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ey tA FLO PRE AME RTE RU i aot re; onsp BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK wy , THURSDAY, NUARY 49mg avanine Ww 5. DITED BY SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN’T EXPLAIN Copyright, 1916, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). Only Three Clubs After Western Golf Tourney CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—Award of tourna- ments and action on the definition of amateu will be on the programme for the annual meeting of the Western Golf Association hore next week. The election of the “regular” ticket, headed by George W. Baich of Cincinnati, for President, 1s regarded as certain. Three clubs age left in the field for Western amateur tournament, it ie a. They are the Glen Echo Club, Louls; the Mayfield Country, Club, Cleveland, and the Omaha Country Club. The Milwaukee Country Club withdrew its application. It is predicted that @ radical tion of “amateur” will be the association. Some leaders rule governi: mater at extended tours and exhibition mat to any but professional: Youtorr Hasaus, THE AURDEROUS BULa&ARIAn WILK Throw’ te MEN in FIFTweW MINUTES TOMORROW MGMT OR TORFEIT A MILWION Dowars ‘Yousor® & The MOST Awrur Tur THAT Ever ViSiTen AMERICA. IP SOMEBODY’. BRING ME A Dearne Tee ROW This THis 1 ONG GUY T wave 1 1 by AND THIS 1S THE * “MURDEROUS BUGARAN AS WE SEE HIM ON THe MAT. division survivors tn the opening round of match play in the twelfth annual midwinter golf tournament yesterday were Parker W. Whittemore, Country Club, Brookline, Mi: B. T. Hudson, T Reset To AWoUNE Tar Deum WiLL (NOT FRUN TONIGHT As * Beit Lommecs WiLL NOW ATTEMPT To Barzan THE worup's fateresting information that he's Dalton Signs North Fork, L, W. A. Barber, Rungering for » scrap with any! 669 YaRD REcoRD He Porat ToRenT Wi h Buff d.: . Princeton, N. 3.; “Walter J. ‘Travis, barring Sam Lang-| it eas e ° Carden City,’ Te °1.; Chisholm ch Sits ne ray sense 0 ems NAD To bor, _ To Yankees, Signing ar a Feaegel th of Poe i Hunt, Providence, Clark, Wollaston, A. A. U. Settles N.Y.A.C. Trouble The trouble between the New York Athletic Club and the Amatour Ath- Union promises to be amicably wet- tled because of the latter's backdown in the stand they took because certain Swat Milligan as conch for the new | Witged Foot swimmers entered the Yanks are proceeding slowly, but | races connected with the Sportsmen's Manager Bill Donovan thinks Show in the Garden and then failed yet succeed. ‘The following tel to appear. changed between them yeas | wie A. A, U, tifted the ban they placed on the N. Y. A. C. swimmers yesterday, but the N, Y. A. C. Athletis Committee true to its promise, voted | to recommend to the Board of Gov- \ernors, which meets on Tuesday next, to withdraw its membership from tha metropolitan branch of the A. A. The N. Y. A, C. didn't knows ths jban would be lifted on its swimihers jand took action in complete ignomnes BUFFALO, N. ¥., Jan. 1—Jack Dal- ; ton, outfielder for the Brooklyn National League toam last year, has signed @ contract to play with the Buffalo Fed- erals, it Js announced by President William P. Robertson, President Robertson also sent a tele- n to Ivy Wingo, the St. Louls catch- sking him to reaffirm his intention rry out the contract made with ¢ Federal League last fall. This was done because of a Cincinnati despatch stating that Wingo was negotiating with Manager Herzog of the Cincinnatt jutional ‘ HIS PRize In and’ Walter G. Three-Year Contract eee Manager Donovan Is Expected | Back From “Slim’e” Home Town To-Day, Where He! Found Tall Pitcher at Tele- graph Keys, and Lured Him to Return With $9,000 a Year; Agreement. back this star outfielder. He says he would like to play in New York be- cause “Cap.” Huston speaks Spanish. Now that his contract has been signed and everything is off his mind, ans Lobert is also going to Cuba with McGraw. He has signed for WILL, WONDERS EVER ¢ BASE? M’GRAW TAKES UP GOLF Right in the midst of the long wait for the end of the negotiations for the Yankees the startling announcement was made to the Baseball Writers’ Union that John McGraw is to take up golf! Not only was the