The evening world. Newspaper, July 25, 1916, Page 10

a | Laonard for a few days, The letter- |) and if I am not mistaken Freddy | Anguish from us. cepting contributions fer « testimonial to be presented to Christy Mathewson by hie followers ‘and admirers, When the list was \ pened over $900 was subsorbied in the course of an hour in amounte ranging from $50 to. But the idea of the testimonial wasn't that it shueld be presented by @ number of people well able to afford large con- ‘ibutions, We know that Christy Mathewson would appreciate even fone in the, beaebers Rough to fo! me tuto a piece of pape ai and adi York Evening World, and who do #0 can be quite certain that a i Fyne >. 4 5. buying prese will repre- a ae | as ives, the friend. of the city that enjoyed the beat part of bie life work. REDDY WELA4H to training at Douglaston for hie Friday night ‘That match haen't caused Freddy eontempilate his finish as @ boxer, the lightweight champion had signed articles for a twenty- Welsh ia said to be tn tho ve maditon. in ane of the claime 1 thjurtes advanced imme: | (ve fnlah after o after the fight with Wolgaat, ‘olgast, by the way, is in town, | Ser ing with him a large sheaf of | rum. gilippines, signed letters, {Faces on @ figure basis. Ania, yr second oF the fraction thereof in the | nec time of the w ose ge agreed for jockeys and vlasaliies mud run- folmast. “I'm reasonably sure I can | Here and fast track porformers. lapose of him in less than ten rounde | burns much midnight oll tn arriving GR time we meet. Critica all over the | & conclusions for the following day's try are backing my in my claim | races. the referee had no right to give | for what he regards as nonsense felsh ninetoon minutes’ rest after the | 60e® to . i ra stated shat no foul had been | watches the oral market, itted. Therefore I shall continue | fluctuations in the od R re myself ‘World's Laghtwelght | various 7B ge oe — nicke me from the fact that in the wtitf and sticky there d ILLY | GIBSON writes from|old daye the bookmakers used chalk | ay Mount Kisco, where he has been | {?. types ol teresting. watching the training of Benny cally Benny “Acknowledged “Benny Leonard haa been in tho “Mountains just three weeks to-day, ‘Welsh will moet next Friday night surprise of hie boxing career, retand he has signed to box a ionship contest with White in wer on Labor Day Ite championship contest. Instead M will be 1 rd and White, “There is one thing sure, Leonard surely have no excuse; his con- n is better than ever before. It his first course of train way stuffy rymnasiims, His weight y Was 133 pounds. He hi boxing Pete Hartley, Cha: a sonra Ray Parks and Jim Coffey and heavyweigiits for spar- partners, Coffey says Leonard! was la Uke wn cel, and has commissioned sme to have two pounds on Leonard for bira. Yours os ever, SILLY GIBSON," man, dls pital with @ broken leg. Bince| causo I he announced that he'll never | 't or with Jo F Laliia last tin |then after that I noticed thyw was trained in the Carroll Shil- ling barn, and his brother wa eration. | Ge Wh There's only one way to stop the | ‘in » uo oond,’* ras concn is till in the hoe. | uone, ID Sine of t Wrestle again every wrestler in the | country is challenging Frank by mail. wire, wireless and loud-yelping vocit- Moise. Let Gotch change his mind and cffer to moet them all, leg or no tea. ‘ THINK it iy over forty, to stop competing Gotch. i} T could name 4 number of wrest) _ who could stop before reaching forty Without bringing any loud shrieks of HE trouble with wrestling as a I competitive sport is that it's *.uch easier to fake and get | iway with it than to wrestle on the el. Consequently nearly ail wrest- matches are fakes. When you) & really spectacular wrestiing put it down as an “exhibition, pectacular stuff has no part in| Wrestling, which is as devold of y us the hoisting of @ molasses into @ truck, er To-Day With Cincinnatl, 9.40 Grounds, Aan Boee—agiL st] WEARS HID BOSS WHE SWING — PORE To POL THe Guages “Wal Might tar wid Toas Best Leoann Has Bren WORRING WHO “TRAWUNG Pom WELSH ~~ + (T MAN NEVER MAPPON Meaain | Bert HAS Devecor, SONORA. WIND RUMMING OVER THE MOUNTAINS bt} TWNMG WR CAN Caton 1S TIME The Handicapper and Chalk Man ews on Day’s Racing DODGERS ARE DUE. | ‘FOR THEIR SLUMP, THINKS W'GRAW Dangerous Team in National Race, Says Giants’ Leader. change _ > engagement with Benny Leon-| Horses at Yonkers Track Run to Form Only Twice for Figure Players. By Vincent Treanor. HE handicapper and the “chalk” player