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“TONS With at AN —o——— = Lasted Eight Rounds, but Freddy Welsh’s -” ,Bkill Proved Too Much for Michigan Wild- cat Almost From the Start and His Light- » weight Honors Were Never in Danger. 14, by The Prees Publishing Co. (The N, Y, Evening World). WH the fifth round of the Wolgast-Welsb fight at Madison Square Garden last might Welsh ducked in to grasp at Wolgast’s flying arms and take a mizing—a thing that he had been doing very cleverly every fow seconds. Wolgast suddenly swung a furious overhand right. Freddy's head moved to just the right spot to avoid the clenched glo’ Wolgast’s forearm struck Welsh's head—bone to bone—and from that time on hie dexter arm hung heavily at his side, broken about four inches above the wrist. There being no “quit” in the Mich- igan lad, he fought along even more deaperately through three rounds more. His right arm could not be used for either hitting or blocking, and Welsh, quick to see his advan- tage, changing hie style of fighting and mixed it eagerly. Wolgast’ ignor- ts ‘Wolsh's awitt hooks and jabs, which looked hard enough but somehow ‘Piles 10 have the desired soporific effect, charged again and again. Woish s upon him with left and right alternately. And like the boom ‘heavy gun coming periodically in a rattle of small arm fire, Wolgast’s Pefi-et rarer intervals crushed into the champion's body. But to oppo ‘arm to two as good and as active as Welsh's was a hopeless ¢ v4 near enough for one furiou ee Sadist oes ‘ rN Bang ae reece Ah! bogs plenty of owor, le quickly. "and oe. yg he et dured ouming smasl a furprlae.© t aybsonergiuas to the fourth round wi ld a lead. In the fifth, and hors oh rd had the beat of galy. chance lay in ied ® knockout arm is broken. And Roche quickly announced hy spectators: “Gentlemen, Wol- hand te broke and 1 won't let gene further.” Dr. James Thomp- f Brooklyn jumped into the ring, after @ quick examination found oe Po Sawing et treak. The crowd clambered into ish showed some clever boxin; ‘el fing, and in the confusion both waressive and defensiv went to their dressing rooms. that would put him in i f Lavigne, Erne, Gans ADINON SQUARE GARDEN |¢f the reat old-time dehting boxers, wee filled when the main ‘Wolgi ae Unfortunate in having bout Wolgast was first 4 a: Ly 1 cool ‘and nonchalant, and ve fought. He pie: Now waft By teas excited than the apec- Welsh followed egon, and m three tim tt donen other kinds ‘ot breaks With ever to shake hands. The woual bepdaging of hands last disappointment he may — gloves and instruc- s a on a ring fortu tre $100,000" s fortune of something ” ferent Wh Ae Tw f THE EVENING WORLD, TU ESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1914. BEST SPORTING PAGE. IN NEW YORK Ja tee First Ree POUNDING Weron Din Some OF THE MIXING HUAKELF Big Leagues’ Data Shows **Feds’’ Are Seeking Peace to Save Their Bank Rolls| ; Much support was given the new- comers during the past season. ie Authentic ie Show That) feperts ot’ the agents of the big Only °800,000 Paid to See Federals Play. figures in the eight cities were less than eight hundred thousand in paid admissions. In a majority of the cities the attendance fell below 60,000. In Pittsburg the paid attendance was fons than 40,000. If there as @ club that broke even it was Chicago, where the attendanco was about 260,000, Those attendance figures indicate receipts of leas than $300,000, Letause for about two-thirds of the season the Federal Leagues offered baseball for 25 cents. A minor league in the upper class could not exist on these receipts, They must play to more than 1,000,000 people at 25 cents a # there is going to be peace in base- ball, as ts reported again from the West, the Federal League must be ready to wave an olive branch large enough to cover all hale sins. It has been a soason of greater dis- to the #0 called “outlaws” than | early reports indicated, The major; leagues have collected data of the euthentio kind, showing just how aibly retire, which he can do comfort. and Knnouncements a6; Wol i tay, Sith a