The evening world. Newspaper, January 6, 1914, Page 18

BEST SPORTING PAGE IN- , |MALLISTER HANDED Bob McAlister, the Newest Mid- © @aweight Sensation From the Coast, Outpoints Levinsky So Far as to Make Him Appear _ Like an Amateur. aS a wd 91 ‘The Prem Publishing Co. (ine'sow Yorn World eke Battling Levinsky to- ‘many boxing gloves there 8 World, he'll admit t it lenet a million, and that re later wore them all last night ‘the ring at the Garden. From Levin- MCALLISTER. LANDED AT WILL UNTIL LEVINSKY, BEWILDERED, FucunvaReD ABouT LITE A Novice when they entered the rinx. exactly the same—163 ‘McAllister had If You Can t Get ‘Out “t| On the Links These Days » You May Practice Indoors ‘ Seems \ Sohools Open Right in Town, and Even Champion Travers Plays at the interior Game, Along With Some of Our Best Known Business Men Before and After Business Hours, IERE'S really no good reason why one’s golf should suffer from Jack of practice during the winter dropping into one of the si shows that the golfer ia off hi and had better take another lesnoi Once on the green comes the fin shot, the tantal tl neta e @ few years ago, have now be- @ necesaity jn this city, Deprived greens on Bouthern courses, which ai mostly sandy, To push the ball in t! hole, casy as it looks, require: practice and much patience, t ers and even beginners In the an- it and honorable sport can be seen inging their clubs aide by Real ball wallop their mightiest elther before or £2) after office hours, t asion.|” Herbert Strong's school on B on pre | Sixty-eighth ‘street Is one of the Many indoor courses where golfera practice thelr favorite game. Early in the morn- ing and until the evening the Inwood ub profersional in kept busy telling eainest beginners how they can ge Uttle more distance out of their drive or the best way to putt the ball Into the hole that novices seem unable to locate, HNNY KILBANE HERE; SAYS HE HAS FOUND Jerry Trav preparing for his in- vasion of England next April car be seen trying bis wooden clubs at the canvas shield. Perhaps on the other bs if ching into Practic . E z eget LF iF i 4 i i L 2y2Ef F ag ze or tmashie in correct tournament fashion ‘at the canvas background which regis- @ force of shots. POSSIBLE TO TAKE YOUR MIGHTIEST SWING AT BALL. many the idea of driving golf balls all your might within doors doesn't Possible. But it is, The indoor aes are so arranged that a player the same balla and clubs that he would carry on an outdoor links, but the best feature of the interior game in ft ifl 8 5 Closes Match With Flem- ing at Garden, H i E i i if F F i Johnny Kilbane accompanied by jmanager, Jimmy Dunn, pulled into town | this afternoon, anxious to complete ar. ; | 2 E i | rangementa for bis coming tout with se . Frankie Fleming. The featherwei; ‘There are four driving tees is je featherweigh| Strong’s school. One takes a porition champion lost Mttle time smoking ou! at one of these tees and drives about | Billy thirty feet into a big canvas shield, | other matches, “trongly reinforced, that hangs pended from the coiling and Is capadle| absence of three months, proudly re protected by | netting to prevent balla from rebound: | The big canvas backstop te di- vided into squares, with a bullseye in the middie, The idea of the game ts to! wallop the ball at the bullemark and thin @ certain radius, which reg! © drive on an outside Jinks of 200 the Land of Nod and he warns other business on his visit to New York. After the house colved $1,054.18 for his end, Levinaky a, with the correct stance wot $1,204.18 Jack Britton, fers, swing, find little trouble at hit. Ing the canvas target, but beginners ith an awkward style experience a fot of trouble driving the little rubber ‘ball home to the mark, Just outeld the space marked off for drives is a eirote for the cleek or midiron, the sec- ‘ond clud used'in a regular contest, To in one of these apscex registers a ive of from 150 to 176 vards. Then, the third shot, a pitch on th Just an easily done as picking @lub—provided you know how, from the ceiling in front of whield are three nets. To Ib into the middle net ften-round bout at drew down $1,064.18, Feecipte amounted to 97,007.60, Immediately after the McAllister Levineky Sight last