The evening world. Newspaper, March 18, 1913, Page 16

® over his feet. ve lh UP-TO-DATE- AND NEWSY THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, MAROH 18, 1918. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK Gunboat Smith Breezily Tells the Story of His Young Life. Govt, 1918, by The Pree ‘The New Yoru World). oe ou Hrd right up in the limelight Y now,” we said to Gunboat Smith, “You,” said Gunboat, “until somebody puts the rollers under me." ‘With this as a starter Gunboat gave us the story of his life, “I was born twenty-four years ago in Philadelphia,” he began, ‘“‘When I was nm I went into the United States 1 served my four years. Never ‘The Ure i too eventful. You have to stand up as if you were nailed to the deck and take anything that’s #nid to you without answering. ‘That never made @ hit with me. couldn't keep still, Once I was detailed with @ bquad to clean the wharf elong- side the ship. “"L didn’t Join the navy to become » ptrest cleaner,’ I eald to the officer tn charg: “ you refuse to obey orderst’ he eaked. “1 certainly do,’ I sald. I got ten days in the brig for that, in double irons, “on hardteck and water, The maggots fell out of the bardtack and crawled ‘around on the iron floor, Nowadays the regulations cut out the irons and the “We did @ lot of boxing ‘That's where I learned how to fight. My first regular scrap wae tor the champtorehip of the army an@ the navy, in @ hall ashore at Seattle, oe the Yukon Emhibition, Soldier Kearns was the army Reomag'ar I've met Soldier Kearns and though he looks something the te the fel- Jow 1 fought I'm not sure he's the same. Kearns says he te'nt and he never was tn Seattle in his life. knocked out this Goldter Kearns and went back aboard the Pennsy!- nia. The captain mustered the crew and had me come up on the quarter- deck. There he handed me « case with ‘a medal in it for winning. It was lucky 1 didn't look at it them I'4 @ been mad “enough to hand it back to him. It was tee ‘a big tin medal worth about six 4 “ay fighting, oo a week later I sneaked hore without leave ‘and fought six rounds with Denver Kd Martin No decision. I got something for that. They paid me $20 for my end. I stayed away a week and when I went back to the ship they handed me ten days in the brig and chopped off three months’ pay for being absent with- ‘out leave—just $100, I sat in the brig ten days counting the holes in the WANTED to get something for @-uhardtack to kill time. ‘My first fight ashore was with & negro named Carlton—the guy that Jeannette fought here and stepped all ‘That was a preliminary it bout—six-round draw—in Seattl wo yesterday } thought hee a are e ved my time in the Oakland and fought ninth round TY The Poor. MAGNATES WHAT CHANCE Faults of Many of League pennant race. T remarkable task that confronted it It wae him rather unexpectedly, fation of the players. Once I free and daring fellows to keap up the steady ones, In studying the men personally, Chance has been able at the same time to get a surprisingly acourate line on their pirysical faults and merits. The former he sought first. tice the now leader prope himself againet the little fence that partially surrounds the Hamilton cricket «rounds, reate his elbows on the top rail, crosses his lege in that characteristic pose #0 familiar to New York fans, and watches. If he han missed anything eo far Arthur Irwin says it must have happened under ground, The partial deafness that an- noys Chance when he wan isten haa only served to make his eye all the sharper, if such « thing be possi STUDIES HIS MEN AT THE CARD TABLES, TOO. floor and broke my jaw. nd knocked out tw teeth where the break was. stopped it. I thought I'd had enough of fighting. Thought I'd never try it aga! I went to work down in the ail fields and in about four months I was all right ans the old fighting spirit bor fed me so much I up on his me East to fight Palser because h Mked the way I could punch. But Pal- would fight me, 8 for Wells—don't tet anybody tell you that fellow can't hit. Every time he popped one on my nose he shot it dver wo fast I didn't hee it start. ‘The first thing I'd see was his arm back ready for another. He Jarred me so hard I saw the only thing to do was rush in and try to swing on him, ‘That punch at the back of the neck is @ natural punch of mine, over the guard and comes down, PHXgeople thought Savage quit. He didn't. 4 nailed him on the back of the head and he had just sense enough to try to clinch as he was sliding down, 1 got # 4 good look at his eyes, and he was out, right. voila 18 a great boxi he's too civilized to be @ the way I did. McCarty now. He he should worry him the twenty-fi in weight und put my wall his, I want McCarty. 