fra Ww g. titrominioes lscont of Annual Event Came Near Be- ing Cancelled in Booking of Dates. Ry tg ‘plows into iy bars Now York nearly‘ lost ite six-day race this year in the scramble for dates at Madison 8q Gardon, ac- cording to William Wellman, manager of the big amphitheatre. A place on the achedule was finally made for the race, but it was necessary to date it nearly a month ahead of ite usual time to keep it on the calendar, That Je, instead of starting. the frat week in December, it will begin this year at midnight Nov. 16. No other dates could be found for it on the Garden poh ‘TILI.. Welsh wasn't the only sur- aD prise. It had been reported that [, Wolgast had gone back too far mako a pe fight. And Ad was Just as the ola days, Ho ‘ive, some of i hong 8 “ myplon' iy <, gpade Welsh lose his grit and double ‘@p in momentar: tress. After eac' a Welsh Teated @ moment in & af then cut loose and fought ag- gee » If he had a knockout a4 wouldn't have gone |of Manhattan's most illustrious social me but there was nothing |lcaders, the promotors demanded two ee e}montha, with Christmas week in (he oking Max Reinhardt's relix- joun spectacle, “The Miracle,” which Was echeduled to be shown to the New York public under the auspices [e New Garden Management Saved Six Day | Race at Cost of $12,500 efforts. seemed to weaken at times rast had reached his body we lacked the driving power Wal hardly tried ; but walked in steadily, con- to jet two or three py jabs about his cars if only he could middle of the time. To get this By John Pollock. MAT the boxing geme will thrive, provide tng the manager of the different clude Put om fighters with good reputal was again demonstrated in i > oo between Hredklie Welsh, the work's champion, and Ad, Wolgast, the former sham pion of ile coum, at Maduon Bquare Garden last might, Although of geome to be in the air that Eddie ‘Brack second baseman of the u js coming to the Yankees manager, It is believed that the will be consummated Thursday @t the special American ynoeting called at Chicago by ed 2D pet cent, 200, Wolgast ware these wine to the Writer Limvelf and alm stated ta) be ad hile expwhers part by Ube club off 0 looks after Wolgast’s affairs, sald that Welsh got 8 per cout, of tbe receipte, which, Mf true, made Welsli's end $4,073, Freddie Welsh, who fighis Charley White of Chicago im Milweukee west Monday might, left Wwday for Milwaukeo tw put the fmishing touches to bis tratning for the bate, Me was sccompaniod by his manager, Harn Pollok, aud Hob Vernon, the eal sporting man, who le @ of Welsh, Hol 40 yer cont, of the grow rweipte te te to get 27 per cont, report comes from Philly eect that Connie Mack to poll ia stock in the Atb~ jon to ars Dunn of oF Baltimore; thas poks mash or eat team, taking along with bim jot his Atbletic Hetic players, Biuesacket, th the Sperchee In- he Giants When Wolgast was asked by the writer if Tom Jones was still bis manager he replied, “He cer Al arrange all ay mathoes Just Like he bas been doing for 1 am afraid, though that my vent me from boxing for ‘aditiac, Mich,, epane wm Ueated, abt oisist | & Wolgast deelarat that be | head to break even and a minor league's salary list isn't one-quarter what it cost for talent in the Federal League last season. ORGANIZED BASEBALL FEELS Weeks’ booking they contracted to pay $86,000 to the owners of the Garden. As the cycle grind has always been a Oxture in December and it was im- paime for the Garden management ‘ant “The Miracle” dat ith the nal pen- The Feds face even greater disaster next season, Te demands of the players must be satisfied and, with conditions as the) exist at prese.t throughout the country, it points to a bad seas6n for next year, Juat what offers have been made by the Feds are not known, Indeed there is no official announcement that peace terms have been discussed. But it 1s all wrong to say that or sed baseball would not welcome a settle- ment, ‘The “upper house” of the National and American leagues say they have this section the six-day race in and | nothing to arbitrate, but it ts ad- nnual