The evening world. Newspaper, September 7, 1915, Page 14

\ : t } i i THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 191 TS DATE : AND NEWSY 4 THAT $32,500 BOXING BOUT 191k, ty The ering Wont BROOKLYN TY memeee oe .- S Te ue Rodert Régren, qunetpomme Seven Years Ago Gibbons Re-, ceived $8 tor Fighting—Next Saturday He Will Get $15,000 for Ten Rounds or Less. 127 Mowracue Sr Commer, Whee Yad btcaiea Wont 1K GIBHONS 6 father \nrashed him for “fighting” when Mike had his first boxing mateb in the ring. If Mike's father could have had @ prophetic vision of Mike apar- fing ten rounde—or jens—with one Packey MoFariand, and getting $16,- 000 tn cash for his invaluable services, would Mike's father have thrown the Svorectep war A MOUNTAIN OF eae Bowne +d A BRING To a ae june? & PacKEY SO BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK You WAVE To SE mike To GET IT Wournn't Pacmey's OLD GMPLovEeR. Have FAWEn Wout orr 41S CHAIR \F HE'D KNOWN Pacey WouLD a PAID . Foo. = 2 Fon’ ron’ 4a minvTes! switch into the woodbox? We opt waacording i, Sack sted Mrs. Vanderbeck Made Record at Opening of quotes Capt, Cushman Rice, ceived for his fir Interesting Facts ear, As Rice eh tas car hurt by 9 PRINCIPALS—Mike Gibbons, St. swing (not being #o clever in avoid- We Golf T BCENE OF BOUT—Ocean A. C. ing them in those days), and went omen 8 ourney TIME OF BOUT—10 P. M., Saturday. home. There his father whaled him PROMOTER—William C. Marshall oe ene alive was fined” 630 ty a RSE—MeFarland, $17,600 quoting Hive owas i F M i kine’ pert in. a boxing maton, Covered Eighteen-Hole Course [eo 4 te with Mark WEIGHT=147 pounda, ringside. happening to be slightly without the law at that time, although fully au- thorised now, After all his other ex- periences Mike went to the promoter to get his $10 and was slipped $8 and a iat line of conversation about the slimness of the attendance and the promoter’s poverty. Pretty tough experience for a first REFERER— Billy Jon. Charles Pratt twenty ata: pompetition for ip at the Naseau Country stub. xcore was 193— the winner over the, thirty-aix-hole lent’s Mis in Chicago in 85—Young Girls of Twelve and Seventeen Years Make Good Showing. Victories (referees’ decisions on defeat. 1 CAPACITY —-62,480. CAPACITY —$126 BER OF SEATS IN 8 P In the holiday handicap at the North ern oun ‘ub ye: dgreey Country © Club yesterday MM. McFarland-Gibbons Bout Paul; Brighton Motordrome RING RECORDS—MeFariand, 118 fight: on points and knockouts), 5 draws, no defeats. TIONS—6,856 box seata, at $ Concerning Packey MoFarland, Chicago. Gibbons, $15,000 | 7 vietorien (refereen’ decisions Gibbons, 78 fighta; 41 points and knockouts), 4 draws, 1 each, totais 8 ch, totais $48, 14,400 seats 6,400, and, 15,000 seals at $1 each, totals $15,000, hole of 177 yards in try! But Mike wasn't the sort to be ‘one atroke e $54,280; 30,224 reserved neate at stopped. That's why he's fighting CHICAGO, sept. 7. | day. “however” The sede, event her df c at $2 each, totais a cabata RS, CHARLES H. VANDER- | Wrty- lx hol altar. iandlcap. "eu PRromoren W.C: MARSHALL AND His 932500, making @ grand total of $126,752. OME people have suspected that BECK of Philadelphia led 105 | 204—60—144 wee CERTIFIED CHecr. COMPARISON OF M'FA the $32,500 purse for the McFar- S land@Gibbons bout was “stage money.” I might have thought #0 myself but for the fact that I know it’e the real thing. I havo it in tho + bank, Mr. Marshall, the promotor, gave me a@ certified check amount to hold as offictal ata! holder, A Eernne copy Se the check is printed on this Ree, Wien the fight is over and Gibbons and McFarland have fulfilled their von- tract, I will give McFarland a check golfers in the opening round of the women's championship yesterday. She played eighteen holes in 41—44— 85, which is a record for the course. Miss Lillian Hyde of South Shore, L. L, missed a put on the last green and this prevented her from tying the score. Her score was 86, The next best score was 46-—46—91, returned by Miss Alexa Sterling of Atlanta, Ga., seventeen years olf, the Southern champion Considering her Gibbons, 5 feet 9 inches 147 pounds . 72 inches . 10 inches .. 12% inches . 36% inches . 38% inches 7 inches .. 