The evening world. Newspaper, December 10, 1913, Page 16

ieidaeaeanee| . VS hD, WEDNESDAY, — THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A REAL ALIBI (CURRENT Sarin 2 oa : : FAL TO GAN LAP Wese FOREIGNERS RUN To wis ! THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1918. NEW YORK KEEFE FAVORITE acannon Sods Pevin’ IN ‘Ib own Crowd in Garden Sees Fastest Back Yarn? Riding of Long Race This Afternoon. | Two frantic efforts made by Clark and Grenda in Madison Square Garden this | afternoon to recover their lost lap re- sulted in the fastest sprinting ever seen | in @ etx-day race, ‘The te-tific riding {put the fifteen teams over sixteen miter {ahead of the world's record at the @th | hour—five o'clock. The afternoon's un- | | precedented dashing at one time placed the field more than fourteen miles in front of the best previous time, the greatest showing ever made in a week's {contest, The sensational performance of Ciark and Grenda toward evening caused crowd to cut loose with yells that seemed to threaten the tower and oli Diana Grenda jnade the first vid to regain the lost distance for his team. The Dig Australian, after being held in g i ———— | Ritohie and Murphy Meet To- Wight in Lightweight Cham-| pionship Battle in San ©ran- cisco. ae “| oe, 2 [Doubtful if Tom Lynch _| Would Accept Position Copynat. . Prose Priviidhing Gv ins Neo ten Wer ta] of Of the best lightweight battles the year will be that between ‘Wille Ritchie and Tommy Mur- Francisco thie evening. bit of sentiment connected with this fight for New Yorkers. It 7 ime in years that a New York eS Sroviy we LAYED FOR THE fj Yy, Gane , You KNOW, ARE MET WITH AN AUIBL. Chi f f e pocket by Root, Fogler and Vv ert, As Chief of the Umapires i" sic seinen ~~ gained a quarter of a lap advantage. Goulet, Root and Vevrl took up the chase ami the fleid flew around the track at twenty-five miles an hour for twelve laps before the runaway pair could be caught, Jackle Clark came to Grenda’s assistance, but the little sprinter could’ not hold the lead and cinnatt club has expressed willingness to give Dooin tha management with a ten years’ contract at a big figure if the Philadelphia club is willing to let him go. Naturally, no direct deal- ings can be had with Dooin with- out the consent of the Phillies, Keefe Is a Big Favorite With Six-Day Race Fans wor the da he packed up his machines and | Kopsky’s Partner Is the “Kid”|the sdvicso hi fine nn” SET "M». |Reported That He Will Be Of- fered Position—Gov. Tener Won't Have as Much to Do With Running Things in Na- lowed the leaders to pull up even nding here, Keefe lost little time but 18 49 well Bows that up to | © During the turk inti * ‘ . 7 thia time Charley haa not signed | With him. During the furious sprinting oe, of the Big Grind, and Willing: | spurns the Huy contest, but luck was tional League as Did His} g'rew'contract with Mr. Baker, {the fekd was atrun out halt way around wher the Australian misjudged the width of His th rr contract as mane | th den, ud at. tanees ness tc Spurt Has Made Him) ne track and pitched nenaione over the Predecessor. coer hae’ epirede At the rame |aily to prevent being lapped. |” oa Popular With the Gallery injury. iia te sce Boe —— Hime the Phillies atill hold Rim |e ccco an the killing pace, were lapped ao hr —— . Was forced to withdraw in the last tow Bomsanneno Onur aus under the reserve clause, and he |) Kev Up , tam, and when Rormassiaas Sacrcpitiane Mea ae | MUST BE SOMETHNG LINE THIS .. By Bozeman Bulger. {a not free to negotiate for an. {tice times Neleon i , other job. Every six-<dey bicycle race in the/leap over the fence in Boston taught Garden produces at least one rider] him a lesson, and now Keefe saya ho whose gameness or willingness to “start | hugs close to the field In the Garden something” at frequent intervals makes| When they mount one of the high banks him @ big favorite with the gallery.