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! Ridgrerns_ co Za if eI ff Les Darcy and Gibbons Should Meet Australians Think It Ought to Be at 160 Pounds, Instead of 158 Pounds, Which We Recognize as Middleweight Limit. Camry 18S, Yorn renin World. USTRALIAN sporting writers hoot at Mike Gibbons for sug- gesting that he might fight Les Darcy if Darcy will make 158 pounds, the middleweight Imit. They gay that Darcy will not allow Michael te dictate to him, as “all the world” Feoognizes 160 pounds as the middile- weight limit. Just where our Australian friends got the idea that “ali the world" Fecognizes 160 pounds as the true middleweight limit ts a puzzle, The Nétle old United States of America is @ part ©f the world, and It doesn’t “Pecognize 160 pound: &c,, in the Yeast. Here in America we have @ habit of thinking the weight limit In the class to be 158 pounds, And at that we're a little bit lenient with the overcorpulent people who'd Ike to be classed as middleweighta. ‘When Bob Fitzsimmons and Jack Dempsey fought for the middleweight championship of the world the weight, in the articles of agreement, was 154 nds. Fitzsimmons weirhed tn at 50% pounds, Dempsey weighed in at 144 pounds. Both stripped. Dempsey, when reputed to be the greatest middleweight ever seen In a ring— before Fitzsimmons put in an appear. | ance—seldom weighed more than 147 pounds in any championship battle, Charlie Mitchell when he didn't even claim to be a middleweight, but be- cause of his unfortunate position be- tween the middleweight and the) heavyweight classes was known simply as the “boxing champion" of | England, fought at 147 pounds; Yankee Sullivan, mingling with heavyweights, weighted 147 pounds. Jem Mace, etwars known ss a heavy | weight and making no pretensions to ight honors, weighed only 168 pounds. Fitzsimmona won the middle- Ww ship and defended it at 154 pounds until he met Kid Carter at Buffalo. He let the weights ride then at 158 Bret. because that was the lowest | Carter could possibly make, and at 158 pounds the Kid was no dried; out that he had little strength left, | making him an easy victim after a| rounds of fighting. I remember ing with Tommy Ryan in his @ressing room before that ficht, and he declared that the real limit wag 164 pounds, even if he did let Carter ‘weigh 158 and agree that the cham- ip should go with the decision, ‘s weight that day was 149 pounds stripped. He usually fought about 152 pounds. Fitzsimmons &a world's champton he fought Dan Creedon let Creedon weigh 158 de, But Fitzsimmons weighed |}! GTBRONS, who 1s doubtiers the BEST middleweight in America, even though this— eow—Al McCoy still holds a tecint- @al gtip.on the title, fights at about 188 pounds. This {s his usual fight- fag weight, and while he's willing to let the other fellows come tn at 158 he docen't like to see the limit rise above that. if In England the weight has moved ‘up to 160 pounds, and naturally Aus- tralians accept all English Ideas. In ent France, too, the English weight 18 ac-|t cepted as standard. ROM Darcy's record, which qhows little that is remarkable aside from his two wins over Eadie McGoorty, it seems probable that Mike Gibbons would beat him—|J at 160 pounds—without a great deal) Vit of trouble. Al Lippe, who m Jett Smith in two fights in Australia, and that Baker, whom he characterizes Snowy Fry Howton A, Wiltiaine, Washington BEST SPO THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1916, RTING PAGE IN NEW YORK WHEN IS A MIDDLEWEIGHT NOT A MIDDLEWEIGHT? Tack Demesey, Ther "NonPaReL” WEIGHED ONLY 144 POUNDS WHEN HE Lost THe MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE To FITZ SIMMONS , WHO WEIGHED 150% « Saecaenssessce-sese! Sosiensas Base: whi ago BS ESS Sh leveland SAEs Saser 1 1 Darcy, declares that Mctoorty didn't] Pane ,Peeet: 4 burt himself trying to beat Darcy, | 0 Tush Detroit W end that Eddig now bas so much | Sand. Merl +4 money that e's making book at the) rH race tracks instead of going on in| Mien ~, ry hie own profession. Pes ughe New York 16 be ad <. Tiannas, “Boston, 2 IPPE saya that Smith beat Darcy | Tem. fhlege on 1 1 } i } i as “the only unpleasant person in w country full of the finest people in the world,” held up Smith's end of the purse on an u vhat air claim Jett had “bet on Dare tended losing on 4 foul. Smiti Hig manager says, never bet fight in his life, Just to show he thought of Darey, the sporting public who was wholty and what was what, Jeff Smith of-|¢ fered to fight Darcy again to] Kis and turn every dollar of his own share! yi ef the purse over to tho fund crippled soldiers, Maker refused Promoter offered to, and signed articles, Darcy ref nd that Mr. Baker had him un contract and wouldn't let him figdt. At least, that’s Lippe's story again, As Al Rudolph is wtill technically “ Re Middleweight title, wouldn't it be |¢ fanny if Ahearn managed to knock Bhim out—and Abearn was knocked | % out in the fifth r by Gibbons. [4 That old middieweigit title would be | ih something of a joke-—held by Abearn | wouldnt hn’ bh MeCoy | He A L M'COY is to box Young Ahearn | \s™ And one way or the other t's str! hes & Joke wien we compare our friend | Alonzo with wu m Dan Cree. |W dom, Jack Dempsey, Bob Fitanimmons, || Tommy Kyan, Kid MeCoy, &e., right |W w $3.’ the lute lamented tantey | 4 ‘Thompson, iy Boats rope. Me timed. Chu ding?" | Wellman, 81 ‘Athletion | ham. Tretroit Wasuington é Waahinis fig Kew L Now 4 ) Groval hiietic iN. Take Se+eunenoet Ero! sb ceneanaceneseten! saSuzSeueovecte: ep -acesnensese ee: MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS 10 4) esneete Sateen sas¥e: Sere eecrzehe= se TResrs Copyri ‘ight, 19) -- Hird Le WereHT CHAMP “Toway RYAN WEIGHED ONLY 149 PooNnos WHEN HE KNOCKED OUT io CoRTER.. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, STANDING OF THE CLUBS. w. Ww. L. PC. 1" .857|Montreal 4 4.500 2 36 1333 1 143 Provdee. Baltim' 174 REBULTS YESTERDAY. RESULTS. Georgetown ..+ Conn. Aggies. saa d Results of Games Yesterday. rk, Moat 6; Pitweber, tani Ree iy Boston (rain). Breekiy lledeiphia (rain). Games To-Day. New York at Hoston, Juding Thicke eect | Meu ona | Maxey Ow | Barkan Chica Baan | Maren, Winton road Now York, Alexander Washington I Goo | contract calle fe rer contest, ter Anutarwon, New. York AND STANDING American League. w. MAJOR LEAGUE AVERAGES Compiled by Moreland News Bureau League Batting Average: layers who have May 8 ASENSESSNE TES eHee cueeeerapenne verses smeenese _ Aber Agrees to Meet % Abevr the workd the two out of 44 ooo 1 oo Pree with t to meet tn sy the alle. | hie cap man, 7 and oll late other wens practic ; import: * | tn Christ board in To Shin | Driving Not Nearly So Important in Opinion of Ex-Giant, Who ls Ranked Among Best of Links Players. By William Abbott. | JOHN M. WARD holds down a safe i place in the front rank of golfers. He 1s present champion of the Garden City Club and a No. 4 handt- He isn’t the type of player who burns up the links with sensa- layed in teu) (ional shots, but his game would be | Ave,' the goal of thousands of other active | would-be # success the old-time Giant star has jm accomplished in golf is well within of the majority of players. make veteran's suggestions to if beginne n't start right in by a regular game, Start to practic instead of driving work away from th Experiment methods until one is found that gives the best results. "Then all that tience and prac the novice into an expert. Johnny Ward turned to golf rather after sensation in baseball and skilled in life sports, handicap to him when he took up the brand new game of golf, ble experimenting and practice nt sport the veteran give et of his system, The golf beginner shouldn't be ao keen about rushing off t other fellow's game, from this, of course, but a «reat deal more if he went out alone to some quiet spot. should practise putting first, Most of the big golf matches are lost or won within 150 yards of the cup, yet the average beginner thinks it is most to