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- 18 THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1913, _ UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN McGraw Highly Elated Over Thorpe’s Showing BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK THORPE, ONE “PHENOM,” LIKELY TO Copyright, 1913, by The Press Prva Co. (The New York World), MAKE G GOOD i i Jee several of the youngsters showed very, | , sharp curves. at Schupp | Hoular, left« Evers Indian Particularly F Pleases the hander whe wep recorimena ag Aghe ; my <¢ ly to Manay Graw by Chick Fre. ; Chane Giants’ Manager Because of | ior’ the famous pitoner cf the old Obie cago White Sox, was al them joose as his arm w shape. ‘Tits Poung fellow dtepinyed an ane sortinent of curves and shoots that put a smile on Wilbert Robinson's face, ‘The robust Robbie claims that this boy [has the finest breaking curve he has jseen for many a day. | Schupp also showed bis specd and 1 predicts a big leaguo career wed to cut ‘in excellent His Base Running. Martin, Tex, Fi ANAGDR M'GRAW of tho G M: highly elated becaus -round ability Jim Th. Indian, “nas shown in practice, LET aE He not only has natural ability but he fs an . probably starting this year, apt scholar, McGraw thinks that he Is| ‘The ‘ditches were again flelding the braintest recrult he has ever holding runners on the bases ) Cera cons handled, nd each one performed BATTING EVE.) Thorpe's forte reems to be vase run-| fashion ning, and if such a thing Is possible that {in yee toa bie} he'll be able to earn a regular berth on| oe jot be! ble to hold the major the team he should prove a big sensa- | jen runners close to the bags, tion in National League circles throw | ———_—_—_ his ghtning ike work on the paths. School for Dancing The redskin goes around the bases like & oyclone and when about to be tagged @ @lase lessons, 81 Feith lesson. Ake ; abe B ‘wav, 60th bth St. eearas “THorpe’s moar — \ (> A WoNpeR. Be <Pee Se ST: Thorpe Looks Like One “Phe- nom” Who'll Make Good. Coperiht, 1912, hy The Prose Publishing Co. (The New York World), IM THORPE looks like o.. “phenom'* who is likely to make good. Even the most s#keptiml of the Marlin] negotiates the hook slide I!ke @ veteran —— rf Mfke Finn of the Mobile, Ala, team, dropped Into town yesterday Sbaervern say that tho Indian runs! to watch the Giants practise and hopes = faster, hits harder, flelds better and! r to secure a few players from McGraw nt ,Pemting Allez } plays more baseball in five minutes than | \ iw ES when the Ittle Napoleon begins his| = : @ whole team of ordinary players. Al- Jowing 0 or 80 per cent. off for enthusl-) asm accompanying the recollection of Thorpe's athletic feats, the reports are oti] hopeful. If Thorpe works himself into position as a regular in tho short training period he'll have done some- thing fully as remarkable aa his Stock- holm performances. UNG SHUGRUE has called off Y his bout with Young Brown to- morrow night because of a badly twisted thumb. The thumb has been jm bad shape through two or three fights, As it refuses to improve, Shu- Brue's manager is going to take him out to Bonesetter Reese. As soon as the dislocation is reduced and the left is as food as ever Shugrue will go along tak- ing on the best of the lightweights Funny, Shugrue has @ notion that he wants to go to Los Angeles and fight Rivers. One might naturally think the other lghtweight championship as pirants would fieht shy of the Mexican since his quick defeat of K. O. Brown. But the Jersey boy has been coming along eo fast that he doesn't think any lightweight too tough a morsel, He has done all that has been asked, fighting hig way through the feathers and be- @inning with Cross and other tough lightweights, He is an unusual boxer, for he combines speed and cleverness with apparently unlimited ability to shake off heavy punches when they jand, Shugrue's stable matg, Frankie Burns, has his eye on a title