The evening world. Newspaper, October 6, 1913, Page 13

NOT YET A Rush for Tickets for World’s Se- ries Shows That Baseball Is Still Holding Its Popularity De- Spite Frenzy Over Golf and ' Tennis. Copyright, 1 by A. ot io Vas tehing Co, about time for the Giaits to win a world ham 1} . This other two have ¢ era through no players, But t bers, ants have an ady: tage before. The winning of the race in their own league has bee: easy. Tre players haven't been worked to the hone 1¢ pitching staff een't carrying i's a: a sll If the Gia this time they might as wive it up—until next year. No baseball team ever gives up pera.anently. Even the poorest team In the league siarts out hoping to be a pennant winner before the year ts over. ‘The tremesdous rush for tickets shows that basebaij is sii holding its popu- larity with the general public, despite tho recent golf frenzy and the tennis panic. Good old basebal!, the AMERI- CAN game, ie and for years to come will be the one best bet of the American public. HB announcement that baseball reserved eeats will not be on sale @t the Polo Grounds to-day will Gistinotly Jar many of the regular root- ors. TM has deen promised that these seats would be sold, and for every seat that was ¢o have been in the box office there were a hundred fans expecting to buy. After R's just about as well térat the reservations are few and the Srandstand will be thrown open to t! fans, fret come, firet served. The more restricted the advance sale, the fewer tickets will find thelr way into the hands of apeculatore. And !f there are enough Goket offices there's no reason why It @hould be impossible to handle the entire crowd, unless twice as many people come { ae cam posetbly be entertained by the { ; grandstand. In that case there will be confuston approaching @ riot, and tt will be up to the City of New York to straighten things out. HERE ts a feeling among follow- mediate necessity for staging an- other match between eminent “dark suMctent. Jeanette and Langford a reputed the best of all the dark cham- pions, by far. But when put into the ring together they just added another to their tat meetings—that was a. “One was and the other dagen’t,” according to th hoolboy formula. Whether {t was excessive caution on Jeanette's part—or not-he didn't halt try, and whether Langford couldn't or wouldn't take advantage of eure open- ings, he did't, Things are left in just ht condition for meeting No. 10— body wil weep bitter tears if tt ! (or like the last one “unde- elded”) in some other village. RITE hundred real newspaper writers will report the games of sh series, TI elude the army of Will lend their na of the most amusing ideas of the ce j tury is that of Ban Johnson, who thinks | all “player-writers” who are allowed to write should be compelled to dictate their “stories to stenographers in the headquarters of the commission after each gamg T dictation might be worth listening to, and might make in- teresting reading if published without the intervention of the blue pencil and the gentlemanly but ruthless copy \ reades, HE neo* heayemeight event on the I of fare will be that Gunboat nith-Carl Morris collision, On paper this looks like the ry one best det. ‘There's no possible reason why t Morris and Smith should stall through ten rounds uy Jeanctte and Langford did. They've never mot before, and it's A aure thing that if there's a winner he'll never give the fellow who runs second another chance, ome doubt In my mind when {ttc . to trying to pick @ winner tn this scrap, Smith has made good re- Peated!y against the best men that could be found for him, He has shown a wonderful wallop and a knack of jand- \ ing It, He has beaten, in Jess Willard, a bigger man than Mc But Willard any means as aggressive and ufident and courageovs as the ®apul- i pa #iant Morris las grown into a tough propo: of then to mix with 5 pounds in B® weight, gifted with the of a fighting gamevock, Mor- 4 ous ® claimant of heayy weight honors If Sinith can Ket ay with Smith 1 surely don't know who, among the world's fighting heavyweichts, can have o chance to stop him. Carl Morris was original “white hope," taking up loves the moment he heard the ws from Reno, He started out to fight his way up to the head of the [ | title hunters and within striking dis- | ftanee of Johnagn. He's near bis goal.’ RITCHIE-CROSS GO ers of boxing that there's no im-! hopes,” Friday evening's affair was quite | SSURED 1 Can't HOLD A PEN Boss. | SPRAINED MY KNUCHLE MAKING & 379 yarn prive! / SX BOSS - (M LAID UP IN BED WITH AN ATTACH OF PLEUROEPCTETUS- | WON'T BE ABLE TH WORK FOR. | no-score tie by Maine Saturday a over and plans made for the com}: definitely announced to-day. Shevi: ngagement to will not say whether it is true or of the length of the scrimmages to shift Ketcham back to centre to son, who played halfback the grea’ the infirmary with a twisted knee. Bout With Champh Champion Ritchie Not ‘Assured Unless, He Beats Young Brown, By John Pollock, meeting Young Brown, the east| side boy, to-morrow night, Leacn) ss, the local lightweight, who hasn't been seen in a bout around here since previous to his bout with Matty | Baldwin at Los Angeles, is taking the biggest kind of a chance. Billy Gibson, | manager of the Garden A, C,, told Wallach, manager of Crons, to-day th: if Brown either got a draw or beat the east side dentist, that the latter's bout with Wille Ritchte, the Mghtweight champion, in the Madison Square Gar- den on Oct. 28 would likely be called | off, Cross is only getting a $1,000 guar- anteo for meeting Brown, yet he risks in opportunity of meeting the title holder and landing the crown that would probably net him a quarter of a million dollast, Cross thinks he'll best Brown sure and that is why he accepted the match, thinking that he needed a bout under his belt before facing the champion, Willle Ritchie will be at the ring ide at the Atlantic Garden A, C. to get a line on Cross's method of fight- ing. When the Boxing Commission meets to-day the Manhattan Sporting Club, which will operate in Manhattan Ca- sino, and the Postman A. C. of Brook- lyn, will probably be granted licenses, Gi! Boag will de the manager of the new local club, while the Fordon Broth- ers will conduct the club on the other side of the East River. Kid Herman, the bantamwetght of Pekin, Ob, clash with Jimmy Walsh, the Englsh boxer, at Peoria, Ii). to-night, On Wednesday Herman; will again come to this city for bouts, and his manager, Jimmy Lowe, is cone filent ne will be able to sign him up here for a bout with Kid Willams, the Baltimore lad, Willle Ritchie is an actor this week, | apnearing at Proctor’s Fitth Avenue! Theatre in an exhibition of the gym- hastic stunts he performs getting ready Ge CaneruL NOT 7D pRIVE “To FAR. Scoreless Tie With Maine Causes Yale Eleven to Send Out Hurry Call for More Coaches. NEW HAVEN, Oct. 6.—As the result of Yale’ more coaches and the present ataff of coaches held @ conference far into the night yesterday, when the situation was gone thoroughly the announcement that Frank Hinkey, who came here early last month to spend a week or two, la to be here all the seas: @ome time in November. Foster Sanford will not be hi undergraduates that Shevlin antagonized both the coaches and the Playera while he was here. There was alao much criticism because toen too tired to play a decent game against Maine. important. Ketcham doesn't hesitate to criticise the team for Saturday's game, but does not mention individuals, Thomp- Cross Is in Danger of Losing Chance at Title Nice COL THE EVENING WORLD, AND WHAT'S MORE — q@ — THE Foot CHAUFFEYR DIONT EVEN BLow HIS HORN, Boss! Swear & Quantity oF CYLINDER OIL ON ‘YYouR FACE WELL, ARE YOU GOING TO WORK THIS WEEK? By VIC|; Copyright, 1913, by The Press PubiisfMing Co, (The New York Worl). “To STRENGTHEN YouR MAKEUP, ig held to a hurry call has been sent out for ing Week. One of the results was This was ill be back at all this coach Rutgers, While the coaches not, there is much talk among the in has gone away, but through the week, which left the It was planned ter part of the game, has gone to possibility of the police authorities ine terfering with the staging of the mill. Also, the fact that Smith 1s billed to meet such a tough customer as Carl Morris at the Garden on Thursday night May cause the abandonment match, sae Hughie Mehegan, the Australian lightweigiit champion, has been defeat- ed in another twency-round bout in that country, The fighter who won a de cision from him this time ts Pal Brown, the crack Weatern Nehtweight, who out- pointed him in nearly every round of the twenty which they battled at Byd- ney, Australia, yesterday. Ov