fe oot mitted that the éntrance of the Fed- sly | erdh League hag cut into the profits, If it was ever cancelled for one sea-| os int baseball will never get back son. Like the six-day walking mi to its normal condition until the Feds eh of the carly % the cycle grind has become the meeting place each year | are driven out or surrender uncondi- tly. of the sporting clans from the entire nat, moneyed men of the Federal The days of “Big Jim” Kennedy akue would quickly give up the and Pat Powers are gone now as far fie nt if they saw a chance to pull out an the six-day event ts concerned, rlean bill on the financial side. This year a brand new management ttl takes hold, and it remains to be seen whether or not a new order of things will bring about the successes of the days, 000 to the rental date, When war was declared the Euro- agents of the American Miracle mpany could not deliver its part of the contract, and the bicycle race was scheduled for November, occupying time that the Horse Show had pre- viously held. In lieu of the privilege of running cycle race the owners of the Garden forfeited $12,500, or 50 per cent. of the amount of the bonus of the Miracle Company. To many followers of the game in n eral Leag' Jeadel talk. of grabbing high-salaric tar: they, like the organized crowd, realize that the tine is near when th ball players must talk sensible es. It really 1s the players’ question that is bringing the rivals to @ Roaltion where peace terms can be discussed, The b owners On both ides ot the strife are beginning to fear the players’ union, The Federals gave the Yers a foothold, ‘They are tn a po- ion where they dictate terms to a club ow using the Fede as the buffer, But with every star that ts lost to the big leagues the burden of the Feds becomes greater, ‘The threats of the Feds to grab some of the minor leagues ts only laughed at by the men of organized c Pohgua Manewetahe, iL moot Pail bloom thie corjsluly was @ Bauare Garten for the tothe habit’ of ‘ ball ® minors have NO cause fate. * yt Wert the parent organigations, Taunt season the major leagues paid ce “Young” Shusrue, Uie Jemey City tape [for minor players more than $300,000, waa A Tee as AT feted Att and if some of the men who ave beer reat “the fied by the big show make good el et Mite ee | ire ininore wilt “ifiect about $100000. Gane of the minor leagues tn i cure parts of the country never did 9 in banoball and if lowk to the Aeon gnnization would not be miaaed ene le over tal oe ost in pennant fight are controlled by men who ‘simply hold franchises #o that they can peddle out players to any one that wants them, Jobony baiam, if the Feds do find a way to settic tho fight it will bee hard blow for the men who jumped from the big leagues, The club owners long ago made a compact that placed desert tivel antis tv tip top form comers, ages of Jim Flynn, kiist, These ‘days and w ers on the blacklis a: 4 will eal lean never get back, say th owners. Chicano waa an easy winner over Stan- Yoakum of Denver tn fifteen rounds, ies seats played with the Denver “cays ee 9 boning euierieuiment Je scheduled for ie wilt ee “ Rounds WeLow Got & fiance ies WELSH RETAINS LIGHTWEIGHT HONORS IN BOUT WITH WOLGAST: Copyright, 1914, The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). on ‘GH SCHOOL BOYS \ | AND GIRLS CHEER "GRIDIRON RIVALS | 1 — ____|10,000 of Them and Their FLITERGOLD BEATS,"*‘swrt-ntom merce at Polo Grounds. GOOD SPRINTERS |... IN PIMLICO STAKE = Eotweidle Star Gift Easily Tak Takes Second si Election Day Racing Feature. LINEUP, POLO GROUNDS, N. Y., Nov. 8— The annual gridiron struggle between Yale and Harvard never aroused any more genuine enthusiasm than did the battle to-day between Morris High School and the High School of Commerce. The games played by the big college elevens may at- tract bigger crowds, but the 10,000 | boys and girls that crowded the lower | erandstand at the Brush stadium this afternoon made more nolse than t sarne number of deep lunged collegians evor did. In the crowd were mothers and |fathers. Some of them never knew (Special to The Evoning World.) RACE TRACK, PIMLICO, Nov, 3.