The evening world. Newspaper, April 15, 1915, Page 20

UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY | STRAIGHT LEFT ON NOSE STARTED JESS WILLARD ON CHAMPIONSHIP CLIMB os Kansan Thought All Blows Were Swings Until He Met Louis Fink in a Gym in Oklahoma City, With Result That He Learned a Lesson ‘He Never Forgot. F. cE. flePWILLARD’S RING BATTLES AND RISE TO CHAMPION- am SHIP SERIES. 18 by The Prees Publicning Co. (The New Y BY ROBERT EDGREN. Pde Louis Fink who started Jess Willard on the championship climb feouis did it by punching Jess on the none with « straight left hand "Op to that moment Joss had never hoard of @ “straight loft.” Ie All blows were swings. He knew nothing of the Lnglieh “straight | the shoulder.” or of the “hit and get away” that is supposed to be} foundation of al! correct boxing | ‘When Joss wandered into J. D. Brock’s gymnasiuin in Oklahoma City, | Rolfing his cight-mule freighting outfit to take up the trail of Jack Brock gave him @ look-over und sent out announcements to the| that he had a new “White Hope.” Without waiting to tell big Jonas) e@bout the proper way to put up his hands, Brock matched him Mr. Fink, who was quite willing to punch any wandering cowboy, oF short, for a proper financial inducement. Willard looked down on, and thought fighting must be one of the softest snaps on earth. | Jess Thought a Baseball Hit Him. a choy the fight began. Jeas slowly heaved himself up to his oar @dvanced toward the centre of the ring in what he imagined to be th j fighting attitude, as demonstrated by Clarence English « few evenings Fink came out to meet him, king funny, jumpy little steps, like jan fandango dancer. And just o@ Joss was about to swing one long wwishing through the air in the general directlon of Mr, Fink, some ‘ard struck him fairly on the nose Hie first Improasion was that Deen hit by a baseball. Lut he was hit egain—and again—and it sud- @awned upon him that Mr. Fink pushing gloves into his face. It ‘Willard’s first experience of the “etraight left,” so well known in our eet, Jeag blinked and swung at Fink, and Fink let him miss and stepped tn “Wi another straight left. Al) this rained in Jese Willard the feeling of petulent annoyance that Bnerware evame so noticeable when ho turned the tables on Luther Mc- - Carty after being badly stung, and knocked out Soldier Kearns after that in the pit of the stomach. He went right at Fink end whaled away. he powldn’t land, To-aay, if you ask him, he'll laugh and suy that he ‘Nave Weeked like a wirt in a ecratching match—he knew #0 little about But at last, along in the sixth or ‘enth round, he landed one “Wall-meant swing. There were promises of future hitting ability in that for the blow lifted Fink from his feet and threw him headlong the ropes and out of the ring Tf it had struck @ vulnerable spot the fight would have ended, but, Mappened, Fink climbed back in aguin, @ Nttle dazed but still good enough te gp on. The end came in the tenth round—Willard’s first fight being the he wan destined to take part in for some time. In the tenth Fink. weary, dropped to one knees, The referee turned to Willard and said: ality you.” In describing it, Jess says the referee probably couldn't why Fink should drop without being hit, and decided to call it on fa) principles. At that time Jess didn't know there was such asa foul. He thought fighting was just awinging fists and trying the other fellow. He may have fouled Fink, being rather wild in his res, but ho isn't sure either that he did or he didn't _ Fess Studied Over Impressions of Fight. ‘That night Jems thought it all over, He was puzzled, He couldn't just why 4 smaller man should be able to hit him and get away ft, Bo, like Newton lying on his back under an apple tree and watch the falling apples to discover the law of gravity, he philosophically | over his impressions during the fight. The strongest was of that) hand continually landing on his nose, not awinging wildly through th but just getting there almost unseen, Joss « ed he'd proct that ef Bitting, and went to sleep. Marly next morning he went to tho| jum and, finding it deserted, began punching a bax, He stood with hand at We extended