The evening world. Newspaper, February 3, 1915, Page 10

‘The big fight for the honor of bold- ing the nest all-comers’ tennis tour- + nament, which is being waged be- tween New York and Newport, le 7 otill warmer as Fridey—the co meeting of the T. A.—draws nearer. prises to be sprung at the an- nual meeting, RK. Norrie Will- Dave turned in favor of Forest Hille and the West Side Tenals Club. Beals aston SAVES] Wrigin, the former national title got ‘em all beat,/ retention of the ‘a the famous Eadie holder, was at Pinehurst last week and his influence was strongly for the tournament on K againat Newport, continued to main. tain his sanguine ition yesterday. Me believes that the counting of the oun bvawis SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK Nee Y LD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16: NOW THEY INSURE FIGHTERS AGAINST “TRAINING INJURIES” Ruppert and Huston, Now Full-Fledged Magnates, Attend League Session —_—_-_— New Yankee Owners Invited] tant questions, the foremost being | to Hotel Belmont Meeting’ and Get Trading Privileges. ——_— Col, Jacob Ruppert and Capt. Huston, the new owners of the local American League Baseball Club, were admitted to the executive session of the American League magnates this afternoon for the firat time since they acquired the Yankees’ atock. The American Mgaguers went into session at 1 o'clock at the Hote! Belmont and about an hour later Messrs, Ruppert nd Huston were invited to come it red portals, They were arte after their formal acceptance as “brother m wen." Of courve nothing is known about what occurred behicd tho closed doors but it is to be strmised that the New the| York owners, duly accredited, were accorded the privileges of trading in {28 | ball players with the other clubs rep- Donald Baker, the Brooklyn skater, | carried off the honors in the ekating meet of the New York A. C. at the Notiek outdoor ice rink last night. He won the mile handicap and took necond prise in the half-mile event, learned that Bruce Pirnie, ‘15, a pos- ibility for stroke, will not be eligible for the crew owing to failure to pass the recent oral examination in French or German. He was stroke of hia freshman crew, and in sophomore year wan tried out at varsity stro! for some time. nd nan and the others were unanimous- ly im favor of the idea. The machine: will be rigged up in the Fordham *| gym this afternoon. won « battle yesterday. ‘Wittiam Hicks in the News- pocket billiard tournament Academy, by & score of 26 to ‘Tea He defeated Ee Avenue x east poe resented. ‘The meeting is known an the annual wchedule confab, at which the dates for the coming season are agreed on. ‘The schedule wan made up.a month ago and to-day’s talk on the subject It will probably IN FIELD OF SPORTS Prooklyn Handicap, the special 600-yerd Invitation that will be the feature of the mvct of the Fifth Company in the ‘Thirteenth Regiment Armory on Lin- coln's Birthday afternoon, they will be racing on the largest indoor track tn the world. Announcement was made v by the Registration Committee of the Metropolitan Association that a decision will be reached in the case of Charles Boughton this afternoon. Boughton te the Central High School (Newark) lad who was accused of professtonaliam be- cause of his alleged affiliation with one of the playgrounds in his home city. Boughton is the national two-mile ‘The Irish-American A. C, seven will t & strengthened line-up against the Mt. Nicks In thelr Amateur Hockey League game to-morrow night, accord- ing to Coach O'Brien. He looks for the Wingod Fist team to make Hobe: Baker and his teammates show thel best brand of hockey in order to win the contest at the St. Nicholas Rink, Cree, the star forward on the Irish- im, has been playing « fast game the last few weeks, and O'Brien declares ofl the players have shows considerable improveme: —?— Weloh to Start Marathon. tries have been received up to date for the roller skating mara- thon, wi ightweight cham pion of the world, will start the ‘The route has been changed. The start will be at One Hundred and Fifty-third Btrect and Seventh Avenue, south on Beventh Avenue to One Mundred and ‘Tenth Btreet, cast on One Hundred and Baie ue te Wighty-aighth Brest A Copyright, 1916, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) schedules the magnates were expect-' @4 to dispose of three rather impor- ! the removal of the draft'from class hes AA .minor leagues--in other words, the American Association and Inter- national. This does not mean, however, that the vote of the American League will | settle ft. The National League also | has to agree to such a move before} these leagues can become majors automatically, Ban Johnson te in favor of exempt- ing them from t! rett because he feels that it will help tho American Association and International to off- wet the prestige the Federals h: sought to gain by calling themselves & “major league.” It is doubtful if the National League agrees to this, though Mr, Johnson and Gov. Tener had a long conference over the que: tlon yesterday. The next question of importance will be the Axing of a time for the clubs to start south for training. The National League already has passed @ rule that no club shall train earlier the junior event. the amateur champ! two big leagues are expected to take @ hand ts a polution of the problem that confropts the