The evening world. Newspaper, February 21, 1914, Page 6

U P-TO-DATE AND NEWSY 4 ——. When Billy Gibson Retires as Matohmaker of the Garden _ AC. the Sport Loses tte Meta) Support. Sern 1 a eine HERE has been a lot of talk about Billy Gibson's proposed retirement from boxing. Hf Gibson does retire it'll be the , Bardest knock the much-abused sport hae had in many a long year. When day one has referred to the character @f the people who sometimes run Bexihg clubs, we've always heen able “point with pride” to Billy Gibson ibeon never took @ dollar for a it didn’t come off as adver- never stood for faking ‘or double dealing by either AGE Copyright, 1914 by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). ALL, rou Have Te Do 15 DISOAND Tre a poeeveanreaEey, | IN NEW YORK GETTING READY TO PUT THE “ROLLERS” UNDER MURPHY ~ NATIONAL LEAGUE — AND MURPHY 1S our Tis “The WHOLE PROPOSITION 1S Permactir SIMPLE BAN Jonnson , 7 Sveaaston - WW Not Gas (MURPH AND “THent Fire QUESTIONS S Sibe of 'T eball And Federals Playing in World’s Series EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN STAHL TO MANAGE FEDS IN BROOKLYN Announcement Expected To- Day When Owner Ward Returns From Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—In an tater view to-day with President Gilmere of the Federal League it was pree- tically admitted that Jake Stahl has accepted the terms offered by Robert B. Ward and will manage the Brook- lyn team. Mr. Ward refused to talk about the deal as he was leaving for New Yerk late yeatorday afternoon. He sald that he would bi something to annousee when he reached Brooklyn. This, was taken as an indication that he bas closed the deal with Stahl! and did not want to make the announcement until reaches home. To-Night’s Swim An Open Event Through the suspension of ten of the crack swimmers of the New York Athletic Club because of thelr par- tleipation in a swimming meet at Annapolis not sanctioned by the A. A. U., the 60-yard metropolitan championship swim, to be hel :to- night in Madison Square Garden in : | ‘ ganized baseball within one year from to-day,” declared Mr. Ward, as he sat in his Wall streat law omce, |AMnouncement Is Made That “Just as eure as you are born. I say that because I attribute to the men Washington Park Will Be behind the National and American} Ready for Play on May 1. Leagues common sense. They cannot afford to waste money fighting us = connection with the opening of the Sportsmen's Show, become an event of great interest to a swimming circles than ever, ib the disqualification of Nicholas Nerich, the N. Y. A. C. title holder, a rush of entries been _for- Former Giant Says New League Will Soon Be Affiliated With Organized Baseball. ngford and Blackburn Lj E i a boxer’s efforts pleased C..P. Taft Will Back Murphy if ef i trust Gibson and try to when they're en- i F Hy | ! tf i § E ree Ee il : : 7H § aH é x 5 t g Uy Pr 2 E | ul I j | E =: geet § I E & £2 if I i 3 HI rf EE ard, “Next morning to the bank and found the . There aren't many ike to take such a bz zt Boston Tar Baby Is Expected To-Day From. 2aris—Gibson May Get Cross-Dundee Match. By John Pollock. AM LANGFORD, due to arrive here togay from Paris, will Probably be matched to meet Jack Blackburn, the coleted fighter. of Philadelphia, for ten rounds at the Empire A. C. the middie of next month, If the contest is clinched, it ‘willbe the first time in over six years that Blackburn has taken part. in @ fiatic encounter. Joe Woodman, manager of Langford, notified the McMahons before he sailed from Paris to match Langford with Blackburn if the latter was willing to take on Sam. Leach Cross and Johnny Dundee will not battle at the Empire A. C., but sreuneee A the Garden A. ©. on Mareh 9. ty Montieth, weanaser of Dundee, told the writer the bout was too important to be held at a gpall club,,and for that reason he ants it to come off at the Garden A. C. Billy Gibson, who has agreed to remain as match: r of the Gar- den A. C. and stage one more show on March 9, intends to sign mpvaten and Johnny for the star bout. Danay Morgas made the announce- mont to-day that he is trying to luce Jim Buckley to let Gunboat Smith meet Battling Levingky.in a ten-round bout, and that he has al ready received word from Jess a Eddie McMahon that they, will stage the bout in three weeks if Buckley