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eo ie et aaa & a arta) Sen Tye Pe agg UR ENB EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 10914. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK EDITED BY _ ‘ROBERT EDGREN “IT LIKE ALL GOOD, CLEAN SPORTS,” SAYS GOVERNOR-ELECT Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World.) HITMAN HAS LIBERAL IDEAS | - ABOUT RAGING AND BOXING Gov.-Elect Used to Enjoy the Good Bouts and Says He Likes to See a Horse Race—He Plays Golf Too, Because the Game Keeps Him Outdoors, but Is Sorry to Say He Is} No Wonder at It. Copyright, 1914, by The Press Publishing Co. (The Now York World). eny antisport crase develops during the coming State Administration's dime it isn't going to originate with Gov. Whitman. Neither is ft going to have his undivided attention and enthustasticsupport. The Governor. lect doosn't believe in going around 4 with a long face, attonded by a train of little “glooma,” thinking that everything outside his own manner and method of life is necessarily per- aicious. Ho's an optimist and «@ regular fellow. And if you want to enjoy life during his time at Albany you can go right ahead and enjoy yourself to tho full extent of your ability and capacity—as long as you keep within the law. _ I thought that New York's sport- Yovlng public had some right to know what ‘ta. newly elected Governor thought of sport. He's been inter-) j | Mlewed on everything else, but on the ono theme of universal interest no me ‘ ii a Mets pond ounce weauen odie outcome a MIMy Rules Favorite Over Navy. Because of Knowledge of Open Play Sarg wale every ‘wun naturally like anything ath- See s. But I tried for them anyway.” site was evidently ying to read | eves there it. My father was allt Has Been a Long Time Since Soldiers Had Such an Array ow 7" Mina pasty Seceuse long’ Soutzunity. "I spent ty boyhood in| Of Promising Material as They Possess This Season, and “Golt for ane thing.” 6 ernor-eleot. “I like golf. It’s it i because long experience fe fev ee cuanse ts ‘protons That Is Largely the Reason the Lineup for Saturday Hasn’t Been Chosen Yet. PAR SNITMAN ww To $66 CLEVER Bonita, AND USED To TAKE IN Some OF THE BG GY AR, Wittman ... tax. .DOAT sit Down We ONT A LAZY PAR Was A REAL. Genuine Smue -- Not one op Porrua Smiure Veteran Horseman Tells Of -Changes Fifty Years Have Made in Horse World. fered one ay Uy Hester one jndus' “Uncle” Clem Beachy Pays! sala Mr. Beachy. See they have just sold a half-brother to The Har- Second Visit in Nearly Eighty vester for $2,100. That shows you ., Years to New York. | Giants’ Fifty-One Varieties of Players Will Be Divided Into Four Squads. With the of John McGraw who occupied his desk in the Giants’ headquarters yesterday, John Foster has divided the fitty-one players that are to battie for the cause of New York next spring into four separate and distinct teams, One of them, headed by Larry McLean, !s to be known as the “Busti League” Club and will make a specialty of exhibition games with the colleges and the small town boys of Texas. Tho other three are to play in Dallas, Houston and Galveston simultaneously. This will give Texas about the strongest dose of spring pastiming that any big league club has ever accorded a friendly State, “The only thing bothering me,” said McGraw, “is how am I going-to look them all over at once? Looks as if I won't be able to see any of my regulars until 1 mect them here in April.” emerge a couple of minutes later ne 4 Moye his inmost feelings | same. a how this game has pro; auto never will wipe it out. “The first real good one I ever owned was a colt named Doctor, I | wasn’t afraid to tackle anything around me with that boy, There” were no tracks or stakes in thom, Cd and it keeps one out-doors. [ lon't play @ good game of golf, I am the best to Bf conversation, I waited until others were gone. Then Mr. eorry to may. I just ike to play the itman steeped out, glanced around smilingly motion » te ask you for saytnt T don't wa annual sale of harness racers by iwant isa By William Abbott. or a favor. All lite Sarverse jon “ae stand on sport.” R. WHITMAN amiled as if he was very much pleased. I imagine the forty-seven others 4 off on a different tack. He ’ juine smile—not one of o poultica suallon that start ‘de- He didn’t sit down. He lock Holmes to figure that out. |, “what do you to a horse race race,” sald Mr. Whitman. good | In fact I like to see a good race my- But thet te entirely aside from betting law pro- hibits gambling, and I am always in a right here} might as well follow | toe. as low interviewer's custom and put in Ittle description of Mr. Whit- the man, @ very broad an ounce of ined athiet beat! of enforcing the law.” 7. = @ doesn't ne, and fat. He looks like of