learn driving. Any one 'Pra cti ce Pu tting, Says Ward To Beginners Who Aspire e as Golf Stars can drive in a fashion and that part) of the game will come easily later. ent methods. They are all various players, but the should experiment until way that sults and gets the best re. other, and rolls off the line, they're putting in hard luck. It isn on its axils a sort of ov roll, Those not hit this roll straight to the hole, and-ove' uy players, Yet what Try the a»proach putt. this don't be sa just getting ne: to getin, Be sure and ¢ Just as easy to putt from cup as it is In front. “~hen take up a@ big start by t up. » Which ar ying putting first d gradually hol with just as straight as when putting. it runs on with tho other clubs, bul fe. different way toward making the ot fairly easy to master. needed ie pa- to deve many are led to believe.” r" In eubstance, the above hints ha had been @ They were rather a been considerable more. Still, by he ironed out all the defects in hig}mental picture of one's game. For} game and became @ star. For the|instance, late last summer the Benent of those now. learnin veteran ‘was probably at the top of his City Club title, stroke just right. t the play some He'll gain some made notes in a book just what h did, kept his head atill, dropped th left shoulder a little, threw weight o his body slightly ' for ‘Thi It 1s my idea he 2 correct way of playing. Twenty-Three Cars Will Start In Metropolitan Trophy Race || Most Famous Pilots in World to Handle Fliers in 150-Mile Con- test at Sheepshead Bay Mo- tordrome Next Saturday, cars geared to travel 120 miles an hour mile Metropolitan Trophy Race next Saturday over the Sheopshead Bay Speedway auto race, This speed pursuit after | world’s records promises to be the greatest gasoline battle ever fought in this or any other country. ne compoting drivers in ford, Aitken, and other stars—are the most famous racing pilots on either | side of the Atlantle, (they will at reliminary trials this week Joe enw t course ‘ate of 100 miles an hour, blue torpedo-shaped handle represent the last | dd in automobile construction for! speed purposes, furious Saturday's race will be @n hour, rate of speed, at a time when the These t , npeting ears ee were not thoroughly warmed up, after the They w ape Smmy Johnston, who looks after WENTY-THREE speed pilots in] Tey, Wil bo gradually tunod up dur-| op 7ya? Kis Lewis, the fast bagi ing the next week, until by race tim will start in the 150- is letting out the last speed notch. The Metropolitan Cup will the season's opening|Kurope and this country. ish Sunbeams, a team Peugeots and several fiers from th Delage stable, caincmmmmmeaa! RACING SELECTIONS. Resta, Mul- The machines | PIMLICO, First Race—Sally, Manokin, Cherry Belle, 01 Raco—Syonset, Shanton uatler. Race—Recluse, Ask Ma, 8 Greenwood, Monocacy, esta’s trick of auto experts Race—Lasull, Buzz Around Fifth Ra Linbrook Rave the tlying 1 so speedy that an san hour will be Southern -Kewessa, Corsican, lady London, Chea- ‘tiated the two-mile for three laps at. the “When putting try out all the diffor- | ood for | esinner | he finds a y solfers when putting unintentionally | give the ball w little cut one way or It strikes a small impediment They think dope sheet. The prognostications have that; they failed to hit the ball right. A correctly bit putt should roll evenly League. won't After one i} has developed his putting around the cup he should gradually work away and increase the distance of the shots, When doing sfled Hike so many by x the hole, but play It ts behind the the short mashlie strokes, all the while keeping in mind the fact that the ball must be hit So the knowledge gained with clubs in) practice near the green will go a long ther strokes | Driving is a matter of direction, and the driver isn't nearly so difficult to handle as been John Ward's system, but thore's The veteran firmly believes that probably the best way to improve in golf is to make a game when he won the Garden