The evening world. Newspaper, March 29, 1913, Page 6

THE EVE UP-TO-DATE ‘LAN NEWSY NING WORLD, SATURDAY, MAROEH 4 BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN Preddy Welsh Here to Fight, and Sustly Claims First Chance at Willie Ritchie. Conpeight, i Prem Publishing Oo. tes New York Wert). DY WELSH hae arrived from England, looking quite as fit as any fighter needs to look. Greddy ie not here for theatrical pur poses, He says so himself, He ie here to fight, and he Ritchie can hardly deny that Welsh, has best right to it for the title bh is regarded Mghtweight champion of the world Fe National Sporting Club of London, © few weeks ago, gave him @ “World's Championship Beit,” after his victory ever Hughie Mehegan of Australia Gince there is some doubt even in Bagiand of Ritchie's right eelf champion, Ritchie Welsh and cettle the matter. Th @poner this is done the better. Rite! fans bad as long a “rest” as any cham- glen is entitied to after winning a @ampionship. Other champions have fought within ‘@ reasonable length of time after win- fons ther tithes Joe Gans, who was 9 ge048 o fighting champion as any of fem, knocked out Frank Erne at Fort May 13, 1902. On June 37 he George McFadden, one of the t lightweighta of the period. Piping Rock Sweepstakes Will Distribute $30,00 te the subscribers to be trained and made ready for ¢he races that have been arranged. The amount to be die- tributed ie $90,000, and the committes Shekindin. Rao Race for Two- Year-OMs Truly a Sport- | carving out the intent and desires of ing Event. of races in which they are te compete, ‘Two of these will be run the opening day of the meeting; that a, there will be two elimination trials, the first three in each to be eligible for the final, which {s tobe run the third day of the Meeting, to which will be tendered a puree of $10,000, the prise in the elim- ination trial to be 62,000 each. On the middle day of the meeting there will be @ Consolation Purse of $9,600 for those not placed in the trials. For the fall there will be two events, one at six furlongs for a purse of 06,000 and another at a mite for 9,600. This is done with the idea of giving all a chance to get the best efforts of their cots and fillies that have come to them through their subscription; that 1s, it will be a chance for those that may be backward or ailing in the spring. —somet! far trom uncommon with young horses. In the list of subscribers, in fact, a very large percentage of the new friends of racing and it eup- porters of amateur racii ‘The young- sters are s in the hands of well known ‘promises count for any- ra gome among them that Prove more than useful when {t comes time to compete with the best in training. Chance Already Springing Changes in His Lineup': beret yenfediod natlapt lal oe Looks Now as apy Te Lelivelt Will |Sctsee ie'sse weather te cole. Wott ankle te still encased in tape and it may ‘The committees in charge of the sub- ecription race for ¢wo-year-olda, which ‘will be one of the features of the epring ‘meeting of the Piping Rook Racing As- edolation, June 6, 7 and 9, have com- Oleted arrangements for the details of the event, which should make it all that {te promoters and the friends of the association have hoped for. It ts to be @ sporting event in the truest Sense of the word. ‘The race came as an aftermath of the quccess that attended the running of the pony race last fail. At a dinner Given last October it was proposed that the idea of the pony subscription be continued, but with thoroughbreds in place of range ponies. The result of ‘the euggestion was nerous response from those interested, and fifty sub- ecrigtions of $1,000 each were received. A ike number of ‘yearlings were pur- chased by the representatives of the lot includes many ind great promise, quick to reatize what I bave fought Ritchie, when one the other will have a clean title to honor." feloh has not been at all inactive as mm, whether he is rightfully of the world or of the Britieh Just before coming here thia be fought three hard twenty- a. within seven days, Be- ef wis ey activity he will fore meanwhile