The evening world. Newspaper, February 9, 1914, Page 10

THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 _BES GET-TOGETHER WEEK FOR ORGANIZE TP You aswt.me APY Years from now Lt 67s ASSERT; Re WILL Yer rin BRoomyn! w Tuer El fA Lue _ ee enfin Committees Should Dis- play Better Judgment in Ex- J Plolting Special Events When | Athletes Are Not in Condition. f OM he ee Ped Word) ne * the announcements of the very fine athletic meet that will be | held by the New York Athletic ‘Wednesday night at the Garden (gee that Hannes Kolehmainen “will from scratch in the three-mile fm an attempt to break the rec- ” ‘This to the sort of athletic adver- to which I have occasionally @ mild objection. It's quite from Kolehmainen’s recent (be quit in a three-mile it Saturday night, run off his by both Kramer and Smith) that fs im poor condition and is ex- unlikely to come near break- @ny record. He surely is not re- Sol in for a record. ‘will be several other events, SPORTING PAGE IN NEW Y EDITED BY | ROBERT EDGREN_ EE D BASEBAL Copyright, 194, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). Come To PittsBute Stage at Waldorf Is Set for the of considerable clase. be. contested by Jack Tait of Canada, Oscar Ba Devan carmen Se xen. Feos, iy weer, Fitzsimmons and Levinsky To. Box 6 Rounds in Phila. and Joe “Young” Shugrue to tackle Phil Bloom on Feb. 17, A match was made to-day between 1, the crack light- —— Articles, Will Be Signed To-Day, the Clash to Take Place in Delicate Work of Removing Backbone of the Invaders. By Bozeman Bulger. ETWEEN the National League, the American League, the In- ternational League, the Rules Committee and the Players’ Fra- ternity, the mahogany around the Waldorf ought to get quite a polish and by noon to-morrow many mo- mentous questions will have been de- cided by having “the same thing yw under the management of Jimmy Johnston. They will clash in the star bout at the Fairmont A. next Saturday night. Jack McGuigan has signed up Johnny Howard of Bayonne, N, J. ‘to fight Jack McCarron of Allentown, Pa. and Otto Kol of Cleveland to meet Tommy O° of Philadelphia an ig ee the inter . of \e' on ur day night. This will’ be Mobarron's first fight in some time. Two Weeks. By John Pollock. OB FITESIMMONG 1s so certain that be can defpgt any of the present day crop of “white, his manager, John Meeks, to make a side bet with Dan Morgan that Fits can defeat Bat- ‘ Lavineky in a limited round and Levinsky will go to-day to meet Fits- 4 his manager and sign agreement for the contest. jugan, matchmaker of the . of Philadelphia, and a club in St. Louis are the bout. The Cr aaa Walter Burke, manager of Johnny Lore, says that the only way that he can get any of tho lightweights to fight his man is for him to guarantee them a big sum of money. Burke took 27% per cent. of the gross receipts at the Empire A, C. show on Friday night and paid Johnny Dundee $750, Lore only got $160 for his‘ end. Packey McFarland is due to arrive in New. York to-day from Chicago to complete all details for his ten-round bout with Mike Gibbons the Gai den A. C, show on March 9% It almost vertain Packey will agree to the terms which Billy Gibson will offer him, or else he would not make the long journe: The Olympic A. C. of Harlem will Bris- ung Saylor of In- is lost on a foul to Newhouse, the Australian, in the sixth round. Billy Gibson _ to. . Jallowed to buy the hold its eekly boxing show to-night. The three ten-round bouts to be staged will be fought between the olor ine, fighters. McCon- ville and die Clifford, Eddie Mar- tin. and Marty Houston and Willie Doyle and Willie Jackson. Eddie O'Keefe, the Philadelphia featherweight who was bro Los Angel to act as sparring partner for Kid Williams in his nt battle with ‘Waddie Camp, is sour on e. says he worked four weeks with Will- jame and that Harris only gave him $F: of which $16 was donated by ‘iliams, -day arranged a match between Young Otto and Mike Masie to be fought at the Garden night. This ee Pt Leach Cross, who has had the If Johnny Dundee’s injured hand is {fortune to have his bout with Joe fot well enough for him to box Ad|Rivers concelled because . Rivers . }claimed he hurt his hand in training, will be matched to: Carey to meet eith California or Jack Britton at Vernon, Cal. on Saturday evening, Feb. 2: we 11, Feb. 27, The McMahon brothers have already matched Jack Britton to meet Young Jack O’Brien of Philadelphia tl isltite HEL 2 § peel ‘To the porting Editor: Kindly state did “Buck” Hagon of the Bronx ever fight Packy McFar- land twenty rounds to a draw in 1911. If not was he ever a lightweight con- tender? KID FRANK. Ne. Buck Hagen ie a preliminary ; with beth Ritchie and Wolgast, To oe Sporting mer Can a man holding a pair of in Smog but who only has four ane, claim a pot from opener, who has a pair of queens, but who has fi cards? 