The evening world. Newspaper, October 16, 1915, Page 6

UP ‘AND NEWSY {_IN THE DAYS OF REAL FIGHTING LAVIGNE’S LOSING BATTLE WITH BILLY SMITH ONE OF HEROIC MEMORIES OF RING — --——ete— --- Greatest of Lightweights Went Out of His Class to Mect Most Vicious of Fighters After Fast Living Had Robbed Him of Stamina—Saved From Knockout by Brother. By Robert Edgren, Copyright, 1915, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) No. 7 in the series tells sow “Kid” Lavigne went out of his ow: class .o win a title and lost. HEY used w call “Kid” Lavigne, “The Cherub.” He was broad and stocky and strong, and he fought like a fury whouever he entered the ring, but be looked as mild and innocent as a choir boy Lavigne was noted for bis desperate fighting. His battle with Joe Wal- cott, afterward known as the “Giant Killer,” is one of the herolc memories of the ring. He whipped the “Black Demon” by sheer courage that could not recoguize the possibility of defeat. 1 saw the same quality shown bye——————————_. Lavigne the first time he ever met « master in the It was the battle with Mysterious Billy Smith, ® man who had never known defeat kept him going, There wasn't much sting in his punches now, — Smith, then welterweight champion of the| £rinning, tossed them off and delib- world and one of the most vicious| ely tried to beat the Kid to the fighters that ever swung a fist. — Lavigne wanted tho weiter title.) SROTHER WOULDN'T ALLOW He was repeatedly urged to take on a| SMITH TO LAND FINSHNG BLOW. matoh with Bmith. He believed that Near the end of the fourteenth round Lavigne was practigaliy a He couldn't see, for Bmith’s heavy smashes were fast closing his eyes. Ho suil plunging in, but he was ewinging wildly at a man he couldn't see, sometimes missing by a wn splendid strength and stamina pulled him through many des- felt that pci He gle Billy, grinning an im, Wwe - SUCCESS BROUGHT A_LIKING] sitichn tne tooling a eit heen FOR THE BRIGHT LIGHTS. mad ietake i Fea teaben, Diss tion had pulled him do’ away some of the stami plause of the crowd. Smith began planting blow after blow, bene ra A dozen times La- vigne went down, only to im to believe he be knocked down, much less kept down, At last Lavigne'’s endyrance reached its limit, le stood with arme hanging at his hi knees bent. him down, Smith, grinning moved in close and deliberately set himself for the finishing blow, He drew his fist back slowly, Ho was enjoying every second of it. was ! te, the music, the drinks, the| ‘no hurry. 3 " Right here the suspense overcame Eran And he didn’t believe It Pos! iq Lavigne's brother; who, waa Ris ohief second, He couldn't stand back = let the Kid be knocked out. Toss- aitting in his corner, looked |!" the sponge in ahoad of him ho ‘Smith herul leaped into the ring and with a rash with @ cherubie smile.| caught Mysterious Billy and shoved | him away before he could deliver his finishing blow. Turning, he selzed the tottering and all but senseless Kid and carried him to his corner, pro- testing and struggling. Lavigne never believed that he was * headquarters, with nose glasses ‘waa ‘nothing cheru! *| whipped in that fight. He thought |#aid the Boston magnate, “but it} press h Je was as Tough and touch en they| he could-bave come back, For years | looked to me as if the Philadelphia |9¥'Y and hair dishevellod. to whiepet make ‘em. He was just as anxious| he didn’t speak to lle trod who! piayers were more anxious to attend| serious.” He waa all worked up and £2 get Sidt $8 Lavigne, for he know | had naved Mieht was the beginning|® banquet in Philadelphia to-morrow | aimply had to get it off his chest even when he should have been training,| of the ons for the great Lavigne,| than start on the tour, We were peding cost of losing a “beat” for bis ‘and he would have been| Once in, he began to fall rapidly. | ready to open in Chicago on Sun- ," ute confi onfident of hie ability to beat| In his next (Gevt he loet is ett Bag, Wek Gilg eter Selma woulda’s| Mase taney tees nantes uch taller, yway. He waslweight title to Fraat he gradually | start until after the banquet.” ay by ordering the band to play the heavier than Lavigne, Also he was| drifted into oblivion. There are rumors, however, that) /Star Spangled Banner’ just as Tos. by ‘and tore ates bene, On fer reached second after a