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

The Last Round of Garden Fight Was Smith’s by a Mar- gin That About Balanced Cof- seo Be a ahs cd ‘BEST fey’s Early Lead, Copyright. 1914, by The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Kvening , oat iT the name “Gunboat Smith” Jie big Jim Coffey from deteat- ing the former mariner at the @arden iast night. They fought ten ah and the most favorable thing > that ‘can be said of the performance fe that they “meant It.” In the whole ten rounds there was ‘fees boxing skill and real ngnting ‘@bility shown than in any one round @f the semi-final, in which those on- Mhusiastic entertainers, Bobby Moore 2 Gene Moriarity, slammed eacn ‘ to @ tare-ve- well, y But even tnough Gunboat smith { little trace of the fighung ity of a year ago anyone could ae ates Coffey was under the spell dread reputation, Never for Moment did the Dublin Giant f “ that Smith “knocks ‘em dea i time Smith poised a glove ran over in bis mind a tliat the men Smith has knocked out, he very evidently inten- of allowing “ cr to the end of/it. @linched and cling and hugged beld at every opportunity. He Mervously anaious tv dodge wild swings that he ducked that would have missed him {f he'd stood atill in hia tracks. blocked well ind showed some nt in defense, but on the ve was loss effective than in hts, He jabbed lightly in- driving his punches home, the instant his single effort he pawed out for a chance to 4 hold on, weighed 19% pounds, ac- ording to the oMcial announce- ment. Also according to the of- announcement Smith weighed $69 pounds. But as a matter of fact the announcement, in spite of the (etre mandate of that dear Boxing which is so anxious to the puvlic, was slightly inac- ‘ig by ES we, - ov iat es! ets ; boi BE BvE Rags Sng Wo HUie Emig gla pr 8 NING WORLD, Se, tao aE RsGeaae wane BDAY, DEOE SPORTING PAGE IN NEW Y STRIKING FEATURES OF SMiTH-COFFEY MILL Covrright, 1914, by The Prow Putfishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) Corray Reuep up A Lot oF SENGLIbN Poets, Dvcrine ° GUNBoar's WiD ones Jum Beat ace HUGGING RECORDS, Bothner Drinks and Smokes |(t¢0 :ara 01 tea sox 01 ieaiy American Leacu .’s Premier Pitcher And at 48 Years Says He’s Stronger Than Ever Veteran Wrestler, Still a Champion, Has Been Thrown Only Four Times in Twenty-five Years, but Never by a Man of H's Own Weight. FTER twenty-five years in the called upon to work. {on the ro many as all sizen and welshia and this me all jhe training | need, fold of wrestling and sti active at the age of forty-eignt years, George Hothner, probably the greatest exponent of this ancient atyle of competition, has never been throwh by » man of his weight. In All these yeara Hothner, as catch-as- catch-can champion, has been called upon to defend his title more than 200 times an® has been thrown only four times, One of these falls was the Jap expert, in won op Monday night, Hothner has been wrestling as a other athletes,” satd asked If he does m: 0} hormful, “I never get out Nome days | have as Ive pupilx. They come Rives: hove never lived as strictly as Rae ner wh ver diet mynelf. Of coi ereat of food that In likely to be But I Uke a driak of ale or and drink quite a bit at tim And 1am very fond Ae cleare and Aone SAD I inhale eve “I always have believed t that an athlete in good condition could take a fow drinks of alo in the eveni In my case I get out early tho Innings itched 221% at Bat ‘Ove 1, Leonard, Reston Ts 2 7 Johnain, W y ‘ , Bender, ; Conmbe, oat, Clow Fisher, ‘New York. w Yor Bentley, Washington. 17, Cavet, Detroit 18 ” ™ 2 22. 