18% ‘inchos 19 inches Johnston, 19- Year-Old Star, Plays McLoughlin To-Day — California’s Latest Sensation, ! hest ( RECORDS OF FINALISTS. Youngster Is Master of Almost pelled to yield to the winner's superior| I huts, 51; draws, 5; defeats, 0. McFarland’s last. fight ro on rounds, no decision, Milwaukee. Gibbons's last fight was May 30, lyn, 10 rounds, no decision. $ 1 10—8; C. C. Pell, | tennis. | Johnston, though only nineteen, is! considered second only to Mc Loughlin, as leader of California's star collec-| tion of racquet wielders. He is a slender youth who fatle to| teen-year-old, Californian, who; learned the gamo on San! Francisco's public courts, will tackle | Maurice McLoughlin for the nationa tennis championship at Forest Hills $32,500 in advance a puree | Barring a 10 on the first hole, she for the fight, and $5,000 as a ee @ entered the champio: ship fight. rel dealin papas aaaliaaaate WOE) aoores of the firat alxteen are: Mr. ‘aston! inderbeck, Paieeeiol At that time he was only vigeetvnd ule ‘ 6, need t ! &° « Height . . Weight . » Reach Forearm . Biceps . RLAND AND Gi! ONS. Here are the measurements of Mike Gibbons and Packey McFarland: McFarland. 5 feet 7 inches normal) . . Chest (expanded) . Ankle . . ‘ Calf . ‘ ‘ | Thigh ‘ vs. 88 inches number of fights, 78; t $17,500 and Gibbor bi | < 6% inches. Wrirt . Ber Gikooe ths teapoctive mounts for axe, Miss Sterling's performance at-| Who Eliminated National Ne ane Ae cao pauuaiatll Every Stroke, but He’s Going}] 20% inchos .. tase » Waist which the to igh! : ; ' n 5 . “ | This wilt » the largeat such or |ofowd at, the club house. Another) Champion Williams, Favored J had the hardest opposition in |’ Against a Player of Wide Ex- — cu MIND, RECORDS. i they ME money ever paid to two boxers for a * the All-Comers’ meet. o ons—Born, q i ho-decision, Uimited-round battle any= | “oukedwith sesocwm, ete! by Sharps to Win Title. lifornian was pitted against 1) perience, victories, 41 (including referees’ decisions and knookouts); knockouts, 25; where in the world. ‘A child only twel some o. .he country’s leading play~ draws, 4; defeats, 1. Dorothy Higble of Midlothian Clu af ? ers. In six matches he lost five 1} — ‘McFarland—Born, November, 1888; first fight 1904; number of fights, . . Marshall surely had nerve Chicago, was only four strokes out- sets, while McLoughlin dropped }} 118; victories, 67 (including referees’ decisions and knockouts); knock- when ho agreed to put up| aide the qualification limite, with 108, ILLIAM JOHNSTON, a nino-|] two. Johnstone beat: Hackett, || Dec, 8, 1913, with Jack Britton, 10 1915, with Soldier Bartfleld, Brook- 4 60; Marhey, 6 Beekman, a4, { Alexander, 5 Hunter, 6 Pell, | 6-0, 7-5. give any indication of the great strength he puts in many of his shot Johnston's game is bably the m finished of any player in the United It has no speciad weakness, | on tho possibilities. He was pean Ta yes dois ing, Atlanta, cre a ‘on the chance that the ‘fight rene sia Bea Laurie Kaiser, Flonsmor dn aes N. Obandl this afternoon, McLoughlin, with hi spectacular shots, and Johnston, the master of almost every stroke, repre- sent the most brilliant style of Amer- ie y draw « sum large enough to # pay back what he would have to pay out. The purse is only # part of hiv par’ ice id i 4 expense, for he has had to equip an via ti irien ‘ark {ean tennis, McLoughlin has the ad- A a0. ppactas ig etl arena, get out paper and advertising, ii cas) pegwan oo vantage of more experience and a aie it he Uses a greater variety of one big feature and the upset of the je men to handle the crowd, f\x strokes, ra. eee Stones be Feral 6.6: Seeressess S252 He is best at the @et and Up training quarters for the figh' = fo epecdior cervics, tate alli Both) vee iplonship, but it was net entirety|when making grounde’ at which h _ Expenses will total 0 $50,000 before the Iie eee bisa: i 3- earphone aye the net.| unexpected. ‘Throughout the early|has no superior, . : sal fal by J Bee Be, a8 8 their bes: me, Whoever can} rounds Williams was erratic and un-| At his best Johnston is ah Te ‘ i r cant he demand for seats has ox. iss Mhetnor Allen Onkiey 025.48. 