The evening world. Newspaper, December 22, 1915, Page 12

UP-TO-DAT Gibbons Has Begun Training Again for His Fight With Ahearn. Cones, Wow Fock bresing Worl IKE GIBBONS has begun trai: ing again for his fight with Young Ahearn, Gate has not been set since the pos ponement on Dec. 10. The threatened attack of pneumonia didn’t develop. etatement Mike says that ho anxious before to “get He is much disturbed the claim of the Ahearn party caused the postponement, be- he feared Ahearn. Mike prom- that both Ahearn and his man- “will be convinced” when Mike ts through with them. The fight may be scheduled for Jan. 15. The peace meeting of the “Peace Magnates” is still in session. Probably the “Peace Magnat by (8 AND NEWSY LISTEN, Bun, ‘YA Poor, Lae & HUNCH Fisu. -- “THAT WILL MAKE Loorine for US A Barre OF MONEY will stick ‘as tong as the peace |The Kid Referees Exhibition Be- magnume last. OB FITZSIMMONS tells a hard luck story that isn't a personal Hine ono of the spectators ‘Who had travelled 4,000 miten and paid for his ticket happened to Just as the fighters approached other after the bell. When he on his heel to walk back to his corner, Jookea up “Maher was lying on the| York boxing fans, promoters, man- floor and Fitzsimmons was turning| gers and boxers. Met Since They Fought 25 Rounds Nineteen Years Ago. ID LAVIGNE was given a Xi Present of $1,500 as a result of the generosity of many New The benefit at the Harlem Sporting _BEST tween Oldtimers Who Hadn't THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, SOME HUNCH! Copyright, 1915, by the Press Publishing Co. (‘The New York Evening World.) ome Do AW Cugese , Bin . DECEMBER 22, 1915 SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORI wh we Tee McPartland-Zeigler Bout Proves Feature Of Lavigne Benefit Hommey at the Harlem Club to-mor- roy night, and Young Fulton boxed three one-minute rounds, with Patsy Haley the referee. John Reisler gave $60 for Bob Ed- j Hertel original drawing depicting the famous battle between Kid Lavigne Benny Kauff Now Here and Is Trying To Come to Terms With the Giants. Benny Kauff, the Feds’ all-around star, who caused lots of com- ment last spring when he deciared that if he was allowed to play in the major jeagues he'd make Ty Cobb look like a bush leaguer, is in town endeavoring to sign up with the Giants. As soon as it became known thet the baseball warriors were thinking of coming to a peace agreement Benny hurried to this city. Benny, it is said, will withdraw his sult against the Gianta tf he can sign with them for the same figure he got from the Brookfeds, Which was reported to be $6,000, Benny signed with the Giants last April and was promised a $5,000 bonus, but the National Commission declared that he wasn't eligible to play, so he returned to the Brook- feds, after appearing for one afternoon in a New York uniform, Kauff's ambition 1s to play under Manager McGraw, and if the peace Pact is’signed he is going to insist he be awarded to the Gianta, If Fed Stars Are Put Up at Auction Breitenfeld Anchor Man’s Clever Bowling Enables His Team to Beat World Tourney. SCHEDULE TO-NIGHT. Hunts Point at Bronx Central. PRE was a great deal of ex- eltement at the Bergman Bros.” |When All Seems Lost And Bergm Bronx Palace in The Evening) iz DITED BY ROBERT EDGREN Come RIGHT AA CLEAN UPA MILLION = Appears an Trio Wins STANDING OF THE TEAMS IN THE WORLD TOURNEY. Wen, Lot. P Park Row ts pale 1 Grand Central 3 o A 5 6 8 § 4 Kroox Palace, Bronx Central: 3835288820220 aaa ~s: i 1 1 0 o LEAGUE S72ORES. American National Tourney—Termi- nal, S74, va, mpire, 940; Terminal, 1,103, va. 1 sack, 868; Empire, 936, va. Hackensack, "ANDRE ANDERSON STOPS AL PALZER IN FIRST ROUND |Mike O'Dowd Shaded by Kid | Graves in Fast Bout at St. Paul, — ST. PAUL, Minn. Dec, 22—MiIké O'Dowd was shaded by Kid Graves of Cleveland last night and andre Anderson scored a knockout over A! Palzer in one round. Palzer was knocked ‘down and could not get up before the referee cousted him out. . O'Dowd met « boxer whose clever- ness he could not quite offset by his dogged fighting qualities. In boxing Graves had a long lead over the local favorite, and in fighting he held hie |own during most of the ten rounds. Wis, Dec, 22.