The evening world. Newspaper, December 15, 1914, Page 16

* —_~-— Smith-Coffey Bout at the Gar- den To-Night Should be Fast; and Interesting. * Coprviant, 1914, wy Tee Prem Publishing Co. (The New York Werks), UNBOAT SMITH and Jim Coffey meet to-night at the Garden. While this Sight ten't for any _ Hampionship, it should be a fast, tmteresting encounter. The men are Matched in skill and hitting Coffey is twenty pounds than Smith, As for their ring Gunboat Smith has the ving fought Willard, Langford, Carpentier others who haven't more humble course i i raae eer both met and 1 extremes Jim = Flynn, @ach a hard fight, but was aH began fighting long before ever thought of putting his into stuffed gloves., He was a man and a dangerous man from fight on. bh 3 started with a ma hi ral odtlnane Rim co ually gee ba- ad ute 4 Bese’ Now ifr § Hin HY 3 Hae Fi ake 5 = a lont a chance to| great deal of money in New York. Sam boxed “Battling Johneon the other evening and through the ten rounds in a that eliminated him as a pos: future drawing card in this city, was to have mee a match with Joe he Ga: & week withit, h tool In the sixth round Mc- ot arf a tament that bs man ap are art in | THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, Copyright, 1914, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York ‘ivi World). Lae Ml tad Le nat | font ae association, out ss a letter ite age hak al “yyy, Y Ui i “Mie ~ uw tate i Ub) Ws = Deck Cleared for the Transfer of Highlanders to Col. Ruppert tbc Ban Johnson Must Find a Way to Make Up the Difference in the es hae piichsvoe eid Purchase Price of $500,000 Demanded by Frank Farrell Be- fore He Wil Give Up His Holdings—Capt. Huston Denies || _ “ANKEES FOR $450,000. Jennings Has Been Asked to Manage New York Team. By Bozeman Bulger. | didn't’ eet HE report from French Lick 19) “ior instance, for fifty years engl- which Col. Jacob Ruppert jr. rol tg and contractors have been try- said to have admitted he will re to think wu roe wey ot ‘Aaaae. acquire the Highlanders, and the an-| jik mcleme tn in we harbor vi . Th Rouncement that Capt. Huston will awiatn Rooke hold of the haen a nd start West to-night to confer with par Oeeteg a a + Prenat . Ruppet ke it look as if thejand Knglish wel 1s American Godin wi be cheered. within a fow money put the scheme on foot. The der way. days to transfer the Highlanders to} "ior q weok Capt. Huston atood in the new magnates. “4 by pan od ge Barine 5 meee arr t last night at Fronch/ and purposely evaded telephone cal Ship seh that fiayict price has| that would get him into the confer. | yet been fully agroed upon. This ' vetalla with the statement made a seaman in Weight Helps With an advantage of Pounds in weight Willie managed to slug his way to victory in his ten-round bout with Packey Hommey, another east side light- weight, in the main bout of ten several the Long Acre A. C. on Grand Street last night. Beecher sailed into Hom- mey from the firs clang of the bel! and let fly with all kinds of wallops to Packey’s stomach and face. De- spite this lambasting, Hommey fought back hard and in the seventh and tenth rounds he drove in many stiff blows to Willie's ribs, stomach and jaw, making Beecher cover up. Beecher had the better of the other eight rounds. In tho semi-final atarted out after anything that he | | | to interest thi | ry seeking to have hi Lod York. But ai surat Huston are nm am ah deal fe aye omplete the deal. @ question ef man: eng has not wae current here last nian that Hugh Jennings of the Detroit Club ir for the Philadelphia fought a draw. ence with Ban Johnson, Finally they got him and things began to happen. As a result Ban Johnson intimates! Joe Jeannotte, the Colored heavy- weight, tacked another Lipset to his iy $ . ; | Innt night by decisively “out- by Frank Farrell in yestorday’s Hive. | that he will bo back In New York in forty-eight hours and that the trani Bill Tate, a Brooklyn col- Bing World that nobody t# going