The evening world. Newspaper, January 21, 1914, Page 16

: __THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1914, ret te Boat 7 EDITED BY /PHLLES WHO JUMPED.” 7, TO FEDERAL LEAGUE =” ARE BACK IN CAMP [Brennan and Killifer’s Quite | ting ‘Tinker’s Team May Mean Legal Battle. UP-TO-DATE LAND NEWSY | — BEST SP ORTING P AGE | IN NEW YO 9 1A BLANCHE’S PIVOT BLOW ; FREAK PUNCH THAT, eee ean RING aera > KNOCKED DEMPSEY COLD. iy —_ WHEN HE LOOKED WINNER “fF Defeat of Middleweight Champion in Thirtieth Round One of the Sen- sations of the Frize Ring. UNTOLD TALES OF THE RING ‘This to the eighth of a series by Robert Kdgren on fights and fighters of (Be past and present, including stories that found their way inte Prigt. The series will be continued on these pages at least twise a week. Brennan and Billy Kiviter of | Philadelphia National League ‘ciubj |who signed contracts to play® with ~ ‘the Chicago Federals, returned to thie ‘city last night in compagy with Bully Shettaline, business manager of th | Phillies, and agreed to rejoin Dootn’ \team. After it was announced Brennan and Killifer had deserted National League Shettaline set of @ still hunt for the deserters. - After a long agument with agen | line the players agreed to turn @ backs on Federal ené jum back to the Phillies. ection wil give the Federal League owners, opportunity to take the fight inte ' courts, il Bi | espace ; FIGHT RESULTS LAST NIGHT: Otto scored one of the t knoekouts of his career in @ | PHILADELPHTA, Jan,» 21, Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). HEN Jack Dempsey, world's middleweight champion, met George La Blanche in the old California Athletic Club of San Francisco, scene of many a famous battle, he went down to his first de And of all defeats ever known fn the ring, It was the least expected up, to the actual beginning of the fatal ten count, Five thousand dollars went to the winner and five hundred to the loser. ‘They had a different way of cutting Beonune, af sbiged oon purses in the old days, when fighting varcray tie! —— was @ matter of sport and not of . oH i in ‘ f : i V) At Bisoct tes! preci lights pa ; 5 im : 4 i" i f , 1] [Phi Bloom, the Probably nobody thought less of a possible defeat for the champion than " 1 ‘ : ‘ “| laa Dempsey himself, ‘Three years be- : , P , “ R re ee,” > ; _ | [Fatreu In"the third round, fore, in 1886, Dempsey had stopped : ‘i ‘ " Corre The Marine in thirteen rounds at * i 5 % m oh wit, siaoped Dave Kats in tho oe Larchmont, New York. sini a" w SYNE. SECT aR a a * Jt was almost by accident that Dempsey and La Blanche came togethe: i i Demrcev i i i M Fos i ‘¥jin the first round with @ 1 the ja Two International Bouts At Garden A.C. Next Weeks | After losing to Dempsey at Larchmont and winning a few fights of le @@msequence, La Blanche went to San’ Francisco, where he opened a bar Stoekton street, between Ellis and O'Farrel. Nearby was Pete Dorsey's ‘well known to all old-timers. resiinoce watsacumens Federal League Starts Baseball War \Logan Quits ta tenes pan om aloe maee| After Killifer and Brennan “‘Jump’’ Back, ““rinech Looce of an English boniface. He was peng ‘ Pavel ery day eriigeenvee] rcGvr—rr——_——— pecilipsy hey d Ross, the behind the bar himself, suave | “ten” rine. hed ; To ¥ But if he over drank| winner, ‘"° "eferee turned to the | paitadeiphia Battery Signs witn| RUSSELL FORD WILL Garry Herrmann, Answering Gil-| THORNTON, R. 1, Jan, 21:—Tom | “Sapper” O'Neil to Meet Dundee Batt 25, SP ound, ot, toe, Seah: “ton ELL FORD . of Albany, N. Yo ih $ | came to the Coast there Rater WANG 2:08 Hae. fixed their signatures to Federal Blanche with a fresh chal. |ORMPSEY WEPT ALONE IN DE- Bo at last Dempsey came out FEAT. ‘all, it was very little, He took good| At that moment all eyes shifted i PITCH FOR BUFFALO. Logan of Philadelphia quit to Jim pany, 3 ©f his condition and could often from the, prostr e form of Jack Phillies To-Day After Pre- a si more, Says: “Organized Base-|Fiynn in the second round of their and Owen Moran Will Engage Young Mike Donovan, the $e be geen the roads ene wi . z BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan, 21.