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UP-TO-DATE ‘AND NEWSY ——— Federal League Has the Real! { Cash Backing and Is Going to Perce Its Way Into “Organ- ized Baseball.” rae. as een HB gentine offere of big money to begs famous bal! play- Gibbons, in Town To-Day, Ts Ready Says He Will Weigh Not More Than 152 Ringside for Californian. By John Pollock. ac. Mike Gibbons arrived “in town just | Jan. 17. before 11 o'clock to-day, The St. Paul marvel haa been “working” at-home in anticipation of a match here, so has only the “finishing touches” to put on ot| to be right for Bob McAllister. Mike's manager, Biddle Reddy, didn't come with Mike thie time. He Nad to remain over in the West to second Mike's brother Tem in a bout there, He'll te in to-morrow morning probably. ‘Mike saye he krows little or nothing about McAllister except what he has read in the papers, “I hear he ie big on the night of Jan. 27 with Tom best McMahon. Young Mike Donovan, the local he was outpointed in a ten-round boro A. A, Jan. 24. ‘The New Polo A. A. will hold its ular weekly boxing show to-night. the main bout Patsey Kline (not of Long Jimmy Duffy, @ local boxer. Kilne won three A. A, U, championships mers he will be giving ten pounds to 3 for McAllister Mahon, the “Pittsburgh Bearcat.” Rodel will have to fight in his best form to Jack “Twin” Sullivan, who {fs etill en- gaging in bouts in the squared circle Gespite his fifteen years at the game, has been signed up for another scrap. was secured to-day to exchange wallops with Johnny Howard of Bay- N. J., for ten rounde af the Irving of Brooklyn on Saturday evening, Gleweight, who hae taken @ reat since bout by Bob McAllister, is ready to don the mitts again and has signed articles for @ ten-round bout with Young Hickey, the Harlem welterweight, at the Queens- Island City on res- In the Newark featherweight) will take on has and hows better in each bout he engages. and fast.” sald Mike, “but I'll step ae along with hip.” Mike sald he would, Jack Britton has @ chance of meet- probably weigh :00 ringside for McAl- Lage Cross in a twenty-round bout Meter, of not more than 152. This ‘etnon, Cal., on Washington's Birth- y afternoon, providing Tom McCarey, the fight promoter of Los Angeles, Cal., the Caiifornian. is unsuccessful in clinching the pro- 3 —- Posed match between Willie Ritehie and j Georges Carpentier, French champton,|Joe Rivers for that date. Cross has Porky Fiyan and|has signed articles of agreement for a -| fight at the National Sporting Club of .| London the latter part of this month, y| which will probably add several thou- Gollars to his present big bankroll of $100,000, Carpenti will be Blake, the English middlewels! ‘peach | defeated ‘The Dixie Kid," the American Ly y ‘only land] colored fighter, in a twenty-round bout he'd we the combined | at the same club on Jan. 1, Carpentier hoot, oll the ‘third-rate beavies, |and Biake will Aant for a ourse of $10,000 ve anno: y a ROVE MES, Banored exceedingly of} ana a bet of #400 M’ALLISTER js Aght with Mike 41 for Levinaky. bos and Agured him the Bui and Jack Geyer, together In @ ten-roun! Queenaberry A. C. night, Davis rec defeat at the han he is anxious to get N.Y, Western middieweight, who fought eral battles in this city nearly years ago, will eal! from San Fran: en Tuesday for Australia, where Gil Boag, manager of the Manhattan Bporting Club, has decided to hold the opening boxing show of the club on Friday evening, Jan. %. Johnny ee Mike | bane, the featherweight champion, ani ov allocated Owen Moran, the English boxer, have is and clever gna tricky,” | been practionlly matched to meet in t eatuster peaterday. “Bod| the mein go of ten rounds at 13 pounds time with a weigh in at the ringsle. er thas not fought since Joss a jonday | pat him away in a pout at New Haven, Bon was matched to-day to clash in a ten-orund contest at a boxing show try. ‘Nett for Salt Lake City, where he meet Gilbert Gallant of Boston twenty-round bout on the night of Hogan, who te guni je end, has been boxing In his form since he placed himself unde: management of Jimmy Howard. e hands’ of aims | Lindsey and Cohn Win First