The evening world. Newspaper, January 15, 1914, Page 16

7 WGOVERN TO TAKE LICKING. HE GOT CHAMPION'S NERVE } . Denverite, by Putting Reverse on Bit of Ring Strategy, Won Battle: Just as He Planned. OLD TALES OF THE RING < This ta the mxth of @ series by Robert Edgren on fights and fighters of ‘the past and present, including stories that have never found thelr way into it. The series will be continued on these pageg at least twice a week. Copyright, 1911, by The Press Publipning Co. (The New York World). the book of ring strategy, Article I,, Rule 1, reads: “Let your oppo- TEE RVERING WORLD, THUR SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK } nent wait for you im the ring. The longer he id compolled to wait the | MOre nervous he'll become.” |e At least, v0 it would read if there was such a thing as book of ring strategy, That time-worn trick has been played by all of our champions, @anitcance. from the least to the greatest, and by many who weren't champions. I've seen @ third rate preliminary bexer play it on—but that’s another story. The one I'm going to tell h fo of a fight in which the rule back- fired, threw in its reverse clutch at full speed and brought about the downfall of one of tho greatest cham- pions the ring ever know. To the younger members of our eet the name of Terry McGovern, while well known, carries no great It ts impossible to imagine Terry McGovern. The scientists jag there ts no‘such thing as imagination, in the usual acceptance of ) for all !magination te based on some-effort of memory. And if never saw MoGovern fight you can't imagine what he was in the ring, p nothing else quite like him ever tossed a boxing glove into the unwill- “map” of another artist. ‘There was oaly 0! smiling and friendly, as McGovern! tte vibration of the bell te je stood over his fallen an- Tooking Gown with the dased alr 4 i Siaeb, mralner’ staining. Ne wae © . relent ¥ rv 7 terrific pace for a McGovern. Outside the ring Terry wae pleasant he ‘te to-day. But in action—there was the / , tina| THE THING THAT JARREO THE ei g a5 F352 3 i CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. ‘He's fust going out now,” Y “Im about five min- out, you » and Wow! That jarred Terry! he leaped from the flat of his shoulder blades and landed in the middie of the room on both fect, headed at full speed for the door, Aw he threw it wide open bet . turned, nis edgerness ‘erry almost trod on Corbett’s heels, He was 1m hie corner in time to see Young Corbett stand up and atrip off his eweater, pulling it over his head and showing, aa trim and sturdy a fig- ure as ever @ fighting.man owned. And Terry was ell on fire to get at the man who had called him out to fight—the 20 furioudly across the ring to win the fight. Corbett, rising slowly and taking one step Geliber~ ately met him with a sudden crushing overhand right that jarred Terry back heavily on his ce waa vense of supremacy. who had the nerve to call him out to Nght, and who hed met bis rush in- sea! of trying to avoid it, And now Corbett was coming for him with a Uetle cold smile: It was a new experi. ence to MeGovern, But ! have said he was @ great fighter. He only buckled down to his work with redoubled fury, I don't know how many fights 1° tea-party compared to that first round at Hartford, and it won't be an ei Terry's chin up with the tip of nts bieve and threw over & smashing right that knocked him fiat. Corbett knocked nd stepped back and it knew must come. ‘Terry rose and the instant he saw ty the tury of as tf hed be weathered it until he could slip away. Terry turned and followed, starting a left hook. Corbett whipned right counter over Terr: should and MeGovern went down on Ten seconds later Corbett w: Charile White drag Terry to after- But Corbett als ith, He ‘got ‘Terry's wont ‘8 goat 3M toll abou: that same ald | fon: Jap Billlardist Made ivories Be- have Yesterday, and Pulls Up to Within Forty-three Points of Cutier’s Soore. ‘ —_— HEN Koji Yamada's friends ob- served the rise in temperatu yeaterday they were happy. Ail morning they kept their eyes peeled on the thermometer, as Yamada himeclf had told them that the reason Albert G. Cutler was beating him in their 14.1 dalkline billiard match at Doyle's Acad- emy, it being the firat public exhibition of the new gai was because of the as the mercury started to climb Cutler fa thi erceury started to climb Cutler was in for