— Ritchie Mitchell gave Benny Palmer of Memphis a tasty trimming Jaat night, having a clear lead in seven of the ten rounds of the battle, Palmer was under a great handicap, having travelled all Monday to get here in time. Palmer showed class for only the first four rounds. After thts Mitcheli had him almost at his merey. » By being the aggressor and also having the better of six rounds of thelr ten-round battle, Soldier Bart- field, the Brooklyn welterweight, won the honors from Johnny “Kid” al- © berts, of Elizabeth, N, J., in the win- up at the show of the Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn, last night. | In the other ten-round battle | George Thompson, the California ban- \tamwelght, was entirely too fast and | clever for Battling Lain, BOSTON, Dec. 22.—George Chip, of New Castle, Pa., defeated Frank Lough- rey of Philadelphia in nine rounds at the Armory A. A. last night. The latter took a whaling that few boxers would stand Up under and wanted to continue even ter his chief adviser threw up the nge. Young Donohue, who refereed, awarded the decision to Chip. K. 0. Brown, the New York south ly defeated Shamus O'Brien ce A. C. of Yonkers, brown showed wonderful form. He kept sending in his reliable lefty t O'Brien's face and body with tertitic Although Shamus was willing at all times to mix with rowh, he was badly punished, and the final bell was music to his ears. ‘The spectator went to the promoters |Ciub was not very well attended, but @nd demanded his $20 back on the|800 people seeing the exhibition, but Ground that there hadn't been a fight.|many men made donations that Ho mado such a fuss over it that he| helped swell the fund. ys. Lincoln, Commerce, 939 794. M4 Academy at 825 P. M. last anks Are Sure to Bolster Their Team sic.’ tev: ssi wo tovens a able man of the Bergman trio had not yet put in his appearance, and for them on the Philadelphia team,| The Evening World games were to JUAREZ SELECTIONS, under contract to the Feds, but was ee POSS TE: me: eerer REET RED ECR TENT es Pe efnition of an GH, American 6 : po wenitedt be given for the benefit of the Young eas wet with 9 ith Harlom River —— of the night.” Thoy slammed each| The Giants have the best chance of Men ow Aswoxiation of tie Broox at th eet, Ppoaition wserie, Harlem | River It’s a long jump from Mike Gibbons | other around the hard ring for three | getting Kauft, eGraw In aleo| , Marne come to the eomciusion stat Gunbost! Rirmont A, 0, the eect, ‘The entire wo.| CINCINNAT, Deo. 83—Some time | (rom various of the, organisations, ge Boute—Erankie Meauirn' ve. Danny v4 > Surle: ous td 00 Magee. T one stale 0 00 r a a0 rt “4 jenn ef rankio fiom wi ee. Only oa other than aeuiae perore bs ai anxious aS pave Tae Mae EDO | rest, lg manager, Jim Buckley, has induced | Soe of thie entertainment will be Gonated to the} to-day the committees representing | looks, to ne afte Biuation Gleared up Cowier ve. Iyin (Porky) Flynn. A , . ang - ‘oung Men's Hobrew Anociation for the con- x Feder ons = | ———= — = middieweights and heavyweights pea shoulder and declared him the winner | Gri on the tip around the world | 18m to take « trip to Hot Springs, where he will) tina of thelr new home in the Bronx, Billy |OFSanized Baseball and the Federal] oicg of delegates from these bodies, | To- G ACRE A. Aw 31 discriminately. And, like Darcy, he| because he bad pinned West's shoul- | and “Mo” knows what he can do, ake the bathe and rest up for « Gitwon, the well known and popular boxing pro. |League are expected to reach a, final | Which begins Monday. BL. Adin, Blar 10-Round dy was an Australian | blacksmith —- or| ders to the mat with a wrist and arm| The n to Kauff Hes In the fact | Sm ba saeh yb for the springs en Mon moter, will conduct the affair, Jim Coffey, Mrane | di n, and then the peace pact will horseshoer. His name was Bob! hold. that, the