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Gays, “ie absolutely confident of win- Bing would have fought if the beat heavies had been willing to meet dim in time. Now it is too late—too written statement aff “New York City, Jan. 11, 1915. “My Dear Mr, Edgren: “Allow me « word on the eve of my ‘ture. “Jess Williard bas a chance to de- feat Johnson. Of that I am sure Positively sincere. But Jees and up. Sart, Acting on ¥ tion, cting on your suggestion, m now looking tor Jim Savage, and if 1 can talk terms to him I will wire Jones to Excelsior Springs and I am @ure that he will be gind to take him. Jones figured on Tom Kennedy as ‘Fell, but just before leaving he had @ little misunderstanding with bim and cancelled the idea. Willard has al iy Big Walter Mona- han, who is coming on from Monahan is a good fast as he has worked several Rimes with Johnson ho is doubly help- ful. Jim Fiyna will be on hand last three weeks and several other Up-to-date fellows will be on hand. ‘“ eer and Sharkey would not do as active trainers, Big Jeff likes Jess and his chances and will be in the camp more as « Guest than anything else. And Joff- fies cannot help but have a soothing jahysoee over Willard and give bin confidence. Bhai wil act about the same, although Tom will not be steady in the camp, but ‘will be over on the race track more, *] 0 not matching him bo- fore be T want to explain to you our side of the case. Tom Jonen on Jim Buckley at the Sharkey about four weeks Ago and vost. But we are ready to match ‘with Willard in February’ Now, Hob, how tn the world could Willard get trained right in El Vano with Rearly 4,000 feet altitude and fight in New York In February and in Juarez March Gibson was not ready to match Coffey. At the mecting ax to whether to accept the Havana offer I asked him. He sal ‘L was not eeaey a few weeks ago to match ‘offey with Willard, but now I would “conalder such a match.’ Told that {t wae too close to the big fight be immediately agreed with m “Had we matched Willard with any one besides these two we would have immediately been rousted al over the country for picking soft ona and side-stepping the good men. w you at inant twenty-five telegrams offering to show Willard in one-night appearances en route to the training quarters. Any-one of these places fwould have netted us from $500 up to feature Willard along with some athletic and boxing matches for one night, and local promoters in St. Joo, iMo,, Omaha, ~ gar ay rho ipa, Dallas, in Antonio ee tther wuch places immedi- us offering to bandio | “ “At first we bonsidered such a move, but when we got down to fig ing that it would deprive Willard of at least two weoks' training work we fred our refusuls. Now, that's hrowing away ut least $5,000 woft ick up money rather than to throw way two weeks’ training. “Only one place was accepted, Kan. City Convention Hall next Mon- Say night. Because it gave Willard chance to spend the week at Ex Springs cleaning out his stom- uoh and a chance to do suse the sort ‘of dill el to prepare him for a pall Moat of tet ming. They lett here Katurday night and arriv ro tO- ny. 3 JACK CURLEY INGE a matter of some import- ance peems to escape the vigi- lant eye of the Boxing Commis- 1 new and then we may be par- for calling attention to facta, commission's rule that all box. must be weighed in at ringside nd the weights cgrrectly announced flatly ignored in man: sisoess ult—matches thut should it be allowed to go on under any circumstances. One of thexe affairs result in a in this Brat, ‘At ihe Pioneer A. C. on Monday t Battling Jim Johnson was ted an, cadaverous pound mark— Jaci ‘s weight nd reeul' Haley ai rth to save analbilatiog. ter, en ped the @ amall may that will end | ~rernnene ere TH Foezce — WiSee WHZEZLe- Portland Club Manager Dec ares McUraw has Picked Lemon in Kores Manager Mctiraw of the Giants is a Le opinion of Manager Mct'redie, of the Portia Coast League, McCredie haw sent up many players to the big leagues during his connection with the Portland team, but he declares that Kores, the highly touted player parchased from him by the Giants, ix sure to be returned. So clever a player Is this fellow supposed