too, and if he has his chance to fight for it again ho's likely to get {t. Frankie Burns has fought Champion Coulon several times, weeding out process, In the morning MUSICAL, “Next Sunday Eve, n poninayTOYE. NO __AMUSEMENTS, MAXINE ELLIOTT’S THEATRE 89th St, Bet. Neondway and 6th Avo. [va., $20. Mate Wed. and & WEDNESDAY MATINEF, BEST § Most Absolutely Intense, Th: Magnificent Love Drama Ever Written ROMANCE amet WILLIAM COURTENAY x DORIS KEANE Tt Weaves a Spell That Will Surely Fascinate You OOM ag? sett tot SPs \ Ther Date wave Tie Me ave TIME Te SipesteP nis cA NOTES OF A PAID AMATEUR BY BOZEMAN BULGER. Wolter’s Ankle Mended Now and He Will Report to Chance in Bermuda as Speedy as Ever — Sees No Difficul- ties for Highlanders Now. Moving Picture Target Shooting Big Novelty of Sportsman’s Show morning and afternoon, and at night the Professionals will give exhibitions. Down In the basement there ie @ rifle choolboys and th outs will test their aim in what | Pert consider the most important matohes of the year. There are camps, guides, trophies an@ all that sort of thing as usual, Ther {a also @ long trough filled with water for fly-oasting tournaments, you ever get a thrill from fly-casting? Well, if your nerves are not good and you ni can't stand the excitement, all you have others shot him In Madieon Square Gar- sten to den last night before he had got through | ¢! ir watch the gunners break in which he informed them that there would be no water-wagon clause In their|the tall gress, olay Inline dy ‘You'll feel sunburnt when contracts, “But, let me tell you something,” added Connie. “The firat man who| Just @ moment, Don't doubt the takes John Barleycorn tor # training mate will have e fine stacked againat him |Panity or truth of that atatement until that no’ salary on the club can match, youve been wised, up on some Rew ihe ‘Though Connte did not take to the newspapers as atrong as Charley Murphy,| ventions. The gang didn't belleve it he doesn't mind telling any one that his loss of the pennant inst year was due| ther until we tried It. Yes, sir, that to too much lentency on his part in regera to letting the pitchers occasionally | Very thing can be done and was done go out for @ good time. up at the Sportsman's Show even be- Tin Thorse at Maru. FOREMOST CANADIAN “PRO” SEVENS WILL PLAY HERE. Like Hunting in Woods, Ex- cept That You Can’t Pick Up Your Game. moved and bis labors can now be concentrated on the infleld and the pitching staff, Harry Wolter, who was laid up with a amashed ankle practically all of Inst season, ts in town, and an examination of his leg and foot shows both to be in perfect shape. Ho will atart for Bermuda on the next boat. Chanco 1s now certain of Cree and Wolter, his two mainstays in the outfeld, and has the choice of Lelivelt or Daniele for centre. Wolter says that ho has taken considerable exercise during the Iast month or two and that he has as much epeed as ever. In his opinion, the Fighlanders overcame most of their difficulties when Farrell seoured Chanci ‘manager. T's one fear that Frank Chance had in regard to his outfeld thi en re- ING THEATRES, es in Canada to the ifemaior ri a ter ae HUMOR, INGENUITY AND IMAGINATION, SAYS ALAN DALE OF ME POLICE-DETECTIVE COMEDY The Seta ateee aadition to f Horse Vat DER MANY FLAGS. RG “in COUPLE of hounds funped a “UND Jackrabbit in Arizona inst fall Steve Van Allen and some “THE LIPS THAT TOUCH LICKER,” &C. Connie Mack delivered a lecture to his playera while en route to Ban Antonio ‘of the most IT over the ‘Dominion and, the! fave always excited considerable hocker enthn Advice tothe Heart Flt way. big. 816. laturday 2.15 THE BRIDAL PATH Wess dath Stl: aa ate 3 W Last 4 Bay e ‘80 frimes Charney Ma ie Doro || iv, a 238. Inia To Dark . LITTLE wey M om each occasion giving the title holder Jn the comedy TI | i : @ mighty hard rub for the honors. In lee Entee were thrown open to the ICK ‘his last fight with Coulon in New