The evening world. Newspaper, November 9, 1915, Page 14

ee ee STR PAST EIT NETO TRING a = | ' ‘ ae ee nate nes Chicago Elects Chariey White to Be Welsh’s Next Opponent. | a. HS VTS. Gat & CHICAGO news wn au dy Wels You may have whieh one f the Was elected by Ch That's right, Cr Wh © White is regarded Highweient nie eon t & wonderfu 1 to beat any kind of @ des windy city. Of the other ca ehance against We ‘oved strongest, b ind White, he “Ko it m to on in or near the dates for the firat » Willie Ritehie he was far be Then came Joe Welling, d lightweight at that, but an un wn compared with White and techie. Johnny Dundee fourth. Larney Lichiens n, Manager of Wel- Ming, tried to make capital out of the contest for Welling by buying a bie batoh of papers and having his friends vote for Welling. The contest however, fore the Welling vo ‘were rece! and he was nosed by Ritehie, fons it has alwi New York $ are not eure petionn hat of of second pi In national ele Deen said, ces the natio that this could of @ pugiliatic the Chicago pa New York might geleet Dundee in preference to White, or Ritchie, if the boxing fans could ba @asured that Willie could be strong under lightweight conditions, Bostou might elect Ted Lewis, the English man, who has been doing big things up that way lately, but two English- men might not prove a strong box office attraction. Jersey City would certainly light on Joe Shugrue, Every city of note could have a well sup- Ported candidate, so that this Chicago stunt is nothing more than a local event, with the local favorite, White, getting most of the votes, TLLY GIBSON tells this story: EI Za days betore the Wil. “Luther McCarty fight tn the Garden on Aug. 19, 1912, Willard game to me complaining of how badly he felt. He rubbed his hands all over his stomach and chest with oA, sapression, of ain on his face, ell you how badly I feel, Mr. Gibson. ‘There is ‘something wrong with me. jut, as Billy said in telling the stoiy, the big fellow couldn't seem to locate the trouble. “Then,” said Gibson, asked Wil- jard: ‘What are you two guys trying to put over on me? McCarty Is com. ng, too, in about the "0 PHILBIN During This, With Transportation and Other Operating Expenses, ameway| wouldn't Tun ‘out“on nee but et Zo4| Brings Total Cost of Main- tell about McCarty.’ Willard opened his eyes at this, @nd asked anxiously about McCarty’s symptoms. in an hour Jess's ailment had. disappeared, and he finished training for the bout. Well, you re. member their fight was about an even = thin, McCarty really had never complained of any funny feel- ing, mat as fpaneger of the show 1 @ had, to ease ‘e mind. aif taining National Game to More Than $20,000,000. By Bozeman Bulger. HEN t 1s realized that the major and minor leagues paid out for players alone a little more than $46,000,000 in the season Just ended the financial difficulties of @ summer beset with poor attendance can be understood, And, mind you, NOB started Gibson could tell a book full of stories of fights and fighters. He explains why Leach Cross is a good box oilice at- traction, “Why, 4 lot of people went| this does not include the Federal to see Cross feeling that he ‘wasl og : surely going to be licked, or that hei ague, It is estimated that the pur- Would quit. Leach had a way of| hase and salaries of players for those walking to his corner at the cud oB\clght clubs is in the neighborhood of each round the most discquraged man\ $500,000, 1g Ngee This would put the grand “Why, he'li quit in the next round| ‘tal of dollars taken away by ball gure,” wai ‘s im the neighborhood ~ of heard around the ringside | Pla boxes often, vane) oe h would finish each round in| @igcouraged feshion, even if he were winning, and a great portion of the 00,000, Verily, the ball player Is getting the cream of the game | erowd couldn't get it out of their hese figures were secured from | pot as ‘ z the offical report of Secretary John of a taal te h wasn't on the verge) 31 ~-arrell ‘of the National Association “Ae @ matter of fact,” said Gthson, | of Minor Laague Clubs combined with “Cross never was or will be a quitter, ficial estimates of men pro- fat Re always has becn ab actor and ally connected with the major & strategist in the ring, 168, Notwithstanding the falling off of ITTLE George Monroe, who 1s sypadane sald to be due to @ fos ral i pi of hard times attendant upon the war now trying to elevate boxing in}in ‘Europe, bad weather and th Yonkers, thinks the Boxing| wrangling of certain magnates, thi Commissioner's rule prohibiting the | salaries of the players have increased. introduction of boxers before the star | Even the purchase prices have grown, bouts should be amended, It very