Giants purchased him from | Wil be ready to figbt again tn about four weeks. | Sforun, Heash Cross, Beuny Leotatd, Ted Lewia, | be signed Fitzsimmons. Tauch Cross, whe meets Packey| the American Asso¢lation at the tme ‘hess mnie OS ee Se | Witte’ ni any Ertle, Batting lavinaky |” yan Johnson, President of the ba ey tried to take ro 0 Feds > By Baile, ea wtamacign: and Kalph & a wil ar exibition ute, - . e1 e| © Kanft In low sulnie the Glante for | ae wach » ars hit with the fg taunts | fetal iy anton sytamtas.tew, | American Leaguo and one of the rep: | bs breach of contract, as they Philadelphia by the quick way in which he| wu-Touud Douls and two six-round boule staged. | Fesentatives anized bi ‘ i f i bidden is services ‘by. tho °S Isockel ot Young ‘Digan of vinci ta ove ——— tho conference, stated to-day, that it) It is the liberal minded man of | \ Commission, If the Glants are bound | found » few weeks ago thet he hie just been | ihe Penoeragresnes yeeghman | i i a Our New Whit by that contract Kautf la also bound | matcied to mont Mldle O'Keele, am vi) PRINCETON AND ST. PAUL — |Wederal Leaguo Charles Weoenman | moderate habit to whom this country ew rite id. for that reason, It’ is, believed | Quaber Clty benlam, for sts rounde as apscal W ‘ Mods : _ Now York will land the former Fed | show of te Olympia A, A. on Jan, 12 MEET _ON ICE TO-NIGHT. Fol Sait wit bay the eb Louls | owes its greatest debt. Satin Lined Derby Ree nye Pggrprye< tyra eta - American League teu. , There is little hope of getting any * The Princeton hockey team had tts| ,That the question of the disposition Further proof-— atthe Chichws Wecerad Lnceun Dutch Brandt, tho rugs! Brooklyn bantam, | final practice last night for the con.|Of Players was the prime topic dis- Phys te Se poled Ms e hard hoy expect to| mitt 00) afternoon i Chicago Club, by the way, | Um 3s ime Tee ee anit | have with Ue they expect to|mittes room during the afternoo! for a remarkably mild and mellow | should bea bird this coming season, — | {unl Mier and Willie Ganiher tackica Wadlie of votorans, | Jt became known early in the day . 4 aq $5 Style $150 SM tha" ie players uniter contract to | se aia ati le es | twat numero individual cara, were | Whiskey —Wilson—Real Wilson— ‘ : the Mederal Tewgue It is estimated | yagie Hares, managur of Frankie Whitney ot me will be the first’ Heine brought up before the meeting, ’ "4 $3 Quality i that, but twelve are of any real | cedar Hapids, Miah, who beat Ad Wolgart in | he vollegians wae 2°4/ but no intimation was given as to| That’s All! a On ery) , se service in the National and Ameri~ | tive rowdy at Atlanta, ia. last week, wild te! cessful in gaining @ vistory over the | the disposition of any case, t. A Gifl Certificate for Hat 1G can Mont of tho sod | writer early today that ho har inatchal Whitney | fast schoolboy team hockey followers | When asked if Harry Sinclair of f or Gloves will please Him a \ Players, were Dis pousiiers we Wd | to meot Loach Croas in the main go at the open.) WHT ‘ willing to Poniags fie Prince the Federal Langue, would Purchase ’ mM, - outlived thelr usefulness, and there | \ vatertalnment of the Manhattan Aro, | ton team is a championship possl-|an interest in the National Leagee ; \ 4 Jittle Chance fOr @ COMED ee eee ae ent et ie nanan ali | Dility bid Club, President Johnson said: The Whiskey for which we invented the Non-Refillable Bottle ti they vould not have played | jotte punde at 18 yuna, | So | "Mr, Sinclair has as yet not pur: nger in the big leagues at the time Dewite ¢ Samoa, Jehased any club in organized bases | | they Jumped. John Welsymant ( das completed bis cant of| | Hutry blanks are out for the eighs | ball! | f dle, Plank, gn tar piteher of | boute forthe Losing thom ofthe roadway teenth annual indoor trac Kiang field | 2s the. Benge nagotlations. are car FREE CLUB RECIPES—Free booklet of famous club recipes for he Feds, according to. the records, | Sporting Club of Brooklyn, on. Christmas after hl rled to a suce end, nme. i i j 3 may play a year with the Giants de- | non, beginuing at 3.80 P, M, In the auin erent j| will leave at once for Gregory, Tex., mixed drinks, Address Wilson, 311 Filth Ave,N.Y. That's Alli ‘Was arrested for disturbing the peace the most expensive sneeze reoord. ITZ says that while returning from the fight the local peace officers found a dead China- man on the bridge. A search revealed $50. in the Chink’s pocket and a 45- ee See stuck in his boot leg.