The evening world. Newspaper, February 20, 1914, Page 16

~~ smnen side me U — Organized’ Baseball Trying to Kil Off the Federals by Re- sorting to Criticism and Ridi- cule. ° ING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 320, BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK P-TO-DATE AND NEWSY EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN EVERYBODY IS SAYING A FEW KIND WORDS Copyright, 1914, by The Press Pubitshing Co. (The New York Werld). CoP. TE Ma Ped Work nt baseball equabbies that have been Gilling the news columns for several weeks are some- ®@ sport, but the magnates, ‘who have enjoyed an absolute mo- Nopoly, view it as a matter of busi- nese. They are now as anxious as ‘@ny trust leaders to squelch compet!- tion. That's why they try to give out | the impression that the Federal League fa sure to fail. Lack of con- dence in the new baseball power May affect its gate receipts. Bo rap ft, pan it, laugh at ft, kill it with efitioiam and ridicule if possible. Same in the Murphy case. Do you ‘imagine for a moment that Murphy's dismissal of Johnny Evers would flare annoyed the other magnates if 7 ft hadn't attracted unwelcome public Qttention and criticism when the “Or- Baseball” interests were busy themselves against the menace of new competition? Not a Bit of it. Murphy would simply have vn oes gragedicon lll ode Provided for in some of the cr Clauses in the baseball contract “ure Vented especially to cover such cases, Mut what Murphy did caused criti- at a time when “O) action. enters ‘sree rrediu| A. A. Dieplays Cleverness ine, Two Bouts of Amateur Car- Srampe” (probably fo new name for third round and ran Tommy Cronin, who never fought ublic before and who has only the gioves on about ten times, pl rel against Gus Maas of C. The Trinity A. C. ion, but he crowd id bout transpired when unattached, hooked up with | Past bricktop from the “Ingenuc Walst.in was like a cy- clone, but he fanned the air instead of bis adversary, and it probably vas aused by his missing peaches that made him fall to the floor for keeps in the first round. ‘bert of the West Harlem - Collins of the Young Men's brew Association (Do you get the welcome com- nS the newcomers COUPLE of days ago, through ” ts boxers. P”» Inatess of being in trouble with the * commiraion, the Vanderbilt was en-|ne won both of them with case. It ‘SWgaged in helping a boxer to get his| was in his second bout against a lad ‘The club recently matehed | named Rapaski that he showed rare one “Battling Larry,” and after the |rortitude and cleverness for a lad of , promptly paid the $25 agrced | nis weight and inches and at the end Koen to Larry's manager. This man: |o¢ three rounds of rapid-fire milling #0 hard to find for several he did meet his tl that the club and ‘be. |The latter was © willl at ail timea that he of handling men, the that mado Mike Murphy the ous test trainer of bie his time, Bs Male Sue fuse ab rung) ts buneh ¢ sie to fssioveath wn ee ne in @ few wie wren “wh aan ol tluee gh oo gl notion that veme o and find ti hande. the lucky Giants fax io ta for Marlin “can time out duck age White we we unfortunatos left Las ee 8 @iimpee of any- a snowbird, 4 ter” as ho never was “there.” PRom Jensey- Leach Cross and Dundee. To ) Batile Here on March 6 Empire A. ©. Signe Ne Signs Noted Light- weights of New York—Gibson May Retire From Garden A. C. em |Johnson and McGraw Welcome Federals; Say Ent Entrance of Invaders Helps Bas Baseball better than had been dreamed of be- By John Poll Bini. CRoss, fated yes-| 0% $7,500 he agreed to give him for rday from Los Angeles. Cal., where he knocked out “Bud” vyweight. Anderson, the good lightweight of|/wants one more chance against the California, several weeks ago, has| “whit pei Billy Newman, who beon matchéa by the McMahon broth-|!ooks after Carl's affairs, says tha: ers to meet Johnny Dundes ina tee: Merria, will get into town either on round bout at by the Empire A. night of March been signed up for tne contest several | Collar City A. C. of days ago, and when the McMahons) Monday afternoon. Gene Mortarity made Cross their offer last night for| Will take on Walter Mohr, Tomni}: the bout he quickly accepted it. They Hopkins meets Walter Brooks an* if fore the new league was organized. “This talk of ruining baseball having a new leagu Johnny he og business manager rot ed “We are not out re out of business. ball both kegel ny Ebbots's club, and Brooklyn Point Out “That Wh When Ameri- cans Jumped into the Ring It “Interest Among |i¢ with those of Mi there is no reason why should not be entertained wile’ om one club te out of town.” tha Joe Tinker Believes Boleves New Organ- ization Will Make a Hit De- veloping New Stars of the Carroll’s Rapid-Fire Work At N.Y.A.C. Boxing