8. Cc, Ne. A poker hand must consist five cards. a h beta that if, Leac ‘| ih knocked out Willie Ritchie tn their be champion lightweight of the word of B be it they would have to Bight twenty rounds or more in order to be champion. READER, ‘Te the ‘Who i : ii agz, ili Egesks fy if tad i tf i ra Te the Rperting Béttor” (A) Was Battling Levinsky ever knocked out since he came into fame? (B) Who te considered to be the i fb 4 “I i ie eb i; ga. aft Hl i porting Kéitor: Square “Garden” pithy pe! Eddie MoGoorty end dine. albbonet "Ne decision was ndered but & rally gar jot Ueoauce of hie It wae a bad nope on In ni A. No. B.A matter of opinion. Crees, had. he Id he aaa ‘wen, weul ive i E E E : 2 ccd i 4 Cross would! and around, ‘This is the Grte time the three leagues have put their heads together in a joint fhecegrete dl wee Kod sire back in early nineties, and not- odds-on bet! there is a sneiee of epringing ao real idea. Leaguists have got to be stopped ‘even at the expense of ‘some of the dignity supposed to have in when Gov. Tener took tl a Mfg you know, took his dignity up to with him and won't be here to help. ‘The first of the annual games and pastimes, next to the All-American mahogany polishing contest the squelching of C! phy, which carries with it, as first rize trophy, the scalp of the Feds. in other words, the big moguls be- Neve that if Charley Weeghman is edo franchise and move the club to Chicago the restaurant king will run ake out on ‘the Feds and take the doughbag with him, Charley Murphy is riotous in hia protests against such a procedure as it will cut heavily into the receipts of the Cubs, He claime ‘that a club eannot’ be put im Chicago without the unanimous consent of both i and feeling that way has gtabbed two votes in addition to his own to prevent Mr. Weeghman from bac | net in by acclamation, ile “Gov, Tener is inclined to in Ban Johneon and the other anti- lurphyites in choosing this line of least resistance, also strongly hea after all, from the raids‘ of the Feds is the In- ternatio’ b me hg) a ha’ eames ro pores ave quite a may) Betore he permits league to be his | shifted around just for the convent- oe of re. majot tthe outset this was supposed to CHARLESTON WINNERS, PIRST RACE—Purse $300; for maiden two-year-olds; three and a half furlongs.—Yellow Flower, '105 (Pickett), 4 to 1, even and 3 to 6, frat; May Shaw, 105 (Conolly), 4 to mn and 3 to 5, second; Chevron, 112 (Langford), even, 2 to 5 and out, third, Time—d. Black Earl, Jack Hanover, Wathen, May Ipps, Alledo, ; and Commonada also ran, Yellow Flower and May Shaw, Davis entry, |Ry ECOND RACE—Purse $300; er), 11 to 6, 4 to & ill Stream, 100 (Met 6 to 2 and ner, 108 (McIntyre), 4 to 1, 2 to 6, this |. Time, 1.09. Runway, Joe Blalr, Sin, also ran. THIRD RACE-—Bellin, for three-year-olds and upwi si furlongs.—Luria, 102 (Rightmire, 7 to 6, 3 to 6 and 1 to 3, fi York Lad, 105 (Neander), 10 to 1, 8 to 1 second; Toddling, 107 7 to 6 and $ to 5, 1. Sylvestris, Jacob Bunn, Dollie Richards, As- sessor and Armor also ran. 7 to 6 and pistes edo CHARLESTON ENTRIES. CHARLESTON, Feb. 9.