Place in Marathon on the Alleys. starters who stuck to the last follow Lindsey-Cohn, 5,462; Sinith-Ma: Biddell- Dunbar, 6,84; Heine y ia-Kraner, 5,215, Hi score—Rii high average—Lindsey, 190; Amith, right senses that fight- winese—for him. Ke A Sgnte: ‘The season's first tweatyfour-hour bowling contest ended this morning at 12. at Bergman's alleys in a brilliant victory for thé team of Lindsey and Cohn, who knocked down 5,463 pins dur- ing twice around the clock, World's Champion Jimmy Smith and his part- | ner, Mauer, and the team of Riddell ,|and Dunbar made things ‘hot for the leaders in the last two games of the marathde, but Cohn, doing the rolling | #0?’ for his team, succeeded in bunching his} 0m thi late oan tor neteate signe BAVAGE js very anxio maser yng a fighter, When he he Whe's streak, as sere ty ihe whipped Moran, Ken- started with a five-timer, but |: sixth frame hi jot in thick,’ the ¢ and 7 and Baske intercollegiate The when the teams of Corneli Unive: ‘a tournament, and Columbia es of Dartmouth and Yale enema agreed to take on Britton if McCarey wants the match, ftalo the of Denver, Col., will come ets before the ul toe Ume- light again by winning from Geyer, Charley Horn, the California heavy- weight, and Montana Dan Sullivan, the nev. two claco they &re promised fights with the Australian nd American fighters now in that coun- “One Round” Hogan of California ine will Ina Jap. eed 81.000 £1 hast r the t former manager of fighter® of Pile of the Capitol of pany, Mt delphia. *tit" | Bowl 24 Hours for 5,452 Pin than two or three pins apart. A “picked” spare cost Glenn Ridde!| second place. wong “Chiet’ Dunbar early in the contest threatened a perfect sopré when he championship |Face# are as folow: basketball season will open to-night, | realty, ner of the Eastern titie m last sea- clash @ Morningside Heights foor and ‘strikes, thus Dringing home the bacon, eo meet ina enaraes the art ‘hres tums | SUNDAY WORLD WANTS % pine $| two which Auished second Tg hgsalenet oemed "WORK MONDAY: WONDERS ‘1 Ancon, Verena; Young Emblem. THE EVENING WORLD, FRI ‘To the Bporting Bditor:© . I am sevemteen yeara of age, 5 feet %% Inches tall Twice a week T sun over a cross country course of 3% miles, indulge In all o@t@oor sports and box and wrestle. I tay at the same weight all the time, although T eat @ horse and fake gped care of my Astam young I think I should gain ep ‘To the Sporting ‘Who is the ‘MoDougall, H. T. A. 0. ing KAttor: Packey McFarland fight Jack. Kater: | | ‘amatéir bicycle champion?’ Douglas ‘To the Sport 1, Did Goodman hefore or after the Frawley law was enacted? law heen WwW. Ww. ‘To the Bporting Réltor: . many rounds a14 Berry McGov- 4 Young Corbett fight and for CHARLESTON WINNERS. FIRST RACK—Maiéen three-yeprsolis; welling: six furlongs.—Callerou, 104 (Campbell), 6 to 1,-2 tol and 6 to 5, first; Stellata, 108 (Miller), 6 ta 1, 9 to Band to 5, second; Malik, 108 (Nicklaus), 20 to 1, 8 tol and 7 to 2 third, Time, 1.16 1.0, Mike Cohen, Nelrose, Kettledrum, Gal- jant Boy, Surpassing, Caraquet, Laird of Kirkcaldy, The Parson and Velichen also ran. SHCOND RACE—Four-yenr-olda and upward; selling; six furlongs.—Judge Monok, 112 (Buxton), 12 to 5, even and 1 to 2 fret; Plain Ann, 105 (Sumter), 13 to 5, 4 to & and % to 5. necond: Batouch, 12 (Pickett), 7 to 1, % to? and 6 to 5, third. Time, 1.1625. Captain Jinks, -Uasainrella, Margerum, Sweet ‘Time, @nowfiake, Con Ourran, Beach Sand ateo ran. THYRD RACE-Four-year-olds and up- ward; selling; six furlongs.—Dr. Jack- son, 115 (Byrne), 3 to 6, 1 to 4 and out, won; Troy Weight, 112 (McCahey), 8 ¢o 1, 24-2 to 1 and 4 to 8, necond; Mira Dell, 110 (Buxton),.7 to 1, 21-2 to 1 and even, third, Time, 1.162 Golden Prince, Ella Curry, Me E, Flora: Crown, Madman, also ran FOURTH RACE.-—Seting handicap ‘The total scores of those of the ten ree-vear-olle end upward; seven fur- tongs.