ecven thousand persons witnessed the scrap. Carl Morris, the Oklahoma hea weight, Is getting into condition at the New Polo A. A. for his ten-round bout with nee ae the Garden ’. on Thursday night. A large crow: of finht fans watched Morris go throught when he had finished they w Ml eure prised at his quickness and clevernens, Knockout Brown will take pi other bout to-night. He will Phil Bloom ainat | the Hrooklyn lightweight, in @ ten-round go at a especial show to be held by the Irving A. C, of Brooklyn. After this contest Brown will pack up jis Krip and start to-morrow morning for New Or! Frankie Rui Oct. 16. s, where he will meet 1 for tem rounds on Jack Read, the Australian lightweight, who was brought to this country by Joe ‘Woodman, manager of Sam Langford, hae been matched to meet Bay Woods, the sturdy fighter of Fall River, Maas., in one of the two twelve-round bouts which will be etaged at the Atlas A. A. of Boston on Tuesday night In the other bout Gitbert Ganient of poston will tackle Johnny Lo! thi Cluott, Poo! & Co. ie a champtonship battle. After this ment he'll go right to work for ile battle with Taech Cross. Gunboat Smith and Sam Langford are practically matched to fight twelve ceones before the Atlas A. A, of Ros. on Oct. 31, | only eee that sunds ta tha way of the magoh is the Whenever you see an Arrow think of Coca-Cola. RE A Gop SPORT CALL my Boss UP AND “TEL Him 1m LAID UP UOmTH Some Te VALE. Aum we MENT Have. you A FAMILY PHYSICIAN WHom ‘You GAN EASILY CorRupT * MNSELF SINKING In Rapipry ! BE SumENLY SEIZED WH SOME New STYLE OF PIP? MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1013. _NEWS OF ALL BRANCHES OF SPORT ROBERT EDGREN Lord Ashby St. Ledgers proponed at- tempt to capture the Wertohester Polo Cup next summer han the sanction of the Hurlingham Club, tt was learned to- day. Capt. Barrett, Capt. Ritson, Wal ter S Ruokmaster and Lord St. Ledger will in all probability make up the Ena- lish team, In aome polo circles abroad It war deemed advisable to walt two years before challenging again for the trophy defended no muccesstully last summer by the Meadow Brook team, but Lord St. Ledger war anxious to make as early a bid an possible to capture the famous prise, Among the players mentioned Buckmaster Is ackno aed to be the best all around poloint Im Bngland. The Carlisle Indians returned home from the rough game against Lehieh on Saturday with not @ single aborigne | ? ‘vadly hurt. Minor bruises were tn evi-| dence everywhere. Coach Werner wi last week, though the Lehigh event showed possibilities for improvement tn defensive tactics, especially encouraging were Guyon's great punting and Gar- low's place kicking. Capt, Welch, from all appearances, will be a second Jim | Thorpe. Ils poise In open fleld work ts remarkable and 4s better dally, Two special classes bringing together the best trotters and pacers on the drive rounded out one of the beat daya of sport on the Harlem Speedway this year, Jition the regular card of tan cl es produced many both of the #n phy, @ veteran of the dri Hunt wore the contending the latter humbled the voteran by taking both events. The mom exciting race of the two was for trotters, Hunt waa be- hind his bay mare, Fair Maklen, while Murphy drove hie bay gelding, Oakland Boy. William = Bi of London, the world's champion, defeated Athletic Club, In @ paced matoh race at the Newark Velodrome, The A fean champion was more at home in the French style match last Sunday, winning the second heat and losing the third by #0 narrow a margin that many of the ten thounand spectators were sure THE COCA-COLA COMPANY ahr peeeenmieetal a eens ee” Two well pleased with the development of the | Donald McDougall of the New York | he had been victorious. ‘rank Ta Kramer won the ten-mile tandem paced match from Goullet and Clarke, Henry Rust, the fast distance athicte of the Mott Haven A. C., was the star Performer with two victories and ond place to hie credit. in the nec- RY CA whrercaoet A homer ae Evg. .", a vy By ROR a pag sey Wea R OWN MONEY See aETUR ne 8% S CAPRICE lwher Augustin) THE Gist Hea “BELIEVE "ME, XANTIPPE. with Jeha Marrymore & MANHATTANGS, fey tae swear Sethern & Marlowe ™ ign ater WESTEND jf", LCA EA What Happened to to Mai sith Clive WYNDHA: a Way. 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