announcement made, but the leader of the Giants appeared in the lobby of the Imperial a few minutes later proudly shouldering a golf bag and @ brand new set of tools. These were presented to him by Capt, Huston. McGraw is going to na in a week or so and will begin his golfing operations there. Accessories Exhibit At Palace Automobile Show Interests Buyers —_——— Every Owner Is Desirous of bletown, Mo. right. Leave DONOVAN.” eral Delivery, New York. By Bozeman Bulger. AY CALDWELL, the elongated Yankee pitcher who jumped to the Buffalo Federals last sea- son, but never pitched for them, has signed a three-year contract to twirl for the Yankees. Wild Bill Donovan, the. new manager, and a legal adviser Yn Ys iy. Where will ! how will | know you a ou? SgWAT MILLIGAN.” Milligan, Bobb! icture in the ONOVAN.” be @ tough job, undoing straps and straightening rods, to @ top? / nN of what the Registration Comngftt “We are certainly living in a wonderful age,” was the only re- NOVA Of the A. A. U, wos doing. The itter Keeping Pace With the Im- Far cettad hire eet ee eeaaattens mark made by Tommy Fogarty, whe watched McGraw Udle hdcon acd / fe Ud butky | cormmittse says. ita, backdown fw 2 it takes to raise an umbrella, One || ‘plained the use of each of the clubs, “I never thought ew Tae erent Saly os ee od due to the receipt of correspondence that put a new light on the case, In lifting the suspensions provements in Car Equip-| person can now do the trick with one eto it.” trade of tickling the telegraph keys. ther in or out of the car. Caldwell will got $9,000 a year, out the improvement is merely a|—— = 2,000 will be taken th WA Registration Committee took a rap at ments, and That Is Why the p yf balhsg ratisciaed Tee uesad aad feet “This old fellow is a little peculiar.” | the N- Al C. OES SRIA oe ND ope * : said Donovan last night, ing the correspondence, WewShock Absorbers, &c., Are) toned tops in front. Now the top ie Rube Marquard Intends the third, to reimburse the Yankees | hy humoring him, I can 7) and 30, After eaying It connected with the wind shield. A for sending back the $5,000 the Feds|to a contract. If I do the pennant is action of the New York Attracting Great Attention) tirtie pusn sen advanced him. ‘A.C. in. the matter, it continued: ry St using two fini Owners of cars who contempli recovering an old top will und edly find that th additional cost of one of these o man tops will be more than justified. ours. Look at this postal card I re- ceived from him this morning. It rea di: “Dear Bill: They tell me this Cal Ruppert you have on your club sup- ports a brewery. Tell him to cut it out. It can't be done. All of our team on the Polson Oaks tried it and failed, It is asking too much of one man. AT.” The management of the New York club considers itself entitled to © i- well's services, as its 1914 contract |with him gave them first option on | his services for 1915, as it didn’t con- lyn Federal League Club not so long tain the | ten-day release clause, “The committee believes its decision as rendered Monday night was cor- rect until the correspondence, cf which the committe had no knowl- edge, was presented yesterday.” When Matthew Halpin was tn- formed of the Registration Commit- tee's action last night he said: “We desire no fight with the A. A. U., but T am unable to say what action the N. Y. A, C. will now take in the matter.’ From the Visitors to Fifteenth National Exhibition. To Pitch for Brookfeds' Almost every manufacturer exhib- iting at the Palace boasts of at least dividual feature. A handy de- vice in the Herff-Brooks car is a lift- able wheel. To make the wheel a little handier for the driver it tes NE could spend several days at the ries exhibit of the Fifteenth National Automobile Show in Grand Central Palace and etill find much to examine, Visitors | Vice President Ward Says He ago. Marquard also informed Vice! Caldwell twirled great ball for the | under any contract with the Giants many run-ins with Manager Chance | ho fear of any sult that the — Caldwell’s case is similar to Walter and Latter Declared He Was ; New York Club would bring against Johnson's, who jumped to the Feder- Met Southpaw in Chicago, | President Ward that he was not Yankees early last season, and after er his habits Jumped to the outlaws, Not Under Contract to Giants, | »!