— A big Election Day crowd came out to the course this afternoon to see a cracking good programme of seven races. The Stafford Hotel handicap and two sections of the Kernan purse were the features. The conditions were perfect. FIRST RACE. Maiden two-year-olds; five and a half furlongs. ler), won; Marvellous, 109 (Buxton), second; Light Wind, 109 (Clement), | What @ gridiron looked lke and they third. ‘Time 1.08, Carlone, The Lark, ®T¢ still igforant as to what football Kopje, Saturnus, Cliff Haven, Beverley really means, but they soon became James, we iH mutvels pais 8.70; place, $4.30 vellous, place, $4.6 Wing, show, $2.90. ‘The start found Beverley James and Marvellous setting the pace with Uncle Bryn fourth at the stretch. The Lark and Beverley James then tired and ‘Troxler shot Uncle Bryn to the front, winning by two lengths from Marvel- lous with Light Wing dropping into third place. ia, Best Bib and Tucker, Jnele Bryn, Lig ied show, show, $3.00, Light imbued with the spirit of the occa- sion and joined the young folk in school slogans and songs. There 1s no doubt about the pop- ularity of football. Devotees of base- ball can sit quiet and enjoy a diamond | battle, but one can’t sit in silence at a football game, not when it is played between rival teams of New York's leading high schools. Morris High School had out its full force. Their COND HACE. Selling; steeplechase; four-year-| chances looked brighter to-day than olde an pwardi Lee Duster eee in several years. gambian, 139 (P. Williams) Idle Michael, 154 (Johnson) Season after season the boys of Commerce have humbled the Morris boys on the gridiron, “This is our year,” said the Morris coach, “and if we do tho trick, I'm sure they will— Mystic Light, 149 (Grand), Time, 8:691-5. Foxcraft, Jean W ner, Jesult and Brush also ran, mutuels paid: Senegambian, stralg! $9.90; place, $4. 0, Idle 2 te Michael, place, $7.7! 60, Mys i Bronx will know tonight mat it tle Light, show, $3.10. a3 a winning football team." Be. Sene; minhina, who accounted for|fore the football game the rival teams the con was the first to show, with Tale ‘wichael an’ Mystic Ligh following. Senegambian was threo lengths in front of Idle Michael, and the latter one length In front of the rest of the field. Josutt and Brush ran out at tho second jump. THIRD RACE. ‘Stafford Handicap; three-year-olds and upward; six furlongs.—Flitter- gold, 108 (Butwell), first; Pomette Bleu, 103 (McCahey), second; Water Lady, 99 (Shilling), third, Time, 1121-5. Ten Point, Isidora, Brave Cunarder and Election Bet also ran, Two-dollar mutuels paid: Flittergold, straight, $18; place, $4.40; show, $3.90, Pomette Bleu, place show, $2.80, Water Lady, show, $4.10, Played a soccer match. This is an open game that enables the individual star to show. DICK RUDOLPH OF BRAVES PUTS BALL IN PLAY. There couldn't anything happen in which a Bronx school was interested that didn’t have a dash of Dick Rudolph. The star of World Cham- pion Braves added color to the oc- casion by putting the ball into play. There was a lot of rahe for. Dick. Dick 1# @ graduate of Morris High School and he rooted as hard for them as he did for the Braves. Just before, the ball was put on her 40-yard line and again on Time, 1411-5,. Mr. Sniggs, Joe Finn, Gerrard, Moonlight, also ran. $2 mu- paid—Star Gift, strateht, $4.40; m $3.50; show, $3.30, Dangerous March, place, $4 hae show, 3,60, Hu- . show, $5.4 mine orasy antics ae Humiliation de- SECOND QUARTER. ‘The ball was kept in Morris's terrt- tory until about two minutes before the quarter ended. Then Morris put over a perfect forward pass that was | easily the feature of the game up to passed Humiliation and at the finish Star Gift won by three lengths wita Dangerous March half a length in front of the tiring Humillatton, —— was not downed until he had covered forty-five yards. With only about half a minute to play, Erwig tried for | a field goal, but missed, The play during the second period was a bit rough. Pearlman replaced Brooklyn ban-| Miller at centre