night, tke Forion, manager of the Atlantip Garden A, C. signal up Battling Levinsky to mee idler K. the Brooklyn heavy’ af 4 it E 3 be “Pork, i club in th | ASK. O." WALLOP The Featherweight Champion his Gibson for # conference about Kilbane, who returns here after an |o told Of his dlxcovery of a Knockout wallop, Johnny says chat with his new found punch out West ho gent five boxera to feathers in these parts that he means was counted up at the Garden last night Bob MeAliiater re- while who bested Phil Bloom in the other the same show while Bloom was handed 9467.00 for his end. The gross ten-round bout at a show LGEVINGKY LANDED: ONG Good — IN THE 10TH = LEVINSKY EVERYTHING IN THE DICTIONARY AeALusTER Ls WAS A LITTUS PLANFuUG. hes KALLISTER. OFFERED Boxing Board Issues Licenses for Two Clubs The Boxing Commission at its week- ly meeting this afternoon grantéd Ii- censes to the Manhattan Sporting Club at Bighth avenue and One (Hundred aml Fitty-fifth street and the Twyford Ath- letic Club in Brooklyn. ‘The Commissioners were compelicd to spend about an hour trying to straight- en out a tangle that the Fordon broth- ers presented, The two boxing man- agers representing the Atlantic Gur- dens A. ©. wanted to enjoin Johnny Dundee from apeparing at the Garden Athletic Club next week. According to Fordon, they had signed @ contract with Dundee to meet Wie Beecher next Tuesday, but dur- ing the day they had heard that the Garden Athletic Club was advertising him to bex on the same night, and the Bowery promoters hastened down to the Commigsion to have means taken to prevent Dundee from breaking his con- tract. The commissioners decided to give all parties concerned a day think ‘things over and try to some agreement, to reach Ottawa to Hobey Baker’s Brilliant Run in Second Half Makes It Neces- sary to Play Extra Periods. @ game that went two extra periods Ottawa Golloge defeated Princeton 4 goals to 2 last night at St. Nicho- las Rink, The hard-earned victory puts Ottawa right in line for the hockey | championship of Canada and the United States. The foxy Canadian markable combinatio playing, suc- ceeded in “covering Hobey throughout the long battle, and the fail- ure of the sensational Tiger to score but one goal accounts for Princeton's defeat. The game began with a rush, ‘The Skaters, stretched out fan shape, the down int Princeton territory, went at the Tiger defiiy parried evel ‘ with their re- woul tender, but he one to the alde, weight, and Johnny Western fighter, wh Schumacher, the haw made good In fights in the no far, have been red by Tom McArdle to clash in the main event of ten rounds at tho Fairmont A. C.'on Saturday night. Willle Reilly now ia the manager of Schumacher. Two olubs in this city will hold box- night. At the Brown A, A, id Benny Leonard will bat tle in the main event. At the Atlantic ©. Irlvh Jack Smith and ”. will box the main go, wi i 4 nd will go agai tin and Young Luetig will take on Jimmy Carroll, who is matched to meet Milwaukee in a ten- Joe Riv Baker | A rain of shots} YORK ROBERT EDGREN . Other-Ten to Come Up Later —Green Background for Batters Hereafter. CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 6—The Na-} tional Baseball Commission agreed to- | day to grant seven of seventeen requests | made by the Baliplayers’ Frternity, #0 far ag_the major league is concerned. ‘The ten other request Iter action and ail referred foa action by the minor league: The moat important request was that a bam player after served ten years in the major {will be given hie Gncondition! release, if no team in the majors desires his services. The commission also granted the re- quest ‘that every major league park {shall be equipped with a blank wall, | painted dark green, placed back of centre field, in lime with the pitchers’ }box and home plate, of sufficient size 'o afford a background for a pitched all. Da Boe oiuine OFF BALANce . — ~ _ a Fults, President of the Fra y, who acted spokesman for Magnates Grant ‘Seven of Seventeen Demands of Players’ Fraternity | out passed over for further deliberations, Request No, 4 was the first one that really met with no opposition, It reads: “When @ player is transferred he shall be furnished with » writing which shall. be