evident, therefore, that “I think,” says George, “that the| when the attendance falls off the majority of boxing tans like to get|owners only suffer. The players get @ look at the ring stars. I will adnult/ their money regardless of conditions. that the practice has been abused by| Mr. Farrell points out the rather inflicting a lot of no accounts on the| interesting fact that but forty minor boxing patrons, but there is no good | leagues were eligible to start the 1916 reagon why men who have attalned|season, as against forty-four in 191 Prominence in the ring shouldn't be| Ten of these leagues did not begin the Presented to the crowd. I'd go to|season and five of the thirty which many a theatre if I thought that|atarted did not finish, Of the twenty Caruso, John McCormack, Faver.| five ‘hat managed to stand the gaff sham and some of the other stars of|and continue tn business not one of the profession were to be introduced. | them made money, latter state Why, I hear there's a new moving) ment is not made on the authority of picture film that shows all the star| Mr, Farrell, He did not mention that, actors in simple parta in conjunc-| but it is the opinion of the owners tion with the story the pictures tell, | now assembled in San Franctaco, and it makes a big hit. Why shouldn't] As a proof that the bad weather the stars of the ring be shown in real | was largely responsible for the finan- MoT 2 think it i ciai rouvies, Me. Parrett shows that in one minor league 105 games wore postponed on account of rain in a four months’ playing season, Say, for instance, that In @ Ittle league th y taken tn at a game would average $500, That means $52,600 sacrificed to the rain, and in u small league that 1s quite a bunch of bills, It would pay the whole sea- son's salary Mat for three of the clubs, In the minor leagues 6,472 players were under contract. Estimating the laries of these men at $1,000 for the season, Which {8 conservative, the wo iv Cie @low COTTY MONTEITH, manager of Johnny Dundee, who fought Joe Rivers in Milwaukee last night, don't lacking in clin music, Here's ‘his latest on Dundee: “Dundee is the only fighter that ever lived who fought in the feather, light and welter weight divisions at the same time. He fought Kilbane and held him to a draw. I think he deserved the decision. He fought Welsh in New Orleans, and the news- papers were undecide to the out-| bush leagues paid out $5,472,000 to gome. The other night he fought/athletes, This docs not include the ‘Willie Ritchie, who acknowledges that | money paid for the purchase of these is trying for the welterweight title. | players. It would be impossible to Tf you don’t think he's a busy boy estimate that with any degree of ac- up his record. He has fought all evracy, Some players were bought for of them, not once, but two or three| $100, while others brought as high as times, and no man has knocked him | $750, Some of thosp turned back by éown.” A the big leagues cost |expense of $83,600,000, BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK FORMER GRIDIRON HEROES ON HAM FISH’S ALL-STAR TEAM OM ot GAM R-HARD WICK. —— ARTHOR HOWE... C.J BRICKLEY. BHiIn@ WORLD, TUBSUVAY, BUVEMBER 8, 1915. KENNARD, AS HAM.-FISH IIT. Baseball Leagues Paid $7,000,000 for Players | Season of 1915 Failure to Comply With New| owners $1,600, run over $500,000, In the two major leagues there wer employed regularly 400 players, Th received on an average $8,000 a ye The National and American Leagues, therefore, paid out $1,200,000 in sal aries, Add to this $800,000 for thi purchase of players, and it has cost the major leagues, in round figures, None of these figures apply to thi cost of transportation, hotel bills, up keep of grounds, cost of building, sal secretaries an: other official what that means, the cost of operat: ing the Polo Grounds during the sum. mer is upward of $1,000 a day. If the expenses, outaide of players, could be put into the grand total, | would be found that the magnates had spent during 1915 more than $20,000, 000 for erating expenses alone. Mr. I 1, in his report to the Na tional Association, shows that $129,80 passed through his office for drafted Players, optional agreement player and others released by purchase. ‘Th National Association has to do wit minor leagues only. the National what was paid out for players in th big leagues, is not ready. It shoul be a very interesting document, Though it may be tnaccurate, w will assume that the average price o a franchise and grounds in t league is $750,000 ut 8 not lai The New York Giants, for instance could not be bought for double amount. The sixteen clubs, therefore, repre. sent an investment of $13,600,000. tht ts, a property