ior Romsreeros and dded another Vighory | to his | Collins oe et ae An wiben be | Koslow at sae chat ey Wisner was ores Another K. 0, Nov. 2,—Battling aio Seme OF Apd's SOLAR Soaks Loorep une THe! ait] defense that was entirely unex- ;|down five minutes after the third into play | Brin layed the start, but when w was this time, The ball was on Morris's given Humiliation set the pace with | 35-yard line, Manley dropped back as Gift in second position When | tf to punt, instead he made a perfect the stretch was reached Star Gift! pass to Collett, The latter raced | toward the Commerce goal alone and | EDITED BY ROBERT EDGR How Wovenst’s arn WAS Bowen - HITTING Were ON THE HEAD AS HE Duure IN TO CUNCH = P | Coach Hinkey of Yale to Try Out Some New Men in the Line To-Day NEW HAVEN, Nov. 3—Head Coach Hinkey ha eorimmage for this afternoon and some new men will be ti the line. Von Wholt is back in shape, eo thet he go in at ri tackle, and gett will be right end. Blodgett received a sort of.” tryout yesterday in the signal drill, but has been in few scrimmages. — Von Wholt has been laid up on account of a broken bone in his arm. The remainder of tho squad is in fairly good condition. Talbott te! able to walk withoyt a cane, but will not play before the Princeton game. Alex. Wilson, the quarterback, will be out this a! wt» will not be in the ecrimmaging until the week of the Princeton game." He ie working with other men in forward passing. The regular ity backfield, jept Wilson, will be in the scrimmage to-: day, but it ie doubtful if more tl half of the regular line will be in. Four © teams have signal drills and scrimmages daily in order that if there are good men the coach lay find them and strengthen the weak line. Yesterday there was only signal drill, but four teams took part and the four teams will be in the scrimmage to-day. Tom Shevlin * 4 it the field yesterday watching ‘the practice, but took no part in AUTOMOBILE RACING DRAWS HOLIDAY CROWD TO BRIGHTON TRACK Five Events Carded, a Fifty- Mile Contest Being Big Feature. out in pected. Score, end of first half, Mor- ris H. S., 0; Commerce, 0. THIRD QUARTER. Commerce scored the first touch- quarter opened. Morris got the ball on her 35-yard line after the kick. A forward pass, Manley to Weinheimer brought the ball to Commerce's 40- yard line, Erwig gained five around the left end and Weinheimer on the next play brought it to Commerce's 20-yard line, A try at the line failed, and then came the signal for a for- ward pass. Manley tossed the ball, which was intercepted by Schneider, who with a clean field raced about venty yards for a touchdown. Gal- jagan kicked the goal. WINNERS AT LATONIA. FIRST RACE—Five and a half fur- longs; two-year-olds.—Dundreary, 112 (Murphy), first; Foxy Griff, 112 (Teahan), second; Resign, 112 (Mc- Ewen), third. Time—1.071-5. Anxi- ety, Harold, Mex, Star McGee, Pin Money, Syrian, Wodan, Kris Kringle, Borel, Scrutineer also ran. Two dollar mutuels paid—Dun- dreary, straight, $9.30; place, H show, $3.50, Foxy Griff, pl show, $3. Resign, show, SECOND RACE—Six _ furton | four-year-olds and upward.—Coy, 107 | (Goose), first; Glint, 103 (Ober), ‘seo- lond; Rubicon 105 (Meteaif), third. Time, 1.131-5. Daisy Platt, Theseleries, Sebago, Furlong, Cecil, Surget, Mama Johnson, Oda May, Al Bloch, Luria also ran. $2 mutuels paid: Coy, straight $23.60, Jace $12.00, show $8.20; Glint, place 10.50, show $6.00; Rubicon II., show $9.00. wie (Spectal to The we BRIGHTON BEACH, Nov’ >. —This old familiar race course, where thou- sends of dollars have been won atid lost when the runners had their of popularity, was the scene to-day of a series of thrilling automobyé Taces held under the auspices of the Matthews Auto Racing Ass 10; | big crowd was on hand to eee the dare-devil drivers risk their lives in competition in the five events which were slated. By 2 o'clock there were easily 5,000 spectators in the grounds, and every available space of ground back of the grand stand and other Darts of the field was packed with automobiles which had arrived on thé scene early with parties, The railroad service of the Brock lyn Rapid Transit was the same it usually is on a day of any big event where its lines reached—terrible, say the least. Trains were run oi every fifteen minutes, and as were soon jammed hundreds wei - |compelled to wait on the different tions until they were lucky enew, Sf; |to wet squeezed aboard others. The main event was a fAttyemitb race, in which over fifteen startet —_——— PIMLICO ENTRIES. PIMLICO RACE TRACK, Md., Nov. 3.