The evening world. Newspaper, February 24, 1914, Page 14

Gibson From Young Lough- fey’s Manager—Welsh Has Another Spasm. COPA Vo Bvenina Wendt IN these days when it’s all the fash- fon to pan it does good to find u few kind words appreciated by someone. A few days ago I men- tioned Billy Gibson in this column, favorably but not at all flatteringly. Billy, according to late accounts, is sull determined that he'll leave bo ing to ebift for itself and devote his me tm the future to his business jat- faire, Among the letters following my mention of Gibson's coming retire- ment was the fotlowing: Mr, Robert Edgren, air; Seeing you mention Billy Gib- fon as the squarest sport that mixed in the boxing game I means of guing on record fi E | HE 2° Li hen wen facta “Bmoky Joe” Wood has had his ap- ix cut out. All right ee lodg as bey don't cut out Joe's speed. ‘The great John L. Sullivan ia "do- ways get's lauh when he fue, ry eel a funny story. If the aige sig yc t ome quickly enough he looks the crowd over and waits for it. You cant’ fool John L. John has some good stories, too. RETTY prises for amateur motor boat races in California, That kind Rut if it ever started in New York—well, judging by the usual Brises handed by athletic clubs, it might ta neokanarn them to lean ae to have the green pollehed off 070°, Pie maned to fact" thats seta He was Swiss as Sola gold.’ 1 added, UP-TO-DATE j- A Few Kind Words for nay) OUR MOVIES: Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World). AROUND THE WORLD Copyright, 194, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World) “MACEING” THE MANAGER We! MBE You Wane mone od L GIVE You EDITED BY BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK | ROBERT EDGREN : |Federal League Needs ‘ Baseball Nursery for Its Surplus Material Youngsters Who Sign With Invaders Must Either Make Good or Be Out of the Game—Or ganized Baseball Will Not By Bozeman Bulger. NE thing that is pussling the Federal League promoters, and one that appears to have been Overlooked, in: what are they going tod. with their recrutte who do not | 4; make good? The big league clube eend their youngsters to the minor Evidently the Feds are counting on being taken in by organised baseball. Otherwise, in the future, they would have trouble in persuading young- x} eters to start out with them. A k it up and surplus material, LOWS have fallen thick and fast upon the head of Charles Fiat- bush Ebbets during the past few weeks, but the one that de- ecended upon that bowed and sor- Towed dome on yesterday severed the last straw. The Feds have grabbed Columbus Day! October 12—the big league race be- ing over by then—will be celebrated at Washington Park by the Brooklya club of the outlaws, as a baseball holiday it, into the schedule for the benefit ‘The rest of the league kicked and kicked so hard that the season was made to end on Oct. 7, and Ebbets, still nursing ‘ne wounds, was relieved of his chairmanship of the schedule committee. Those were the days when he and Charley Murphy were Uttle together, ever since then the Flatbush squire has fought for fee go to waate, Now, to add to the Borrows of his Beclining, days, it has been grabbed by the Feds. ident Gilmore made an announcement ‘0 that effect it be hit town Pact sooner does Leach reach ¥ here Mexican Joe ‘crippled hand’ was miraculously cured by the censone e treatment,’ Leach furnish- ton tes absent part. When vers called off his fight ane pu. ae. pbreinisa examine his hand, after the Wolgast feet. "he ae nothing on hi» hands, Then suddenly the right is bad. Two days it ta ae Be ore prove it, but drives his big < mas all the time, ot offered Rivers $6,500 for his sane. She nate undoubtedly remembers fight Leach gave him Wik iivers ur") we got here Johnny ppeenane was Willing to take Cross under any conditions, Hut now bie Indugaments have and h ly needs a til April 28 and will ated until Oct. 18, Mr, Gilmore