The evening world. Newspaper, February 26, 1913, Page 16

—s— ened SSS 4 Despite the Doubt About the Re- Opening of the Tracks This Season, There’s a Cheerful Feeling in Racing Circles. Snr. I New Tort Won 'O outsider knows yet whether the Jockey Club will o: won't decide to open the New York tracks again this summer. But there's a cheer- ful feeling in racing circles—an opt miam that has been lacking during the st couple of years. Alo, I notice, the up-State opposition i# @eginning to bristle. One Very ag- agressive anti-racing bug gave out @ statement that was more or lose &mus- ing. I quote only the paragraph that amused me most. @aid UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY THE EVENING WORLD, IF [ Save au Te PRerTs en Tue Buses Ts Jucy 267 gf may 6e aece 7 wer. A One ow THE FIRST Race Tue. Peunoers” ARE PREPARING Pom A HARD CAMPAIGN WEDNE SDAY, | WAITING FOR THE WORD Copyright, 1913, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New ‘ork World). “I don't know what the pari-mutuel syetem is, but the bookmakers want !t, and@ therefore I againet bettin, This the usual intel! of the “reformer’—"I don't know what it fs, but I'm against it.” quently argued for a moment with men ho declare themselves opposed to box- ing. Being “wise” to the clan, now, I ik first: “Have you over 2 & doxing match?’ Nine times out of ten they say, “No, I wouldn't think of attending such an exhibition.” And thea I @on't argue, for what is the use of Uecussing sunset tints with a biind man? But to go back to my friend above, who is opposed to the pari-mutuel, he saye that ‘the bookmakers want It.’ This is his own peculiar idea, based upon the same aort of ignorance usually enjoyed by the anti-boxing man. The Dookmekers DON'T want the part-mu- tue) system, for the very simple reason thet it would PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS. If the te limited betting to the pari-mutels and handled the busl- nese on a percentage basia, as the Gov- ernment does in France, there would be me more bookmakers. 'BY8ZKO having lost a fall to one Le Marin in @ Chicago wrestling | match, can now expect all serts of challenges, with wild outbursts about side bets running into tons | thousands, and finally a “ma: tween the two that will be won by tn { Pole, with very satisfactory gate re- coipts. ‘Wrestling is run that way. Im this country there ie a “wrestling trust.” are in it They pick out thet everything in a dui img no chance of overlooking any easy money. If a really good outside wrestler comes along, he can whistle for a match. He won't get it unless he wil come into the trust and obey orders. ‘The Mayor of Chicago a week or two ‘ago announced that he will not allow certain grapplers to appear before the public in his city, and t allow certain jaigrinig re to matohes because of the petrated upon the public when Gotch and Hackenschmidt met. ‘The Mayor is to be congratutated, ‘About $104,000 was taken from the pub- lic on that occasion, and before the match the promoters and the wrestlers knew that there would be no contest. ‘The plain history of that affair is this: Heckenschmidt dislocated his knee while training, He knew he would not be able to wrestle. The promoter of the match to Hackenschmidt that he would go to Gotch and “fix” it. se Teported to Hack that it was all ri and Hack consented to going on ls condition that all bets should be called off, Hack was told that the match had been fixed with Gotch, who had agreed not to throw Hackenschmidt until the he will not) hold | Uke $30,000, NOTES OF A PAID AMATEUR BY BOZEMAN BULGER. OR the sake of the amateur and semi-pro teams around New York Sunday baseball ts about to be forced on the professionals whether they want it or not. The chances are that they will not kick over the traces. Can you imagine a gathering at the Polo Grounds on ® sunny Sunday afternoon? On account of the recent defeat of a bill legalizing Sunday amateur baseball another bill has been prepared legulising professional and all other forms of Sunday baseball. Assemblyman McMahon of the Bronx, will introduce this bill tn the Assembly to-<norrow and at the same time Senator Griffin will start it in the Senate. An interesting feature to this attempt to get a Sunday beeeball law in New York fe that the big league teams have not asked for it and, moreover, the bos benind the bill have sent out feelers to ascertain if the professional teams wouk of the many fights in the several States to legalize Sunday baseball isn't it rather unique that the clubs in New York should be interrogated as to whether they have any objections? And atill out of town newspapers have intimated that moral lawe are not seriously regarded in New