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‘UP-TO-DATE ‘AND NEWSY No Ono Better Qualified Than, Bil Brown to Referee Willard: | Moran Fight. | Cony ret 1918, by The Vie New York B Pc BROWN to be selected Willard-Moran referee the fight. And let us do our share | in informing the public that there} fan’t « beticr man in the world to act fn that capactty. Brown has proven more than once that he has his head with him all the time, under all cir. cumstances, and that he isn't afraid to act cwiftly and surely when there's Teason fur action. He has had plenty of experience in refereeing important bouts. There's another good redson why Bill Brown may be selected, Every follower of sport in this part of the county knows that he is absolutely on the level, and that neither money nor influence could possibly induce him to vary an inch from what he knows to be the. right and fair thi to do. And another reason that is ax tremely important In this match be- tween two men as big and powerful fas Willard and Moran is that Rill Brown is in as good condition as the fighters, trained hard as nails and fit to go through a mill himself, RANK MORAN and his manager, ike Dorgan, are a pair. They than they would have received fdr fighting Willard for tne rival pro- moters. — HILE Jobnnay Ertle is going along winning his little ten- round bouts without much trouble, Kid Williams ts going over the twenty-round route in New Or- leans, He had a tough time a couple of night ago with Pete Herman of that cityealthough Williams was @ 3-1 shot in the betting. Uniess Ertle agreed to stick to their first promise to Rickard even when it Jooked as if Rickard never would get the match. In this case, as in all he '¥ was the best FOURTEEN YEAR OLD" | a eLOr y ICS takes Willams on soon In # twenty- round bout for the championship in the Baltimore terror. champtonship claims will be mud- dled. Charlie Hdvets is drawing up a new drafting system. As if it wasn't draughty enough around here now, with all the magnates in full ory! RANK O'NEIL, former Boxing Commissioner, has written an article advocating the giving of decisions in New York bouts. There isn’t the slightest doubt that decisions in our ten-round juts would make the boxera do much bet- r work and would make the bouts ore interesting to the spectators. But think how the champions would dodge this town if they couldn't box here without an official decision! that idea from all angles I Pausing for a moment to consider may ven- ture to remark that {it wouldn't be Sold by the drink at peosler erioss. Quarts, Picts and elf Pinte General; Dealers’ iy PAUL JONES & CO., DISTILLERS, Y entirely an unmixed evil. TM COFFEY was getting a rub- down after his second disastrous moet with Frank Moran. Biil Mills was whispering kindly to him as Jim ually “found” himeelf. Big Andy juinn, who has a “drag,” was allowed in the dressing room and watohed the rubbing process, Great salty tears coursed down Andy's cheeks as he saw the weeps and EX RICKARD states positively . that the fighters are to get exactly $60,000, in spite of all sturies circulated by various Isn't $60,000 enough? minute, which is a fair advance on what Willard and Moran used to carn punching cattle and holystoning decks, The final articles for the Willard- fight are to be signed to-day ink Room of the Hotel Claridge. This is not to be taken to indicate ade SH en i OB GFR NSO AES ldwell Calle@ @ Second Meyers. Following the remarkable victory over Joe Ray of Chicago, the national one- mile champton, tn the Hunter mile at the Boston A. A. games last Baturday, man; acknowledge Dave Cald- second Lon Meyers. Cald- WHITS CAB remarkable races at all dis- 300 yards to one mile. ve urday 3 ee ce snow nee of the Kecond Battalion Naval ite fh GARR Rr ee omar, |e Miearmery In Bay Rides, Caldwell mont A. C., jermontay., | wil menavre strides with Horner Baker, “_Ghampion Johniy ve. Terry lithe international half-m!le champion, in eee ag ees, Me lh, Baal DS! he [nsgncignl a a is a form of fear— and