believes that the American and National Leagues | start too soon. Another reason for delaying tm start in to have the Brooklyn park ready for the opening. Mr. Gilmore was accompanied @0 town by Zach Davis, an architect from ('hicago, and Judge Goldman of Baltimore, They went over the plans as sub- mitted by Mr, Comatock, New York architect, and announced that by starting work immediately, the grand stand for the Brooklyn Feds could be made ready by April 35. If there is a delay of a week or more, the Brooklyn scheduled out of town, be able to open at own grounds. “It's too bad,” laughed Mr. Gold- man, “that we've got to deprive Mr. Ebbets of ColumBus Day, but as long as the National League won't have It we might, at least, give it a trtat.” a League magnates are uccess of their Brooklyn club. ‘They declare enough players will be got together | within ten days for a good team, and jthat the start for Pensacola, the | training grounds, can be. made by a nd jammefi | * — ol tire Oe Recognize Players in Rival League. Dlayern signed, and at the coming meeting in Chicago these will be Pooled and ce geer go that all eleht clubs pel ll be stocked with good tuen. juestion of a man: te Brooklyn ‘ae at we in the af shut Mr woe fogeoe rs Jake henge | bis fie mind an jcoept the job ene SAM LANGFORD IS HOME FROM PARIS, TALKING FIGHT. Saye Paris Won't Stand for Bout Between Joh and Morea. Sam Langford arrived to-day on the Carmanta from Liverpool. The dusky | heavyweight comes from Paris, where’ he has been spending much time and cleaning up large portions of French money. realy hapryanoos that he attained a popularity among the name Pfans of the “hams hyd not sure just what he ez- | viral) do now that he is back home. ngers on the Carmanta ae that he. vente color see Kah secon think Parle wo would would be a snanancre. gon im still Ram, | “Althot hopsein the business, only nal i He ow foo em bay and hin manager, Joe ig went Fight "he on The: fore they expect to sail back ” @ month's stay here. patlllice tadbae sg COVEY HERE TO PLAY GOULD FOR TENNIS TITLE. Kus! man Helde the Professional jmplonship and American Je Amateur Champt: George F. Covey, professional court tennis champion of the world, arrived here to-day from liverpool to prepare for hie title match with Jay Gould, amateur champion. The contest will be held at the Philadetphia Racquet Club March 16, 18 and 21, and will consist of pe mn evi wat ot sairtenn ots. ie wine, Will receive @ f $1,380, two- pf the Kate Fa fessional, py stot ing eta mae to Philade for practice i - he championship wy “wilt +4 a ae Ba fon Sere, played. DOGS TOO LATE FOR SHOW. 82 With Judges Delaye: Here From England, . Capt. W. R. Beamish and Sir William on Trip B. ety of England arrived here to- on the Carmania to act as judges Yee Nrostuiinster Kennel Chul , which opet in Grand ‘Contral, esterday, They brought jogs but cannot enter them Deause they arrived too lute, WORLD'S RECORD OVER HURDLES BY J. J. ELLER, John J, Eller, the champion hur- dler of the Irish-American Athletic Club, established a new world's in- door record last night at the St. John's College games fn the Thirteenth Regi- ment Armory, He won the 120-yard hurdle race from Walter Burach of the New York A. C, in sensational atyle in the record time of 142-6 seconds. The id mark was 143-5, made by Harry ols years ago, eed Indianapolis Fighter Getting Too Big for Middleweight Class By John Pollock. who was regarded as stars of the middleweight divi- sion a year ago, has taken on welght| will swap punches with Young Kan- idly within the last six months |sas, a promising fgatherweight of that belied = the |city, In a ten round bout at the Broad- that he ts compelled to join heavyweight class. This will be glad news to the other topnotch middle-| Sapper O'Nell, the clever English! for they have all sidestepped Peri caala and Billy Bennett, who! weights, Dillion when they were