™- abe Abd eck, wl Role Puanne @ Snnwy \ After looking over his new job as manager of the Brookfeds, Lee Magee left for the West last night. He says AS he auto displays and their | Placed weil In the rear, and to make | A deal may be completed in a few! none ie Ment ee the ete ee ntge ent [he 1s no longer afraid of a law sult) BUFFEDS THREATEN SUIT Riscletica aeoeraiiy arcuata to 10h, |nacene, Saar, 18 ls piveteg (4, the cots days between the Chicago Federal | ganized baseball the Federal Leaguers |e yy ne matter “whieh way TO RETAIN CALDWELL. {| admiration iy aay ara? ba umn Cf ag Spe in eenly lifted and League Club and the Brookfeds. Lev|asked that Caldwell, Marsans, Magee, |). court gives {t.” je’'s| what beautiful care they are, turned frogt out of the way. ICE PRESIDENT GEORGE 8.| Magee, the boy manager of the Brook- ton and all hurdlers be enjoined Ps a iter fever eA ‘The best innovation of the Lewis WARD of the Brooklyn Fed-|!¥" team, received a telegram from| from jumping back. In other words, Captain Huston aays he never knew| BUFFALO, Jan. 7.—"While I have Joe Tinker, manager of the Chicago! the Feds ask the Supreme Court to team, yesterday, offering to give a inflelder to the Brookfeds for Dann: Murphy, the former captain of the Philadelphia Athletics. Magee wire: Tinker that he had no intention of car is @ transmission marked “Use no erals is back from Chicago with lubricant.” It Is a complete unit and|a copy of the papers in the suit that Bs cied from, ee cae with the |the Fedoral League is bringing in the r ount, 1 means one thing less for the driver | United States Court to determine | Leet Hunton a Uecretarial talent [heard the report that Ray Caldwell hut {dle in the world until he became al|signed with the New York Amerteans, Already there are fourteen | nothing definite has come to hand,” sald pplicants for the job with the Yanks | president W. E. Robertson of the local and one of them, wiring from Port- ts ‘Ratural |ehock absorbers, &c, are d onstrated moment | they begin asking questions. There's main! nardly a car owner who ian't keen to ith | keep pace with the improvements that mi these birds stay put. . It is well known that Huston, Rup- pert and Donovan are very anxious ito get Armando Marsans and that ‘Armando ts eager to be got, the only "4 Fed Club to-day. ‘accesso: to think about and it is also « atep | Whether Organised Baseball 19a trust.| parting with Murphy, but would give trouble belng that Cincinnati has first |land, Ore. says: Don't do anything |” “caldwell and Ivy Wingo gre in the » |are steadily being made in F108 | toward certainty of operation, besides | There are ninety-two typewritten | three players to the Chicago Clutter claim on the Cuban in case he back- | until I s : same “porition," continued Robertems, the| This is particularly #0 with automo-|aving thirty-ve to. forty parte ‘ Claude Hendrix, tho former Pitts. | tracks. “Marsana, on the other hand, Picard, the well known fan, |with Us and her accepted an eve Moc-|pilists whose care don't run 88 usually einployed in an olling system. |W hie in Chicago last Sunday, Vieo| DUTKH pitcher, Hendrix is one of the | will not return to the fold if he hus to| A. J. Picard, the wel ¥ a A brake on the transmission oper- ated by the central lever is another simple improvement of the Lewis car. Juat behind this brake ia the gear for the speedometer, which permits of using a short shaft and no swivel Joints. smoothly as they might. What was wrong when you were al- most jarred out of your seat when the tloar happened to go over # stone or & raised cross walk? Don't know? Well, it was probably due to a lack of shock-absorbers. Thin fault ca! on his salary. He was to have receli $,000 a year from the Buffalo Fede understan lve and play ball in Cincinnati, Ina way you can't blame him. But as long as he feels that way about it Ban Johnson has asked permission of the National League for the new Yank owners to make an effort to bring beast pitchers now performing in the Federal League, and, although there seemed little