The evening world. Newspaper, March 9, 1915, Page 12

a HE i i i i fe # | rf if HH ‘i ih HY ie i i a} Tay = RITCHIE TRAINING TO WIN BACK THE CHAMPIONSHIP FROM WELSH , Copyright, 1915, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Kvening World), Perey Cune’ds wun” poo Bohr J Yankee Squad Will Be Complete Upon Arrival Of ' Pitcher Marty McHale i E fle ue i af @ruits a chance to show what you ht do ia a regular ball game.” van has some youngaters here that are likely to the old boys hustle some to keep from being sho' Pip on frat, Angel Aragon, pp on firat, An, t Cuban, at short or second, Bill; Tamm at third and ‘Pasay Hsumann 01 on the path, Of this quartet 4 Tamm have been @ttracting special attention from their boss. It was expected ti Pipp would show class, but the speed your ‘Tamm has been exhibiting is a ge: ine surprise. The Yannigans’ outfield will prob- ably include Hi High and Luther iy ugh Hig! There in sure to be borage of ex- citement at the Bavannah Ball Park when these brother ys. brother con- | tents get started. Joe Kelley will manage the regulars and rrell direct the Yannigans’ Manager Donovan has announced his intention to observe strict neu- trality, Bill saye he wants to sit back and look on without prejudice, Suat like a scout in midseason. | Boston and r First Round of Match Play at Florida To-Day PALM BEACH, Fia., March 9.—The firat round of match plays starts to- day in the annual Florida . State championships and avers with cards or better found a place in the dra 5 ls Metropolitan golfers in large num- bere’ qualified in one of the four flights yesterday. W. H. Stafford of the National links headed a record- breaking field on eighty players, with a@ 73, but withdrew from further com. petition. He was close pressed for first honors by H. P. Farrington of las cantor Lee: < Phila- deiphia, who were 14 ani respec- tively. Eight of the charaplonship sixteen are New York players, with J. R: Hyde, South Shore, @ favorite from this district. The Ekwanok Country Club of Vt., announces dates selected for its annual golf events for the season of 1915. of +8 handicap, and Sept. Equinox cup tourname! ‘Walter J, Travia turned in a card of 73 at Pinehurst yesterday in a four- ball match inewhich Jesse Guilford of Intervale was on the opposite side. 17 and 1 ‘te!\|**Keep Your Eye on This Kid,’’ Says Duke Farrell of Jimmy Ring @ to start some practice Donovan af- of his atring of for rd min- about ‘ednesday give you regulars and you re- 26-MILE BIKE RACE TO . CONEY TO BE REVIVED The famous twenty-five nilte Coney sland Cycle Path Bicycle Race, which was ann it five are age, in tb Set vive on Boca 3 ‘Day, * bay $l. rte: ke ‘of the ire chy men ‘ookly@. 4 oe al Hii By) pring, OW, om the b . a the prizes will undoubt- iy tl eat that have given in race in the it five years, At the Jaat meeting of the ou m elect ht “Hy ) of the ttee, and as js wome- a hustler the success of this assured. ce nt race see Matting Levinsky Whips Ache, PHILADELPHIA, March 9.—Battling ‘atral AS. Levins! and slugued A Ashe was hanging on at the end of round, It was w fast bout with plenty of action all the wa ing Styles Ready ‘Thousands of them—imported New ij Ty ae rey uits and Overcoats, $20 to $50 a marked changes examining. é _—¥>— Gossip of Yankees’ Training Camp at Savannah, Georgia. SAVANNAH, Ga., March 9.—Young the new pitcher from New Engl: League, may not be able to pitch rings around any one in fast company in his pres- ent developing form, but the boy will certainly bear watching, Duke Farrell says “keep your eye on this kid; he looks good to me." It begins to look as though the Yanks’ outfleld this coming season would start off with Birdie Cree. in centre, Cook in right and High in left. Cook is showing big improvement over his last season's accomplish- ments and High jooks like a real “find.” A fresh young man hanging about the hotel and ball grounds with no other apparent purpose than to butt tnflelder Paddy Baumann, “Why, he has eleven infielders observed the young man with od & worried