re will sign up for Smith. George Rodel, the Boer heavy- weight, ls going to*atick to the fight- me despite the fact that Porky Fiyan han Bim a sleep wallop a few weeks ago. Rodel is matched to fight Jack Connors at Sharkey A. ©, Feb. 28, Jack Curphy of ladelphia at National Sporting Club on March 3, and Jack Heinen of Chicago at Postman A. C. Brooklyn on March 6. ‘ Jimmy Coffey of Harlem and Johnny Lore are signed up to meet in one of the three ten-round bouts at a local club next Friday nigh In the other two tens Joe “Young” te Sight Tony Ross « couple of can any one explain be called “toughest Ross was wi a Li middies at Annap- | ho are not “registered ama- | under A. A U, control, may he organization of a swim- This, if success. the affair was as “a hard tryout” for Cof- Which c lase entirely. ‘a h Bav- it be @ good ‘offey with Bav- The Royal Arcanum of Brooklyn, in conjunction with the Ninth Com- pany of the Thirteenth Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps, N. G. N. Y., has arranged to celebrate Washing- ton's Birthday with the greatem ath- letic meet ever held in Brooklyn and in some respects the greatest evel held in this country. The event which will prove of greatest interest to the general pub- Bar| ic will be the “military hike" which starts from Broadway and Forty |wecond street at 2 P, M. on Mond and ends on the floor of the Thi teenth Regimont Armory, Sumoer venue, Brooklyn. of eight men each in the untforms of the respective arms of the service, | branches of the regulur arm: from the navy (from the kota, Arkansad and W from the National Guard Regiments of Ureater New York, New Jersey and from the cities of Troy, Schenec- j|tady and Amsterdam, thus bringing | together in Times square to event about 5¢0 uniforme under arms prepared to make to the armory in Brooklyn. oute. the bikers will | classea, carrying rifles, have been entered|event has at scratch the champion from the infantry and coast artillery ; To Battle Here Next Month Shugrue mosts Phil Bloom and Ray Campbell of California tackles Young Brown of the east si Johnny Dundee takes part in two more fights next week. He will take on Young Kansas of Buffalo in a ten-round bout at the Broadway A. C. of Buff.:lo on Tuesday night, and Eddie Moy of Allentown, Pa., for six rounds at the National A. C. of Phila- delpbia on Saturday night. Ten clubs hold boxing shows to- night. At Fairmont A. C., Kid Black va. yg obey eect Gym- pasiuma, bony ymacher vs. Bobby Moore; Sharkey A. Knock- ‘out ra vs. Young Herman; At Jantic Garden A. C., Matt Matero vs. ‘Bill Rhoades; Irving A. C., Brookly Phil Bloom va, Young McGowa! adway Sporting Club, Brooklyn, mmy Teague vs. Zulu Kid; Van- ‘@erbilt A. C., Brooklyn, Johnny “Kid” Alberts vs. ‘Young Tack; Queensboro 4. C. Brooklyn, Young Otto vi Jimmy, Fiyna; West Brighton (8. A.C. Al Britton vs. Willle Cott Dexter Park A. C., Brooklyn, Jac! Keating ve. Johnny Howard, Tony Ross, the Italian heavyweight, who was knocked out by Jim Coffey, ausrday’ night, haa Doon engaged by jusrday ni ne the matchmaker of the Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn to meet Fred “Sailor” Fritts in the main go at the special show of the club on Monday afternoon. The ten-round scrap between Joe “Young” Shugrue and Johnny Dun- dee at Waterbury, Conn., on Thuraday ight, attracted the largest crowd that has ever witnessed a boxing show in that city, the gross receipts amounting to $5,600, Each fighter re- ceived $1,200 for hia end. Gil Boag, who has a license to bold surely hav! a star bout for the opening entertain: ment. fe has so far lost out on | contests between Johnay and Owen Moran, Freddie Welsh and Joo “Young” Shugrue and Mike Gibbons and Mike Glover. any success,. for ema up @ real Clabby, Johnny Ritchie, Geo: bons have Soldiers Under Arms to Race From 42d Street to Brooklyn): Broadway, to Canal street, to Man- hattan Bridge, to Flatbush avenue and Fulton street, Brooklyn, to Gates avenue to Bedford avenue, to Jeffer- fon avenue to the armory, where the hike ts finished on the armory floor, ‘each squad making two laps of a quarter of a mi mbers of the various companies of Thirteenth Regiment, who will squads will er im squad formation and the sight will be an interesting he becwuse of the elements of riv: existing between the volunteer at route will be policed by the | rewular forces. At 2. o'clock, In the armory, there will be started the indoor events, Beventy equads| which will bring out a full list of | the champion athletes in the various In the open of the class, and in the 300-yard dash, j scratch, the nine entrants include the nino champion runners of the East. 0 ee Twe Mile Race. Who defeated Hannes Kolehmainen, the at Finn, in a two: | ramet the I. A. A. C. games, By Bozeman Bulger. CINCINNATI, Fe 31.