hie left, and poked the bag. Than he it harde: er hour he wus stepping about and jabbing it| , with Rewiateins of a snap tn the blow. He practised that in secret, | Bis discovery to himself, and asked Hrock to rematch him with Fink. | agreed to fight in two weeks. spent the (wo weeks practising that left jab. He didn't know there! ther regular blow used tn boxing. He forgot he had a right hand, | On the night of the second fight Pink advanced confidently and shot out! wk Evening World) % | left to Jub the tall cowboy on the nose, but something interfered with ramme, At the same instant Jess shot his own left hand out. Mis was longer than Fink's, KResult--Jess landed and Fink didn't, ink Jar instead of Jess. From the start Fink was decidedly up against ia the third round Jess knocked him out with a left jab that night Willard has bad a fondness for the left, He hus de @ couple of greit knockout blows with his right; but It is the long, Sere that he depends upon in the main—the left that made Johnson and ahako his bead long before he went reeling back | After beating Fink Jos» knocked out a few other heavywe nd took it Into his head to challenge Carl answer was short and to point that bum cowpuned 1 Be’ get tov much reputation ing knecked out by ‘ ‘The next story in this series will be printed in Saturday's Evening Werld. ON’T tell a man what you think of him, until you’ve — thought it over with the help of a pipeful. Yes, a pipeful of VELVET, The Smooth- est Smoking Tobacco, Kentucky's Barlay de Luxe, mellowed by long age- ing. The thoughts inspired by that pipeful will be kind, wise thoughts. 10¢ tins and 5c metal-lined bags. THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, EST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK WILLARD DISQUALIFIED IN H ree @ HEARD anY Leer? ‘SghRST IMPRESSION Was Tea ME HAD Geen HF Cr & Bane Barr NEW YORK WILL SOON BE THE AUTO RACING CENTRE OF COUNTRY: We WENT Rigut AT FINK AND WHALeo away, \Burns’s Grea Work Will Be Started Next Week on Motordrome at Sheepshead Bay. i Players Pitchers, New York and not Indianapolis will soon be the automobile racing centre of the country. The announcement to-day that the Sheepshead Bay Speed- way Corporation will build a great motordrome with stands to seat 200,- 000, and a two-mile track with speed requirements up to 140 miles an hour, simply means that the auto racing sport will return to the East, where it was once #0 popular in the days By Bozeman Bulger. in very lucky Giante that George Burns . of the Giants—and they are real Giants to-day—wilt tell you that i wal Touts, _ GAMES SCHEDULED FUR TO-DAY. 13 inninge indeed for the crippled in the foot four weoks 4g0 instead of the arm. Every one the remarkable throw by Burns In the first inning, cutting off O'Mara FIGHT, a IS FIRST JESS WILLARD ~~ and Rise by Robert Edgren, these articles sporting collection ever printed t Throw In the First Inning Shot “Pep ’ Into Giants |Veracity of Men Who Reported |; Marlin News Questioned by Fans Who Saw New York) Lambaste Dodger years that the Giants have tri the Dodgers in the opening gam« players believe it an omen ott good luck for the season, All along they have believed their bad work in the South meant a good atart for the regular season, In the past, you know, they have cleaned up in ex- hibition games only to be trimmeu when stacked up against the real thing, The most pleasing feature of the game to McGraw was the absolute steadiness of Big Jeff Tesreau. Jeff, is expected to do the bulk of the pitching this season and, being fit at the start, he ought to wade through a lot of these clubs before they get their bearings. His control was un- usually good—better than hin mid- season form of last year. After giv- ing the first man up a base on bal the big fellow settled down, and not another free pass was issued until 1 t Willard’s Battles in Ring 6 Lveuing Wor.d's series on sua9 Willard’s ring Vattles and rise to the championship, now running, tell of ineidenta in the care of the giant ex-cowboy, hitherto uapublisned, and include reminiscences of the most ked of man in America at the present time. As written 1915. to o Championship should prove the