenes EDGREN SOGCER PLAYERS SAVE REFEREE FROM ANGRY SPECTATORS Bad Decisions of Official at New York-Brooklyn Celtic Arouses Crowd’s Ire. EDITED BY MUSICAL, METROPOLITAN tom TONIGHT ATS... TALES OF HOFFMANN. AM [EMPIRE Gov sys tr tae r 40th St bes. 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