expression, whereupon Cy Pieh made the suggestion that the to complete an even doxen, The dis- cussion was dropped right there, master of the hats at the entrance of the De Soto Hotel, won a quarter's worth of admiration from Capt, Huston the first time the Captain appe: meal. Accompanied by se was leading the way back to lobb; He glanced quitsically at the top piece the smoke pushed toward him with a conspicuous flourish of Politeness which caquid have but one meaning under thy circumstan The procession came to a sudden halt, “Why, tha mot my hat,” stoutly rved the Captain. i) ‘Yah, sr, yah, air, that be your hat, only you do copn lee it since t I'se brushed it all Up: ip on the Yankee players’ conversa-| t|tlon wanted to know why Donovan an to tell a new Cuban story. like May in New York now In ah. New green grase several peach blossoms and violets are plentiful. Local sporting writers have inte viewed Capt. Huston on “how it feo! to be part owner of a big ball club,’ The Captain in his good natured way suggested that he be allowed or per- mitted to wait until he could feel how big it is, but admitted that he is whole lot of pleasure P od the day after reachin, Jacob Ruston jr. Walter Pipp, the w first base candidate at the nkee training camp, is making himself known as a “pippin.” T. F. Daley, the young outflelder from the Pacific Coast, has been awarded the blue ribbon for story telling. “Pete,” as his fellow play- ers call him rought live bunch of new ones into the Yanks’ camp at Savannah, Birdie Cree is looking better and says he feels better this spring than | has in several years. He has very le weight to take off, Charle: uke" Farrell, the Yanks’ big good natured coach, wae politely held up in the lobby of the De Soto Hotel one night just before dinner time by an Italians who sald his name was Farrelll id claimed re- jonship, The Duke seemed skepti- but the fellow it 80 politely t Farrell listened to the argu- ment and thereby lost his dinner. Poor Duke! ah ls League President. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 9,—Rob- ert H. Baugh of Birmingham to-day was elected President of the Southern Baseball Association to succeed the late W. M, Kkvanaugh of Little Rook. neue is President the Birmingham Mm Fo jare Report, Fordham baseball stock took a Jump yesterday when Jim Conway end Bill sh, veteran battery 1 work, and Jac! 4 Big Syndicate Is Behind Plan to Erect Motordrome On Sheepshead Race Track Issuing of Incorporation Papers to Temporary 4oard of Direc- tors Only First Move in. Big Soheme in Which the Names of Well Known Men in Wall Street and Automobile Industry Will Figure. © ‘The incorporation of the Sheeps- head Bay Speedway Corporation at Albany is only the first move in a (huge undertaking to convort the his- toric Sheepshead Bay race track into ono of the, largest motordromes in the world, The charter papers were issued to a temporary set of directors, The real officials behind the scheme will be announced shortly, and the Hat will contain the names of many of the leading automobil thgrities in New. York, several Wall Btreet bankers and @ group of Indianapolis automobile leaders, ‘headed by Carl Fishep. The new undertaking is to be a stock venture, the idea being to in- terest the entire automobile world in the manufacture and development of of the association afew up tentative plans last fall for a stadium to seat 80,000. They asked John , the stand builder, if a stadium of this record aize could be construct- ed and it t# understood that he didn't believe it would be practical, It is known, however, that the projectors are going ahead on plans to erect one of the biggest stadiums in the world. Work on the old race track will start as soon as the weather permits and it 1s hoped that the motordrome will be finished by September in order to hold a monster race on Labor Day, The track, according to present plans, will be about three miles, Crescents Meet I.A.A.C. Seven While to-night’s hockey game he- tween the Irish-American A. C. and the Crescent A. C. will not have a