The evening world. Newspaper, March 4, 1915, Page 14

‘A REGULAR OLD-TIME RACING SEASON FOR NEW YORK. Copyright, 1915, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). PPPAD HG ALANS CA Judging by Practice So Far Manager Donovan Has Had Some Likely Lopking Play- ers Turned Over.to Him. (Bpectal to The Drening World.) SAVANNAH, Ga. March 4— Grounds for the belief that Bill Dono- van has had a likely lot of ball tos- sers handed over to him with which to prepare for the coming American League Pennant raco are growl in evidence as the days roll by het the Yanks’ spring training camp. Veterans and rookies alike, while somewhat sore of muscle after the first couple of days’ practice, are showing the stuff tl .t couldn't help warming up the hopes of a manager Tho third day's work on the local diamond began this morning. The entire outfit under contract was pres- ene wito tne cxcepuon of inneluers Aragon and ‘Truesuae and tue regu- lars at Hot Springs. W. A. Pipp, tae The A now frst pagsman secured from De- te TO DUST TwE oxo arasses troit, and Cy ,Pien, tne pitcher, ar- rived yesterday morning. Donovan gave all his charges @ chance to Work on tueir regular povi- tions. He had Cree, High, Cvook and ‘Racing Dates To-Morrow; Start at Belmont May 22; Ja.aica Will Have Meet 3. 8 3 i Heavyweight Title Fight Likely to Go to Havana if My Daley -prancing in ‘the outtield and lg ague agna es Muisel, veckinpaugh, Mullen, Boone, Keliy, Pipp and, Tamm at their coos Do ’ li en infield stations, n’t Believe a Club __ | aittiastistse'sierst tude si batting pracice, Pipp promises to turn out someting of a sensation at n WX ou ALJ \ 2s carly stage, Ho ie a vig, well proportioned young ma more than # Pipp anu tiga showed up to spten- six feet tall and exces, i LH eaid Mr. Miller, =p fee “1 think it is up to Organized Base- | his fellow infielders. Johnson-Willard Contest in Juarez, but Will Decide Finally i Jookey Club Stewards Discuss! with te way the sport was conducted |Promoter Curley Has Practically Given Up Hope of Holding/ For That Reason They ale the Bronz will be a help. ie et a Season, but Are Not Likely to Countenanoe Open Wagering or Lavish Display of Money. HB Jockey Club will hold Meeting to-morrow afternoon , , and announce dates for the racing season on the metropolitan ‘The season will open at Bel- i’ Saturday, May 13. BIE tthe and lement that eport,” said Mr. Miller.” ‘ed sag PATRONAGE PURSES THI! “Now we heve the amateurs in| ve jure inter- MUST PAY THE A in Couple of Days, He ‘ Cables Evening Word. Havana 1s likely to be the scene of the Johnson-Willard championship fight after all. Jack Curley, the promoter, who left Juarez recently to per- eonally interview Johnson and try to induce him to make the trip to Mexico, has evidently given up hope of holding the contest at Juares, as originally echeduled. Here ts the very latest on thé fight situation, a cable letter Badgren, Evening World, New York: , |received at this office to-day from Curley: . Havana, March 4. 4m looking ground over thoroughly. Will decide in a couple of days. ‘Johnson looks good. He is an idol here and hates leaving, but will go to Juares if I insist. If I do business here Klegin ts the right party. He is the man of the hour. Others have no real standing. Got to hand it to him if he made good here. CURLEY. Brickley Accepts Offer to Coach Johns Hopkins Football Team However. the Famous Harvard Player Won’t Sign a Contract Until He Graduates in June. They Are Doing Billy Gibson Refusing Him an International League Franchise. By Bozeman Bulger. T can be said on tho best of au- thor::y that the International |! League of organi: 1 baseball will not have a team in the Bronx this year. Billy Gibson and hie friends, who have been willing to spend money with the chances of losing some of it in this venture, may as well mask their batteries and wait for a more propitio 1s time, Ed Barrows, President of the Inter- national, and Gov. Tener, President of the National League, will »¢ in town to-day for a conference, but the Bronx proposition will not be cun- sidered, Instead of granting the Interna- tional League permission to encroach on the New York territory and place a club in the Bronx it has been de- cided that organized baseball will urge the minor league to continue its eld ciroult and, if necessary,\ will back it financially. Baseball people, as @ rule, believe that the Bronx proposition would not be a paying one, anyway, and the and His Associates a Favor right that we should fortity the International] Pipp also stung the ball savagely sald Mr. Hempstead, nd it is nothing them against possible loss in main- taining their circuit, In other words, if they need money I am in favor of the National and American leagues helping them out, especially since the International is called upon to stand most of the brunt of tho calle war, Tersonally, | have ni in favor of giving them tl territory for more reasons than one. do not believe a club there would pay. But if they need help in what they expect to be a bad season the New York club will certainly be among. first to come to their ald.” Ir, Hempstead gave me to under- stand that there was no possibility, of Barrows continuing his efforts! to pl a club in the Bronx and that; the whole thing had been agreed upon The National League was to have taken up the question as a body, but this will not be done now. Mr. Bar- | row, though on a visit to Buffalo, is} said to be thoroughly in accord with) the new twist of affairs. | ‘The signing of “Poll” Perritt by tho/| Giants will come nearer giving the New York Club a chance f: nant than any move made thi: Perritt is an excellent pitc! just the man needed by McGraw. wor to organized base- in the day's batting bee. He ap- peared to meet {t naturally and with good judgment in picking out the “good ones.” ‘Among the other newcomera Tamm made a very favorable tielding im- preasion at third base. Duke Farrell, while declining to make any statements for publication, appears particularly interested in the « pitching exhibitions of Clarkson and ing. Giants’ Rookies Give. Pol Perritt Cool | Reception MARLIN, Tex., March 4.