The evening world. Newspaper, February 17, 1915, Page 12

Batt — eS _ Boxing Law as Favorable to A limit of ten rounds is set, and Gloves must weigh not less than @unces. Any club holding a “sham or take boxing match” forfeits ite ‘The State is to take a tax of 6 per ow the gross receipts, delivered within forty-eight hours. The Com- missioner is empowered to than two “clerical assistante” the bill inses it is “to take ef- i 32585 Dal | Ee z BE H tf id fa fm the land one of the of the world, and that's firet and Preraning wwencome AN ENTHUSIASTIC oo Tey enrecr Townes on AUNST ANY STONER. . Star Third Baseman Quits the Athletics “Home Run King” Tells Connie Mack That He Is Going to Devote Rest of His Life to Farming. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17. OXINIE MACK'S $100,000 infield has been reduced to $60,000. Firet it was Eddie Collins, the great second baseman, who was sold to the White Sox. And now is is Fraak, alias “Good-Night” and “Home Run” Baker who departed. ‘The news of Baker's departure was made public by Manager Mack at the local sporting writers’ annual dinner last night. Of the famous quartet of infielders, Mack bas only Bhortstop’Jack Barry and First Baseman Stufy Molanis left. Moat critics regarded the infield comprising Baker, Collins, Barry and Molnals the greatest in diamond his- tory. “1 can't eay I've had as good a time this year as I have in years go at this banquet, for I've bad ne my mind,” Mack seid. “Frank Baker wrote me to-night that he would not play with the Athletics the coming year, I got the letter just as I eat down to this banquet table, “Frank has decided to quit the game for good. No, he's not going with the Feds now nor with any Other team, He's just plumb aick of travelling and he wante to settle down for good on bis Maryland farm. His wife has een at bim for years to quit and it'e been a tussie to make'him sign each season. I've had to go down to that farm and plead r Sia ‘The last time I went down oaid: “Frank, I can't keep om coming down here; sign up for three years,’ and be did. That was last year and he has two more seasons for, but be wants to ee bs bim luck and say O. K." Baker is leas than 29 years old and has been a member of the Athletics aince 198. His batting average in that year was .007, Ho was the hero ot both the 1911 and 1913 World’ Series with the New York Giants. In iil he baorried pone, Fine ® two at cr! periods an 1913 Bar the ball ovc: the fence in the opening contest. Last year his batti contracted eho wish ma | Nee Pole A. A. and the Brosdway average for the season was 336 an: be made 123 home runs, but, like the other members of the team, appeared to be in aw slump in the crucial series with the Boston Braves. More than four hundred diners w: present at the dinner which was given in honor of Larry Lajole, who returns to the Athletics after an absence of thirteen years. “Wild Bill” D: iovan and Pat bear ig new ra, re spectively, of the New York High- fandera and the Philadelphia Nation- als, were present. Moere Overcomes Handicap. ‘Although Kid Burne hac an advantage of over fifteen nds on Bobby Moore, another west fighter, he neverthe- fess was defeated in thelr ten-round the Brown Gymnasium A. A. Moore was entirely too fast for Burns and he scored so ith hie straight left hand pretty well mussed Deteh PF: at Wine Basily, 8, LOUIS, Feb. 17.