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“ai UNBOAT SMITH, manager, James Vuckiey, ie lus into the secret that he | teBde to put svnfothing over on big! Jess Willard. by getting Grst whack at jobnecs. it expected to be the fret Man to fight Jobneon in 1915, the champion will be & year thas when be last “risked” bi with Moran. Gourse the Langford matt gave Gunbost a serious set But for tbat he'd provably have the chance with Johnson bim- Gunbdvat svoms to think that be og? &@ haadivay of some sort in ie fous cal ate le Laagiors again. an soon be. This w!.ows there's some in Smith ti at most fighters Ww of the gentlemen pur dow @ ten count by Langford hanker Mr. Buckley ttention to the that Willard weighed bait a ton than Sinith: ximately—in Mmateh in California. Smith the decision at the end of California accounts ae 4 vlow figbt, with only epurts 2 with and a Tower of Pisa by varied by a few haré cracks when Smith succeeded ia him. Of course, in overoum- advantage in weight and Teach and plain bo Bimself to be ve he can do it again— Being Forced Out Not in Deal—Th: Sim Cotte to. meres reattor "uocarty of} Frank F survives these two! iandors, was finally located in bis bes oe challenge | omoe to-day, after being “under is [cover for a week, Ho admitted to World reporter that he wanted to sell his ball club, but he inaints on getting his price, yomething that will leave him @ proft. He de- nied that he is broke or in need of ell, owner of the High- da, he says, in his it peevish state of mind, will be it. Himith will resurrect the of the club is he = didn't Jennnings, probably be ——- DOOIN AND MAGEE TOO HIGH PRICED, EXPLAINS M’GRAW. TRE HVSNINU WoRLD, | the man. GUNBOAT SAYS HE’LL SHOW WILLARD WHO’S WHITE CHAMPION. by tho Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), Highlanders Owner Insists that’s His Selling Price and He’s Not eg t | at 226th Street and Broadway | at is a $700,000 investmen: Magnate Asserts to Prove He isn't Broke. pompleted. know, but from other sources {t was nearned that Hu, now with Detroit, Copyright, 101 He sald she: will a ton Up to Ruppert to Come Through With $500,000, Says Frank Farrell ternational no intere: it Nationals to th ship tite fall will continue or to" word ‘received in Hosta contri extending Silicon the scales seasons _— least five year reement will ¢ nor Prealdent 'y terme of the new By Bozeman Bulger. | soctatton, be rid Wek he Gane mone® an has been rumored about boxer, And with that puncn— | town recently, WS email seel i “VN welt the Highlanders to Col 8 Willard Title-Grubbing Com. | ppert or anybody eine,” said Far- J pany, Inc, or whatever it inl, “but. they will have to pay me role of that runs Willard'’s affaires at | #00. That's my price, and it's up| League. to Ruppert or those interested to come through, The next two or three days may seo the matter nottled.” “Are you going out to French Lick rinks to talk the matter over with Ruppert?” Farrell wae asked. 1am not going anywhere, stay right here in town. bert knows where I stand wit will be taking & chance in Willard agaust Smith. If should n to put over Mam Tom Jones would hav that large glittering shirt bis uncle, Curley would gu % f syemqgend wreatling matches. Y agford, who lost a . to Smith and a» is his cus Bia e retura match knocked Bmith v" the second time, would his off, Ham has been ent by Willard, wh te that the heat way to be him.” of gro ts to avoid everythii | white. And Jess W: lard build a new Une fn Noe to punch replied the Highland. go back W {ter into the negotiations, ‘The prop. erty at Two Hundred and Twenty m such & cataclye-| fifth Street and Hi padway in just to a Bn ih real estate invetment of my own ba of the city: 1,000 a “it's worth as tands to: | TF Gunbdoat Bmith-Jim Cottey fae | match = to-morrow evening should be a very good heavy. it Aght. While neither smith Coffey iw in the championship M present are future Coffe: ow nly $158,000, wt downn't lok an if as broke, dows it? A like te correct t too,” went on Farrel, being forced to sell, 1 am not relation» with the America) and Han Johnson are ax ple Way an they blways have been, “arrell then told bow he minsod we jing. Eddie Plank, the pitche ithe Athletion nk Wam practically signed up| jby uk and had yplad our terme, ut they spilled the beans dewn 1 *hiladelphin,” Farrel didn't may who yy th but it could be inferred | that the bean spilling had to do with split up of the transfer price the Highlanders were to have pald the thieticn. ‘This evidently peeved flank, 80 he jumped to the Federal Aug ue “thar bam My | both tos. y ina big youn Laken packs a pul OM, except Jim J ped from his