the good ones. However, I ha: "t geen @ bout for a long time. I've been pretty buay, that when I became I thought It best to be man | neutral position if any legal concerning bo: From this and aside meet it with an open mit disposition to be fair of any discussion. Which is all fi in the sport ore gz be sed ost he yu Me Bs. Beane Jebnny ere ne seven Eran xe ec is ib ty Fd ry 7 & ee 3s iy marie Ht ne ‘LL this time the Governor-elect was standing beside his desk. isn't a lazy man. I didn't need to be a Sher- boxing’ “I never boxed,” sald the Governor- elect, “so I can't say ae much about) that as baseball and football and the other things. I do like to see a clever boxing bout, and I used to go to some from District Attorney @ etrictly jeation xing should @ up.” I ‘sjudgo that {t'any Box. ing question ever does arise when Governor Whitman ie in Albany he'll Ind and a to both sides that can a = tre geet “ mo fast he z= eis Nar ae a ce riey SE5 a nat Pay fener bo wat |Fie)"aeld oaking tack i ? probenly be All-American selec- esate PRITCHARD WILL BE IN HI® HE Army's final line-up for the Navy game Saturday at @ral change: iar Franklin Field te still unset-| © tled. It will remain eo until nearly fame time, for the coaches them- selves don't know at present just what backfield combination will op- pose the Middies, ‘This uncertainty is caused by the large number of good players avail- able this year. It has been a long time since West Point had such an array of promising material for a football team. Partially for this reason and the speed and knowledge of the open game, the Cadets Bare shown this @eason they are now ruling favorites for the annual battle with the sallors. Last year the Army beat the Navy to % ong on passing. ey hi that game since, and Ukely they will ehoot something pasain, tack ‘esterday Cadets practise. A practise field had been cleared of snow, which had re- tarded the team's preparation the last year, and the squad got busy. Coach Daly, the former Harvard ensterhaek. ‘was in Bupreme char; acrub were equipped with oe the Navy ie sup; to use an jars were ordered to break th up. No tackling was permitted, t! fleld, boy and hard, being too dan- gerous for this sort of work. Down at one end Woodruff, the Army’ pach kloker, was busy prac tising placements. Point ex- West pects a close battle with the Nav and every point may needed. That's the reason Woodruff worked for nearly forty-five minutes trying field goals. CLEAN HANDLING OF BALL FEA- TURE OF ARMY'S PLAY. After the regulars had been en- gaged for a long period stopping th so-called Navy plays they e di- ‘for practice in ing and catchini The coaches Insist on clean handling of the ball, trong feature of the Army’s game. The ends and backs were specially grees, Lat catching long. posses that invari came mn, catching passes last year, was oa! field. No matter where the throws went, the Army’e end was generall; where the ball fell Dp Jations of forward pissing were ed worked especially for the sailors, A signal drill was ordored when it be- gan to get dark. The playere ran through the various formations at high apeed, for mething had to be warm, for It was bitter ool the Point yosterday. ‘The line for the Navy contest has practically been decided on, Neyland will be left end, a position t! and O'Hare has th wub tackle in 1913, will have hi it chance against the Middies Sat- ard | pounds, These surprises are being | }} a the coaches have had Olfphant ‘and in Fleet. Oliphant, a former West- 'n star, is @ wonderful back, strong and fast. Ho is sure of getting in a Dart of the Navy game, Van Fleet, however, has been the real “find” at West Point. It ts his first year out, but no one would ever know the difference. Weighing 176, he is a demon on the defense and a sensational runner with the ball. Fleet has developed rapidly and is certain of playing Sat- urday, Both players and coaches are ver: hopeful about the outcome of their one big game. This time last year they were far from feeling cheerful. said that Middies igh the Cadots but a few ind that advantage had al- ready been discounted. ite rather @ close game, but was “hope- neral state of hopefulness its at West Point is based chiefly on the fact that Pritchard and Merillat, the forward pass combina- tion that routed the Middies in 1913, are again available for the Army this year and are more effective than ever, |!" Yelle Lucky to Go Distance With Welsh (Gpecial to The Evening World.) BOSTON, Nov. 26.