International League. President Ed Barrows spent most of yesterday with Ban Johnaon. ‘The National Leaguers will not be on hand until next week. It seems that the International League owners re- alise that they are to face a disas- trous season financially and the qu tion Is ag to whether they ought to than March 1, and many of the Amer- ia Lelie apr it all iba view loan League fact at they are making the Re ene | Re for the benefit of Organized Charley Comiskey, owner of the} “it ie possible that two of the clubs White Sox, who arrived here this| will be dropped and six will play out mera in gtmainst, the rule. | Al | aaa iuse resort, “None of the tinct ready he has mad arrangements to . tart hin club for Calltornin on a i0uttgr'as ther fens out a prreent special train Feb. 16. The two clubs that are in a bad way An important matter in which the are Montreal and Toronto, and this Butler Sells His Champion Pacer, Directum I., 1.58, for $45,000 — two heats in 2.03 1-4 and 2.02 1-2, A month tater, against Bogash Jr, the champion paced two heats in Two weeks later in Detroit, in a against time, mile in 1.58%. Directum was then sent against ‘Williams, the sensational four-year- old colt, and was beaten In 2.01%, 2.01% and 2.00%. This pair met again week later at Grand Rapids. This time Directum defeated Williams eas- ily, pacing two heats in 1.68 and 2.00. His next notable performance took place at Lexington, Ky., where he won the classk Tennessee Stakes. He won the thi beat in 1.59%, which was the st third heat ¢' In twelve winning hea’ actual races and one Directum averaged 2.00, Directum I. was bred by Mr. Butler at his East View Farm, and was foaled in 1907, being by Directum Kelly, 2.08 1-4, out of the famoi lsetta, 2.131-2, by Pactolus, 2. xtensivel: Sturges, Owner of Cham- pion Mare, Now Has Won- derful Stallion, Too. ce James Butler has sold the cham- pion pacing stallion, Directum I., for $45,000. This is one of the highest prices ever realised on a harness racer, The purchaser was M. E. Sturges of New York, who also owns Evelyn W.; with a mark of 2.00%. fhe ia the world's champion pacing mare. Directum I. is,the most sensational pacer ever seen in harness. He has @ mark of 1.68, which is the record, Last year he appeared in six races and once against time and paced six heats in 3.00 or better. Three of these heats were paced under the 2.00 mark. a In bie first start last year in Detroit Directum was beaten after winning until 03 1-4 tate Fair track, Syracuse, and eet @ world’s record of 2.033-4 for half-mile tracks at Goshen, Fifteen Balls Run Off in Numerical Rotation For a'New Pool Record by Harold McGrath What de you know about ranping off the fifteen balls in rotation without a mies as a new record in pool? Didn't believe it was possible to do anything lke this, eh? Alfrede De Oro says he never heard of the entire set of balls being made in rotation before, and if the Cuban champion nover heard about {t, it ts a certainty that the feat Is really @ new record, It came about this way: Mareld MoGrath and Charles Whitehall, strolled tate Doyle's this week for a The junior golf championship tournament for 1915 is like trouble—nobody seems to want it. This event for youngsters, which was first staged in 1912, has never been held outside of the | Plainfield Country Club. This organization, although it Is willing te again hold the champlenship in a pinch, thinks it would he te the best interests of the game if some other club | Barller tm the season four clabs announced te the Metropol- ftan Golf Asseeiation that they were willing to pat nament awarded them. Of these clubs Garden City fs the only - one that isn’t hooked up, and it fs likely that it will be awarded The other three clubs referred to are: Apawamis, which has hips Baltasrel, which, will hold and Sleepy Hellew;-which will conduct the women’s champlon- ship. The idea of the junior championship has spread, Chicago and Boston now holding annual events of this kind. The object of ft fs to develop the youngsters by competitive playing. but | in . | Square Ganien nearly two monthé ago, Directum paced the | Hilton Thinks American Golf | Janior Golf Tournament is Like Troauo.e—Nobody Secms to Want it. Here is what Harold H. Hilton, the famous English golfer, thinks about American golf: “On the principle that a golfer is at his best between twenty- seven and thirty-seven, the out- look of American golf would appear to be particularly rosy, as all their leading players are well on the near side of thirty, ang the one who has been most successful of all during very recent times has not yet arrived at man’s c#tate, and this early development of American golfing youth is {4 remarkable, at least from ‘ite wh point of view, as we are ac- customed to look upon a golfer of Seat zeare of age as & Compara- tive baby; but there wae a tim when we considered this stamp’ o! golfer ag a seasoned player. It is the continued success of the older schoo) which has served to alter our sense of proportion.” on any tour- the open, on account of the war. Ordinarily towns, but “season jemati- ol Parker W. Whittemore of Brookline y a bad way, but this franchise may be! made a 74, the best score of 128 cards! in yesterday’s qualification round of Lod Subbed Syreet 5 L) chester club, a three-time Y pennant winner, fared somewhat like | (2¢, Geventh annual, Bt. Valentine the