most Interesting ‘The northern season will be ushered | in toe rrow with a tournament for “dutfers” at the Seaview Golf Club at Absecon, J, Whether he likes or not the every one else who enjo loss than twelve si! is to be barred from the competition. Noat week, howeve’ atill another tourn, ent, at ail sorts and conditions of golfers he made welcome. which wil Golfers will have an opportunity to- day to test the improvements mace at the Van Cortlandt Park links when Thomas W. Whittle, Park Commis- sioner for the Rronx, formally opens the courve for the season. Mr. Whittle will drive the first ball, Already seven thousand permits have been issued ‘The number is a long way in advance of the record established last year Frederick A. Martin, golf champion! of Vermont, is in a critical conditon at the Stillman Infirmary at Harvard, suffering from an attack of rheuma- tism of the hea: officas at opening games they figured some 136,- paid to gO through the ‘They figured the at- as follows ATIONAL LEAGL St. Louis at Chicago Pittsburgh at Cincinnatl, Brooklyn at New York. Philadelphia at Boston, AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago at St, Louis: New York at Washington... 46,000 Boston at Philadelphia Cleveland at Detroit., eight box yesterday 000 had trirnst tendane les. { Tee Notes =| ratch piuyer, as indeed, EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN ONL® JES> WNOCHED Fit OvuT OF THe RING. In THEIR SECOND FIGHT Jess KNOCKED FINK OUT WITH & JAB ger McGraw to part with the following octette Third Baseman eee First a Outfielder Pi man Holke, Shortstop ty and ms and Erick Many of the Ned by the Giants at the end of the "nt ni | there is to be| leased showed up well while the team was at Marlin training and i ime that was played at the Polo Grounds on Tuesday » second baseman of the Yankees, hae been farmed out to the Montreal club of the International League. He will join the Royals at their training camp at Hackensack imme- d jale came here at mid-season last year frem the FISTIC NEWS AND GOSSIP By John Pollock figut Joe Mandot, the New Orlcang fighter, for fh @ champion lem than two weeks, and uy ht rounds aa » brought off at ting him (pee ‘Tent, ‘on next “Movday” aight, already myhon Fulton and Willie Jones, And na. Cones fh Edgars, and dob ! of of the Vanderbilt Cup races on Long | @t the plate, that shot into them the|the seventh tnning, when Cutshaw}] The Oakland Golf Club has ar. | read bre. tnd defend hist Wisen Island pep.” This pep has been missing | Worked bim for a walk. Jeff didn’t] ranged its schedule for the annual | ore@at, init ie was mills ms ; since the tents were atruck at.M have a wild pitch or an inaccurate] invitation tournament to be held on | tefore the day was over Ha The motordrome, though designed at Mar- | throw of uny kind and figured in one] the links at Bayside, L. I., on May 14, |Menager Jones's signature chiefly to revive auto racing, will ba} /!! and no charleyhorsed arm coul@|double play. 14 and 15. Four sixteens will qualify | Champion's serious for a | & veritable playground, At a coat of | [&¥e found it. eae na {Mt fighteen holes, So that the final |stseed «! biovkecpal tact Wasa ga 1 “But what of that terrible hitting! Having used up three of bis pitch-| will be at thirty-six holes, the first“ ealereee 9750,000 the spot where thoroughbreds you say, “What of that tele in efor "Robbie" is now put to the ne und of match play will be run off negotiations were salered Used to race in the turf classics of | 5 ry i id dey Of lconsity of using Rucker or Aitchison, | immediately after the qualifying | iat with the management of the club 07 the sex, , bast years will be transformed into| “loving led by Larry Doyle? his lefthanders, He figures that) pound. Prizes will go to the winner | Willard bas repeatedly insisted thet he was ; Last Night's Scores, &n automobile track, polo tleld, base- It was perhaps the worst flailing}either of them can stop that left-/and runner up in each division | fahter, not an actar; eo wien ey f ethic tt ge rete, UPd heme, My of? ball diamonds, aviation a ie aha that three big league pitchers ever | handed bombard i | ter Beact Club, made nat