fear is the cause of failure. Cast out fear and be tergperate or moderate in all things. A BO PeuTem AnD GIVE HIN A PURSE 4 PRE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1916, Dodger Club, Which Must Re- inforoe its Receiving Staff, Will Shoulder War-Time Con- tract of Veteran Catcher. By Bozeman Bulger. E first step toward houseclean- ing among the Giants for the season of 1916 is the impending release of Chief Me: which will be oMcially announced before the con- clusion of the present meeting at the Waldorf. Though the matter bas been kept rather secret by the New York club, it ia known now that waivers were asked on the Chief several weeks ago. It is also known that if anybody claims the Chief the New York club will have to let him go at the waiver price. It is understood that Brooklyn has put in a claim for Meyers, one of the last of the old guard of the Giants, and that Robby js willing to assume the last part of the three years’ con- tract between the Indian and the New York club. The Brooklyn manager so declared himself ten days ago, be- fore the waivers started on their rounds. This contract, by the way, le be- Meved to be responsible for the fall- ing off in the Indian's hitting. Why it caused him to lose his “pep” they do not know, but the management says that as soon as the Chief was fixed with # three-year contract he began to drop off in his hitting. Last year he hit .220, ap against .800 in pre- vious years, For several seasons he was the most reliable hitter on the club, Another reason for the asking of waivers on the Chief is a belief on the part of McGraw that the Indian hasn't the natural aptitude for hand- ling and developing young pitchers that is needed in a veteran, That is why Charley Dooin was secured last summer. The purchase of Rariden from the Federal League is expected to fill out the gap caused by the absence of the Chief, Otto Knabe, who watched Rariden work in the ral League, offered to bet a hat yesterday that he would 3, | catch more than one hundred games for the Giants the coming summer, The amendment to the National League constitution, adopted yester- day, giving the President absolute right to pass upon protests and other disputes concerning the playing of games, is one of the best things the old league has done for years. In the past the President has been nothing more than a figurehead. He could decide a protest, only to have the Board of Directors meet and turn him down if they should so desire. Under the President in those matters is ab- solute, Aside from the adoption of a sched- McGraw to Shake U; Giants With Transfer Of Meyers to Brooklyn the new amendment the authority of BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW HARVEY’S ‘On Joy! Tive GRABBED A BIG MATCH FOR ‘You ! or END 1S offered him a big fat three-y \. tract to jump to the Peds. Leribe Inder Joo's guldanco Zimmerm worked the bluff und got a three-year contract from tho Cubs at a salary of $7,000, much more than he ever had before. “Yes, but that isn't the Joke,” s Tinken as Zim began to langhe Tc worst of it is that I have now taken charge of the Cubs and have got to pay that salary myself. Having loaded Zim up tor Murphy, I've got to shoulder it, At that,’ I'm not sorry.” Pat Powers is acting as sales agent for Harry Sinclair, who is in Tulsa, Okla., and declares that he disposed of six good bargains yesterday. Pat would not give the names of the pur- chasers, but assured us that they were not ashamed of the players. Their names will be announced when the clubs start South. The Phillies got a good man yes- terday in Wilbur Good, former out- fielder of the Cubs. . Under the con- solidation of the Cubs and the Chi- cago Federal League teams Tinker was overloaded with good outfielders and had to let several of them go. Pat Moran of the Phillies thinks he got the pick of the lot. | Among the Federal Leaguers at-| tending the meeting are George Sto-| vall, John Ganzel, Otto Knabe, Bill McKechnie and Dick Carroll, ‘They all declare Rousch, the outfielder se- cured by the Giants, to be one of the dest in the Federal League. “If Rousch and Kauff both play I) look to see George Burns the third strongest man. And that will be going some, too. You know Burns ts one of tho best outfielders in the world, That just shows you how much I think of this Kauff and Rousch.” | Bennie Leonard Stops Bloom (Special to The Evening World.) BOSTON, Feb, 9.