are always in evidence at the race trac son's start finds t ry Pink | inistic, and they are usually there at 'heid ber perfectly sate, He got | rate brained ride trom young $hi ling to-day obasing Do! might bave known would atop, tretcb came Gallop bad nothin ith which to stall of Nephthys ‘Well, the sharks certainly sent in wee in the third, the chalk player, activity for the testimonial shows only @ small slice of his regard for the | membrance, pitcher. more,” writes A. J. Cervantes, Ed Barrow, president of the Inter- | this one from another fan who stgns national ifague, Hke everyone else) himself A. J.: “Enclosed please find in baseball has @ high personal iik-|a ten-cent piece I wish to contribute remembrance the checks on P’ didn't they?” ask “I took 6 to 1, and they tell me sho closed at 16 to 6 Wouldn't her raco bebind Busy Joe make you play “L should say not,” answored the “True as Htoal out. ries of ups and | classed thut bunch @ block and shoul downs that would put a man In any|have won, Mae of endeavor in ndicapper playa the non the job opti- figure juggler, By John J. McGraw, Manager of the Giants. HE Brooklyns are about due for their famous midseason alide from first place, I think. Heve Robbie's club had @ talk with George Stallings about the Brooklyn pros- pects some time ago, “I'm not afratd of the Dodgers beat- declared George, haven't got the grip. They won't sink thelr teeth in at the finish.” Right now, Boston ts going as well the league, and the He had @ reugh trip in @ sani-|the run #traightened out there, Johnny Loftus, He ews Paes ee was saving ground, rau! {80 Many pounds for w length at the him on the rail, where (ue going was to prove that he didn't | At that he was beaten only uw Lf Loftus had come out on the gvlng he couldn't have lost,” oll, & neck is a» good as ten He! lengths at the pay off station,” suid the believer in chalk, winnings back on Mank O'Day in tho luyor bas no time) fourth and got 8 to 1 for it. Jiank's name whispered all around and | heard they h burr on Harry Bhaw, Against tho| keep him out of the hea: usually follows the! the rail wise money. and so much weight for a He also bas ratings goo “i put halt my You know he’ gots biel and rail + n the going is|@# any club tn THB BVBHING WORLD, TUBSDAY, JULY 8 BEST SPORTING PAGE IN BENNY LEONAR! ARD IN TRAINING AT MOUNT KISCO 1910, oy The Prene Paplaming Co (The Now Vers Mreatag World), Sah ieipaghee de NEW YORK Bouma om Nickels and Dimes, Too, Re- ceived, Making Fund Pop- | ular Subscription Affair. KORGE M. COHAN, author, pro- | ducer, manager, &c., in setting & merry paco for the fans in swelling The Evening World's tosti- monial for Christy Mathewson, The) comedian-actor not only sent to this} oMce a check for $100 but he is going to round up members of the Friars’! Club for addition Cohan, who bas lo: and admirer of Matty, says that his former Glant ing for Matty and sends $5 to help along the testimonial, Then within a few hours after The Ei received from the fan rooters who know Matty only as a great pitcher and hero of many dia- Nt appeal to/ Braves are @ dangerous pitching staff 1 t last, and I rate it the best In With tho Boaton start, the Glants would have had the fag won long ago, The Braves are play- ing brutal baseball, the kind at which le at ite best, scrapping and riding everybody, Boe- ton is dangorous. There is only one team in the West with any strength and that is the Cubs, We may ue well elimina’ rest of the Westerners from any con- sideration in discussing fag chances. @ while Pittsburgh or st. Louls will show @ flash, but neither Meht will be sustained enough to make it dangerous. and the Pirates are about even in the standing of the clubs to-day, ‘Mnker hae a much better baseball team fun- damentally then Callahan, Louls gave us especially at 1 to 3," “Well, b think you did the rij replied the handicapper, in-' "1 didn’t play the race 1 heard that burr stuff too, No Two of them met on the train home, borse is going to run his race with Yonkora track yesterday., any of that torturous equipment.” “Pussy Wussy was « bloomer for * broke in t Frank Kegan thought he would ith hin, and be was the write the odda on their slate, and collectively these two horeo followers are owing some- ” ,| from the twelgh: champion.” Bays Gibson: | One was a well known handicapper | and the other an equally w in hearing uv 0 “Well, that was where I cashed my 4 the chalk p! veucont and al, “how did you make, out “No luck to~ “If the bout next Friday ends as|the