novice World's champ Of course, War on: [Belly Gitaon hasn't been forcing tiv pe with Coffey, The Dublin Gian Deen nureed along nicely, uuti a2 Gibson says, it's abc t | out Hmith he'll have to hav ce with Willard, And if he b chance Muppened to knoe! hy, for the first time % # real Iriah lad would be in] Farrel! wax asked who was the! ‘time @ crack at the world's chom-|surprise in managers that Han John- . i, son promines to apring when the sal or a Woman's Eye 4 Consider giving your husband a suit or overcoat for Xmas? It would’ be a most acceptable present. If he-has ever had clothes made here, we have measurements on file and can guarantee fit and sat faction to him. is a rare chance now, as $40 to $50 ma- terials are reduced to $25, and $30 to $35 materials are reduced to $20. At these prices, a suit or overcoat | costs hardly half what it would cost elsewhere. And ‘it's made to measure, too. Full dress Suit, silk lined, | $40—Tuxedo $35—Imported drape worsted—white | or black silk waistcoat _ Arnheim \ padway oth St, To, (come to | Moo him to buy hero for Federal League. “I don't mind saying that 1 would 1 wint| like to have otther of these men or Col. Rup | both of them,” he said, “but 1 would lke to go in the matter as a businoss wong all the way out there to DD ee ars pas fener none I have talked to Dooin and I know he would like to como to New| third basen York, but he is a high-priced man and like @ three-year Dooin hap bee: hero. would improve OHN M'ORAW dooan't exactly tike the tdea of betng placed in the the They are trying to make t Giant manager see that it te up to} t ‘harlie Dootn and She: wood Mageo and give them long co: tracts to prevent thelr jump to the in the game @ long rs owner, “That ground doesn't en. time and it Ms setae ioe he will not Natio contract. If 1 could though seven rly Southern js thought at ¢ Ith he service of baseball ptaanes, in whtvb they have a 4g quite a question for Ed Barrow ‘0 eettle, but he has been at the bus! ens long enough. Tho betting ts he 0 tof His Own, | | WINTER LEAGUE Gossip. . Stallings, who led the Bos- NaRoutle te the worse examen: manager of ‘according ve nm heavy baseball 1D. ia’ schools wil mes are slated on tl Academy thi reo upon a a james this year the place of the one contest a ranged to be jay 2%. Ti ton be West Point at Weni of the t Point ed at An and Navy Athletic pas suawest West Point Honry W. Medicus, former ‘Treasurer rooklyn National Leaguo Hase- Associ ed that the first game mnapolia, the second at the third, if necessary, ball Club, was yesterday nominated for Comm Yacht xiore of the Club at a me Bide Club House. No Federals for Hak dyer who ¢ her be that he Was dickering with | k wet him for a reasonable salary and| pn nw one-year contr playe exchange ball player, Aw both thi it iw know mi dow offered are in excess of what is being aid now, and also in exceas of what be a reason- Magee in a a joGraw able figure, and it ie whoth howe doen wneball y and will with Philltes: will Mages. other team positions a will Meure piably take hin immediate 1 have had a talk with stead, I do not feol disposed lo ent j into any long contracts with voters 1 would prefer to load u day And there isa mortwaxe on it of (ith Youns fellows who will grow bet. The signing of Sherwood Magee is ntirely #« question of how much or ipression, | how many | would have to give in| ch | He ts certainly a grand players would like to ew York th | putting the whole load « jwhoulders and telling him that it is from |p to-bim to balk the that to thinks woul dificult rhe is serious ¢ ndidly a iw to than th ay Ginn » there is very reason for believing th jof considerable magnitude is under way which will take both are willing to help it naterring other players by © make the «wap The raising of an ¢ Of $80,000 means that th League intends to make before giving up the ahip to th it defeat in Bal candidly that the ‘wey City franchise must be tra The committee in charge Jaw: The: fer the rearra decided d ko © Richmond and that » and decia y a 1 would prob- | Ay. uM deral the out to lares that leave stick n from Philadelphia another confer If it goes through, five or aix Giants will go to Philadelphia, “Vv " Inte nitely thet Hal ir. Hemp- Knates are MeCraw's Leougue. veoh Magee they and hi dotermine not. Dovin, he organized even at a Feds have nor the a deal oin and The reency fund | Ational | @ fight t, od quite Itimore must must be transferred to Byracus® The only fying the r ginia Leagu lows are be Setar thing to be determined in the Cost of going into Richmond and sat of the clubs in the Vi Richmond is their eal: vation Anancially, and the little