York. LEAVING THESPUS FLAT. to the Giants in time to be on the fob in April. run aign from his partner, Miss Seeley, while he was attempting to do the quard Glide" in Frisco. On top of that the marquis forgot to and crabbed Mins Secley's laugh, the Rube threatened to become @ ball player, GRIFFITH'S BOUTHPAW THEORY GONE TO SMASH. weh for left-handera the Giants claim to have got a clue. Your Uncle Wilbert Robinson took Dave Robertson out behind the barn at Marlin the other day and when they came back McGraw was notified by the old coach that @ new southpaw was about to flit acror the great milky way of baseball, Robertson had a bad shoulder lust year due to @ football accident and was not even tried as a@ pitcher, He is all right now (no Joke) and Robby on | he can turn the trick, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN STARTED LAST AUGUST. If ball players had any say-s0 on the matter of waivers Snodgrass would vote “unanimously” in favor of waiving on Clyde Engel, the utility man of the Red Sox who Js about to be ekidded back into the minors, Engel, the man the Red Sox wants to get rid of, is the blonde-haired athlete who hit the fly ball that wae dropped by Snodgrass in Boston last fall costing the Giants something OUR OFFICIAL SPRING ENTRY. game at the Polo Ground: Thorpe Shows Marlin Camp Some Real Speed on Bases HARRY WOLTER, HERE, ndian Gets once Bases on Or- SAYS HIS LEFT LEG ‘pout had gone fifteen minutes. The cecond bout was to be won by Hack- enechmidt in one minute, and the third to go to Gotoh in ten minutes. schmidt says that he intended to @lip a little joker over on Gotch, He would lose the first fall according to hus agreement, win the wecond, and then retire to his dressing room, take the elastic bandage from his injured knee to let the swelling puff up, and report that his knee had been dislocated and that he could not continue. Then he would try to arrange a return match with Gotch for a later date—with an- other $100,000 gate attached. Getch threw Hack in fifteen minutes— aed took the second fall, too! Hack mays; ‘When we started the second bout Getch whispered and asked me to let him stay ten minutes. Then 1 know that it was all e and that he intended tw throw me. He eelzed my dislocated Knee and twisted it until the pain forced me to roll over as quickly as I could |! upon my back.” night. word that George chased Bombardle Wells for two years without cornering him, and that his trip to this country is intended to force Wells to meet him; also that Rodel fought in the Boer War, T’'ve had several indignant letters on the subject. One itleman writes: that he fought all through the Boer War, ané that Rodel was only eleven years old when it ended. He says the Boers not obiidren, Welle—and caught him—and was knockeu out neatly by Wells in the second round, to De, run over Gin RODEL, a heavyweight dinary Single—His Field- ing Much Improved. 1S ALL RIGHT AGAIN. Harry Wol! of the Hight out of the Kam because of @ broken curred in @ collision a r, the crack outfielder Marlin, Tex., Feb, 26 IM THORPE continues to be the @ game at Boston, has just ve star of the Giants’ training squad.|} tn th iy teun bla Henn ta dae He ts Jone, l. He will be in the eran squad of New York American ers who'll his batting has caused him to be looked upon as a second Hans Wagner, In the five-inning practice game between the! teams captained by Harry MoCormick and Larry Doyle, the latter's charges won thelr first game in three, the score hia left leg, which was above the ankle, has healed, and he will try hard to regain his old berth in right fleld, Tomaln uuagned. Bill Carrigan, come into line. all hands mary’ |e Toney’ than Ne received ina Sear, when on an ordinary single he wot to Kling. former Chicage sand Boston third base, Thompson, who was cover tatters fe i third station, secured the ball in| Redekin by a| managed to! Tt was such «| inning that fhe boidow He will got nny sitters’ wy en Ta} For als" tenan thin Sass on aye gree Aes Dutty Lewis, ieft fielder of the salding oof fener tu mey aud ee meat 1 spring. | | leave San Franc f Anke, ‘untd bie ‘solar ia vase Tr Phlion have ie iat hia vont their 4 om on th Sines Middistown, at President ot che Mains ge vite cs Roel ia tion to Torale ‘ Gl A poate! would have: to fon Termite oir ne atioual Teague Sixty alt practice at ation will open ke season jencape being tagged. ly plece of everybody gave him a bi Bill Jacobson made a the ball wth up the horseli Just defo: the wound and, quickly regaining hi belance, hot the ball perfectly to third! vente and doubled up Red Ames, who thought nit was going safe and started to ‘ecore, ho at one ti tere th the ame for himself cor nats aid Now Bese