Or-| VERY LITTLE ENGLISH SPOKEN ON THE BENCH, ANYWAY. ‘Any one who loves shooting can watk THE CONS PI RA aey Jeans the referee decided against Burns Jacinto and Tomas Calvo have started from Havana for the big league, ac- right up there, take a & 4 zi at the end of twenty hard rounds. The! companied by their father and a whole platoon of Cuban newspaper correspond: | and have some of the CRITERION | Matiness Wed.” & Sa \] ol ; Comedy 4 sh spectators disagreed with the referee,| ents, Jacinto goes with Washington, while Tomas tags on to the Boston Red|in the world—in moving pictures, More- ROBERT HILLIARD AR FANNY’ $ TRS and the New Orleans sporting writers! sox. ‘Their father, who {8 a millionaire planter, will take the entire summer to| over, the flying objects can be hit and HUDSON 3°: Sty ar LYRIC Foe all commented upon the decision and] gee how his boys ect along, Before the end of the season he will be familia with |the marksman will know if his alm ts Ais Geclared that Burns ohowte have been called winner. After that Frankie turned to the feath- ALI every cross road between Boston and Washington, He will use mileage. SAM BERNARD * Neither of the Calvo boys speaks English, but both of them have deen under a tutor for two or three months, They are the two richest boye that have ever true, ‘This remarkable apparatus ts called ‘OF LAUGHS, THRILLS FULL : the ‘moving picture target," and while 1S WHAT THE EVE, [jj i1',"s' Suneng’ who was too much for kim.| nn Brevmemcnss easste, Mt may never be of any sreat benefit to WORLD SAYS oF J] 48TH ST. ti itn . : humanity, it $s a really marvellous in- y |i Back among the bantams Burns wants! SALARY CONTESTS month. ‘This will necemtate the wen-| vention. Tt le almost the eame aa teal a epuenoriva COMBO Tt T WILLIAM COLLIER » ale to meet Coulon again, but will be satie- Wn . cy lI M. 5 BARRED IN JERSEY. eral silcing of all contracts. Some of| woods shooting, excepting that one can- Des aa ii feof with Xid Williams, who bas always | “There ta a ane and gnashing of|{!® Players are former bie leaguers. | cor pick up his'game SSO tert e by ae 4 AE x him, : x . : “Coulon ts a great Mhter, but he’ has| teeth Over in Jersey ax the International {ya “ball player ea an amusing form| pcrheyice enor, ample, but It works I ama einger when Z ap not regu= aera been in the game a little too long, and| 1 ‘Ages cater rt of hi ‘Sree con- | of winter eport they are about to etart| with sheet metal, is at the further end | I've just come to my best. Aw for| test Kolng on between the big league)» revolt, of the rang», sixty feet from the marks- Williams, if he wants to meet me where allowed he can make it thoi or 80 on the side too.” magnates as to which will pay the largest salary to a player or @ manager, Over in that league the entire salarte: of a team have been limited to $6,000 a DUBLIN GIANT SCORES ANOTHER KNOCKOUT Jim Pte se Stops Jack McFar- land in Five Rounds at jive his hand bout with Boor area AEA a Let ie Phil Cross k Loughrey, th welterweight of 4 abate, ‘yd Tmdtched fer] ty, dees and toa eet in one of round (boule whieh aT de lather Casino, m at the Taugire % at Manet the Fairmont A. C. Het ete a Sante : Gee Ne Sone, Stork wht, ak sia Mate ba Haldwi BY JOHN POLLOOK. — |= =e tnd otter aren. 1M COFFEY, the Dublin Giant, 19]. Witte | se Tie, M, fining be 4 the latest white hope to gain dis- cooured by tinotion by the great improvement ret hae won two battles with quick knockouts within the short time of four days. He stopped Arthur Pelky of Mass., in two rounde in Phil- last Saturday night, while at the Fairmont A. C. last night he gave Jack McFarland, a Brooklyn heavy- weight, such a beating that Referee Billy Joh stopped the bout in the fifth round to save the latter from being completely knocked out. Coffey showed veal form in this bout; he was clever, | ehifty, and also clean and straight. landed his punches In the other ten-round bout George Redel, the South African heavyweight, ished Art Nelson of Chicago #0 oes | badly that the referee called a halt to Rodel | the bout in the eighth round. 