—Dutch Branat, siestea deben White of Albany NY cight-round eonjeat last night, - a «Frank Baker Says ‘Goodnight’ GOOD-NIGHT BAKER FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP By John Pollock ‘The State Athletic Commission at ite reular ‘weekly meeting granted two more clubs « license te bold boning shows, ‘These clita are the Westchester A, ©, of White Visine and the Astoria A, C. of Long Island City, - Charge have been filed with the commission goood Club of Brooklyn and the club offictale ha: been ordered to appear at the mest meeting of the commission, Ad Wolgast, who is to clash with Leach Oross| tm ten-round bout at Medina Square Garden op Fed, 26, sont a telegram to Jimmy Johaston to-day stating that be would arrive in New Yoru op Saturday, Wolgast has wot decided where be ‘will put om the finishing touches to Ais training, but it ie thought thet he will work out at Jack Ovoper's grmaasium. Danny Morgan, manager of Battling Levinsky, sent word to Jobo Weismentel, manager of the Broadway Sporting Club, that Levinaky will not be adle to fight Charley ‘Young’ steinert, we Newark beayweight, in their teo-round bout at hie club ou Baturday aight, as Levinely has not had @mough time to get im shape for the batue, Dan “Porky” Flynn of Boston will mest Wolnwt ‘Matt Hinkel, the well knows yporting man of Gleveland and also manager of & few successtul ttgbtem, hes been agreed upom as referee for the twelve-round bout between Joe Bhugrue of Jersey City and Jobany Griffithe of Akron, ©,, whicl will be brought off at Bernie Surapp’ alnd in Akron, ©., on Web, 22, Both tut have posted their fortelte of $260, ‘Tom Andrews, the Milweukee promoter, who &. ou rivilege of 80 per cent, Andrews said he did not ‘Apticipate ony trouble tm securing Gibbune's sigui ture to the articles at the same terms, PAGE nae WHERE IS HE? Copyright, 1016, by the Prese Publishing Co. (The New York Biveniag World.) Ball Players Take 90 Per Cent. Of Profits, Says Connie Mack HAT ball players are now getting 86 per cent. of all profits te the contention of Connie Mack, manager of Athletics, whe @ lurid picture of the 5 Furthermore, the veteran gaye that organised ball can not even make elbow room for the Federal League, besause epinion there no public demand for « third major o! bd es ‘ol “That the Federals were not given them in the past season,” League wished to expand, there was conditions are not the same now.” Speaking of the general shake-up it was due to the fashing salaries, or organized ball could not afford to pay the price the players mand. Right now the players were getting 90 per cent. of the "the veteran leader argued that the national pastime tinue under existing conditions, 'To show the costliness of baseball, Mack claimed League in 1914 lost $600,000 and that the Philadelph paid a dividend for twelve Nort a Hetionals have to Baseball;| Racing Season in New York Opens May 1 Dates for the hunt meetings whic! as usual will open the racing pri in this vicinity, were allotted yester- day at @ meeting of the hunte com- mittee of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association. The sanctions M 2% 1—Rockawa lay sages a if Huatiag Club, &—Meadow Brook 81 asec anh eae ‘Westbury, L. 1, May 16.and 19—United Hunts Ra- foie Association, Belmont Park Ter- June 3 and 6—Pi Ri June 6 and scart val ita proobline Be jountry Club, HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb, 171 Btate Fair bill, which, if peased, can legalize horse racing in Ar! jutuel m of 001 ittee of three See |pebe wd in the Rock yesterday. After the of the measure failed to have it ine definitely tabled it was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and six of the seven members of the commute tee voted for the bill. It is believe that Oaklawn will be the scene of thirty days’ meeting commencing oa stable space ars now being tesekved recel' by Track Superintendent 8c ne with com- over the Senate in Tras It Has Come at Last! Southern Training Camp _For Baseball Umpires National League Arbiters to Get Their “Eyes on the Ball” by Month’s Workout at Warm Springs, Va. By Bozeman Bulger. HERE may be no way of chang- ing the general ornery disposi- tlom of am umpire, but President ‘Tener has decided to @o the best he can and will sce that every one of Bis ta Apri) physically fit as @ fiddle. Just how fit @ fiddle really is nobody appeare to know, but that is exactly how they are going