a trimming, With the weather many warmer than it was on the Gay, Yamadn's game tmproved, yesterday he won the first blook of three played in the five-day match jas forte in the balkline game le his wonderful ability te coag the dalle together and make long rune by consequently they don't respond to the Geft touches necesary in expert nursing, reason of Yamada’s victory yester- ay the supposition is that the balls were much thawed out and willing to do the p nursing game, and he tried hard to imitate Cutler's grand ‘open table work. Consequently Cutler was an easy winner, finishing in the lead by & acore of 900 to 179, In the ‘ing Yamada decided that he had better return to nursing, if he hoped to win the matoh from Cutler, so he resorted to this etyle play again. In Yamada’s Stocks Go Up With Rise in Temperature the twelfth inning Cutler led 88 te M5. Tn the thirtieth inning, instead ef play- ing the balls safe on an tmpoe- aible follow lineup, the Bostonian tried to score & point and failed. The Oriental then went to the table and scored 67 points before he cinching the game. During this run he made half his shots with bis left hand. He had the crowd stamping wildly when he made three guccensive masse shota in the centre of the table just before he finished the i It wae necessary for the diminu- tive billiard atar to make long reaches over the green baize in order to nego- tiate the shots. [t was by long odds the ereat . work sven in the match grand total now is: Cutler, 1,468; 3, Yamada friends feel confident that he will win to-day’s block, whioh will bring the men on even terms for the prise money, with two victories pooner J Koad match will wind up to-mor- League Champions See Another Pennant and Are Ready to Sign Contracts, By Bozeman Bulger, Y personal letters from members of the Giants President Harry Hempatead |p avsured a complete championship iineup for the coming json, Though all of these players hi not signed thelr contracts, they ta' voluntarily promised not to jump to the Federal League. . “I have the letters here,” eafd Mr. ‘Hempetead, who is running the whole Wrestling Artists Show Bit of Rea International Bouts at the Gar- “den Best Seen in This City in Years—Aberg/a Winner. The most satisfactory wrestling tour- nament that has been soon in thie ci:y in years took place at Madisun Square Garden last night when @ series of ia- ternational matehes was held. The win- ners of last night’s matsnes will meet in the semi-finals and finals on March % and then the best man develuped tirement. Joe Humphries was the master of ‘s ceremonies. He was decked out in a natty Tuxedo and, needless to say, Joe didn’t feel very much at home in it. Joo had a hard time wrestling with the names of sone of the contestants, but he 19 @ wood otaller and skipped over some of them without any damage to hig evening clothes. ble when giving instructions to thi gripmen before their bouts. Frequently he had to eosk the services of an inter- they came to oxtra period of Aftee only five minutes they used uj jstensky eurprised hia. tough opponent by pinning his shoulders to the mat with an arm and neck hold. At one stage of the bout the Bohemian Terry's attack, and knooked out. But he| tog neck hold. The fourth beet need in an uneatis- l Competitio eight minutes and frequently during the bout the Hercules either dit or Dulled his opponent's mustache. The results of the three other bouts: Paul Alvares, ' Spanish, and haif-nelson' in twenty-three min- utes; John McLaughlin, Irish-American, beaten by Viadek Zbyssko, Pole, with neok, throat and crotch hold in seven minutes, while John Hercken of Delaware defeated George Bandcle, the Greek, with @ leg hold in eight minutes. —_—_—_——— PARLIAMENT OF BERLIN WILL NOT APPROPRIATE $5,000 OLYMPIC FUND je Socialists Vote Down Proposi- tion, Arguing It Is a “Pri- vate Affair.” BERLIN, Jan. .