The evening world. Newspaper, February 12, 1915, Page 14

i i A —— ; Ye John L. Sullivan That Is | Striving to KM Boxing in This * State len’t the Famous John Lawrence Sullivan of Massa tes Wekvenies Wendss °* IN 2, BULLAVAN tn out to kill }in New York State, John \ehye Bening te “a brutal perform- js,” and he's Me ie introducing a bill ) Atbany to abolish the Btate Box- Me and prohibit boxing ever, vay, this John L, isn’t the obs nce Builivan of John Leo Bulll- the famous inse by ” A. U, is evidently try- eee how absurd it can on the charge that money at the “play- to pay any atten- of evidence esar at ‘Willie, who oad farewell to all his reat. jake on @ hot atom alternative is that Young es ‘eat tint 4 , phy J the wrong idea. H: D4, John @ poinful eve in ° fuat . a WORLD-FAMOUS ATHLETE, WHO HAS RUN HIS LAST RACE Mer Dm as Pest ReMi AD A FOOTBALL PLAYER. Barney Dreyfuss Says International League Should Defy the Majors Owner of Pirates Declares That There Is No Good’Reason Why Barrow’s Circuit Should Bear Brunt of Federal League’s At- taok and Thinks That It Should Establish a Club in the Bronx if It eo Wishes, Even if Organized Baseball Objects. ® the Bronx going to get one clud, I two clubs or none at all thie sea- non? Tho indications are that the Federal League is going to place & Glud in that section, and President Barrow of the International League seems determined to place the Jersey City team there. Barney Dreyfuss, President of the Pittsburgh Nationals, declares that if he had an interest ih the Interna- tonal League they couldn't prevent him from shifting one of the clubs to the Bronx or anywhere else. Barney thinks that if Barrow is re- permission to transfer the tere to thia city he should defy the major leagues, Barrow is going to have another conference to-day with the President of the Giants, who geems to be the only one opposed to the plan of shifting the Skeeters. Harry F. @inolair, who is Pat he ow: ip of foe oat wy Kansas Cit Gaaaiss, ia in town, *Eney way that out in Tulsa 12,000, worth of eaid that he favors jewark for the home of the K. C, team. Barrow denies that his league will flop.over to the Federals should their petition to locate in the Bronx be ab- jeclares that Here le what Dreyfuss regarding the isposition uf the Jor- cK nchise: Tt T were Prosident of the Inter- League and wished tab- lish my business in the Bronx no- body would keep me out, wi ir. made a mistake in the method by which he sought his ends. He should have appealed di- rectly to the National Commission and not to the National . Hie case—so far an baseball law is con- erned by vection 3 of agreement. ‘This speci- To begin | 1 fieally estates ritory cannot iat major league ter- out & majo tlonal rei ¢ iatributed with. vote of both the Na- on merican ciroult olub ra. “Presuming that the American should be favorable to a transfer of the Jersey City olub to the Bronx, the President of the Glants would be powerless to block the plan if five National League club owners gave the word. I do not wish to apeak oMclaily, but T am sure that at least four of my associ ‘wou! | ene DO obstacle in owe way. nally 1 Lange ty believe the Internatio: yond the Hi ‘er will give me a opoly of that territory. 1 could not sBrpagh proce of law restrain any- m attempting a rival promo- I am protected from ponsible Opposition on the part of Organised Buseball almply because of the na- tonal agreement, which after all is hothing but a code of honor, if the International League that its life depends upon ae ier sion of the Brona, then I say the In- ternational League should’ go into that territory if it has to do so Qguinst the wi of the major leagues, There in no good why Barrow's circuit should the full brunt of the Federal “I stand ready to shoulder ea the responsibility for the fact that Barrow's proposition did not gome, to 8 vote in the National eague meeting. I counseted delay. I'betteve that this is no time for oc; @anised baseball to commit itself Upon such matt We are honor bound to await the decision of Judge jandia before attempting territorial retrenchment, when the vor- dict in that case is published there my Ld a hg? Bo cochlea for re- renchme: am firmly convinced ‘of the just of organized baseball. bd | m™: & a in the in- exrity o! je gaine at prompt me to move for delay.” meres FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP By John Pollock Qharter White, the wack Chicago lahtweight end Freddie Welsh are as good as mai ‘ ‘nother ten-round battle, but the most surprising Uhing in connection with the mew contest is the ject thet they are not golug to battle in Mailison Bauare Ganden,. Too Andrews, the premier tight | © promoter of Milwaukee, suatehed the match from the Ganten officials by making the managers of fighters such flattering offers Wat they no time in accepting them, The ouly thing fm the way of the matoh is tho FLEREEZ adie {2 also matched to meet Gene Delmont of ‘Orleans apes t f eo fighten have fat miled for Havana, Cube, where they will Gow thelr boxing ability to the Cabane jn 4 (welte-round battle on Sat untas afternoon, Feb, 20, They are Kid Wagner, | tie middhoweigint of Wilkes Narre nd Larry | Witiame of Philadel feadfesl to mame |. the Hrooklyn middleweight Ms first battle under tie managenent Quemmabery 4. 