to he that ho has already been given a Place In the Giants’ IIne-up by the local chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Union, Some say that he will take Merkle’s place at first, while others have elected him for tho third base job, Me- Credie can't see Kores, whom he developed, with field glasses, and he doesn't see how McGraw and his scouts over selected him for fast company. Neither are Stroud and (iipe, two pitchers ensnared hy MeGraw from the Far Woat, of malor league call- bre, according to McCredie. Desperate Efforts Said to Have Been Made to “Hush Up” Case. 1K Platt Adams case comes be- I fore the Registration Commit- tee of the Amateur Athletic Union to-night. The meeting is to be held at the St. Bartholomew Club the members of the committee have announced that it will be open. Since the charges of professional. ism against Platg Adams were first published desperffte efforts have been Fe aS: aera eS) McGraw May Give Crowd Attending Big Fight Chance to See Giants Play ¢ Little Napoleon Favorably Con-|:12t, ne bow been don foeisar sidering Proposition to Let! sis, rewularly by tno time he renches last) sumer on His Club Give Exhibition Game} iui" ferect count, oF 8 elt Mi h 6 | his automobile accident. He says the at Juarez on March 6. tour with the All-Americans, which wound up at Honolulu. That is mighty important, If true. The pitch- ing sensation of the trip was Alex- ander of the Phillies, Big Jeff Tes- reau pitched thirteen games, winning four and losing nine. “‘Pro’’ Charges To-Night if now ready to take a shot at some of the youngsters who are to flight him for hin fob, jatiffnesw is all gone and that he is John Tonjes still insists that all he wants from Capt. Huston and Col. Ruppert is the gate privilege at the Polo Grounds, and the Captain atead- fustly assures him that that is ex- actly what he will get--the gate. Maybe you didn't know it, but the All-Nationala have won out tn their Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia Send Teams to the Millrose Meet * By Bozeman Bulger. H NOVEL move in spring training | for baxeball players as w a new stunt to entertain early arrivals for the prie fight at Juarez between Jack Johnson and} Jess Willard is being considored by John McGraw, the suggestion having come from Jack Curley : ira . collecti ic|t | “ on the afternoon of It was proposed to Mearaw yester- (Great Collection of Athletic] the mee {ump Loomis will also be [if ees ye aR ae day that a team of the Giants go to | Rppored by champione—Gene Jen-|stiuis Tait” The, news) veigit wh fern |, ecaue hia phylean i onder, haat HI Pass aud play exhibition Kuen) Stars Will Compete at | door title older: and Hodrigues: tho | Cus, menus” oa” olehizat Sino the | EOS tiie (tea, RW feta ae venom the two afternyons preceding the bur inane” ohauipicee” Lanetane wie Wiser atta Caltrain. Thea, Wie Pag tocned 4 | fight, and that they have for their ail >, . Goebring of the Mohawk A. C., Davy Aut and made a 10 at the Cnlorada a. etait hee een | opponents either another squad of Garden Games. of Princeton University and Ail Crane ater ondaigued a Aisin thy sar Giants or a picked team from the ” Gace ShaTneanT Mis or ihe nioh en rm ee ie rage ecu eeatmn te Risveand Baum, WHo wil be tralnlue ‘n thin event are credited with hay- Yedda yt ye teat | une slate'ge Hanan ilace i de at Ban Antonio, Oe of the moxt promising athlete | INK dose over atx foe " Sporting Club of Hrooklyn last | perigon Of DoxiMMisiaturo at Lansing, Mich. It y 7 » M ’ i In the Millroxe 600-yard invitation 5 a money for tt. ied akong the lines of the New York lax, This would give the Mexicans, nivais in the annals of indoor six of the world's fastest. middie-dia- (ihe a2 wa BIO at, eral optuee that ‘roferee will be permit: r The invited field will be made up of ‘rom Halpin, Ted Meredith, Homer Baker, Dave Caldwell, Win Gough and Hugh Hirachon, i The two-mile run for the Rodman | Wanamaker Trophy, on which both | and the Irish- Square Garden to-morrow nlght by the Millrose Athletic Assoctation Champion athletes and prominent A A. U, offictula from all parts of tho United States will be on hand, Al- fred J. Lill Jr., President