bearing on the Amateur Hockey League championship, many follow- ers of the winter sport expect to see the most keenly contested of the season at the ‘The teams are evenly matched and it is a toss up which one will be returned the winne! If tho Crescents win they will be tled with the Hockey Club for third place and if they lose they will share the cellar position with the Winged Fist seven. This will be the last sgle Thursday night, which will decide the championship, IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS BASKETBALL STANDING. Corneli held tirmly to her chance for a triple tie in the Intercollegiate Basket Ball night by defeating score of 47 to 19, up a 11 to 1 score early in the game and at the end of the first half had the lead by 20 to 8. Dartmouth scored five points early in the second halt. a —, Lymand Moore and Carroll Donnell are the two lh roller skaters to send in theli for the twenty- four-hour race to ve neld in Madison Square Garden March 17 and 18. T combination will represent Washi: ton, D. C., in the comi grind an are classed as the two fastest men developed in the Capital City in the past fiye vears, having annexed most of the valuable prises in their home town in events from one to ten miles. The Ithacans ran With a Vieterr. Fordha: Prep” closed its basketball season when itd defeated ‘af which will allow of both sprint and long-distance races, To further encourage interest in autos the backers will strive to bring back the Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prix races to New York where they first originated. Tho idea of converting the historic luto a mammoth motor- loped with several local automobile men last summer at a card game in the Motor Club. T general talk at the time was to effect that the West recently beon getting all the racing events that New York, once the centre all automobile activity, wi now about as busy as a church yard. Variou: 8 for a local track were discussed and finally some one sug- gested the Sheepshead Ba: automobt hustled to ge' lew project in tan- gible shape, and the filing yesterday at Albany of a $5,000,000 corporation to conduct motor races at the ocean track wae the result. t Bescher Would Join Cards if Given a Raise MARLIN, March 9.—Bob Bescner, former Fed outfielder, now declares he will sign with the Cardinals if ho is given a big increase in salary. Ho is ares 000 a year from the Giants, having signed an iron-clad contract for three years last season. The Cards want Bescher as payment for the relinquishment of all claims on the services of Pitcher Perritt, who jumped to the Feds and thi signed with the Giants. DAYTONA, Fia., March 9.—George Cutshaw, the Dodgers’ second base- man who was reported ns good as signed with the Fede, has put his signature to @ two-years’ contract with the Brooklyn club, The Federal Leag now at court in Cl Kansas City franchi: ferred to Newark. era want the injunction the K. C. resent hold- 4 A pelwes that ple recently secured re- straining the Federal League. from shifting the franchit The Kanses City magnates are seeking to have the injunction made permanent. BROWNSVILLE, Mins., March 9.— “There will be no loafing while I'm in charge of this team,” aaid 3! Magee to the Brookfed: fo started for the park ye: shape, “I've noticed that some of the boys use cigarettes. I am greatly oppos to this and want to stop It. I will al- smoking and the drinking of a glass of beer or two, but not too much of either.” FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP By John Pollock After ten days of baxt work, Jack McQuizan, manager of the National A. C, of Philadelphia, has completed the carl of bouts which he tn- tends to put on at his club on the night of Mardh 17 in opposition to the Johnny Kilbane- Kid Williams fight which is to be staged at the Olympia A, A, for which the fighters are to recelre $5,500 each, The fighters who will battle at MoGuigan’s club are Jack MoCarren get Tittt the same club several weeks ago. Since that time Pierce has wom three fights in succession, larry