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ts $25 and fought for a purse of $200, and knocking the champion out. Crane get big money once Only nine years under cover. “> Al were supposed to be “members of albiting their skill gratuitously for th Dw Among the first to run shows “fol mateh that didn't come off at Sulzer’ the gate receipts, which, never were r Elmer had been a boxer, an actor near Sixth Avenue, There he held ‘The hall wae fitted up wit gym- nasium apparatus. On boxing nights @ ring was put up In the middie of the long room, filling !t completely from aide to side. At each end Lhe spocta- tors crowded in wherever they could room. wae Elmer's first boxing club. Afterward he had two or three others. Bender of New Jersey was well known at that ti Was @ featherweight, and one of @oolest and most deliberate men ever ring. He was slightly built, Sur wiry and strong. He was @ good defensive boxer and @ good straight pare hitter, too, as he proved tp man. ta. ‘abe Attell was @ friend of Elmer's occasionally trained in bis Kym- Abie to live in New fork, even though he had to go out of town for boxing matches. MILLIONAIRES CROWDED INTO LITTLE GYMNABIUM, One day Elmer had « bright idea. bouts in New York just then ited to three rounds, on the little boxing wouldn't By ip! 4 LOL “ the police. Three round bouts migh draw people, but three round bouts “between unknown preliminary boys "t bring in much money. With « champion in the ring it might be a different thing. Elmer's lite ing only & | i the prices wei Beak ‘be raised if the “members” were tipped off that one of the con- its would be an. Attell, aoe weight champion. at would make of acard. Elmer tried the Mase hadn'e the alightest aversion to of hundred dollara, Ris title. The only necessary thing parative novice. A true count that fairly well known night would have mad ° ud make @ showing heap ey Mes easy mark for plon’e jabs, Elmer pierho wot be an ‘ony Bender. tell, w! match was made, promised to remember under | @ircumstances that Abie ree bis te think it necessary to have any t with him. Tony was too » Tony would simply furnish a a Plaeant three rounds of sparring--a As for Tony—wel ‘or climb up to look over A the narrow stairway that olght has retreat of at one end of the hall. cut off thi many of New York's most prominent citisens, among whom, and right at ide, was @ gentleman worth er $60,000,000. ments and introductions Bender. aalet of his own that were somewhat ou with Abi fight began. the part of the c e world, playfully Jabbed Tony on th Tony shook his h ‘another once more, eT step in and shot ag at Attell's 4 hands dropped to his sides. and fell heavily to the floor, wher he lay for a moment sprawling on hi aide, nose and grinned at him. Abii he aid ight Abe’ THIS FIGHT, When Attell went down there wa: gesp wround the ring, then a sud Gen rear of excitement. The refere ‘@ great show of pushing Ton Bender away, and after several seo onds began to count. dao —the count grew slower an: . Abe was on his knees be: “ten” was tolled over him, shak thie bead and clearing the cob. from his brain. At “nine stopped counting and waite Attell to rise. And after a few (he had been down abou he slowly pulled up to hi stood waiting for Bender’ been) ALE STRONG ON GRIDIRON ~ATTELL KNOCKED OUT BY TONY BENDER, BUT REFEREE GAVE ABE THE LONG COUNT Tony ho knew were the usual announce- and Abie pleasantly at the fifty million dollar patron and patronizingly at Tony had an air of determination. He had thoughts 07 Abie, quite will- in | having been selected as the stakebolder Tony right He reeled ABE CCT A “STACE” COUNT IN “One—two— | A ‘Tony—three——four-—— | the Sr aceacha a aa + Champion, Secking Easy Money, Was Down for Eighteen Seconds, and All That Novice Got Was a Raw Deal. By Robert Edgren. fo. 2.