of the Ama. teur Athletic Union, ts coming down from Howton. ‘The Hub will also be representod by all the star athletes of the Boston A. A, Coach Brown haw entered ‘Tom Halpin, Dave Cald-! well, Fred urna, J Power, J. A. High and 5. D. Rose. Philadelphia will be represented of- ficlally by Dr, Orton, coach of the University of Pennsylvania, and Peter Carney, the handicapper of | the Middle Atlant District, Phila. | inost popular sports, and would also} help pay training expenses, willing to lin over th ti ly arranged. m the players.) The Giants age scheduled to at Datlaw big techie nee" feature of the have given nnes wome cause for serio hia chances of valuable bronse 1 enough of thut uke Up u pretty yor Juares, trophy cabinet, in arranged at Abilene, whe Club, a your ano, $1,000 in gate recel would play there. is Reott and Sid winner, N.Y.A.C. Won’t nd to KUarAntee if the Glants Dick Kinsella, ivory | delphia Is not to be outdone by Ho: it A A « » is Here tO] ton in the quality of its entries, The ul ° ° e '* work with great Ted: Meredith, Olympic record holder for 880 metres and the half tile, heads ius list of stars, Others who will make the trip with him are| 1a player for a them Miswinsip pt Just exactly what Dick of his hay bulldog is As predicted in The Evening World, ‘one of there will be no break between the River yarns.” : sett, |New York A. C. and the Amateur meant by that he wouldn't explain, |#uch prominent flyers as Lippincott, sas meant by Lockwood, Kauftuan, J. Gallagher |Atietic Union, as threatened last are some ‘and six others. week because of the refusal of the doy out in he Winged Foot club ory hunter mye P mrown | Chicago comes tn for the greateat | winning mare, te. eontbeee ne te might have one fi his att. rest from local fol- atinnes' oan one ret boctiwe of the | S#netioned races in the Garden ay’ nothing ppearance in the Kast of Jo G. t bax, { the Chicago Athletic As- nH, Whose (wonderful perform ances at the nate ‘The Athletic Committee of the N. Y, A. C. recommended that the clu 1w- mortal Werfcrm: | sign ite membership in the A, A. Us at Baltimore capturing three | but that was before the amuteur body tittes Were. acknowledged aa the lifted the suspension it had previously est athletic feat of 1914, Loomla| announced of the N. ¥. A. C, awime arrived in New York Monday and| mors, This backdown evidently sat. lub, and the hmmediately got to work tm a local | istied the Winged Foot ra decided not to And now we hi 1 Dootn Is to testify for t bie lawsuit becuuse he na aquare dear in 'y by the Phillie rile tt he F hasn't x in been patter of iat on Charlie's part the road with his better if he was vaudeville turn, armory putting on the finishing "y touches of a long period of mpectal | Hoard of Gove quit the A. A. U training for the four events in which | : ec eee ae eerie tPpear: | he ix entered in tho Millrone A. A. RIN S Siu slecied the following. nic vonterday | KAMO® will measure strides in|” president, William H. Poge; Vice n accurate Instructions | (6 sprints and hurdles with such | presid George T. Montgomery; on how to run his ball club, Ax a] men as Alval Meyer, the indoor rec Secretary, Fred I urer, Martin 8. thur McAleenan; Fortmeyer; Treas- ‘aine; Captain, Ar- ord holder of 6.28, for sixty yard Lippincott and Lockwood, J. J. Eller, Governor for ono who boasts that Loomis will have to! year, Harry Anderson; Governors for made # new record to beat him; J. | two years, Edward G, Hroenniman, A, High and Fred Burns of Boston | Matthew P. Halpin, Edward W. Kear- A. Aw W. Bursch of the New York |ney, Charles H. Pona, Willlam H, ‘olonel_ is very. much n. Neither of them long enough vet to terlons and will a awer questions just like regular folki Larry Dovie, who ts nonding the faye the two legs, fur- | tbat clty. and A.C, will again. be | E _RVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1016, SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK THAT AMATEUR PROBLEM IN 1915 Copyright, 1916, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). made to hush the matter up. Both| threats and propositions of bribery have been used, it is alleged, to in- duce those who make the to