82 hold the ‘net will gore the moat] certain, while Johnston's tennis was | sourceful player who. can make ‘any | Phe Finn and Trial by vey. AY ons. e trouble points and win the almost machinelike in its perfection, | star in the country extend hi 1 ; © Row Ian't to sell all the goats, but to| , Gardner W. White. tinishea second) “Johnston, for one who wasn't aup-| "it was so when the two met. Jobn-| PEASE Anes e: Will Have Another Battle prevent their falling into the hands Soe Goaater Club P Posed to have much of a chance, came] ston was unduly nervous at the start The Johnaton-Williams battl |< of speculators, who are going after |'"® %, ye through after eliminating some of the! and lost the first set. From this time; o mnriier. T cco AM ga 1 Route. them Ike sharks afier a chunk of| With & handicap of plus best players in the tournament, His on, however, he.outplayed, outguessed, ®,‘2riller, | It was full of dramatic in- Over Long . bait, Mr. “Marshall hus seta low | the mornin found in 79, and a The defeat of Norris Williams, the and outgamed Williams, who fought| (rest {for a champion isn’t un- scale of prices, and ho ts determined | 6 « card of 7A in the afternoon, defending champion, was both the: desperately to the end but was com-|Wiilitnn led two wets tovone. The —"* e : his prices, and not be robbed ‘by “| Nesemith, who bad a card of Pra ¥ — | the Californian got busy, evened the By Vincent Treanor. Toss won Tita prise. count and took the deciding act, while Deerastne thos oie nice worne ee bs “ the big crowd breathlessly watched | “MOCK O° THE WALK, winner ef 'Gitions the entire veating eapacity| John G. Anderson, who finished sec- By John ° | every shot he made, ( . the second race at Belmont Parl oi'be pyle ng IE ond in the national tournament, re- F; Go | Johnston started with a rush in the ed again that a { ciara cn | ne eet aoa istic News ict and SSIP | ,Lomneron started with a rush tn the | 4 yemterday, proved asa @ round at his le mate a 7%. D. W. ‘lass A trophy, with 9: ther winners were G. F 96—22—74, and R, Tinsmaa, 106 vn good horse can come back and beat iG the best in training, Two years ago Cock o' the Walk was considered close to being the champion among three- year-olds, But just when he was at his beat there came a breakdown. He had bowed a tendon and his owner, james to 1. He was overanxlous, and Williams, with more tournament took quick advantage of Freddie Welsh, the world's lghtwelght cham. pion, who has been enjoying « rest of several weeks at Los Angeles, Cal, left here to-day on hie way back to this city. He intends to step off | in San Francleco and take in the fair, Before | leaving Loe Angeles Woiah said that be tajende the | Wile eorap, for they aro to meet for twel nate at the Atlas A.A, of Boston, and a decinion wilt | be rendare! after the bout by Phil Dopohue, who Will referee the contest nd the set. The second 6 ston, who won nent’s wildness Even in the old twenty-five round days no fight held here ever created interest or went to John- ¥ on his oppo and errors, Each Sweepstakes were the order both morning and afternoon at the Montclair drew @ greater |Golf Club yesterday, A. R. Allen, 18— crow at at to engage in two ten-tound bouts at one had the habit of.winning his own | . Pera ceroee UL Srers Fee ee ee ere. find | ig incal clube the latter part of next moath, | Billy Moore, who has handled Mike Gibtons in| service game in the third set, which | Frederick Johnson, was told the CCORDING to th to the “dope” gotten |in the mornin The later winners|after which he will take on Carley White of | P*Arly all of his contests in this vicinity, has been} Williams finally captured at the|horse could never be trained again. out by the promoters McFar. | ¥¢Te c a yreers Lies , Mal Chicago in & twenty-round battle at Denese: Hh pyre Heese fe be his chief handler and | twelfth fame, ") i the (Californian Cock o' the Walk was sent to the a tie wit Pp. Pim, ny j—— Dm jos bowel je on Thankegivi ay | a4 in Nis coming battle with Mackey MeFar. | walloper three balls out of cour land has fought 18 ring bat-| Alexander Alkempes) 1h iy 1 i aii ms land on haturday night Terr, woo has |Johnston was at his beat in. the |etud, but Mr. Johnson always wanted tles, has won sixty-seven by knock-|Christy (Jr. 101 6 pea been assoclated with McParland for years, will| fourth and fifth sets, He outplayed | to see the colt In action again and he outs, or decisions, drawn five and lost was. & thirtyoais : Bam McVey and Harry Wille of New Orleans, | D4’ 0 of M comer and will be| Williams by a large margin, and the| was driven to a sulky to keep down Gibbons has fought seventy- eee sight, won forty-one, drawn four and Mike is four months older the only one who wi be allowed we give MeFar land inetructions, issue Was D in doubt at the end, dhe colored heavyweights, will have another battle with the tvecunce @ though the defeated champlor tried h the fiveounce gloves to-night, this being the nore, being % “4 x ne: A his weight. All this time Cock o’ the T. Wiloox, 71, an t one. —- mightily td check the Callfornlan'’s| Walk's tendons were given every than Packey, but has been fighting Dick Ourley has sent in bis resigsation a] powerful attack chance to regain their strength, four years less. He made a la art mecete & hon Clermont A. C. of Brooklyn, Sanaa nel ae Expert treatment and care brought Pere rated JF 1, OS tie See of STANDING OF THE CLUBS. NE ead cdo ng we a ; MONTREAL ENTRIES. about good results. ‘The colt was put geven years old, and Packey within | AMEMICAN LEA spergglel pose at as in light training early in the spring @ couple of months of twenty-seven. mher officials condue Hie claime MONTREAL, Sept. 71.—The entries | and worked slowly, A few days ago | ‘Oba i | that miamanagesut in handling the crowd » to: owe é are as follows: he seemed ready and he was entered in a six-furlong dash. Cock o’ the, Walk showed @ good flash of speed for three furlongs and then began to slow up. The jockey didn't urge him and he got an easy ride for the rest of the race. The race, however, put Cock o° the Walk on edge. Yesterday he raced as he did two years ago and won very easily, and he'll surely be heard from again, HE crowds that watch the train- yao dada Ahn I ing of the two men grow bigger | every day as the tuterest in the fight increases. The promoters of the battle made a good move when | they arranged to have the men train within half a mile of the arena, where anyone could see them at work any | day. Gibbons lives at the Brighton Reach Hotel and trains at the Brigh. | ton Beach baths, while Packey lives at the Shelbourne, at the foot of| Coney Island Boulevard, and trains ust across the street. It would be, rh “It 1 don't defeat Al, Me Dot for the middleweight « Kbbets Field in Brooklyn on ‘Thursday night said Young Ahearn to-day, ‘I will quit the game. 1 am going to eall right into McCoy from the first tap of the gong until the bout enda, for if 1 can knock out McCoy I will be tbe legitimate middle. Png lan And then Mike Gibbons, Jeff Smith areey aud the owen wil * Le muvee Will have to ft tons. Chicago. 7 M2 Kichinond R 0 M2 488 Jersey Cite 4 tb AY's GAMES, Oy 1 ES GAM ten-round i» title at | $000) arleled; handicap: three. Turlonigs.--Sliyper Day, 2 Com Brown, 108; Marion mi Secon me a Lous” guinea’ postgoned to find a better training piace, AT Al aav r, Ted "Kid" Lewis is after a match with Freddie and both men have taken their dips | Niveriden tab Welsh for the world’s ligatweight obanipionshiy $600 added; all ages: handl The way Harmonican picked up into the surf, used the tennis courts, fide, His manager, Jimmy Johnston, says that Sir Elgar, 100; Lady Bar | 140 pounds and raced down the run on the beach and done their box- Bo one is more entitled to a crmck at Weis: ectings, 4 straight six furlong course in 1.10 4-6 pavilions where the se: htened the effect of hot they have another advan- inder air conditions 10, fnnings tat gaine, aialled end ot Lemie, for be lap beaten the other contender for the title, Lewin ie ready to box the champions 4a the three classes, tho lightweight at 136 makes him the fastest weight carrier seen this season. It reminded one of the days of Roseben. During the ing a a open all threo-year-olta wi ae ng liara, 100: A Ki bof ames post Kansas Cit welterweight at 147 pounds, and middlewelgh closing days of the latter’s career he Ree aE uneer Ae eopditione || Meese aa 166 pounds, bald oa, 1 i, never got into a race under 140 ; ; Pod ‘Gallop, | pount . pd rene ally fer oeere ae pas Danny Ridge and Charley Perelil, east ‘ot Figaumont ele, Mod, “eth: | PY ally trained near the sea, while tho ghiwoigha, were matched up last night by pei) ‘willed; threeyearcolds| J, W. Hendrick jr, was there with THOR Heir aCe, edie ame zene Ay Pe AYO, Eady Aplrituelle, 100, Ti Mrentice allowance claimed, Weather clear vey Burns for important who were to fight in the inland towns ferred the mountains, When Leach Bross fought at Vernon a fow months the halter again yesterday, but he failed to get Yankee Notions, The latter entered for $900, Hendrick ran Vol the size foun the arena it wan's eta Warr’ could protect hm, Phe value street from the arena, It was a Pale ¢ . to-day, 8.80 o 5 wood idea. GN Pole Ogronaave., of the purse won by Yankee Ny ions “4 ighe of Gept, 21, } ERaeaietat nan Sas Cock o ’ the Walk, Retired — L2 Years, | Comes Back to Win was $390, so it cost H. K. Knapp a bunch of money to win the first event, The crowd at Belmont Park yester- day was bigger than on May 20, opening day. There were about 20,000 people at the track. —— YALE FOOTBALL MEN REPORT TO CAPT. WILSON. MADISON Conn., Sept. 7.