to! roy wit be mado within a week. | “meavy, “in the star bout at a the club until it comes through epeciat show held by the Irving A. C. with $500,000, In some quarters it is ow believed that if Mesers, Ruppert and than ? In the conference Ban Johnson told | the Captain that wan exceedingly anxious for the next owners of the Yanks to be Ruppert and Huston. He also said that Frank Farrell would | not take leas than $500,000. The Cap- tain and the Colonel had declined to give more than $450,000, ‘Ho the American League would | Harry Lenny. of Baltimore and Frankie Demeyer of Brooklyn clashed in the star bout at the Military A, C, of Brooklyn, and at the final bell Lenny was entitled to the honor Lenny floored Demeyer in the fi round with a heavy swing on the jaw. prt Bananas Sodan Bid A.A. U. Suspends Athletes Galore More than a hundred athletes of the metropolitan district are under the ban of the Amateur Athletic Union, It became known yesterday that they carry suspension from further com- petition because of unpaid entry fees. Several of these men are champions and world's record hol Chief among the stars of the track and field game who has been placed jin a false position by the ruling is | Matt McGrath of the Irish-American Manager McGraw has about de-|A. C, the world’s champion ham| cided to play Outflelder George Burns | thrower, at third base next season, —_——o— Cal = Draws With Mandot. MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 15,-.Joe; Mandot of Now Orleans gave Frankie an of Brooklyn a severe Leat- ing here last night for eight round and recelvod ‘erdict from the referee. Call in one round only, the third, when he staggered Mandot against the ropes with a right to the jaw. From the fourth on it was Mandot's fight. dig up the other $50,000 sooner than lone a chance of getting Mr. Ruppert into the American League. pave ¥e vary, badly Capt. Huston refuses to tell who) tl ain, Ban nodded, the “surprise” manager will be. He yell, then, if they want eaid that Hughey Jennipgs hes not | Rad: he sumganted, why Cont re Deen approached about the managa- ment of the Highlanders, “But,” said the captain, “there is no one who I would rather see come here, He is a @reat genoral. I've about made up my mind to get thie ball club and I'm going to French Lick Springs to see Col, Rup- | pert about it to-morrow.” To understand the full meaning of | that one must know the Captain. Up to the present writ! never Weeghman have been at French Lick Springs trying to perauade the Colonel to buy the Kansas City Club of the Federal League and have it transferred to New | ‘That gave Ban a thought, and it is) believed untied the knot in the tan- gle, The rest ls a matter of detail, | dealing with grounds, loaser, 0 man- ager and the release of players by other clubs, act acted as adt pert in baseball matters, laughs at the idea of his doing busincas with the Feds “Col, Ruppert may not know much about baseball,” says Mo- Graw, “but he ia a good business Now the one thing feared by American and National League owners is that Col. Ruppert may jump to the Feds before the Yanks are delivered, For two days President Gilmore and Charl man. That ought to be enough. “I'l say one thing, though,” he added. “You've got to hand it to | that Gilmore for getting his league advertised. As soon as all this talk started in New York he was right on the job.” arrears to the Winged Foot organiza- tion for unpaid entry fees. ie GIBBONS AND M’GOORTY fament by the a" tat. The wietory catabilaied te for the 1 be! Avery, Moon and Julian umble, : Ayer; di Pely Prep ewiimming ten team defeated Joh dual meet atatorium, Brooklyn, ‘ore of 46 points to 7. The Cornell football te 4| Garten Barrett of Cl veland team for 19 4 eld at Ttha aa Tarrett, ho te the best all around football player developed there in the past ten years, carved Be second year on the varsity 4 See RS Oshkosh, Wis., middleweights, been matched to box | fen rou Hudson, Wis, on