The evening world. Newspaper, January 31, 1914, Page 6

UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY MAHER WAS BEST WHEN NG WITH AN OPPONENT Choynski Had Him Whipped Until Mike Donovan Told Joe to Stand Close and Slug. Thin te the eleventh of a series by Robert Magren on fights and Present, including stories that have never found ‘The series will be continued on these pages at i the hardest wallop in America, He was « splendidly pro- with shoulders and arme like those of Fitasimmons, a! clean-ined body and good, shapely; legs. Also Peter always wore a mus} tache. He'd rather have gone into the ring without his right leg without that adornment. For Peter had ideas concerning what conet!- tuted manly beauty, and he lived up’ to them. Away back in '96 Peter Maher was matched with Joe Choynski, who; was little known tm the Hast, but. had quite @ bit of reputation in the ‘West and the Antipodes. Joe was @ remarkably hard hitter and a very clever boxer. He weighed only 165 But be carried his weight high. His lege! Fitestmmones and Corbett, ekigny. Above the waist ho! His was as thick as thet of a looked thin and narrow, hair, parted in the middle like the mane of a ion. Choyneki family. His father was a i p : : i F ifr ii i j 4 t we e E f ii i : | i i 5 i Li t i ! fist ; te Hi i | iY & f H 9 ik I t ile it rat R&R aT i! if in if i H iil yay DI i { - Hi o 3 oe .-¥ Beas iE § Ertf ity i E é i | l ! i Mr. manly E enth: te slit Fs Hi i B Hf Jefferson Livingston’s Great Gelding Tries To-Morrow at Juarez to Supplant . Figures of 1.3542, ; i i JUAREE, Mexico, ‘Jan. 31.—To- morrow at the Jockey Club Juares ur old, 120 pounds, Iron Mask as @ six-year-old, allowance which 113 pounds, Fresh ph in his alx furlong Zarete, when he set record a il al it even been ap- Smorin Aeriog some of the have raced, iE at ef talastioally. sport and a | ere, ie rs Mey ober counting the winners |G SER ects Bake foe] seo Monin Iron Mask May Shatter Salvator’s Belmont Park +! on Feb. 9. GREAT SAIL-CARRYING POWER FOR DEFENDER, | Yo BRISTOL, R. I., Jan. 3}.—Eiforts of the Dullders to concentrate as much ible far di in the peat. indicate that t y. ness and Mile Record ‘world b; i foctas y Fuaning the Sret mile and «@ quarter, in ‘Was not count record. Alarm, by imp. Beli; was under 1.43, and Searcher, by En- Quirer, was the first performer beat 1.4%, This took place at Lex- rmance was over the track in 1873, On May 27, 1877, at Louisville Ten Breeck raced a mile in 1.39%, which stood as the for over fifteen ee. until it was finally lowered ‘ine. The first time that 1.89 was Galvator and Kil- beaten, save ry at Harlem, Chicago, ‘ine ran a mile in 1. Kildeer ran over the same tr: as Salvator in 1892 in 1.87%, but thig time has been equalled twice at Jaures and beaten on Sunday, Jan. 18, by Bonnie Chance in 1.87, this be- ing the new world's record on a vir- c course. Aa Salvator and Kildeer, no horse ever ran a mile in America under 1.38 until 1901, when, at Sheepshead Bay, Hrigadier In 1908 the Ken- in Say ye y inner, Alan-a-Dale, ran a mile at Washing ton Park, Chi- cago, in 1.87 3-5, and the same ‘Welles ran t! at Hi Chicago, in 1.873-5. Kjamesha ‘tied this mark at Belmont in 1908, while Fern L, duplicated this per- formance that season at Seattle Centre Shot ran @ mile in 1.371. at the Santa Anita course in Ci fornia, in 1901, record which stood as the best in @ race until the pres- ent Jaures meating. 9" following table gives the age of the perterssare and weight carried by borses whose records are éxpected to poss {nto history, after Iron Mask makes his qroat trial against the watch to- faaton in 1876, while Alarm’s =. cided WORLD, SATURDAY, JANUARY $1, 191 BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK Copyright, 1914, by the Press Publishing Company. (The New York World.) . EDITED BY ROBERT EDGR HOW MAHER BEAT CHOYNSKI WITH HIS “DYING KICK” | Legislator’s Scheme to Tax Baseball Bigger Scare Than Threats by the Feds (AC ils aa Gibbons Coming Here to Prepare Start’ Work Tuesday— Paokey Training in. Chicago and Will Reach New York By John Pollock. LL doubts that the ten-round bout between Packey MoMar- land and Mike Gibbons at the Garden A. C. on Feb, 12 will take place is dispelled, Billy Gibson, man- ager of the club, received a letter to-day from Gibbons in which Mike said that he would arrive in New York from St. Paul on Tuesday and of Cali