—Bennie Leonard, the New York lightweight, lived up to his reputation last night, defeating Phil Bloom of Brookly. at the Armory A. A, in cight rounds in a bout which was limited to twelve sessions, | Referee Phil Powers stopped the, contest when Leonard had Bloom help- less on the ropes after putting him to! the mat three times. The bell saved | Bloom from being knocked out in the | previous round, for he was in a bad way after being floored. fin Bs | MATT M’GRATH GOES BACK | ON THE JOB AS SERGEANT. Supreme Court Justice Ford has or-| dered the reinstatement of Matt Me-| Grath, the hammer-throwing champion | and glant policeman, as a sergeant. Mc- Grath was originally diamissed by Com- misstoner Cropsey, but Justice Ford calle this dismisaal unjust. Ex-Commissioner Waldo reinstated McGrath as a patrolman de jure, and while serving in this rank he took the examination for sergeants and passed, “The action of Commissioner Woods in now compelling McGrath to perform the duties of patrolman with @ patrolman’s pay merely amounts to a reduction in rank without right or warrant in law,” Justice Ford declares, Bs 2b Copyright, 1916, by the Presse Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) HUNCHES Dorgan, manager of Frank Moran, Willard is guaranteed $40,000, with Moran $20,000, with a bonus of $2, Rickard # close to $100,000. accommodated, Giants Open Their Season In Philadelphia The official playing dates of the National League for the coming sea- son were adopted and given out for publication at the annual meeting of the old league at the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday. The season, as usual, will consist of }54 games, beginning on April 12 in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, } Cincinnati and St. Louis. The West- ern teams will wind up thelr campaign Bat Makes Great Bout of lt by Frequently Outslugging So-Called “Man-Killer.” By John Pollock. Ji: DILLON of Indianapolis, the aggressive and bard hitting light on Oct. 1, while the season in the M heavyweight champion, proved tbe Cl ‘unt Ba et concluded untll| a cain last night that he is one of the Breatest fighters in this country by shading Battling Levinsky, the clever Hebrew heavyweight, in the main bout of ten rounds at the Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn. Dillon didn't have the The Giants this year will begin the campaign away from the Polo Grounds, being down on the schedul to pry off the baseball lid in Phil delphia with the National champions. This, of course, meaus that the McGrawites will undoubtedly have to face Alexander in their open- ing game. hile the Giants afe struggling with Alexander the Robins will be tackling Ger Stallings and his Boston Brave | Ebbets Field. T] Pittsburgh Pirates are scheduled to open the season with thi ‘ard! in St. Louis, while the Cincinni Reds will have as their guests the Chicago Cubs. The opening of the National League season at the Polo Grounds and in Boston will take place on April 20, Philadeiphia will be the opposii team of the Giants, while the Robins will be the attraction in Boston. GIANTS’ SCHEDULE. ‘BL fi denote Sundays end holidays, latter, oracketa. Tealics denote Saturda; AT HOME. ABROAD. me easy has had with the other big fellows. Bat not only fought him every second of the contest but outslugged him many times in the last five rounds. It was Levinsky's willingness to mix with Dilion that made the fight aj slashing one. When the bell clanged for the men to start fighting Dillon went right after Leviusky and began to slam away with both ‘hands for “Bat's” stomach ~1d jaw. Instead of