—Pitch “Pol” Perritt, the star piteher u Manager McGraw weaned away‘ the Federal League, was given 4 rather cool reception upoa nis arrival here. The reasun iw that his pr means the numinution of some of the 1 taine 1 dat is algo a er ball in general, as this elongated gies arenny i to jump to the with St. Louls, its have adopted a policy fo man from the Feds, #0) roid Mtigation. The Perritt, Practically settled a month up his mind ther than play, ret y 22 i BE Eve poi fevday ayia ing, and es a soho indulged ia by t i BE mageates are of the opinion that id not be ane public mile Fan he Attargoogs they doing bson reasons. row was ¢ latest arrivals la u rr Mae beells knight pent to see Perritt and persuade him | are Larry McLean, the elogated « pro! rs a favor by not giving t) to sign a St. Louis contract, which he er, and Da bertson, the a chance to lose money. In other! aig.” ‘The moment he did that the hitter. Palmer words they do not believe a minor} Ni York Club wae in Posi jon to! only ones that hav league club in the Bronx would pay. |deal with him, and the pitcher was Re SA be Dipaaeecate Marry Hempstead, Prosident of tho BrompH, DowEht fron A Tt tO eevoral cave ao 1 kina squad next Giants, and who bas been credited) si. “Louis Club will have to fight it : bd 3 with blocking the Bronx move of the/and not the Giants. It was a nicely § International League, is heartily in| planned manoeuvre and tho Feds favor of helping out Barrows, butjrobbed of a good itcher, the : t to affect his does not believe consent for a club York Club getting the bencht. ‘" ie. nol ; 4 peels De le coat lB aii Stas dubai chee eeiaea Eby : i amateur status, ae ee Rath dectde the but just as yoy P eharipion tamed nin educe~ 7 TInckte Clark Now a Citlsen, next X Jackie Clark, the well known eye! BELT i i i gs ih start another In the ting proposition the stewards will be by the suggestions of August efi Pras HE APPRARANCE OF GOOD HORSES MEANS REACTION HAS GET IN. H 85EF Ef z,2 i BRE é & Tha ad : papers after he convinced Judge Win final te between Bobby Moore, Shugrue’s stable) P. Mai in the Court of Common | mate, and Red Butler of Kansas City, and the | Pieas ‘ewark, that he hadn't bien {hid tout between Sammy Diamond, the Jersey |out of this country for the Inst fiver City bantam, and Gardner Brooke of Lowell, years, Bp mocking cat Seiler Tom Robinewe tn six rounds at Beown's Gra, Twewlay night, flooring (mR e raakle Notter three times for the count ot es uic nine at the Broadway Sporting Club | might and deciatvely defeating him, and besting C d t could be no fault. found! the Champions Box |W i Raltimore university's con- tract. ne, has \ Here To-Night for J 16th Time|*s: ere Soha For Unemployed te tthe Amateur Athletic Union bes} Honus Wagner, the veteran short-| bas decided to accept it. Columbia made a tentative, However, Coach Haughton, with stop, signed his 1916 contract with | Ser but it was nowhere near the| such a star as Halfback Mahan to fer. fall back on, developed a team that joubtedly is the most} won the title, despite the stocky built famous in the history of Har- players. abgence, vard athletics, For two seasons he lobody was more disappointed has been the shining light on the local gridiron. It was his drop-kick- ing ti enabled Harvard to win the championship two seasons ago, while last year, as captain, he was going Ce his old drop- kicking atride when he was stricken| enough to kick a goal with appendicitis. down, which added one potht to Har- ‘When it was announced that Brick, | vard's big score. ‘Out of the| tey had to submit to an operation the all-around ath. A tended lollowers of the Crimson team wefe hooked, in his right arm was torn loose, and most of them gave up ————— pee ‘of another ‘eihamplonship, can pl aw all almoat, a aeemed sure rickley's w jevessful CLOSE SCORES IN AMATEUR unerring toe to help out. 4 in track athletics. + eis i, POCKET BILLIARDS TOURNEY, ‘Chick Nelson tn tem rounds at the Military A, Monday night, ail inside « week, Silent Martin, the New York welterweight, thinks be is entitled to 0 crack at Champion Al, McCoy, Fa | Extte Monteith is just efter paming up §: cum he was offered for his lightweight, Johony . to box Gene Delmont of New Orleans Fitteburgh Saturda; wy. Nabors. tbe’ epring ety iy gig Bee vilitte iF F of, i in! i ad I jet I tii ts oe ee 5 Duy Outpotate Callahan, Three Knockouts at Sharkey Club, BUFFALO, Maroh 4.—Jimmy Duffy] Three of the four ten-round bouts : -lacheduled at the Sharkey A. ©. last , ‘Two games were i toad Sores the eaite « wilh re ight ieoey lene oheeee, tenet lees CY eaters car ern ee the : 6 } Fst it