2. ab 86, Raseall, Chicago 87. Keating, New York, by opp 140 Es x tite Hana by. Sazo-Sanacae-eacuesawecranueetuw wuceSuowsseSieuteenwlanesce=sa eileen te SENSPSBIaSs2Aaaeeesssesyasxczezses2aScx' saesiuseseszes 5 0295 90 99 9999 99 99.99.92 #9 95 99.99 09 99 AS NS 95 99 99 9 H9| ORK WHEN JIM USED WIS LEFT He Th THe RANGE WAS 20 Wren Gunsoat WAS MISSING MORE Line & BIRD FLAPPING (Ts WINGS “Thaw ANYTHING HUMAN . Mues - Rep, | | COULDNT HANDS |Mathewson Spikes Rumor That He’ll Manage Yanks No Chance of Giants Allow- ing Their Star Pitcher to Join American Rivals. By Bozeman Bulger. STORY that had sporting ed- A {tors reaching for the telephone and scribes on the jump yes- terday afternoon was rudely upset by the sudden appearance of Chris- topher Mathewson in person. Rumor had tt that the star pitcher of the Glants was to be the surprise promised by Ban Johnson in the way of a new manager for the Yanks. First it came from Chicago via French Lick Springs, and the finish- ing touches were added in New York to the effect that as a reward for his long serviges Matty was to be al- lowed to take the new job. It so happened that Matty came GILMORE HASN’T GIVEN UP HOPE OF INTERESTING RUPPERT IN FED. LEAGUE. Chicago, Dec. President Gilmore of the Fed League has returned from French Lick Springs, and ‘he declares that he hasn't yet given up hope of placing a club in New York and interesting Jacob Ruppert jr. in it. Gilmore declared the deal by which Ruppert was to purchase the New York Yankees had not been completed, and said Ruppert expected later this week to dis- cuss furt! with him the Federal proposition, There was no inten- uon of interesting Louisville men fue, according to Gil- President Johnson of the ‘lean Jeague declined to dis- 4 details of the proposed sale of the Yankees, and said he planned no visit to French Lick Springs until Ruppert h talked over the matter with Capt. T. L. Huston of New York, who was expeeted to reach the Indiana re- ort to-day. EDITED BY ROBERT EDGRE ANCON IS WINNER FROM SQUEALER’ AT CHARLESTON Latter, Long Shot, Lasts to Get Place by Head From Sherwood. RACE TRACK, CHARLESTON, Dec. 16.—A handicap for all ages at one mile and seventy yards served as the feature of this afternoon's racing card here. The fields were big in the majority of events. The track was still slow. FIRST RACE. Selling; for three-year-olds and up: six furlongs—King Radford, 114 (Trox: ler), 7 to 1, 2% to 1 6 firet 1, third, Time, 1.17. Elsewhere, doo, Ethel Burg II., Cooster, Stuart, Jessie Louise, Sureget, In. tT einen Col. Brown and Wolf th also ran. Sir Fretful and Sureget were the first to show, with the field close wp. There was little change in the rune ning until all were tn the atretoh, when there was a general closing up. King Radford, who was back ruck, came through on the inside and won by a length and a half from Or- tyx, ne a head In front of Sir Fretful. SECOND RACE. Selling; three-year-olds and + 7 ward; six furlongs.—Fred Levy, (Shilling), 4% to 1, 9 to 6 and 6 to 8, first: York Lad, 114 (Keogh), 7 to % 4 to § and even, second; Astrologer, 117 (Hanover), 9 to 2, 7 to 5 and 7 to 10, third. Time, 1:36 tevesta, Ad Kennedy, Transformation, Billy Col- lins, Spohn, Knight of Uncas, - dondo, Crisco, Veneta Strome and Be Loyal also ran. All were off to a good break, with Fred Levy and Spohn doing the run- ning. They kept in close order until entering the stretch, when Fred Levy increased his lead to five lengths, and, coming on, won handily by a and a half. York Lad met wi terference in the first half. He fin- ished a half length in front of Astrol- oger. THIRD RACE. Selling; handicap for all ages; ve furlongs.