The evening world. Newspaper, February 2, 1914, Page 10

PTO: DATE AND NEWSY —_——_— Williams Can’t Claim Title Un-: ti He Whips Coulon or the Latter Retires From the Ring. | Cre TS re Pork Won nt ID WILLIAMS, who knockpd out Campi at Vernon in twelve rounds, claims the bantamweight ‘Williams hasn't the ghost of a claim on that title, Johnny Coulon has been Practically in retirement for a long time, but Johnny hasn't lost the title im a ring battle, and never can lose it any other way. So, where does Will- fame come in? Couloa fought Williams in this city 5 Colleges Plan ‘was G0 referee's dec! which had the better of it, spec- and newspaper writers alike Williams was entitled .to whatever credit there was. He forlea ‘the fighting all the way, and hie Beavier blows and great strength kept Coulon actively engaged in defending Himaelf. Somehow, although there has been much talk of a Coulon-Wil fase match since that time, the match been made. Coulon isn't to be for this, although Williams constantly challenging and fight, for che champion has it of iting condi- “ng hee 9 fighting Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. Ex- peoted to Adopt Rule That Will Provide Fifth Place in All Events. G of the Advisory Committee of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America, is about to put through changes in the rules that will discourage the plan prevalent at many colleges of devel- oping one or two stars for the annual games. He has mapped out changes that will be adopted at the annual meeting on Feb. 28 that will revolu- tenise athletics at the colleges. The amendments to be offered will change the scoring rules. It will pro- vide a fifth place in all events, The scoring rules when changed will allow five for = first, four for second, three for third, two for fourth, and one for fifth place. This naturally ll foree all trainers to round ou! balanced team. This rule will ite incl! final i Hi fighting at all, | \ : : , F E pean Pa aes & oe | 429 Hy BE i} : i i} i i UBTAVUS T. KIRBY, Chairman Coulon came Hi 4 fest, é 8 g i 5 i F i rr 4 iH E B 8 i » At bt. is i He i fe ef i i i pene that the tr [ene to take in more than four The Advisory Committee also will a an anual indoor meet at which no championship awards are to be made. ( The propobed annual indoor meet. ing is patterned after the event that has for several years been held by Columbia. All the Sarcarene 18 the agaEst rr epeel i Ay | ! i nearby institutions eénd teams to the Columbia meet. Following the meeting there would be a fraternal gathering, at which former collegiate athletic stars would be invited to discuss athietic sub- jects. The proposed change of the it Te the Gperting Kditor: : To settle an argument, please say where Sir Thomas Lipton, yachte- man, was born. Glasgow, Scotland. To the Sporting Batter: 1, Was Willie Ritchie ever knocked out by Bulling Bucko? 3. Did Joe Jeanette ever stop Ham Langford in eight rounds? FAN, 1, Have no record ef Ritchie ever being knocked out. 2 Ne. ‘To the Gperting Kéitor: ‘Where is Jack Dempsey to-day, and can I secure a picture of him? What ia the nationality of Tommy Burns, the heavyweight? PP. Jack Dem ny gph re was buried nF land, Ore. Burne is Noah Brusee. MH: ‘rench-Canadian. ‘Te the Sporting Kaitor: mmy je a | boy sixteen Did Barney ‘Tim Logan? ever hea navy? (4) Is considered a fret or second-class fighter? BUSTER. 1) At, the initiation fee te sais, fe ie 8 Bee ha ly le . He le ‘considered a thin rater. wi To the Sporting Battor: (1) What is the record for the one | bour's continuous automobile run? (2) When and where was it made and by whom? 8. MB. 1), Lamart, 1083-4 mi Be ah sat 301, Londen: miles To the Mporting Eater: A bets B that Coffe: out Lester in last Bat ye battle Who wins? G. A. DE SCHAFFE. B wine. Lester refused after the sixth veane ana" we thereby gets credit in book for'a (3) Was Ti it champion of the Add Interest in Athletics | fey | Unless rd ere ere = = But WH Changes To Gay of holding the annual meeting in order that the athletic contest and the business meeting shall be held aid Mr. Kirby, resent as spec tators representatives of the univer- | sities living in or around the city In which the contest ts held, not only alumal tn general, but representatives of the various university clubs in particular.” Another pro) amendment is that there shall be no limit to the number of entries, but before the time advertised for the meeting to start a shall be chosen from the en “If Clause Ien’t Legal,” Says National League President, “‘We Ought to Get Something Bet- ter.” By Bozeman Bulger. RGANIZED baseball