try- to make a match with Ritchie "any time after April 20 will suit ° eaid Welsh. ‘I don't see why ES ebould wish to wait until the yeastings were all gathered a draw- ing was neld and they were turned over ELGH lUstened with interest to @ccounts of MoFarlend's easy win over Jack Britton. ‘¥¥es," be said, ,“2 can easily imagine Peachey outboxed bim. At 10 Pe can beat any welterweight the world without any trouble. But b would find it hard to make 183 pounds Ritchie, and I'll make that day. I'm fat now, bur as ee I go into training the fat rolls ” in Wol- take @ long time yet before he is in fF poe like butter, Start Season take bone RE'S a letter from Bob Fitssim- ter’s Place. Manager Chance had his regular in- mons: J field, including himself at first, Chase at My Dear Edgren: I hereby second, Derrick at short and Hartsell at ceplionse third, all practising together for the first ving See ARS pepe HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 29.— and the way they worked was im- Harry Wolter, the Highlanders’ right- fielder, who was compelled to remain |!" Hal showed great improvement ering second, Almost the entire ——— List of Matches Practically Compkted, With Start at Busy Season for Golfers Is Shown in Allotments of Dates for Big Tourneys Crack biter Mes Meet in Twen- the men’s metropolitan title contest, it THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE WORLD'S LIGHT WEIGHT TITLE. Copyright, 1918, by The Preas Publishing Co. (The ew York Wort), _ {WEST SIDE CLUB. | WILL BE SCENE OF DAVIS CUP MATCE America and Austrafia Meet fo Preliminary Games on June 6, 7 and 9. cwresn™ ALWAYS C ‘The first of the preliminary @@ matches of the international series @a0 the Dwight F. Davis Cup will be plageé between the American and Australiae teame on the courts of the West 60a ‘Tennis Club of this city on Friday, See urfay and Monday, June 6, 7 and @ This was decided at a meeting betwees officials representing the West Side Clad and the international committee, The meeting was held in Bob Wrenm’t office at No. % Broad street, and the Ge cision was unanimous that because @ the excellent manner in which the Wes Side Club had conducted ‘the interna tional matches of 191) the same courts should be cho Wrenn, as Chairmag of the International Committee, at ones notified by cable Mr. Hicks, the Seore tary of the Australian association, amt Mr. Sabelll, Secretary of the English ep sociation, While the meeting was in session te Arter. Rivatie. bee wetn ei On eer ees will overlap two days on the New Jersey be ggeeend at Baltuerol, June 6-7, week following will bring two narnae conteste—the women's Best- ern championship, along with the Gris- com Cup matches at Brae Burn, in the Boston district, and the first tourna- Lakewood April 17. LTHOUGH a comsfete ist of golt- ing fixtures for 1913 in the metro- list of the more important events i now available. The getaway will be on Sat- urday, ere one ceniet ceatees @t Lakewood, but the tees fot etart unt! the (hepdetst Thure- Gay, when the regular three-day spring mem of the brand new Sleepy Hollow Country Club, at Scarborough-on-the- Hudson, The annual Lynnewood Hall Dut at the first half of the following week, NO DATE VET FOR METROPOLI- Frankie Burns Battles methods of playing the matches ané th general scope of the programa . It was majority that it would be he singies competitions _Eddie Campi on Coast iiz'..-ieFitn 3)? drth late ge enld fighters they should put match will bene ed be pI Joe Coster, the fast Ii and Harry ‘Tra ‘the main ‘bout cf ten A.C. of isn to-night, taking ©, ret Yor. several Feld wat hook up wit ty-Round Bout at-Vérnon, 3 Cal., To-Day. Men’s Tailor:ng g, Suite, bonest materials ee a — Pay t! 5 ‘The box r ing game to weesure pale, betwere bie galore Gs in beat city leat ee pole BY JOHN POLLOCK. fight fans of California will chance to-day to witness other great battle betwee: notch bantamweights, Burns, the crack Uttle fight Cit the bantam champion of California, are |scheduied to battle in a twenty round bout at Tom McCarey's opemair arena at Vernon, Cal, The boys will fight