—Freddie Welsh, the world’s lightweight champion, won another victory at the Atlas A. A. last night by defeating Freddie Yelle of Taunton in their twelve-round bout, Yelle was lucky that it went the full distance, for he came close to being put ay in the ninth round, Yelle was afraid of the champion from the moment they put up their bands, and this proved a ser! dicap to the Taunton box: also careless, which also he' TWO FOOTBALL GAMES AT EBBETS FIELD TO-MORROW. Ebbets Field in Brooklyn will be the we | Scene of two exciting football games to- morrow afternoon, Manual ‘Training meeting Boys’ High and Commercial grappling with Bay Ridge. While Man- al has Won only one yume, the team showed that it was capable of puttin forth a scrappy in the contest with Commerce, ani clearly outplayed Adelphi. Boys’ High, however, on the shdwing ae eeueerenls ry rival. The Manual-Boys' H Match “Will open the afternoon play starting at 1.46. soon as the first halt Bay Ridge and match, the secon: periods in each game alternating in the same way. Com- ———— BEST TALENT IN WORLD FOR IRISH-A. A. C. GAMES, fi urday. McEwan, at centre, will again be the keystone for the line, the same as he was last season. io is one of the Army stars, weighing 203 pounds. McEwan is the second fast- est man on the team. He not alone but roams all over ies, He will REGULAR POSITION. Capt. Pritcbard will be in ii - , | ular position at quarter, but the ofher three backs are in doubt. loge, ‘The annual indoor games of the Irish- American Athletic Club next Saturday night at Madison Square Garden have attracted the best athletic talent in the world. This includes the plonship team of the club, which has won three national titles since early in September. One of the track features is the 1,000 a rece for the McAleenan trophy. ie event ts one of the classica in ath- nother feature is the gume of tball between Kerry and Kil ot time Gaelic football 4 | Paugh, Some Thanksgiving Thoughts Accredited pe For Instance, the Reporters Are Thankful They Won't Have to Listen to a Speech From Ban Johnson Until the Braves’ Banquet. By Bozeman Bulger. OME THANKSGIVING S THOUGHTS: Baseball reporters—We are thankful that Ban Johnson won't have a chance to make a speech until the Boston Braves give thelr banquet lew York tho middle of December. Ban Johnson—I am thankful that I have grown too thin to be recognized by the press sleuths when I visit New York, Harry N. Hempstead—I am thank- ful that I don’t have to have the bi pick me out @ new m-nage: every fall. Harry M. Stevens—Is thankful that they are atill talking about letting the World's Series go nine instead of seven. He has cnough hams to do the trick now. . John K. Tener—Is thankful that Charley Murphy does not own all the grounds in the Nationa: League. Henry Fabian—Is thankful that the Army and Navy are going to tear up the field at Pt.:!adelphia and not at the Polo Grounds. Ed Barrow—Is thankful that dur- Ing all the peace negotiations Organ- ized Baseball remembered that he had been elected President of the for five years. wychn J, BcGraw-—te thankful that Charley Faust has forgotten how to write letters. The Wards—Are thankful that the public still has to eat bread whether it goes to ball games or not. The Sporting Editor— thankful that he doesn’t have to have this but once a year. Frank Farrell hi received a let- ter from Roger Péckinpaugh, who ts spending the winter in Florida and looking for a good place to train the Yanks. Roy Hartzell 1s with Peckin- and they will remain down there unt!! the team reports for work. Peckinpaugh has looked over several places and has reported favorably on three, leaving it for Mr. Farrell to make the final selection. The fact that Fi ay Peckinpaugh to a would indicate that seriously of allowing “Peck” to re main as leader of the club. “We have had some great sport hunting and Ashing writes Peckin- paugh, “and both Hartzell and my- wolf in good condition to play ball right now.” Harry Hempstead gave a lunch: con to a party of scribes yester- day, with Irvin Codd, the Phila. delphia aporting writer, as Quest of ho nor, Cobb says he found several German officers over in the wer Baseball Lights wanted to if he only could have told them how the World's Series came out, Frank Btevens, who is a di- rector in the New-York Club, sent the acores by cable, but they never reached their destination, Tt Is sald that Gov. William F, Baker to Phia rent in advance. Christy Mathewson, author ani sportsman, New York. We regret to report t he did not bring back the two phei ants that he promised, KEYSTONE ELEVEN PLAYS AT SPRING LAKE TO-MORROW To-morrow the crack eleven of the Keystone A. C. of Asbury Park, N. J., will meet the Spring Lake eleven at the latter town and @ great contest ts ex- | pected. The Keystone line-up will left end, Hadfield; Masco; | left Hancock; ri Ci |, Jean Mas ht tackle, Brown; right end, Cardo! ‘back, Bernocco; left n; right Bruno. ——_.