AH gles Se aden hg Manager Giants announced result of the n week with League at Now York here. Haker bs the A nie Mi traded Lit ry Dor id. tthe J. Frank! thietics and Neck Ba: ting In the Bay k dectaren will old, declared terda; at at | fe the He to t or had ever naked Gilimore's 1 prior to taking the hur anized baseball. ig a J. ry nt John M Charles W took leGraw of sy Giants the trt id Ay aroun © an ex the he st night that, ay « conference here last iy o at a ‘the manager of the St Kus team, has signed nue in that capacity nd 191 ting 0 8 seasons, of the Thin STARS OF SKATING WORLD TO RACE HERE THIS WEEK, “L will give the best account of my- ta ohn with Wille Bi four-hour events at Spring verd the Ti ae possible plied a sku grind and Madison team bucked againat. the order name field a ti ger battle. Roland cinnt who ts ontered in the twenty- the sprint Raunge Gar is 19@, whi tite ds | ONBROTHER RACES) Harvard Eleven to Greatly Alter Schedule; Only One Gh The football managers at both Harvard and Ya! ing schedules for next fall. 1@ Crimson, in order jst season, will greatly will be used by graduation and formidable schedule as Captain Brickley’s inceton, Brown and Yale will be but Washington and Jefferson, Michigan, Tufts, ind Bates will be dropped. Penn State, whi » while Penn State, Cornell, West Point red for the Crima eleven will mot play Notre Dame and Springfield Training will probably take the Weatern ¢ Neither Dartmouth nor Penn, whe iked given places en Yale’ San NP ANT ing MONDAY, DBOEMBER 14, 1914. - BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK CNY nape Ri a aeons “RTA an a ime rn acho puted few ant yee Py canon ENT mee EDITED BY . ‘ROBERT EDGREN BOTHNER TAKES CHANCE IN JIU-JITSU MATCH Bilyake, the Japanese jiu-jiteu Wrestling expert, says he'd like nothya@ better than to tackle Gotch or Zbyskomw and ho looks ike the goods Ani since these bic fellows avoid him, he te undertaking to throw little George Bothner three times in one hour this ovening at Brown's Gymnasium in West Twenty-third street. ‘ Tn hia day George would !nugh at the best of them who should make such 3@ offer an this—but old Father Time has been after him for some Te, and ale though George in a marvel and just as fast as ever, the old boy te beginning to catch up a little, Moreover, Miyake !# a good 165 pounds and gives every indication of high c When to tho arts of wrestling we + member he adds the dark secrets or Nu-fiteu, the outlook for friend George becomes a triffe cloudy. Still, George has spent his life doing miracles, and he may repeat to-night. The odds th afternoon are 6 to 6 that the Jap can host hit, FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP By John Pollock. HERE'S an epidemic of boils among the stare of the equared circle, for there if not a week gues by that at least one borer fon't stricken with this disegree able ailment, The latest fighter to suffer from them t Ted “Kil” Lewis, the Rpglish light weight, Lewis was to hare inet Jack Britton at the Empire A, ©. show, but as his manager noti- fied the MeMaton brothers that Lewis would b¢ unable to fight, the McMahons promptly post- poned the show for two weeks, Carl Morris, the arrwetght of the West, and Jim Coffey, tne “Dublin Giant,” ere going to bare it out in « ten-round bout fe « om A.A. U PUTS BAN Rubien Didn’t Like Perform ances of Gordons Armory Meet. RED RUBIEN, President of thi Metropolitan Association, Seo. in F thority for the statement that th ounded as & result of Saturda: night's flasco at th House games, Bronx C" irch He ways that in th future closer supervision will be had over contesta which ha’ marks of “frame-ups.” It has been concedea on all sid that match races special nature have of creating trouble. Now the govern. ing powera are bent on clarifying th situation, Th dual and triangular races a: sts which can be “framed” cam with the concluding track even Saturday night in the armory of th Twenty-second Regiment, which ha ail the elements of a mournful pro. cession, At the sports in the ear. con: m brothers, Willie, Louis and Fre jand, would run three-quarters of mile, with a new record at the di one tance sure to result when at least two of the lads would get inside Joe coll'’s best on record figures of Dr 3.07 Instead, the spectator: ‘ime no serious alarm, From tage Willie and Louis, emulat: © spirit of “turn about is fair and the latter in ead with the watches regis he | 2. which would be fair tim a “gruelling” finish in which Li Louis and Willie figure: he form 3.18, which electrifying perfo! ance caused President Rublen to de. [clare that such races would be bette left unrui Ated the as