He played every Fearing ho would forget during the winter just how he played in that tournament, Mr. Ward spring when tho Garden City star re- sumed playing ho simply referred to his book and quickly got back in the “toured” along at the rate of 105 miles Johnny Aitken, in another Peugeot, not to be outdone by his team mate, crulsed around the circuit at the same ts were made they will be raised to concert piteh, which any automobile man will say bring together the speedtest cars both in The for- eign entries will be a team of Eng- of French Resta, in to-day with Boston, 3B, Mu, Beto Peugeot, ofounta. Zamusion Bo. by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) Ho , Bume tT! We ‘Ave To ‘ave A FEW POUNDS MoRE To ‘AVE A CHANCE | WUT THE BLoonis YAWEES, I SVE! Wot? For. RAISING THs Wetant LIMITS IN ENGLANI Giants Abo By Bozeman Bulger. F it be true, as often claimed, that I twenty games usually fix the po- sitions of the several clubs in the major league races, a large majority of the winter prophets will for the first time make a killing. The clubs picked for the first division In the National League were Brooklyn, Bos- ton and Philadelphia, as sure things, and the Giants and Reds in a fight for the fourth position. Except for the Giants being far away from the first division, ard with little chance! of getting there for some time, the lelubs havo lined up according to the © not been so accurate in the American} The Tigers and the White T Sox were selected as first division certainties, but their places have been taken by Washington and Cleve- land. The expected punch has not developed in either of those clubs, In fact, both were beaten again yester+ day. The Yanks, now in third. place, have surprised everybody but Con- nie Mack, Long before the season started he volunteered the prophecy that they would be In the fight for | | the pennant, t | hot don't believe I hitting club than and it cannot be qu: lon they have one of the best out- fields in the whole country. Moreover, their pitching has not After considerable hustling, Billy Gib- fon, who has been authorized by the representative of the Government of Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, to sign up between sixteen and eighteen fighters to take part in bouts, at several boxing shows to be staged there during the month of July, has succeeded tn se- curing three pugilists for these cont: The fightera engaged are “Wild Bu Kenny, the heavywelght, Eddto Camp, the California bantam and Augie Ratner, the welterweight of the Bronx, "Gib" has made Freddie Welsh @ big offer to meet either Benny Leonard or Charley White in a twenty-round battle for the world's lightweight championship title, " Ne to get into proper shane in time moon of May 50, Billy Gibson, manager ot of Oklahoma, ng him to a heavy cold end stomach trouble, e 6 ©| retght, evidently intends to keep Lewis bury fighting this month, for berides his battle with | Mike Gibbons et the Garon om May 18, bo bas signed bim to moot Eddie Moha of Mil waukee for fifteen rounds at Dayton, O., on May 94 and Jack ‘Torres for fifteen rounds at Kansas City on May BO, Charley Ghands, the light heavyweight of Bt Pan ns,, now under the management of Peto | Hiewereld of Jerwey City, bas been matched to fight George Chip, the New Castle middie. j weight, for twolre rounds at @ box! oh to | bo eld at Bridgeport, Conn,, | May 10, Shanda also takee on Al, | Wilts, Mont., et the Clermont A, 0, ef Brook. lyn tonight, Having an idee that @ bout between Andre ‘Andenon of Chicago and Jim Barrz, who has fonght al the good big hearyweighta, would not attract much of @ crowd of fight fans, Billy Gib- fon cancelled the tenrourd go between the men |{ehich was booked to be fought at the Stadium ‘A. ©, op pent Thurslay might, e Fredite Wolah f in bad with the Wlsonain Roxing Couunisioa, Unless Welah appears before the commission May 10 and explaing why he de- Tie FUTURE ENGUSH AN AUSTRALIAN “ MIDDLEWEIGHT S 4 MAY WEIGH & CouPLe oF HUNDRED. DAILY