—Ancon, 108 (Smyth), 6 te 4 to 5 and 2 to 6, first; Squeeler, (Connor), 12 to 1, 6 to 1 and & to 3, second; Sherwood, 117 (Nolan), 7 to 3, 6 to § and 1 to 2, third. Time—1.01 8-6. Viley, riar Path, Undaunted, Yorkville and U See It also ran, (Undaunted lost her rider.) Ancon and U See It,was the order when the barrier went up. Anoon raced U See It into submission, and, coming on, Increa. his advantage, winning handily by four lengths from professional for eighteen years, and has been in actual competition at least 2,500 times, He met all-comers at any old weight. When they didn't have any 18 pounders, at which weight he held the title for yeara, th promoters trotted out middl heavyweights and some ti that weighed over 260 pound: wiry Bothner took care of He was thrown once by Trembly in a championship, and on two other jons men weighing more tian 200 pounds bave managed to pin his shoulder to the mat be- cause of their great strength and weight. For about seven years, teur, Bothner never lo: ontest, He held the title in the 125 pound, | 145-pound and welterweight classes, He says the hardest battle he ever waa in was twelve years ago at Mot troal, when he wrestied agal gone Trembly for the championship. At that he had to take Trembly at Squeeler, who finished a head in front of Sherwood. FOURTH RACE. Handicap; all ages; mile and sey- enty yards.—Clift Field, 104 (Murphy), 4 to 1, 3 to 6 and out, firet; Polly H., 106 (Smyth), 5 to 2, 7 to 10 and out, second; Working Lad, 112 (Lafferty), 12 to 1, 4 to 1 and even, third. Time— 1.47. Tactics, Ivan Gardner, Cross: bun and Republican also ran. nee day and get to work and I aw: out before it has a chance Into my ayatem. But plenty of sleep n Ww what we ull need. a aa Hothner denied that he is going to 4b. Heer retire, “Why should I quit? Why, 1 46. feol stronger now than I ever did In| 47 my car By this | means that I as if 1 can go out any time and meet the best of them and win, Any- ry body than can go through what I did 83, Monday night is still very much tn 5% the game, That wasn't long find- ing out about a carbuncle on my neck and he started in gouging It with his S¢ Bedien! fists as soon we got Into action, pa Way, the pain 80 severe Lthou.cht 60, Blanding, Cleve! my heart would stop beating. That 0, Mitebell, St. is how | came to go over so quickly, But after that I never gave that Jap & much of a chance to hurt me. 1 tust olf scissors hold to him and that ended tt, The svissors hold,” chuckled Both- ure winner for me, Whon wet them right none of them will stay long off thelr bac downtown for the first time in a month to do some Christmas shop- | ping, and—Bing! gent the yarn. fot on your’ life," he said. “I have a contract with the Giants that has two yoars to run and I am aot ambitious to be a manager, even If it could be done. For the next two years I will be pitching for the Giants, and if I am able to continue after that I will probably make a new contract.” It is true. nevertheless, that the prospective purchasers of the Yanks inquired of men in organized base- ball if it would be possible to get Matty; but John McGraw explained to them the impossibility of such a move, “We would look fine,” said McGraw, Carl Morris Wins On Foul in Third ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 16,—Carl Morris of Tulsa, Okla., was given the decision over Satlor Carroll of San Francisco in the third round of a scheduled fifteen-round fight here last night. Carroll repeatetly hit the Oklahoman below the beit in the third round, and Referee Walter Bates, after warning him several times, stopped the bout and proclaimed Mor- ris the winner, Carroll was out- weighed fifty pounds by Morris, who tipped the beam at 240. Smith weighed 177 pounds, before the weight annoynce- he called the announcer over said: “Give my weight at 180, be- if you tell them 177 ghey'll I'm a dead man.” at 177 Gunboat didn't exactly 9 defunct party, he was in condition known in the profes- as “bide bound.” Hig skin was tight, showing every littie between the — sharp-lined He was too thin and too He looked like # man stale and lacking In vital- was as unconcerned as ever, when be stood face to face with who was red necked and of face, and big and brawny weopscecsece