figure man and mysulf believe it will,| only two races, 00 how could I get Will be no need of any Welsh: | anything?” el! usually’ effer “On any kind of form y looked a moral, @ long time since he's met such an ordinary bunch, Even money looked pretty sweet to ame, pf to “They ran to form in He's & nice horwe ngside the cattle he was meeting ond Tt don't blame that halter man Fink for running hin up trom $500 ap At $1,000," When are you going to get that junk?" n, “and by the way, wouldn't | m thing make you play Marie the opening acramblet ybody with any sense went to away fr obalk While the Cubs bunch inisled me into playing Riposta for a good thing et at the track, and nt people handed it to thought the race ave me Ball awered the handicapper form basis bo looked a cit ides lihtweights, middie-|ran a good ae ward last dropping nine Odile quit ke a hound to Tragedy and this filly gave her « ton of weight that day.” as noon as le a dozen diffe: me afterward was run lost night." “You'll get wise one of these days T hope before {t's too late," said the admontshingly, did Riposta ever do to n '* never Won a race, worked five fur more trouvie the ball clubs out in the nd to Straight Fe streak of hot weather there that took »Me of the boys, Bullee @ bit the pep out of jumping that town, Tho Oirst six tame ane still bunch. ed iu the American League, and it is @ Very close The Yankoos a elthough | hear in 1.02 over 7 she had the rail posi ng of the firat race, * wa lot of wise birds taking her Kood race when this article is put to apite of a flock have taken the heart out of Won & couple that the two teams ered no more than outside contenders at the start of the season should which were consi supposed good things that never there In front.” ‘ow you're hinting at acandal, and Tim not strong for that stuff,” repliec “TL went to Gallop meeting with | mortem wolght and lost in the rush for the subway: the hand.capper. —_ because about time, when Nephthys he gave ber moat of the distance ing there, and these two clubs have r the conversattonal nd still hang: the American Of course | moan the Yankees and Cleveland. on in both Dig leagues A team that has MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS AND STANDING OF CLUBS will come the drive. not got started by this stage of the Nationa! Leagee Orbe WL prospects for next season @ chance tn this race, ‘an League, as T have sald, it is any flag among 5 first six teams in the standing. The American League Gere W.L. FC, 1 36.586! Ween... In the Amert drive with Cobb smashing the. pit! his old style. 118, by John N, Wheeler, inc) Results of Games Yesterday. Chicago, 8; Detroit, 2 (12 innings Games To-Day. New dors at | hicage, Boston at Vleveland, Pitteburgh, 9) 'hikempae, 1. Cincinnati at New York. RL N.Y. July 25, WL Low s ot Brookiyn, O'Brien outpointed Johnny O'Leary of of Big Time Planned for To-Da By Bozeman Bulger. ATHEWSON at the head of the Reda! . Hersog deck with the Giants. Ballee no lonwer @ Cardinal but fighting for us. ‘Add those up and you'll come to the conaluston, perhaps, that to-morrow vill be about the most important Paseball day that the Polo Grounds has scen ince the Cubs and the Giants played off that game to de- cide the championship of the Na- tional League back in 1908. The big time was scheduled for to-day but wet grounds caused @ postponement, Incidentally, Matty and Herzog were both on the club that attempted to pry that one pennant away from Frank Chance, — “Hergie,” then a youngster, was filling in for Larry al 1) of the Dodgers. Fine appearance of the Rede un- der a new management and the lo Chicago, Giants with @ membership entirely few. but for Herzog, Doyle and Merkle, shows strongly the kaleldo- tendency of baseball as the he roll by, Sixtesn years axo the cineinnatt Reds were in the act tt surrendering to New York a young pitcher by the name of Mathowson Who had been tought from Norfolk the then munificert sum of $750 Now ‘the Heda are giving hin $20, N00 a year to tall them what to do. Meaty Vine Matty “Yoined on” he was getting $75 a month and was proud of t. That contract is now on exhibition in Norfolk. Va, and was shown to all Ihombers of the New York Club two Sears ngo prior to an exhidition game WR ya esik tana will be at the Polo Grounds to-morrow to pay tribute to Matty, No matter where he goes eM hearte will be with him always They are rooting for him—even as taturer of the Cincinnati Club, An- other big section ‘of the crowd ts there to welcome Charlie Herzox back