at last has accepted the challenge of the Federal League and the old Teserve clause will be yanked out of ite hiding place in the players’ con- tracts and brought right out into open court. If it survives the legal test the Federal League will be taken apart and reassembled into some. thing like a first class minor leagu the old R, C. gets a kick in the ins, organized baseball wil| be jn the middie of a bad fix. After one vear of servitude big leaguers may throwing the baseball. Could you oblige me by giving me advice by which I may better my throwing? JOHN LEARY. Practice, and plenty of it, is the best advice f the subject. ‘To the Sporting Editor: Did Jack Blackburn, who just @erved a term, ever fight Batting Nelaon and who won? R. ERDENBAUM, Ne euch fight in Nelson's record. ‘To the Eporting Editor: A bets B that Mr. Edgren wi peorent the night Weinert fought ttling Levinsky at Brown's Gym. says he was not. DAILY READER. B ie right. He wee sebelah NEWSBOYS’ CLUB SMOKER FOR SICK BENEFIT FUND. ‘There will be a gathering of notabk from the pugilistic world at the Ne boys’ Home Club, Second avenue and Eleventh street, next Saturday right. ‘The graduate members of the club have undertaken to raise some money for their sick benefit fund, which is being heavily drawn upon at the present time through their efforts to bring back to health one of their number who has developed tuberculosis. Toward end the amoker committee has ari and hus invited prptonstonal prope t0, asst lent in making up the Morgan hus proves K. O. Brown, Battling Hon ler, Reynolds and J nny Ho’ hand, with ever lkeli- ai ‘the east side Joon. technical knockout. om a goed batter, but my one satiny | pt! ‘KEEPING UP WITH T that can be given on! SPORTING PAGE: IN NEW YO Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). BASeBALUP MAGNATES ‘Thine THe FEDS SUCH A vorre THAT. They'RE HOLDING & RUSH-CROBR_ MEETING ry pit tsmunes ‘To GET ToasTHER FoR Aacop LauGH! (On Jonn + | Australia Wants Our Best HE NEWS. "Kin" Winans WHO HAS Mow) PoLISHEeD OFF Camm , Loors LIke A BANTAM CHAMPION. : awe Ring Artists to Perform ion the big fights at Vernon, Cal., for several years, to-day wired an offer to Johnny Coulton, the bantamweight champion, to meet Kid Will for twenty rounds at his arena early Part of next month for the bantam- weight championship of the world. Coulon, it ts learned, demands $5,000 for his end to meet Williams, Two clubs will hold boxing shows here to-night. At the National Sport- ing Club Dan “Porky” Flynn of Bos- ton will tackle George Rodel, the Boer heavyweight, for ten rounds in the main event. At the Olymple A. C. of Harlem Johnny Daly vs. Young Ritchie, Jimmy Dempsey vs. Willie} Sherman, Danny Burns vs. Young Monday. Packey McFarland instructed his jattorney to-day to begin legal action Againel the Wisconsin Boxing Com- | mission to compel the lifting of the “Snowy” Baker Coming Here With Flattering Offers to Champions for Battles in Antipodes, , By John Pollock. 6 NOWY" BAKER, the premier fight promoter of Australia, is on his way to this country for the purpose of signing up all the prominent fighters in the different classes to go to Australia for battles. Baker has boxing arenas at Sydney and Melbourne at prosont and he in- tends to install clubs in the different | Gov. Tener Convinces Magnates That Time Is Ripe . To Test the Validity of Reserve Clause in Contracts to have it settied in a United States or court, so that an injunc- tion can be effective in all States. | COURTS HAVE RULED FOR AND AGAINST THE CLAUSE. During the long war between the American and National Leagues the Teserve clause was tested in several he judges disagreed in their rulings. An injunction was granted in the case of Napoleon La- jJote when he jumped from Philadel- phia, but in the case of Jim Mc- Guire, the old catcher, a Federal judge ruled that the baseball con- tract was not equitable, and refused to grant an injunction. The wording of the contract has been materially changed since then, however, and) this one may hold. Still, the spirit of the agreement is practically the same. It is likely that a test case will be made in that of Joe Tinker and the ‘lub, as he was the first to leral League should lose tention that the reserve use will not hold, the men who has ‘that organization will be hard hit. Most of the money spent so far has been in paying big leaguers bonuses to jump. The Feds are said to have spent more than jump where they will, It has been the plan of Gov. Tener to have this clause tested in the courts for some time, but he was not in @ position to make his views