to be, according to official 1) announcement. A training camp for umpires, far from the madding work- s! .. of the players, will be ¢s- tablished at Warm Gprings, Va, and there you may hear the roar of Bill Kiem or Bill Rigier at any time with- in the next month without fear of personal violence or # favorite player being put off the lot. ‘Yeo, ‘sir, it has come at last. For several years baseball managers Rave claimed that the officials came in as ane Promoter Curley Wites I Mexico, Denying Change’ Original Plans, :° \\ Jack Curley, promoter of thw Johnson-Jess Willard fight to be Gerd at Juarez, Mexico, March 6, | again ‘set at rest rumors’ that” would be a change in the plans! a wire to this city he flatly that under no conditions would a sub- stitute be used for either Jotmson or A report was circulated here night to the effect that Gunbeat Smith would be used against Wittard, owing to the belief that Jotmesh could not reach Juares. Jim manager of Smith, declared ‘he ‘kd received a wire from the Juares pitt moters, asking his terms for Smith‘ services. — New York associates: of Curtey! tp- day stated that if Buckley rae ceived this request it probably wih made in referring to a future \bout, following the Jobnson-Winard-'@n: on tc » The Willard-Jonaeeh ey declared, would go thromgh on schedule. ities Jobneon is now believed to be on doat on his way to @ port in Mi Gen. Villa is all arrangements for t: fegro champion from that port to Juares in anmple time for the fight. Ba EAT Sake ll acre rea that Carransistas, who are os ing to capture Johnson in turn him over to United State taoricien, may £04 Vile’ plantas L.A. A.C, HOCKEY TEAM’ | DROPS INTO LAST PLACE, ‘The Irish-American A. C. seven le now, last in the Amateur Hodhey League. The Winged Fistites dropped to the bottom by reason of thelr defeat by the Hockey Club team by a scerq of 6 to 1. The victory puts the Hockey Club on even terms with Crescent A. C. for third place. At the end of the first period Yooked as though the Irish-Ameri would win as they led by a score of 1to®, a In the second half the Hockey Club came with a rush and played ql around their opponents, Their attack was too much for the Irish-Ameri+ cans, who wilted befo: @e peevish as setting hens, all ef which was due to lack of condition. On several occasions MoGraw and Glark Griffith have urged the neces- the only league team t! wont of a victory over the Bostoa A. ‘While the Hockey Club was slow et etarted, the Winged Fist wing all ‘the better of the play the firat half, Capt. Lewis's men oy loose with a rush that was not to denied soon after the second he ot |etanted. They scored all their fi La goals in this period. “Phe last drop! Dlind as bats, as deaf as posts and |: Champion Touchard Given Scare At Indoor Tennis Tournament ie Comparative Novice Upsets Gus- tave’s Equilibrium in Match on the Courts of Seventh Regi- ment Armory. USTAVE F. SOUCHARD, Theo- G dore Roosevelt Pell and Artbur M. Lovibond—won places in the sem!-final round of the national cham- plonsbip indoor tournament yesterday on the courts of the Seventh Regi- men: Armory. Toucha:", the play- ing through champion, had a scare that left him a bit shaken up at the finish. Clad in a sweater jacket that resembled a bird opge bece ie of its peculiar crossbar stripes, ‘Touchard undertook to defeat Harry “1 J, Steinkampf of Bedford Park in si anded fashion. Stsinkampt soon ed the champion a few new fancy crossing shots that caused Touchard to look as if be had been ‘Tey | caged in reality im another part of $2,011, of which Robideau received $800 and Cal- leben 8721. Dim at sbout the anne time, George Chaney, the crack weight who \» hot after Johany Kilbane, the featherweight champion, for a Tn & letter to this office, Jack ‘Twin Sulll- van bas this to aay about his coming ten. bout with Jim Qoffey, the “Dublin Gi fh we thee | the court. Wal © b Gee's