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UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY: NEWS AND VIEWS AND TIMELY GOSSIP OF SPORT WORLD Coffey Gives Flynn Such a Bad Beating That Latters’ Seo- onds Throw Up Sponge in in from gore to broken fista, last night's battle at Brighton Beach between Jim Coffey and Jin Figen was a soream, As an exhibi- tion of boxing or the maniy art of hit- stop-and-getaway it was awful, ‘There wasn't a foint, a sidestop or a blocking system in evidence. There ‘Was little glory tn the victory of Cof- fey. The mix up ended in the ninth round when Jack Curley, manager of Flynn, beat the referee to it aad tossed in a wet sponge, Why the ring official didn’t stop it is a mystery. He might at least have sought o reaaon for the sponge, which came as a big surprise, Flynn had taken ly not less than two hundred or ery vital t above the it. He stood up under them all wonderfully. His head had been banged from sid! aide with rights & lefts that api to parently had pile- ving force behind them. Uppercute now and then sent his top piece al- | Meat Deck, to le ao iet to bend |} professional sporting events hereabouts {s evidenced by tho following! bla teams is one that bars. a stu-1] 44, notiany event at Mo Hille | him dounle, etili tood and swayed || figures of attendance: dent holding a degree from any f\ysugnt out a field of more than 10 ae cone a nee Aetene leet en of an || At Belmont Park racos...s.s.sc.scseseesesecseeerseees ceceeeee 90,000 other college from Columbia || yciters, George G. Worthley won the te in training. At Polo Grounds (A, M. and P. M.)- 34,000) teams. flag competition. wW. 8, Kimpall won At Ebbets Field bouts...... . OW and then Flynn set himecif under the hall of blows and threw in wild overhand rights or lefts which alwa; ook up Coffey when they reached the mark. Onco in the second round, to be exact, Fiynn near winning. He had landed came erband right on the Dublin Sant and Coffey sagged at the knecs At bampion when it comes to sameness, Several Asse throughout the fight, ring was pitched on the old brick lawn of the race track, under forty powerful electric lights, shaded with a canopy of sheeting. Men and women looked on from seate which slope’ down toward the old stretoh rail, and thousands filled portion of the grand stand from w#.ch ‘namy & stretch battle of thorough- breds Las been seen. ‘The women in the crowd Sy me " yeason to go in raptures over a hibition. ny of them turned their backs to the ring after the second and, as one young woman said she was giad she had brought her boa alo he sat with it_wrapped around her head to shut off ber view of the ring. Another! it it a shame that Cof oafe That fey should be allowed to fight with | #eason Davy did not take the game hie hand hurt. Khe had noticed the! seriously, Lut it ts rumored that he in on the giant's hands before engaged to be married and has wud- the battle began, | A FTER the Dattie both men had excuses, Viynn naid he had) A vont = | broken his left hand tm the } jaa a” cites {Cron Winn wun ———} — | . hdd round and hed fought the other |@# during the day, not one of them | |Matner, "tne renee wan't, be OVER THE P. sig With one hand. Doctors in Cot. | #ViN# & base on baile, ‘The only way Oo) Micber in hor feat LA TE toy’@ Aresving room, after the fight, the Dodgers could got to frat wan by ive | Monto Mew Kawarda Hob nai the Dublin Giant's right wee 4 bit or an error, ‘This is wore re. | tee ety corp _-— LADIES DAY red and hie left badly knocked markabio when it is ed that} ty the other bow i ommsn Dorrk of wan itu teeta Porritt, Mtroud and Bebauer oll took | eee Lik nies ana 1 cement wig tas mark TOMORROW TER in Brooklyn at Bbete Field nies with © reverse Nelnn and body bald; limon the atten | ft Morton, In@lone he ¢ ‘he open al boning show eid ty the Meetwey| Witte Moti of Mwitee My * chee PP rnebnne yyy men ° of 12,000 agw the first of the open| ‘The Yanks reached town this worn. | muni The or bakes Pie wtd| Henrico tive of Portus Mead fovateed’ Vales’ Glacing| nnn alan, aE Pervmae, © Mt, Gabriels and Biduewouds, ‘ i