eae semensreunaeas s@ziusezeezses: BRSuszZ2e2228 se a8 Dubuc, Detroit Harper, Washingto Phila N, ¥. Graves Gives To! Kid Grave Phi Drebdbdiag. of Milwaukee gave J Toland of Philadelphia @ severe hing in their ten-round bout at Broadway Sporting Club in were abo HSSAAAIgseTSTLSESSaSss: SSAzABSSE eccececooes coe so0 FH oO OH lec 90S O0~ SSH COC ONHOOMOSOHKSONMODSCOSHOS TS eT tatet-d-deodaddeted up the hold. Toland came back an ul sixth and seventl with halt & rh nde ord eco ® nee th hing king His biows were not forceful. Blanchard Explains Reason of now not even those brought a gasp from the Once he swung at ioim- Welle—and missed—and thi i wing took Bombardier's and left him fear-palsied for kout. He swung on the to Flynn's head, and Flyn d down in a heap. He ‘kod thick skull, even wildest swings were Inspiring: landed on top of h the Boer fell a» if he'd heen hit th a hem: He hit Stewart and and Coffey only locke scared, . ‘offey only looked scared after three or four rounds, who found that there wasn't much in Gunboat's punches, ¢ a Asa hard, and might have hing worth while if he ad a ery punch with i ‘@ long, long hug. the third round Gunboat, who _ was wild as a ten-centimetre gun shooting at an aeroplane in a fog, @ wide left swing and ducked ‘ into an uppercut that made his ‘Megs shake for a moment. Coffey, who #8 quick to take advantage, rushed ema fought hard for a second, landed & couple of lefts—and -linched, Just that moment Smith might have Feason to clinch; Coffey didn't. after round they floundered im the fifth Smith showed a of his old form, landing a few ite and lefts that made Cof- ‘back up. There was much mins- that. Coffey landed tight a, and followed each with a holding Smith's arms, Smith trying to hit, but his long swings wild or too slow, and he landed of them. He tried an w t wo while forcing, Cott to break fg catch weights to get the match, and they were on the mat for eight hours and seventeen minutes without either man gaining a fall, For the past fifteen years Bothner has wrestled at least six men every day except Sunday, “That is what keeps me in condition,” answ thner when asked to tell how manages to be r By John Pollock. Although the coll weather hept many a fight journeyed to Madison Square Ganken to witnes the Coffey-smith scrap, ead when the gros te: celta were counted up it was found that €7,770 bed been taken ip at the door, Of this sum Coffey drew down 81,942.62, which was 26 ver cent, of the receipla, while Smith received $4,196.88, which wes 27's per cent, After the bette between Gunbost Smith and Buckley and Milly Gilson, respectively, had & heated dlsémaion in the cafe of Madison Square Gants over Une relative merite of the men and be lo WhO Was outitied to the newapaper verdict, ‘Alter & while Gibeon walked over to Buckley, and grabbing him Ly the hand ebook it warmly said: "Lat we forget it, Jim, we bows wen AN night, Bi no hard feelings. ie McMahon, mansgere of the nounced early to Detween Gun te W, * replied Buckley; “there ie was hooted by Coffey's followers. the tenth round Smith fought j—another flash of the old form. was anxiously turning his head for instructions, iad bis second re ‘Don't look at me, Jim." Smith sunk in body blows ‘brought overhead swings crash. Goffey, battered about, legs were shaking after a ewing the chin. He out weak Ft to keep Smith att over the ring with that missed or hit or Sid, 4 early lead. Ly) the ring «reo. as luck had it, ‘was Sinith’s by o> janced foy's bere was nothing shown at Justity call seam Te ther man can't do won't the smoke fh AL aU at kad ier aa wen widest \ Tiles, | ~ 1 A Hele hae reco bolle’ which caused @ wih, Jim Fup areas th , ‘Welch, fe beat ly mats hed to imest Pe ba In a contest. other fellow do the hea be his opponent elthe wild takes the offensive with his famous xeinsors hold