investment Add'to this the $20,000,000 for op erating expenses and tt will be served that b: ball has an overh They the fans to break even, Now, can you wonder at what hap: pened when the attendance falling off last spring? At any rate, it would to give an idea The report of Commission, showing that must take in that much from began Clubs Must File Conditions Ham Fish to Present | Of Matches With Boxing Board | Greatest Array of Stars | Ever Seen on Gridiron A rule was read in which it said that No officer or holder of stock in a club j Shall officiate as third man in the ring, Vinay it was decided that as Rule of Commission Will a Ke seen manag of a club do si a ’ mm a aial * come under th ead, Munroe could 7 F i autur y te of fo! ; Mean Suspension of Prin-| +. ve providing ny boxer he is in-| Brickley, Baker, Kilpatrick, par Gren ae eens coams of former Kennard, Hardwick, Philbin °".' jefeating the Indians several years t Boston cipals or Club, s Stanton, styled the “Terrible wandered in hat in hand, His 5 are jack McCarthy Surely no one needs be reminded : anal with whom he hadsigned q contract] Nd Howe Among Former vi cre i ndason wit be ea e HE Boxing Commission has!f0r three years, was too busy to \ Tn t job against Rutge especially secure bouts for "i J ed an- he mes tt i adopted another new rule, It is Secure bouts for him, he wanted an-| Football Heroes Who Will Line when it cones time to shoot half to the effect that as soon as @|that lately he hasn't been able to} i ““Hobey — Baker, Princeton's 1918/ @}match is made, the club intending] find McCarthy, Up Against Rutgers. leader, will also) be In the - | staging it shall notify the commission. |, Chairman Wenck told him where backt Hobey will probably do moat of the By William Abbott. running back of punts, and he'll most t likely be the specdiest and most dan- n of former football stars) gerous open fleld runner the Jersey ish will line up against|team has faced this year, with the rs next aingle exception of Dave Tibbott, the| he could find McCarthy and then| Commissioner Dixon put him through | @ cross-examination in which it as learned that in addition to being a i) boxer Stanton is a corporal of the! Ham Fifty-sixth Company, Fort Hancock. He didn't explain, though, how it is Rute 4| Printed forms will be supplied each club and all parties to the match must subscribe their signatures, All conditions of the match must be out- lined, Whether the boxers are on @ the eae Saturday on the > ; |present Tiger star, Baker may relieve | t| guarantee or percentage must be atip-| possible for one of Uncle Sam's sol-|Polo Grounds will be the nearest |firickiey and de some drop kicking ulated, Lf there is any question as to ders to get away during the day and| thing to an all-American eleven ever | him the responsibility of the guarantor|(Ppear in street clothes. He says he! seen in action. Ever since the days} Arthur Howe, Yale's 1911 captain, ta the guarantee must be posted with | has had three fights and was beaten| v6, american football grew out of scheduled to direct the team from - | the commission on the day before the|! one of them, but neglect | a “4 quarter, Howe played quarterback at 0 | bout. what happened’ in t her two. the English Rugby gamo all-Ameri-| Pie cnd was a clever fold general, | | “If"tor any reason the club or the| | Billy Gibbs, a boxer, was next on}can teams—bonorary selections of| Johnny Kilpatrick, one of Yale's %| principals are not able to go through} the carpet. Some thi he ap- |best players for each position—have | most famous ends, will guard one of © with a match, the commission must! Peared a Pry (ABIDE: BY CHO) os only on paper. the wing positions against Rutgers, 4 be notified on the day preceding the nd was stopped In ie AF Le The other end hasn't been selected scheduled battle, A violation of this | iditwasapunch| Ham Fish's collection of some of | yet | rule will endanger a boxer or a club| °V' r the heart t knocked him cold.|the greatest. men who ever donned} Fish now has about twenty former] ° referee ne to a setdown of thirty days, Any boxer who causes a cancella- representative id he de-| m H Bak skins will show What an all-star stars up on his magnificent estate at | lu ; puven can really accomplan, in the | aarTigen-on-Hudgon, | Each one te on must first fulfll his obligation, or rately qui reason ‘ jeaily acoomplial A the | indergoing thorough course of, Beare t Mpefore being allowed | Wasn't paid, which him to} line-up against Kutgers there'll be) training, which starts with a horse- f to box elsewher aplain, A letter sad from) Brickley, Haker, Wilpatrick, Ham jac gallop early in the morning and The fain of the new rule was| Gibbs's