at ‘216 pounds, weigh in at noon, for 60 per The New York schoolboys’ second title | cent, of the gross receipts, of which June, 16-18. TAN OPEN TOURNEY. r of Jersey | ™ and Eddie Campi of San Francisco, k tournament te due to open over the|*™ussle, styled the “junior,” will again ‘each will receive % per cent. Camp! game links. The two previous senior contests, which were modell: usual Atlantic City tournam along with Lakewood, is the on! tive heath, to.say nothing of lesser metropolitan luminaries, Plonship at Fox Hills, clusive, although the @rst outsiée con- Mhy 16-17, should not be forgotten, former plan of qualifying by eights, which makes @ two-day affair possi- ble, This year it is the first week in ond last season, overdo things In May. POPULARIT' ‘The Fox Hills Club, deapite recelv- ing the metropolitan title struggle, will hold ite regular annual tournament June ward ite date still further by being ac- ago the earliest Gays of July were long cla.med by the organisation, Although the women's metropolitan champlonship, this time to be h Glen Cove, , Ly wet thi has been wisely by avold ble place, the exhibition to take out of the ame during the greater part |44Y’s Practice was devoted to polishing i eny time during the month of up the Infleld’s defente. x of the season of 1912, may not be able |Fne’siectern ure now on thelr way 3 ‘As there is nothing much doing in|‘ S#t into the opening game of this }nome. It iw believed that they will ‘ file now I will have to get on a|#ea@on. Manager Chance doesn't want leure Pitcher Chester Hoff and Inflelder , With some one, I never felt better | Ms player co take a risk of crippling |Jack Martin from the Highlanders. ‘Fe - an = x oh te my Mie. 2 weghed as pounds last st and hawen't drunk a drop since | 4 7 the development of pitcher E4, Weleh. Reh Peete arenes © SEA JIGGS” DONOHUE DEA Hia chief claim to distinction was his WAS A WHITE SOX STAR. | marvelous nelding abiiity. “Jigger” was one of nine brothres, all First Baseman Hero of 1906 World| of whom were baseball players. Dono- Series Passes Away in In, hue's nickname “Jiggs” was derived , from his clog danci sane Asylum. verenes CHICAGO, March 2.—The fact that ‘asp REGIMENT GAM TO-NIGHT. Jonn “Jiggs Donohue, the former Chi-| The spring sames of the Twenty-third cago American League first baseman, Rekiment of Brooklyn will be held to- who won fame in the world’s series of M&ht in the Armory at Bedford and 1906 between the two Chicago league! Atantic avenues, The feature event teams, is dead became known here to- of this meeting will be a match bicycle day. He passed away in an insane asy-| race, best two in three heats, between lum near Columbus, O,, five weeks ago.| Eddie Goodwin of the Irish-American Mra, Donohue was notified of his death| A, C. and William Van den Dries of the yesterday by an insurance company in| New York A, C. The programme will which he had a policy. be Milled out with a full list of military Donohue was. one of the most popu-| and athletic contests, novelty features Far | lar plmyers who ever wore @ Chicago | being a 10-yard hopping rece and a 150- 7 #*ypuaisorm and is given much credit for| yard wheelbarrow Yecs ‘i td BOB FITZSIMMONS. T¥Z wurely is the wonderful old man of the ring. Here he is ‘within @ month or two of fifty and the hardeat hit- Mey %, WG. He vegan fighting in 1800, te @ tournament held by Jem Mace. Bob Fitssimmons knocked out men and won the amateur cham- of New Zealand, Thirty-three now the undaunted old ints to start all over again. t es _Geburbans Open To-Merrow. Ragon’s Tossing Enab.es Doagers 1o Deteat Newar SAVANNAH, March 2.