to the diamond whereon he got Nis start, Nasing thelr estimate on the seat wservation the officials of the New ark Club are predicting that there would be q crowd of 25,000 on hand th xhow. Matty Just what they think of him, tis unfortuna in a way, that the big testimonial to be presented to Marty trom. bis New York adutrers Jay and make it the one big occasion of the year, but Matty himself has Pitteburgh at Philadelphia. Chicago at Boston, Washington at Detroit, t in a hurricane Phitadeiphia at Mt. Leets, whout and ha: ad shape in the last round, expressed pleasure at the fact that this will be done later, after he has soitied down In hia new role. ‘The fund te growing right along, \ \ M’KETRICK K. 0.’S RUMOR WELSH-LEONARD BOUT HAS BEEN CALLED OFF. Dan MoKetrick, manager of the Washington Sporting hot under the collar last night when he was asked as to the truth of the rumor that the Leonard- Welsh bout had been declared off. Goes to Bat for Matty Testimonial With $100 Contribution MATTY FUND IS GROWING. Latest contributors to the fund (oO present Christy Mathewson with & testimonial and baseball fana in No acknowledge: “Some folks who want to ho show undoubtedly start- The Welsh-Leonard \vashington Park, Brooklyn, Fri+ day night, and it will draw a big- ger crowd than even tho Moran- Dillon battle.” ‘row . H. Clay Smith. A. J. Corvant Williams Loses To Griffin dy undoudtedly due to the demountad! Straight Sets Fims on your pockets working. lose. two bits for Matt BOSTON, July 26.—One of the) edge greatest upsets recorded in the quar- ter century of Longwood tennis his- tory developed tn the second round of the single tournament here yeator- | expression to a set of whiskers day, when C. J, Griffin of San Fran- cisco defeated R, Norris Williams 24] the pon of Cambridge, Mass. Y appearing on the Polo ning World announced its|Grounds as chief invader for the plan to foster a testimonial for] Cincinnatt Reds now ts the time for Mathewson the first responses were; New York fans to come to the bat the kind of/ with small contributions toward the thelr departed idol. contributions ening World, Park either in e@mall coins or in the former na- | unoccupied tional champion, in straight sets by | you who won't, a score of 7-6, 7-6. Williams plainly showed testimonial fe mond battles, ‘The following letters! monial Editor, show the spirit with which the fans] Row, are supporting the Matty fund: stamps. Matty Day Celebration Now Set for To-Morrow Rain Forces Postponentent] Matty, hoard of the ac! hi for the | promtnencs to New | ational lighted | Roland Robert over the prospect of the testimonial | being crowded to being given by the every-day ot who give the smaller amounts, He begged that the choice of presents | Whit bo not loft to himself. fans to decide that for themselves. Matty fs delighted with the pros- ft his new job, aa it will give him @ chance to prove an ability |» other than that of a ¢1 In the mean time there came a dis- from Buffalo night that Lee Magee, while in an exhibition game, injured himself so that he would have to join the hos- Captain Huston had Bill Donovan on the long distance telephone and asked him to deny this York, Magee, gays, is all right and will continue playing in his regular position, ad ae through without Ping up used to be Monte’s distin- ‘ 1 a fans | tent wn . Craig Biddle, He wants the . Mikamt | ito the third and |. Kumagi round, Mikami being forced to three nets y GW. Wightman of this city. in the firet and second rounds was com- | pleted. —aati[a——ain Wine Eaally. Frankie Conifrey won an eqsy victory | at the Olympte A. night over Joe Malone. six rounds the b but after this session Co: s only able to se: Play | quietin, Frankte Co of Harlem last For the first fairly even, | Baiumore, 9; Pr trey romped | Toront pital equad. was given @ ~ + Balinere y engaged in three ten, fourth Street, to-might, a Welsh, A Seal by Jolin [round no-decision bouts, Freddie i Tavia ove ee Hear Baines ee 2s worki's ihtwelght champion, and Charley White, the hard hitting boxer have finally been matched a twenty round battle at Col, on Labor Day ‘There will be thirty.eix In the two main events of ten SPORTING, | Fdwands will take on Paul Doyle 5 : and Pinky Burne will mest Willle Ganiner, the two aix-round scrape Young Diceine of Phile , ia faces Mike Russell and Frankie Conway of “PhILY" gow againat Low Russell, wh In| Colorado Springs, afternoon for the world's championship title. the men, Harry Pollok and N Pal Moore, the crack tantamwoight