vers Faporied for the fit indoor mas tated one ¥ ates the on 4 | teams, Stewards Meet To-D To-Day to Con- S After ali Rube Marquard may cancel his vaudeville engagement and report! to resume horse racing at several tracks | ‘This ealvation to the game of |!n this State this spring or summer. the lanky southpaw 1s nald to have resulted from his fallure to get the hit-and. | AUsust Belmont, Chairman of the Board of Stewards, called to-day’s meeting for pd Cheed of determining one for all time whether the sport co) In a wordy war that followed it ts said that} safely restored in this State now that | oral betting has been declared legal by the Appellate Cou the resumption of horse ri modified plan of the club, according to one oftl- etal, and in a way that would not invite any eriticiain, sport on a smafi scale perhaps at only two tracks, successful to extend the meets to other court track: possibiity of the old bookmakers doing business and very little chance for the installation of the pari-mutuels systen of wagering. that ps may go-to the race tracks and lay bets {without moles formant, do evel |__Sport Briefs | Sport Briefs | Princeton defeated Pennaytvanta in wrestling @t Princeton by @ score of 4 to 8 on tw falls and nuge with the ord, thirty secdads after they ‘touched bh sensatio than three mi Deering High Scliol indoor rife scored aD 1 of | pointe, in 4: but and Bi} _ ~ Ter ae Om wor To BE: “Tat (3 Tue auestion . Horse Racing if Resumed Will Be Above Criticism, Says Jockey Club Official District-Attorney as Yet Undecided About Taking Shane Case to Higher Court. District-Attorney Charles N. song of Nassau County says that he had not made up his mind aa to carrying the Paul Shane oral betting to the Court of Apps sider Plans for What May Be} Revival of Sport. TEWARDS of the Jockey Club will hold @ special meeting this after- noon to decide on ways and means; and be If the Jockey Club's lawyers advise cing under it ia the betting conditton: to re-establish the sport quietly The plan is to conduct the and if the experiment {s a. If the sport i# resumed at the local says the oMficial, “there ix no If the law distinctly +: rons of the game as individu: tion,” went on the in- he racing assoctations will ing in their power to conform | good. 1s took him oul estates had the ‘advantage of toe tittor, at of nO a oe for five men teams at’ the vor Wife Lenaiie put In its ng by the! string of horses, sign wsary tom | spend over for a le said he would fi decision. have to study the memorandum on the opinion and tn @ few days will decide just what to do. He said Appellate Division handed down a w He also nanimous de- cision in the case would not deter him from taking the case to the higher court. expense to the county would not be taken {nto consideration, 1d the small stewards in regard to starting the sport of kings again in this State, That the return of the thoroughbreds 1s being considered has been appa at the Jockey Club since the Appeliate Court sustained Judge Scudder in the | Paul Schane test case last Friday, Prom- inent racing men and former oMcials, men who haven't been near the Jockey Club headquarters since the game was ‘ave in 1910, have paid hourly | calls to Algernon Daingerfield to inquire about the latest turn of affairs, Jud conversation, it is only @ ks before the ponies will again be running at Sheepshead Bay and sald a former owner of a bis “It certainly does look It has been a long time since the International | League Players May Go On Strike because of Uniess the International League clubs get together and agree to ignore the recently framed salary limit rule they niay find it difficult to open their league schedule, Many star players have refused the reduotion in salaries whioh the clubs found it ke because no club must 000 a month on salaries, ding that of the maanger. easy victory alhaine i iis tn Mr Preparations for the 1015 football sensin have tri ty fis aes | ore ra re. 1 over @. jrule will aa a a J. Ub lholding out \are ready to strike, The of the I to his un !sign their con lub, oppo: favor fortunate, howe |signed up all the playors chester Clu, hi ned players bh Save from $25 to $35 on a suit this week—or buy two suits at the price of one. ng and summer stock of The entire Carl Schulz, ex- sp 4 stocl ‘ $25 eh {th Ave. tailor, is on our second floor, Patterns never sold by him for less than $50 to $60 you can buy no for $25, It is a great chance, SALE CLOSES SATURDAY made to your measure— spite tho fact that this new salary each club $12,000 a year, president of the Jersey a it and says that he of all clubs paying thelr |players as much salary as they see ft. Lillis's club bas ten players who are ‘and they are the ones who wark Club ts they have ‘T. Chapin, telegraphed | t unteas they | ts by March 1 he will | suspend them for the rest of the season, More. Fifth Ave. Materials t Less than Half Value $25 rent FEBRUARY 26, 1918. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORI Ta PARI - MUTUAL SUGGESTION 1S ALREADY MEETING WITH INTELLIGENT OPPOSITION, UP. sTATE~ ALTHOUGH Some FoRMER RACING MEN HAVE BECOM INTERESTED IN OTHER LIN: td Business , THE LURE oF Site Game WOULD BRING THEM BACH AGAIN Packy McFarland Will Wind Up Training Here fet. fifteen-round bouts, At. ‘Tremon. Fee, ae, mat a, ine = | Beet by Awembiyman Kirwin, spi Stock Yards ie erat Will .; Spfiftter rhe, a5 bee (cfeatal Work ' Westchester for ies cay 4 be rn on bowie Britton Bout. \x ccs fit Mowant Morfow an Thiet opponent willbe ea r ten rounds March 20, et, ‘01 ae while “his ERAN hom ise wi Mich,,"on BY JOHN POLLOCK. ILLY GIBSON to-day received a! telegram from Packey McFarland ing that he would arrive in town on Sunday morning and finish up| Xi" hie training for his ten-round bout with | Jack Britton, which takes place at the Garden A. C. on March 7, Packey will do his work here at Dal Hawkins's road t Westchester, which was for- nnon’s roaditouse, McFarland Getting into condition for the battle at O'Connell's gymnasium In Chi- cago. | i | Knowing erfeetir well bein Oe ent crate aah te a end ait, hes on ge Mit ws nN, the loca a Mee with, ritton 1 hat he will hinge Peckey. va, rican an hes t, tremely ontident th Ritvors, i. Ann io. ne wil ate, nies ne oe c ‘sccomaate Brides Joe itt be Tas Raturday to “Mae contractor there :| METROPOLIT TO-NIGH For demand uch OnY Ta ree, EAdle eta oy ay the an toast eb " N fro avENOTS Tt looks now an if boxing contests be al- lowed a two more Atetes in the nee fre These States are New Jersey and Utah, it Lake ot". a a bill are ring creating & boxing the Utalr House of Representatives, "The bil calle & tines Wed, MPI THE SPY Riscntie Daily 7.8 eras Sore ¢ Horse 3 NEW CIRCUS, Fin addition ~ ‘the Great rine “UNDER MA AGS bh a wh NE N | sea Ht In the race for honors as the real “harbinger of spring," at catohwelghts, we| with the law." |future appeared so promising, and just Wve, ire 050, Fespectfully submit the Incident of a wholesale liquor man who has juat pre-| Lawyers of the club will be present | before the decision of the Appellate NSP is sented us with a patent corkscrew and after a fow handsful of conversation re. | today's meeting, and their opin. | Division It couldn't possibly have been ACY marked: ton will govern the future action of the darker.” CRITERION & ee ied “Don't forget to put me down for one of those invitations to the opening —— oer Ea : win rite ey nd Can 5 ). way & Both, Ev 8.18, Mai Bode yt Fil REPLY, LYRIC FN SAM BERNARD. at rae THE WEST ENT ND, Fy, MARIE DI DRESSLER | wane ALL-STAR GAMBO! GAIETY Yat | WALLACK’S 11, THIEF” cenTuy iia Hide: gio “Cu: iD ih the Cit i white yt i | Es “tae Ti ae ELTINGE Bate r & sat lerex of My Heart DINON SQUARE GARDEN, SPORTSMEN’S SHOW. Hf | {OPENS ’ 0. MOR'W CLIFF GORDO: SALLIE, Keen [Wii oo _— AN RCUS EY Mat 25, eve. ti 5. Phove BT Mad. i Ave. ELLAND isin? wade, | Reais [PRE nants Alea tale Pasar EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN ee N OEERA | COLUMBIA CLOSES LOCAL SEASON BY BEATING YALE FIVE Blue and White Basketball Players Show a Complete Reversal of Form. With all the adroitness of a bunch of cubist brush mantpulators, the Colum- bia basketball quintet painted a warm colored finale for the 1913 local season by treating the crowd present with « showing up the Yale fv tone effects of 43 to II niches in the athletic m Morningside Heights cotte; with Blue and sombre Crepe. Coach Harry Fisher ts smoking twei nt Havanas strutting versal in form over their early season efforts and they cavorted about the court with a dashing style of play that kept the crowd keyed up to a topnot } pitch of excitement every minut work was especially clever and fast, as was defensive play. Beginning a brief minute after the opening whistle the locals started a series of well-timed and difficuit basket _| shots which they kept up during the en- tire game. "Kid" Benson, right for- ward, and Captain Jaques, left guard, were particularly active in filpping the sphere through the mesh, the former Meenan, forward, brushed into the lime- light with three fleid goals and several half ended for Columbia, 3) to 10. A Teaspoonful On a Steak doubles joyment of this fa dish. LEA«PERRINS SAUCE ‘THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE ‘Sharpens the appetite for Reasta, Fish, Seupe, Salads, ete. Sold by Grocers Everywhere WANT A JOB? 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