cite NaS fie tenes | | Bictnkamns lows the Reet ott, shen ie oe ee, ry ad steadied and slipped the 2 Patery Cline and Beony Leousrd y tily down th as, as Touo! Fan oF es came sprang for the net, as to reel off six Harry Trendail, otill the bee Mi ames in a row. In ae! ar 'Cace sous, Sih. tars 0 eorine ‘temonions rd controlled hie service and Feb, 22, at New Ori where be bas beeo rect drives better, so as to matched to fight fil rounds ageing Yousg| finally win at ®—7, 0-6, 6—3, He Denny, © pretty good welterweight ired VER ig FA See gerne a i det wal % Bob Moha, the Of! light hearyweight who Leought Quit egaiagh tho offiale of the Hotom | (02, Cormer Harvard crask, at ba 3. A. ©. of Hudeon, », for $074, which he 3 sas thy tah trom Sin been ‘be was de |, LOvIbEMM: ho ae been, Jmapreving for fouling Mike ‘iiobous in the second | Droreggional Charies B rasett. dls- weeks 08, bowed of Benjamin M. Philllpb at ¢—0, en judgment againat the club by Judge | P°% g-—o, of Milwaukee, The club officials tailed |” Gount Otto Salm and F. C, Behr- A Selah mann, the Aust German pair, met with disaster in the doubles, They were defeated at 6—1, 6—4 by the ig" promoters Dominick | Schoolboys Leslie V, binson and ‘Alverta, | H.W. Robinson. Count Otto was « the big] trife wild at smashing, while the yeu. used to noards, ‘ou lon, ough donens of fight elie are trying to the Geld laa really aim rived in the semi-finals by defeat Brkt. Rovinson and Gordon Robe ineon, father and cousin of the lads, at 6—0, 6—3, Champion M’Coy Beats Namesake In Poor Bout Al MoCoy, the middleweight cham- pion, still retains hie title, He fought the new Al McCoy, formerly of Phil- adelpbia, who changed his name from Al Theel so as to anger the champion into giving him a match, The men battled at the Breadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn last night, and the obampion, whose right name is Al Rudolph, had so many rounds in his favor that wes no question as to the victor. eay attempt to box oleverty, bir 4 rushed at each other and let wit both hands throughout the contest. ———>—_—— VAN CORTLANDT PARK LINKS TO BE IMPROVED, ‘Those who frequent the public gelf links at Van Cortlandt Park the coming season will find this eighteen-hele eir- oult a er test of the ee than ever, ittle, in com- Fore Oar Will Kilgour and’ Memilton, mt went over Ay number s 3 : ‘There is etil: talk of the sale of the Jersey City fraachiee, and it sight go hot the unfortunate diffi- ing, provided that th: the club up by the roote and in the Brenniz. And, of course, that brings on more tall Mike Donlin is back in town as the| | sonal conductor of Marty McHale, he well known singing actor with a spitball temperame! “L was @ Cage icf man to get back in town with in touch with Bit Donovan before there was any more talk of this Fed- eral League business,” ald Mike. "I had a hunch all the time I was awcy that I was ee 68. blamed, no matter how pera o YY Donita ts ieee ing At one gees a becoming a pI tonal Leagues “Til bet Ican fil? it. It looks easy and T think im i “That doesn't seem to ‘turn the trick,’ ~ Let's see—I’ve » \ better way. MoHale has not signed a contract, the matter being put off until Dono- van could attend the dinner his honor last Bet by the ‘Writers’ Aasociation of Phi ‘They will hook up to-day, The fret squad of Giant recruits Jeaves for Texas to-morrow aad the yw starts & week later, Un- purest; inet whiskey in America, Skillfully blended aod aged in wood. trip with the rookies is asuall; Mitac” beat fun of the year. bead Dick Rudolph is anxious to start for Macon. Ga, early, Dut says it is im- possible for him to get until he nd some other Teopenntble = a : roll the baby carriage. Lai _ 616 New Styles, Now $19 616 new styles added this week to our REMNANT SALE assortment—24 that were $50 and 257 that were $25, with intermediate grades. Enough for 856 ‘suite. Suit to Measure, $18 \ {