— Charley Murphy, backed by Charles P. Taft, who te actually the controlling owner of the Chicagos, will make a stiff fight to-day against the League magnates who are trying to force\the Cub president off the base- HAT do you know about a W three-cornered world’s series —the Nationals, and Federals? Pretty nifty thought when you come to think it over. And, accord- tng to John Montgomery Ward, busi. ness manager of the Brooklyn Fe that is exactly the luscious dish that end of the 1915 season. It could be done this coming season, but Mr. Ward Americans club wil} huri| believes that the warring clements will not be able to get together be- fore the end of the first year. ‘The Federal League will be recog. nised as holding membership in or- St. Nicholas Team Leads in Fight for Hockey Honors Long Shot by Hill Earns Victory in Hotly Contested Game Against Irish A. A.C. IE St. Nicholas Club now leads) the Amateur Hockey League with five wins and one defeat. Victory number five was extracted from the Irish-American team at the The game became faster every min- ute, both teams doing their utmost to shoot one through. Finding both goals well guarded, each side took desperate chances with long shots. Toward th end of the first period McGrath made the atar play of ghe evenin+. The little Wingman was down near his own net and every St. Nicholas Player doped it out that he would attempt to carry the puck along. But the foxy McGrath Regiilchpigs d fooled them. Taking a quick swing, he lifted the puck nearly two-thirds the length of the rink and sent it sailing clean into St. Nick’s cage. The first period ended goon after McGrath's play, with Bt. Nicholas Rink last night by the) noth teams tied with one goal each. narrow margin of two goals to one. ‘There was ‘something doing every €or Jess than a miracle, The | leaders three rere on the line ‘They bo: he could bring them together for the first score. Ze the Sporting Waiter: Does « heart royal flush in poker it ub ro} flush? beat a clu yal n DER. Coler ef cards has nothing te do with value In peter. -Keefo team in the race recently held. at Garden last the six BICYCLE FAN. ‘To the Sporting Editor: Men on first and second, Ratter hits the ball to second baseman, who touches second and then throws to third, The man that was on second runs half way to third and then ind gets to the Wipes team did Dove Vuse play ‘Was he ever with Brooklyn on? JOB C. * | shooting a pretty goal fr -| gamely to even things up. | thel j with Hobey After “consiferable see-sawing, Pea- | % The last half had hardly begun when Hill, who put up a star game throughout, eluded every Irish-Amer- fean and raced along the side lines, ym that ‘This was the tally, and until the finish the Irish fought Although they kept the scrimmage mostly in opponents’ space, no one could successfully cal . Princeton and Harvard wil! decide the intercollegiate hockey championship to- night at the St. Nicholas Rink. The Crimson team will be stronger in having the services of Morgan B. Phillips, the apeedy forward, whose injuries sustained in @ practice game several nights pre- im out Yee Penupe nas ies, eae malnataye of the team all season. Capt, ‘Willetts, who was hurt when he collided the Princeton star, in game, is Teported t and will be in the line up re. ‘Winsor of Harvard will bring squad of fifteen players wi 1e better conditioned than they eek ago. They have been prac- tising se’ of curtallin: Hobey Baker's activities on the ice ant expect to be able to check his goal get- ting procilivites. last Satui nic. ame waukee. Ni I} Mil yn. To the Bporting Editor: 1, Did Packey McFarland ever meet a better man than Mike Gibbons? 2. Let me know the names of all the fighters in Dan Morgan's stable, 3. Were Al McCoy and Rattling Levin- sky matched? MORRIS HERMAN, 1, Ne, 2 Ask Morgan, Putnam Building, Forty-second street and Broadway. He's constantly adding to his etring. 