44 not show much class, but he is Mkely to improve if he fights oftener. He hee a good right hand gwing, which fhe lands frequently. Young Jack O'Brien of Phitadel pla ‘Effort Made to Get Together Meeting. Them at Another ‘The Jockey Club, after a two-hour executive session, decided that it was up to the track owners whether horse racing would be revived 4n this State, pea cbet tonmest Freddie: Welsh the Bogish | aince the Appellate Court declared oral mas onli Me Vikas that has tri will'te | betting legal, Owing to the almence Bi gbea Tits Oar. ‘aich ine ia "ail ie of from the clty of several of the officials of the racing associations no definite tion was taken, AUTHORS’ UNION SHOULD TAKE ACTION. In refusing to allow American Le ball playere to write articles for newspapers in the future Ban Johnson has dealt Iiterature @ heavy blow. Ban says he hai in opposed to literature ever since he had « story refused by magazine when he plain scr ‘Dhis Js the first chat has had to on en, The fans need not wuffer, however, ‘The reporters who wrote the articles iast fall can sign their own names now, and {t gives the players an outside man to lick instead of fighting among themselves. IT CAN'T BE 2 {QDONE THAT WAY. Out in Chicago the eport lovers are very much disturbed over the announce- ment of Chief of Police Schuettier, in whidh he declares that he will 6e the arbiter of all wrestling matches in the future and will “see that everything 4@ done on the square.” ‘This the pro- moters construe ae meaning that there Will be no wrestling. REVI VAL OF RACING UP TO TRACK OWNERS Club, If it saw fit, with the Legislature adjourned, could sanction @ race meet- ing at Belmont Park on Decoration Day, @ dato that has been predicted around town that would eee the revival of rac- ing in this State. Chairman August Belmont, after the meeting yesterday at the club's offices, declared that another meeting would be called in the near future as soon an the absent track owners could be present. 8 James Butler, owner of the Empire City course, is now at Juarez, Mexico, St will be # matter of over a week be- fore this meeting can be convened, Unier the law in thie State the r erciations are incorporate! bodies Licensee to ra Comins: let by the wud they the reasonable rules and regula the Jockey Chim, man. The back of this board ls a maze jectrio wires and patent devices. From a platform above the gunner a moving picture is thrown on the steel covered board. Wild birds a een flying across woodland, and some- times a deer or a rabbit comes out of the woods and begins running. You've got to shoot quick, before your game gots off the board. If the aim of ¢ mankeman te good a bell rings and a light flashes above the rail, show! which gun did the trick, Four or fi may shvot at the eame time. If all alm correctly the light will record five guns, If one gun out of the fwe hits the otect only thes one will regiet In other there 1s no chance of claiming @ bulleeye when the other man hit it, INVENTOR TOOK AN HOUR TO EXPLAIN IT. iAn electric cord ia stuck m the end of each gun, and that forms the connedo- 4 when the object aimed at is struck, explain the principle of it is im- ellos here. The inventor took an hour explaining !t to the gang, and then we Midn't get it Just the eame, it works, ne inventor, or, rather, the demon- atrator, that in a few weeks he will ha the elt device so com- plete that a shot from @ gun will blot out the moving objeot on the picture if it 1s struck, ‘The moving picture target 18 by far the most novel feature of the Sports man's Show, but there are a lot of other oll worth while, or instance, shooting, and some of the crack of the United States will ha’ tou t._ Mat MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS. 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