run- ming atu, as many persons thought he would do, Levinsky stood his ground and met Dillon's rushes with snappy left jabs in his face and rights in the stomach, ion again kept up his aggressive charge in the second round and with a heavy right-hand swing flush in the mouth cut Levinsky's lower lip on the inside. Levinsky then came back with several stiff lefts in Dillon's face and managed to get away from Dillon's heavy left and right swings by duck- ing and also getting inside of the blows. For the rest of the round the men fought hard, but Dillon's wallops were the more effective. The third round was another bad one for Levinsky, as Dillon managed to score short inside smashes to the stomach and ‘two left and right swings flush on the jaw. Although these same punches have dropped many of the other big men, Levinsky did not even stagger from them and May (30, 30 June 1. With ‘Brookiyn, |AUg. 12, 14, 18. April 29, May 1, M, P.M, July 3 (4, 4) 5. Sept. 6, 7 YORK Promoter Rickard and Willard and Moran Post Forfeits To-Day for Bout in Garden March 8. Tom Jones and Jack Curley, representing Jess Willard, and lke the purpose of signing for the big heavyweight ton-round bout, which hag been definitely set for March & in Madison Square Garden. ,500, the two fighters costing Tex 000. The Garden will cost $7,600 for the night. bleacher seats and other renovations will cost another $6,000, Referee, preliminaries and advertising will probably cost $ with the 7% per cent, State tax, the bout will stand the promoters It is planned to charge from $3 to $60, and with the additional seating arrangements a crowd of 13,000 people can be Rickard is to post $20,000 with Stakeholder Bob Vernon upon the signing of articles to-day. Each fighter will post time winning from Levinsky that ne in, tore into Dillon, banging away at his face and body with stiff punches, In the fourth and fifth rounds Dil- lon kept tearing into Levinsky, cut- ting loose with left hooks and right and left swings, while Levinsky oon- tinued jabbing at Jack's face and in the clinches would rip in both hands to his mid-section. At the end of the fifth round Dillon had a good lead on points Pitteburah, 7,8, 9. ‘41, Aug. Cnet Beginning the sixth, Levinsky car- May #1 G2 HE it || ried the fighting to Dillon, and he ‘Aug. 28, 26, 30, || scored so frequently on him with smashes in the face, jaw and body that Dillon began to show signs of tiring. Encouraged by his successful onslaught, Levinsky again tore into Dillon in the seventh round, and with blows to Jack's wand Sunday: Decoration Day. Labor Day. July 4th. Ted Meredith Breaks World’s §00-Yard Record Ted Meredith of Penn chopped two- fifths of a second off the world’s 600-yard indoor record for the Buer- meyer Trophy at the New York A. C, games in the Twenty-second Regi- ment Armory by travelling the dis- BROOKLYN’S GAMES. (Black figures denote Sundays and holidays, latter in brackets. Italics denote Satur 8. AT HOME, | ABROAD. ape ig tyee'ts, | Aprit 20-2 pr! 2,18, 14, 15. 5 May “Y30, 30) 31,] 7 "Phy: june 1. Aug. 18, 14, 15, With New York. April 9. 17, 18, 1 Tune 4, Oct. 2, 3, 4, B. With Philadetphie, May 4. 5, 6, June 19, 0, 41 At Philadelphia. ApH 35,26 31,20. ay. Bi Ban Sept. 1, #14, 41. At New York. April #9, May 1, EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN | PUTTING *EM OVER With “Bags” Baer mr 8 Rak a RABID RUDOLPH- /anv0— * ie “ WOOD- PECKER makes a living by knocking, but he has a lot of ama- teur competition.” Speaking of tratoing quarters, you will have ty tort training ‘an now if you expect to buy your | way into the big conflict Of course, some Rabid Rudolph {s sure to insist that a hundred- will meet here this afternoon for a bonus of $7,600 for signing, and Building 00 more, and, Dillon Shades Levinsky In Slashing Battle stomach, also had the better of this session. The eighth and ninth rounds were also hummers, for Dillon seemed to have regained some of his strength. Both men let fly the hardest kind of blows, LeVinsky's jabbing and