two base dda were vory much in his fa wallop, For a moment we all looked * the t blank, whirled from his cor: “Don’t you get it?” he demanded to (nto Mysterio know, “Listen: That long run had inte Mrsierions illy aa ve -11 Notes From the Golf Links | \riv'voacr ou 'se vrein tt wns nec: ‘first round, But Smith boxed care- oomaty sas he Sere a bivathing spelt fully, blocked, side-stepped, jabbed so that he could score the winning Baa coped stay, Hie wished La| ura wan 3. Yate of tng! om meee Oh hiker ens Slee oh teem rented vies Aol rere gently ted 8 large ee the links ot me Bl olay the national alr. Naturally, ‘pow and then he shot a punch “f ‘Clut yesterday, a everybody had to stand up and take fo Laviene’s Jaw, grin! £ wickedly The anor un? round fo ¥4" and if off thelr hats. While they wore doing dhe it landed, “He could hit Lavigne | with her worstroke handicap, i nad Ret fo Foster got his and conse- and the 4 was having a ot cb eaeer oJ 4 auch agen, Mrs. ass, Oct 16,—The quently won the game! ible in hit ping Me Still, round r round, Lavigne He Paes, into the ed heavily whenever he but there oe no sign of a He stuck 5 ae ‘The playing of J. W. Newkirk featured “he ripped in a my Ane, made Baulth the § Reurnament nt of the Woollen, Golf at stop grinning and hastily retire a| ty" Newkirk made. the eighteenth hole pare o Ove, in’. ‘He holed a midiron shot from BEGINNING OF END IN FOUR. |*venty yards. Despite thie sensational Newkirk faliea place on TEENTH ROUND. the prise ine leading scores in the t ag stony when the tide of the battle began to turn. It looked ag if pag) ‘would surely wear Mysteri- ots Billy down. Smith was rotreat- oe and wavien? mwoing after him with the g Senaaity of 5 sols Lavigne rushed. Smith st back. Suddenly Smith stop Teac hard Ful t Lepage log mi ove! pit rans. “Ah!” exclaimed t Committee, vigne's rush stopped sud- World Building, News York. nly, Smith, sneering, pulled down Gentlemen: Please ; hand and moved in toward the | bowling academy Indicated below: lightweight champion. — Lavigne, - 86] rivals with enss EVENING WORLD BOWLING ENTRY BLANK ing World Amateur Bowling Tournament, enter my neme in the elimination contest at the | een Te omer Yost we toes TO-DAY’S GOLF SCHEDULE. Indian summer weather and crowded golf links, That ts to- day's bulletin for the golf world Many clubs around New York will hold tournaments whieh will surely call out thousands of playe Fol- lowing is the day's schedulet Westfield club championship, Presidents’ cup tournamenta at Kaltusrol, Forest Park, Fox Hille and Hasex County, fall tournament at Upper Montclair, club handicap at Ardaley, club championship at Oakland, Governor’a cup at North Jersey, club team maton at Ridge- wood, Ottley cup at Nassau, month- ly handicap at St. Andrew's and Beotch foursomes at Wykagyl. Lannin Blames Phillies Trip of Champion Teams ——— Boston Man Was Ready to|{? Finanoe Tour Himselt—Re- tna profits uniess the latter were ported That Real Hitch Was willing to guarantee a certain amount and expenses. It was just a case of Disagreement Over Division of Profits. Tho so-called where the players wanted to get all the profits, According to the original arrangements the club owners were to share in the profits. ‘Tho Inte World's Series may have ad its faults, bi By Bozeman Bulger. RESIDENT JOE LANNIN of the P champion Red Sox kept the wires hot last night deny- ing that the Boston players were responsible for the abandonment of the tour of the World's Series teams to the coast, Lannin 1s shifting the blame on the Phillies, “I was ready to finance the trip myself,” seen in the sporting pages but never on the diamond—this one probably established a new record. Perhaps the most remarkable of these uncanny bits of strategy—the one that gave the gang its best inside laugh—came to light immediately fol- lowing the winning of the second game by George Foster. Me did the hitting aa well as the pitching, if you will re- member, That night a long browed Boston writer came rushing into the That's bad, eh? final round of t! Country Club will be played to-day. ‘The winners yesterday were: M, Amory, Country, defeated ¥, I, Emery, fall tournament at the The New York Club dented again the report that Heine Zimmerman of Conny: ap % é Ck Mtr, MR. J. Country, defeated 1, o, | the Cubs wan coming to New York In wi St ha 1: & Ml exchange for Larry Doyle, This nee ‘water i, detested BM.) rumor will crap Out agaln before the Fonamouih, defeated w. £,|Snow files. It’s tho last straw for et and peony - aera wha have @ die to meee sations, rit nae Oct, 16.