binding on all the parties scaseenes showing what teams have a4 claim hi 4 what that claim is.” There short’ discussion of the requeat, @ parties seemed to favor it, ana’ Chairman Herrmann announced that Yty would be granted; the announcement at this time, he said, would not be binding. Request No. & brought up another squabble, It reads: “When a player rex ceives his unconditional release or when watvers are asked upon him, he shall be notified in writing to that effect.” The commisston did not take exception’ to the first part of teh request) buty seriously objected to the part concerns ing walvers, Chairman Herrmann ex. Diained that the secret asking of walv-, era di not injure the ball player, whije . Fulta could not understand why, any secrecy in the matter was neces- sary. ‘This request wae finally jald over. MUST BUY TWO UNIFORMS FOR PLAYER! ,. ’ Request No. 6 read: “At the time cons tracts are sent out every player shalf Tecelve a copy to he kept ‘by hin for hiw own use.” This was agreed to without, the ball players ittee whigh met the commission in. open gession, said a vackground was needed, because in- juries rewutted when advertising signe and fans in bleacher seats made it hard tor the batter to see a pitched ball. The commission agreed to grant a request providing that when'a player in fined and suspended he ehall be given ‘written notice stating the amount of the fine, duration of suspension and reasons therefor, . The cmmission alto granted the re- quest that @ player shall not be di criminated against because he is a mem- ver of the fraternity. It was expected that before the close of the day ttefinite decision would be reached on all requests, both from the as follows: tly tice of unconditional release he shall be free to sign with any team immediately, the contract to run from the expiration discussion, Chairman Herrmann saying that he heartily agreed with the players, . ‘Request No. 7: “All written agree-~ ments, whether embodied doth the club and the player.” dent Herrmann announced agreement. on thie rule, but this was objected t ‘by the committee from the minor rues, who insisted that all written agreements shall be embodied in the contract and promulgated. After fur- ther discussion, however, the rule was. Agreed to. Request No. 8: ery, team shall furnish each’ player with two complete uniforms, exclusive of shoes.” This | wae also agreed to. In the discussion on this rule the fact was brought out that all olibs furnish players with unl- forma except the National League. ‘Request No. 9: “Every team shall pay * the ‘actual travelling: expenses of its Players from their homes to thé train- ing ‘camps, or so. much thereof as does * not exceed the expense from the league 18.1 Billiards Too Hard, of the ten days’ period. ‘ Jelty to the training camp." The com- ‘hin teamnia 18.2 Too Easy, Hence This New 14.1 as Happy Medium Jack Doyle Quotes Cue Game’s History in Explaining At- tempt to Introduce Novelty—Cutler and Jap- anese Champion to Give It Try- out Next Week. V HE recent announcement that ® new kind of billiards wilt he in- troduced in this city this month has started all the playe ers of the sport a-talkiny can't see why any newfangled shoukd be introduced, while there are many others who are wondering just how the new game came to be adopted. Jack Doyle, at whose academy the game will receive its first tryout next week, explains how 141 billlards hap- pened to be Invented, : “You see,” has been ‘to ‘he 18.1 game the majority students of the sport got thelr he: together and they hit upon the 14.1 style. They believe that this will be just ah appy medium to the other two Tiger Hockey Team Forces Play Overtime Occasionally Hobey Baket sall on one of his sensational filghts down the ice, but the epeedy Tiger was not permitted to go far. After thirteen minutes of spirited scrimmaging, Behan, from a pretty combination play, ot the first goal of the game. After this the puck see: sawed back and forth, and the fir half ended with Ottawa one goal to the good, Mr. O'Leary of Canada played an im- portant part in the second half. The ambitious young Canadian, following the example of Mr. O'Brien of Harv who presented several points to Yale pulled that