stay away from to-night's meet- ing and let the accusation fall flat through lack of support, It seems that many people of unknown iden- tily—and some of known tdentity— are interested in having Adams eee whether the charges are true no! The charge of professionalism ts bared upon a number of instances in which it is alleged that Adams sold athletic trophies won in amateur EXgnte. ‘Two of the witnesses wrote ind signed the original affidavits the Publication of which started all the trouble. ' These affidavits, however, do Not detail the only charges of pro- fesslonalism that will be made in to- night's meeting. Alleged instances professionalism will be testified to, js said, by persons who have not as yet appeared at all in th y eral supposed trophies of Adam: will be produced, with evidence be: ing upon the way they were acquired by the present holders, Part of the Adams defense, said, will be the charges were made The next move in the controversy between the Boxing Commission and the Manhattan Athletic Club, which is seeking a license to hold exhibl- tions at the Manhattan Casino, wil probably be made by the club. It is expected in @ few days that max damus proceedings will be institute It is also intimated that an official of the club will make accusations against a member of the Commission, the same to be forwarded to Gov. Whitman, In the mean time Robert W. Maloney, attorney for the club, will, in behalf of ward Wasson. one of the A. 3 begin suit against Fran ‘ell, here ia havea years, e no onset Chairman of the Boxing Com mien: Will be able to sift the testimony and |, recover $25 which Mr. Waldron come to a decision with little delay. | veges O'Neil borrowed about a year Adams so far has refused to dis- 8 ult cuss the matter for publication. ago, Just what connection thi ence if the leged facts are proved. The Registration Committee, under Chairman Jake Stump, is said to be =—oros—— cso m0res———0n0 || FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP OS omor—=—— By John Pollock=——s0 R00 | Nghtwelght of todian: | It typ any chance elthor Jack Johnaon or June ether in a tent Willard meet with an accident so that they will to fight for the heavyweight chatapion Swsior, uve fast aad clever See ie os berths rc ght Juin Fiyne is slated, to ‘The ten-round bout bei Teh tet ath’ Gunoaae Hy Relea Son ode tne bs meh mas or tet ont the algae. of Feb, Mi, inh Britay “nights Both’ fighters” ached Hoout was! arranged over tie lo: tance ti ww days ip which to got int pond. Pei bury eannase ot ond ACF ita "ety euset,, “he Sivinnee. wil be i a Aa 2 Ta mete a haut with the tetor of the Guuboat teil be tld ti the big armory ia { Sinith Jim Pisa 7 ok 0 1 make bia first aypearance tn ho mitiewelaht oharaplony and the | pott th Khe sic 9 ay HATS on at elitr elahe pearentons ond the 1 fat we ata ‘ned for a match hy doh porting Club. He Of the Broadway ‘yout with | used | same club, ‘Tom MeArdjo, wh he flabters for th Te Waimea XS? Wee ‘Saad tas train. | ‘night, inwthe ima) GSiuay Brummie ct | te re he te hi turda) rhenny Leonard ‘wil tack for the | Gernet ity while in the other two tras Kaidie Will | Airey Will” take 0, ‘Simmy bully” and’ Georgs en 5) tay meets Mike MeTigue, rttiths. at —— tan Kid Taylor, the Brooklyn feathorwelght, who has weighs, “will work | deteloned ato g. fast te a = Sued to tight Yo bo. ia foe tea | inde au the Fandemde’ 0, of" Brooki ‘on . dag might, Tm anon round serap Young balan young" | Riba ‘wit tanto Bobby Hansos. Tom Lynch Favors Admitting Feds to National Agreement tcher's charges that he has received aw” treatment at the hands of or- gauized baseball, Vresident Baker sald: “If Dooin ls quoted correctly in the papers be Is losing his friends so fast by his talk that he won't have a pathizer left but himself. By hi: New Britain, Jan, 18, HOMAS 3, LYNCH, former Pros- ident of the National Les believes it will be financtal m 4 ball interests Clas tar tie Warring baes tion In New York during the an: te continue their fight Fix- President | et ing he drove away the friendship Lynch is in favor of admitting the lf nearly all of the club owners who Federal League to the national agree- | were willing to