|/£0F ® sprint. Ie ten't a bit anxious Last eranon it wan little Maurice |¢® take another dive over the fence. Broseo' who won the plaudits of the| LONG GRIND FAIRLY EASY, 3AYS Jackie Clarke shot clear of the pack an? was thirty-five yards in front before an- other pursuit was atarted. Foot by foot the foreign star was drawing away from the bunch, when Broceo got In ac- tion, and the fans saw the fastest work of the grind #0 far as Broceo set eal Hd R the first time in many years the under cover, and Guy. John 7 is about to accept the presidency of National League in the open. The meet- ing {8 @ public one and the late rising scribes quit thelr eggs and bacon to get | We are now face to face with the highest price ever paid for first cal! Qh world’s nerlen tickets. The amount is $200,000, that being the sum paid by Joseph Lannin for helf interest in the Boston Red Sox. This will explain the H if 57 55 H ‘| E hi i #2 3 Z a iT rather za}in roblem of why a multi- prudent in this] orewd for fast pace-making. Thle year KEEFE. | Se te aroneee oe aoaaattl filiiongite Of peaceful disposition would }atter the flying Australian. Reliefs ‘had lost hie | te Fred Keefe, the “kid” of the race,| The long grind around the Garden lB) ae Lavin quit his ease of mind to get mixed up| went on the track every few minutes. he fought | Whose speedy riding under adverse’ a-| track, almost Inhuman as it seems to in the open. A magnate has almply €0t /in baseball. At one time there were twenty-one tions has made him very popular with| Many spectator ly easy, ac- to be mysterious times, ‘The wise} “My main reason in desiring to bel wary pluggers on the course It took ry] tee fan cording to Kee! lares that it |!ook goes with the job. prenigent of @ bie league club.” exmiaine ting iittic Italian star nearly nine min- Murph; jest. It) "ame fact that the team of Keefe ana|!# Mot nearly as ha the Sydney the pick of The final shot of President Lynch in| M in, “was to avold the trouble | tt tok Clana kad) Granda! € emmy be too late, fight: |v coaity tm considerably behind the lead-|/"S0* @nd waa surprised with the ease but the a watt! ho which he advised the mysterious boys | had every vear in getting tickets | Uter to catch Clarke and Grenda, the (ag o long time ‘era dosen't give pad ‘Mr. Keefe the iy Ma) can pedal around on the boants. end of the Yonks thas to take on a Ittle dignity themselves |¢° the world's series.” ie meno mie aEoene eet nip best form. ‘ : eeping in good condition has been |] he asan't I take some ; ; _—— | Again Keefe and Kopsky suffered the least concern. ‘The junior member Of! easy for the Australian crack, tov, Ile has bad's aatntary effect and that, ver ; {lows of four more laps. The two thritl- nar saad ge the combination modestly saya that be/eate plenty of fruits, jeilies, and drinke | Seate DiSyers come seross H/haps, explains the open reception to CHARLESTON ENTRIES. ing dashes iasted half an hour Rachie doesn’t care in what position the team | much of nouritying Mauids finishes the long contest as long as it/about 10 pou He weighs in now and expects to Mr. Tener and a chance for the masses }to hear the inaugural address, | a | H and ty { remarkable feature of the ij g See beats the world’s record. That is the sole | imorease this before the week is over. sell to + The | doubt b hat Gov. Tener | record riding the fact that not a trained ampition of Freddie Keefe, to be num. pose ° \] wea Sox Mss Ul pantorverii acanie ciseroe ceaniens tingle spill or accident marred the the weight, bered among the teams this year that| All the riders have moved their camps Gricksen ‘but it's going to be pretty tough for sprints. After these spurte the pack new under break all previous to the trackside to be in readiness for Ls Lids d . i pees ong yg ane iv lana acca, lithe. magnates. ¢0 be for four | mlling: eeren furlona. settled down into a steady pace that During the evening eacl aan, 10). tran hatte Ne werk (ae be html big rece in America. He wan born at Tas-|team worked on hnif hour relays, Kiv: | yeare without a chance at a come-back. | Hatailing “Ssian ih Ssilered the workie roca at (veer read werk to mania, a little Island off Australia. Like|ing @ man just Innocence, 08; *Tehea our. Then, Tom Lynch did a whole lot for) siige% tirother, im). Lonine Travers, 100; "Single |the new President by setting him in| pay, 94. ‘right with a good hand to play. The] | THIRD RACE—Thiee-yearclds and ir youngatere in the Antipedes, |to reat up and showed un early fondness for| before returning It wasn't long before he could The fifteen palra remaining In the gruelling Krind, almost at the half-way Ht HI wheels. up: $400; selling: une mile.--*Lasainrelia, 100: mark, & rt trim all the boys in his own neighbor-| Music has moro effect on Perchicot hood, and he aoon branched out toland Breton than on any of the other Australia for new conquests, gers. The high-strung Frenchmen ue KEEFE'S SPECIALTY WAS ROAD/Dever fall to quicken thelr speed when RACES. the band tunes up. Hie epecialty was road races. In these San Fi \ ” aaa conteste he was very successful and ovtaibel ear AR eg ee neaate ACKEY W'FARLAND bas an-| 2¥cceeded im establishing several reo- The tall Westerner can fall off his P ounces that he'll never enter|OTGs eapeclally a world's mark for\@ machine without the least exertion. © ring to Qght again. After beat-|road Keefe decided to try ° oon waen ne ing Jack Britton in @ ra.. or unsatis-|endurance riding and he entered the ® badly hurt. fagtery fight, Packey decided that pe|@ydney six-day contest this year. — hed even enough of the ring. He han a| Wheel races are held in the open During @ lull in the fortune put awa: hours Joe Kopsky atar' len the rest he cupants in ied pone by Geesn'’t into business, Packey anya that this race was far more Gong. Fred i, unable to capesed to Qe married, and intend: ‘el eevere than the Garden grind. In the Kopaky’s musical effort any study Ww. During the past joer be | ist three days of the Hydney contest ‘Dulled alongside and udvised him to do j e yeer.B@lthe riders had to combat with steady more ridding and less singing, Kopaky's hee been taking on so much weight| rains, which made the track almost @ &hSWer Was a short sprint to the lead, that tt ie diteult for him to get matehes| lake | Despite this handicap, Keefe fin- {he OMly show of npeed he's made in In the igheweiant Where his in-|ished third, a remarkably good showing |" T8C® ‘ue far. Clark and Grenda are being watched Uke a hawk by the other ridders. The field fully knows that it wouldn’ well to let one of ai aprinters pull up even with the 8 on the Pacific, foute tm Australis, where he m™ ‘The foreign atar soon heard that Boston would stage a six-day rac i bent Bradiey, « heavyweight with an excellent record, and whipped Bill Lange for the Avetralian heavyweight title, Australians think Dave Gmith absolute- ty invincible, and aay that the punch landed on him by MoGoorty here in New | York must have been the fukiest kind ef an accident. Smith will be a favorite in the betting. Jimmy Quider, the olé time fighter, has just come out of the hospital af e+three month attack of typhoi Jimmy {9 anzious to find a former sistant ae Charice J. Netlsen vy name, @ gentleman will telepho; James he'll confer « favor ane @ why you Beep light. Maybe you neod odicel attention. ™ Kindly exerciae to do to increase my height, JACOB BLOTNECK. ‘Try lying om the Soor with fect held the Spe ortang Kataw: inform me whet te the best Tommy Maloney wants to ineet either MoFarland or Mike Glover. He'll inake Quy weight down to 137 pounds, and is arms willing to up as far av 160 in biel on @ pulling machine attached moar mateh . Tommy i cleaning up" well