pub- ic until after "the magnates of both leagues had given their consent. At & secret meeting held in Pittsburgh yesterday it was decided to adopt the Governor's plan. The fight will start | the moment a jumping player ap- pears on’ the field in a Federal League uniform. “If the reserve clause is not legal,” said the Governor the other night, “we ought to discard it and get some- thing better. If tt is legal then it ts best that everybody should know it, I was never in favor of working under cover.” LAWYERS BELIEVE CLAUSE WILL STA The Governor has had the Attor- Jeneral of Pennsylvania and cea learned lawyers pass on the question and they have given the |magnates enough encouragement to | take the matter into the courts, ‘he reserve clause, in substance, is |@ part of the contract that gives the club signing @ player an option on |his services for the next year. And,! as long ar that option is reised no other club can sign the player regardiess of the amount of salary RESERVE ND TI iT. N ADDITION to his other troubles | Charles Murphy of the Cubs is} now sorely beset over the loss of, Charlie Williams,. who has been) secretary of the Chicago club for many years. Williams has jumped to the Federals and will handle the bus- ineas of Joe Tinker’s club. Charlie was with the Cubs before Murphy got possession, and ought to be in posi- tion to give Mr. Weegham and his associates some valuable information. There is certainly no reserve clause that will hold Williams, fect of this is that when a signs with a club he ts bound club for his baseball life un- released or his contract | playe to th | e sold The legal phrasing of this clause ‘has been done so adroitly that the lawyers believe it will hold. The con- tract is worded so that 76 per cent. {of the player's salary is to go for jservices and the other 25 per cent, as an option on his services for the | following year, It is held by legal expets that a player most certainly | waukee, his American representative, |Courts in Previous Test|™ cities there. Baker is make big offers for bouts and he expects, with the assistance of Tom Andrews of Mil+ six months’ suspension which pre- vents his boxing in Wisconsin for that Jength of tim Packey say ‘wasn't given a legal chance to defend himself and that he was not served [with & copy of the charges. to sign up a great many of the of the prise fing. Tom McCarey, ho has conducted | jim Flynn, the Pueblo fireman, ts confined to his bed with a bad at- tack of lumbagy, and hi n-round bout with Battling Levinsky which was to have been fought at the Collar City A. C. of Troy, N. Y., to-night has eed peateoned, until Monday evenin: 'eb. 9. NO DEFENDER NAME YET. Dentes That Half m Has Been Select BRISTOL, R. I., b. 2—No name has been chosen for the yacht being built here as a candidate for the de- Decided Both Ways— Baseball Leader Wants Ruling by United States} tense ot the America's Cup, accord- ing to Robert W. Emmons 2d, manager | Judge. of the boat and representative of the, | so-called flag officers’ syndicate. | Dig league for two or three years. tion, but no Gecision has been reached Brick Owens, who was dropped | repo | from the National League umpire * ald. | atafl because of his alleged visit to g petit: | gambling house in Pittsburgh, making strenuous efforts to be rein- ; stated. “Brick” was one of the best JUAREZ ENTRIES officials the league ever had and Swarr ara would come in handy since Bill} The satis for to-morrow'’s races are as follows: Brennan is said to have jumped to "rut fact “Florence, Bret” 108: 108; *Gold Dust, 107; Rone ‘O'Neill, 140; Starti ¢ For, 112; | the Feds, three-vearsolda and upwant: fe b., BB. "Kick, aT Ed Lyons, a former baseball scribe and the volunteer scout who signed “Green” Piez, the outfielder for the Giants, was aboard the ill-fated | steamship Monroe. Ed managed to| grab the last lifeboat and was saved. It takes all kinds of people to make a world, including the fellow who came into Tommy Ratty's billiard | Dsic room Saturday night and asked where | {*, he could find McGraw. He had never heard about the trip around the world. Chances are he still thinks John 1.. Sullivan champion of the world, -———— Pope to Receive Giants. ROME, 2.—The American basc- ball players of the National and Amer- fan leagues, who have been on ala ‘round-the-world tour, are expected to reach here on Feb. 10. 