offered a bout | | with him. March 8 against Jim Flynn of Pueblo in Kansas City. jehampion, to take place in Paris on March 21. Carpentier is guaranteed $7,600 for bi George Chip, the Pittsburgh fighter, who is now the recognised middle- | now {| weight champion of this country, been offered month, Chip in Californ! Jean and Eddie McMahon di a to-day that they have matched Leach| March 9 it ts the intention of Billy Croas to fight Phil Bloom of Brook-|Gibson to arrange a contest betwear, lyn, at the Empire A. C. show March| Battling Levinsky and Jim Coffey, 4. The other two ten-round bouts to/the “Dublin Giant,” to be fought on be staged will be between Jimmy that date. CHARLESTON WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Heling; three-; Maur olde; six furlongs.—Charles Cannell, 110 (Turner), 2 to i, a to 6 and 3 to 5, ter Las M 1, 5 to 2 and @ Badly rbureter, 102 (McTaggart), 8 to 2, 1 to 2 and! Mike Cohen, 4 out, third, Time, 1.18. Jezail, Tomboy, Castarta, Sister, Spitfire and Velichen also ran. COND RACE—Purso $300; three- rd; five and a halt furlongs Discovery, 109 (Knight), 8 eo 5, 1 to 2 and out, firat; Double Five, 110 (MeoTaggart), 2 to 1, 4 tod ine So 2 to 6, second; Mama Johnson, to 1 and Juaquin, ry Boy, Tolson @’'Or, Ethel Taare “and Burpase also ran, ——————— CHARLESTON ENTRIES. RLESTON, for to-morrow’ ract ven, ethel- “Hutehe ‘aie, 800; tesa Fala. 0): Capt selling: gogeor 1122 Hath Kho 168 ra 1h Mor: ety nt ae Biss ne, me wall fire oad 4 halt alot ia ‘Baly’ Hill Fathom, 103. Ctra MY roan LW; eon, 105; ‘The Gan: Mok, OB; Mien way, Puree 8800: fle aids ateanthe * a nth, “Heart ery Manter Jim, Mita: Morty Lad, Puree $300) three. vear-olda Ould a tire | Dillon Joins Heavies; To Box Flynn March 3 —Jeanette and Carpentier) %.Gacn tn the main, bout of ten ACK tittos of Indianapolis, | Moore in the si J of the|tional Sporting Dition will make bis first/ten-round bouts at lappearance as a heavyweight on| Sporting in a ten-round go at a boxing show’ — Dan Morgan received a cablegram | to induce Packey McFarland to mako to-day from Dan McKetrick, who is|a trip to the Antipodes and engage. in Paris, stating that he bas @nally in three twenty-round bouts at the,| signed up Joe Jeanette for a bout! report came from Chicago last night with Georges Carpentier, the French / stating that Packey has practically ‘@ guarantee of $3,000 to| Boxing Commission. box Jimmy Clabby a ten-round bout|some enemy of pugilism asked As-1 in Milwaukee the latter part of next|semblyman Murray to introduce the Jimmy Dime, manager of| bill #0 as to get even with the com- Chip, will probably accept the offer) mission. The boxing game at present tg] an he has only been offered $2,000 for|'s in better standing than It has been to id Clabby twenty rounds] in over twenty years. hy), 7 to| the “white hopes” i]a novice, Coffey and Johnny Lore and Ray Campbell of California and Young} Brown of the east side. ‘Two clubs have boxing shows billed for to-night. At the Atlantic rden Jack Britton will meet Frankie jfounds. At the Brown Gymnasium A. A. Frankie Burns of Jorsey City will go against Eddie Lennon of Newark In the windup. Fi Johnny Dundee, ho meets Pal ut at the N. b' show on Thurs: day night, will make his first appear- ance in a bout in Buffalo to-night. He way Auditorium. Ireland's lightweight title, | e o been signed for one of the three National ub Thursday night. Th! will be the semi-final to the Jobany Dundee-Pal Moore contest. “snowy” the Australian! fight promoter, is In Chicago trying) clubs which he conducts there. A agreed to make the trip as Baker has offered him a big guarantee for the fights. Assemblyman Andrew F. Murray is in the limelight. He has intro- duced @ bill to abolish the Frawley It looks as if If the Garden A. C. fails to get the Leach Cross-Johnny Dundee bout on Latest Exhibit From the Kaiser’s and Are Valuable Because . 