—The Budget Com- mittee of the lmperial Parliament to- Gay rejected a proposition to appro- Priate $60,000 dor the Olympic Games to be held here in 1916, The rejection of the appropriation wae largely to the feeling of resent- Mt among the Socialists owing to thi tle persecution by the Govern: let Deputies voted in a body against the appropriation, while the Clericals Joined them, declaring that It wae no business of the empire to support such Dep- 7 of the brueck, Minister of, the Interior, energetically defended the pro- posed appropriation and it le considered probable that it will be reintroduced in a plenary altting of the Imperial Par. Mament. i Ma DETROIT, W—Johnny Grifith <= -CORBETT’S “GOAT-GET * Come on out, vou Terry, DAY, JANUARY 15, 1914. ip a Ref, AND Jane ‘your erine’! BROWNS TO DWELL IN HOUSE OF THEIR OWN. OMETHING new in baseball. ‘The Browng this epring will dwell in thelr own boarding house, passing up the hotels. A house with twenty-six rooms tn constructed, two stories high, and the comforts of home,” at thelr training grounds at 8t, Petersburg, more pore n re 5 © of meat and another potato. pudent wal a ‘ond pi awerly bolled office, during the absence of. John Fos- ter, ‘and you can imagine how good it made me feel to receive them. I would give you the names, but as contracts will be along in there {s no use in counting chickens with their Hneup complete there appears to be little chance of any other club beating them out of a fourth pennant. Pittsburgh, the Cubs and the Phillies een so badly shot up by th re that they are practically out of The Boston Braves, at this writing, lecem to be the strongest opposition. The Federal Leaguers, it is understood, ha’ promised to club, and that ought cided advantage. ‘The only Giant to turn in his contract yesterday was Georgie Burns. It is understood the Fede had made him an offer, but our young hero of 6t. Johns ville gave the tempter @ deat ear. Ané now a new wrinkle has appeared ‘on the face of the Federal Leaxue, I have it on pretty good authority that they are going to the National C mission for protection! Mor fea 2 offered to Ney ‘ beet} in Chicago the other e would be in organized bail before the start of the season. Now what know ‘bout that? It may be frony, but these boys are going to claim that they did leas harm to the National League than did the American League in that reason ought to that dog from under ti Notwithstanding the aumerous prom- {ees or threats, the Federal Leaguern have not knocked down with that promised list of playére up to tn of going to press. Gtimo! his word he would have the roster the Federal League ready in a waek's time and was ten days ago. This tardiness may be due to the cold spell, but if James K. docsn't kick in pretty soon we are going to have our doubts, ‘The magnates insist that this invasion se mor league will eventually work sive him a de tor recognised. Get table, Joe. us if Johnny Evers, crab that he Iklck much at that. Diek Rudo! Bronx to aee Hatry Mock yesterday and gave forth the glad tidings that he has rather play for George Stallings than anybody in the business.” ~ | salary, Even ja, Woulda’t | in ~r| McGraw’s Men Will Be at Their Stations At Polo Grounds When Whistle Blows It Looks as If Bostons Will Offer Giants Only Real Opposition This Season. Richmond (Va.) club and finished with ting average of .266 and a flelding Se of .964. His best stunt was the throwing out of 65 base runu in @ This young man lit in Hor- |. ¥, What do you think of him? John Foster thought better of taking @ duck hunt in this cold weather and took a trip to Bermuda for hs vaca- tion. The secretary of the Giants will be down there for a week and has promised on his return to bring each of the scribes @ onion, And still the innath dase hit could not survive the biiszard. This puny lit- te variety of single died in the head- quarters of the Baseball Writers’ Asso- ciation, The gang voted against it. Strangely enough the heaviest oppos!- tion came from New York and Chicago. Now that we have got rid of the Cin- know, is getting mighty cold. Joe Hornung, who was a hero in the Ice Yachting Records May Be Dislocate ° Tce boat sailors in their mile-a-minute cratt will hold their first race of the season Saturday on the North Shrewes- bury, off Red Bank. The fecord cold snap has frosen the river from four to | To five inches deep, and the ice is thick enough for boats of Bll classes to go skimming over the surface at terrific speed. Owners are busily tor the opening race. Some of the more enthusiastic sailors are fangled creations bullt to go after the best time ever made in this strenuous sport. The race Gaturdey will be for boate of the third class, better known as the “Commodore Contest Robert Heite- meyer’s champion ice yacht Imp wiKt apread its wings for the initial race, as well ag Trye, owned by Commodore Grant, and Dantel Asay‘s Gull and sev- eral other boats that will be