'y will be Tecelved in audience by the Pope, and will play an exhibition mame at the Staudlum, which seats 100,00) spectators, In Gondola Land — erat. ride, Boa Dole, tort ‘Old Geo! 1 That low ruinble heard last night jwas an explosion on the piastation George Stallings down at Had- | ot nda, The Feds tapped his club for the first time Saturday and have such an obligation, signed Bill Rariden, one of the most Re Col it oe oourts dependable catchers, of tho Bray 8. | | the reserve clause, magnaten of len goes to the Indianapolis club. | ‘ organized baseball have two forms of Reriaes Bee action by which they can Proceed. | ; One ts to sue the players for breach lof contract, and the other is to en- join them from playing with other lclubs, As judges the various State courts may docide differently jon this, the magnates will has the right to sell an option on his services, and that if he does ao and | accepts the money for it (one-fourth jof the amount stip! in the con- tract) he cannot legally disregard ould uphold Uni something is done quickly | Toron to start the Fed, season 4 little shorthanded, So far their entire team consists of old Bill) Bradley, former third man for Cleveland. And Bill did not have to ither, He has been out of the The Season’s Chance Make $1.00 Worth $3.00 The buying power is increased two $ to three times if used here while the remnant sale lasts. New patterns ~-$40 to $50 materials—added daily. Suits to measure only $18. Now seer =F Arnheim Tenth Annual Madison Sq. Garden, Jan. 31 to Feb. 7 Inolusivo Fascinating and wonder-breeding for the fnan who loves motor boats merely for the sport thoy give, and, alike, for the marine expert the lore of the sea, An epoch-making To =DITED BY ROBERT EDGREN he | rai Various names are under considera- |! Venice, with its picturesque craft of a passing age, in vivid contrast with the perfected modern motor boat—combined in the greatest of exhibitions at the MOTOR BOAT SHOW learned in Billy Lakeland, Noted Horseman, Has Passed Away Billy Lakeland, whose fame as a breeder and trainer of thoroughbred horses reached into many countries years ago, died at St. Mary's Hospital in Brooklyn last night. had been suffering ‘from a tumor for Mr. Lakeland nearly two months and the doctors wave up all hope for hig recovery more than a week ago. Last night Mrs. Lakeland and her daughter vie- ited the trainer and fe't encouraged at his condition. As soon as the fam- ily left him Mr, Lakeland’s condition took a sudden change for the worse and he died before his wife and daughter could be summoned to his bedside. William J. Lakeland, better known to thousands of turfgoers as “Billy,” rose from the position of jockey te, an owner and trainer of some of the most famous thoroughbreds that ever raced on American tracks. Of the hundreds of horses he developed Lakeland took the greatest pride jn Hamburg, who gave many wonders ful racers to the world. Talking about his favorite, Lakeland once fondly said: “Hamburg was a great race horse—the greatest I ever trained, I never expect to have his equal again in my charge. No sprint was too short for him, no journey too long.” From a trainer Lakeland became an owner and his wonderful success never deserted him. He owned the sensational Electioneer that won the Futurity in 1906. Before the race he refused an offer for the champion, but some time after the Futurity be sold Electiorcer to Felix Isman for $35,000, polinemirte retire CHARLESTON WINNERS. FIRST RAC ar - olde; ‘Eslectri- clan, 108 (J. Hanover), 3 to 6 and out, nalee, 100 (Callahan), 12 to 1, {3 to 1 and even, second; Norma L, 112 (Pickett), 4 to 1, 7 to 10 and 1 to hird, Ime—0.43 1-5, Gladwin, Lad, Alco, Ed Welss, May Ipps also longs.—Gallant Boy, (MeTag- gart), 4 to 5, 7 to 10 and out, frets Dick's Pet, 107 (Pickett), 2 to 1, 7 to 2 and 8 to 5, secon 104 (Sumter), $ to 1, land 4 to 5. third, Time—1.16 4-5. Marty Lou, Flask, Old Jordan, Front Royal, Ada, Battling Nelson, Stucco, Belle of Nor- Hancock, | mandy, Good Will also ran. THIRD RACH—Selling; purse $2003 four-y ids and upward; seve: furlongs,—Joe Btein, 105 (Obert), $ . 7 te and out, won; Batwa, i (McIntyre), 5 to 1, 2 to 1 and ev second; Armor, 103 (Mart! to 1 and even, third. Time, 1. York Lad, Henry Hutchinson, Prin ap, Barum, Dr, Déugherty, Pi t and Judge Monck also ran, ‘ FOURTH RACE—Three-year-oldg and up; five furlongs.—Laoretta Dwys er, 102 (Nicklaus), 12 to 1, 4 to 1 and 8 to 5 first; Americus, 100 (Callay han), 20 to 1, 8 to 1 and 3 to 1, sede ond; Sugan B., 96 (McCahey), 20 t@ 8 to 1 and 3 to 1, third. Time-¢ ‘augh Hill, Deposit, Jack Kele loge, Coy, Joe Blair, Korfhage aleg. ran, —_—_—_—_—— CHARLESTON ENTRIES. 4 RACE TRACK, CHARLESTON, 8. C., Feb. 2.—The entries for tas 1005" Sim “Call } “Question Velma, 102; Ch i ; 0 Chiei, visant, Kee, a *Floral Crowns,