The evening world. Newspaper, April 9, 1913, Page 16

THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNES BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY AY, APRIL 9, 19138. EDITED BY aan ROBERT EDGREN WAS ACLORDH ve ‘Sreuriations, Rivers Beat Cross Easily cause He Had Too Much All flound Class . ‘J too much strength, skill, epecd, endurance, hitting power and @eneral all-around class for Leach Cross when they met in St. Nicho- las Rink last night: He won easily fm a fast bout that went the full ten e hey car- | f ight into the danger son 5 ul tea by the knewledge that when tried to drop them on the various vul- Nerable spots in Mr. Rivers’s anatomy, the vulnerable spots would elt! Bomewhere else or ih OF RIVERS of Los Angeles had 2* Rew — Rivers TRIPPED Oven weacue S 7 and Teor a UUme MAUSSEO THe aia. have known they'd fall short by @ foot VOT SHORT Swmee » or more. In the first round Rivers box Leach started wed several things. great respect for the Cross didn't intend to go home to eeks carrying & bled Jiat when Roy Hartzell, th unconvclous by @ foul from hi im the Metropolitan Tower. AN of the rules were read and interpreted and in- structions given to see that all the regu- lations of the game are cargied out The Jinx Still Pursues the Highlanders, Hartzell Being the Fourth Member of the Club Injured in Two Days. Is there any major league club manager in the country who would like a his feet, There | goog, reliable Jinx? If 20, all he will have to do te to apply to President Frank bout the Mexi- | 5 warreli of the Highlanders, and if the applicant will yanaurd the local He slipped in and] -caate that he will hold on te Mr. Jinx for good Farrell will also pay him out as silently and as oy, Lolly rs for ite upkeep. ‘of the ring ie feet ‘Shae jonrdy make a Not only 414 the jinx deprive the Highlanders of three of its best players ghuffling sound. He boxed with his|in Monday's same head wp, like a champion, except, of | Newark anotter player wae added to the course, in clinches and infightin, es Shighuy a nded, the eh sae ener was slightly exte love Chance, % ener tarat came tere te, Tee tsp Berrios ana Third Baseman Hart- ere i eloped op inetantiy tock |r ie cay antag ot Piener Waon ver ci) Bose ar ey snag ee |e Gace aioe aah weaving rms put r he Athletics, who hope to the t drive @ blow throagh the |be sald to be shot to plecee—and then! word's title this seusom, cleaned up in guard come. thelr series with the Phillies, winning Joe's quickness of eye and judgment] And all the while Manager Clark |fve games and tieing one. ef distance were amazing. Scores of|/GriMth of the Washingtons must be| narrow escape, though, In times during the bout he drew back/chuckting to think of what Walter|as in the eighth inning Just far enough to make Cross miss by | Johnson, the Senators’ etar twirler, will ire scored five runs, just two shy two or three inches, do to the New York club in the opening | °f enough to win. TT? Méxioan started the firet round | /s"ue os Wont jten tomorrow. That Manager, Dootn of the Phinics enya r two veterans Tak Sciam landing 9 right o8| Frank Schulte, the Gundoat Smith of} such es Leach and Sheckard that the Leachie's chin ia the first mix-| the giamond—or the man with the punch | Cubs proposed to trade for Pitcher Ww. From that moment on he never was] in his bat, bide fair to make good bis| Rixey. headed, although Cross may be credited | recent prediction that he will make with holding him even in the fourth! thiny neme runs during the regular — Jational League season. In the con: As early as the second round Rivers's | ‘tou at Minneapolis, whtch the Cube! heavy rights had made such an impres-| won, 18 to 0, Schulte did « little ciroult a pote gt Seana re one clouttng just for practice, making two for’ \o them the game. ‘out of range when Rivers rushed. The < SOE He OS St firet time this happened over Leach! Rivers Gets $5,500 and Cross $4,424.23 for Bout at the St. Nicholas Rink. BY JOHN POLLOCK. OE RIVBRS 's %,000 richer than he was twenty-four hours ago. He received this sum for outpointing Cross ine round bout at the Bt. Nicholas A. C. hoxing show. Ac- cording to the agreement which Rivers had with the MoMahon brothers, he was to have received a guarantee of 95,600, with the privilege of accepting vqiAt thet Leach was always dangerous. ‘With his Ji ly ready hy mer the left extended lege carrying him into action, Leach was as| He Aret ex innings for the college boya sSrentent in appearance as an ap-| and was net hit herd, but was « tride tended his left arm and his glove into Leachie’s back, Ty Cobb ts doing his best te keep his tilting his head mame in print. His latest escapade is) the right over. Feported to be a fist Aight in a bedroom by ting hig own giove to Rivere’s| Of & hotel in Greenville, 8. C., a