—Mias —— <a ter vot th rene Palser Wins on Fo! won the Brockton in} a Woods won the club champior rye fifteen, and she has held Each oat she outclaases her ir the Past year Miss ‘Woods has held the women's champion- ship of the city. ST, PAUL, Minn., Oct. 16.—Farmer Lodge, who substituted for Hagney, the Australian oarsman, made a surprisingly good showing against Al Palzor Inst night In their bout. Lodge had a big edge the first two rounds. In the third round, with Palzer clinging to him like death, Lodge was disqualified for not breaking when ordered by Referee Whit- more to do so, The decision was un- popular and the crowd hooted Whit- more, Eddie Wallace of Brooklyn out- pointed Billy Whalen of St, Paul. she wi title since. mail immediately to pened satiate, RACING SELECTIONS, Smith and everyone around the ring knew that if it had landed that blow ‘would have lifted Lavigne from his) in the air | Park Row Alleys. 41-82 Park Row, N, ¥. ey S| LAUREL. | First Race—His Nibs, Luther, Rob- ne Race — Pesky, Metropolitan Bowling Alleys. 1422 Bt. Nicholas Ave. N. ¥. Polroma, revelation 1 reserve White ant Alleys. Deginning of the end didn't 1241 Broadway, N. ¥. come until the fourteenth round. At Bronx Pal 998 Wostoh: 0K. ‘Thinl tiace—Yankeo Notions, Hthan Allen, Scaramouch. that time Lavigne was still rushing Soggeais, Sut was tosing somc of his; speed. Smith, watchful, sneering, | savage, was waiting his chance, The Mysterious One sud- a@ oetraight right hand jaw. La- red, stopped and we! it | reeling back across the ring. Smith, | following, turned his head to toas a| few remarks to his friends at the ide. He was re of the fight. He know he had put over the winning But Lavigne wasn't whipped yet. totlered about the ring. His legs) quivering under him. But he not go down. a yy Ce Eureka Bowling Alleys. oth Bt & Leaingivn Ave., 5. ¥,) Broadway Arcade Alleys 1948 Broadway, N. ¥. Brothers’ Alleys. Lenox Ave. & 116th St, N. ¥. $$ 8t. Nichol Inn Alleys. 126th Bt, ar. Nicholas Ave. eonducted by a newspaper. SIGNED... 1am not an alley ownar of alley employee and I have never participated | fo the Greater New York individual or any other open individual tournament Fourth Race—Roamer, Gainer. Fith Race—All Smiles, Yodeling. Sixth Race—Tom Hancock, Baker, Trovato. LATONIA, First Race—-Red Cross, Tony Fush- jon, John W. Klein, ce —- Bostus, Btrombolt, Marshon Billie Hunts Point Alleys. dose Be Bronx Central Alleys. | 0 Third Ave, N. ¥. Crotona Bowling Alle; 659 B. Tremont Ave., Grand Central Alleys. 508 Fulton Bt, Brool lyn, Korfhago, o—Disillusion, Goldcrest McDowell en- ong entry, T. C. Bradley —Lady Rotha, | ace Hodge, ne. ace—Stanley §., Big Dipper, or. Raco—Erin, Reno, Sur- Be passing. rrr i THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK KID LAVIGNE’S FINISH CAME WHEN + by the Press Putmetine (6 (The Ree Tore ‘HE MET BILLY SMITH | BIG FOOTBALL GAMES. Cornell at Harvard, Oct 38. Dartmouth at Princeton, Oct. $8, Penn vs, Dartmouth at Boston, Nov. 6, Harvard at Princete Brown at Yale, Nov Princeton at Yale, Nov, 18, Yale at Harvard, Nov, 20, Cornell ve, Penn at Phila, Now. 26 (Thanksgiving). Army-Navy at Nov, 27. Nov. 6 Polo Grounds GRIDIRON STARS PLAY |Football Games To-Day Give Big Teams For Calling Off Baseball | QN COLUMBIA SCRUBS IN PRACTICE SESSION and Thorp in Line-Up Against Varsity. in on|Three Former Harvard Men The Columbia football men were for keen, ana-| given a good workout yesterday. ytical “inside ball”—the kind that is] was probably the best test bad thus far and Coach Metoalfe got a good line on his frst team material. In the final scrimmage between the varsity and the makeshift combina- tion Metcalfe placed himself and “Ike” Telfer at ends and Paul With- ington, former Harvard centro, and Harr, guards on the Kersberg, Harvard gu: scrubs. Ia “the back field were Tom Thorp, A. L. Stimson, formerly of Oberlin, coach. Fisher, freshman combination strong showing, and Frank Against this the varsity mado a Bowlers who enter in The Evening World three-man team amateur tourncy may have additional