Show Makes Hit With Clubmen referee ba! hostilities ¥ this juncture. bout tn the 126-pound class and the American League ie that On the other hand, Clark Grimth|when the inter sone it had grabbed declares it his belief that the many will not last until the Fourth of July. | National, while savers te to | comparatively By Bozeman Bulger. ‘OTWITHSTANDING his will- ingnesa to do battle with the Federal League, Ban Johnson still insists that the invasion will be @ big help to the game, and it ap- pears that he is backed up in this be- Nef by John McGraw and Charles + oS ers from the “They haven't enough good attract ways the old Fox; “and baseball fana won't fall for a novelty long. are the most particular connoisseurs ‘ld and mus? have the real OE TINKER, by the way, has some very sound ideas on that cold feet) in th out of the ring. fe don't want our league loaded OR two or three | weeks the base-| while here the other da: ball writers, who have followed|we can do far better by trying to the fortunes of the game for a| de Sexeiee DEN ont After the Ameri- number of years, have been besieged | °*' “T'll bet you a hat or a nice box of cigars,” the American League Presl- dent sald to yours truly, “that In ev- jery city where the Federal League American and Nationel | League bo that they will alse do eas than they did the The bet is on, McGraw and Ban Johnson have never been able to agree on ings, the Giants’ aT dont in ITTLE JIMMY CARROLL of the Osanam A. A. was the hero of ’ the amateur bouts held at the misinformation contained in |New York Athletic Club last night. L4 ews item, the name of the|Tne frail, good-looking, Mght-haired * Wasiderbiit A.C. was coupled in this|ieq was cheered and applauded as no Rsdomet “eeolumn with that of another boxing | boxer ever wns before in the final| Ly _ = feleb which had been brought before | pout of the prelimingsles of the tour- the Commissioners for failing to pay|nament which will come to a close to-morrow night. Carroll appeared in two bouts and ag ad used old players for @ year or two the mani tart all over and buil I think we ought to do that instead of waiting two years. ff course we will Parag! a few major teenee stars to ‘ings started right, but it is ny pellet 1 that the after the league is under be much more interested in the newcome! between Jim Coffey, sue real going to amount tof tn Ios the Tevel oe or a dhakedown?" In other words, there aj fn impression that t! promoters have organized for the sol = "pose of throwing a scare into il and then selling out {Nothing is further from the truth. The promoters believe there is a field for them and they are going to work it. They have merely taken advantage of territory allowed to lay idle by Organ- Basel There is no thought of selling out for the simple reason (1) that there would be no one to buy if|tion will be sought in the New York believe| courts to prevent him from playing. In case the injunction falls, Seaton will be one of the greatost dr.wing cards in the Rg E ARE all inclined to be against | 7%, ter hi anything new, and usually go] ago, ‘on the theory that because a|him to draw piles of money into the thing hasn't been dors that it can't be; box office in other States, a Exactly the same arguments @ At were offered against the Ameri- have been offered agai Among baseball men | that there appears to be but lit! the Fed teams in Chicago, Brook- ill make money. It Club of Brooklyn on Monday after- where the Federal do us any harm. As a mat fact, I believe the rivalry hae the. eri tional interest in the race shown by the newspapers will make fine busi- nesa for us all.” be remembered that dire things were predicted when the American League broke into New Instead of being a misfortune it proved the making of the game The National League clubs did Caught in the Sport Net} Pate in three championship eee ~-the amateur indoor, women's indoor and the professional indoor champion- — ere ee mot = joom at the Irving A. C, of Brook- tym to-morrow night of account of Protect Yourself injured ear, and Young Mike Donovan cannot meet Tommy Teague || all public Giulog pase inst folisnons at the Broadway Bporting Club of eo rit Brooklyn to-morrow night, as his Original and Genuine dly injured. a, cont vet.