—How Abe Attell, featherweight champion of the world, how Tony Bender earned $25 by in a while, But « few yours ago the picking wasn't as easy aa it ts today o boxing in New York City was very much ‘The club rule was in force, and all boxers who performed at this club,” boxing for exercise or ox ie pleasure of their fellow members. r the mom was one Billy Eimer, later to become notorious through his connection with the Burke-Papke Harlem Casino, and the vanishing of ‘eturned oF accounted for. | and boxing instructor at the Kaloker- becker Athletic Club. When the Knickerbocker Club went under Elmer Jeased a small hall on the second floor of @ building on Forty-second Street, | boxing shows once a week, the doors eing closely guarded and the membership carefully selected. The shows were popular, for there was very little boxing to be seen In New York out more than ten seconds and was weak and ii Only tnatinct had brought him to hie feet, All he could! count on now was the hope that he might be able to avoid a blow that would Ua! him down for good, If Knocked down and out for a minute yf #o not even @ long count could ave his repu Bender didn't waste a second when Abe wae back on his feet He we: after the champion eugeriy, yet with- out losing any of hie deliberation. At- tell, robbed of speed and strength, jabbed feebly in an attempt to hold Lender away, then covered. Again Bender's right flashed through to At- tell's chin, and again Able took the count, This time he didn't need more than ten seconds. He got up and, reeling away before Bender's rushe: wed to stick It out until ther the next round Attell came back slowly. He was still weak, but his head had cleared and he was using all bie skill to save himself from an- other knockdown. Now and then he Jabbed Bender babk. At the end of the round he was fighting with strength and confidence again. ABE FINISHED STRONG AFTER BEING KNOCKED OUT, And in the third and final round Attell t out for revenge. Abe never foared to fight. He mixed it up with Bender and jabbed him unt his kites bent. And he watched thal |ewisbing right like @ hawk. At the end of the bout Attell was having the fight his own way and Bender was! arm weary and bleeding from nose ane Boe, + ich doesn’t alter the fact that Champion Attell was fairly and squarely knocked out by one My lanned punch delivered by a com | = der famous. At that Tony‘s reputa- tion increased enough to him @ number of good bouts. might have been wull but for the fact that he came to the conclusion that he wasn't out out for a cham- pion, and that he might as well go| back to work. It isn't every day a| fellow geta a chance to drop over the yet punch on @ Man as clever as ell. | { Fistic News By John Bo anxiov's was Sootty Montieth, man- r of Johnny Dundee, to get on a bout for his Italian lightweight with Cham- plon Willie Ritchte in Madison Square Garden on Oct. 7 that he consented to take 60 per cent. of the gross receipts and give Ritchie a guarantee of $3,500 for his end. Billy Wellman, match- maker of the Garden shows, refused to give Ritchie this sum, and Montieth, fearing that the match would fall through, agreed to take @ gamble and give Ritchie the amount he demanded. A certified check for $3,600 will be with Robert Edgren, sporting of The Evening World, to-day, he it po. | editor | topnotan stare of the A. A, lomt clove to $8,000 on the Jol Kid Williams bank which hee made otem cut out the big guaranten, Jack Diton, the hart hitting and feartess taht ‘ Winner Was One of First to aT = ee eS RAPES 1 IIE LT Coprrigmt, 1016, OF Uke Press Pumnening Ce gm } James A. Tyng, With 176, ' Won Leading Prize in — Seniors’ Golf Tourney ee Take Up Sport In This Country —WU. S. Supreme Court Justice Pitney Nosed Out of Prize on Last Day. MES A. TYNG won the chief cup im the annual seniors’ golf tour- nament which finished yesterday on the Apawamis links. His actual score of 90—86 for thirty-six holes, was just a woe bit too good for the 436 old boys, judges, lawyers, authors, merchants and other notables who competed in the novel tourney, which requires that every competitor *must be fifty-five years or older, The winner's scores were especially remarkable because they were mado in the frat two days of the meet when | weather conditions were fur from being favorable for low scores, Mr, Tyng, now in his sixties, plays olf with (he enthusiasm of a young- er, His love of the sport amounts almost to devotion. ir, Tyng was one of the frat to take up the new