3. No. To the Aporting Editor A says that Joe Rivers fought Johnny Kilbane, B save he didn't. 2. Is the Packey McFarland-Mike Gibbons fight off for good? 8. Did Bob Fitzsimmons fight here of late? JERRY HOGAN. Rivers and Kilbane fought 1097, the firet time May twice, Rivere er On the 2 its any more than we care to throw it/Johnny Ward saya the stands will be away fighting them. The Federal League is going to stick and organ- ready May 1. The team will be sched- uled on the road for the time between April 18 and May 1 80 as to prevent ized baseball has seen enough to/ the possibility of having to borrow a know that. Yes, and at the end of | park for the big opening. the 1915 season we will have a cham- Pion that is amply able to cope with the flag winners of either of the ideal world’s is one between three clubs, and other seri that is what we are going to have. You may rest assured of it.” leagues. The Mr. Ward tightened bis lips and nodded his head in a way to show that he meant exactly what le said and was not talking just to keep up his spirits. PEACE ALL AROUND WILL HELP Members of the Cincinnati court- martial are now on the job, and, un- lesa ry Herrman cuts in with one of his famous dinners, the fate of C. Webb Murphy will be known by morning. The betting is that Murphy | will consent to give up Hub Perdue and Bill Sweeney, an well.as Johnny Evers. If he doesn't will be forced to sell to the Chicago syndicate, made up of members of the Board of Tyade id headed by Harry Ackerland. The 's_ offer from the Ci 00, Murphy got t ler in $3 ( rley El as the last pf the moguls to get out of town, and be- syndica’ $750 “There is no necessity for organ-|fore leaving he had some rather ized baseball fighting us,” he went| caustic comments to make about his on. own and will make money. patronage of the American and Na. tional Neither will their presence hurt “By the way, you may say, sal hat the Brooklyn Club fered them more money than they and they have willingness to listen to can get elsewhere, showed our propositions. It would be un. wise to say who they are right now, as many good deals have been spolled The only |}, are by premature publication. men of reputation that we ha Tom Seaton and Artie Hofman. hear that Frank Smith, the form Chicago pitcher, has been tran: ferred to the Brooklyn Club, but, yet, I hi had no official notifica. tion of It.’ In view of the fact that Mr. Ward once sued Ban Johnson for tion of character, and got da therefor, th of interest Mr. Ward, “he has shown 4 of the Federal dence of being a see into the futul is views on hes ae are very clear and sound,’ . Ward was referring particu- larly to Johnson's statement that, though he would fight the invaders, he believed they would prove bene- ficial to baseball in the long run. ‘The fact that Artie Hofman is with the Feds, after giving out the impres- with the St. sion that he was goin, Louis Cardi is an the Feds have several bi before the season opens. The Brooklyn Fed park will not be ready to open the season April 18, as RACING SELECTIONS. CHARLESTON, First Race— Bundle of Rags, Schaller, Jennie Wells. Becond Race—Font, Chas, Can- nell, Incision. Third Race—Coppertown, York Lad, Americus, Fourth Race—Feather Merry Lad, Coreopsis. Fifth Race—Lost Fortune, Over the Sands, Laura, Sixth Race—Outlan, Veneta Strome, Judge Monck. JUAREZ. First. Race—Miss Fielder, Climb- er, B. A. Jones, = Second Rave—Guiaul, Compton, Virlo, Thira Race—Nila, Stare, Mar- nd. “Fourth Race—Rey, High Street, Sea Cliffe. : Fifth Race—Hinata, Orimar Lad, , Sixth Race—Rubicon Il, Don- Duster, ‘| caster, Sharper Knight. “Our league has a field of ite | ol At the same time, [ firmly believe that the will increase instead of diminish. They will lose nothing by the Federals being in the , field. a| “He won't do in baseball, following statement is “If Ban Johnson has been cor- rectly quoted in the papers,” said very broad-minded spirt in his discussions League. He shows evi- man who io e ther proof that leaguers under cover whose names have been withheld for fear of Organized Base- ball stepping in and recapturing them friend C. Webb. stuck with that fellow for three ais,” said the Flatbush squire, ‘because I thought they were trying to hand him the worst of it. I wasn't under