| reception when he stepped through} After ering the case carefull, — tenfeld and Rosenfeld, These gav to Russo's being only able to the officials fned the corpse $60 pnd the ropes. 2 their team a seventy-pin oad at the! e in match games on San | * ‘The session between Harlem Tommy | | finish of this season. ne second | earrying concealed weapons MNEuy and ‘Terry Mitchel, attordes By Bozeman Bulger. LETTER from Billy Murray, who has been fighting in Aus- tralia: Dear Mr. Edgren: Just arrived § city in my life, Also by critics and Promoter and will say I didn't make records for America in the games, owing to some bad duck with my eyesight, which has @aused me to retire to see an oc- I will say that while in Aus- | marvel.” His head and face were pro- | Ml club ts entitled to Home Run| Francisco, watclmabee of the: letie A, ‘Ac'at Sehence | score for the nights he probabiiites | cout JUFY Which awarded the Em. tralia I had five fights, No good [tected with hie now boxing musk; | Baker. | Harry Witin, the colawd hearymoight who re-| ai. N. 3. Raymond has aigied ‘up Jor Stein| are that if Breitenteld had not ap-| Pie Racing Association possession | eed Wa hUe Wan ow Wa S duck to speak of. I fought Darcy |Billy Grupp was his opponent and| If there was ever a chance for the! centiy sprang Great eurpriso by the easy man.| \ tills city to mect Young Grady of Schenectady| peared on the score at the critical|of the Empire City Race Track, be- trios. Mick King, Eagle Mc- | Dal Haw idins, the old time boxer who outpointed Sam Langtord in a| for ten rounds n the star bout at « show of the moment the Lenox Avenue boys would|tween Mount Vernon and Yonkers, FINEST MADE sient ogy bea nek ane: Wan the referee. Lewis took off tie (Nelp out Col, Ruppert and Capt, | teo-round vettle at the Harlem Sporting Club, is | li on next Saturday night, Ree HAUS Lediall tives games to. their | James Butler, the owner of the track, work. Mr. Kearns, my manager, | mask in the second round, and thon | Huston this is it, And don't you} Ss \ take om Langford again in @ bout of | 41 Iinpe, manager of Al Reich, the local H has taken over the affairs of Les Darcy and willarrive on the next beat to America, and we expect to wee one of the greatest boxers that ever drew on a glove in an American ring. I saw the Clabby- The feature of the evening was the @nd fined $20 more, This was prob-| bout between Kid MoPartland and Owen Zeigier. This pair hadn't met Mince their remarkable fight nineteen years ago at the New Star Casino. Mac” and “Owney" boxed three fast rounds, considering their age. Kid Lavigne, the guest of the even- ing, refereed the match. He got a big plenty of fun. Jack Curley, the noted promoter of sporting events, acted as referee. “Acted” iy used advisedly, for that is all that Jack did, Nobody blamed him for his caution after he had tried to “break” the boxers. He- cause Curley tried to show he was a “regular” referee and stepped be- tween the men, Murphy tapped asim on the ear, Ted “Kid” Lewis, who is to box Willie Ritchie at Madison Square Gar- den next Tuesday night, came into the ring disguised as the “masked boxing he exchanged good aque wallops with Grupp. Frank Moran and Willie Lewis gave a stunt called “Two Old Pals.” They bantamwelght fairly towered over Johnny Ertle, tho cinnati With a Bankroil, and Is Anxious to Get That Out- field and Catching Staff That Have Held New York Team Back for Last Few Years. the Federal League stare are put up at auction and sold to the highest bidder, as suggested by Harry Sinclair, the ofl millionaire, the New York Yanks ought to get that outfield