fast infighting giving him e slight shade. er the men had shaken hands in the tenth and last round Levinsky sailed into Dillon and they exchanged terrific swings with both hands at close quarters, Dillon having the bet- ter of the battling in the first minute of the round, and Levinsky finishing up in whirlwind fashion tn the oth er Guarantee of $3,500, Fulton recently secured deotsion over Porky Fiynn in New Orleans, ‘The Clermont A. C., witieh holds ite shows ta the Clermont Avenue Rink io Brooklyn, will stage ® boring entertainment tomight at which two of the fasten Little bantame io the business will meet im the star bout of ten rounds, The youngsters are Champion Jobnny Ertle of St, Paul and ‘Terry Martin of Providence, R. 1, Both lade have won many fights in fm this vicinity, ‘Mike McNulty, manager of Johnny Ertle, claim. is planning @ severe After Brtis bout Brooklya to-night he intends seading Mm after the winner of the Battling Henry-Mickey Duna fet-to at the Harlem Sporting Club Friday night Torn during Mardi Gras week in New Orleans Yate will meet Pete Herman, who has just be Kid Willems to « twentyround drew, Although John Welsmantel, manager Broadway Sporting Club of Brooklyn, slaiea ‘he has Ted “Kid” Lowis and Jack Britton signed up to fight at his clud on next Tuesday night, Jimmy Johnston says thet tho men will battle in Madieon Square Garten on Feb. 17. It looks as if the State Athletic Comutesion will be called upon to decide where the bout will be held. Tomms Maloner, the Bide wel who fights Augie Ratner, the Broux lightweught, ‘at the Fairmont A, ©. on Saturday nibgt, {9 also signed up to mest Btove Latse, the Pennsylvania welterweight, for ten rounda at South Bethlehem, Jeht of Feb. 15, Pa. on the | | | yard dash is merely a tong hyphen. FEBRUARY & THE MONTIL WHEN ALL THE | TOPPING THE Wi ALONG ABOUT JUNE SIR ISAAC | NEWTON IS THOROUGHLY VIN- DICATED. THAMS ARE AGUE, BUT Dealing @ round with the incovgruity deck, dl: you ever see a chap munching in @ one-arme! lunch Jose bie appyiite because Larey Waterbur dad his polo rating raised {rum three to seven! FEEBLE FABLES. Still utilizing the same once upon there was a fight promoter to promote more amicable relations in this turbulent era by engaging two pugnacious thumpers to shower one another mu- tually with knuckle would two of his carnivorous athleti be safely inside the ropes than their politics would flop and they would vote the vegetarian ticket. No matter what corrugated necks he signed up, they always regarded the inside of the rope The Hague. The promoter would mentally lamp his constituency fading away, but much to hie surprise he always had to pack his audieno in with a shoe horn. After blazon- ing to the multitude that Young Fro- mash de Brie would battle Kid Edam at the Gorgonzola Athletio Club, he had jubpoene the fight fans to keep ‘em away. id MORAL—IT TAKES A GOOD FROST TO MAKE THE PECANS Zeb Milan lives in Tennesse, where mow te « curio, After « camp mea) Zeb goes omt and cate a e001 He regards it asa fine de eert, but any Fed Leaguer will tell you that it makes « mighty poor entree In spite of Frank Moran's com fidence the Building Inspectors will see that the ring is provided with the usual emergency eatts as required by law. ALTHOUGH AN ARDENT DEV- OTEE OF BASPBALL, MR. WIL- SON DOPSN'T THINK IT NECES- SARY FOR THE TROOPS ON THE RIO TO GO SOUTH TO TRAIN, ANSWERS TO QUEERIES. Queery Editor; In the sporting hemiephere what do athletes mean when they refer to the “gate"? I re- OTTO FLOOF. } diversity of inter- nm amateur circles thi “gate” refers to the money pig in at the door. All amateurs watch the “gate” very closely, for some reason ether. In professional ranks the ate” indicates that some sincere Performer has been handed the way- farer’s rush. They call it “getting the which quivalent to being slipped the bum’s gavotte, Evening World Bowling Tournament Half Over patie ci White Elephants Still in Lead, With Eddie Manasse Top- ping Individual List. SCHEDULE TO-NIGHT: Broadway Arcade at Bronx Central. Metropolitan at Bergman Bros. the big Evening World three-man over, 65 matches of the 182 scheduled | eee to-night's two matches amateur tournament is just half iG OF THE TEAM WORLD Tourney. | STANDIN THE White Blepbant 4 ng ag: Bate Row o it Sa Bergman” Bios ot Sab rotons, .