Thomes, the Fnglish lightweight, and Johmay Drummie, the Jermy City fighter, were matched last night by Jimmy Johnston to mest BOXERS IN AUSTRALIA HAVE STARTED UNION. In @ letter from Australia, Al Lippe writes that the boxing game there is in a precarious condition owing to the fact that the fighters have formed a union for’ the pur-, pose of demanding that the fight Promoters pay them more money for their services, “Snowy” Baker, the premter fight promoter of Aus- tralia, says that he will close his clubs sooner than give in to the from Australia that his iter, Jeff Smith, knocked also recently defeated Mick fall got @ decision over knocked out Pat Hradiey now training with the Giants at Marlin, formerly played with the Chambers Arrows, one of New York's semi-professional travel- ling clubs. Last season Press ap- peared in seven games, winning five of his starts for the Arrow: Jack Driscoll was disqualified in the sixth round of his scheduled ten-round bouth with Jack Hanlon at the Broad- way Sporting Club, Brooklyn. The ref. eree warned him several times for rough tha which consisted mostly of push- Sixty-ninth Greatest Boxing Show N York A rt renii Fee Rallet een evening Jou TWO BIG BOUTS TO DECIDE Champlenehip Police Dept. FREAD BOING TITLES WL BE DECIDED Present and Past Fistic ‘Chime pions Also in Exhibitions: f To-night to Aid City’s Des® serving Poor. : ‘3 ‘ There will be a boxing to-night at the Sixty-ninth Regi Armory to aid the city’s } poor. There'll be a list a yara tony of present and past fistic cham and stars, who'll do a turn ity’s sake, There will also be-wrests ling and American jiu jitew/emhl+ bitions by topnotchers. Bs 4) What undoubtedly will prover, most entertaining events of the feaq ture programme will be the ment of the boxing champiot the New York Fire and Pollee partments, rant Many of the city’s fire fighters, also handy lads with thelr 1 They pride themselves on their Bex ing skill and the rivalry between’ ! various companies is very keen, AS things now stand W. E, Bechmar: of Engine No. 35 and William Kaimastot |} Engine No. 91 are admitted té'be, the two best glove wielders in the ment and they'll hook up to-night for the championship, oad Imagine two cops mixing it up! That ought to be a scream, Mei Thomas M. Shaw and Patrotmian John Ruff are scheduled to Battle for the Police Department title, The professional boxers will in many Interesting bouts. mith simmons, who was winning fore many of the present day ef fighters were born, was one: first to voluntecr his services geste Sue monster benefit. Old Fitz wi show that ndvanced years punch. For an op- robbed him ki Hd te ‘a ponent he will have son Robert, who is a big chip of the old blook. . A partial list of other amas bouts arranged are Jack Mi ve. Johnny Dundee, Johno; va. Jimmie Dunn, Jim Al Kubiak, Benny Leonard ve, Leonard, Al Reich vs. Tom i 5 ei tjand Battling Levinsky ,vs, Young any one complaining he is not in as Ahearn. A fifteen minute wrest! between George Bothner ment will conclude the tot Willard to Leave ¥ Los Angeles for | HavanaTo-Day LOS ANGELES, March #— Willard, who has been visiting} family here, will leave here to-day, Havana, Tom Jones, his ni insista that $10,000 be sent them pay for their travelling and expenses. } HAVANA, March 9.—Jack John and Joss Willard will fight ship on April 3, Jack he the world's Paget? chas rey f eo aes | Pass eas moter, has cabled the he replied that would ai on March.16 to atart son already has atari the bout. The same terms: ern the match here that woulda obtained had it taken place 6 at Juarez. ty} THE BIG OFFER j Regiment Armory Lexington Avenue at 25th and 26th Streets. To-Night at 8 P. M. THUM'S Bring ood pout, ——— in Years, Arranged by * ies: Championship Fire D THREE SMASHING SIX ROUND CONTESTS Between the Fastest and Cleverest Local F Exhibitions by 22 Champions of Present and BOB FITZSIMMONS vs. HIS SON, BOB, JR. American Jiu Jiteu by New York Poll 15-Minute Wrestling Bout. “1 Tieketa NOW on Sale, 60th iment A Mo ieee eh ft A Pn, Arena Seats, $1 $2, Box