Athletics last season. Despite | & ‘ their wonderful record they lost me fe leaving for consequence th {Kerr of Ek vision brac! gold medal, short trip, and joney. “And to tell you the truth," ead a Be: Mr. Chapin, the owner, yeste “T don't ‘see how we are going to make any money next season. But, so far I am concerned, Rochester stands \dy to take a chance and suffer ight lose if necessary to hold the ik heads the firat di- Lake Worth tourney at Palm Beas ond flights, all in the third an the fourth. The other contest held over until to-day, Walter Travis played the best golf, finishi: the first nine before the rain {i hmond already has taken the place of Baltimor expected to make an excellent show- and that city is ogether. | Richmond is one of the best ‘er been enough league before. green. Jim Coffey the “Dublin Gant” who Vattied eince he fought Gunbost Amith in ™. om, a8 feorare’ for another ectay, Billy Gibeon, hla] Frankie Mack, the Boston lightweight, has marched for ths 5 manager, today eigued him up to met Jack oie tan fi Cc. of Lat 9 cis idiot Ne for tus end, was signed tq to mest Jimmy Murray of thle city for ain rounds at the Olymula A, A. of Philadel. Saigo ren i Willams cums #1, YANKS MAY SWAP MAISEL e FOR PITCHER HAMILTON Jack MoGulann, the fight promoter of Philedel- ‘Pilly lest rat fiend Yankees securing Pitcher Earl Ham- ony ey {iton from the Browns. Before leay- Tall’; ing 8t. Louis for this city President Hedges declared he was going to try bem aitanged | to secure Frits Matsel from the New q gd Bout Yorks to plug the hole made in his sap ie oa: infleld by the desertion of Jimmy "Soe Austin to the Federals. Hedges is i willing to trade Hamilton, who Is |gouthpaw, for Matsel. The Yankees ;| are badly in need of a left-handed pitcher, so it would not be surprising If the deal went through. Harry Smith, who managed the Newark International League team . and] for the last two years, has received his unconditional release from Charles H, BWhbbets jr., president of the club, to-day, Smith received the word by letter, Smith joimed the Newarks in the spring of 1913 when Joe MoQia. Outlook Rosy hittemore withdrew his card, as bo in iiton K. + but does not win the Five matches were completed in ie c Fia., yesterday in the firat and Ce in 33 baseball cities in the country, but has |and having hia opponent eo far down le to get into a big | that the match ended on the twelfth been e at ie By d to iN, 5 Gilbert ‘welts ait — t kk There is a strong chance of the EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN World’s Bantamweight Chath pion Whips Eddie Waflace at Broadway Sporting’ Club. Kid Williams, the worl: weight champion, went class for the first time meet @ legitimate feath he won as easily as he has the bantams that he has |aince he won the title from J jCoulon in three rounds at ;, Cal. on June 9, 1914, Williams conquered Eddig Wallace, the game fighter of Brooklyn. He gave him an unmerciful beating ia & ten-round bout at the Brosé@ay Sporting Club of Brooklys. ‘Wallace started off in the first two rounds if he were going to \- hilate jams by landing more ‘on him in those six minutes of Aght- Ing than the little champion has ever received before. Bo effective were Wallace's blows that at the end of each session Witl- fams went to his corner in a sort of @ dazed condition. This unexpected.ea- jaught was such a surprise to Will jams that he cut loose in the | rouna, nd from that time to the,end , j of the battle he drove enough punches: Into Wallace's ly and jaw to heave stopped most featherweight, ‘Williams turned the tide ta uf the same way that he wins all of Bie battles, that Is, by tearing inte Wal- jlace and letting fly babe Areca ewings and upper-cuts wil beak \Wands, . Although Wallace received const@- erable punishment, he fought hard and many times shook up. champ with stiff lefts to the face | an occasional right to the body or Jay. After the sixth round Wallace te- gan to slow up and held on at every oprortunity. In the last three rounds Williams watled 4 ‘Wallace with the taten- him out. fy rounds the chances are that Wi would have been put awey, as:tar tenth session he received such @ tas oe he was in a bad way, nal 4 Williams was given a great. as he left the ring. Williams welj in at 119% poun and W 120% pound: Condon- Hayes Bout a Drdio MONTREAL, Feb. 8.~Harry Coa- don’s a,_.< siveness earned him @ draw in his ten round bout with. Grover Hayes before the Montreal Sporting Club. Hayes displayed |more boxing ability than his op- ponent, but lacked condition and di not take at ail kindly to Condon’s infighting. After the fourte round each had the advantage hy turns and the fight ended with honors even. HUDSON, Wis., Feb. 3.—Tommy Gibbons bested Billy Murray ip their ten-round fight here, winning .. of the ten rounds, w! ‘two, two being BALTIMORE, Feb. &~In one’ of the best bouts se:.?here in a long time George Chaney got the decision over Packey Hommey, both men be- ing on their feet after the echeduled. ten roast hea been fought. Hommey was outclassed, but showed remark- able gaméness, pce I ar NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES, NEW tries f ORLEANS, Feb. 3.— m r to-morrow's atte eae ee hh Se ei, ase le ey BE MADE BY SATURDAY. CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—Decision ta the Federal League's suit against ; Sab: | Spree