—The Brooklyn and Newark teams will clash for the| ond and last time to-day, The I tional Leaguers wik try hard to even for the walloping they re- ceived yest by @ score of 7 to 2. The Dodgers’ easy victory was due to the pitching of Pat Ragon, who twirled| the entire game, holding his opponents to seven hits and showing grand form throughout. Dalton, Ragon's wild throw of Zimmer- man's grounder and Higgins's singie. The National Leaguers followed this slight advantage in thelr portion of the third inning, Fisher, the first batter, Miller beat out a hit to the box. Ragon followed this with a rm @a watch Fisher scored. On Stongel's be at Plainfield this year, being given al actageraat two days instead of one—June 4-%. The open, still without « links, ee late ia July or early in August. With- eterane aout doubt there will be close to the the list. | finest field on recoré at the Garden Cty bring the | tournament, ince that course te to be Newburgh has taken the only July dates ‘This year, fortunately, the Baltimore |choeen so far, the 10th to 13th, but others Country Club has the dates May 1-8 90 | Will be awarded, although the hot there is no danger of Walter J, | weather Travis absenting himself from bis na- | sparse, calendar is always rather A fixture sure to be greatly missed is ‘The next big} the Shinnecock Hills in August, which event carded ie the metropolitan chan» | hes not been skipped for more rhan a May 21-2 in- {decade. This year the dunes course 4s going through such wholesale changes test ever held by the Oakland Club, | that the classic ts out of the question. The last week in August will bring the Tuxedo - will cling to its innovation| usual Manhattan championship at Van of last year in starting off on Memo- ; Cortlandt Park. Southampton will have Mal Day, and te to go back to its|one gathering, howe’ , In the annual tournament of the National Club on its “Ideal” inl heels made Sept. 11-18, close on the of thi jational at Garden City. ‘are| the month that de left open, against the Just afterward, Sept. 17-18, comes Of course, nearly | National open at the Brookline Country everybody i» hungry for the links as| Club, Boston. winter ends, but the tendency around| made for stretching that contest to four New York of late years has been to| days, as was urged after the unprece- dented field that gathered last year at JUNE TIME GOLFING GROWS IN| Buffalo, No provision has been A Breat mistake has been in arranging to start a three-day tourney at the Morris County Club on the last day of the National open, ‘What with the seniors’ yearly carnival %-28, The increasing popularity of June | a: apawamis the Mth and Sth, and the me, shown so plainly last season, 18/ annual TriState Cup matohes at Boston still Curther in evidence this year, Fox! tne gsth and 37th, September will have Hilla for the second time taking the| more big events than any other montn. Mth to Bth of that month in place of! Only two large fixtures have yet been May, while Apawamis bas moved for-liisted for October—the women's nation al at Wimington, Del, the ith and corded the 29th to Mat. Until two years |istn and eq ay tournament at the Nassau Club, Long Island, Oct. 84. The may St! still lacking are for the [astern open | (omitted last year) and the Montclair | week later than usual—June 2-6—/and Greenwich Club tournaments, among | ual conflict with! others, bunt at the plat triph Cuts) sixth Wheat, Di Cook and Coogan Winners. “Eddic" Cook of Brooklyn won on a foul from “Marty” Allen of East New York » kan of Flatbush outpointed “Fighting” | The Jerseymen got their first tally in! Fitapatrick of Brooklyn in the semt- | the second inning on @ base on balls to| "nal of ten rounds, Kid Thomas had | on ae the better of Kid Foley in @ six-round | bout, anaes with « Bet ny lat ose a at on Ragon At this point Wheat moment later himself on a passed bi Two more teneround pout at the Rast New York | Can Antoine Pollet, bas Wykagyl Club of New Rochelle possibly ask for fall time, Dates | to Atchison, Miller was caught) Cutshaw was passed, and | hit in front of the plate tugged by Catcher Higgins. lammed out his to left ceni aw and M and in the third round of @ scheduled | Brooklyn, last night. ‘Mel’ Coo- jam “Heavy” Makes Good. | the rweignt of Canada, | ea 10's fis bout in this city met Jack | has been made the favorite in the bet- ting at odde of 10 to 8. "| Sad iaara Parlor Biot oes we MUSICAL. ;| PHILHARMO. OF NEW YORE, it Es ie iz z ei Gi ie Fi a Es ES NEW _YORE'S PEADING, THEATRES. eolige Hall) Rat. 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