0 be up in dog styles and strictly sporty, one must now own a German boxer, These dogs, ten of them, were sent from their kennel homes in Germany to be exhibited the annual Westminster Kennel Club ;show and already they're the “hit” | of the exhibit.” The boxers, German for the Well- known bulldog, drew more than their share of attention yesterday in the 18) Grand Central Palace. Society and fanciers always lay interest in the first introd of a foreign breed here. It was so with the Ger- man sheepdog, Pekingese and others. But soclety went itself one better when the German boxers were first stop ited, but were keen on possessing one of the sturdy for- eign breed, It is strange that, while the boxers are only being exhibited in this coun- try for the first time, they are re- garded as almost the national dog in Germany, far more popUlar than! the dachshunds, the breed many be- lieve to be the most plentiful in the Kalser’s country. ‘The boxer is not the type of canine; that a society favorite could smuggle | in her muff. Far from it, It isa big, strong, alert animal who per- forms the important duty of being a rsonal bodyguard. More than alf the students in German coll “SAILOR” FRITTS STOPS HEINEN IN THE FOURTH. Jimmy De Forest hi hard luck with takes under his management or trains. The latest scrap- per of De Forest's string to “get his" is Jack Heinen of Chicago, whom Jimmy claimed would develop into a great de- stroyer of the big fellows. De Forest took Heinen over to the Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn and let him substitute for Bob Moha in'a bout with Fred “Sailor Fritts, the heavyweight champion of the navy. Fritts put Heinen to sleep in the fourth round, after hav- ing floored him six times, In the other ten-round go Jimmy Coffey of Harlem boxed rings around Eddie Moran of Brooklyn. — JOHN ANTHONY WINS WALK TQ CONEY ISLAND. More than 100 walkers ranging in age from eighteen to ftty-elght years hiked from the Clty Hall to Coney Inland a rnoon in a race hold ‘unser the auspices of the Walkers’ Club of America. @ alxteen minute start John Anthony carried off stellar honors, He com- ;|Pleted the journey in 1 hour, 42 min- utes and 39 seconds. Michael Schwar finished second. He had a twelve minute handicap. William Alle: one of ae “old boys," Nnished thirs Si; J walker ot Ay McGoldrick, the forme: pound amateur champion, won his seo- ond professional bout Me ane Olympic a & of if ting Jack Lewis in the windup of ten rounds, In the ier te | It was @ handicap affair and aided by own these dogs for protection, commuters in Flatbush and Jersey, where burglars are prone to operat would do well to have a German boxer in their home and prevent un- friendly night visi ‘That is the chief characteristic of the foreign dogs, their ability to watch and stop strangers from en- tering houses. The boxer ts very in- telligent, very susceptible to teach- ing and quick to distinguish friend and foe. This breed hasn't thi weg lice training of the German dog, but they ‘e more valuable guarding people and homes. With friends the boxer is the most pee id docile of animals. With o people he is extremely dai feel very secure boxer in their S The history of the German dog in this country goes back four ¥ 5 On one of his travels abroad Judge Lehman purchased a boxer and Germen Boxer, New Type Of Canine, Makes ‘Hit’ at Westminster Club Show and Stop Strangers From Entering Houses. in this country for the first time at} Domain Resembles the Bulldog, of Their Ability te Watch brought him to the United States. Quickly seeing the worth of the new breed the Judge's brother, Henry, brought several and established a kennel at White Plains. bs watch- ing the development. of. the German log here Mr. ‘Conuian in com- pany with Jesse L. Straus decided to exhibit the boxer at tho presént ‘Westminster show. meet evening Mr. Lehman was ly pleased with the hit his dogs Send All day and into the evening visitors