pir holiday bouts Plenty of ae-|ing ready to begin & mecond aammult |e 1" fem alla of ite hind bed 7 * tn oun me are pretty Hae ' Mink Oval voaterday afte | them was crowded into the seversi|on the Little Hound Top whore the | ley nem Torr Meter booket aut Hed o ardini of MANY). seas chal and Country Cys me tee ‘ Capumpa tn the tan beets contested. Verhape the surpriee | White Box are barricaded ot present 4 Saly wrestied to & i ‘ t the hie yee The ot the afterncon wae Boldier Meri: | and from peppery verna A Jeruenlen won \ ae " fe si : “ A, field's good showing ageinat Mike Gib ion the route from Yonke. wt ‘i . onin | Ae be ; the to Wasi Meigs hanes oh tay . . eae present thought that . Dal mowed 4-| yerke cern Admincten. OF, Tiny of See nat | they are wot without hope read A ‘ sonido ae sai. He sured @ knockdown, T4 double victory « the Hens hore of tae ig al bat wes sided by & slip bY Uibbons Lore pul the Muppert-Muston C1" fi atareues ai Neaveuder yas uy x epell) e won and Ot 1 wns oo . " | Levineky eon 4 TW ERD sie ewes 3 ragirieate = og Clean-Up on fe) fom, dolany Dunder brooke ain third phace = a gins ta ena te o doubl ” . be unger, end Al Metoy rin went ton rounds —_—— IMOAAMAVCIAB, June 1—aigh De that Palme a4 bis Mant Merendes now bala the alk the beng Gixtance sulomubile records Moon far the loos course Ie the 0 mile enterence comer yerterder De Velme 100,000 Attend Sporting Events At Washington Park (A.M. and Smart Base-Running Winning Run—Yanks Win 19 ter with baseball?” appears to have halt, 01 PIXY, three-quarters, 1.2 - turnout at Belmont, Park. Thirty made the announcement after the| At the Scarsdale Golf and Coustyy particularly after the second round, ane 15 on Road boon pretty well answered on Mo. rt NS PAUNBETA BLEU, three-quarters: 1 thousand men and wo..on ewarmed amtymace yesterday that hereafter! Cider throughout the. Bay, aS x Lose i Jain a > hBRLE: creased A 4 has Nt hart ‘A ties sae ust on be, was dis- : {rouble was in the weather, With a NDIA, Piguteen he course from the free field to| without regard to the number of en-| Het prise iit the tnictyesix hole ca: ja soy by hie inability to topple beautiful day for the double bill on the topmost section of the grand ao fisted conditions. In doing} petition, with Is of Hale fhe smaller man over, Often Coffey the holiday, the banner crowd of the : stand, and cheered tho various ness to share iia profits “wih ies ee Tas only 200 willing to jump tn, grab By Bozeman Bulger. SROPOA Feces eta she Ole Cena | Tithe, thrwe-qdartera,, 1.49% ] Anishes, all but two of them of horsemen who really make the sport inion bis arma fe a. half, gan, end pints ae kite Fiyan BORGE BURNS practically won| jie 32,000 paid to see the two Bam PARADISE, halt, .50. the neck and neck variety, with | Possible, ea the strength in ‘his arme and the morning’e game for the | between the Dodgers and the Giants. | MeMEBKIN, one mile, 1.46, more enthusiasm than has been shown | qimo Gictvantés colar { ] wBoutders to wrench himself loose tor Giante by the amartest bit of| There wero 10,000 in the morning and | i oo on a race wack in five years, August | very re uae tees te Order by the & fresh assault on his big opponent, | base running that has been shown | 2000 1 Leedle eadi gerd [gets billed i 2k 1ara-s, | Belmont and hie associate members) holid s. The winners of the full name —_ around here this season, In tho last s s' - . BIR DENRAH riers 1172-0. 1 of the Westchester Racing Associa. | first two r ! Martyr and| ing. Th officials of the Brooklyn and Now| SAM SLICK, 1.49 255. Bhort "Ratiot EB Aight had a One setting. The) naie of the eighth he was on first,| York Clubs declared this crowd SA tion were pleased beyond expression | 8!