Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
UP-TO-DATE AND NEWSY THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER COME On, GET IT Nex May a T AW SKY = NOT'S THE (DEA, BLL? WANTING For THe SNOW “To meut ? Bur, You Can 1 sawit wait a mimore! WAIT A MINUTE? “This isn't A LOST BALL. 15, 1915. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK WINTER SPORTS Copyright, 1915, by The Prees Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). Dror e! ae ROBERT EDGREN EDITED BY SAILOR CARROLL _/) NOSES TO REICH Fisminig “Treouse IN RECORD TIME Ml Knocks: Out Out Frisco Heavy: * weight in 40 Seconds at American Sporting Club. . — _Tue we. Billy Gibson Says There'll Be No | (1 post Teun won ; No | (Aud arte (i i. 7 Yeu Cuanue’ a Al Reich, the young local heavy. e Second Moran-Coffey Bout in > ows | & a ee , deewte Te) cam )) olght who has not batted singe Be : is is - SMITH was oulpointed by Jim 8 ; 4 > ALREADY oN d m Savage in & Unless It’s Held in the Garden. Wa NE oy bout at the St. holas Rink last ‘summer, returned to the ring Jast we night at the American Sporting Club r, ‘ (Cuenta, 18 prs We T baa vou of Harlem and made good his reap- YSTERIOUS BILL WEL! | pearance by knocking out Satlor Oar- walked past us last aight. We \N %, geren. voll, the San Francisco neavyweight, ! reached out with our right in forty seconds of the first round, i hand and stopped him short. — opioting Carroll a’ an opponent Date vou tne Tventy-ssocnd Kaci « the club officials certainly 4 rh Adicts sp arte yet about as soft u mark for Al to wallop bo poe Thorny, — — ——— into submission as there was to be + “Yes, ave,” chirped Mysterious ———- inveaans rigs bi CHesrd eival wanes a in any fights since his arriva ere. mim carey or we (DASEDALL Peace Far Off coer i ce ae , . the small wd of lent ne Shy nas oe oe 8 inion oO lpia dropbed him tothe floor ‘with Ake sive it ' jp f Herrmann ® a right hand smash on the jaw lyater faded. ’ ithe bell rang for the first round, pies ol got up at the count of nine, and ILLY GIBBON, interviewed early one ° se 39 Roich with a few more. lefts. : re _and aie morning cad me ce’) «= PRillies Sign Pi t’”’ Golt Associati S| ‘ SS oorne et mee utiles sign Fat Moran . ssociation =: rood. carol haa taped . . Billy also stated — his knees when Referee Patsey Haley Sipe hn ros ores tr oot - rows From Mere Infant 33.00 s.chsiat Sis fey-Moran ‘Rent at Madison’ Square Many Obstacles, Principally Ban Johnsor,, in Way of Plan for \ {SRAs, wnIGR Cavs alos 6 Sa u o in ir satiol , . i * . | c’ . with them, ig oin perfectly satisfied) Se" ling Baseball War, as National "cates Renew Session } J iN) Husky Gia nt in 12 Yea rs: aig. not ‘appear, tn thelr tencrgundliy eT et ae tak ie ener! —Federals Busy Preparing for Next Season. Minter. f ee rent thar tne canna any circumstances break his word or s o/ managem they had in- dicker with any other promoter. MITCH-MAKING « ——— themmciven in training. Frankie eaves Mr. Wellman #tanding . ; ; tanii ; ee r ie on the outsite looking In, so tar ae | By Bozeman Bulger. the establishment of a olub in this es | seventy-six Clubs Now in Organization, Which Is Especially un.’ rau‘in the seventh round oF the Coffey-Moran match is concerned, to bri i eace {Cty BeXt season, a site for which at es . ‘ the other contest, pest Arrangements to bring about peace] One Hundred and Forty -tifth Street Gratifying to Pioneers Like Findlay Douglas, Julian Curtis — ILUARD and Fulton are to sign |for baseball found many obstactes/and Lenox Avenue, has already been Jens ; Wi Il dd Si Ti -Da ; 1eCl a tocdsy. through thels, ‘mene. | When the National League owners | Purchased, ess wiar igns 0- y and John M. Ward. TO SELECT YALE COACH. ers, who are meeting in Chi-|met again to-day at the Waldorf.