asked innumerable questions about the new breed and were anx- fous to buy a boxer. Mr. Lehman himself firmly believes that the German breed will become very popular in this counts two boxers to every one dachshund. I can't understand why they were not asbipped over here before. But then ‘styles are very changeable. It ‘was only two years ago that the G: man sheepdog was introduced in tl country. It has been the same with | ¥ other foreign breeds. “It is customary for many Germans to have these animals for personal bodyguards,” declarea Mr. Lehman. Most of the full-grown boxers weigh born fightors.” about fifty-five pounds and they are! Ge: The German boxers that attract so much comment at the Palace show are dogs of the bull type, but minus the knotty muscles. They are well set up with big intelligent heads and their hair is short and brown, They take in about everything that passes before their bench and are not likely to strike up « friendship with ad- mirers unless properly introduced by either Mr, Lehman or Straus, their owners. M’FARLAND AND GIBBONS TO BOX HERE, AFTER ALL Manager. Reddy Says They Meet Latter Part of March or Early in Apri. Mike Gibbons and Packey Mc- Farland are Ifkely to meet in a boxing bout here after all, the latter part of March or early in April. At least that’s what Eddie Reddy, manager of Gibbons, said this afternoon after « talk with Billy Gibson, matchmaker of the Garden A. C. Reddy and the Gibbons pair, Mike and Tom, were, about to leave for a trip back West, from Grand Central station, when Reddy gave out the semi-officlal an- nouncement. “Mike and Tom have chance to get a bout aptece out in Hudson, Wisconsin,” said Reddy and that's why we are leaving, Hudson is about twenty-five miles from Bt. Paul, Mike's home town, Promoters there are building a big arena for the express purpose of holding boxing bouts. Reddy didn't know the date of the first bouts but figured it woul be about Margh 8. An opponent foi Mike will be selected from Young Erne of Philadelphia, Spike Kelly or Wildcat Fern ——-—-- English Press ‘Pans’ McGraw LONDON, Feb. 24.—Manager John McGraw of the Giants caine in for a share of criticlam from the Pall Mail Gazette pecause, in an interview in the Datly Mail, he expressed the opin- fon that baseball was a better game than cricket to eat Britain to regain her pl + ‘The Pall Mall Gazette recommends that “Mr. McGraw keep theso impertinences to hia friends at hom: Practically all the yesterday published tacks on the Giants Sox for not pla; & variety of iront severe reproofs for politeness," based on the allegation that the players’ managers took no. steps to inform the public when 700 persons were awaiting them at the fletd that there would be no game, the crowd staying “indefinitely” in the cold drizzie.~ ‘The newspapers remark that it In “hoped the players never return, as they're unwelcome.” pate ey MIKE GIBBONS PICKS ANOTHER EASY VICTIM, If Mike Gibbons continues to take on! such overrated fighters as Al. McC yy of Brooklyn he will soon be regarded as the “lemon picker’ of the pugilistic pro- feasion. Eddie Reddy, La ting ast of Gib? bons, signed Mike up to fight 7 the windy “ the matin Irving A. Brooklyn, tion which AcCoy Ra aap Rinsing’ him: | All unrough tho ten roused ising him. All through the to McCoy ran, clinched and ‘made fe cH tempts to Iand on the clever St. Paul middleweight. eeeee hit. rated with every blow known to and at the finish the latter ett ine "ring with @ damaged face. —————_a————_ FOX SCORES EASILY newspapers atured at. the White mmon _AGAINST DIGGINS. , PHILADELPHIA, Feb, Feb. %&. — Young Fox, the English itherweight, it~ pointed Young @igxins in ae ou Found bout at the ‘Olympia “A: we the semi-windup Boston sensation, s ored over Yankee Swarts ie im ats arta was -aubstituted’ for | founds, Ba oper O'Ne! Neill of New York astoapea Wile Mack? 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