boy of] per Sant mg sree reales F-4 ‘Wofford Coll =| was en in, Rivers e times, but | Wott jege, against whom his all. [See eee ene tae Sree east being bie which waa 27% per cent. of the entire Worked the left right until the end of the tenth round, ‘The last two rounds were hum: ‘Ovoss tried desporately to turn the ané landed many heavy blows. In Jeo Levy, ot Bi oe ie oo ES peevi i mrtead ‘bout would drew st least $20,000." and Man- | will try to eat atar in staggered Cross with ‘morrow’s opening game at St. Louis, last flurry Ri Reavy rights and had him looking &| and incktently they say that Ty will id the tthe at the oa have a bigger Aght on his hands then f%,'t HE crowd was well handied and|he had at Greenville if he hopes to wesoul those who had tickets got thelr fiven the salary he ¢hinks he’ seats. The floor space was railed jh, @f into boxes. Just before the maiD] one nighianders will t bout started, when every one was taking] today” for to-morrow they any ey Phe “seventh inning stretch,” a number] president ag ane” 8 esident Wilson will throw out the rowded into t! F4 ve After the show when the spectators qwere crowding toward the exits a swarm ‘ef pickpockets worked the crowd thor-| are alight, Manager Griffith will take it | imnager of oughly, Among the many victims wae| out of the game and store it among his wer, to Battling Nelson, who lost his watch. em ey: that te hed iret five tickele at the main clases between the Office, deteoutea wt lashing thelr final abou sF'gs ie 08 rom ymi-final between K.O. Eggera| President Dave Fultz of the Baseball ‘oung Herman of Pekin, Ill, | Players’. ¥. h written to m Pekin grinned all jentally had Eggers on knockout severa! times, ide margin, can requesting hearing, either personally or through an affidavit, before they are fined or suspended because of eny trouble on the # Tapton hes re-| diamond, Fults contends that it savor = ane of the Lynch law to auepend players rot fon minute before, Ri Mi a ey peta de Ne Saber hath Me ahate Lo ractan of who wom et deft his Wye, Os ont fiver, Rat tame tal le zo ont te tk ceric ren Walle the bout wes ie prugem PiM One, 0 e° Making no conditions, | Perhaps a belated sense of what ie due eo will cause the President Lynch gave bie ataft of um- pires a talking to yesterday in his oMoe i ytd ne tin cea Aare MOTION PICT URES OF THE CROSS-RIVERS BATTLE Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). Romo 8 <1 Joe manten A PIPPI AS Leacn Tred To Comer Rom $4 wey * one~ ye men NAKED Rivers On’ The Meum, wh « RETURN Lert | Rowe 6 Leacn AVOWD RIVERS’ RUSH = Ther me OU, FOUND A New wavy Te VETUNG Low o an “Revue Be LeAty MeveNts A Wee Rfvens’ arnt MADR CRe Dizey PUT THE MOTE IN MOTOR FOR MONKEY WRENCH TARS. Expert Tells Waterway Leaguers How to Tame Gas Engines That Refuse to Earn Their Feed. How to @ motor mote in boat when the motor mote not feel like moting was the subject of a lecture to the Waterway League of Greater New York and Long Island, in the Johnson Butiding, Brooklyn, last night. ‘The lecturer, Leslie Huxtable of the Nautical College Automobil: Motor Bom School of the Y. M. C. A., made cleat nearly every point of “cussedress” that gas engines are prone to develop, and he told, with the ald of lantern slides, how to tame them. The scope of the lecture was from a check valve to the intricacies of a car- ‘ureter and the modern systems of brication.’ | hundred = “mon! left the hall with it @ new achievement on record, namely, the proper lighting and marking of the easterly end of Jamuica Bay, which will be done by the Light- house Board before the end of this month, ——_—__—— Giants Arrive Home Prepared for Third Defense of Pennant Forty-two Players in Man- ager McGraw’s Squad and They’lt All Be Given a Chance Against Yale at the Polo Grounds 70-day, Althcugh Many of Them Will Be Sent to Minors Alterward. : Coprright, 10 Prew Pubttthtag Os. ‘ie tow Yee Wort) BY BOZEMAN bULGER ORTY-TWO strong, the Giants arrived in New York early this morning ready for a third sea- son's defense of their championship Pennant. A crowd doesn’t gather in Manhattan a0 early.as 7 o'clock and the violet striped athletes, fresh from the stick, had a free run of the Pennsylvania Station, which Claude Cooper candidly admits has some thing on the Iron Mountain depot at Dallas, Tex. Two sleeping cars were required to bring in the Giant squad, but there will be no trouble about Pullmans to take the chaff away when McGraw begins his weeding. Incidentally, this work will have to begin to-day, as a team is allowed but thirty-five players with which to start the sea- son, and that number must be cut down to twenty-five by May 15, the faces of the youngsters there is that same look that awaits the call- litter how the wind blows After two years of hard trying he has at last had a peck