The evening world. Newspaper, January 8, 1914, Page 16

PAGE IN NEW YORK | nosenr evanen FITZSIMMONS GAVE M’COY INSPIRATION TO BECOME BOXER|RICHE AND RVERS +4 —-T8 meer ae | MAY BATTLE AGAIN ) Toor | ATVERNON FEB:22 WCOY STARTED CAREER AS COOK AND DISHWASHER | 2. HAD A_INACC : OF WITTING. Can Meet Champion’s De- nuclide ig acini mand for Return Match, € ae fs Graduated From Kitchen and Be- [a came Fitz’s Sparring Partner— Pe Quit Camp When He Learned 4 Fine Points of the Game. TALES OF THE RING of a series by Robert Edgren on fights and fighters of including stories that have never found thelr way into By John Pollock. FFORTS to re-match Leach E and Joe Rivers for Wi Birthday at Vernon, Cal., wert finally abandoned by Fight Promote. \ M4 | McCarey of Los Angeles, Cal, whem he [received word from ¢hampions Willle Ritchie that he was: willing to meet Rivers on that date for the title, pro- viding the purse was right. Waile Mc- [Carey's unfailing principle has teen never to bid for any ma: offer any large guarantees, he is conf dent that he can meet Ritchie's | de- |mands, if they are anywhere within reason, | Ima lettor just received from Al Lippe, jthe American manager of fighters, on his way to Austraila, Al says eorgen Carpentier, the French - mate $100,000 out of the Aghty has cnguged in the Last six: yeare rpentior vegan Aghting in ov, an. ve years ago worked in the nfines v. ‘ance at $4 week, 4 Kip Agren, Fitz For 4 "Jon". Ws Sot - Turned Down by Johnson; tt" 2 Joe Wood Declines, Too. iii.i isin fone Kearns at the show. going to be a story of a young man who rose to the heights of fame through being a dishwasher. Back in the early nineties there was a younkster beating hie way around the country by the variou brake beam routes, occasionally Gropping off at some tank town to look for a boxing match. He was tall, slender, handsome, with curly hair and innocent, wide open eyes that never hinted at the curious thoughts that filttered through the ‘ qi | Washington's Star Twirler Said He Was “Sorry” but Had Al- i ready Signed and Wouldn’t “Jump” Contract—Red Sox Tom O'Rourke thinks Danny Morgan Ne a big nvistade in sending Battling, mind behind them. —" ——————— : deaelbas y against the cover Bob M When this interesting person had cc — Pitcher Gives Similar Reason for Refusing Tempt- elrrucimicrtpeskrie . © been circulating through the out- lying @istricts for a couple of years, taking on a fight whenever he could find any one willing to hand him a Act as Pacemaker in Race SPOR QUERIES I CHICAGO, Jan. %—Waiter Johnson, ; the National League. Wagner's auiary | fe Alene Pay care | has heen $16,000, Mr. Barbour admits | cording to A Rill avatar Raens couple of dollars for mingling with e 3 : the famous Washington pitcher, has Air Mr F admits | co " arke, wi ‘ : trom a teaher to a hearyouiit, bo towed dot tamer ee! Over Poughkeepsie Course | isi itis otonne scans |store an oer 9 fa ay of saan) arene ae Ket NIE SOA NE ay ata = of shoulders and ta for us: (1) Aro Willie Lewis and Har. | for three years and a bonus of $10,000, ° H b Y ar pair ‘@ rather surprising —— didates is their lack of weight. The|ry Lewis brothers? (2) What was! ea also beat made by Joe Tinker, manager nein FEDERAL LEAGUE GETS think for himself. His mode of ideal oarsm: hould ve between 160/Stanley Ketchel's correct name and|Chicago Federal League te the “rube section” tite was|Coach Rice, a8 His Charges) and 17 pounds and about six feet tail, | Was he Jewish? (2) Who ix considered | announced to-day. Jonnron said no} INCORPORATION LICENSE. | itasimmons. In an instant bug many of the boys fell far short of |the better shortstop, Wagner or Jen-| “was # .» but had already signed Tom Kennedy, the jocal heavyweight Teeognised man who could do the| Start Indoor Practice, SayS|thoee measurements. In fact, several | ninga? (4) Of what nationality tn De-| with Washington and would not Jump | Is Named as $200 OGG! ci nr inet ts tke pba oa ¥ , of them appeared so light that they |maree and what is Leach Cross's cor-| his contract.” ss ee, pe sa ' ‘eal k Ing ecoult about the way in which the wandering