__ BROOKLYN BOXING CLUB HANDS REICH A “LEMON. Al Reich was handed Broadway Sportin, night. ‘The mem! lemon at t! ge in the card. Jack fat, lumbering ‘Long t,, was substituted. Bell 30 th a McFarland tn the fi and in the sixth the bout was stoppe: not fit to box, weighing his opponent, who wi tpping the beam at —— Fordham Plays V The annual football will be pla} row afternt drilling his charges all week in. tion for the visitors’ attack. will start at 230 P. M. ed at Fordham pt. W; Jack D DENVER, Tndianapolls wi w “Wighting” Dick Gilbert the end of a slow fl ‘The men are ma Wins Decision. WILL NOT CHANGE the’ PRICE of Tener is plan- | ning to squelch Charley Murphy for good this time by forcing Mr. Taft to Pay off those notes in Chicago and| pay his Philadel- | has returned from his partridge and pheasant hunt in upper left tackle, James guard, | Vetrano; centre, it guard, 00} Saitbaek, halfback, Yorle; fullback, Club of Brooklyn last ‘3 who pald to see Colin’ Bell meet thp ex-amateur heavy- weight champion were not notified of ar= Talan at Pr, down the Uhpclentific 4 third rouns fame between Villanova College and Fordham College field to-mor- nard has bee: reparas The game of Denver at round boxing Nght heavy- at Madison Square Garden 18 only an incidental to “Uncle” Clem Beachy, probably the oldest and best known among the old-time drivers, trainers and breeders of trot- ters and pacers. “Uncle” Clem is visiting w Xork for the first time in about forty years. When he was here early in the seventies it was his first visit to the big town, so that in the seventy-nine years he has been with us Clem Beachy has appeared only twice in Ne “It certainly is | the veteran to-day; ‘have seen of it so far. I have been | here only two days, and already I do nothing but look up. What I wonder at is how does the sun ever get a chance to shine in New York with all these big buildings in the way. ‘Have I ever seen Broadway at night?” “Oh, yes, They took me along your White Way last night. I guess I saw more lights and more people in a few hours than I ever saw in my life. “When I was here before I wondered how all the people got around. That was way back in the seventies. J camo here with my brother and we stopped at the Astor House. We were all ready to start out one morning to fix-up a littlo business. I happened to walk to a windqw facing Broadway. When I saw the people and stages I refu: to go out. Why, I didn’t believ: could find the office we were headed for. But now that I have navigated Broadway at night I no longer shy at the crowds. it is easy to navigate. All you have to do is to keep moving.” Mr. Beachy knows the harnese rac ing game thoroughly. He raced horses before they had regular Hi father was in the horse business in Lebanon, O., and from the time he was fifteen years of age he has been active. In those days there were w breeding establishments and fewer drivers and trainers. He y started breaking horses to saddle. Later, trotters and pacers became the r to break yearlings and was active in this branch until a few years ago. where he is located at ton, Kyy present. “| have seen the sport grow up He still drives a lot around Lexing- | {ts days, Out at the fair grounds would race over the roiled turf, ‘ave ing in and around the trees. didn’ They 't know anything about heats, You would challenge the other fellow and then make a little side e to it for about a mile. We ni new anything about racing si You just hooked up to @ light wagon. “And here is another thi tinued the veteran. ‘ou never réal- ly trained your horses as they do now, In these days they spend weeks paring the horses. We used to them all the year around and ¢! horses always were Gosh, now ‘they begin rubbing doctoring a horse after a heat. the old days you tossed a bial over him and let him cool out. we had a gol darned more sport of it then, ady for a “I was eighteen years old when I drove for money the firat time. J think the purse offered at a fair was 25. I won. at cups. They called them silver Clem Beachy can't under- stand why they don’t have more team 5 racing. ters should be broken to saddle, that gainst one under saddl Physicians With 0c Package Free Own the patient of rated case, 1B a. e, and he often was called on | 1),'%%-4 refunded Fo GAU 00., box 191 1 It requires good toba He also believes more tret- to make good cigarettes offer 20 55 cents. : “Distinctively Individ An Imitation of Fatima may fool you once. After that you will know that it is not the package but the blend that makes Fatima distinctive, and good tobacco is expen: sive. Only the:inexpensive, practical wrappin Fatima Cigarettes i eee |! os they can have combination races, a trotter to a sulky racing oy meee ie at, fit apa g enables us ta) $25. After that I but they really were made of tin. But make any differen DIABETES) Us New Remedy, Greet Success. }