port tn this country me twenty: ven years ago, and he's been swil ing clube at the litte white balls ever wince, pin James D. Foot came in with a gross total of 177, one stroke behind the winner. The Apawamis veteran, like Mr. Tyng, if a keen devotes to gulf. Mr. Foot waa fifty years old before he became interested in the sport He happened to be on a hotel veranda at Jacksonville which overlooked « and Gossip Pollock Morgan, the English boxer, to « return battle, this {thme for ix rounds, at & special show to be held by the National A. ©, of Whiladelyhia on the night of Oct, 1, ‘They recently boxed « ten-round Dattle tn Reltimore, Chaney te to receive « guar antes of $700, ‘The Clermont A, ©. of Brooklyn will stage three ten-round bouts ty the Clermont Avenue Kink to- ight, In the main go, Tommy Burke of Chicago, who was Drought bere by Packey McParland, will mest Goldier Jutuny Bhaw of Brov In the other ten-round bouts, George Hodel will battle Bil McKinnon of Boston and Pighuing Pitapatrick will ewap blows with J Capper, Joe Welling, the Chicago lightweight who was | practically matched to fight Johuny Dundee in « Qwo-round go te Milwaukee on Oot, 1, will hare to weit UBLl @ later date in order to get a crack at the Italian, Dundes would bare fought Welling but as be secured the match with Willie Ritchie fe Medison Bquare Garden on Oot, 7, hie mao get sake’ the Milwaukee club officials te eet the bout back two weeks, Jack Ourier, who promoted the world’s Beary weight fight between Jom Willant and Jack Jorremn. wi a IETS melon ab ee ten-round dout between Gunbost Smith and A Neca, which will be waged at the bt, Nicholas Wink on Wednesday night. Ourley wil try aud | © y|MoMahoo to-night, "They will clash tne sx | round bout at the Exposition Park tn Puctaburgn fter the out Dillon will come yo New York nd probably fight Jim Bavage Avgio Ratner, the former amateur welterweight champion, who’ hae won all five of the boute | ne bas engaged tm since be became @ profemioual, will try and add another victory to that list to. ight, Ha will go against Farmer Sullivan in the main bout of ten rounds at the Fairmont a. ©, a get the winner to mest Jim Finn, Greman, at ove of the big clubs next month, Young Mike Donovan, tie local middleweight, ln going to ty bis band at ame agen Mike has been signed to meet Mike McTeague for tem rounde at the Olymice A, O. of Harlem on Ost, 16, Donovan was fast developing into « good fighier until be made tle mistake of going up againey dike Gilvons in Madison Square t Milton Bier and Young Wagner 8 ‘8 Baltimore, to hie credit, was mnstched today to mest Bédio ' | \ the Pueoto | golf course. In the distance he watched a player hit @ bail and to his astonishment suw it drop on the green bundreds of yards away. There must be something in a game for any one to do a thing like that, thought Mr. Foot. Returning to New York he bought @ set of golf clubs, more out of curiosity than anything eo, As Mr. Foot tells it, he retired from business about that time and he's been golfing ever since all over this country and in Europe, and that was seventeen years ago. Robert Lount, now in his seventy- second year, carried off the prize for the real old men’s division, Col. Ben Nields, eighty-four, the dean of the tournament, waa {n this class, but the Colonel complained he hadn't had enough practice, which accouated fur bis high score: Justice Mabion Pitney of the United States Supreme Court led the fleld in final round yesterday with a net score of 77, but Dr Hubbell, one of |the last to Anish, strolied in with a net tally of 75, which nowed the noted Jurist out of the prize be felt so con- fident of winning. If there'd been a prize for hard luck Thurston B. Boyd, the man who raced clear across the ‘continent to be un hand for the tournament, would have been an 6 winner, Playing his last round, r. Boyd lost three balls before he reached the ninth bole. He thought the best thing to do under the clroumstances was which be did. ie ease of 188, om The prize winners, as unofficially compiled, are follows: 176, FIRST SECTION, TUEADAY. Oree—Judge W. 0, Henderson, Arlington, 0., wrecice, Apa wacn