¢ liot, ‘aported them, and long fy into centre, Instead of hug- ging first, ae is usually done on a fy 4 ‘ . | leans, acquitt x to centre, Burns saw that it would be See RY Re grematees bites been “parked in’ the ground. alc | the eran ively newcomers to G U I N N E s s } : lotted to them below the club house, | 170, igesbyae sty ‘ 4 long throw and mae the dash for Boston last Long before the start of the first race | turf who went in for the aport when hook for the signs — second with Zimmerman looking a series with | JJ. the space had been taxed to such a | "acing looked gloomtest. No c straight at him. By a alide he wae ie Wont, They |] JAWS Hit that the fine walks separating | [Tudzes him auccei RAS! Davy Roberteon had « fiuid day at the bat, getting five safe cracks out of seven times at bat, Incidentally, Mt begins to look as if this young doo- tor Is about to make good Metraw's prophecy that he would yet be one of the greatest players in the game, Laat Minnie the final sixteenth to on the score, but it could mot be nt it te wate Mail of what te ken aL ae np | denly grown ambitious to bea atur, lealled a bad one. to f them able rush of Auguat Relmont's irom. | Trummic, the promising Jersey as the Hed Box are bs *°9 | ap of the Athletion | elpped yeoterday (he Hox would hove inen nipping et thet j “We have eeon all the elute wo the OF ALL AUTO RECORDS. seve wow” nase i) Donovan, “es ow “ b inning relies Of course, Uh hag age pore sgh ‘ 40, 45 & 50 ’ 25 (% our fault, but ik shows thet we! iy lve 7 1 hol vutelneeed We bad two of Artur Aurene Me Havw ows in addition to the euit-ends there are cost-and et bad epee of pitebimg, bur 1 tem Om ie hee once aor comt temnants and etylish trouser length All to messure. tueh (hel bas been remedied now - hey “ All subject to the same eaceytional cut in price Cail and ti Yow he were broken vesterdey (wo Kamnt ih wim ORY weer aspect ther tinue rhding othe awry enmwee in Weide mapect m. | Sornte High brake, the ‘one wilhe re ae 2 som seumewain.| Shien di = York rocurd by one and quartet scans va RE AF SR POM Rey “ps ee ae oF : ‘agen di _THE EVENING WORLD, sieibae JUNE 1, 1918, : aca: _ BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK {| nosenreconen THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHEN COFFEY AND FLYNN COLLIDED ——»—_|THOWJSANDS OF TERRIFIC RIGHT SWING AND HAD THE (RIGHMAN IN A BAD WAY FoR AWHILE, BuY HE CouL ONY LAND A FINISHER, GOLF ON HOLIDAY Gardner W. White of Flushing Wins the Chief Cup On Tuxedo Links. Perfect weather, dry courses and many specie! holiday tournaments gave thousands of golfers » day's fun cy the dozens of links around the city yesterday. At the same time the finals of the Tuxedo Club’s Invitation RIGHT UPPERCUT, tournament was being played, all the KEPT FLYNK'S clubs nearer home ran off thelr own HEAD Bost competitions, which included handi- coreay Woeeee AB bea , . ce cap, matches, contests for presidents’ r ‘ cups and various events for specia! PLYNN'S FACE. FLYNN WOULD Ww htNe prizew, Gardner W. White of Flushing won the chief cup at Tuxedo, defeating Paul Moore of Morris County 9 up ond 7 to play !n the 36-hole mateb. There was an eighteen-hole medal piay handicap, in which Dwight | Partridge of Bedford, who won the medal in the qualifying round of the tournament, had tne best gross of the day with a score of 77. His net of 72 tied with F. L. Carey of the home club, who had §§—16—72, “TAKE.(T - AND THEN RUSH COLUMBIA ADOPTS NEW ATHLETIC RULES. The new rules to govern ath- letics at Columbia will bar freeh- men from major sports. This IN THE CLINCHES BR COFFEY SPON.ED FLYNN'S GAME BY HOLDING HIS ARMS UP LIKE THes, means that football will suffer, as very often good play: found among the freshmen. are, An- other rule that will affect Colum- .of Memorial Day in New York That the turnstiles were kept moving Memorial Day at the various first prize in Class A of the medal play handicap with a card of 9s—15—78, The Class B cup was won by Ey M curns, who had 93-30-63. H, 1. Wyatt and Richard R. Mamiok took | {he prize in Class a of the four-bail | competition with a net of 69, whife in the second division A. M. Williams aid Wortbley won with a net of 71. 000 Belmont Turnout — Proves Horse Racing Brighton Beach bouts. 