of late. To the porting Sétion Which High School won the foot- ball championship of 1913? Also tel) Me the nationality of Matsel and Hert- Bell of the Yankees. | THEODORE B. CHENKIN. HB National Sporting Ciub's medi- ea) sharp asys of Bomb. Wells: “Wella wae not so much knocked out as in a stat apprehension, Th» mesmeric = influe: of ¢ wan ae powertul as where @ rabbit ie aps | onan decided tn ite weeeue ea preached by @ serpent. He was beaten |tx4 prookiyn championship amd Com- when Carpentier gut his eyes on him.” | the Manhattan title, 2. Both Welle t@ altogether too highty strung | yi to bea fighter, Provably what he feared bap rieag Ai wae defeat—not the sctual physical "When te the public schoo) athletic Dunishment. Worry over the poss:biity | meet? Is it in Madison Square Gar- of being knocked out again unnerved hin and made him eo weak that he 20"? fae te 40 the satrtee close? ¢oulin't Aght. The ring is not for men 2o™, persom enter who goes to a wank bartan, iat fa a. apere |* public school. J. KM. te 7 | 2, Deo, 00 tm Madioon Square Gar- wg me ye) wing mt who would | aang, Batries o} Deo, 18 8 Of ae tn f fight ™ Cc - m o! loree | To tue Bporting Editar: Inte 'the tert” When’ the ‘big’ thence | Who ia Sonaldcred? the best cyale comes. ~ 4. st enmg ‘der, sprinter, long distance, . > He debated and “Gramy" Ryan and Eddie foot long about taking the trip to the United ri keen, sete Say res ane tee ae ted have been delegated to Keep them hot end Bagi! ence im the Antipodes. Recently he Rationality and under what flag he ? EDWARD ST. JAMES. 66 Fire ue. ‘Pragh Eramer is the best spriater. toe | TBO StB-4ay rece will decide the other question. To the Mooring Eitor M4 Jim Flynn ever beat Sam Lang- ford in etght rounds? A CONSTANT READER, @m the contrary, Langford kncahed Piyam out in one round im Frisco on Bee. 81, 1906. Fought him a tes-ronud no-dceision bont Feb. 8, 1910, and again Semesbed ont Fiynn in olght rounds at %09 Sageles on Maro 17, 1910, Yo. the Biorting Kditor Please tell me if Jimmie Britt ia still ‘Te the Bporung Editor A bets that Fordham University played Swarthmore College jn football in 190% H tets that they did not and claims that they played Rhode Island Btate Ineieid. Meas settle this ques- tlon through your sporting column, ERNEST EB. M'CALL. Fordham played Swarthmore in 1909 et Américan League Park in this city. Wovdbem tackled Bnode Island for the faves time Inet yoar. To the Boring Editor Bindly tell what stroke ts generally weed in the half-mile swim, and oblige CONSTANT READER, 80 to P matter of personal choles, The stroke is very popular for this “ Bob McAllister Makes His Debut Star Frisco Middleweight to Box Young Mike Donovan at Fairmont Club. By John Pollock, NOTHER fighter from California A who has come here with the reputation of being one of the greatest middlewelghta ever produced on the Pacific coast will make his first ring appearance here at the Fair- mont A. C. in the Bronx to-night. Tho fighter is Bob McAllister of Ban Fran- cisco, who waa the amateur champion of California for several years, and since Joining the professional ranks has fought twenty-raund drawa with Sailor Petroskey, who ig some fighter himself. McAllister will have for his opponent to-night Young Mike Denovan, son of Prof, Mike Donovan, the boxing in- structor of the New York A. C. for many years. Young Donovan has a long list of victories to his credit and improves in every contest that he takes As McAllister i fast and be @ very intere of Ban Francteed to meet Jimmy Clabby, the crack Milwaukee middleweight, in a twenty-round bout in Frisco on Jan. 19, but went word back to Coffroth that he had no intention of taking on middle- weights and promptly declined the offer, Battling Levinsky and Jim Fiynn, who battled such @ hard ten-round go at the Atlantic Garden A. C, leat night, drew $2.43, Flynn got $738.90, which was 8 per cent. of the receipts, while Levin- sky, who was boxing for @ guarantee And ® percentage, took the percentage, which also netted him $739.90. Mike Gibbonm, the sensational tight middleweight of St. Paul, will receive $1,600 to-night by swinging h inches at another good fighter, The acrapper Mike will meet is Wildcat Ferns, the ame welterweight of Kansas City. ney will battle for ten rounds at the Orleans A, C. of New Orleans. Deschamps, manager of Georges Car- ‘renchman, who is now the Lo pentier, th legitimate hi of all vy Weight chame! Hurope, has just made a statement in England to the effect that he ts per- fectly willing to match Carpentl fated Gunboat Smith in a bow the fational Sporting Clud of 5 [Dick Burse, the ex-Knglish Ugatqeight Here To-Night champion, has offered a puree of $10,000 for Carpentier and @mith to battle for. The Vandervit A. ©. of Brooklyn will hold its regular weekly boxing show to- Might, Two ten-round bouts and two ix-round contests will make up the card, Im the two tens, Bull Anderson will meet lu Kid and Danny Kauf- man will take on Young Lundy. ‘The State Athletic Commission held @ meeting yesterday, was considered. Collar City. A. C of Troy, N. Y., was granted a license to held box! bouts, The officials of the club claim that the clubhouse has & seating c: gon Square . 7. Troy is president of the Joe Mandot, who was always regarded one of the best lightweights in the bual- ness before he was knocked out in Los Angeles by Bud Anderson several months ago, and who has been out of the game since that time, will get back into the fing to-night. He will meet Patsey Drouillard of Ch’sago at Wind- oor, Ont. Knockout Brown, who |e well again, will take part in another ten-round bout on next baceting & night. He will go against Young wan, @ Brooklyn light ht, im the main go of ten Fount it & special show of the Twy- ford A. C, of South Brooklyn, Brown will begin training for the scrap to-day, en CHARLESTON WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Three-year-olde; purse $800; six furlongs.—~Ancon, 100 (J. McTag. gart), 13 to 6, even and 1 te 2, first; Pike’ Peak, 100 (Randolph), 6 to 1, 2 to 1 and even, second; Big Dipper, 107 (Neander), 6 to 1, 2 to 1 and even, third. Time, 1.16, Fred Levy, Skeets, Juaquin, Willis, Pro- tagora, Guide Post and Dr, Jackson also ran. SECOND RACE—Four-year-olée and upward; purse $300; five and a half furlongs.—Little Dp, 112 (Wol! 1, 2 to 1 and even, first Holmes, 116 (Rightmire), 1, 6 to 5 and 3 to 5, second; Coon, 115 (Burlingame), 6 to 1, 3 to 1 end even, third, Time, 1.10. Tol*on D'Or, Raton, Pish Tush, Portarlington, Gagnent, Sallie Donford, Lord Clinten, Union Jack also ran. THIRD RACE—Four-year-olds and up; gu00; five and o half furlongs.—Sir Marion, 115 (Waldron), § to 1, 2 to 1 and 4 to 6, first; Pluvious, 116 (Glass), 18 to 5, 6 to 5 and 3 to 6, second; John Marra, 112 (Corey), 6 to 1, 5 to Time, 1.0016. Camel, Ben Prior, Theo Cook, Auto Maid, Deerfoot, Lady Bina and Detour also ram unfortunate Mr, Lynch spent three years m ridding the league of unde-| ¢; sirable club owners, and just as he got things in good working order his successor Was placed at the helm. In other words, Gov, Tener won't have as much real running of things to do as did Mr. Lynch. The chips are in front of him, the cards are in his hand and all he has to do is to go ahead and play. Aud, take It from ua, John K. Tener knows the full value of a hand. It was rumored yesterday that Mr, Lynch would be Offered the jon of chief of umpires, with full power to run that end of the game, but after his parting shot at his former employers it joubtful if he would accept. Anyway you take it the old National League is in for @ new er magnates can stand the will be its middle name. The annual meet of the Inter- national League came to @ close yes- terday at the Hotel