tanager in which he stat Vhinselt, Arthur Howe, Vie Kens |fiag lat darkness after the. players the chit business transacted at the | that he thought # badly of Gibbs's | nard and a few otiexs, Every one of shed thelr football sults, Fish em- weekly meeting of the commission, showing that he didn't wait around; these men have supplied thelr own | poy regular trainers In order to con- Two new licenses were granted, for a cent the night of the bout.) contribution to gridiron history, Aition hia recruits for a hard battle, Sree Munroe, the old-time boxer, Gibbs was told to try to stay on his} Ham Fish, who originated the idea |" afte re devoted for football ~' pecuring a een for the Pa feet lo the next out, He! of gathering a teain of old-time stars, | practi h intends to start most 4K. C. of Yonkers, and the Bast New ; adinitt boxed three time was a Harvard captain and one of of the younger stars, then send in York A. C. which about a year ago! local clubs, on two of which occa- | the greatest guards the Crimson ever wome of the real old-timers like Vic retired from the boxing fleld, obtain-; sions he appeared before the com- | turned out Fish, who ‘nds well Kennard, the former H rd kicker, in another license, The Brighton, mission. over six feet, never bothered about who defeated Yale In a memorable 1d Aa inet Which was operated laat| A delegation of the club managers | playing low in the line. te merely gtruggle with a single fleld goal see A eh MoKetrich and Harry | who recently met for the purpose of! planted himself solidly, and a runner " pish scheduled a game in New York Palle ned in Sts Hcense forming an association to suggest had about as much chance to dump this year especially to give. to Fo tie cdsnion arose when Mun-| new rules and to assist the commis- | the giant guard as to topple over the schoolboys an opportunity of se =| oe PIE ined ‘the commission he in./aion to administrate failed to show! Singer Build Since leaving col- a first class team like Rutgers and a has number of former stars play, ‘fended to referee at the Palace A, C, up as expected, ite st voted his time every Gundoat Smith, who te slgned up for thre fights tu the West this mouth, will cogags fire of them to-night at the Coliseum inf Louls against Joe Coa of Springfield, Mo., wi has fougbt several battles tn the West and well thought of by Tom Jones, mani pion Willard, that Jones deel Jima Buckley's wallover from Calli Fred Fulton, the heavyweight of Rocheste Minn, who has already scored many knookout bas been engaged by Tum Andrews of Milwauk: to meet Andre Anderson, the Chicago hear welght, for ten rounds at the Auditoriem in tly city oa Nov, 17, If Fulton wins with » kno out ho will get @ bout with Jems Willard at Ne Orleans, take part in another bout in this vicinity on ne. over Abe Friedman last night, matohupaker of the Clermont A hitting Brooklyn bantam, for tea rounds at 1 pounds, weigh in at the ringside, Boldter Bartfield of Brooklyn, who fights Mil O'Dowd, the Minneapolis welterweight, at 1 son, Wis,, on Friday night; K, O, Brennan Buffalo, N, ¥., on Nov Bt, Paul, Minn, on Deo, 8, left today for t e minor league | West, scoompenied by bis manage, Dan Mo | Geyer 227, Fistic News and Gossip res By John Pollock Jounny Ertle, the bautamweight champion, will Monday night, Immediately after his easy victory) Johny bxtle's bombantment 0} Jimmy ‘Twyford, ©, of Brookiya, engaged him to fight Young Solaberg, the bard 19, and Mike Gibbons a Ertle Made Good | —— 7 ra mcm smmeen sememmcmnsen seme Bowling Strikes and Spares | a In First Bout In New York Johnny Ertle, the St, Paul bantam- | thi weight who bas been claiming the bantamweight championship — title ar ince he won on # fon! from ory will atop off 0, Ketete at Winnipes, t, | ten rvunds on > and Freddie We Wels? The bowlers are going at full spe in The Evening World The competition is r it will be possible likely leaders ty roll Morton, 2 216, 211 and 205 and 197, and W, contests, wh most to pI in’ the ‘The Sharkey A, ©. will hold @ epectal boring show tomight, at which the ten-round boute will | bo fought. ‘The serapvere who will clash are Kid { Horman of the mat side and Johuny Brock, Paul ‘and 197, LEAGUE SCORES. j 208, ve. Co 964 itan, 863, | eaawards and Mickey King, and Joe Parker and] Williams at St, Paul several weeks S;'Metr Was bic" a «> 7, Aenay Wilwon, Three preliminaries will precede! ago, made his first appearance in 2, | Meee bouts, } bout in this vicinity last night at th Castilian, 879, va, St. Augus “« her boxing club will enter Clermont A. C, of Brooklyn and|206 and $ Ol i Ag inn, 504, va, St. Augustine 7 | big with a slows tbe rivb inte Welere a, 0,| showed himself to be a great Little! 