—Rus- : " battle last night. It wos purely a middleweight, has two mat throng Golden Gate Park to the old Carine back against the ropes, dazed! yigugly Affixing Signatures tol] seit ora or the jw York Ameri. || Dall” en’t Worried—Philadel- | set-up, Logan net knowing just when | YOUNG Shugrue, Saturday night © be mests CUR House! hat the man who had been| pon 9 can League team, who is reported to take the dive, The Philadelphi . i Eeed ccc tone baa ‘ tag & beavy him slowly down was lying} “Fed.” Contracts. to have signed a Federal League || Phia Club Cites Lajoie Case as| took * food lacing tn the firat round, Pollock. next Tuesday night he goes ag terrier Gait ee ee ee contract in Chicago, will come to] Precedent than was expected. After a minute y John x! Jack Smith of Brooklyn at the Capa, Day n Jack Deen: Food ‘ the Biittalo tan; eocerding to . of battling in the second, tay | A FTER wrangling for two hours,| tol City A.C. of Albany, N. X. litem to him, La Blanche talked and|inst he walked wnsveadiin: to” Ie | CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—The signing of |} yr, phew” down in his corner and stayed there. from 1A. M. to 3A. M. to-day! 31. wiyan, th , talked about Jack Démpesey, and told | Blanche's corner and, throwing i Catcher Killifer and Pitcher Brennan prises cee Tenet paid rion | locate inten TA A gpeat semi-final a provided Billy Gibson succeeded in get- wi a Flynn, the Pueblo no fireman, a, hd . Lajote, Why, 0 hie opinion, Dempeey never | Arms nround the neck of the victor, [by the Philadelphia National League} | sins over the long distance tele- ||Philadcinnia Natiovats, Ved oiewea te and Freddie Halsband | ting the managers of four prominent |alehts, will take on Jack Ayes. would give hima return fight. very ld i to-day after the pair had already af-|} oon. that Ford will wear a Buf. ||Play with the Philadelphia “Ameri. | °f, 298 The Engilah battler won |lightweights to come to terms and |, to Blan cans, and the Nationals took the case| after ten rounds of furious ehting. |gign articles of agreement for their if i falo uniform and will not go to }linto ‘the County Court, asking for an| H°,very nearly put his opponent out | 16, tm meet in ten round bouts at Chicago or Indianapolis as report- }/injunction restraining Lajoie from| Wm for the count of Hine. Hiseck, |the show of the Garden A. C. next ed,” naid the Federals’ local man- || Playing with the Americans. League contracts has started a legal baseball war and a free for all cam- i ‘9 ARDt, and the match way made for! After the fight Jac! paign for other players of the two old The court refused the injum came back strong in the eighth and | Tuesday night. The scrappers who the Colifornia A. C., a club, backed |back to hin" training auarters’ vat [leagues and the rivals of “organized | °° and the case was carried to-the Mu. | mAde,® senaational Anish, Dut could | wiit exchange punches in these bouts the most famous men of wealth in| (roll's, to find the bitter surround. | baseball.” preme Court. This tribunal in revers- oe are Johnny Dundee of this city and el4 mining and commercial d va b~ Wan ties Rotentad Poeeine No| what the result will be will only ey Ak ced Ha sf tbe. ent verte LO lores. She aerial uate Easy Victory fer Dil Sapper O'Neil, the crack English re to meet i ds, s ontractual rig! in and out of t! serve @f Ban Francloco's greatest pros, . -|Scaunintances, even ener tine Hetenas: |be known after the valldity of the | Contra ba bs On the players, |; DENVER, Jan. 21.