eter! Some Other Crew Must Set didn't seem able to pull @ hen off its|/rect name? (5) Did Tommy Murphy} A similar offer was made Joe Wood, | fur Club to Rival slum A. great Fitselmmons. Their fighting énstincts were clriously yg Rot to mention their ability tolever aght Bud Anderson and who was/ the ‘ e wing at Brown's Ls an oar. u Thi ear—Blue and 1 1 6 t ip was atready| famotis, for B6 had knocked out Jack Pace This ¥ Peaks osha Ede gettin aoee ‘De Oro Hold? (7) Did Benny Al championship, had beaten McCarty and| White Qaremen Lacking inj on the Columbia coach, ‘Every “day len ever beat him? (8) Who are the, “Kiug"Cole, who fame asa Now until about the middie of March| Most popular ball players from Man-| member of the Cubs’ pitching staft cher, but he, had already Cubs. SPRINGFIELD, IM, Jan. &~ Lic to Incorporate was lesved to the Federal | League Banevall Ctud of Chicago to- | the boys will go through some pretty | hattan and the Bronx. 1910 and who was drafted hy the New| oor a OF Pogtinst i tuke his gtringt of Weight—Will Not Join New) site exerciee on the rowing machines, ROY, HUGO & TIM. ork Americans from Columbus tast | Gy Dy Secretary of Btate Woods, The laghters to rather Ivtand to-@ay learning how to handle an oar and the| (1) Mo. (2) Stanislaus Klecal. Mis ‘fall, was signed to-da: Manager , capital stock Is $200,000 and ‘Orna’- | to treat the t potlents (here York A. C. Proper bend and motion. When the| nationality was Polish-American, (3), Tinker. ators are. A. Weeghman, J. A. Gis |: Fhe Aghter: won pt Is waked for outdoor work We! wagner, (4) American. Louis 0. Wal-| _— [TROFO ABT NYS BEERS: | R ¢ log Libv babies Sag 4 je to 1 water, and it wil . be re a joward of Avene, oun His name was Norman Selby, Duay times for the Bike and White rege | isch. (6) Murphy and Anderson never | Wagner Gets FEDERALS GET KING COLE and Bodsy Resuoids. Jkmm ‘Phat be was just at the age when youngsters with wanderiust inclinations make ITH the intercollegiate regatta | then,” fought. (6) Pool championship of the i | ‘1 Otto Kotler and KO, erees of outlaws and pirates. The ofiginal McCoy was'a burglar of some note W ati! five monthe off, Columbia jim Rico didin't care to discuss the World. (7) Yes, (8) Capt. Wagner of Seen rere roy 1 Battling Hone ‘fie these days. The Kid picked his own name. started preparations for the) chances of his crews in the big coll the Boston Americans and Keinio Sim- 15,000 0 er CHICAGO, Jan, &—King Cole, who —— “Hub!” grugted Fitasimmons. “What can you do?’ Poughkeepsie race verterday when the/| regatta tlin year, but ) mermas of the Oubs. was slated to pitch for the y Yora | Billy Gibson received a telerrum from » peplied MoCoy, “I can wash dishes~and I can cook.” firat bunch of candidates reported for] great deal of emphasia that Columbia | To the Sporting Editor: To Desert Americans this year, was to-day | Eddie Reddy,’ manager of Mike Gibbons, * gaked Fits, whose stable of sparring partners wasn't ever-| indoor practice, Forty-five answered | would never again be pacemaker at| Who is the best enortatop in the {by the Federal Len former | tart night, atating that Gibbons woula the call for the freshmen crews and . “We cut out such a pace major leagu Who is the best Cud twirler has heen a constant viaito: | Weare St.) Haul todas, for this eliy, ve boxed a little with the boys,” said McCoy with his moet | Put twenty-one came out for the var- We |quarterback of these seven: Peterson, to the new league's office her egies ibd ound bout with Bol ifornia at the Garden , Gibbons witt A PITTSBURGH, Jan, & — President | ‘ ol to th Federal Li Barbour of the local Federal League | fon’ eavested fur dase Th Club has offered Hans 5, a@ year for two years if he wil! ing tor nis t McAllister of gue has The terns ot Cole's contract have not yet been an- lesert | nounced. ty @ity ahells,. The turnout was the small- hes | Wilson, Pritchard, Nicholls, Hunting- ‘ i ene dain be est th jue and White has had in ton, Miller or Logan’ rghtora a Deteee, mit Se. worth {t didn't bring any mile Of | before tho lant half mile, and Court- SL ETEADY RHADER, face ace a