is, . WEDNESDAY, rose Reetaete flortisr THIRTY-SIX MOLE PRIZES A—Hollo Opten, Balcuarol, 177-94 Case B—Kugme Prayer, Bagiewood, an Clase D—Jomen ¥, Blows, Porest Bit}, SECOND SHOTION, THURSDAY, ‘Andrews, 04-2274, FRIDAY, 70. THIRTY.S1X HOLE Pruzes, Net. on pit ca ttjg CM AMartin Carey, Apawamta, 17 158, Net. Clase C—ndge WW. Steveus, Morris hist winner—Jawes A, Tyng, Battuarol, 00.66— et ow. T. Kauti a Nite! gatman, Distafleld, @1-18—10; B Prentiss, Mobai “Tancaater Pan 100.29-—47 puis Gilbert Wall, Brooklawn, QyjHamilton W, Ormstee, Pine Qrom—-Frack Preabrey, A: Ne yoln Hh, Duty Mt, Audieme ord Qrow—Danlel Darett, Fraukte eae WO cl halt Para 19a Dwight Foot, Avawaaus, 91.90. iy nejygclamt BRobert Collier, Dunwoodie, 181 aa ight Cae D—Hobert Lount, Midland, 201.83~ The lenders in each division yester- day follow: CLASS A—8B TO 09 TEARS, 65 TO 0 YEARS . W. Stevens, Morris Co, 1 CLAS D—To YEARS AND oy Kober oust Midland HB Ae Dr."G, Hf McDonald, Tusado: 410 38 Tea aot ree Burn, 104 16 Tent’ Ammula. citiciutial yw a. Johnson, Brooklyn is Fs Pe ee Se Clinton Knocks Out Gra: With @ right hand uppe.cut to th 8 Gray In the first round of @ ten: ro batilo at the Long Acre A. A. boxing | certainly had to keep the bali rolling |“; rs, Brass, show last night inthe opening Dou | while he rested, and their combined 'y ype, Oe Panny Davie. pl i t {nthe fifth round, and in the geminal lettorte have almost doubled his a un Hub Seubearaan ee Net. Th Martin Garey, Aj Ti 40 men who have ann Wa i for certain young dustlee Me ag it 185 | pitched their heads off to belp Phila- Henry 1 {6 | oelphia win that pennant, Alexander futien Wf, i }§i|1@ undoubtedly the best pitcher ip Dusty ot Atrewes 108 $2 5 . ? 73 ‘Jeptha Hixey, Erskine Mayer, George hs nPacenres OE Ng 1! Chuimers and Al Demaree, Col- \x tilaind” Bosak, 80 18 fectively they have done more toward jaw Johnny Clinton knocked out Jimmy | that id} many games as Alexander, but thoy ning results, in wie the Red Box tae ashi AS (The New Ter Ririnf roe, UL Red Sox 3 to 2 Favorites Over the Phillies in Early World’s Series Betting on Odds Offered Despite the Fact Philadelphia Fans Are Say- ing Alexander Will Beat the American Leaguers Single- Handed. By Bozeman Bulger. CCORDING to an advance hint from August Herrmann, Chatr- man of the Nationa) Commis- sion, the World's Series will begin two weeks from to-day, According to the gambling element —the men who fix the odds—the Ked Sox are a good bet at 8 to 2 According to four Philadelphia newspapers, Grover Cleveland Ale: ander will beat the Red Sox single handed, thetr idea being that it re- quires but one good pitcher to win & World's Series. According to the two Boaton papers at hand, no one pitcher ever won a World's Series, and the Red Box, therefore, will win because they have an abundance of twirling talent and a batting order that can hit, That practically covers the World's | Series situation up to date. As th season dribbies along for two weeks | these opinions will retain the same! general scope, but will grow more violent, The New York experts are free to pick whom they choose, the home clubs having no particular in- terest in the matter one way or the other, Naturally these preliminary remarks would jead up to the selection of the winner, but we are going to do noth- ing of the sort, We do know, how- ever, that both Philadelphia and Bos- ton experts ure making it pretty hard | i the mame tu-day, but he has not won the flag single handed, and he ts not vung to Win (he world’s champion- ehlp alone. that ‘The neglected young men, as far an the press is winning Ue pennant than has Alex- ander, Let us see: ‘Alexander has won thirty and in aoveral of then he was out by the quartet mention Phillies have won @ total of three games. Now, It stands to reason that som won those other fifty-three an It in true no single piteher has won as You may go and bet on concerned, are Eppa) _THE EVENING WORLD, BATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1015. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YO TONY BENDER KNOCKED ATTELL OUT FOR EIGHTEEN SECONDS #2 Candidates * Bvemng Wore, ph kD FOR 10-DAL. gk tchianeatt Ne Te. their theory that no pitcher on the Philadelpais Club outside of Alexan. der can beat them, they are likely to run into @ bitter surprise, Fans etili remember how “Babe” Adams fooled the baseball world by proving to be the winning piicher in the series be- tween the Firatea and Tigers, Either Mayer or Rixey may prove @ second ‘Bube" Adams, and Veorge Chalmers, with bis long experivice, can fool any Club his first time out. | ' } L |Phillies Must Get Jumy On Red Sox First of That’ By John J. McGraw, Manager of the Giants. USTLING and harmony won 4 H pennant for the Philadel phia National League Club this year. The same spirit and the same determined effort are iikely to clinch a world’s championship to boot. I see some writ: ers have dubbed Pat Moran “The Second Miracle jan.” Such an appellation no doudt 1s deserved, though Moran himself does not believe in miracles. I was one who at the start of the season could not possibly see the Phillies with a epygiass. en the early spurt with which the Quakers got away did not at all concern me With half the race gone J still ex-| pected momentarily to witness the} big explosion. I could not reconcile) the {dea of a collection of apparently Pat Moran's proviem right now ts not how often he can use Alexander, but how to place the other pitchers who are to back bim up. Late reports from Philadelphia, in the meantime, have made it # little clearer why President Baker prefe; to have his club play in the National Leag Park instead of Shibe Park, even though the latter can seat 8,000 more people, In the National League | Park the right field fence is so close in that a long looping fly becomes a home run, The Phillies have four ien who are righ bitters, while the Red Sox bi This would naturally give the Phillies a big ad- vantage on their home grounds, and Baker would rather see them win than to get the extra money that would come into the borrowed park. It'a a Uttle early, wo Know, but it might be Just as well to think these things over, t fe! if3 Returning to home !ndustries for moment, the bareballing between the Yanks and Cleveland Indiana ts still folng on at a terrific pace up at the Polo Groun and so eager are the fans to have a lot of It at once that ble-header by yanking Tuesday’ game out by tho roots and transplant- ing tt so that the half-holiday crowd can take @ look when they are not so busy. To make the oocaston even more di- verting Bill Donovan proposes to ea. cort Dan Tipple to the mound and let us sea some of that Indianapolis pitching that we've read so much about. —_—_——— HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER SEASON OPENS OCT. 2, Ten high schools of Greater New York have entered teams to compete tn thi soccer football tournament Oct. 2 has been sot for the opening of the season The schedule follows v9, Curtis, Commerce Moite 4 Oct, 9—Townsend Harrie va, Onurtio vs, Manual, Boye’ vs, Commercial, Krander Chlids re Clinton, Morris ve, Erasnnm, Oct, 16,—Ereamun ve, Commerctal, Evander Childs, Ourtie ve, Commerce, Boys’ vw Manual, Clinton va Townsend Harris Oct, 23, —Commerce ve, Moria, Manual mm, Commercial, Evander Chilte yx, Townsend Harrls, Erasmus ve, Curtis, Clinton ve, Boye’, Oct, 80—Clinton va, Morrie, Erasmus ve, Man- ual, Commercial vt, Brander Childa, Commeroe ra, Boye’, Townsend Harrle a, Curtis, CODES F8, rander Ohitda vg Qiinton, Commercial Eraaniua, Morris v9, t Harry Sparrow has arranged a dou- | "the prospective i root for the Ni ordinary discards from other clubs | beating out a team of such proved | , Merit as the Braves, for instance, | 1 was Joshing with Pat Moran dur iug a game in early spring, one in} which the score was going inst | the Giants, “You fellows will be lucky ff you | don't drop out of the league,” I flung }at the Philadelphia bunch, and I ‘honestly belleved {t at the time, I didn't get a rise to this. But short: ly afterward Moran, in passing me, sald pleasantly: "We're going to lick your club on the baseball field, Mac, not in any de- bating society.” Pat said this so s6- | rlously and with such self-conyiction that I was forced to admire his pre- sumption, at least. Personally tam