and it is fam at home lat night, « large crowd nevertheless | 7 to Jim Coffey the managers of the fighter, Jim oh | An attempt was Mack Nght Bothner never wastes his strength He usually lets the y work and, ng a wonder leg worker, soon hys very tired or be- Then, like a flash, Bothner , all over, Both. er's weight at present is about 15¢ of Whiladelphia, club had 0, writer wit uarantee i whi he asked for, to we , mound bowt at @ special show of ( elf next ‘month, Sammy *tHarria, apager Williams, te sei! to hear wi offer Jack Me- Ho) Wg ‘the National A. ©, wil) make him for Knockout Brown, local light: i te Aves ba ~ ee diuuay “Taylor ve. Young Mh arti ve, Jimmy Carter, sided ein} and Jonuny Kilbane, the featherweight o susoumremunt tor the sliver et he to Freddie Welab, At LAN" pound pounds, weigh wager will pro The Rmpire a. iy ten rand Lous of Waa Monday a Init” battle "wre sts we ton, Vatacy Kitpe of fae and Khockout Brown and Harry Although Jack Gootman was offered @ bout wiih AT MoGoy, the middleweight. ch Matchimaser Charley” Duewserick of the acer F Club, ite mot Wkly: that be will accept pow, He ise He toswctly told e ficad’ that be woukl never fight agaac” Mt & Tmanny Morgan te mo longer the mai aublana, “the ast "ite Pantamwoight of Minha, Davuy says he oe Lanisiana, with Kid Williams, the ‘bantam shaman arr Tetwed 0 tmahe ~ but ae Samany it, he decided: to let Louisiane go to some manager, int al ed eure @ match made by the riers on fighter, but despite vs ot ded “#1'000" Which, wea too sta) the tant deme International Skating Union President Says Champion Was Put Under Ban Pend- ing an Investigation of Pro- fessional Charges. LLAN I. BLANCHARD, Presl- dent of the International Skat- ing Union, yesterday explained the action of that body in suspending Robert McLean of Chicago, champion id, receiving money for giving Robert McLean’s Suspension any investigating would have to be done by the Western pody, and we} merely wished to bring to the atten- tion of that organization something which we thought it should know about. I think when they understand the situation that they will agree with us and begin the inquiry imme- lately. a SCHEDULE MEETING AT FRENCH LICK TO-MORROW. PITTSBURGH, Dec. President of the Club and Chairman of the Schedule Committee, announced to- day that the committee would meet to-morrow afternoon at French Lick Springs, Ind., to formulate the sched- ule for the National and American exhibitions in a Chicago hotel, and that on these grounds the champion had been supended pending an in- vestigation, “The Western Skating Association repudiated the action of th parent body,” sald Mr. Blanchard, “but it probably did not underst cumstances in the ca’ really decided to refer the matter to the Western Skating Association for vio |invoatigation, as McLean is a mem- itll ber of the Illinois A, C., which te under the jurisdiction of that body.” “Pending an investigation by the Western authorities the International |Skating Union decided to bar McLean \from competing in any races held under the auspices of the various clubs, “From this you can seo that the action of the Western Skating Asso- ciation was a bit premature. If that jbody, after investigation, decided that McLean js not guilty of the charges, well and good, If they find he is Avager |wuilly they will turn in their report to the parent body and tho skater wa Knockout Swen pate es Jala up trom “ 4 dd me (inks will be promptly expelled, Leagues for Dreyfuss w President Ban Johnson will for the American L Hoydler, the Natio: The n pact hi adh JOHNSON WILL CONFER WITH COL. RUPPERT AND HUSTON. CHICAGO, Deo, 16.