—Monosacy, We (Burlingame), 412 to and 7 to 10, firet; Ea Bryaon, 08 (Rigatmire),, 9 t 8 to ® and 2 to second; L, H. Adatr, 96 (Martin), 20 © 1, 6 to 1 and 2 to 1, third, Time w Lad Cracker Box also Ladi CHARLESTON ENTRIES. iT RACK-Vuree $300; ;, Monn Banjo Jim, rt 0; Helle Toere, 95, OB: Jaunie We 115; Mack Obtef, 107; FIRS three-year-olds: aad Vous, Prem 6800; Ulirce-year-olde, No Maphger, 97; *hady 2, *Cicen Bes io, yada or; mie, soo Sas hat ‘ 4 } babs: DAY, JANUARY ANOTHER WASHOUT Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), what title, the featherweight or light- weight? CORNELIUS GRIME No, 806 Tenth street, Northwest, Washington, D, C. it CONSTANT READER, Zangfora wis born jm Match, 1988, de twenty-cight ‘To the Bporting Baltor; : ‘Was it Burns of Ketchel who knocked Jack Johnson ddwn ‘and then bowed to the crowd, thinking that Johnson. was out, when Johnson got up and hit’ him and knocked him dug? A ‘dete it was Burns. B bets it was Ketéhel. B ta/eight., 32 wap Ketone! ‘To the Sporting Edjtor: 5 x Te Gunboat Smith a Swede? of which nationality in he? ‘To.the Bporting Editor: : ‘Was Packey MoFarland ever knocked Gown In a ring? ‘Mo, Weyer cloanfy. If not, ak is an American of Reariet Mmpemel, 118; Elsewhere, 110; Our N 110, eathn RACK—-Navy Yard Handicap; pune ‘eso. ‘year-olds ie. —(a) Dovald u teenth mal MacDonald, 108; OE —Iele of Palms Nelling Stakes finee-resy.olde om up: ome, mile , 116; (a) *Dogald Mac. Ih, 113; *Bob R., 108. (a) Holland entry. in atl wal Crown, iat ; one salle, —Floral <Crown, 112: Att 100; "Flask, Rolly" H., 98; Jeaail, - 100; ity” Mega 113; Liabrook,’ 108; Golden Treasure, Haag toe, XTH R. tip; alt ACK Purre $400; three. hentiens one cullen 102; Lady Adelai@ 100; Bum, 10; it | THIRD RACK—Vare: fourrearolde and up: wand; seren furlongs, i Manweeh, 103; Sit Pay Wtreak, 108; Jc FOURTH RACE~Three-y Proton haudiosp; fv time, 07; Bob" Hensley, Birdman, 102; Captain By FIP MACK -dalljne: (our YAR, Ha furlongs. cGeneral | Manhmoy *Peter Grimm, 100; *Royal Inyly, 102; 91 ih ay Sut *Comgro' jack Me SPORTING PAGE IN NEW NOSES OU RESCENT =" TEAM IN FAST HOE Ellis, YORK EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN | Federal League Makes Offer of “Small Fortune” for. Daubert ; May Get Him |t'keamencanes re bor! Brookiyn’s Star Win Meet Pitte- | gun, tt te Frank Farren and the New burgh’s President Sunday and Decide Whether or Not t | York Americans who will eufter a! | from Coles desertion to the F “Jump.” | Frank Chance spent a lot of wme inet 10 | summer in getting King Cole from Columbus to help out the wavering " of the Highlanders, And now the 0000 |pald for his reloase has gone up in Jemoke, Mr, Farrell has no plana to announce an yet. He wants to be, eate Jake Daubert of the Brooklyne, the!that Cole ia ngt going to eign a Mi York contract before taking lexal leadinis Dataman in the National League | “1 ; last season, ang with the possibie ex- | 4 Possible 8 | made the jump wefore he had real ception of Hal Chase the best first base-! joined the New York vluo. Te We }man in the business, is the latest big} had been bought ee Cor ul | leaguer ‘to te attracted by the new) Cut, Re had not reported and wigne@ ! contract here. | Federal organfzatton. Daubert says he} haa received’ a ‘big offer, or, as he calls it, “a smal fortune,” to Jump his Brook- | lyn contract, and he is seriously con- sidering It. Daubert expects to make fia mind up one way or‘the other by next Monday. If Daubert “jumps he will go to the Pittaburgh team of the new league for what {s sald to be $90,000 for three, “ gears. Brooklyn is paying Lim about| tn the meantime Pulte i 1,00 @ yeur now unter a cqntract that |and Js being coneratuiated on ereey ae ‘has two yeats to run. for his victory in having the players’ Daubort was firat approached by the ands granted. "Not one of thent Federal Leaguers last week when he ~' ally turned down by the commis- went to the National Commission meet- | #07." says Davy. “The ones that were ing in Cincinnati on the Players’; ranted wore hold over for future Ww An interesting point in basoball lewade sure to arite, for the reason that Coe q a Ban Johnson's remarks about David Fultz, however, should not be talep too seriously. They were made at. nqanet. Two years ago Comisk & few of the American League - dent's friends tried to frame Up & ja@cheme by which they could’ prevemt Ban from emitting ianguage at @inners but !t