mighty proud of Pat Moran's first th year success and am confident t the honor of the National Le: will be ably upheld by bis club, Phit- adelphia hax won a host of friends throughout the country by the gen- \tlemanly conduct of ite players on the field, No luws of pereentage or precedent prevail in the question of a world’ series, The that have won firat game of EDITED B) ROBERT EDGRE: What McGraw Thinks, and He Believes Alex- ander Will Turn the Trick--Giants’ Manager Makes No Secret of Fact That He’s Root- ing for National League Team. For Columbia Football Team Overtie UREL MOST POPULAR TRACK IN MARYLAND. Kept 2 —Lamret tama Installed that bas py ort roved by Winning World Series usual. I do sincerely hope that the Vhillles In the series will assume the same sang froid attitude that bas at- ir National League efforts pective world’s series ap- ore to the sportsmanship Moran's players thi thei cupidity, It was the pl nelves who turned down the Idea of playing at Shibe Park. The decision doubties will deprive a great number of loyal rooters from reserved seat accommodations, because the capac- ity is ao limited. Yet the Phillies ars more anxious to win the universal champlonship than to help divide the world’s series spoils Copyright, 1018, by The Wheeler Syndicate, Yee, ——— { (pRopUCED BY THE UNIVERS: FILM MANUFACTURING COMP, CHAPTER XLI. (Con tinued.) bs HERE ls war, Your Ma- { Jesty, if I may say it,” rejoined the young girl. “Yonder at the edge of the neutral bands, this side of Grahoffen, men are fighting. Their army is out—they have be- sleged our people.” “Our people? Who are our pee- ple?” “Pwo only--one a friend of Tear Majesty, another of my own.” “Meaning?” “None less than Count Frederte® of Gretzhoften |s there beelewed at a Bt tle pass tn the mountains, With him is Roleau, my servant, whom you @0 not know. Horsemen were all about them when | left. They were hotdiag the Httle pass aa best they could.” “But what caused all thie way were they besieged? “Your Majcoty, it is because they want what belongs here in Gretshot- hey covet the Gretzhoffen cota.” fhe coin? What coin? Impoesl- ble! l have it myself—at least a halt of It, mademotgelle.” (ou—Your Majesty—how ean that be? Wor see, I myself have it—I fled with it to get safety for It," King Mic Ss wits were not quel nouxsh to meet this sudden demand thom, t travels, that that coin. T would not you could have it, So he has it and have Shall yonder raftlan Cor from us that which ts mademoiselle, you are usally maintained the advantage to the end For that very reason Alexander is going to be a gr big feature of the great head-on xt month. I do not ave League pitchers and, consequently, must de pend largely for that dope upon the conclusion @t which L have arr Relieve me I consider Alex er ts her ag can be found any- where, No club has any right to beat Alexander the firat Lime tt faces him. ‘They couldn't do aa much Matty In the old deya. The Red ary by far the betier supplies really classy twirlers, o centage of that frat favors Aloauitos, uo mation why may op- pose hin.’ It is absolutely necessary for Moran to win the opener, othe: wise the mor might suffer qreatly The led Sox have a horde of good pitchers, Mut this may work against them, Usually no han two--or at the outside th regular turns in Alexander oc dled so cleverly b he would be able to pitch three world’s series games in a row if pressed. That should eliminate the probability of having to bank on any erratic box men It Is far too early {probable outcome of the young teu ager that to hint at the of the world's Mieendes | Series. A number of accidents might at the eleventh hour knock out one of candidates, I sball ational ae ure a faithful mensenger ) this news, Listen, I my- it th rescue!" “Your Mojeaty aaid Kitty Gray With half hour iron hoofs rang on the ments of Gretzhoffon Ave. overelen at 4 il go to | #4 as a king,” peaks here nie they ant now common man the y 8 ad- below them od Y unt de They turned in the other rozing across the edee of the plain along the upper Gretzhoffen roadway A cloud of dust was advancing swiftly, o Be Continued.) below tek. dtrection, SPORTING.