10,000) 14,000) M.) \30, TOCA ceccssserseseneneesncestteeneeessteeeeseseentet tenes ° — apt and Cottey, megued ate nets Mase, Is on Its Feet Again .252°9:.5% 0,0: e@ at the ringside was momentarily FOUGHT Hs WELL KNOWN pone eee —_ attracted the mort attention, hs pl in gloom. The big, well put RUSHING TEARING FIGHT, ALWAYS 5 morning sweepstakes In Class A was mien wncrens| § by Burns Paves Way PhUNEIG wt Biggest Holiday Crowd im #ii*,of,the sve ft ha fenan| Ronyt a Monae, ma cl he arse ieee After that the Bout © ° — - —— Years Sees Decoration | waters" “thera apie’. kitsera of Caen CoP G Badin fees became almost a bag punching exyitl. to Victory for Giants (* © personally acquainted with Afternoon sweepstakes: tion, wits Flynn, poe rare inter- BELMONT PgRK TRIALS. Day Sport. image attr thee eh that wore E. Donohoe, Cnc : Class Be ‘ely small. Under present cond hirty-six hole | rion peagp ce gp eeahangedn ey Alertness of Outfielder Gives) ii Mirman trot rnek wethe teed ‘Tho training gallops at Belmont Park indicate good racing for this ACING is on its foot again. ‘There| viehn re BinaRte sd DO: LARS, | Dene oom nl outside of making Flynn «| Lobert Chance to Drive In Sox. week. best work of the horses in the morning trials follows: can be no doubt of this after! ; Satisfied that the rest of the meet- Class C—E. G. Bradie.! A-HARA, one mile, 1.60. OLD KOENIG, half, .51. ing will be successful from an at- This question of “What's the mat- ong wile, 1.60, OR the wonderful Decoration Day ESDALE, half, .b0, tendance standpoint the association none out, when Doyle drove a/larger than that of two years ago, Last year the Yanks played on the Polo Grounds Decoration Day and young Lilly, the apprentice boy whom the stabie's trainer, winter at New Or- at what they regard as an unmistak- able tribute to the sport's popularity, Probably never in the history of Willie Midgely, | discovered thi GAZE, ¢ ASIDE, halt, Y, A away muc F aatiafied with macives than they have been at! any time this season. The fact that | they won threo out of the last four games was not of as much conse. ind fore ations fall the and scored on Lobert’s single. t the Proved to be the winning run. BURKE'S -GUIKNESS exclusively. Bottled by-E.& J. Burke, the club house from the paddock had to be utlliaed for the overflow, while scores of others who came to the ; course by motor had to leave thelr | Midwely, who | machines outside the gates and enter the track on foot ‘There was such congestion on the trains home. ‘that hundreds. wad. to take to the trolleys, hoping for rail —<———emreeess oud transportation from Jamuica the [rest of the way. ne Long Island | road evidently miscalculated In eatl- mating the crowd that would attend the races, cS = popular colors, clever and painstaking ha trainer, iT, one mile, 1.50, the A half, .66. 51. HOON, ha 1G, one mille, 1.46. tH, three-quarters, 1,17 developed quence to McGraw am the knowledge | th —— Seer all of these games wire cleanly | ie ‘od and that the hitting a» weil ‘Hees 0 pitching waa up to form, — in which the |. Jomes Butler's High Noon showed Dimeself to be among the bert of the rr t yenr-old« by hte vie- in the Toboeran Handleap, Hite ano fluke or lucky win, He ran in front from the w atood all out- niders "on thelr hendw’ in the early running, and had enourh gameneas [in hin wyatem to respond to Horel's SeE> z THUMS fis fabio iat ot Glan won without ball game seon at the Polo Grounds this year, ‘The afternoon affair wae marred by ® fow error that had @ alight effect SPORTING. RACING BELMONT ¥ Interested in the hot sather remarkable « om of ob wos given by the Giant piich- | bibs Vogel of poatocn competed, pratuced one rever * ufler & views Mad the ¥ “ worked a and of 1 he ¥ Thine ee fifth ‘ Kyl bandicey on distance et hour IF mite ~ Suit-Ends, $20 and $25 This special sale of several hundred tipring and Burniner bowie ” se h tw | Bemnante makes on exceptional buying-opportunity — It’s | Kop oe fe ‘Hopped 6 « chonce to have Sunsner Clothes made wt # fraction of of them have shown anything oo ° hie Oret game of the P their actual value Pe fend w trighte oa for trom bie od form ® batters on oy { gaumee that we tof them were taken by eigith of $25, $30 @& $35 Materials, $20 tie ie rare nt a © ome | ne creat the « in o- wnere covered the — 9 whieh te the Ps tipo ———--