help him, but by my ment. Only In this way, he says, will | personal efforts 1 persuaded Cincin- {nati to take his mi ; salaries be brought to reasonable fig- |S oftered him inst week during my ures. |stay in Philadelphia a contract with “Grabbing P the Cincinnatt Club for two years at princely salaries will spell ruin for ail | $8,000 per year, which he refused, those interested,” he says. 14 Shing If Desks teatifieg for the 2 : ; Federal League he will make one o Tho millions behind the Federal (yy best witnesses that organized League insures the success of Gilmore circuit, he believes. ‘ers and paying them al! could have, as he will show !by his own statements that, having been in baseball for a long term of . . , {years and going back Instead of PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Jan. Uo) going forward ih his work, he has | answer those better than I, |Broadway |Legal Battle Starts On Fight Commission se Over Club License Connection of McMahons With Manhattan A. C., to Which Box- ing Governors Object, Is Practically Admitted by Club’s Lawyer, Who Says They Have Big Match Which They Could Turn Over to New Organization, will have with the fight to be made to compel the commission to grant @ llcense the defendant will not dis- cuss at this time, but it is strongly intimated that a lot of scandal will accrue very shortly. When Mr. Maloney was shown the statement made. by the commission, in which they say one of the reasons for refusing a license is because the McMahon brothers are interested, he Became yery eloquent and said that the members of the commission never before mentioned anything about the McMahons, “We went before the Commissioners on five different occasions,” sald Mr. Maloney, “but they never mentioned the McMahon boys, nor did we men- tion them, And they never appeared with us at these sessions. On one occasion they were at the office of the commission, but om an entirely different matter. We were given to understand that when the temporary Injunction in reference to Gil Boag wis vacated wo had removed every objection. Now they are springing the stuff about the MeMahons. But we will have our rights in the end. The objections of the Commission to Edward and Roderick McMahon ts contained in a lengthy statement given out after the license was re- fused, In it the MeMahons are ac- cused of failing to pay the State tax and at one time or another are said to have owed the State $1,400, which had to be paid by the bonding com- penies, The Commission also has complaints on file in which it is claimed that the MeMahons did not live up to their contracts with boxers. There are also complaints from patrons of boxing allegimg that the Promoters have not lived up to the rules of the Commission, When Secretary Harvey of the com- mission was reminded that the name of the McMahons did not appear among the list of officers of the Man- hattan Club and that the excuse of- fered seemed very flimsy, he said: “Phe Commissioners know what thoy are doing. They have good grounds for believing that the McMahons are interested. And thar, by the way, ts not the only reason,” he continued, “You will notice that in the statement given out by us we mention other legal matters, “What are these texal r “Mr. O'Ne!l, who is a la reply. One of the legat reasons is that Edward Waldrog, after giving testi- mony regarding the rease at Manhat- ‘ EDITED BY : “ROBERT EDGREN LIGGETT CONSIDERS HIMSELF” LUCKIEST GOLFER IN WORLD Pittsburg Player Wins Division Cup in Seaviéw Club’s Tour- ney Without a Struggle. | ABSECON, N. J., Jan. 18.