—President John- son of the American League is expected to meet Jacob Ruppert and Capt. L. L. Huston at French Lick to-morrow and make final arrangemnts under which they will take over the control of the New York Americans. He leaves to- 4) Captain are not to own all t! with a laugh, “allowing Matty to go to the American League and be the star attraction for a rival team in the same park, wouldn’t we? I am willing to go a long way to help any- body out, but I'm not going to give away my ball club. Seriously, 1 know that neither Ruppert nor Huston cver thought they could do such a thing. They were just asking questions for general information,’ “Il would like to Capt. Huston and Col. Ruppert have all the luck in the world,” said Mathewson, after having been told how much excite- ment t mention of his name had caused, “but there isn’t much chance ealary.” Capt. Huston Is on the way to French Lick Springs and, upon leav- ing, promised to bring back Col. Rup- present. There are a lot of detail that must be explained to Col. Rup- pert, it was Jearned, before the stock can be allotted. The Colonel and the but will allow a few friends one third of the total. If everything !s satisfactory when the Captain reaches French Lick it is understood that plans will made immediately to begin the building of a@ new ball park at One Hundred t | Forty-fifth Street near Lenox Avenue. Part of the ground there is under water, but this can be filled in easily. At that kind of work Capt. Hustva is right at homs Belng an expert engineer as wel @ contractor he would fit in nicely with a firm about to erect a stadium. In the meantime Frank Farrell is sitting ba d taking things easy. He says Je absolutely no reason night, sccompanied by Robert McRoy, formerly of the Boston Club, and Will- jam Harridge, who will help in drawing up the schedules. on FEDERAL LEAGUE WILL DISTRIBUTE PLAYERS. CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Federal League representatives gathered here this ternoon for the meeting to-morrow at which it {s rumored newly signed players will be di view to equalli “Our action was taken in good faith and we did not mean to.take an arbi- case Sf trary atand in the matter, Naturally, HBr ook salen hl or his going to French Lick. oh hey Know what I want,” sald Mr. Farrell, “and when they are ready to pay my price I will be right ‘on the job waiting for them.” John Foster got the signatures of two new players to contracts yester- re Flannigan, a pitcher yn and Ed. Hallowav, Dick Kinsella recom- tn innelde an nt these boys, which is evidence ded these t t they must have something. They will report at Marlin for a demonstra- tion. sald Harry Hempstead yes- they get this big deal cit of my ever being with them under pert and the Yanks as a Christmas|; places CHARLESTON ENTRIES. RACE TRACK, CH. C., Dec. 16.—The entrie: row’s races are as follow ing: ix furlongs 4: Black Thon 04: * Hla 1 Earl, Helen, 107 Reach, 110; selling; five Mace 101: *Une 104; Flatbush, 105; * inka, 106; vy a ¥ le 100; i, bei J a Pomme #300), att a Class, The ‘Monk mor, 112 > Cutler Defeats Yam CHICAGO, Dec. 16. Boston defeatéd Koji 281, in a Billiard Play last night, Average: Cutler, 734-38, 40: Yi LESTON, 8. r to-mor- “ot: Baral nda Pitser, 106; Judge Physicians Using New Remedy With Great Success. peed be a tervar ficted licted with, this dread Mtl F eS S eee ie nan ales | Pe Sour " Biptiehsred aR See ae o_cum, eet ,Matetol trom Riher-Fegemaa's or 1) gay Firat stan. Arr SPORTING, sonra SPORT ee : | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN | TesNight. 8.45 Sharp : SKATING RACES ‘Baile aie &, Roland Clon son, Freddie Martin, worth, Arthur measure only. Of All Mark-Down Sales This Is the Greatest Think of $50 and $40 fabrics that would cost $60 to $75 elsewhere, now offered at $25, and fabrics sold at $35 and $30, of similar values, marked to $20, This sale is making big-value, low-price history. It will interest any man who needs where he’s bought before. Suits and Overcoats to * ¢ clothes, no matter