—Jack Dillon of fighter at 186 pounds, ringside, and | 4a)" but decided to iy. were away. The camp was deserted, | baseball contract is threshed out in ‘ the employing | indianapolis got the decision over Vic/ Joe “Young” Shugue of Jersey City Gibson told him that be trained at’ Croll’s| One loyal friend found Dempsey, next | the courts, It is sald Killifer and his| ‘“llmore’s telegram read: club reverved the right to diemion a | 2anwon,cf, Salt, Lake, Clty tn a malve land Owen Moran of England et 18/04 to. align him up to meet Sly ey; altting on 4 big round boulder |pattery mate, Brennan, “Jumped"| “We hereby officially notify you relia Oe tan Oars Bacion. did not |tetic Club here last night. Dillon easily | pounds, weigh in‘at 9 P. M. Grupo, y oe we cows at the Fairmant ined hard. Dempeey | (4,004, near the house, weeping. |wack to the National League on the [that Ad Brennan and William ¥ of the agree- | cutboxed his opponent and had him on + €. on Jan, 31. ‘ fer have signed contracts with chi.|™°"* "i the door twice count of nine.) A match between heavyweights has 4 ion assei ite hopes" ihe “pivot blow” used by |on that same rock to grieve over his |the father of Killifer, who is a pro- |°S#° Federals and have received ad-|«<QRGANIZED BASEBALL’? | With bis Fight in the second — — = Pr cetis ate Gouge Rodel, the ih Jimmy Carroll| defeat by Young Corbett in san vance mol Hoth our players and fighters of That time, | #Fanciaco, ‘i . pate J0Rg0 th Michigan. their contracts will be protected. WILL SURELY FIGHT As for La Blanche, his bar was the |, President Gil ‘ ; So far the Federal League claims BACK, SAYS HERRMANN. pivot blow was not a practical 1 t ” B centre of a vast celebration for 4 |leasue sent a telegram threatening ‘ nd 6 al lover for ‘its effectual Tandy a mayen ¢ ore a a aati the Eee ane Cue Ce ee already under contract with a club fectual ing, an iy ere and made a fortun: it iv c ‘d INCINN. @, but vengeance when he heard that Killifer et anntuer’ fe. Ith ns work CINCINNATI, 0., Jan. 21.—Chair- the who used it wide | he didn’t, Instead, he became a wan- man oper dering fighter ond ntually and Brennan had deserted his league. ing on the theory that a player hie eee Herrmann of the Na- ‘ . contract would hold good in a civij| /0M8! Baseball Commission, in com-| CHARLESTON WINNERS. Tee =) 21g; Bovey Cook, | Dion, ‘The Marine without | MeGovern threw himself face down [advice of a Phijadelphia lawyer and FEF counter, dropped into obscurity, poverty ena | Garry Herrmann, Chairman of the WAS DEMPSEY’S ALL/final oblivion. The oniy thing he | National Commission, issued a atate- menting on the telegram sent by 411; Jenaie : 7 left to posterity is the tradition ti to Gilmore's threat|court, though it has not respected i “Damapoay st ‘nave bad some|tee,"ta Hunche swing in which he sald “organized basebait"| the reserve clause Laneve, to. Preeloant Benne rata! | FIRST RACH: Fares 0; forcmala- mous as the solar plexus punch, ‘The Players’ Fraternity will not re- ague to President Baker of the|en two-year-old fillies; three and one- almost pro-| jong since bar in all countries as | ¥aan't worrying about the troubles “Mnowledge of the blow that of the Federals and promising to fight to start him down the long lane | ———— —— = tain on its membership roils any one Philadelphia National League team, half furlongs.