Jan. 18, ge t0 A onecmile sprint, will de twenty- four-hour arting Thuraday hight at Ty twon eG; » Th in the lead the atronge: Australie, ja due to arrive at Akroa, (,, Geri eee the Uiriaahe the city, head the ies Pt will be tem at Se Gheirmen's vot the By John Pollock. While clube all over the countey are teri arrange a match betwee Jimmy Clabby 1¢ now looks as thon Great middleweight will have it vide the race at teams Dup found (peenaalves the length of the sau. cer in the Bob Feiwel | hae signed football he: het by oekwell is In a det DECEMBER 15, 191 BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK Beecher to Win Beecher rounds at the opening boxing show of Young Fulton and Tommy Houck of He was “turned in” by the |New York A, C. as one of those in TO BOX AGAIN JAN. 18. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 15.—Mike Gib- bona of St. Paul and Eddie McGoorty of have ig tarde al a: GILMORE WAS ON THE JOB, STOW In In New Ancient donner Cus Game May Be Played Year ’Round Now, Says George Low. rd that the weather is headed for New bit,” said a well known a. golfer to-day. “Rough weather don't stop us any more.” And this ex- ponent of the ancient Scotch game showed a party of golfers how much exciting sport can be had playing the game indoors, In the banquet hall of one of New York's swellest hotels where they have laid out an indoor course, representing, of course, only the putting green, George Low, for he was the demonstrator, played the nine holes in what the onlookers de- clared was a record for this “indoor course, “Yes,” declared the professional of the Baltusrol Club, “we are going to play golf the year round now. Of course you won't be able to make drives of 300 yards, but these courts which we have erected here will give you a chance to drive as hard as you While you don't see the ball ing through the air you enjoy Low then showed a section of this indoor course that has a sand pit. “This,” he said, “will give you all the opportunities to use the niblick. The people who keep playing the game indoors when the weather is bad will Bothner Wins Indoor Golf Is Replacing Sean Tango These Cold Days _'MIKEGIBBONSGIVES York’s Hotels find themselves much improved when the season ope: The nine-hole putting green will be the most popular. Thi ‘kes up space about thirty feet. There is specially woven carpet of green that has a heavy nap ao that the ball uy run true, Around the holes is a ve thin layer.of fine sand, and this ‘also helps to keep the ball straight. For those wishing to practice driv. ing the facttities are almost perfect, and to give the whole affair a more golfy appearance the background, a heavy canvas screen, has painted on in outdoor scene. One of these driving courts has ing can see his own defects, said Low, “is a great help to a be: ginner, As soon as ne sees his mi: takes he tries to correct them.” ‘These indoor courts or schools were first introduced in England, and now all the leading hotets and restaurants .__ _ EDITED BY ‘ROBERT EDGREN ( How Would You ~ Pocket This Ball? Here is another problem for pocket billiard players. This is not a triek shot, but a play that came up th @ regular match game. One of the ballé is @ “hanger” at the left hand corner pocket, and the only two other ‘balls | are frozen about eight inches from . the short rail, as shown in the dta- gram. The white ball or shooter is resting In the “jaw” of the right handt corner, and in such @ position that it is im; ible to shoot across the tabi to hit the “hanger. This was the position of the balls > when each player needed one ball to 1, win, A miss meant an easy shot at | the “hanger” for the next bg hy at the table. How would yor to make the ball resting at the ett tend corner pocket? John J. Doyle's solution will be compared, to all answers sent to the Pool Editor. KNOCKOUT BRENNAN ARTSTIC. LAG St. Paul Phantom Fails ton! Score Knockout Owing to Opponent’s Defense. BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 15.