hope of Magee grabbing him, a deal will probably be fixed up shortly between the two managers. During the course of the day Magee got into communication with Polly Perritt, the former St, Louis pitcher, over a long-distance telephone in Pittaburgh, Perritt informed the boy manager that under no cireumstances would he jump back to organized baseball. erritt signed to pitch for the Pittsburgh Feds last Saturday, / says that he has worn out a good pair of glasses reading about this Yank sale, and that if they don't close it up to-day he js going down and buy them himself for self protec- tion, { d organized baseball is offer- ing him $2,000 more. President Ward met Rube Marquard, the southpaw hurler of the Giants. The Rube, according to Mr. Ward, declared that he would fulfil the con- tract that he signed with the Brook- Columbia Seven |Levinsky Gives Outclassed by | Bad Beating to “1 am sure the contracts which ese players to us are tronclad in er. Their status as free agents belong to us. they make a fight for them in the courts.’ — NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES. bind chi th ry ——0 500300509 , FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP |) ono By John Pollock—=—20n0e——— $200 and those that may be than $25, The cost ov NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 7.--The purchased for leas e. onze ° after first being kidnapped by Mii- ty asda viaaauins tied setting (Sub ta Weet Rortsdeuntn| Cofien, for wormorrow's races Org ga > pees, utiams team ac. eating ler Huggins, manager of the Cardi. | Preidie Welsh, the ee mame | Beteess has. cllnchea’ unren_tra-rouad, contacter | Nini seilien corneal js, and then by Rebel Oakes, leader | "oe. ho meet Charley White of Chicago 10 0 the cubs, next ‘ ‘| ime; maiden, | 10 year-oldes _ . of the Pittsburgh Club. severe bettie of ton rounds, thie time ot Mati: ta, ube fps, Gone (ns ( Mils wit ase aay Ace, 1: Margaret | tne B. & . In the morning Magee paid his Prat | £28 Sausre Garten om Jon. 26, bas juss th of Carkrile wil tackle Harry Pleree of tom Care, 113; Gi |typieal of the popular The Columbia hockey team was| While Battling Levinsky has hand-| visit to Washington Park since the |%#0t4 wp for another important bout, He | Brookize, end ip the final @, fohany Howard of EH te ‘Th ean be | outclassed by Wil in the st,/ed bad beatings to many ambitious | meet Johnny Griffith, the creck lghtweight of | Bayonne faces Ceurge Ashe uladelphia, Brooklyn Nationals played there and fights with the best heavies, it |! item = ths yatr i, e Bed than on hour witnpul mat Nicholas Rink. Although the goore | scrapers in iimited round houta, it| expressed his surprise at the fino Aen. ©. es eae seem 8 rian wit | cst fem, mare, to Uring about, leva at K air 104, Koren. 1 that Terry didn't train for a|sxcept_a Ford. ‘They form a wet of| wax 4 to 2 in the New Englander's|is doubtful if he ever before landed | home the Wards have bullt for thelr |, cogeinee in a twelvecound 0 st 196 pounds, | Legilsture at, Springfield, 1M." when Ye bul vet on emer ‘one of his previous bouts, but |iwo pairs and cost $20 that |f¥O% there was a bigger difference | #0 many blows on a fighter us he did (eam, atts | ela at 9M. at chow to be bold at | Hn Shnien i Ree Xs ine oper Hie us, TTT Father Pie. SIRE Do's working like « trench digger| The i iaked in 'tromt,| i? the ability of the two teame than}on Jack Keating, « Brooklyn heavy- 9 | See Oe Se ate eb: cation of | ST nee, SO ve tie ute Teather Pp RACE felling: Uren pear-olde. and ” ng | the result Indicates weight, in their ten-round battle at| Mega cared Wormer’ iri ere st cerscus Grunan t t>| Say ince Danley tetera the "eran Ne ae 4 I x 4 Just before the game ended Willa Federal A. C. last night. ° ° sensive 80 per evel, of the seetiple, teh fas been consuanma: ted Petco Loach ia nace Notion pos i , ‘ ton the |mwored two goals not counted on ac-| From the opening of the bout until S R | Se as Coppe, OOF any a hate’ Ut ance petta H pose tie. ‘et wre ag nie ine, eprine. Sree Set, ua of offaide play the final bell Levingky hammered wimming. aces IQ oy nf Phe te Gunma sis ferteing in ood, we sti 10874 iets }5: Sales, —- } jack up the