they in no way bene. of amateur sport. «day, Thursday and Friday night, ‘eek. “The eyes of the turned to the Garde: calise the banke track has caused a new spurt of lite 1b the game. Harley Davidson, Fred Mai tin, Frank Bacon, Egil Rirkhimer, Launey, fact all of be here ti or be # success It’ shoul the rs ing will be here. ange at Yale. are busy ar- I The New Haven 10 break in a lot of new sequently they yed in ih held Har- Iby will moet likely jame, Wesleyan and Virginia. will te te twe games before ‘ary-Treasurer of the A, A. and Chairman of the Championship Committee of the parent body, is au- death knell of races between brothers and similar competitions has been nd events of a been the means use for the intended ban on| uestion it had ¥ |been announced that the famous Go: ing world will be | ton, Shipley, “A Blackbura, mpete, and if League’s Bes world's championship from the Athlet! guard” went on his way yesterday when Gcorge Wiltse, the veteran eouth- paw, was given his unconditional release, | negotiate without restraint for the tra League franchise to Syracuse, where Wiltse {8 one of, the most popu! y h ie 6 | t a years he slumped in his box work. Giants in 1913 when Fred Merkle, the great covering of the initial aack tha! Wiltse was a twirler of exce; also known as r All Nine Concessions Sought by the Players Refused by Organized Baseball. r “4 | J o ASEBALL fans are wondering B What move the Players’ Fra- ternity will make next, now that the National Baseball Commis- jsion has flatly denied the nine de- mands made upon it last week by |Dave Fultz, their president. Ban |Johnson, President of the American League, says that there is no poss ble chance of Organized Basenall | granting the aforesaid concessions. Two ‘of them, he declared, would make necessary an outlay of @ jot of money, and as the policy recently decided upon is economy, the chances of O. B. giving in to the players this time are slim indeed, The two most important demands made by the players are that major league clubs be forced to pay major league salaries as soon’as they draft or purchase players from minor! leagues, and that when any players| are returned to the minors that the major leaguers be obliged to guar-" antee them salaries 2% per cent. in advance of the minor leagu Mmmit. id Giants Release George Wiltse, Big t +: jatty Now Only Man Besides McGraw Who Was a Mem- ber of New York's World’s Cham- pions in 1905. Christy Mathewson, the great Pitcher, is now the onlyl man besides Manager McGraw, who was a momber of the uniform, He always gave the club his best services, During the last few However, he came to the rescue of the the eve of the series with the Athletics. Gorge went in and covered the bag in sensational style. It was Wiltee's land a single game--the ten-inning affair that Matty won, ptional control for a southpaw. the best fielding pitcher in the big leagues. National Commission Flatly Denies Fraternity’s Demands Madieon Square Garden on the night of Jau, 12, Tunwy Johnston got Billy Gibson to sign up foe Cottey on Satuntay night, and early to-day Bilig McCamey, manager of Morris, who is in Kensap City, wired to Jolnteon accepting for Morris, Frankie Burns, the Jerser City bantamweigit, will figure in another battle to-mght, His op- ponent will be Chick Hayes, the Indianapolis bantam who has been fighting in good form ib ead hie Tae TH a ai oe Sree ‘Urieane at 116 pounds, weigh in at ‘the Cc. of New ee eat ee ae Sind ere x Sere a et bat Fielding Pitcher ew York team that won the ica in 1905, Another one of the “old y 01 the Newark Charley Welnert, Men 1s 90. certain econ defeat, clr This was done so that he may mith or Jim Cottey that he sent the following nafer of the Jersey City International | taste pet fecalng if age io une he has interested capital. Wathertce’them is willug te sleet ae T wil aky lar players that ever wore @ Giant | agree to box, wineer i Rodel gaara: ‘natch Devwegn Packey "MePt | Trae thought that” ofan “aed fies | Bolla. manager mot Wale, F eat wi | apa ‘on the weight, Off for 186 pounds ‘at 8. P. My te ee demaned that Packey ‘wi inal i Diinde tthe seme ‘hour, bea the i Ls ee ti piel je i i il ve ‘egular first baseman was injured on == it made it possible for the Giants to| He was ioan League nh the prospecti purchasers of tho Yanks suggested that he give them Tris er to strengthen the team in New York. Choicest tobaccos—just the - natural qualities of pure leaf brought out by skillful blending—that is what makes so many friends for . FATIMA Cigarettes. “Distinctively Individual” Popularity is hard to gain— riceless to \. Fone Billion, five hundred million Fatimas — were