—The entries for to-morrow's races are as Doctors of Major. Ready for Operation on Feds at Noon To-Morrow| this week. The call has gone out, |; ‘les Webb Mur- | j, f LO Trey wey Tre Feps iNTo cucago I've a Goop MIND To Leave “me Bioemin’ Town « agues | Le Rowe ee He be the annual schedule ineeting, but LL ALONG THE LINE. thi all fixed up and put on the shelf long ago. In fact wo know where the opening gamer are to be played, but the A. P. won't let us tell until Wednesday. It's a goud sched- ule, all right, dit will take the “magnuts” it five minutes to adopt It, leaving the rest of tho week to denunciation of the Feds, toier- | ance of the Player's Fraternity and} a fow odds and ends, such as com- plaints on the size of the bar checks | and doubts as to who ordered | Are Rush But there comes to this august | arg eas tl Rarbonet ina’ pales "being Hganery | Gilmore and Weeghmann | Leave Chicago for Peace toppal of pitchers ducking the fosue Conference, Says Report. in cl games by allowing certain bate to take their based on balls. Wennery thinks he can change the rules so that the fans will not be gt a ye their heaviest hitters hit when hit- ting counts. A funny thing about CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—President Gil- that custom of purposely walking|more of the Federal League, owners teen eect Ars pee eee ~ Charles Weeghmanand WilliamWalker “ |of the Chicago Club, and General Coun- the first time that th ete tnsughtorin ne MARBUT At Gates of Indianapolis, left hur- _ tiedly at noon to-day for New York. gutted by ehion tbe oeke egg ae It was authoritatively stated that ice can done away with, The first, by John| ‘2° Mederal magnates will visit the Heydler, is to penalize the pitcher's major leagues in New York to-mor- team by allow base-runners to ad-|row and will present the magnates a vance an extra ‘base every time a| compromise proposition for recognition batter is purposely walked. That “ one sounds like the goods, as it would| °F the Federals ns the “third Major force a pitcher to do some real think- | League. \ What the compromise proposition Ing, a thing sent ie not at alf popu- involves was not stated. lar among some our well known There was a report here that If the Federals Seek Compromise With Big Leaguers and ing East Now. to-day signed “the best catcher in the National League," but refused to give the name. He was believed to mean Arthur Wilson, second string catcher for the New York Giants, who was benched in favor of Larry McLean. Wilson is thought to have been signed by George Stovall either for Toronto or St. Louis, ee BIG LEAGUERS DON’T EXPECT FEDERALS Officials of the National aod Amer- ican Baseball Leagues who.aremeet- ing here stated to-day that they have received no official word from Fed- eral League-officials as to their com- ing here for a conference. President Baker of the Philadelphia Club and Secretary Stevens of the Cincinnati Club both said they-finew nothing whatever of why President Gilmore and others of the Federal twirlers. The idea is that if there in & runner on second, for instance, and the batter is purposely passed the| Federals’ proposition is rejected im- Funner will be allowed to advance to mediate proceedings will be instituted had made a bei’ 22 f the pitcher lin New York to enjoin players who have signed with the Feds from jump- ing back to organized baseball. This |Gilmore refused to discuss prior to his departure. Gilmore announced that the Feds == = \ McFarland Here For Gibbons Bout ‘The clever Packey McFarland is in town again. He arrived from Chicago to-day for the express purpose of ar- ranging the details of his match with Mike Gibbons, which will be held at Madivon Square Carden on March 9. While he is here Packey will be the guest of Billy Gibson, manager of the Garden A. C. As soon as Packey signs articles of agreement he will return to Chicago, where he will start training for the bout with Gibbons. After alighting from the train, where he was met by Gibson, Packey went - |to @ restauri och, and then h The second scheme, thought up by Hennery O'Day, is for the catchers box to be cut down to a width of four feet. If the catcher was forced to stand in this restricted space, O'Day believes, it would be almost impossible for the pitcher to “pitch out” so far that the batter cor not reach the ball. Hennery's plan is not without merit, but most of the players seem to think the Heydler scheme better. The fellows who do not like Hank’s idea will keep it secret, for obvious reasons, until after ‘ing season is over, Bre Srounte ain. all the plans to Penalize a pitcher for purposely sing a batter js the difficulty ot en: forcement. How could the umpire tell whether the pitcher was pitchin, out or had suddenly lost ‘contro!’ For an umpire to have the say-so an to a player's intentions would. be going pretty strong. ghee, arin 2 Mary up: jet ela > Seeilivilbtia "| KILBANE FOUND THOMAS TROUBLESOME BATTLER. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9.—It took a Philadelphia boy, Kid Thomas, to give Champion Johnny Kilbane the hardest | fight he has had in Philedelphia. Kil- bane was able to win Saturday night at the Nationai A. C., but Thomas carried ‘him along at @ fast clip and disclosed a ‘punch that forced the champion to play ft safe many times. In the semi-windup Johnny Daly of New York sande hin debut in this city and was handed @ beating by Young Freddie Digsins in six rounds that were full of action all the way. 0 JUAREZ ENTRIES. The Juarez entries for to-morrow's races are as follows Flag ing ean s followa: League aro on their way here. The statements followed a report that Gilmore and others were on their way here to confer with the ble league officials regarding peace agreement. Charles..Murphy of the Chicago Club, President Chivingtqn of the Ameri Association and other tag arrived“for the meeting to- y. SS eS GIANTS LOSE CATCHER WILSON TO FEDERALS, CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—Arthur Wilson, second atring catcher with the New York Nationals last year, has become & member of the Toronto Federal League team, it wan learned to-day at Federal headquarters here. ANOTHER TEAM FOR BRIOKLN SNOW PLANNED International League in Session Here Hopes to. Beat Federals to It. A plan to beat the Federal League to it by establishing an International League team in Brooklyn was @is+ cussed at the Victoria Hotel to-day, where the magnates of the Interna- tional League were in jon. This meeting in addition to the meeting of the National League Rules Comittee at the office of the Giants are only forerunners of a big gathering of big league magnates here throughout the woek. ‘To-morrow the~ National League schedule meeting will begin at the Waldorf-Astoria. The Amert- can League dates will be announced shortly after those of the National League. The American magnates are drifting into town and before the end of the week conferences will be on to adopt ways and means of forestalling the efforts of the Federal League to in- vade “big league” territory. J. J. Stein, owner of the Buffalo club of the International League, has his eyes on Brooklyn, and it is under- stood that only the sanction of the majority of the owners remains te complete the arrangements now pend- ing. It 1s almost certain that an In« ternational team will hold forth tm Brooklyn if the grounds can be ob- tained, and there is an -underbreat®) rumor to the effect that the grounds are available, the denials of Charie Ebbets to the contrary notwithatand- ing. “Jack Dunn, the owner and man- ager of the Baltimore club, apoke very optimistically of the baseball situation in his town. He said that the Federals have: not succeeded in getting one of players and that he has a team this year that will be a better one than any he has ever had. George Twombley, an outfielder picked up on the lots in Boston, will prove to be one of the finds of the nd Allan Russel? will be the two greatest pitchers any club ever saw. WANTS. DRAFTING DONE A! . WITH. Tuiking of the drafting privileges the big leagtes, Magnate Stein of Butt falo said: “The International owners will talk over putting vefore the Na~ tional Commission a demand that privilege be done away with in so far as the International League ts con cerned. The existence of the Class AA leagues depends on the worth of the players and the major loagues fm-) a groat hardship on ts wi they take tho. best payers from the end of the season. eH “We have the work of developinie ithe player only to lose him for than one-tenth of what he ts .wor: e don’t care about the money ti draft brings to the club, we want good will of the fans, and that is gen} erated by the possession of players, 80 we are going to try fo force the majors to give up theit afting privilege in the AA leaguop.” Referring to the reserve clause. Whe said: “It is necessary for tho exist+ ence of organized baseball. With it, we would have chaos. If we elit inated teh renerve clause, the wealthy jus would have teh power to chomp what players it wanted and take : by offering them salareis higher t the amaller clubs could give them. (4) ‘Commercial Honesty! now get exactly what they pay for. tie Address Wile, 1, booklet of famous recipes, Te en a York.