couldn't be done unless he wae refused the invita consideration, f the - Freternity Committee, which requestod 'Seawn oy: the players betore way action Jmeventecn changea In the basebalt | wan taken.” $ ‘tawe. Since then he hi received & mode “e | letter from President Barbour of the| The new contracts have not been Fe | Pittsburgh Federals making him .a | ceived from the printers, but John Foster | specific offer and a three yoars' con- | nd Tom Davis are sending out the OW ebay \fnigned the new ones will be sont oat aan | THINKS HE CAN'T BE BLAMED in'casen where both ure signed the eit FOR CONSIDERING OFFER. — | ones will So withdrawn and destroyed. | Daubert didn't turn down tho offer. | Instead he made an engagement with \the Pittsburgh President and will meet | him In Brooklyn Sunday. In talking on | the subject Daubert rays: “do not think I can be expected to} Pittsburgh club of the Federal L {turn down a amaii fortune for three! Report has it that they offered th | years’ work when I am now drawing | Ing Dutchman $1500 Im cash ag ® ‘ordinary pay for the same work. Any fhan, for Instance, drawing a weekly ealary, who was offered a fortune in hand, with yearly pay greater than he was getting, would look after his own| ing not jump to the American best Interests und accept. That is MY| years ago. the other clube ehipped * position, and 1 feel that { have a right and helped make good the, increase tn jow that he has appreciated thw ed y years Hans Wage ner has turne# down an offer of $18,000 & year, for two years, to play with It ia ‘not generally known, but when | the Pittsburgh club paid Wagner & dig salary to stay in the National t NICHOLAS SEEN to help , jSalars. His presence in the National “The Federain approached me in Cine| League, it wan figured, o f as value to the rest of the clubs ag te F erally“ dseenee, -|cinnat!, and I natu pee? what they had to say. Several of th ( juts were after me, but the talk wi A 1 = ne righ her general until T received the lattor| saung reson arouse Meena start the from Mr. Barbar.’ Teport that certain players in the Sig Dubert’ was a candidate for the Job | leagues were going to be traded to Cla- Of Brooklyn's mavayer when Bill Dab- | cinnati or St. Louls, they would have swanr@eposed.-aad it was believed |no trouble in being to start Robertéon of’ —— Shootihg Final Gdal, Is Pia bit ved when re- | season. ' Even Davy . ‘ "7 enh Psi Somes to find Wilbert Giants wanted to make ¢ big jemp ! Aided by' Fine Team Revinéon had heen érigased an Dahlen's | % } V + K ~ successor. 4] | deal. 2 ' Vor i —_—— » - (3 by John Foster’s | KNABE IS IN CHICAGO Giants do not ow The Bt. sition hockey fee tur- | TRYING TO LAND SAIER Tho old Tinke e 3 , : AN: ished the sensation inst ntunt at tho! | AND HANS LOBERT TOO ' has cropped un one St, Nicholas Rink when they trimmed sapearenan {hold of ‘Heinie Zimmerman, the Crescent A. C seven by favorites when the teams started action, but the attack of thé local forces in the first perted was so well directed and they’ CHICAGO, Jap. 9.—-Nine “Big League” | quoted . line-up of | “Heinte Zim id have been b 1 easily on the Cubs but for “the \temperament of Evers.” As J gets through with the d h re of The Brooklyn players were the| bull players will be in th the ‘Baltimore team when the Federal League begins its campaign next spring, according to Otto Knabe, manager of saying that make reply. prs, 4 Se eat eat. NOPE! the: Baltichore club, who arrived here] ee a stand, of its when the iattay toxlay to" discuss matters with Presi- ae roe dai oy 41d get started, dent Gilmore Hert crecag dar sggutgetl la, the Crescenta made by. Cox. Niok tallies and Morgan the other, CJ. c, | te scoring of the victors was done in ke the first period, when their team work was at ~~ | goa in this period and’Cox scored in the second half. ‘The St. Nicks didn't waste any time in ecoring ret! pasa out by Peabody, drove the | Stak into the net for the opening tally | Sater, the Cub first baseman inside five minutes of play. For almos' ten minutes the Crescents tried hard to even up matters, but they were unable ‘and up; one end onesix.