idn't "have, much etreneih | 30% © matter of opinion, Fletcher, | nd clever Brats Fitssimmons gave him trunks and @ emal the ‘racuse sprint at Barry, aguer, ranville and Bush § fo habedh a 5 = ry ee ndld _ his year Columbia will are considered the leaders. Walter e ahtweight, mate! to-day ‘and hed him eper, concealed all he knew about the game, but |Teponse of candidates, Jim Rice imme rect. Frankie Adama, the prom eed hime d strength and walllagnese that Bob Fitesimesona |4istely set hie charges at work on the Allow, some other boat to show the amp selected Muntington as his All- ew aiver ute OcKS RE id Pela elie pai and developing real talent, coached and|™achines and the rowing room soon | American quarterback this year. Th Gael ot tea rou to’ the Gibfo day. resounded with the click of the moving | COACH RICE WILL REMAIN AT Allister bout at the Gaftden 4. {Ropes Wrens ten seer, e hd e Me Wiastrzoee canceled att he unay, "min tn, emestive carmen COLUMBIA. Tee ana ax mone! = ALLOA Trip to Minors ye ssn sai Al and eet about studying Tommy Ryan | Were siven'e tryout, ‘Talking on other rowing subjects Rice! ; . Eront from hie hair to his shoe laces. Ryan | At thmes sixteen machines were in| refused to give hia opinion about the | a, Mi 5 aes 8 ao si phoas and would be notified when waivers were | towns in New Engia wasn't like Fitssimmons, Fits had been |operation, and the coach hovers around | cuting of the regatta race down to three Ll ad sl asked. Incidental . this will nave tie at raat 7 Mean Irvin: Tough enough, byt it was half horse-|each man giving individual instructions | miles, The coach dodged the issue by | P!ease print In The World the Granting of the Fraternity’s De-| vaseba:! writers ng to cig} Matchmaker Giteaple of the A play with him. / and trying to correct glaring “taulte. | eaying that If the fourcmile course wos (DK day the height and welght a young ng y through ey mhen| A. C. of Brookien has slmned wp tw sey me under wraps with| age better way of demonstration Conch | too severe it was the stewards’ business Nan of that age should be. mand Does Away With Under- | tne, in*#' 19 Rds ening ahow of thet cup on OalMemey ing tiy Savas ant breed “eet Rice would oust some inexperienced t sent : fg levee ake is CORE, bie i et hs Pat Marty Allen of y. in m way tha f thought of the much mooted English | Yow're @ Uttle too Ugnt for boy of| hand i f Punishing! ook ee jn Booby Reynold, ff MoCoy thought particularly malicious, | #7eman. yto{ stroke, Rice tacitly answered that in your height. ‘Take ‘man and Practice o' INISMING| the next ten days will bring the much rue oe ; At last MoCoy reached the bottom. of | Nimeelf, woul Fit’ the | his opinion it was a joke, but that he | Diag Mpincscvede la ed strenath of the Federal evita, while in the main go | Coffey, the local lightwelaht. ) . After an hou Ryan's fighting mind, knew Suet what ee Sere excused and Rice found | wished he had some of Yale's material Men. League to a showdown, Mov of the punches with Ray Camp- nyen knew and left his camp. Later time to explain Columbia's situation on ; for crews. big league players wore notified by the tricked Tommy into making @ match The oldetimi denied thi you probably won't have to worry Fraternity not to sizn their 194, con- elt the water. k ime careman gris ; ca > Berk Hag tt ee Fooled ‘Torta y inte eset ONY. | CANDIDATES NOT UP TO ReE.| MOP that the New York Athletic Club | Spent the regnle. pasred_ upon be the National Commise| The Pollce Gavette sporting anndal had made efforts to secure his services, | To the Spgrting Editor ing (by writing him « fetter end beaging QUIRED WEIGHT: ee tuald “thet he wae Te cence | Was Jimmy Britt ever a champion, jy Bozeman Bulger. Pasred upon by the ltor 1914, which contains the re him to make the loser’s end a little big- | «1 am naturally disappointed at the | first, last and all the time, and If some And, if 40, when? I mean the Jimmy T 0 4 2 |ston, The contracts are in:their hance | y bearer n tory scored by the |i ow and they must do one thing or the |! the falters for Ins: veux ernity in their faht| ceher, Tt is gald