—Mtee Gibbons of St. Paul gave Knockoet Brennan an artistic lacing for ten rounds here last night. Gibbons tried for a knockout after the ifthy but : Brennan's awkward defense and Bi? here are having indoor golf courts in-| continual efforts to fight close kept stalled. In many of these places golf will take the place of ta! of tea and a tango session it will be tea and a putting contest. George Low, who, with Harry Vin- all of the Tuxedo Golf Clu Maiden of Nassau Country Club, and John Williams of Piping Rock, will be at a hotel uptown, plans to yee putting tournaments for men and women, Some of the patrons of Me 3 indoor game are George F. Baker, J. Gordon Douglas, Grenville Kane, Louis Livingston, George G. Mason, Percy /R. Pyne, |, Lindsay Russell, George 1. Scott, obert C, Watson, Howard F. Whitney, Henry Rogers Winthrop and Robert D. Wrenn, and Miss Harriet Alexander, Miss Janetta Alexander, Mrs. Charles Auchincloas, Mrs. George F. Baker Jr, Mrs, Arthur | To have let a dead game little fellow Scott Burden, Miss Marion Hollins, Mrs. Ernest Iselin, Mrs. Wm. Goadby Loew and Mrs. Henry H. Rogers. Wrestling Match Over Jap Expe Mijake Pema to Throw Vet- eran Three Times in Hour, But Is Thrown Himself. EORGE BOTHNER, the veteran wrestler, showed Tarro Mijake, the Jap jiu jitsu expert and champion catch-as-catch-can mid- dleweight wrestler of Europe, a few tricks about the mat game at Brown's Gym, last night. The wily Jap agreed to throw George three times in an hour or lose the match, but the best he could do was score one fall by a half-nelson and leg hold in 21 minutes and 2 sec- onds. Bothner than surprised the Jap by taking the next fall by a full Nelson in the next eight minutes, Bothner was declared the winner, ‘The Jap now declares that catch-as- * etter Just at hand from. AL Li who|Catch-can is not his specialty and other teama bel tae big. eee ts Miele. oo three iguters to Attala be as Tha tne| wants to take Bothner on at Jiu-Jitsu, dolph Ww Be | Senet OY Pee ae coc, ge bo io Ne Fs that, the chau are not getting iho fn; was | Dut us Bothner knows little about this the Taat mile: so fitwent teams’ haves | to give both fighters «Dig goarantee and a certain | fey ‘ents ore the war. frank Longa: |atyle there ts not likely to be another been ma, arr ar lat start in the race, the rity of the skutors {rom out of town, ving yeaterday to finish tor the tong percentage of the gross res ston oply wants to give both the grom arecelvle to fight m Ma tal pu pean z wasters 0 jam Avery defeated George T. ims parey fh nw the young Brooklyn play Geor, Mee Ps ‘condition’ the that stores Den- bout to prevent 8] carned in a two-round victory over RET cas uns ane Fitctnee ¢ H. Conrad, Dominican Lyceum. The pped the bout. e match, That interest in wrestling here is not entirely dead was evidenced by the large crowd which witnessed this Ganlen, Another reason why use bout is likely to Pail 128, Cleveland h@btwes — er 7 ae eee wilt nieces of aie ety sail wast contest. The sale of tickets had to Granadelie of the Bronx agi OE nee ee Hee ices eects | SMBS tout 6 2A pods i before the main exhibiti Mi Knockouts “ive. ites ct Gk reo | Sek ie st nes met ie Cte cone | EFS creed res i act Pal staged tncluded in. the crowd ack Cu woday ‘4 . any noc. 0 and te abe RUFFALA, N. ¥,, Dec, 15,—Totel ervem Heecor Gat ie toh, by often hee wore nal a dozen fashionably dressed At the City A. C.! {Fev he 4 wave the re th ray nition Be 33 | MAPA —— Wrestling with a large carbuncle ny r wi _ is right shoulder, thner was al jRoncra'to tho ‘former because Ne dia t Kio Teiulaee the acetate mee OO ae ent Gisadvantagh. aad his Sack Wagner, unattached, beat John tite today oitonee a i os strength waned after twenty minutes Before a crowd of several hundred! Fer, Ww, unettached, in a tame go, Ly at at cat Bia & round |of work, He was very fatigued when membere and their friends, the City| Abe Liberman of the Educational