—Candidates for the Yale football squad ordered to report here to Capt. Alexander Wilson began to arrive to-day for the period of preliminary drill, This will lest until Sept, 20, when the squad will move into New Haven, the Yale Bowl to be closed to visitors every afternoon from that date until the end of the playing sea- son. Capt. Wilson has been here several days arranging for accommodations in a summer hotel and for a playing Meld Head Coach Hinkey and several assist- ants will take charge to-morrow, with sixty candidates or more ready to be ut through @ course in fundamental: he season's training plans follow that regarded as successful la: —————— Smodgrass Makes a Costly Muff. Fred Snodgrass, it seems, is bound to make his misplays on occasions when there are plenty ef fans on | hand to appreciate them. In almost | exactly the #ame Way that he dropped the famous fly ball In the world's {series he made a clean muff of one | yesterday afternoon and let in the| | now Bi first two runs made by the Glants. Suit or Overcoat, Broadway ® 9th St. ‘Last Fall’s Fabrics $25 to $40 Values,—$20 Exclusive materials carried from a year ago. and domestic patterns. Many similar to 1916 styles. Visitors to New York can take advantage of this exceptional offer. Delivery guaranteed in twenty-four hours, if necessary. Arnheim | EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN WITHIN SEVENTEEN POINTS OF LEADERS Double Victory Over Phillied While Giants Beat Braves Twice Boosts Brooklyn. ly Bozeman Bulger. HE bie Labor Dey bomb, es. T Ploding right In the midst of beet laid plane in both ieagues, hes 00 tangled up the two races that a well known BF dway betting com- missioner declared last night he had closed up hi another bet even if they wanted make Cincinaat! a favorite. A double fight that to dispose of the tively leave the was expected Dodgers and effec- way clear for the Phillies to prepare for a world’s serine worked with reverse Bnglish, and kiyn te within 17 points of with a good fighting chance the lead, On the other hand, the Braves, ruling favorite in the handbooks, were twice beaten by the Giants, dropped out of second place and are now out of the running for at least two weeks, if not for goad. Remem ber, there is less than a month left of the season. The Boston Red Sox, with a clear lead of three games, t a two time beating at the hands of the much de spined Yanks now within and are | easy reach of the Tigers claw and may be scratched at any moment, | Hut for the rain that prevented De- troit from playing, Hughey Jennings could have been within a single game of the coveted goal And that's a fair sample of the way the national pastime has been cavort- ing around all season, What looked like a runaway race in the American has tightened up so that It Is even closer than the running fight in the onal, To further compfcate mi Giants, looked upon for a month or more, have suddeniy loomed up with a wallop in either hand, and jt is not beyond the range of possibility for them to leap into the first division before atarting on |their Western journey to-night. | Moreover, they are less than ten ames behind the leaders. To fi New York as a contender woul rather a wild fancy, but things just as unlikely have happened. They have Won six out of the last elgnt games, and lost each of the two on & single play. ‘Tho crowd at the Polo Grounds was surprisingly large when compared with the daily crowds of a month ago. In the two games the Braves ters, the marks and Giants played to nearly 30,000. In- cidentally Secretary Foster has the figures to show that the attendance in the eight cities of the National Leaguo has been better sitite June than during the corresponding pertod last year. ~ When ordering saye BURKE'S GUINNESS. Dost places’ serv. it exclusively Sees by-E.8J.BURKE SPORTING, RACING BELMONT PARK T0-MORROW $1,500 Champagne Stakes The Arverne Handicap 2-Mile Steeplechase and 3 Other Good Races BYAINNING AT 2.90 2 31 nna, Station, 34 At, Piatt Ay diokien, ected bs trolige, POO Pew Foreign to Measure, $20