Victoria. The pro- posed interleague series with the Ameri- can Association was rejected, the vote being 7 to 1. The only club owner in favor of the series was MoCaffrey of Toronto, and he finally made the vote against the plan unanimous. The league Gecided to change the opening from April 15 to A: later date will give the Canadian clubs @ chance to play @ holiday date on Vic. toria Day, Ira Thomas of the Philadelphia Amer- lean League baseball team and that club's delegate to the Baseball Players’ Fraternity, denies that the world's champions have deserted the cause of Fraternity. Tt is true that the Athietica did not were busy with the world’s series when the menting was held, and the series was too import for us to be about other things,” ne, The re-election of John Heydler as secretary makes it pomgible for Mr. Tener to follow out hie policy of look- i. after hie Governor job without bother until the end of his term. He notified the magnates in advance that he would not negiect any of his guber- natorial duties or gi any of his time belonged to the State of Pennsyl- la to baseball. He will Jet John Heydier run the old shebang until the early part of next y: The Governor, In the mean time, act in an ad- visory capacity only. . By the way. thie election of Gov. Tener for four years practically enda the annual candidacy of Robert Brown of Louteville, By the time the Tener term ts up Mr. Brown may be barred by the age limit. The Red-Phillie deal, in which Tinker, Knabe, Dooin ct ai are involved, has suddenly taken a new slant. The Reds now want Charlie Dooin for manager, and it i eaid Garry Herrman ie will ing to make most anything of @ concession to get him.* The Cin- sign the paper which contained the de-| 1 mands the Frat Gerrard, 103; Tom Holland, 107; Bp, “Troy Weight, 100: "Beach Band, 105; Camel, 110, FOURTH RACE—Al ages; cap; five and omecelf furious. Samuel K, Mayer, 110; Bherwand, : Carton G., 107; 194; Withire dohnen, 12. Yankee, 110; Jacauelih, 102; * ; edlling; one rmile.--Plerre Dumas, ‘Jim, 102; Feather Drater, sits cor cathe JUAREZ ENTRIES. FIRST RACE—Aelling; af} ages: ei furionge.— Trifan Belle, 102; Lady Bondar, 110; 110 Bete, 118; Rockdale, 115; Helen and ennon, 115, ND BA 4 upward; five and o ball furlong, —Peter Grime, Coal, 108; Ormumte Cunningham, 108; Mile, 108; Bum, 108; Gilvert Res, 108, THIRD RACK—Aalling; three-yearclie and w- ward; one ‘mile and one sixtemnth.-*Keletts, 100; *Tord Kiam, 108; *Palceda, 108; Edily, 105; pland, 108; Jack 1 1h, 108, FIFTH RACE-Belling; alt D., 94; *Fort Gumter, ot . 107; Bett Sere, ray Ma4, 107; Bear Abbey, 110; New Capitol, 112; Adelaide, 112; Stannlay 8., 112; dation, 112; Joe Woods, 118; Dahigren, 116; Bem Bone, 115; Comptem, 114, BIRTH RACE—delling; Chree-yearcife and ward; five and o half fartongs —* *Orimar $60 to $125 5th Ave. Values, at $25. stock left from his Sth Ave, It will be gone this week. It .~- is the greatest value any tailor, anywhere, ever offered, The last of that sales is selling Made to measure. Broadway @ Ninth Street seen ina sort. arms and legs, ue to falls, the men are all in fine shape. of hard pedaling the riders established 4 recom! to-day that will likely stand for years. ns Kineelian to Take Giants to Martin. DI igned to the job of taking the N York players to Marlin in February. He will have full charge until the arrival of McGraw. Matty will look after the young pitchers, Suit or Overcoat, $25 Full Dress Suit, Silk Lined, $40. Tuxedo, ” Lined, $35. ies - Remember this is made by THE JE TAILORING ESTABEL N WORLD rein t greatest condition ever tance contest of this With the exception of scratched Even after sixty hours Since Robbie is no longer @ Giant, ck Kinsella, the scout, has been 20 Yearn at This Address Mi ‘Phones 4867 4664 SvEnTEnNS FOE BILLIARDS AND BOWLING Pitews ond Teme to Oat. RuPAIne BY EXPERT MECHANICS, at, Arnhein 14