prizes to contest for if the offer that hae been made by a large concern is accepted. Entries con- Unue to come in with every mail, and it ie very evident that the tourney has taken a big hold on the bowlers of the greater city. tries was received from the Gran tral alleys of Brooklyn, John Koster’s Bronx Central Academy was second on | ti The largest number of a'cen- the list and there waa a scattering rep- resentation from every academy, Duckpin enthusiasts. will witness real battle on Oct. 20 at the Broge Cen: tral Alleys when Newbauer La melabach meet Flynn and ‘conte a sertes of match games. Him way, holds hs § 1% de the high ecore for duckpins at these alleys. ‘The New York Central Bowl: will start its doll's Metropolitan part of next week, ing tournament at Glenn Academ: id~ y the Iatter In the American National tourney at Tuning Up for Real Battles Next } Week | Harvard’s Game Against Vir- ginia Is Final Workout for An- nual Tussle With Cornell Oct. 23—Lafayette at Princeton. By William Abbott. 0-DAY marks the end of the try- out season for most of the big football teams. Opponents for the big fellows were carefully picked to give just the necessary tuning up for the championship period which opens next week when Cornell takes a ehot at Harvard. On the day’s card appear but three | hard games—tho Princeton-Lafayette, Army-Colgate and Navy-Penn battles. Other leading elevens seem to hay fairly easy opposition, though there's | always the chance of an unexpected reversal. “Speedy” Rush started to teach Princeton a new attack this week. The Thum's alleys last night the following scores were rolled: Spartan, 774, va. 5 317, va. Pennsy, 2, va. Lenox, $48. In the American Woollen Com- $31, 400, va, H. A. Cucaar & In the free headpin tournament at Cordes Central Alleys Eddie dO, Cottrell were awarded sil- ver fobs for rolling 108 and 107 respec- ively, The Croton ampion five-man team have ave accepted the challenge by @ Dyck- for a series on Friday, Oct, 22, at the Helse & iivinert iatleys. An interesting match game has been arranged by Bert Bergman for the Berg- man alleya on Noy, 14. The contestants will be Jimmie Watt and Glenn Riddell, erstwhile bowling champions. ne, em, lovees of the Bronx branch bite Service Commission Rave’ voreaniznd a bowling league and ournament at the Hunts Yov. 1, Point, Keademy about Fistic News ‘ick and Gossip Having rounded up into perfect con- Garden on Tuesday night, Frank Moran has decided to take things easy from now until he enters the ring. Moran put In @ strenuous day's work at Dal Hawkins's road how in Westchester, and after be had finished boxing with his sparring partner, Bartley Madden, and also went through bis other train- ing stunts of skipping the rope and punching the bag, he jumped on the soales and tipped the beam at pounds. Willie Lewts, who has charge of Moran's camp, declared that Moran for him to stop Coffey. Seuith bad loat on . Joat the case, and he courte, Jack Bulger, manager Weinert, the Newark bearywoight, says Jack Dillon oF hie manager, Murburger, sek efe= aP. M, wder in better condition than when he ought Jack Johnson, and that he looks i! between Weinert and Dillon tn the Garden ou Nov, 1 be will never again give Dillon the oppor tunity of getting on & match with Weinert, ‘The Winonain Boxing Commission, which doen Rot tolerate any nonsense from the fighters who appear in boute in that State, has suspended Champion Johnny Kilbane for thirty days pend tng their final dectsion in his case, which will be Given next month Kilbane in charged with fail ure to give hie best efforts in his bout wits Ritehie Mitchell in Milwaukee, ‘They have also suspended Lee Barrett and Eddie Moha for thirty Gaye each and Young Scotty for aixt) days ‘The second seriee of el bantamwolght touts, staged by John Weissnantel, will be helit at the Broadway Bporting Club of Brooklyn to night, The lads who will battle In the three K, ©, Joe Daly of Wil Buck Crouse, the clover and hard hitting mid- Aliwoight of Pittsburgh, will go up against “New! ‘Al McCoy of Brooklyn in tho mar bout of ten rounds at the Fairmont A. ©, of the Bronx to night, In the other mpecial ten-rounder George Raynor of the Highland Central A, ©, will ewap sna arg, punches with Al King, « former fight star of | J¥: the United States nary ‘The Clermont A. © douts