| Gharies Lincoln Herzo, 2 SS —— a 4 had a long , A special committee delegat yD Pittsburgh 1 T pecia| © delegated by ; tago. The fight will be held in New| While Barney Dreyfuss of sburen {talk with George Stallings, Reports oO Fi ht Fulton March 4 HE Metropolitan Golf Associa- Coles Tappen; Vice President, W, D,| the Yale Athletic Association to mame &". Drieana in March. was speeding West on a special mis-| followed to the effect that Herzog e Vander; pools Si { After finishing witb the Fulton af-|gion to talk peace terms with Ban would join the Braves as a player and 4 tion now consists of seventy- harne P er Mortimer |a football coach at Yale will meet fair Willard will take @ trip to South ea that \elther Maranville or Johnny —_—.. six clubs, The same associa-| man, : A. Stll-|here to-night, when it is expected America, In Buenos Ayres he will Johnson, severat National League! Evers would go to Cincinnati, Both " manager. The bout will be ‘for| tion twelve years ago had barely ten nists of the Nea tale ae ee con-|that a selection will be made. This 7 fignt some other heavyweight—pooni- | Magnate: privately sald that tn thelr) denied it, but that didn’t inatter, ‘Articles Call for Twenty-Round members: That was in the dags be-| Poreon, ae ts And Ac TL. rommittee consists of Vance C. Me bly Moran—in anothér championship | opinion weeks of time would be con-| 4.44 tendriehar Ioadit Sannty rounds. fore the sport started its remarkable| Shanley and Paul Moore + Cormick, "9 . 96, and Ruaaaulads like the donaeen :Bay de] sumed before anything like @ settle-|the Americun ‘Association, arrived asd Battle at New Orleans, for) nder the articies of agreement, growth end when one could travel a] . J. B. Coles Tappen, the new Presi. | 20" 11. TRG Oars forty-five rounds.” Possibly it wilt be| Ment of the baseball war would be}tulked at lengin with Garry Herr-| Which Ch Is to Receive| '!!*"¢ to receive $92,500, win, tone| long way through the “Mer” distriec |W} cgnrare ieetie conn ee Of | sult of, te dels before, but Uidires Bee tone et hed. mann, Naturally jt was immediately ich Champion Is to Receive! | " ; : : one golt courses In this country, Always | ‘ult of its deliberations is not known paged boy pl co silky the Hl dig reached. red that Jack was to become the or draw. and Fulton is to get 7,600,| Without seeing such w rare sikht 48 4) an enthusiastic r Mr. ‘Tappen It was said last night in well America, owner of railroads and idee tema ae a ue waa ies Of jig, Heda, | Added to this $32,500, Win, Lose or Draw.) with @ provision that in lieu of the} KOI, Inks. Eke Mee SDE ent orl deat Ina BARR Oe KORE Rae etn rmed circles on the Mel that a ° ousip to that Charte establishes ick enough to satisty | firs d bunkers and tra the the es most tikel Through business association with Tex |and when it comes to a showdown | tortor and dary Stephon biuintda| CHICAGO,” ec. th—Artictea at [Rt of the moving picture rights. | membership it! onstantly scekin® | oricinal that the old timers, Ox 8. von Be Phillips es ones Cedite to Wiens peepee pe they fear Ban Johnson will flatly re- slury of the club and the rep ‘ The agreement Kes the fight ajsociation. At the annual meeting of|to the Nassau links us being + and a Ki. Owsley, ‘95 8. a fore Jones, engaged Caruso to sing in fuse to have anything to do with the sentative of the Fleischmann money, | agreement binding Joss Willard, the 20-round championship contest, t the association here in Sherry’s ai Tent yet A Paid: tel Ay s a . en Pe x f privat Federal Le This trouble occurred in Louisiana + to bel night four new members: ad prevented him from at goer of private concerts in ven n barge eerie See last’ spring when Hergog’ refused to| WeFld’s heavyweight champion pu-|held before the New West Side Ath-| mitted. Arcola, Bellport, Norwood and | (erling the m BASEBALL BRIEFS. iS gene with tie A ell are: WAS Ghiraan 62 "he, Seibel Ooraiae. CIEy © REVS Oh: & FOU GO see: gilist, to @ match March 4 at New |letic Club of New Orleans. The ref- Wepre tabere was for the 1918 Motte politan char ‘ srr 1 . ‘ Jack He’ ol 1 be chose , 0 ike Findlay | ships will be taken up by the Exec! Higgins, the Detroit se Jones speaks of the South American | #0n, ouly one Federal Loague owner | jong talk with Barney Dror hie autd 4] Orleans with Fred Fulton of Rochas. |°ree Will be chosen later, Frey et pioneers int Jona AL,| tive Committee und anneunond with; here ready to” start for Panatow alae