sain , "a pe » diamont ation fleida, foot. |. > 2 Rucker tv it 5 | (olden, st ball grounds, tennis courts, and a| &°t.'" one afternoon, and there is a Robbie feels that | With the new home green and sev-|option upon W ‘ a, place for athletic games and multary (RTAVe doubt in the minds of the 25,000] {n nut wasting him yesterday, No-| eral other minor changes the golfers tet Jews take part in afier flliug bie theatrical | ‘i fans whe Bed it on ag to the ver-| body could have stopped that hitfest|of Fox Hills expect to find their | engagement, ournaments nelty of the young men who sent up| When it started, he argues, and now | course at least two strokes more dif- —_ Work will be started next week OM ftories from the South ah Nu | Rucker is ready to get us under his|fleult this year than formerly, ‘The | Battling Levisehy ia now among the bevy the new undertaking, and according | Graw' " about Me-Tihumb at the When Rucker| Fox Hilla Golf Club has spared no] weights, Wor Oxo seam he was w laut tat be 1b present plana the matoe Aw's men being hauled wand man- iy right it is a serious proposition] time or expense to have the links In tid to couemde to the big boxers from fifteen to | 7 ; Hlans the motordrome will | handled by minor league clubs, Were, for any opposing team, first class shape for the opening, |ttenty pounds, During the iaat four months ty he completed by Labor Day, On that it not vouched for by the. public a which is to take place Baturdey, ee ane dae van to was Oe Weeoher. 62; Thamvey day it is proposed to hold a 4 ‘le siateen pounds Leavier Uian when he fought Git weoher 62: Thamuayp. op latabes a f ps Id @ monster | prints we simply wouldn't believe al Mathewson will probably get al at the annual meeting of the Faat-|tcat Raith a semationar bout in New Orleans, te bral Nes ata hobile contest, The schedule for} word of it, Henry Fabian, the | chance to show us how those Lushers| ern Trade Golf Association, A. 8. Aps|levinaky is afer a bout with Jim Coffey, the 44; Getas) Neat year provides for at leust two] kroundkeeper, doesn't believe it| trimmed hin on that trip from Marlin | magnac was elected president for the! Ish cham, 100 Rich {nternational races for a $50,000 purse | that to New Orleans to-day, He warn year and George M. Sc Frenkie Burns, the demey ¢ in oneh. & tWenty-fourehour midsum Ht Hit Larry y Un for awl Nd appar | dent, I G Kalle Campi, the Califoraiab r mer content averes of events] tt Haten to Larry Doyle's version: lentiy, was all Matty ts| pected oy vat eee for stock ears j, “ive bis for w total of seven |alwaya all right, that matter. AEE Sees He They will come together n 8 er wo: Ne to construct the great out of five thes up ian't so ute ho era din " ‘aka L SHO etpats | sug t sor AVRE | round tout before the Collaeuas of ut Cg tte world i! tho capluin admits, “but 'm| ‘the detent of tno Yanks by Wash-| FAVA DE GRACE ENTRIES, [rms Sr, oem Garr oo OE ee arly a wa wil vot thinking about the records. 1 got| ington was ppointment to a winning the first after tweaty rounds, while the ci ik N 1--Winbier, ab: Ji bs ar, will have | ulthowe ¥ ling for Spevial te The Evening World.) sevond reeulted in a fifteen-round draw VOL: Arthurs, “108; "ilaan,’ 0; Bulger, 102, T , pital made up of $1,000,090 | \owith @ fellow, whom 1 don't [Rea whe Nake. kee Ge ae Pe] ht BST ACK. For eas os a aps as “are cnalher. tal, Ae0. and $500 N00 of comunan Mtoe eres | Aow. And thar’ where I get my aat- (yu the moment Jobnaona nase was] tient Chume, Hse Stehting tg Med: latiemsi to reveent the showing of watside cons |Migh Team Score for Evening World tn the k naiaere nppeart *faction, announced as the opposing pitcher! |)" lente nese: | of is fight wits Willard tn Ma Trophy. name any pH ominent bank. | CYMine ap on the ear," Larey ex. [those who had been keeping tabs on} ie " ; The pictures are Coluntbus wa Vand representative business men| Pliined, "LE beard two men (vik eee a pane An bee UMS stint! Race Last Night's Fob Winners y 1 auto: pabdut the Giants, They discussed | Ary Vecneene ae ak ABE ot foe Tannoie, tag Howard Biller, J4Ms Ma ented by han: [and knocked us pro atid con, tiie ave | Ceiba thot Ube gotaaa, |tiatves