of Mem bas scorad newspaper decisions | over Kid Williama and Johany Brtle, fen in another battle in thie vioinity on Thus punches with Kid the promising local bantam, of tan rounds at the boxing show Arveme Sporting Club of Arveme, ul Both lade are tn otrict taining will be of agreement. cording to for w decision, for a purae of $17,500, of whtoh Welsh will receive $ Billy Roche of this city ‘Thursday nigat, White $4,000 Ralph Grunan, the California ghtwelght, and has been selected to refe Willie Situffor, of the Brong, will be the prtn- cial in the stellar event of ten rounds at the | of Var Rockaway on Priday will Be Grunan’s @rm appearance nowt a year, and as be is J try to mop Schaot Jack Brittain, the weight champion Jefend his tue in a bout at Bost ot in this Important scrap will be bt, bout ‘nxious to make good for as Quickly as posal who has fougit all the top: i I veltorwwight divi eet for twelve rounds, to @ decision, at the Armory A, A Vaddy Donnelly, who managed the Americwu A, ©. last winter, has taken snother colored fight: ‘The boxer's pame is Gearge He now bas him work out with Leo Johueon, who te training for bout with Bbamus O'Hriea at the Harlem Sporting Clu Fray night, sons. er under his wi Bacon, @ 122pound boy John Welsmantel, the fight promoter of Brook lyn, tostay signed up Silent Martin, deaf pate makhli Mf thie city in the slar bout of ten rounds at the next show of te Broadway Sportin Jer ere, he WELSH VS, taken Uo more fighters under tia atageivent. | WASHING . the ahtwetght, ast Joe fe Gibgon’s Crit Savage, Mexander furniny Harlem has just been Walle Modonald, ; Brooklyn lightweight, at) Algo Ocher Bouts Admtaxton Be, line 1s ‘now. with Jimmy Duify matchat by bis ma tox Willie Joues, in go of ten rounds a are noted for their stiff hy Fema preliminary contesia of the Mh Sty be * Jay nigit, 88 Rounds’ of BOXLN bid with George Chaney A. epecta! boring eotertalnment will be bel! Pics Gporting Gud, oo Wem Fury: ' aad Packay Hommes, : — — (Fane an re) song Your! on the ball Caddy or Pow Will Liope | Together,” i example of that old league that you can't tell the shape chia by the jength of the whi r bed ALTHOUGH A DATTBR OF TER SMALLEST POSSIULE DBNOMIN- ATION, MIKE DOOLAN 18 A GOV: | BRNMENT BOND IN THB FIELD, Youth will hai Speaker doesn't | ite fling, but Tre | Who te flinging. | jem to Worry mueR Many an athlete eats himself ost jf the league, In the Jargon of the snag ‘or wilful sate make woeful waist, ; And you may live to say, “Oh! how | wished | waived the food That once I packed away!” Acknowledge receipt of protestin letter from Mr, Miller, but f. ar facta. An evening paper suid that Mr. Miller used hiv head and scored & hollow victory, We printed it again, accenting neith 1 nor tne hollow. ff Mr. Miller wanty to nue ue for $10,000, yw ahewd ‘Vuat beats ralsing frogs for their fur the Conole Mack's fang are dropping off, Lene Uke acute indigention ANSWERS TO QUEERIES. Jeeder--The noise you describe ie | Tighten up your pockets. You should Get, silver dollars with non-skid cee way to cultivate a good rd and ain't much Dinkuff—Can't tell who will win ant, but inclose a hatful of amps and we will tell Wurp-—Yes, he won second place lack of |away from Willie Hoppe practice, The only department where eee he was at all formidable was his ser-| zpber—The Yanks used to be pie vice, but even there he made a maxi-/¢or the Athletics, bu mum number of double faults for a) a's never get any d His volleys were) ame overhead erratic. hand, Grifin played the Beacawe Stroken,” particular: find anybody willing to take the \y the second set, were brought out | blame, very skilfully, Vy cetearae players of | pHANNY—Monte Croas ta stil! alive 8 t nowadays the sert, Spazzum—You are allowed t stitute a player at croquet If y. and pops up once in a while. Pop- wulshing patting trait. \$ INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. abe, We L. PC Ww. | $ Baltimore .44 30 620 Rochester..20 46.396 RESULTS VESTERDAY. | 1 dence, 0. 1; Montreal, 0, Rochester vs, Buffalo (rain) GAMES TO-DAY, Providence, Montreal at Toronto, Bufiale at Rochester, RACING] Empire City Track (YONKERS & MT, VERNON) TOMORRO 6 STAR EVENTS INCLUDING THE Midsummer Handicai FIRST RACE AT 2.80 P.M, ¢ . § 5 s iteguiar traine A.M.” 12.40, ° bane mh as Ms ' iu by’ Hrowdway Py ence rolley dirwt fo" entratice, Grand Atand & Paddock. $34 Tadies. TY 80, SEATS NOW ON SALE, LEONARD, Tom 0 lous Wanting! NAC PIONEER KEORTING CLUB, wit ‘Ay and ¥} Ly Sway Sp! nie Set,.Siar Bout i