scored # goal for Princeton. It was Iike this: Soon after ¢ period started about seven pla: fishing for the rubber dise Ottawa's cage. Mr. O'Leary was stand ing on fixed post d in front of the net. Presently a Princeton man takes a short "whot for the cage, the mpting to kick it out of he pushes it squarely inrough his own Much cheer- menerous act, ‘o minutes later Behan atoned for mistake with @ great t after res ing a pass from Braith- from behind the net. Undfhmayed, Pringeton team put on # little extra, working!” ahouted and Raker quickly he was on the job, Getting the puck near own cage, Hobey a sensational dash through the entire Ottawa team and shot @ goal so swiftly that the Canadians couldn't see \t land In the net, ‘Phat evened the score and the second half closed with both teams ed, It was decided to play extra’ periods of five minutes each, and during the firat extra playing neither side could tally, In the second extra period Duford broke the te with a pretty goal from nage, thd with two seconds re maining Braithwaite, after eluding most of the Princeton team, lifted another shot Into the ems would set | 4 de a |B . It was discussed three-quarters of an hour, refused to permit ¢! the committee of the word ‘negotiate’ ter, *) wie Tree Un ‘Thre second requblit takeh tional Association players she ten daye’ notice before they can be re- leased unzondition: Mike Sexton argued this rulo for the committee from the minor leagues. Ie ald this concession might be made by 68 AA and Clans A leagues, but that below that standing it was impossible. He declared that 7% per cent. of the games—not too hard or too soft. lea, below Class A were losers last "You know origii Play@d with four balls, two white and two red. William McKay of this city won the first championship at plain bey play some forty years ag rule In effect in May, June and July dest year it would have cost the minor leagues below Class A $230,000, HERRMANN WOULDN'T INJURE PLAYER WITH THIS RUL' After further debate, Ludpesrbs passed over for further oo! ra. ak: Secretary J. H. Farrell of the National Board was heard at length on the subject. Request Ni @ player is traneferred he ehell iT | transferred subject to all the ter: ha came so expert at this form of play that they could make runs up into the hundreds without any seeming effort. er once made @ run of 3, In a match ¢ Maurice @ record run of 241, aand the McLaughlin boosted the mark to (unfinished). 8, which reads: “When position from the Chairman Herrmann insisted that would be doing the player @ grave in- fury -to pass this rule, but intimated that, ifthe fraternity desired it, the Commission had no real objection. Mr. Fults continued bis argument whe motion, and, by consent, thie was ohh a then developed an ‘anchor shot’ that overcame the intricacies of the game. With the object baile fromen, one on either side of the line, he used to make such lengthy runs that nurse “paces were marked on the table. Schaefer used to hit the balls eo often before this ‘nurse space’ was introduced that the chalk from his cue formed a groove that epabled him to ru ball back and forth in ceoctneien trie jon, . PE Mpa nee wae three and a ven inches, it al came Dr, Mial of Philadelphia na'he dis- covered @ shot that could overcom this obstacle, The famous shot he in- vented is known as the ‘anchor kiss nurse.’ Of course everybody copied these shots. “All @ 1 e Leaguers Latest Deserter to Federals Says List Will Create Sensation. styles of billiards, have proved’ too aim. verybody but Willle Hoppe and @ few other experts, but it is the we opinion. of those who have see: the new ga: layed that @ ‘line nurse’ mi eloped in it similar to that 18,2 billiard: except cult tor (Special to The E ” PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 6.