Sissons Heweiie’ Wark re} nd other elton | SaMent binging around Chief Meyers} MeGraw has cut off quite a chunk A bill lepalisiog | To-Night’s Schedule, or, the founder of the }!nd mya Finally the guy I 1 ot his surplus playing material by matches in the three largest cities of Minnest | Peter Donlger tr, Ki rico Brewery Bowling Ss Speedway, will be Presi tt all by piying: |wending se of his youngsters to Minneapolia, St. Paul aud Duluth—-has been jal night, 10 teains, dent SNeepstiond M ever bit again as jong | John Gangel for the Rochester team, Fill ware Fn pa vane passed by the Minnesota House of Representa Jrome, and men of the type of T if MeGraw don't put | While in) Ma teaching dancing, Ante Maile fe tives, ‘The manure, which is pattoraed after the Beecroft, a enizod authority on y in at ond and be- | Gangel said that he expected to camp Wiacousin Boing Lawn, now goea to the senate " will form the Board he club'll not get an [rite there until he got a whole teany — Mf Diver pether went Bf uy dough!’ lin ey and it looks as if he had } reat \* Youns Jack O'Brien f Pivladelphia who loose Hverard Wpaon, «radiate “suid Garry, “and f only hope | idea, The men he secured are Pitel the a comming Light eigit a few a umer of a Wat Nate ann Uirewtne {THAT Sou pent it go he can read and lors Brickson, Hnenke, Williams and! Nos, aud he wilh jeubuty anmounce lis retirees f the famoun Yale Bows, will be gen- wothat Lamon,” Palmero; Third Baseman ores | from (ve rong ths abort time, O'R, t Walle al manager McGraw, who overheard part of| Shortstop Beatty and Outfielder bir 7. | | Moore, tbo Philadelie fighter, ia @ Wa-round g jihia declared that if another slump in| It is understood that McGraw has at the Olmpic A, A, of Pauly” Momday might =f hitting began he would employ some kind of a string on Palmere. J wae beaten io five rounds, Makar Aust Mack, farmy of knockers to travel up and| He thinks well of the Cuban south- : : LADELPMEA, Apr Homeran | down on the cara, hen and expects him to be a star as | Jimmy Daffy, the olerer fighter of Ia port taker, the fame 1 baseman who} soon as he grows a Little vlder and N. ¥., may wot be able to fight again for @ few | y ko announced that he would |), Th® awful mauling handed the! develops. | Meelis, as he atrained a tendon tn his thigh wasle We he ! Dodgers’ pitchers Was pretty. strong | 136,000 FANS SAW being Chari Wate 2 the Gur Y , Payiaieyy sl pew ¢ that Robbie's me: ® not ‘ sul hutfaly 09 pulty pe Lared tte 1 Managers i shape. Mfeft hin best! ‘The defeat of the Braves by the OPENING BALL GAMES. || ha ‘ ’ te ex- | Pitchers, had a f tog inp Ph lies Was not xo much of a su ne ed th i Vbring Mack | Mia fast) ba ‘ cut his lt tiiplayers ast fans. | ay Cail Ald, manager of Joe Sh Bake F Ty would | curve Toone could mot is over dna through the South layer CHICAGO, April 18 Atter oft J) ee mee a, Reena of fot Rou ul er Not be sur ee Maker hack at Schmute did well for three ine | were saying that Alexander was i /P ciais at both American and Na- J} (uel Ml ole leon mak ata id stand a na few days but in the #ixth the Giants {the best condition of hin life. ) uum headquarters Nad Hilly Sunday who baile from Cer on hin like a ton of brick, Hrowy, [of them believe him the tonal Lengua headquarters NAA ti) same Bly Buater, She ala fe rom iles ' Grounds inv. 3.30 P jot the Braves would ind pieces that were dropped into me ow to be held at the Broadway Sport. | 80 matter how long or how : Nina a This ik the frst ein severat! they are rather keen observers, 5 to be held ob the Brosdway Spare | oe celal tender and get box of Pyramid Pile Remedy, quick relief, and a sin A trial package a free in plain wrap per if vou send ue coupon below. FREE SA oa PYRAMID DRUG vO Tt will ho Brown, tie vy meet Howard Murrow of Harbor and George Cas), the Wittebu weigit, of Cincinaati, on the night Bouh boute will be for ten rounda oul rab mudd f April 26 Word hea just reached here from Chicago to the | effect that Packey McFarland i waiting to wee if Ue bosing law gues through in Liinols before sign. " Meith Mike Gibbons, If the Gow FUE Mc Varland will coquen te | Aah fee that they) bots cam get big inoue in that |#