axle, Take off Jv the first period the Blue and | Keating #0 often about the body, face datce be is now manager of Kiddie Motoorty i So Sete oe THe ee nettinn Miles HE Garden's nimble press agent Kemove the sinall White team played it# beat game | and jaw that it was a great surprise | Long-distance swimming for men and bes dened him to fight the winner of tne | signe! ie arlicien of agrowiment to tes which fol ated mae writes 7 alge lly yp ® wre a tee hese |o* only two goals. Willlams| he lasted th and women will be the features on| Mi Wstonedimmy clayey, bout te Milwentee ; We Va ie fewer 10H ae ices thes ne wense| housing. ‘Take out the also evered twice te thle ported, but | know the nk, bat |the programme to-day at the Sports: | occur) only ‘wighe 16 rounde ght Hor | gap hie cer} a dison Square Gar- jmena Bhow at Mai end that i te willing to match btw to New Nt wondd not | out Joe Bhugrue when be meets! rher which of play that was tov much for the) Mure than Up in gamencas lon ances aula haan deus Oe Th "Macey, Noung almera or Motihing | De ft 10) White to | He with | *Hlaw hie im the ring, Jan. 3." | and \asert 4 o # the second round it | pt — py Sg BR: ‘strong prediction?” Whew! 1) the stub end of i casting (Columbia Boye, Capt. Webb an if Levinsky would put | so far during the week and they have fhot wight,” te hse alow my » ‘ | in the hole in the brake band the tallies for Columbia, Keating oul, but Jock just took ai! | resulted in spirited contests. At the! Jeck McGuigan, metemeber of the Notional | Vr aes, Poot tam housing. Place the lock we ved twee for Wall | that tm Hattlor wave him and waded | watinee performance to-day the ladies | 4. © a Piiledsghle, 16 carta that Weddie | Az AU, i having ali i.) and aut oie hud on a ni drow Cutler « MeNamee | | wil! be asked to go 140 yarde in & he | Maroon. )~ hy == ets » iene ond) the sheorher hac eeu Hwain anu | dicap event, a list of Afteen of the, emument tet be tan cones Se sale to | fans 4% ‘met oe oe yy an ema: | ful iy place # thi the (we moaie for Williama, whion | which is one of | fastest swimmers in the Kast having| bettie ss rounds ot i+ clad ou Rotuniey oven: | bee tien Wille eect ee uppored e hot counted ‘ ; | ing, don, 28. Morgen t+ leo matabed wo fignt | for | fis 1 le Noes ay | who is ng X4 apes Sopwoan the were aes § fe < oy a anixations of ite kind |entered, Heesie O'Neill, Mita Green| Oe cS ee, tue whom Pibiadelpiio beset, | Steg “hi. a5 rity "haan ‘of | s> sommpameene Soy bie) © Joey ane Bol ps game, Willies will hie twenty. | eld, Daisy Grenhall and Nellie Green-| 9 us same cub oo Beturdey wight | aa ins vee hast ight t bot for promt.) Dit and draw up tieht the Jaecond annual reception at Mun-| hail are the favorites Cor the event. | yesiing caufient thet Al. Maieh tiie dik tithe, Techie tin deen | the # out in the | edge olumvia boye tired | ,, ) Baturday evening.| Christy Mathewau. will act a» fud@ un, the Pestle fiemmen, will put eon fo the lest, sate gad Goan’ tee) like it, te @ question) shackle * operation in the ee olf and Williams | ene tate is the hight, which wis | thet, Jou Wemmmantal, manager of Sy Bie a wine quae Nas many perfectly rationas ul? take only about an bow would MWety wor by bigees ie aftate ° vey maorting Chub af Mewohiyn, hes lay at before tee ‘doe Rivage eke These absorbers for the Ford cost neure had the e been » regular all the nm Many of the are equ) . on | give & more om After t races we the be fete hibite at the Palace wite wheels They Ae apbearance to heen exception * | eutos, Wut It in & debatable question eid 6 | Meek, Jim Kiynn, Tom und | sucden pone whe | Youne Weinert, Joe Rhugrue, Annette Kalle Com, man tell you to select care with wheede, Mt would save es. | started Neem wise inet ming nap Saad mis rece ais ol ‘Sho has won’ the|Jack Britton, Young Ahearn, Kadi ls | White, Leaeh Cross, Joh Campi and probably Jose Willard ————— © ladier’ fancy diving cham- hip wilh be compoted fe figh. diving from by Miss Mae veston diving exhibitions of in Continue to | hore tem Cotte om mest Teretay Joule American League Baseball Club ar- fived here ‘rom Salamanca, N. Y., to- day with © contract signed by Mey ee ws pias, im the pi Aa ite +