fat en tye = Rata gB| the Japanese gained a half nelson A. C. held the preliminary bouts of their eee Comenee M Bore pry eps 008 the, i eg hold on aa Pao) this time boat! tourney in their elub- | *ttached, in the pound clase. he his ‘01 lo br ree were un- i Ree at si ” the avectators latter quit in the first round, Boxing ere ws Srey. inks | availing. ‘one sport)Pas hey under the colora of the West ‘The Side A. C,, Walter Laurate competed be he in the 135-pound class for He was club it promslaed & position @ won, which he after the fi: three minutes of rough wrestling took the ne the offensive. e soon ae hype | jcame ‘ne Brien he secu: rm ip on the Oriental, and by a1 perior 4 nowledge of ff the ie, not bi od eeier , TOON. thner gra ually julders of his rival to the mat, and with a supreme effort he pinned them there long enough to be proclaimed winner by Referee Joe Rogers, Will Bingham, wrestling instructor of the New York A. C., twice forced Raku Kato, another Japanet in a jiu jitsu match, which the main event, Gordon Brothers Peeved, May Quit Athletic World The Gordon brothers, Willie, Free- land and Louis, may never compete again. They aver that a reflection has been cast upon their honesty by the Amateur Athletic Union's threat to put @ ban on races between broth- ers as a result of their unsatisfactory race Saturday night at the Bronx Church Houso games in the Twenty- cond Regiment Armory. ederick Rubien, President of the Aasuclation of the A. A. U, in- formed (he Gordon brothers Saturday night that he wanted a real race, not a hippodrome, and that he desired no teaming, as he alleged Louls and Willie did in a recent 1,000-yard race in the Second Naval Battalion games, in which Abel Kiviat and Homer Bakér were contestants. This Is what got the Gordon brothers’ “go: ‘The Metropolitan Association Presi- dent yesterday declared he would do all within his power to prevent the repetition of such @ race as that in which the Gordon boys engaged. “It brothers want to decide their superiority, let them do it in sume back lot or in private; the A. A, U. wants no more such President Rubien. ‘aaid Brooklyn Celtics Beat Babeook & Wileex. eir Foals ‘ana Ofialleran i. Sie ting {terrific beating ho got In every found Gibbons from reaching the right Brennan stuck as near as he coul the “Phantom,” resorting to hugeing at times to avoid his punches. Gib- bons outboxed and outfought Bren- nan In every round and had him badly marked up at tho finish. Brennagt was Se helping as though he were hand- cuffed. NEW ORLEANS, Dee, 15.-Frankie Burns, the Jersey City bantam, won the belt offered by Promoter D. J. Tortorich last night when he 60 soverely punished Chick Hayes of In- dianapol:s, that Referee Dick Burke stopped the bout in the thirteenth round and gave Burns pecksiog, It was the only thing for Burke to il Nike Hayes stand much mofe of t he was in the running would have bard \ brutality. Even Burns realized this, | for at the end of the twelfth session he caught Hayes by the arm as tte Hoosier lad was going to his corner, KENOSHA, Wis., Dec. 15.- White made short’ -work of Bertred Murphy, his Italian rival from Chi- cago, stopping him with two short left hooks to the jawein the second round. Murphy staggered for a and then went down, rolled over and took the count of four. He came up * for more only to run into another left, directly beneath the eye, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.--Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, the feather- weight champion, outpointed | Witile Houck of this city in_a six-round bout here last night. Houck fought uggrestively and made a good show. ing but the champion’s ring experi- ence and superior reach enabled him to come out ahead in each round. Kil- bane weighed 125 and Houck 129. LONDON, Dec. 15.—Johnny | Sum- 5 mers, holder of the Lord Lonsdale Belt, was knocked out in the ninth round by Sergt. 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