° 42 Sons oO Central 1 ine nee Rg Pome cc 18 ate ae Grand Central’: 1 {2 800 gut Metropoiitan a iat hap Palace Bam ait Fs it LEAGUES SCORES, American National 899, vs. Crescent Toke: Sanne pastor. ik Row, ree i Row, 1008 reweent, 966, 'vs, ‘Park b Bank Clerks—Fifth Natior The temperate or moderate man wie which is all cut and dried, tho Byrnes to Play Cashman, guste 16 42,843 tance in 69 4-58. and. incidentally, | having been rolled. The White Ele |corn' kachange,. S44: Himigrar thay? * league magnates will have little to do) tn the semi-final of the sporting writ-| | with Pitteburmh. beating such stars as Dave Caldwell} phants are in the lead. Eddie Ma-|trial Savings, 724, vs. “Bifth Natio ‘or t wi ly mild and to-day except talk about the banquet org’ golf poo! tourney wt Doyle's billiard ‘ig baal COG A ER cap-| nase, the smallest man in the league, | 5°), hmigrant Tr ustrial Savings A ° to-night, It in to celebrate the forti anu fanaa ernan a ain of the Prnoeton team, he highest average of 197 for 30 . mellow Whiskey —Wilson— Real eth “anniversary of the | National aa tor i0l, hm, toner Howard £. Drew, the sturdy negro |tamen Hugo Nockler, who recently {f | Teague, All the old-timers are eithe, ie © former) 1 With Cine runne’ bemty Of § J ‘ ? Wilson—That’s All! here or on theiP way to take part In man in the nal} siuno'6, 7 A California, defeated the best sprinters| stated that he would be one of the Chart July in the country in the 100-yard special. the festivities, oldest of the present 5 »bots, the nates, hay , A + stay a9. 14th 15, first three leading average men at the | ondon - Globe nt A Roy Morse of the Salem-Crese wants July 11) 12) 13) 44, 9] Jend of the tourney, has already!» 8, 74, 780 Jing been in the league thirty-thre: Bot ‘Aug. 28, 39,30. ||C. finished second and Jo Loomis of ete pkecond Kame,’ London -tilone, The Whi: ich we ti d the Ne 7 = will make @ specctt on “Bases With St; Taal i Chicage. the Chicago A. A. third. Drew won| jumped into second place with 199 for | James, 69 " y Whiskey for w we invented the Non-Refillable Bottle | ball Still in Its Infancy.” ¢ | May 17, 1819, 20, || by two yards in the fast time of 10/39 games, and Freddy Sepp has a sim- | | soe ‘Tinker, back among his ol a ating ina tae Seat || eeaa ete exter mile went. to John M,| lar average for 24 games tying) The Rosedale Howling Club and ry amor s old ashing In | olor el ' ying Club and the crates fon the firet time in twe years, | Founds and | Ryan of the Boston A. A, The race| Nockler, ee ot son Rena Anni uMoubtealy * the" tn FREE CLUB RECIPES—Free booklet of famous club recipes {or had a good laugh at his own expense Pies ae was Bob Cry FUG he carly, pece Healy ond omit: ayR: Be ans rate | eee age mutch ae th drinks. i yesterday when he and Heinie Zim- | p Shooters in was wretched respectively, av - |i hant arademy Sunday ewlned drinks, Address Wilson, 311 Fifth Ave., N.Y. That's Allt Warman started to rocall tho time| S CITY, Feb. 9.—N » Saturdays. pe i Pees sprint Mike Devaney of the Mitlrose | Aeient games as yet to be considered qc ye ea ths Ol Om to when Joo helped Zimmerman Lam-|trap shooters to-day partictpated in | Decoration Day.) 1) SatuMeve. 1) A. A. and William Gordon of the /12 the average running, while Ernie! Bowling ‘cham boozle Charley Murphy out of a big|the second day's events of the Kansas 4th. New York A. C. 00 . & Tes. 2 for 24 ions, which Winners will be uw. increase in salary. Joe told Heinie City m inter shoot with entrants Lal Day. sult Devaney fell and Gordon's "Miller has 192 for sessions, als donated by the to tell Munphy thet he (Tinker) had from t ates, Chances of victory were killed, stands third at present. event. ee ee . =