at New York and will get at least one day on the Polo Grounds, He thought he heard the rattling of the can at Baltimore, by ick | dieguiee he managed to escape to Ws ESTOR 'UROPEAN Royalty are supplied regularly with Nestor Cigarettes. They honor their guests with nothing but the best procurable. The Royal Nestor is the mildest Nestor blend. Box of 10 for 15c. To be had everywhere. {S20 Here, $40 Elsewhere A call will convince you that this is true. Made- to-measure suits and overcoats, cut from exclusive matcrials, fit and finish guaranteed. The man who has not had clothes made here has not learned the true economy of clothes buying. Suits and Overcoats, $25 Broadway & 9th St. Arnheim On| ington and get on the coaching lines. FIVE RECRUITS SURE OF STAY- ING WITH TEAM. The players who were led to the ele- vated station and sent to hotels for a OrDe, nd Schupp. The retention of the first four {s certain and Schupp knows that he will be sent to a nice berth, even if he does not make the ‘big team this season. The others are Prepared for the worst. Running in opposition to the official opening of the season over in Brook- Matty cetired the side on five pitched Dulles and ia the next he used siz. It must be remembered that & man was struck out in each of these innings, which necessitated the throwing of three balls at least. The two each Inning who hit the ball out on one thrown ball each. The Giants batted much better thi » when a displa: them to tose their of the year. Merkle did ting, and it was a home run drive by him that really won the game With two on he smashed a liner past Milan in contrefl for one of the longest hits | ever made on the W: po! hosts Old Bli ought to a disturbance up around opening to-morow, the chances are that Mathewson will pitch the third game, He and Ames are the logical candidates, but as the latter dreads the hoodoo of in the opening game, he will ask to be excused, Leon says he will pitch twice on the second day, if they want him to, but as to the opening, his choice will be MATTY A REVELATION TO THE WASHINGTON FANS. Mathewson worked five innings agai Washingion and showed that he ts In excellept form for the assignment. The five *anings workout was just enough to gut him on edge. The people of wshington had never seen the Giant (Magia and his work was a jon. censive the ball over the plat calmly went about hb! so rapidly that the hour and a half, irked the Ii the old master ik and worked lasted but an ate Marquard in | | Osh ay, 45d-44 th. R GRACE GEORGE “ates, ve Ty “44th ST. Ws . Ev, theses THE "G! Tih Hap , THE BECOAR STUDI "00, Ms Wille Comedy (Hu a0. ae Bie SH RNNY'S FIRST ba r RE % Bt Sto THE V WES pAvID WARFIELS %& STAR Fat EE DAILY, 11 . 15-256 acapdllt OF MUSIC STOCK CO. ST. ELMO * * ed, ¥, HIP ane Y LM wr THEODORE FRIEBUS PRISCILLA KNOWL! Ate x. Thee Na? de wise dancin ‘ast, || REPUBLIC W050 Waaea fk a Goop LITTLE DEVIL eee | BARS. Aa the Giants were leaving the grounds, several of the Washington players yelled at them: “We'll meet you again series.” It seems to be ression in Washington that the Giants will win again in the SHOEMAKER CHAMPION AT POCKET BILLIARDS Wins Title by Defeating Tilt in Play Off of Tie Game. ‘ I* the playoff of the tle for the ame- teur national pocket billiard oliam- Pionship title J. Howaml Shoemaker efeated William A. Tiit, th of the Now York A. C., by balls to 62. The match was decked in the Amateur Billiard Club of New York, at Sever fourth street and Broedway, defore a large gathering. Shoemater Played in brilliant form and finished his string in fourteen frames. His best fun was 7 balls, taille! in the eleventh and twelfth frames. Tilt'e best rue was 16 dalls. In the National Billiard League fournament at Pittsburgh Josh Wi Pittaburgh defeated Pedro Meapome of nd ‘o beet estos rresburgh win tonight © Diace will revalt with Obieago. New York at Doyle's by fty-nine innings, Jones hed « high rum of ile (itera best effort wae, four. Ty Gofimen will play Joc tn the GUARANTEE TO GET WORK toe i Pe nd and that Washington | — flag in the American. The re that if Washington me the American League champions they will be harder to beat than any of club in that league AMUSEMENTS. | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN; NOW | twice Dally, 2.15 d 8.15, Door Open 1.16 & 2.16 INIAL DAILY. 'S tae mH Ee “A Manis Mais, “OLUMBIA he erties URRA' mTHE SOCIAL iain ORT : SEAM ONS Bear woserdl THEATRE 2 Hae? i pds Beet oe A japanese Uances. Fite, ere f i, Bani te B_WAY) Y hee BIJOU we Ssiiiy' ns AFRICAN Hi Pash RAINEY’S BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS, STAR THEATRES? day & Fulton BURLESQUe} Btreets JOLLY FOL. BAYETY 5 soit MACEDO N HASTINGS’ BIG SHOW, ay he, WRDNESDAY SPORTING. ATLANTIC GARDEN A. C," T 'EN- ROUND Bo! au STAR TEN-R 0 Se, i Soo fae oe -| ir BR RA