0, CS TET recur get ng ‘They will moot in the Promotes Disk ’ where he ie guaranteed $2,000 for Young Ahearn ¢ Lewis to-morrow ie American lightweight atu left Ban Vrancisoo yesterday for the Bast © purpose of completing training for his ten. battle with Freddie Wels Squere Ganien oa Maroh 1 to Now York, He Wes accompenied by Dr. Jeffry, he treiner, wa, the Jooal light 0 the rie ot the Pederal A, G. tose 5 the beast patting on dg bouts became eo peresing thet had 10 turn ow the management of the litt Hebrew fighter to emme one else Knockout Gmoeney bes just rwoeived an offer from A who ts in Australia, to visit tha: me Loughery, who ie @ sensation there juat now, hes been twice beaten by Sweeney and for that reason Lappe thinks that he would be 8 gumt Grewing cent there, Leo Flynn, who Vovks efter Bweeney's dnterests, has aday eeoeived [an after from Cube, Harry Piewe, the Mrookiva lightweigt' Harry Gattie, who bas won prectically ‘aa ne boute by the K, 0, route, are lbely to be matched wo-clay 10 meet before the Knickerbocker A. ©. of Altwny on Feb, 23, As both men are KO, artists they abould put uy a burricane bat ie New Polo A, A derbilt A. tainmenta th lle Doyle v4, dimmy Delaney, While Roenier and Denny Burns ve, Lew Mlack Vanderbilt Club cant Young Tambo va, Mugh Rodden and Mike Farrell vo, Tau Bush in ten round bouts, Billy Qiover of aston end ORich Neleom of Brookiye have been watched to fight @ tem round bout ot the hertey 4. C. show of this elty of Hioktyn will atage og, The N the Van eur Polo et tty Waleh va Sone etememeae ith td Copyright, 1915, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) WW HIS FAMOUS FINISHING SI Loomis Rushed Out of Town to Keep Date To Teach Tango to a Rich Chicago Girl The cat is out of the bag! That ix, we now know why Joe Loomis was in sech @ hurry to get out of Madison Square Garden at the New York A. C. games on Wednen y night. After winning the 70-yard dash he ran out to a waiting taxi and changed his clothes on the way to the Grand Central Station to catch a train for Chicago. For a time nobody seemed to know just why Loomis made such a record-break- ing departure. It was the first time on record that ybody was in such a terrible hurry to leave the metropolis. Most people make record-breaking trips to get back here. Bat to get back to Loomis. The reason that he made such a sen- tational exit was to get back to the Windy City to keep an appoint. ment to teach a rich Chicago girl how to do the latest dancing steps. As is not generally known, Loomis, his brother and sister conduct a big dancing academy in Chicago, lesson at the Blackstone Hotel last He had a date to give a dancing night and he came near forgetting about it. That is why he kept on running after finishing first in the as the only train that would get him home in time to teach the tango, per schedule, was the 8.04, Loomis likes this city real well. The three-ply national title holder is thinking ef coming here to live and ff he does he will join the New York A. C. Tommy McTaggart at Last ’ Granted License to Ride Well Known Jockey Succeeds in Gaining Permission to Aocept Mounts Here After Two Years’ Fight. OMMY M’TAGGART'S hard fight for a license to ride at the local tracks bas at inst been rv ded, At @ meeting of the stewards of the Jockey Club he was granted permission to once more re- spond to the bugle call to go to the post at the race meetings in this State. While riding for August Belmont in the fall of 1913 McTaggart was in- definitely suspended for rough riding at the Laurel meeting. Other riders were not as fortunate "Mac." Carroll H, Shilling, J. Wood, John Wilson, James Reed, H. H, Glass, Phillip Ford and Phil Mus- grave were all denied reinstatement, In all Mkelthood racing will begin on the local tracks on Saturday, May 22, While this date is tentative it was made practically certain by the stewards when they limited the racing meeting in the spring at the Mary-| and tracks to Thursday, May 19, This | will permit the shipment of horses from the South to New York for an opening three days later, With the season on May 22 tt will give the local four more days of the n last year, when Belmont rk opened on May 26. n stowards and members of The Jockey Club put in a busy afternoun. While the New York racing dates were only touched on tn a general wi dates for the Maryland tracks were al: lotted. The Bowie track will open in the Nouth April 1 and will conthue to twelve days of racing, in- ding two Saturdays, The Havre de jrace track will follow on April 16 and will ri fourteen days of