| to pass the solld defense that faced the 118;| running attacks of the Halt Moon for- lo? Brutal | we tallied from @ scrimma his forwards had made a determined at tack on the @ guarded by Dr. Mills. |other night at the Cincinnat! b quet, \Nor did Bille stap em ae soon got|is now about to make a yell that,I8 a in all '} In this stride again *Ralph | lee with Mors ® Pass ‘across the rink and sent it whi olds and| sing Into the nat, twenty | renult of @ pretty Dit of team work and Hel the Allentown middleweight, t Wille Adar of this city in und hattie list ray <n the Meesdway rien: _ And when there was @ score it was chalked up to the credit of the St. Nicks, who for a few mnutes had swept the! | Crescents back and forced the play well ‘*Duquesne, 109; Caat| Into Crescent territory. This time Ellis to stop him, but hi dash by slapping the rubber into th When the teams got started ‘In the! run down the Ice. . but Cox was w wae a. SSS ===: dito Bilis’ 12), Morge>, ‘Abirretf, Cox, lev —— {ER ee Ripa ane Take advantage of our Semi: onf | 1 Hncual Seiment SALE. Have a d suit made at 1-3 its worth. Im- Ped gent pou bar acre a 8 ported and domestic materials to s¢- luy un exhibition game on the latter's | lect from. New ends added daily. rounds April lA it was announced to- | ’ F day, ‘The game will wind up the Cubs’ | training trip. of the goale for] Knabe sald the main object of his | how do League stand other tally trip te a hunt for players and declared ee Page tet agit Ms got two of the Bt.|/that the Leckers of the Baltimore clu | is, gew questio: All] wilt «pend any amount of money to get materia!. Among the men he sald “vone of the beat | when told about that speech he am omnia i its th nigh its best, Shirreff obtained his rao eaacely, teamion i he had signed wae Ban Johnson suddenly recailed his third basemen in th same, who hit) +1 have always kept lawrers at arm’ better than .900 last year.” This man, | length,” and, with « shudder, th “ it wae hinted, io Hans Lobert, hat it coat him to, talk about Knabe admitted he was after Victor ¥ rd, , 3} i pthc Lo, HIGHLANDERS GET BEST PITCHER IN TEXAS their first goal. Morgan, on a a iam COLE'S JUMP SHOULD BRING INTERESTING Ross, sald to be the best TALK FROM JOHNSON. |*' nthe Seren lange, oem with the Highlanders next season. Pitched for the Houston team, won the pennant last season, worked in 33 games, winning 3. By Bozeman Bulger. AR the next two days the car F should be held close to the ground. The Hon. Ban B, Johnson, who made @ nolse about Davy Fults the; for the Santa Claus combination near the net after down the took the puck on | yell. ‘The first of the American League | players—King Cole—has tandet with voth feet squerely in the camp of the ‘and right on top of Ban B.'s the | LEAs PERRING’) against Le pony This score was th yeenae, 101; Berando, 6; ft ting tn which hée bade tne Mast i of arcs, 100; Big Disper, | RUS and Morgan got & good cheer from : igen ale or ada Wea.her eleer| ‘Than the Crescents rallied again and embered that up to the SAUCE +i and cold, track headed by Shirreft began another bom-|time of ‘Han's fellcitcus greeting the |[ | THs ORGINAL JUAREZ ENTRIES f eae contract jumpers had been limited to pst \. the National Teague, This King Cole Loa th t mate natty ‘got ihe’ puck well down |Dueiness makes, things @iffarent, The Wmeechas te The Bronite; Wosd) + the Ice and sig-aagned a path through |seream of @ crippled wolf, ‘t Is ox- The Jusres enti t to-morrow's| the Bt Nick playe They tried pected. .will be as the droning of a hee hard in inished a to the next yelp turned lobse by the man who probably knows more about To-morrow Night. 21st ANNUAL H the ay! n of making players jump than 4 half it was another case of the) i ! rencente trying tu force-matters, ‘The any man in barcinll, | tn fect Bar| A vo NTA A. C, | St. Nicks held them of for about elAnt that cost the Nationa) League around ; SH Wirect waa Gee ko. minutes Serine a eecndationar ® quarter of a million doliare In fiting | SAT. EVE, JAN. 10th, Meee by) hot unsuccess. np with him, puck on the rebound, aeatly. Fall Remnant Sal ion Broadway (& (Ninth ‘Street. @nmerman, the Cubs’ third Hie contract