—Otto Knabe, the manager of the Baltimore Club of the a1 League, who ‘ha contract at $12,000 a Fear to pilot the Orioles in the new or- nization declared to-day that he ex- in ‘he A aquare, 80 i obviate boresome ‘at demonatration of the posal- f the new game will held academy on Forty-second week from to-night wi | Albert Cutler, the faméus Boston pla: | will meet Kofi Yamada, the great player, in a 2,500 point natch. ‘The play | will cover five days, 200 points run off each | Perm pena ; MARYLAND TRACKS TO | OPPOSE NEW BETTING. BALTIMORE, Jan, 6—When the bill ie introduced in the Legisiature c.eating & State wide racing commission and compelling the race tracks to install muti ent and ilmiting Ung at the race tracks in this State to that form of bett the little halt- | mbiere where trotting and county fairs |are held will line up against the meas- jure. The majority of the half-milers jare operated by amateurs who hold |driving matinees, ‘These amateure are in favor of the present law which al count! racing comm: { sione acing, j con lone! of deciding | whether bookkmaking of paris mutuel | shall be the method of be ig at tracks, All of the half-milers, with the Jabal ? ate Joe Tinker has twel Cubs, enough to make @ compl team for the Federals in the Windy city. The Baltimore club did not want to sign any players.until after they had aid Knabe to-di “As soon an I signed my contract Ist night the promoters wave me full au- thority to go ahead and get player: with the assurance that they would back me to the limit, Some of the club owners in the major league will spit fire when th the players that ve n signed by the le, There witt be @ big sensation when this list of players is made known, “The Baltimore Club met all my de- mands.” continued Knabe, “It the Federal League were to go up to-mot row [ would not have to worry a bit abut my salary.” en back of the Baltimore Club sailing enough money to but also a club in another city. To mu year, and thet .he estimated with this . | mitted to Muatrate how-earneat the Vedera) p:o%| mision agroed to this-without discuss ‘sion. x Request 10: “If a regular contract {s Not eridered a probationary player be- fore the expiration of the forty-five-day Probationary period he shalt be a free “T a player has been tp for any portion of the» ten different years me after the beginnti{r of the tenth yer no team in such leagues desires his services he shall receive his unconditional release; sub- Ject, however, to reservation by the club which signs him." There was no objection by the major league owners end the rule was agreed to. Request 12: “If a player has been the major and the Class AA leagues for any portion of the playing seasoh of twelve different ‘years, and if at any tim inning of the r no team in such leagues 4a vie he shall receive his unconditional release, subject, hew- ever, to reservation by the club whicy signs him.” The committee from the Class AA league strenuoualy objec! to this request and it was passed, ‘Request waivers on major leagues plying season and if at any ithdraw request.” After a hort discussion this request was @lse passed. Request 14: “When a player ts fined hall be n netice ed to, Knabe Says He Has Nine and Tinker 12 the backer of the St. Louie Federals, was in Chicag ‘By waiting Jess than-a week he had ‘an opportunity to secure ® tract of real estate in St. Louls which was much: closer to the central part of the city than the home of either of theo ther St, Louls clubs for §2%,000, Rather then. lose the chance to secure the property, Mr, Stelfel called up, #t Lowe and, ordered that the deal for the property | be closed at once for $25,000. 4 “T am going out after tmllplayers and I expect to land some of thane whit w days Two of the would | like to get ate “Runt Wi “Dowt Miller, both of the Phities.”” © 9, Kilbane Stops Eddie Moy in - Fifth Round (Special to The Ergping World.) PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6. —Jobony Kilbane once more proved his: title to! the featherweight championship of the, world last night when he knocked out- Eddie Moy of Allentown in the fifth round of their scheduled six-roung bout at the Olympics A, A. In “thi Afth’ round Johnny landed a terrigg t flush on the Jaw, whieh sent Moy hing to the floor, where he took’ @ nine-second count and then.tried ty / ne, but fell over on his fice, conia y out, he time the opening of), tae third ro! Voave looked Moy ou ind he Mi ht right to the Jaws Johnny poundys but was y anxious and missol a witwabh) ewings, In the fourth -rauade 1: went down again for’ the b me after Kil In the th with a left ay ath | ted When a team aske f player it shaM not be pel~