racing, with two Saturdays. Pimlico will wind up the season in the Btate of Maryland with a meeting ex- tending from May 1 to May 19— the par! mutuels. Bowie will limit the ring to thirty-five bookmakers and will offer $2,700 each day in purses, The officials who will have charge of the racing at the local meetings who were appointed yesterday are as follows: W. 8. Vosburgh, Handi- capper; C. H, Pettingill and E. 8. Smith, ees; H- Homan, Clerk of the Scales; Albert Burlan, Assistant Clerk of the Scales; W. H. Barretto, Timer; J. L, Paddock and Pa- trol Judge; Mars Cassidy, Start It was sociations that they engage an As- Blatant Patrol Judge for their meet- ngs. Previous to the meeting of the stewards, the members of The Jockey Club held their annua: seasion and considered the suggestion made by Capt. E. B. Cassatt, which wag sec- onded by H, T. Oxnard, to prohibit the racing of two-year-olds before April 1 of each year. The sugges- tion amending Rule 44, granting this, was considered favorably, but no ac- tion was taken because the members, before making the change, wished to confer with ghe officials of the Juares, Kentucky dhd the Canadian tracks. ——._—_. HOCKEY CLUB MEETS B. A. A. FOR FIRST TIME, she Amateur Hockey League tead- era and the tallenders will meet to- morrow night when the Boston A. A and the Hockey Club sevens clash at the Bt, Nicholas Rink first game betwe Boston has not been beaten, while the Hockey Club has yet to win a game, ‘The Hockey Club players, however, have been playing fast hockey this season, much better than their stand- ing in the league would indicate. They forced the St. Nicks to play thelr best game in order to win by a clone acore And made the Crescents go a’ riod to in @ victory by one While the Bostontans have every team in the | except the Hockey Club, and expect to defeat this aggremation also, they are not ing the strength of the and Will put thelr strong- eam on the tee lem 4. C, Ran § Harlem A. C. will teen days of racing, With three Sat- | # included. “thas Bo and Hevre de Grace At iy S toteare bee gested to the racing as-| I hae EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN nace Anema To ee tea OLD 108A Tua qe ENGLISH Injury to ‘‘Mel’’ Sheppard Means Passing of America’s _ Record-Breaking Runner Unbeatable for Three Years, He Created Twelve World’s and American Records and Stirred the Athletic World in Lon- don’s Olympiad by Scoring 11% Points Himself and Win- ning the 800 and 1,500 Meter Events From Best Runners “of the World. ELVIN W. SHEPPARD, who up to about a year ago was the king of middle distance runners, really one of the greatest athletes in the world, has com- peted for the last time. Sheppard wot a bad fall Wednesday night in the final forty-five yards of @ 300-yard handicap at Madison Square Garden and last night after being looked over by Dr. J. Ernest Gignoux was advised to rest up and retire from active participation in track athletics, Sheppard was far behind when the field entered the stretch in a heat of the “800,” and in making his spurt his foot caught in a loose board. He was thrown heavily and slid along the rough trackjfor nearly twenty feet. When picked up his left knee and arm were badly cut. The cut on the arm is very deep and a number of stitches were required to close the wound. Now Sheppard is in danger of blood poisoning, although every precaution known to medical sclence has been taken by Dr. Gignoux. He says Sheppard had a very bad fall and suffered severely from shock and doesn’t believe he will ever be able to come back strong again. Sheppard reported for work at the Custom House yesterday, although he was advised to remain in bed. SHEPPARD WAS UNBEATABLE FOR THREE YEARS. The passing of Sheppard recalls his wonderful work on the cinder track, and how he twice helped the United States to win the Olympic championships, in London and at Stockholm. Up to the time he met with the mishap he always was the most sought performer in the ama- teur ranks. No set of games would be complete unless Sheppard was among the list of athletes, For three we from 1910 Sheppard was un- atable ut any distance from 800 yards to 1,000 yards, There were times in 1910 and for two years after that Sheppard often ran distances under a quarter of a mile faster than Lon Myers ever did. During the season of 1910, the best of Sheppard's career, he was considered the grea’ est all-around runner that ever lived, in tl months he made twelve world's and American records, There were times when he could run alx miles as well as a quarter- mile. He was a distance ru: rv in his schoolboy 4: Tn 1907 he won the Middle Atlantic cross-country title, He covered six and a half miles one and a half minutes better than rge Oxton's record for the course. He has stepped two miles in 9.30, Sheppard stirred the athletic world at the Olympic games in London in 1908, In this year he achieved his greatest success. He was the