1 stunts, for mine, that might keep people from shower! “How did 1 get the name ‘Gunboat? | the nayy didn’t get me but the Boys called me ‘Gunboat’ before, 1 ever rs 10 xhoes—gunboats— a new pair to wear Ho Hope Why, fighting | that. My name {s Ed Smith, went Into the navy, because of my 1 wear No, ‘arty —— Baseball Prices Going Up. season, See ptory It goes Some but T guess ampion. He BeFLought to serve four years in the navy|set himself f No the- fighter, ané i I tried to be an actor the high cort of living would be the only thing Mow the prices of baseball have a4- this why I'm feeling #0 good. Just then there was a loud shout fol- Yowed by a general laugh as one of the poker players put through a bluff. Frank turned to hear how the hand was played. “You know,” he resumed, “a poker game is a great place to study human nature an‘ it goon In baseball the same as any other walk of life. A fellow who shows quick wit in 4 poker game will show {t on the ball field. If he can atand the gaff there he will have the ame nerve when he gets in a tough fight for a pennant, That poker game in there has helped me as much as any other one thing in keting @ line on the brain kinks of the different players.” Chance talks very slowly and very de- Mberately but as he proceeded to tell what he had discovered about the New York team in three weeks, It took no expert to understand that Frank Farrell hed picked the right man. — Firat he nt out to look for the faults and found them. His absolute and candor In pointing them out made the tabulation easy. Here they are: CHASE'S ONE BAD FAULT PLAY- ING SECOND NOW. He has found that Hat jay wecond base wonderfully well, far as fielding 1# concern he will have to in touching runners | the he does not get to the taking a throw, | catches move and Is et Hal will have to quicker fo as to prepare ping a pair of flying spikes. Chase recovers from his prei jury he will best -day but for the fact |took a chance on ridi night and had a bad Chance bi Js perhaps the best base club but he has a w has watched Danlels enrefi! worrled about this partioular wi A ing to the new le tainty in going back for a } comes forward beautifully 110 Rert Dantet chances are that he will, Daniels in right field on the Some Things to Learn at Second. First of a series of articles on Chance and the Highlanders, now in spring training at Hamilton, Bermuda. How the new manager has sized up the material with whioh he Is expected to give New York some real’ representation in the American BY BOZEMAN BULGER. (Copyright, 118, vy The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). © get personally acquainted with twenty-seven ballplayers, not one of whom he had ever seen on the diamond or on the street, wae the rather lead the Highlanders. He was happy to-day over the fact that he had solved eituation entirely new to baseball. “In building up @ baseball machine,” he explained when I dropped in on he firat problem {s to learn the mental character- the brains placed right I hi one of the cogs happens to prove weak it is much easier to replace that indi- vidual part than it is to rip up the whol After taking his workout during prac- jhe frankness Chase ean) 0 , Dut that | ave more experience | Fett pinned him down and the ball all right but f= on the tkely to be cut down by a et on the imaelf for a bicycle last He} has yet t If Chance should put him on the team, and the| you! he will play’ at { Polo an¢. hi IN 1S + 1f They teem on BUNOING STADIUMS + HAS DONE WITH HIGHLANDERS SO FAR —— New Manager Has Made a Personal Study of All His Players, and Is Now Able to Pick Out Them—Chase Has Hamilton, Bermuda, March 14 Frank Chance when he came here to ® foundation, If thing, I must have some jolly, care- epirite, and then some heavy thinking, againat the #hort fence and come in. Daniels always played left of centre a! the American League grounds, While Chance thinks Harry Wolter a @reat ball player he has discovered that may not have entirely re- gained {ts strength. ‘This may make it inadvisable to start Wolter as @ regular outflelder at the beginning of the # son. Hoe will probably have to do bench duty for some time, DERRICK SWINGS LATE AT THE BALL. ‘The next weakness of importance did not come to ght for ten or twelve days, This was in the case of Derriok, the shortstop, who war formerly with the Athletics, Derrick is a wonderful fielder, but Chance has found that he has a “yea,” he sald as I talked to him on the porch, while the rattle of chips in a| Pad