200, and Huber 215. Savina, suzy vas Cactilllan, 750, i | off Voakeen, of which Ciearge Meare ie toemetebs| fighter, Eirtlo had for his opponent inn high, scores Were Wo ennat® inaurancs-—1, vitae | maber and referee, The bovis wo be decided wili| ADO Friedman, the east side bantam, |*'heynun’ Grundy, : pace Company, 144 504, ™ | ring togethor Soldier Jack Kelwy and Cowboy and if it were not for the fact that tra mpions | + B. Stern, 735, ve. Charley Shands, and Hughey Mebouald and Joe| “Able” kept on the run throughout] frst two his Viet Achielis, Tf | Staniey, ‘hay will meet for ten rounds, the ten rounds the chances, are that 200, and It. Hole ma yabtle Rallrvind-Lewat so 851, = d have been knocked out, 207. he G ell M a 526 at 7 Bt! Abe Vrietman, the boser whe stood up under | UC ,.WoUl lavas of those fighters ‘that | Ki Vewa came through with J pggraiona Threo-Aan—Crotona No, 4 blows for sean ta! 16a ° Vitali 59 va non unt Hope, ag rounds, recelted 8175 for bls trouble, A 1s pleasing to look at tn action. He] > iaal vs, Tremont, 471; Mount Hope, 439, yu ho would bave made ® bettor ah Wades into his man and smashes | ieyistere aidos | Crotona No.'1, 607 pale ity fe FB Meera AY away with both hands. Besides be- | #)*\Spy" Bee eee aoe aon | Borde ©, Tteam, 638, 682 ana ac Mg | (be, {OF the P ing aggressive he can deliver a blow | hole: and 210, and ‘Hatry ‘Hahn | Ys, No. 2, 616, und B21; Now 4, BRE 40/ hn the thrak round | n any angle and is @ real fighting | with 219, a8 and 206 nag 808 and 797, v 850, fh 681 | 4 a sehiks STRANI | demon when it comes to infighting. At the Hunts Point alleys, reak- | ~ ke ‘n the other ten-round bout Benny | stone rolled 245, 241 and 229; J, Pats, Wolgast ty Med 4. SH Leouard of Harlem gave Gene Mori- | 21, 280 and 218; Drescher, 215, 210 and) | PHILADELIIL\, Nov | LOA Ruraniee a be ting | 12% and Fielder, 26 and 215, gast, former’ lightweight ch | at fins tery , yer here | arity of Syracuse such @ bad beating | Hadschild hit tho pind for and the world, proved himself an aking Gey that Referee Forbes stopped the bout | icq Manasse ; Johnny Hill, 246; Vie| “all in” when he walloped third round after Morlarity | Nelson, 221, and Stanley, 206, on the] Andrews of Mana i unk in six rounds @ count of nine seconds| Park Row strip, The Broadway Ar! the Olympia A. A, last night, ate Levinsky th th id. Levinsk; ished 178, in th he wIXth roune vinuky weighe bad tak EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN | ing a | not ~— a ne LURICH DRAWS WITH LOSSON AT OPENING WRESTLING TOU Sout ‘ } ot Cutler Mohi of stepped down 4 de wits red a speech. The wrestlers themselves were much surprived as was the audi+ » of the twenty-odd mea in the tourney for the championship gold belt knew how to speak Engtiiah to ask for “money” and they whether or not Ioller ¢ them names said more nice things Sain ed them t Ty nouncer, Joo Humphries, A vaudeville ahow preceded the atx bouts and then came the parade | around the stage, the wrestlers form- semi-circle, before thelr indl- vidual introduction, Only two well- own Wrestlers appeared in the first night's bouts. They were ro Lurich, who went to a twenty-minute draw with Loason of England, and} wrlig Cutler of Chicago, | who wd the shoulders of Mohl of Switzerland to the floor in 9m. and 43s., using a hold never a bout in this clty—an arm roll, In the other matches Draak of Hol- nd won from Finke of Germany In before seen n. 34s; Irsa of Austria defeated Litofsky of Palestine in 1ém, 28, | while in the bout between Johnson of Sweden and Linow, the Cossack, they wrestled twenty minutes to @ draw, DUNDEE WON FAST BOUT WITH RIVERS. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 9.—The prettiest boxing show Milwaukee has been treated to in @ long time took place last night, when Johnny Dundee and Joo Rivers clashed. It was a corking battle, with never an idle minute, At the end the New Yorker had piled up @ lead that even @ last-chance rally by the Mexican in the tenth round could overcome, In the eighth round Dundee scored a knockdown that off- cially clinched the contest for him, ———— TRINITY INSISTS UPON PLAYING GEORGE BRICKLEY. HARTFORD, Conn, Nov, 9.—The Trinity College football authorities have notified Columbia that they expect to play George Brickley, the former pro- fessional baseball player, in the football game against Columbia ‘next Saturday, Tho notification, announcement of which was night, was in answer to Inquiry as to ‘Trinity's Columbia will make known its decision to-day, A Simp'e Home Treatment That Has sida Joy to Thousands Is the Famous Pyramid Pile Treatment. How badly do you want relief? 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