—Wiliiam L. Liggett’ of Pittsburg sonsiders himself one of the luckiest golf piay- ers in the world, and the reason for his holding this opinion ts that he won @ division cup in the Beavew Goit Club's midwinter tournament, now in Progress without getting his feet et. Owing to yesterda: driving rain there were defaults galore in the first match round. In bis division—th Afth—Liggett didn't have ‘te compete at all—as his would-be opponenis failed to meet him. He atayed in the club how 1 day and received a cup for heading his division. Liggett considers himself A driving northeast storm soaked the Jinks. It was only through the desire of the committee to run off the event by easy stages, and thereby pro- viding for only one round yesterday, that prevented many withdrawals, Cameron B. Buxton of Huntington Valiey and Maurice E. Risley of the home club defaulted rather than brave the elements. Dr. Floyd H. McCall of Atlantic City, the medal winner, was auccess- ful over Boyd Nixon of California, by 3 and 2. Howard W. Perrin of Pine Valley, Vice President of the United States Golf Association, won over Clarence H. Geist, founder of Seaview, after a hard strwggle. Geist was one up at the tenth, an advantage he maintained to the sixteenth. Winning the next two holes permitted Perrin to pull the match out of the fi W. Ernest Shackelford, now sidered in the licht of the favori won easily over Dr. A. W. Westn Even though there were so many de- faults in the various divisions thera was but one in the principal division, Flynn’s Rough Fighting Wins Over Al Reich a round bout, whic was « real good old «lugging match from the first until the final bell, Jim Flynn, the Pueblo fireman, de- feated Al. Reich, the handsome young local heavyweight. The battle took place at the Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn last night. Although at 4 disadvantage in height, reach and weight, Flynn, favored by the small ring, never stopped ripping lefts an rights Into Reich's mid section and also short inside right uppercuts to his jaw, | It was Flynn's fast fighting at close quarters that enabled him to win, his blows having such a damaging effect that big Al went to his corner in @ dazed condition at the end of many of the rounds, Reich started the first rothd ho was going to put Flynn to sleep in short time, He drove bis left so fast and often tnto Jim's face that 4: was impossible to keap track of the blows. The second round was differ. Jent, as after Reich had sent in sev- eral jabs Flynn got him up againac the ropes and sent a volley of blows Into his body and up to his jaw thaz weakened him considerably. After this round Reich started i to clinch and hold on every chanes he got. This was the worst thing he lions have done, as Jim just wantodt No wonder lucky. to smash away with both hands at his stomach, ribs and face. : As early as the third round Reich was in distress and it began to louis: as If he might not go the limit. Whil Reich managed to jar Flynn with his left jabs in the first minute of each * succeeding round, Jim never stepped back but kept tearing in, and whea- ever Reich clinched he would work his hands like piston rods in deliver- ing his blows, - In the last round Reich made a great rally for a minute by smashing’ Flynn severely about the face and Jaw with both hands, but he then blew up, and for the rest of the round Flynn punished him into a dazed con- Hon tan Casino, refused to sign t mony upon advice of nis attor The commission maintains th matchmaker is an offictal of a club This was in answer to whether ihe MeMahons could act as matchmaker and still not be considered intesested Lawyer Maloney admitted that the McMahons have the refusal of a big match which they probably would steer into tho new club when the license ts granted. “But this doo, not make the McMahona a part of the club,” said Mr. Maloney, “\We would be willing to take a good matdh off anybody's hands, In a case of * this kind the MeMahons would be acting in the same capacity a | broker.” $18—Suit season’s selling. Medium dreds of patterns. Suits, to measure only, $18. @® 9th St. Prosident W. F. Baker of the Phillies |found a club in organized baseball A.C. Frank Stephenson, C. Clark, | Seaich, Teonard Snider, Arthur W. A. Jones and é score of others. In Teele and John A. Topping. winter In Jacksonville, Fla, writes bitterly assuils Charles 8, Dooin, for- | willing to pay him $6,000 per year for mer manager of the club, for the | two years for catching.” End Suits 518 Our Remnant Sale is on. Ends left from the and Heavy weights. Hun- Imported and domestic materials. Trousers, $5.00, See our Special Overcoatings at marked reductions. To measure, satin lined, now $25. Arnhrnn - THE LARGEST MERCHANT.TAILORING ESTABLISH MENT IN THE WORLD + a“