Dosition at the bat and swings me behind ux could be plainty | pretty good line on! hitter, ‘onsequently he 1s fearful that this @ pected phenom may always be @ weak If so he will not get a place on the regular team. The correction of these faults will be attempted during the next two weeks. So far Chance has done no coaching at all. Proceeding around the diamond, Chance has found that Barry, the much touted youngster from New England, ts very heavy of foot. He ts a remarkably good fielder and a good hitter, but en- tirely too slow at present for major league company. Chance ts interested in the youngster and has put his ase up to Dr. Barrett, the trainer, Harry is twelve pounds overweight and the trainer ‘has an idea that when this is taken off his speed may return, An evidence of Chance's wonderful Power of observation is the case of Paddy Green, who has been apoken of s the greatest minor leag merica, This important discovery may prevent what might have ruined the ng fellow for good, Though Gro and Barret right side m ing and apparently was afraid to cut loose his apeed, He was called out of the box and taken to the clubhouse for examination by Barrett, It was found he was dothered with @ broken cartilage at the base of one of his ribs. The young follow insisted that ther. was nothing wrong with him, but By 1° Brauy admitted that while cutting timber will not b da: RIGHT NOW. ‘The fret by an imper thing they will ni the present grou! come later on # fleld loam can be had. ‘The o arg covered with tough Bermuda gra which interweaves like a carpet. So not to hurt on the base 1 It is Imposstty the spik the tough grass and by tive order was to slide on thi wht cat find a real fault ts Harrisburg: tried t Young, th come. Young was not accurate in touching runners at second base and has cau- toned him to take his time and get set. His only trouble is a slight inclination to carelessness. fe very enervating, Chance has found that it would weaken his players to Dokl neg egy ie i ge Maid City the men eelected to take the game for New York were kept in the hotel all morning, while th the afternoon watched the game from the grand stand. here is equal to five hours at Marlin, bechune tts e is no snap in the evening or early morning atmos; to them @ brace. aes a tion im practice remain wet all day and = oar aamp Stairs all thinks the wearing of he has had with his back. He ually getting over that, howe it cam be truthfully ea! Cub leader has not been in such good physical condition for five years, -|McGraw Weeding Out New York Manager Announces has deciced to dispone of Torrey, Evers, Kirby, Thompaon and Robertson. Torrey and Evers will probably go to Scranton and Kirby to Mobile. where Robertson will be placed. Thomp- horse, will retum to New Yor« to-night to play in the State League. fell on him and his rib ve By the use of adhesive tape pulled tn shape and Green allowed to pitch for several YOUNG HAS FEW REAL FAULTS ing that Chance stopped ding, a be able to do on That work will sand and icket grounds the fleld, sand has been es on top of the ak somebody's new player in which Chanco “Pep” This too hard 1 him down | developing into a wonderfully '@rounds so that he can ‘play back fast fielder and « good snap hitter, I EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN WHITNEY HOME AGAIN; ANNOUNCES POLO PLANS American Team to Start Train- ing at Once for Invasion of Englishmen. HIGH COST OF BASEBALL Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). Harry Payne Whitney ts confident that the American Polo Team which he'll captain will successfully defend the international cup in the match with the four selected by the Duke of West+ minster at Meadow Brook in June, Whitney and another member of the American team, James M, Wat ry jr, have just returned here from @ hunting trip In England. Whitney says that the make-up of the team will probably be the same as that which successfully defended the cup at Meadow Brook two years ago, after winning it at Hurlingham in 1909, This means that with Whitney and J. M. Waterbury jr, the others wilt be Lawrence Waterbury and the famous “back of the team, Devereaux Mil- burn, quite the strongest combination available, Whitney will immediately get his forces together and start tratn- ing for the series. mister, Pve SAVED & QUARTER 4ND 1 CAN'T FIND ANY GaTa FOR The BO! ane Gerrne (TF Q00p" “Tas YEAR. Bombardier Wells Now on His Way to Merry England to beat him, ba top eel Fight Results NEW ORLEANS, March 18—In a| flerce fought ten round contest that had the crowd on its feet all through, Phil! Cross shaded Young Denny