tn the Clermont A: to-night, In the main contey Brooklyn middleweight, will tackle Zulu Kid, In the other two battles Boldier Hartfield Loxes Jack Dunney, and Terry Mitchell goos against Itallan Joo Gana Ahearn, wie | have been handled by new coaches, | vender for the championship this sea- Tigors will need a good scoring punch | Yale's Wonderful Ma Material May against Lafayetteo. The Pennsylva- nians generally manage to give Ol4| Develop Something Encour- aging to Squad of Coaches in Nassau a stiff argument every year. The Tigers, though unusually small Struggle With Springfield and Light, have shown up wel on the defense in their early games, but tho team's attack was @ big disappoint- ment. Head Coach Rush gave special offense lessons this week and Prince- |New York Unive ton supporters will closely study the |both very od Lafayette game to see how much acor- |boken Stevens lies ing power the Orange and Black has |ford. developed. aigraneta ia ope of sath PARK ROWALLEYS West Point coaches in trying out some | Of the now Army players. Coach Day | Stef the rate Cres "Seumntose Way compelled to fill the pluces left \acant by Pritchard and Merrillat, the | 34 _39 Paste ‘Row, New" ‘York City ’ AE Rs eh Alleys Downtown Open All Bak 132 plays Union. Over in Ho- p against Haver- forward-passing combination that practically beat the Middies twice. The Cadets have good material this season, but it needs a hard test. The! Colgate contest should serve this pure pose. isoth the Navy and Penn have been! defeated in early gaines, Both teams TEL MORNINGSIDE ST. NICHOLAS INN | $.W. cor. St. Nicholas Ave. & 125th St. CAFE, GRILL, GYMNASIUM 6— FOWLING ALLEYS—8 3.3. COFFRY, Prop NW YORE. ~ THE WHITE ELEPHANT _ BOWLING & BILLIARD ACADEMY JOSEPH THUM, Proprietor. the Middies by Head Coach Ingraham,| while Penn's case has been managed by « board of graduate tnentors. The! two teams look to be fairly well matehed for to-day's scrap, though both haye been very uncertain. Last) seanun Penn beat the Middies 13-6, 22 BOWLING ALLEYS Tho power that's been hidden’ in’ 3§ BILLIARD TABLES RESTAURANT the Yale team up to date may be brought out in ed Springiield ¥. M. 1241-1251 Broadway, cor. 31st St, N.Y CARL KLEINERT C. A. game this afternoon, The Blue CROTONABOWLING ALLEYS has ‘wonderful material, but it has HENRY HEISE | en slowly developed, The miserable playing against Virginla and Lehigh does not mean Yale is out as @ con-| §§9.561 Tremont Avenue son, A regiment of couches were at) Near Third Avenue New Haven this week assisting Frank! Try, 217 TREMONT Hinkey teach the game to the big Yale squad, The giant linesmen were espe-| cially inathus ted how to make the beet use of their great strengt © i backfield was taken in char, | LENOX AVE.—116th Street several abifia made. “Capt, Wiisom| Bullard Taatruction and Bxntbitions by now will go back to hig old position Prot, Koarlus Daily, BRONK ergman Bros. Bowling Alleys at quarter. | 26 Bill‘ard Tables 10 Bowling Alleys Springfield, though light, handles forward passes adroitly and is —_———EESEEEEwIeEe = BropxCentral Bowling Academy 3220 3d Ave, at 16let St. KOSTER & GRAHL, Props, Leading Bowl: Alleys in the Bronx, ‘Telephone 4870 Melrose ways dangerous, but if Yale finally wakes up—good-night Springfield, Harvard takes on Virginia, the team that defeated Yale two weeks ago, The Southerners should give the Crimson a tough fight, that's all. Harvard has one of the greatest back- fields playing the game right now, but the ends and several of the forwards have been giving Coach Haughton considerable trouble, The Indians last Saturday rushed over 200 yards through the Crimson’s line, a rare performance, The Harvart coaches this week concentrated on the line in ffort to bolster up the weak spots, ard didn't play Virginia in 1914, artmouth draws the University of Vermont, a team that shouldn't give much trouble, Dartmouth defeated | Vermont 42 to 0 last season, but Coach Cavanaugh had to build up almost @ new backfield this year, On New York gridirons Fordham tackles the Connecticut “Aggies,” and re EVERYTIING FOR Billiards s FET Bowing and Terms to Su PAIRS BY EVPERT MECHANICS. eek ie ie ro _.___ SPORTING, [MADISON SQ. GARDEN Tuesday, Oct. 19th COFFEY vs. MORAN) BOX OVEICH OPEN SUNDAY. 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