remodelled ektppere are wanifest! Frederick having new- | To ’ HA OVERMAND’ EDITED BY ROBERT. EDGR TING” METHODS CAUSED M’GOVERN’S DOWNFALL \\_ Copyright, 1914, by the Press Publishing Company. (The New York World.) "Te gNoctrour., | Ritchie Offered $15,000 | For Go With New Yorker and His Manager in San Francisco To-Day for Conference With the Light- weight Champion. By John Pollock. BACH CROSS and his ' L Bam Wallach, are in an chee ©o trying to arrange @ match be- tween Leach and Willie Ritchie for the Mghtwelght championship title at Jim Coffroth's open alr arena at Daly City, Just across. the border line from ‘Fri Birthday afternoon. talk with Ritchie to-day relative to the bout. If Ritchie agrees to box Cross, Jim Coffroth will make him an offer of $15,000 for his end. Cross has also received a flattering | T! offer from Tom McCarey to fight Joe Rivérs at Vernon, Cal., on the samo day and Leach has accepted tt. Leach, however, would sooner fight champten Ritchie, Bombardier Wells, the champion Eni lish heavyweight, managed to win a fight over in London last night by knocking out Gunner Rewies in the tenth “fond of & twenty the first Aght that Wells hag won since he Gunner Moir in London lest Septem Jack Dillon of Indianapolis and George of Pittaburgh, who claims the middleweight championship, have been matched to meet for that title in @ ten-round bout at Indianapolis on May %. the night before the 600-mile augomobile rac@ in that city, The con- test will’ Be fought in the baseball park and is expected to draw a record attend- ance. Jimmy Clabby, who hag fought so suc- cessfully during the lest year that he is now regarded as one of the topnotch in the middleweight division, is the favorite in the betting at odds of 10 to 7 for his twenty round battle Sailor Petroskey of San Francisco at Vernon, Cal, on Saturday night. Clabby wins he will be matched to To the Editor: At wi weight did Frank Erne fight when he lost to Terry McGovern? Was Terry McGovern lightweight champion after he beat Frank Erne? Was Battling Neleon the legitimate Mghtweight champion bef fought CASTLETON A. C. To the Sporting Kditor: In it ‘acratch” in @ game of pool if when playing your opponent sate your king ball and the object ball do Rot go to the cushion? Is it neces- sary for the object ball to go to the cushion? ARTHUR SHBA. n entirely om the rules you are boring unter. Pinying safe it is necessary that either object or one ball tonch om cushion. the Sporting Editor: ‘Where may I apply for an auto race aD. pried KAitor im Coffey, the Dublin Gian er fight Arthur Pelky? TD. ‘amock's new | A. was satisfied to take another card off the deck. D, would not let him have it, claiming both hands were dead. Kindly decide if D. was right. with | the Cross Feb. bird George Chip for the middleweight: le. Two boxing shows will be held te- | night. At the Atlantic Garden A. C. Jim Flynn, the Pueblo fireman, as@ Jack Driscoli of Brooklyn, poorest ite, will meet for ten rounds. the Olympic A. C. ef Harlem six el- ored fighters will clash in three ten- round bouts. Young Murphy vs. Pres- ton Brown, Terry Martin ve, Harry besed a and Mark Spencer vs. Battling uck, eral squabbles over dates to be held in that clty Mayor u has notified them that he will not mit any more boxing entertainments be held there until the promoters ¢m straighten out their troubles and wer! in perfect sacha Jack Britton and Billy Glover gro tl meet sext O t the National Sporting y met recently ‘in Brooklyn ang after a red-hot bout opinion was everything when they meet again. A match has deen clinched Young Otto, the east side re-entering the ring. Tom wag te. fought Al MoCloskey at the Brows, Gymnasium A. A. Tuesday night, as his friends advised him not te back into the ring, he took thelr nd called off the fight. Tom js present the manager of @ couple of Because Jimmy Johnston, manager Owen Moran, the Engtish light demanded too much for Moran to Young MoGowan of Brooklyn et t¢@ opening show of the Twyford A. C. in Rink ia Brovkign makes club trump without a marriage. in that suit, but has a marriage fetta BIG FOOTBALL GAME AT POLO GROUNDS NOV. 2]. GYRACUGE, Jan. U.—The Gyractee University football team will meet mouth for the first time in years, an@ the game, it le sald, will in ell prob @bility be played at the Polo i York, on Nov. S. The echedule, is as Collows: Sept. %, Hobartat Syracuse, 4%, Hr f