—Zindel, 110 (Obert), 4 to said 5, 3 to 5 and 1 to 6, first; Norma L., 115 who breaks a contract, according to| (Callahan), 18 to 5, 4 to 5 and 2 to 5, iv ir, Gilmore, the Federal 1 4; Finalee, 110 (Buxton), 8 to — . iF J Otherwise the pivot blow Otto Knabe, manager of the Baltimore) | 111. League | second; 5 Ns ’ : 5 1 “a A Vederala, wh ived. here tos general baseball public can|3 to 1 and even, third. Time, 45, Una- | ap; selling: fi , Bob Vernon, who has been me, He pe vest ply ipa This ae he wesecoanaiey Pslierd reat assured that organized basebail, bere, ih Day, Becy and Sophia B, | then if Tork iad "Waa | {ued by a syndicate of English Ble seconds to keep watch and American League will not tamper |*® Well ue the Federal League, willl “eunowpD RACE — selling; purse [dee Pres ; || tight’ Getoraeh ‘wentehe viene , te Gtituer tesvewt ta with aligned players ta believed to in- | Protect its contracts in and out of the three-year-olds and up; atx | joguk tf "| Willie Ritchie in England, 4 ~ Rid ‘was about to use it. To the Sporting Kaitor tag Bafalo, owing to Manager Clark'’s|dicate that contracts will be gener- [ee Saas Oreanieed baseball has ‘The Busybody, 108 (Allen), , atill bat ope ot f tnauct ritchie ‘ 1, Has the Federal League signed | tiiness, and are now back in Mow Fark. |aily respected, 1s it mie Leontine teens contracts and will |Z, to 4 b Bret: Pr, iB. oa," Dagens ton 000 ‘of the, money the. smaseery continue to do m, but when contracts 35 te 1, 6 16: Gor ot ; Her | $58 up any big leaguer (major) besides | To the Aporting Kditor: hie agrees to the the ending of the | Joe Tinker, George Stovall, M, Brown, league” players under contract for his| held by the c! to 1 and 3 to 1, second; Queed, 110 land run ® sym-| Baltimore team. His infleld and out- | pay ih ne Sled of ers aleeS base- | (Henry), 12 to 1, 6 to 1 and 8 to 1, had knocked The Marine | King Cole, Ad Brennan, Jack Killifer, ©. X. 0. | field, he said, wero practically com: | 7) y the Federal! third, ‘Time, 1.17, Marty Lou, Sonny |,” RACE B Tomm; beck with a hard straight |Otto Knabe and Chief Johnson. 2, Has| ?**ey oss aot run © gymnasium. |picte, but he admitted he needed | league or any one else that party or | Toy, Tom Boy, Our Nugget, Pros- ide" Dy Kin: - pect, Lady Rankin, Tom Holland, r ¢ pitchers. parties may expect organized baseb ‘ Ld Fyanciece, wworite punch. From that|it been officially announced that HIGHLANDERS SECURE Among the ballplayers who called at | to make every endeavor to protect pe Nimbus, Tom King, Elfall also ran. 4 q make a theatrical tour eliberately with | Jimmie Sheckard, Johnny Kling and Federal headquarte: “ i ss ane northwest in a play which d|Tommy Leuch have signed with the PITCHER RAY FISHER, | sweeney, battery mate of Russell Ford, |Contracts in and out of every civil] THIRD RACE Selling; purse $300; i may rare | Witten around him, Bo i Federals? K. M. who has signed with the Federals, |court if necessary. or terete Turk, 104 (McTaggart), 6 b 308; har s; | critics, for remember Tommy ie * Nery swine. 1..No, 2 Not yet, Kling h Ray Fisher, one of the pitching atamt| Whether or not Sweeney had signed | WON'T BOTHER ABOUT PLAYERS ; Duder. 108; Fa lly @ strugeling boxer, ae q mpsey, a big.