trip as If he didn’t consider the fight |Charles Weeghman of Chicago, hus} became current rumor that he was to Meu ‘ Ward, men who had seen the « in several weeks. Most of the more Porto Kico to make arrangements for with Fulton as a possible obstacle. |any serious intentions of buying ints 6 te Platonian of tntg | ter, Minn., for the world's champton- ela Hae Been Laid vp. tion grow from a mere infant Erominent clubs in the Met dist a series of games to be played by w& ERE’ crannies’ bail; All other pkopoaitl Clarke, tecently resigned, ‘That one| snip, were signed here to-day. John McGraw, a surviving member! husky xiant in point of numbers and offered their courses for the Minor. ieague clin got together by a'S @ letter that Kid Lavigne ne i oe ‘ Propositions) sounded better, and the gang has . ba a bf oer sly} se ieten (and also] influence meets, Garden City, Greenwich i him and Arthur fewin, should appreciate for the sen-; that have been introduced whereby | about ‘d i that Henricks will get| ‘om Andrews rei manager o diants, has been con-| The association's annual meeting} Seepy Hollow put in a bid for any “8 4 “ yi Andrew presented the pro- | fined to his room for two days with a velope very little of interest ¢ of the championships, though the The neutral party was repress tt A lenge’ eee rag plreelln de] aparee ee Lpbambandepaqdpeel kuca eaten Seymiee tc eo etl moters, M. E. Collins representnd |#evere cold. That accounts for his cere the election of officers and the] Greenwich delecate Matd his, clud by John Montgomery, Ward, « isa te ught a check for thousand | trol of possibly an organized ball clu | onirge buck In 1902, 4 ae 3 ™ [failure to enter the trading market! admittance of new members, The] would especially like to secure the withdrawal from the Feds; | ft jetiane: Coney Island, Dee. in Cleveland, St, Louis, Chicago and Fulton and Tom Jones, Willard’s| He will get In to-day. new officers are t, J. B.lopen cham hip. Murray, former manager of the @nvt ¢ \ Maren Tear fies’ » 1% |New York are characterized as base-b Chief Meyers, catcher of the Glanti an —— lies, and Arthur Erwin, manages 99 Inclosed please find check for | ball romance at this time, Satta Sera vine to’ Philadel. {terest in pecs "wars thes se ported, but after a vis ‘0 Philadel- Keay Ith pets on wal ney SERS $1. Will you kindly see that Herrmann stated that his organiaa-| Dhiq has returned to New York to back and watched the boys wot George Lavigne same on might of his benefit. Also tell him that it is from his old boarding house at Coney Island. 1 know that he has not forgotten our house, with many pleasant even- ings we used to spend wise he was training with us. Mr. Fite: ick will know who aie is. Hop- the affair ts a big Fre ned with good luck to Geores La vigne from my heart, also com all the family. Very reaper ‘gn ERS. “ No. 2866 Bast Ms Street. ‘'T'6 said that Maurice McLoughlin, the champion tennis player, has taken to playing golf and will soon give up the racquet for the club. In California, McLaughlin's home, one can play Maurice If any day in the y rives the way he ser knock the ball ove: KE DORGAN, who has just come down from Moran's training camp near Saratoga, bas @ lot of new stories of the fighters. Ther chief amusement has been rabbit hunting. Moran and Ike had no e org bringing In the game, But Willie Lewis couldn't hit a rabbit with a 42-centimetre gun loaded with bird shot, Day after day Willie went out with ® pump gun and a belt full of car- tridges, and each time he returned with nothing but a bruised shoulder, One Willie determined to come home with some game, He went to a | iyi dealer and bought a Belgian which was delivered to him K, tied up in @ sack. ed around into the hills and planted his hare under a bush, When the hunters separated that morning Willie edged around to where his game was waiting. He dida’t even jet the hare loose and tame a@ sporting chance of hitting it jump With great care he trained his artillery 2 the sack and [ed the trigger He scored a hit. moving the defunct game from the the invest.gators to the shot-puno- tured pack. Frank Morao saya he learns some- thing new from Willie every day. Lomdeeienee JOE TINKER DOING WELL AFTER DOCTORS OPERATE. GHICAGO, Dec, 15.