REVIEW OF BIG LEAGUE RACES ut Only Club Not Running According to “Dope’’ If Twenty Games Fix Positions of Teams in Major League Races the Winter Prophets Will for First Time Make a Killing— Yanks, Now Third in American League, Have Surprised Everybody but Connie Mack of Athletics. beon bad a think, They tarted, and ti e hundred fa: swer it, because it is tl or Wa ad has puzzied me. | believe they will be in the race at the finish. Up to this time | have feared them more than either Brooklyn or the Phi ° George, by the way, feels more confident of winning another championship than he time since he assum m agement of the Boston Club, With the Giants laying off on a count of wet grounds, the attention New York fans was centred on the | Yanks, the thirteen-inning victo) jover the champion Red Sox bein) hailed with delight all Es) covery of a wonderful pinch hitter Paddy Baumann. Otd-timers decla: there not been another like When called pinch yester: ball for a two-bagwer, a lick th made it possible to tle up the Red Sox | jand run the game into extra innings. | four een ¢ In has alled to the r ue, and three of those battles delivered the, goods, over town. | ecially 1g there Joy over the dis- him | since the days of Sammy Strang. | upon in a@ nine-inning ! y Baumann soaked the the etreus. portant games Baumann | the National League? Isn't finishing TY PUTTING’EM OVER With “Bugs” éaer The I Punigning Co, Coorriant IR, York Brena Word). RABID RUDOLPH- SaNO- A \66 LOT oft these | promising players | are still promis ing.” Next to radium, the dearest thing in the world is holding an antagonist cheaply. too Naturalis, the n Tang iad wea the Ch wf Alice saw in Topat We top. fd team up aroun: Diplomatic breaks have ben skil- | fully avoided in Germany, Mexico and the Federation of American Cyclists. The sen and wobbling Ni Lajoie seems to be in his second swathood. Having absorbed cnowgh of tt to be a connoisseur, Porky I'lynn assures us there is no pun in punishment, Considering where the Giants are, Mona fee's mysterious smile is more of a purse than ever, Preferring vaudeville to the legitt« mate, Frank Gotch has quit the circus. A manager isn't allowed to touch his base-runners, but gosh! how these base-runners do touch the manager! BASEBALL SLANG SIMPLIFIED Oregon Boot—Sprinting like a safe, A right-handed player who runs left. legged. Reanball—Dusting ‘em off. Parts tng the batter's hair, Water Bucket—Only antidote for the beanball. Is neutral territory. A John. Looks ues in Atlanta and cream sodas for the Fish—A captain, for Sherman «® buys all the tc team, Horseshoe—Something the other guy always has Speaking of furenite centenarians, don’t eraflente that youngster, Poy oe ok is more familiar to racing op No one can under ya college ina my hand to fh wh secoud or third, SHOWERS. losing side, a a promise. players, but as a rule the baliplayers are sent to the showers. Even on a dry day, some of the pitchers can's keep away from the c- | Showers. s| SPORT ALPHABET. V stands for a note, No Caruso can sing, An amateur takes {t Then denies everything, ANSWERS TO QUERIES. Kewple—Jess Willard fs still with We don't know how Might ask Frank Moran. ry | in re at reach hi X._E. Kute—Why three divisions in in the second atv ton bad enough? Golpher—We can find no equivalent | to the stymte in other sports, althow Connte Mack, George Stallings and| in poker a ten-dollar raise has Charlie Herzog still adhere to the idea ae effect. me that the best thing tn the world to, |Keep a ball club on its toes ts the! & conference, ery bad play of the day bi fore {s gone over and corrected, than they do the ire of the fans. On a player {s on the mat for pulling “bone” he that it doesn't happen again. Btal- lings stoutly maintaing that these morning meetings won the penna for him two years ago, the latter made euch @ great showing against Fiynn of Denver in a fifteen-round bout et Denver A, C, recently, that the offictale of elu are willing to offer Freddie Welsh « guar- antes of $15,000 to fight Wolgast twenty rounds there om the afternoon of July 4, At these coun- | Clark Griffith doean’ The guilty ones dread that meeting more | doubles his efforts to are Lamey Lichtenstetn | of Ohiengo, manager of Ad Wolgast, states that | Wilbert Robinson (e hoping thas cop in the American League. Wilbert would hate to trim an old pal in the world series. Sata cob ELLs Bact MISS KATHERINE STINSON TO RACE RESTA TO-DAY, At the Sheepshead Bay Speedway this afternoon an4 to-morrow Mise Katherine Stinson, the loop the leop aviatrice, in her aeroplane races Dario Resta, idol of the speedways, ag the wheel of his automobile, Mise Stinson'’s | appearance here will be her first per- east of Pittsburgh. In ad- w ¢. co a nt Joo | the | the Against the world's speedway re MO, which he holds. tn @ peactiee etal Fecently he covered the distance. in 2-8, “Miss Stinson will loop the loop for the second time in New York City, fiy UW dow perform her spectacular Dan McKetriek, who went to the trouble of | dips and drops, and annthilate bringing Albert Radoud of France, weltor.| the fort constructed in the Infleld in a weight champion of burope, to this couuiry Dore Oran R Ie, exhibition. |The pro- for fights, and who hae been unable to induce | Reyna’ WHl SIart $ on both eat Oe een hes eae Saturday and Sunday, and the forward with declaration to the effect that is perfectly willing to let Badoud fight Jeck B ton twenty rounds at New Orleana on a basta TS per cent, to the winner and 25 to the loser, ‘Tho Fairmont A, C., of the Bronx, holds regular weekly boxin MeArdle to fight * Harry Gattle of Porte! Key of the Bron in t and Allo Neck in ti Young Lawson and © rounder, Matchmaker Paddy Mullins has arranged « fair cand of bouts for te boxing entertainment of Clermont A, ©., of Brooklyn, to-night, Io star bout of ten rouude Cowley Charley Bhi will exchange wall Western fighter, and Kid Henry of Newark tackles Johuny Murray of Bouth Brooklyn in the esmi- final of tem rounds, of England, will make hie first app bout sa this country with Tommy Mal rounds at the apecisl boxing she Sporting Club tonight, Bil Brenuan, the Chicago heavyweight, who been dofeating all his ewap punches with Al Will slow tonight, Matchmaker heater main 0 of ten rounds, and Tommy Tuohey of Paterson yeni final of ten rounle ley Hayes clash in a nix ye with Al ions, enother ponente recently, will will be donated America’s to f eroplane fund, éC[l_FHFHFTHTFH THE WHITE ELEPHANT BOWLING & BILLIARD ACADEMY JOSEN" M, Proneletor, 22 BOWLING ALLEYS 35 BILLIARD TABLE: RESTAURANT | 1241-1251 Broadway, Cor. Slat St., N.Y.” ea eeeeia aad ~ ‘Aero Club of rit of ite EVERYTHING FOR Teta Bowl Billiards SFP Bowling Prices and the the Terms to Suit bal REPAIRS BY EXPERT MBCHANI Riverway HARLEM RIVER PARK 120TH ST. SRCOND AVE. Reception to Atmoricati ¢ ‘ery and Jo Ships Morita and tral Sandan Ma a® ee d @PORTING, has TO-DAY ANO TO-MORROW aFT. Milburn “Young” Saylor, the erack Indianay:|SPE Hwy’ ADM 50c. olia lightweight, will arrive im town on Monday KATHERINE 4 . ic. to finish his ¢ratuing for tue ten-round bout with} STEN: Vs. RPARO Young Browa at the Harlem Sporting Club on Asintrion A May 12, Saylor ts the fighter who knocked out| EARTH AND AIR SWEE) Leach Crom, In tho other tenround go Phil + Bloom of Brooklyn will go against Vic Moran New Orleans, Bhamus O'Trton, the kore lightweight, posted a forfalé of $150 for his twelve round bout with Fraokle Russell at Youngstown, May ‘The winner will meot Willie Beecher at the B Park May 31, Willie Brown, former bantam champ layed his recent bout with Ever Hammer in Mil | waukee by demanding ® guarantee before going in eppearing sgain io & Wisconsin ring, the United States navy, has been igi ponte Mddie Biegol at Rockaway Sporting Club,! .. (7 The ring, be olamls a chance of being bared irom May 12, and Billy Witzimmons eb Xonberv, | May 14, of baa ai | ot | two CLER, Wein 5 baat oe As, bony Murr v i600 Seats at aoe! “SU ‘i | Admisaion a