The: rounds at 116 pounds. favorite at 3 to 1, ia going to leave for his home Francisco on Tuesday. Bob offered a twenty-round bout Jimmy Clabby of Milwaukee at one of the clubs in 'Frisco und he has de- to accept It. According to « cablegram received to-day from Paris, Sam Langford of Boston and Georges Carpentier, the French champion, have been matched | by |to fight twenty rounds at Luna Park | in Paris on Feb, 31. Langford has Abel Kiviat and Hannes Koleh- mainen will: be supported by, the Irish-American A. C. in ‘their fight against disqualification by the Ama- teur Athletic Union, The club has engaged John T. Dooling as special attorney to look after the athletes’ in- tereats. Mr. Dooling was instructed to ap- pear with Xiviat and before the local Registrati teen when for Big agteed to make ) Battle ch cl as - ford knows too much for him, The following clubs, aside from the Fairmont A. C., hold boxing shows to-night: Brown Gymnasium A. A. Artie Edwards ve. Eddie Len- harkey A. C., Jack Connors Coyle; Atlantic Garden lly McGovern vs, Young Ke irving Britton ve. Ray Cam, fander- bilt A. C,, Brooklyn, je Calla- han va. Harry Pierce; Queensboro A. C., Brooklyn, Bert Fagin vs. Wal- ter McGirr; Gowanus A. C., Brook- lyn, Young Fox vs. Dutch Brandt; Dexter Park A. C., Brooklyn, Marty Brown vs. Jimmy we West Brighton (8. 1.) A, C. Al MoCoy va, Soldier Shaw. The “kidney punch” has’ been barred in Philadelphia, Director Porter notified managers of clubs that this punch is not allowed in contests, and if the order is not obeyed the license will be revoked. Jim Coffroth, the premier fight pro- mover, of ‘San Francisco, is on his way and is expected to arrive wil to induce to meet Jimmy and wanta Ad Wol to Clabby, fight Willie Ritchie a twenty-rgund bout at his club in March or April. White, the crack light. ‘t of Chicago, and Jimmy Duffy a ve mal of the Queensberry A.C. of Buff N. Y., to meet in a return battle of ten rounds on the night of Feb. 11. yy furnisl a great battle at the same club a weék ago. reached here to-day from crveland that a match had been ar- between Eddie Murphy, the It fast’ Boston lightweight, and Phil] organised baseball? been | Brock, the game and aggressive fighter of Cleveland. They will box twelve rounds at 135 pounds at the Canton (O;) skating rink on Feb, 17, Leach Cross, who at Vernon, Cal. on noon, Feb. 23, wired to his trainer, to start at once for Los Angeles to tr fight with Rivers, for the Coast. hts Joe Rivers after- A. A. U, The meeting & year sma tI a races ever held, barring, of course, the Olympic games. In the English billiard tournament Do; Acadom: Players never pointa apart. The winner's high break Y | was 27, while Vase's best effort netted junction restraining the A. A. U. from keeplig the two athletes out of competitions: blanks have been sent broad- cost fo the Radon) infge ie Syoek and him 8%. To-night there will be a rapid | ‘carn U.| fire tournament for the English play- | Jac! ers in which sixteen players will start, Ira Ryerson has returned from trip to bay Ti, where o C,, Brooklyn, Jack | Vi re more than thirty | | Plan to Cut Into Profits at Polo Grounds Will Cause Real Worry at the New York Clubs—Maybe Wilson Will Sue the Rival League for Saying Hi LD ORGANIZED BASEBALL, out there facing the Federals and fight-| O ing valiantly, is about to be shot from the rear. a Fed When He Isn’t. The O. B. representatives, the same being Jobo Foster and Tom Davis, will not know it until these momentous words are laid before them. dut, gentle men, the shot from ambush ts cow being aimed and the gun goes off before! the end of next week. Mark Goldberg, a downtown lawyer, a member of the Assembly and & man with o real philanthropic in his head, has concealed about his| person at this very minute a dill to be introduced which has for its purpose the “Creation of a Commission to Regulate Baseball in the State of New York and provide funds for the maintenance of Public Playgrounds.” Just what this commission intends to regulate Mr. Goldberg, who evi- dently is aot a fan, ie not eo certain, but something has got to be regulated. “A commission regulates boxing,” he said, “so why not baseball?” Frank Farrell says the game can't/with a smile, as he thought it over, be regulated. “If it could,” said Frank, “my club might bave had a chance of getting out of last place|/an and splittt ing up some of those pen- Rants with the Giants.” But we haven't come to the hard Dart yet—the part wherein Old Or- ganized Baseball will feel the sting.