that rot leas than (Sides ia a very handy book for before the Nati Commission— 1 is aS ee ait hontee. has Just heen jamied ger), and when they met at Maspeth | emai number of boys that reported for! of the Morningside students «ive hin| Britt now In vaudeville. ‘i gave Tommy « most revengeful beating | practice,” began Rice, “but this le our| some substantial encouragement they A CONSTANT READER, fifty big leaguers have in thelr posses. | lowers of Dust the and knecked him out in the fifteenth | frst day and there'a plenty of time for | won't need to worry how tl Britt wae a good lightweight, bas | ONC tHE APDEWra Insisniflsant on It8 face sion to-say. blank contracts from both | It Was conn round, others to come out. The only fault I! White crews will finish t! ae 2 0 —was the establishinent of a vile Which the Federal and the National Leagues, | Sal! known ee aithee. Speed Pores Red to wash | have to find with te-day'a hateh ef can- ' Poughkeepal Lied een prevents club owners withdrawing re-|It is up to them to make a choice, referee of this % or in, je made a mint | ————_______. u) yal) ., ‘. quests for waivers on a player after they —e- $ ] of money in the ring, fought among Did Christy Matnewson ever play on |). once been made. A pect re to the rapidly js demand roba the| ing baseball | rc ina, beaUng men much bdig- the Goshen, N“¥., team years aso? than himeelf in world famous FRED KROOK. ‘The granting of ¢' ‘ McCarey Escapes ‘and instead of looking for the Mathewson never rinped om. the|‘i"> owner or manager of one o his Lanne payers has ri “ e ° 2 Drake beams travelled all over the w strongest Weapons when he wants to ederals appear to he Int .Cha in Trial on meamers and Patimas care ites Coates See He se ety the | make a threat. the Nationa! League | rg ° mitiionaire. Ho's till doing it, : It preventa a player from being rat! Mhat none of the re: | f J Willard though he ien't Aghting any more he| CHARLESTON WINNERS. Celttetenss, 310: Satie thirteen years ago, and during that) ooied to tie minor leagues. Formerly can Hengier | 0 ess retaina the mental alertness that made srilepaits AUT; *Caraauet, 98; Laint of Kirk Cakts, 100;| time Be has never been a member Of | iiig could ve Gout, Whether some other ldoted eh tebianction of Ban doline | ° him qo atraight to the best'man in the | FIRST RACE—Selling; $00; three-| the tenon, oh: "Valchon, 0 “Calle Ox, WM [amy team otner them the Mew ork |e is nig isacue wanted tim or no.,|conmdered an explanation of Ban Jonn- wae world when he wanted to learn the| year-olds and upward; six furlongs.—| SECOND RACK—Durce 8900: four-yeerokis ara| mationals. ‘The players say that nothing ore lmaet) elcome to the| Los ANGEL Jan Sethe fighting game. Laura, 9 (MoTaggart), 2 to 1, 3 to 6 and | {wards selling; als furlong. Judge Monck, 112; | Sporting Kaitor ’ ih acare Cours have madi : fate, triul of Jens W pugitiat,, ixige a 1 to 8. won; Helen M., 9 (Ward), 90 tol ig ?4s Wate I Hsia Aan, 195: Helonch, Will you kindly n grant that particular! me viggest Iaugh yet qomes out of | Mine Voxing promoters and spect JUAREZ ENTRIES. demand. Here's the idea: Pittsburgh, where report hha It that the | Accused of having violated thé State National Teague is preparing to bank- | Inw againat prizefghting in conneetiy rupt the Federal Leanue by urging | y, > Y players to aign the fat contracts, grab | Wit? See x Lal Bh lg ae fi the dough, see the new league buat and | 1M, when ual 4 then come back into the fold. Can you | Young, was killed, was begun in the BNi\ beat that one? Yes, they have even| perior Court here to-day. The J 3] sent out a report to the effect that Otto | was selected yesterday. | t 3 ; EF i yi id It E ate when Fits Mf Mald, | Times, 115; Snowflakes, 110; Concurren, 115;|8!mMmons and Demps AR . B Under the old walver rv Pitssimmons kuocked out Dempsey | for instance, who wanted im thirteen ‘rounds ot Hew Orleans 1, 10 to 1 and 4 to 1, second; = 1@ (Turner), 2 to 1, 7. to 10 and 7 to 30, | Bech Hand, 116. FIRST BACK Paes; two-year ld colts and third. ‘Time, 1.16 Kffendl, Semi Quay- | THIRD BAC Hi et pean eradon, ;| 0% Pluvious, John Marre, No Manager, | Goiden’ Prince. 