| announced that he has quit of the Highlanders, has signed with n Gente WITH FERERALS, (Buxton), 4 as : WHITESTONE YACHT CLUB <<, lar » ——— ae = . the New York club for the coming sea- ae organized baseball Is |1)°l" ¢"to 5 and 8 to. 5, third. ‘Time, / an 1 Fusbie’s eoibtecs: waa taeeivon be concerned, there is no worry on our|}‘1¢ ‘Oakland, Inciaion, Coreopsis, Prcldeel Maik HAGA Coes Ue part whatever about the Federa}| iremier, Chas. Cannell, Willis and JUAREZ ENTRIES. pitcher is teaching echool at Middix-| MILLIFER SIGNS TO-DAY | \eague. Mr. Gilmore or any of hia|Gagnat also ran. BLECTS ITS 1914 OFFICENEy: Thomas Burton of College Paint wage” ‘Whitestenp. boxer, while B says he {s er and a clever bo: ; ansociates, We realize that FOURTH RACE~—Belling; handi- ‘ 4 WILLIAM KLIN, | bury, Vt, and ts keeping in shape with| WITH THE PHILLIES certain contractual rghte'te ont sity®| cap: puree $00: for, three-year-old slected Commenters. st, fie, plenty of outdoor exercise. FOR NEXT THREE YEARS | ers and these rights we propose to pro.| and. upward; one mile and seventy ing held last night at the clubhouse’ ‘The Highlanders also signed A, T y |tect at the proper time, regardless nap. Goldan Sreasure, 17 (Corey), ils Mine i0t;| Shore Road, Whitesone, La 1. Ge the Sporting Editor: . 1 thool| what the Federal Leag: " 4tol, to 5 an o 10, Srat im | 10; 34 . Where can an organized club with a| Pure’ ye ,jmenonmenal echootbey pitcher! 1ADELPHIA, Jan. 21.—Willlam |Jengue may ay On deen” ot APY OME LT eo! Toy CMeCahey), 6 to I, ig, Wai tale WE pool, chairman of the Nirying | responsible director apply for a basket- Killifer, the catcher, who was report-| “In this connection I may add that|#nd_ even, second; Ford Ma fouryear-olds and |committee, gave in detail the Rae blow: ball court in the neighborhood of Second | mip, ed to have signed with the Federals,| Wherever the Federal League has ea-|(McTamgart), 9 to of the annual regatta bel, any ce) bi, The Avenue and Thirtieth street? M Y AND DEMAREE vient pred three-year contract | ‘ablished @ legal right to any ball- A so A Rie fendi, pret, bat as NORWOOD. WILL STAY WITH GIANTS, Philadelphia National League [PMG eet ein one Nene teT ne a cea ° : sonnec ran. cording to a statement given Os be 2e Fae thon connected’ with ‘F—Selling; purse $200; out thin afternoon by President Baker | °""l Wish to repeat, however, that the ol 1 up; one mile raat ‘ho o's Cup race of the local f 7 and enty oy Silleic, — 112 ¢ Hing: threw searolte:. fire \ e ot aN ? eae eee at ah nyone has 8 | (Obert), 7 to 1, 6 to 2 and even, first; a i Valine. tos: ig 153: | gare woman Witten thi ts Contract read : Dro! 105; | dove, ‘Thomas Burton, the {"tisinpstend alon “fetter Ten ies mice. without ang petaty (Plain Ann, 110 (Buxton), '10 to 1, 4 to 18 100: tamazelie, 113;| Commodore, Richard’ Battin ft from ‘Jack Murray, tating that “une | PHILADELPHIA CLUB ference anithe part of those snguaea |} and 7 io 5, second;’ Fairy ‘Ged- ees as, “Yon; May woe, | Rear ‘Commodore, Chat PRANK MGRATH, | the Mgned contract would arrive thin| SANKS ON DECISION In ormanized Dali, and, 1 may add, meme es tated. ‘time, 1473, | | FOURTH R i" there will be no interference unless 4 | amt 1 Put | meze’ Ciud ta om Beoend avenne, cor- | Week: IN CASE OF LAJOIE, | \\n aone in a retaliatory way when |‘ ¥. Grainger, Woodcraft, Jown | ew of Bizteonth strect. 4 bey thirtesn yee yoy é é Fe eetal opieetiodas ont ueaied| Pooh, Monkey, ‘old can eater the wrestling | TELLIER, FRENCH GOLFER, 0 the ‘THE FAMOUS PIVOT BLOW | ciuy” is where LANDED. upward; yeare PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21.—Preal- | “#08 are illewally Interfered with, SAILS FOR W. ¥, NEXT WEEK. |aent naker of the Phillicn cited the La-| «clean Up” for Commeretal, eee ate. thre whe | r ara jole case in defending the stand ye : in Maing Tellifer and ‘A ie wy 6 in’ the |