|| LEA& PERRING' ©. Sweeney of this city have been secured to battle fit- SAUCE before the Marleaville THe A. C. of Providence, R. I.,0n Feb. 35, CRASINAL WORSLSTERSIORE jalsband was signed by his new manager, ‘Tom Gibbons, who was laid up with an ag of tonsilitis, which pre- from meeting Charley ” ” A. Co. oecziges Yona Weinert atthe Garden A.C; [nop, SIN ABIAARE. AF, APM ——_$_—_£[2@x—=X—>—ElE———KL<$LL—__—— ie well again and training ILLIAM BAKER, of Philadel- phia, will put up a stiff fight to recover Tom Seaton, and it is understood that the minute Sea- ton shows up in Brooklyn an injunc- they did -, (2) because the Pastime A. C. whipped Astey of money by playing out the Christ Church House after three ide. These were the beat bouts of the programme. M's that Battling Later wan ten, rue on Ror apg ey wos the sum handed him | ing his left glove into his opponent his idea of what | stomach and when the latter had his the to oa aan ts he cane waa simply to had mnsylvania af- is jump to. Cleveland some years the extensive advertising caused r the fight Besides being an Scepter. WF it 6 ry coming ovt to an exhibition game in a city in the spring, and record crowd up to that je doubt | time oft the training season. NICKALLS SAYS 2-MILE RACE IS HARDER ON CREWS THAN 4 MILES. IVIAN NICKALLS, formerly holder of the Henley dia- mond sculls and now coach of the University of Pennsylvania says a two-mile race is harder on the members of a crew than a four-mi footing f the University of Pennayivania| When. te iucky enough to get Lawson pean) » Robertson as athictic coach we'll | was asked if . Mave to send over ov congratula- | bard. Lawaon is an experienced and| “All athlete, and since becom- a geen nee coach has had a of experience in training the of tl ranners and jumpers and weight in the country He ane os the yn and Baltimore was a failure in Pittsburgh last year, successful rhe St. oul. Joseph Judge, who for the last two layed first base for the ligon Company baseball ia did} team, will be tendered a faro y|ner to-morrow afternoon at the Na- but after|varre by the Edison Baseball Club circuit canjand his numefous friends in honor graduation into big HOT SPRINGS, Ari weather was clear, yesterday, and the ac Ton, in chi ih'a fine threo hour noon. King Cole and the long course; fink: ith the Hotel Eastman walk. lunge in the tub, In of the Highlanders another walk over Daly is loud Ay his pra @ eight wndee By as stn ene. oo Rapaski had gap 3 Commercial Honesty! We invented the Non-Refillable Bottle fo safeguasd 6 walsteny thet hes been honest for over 90 years. Public approval was immediate. The discrimina fhe ting buyer now gets Insist upon this bottle and get the mildest whiskey made ~'Wileon—real Wilson. hilt bleed, come off in the wash, Pe trol! looked to be about the best e Be i. goon in the 108-pound and with ¢ reas vehooling the as was done in thejof his American League when Baltimore | baseball, and Milwaukee were dropped. The one difference between the Fed! ton Red Sox. larch 6 shoula develop 11 the afternoon moa start for Hot Springs to join the Bos- former in the "emailer weight Only fifteen bouts were hi of them calling for an extra At the last tere the en- try lst on the opening nigh twice the sise of last night's shor The for the comparatively eug- epost programme is that most of the tar amateurs are now roan S hyhaee *¢| championahiga, an are secretly Sein either to win or retain their made when the inet have cleaned uy the real time hanging heavy he says, “between and a four-mile race #|\Sport Queries Answered To the Sporting Editor: Let me know through yor The advice was. Xe eo advice was kearcely eocete the boys are retiring Secamntt pil hands are up ‘by running @ mile. to be in equally good condition and in the longer race th rat is worked up to gradually and the heart can adjust itvelf more read- ily to the tax put on it. shorter race it becomes a dos- perate sprint from start to finish and requires a much gre strain, though it does not last as The men have ‘To the Sporting Editor: ated A jumps over one of B's men in query column the decision o rnodsred checkers and lands in the king row, the newspapers at the recent|so that i can jump ler will bo one of th stare st at the Thirteenth Re; Berekizn. Bert 2 ars ba! yard low hurdien of 143 pHOr SPRINGS, Ark, Ark, Feb, 20.—Piteher n_ Joined Rosi Trralley e om his home: in Or he passed the winter ha LL raises the Brookl: bach. Rucker, sn n Erwin nn Shugrue I Leads Ketchell-Patsy Cline ban tig at antic Garden A, C. Eilne was considered the winner. To the Sporting Réltor: Did John L, Sullivan ever hold the championship of me alleged authorities insist that vena 4 never held the world’ ut The Evening Worl Editor hae time and time again shown that he di To the Sporting FAltor: wait to be crowned? It is proper to wait to a lone before mating The finals of the present tourney will be held to-morrow night. There will be bouts decided in four classes, the 108, 115, 125 and 145, There were no bouts in the 146-pound clase last night, owing to the fact that there were only four entries. To-morrow night there will be two semi-finals in each of the four classes and one final, Liga the total of mills up to twelvs last night were w but ns to ability there mellowest, poottt