—Joe Tinker, man. ager of the Chicago Federal League Baseball Club, submitted te an opera- tlon to-day for stone in the kidney A the operation hi ed eee Oe cPtratien be, “ae, Topored Tinker had suffered intermittent been advised ieee moe | Was ngcessary, tion started a peace movement for the sake of reudjusting baseball con- ditions, but that in hiy opinion the American League, which hus always been hostile to the Federals, would block all attempts to end the strife. While owners discussed possible pes William Baker signed Pat joran, who managed the Phillies for the league Utle in 1916, for a three years’ contract, At the Federal League Headquart- ers all was quiet this afternoon, Pres- Ident Gilmore was expected at any minute, It was said there was noth- ing new In the plans for baseball peace, as far as the Federal magnates were concern They were going ahead with plans for next season just aa if the peace proposition had never been broached, These plans included in at the meeting and be weady in case he Is traded. The Chief has been playing indoor baseball with great financial success, Among the trades reported was Chief Meyers and two other members janis for Jimmy Archer, Heinio Zimmerman and Schulte of the Cubs. President Thomas of the Cubs who is @ little deaf at times didn't hear what was being said and natur- ally denied it, An earnest confab was indulged in by Arthur Devlin, the best third base- ver lived, Cy Seymour an Harry, by the @ Job as pinch hit- league club, He ts not particular either. He is no longer with Chattanooga. Johnson Will Listen to Dreyfuss; Yankees Chicago, Dec, 15. EBACE between’ the Federal League and organized baseball appeared to be nearer to-day, as the club owners of the American League, here for their annual meet- ing, awaited the arrival of Barney Dreyfuss from New York with @ message said to contain peace pro- posals from the National League, Although reports were conflicting as to the exact meaning of Dreyfuss's mission, it was said that he had been delegated by the National League, which is in session in Now York, to submit certain offers to the American League. President B, B, Johnson of the Am- erican League admitted that the con- ference to be held with Dreyfuss, who is owner of the Pittsburgh Na- is, is to be in regard to the Federal League. “Ht tm true that Mr. Dreyfuss is coming | here,” President Johnson said, jearn what facts I have col- lected, and I suppose the Federal League situation will be discumed, “If the Federal League now secks some arrangements with us we will of course Meten to them. Naturally, baseball would be better off with two leagues instead of three, but as for me making the Federals a personal issue, that is absolutely untrue.” Charlies H. Weeghman, President of the Chicago Federal League Club, seid that he “hoped Mr. Dreyfuss's trip la for for the good of the omens ‘As our own aff oo ond ie, “1 am un 1 oan aay is that mating inl for next year im than that which yon the pals pennant last season.” Aside from the peace proposals, the American League club owners are to consider the question of preventing ball players from writing for news- Ree ee eee Oe Still After Baker post-season tours of so-called all- star teams. The question of shorten- ing the training season also is to be considered. T. 8, Shibe, who is representing the Athletics, sald the conference will not byond any action until after Dreyfuss I'm In favor of peace sald. nn know more about it when Dreyfuss com Besides Shibe and the White Sox boss, Charles Comiskey, the clubs were represented as follows: St. Louis, Col. Bob Hedges; Cleveland, President Charles Somers’ and Vice’ President Rernard; Washington, President Ben Miner and Manager ‘Clark Grime New York, Col. Ruppert; Boston, J. J. Lannin HOME-RUN BAKER MAY YET COME A YANKEE. A definite offer was made to-day for J. Franklin Baker by the New York American League Baseball Club, | and Connie Mack of the Athletics, Col, Ruppert and