5 Mem, 113; 108; ~~ Tom Hancock also ran, pli oni RG oe bef ‘The Ta , u « ures ; three-yearsolile 3 ad halt $0 the Yankees finished last year. Is \ ington Beer. Vorett Hee mawards Maing: Mandioniy: serem. fuHongs.— | senockout Brown still Agnt Pe Buh, HANNE SON Khabe signed 49 as to gat the money | In order to make the prize @ght qc: mai. reas, Pat: |7 to 2,7 to 6 and 8 to 5, second; Amoret, | Mo ‘its Hrywn, | he wx good aw he wan a yer ago, and | would withdraw thelr request until the| @may trom the Baltimor Rramaters and curation imaue c ; Taig’ | 111 (Hunton), € to 1, 6 to 2 and € to 6, | Siypn mF Bes, 90, how old is he? 3. In Berk Keyen still In| time for putting through a ‘| Joseph Ford, Depu n third, e, 1.1616, Aun Tilly, Du-! up; selling; thendic 4 2 the ring and how old is he, Does he 100; : the mean time the Cubs — Alemieaed the ct quesre, Chartler, Jaboi, Sorimmage and | Deduction, live @ straight life? Charley Heracg, having exercised the | J. McCarey, a boxing promoter, a i t the Reda, ; ehid a play: | the requeat ‘To the Sporting Editor: around, the Cubs, we'll say, ft # Bt tthe: Sen Bernite, i ? a it, 110: 3f bs a, i aim |. 98; 7. MR: Rekeet Rede. 104; Americus, 108; Mise WILFRED FLU setion. held by the Rega en Finatieg @icated that the same action woul 100; Atria, 168; Wild a Aewle, 96; Viley, 102; Gairia, 95; Los Fortune], 1, Phey Smished Jest. 2 out and Moran of Brooklyn, will pr iy tt fe ce to th * Bethotlcalty 5, Pinets, 140. olds: three! 100; ta, ortihes | 5 de Whey, ned ore tneges two. plaxer® unless Charley | ceeanl_witnh rererence to ithe jetibries i wy . wat does mot 1b (Callahan), 7 to || SIXTH RACK—Pume #344; foursearokts sna | SECM 38 Sl ASCE, Oe eee eat 3 att Ont, won; Zangarec, 110 pce walling: wii dictiua, 118; | ago, Me wil be tweuty-threc years 16 tu 1, 9 to Land 440 &, mecond; | Mighel Atevlo, 118: 1, iW {Old mext April. 8. Mayon xaseiy guts fendants excepting Willard, Ebbets husties back on the Job and lets out a rquawk. You see, Charley gave the Reds those optiona to nould have sti had Jobs in fast company. plc Posh Ee GIANTS BEAT WHITE SOX. J i i Furtoms, 105; darken {Masta Battin, Yive| Chevron, 10 (Buxton), 9 to i, 4to 6 and| 119, \:| how. Mis habits are unifurmly good. grief over losing Joe Tinker, of, rather, ‘Aa well start ou ‘apply som “M8 iho, Brown Prince, | (mel 18: *W 1. | len ie aboat tweaty-cight years old. |for getting caeh Instead of players for AGAIN AT MELBOUR! the things he had learned frem the May Apps, Mabertast, | OME TO: Me. ciatmed, Track Lo tie fiporting Editor: ere ana bluff Hine to camudinte: CIRC” Wermanale | MUMLROURM ET A i , Bo he eald goodby and resigned mi me SNR “Trees tae; A bets B thas vd Wolgast won cham- sy have Bot 10 Ko | aes " ¥ “ NE, Auntralia, Jan} eock and aparrii and | pon sate from NelKon vty-first |‘Mhe granting of the Frat eal. aia 3 ‘The New York National League! @iaats out on tour round of a scheduled ‘or’ e round | doce i to-day defeated the Chic: ican New Orleans and bout, B says Ad beat Bat in ten jit waivers are asked on a pla: vy] Tommy Ratty, the bdilliardist and|teague White Sox by 4 to $ y Middle Western Son meget ere gan, | al te Gay twe weeks uo they de. | PNHOE the team that refices to walve gets him| poetry crite, who formerly lived in Bal- Inning game. The Chicago t RACK » Charest jan. | ; Be won ma Welsow in | for $1,000, and there ‘sno chance of bac’.|timore, says some of che folks from A=The enirien for tormorrow's aces | fated the Moi Hox In a flercely fought | gomuieth roama on points 1 82, 2018. | ing out, z down these were In town the other day |!" 4 ame against @ Victorian nine won by 16 to 3, are as follows: Me oy. the form court, and last @ney engaged ten-roand no-deci- and told him that the Federal League iw ‘tn ti h y Jan, 1008, | in_the bi 1@., bad raised something like $200,000 w get ‘The American visitors afte cling is taken isc {58, in "Gen! byt core of Bh co te, | * A™ANCTSAMS Sen eee Teens cueet on dhe Mitte: | ‘The players also Azed it so that they /a good team euarted. ceeded to Adelaide, ee