leading individual point winner and the hero of the meet. He scored 1114 points, winning both the 800 and 1,500 meter events and running on the four-man relay team that won the relay cham- pionship. He didn’t train for any- thing above the 800-meter event, still he defeated the best mi fa tho world at 1,600 meters. In both events he hung up Olympic records. FIRST 8!X TIMES IN LONDON OLYMPIC MEET. Sheppard in London started tn six events, counting a heat, and in each case he broke the tape first. In the 800-meter race he kept on to the hait- mile mark and was timed in 1.54, which smashed the British record by 3-56 of a second. After the games Sheppard made a tour of Europe and practically defeated all comers. Dur- ing 1908 he ran in twenty-six half-mile races, ‘wor twenty-three and was un- laced only once. sa 1912 at Stockholm Sheppard was beaten in the 800 by Ted Meredith by ‘a few inches. Sheppard should was watching English runne: jgo to speak, when Meredith rushed |p and snatched away the victory. Sheppard was nearly heartbroken, found consolation in the fact that ‘ored all the points in ran the first relay for y. He gained ten yards on the first competitor. a , Sheppard in 1910 h twelve rec- "ha 7] e record for 600 yards (57 3-5), 600 yards (1.10 4-5) and 1,000 yards (2.12 2-5). Sheppard was born at Almonesson Lake, N, J., Sept. 6, 1883. He moved to Philadelphia when he was twelve years old. Before he took up run- ning he gained fame as a football player on the Preston A. C. team of his home town. The Prestons in three years were never scored on, Sheppard ¢irst started running at a meeting at Washin; ‘k, Phil~ adelphia, on Aug. 902. He started at 100 yards and finished third. The ame day he started in a half mile race, taking second place, and a mile event in which he got third prise. He joined Brown School an at the St. Louis Exhibition in 19 he won the interscholastic champion- ships at @ half-mile and one mile. Sheppard joined the Irish-American A. A. in 1906, and his firet race for Fistites was at the Twenty-secend Regiment Armory. It was a special scratch event at one mile, He-lowered the colors of the famous Jim Sullivan and also de- feated Harvey Cohn. From then on Sheppard won many titles for the Irish Club. ColumbiaAlumni To Hold Football Talk To-Night jumbia alumni will hold a meeting to-night for the purpose of discussing the advisability of backing the undergraduates in their efforts to reinstate football. The clase of '99 has sent in resolutions which will be Tead at the meeting. The class of '99 etates: “We have seen the football rules materia! amended, and, in our opinion, it is opportune time to renew demand the restoration of t! port. Let the students jnsist that the alumni ust take action at once. We ask jumni of the college act; Columbia University Club influence to bear, and that y 2 w bring ite all the alumni of Columbia Univer. sity unite in the old Columbia spirit, which shall become stronger and NATIONAL NDOOR TENS TOURNEY OPENS TOON. Among Seventy-Three Players in Draw Are Three Who Have Held the Title. —_ ea Probably the best field that ever started in the national indoor lawn tennis champlonship will compete in the tournament that opens to-day at the Seventh Regiment Armory. Three wielders of the racquet who have held tho indoor title—Gustave F, Touchard, Theodore Roosevelt Pell and Wylie C. Grant—along with Karl H. Behr, the internationalist, appeared in the draw. A total of seventy-three competitors opens in the list which was drawn by King Smith. The top half contains the strong- est players. It includes: Herbert Bowman, the junior indoor cham- pion; Pell, Walter Merrill Hall, Behr, Count Otto Salm, the Austrian; Irv- ing C. Wright, Touchard and Harolé A. Throckmorton, the Princeton and junior metropolitan title holder, The leading men in the lower half are: Willard Botsford, the young American player from Ei Watson M. Washburn, Grant, A, M. Lovibon aries L. Johnston jr. Amherst’ former intercollegiate winne A. Musgrave Hyde, the tall Harvard star, and Bernon 8. tice, former Harvard captain. —>— Robideau-Callahan Bout a Draw. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 12.—Sam Robi- deau of Philadelphia and Frankie Calla- han of Brooklyn, fought eight hard the referee rounds end at lose handed down a verdict of dra Yanks Sige New Player. ‘The Yanks have signed a new who was well recommended to Bi ovan, the manager. His name is W. 7 nd he comes from the Newburg fub of the Atlantic League. T’ve Got ’Em Fooled Now!” If I just wanted qwhiskey,I’daskforwhie- key, but what I want is Carstairi, When I pour it myself from the'non-refillable botdle I get ‘Why don’t your** 4 IN THE NON. BOTTLE~ *@ good bottle to keep good whiskey good.’ Pure; mellow ; agedla weod. NTIL Saturday night, clos- ing time, you may bu ir of these expensive-looking $3.50 quality NEWARK Shoes for $1.95. 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