Capt, Huston, here to attend the meeting of the American League, were closeted in President Johnson's office discussing the pro- posed sale of Baker. Later Owner Comiskey of the Chi- cago White Sox expected to confer with Mack. | That “Home-Run" Baker would be | sold to the Yankees was deemed cer- tain this afternoon when Col, Rupert ohnaon's office, ure good price,” Connie naid, Branch Rickey of the Browns was \hot on Charles Rowland’s heels for | a chance to buy Jack Fournter, the hard hitting White Sox outi ‘But the trouble 4s," said Clark itth, “everybody wante to buy somebody, but nobody wants to pay | any price.” President Navin of the Tigens came out strong for peace with the Fed- erals, “It's the best thing for base- ball," he said. and Connie Mack looked themselves | soll Baker if 1 oan get a! SCHEDULE TO-NIGHT. Hunts Point at Broddway Arcade. IE Bronx Central trio journeyed to Brooklyn last night to suf- fer a triple defeat at the hands of the Grand Central star team in their initial games in The Evening World three-man tourney, Koster's men got off to a bad start in the frst game of the ser! and although they showed improvement as the games progressed, the Cordes crowd proved too strong an aggregation on this oc- casion, ‘The Gran@ Centrals are a well bal- anced team, Siddall the anchor man's total pins for the three games was 687, Vega's 674 and Enright's 564, Sia- dall and Vega rolled the best games of the night, while Enright, the jesting bowler from the South, bowled and coached well, Nockler of the Bronx Centrale displayed the best form of the visitors and equalled the high score of 215 for the tourney, Him- melsbach finished strong and Hay etz F ellowes Feels Sure St. Nicks Will Win Series "I believe the St. Nicks will win Saturday night's game with, the Montreal Stars and bring the “Art| Ross Challenge Cup to this country, | suid Cornelius Fellowes, to whom credit Ix due for arranging the big international hockey series, last nigbt. “The Amateur Hockey League cham- pions have a great team, and even if the Stars should come back and win Saturday, I am sure the St. Nicks | will win the series. “The Canadian team, I heard to- day, has been practicing hard for Saturda: e at the St. Nicholas Rink, and the Dominion players are confident of coming through victori- ow The contest promises to be one of the best ever seen in New York," ee GLOVER WINS DECISION OVER SOLDIER BARTFIELD. (Special to The Evening Worl) BOSTON, Mas Dec. — 16,—Mike Glover, the South Boston welterwelaht, won the decesion over Soldier Bart: | fleld of Brook! " in their twelve-round Pout Test aight at the Armory A. A Glover ‘continually jabbed and hooked rt In the fac y. He sent | Mine Mitt rights also fo the. Soldiers jaw, ctartfield did some good jabbing and in some of the clinches he worked Both hands to Glover's body, "The. lat= ter did some clever blocking and foot- | that he was rolling on strange alleys, Six of the twelve teams represented in the big tourney have already met, and before the second week is ushered in they will all have registered their opening games, It is surprising how much added interest there is in the tenpin game with clean competition of this kind. One spectator's remark in the course of yesterday's games © thought bowling w: The scores: Six of the Twelve Teams in Th rear Series Have Met and Before Second Week Is Ushered in They Will All Have* Registered Their Opening Games. * Grand Comtral Bronx Ceuural— os ths 40 Parieht, 198 200 15) Himmelsb'h..1 saeed iM fal “2H dss jockier HIGH SCORES. Nockier, 216; Siddall, 214; Him- melsbach, 208; Vega, 200; 200, LEAGUE SCORES. Fire Insurance—Columbia Insur- Fistic News By John Although bids, for the world’s light | weight championship battle between | Freddie Welsh and Charley White ot Chicago are scheduled to be opened to-morrow this important defail does not keep Harry Pollok, manager of Welsh, from signing Freddie up for {more bouts. He has just affixed his signature to articles of agreement calling for Welsh to meet Johnny | Griffiths in a ten-round bout at Akron, ©., on thy night of Dec. 21 Welsh is to