A all kina CING SELECTIONS. A Free Clab Reci at say ory of fame club recipes for mixed drinks, ‘The anaval sportsmen’s show with ite picturesque reunion of hunting ides fie <4 in the Garden to-morrow One of the most ures of this your's ex- Race — Yellow Flower, Finanlee, Kewpie. dite sag pe that i. 0. Brows is having #/fow maichen in whieh the scrapping ‘omboy. Third Race—Chartier, Coffey Stops Tony Ross in Six Rounds — Jim Coffey, the “Dubtin Giant,” ts &@ great man to-day in the estimation of the Irishmen in this vicinity, Jiri gladdened the hearts of the sons of _. Erin who visited the Empire ‘A. C. last night by knocking out Tony Ros, 74 the Italian heavyweight, of No) in the sixth round right on the jaw. C had the better of the contest trom the t, as he landed frequently on Ross 1 also had him in bad shape im the third round. In the other two bouts, Phil Cross won from Johnny Harvey. and Johnny Schumacher of Burling ton, Vt, defeated “One Round” Schumacher was substituted for Robideau of Philadelphia, ——_—_—_— |BROOKLYN INVADERS TO TRAIN AT PENSACOLA Polo A. A. Tom will matched to fight ‘sohany owaee ot at the Collar City A. C. of Troy, N. ¥. in two weeks, will be fought at Jim Conroth's 6 ‘air club in San Francisco on July 4 provided that Tom Jones, manager o| ‘Willard, gives Smith the guaranter his end. Cart Morris, the big hoa’ 2 or 24. Billy will try ant boxing show to bo} match Cari with Jim Coffey. of Harlem Dundee haa| Three ten-round bouts have been arranged for the next show of thr Troy, N, Special Delivery Hirsch © tackles i] will meet at 133 pounds, weigh in at/ young Gradwell. A cablegram from London’says that | Billy Giboon told the writer that he Made ig Lewis, the emryphe ng preven {= to ineet one of the officials of the/Welsht, was awar Garden A. C. to-day and that if that | Ve? Eroc Balzac, the Frenchman, in oMcial asks him to remain as matob.|% twenty-round | bout | th hing maker of the club with absolute power | Ge°rse Gunther, the colored Ameri- to make the matches without being|CAD fighter, knocked out Gaston interfered with by any one, he will|Pi#ot, the French hoavywelght, tr stick to the club. aug Jimmy Duffy, the good lightwetght A pastes may he orraniged, te-cay | agnter oe Lockport, N. Y., who ney and Pred eSuhiot! Fritts mn| box. Freddie Welsh, the English heavyweight champion of the saree who is making good in all his battles, If the bout Is clincned twelve rounds in Parts, champion, an elght-round bout before the National A. C, of St. Louls on Feb. 26, is to receive a guarantee of $1,000, with the privilege of accepting excellent di Sold by Grocers pas ‘That's All! That's All behav ‘poxer Focouained welterweight | xers in America’ iat (OSEPH THOMPSON, Welterweight clase is from 142 to unde. dally prograzame of hard time trying to “come ts, which have been revi One of the particular stars of the « Bheridan of the Trintt; rt the style of Bob Fitssim- on that account probably Bherl lan ie a of a mule in either hand, first round had hardly started Before he uncorked a rinht to Fitzeirgmon chin that cent him sprawling on his bark. Thin ended the round, Fourth Race—Old Ben, Charles- tonian, Indolence, Race—Little Ep, Coming ope Votes. ixth Race—Milton B,, Mycenae, Judge Monck. Johnny Dundee WATERBURY, Fob. 20.—Joe shu- Johnny Dundee engaged in @ fast twelve-round bout here lnat night before a crowd of 3,000, and Shugrue had a shade the better of Dundee apparently took his opponent by surprise, and had an $0] savastage in ‘7 fret two round: Dee, K.0. i wotting his bumps. | A be never was a champion or! more than an outaido poasi- much on the outside, Yet he, Wed to we him fight. In of Jack of knowledge of boxtax ‘*, O, Sydagead delivered the me singped into a nme with K. O, meant of action—every second of was huge tank has been installed in the west and of the Gardon. Otto Wahi former swimming champion, will c To the Sporting Editor: | How long aid Able Attell hold his) title as champion? Atti it Nagyret sctually wen tet fort: Saturday Last Day Medium and heavy-weight materials— $40 to $50 suit ends—the last of the ttings—made to your measure into ee that would cost more than a rac sz Avaheim | SARE ETAT CRY fr RUA hibitions every afternoon and evening. In the form of a thriller, Kearney B. take an eighty-foot dive from the roof that carries a Rick the First Race—Maznik, Rebecca, Mout eh) gonsidered. the man at the weight from al 05 until defeated by Kilbane vercamo ie Ph 912. ee ie Roerens BOe full of hard frequently stand- Nelson fants. Se ie boys fred tly, 7 cane: Race—Florence Birch, Gen. Warren, Colinet, Third Race—Auntie Curl, Su- Fourth Race—Capt, Burne Vast. hugrue, hows lead by excelling at ch and in being more aggresat' Inst two rounds. ware re ve ime Pome