| “ Liston: Assemblyman Goldberg at first blush proposes to tax the baseball magnates 15 per cent. of the gross re- | muff mad to make friend O. B, turn over on his back, kick twice and cash in. Mr. Goldberg admitted, with a look| things as that the Assemb! of new interest, that he hadn't con. | assured sidered carefully the amount that | sinker, would be taken away from the mag- nates, but he'd better stop talking |be sup about 15 percenting them if he dosen't want to see the streets littered with the dead and dying of the O. B. At that rate the Giants, after pay- ing the commission all they made, would be in debt to the Play Grounds Association nearly $10,000 at the end of the season. How do you do? club of that would be too iblyman Goldbe: CHARLESTON ENTRIES. ‘The entries for Monday's races are as| 92 Walter Johnee _| To the Sporting Editor: follows: in him for his coming Lee left to-day fon RD De 5 between it ts called a Texas Leaguer. oe aera nave to change the percent’ think would be @ good i ea to have some king of SFEat Ton you have the Base: ‘wor ve the ball Commission’ regulate?" I asked “Well, er—keep game straig! for ge he opi is mean straight: Honestly, I ‘was pussled. e “Why,” the Assemblyman asked, in all innocence, “wasn't there a lot of scandal or talk about a le by named will stop such that the Giants and ‘fans with him hook, line and ls for the kids can baseball it will be @ wonderful thing, but the Assembly- man had better go up to will be ‘To the Sporting Baiter: Is Gunboat Amith over Arthur Pelky heavy- weight champion? J, OBRIEN. Jack Johnson is heavyweight oh pion of the world. ith ie eons ered the best of the white fighters. tr oe Soartng Editor: it is the highest run at pocket billiards and who made it? . Cc. J. VAN. his victor> Jocal | $30,000 | Si Clarke Has a New Warming Up Stick To Assist Sluggers. manager, who patented a diamond tarpaulin a few years ago, has a new idea. ‘t's & warming-up bat. Clarke's new bat will be a it the same length as tli regulai‘on war club, but it will) be contract. Milton: will tl pretty well of these en Outside of Charley Dooin's chase after the fellow who that letter for him, there are of thi Phi Polo | him. be made before the meld GC. The bid cannet be cad the biasing le closed. Sporting Editor: A, Band C playing auction’ has the bid and leads. B ‘enege. B pays his and A's claims he pret to veer reten nm volved, fue speerenty, want to know is sh hid ‘Who in your opinion ts the beat all- around first baseman in both major leagues, and also state the best one of the seheweng, pitchers in their prime—Walter Johnson, Christy Mat- hewson and Nap Rucker? MILTON HESS. 1—Daubert of Broeklyn. in. Please state in your paper the def- inition of a Texas Leaguer. A bets it isa fly. B bets it is a dri A CQNSTANT READER. the two. Th why ;| To the Sporting Editor: 8 gael “ature 111; York OK-—Purse aa ig ‘Apprentice allowance, ‘Track slow, ——_—_— In a two-handed game of pinochle of diamonds turns up. counted and unly taken one trick, B claims he can only count ten when he melds the diese and cannot meld the forty until he has taken another trick. CONSTANT READER. B Ie right; enly one meld can be the diese. |, | To ‘The Sporting Eiditor: In a three-handed game of euchre go, B has two Cyd land e layer pay the othe ould pay the The zh rtner? CHARLESTON WINNERS, FIRST RACE—Selling; purse $300 three-year-olds and upward: sit : longs.—Semi Quaver, 115 (Pickett), 1¢ to 1, 4 to 1 and 2 to 1 first 112 (Turner), 6 to 1, 2 to 1 and 6 te & second; Volthorpe, 110 (Mi 6 to 6, 8 to 6 and 7 to 10, third. 1.15, Coe viees Votes, ‘iilia, Viley also. ND RACE—#el H 3 at .—Chi (Burlingame), 8 to 5, 3 to 6 won; ik Hudson, 108 ( 3 to 1, even and 1 to 2, second; Bradley, 104 (Rightmire), 15 to. 2, 5 te Lend § to 8 Oe 5 Tine, 18 14 ave raw, pper, Fon! Lown Shark and Lost rveey ad; oe (Turner), 9 to 2, nm and third. = Ti 1.03.5, and Fellowman also ran, FOURTH RACE—The Citadal dicap; purse $1,500; for olde and upward Sherwood, 113 (McCahey), ‘ first; Cuar Mic! second; Tarts, 113 (Bunliness second; 5 urlingame), 1, 2 to 1 and 4 to 5, third, Tine, Palanquin, Brave Cunarder, A. Bila Bryson, Grosvenor, W Ci bh Hill also ran. a -™ YY Gl MLNS AND SOWLIN Price on4 Tome 7 to out. k