of New Orleans. There was only one knock- down, Croba scoring that in the third round, for a short count. Phil carried the fighting to his taller and sturdier appearing opponent all throug! Denny preferred to make a boxing atch of it, but Phil gave him no quarter and made him hold in the clinches, English Champion inariion Connyily | Upset by His Quick Knock- out by Gunboat Smith. the fimt meeting of the American, We ate of May, a1 i iiss Diace a ed aren BY JOHN POLLOCK. AB. A. Bo vecrrwetent WBLLS, the English ny | 3ill be made’ to get the ieward to change thelr date to May 24, heavyweight champion, has changed his mind about remaining in this coumtry and meeting all the important ‘Dig fellows in limited-round bouts at the different clubs and is now on his way ‘back to dear old England. Wells, ac- companied by his wife, his brother Syd- ney and his manager, Jem Maloney, @alled to-day on the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm IL, which left her dook in Ho- Union, wif ‘ailing om the steamer a PHILADELPHIA, March 18,—Jack Britton won from Johnny Krai | file but could not Anock owt hie spsouett, ©. route, for afier at ped righte’ and letra with | to at the Garden A. C. by Gunboat Smith ec ged) of California, Wells sent for his man- er, Maloney, yesterday morning and dd: “Jem, I have decided to sail for | % y he has no weakness, but I shoud | ve @aid none that cannot be over-/ ines he trip to elght Chance saw two days ago that ding the varsity Highlanders’ Hard Training Siege Over HAMILTON, Bermud rch 18.— The hard training siege of the High- landers is over. From now on Man- ager Chanoe will devote his time to Grilling them in team play and nals, The regulars will line up in @ game for the firat time to-day when the third battle with the Skeeters is waged. The contest will give the firet clue as to the probable makeup of the team when the first American League game is played on April 10. Chance will cover first. In the ab- sence of Chase, who ts still on the hospital list, Young will cover seo- ond. Merrick wil! be at short and Midkife at third, with Cree in left, Daniels centre and Lelivelt right. Ford and Warhop will do the box- Who Lost This Silver Medalt A aier medal benrine the initials C. W. tary School Ouidoor found, Owner may lying to G, Sheehan, f4 William LONDON, March 18,—Harry Lewis, meri. can welterweight borer, knocked out + oh, rr. goo, the miiMeweight chamiion ot is he th round of went On account of the hot weather, which ullivan saraed the, popular decision Ad To the rt Pout of tea rune | Tham's White Flenhant forling Ale, In the first game with Jersey and Aillined al + & Roadway part in in theo ten rounds Eddie K. Gefeated Bert Papp o Dee L iy Joo Jeanette, the ont Jack ie sched ._O, Two hours of work Me faeh? bee Tr te Vigne a Gut Plunging Horses emda In ER” tot UNDER MANY FLAG. peor ee ; im out | ‘The one and only fault found with oie Het, the stomach and eee ood work for the big leaguers. sera fnal of ten ronda at the Queene, LD wd Rctiakey of Phushing outpolstel c. fictte of Philadel ta 4g no steam room to dry former apeed has returned to his legs Players have to work in and ho is hitting the bail hard. Having taken up the ta in this gy |article, there is no room to exploit the food points of the men, which are Manager Chance is really en- hit has a chance to de @ genuine factor in the fight for tte | later pennant. I am reserving a recital of the good features for the next boat. AMUSEMENTS, NEW YORK LKADING THEATRES, that the over again wetting any, Dig ton "and on ‘that nes ad. Suk actount wal be Baldi allttty avin. the, Boston ehtmeleht, who won thi core tumed to the ring, (will take on Fale ‘Smith, the game lightweight of Yorkville, in the main ‘bout Giants in Real Earnest |. _— The most interested spectator at the AMUSEMENTS. game between the regulars and the colts, Wich the former wen by « score of i MADISON SQ. GARDEN to 12, was Harry N, Hempstead, the] FOR A SHORT SPASO EGINNING. new president of the club. He is highly] NEXT SAT. pleased with this place as a training ground, and says he intensd to visit the camp every sprini In yemterday'’s game deskies the four-cushion drives, three ‘‘ree-base hite and four doubles were made. Little Milton Stock, the diminutive third-sacker, made two of the cir- cult drives. Stock by his heavy hitting and fast fielding is impressing MoGraw more and more every day, and it is not improbable that the Little Napoleon will hold on to the young: . Wiltse, Groh, Cooper, Meyers and Burns also had home runs to their credit. 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