and catching staff that bas held them back for the last few years, Captain Til Huston is in Cincinnatt with a bankroll and wnless he gets what the Yanks Want at the finst crack the bidding will be spirited, Bill Donovan wants Rariden, the former Braves catcher; Flack or Lee Magee and in addition thereto he insists that league to make good its promise to have any doubts about the Captain reminding the boys of thelr promis A good Ameri@in League club in New York would be a great financial Capt. Til Huston Now in Cin-| | having been released by the Feds ‘be- @ free agent after last October. Re- gardiess of war or peace he had the right to slitn Wiiete he pleased. Mc- Graw may take the famous left- hander for a year, anyway, As yet none of the clubs have ex- pressed a desire for Chief Bender, he from which they Jumped. No playe fn the game could displace Bancroft at short. Tom Seaton, the pitcher, will prob- ably rejoin the Phillies, giving them @ wonderful pitching staff, It develops that the Feds expect to recoup some of their losses by selling the contracts of their players regard- | less of the clubs from which they | Jumped, | fore the end of the season, Otto Knabe will get another chance, as will Doolin, but there is little room Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock | ‘The best amateur boxers tn this vicin- | smiling fight with Jack Dillon a fow weeks ago, | {ty as well as the stars of Boston and| In the smi-final Harry Donahue of Peoria, 1l.,| | Philadelphia will compote in the special | He's Pidle Kelly of New York, and Josh Mat. | amateur boxing tournament to be held | Now's, ier under the auspices of the Creacent A. C. | of Brooklyn.in ita spactous gymnasium to-night, There will be competitions in | two classes, the 120 and the 168-pound divisions, Some of the stars who will reprewent the Metropolitan district are | A. Lieberman, J. Gaddi and A. Kauff- man. Gaddi was a winner in the recent National amateur championships in San A match was arranged last night in Boston be | tween Phil 1 the fast lightweight of Brook: Joe Azevedo, the rguet fighter of Call- om haa been trying for tome time to it with Azevedo, ever since they fought vund contest at the Clermont A, ©, of ‘They will bautie twelve rounds at the ‘uosday night, Lew Raymond, who arranges all the bouts for | Brooklyn, Amory A, A, on next | ner in which longer distance, The men were matched to-day to fight « twenty-cound fight at the Pelican A, U,| York mn of New Orleans on Jan, 3, Wills and his man. | 1 | gor, Jim Buokley, will leave for New Orleans | om Monday, | heavyweight, has received an offer for the New > box Bill Shanks «: Woonsocket, HR, . on New Year's afternoon, and {t looks “Mke they will get together, Shanks is the new West . Flyon ty touting | Palace team were warming up for | session. start in five minutes. The Bronx the big series while the Bergmans tried to connect with Frank Breiten- feld or one of the substitutes, At the crucial moment in walked Breitenfeld, just in time for the opening session. The first game went to the Lenox Avenue boys, due probably to the “double centuries” put over by Bret- game was the most interesting of the | series, with the Bergmans in the lead | and the Bronx bowlers right after) them. But Walsh of the Palace team missed a few easy spares, giving the second game to the Bergmans. | The third game was another close Miller's 216° score kept Schlossberg’s aggregation in the run- | ning, but the consistency of the pin- ning of the Bergmans gave them the | last session, making it three straight for them. Rosenfeld roiled the best game for the victorious Bergmans, He missed but one mark in the en- tire three sessions and that was on a bad split. Al Miller of the Bronx Palace and Breitenfeld of the Berg- Bros — 76 617 ont Bergman i146 1A3) MUN Freeman 140 18! Mee Rosenteld 2007 $ID 1 140 4 Breitenfeld’ 216 183 Rumpeecht’. 