—The entries for to-morrow's races are as follows: i rade: ‘hee Stic | vote attra Ie tick, RD Ru PRL ere ‘ 4 had entered. Ralph de Palma and h Borgo, oles eo tighee 8° Sart brother John claimed the most atten! 4 Borgo, aobitgel pellet Bt He eaters ‘Embro! tion of the spectators, and as th apOURTH Rige poiaet gear: | went around the track in their war Som, Breiner bos batt audi, $8; | UP sprints they received a great ova U ighining. 1 gle teoger tos, | on. The track was well oiled for FIFTH erin hack Sehing was These eth q the meeting, the management havi $a werent ove, mle ane , oy, As & force of laborers for three days red Centaur, Wt) Tay Fay, 20h fi oe poms | getting It in racing condition. Ht Peas Nid hae a, | Although the races were scheduted man, 105, *y ceoliywee. as Flla/ to start at 2 o'clock It was just ef Mead 1am, joo, tna ; ? The third, the Stafford Handtcap,| some dne discovered Baby Rudolph | 3h hour later when the officials final the . brought some of the| wrapped in a maroon shawl. ‘Then got the first contest on the ca best sprinters to the post. ponsite there were more rahs, this time for going.. The results: a Bleu waa heavily supported, with|the baby. a : Fitttergold and Istdora next’ best.| Commerce won the soccer match by js Hirst rade, ten-miles, class, # nomi Filttergold and Isidora cut out the|a score of 1 to 0, Goodman made the stock—R. De Palma (Mercedes), firsts _, ( pace. At the atrotch tutn Filttergold | lone goal. LATONIA ENTRIES. Morton (Mercer), second; L. E. Calg took ¢&e lend, siassly, followed hy Fen FIRST QUARTER. Rapp yen ln (Chevrolet), third. Time, 9 minutes, Point and Isidora. The finish foun’ | Morris showed best in defense and| LATONIA. RACE TRACK, Ky.,| 53 2.5 seconds, Fiittergold winning by a length and owonge in’ the first quarter. Erwig| Nov. 3.—The entries for to-morrow's Pomette Blew a half length in front of] ang Colletti did the ground gaining, | races are as follows: Beven sare faced the startet oe ne Water Lady, who was two lengths tn) tie former gaining 80 yards by rushes i srgaterels ,filigg: |Teport of the pistol, Morton sho front of the rest. early in the game. Morris held twice ines Oo, Cath away In front and took tho leady closely followed by ! Ralph De Palma, the S0-yard line, Gallagan was the 4 j chief ground gainer for Co! erce, but | } od 10. i] Morton held the lead until the last (Bet ‘tle ald because of Commerce's ba gine iycranenie ie ‘ap, when Do Palma put on an extra! ngerous March, 113 ( + sec: | interference, Score—First quar- Ghint toa; The No burst peod and catching Morton ond; Humiliation, 100 (1 . third. /ter, Morris, 0; Commerce, 0. Sitker, NOt. mad, 98; | buret of ar and catching Moré as they swung into the stretch passe him 300 yards from the finishing ling and just romped home a winner by: less than a length jenanet, | The Queen City Hapdieap: troyearciie; $l Second race--ten miles, Class PD, ig fs moh ip inti nonesiogh care. he Te Palma, ite mer, 12 fe Med Pe! | AR cedes), first; J. De Palma (Mertedeg), | Caen second; Morton (Mercer), thirds | fe haniee, G9 Time, 9.24, Ralph De Palma agnin distir himself by carrying off the event, but he dic asccon not draw thé finisl {as fine this time as he did In th 4 | previous conteat, He took no chane when they were sent off for the tai lap, He went into the lend soo} after the beginning of the lap’ ani finishing several lengths ip. fro: his brother, John De Palma. started in tho vente ‘but Ee tes gone half the distance, WEB ae allow CAREFUL INSECTS, (Prom the Maness City Journal.) vo bogey, ity say that flies try Soot cu ‘every msc Matt woe &