receive a guarantee of | $4,000 for bis end, Because Charley “Young” Weinert ts confined to his bed with « heavy cold, and has asked for ‘a postponement of hie ten-round bout with Jim vage, Manager Dousserick, of the Hioneer 8: Chub, has set back the bout until Christmas ernoma of night, For the show to-morrow night Docmerick bas matched Al Heich to fight Al McCloskey @ tan round battle, As Jack Dillon has failed to notity John Wes mantel that be will go through with his soheduled match with Tom Cowler at the Broadway Sport |img Club af Brooklyn on next Tuewlay night, Welsmant Matting Levinsky to fight Gowler at special whow (0 be staged by the club on Christmas ‘afternoon Al Norton. the California ‘other one of the big fellows who will go against Jack Dillon, the hard hitting light-bearyweight champion of Indianapolis, ‘They have just been matched to moot in a ten-round battle at a show off at Memphis, Team, on Deo, 20, igite Yankee Gilbert at Lima, 0. 01 hearyweight, ie an: to be brous and Joe Welling, who are to hook Leonani and Young Brown in to | ork and tled the Soldier up se well in the clinches that he had little chance to! land many punches, ten row ite at the Harlem will make an effort to-day to sign up | | Metropolita ance Compan Insuran easack, 987, Hackensack, Louis Grand Stein ket a line on The Evening World it exclusively tourney bowlers for his Broadway Ar cade team. Bottled by-E.&J. BURKE The ) Salvadors still hold the} - high team score record of 1,0 and _ Gallagher the high individual of in the K. of C, tour The ne and Gossip of th Gates Pollock WOLGAST SAYS STORY OF DEFEAT IS FAKE. To Sporting Editor Evening World Story sent out that I was de teated here greatly exaggerated. Got slight cut on my head, My nanager insisted upon me receiv- ing immediate medical attentior to stop flow of blood, Was win ning up to that time, Otherwis: n good condition, Will meet Leacl ‘ross In New York City Friday night, Somebody trying to foo the public with fake story AD WOLGAST, Atlanta, Ga Bothner's gymnasium. Both fighters are slresly down to the required weight and are certain of getting the newspaper decision over ponenta, their of Jimmy Johnston, manager of Ye! "Kia" Lewis, the English lightweight, declan to- tay that he has also called off the ten-round bout with K, 0, Brennan, which was slated 10 be ile eile before the Queensberry A. Cot dutta | on Friday night, He cancelled the bout because Lewis's knee, which bas « boil on it, will uot | be well in time for the contest, Lewis's next pout will be with Willig Ritohle in Madison Square Ganten on Deo, 24, ne 4 many of | Dan Porky" Fiynn, who has tougiit the hest heavywelghts and always put up a fast battle with them, was signed up to-day by Joe Levins, matchmaker of the American Sporting Cheb of Harlem to meet Tom Cowles in the mai; erent of ten rounds at the next show of w As Foon is ae Sporting Club on Friday wight, are putting uu the finishing Wuobe oe teu Lening of Cowler will Ser tis tae Cebsing form Bootes to tes) bins Farr * Crandall, Countr Rilgake, ‘atson, 430 in the hattan College homé game of Inaec of shooting dvantage The bigot has lost caste in America. It is the moderate man who has authority—the man who knows how to use and not misuse. You will find thousands of moderate men using a wonderfully mild and mellow Whiskey—Wilson—Real . Wilson—That’s All! Tha Whiskey fer which we invented the Non-Refillable Botile FREE CLUB RECIPES —Free bool let of famous club , mixed drinks, Address Wilson, 311 Fifth Ave,N,Y. That's All! f y. 65, 802, n y Farm ame wo F mn H y ¢ 1 Princeton. b er thi rate. the Evening World Tourney Arouses Interest i in Bowling: 4, 695, 64 visited ntral Aca’ The players and s¢ ote Ww ub rin ents and did not attempt any con Kk. Bohe 1 ey season. of the Princeton five was poor jQanbattan Sun vs. When ordering 1“ BURKE'S GUINNES Most places serve, 91a; » 880; | an, Sd1. | the Brooklyn y last night to ‘WHO STARTEO Hotel with t Club ‘orthington, ‘ 410 e . am—MeC! Laurtexer, five from ceton in thi ‘The and thet took || Hrgaival Roorting their | ous Star I Bt h recipes for 7~