176 167 1 High ecores—Breitenteld, 216; Mil The Terminals rolled a new high team score of 1,10% In the American National tourney at Thum's last night. manager of the Park ly issued a challenge manager for a Sun- tusso received an answer Leo Mareno, stating that he eto roll against him on a We were misinformed as to the wi ners of last tween the Ft inthians. ‘The former won two straight, giving them the series, News of Sports Told in Shorts Because the National Fair and E: Position As&oclation failed to file a bond for $50,000 to stay the execu- tion of the verdict of a Supreme took possession of the $500,000 prop- erty yesterday, ‘The return match to-night between the “Mysterious Masked Marvel” and champion, who acted | tove for the league and the magnates ler, 216; Rosenfeld, 207. “Strangler” Lewis, who on Monday non, , ove for the ‘ ise - ra bi sl Darcy tight. Darcy made Clabby |as the refereo, While’ Moran and |are beginning to realize it, If any| eee pho ier eet! pos epee Hooumey, who are to = [shattered his hitherto unbroken rec: look like @ school boy. As you | Lewis stood six feet away from| Federal Leaguers are lot loose on the | ‘ know Jimmy Clabby there's no each other and punched holes in the organization they could well afford t of Boston, clash in a ten-round battle Ene ae Phil Ball Will — ord of successes, promises to be the most interesting’ event of the season : % te renting Club to. At the International wrest K use going Into details, Jeff Smith | air, Ertle held onto the ropes and | to let the Yanks have thelr pick. Pan ene eine Chub of Harlem im Balzer} morrow wight, are both hard at work getting Into mont at the Manhattan Onefe Hea, and Eddie MeGoorty were also | yelled Once Ertle | Fluck ia sald to be the boat piayer| lity enn Area a tile eee te ett! | condition for te fray, Mommey gave Leach « bilan Victims of Darcy. He is one of | took a gi With hin life jin the Hederal League despite the! trockoute of Jack Hemple and Tom McCarty lad | 04, fight In thetr fir qe arBodhead Secure Browns, Gustavus T. Kirby, Chairman of the greatest fighters I have svar | and stopped between the swinging h talked of Benny Kauff. Some| [mtoule of Jack Hemplo and Tom Mocerty let nay sinjrovet since that time the tndications are Advisory Committee of the IC. AL ALA, seon. I will be in your city | fists of the gladiators, Cat that Magee is also bettor than| oosay hide and Beomy Macey end Prontio| “ot 7? "tt make Leseh step come to Desh hime me of the shortly on a visit. Yours truly, Charley West ond Henry Irslinger, | Kauff, but the Yanks would be satis. Sa a ow ee tid BILLY MURRAY, two wrestle were tho best “box You can’t tell a high priced hat. fied with any ne of tha trio, ers out of that city, as the best of spite the fact that he is well past the| Batting Levineky will take on Jim forty year mark, Plank Was not! game bearyweight of @ucblo, who fought Brown moot in the othe One of the biaest two ten-rounders, xing carnivale ever pre aule to meot Y Jack Sharkey ¢ | will not & h St. Paul's School of Cone: a, towt wit N, I ie Ww: fifth Street, on Saturday eve- ® ning, Jan, 8, Johnson Admits cussed at yesterday's meeting was in- where he will see Charles P, ‘Taft to conclude the purchase of the Cuba, A., admitted last t tate’ body And s0 it is the moderate man whom n will merely be transferred from | coust of an injured band in tho wain bout 4, at th ae hiner: | dicated by the calling of almost every h a Kaufman f Whales to the new Cubs, under | Me show of the Long Acre A. A, to-night, and| night, he ‘rs went. through | Nattonal and American League man weare proudest to have as a customer aufman from Rela eae Den Clas Jhumy Murray tas been substituted, “In the] snappy drill and are in fine condition| Who was in the city into the com- The weekday answer ts prob- | First Race—G. W. Kisker, Cool, Lady Pender. Second Race—Tillotson, Ben Levy, John Louis. Third Race—Metropolitan, Tact- leas, Mack B, Eubanks. Fourth Race—Kootenay, Star of Love, Curlicue, Fifth Race—Dr, Mack IL, Choo- taw, Moller. | Sixth Race—Petit Bleu, Goldy, ‘Transparent. *: When ordering BURKES GUINNES Most places ‘se: it fnersen ti Bottled by-E.aJ.BURKE BARKER SPORTING.