obligations to him, either. “But I'm through with him now,” Mr, Ebbets declared with emphasii id Tam sorry that I didn't see it before.” The release of Birdie Cree, it seems, was contem: long before he began to dicker with the Federal League. Birdie could not get in shape last year, and he had an ar- rangement with ¥rank Farrell by which he was to receive a cut in sal- ary this season or be traded to the minors if did not get in shape. a Feder Is also discovered 1 | So, Louis Drucke is to be with us again. McGraw, it aj Louis when the wor! tourists stopped in Marlin last fall and offered him another chance. Notwithstand- ing his dropping from one league to another, Drucke has not spent that $4,000 that he got from the subway people. He has a cotton buying busi- ness in Waco, Kinney in Effort to Buy McGrathiana Farm t RACE TRACK, JUAREZ, Feb. 21,— Gypey, James Butler's Ben Brush filly, which ran second in her only start so far here to her atable com- panion Climber in the Senorita Stakes, is a full sister to Wedding Bells, which ran Sir Martin to a neck in the Saratoga Special in 19v8, and was rated that season second only to Maskette among the fillies, then in J. R, Keene'a racing stable. She was eo well thought of by that noted turf- man that she was shipped to England to race in the fall of her two-year-old form, while Maskette was kept in this country. Runaway Girl, the dam of Wedding Bells and Gypsy, is a daugh- was predicted by the owners, but dam of Trance, which won sixteen races and earned $28,147 as a two- year-old in 190 Touchet, the aire of Fair Vision, i of Lord Lynn, {the winner of the Thousand Guineas, Derby and Bt, rin 16 while the grandam of Wedding Be! |and Gypsy is Enchantress, by Bcot~ j el Chief vut of Lady Love, by Blair Athol, the last named being the win- ‘ner of the Derby and 8t. Ley 1863, and which sold for $63,| |record price up to this day. i eens, Berio ve karenias Sentiment Moves Price Mc-|> race because of the practical tainty that Nerich would have a runaway victory. do a FRANCE WILL TRY FOR DAVIS TENNIS TROPHY. Robert D. Wrenn, the President of the National Association and the Chairman of the Davis Cup Commit- tee, announced yesterday that France has challenged for the cup. From unofficial correspondence Preaiden' Wrenn confidently expects that Ger- many and Canada will issue chal- lenges within a week. date for closing the ontry list, Wrenn stated yesterday, was twe weeks off, and that there wag the strong possibility that teams from South Africa, Italy, Spain and Aus- tria might be added to the list. ———_— FITZSIMMONS FINDS ANOTHER EASY VICTIM. SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa,, Feb. 21. —Bob Fitzsimmons, the former world’s champion, defeated Jersey Bellow, a big, strong “white ere in six rounds at the National” A.°C. There ‘last, Diane. simmons showed that he 1s stil! able to Fire, some of the “white Ropes” & good dale, L. L, next Monday. A matches of trap shooters will take | between some of the crack ere premier honors. Minor matches for novices. pected that the meet will be ‘most attractive yet held. wi SAN FRANCISCO, University of Keio baseball team arrive on April 9 for its American tour, ry to aaviges received here, yee- terday. pl ol eo § tour that will extend as fork. the Eastern ve hay en ing for ington and Lae University. i Butler’s Gypsy, Now at Juarez, . ' Is Filly of Royal Breeding no beaeding atud at tute piace and te the owner now of James R. Keene's csle- rated band of stallions and brood- mares, was named for that noted turf- man, who raced Tom Bowling, Tip- prrary, Blarneystone, Susan Ann, hinodyne, Lucy Fowler, Jury, Artist, Leonard, Acorn Peronington and who also won first Kentucky Derby with Aristides. After the passing of McGrath, under Milton Young's ownership at one foe Pecan housed more rou ret in were ever sar teat yeti Semen a y owned b; Haggin—nam bel ely, Rani Elmendorf, My" AcKinach coneand Kinney can recall many pleasant MeGrethians wi ne bia af en he was @ yor ster, Until he recently visit place, however, to look if overt es an offer for the BI he t bee! it ais hed act poem on It since tn the tise. ——_-—., PLENTY OF ROAD WORK FOR THE HIGHLANDERS, HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Fev, ere ‘smbracina, Be mate Onl arr tad PUECHANIca, *oTORN, AGP. 2P A TEP*