The evening world. Newspaper, July 26, 1916, Page 10

ait CAE = he in Washiogton t, when Lagot- | r wanting to) boning contest. He b through a settling punch ond the tenth round Bmy have tried it and —_——. the boxing fans bs that rea- + genable prices will be charged ‘Welsh-Leonard bout. No one asked to pay the fare of a -tound championship match. Deopies and {he promoters 3 romoters Nt "the Dillon-Moran. match te a mistake to hold seats too draw a small crowd. ILBH, a Chicago deapateh says, “has agreed to surrender the world’s lightweight champion- on a decision on Labor Day, Billy Roche of New York, ee- Qs referee on the insistence of + Give a verdict against Track Furnishes Thrills and ‘Anxious Moments. By Vincent Treanor. HE race for maiden fillies, last on the card, at Yonkers yes- terday furnished more thrills and anxious moments for the crowds than the rest of the programme put togeth: It was a hard fought bat- tle and finally ended in the stewards’ stand, The thritis came with the ding- dong finish between the odds-on choice Whitney Belle and H. P, Whitney's Giadiola, who fought it out almost locked and etride for atride throughout the last elghth, going past the finish on such even terms that it looked a dead heat. The backers of the favorite sure they won only whon the pumbers went up. Only then did they heave a sigh of relief. Anxious moments were still to come, for the decision of the judges wasn't oMcial yet, As soon as he could get back to the scales, Mink, te “private referee.” Ne jong been known as 23 wage on. Whitney Belie, but there were others in the crowd that surged down arownd the stewards’ sanctum. Evi- dently they had bet on Gladiola, for they applauded the action of Mink in an intimidating way. Little Mink he his complaint with indignant and expressive me and the offt- When he had finished th listened to al summoned Taplin, rider of years ago Roche went to where he refereed a num- bouts and achieved quite ty. This popularit: Belle, and his appearance In rebuttal Was applauded too by certain of the gathering, Taplin explained and was uestioned in turn, and meanwhile ¢ accepted 7 to 10 on fan to perspire unnatu- reathe heavily, ‘They had of a disqualification, — The wards seemed exasperatingly slow in reaching their decision, and not until they Mnally decided to let the race stand as run did hundreds begin it'tn Colorado they may be fool- enough to allow a champion to Bis own referee, and pay to dout. But t ttle sense ming excited r tl to inhale and exhale normally, Ww joning that Mink’s complaint was that Taplin had gra’ him by the leg during the drive and hampered him seri ously, Taplin's answer to this wai that Mink had hit Whitney Belle with his whip and that he simply pushed * ean him away, The officials had no way PJ Y shouldn't a bronze or a mar-| of telline which boy was truthful tn ble statue of Matty be put up| = - a _—— in Central Park? We have|ered, Imagine the father of the family of statues of gentlemen whose in Now York is for te Gen ted, uniformed bunch taking @ youngster through the park, They approach @ large bronze statue of @ statesman. says tho boy, “what did that man do And every one who knows| “Why-—ahem-—he-—well, he had a at all about art knows that|femarkable brain, my boy. Starting with nothing he talked himself into an officer of trust, and when he came out he had $2,000,000," derr frock coat is the most garment in the world tor before @ static of Mathewson, the ball player, “Pop, what did they put his statue up here for?” “That one? Why, son, in his me he was one of the best men in thi: country, He played wonderful with the Giants for fifteen years, and in all that ui he never grouched when he lost ame, r kicked at a decision, never tried to ‘bean’ a bat- ter, never did a thing that wasn't fair and aquare and aboveboard, Winning or losing, he always did his best and went off the id with a smile, He was a clean living, a fair-minited, regu. lar MAN, he Wass sportsnan! = If or football and baseball uniforms, sults, @ \° all have some Bi . Beaide which oA —_—>———— Racing Battle of Fillies Ends in Stewards’ Stand Maiden Event at Yonkers | but Imagine the same family stopping | | you grow up like him, boy, you'll be all she” Fy ‘THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 36, IN matter and could do nothing else jet things go am they stood. Haltermam Hedrick two horses Yoaterday. He claims dy Long- eee out of the first race, in which was represented by Stalwart Van, and he bid up and secured Ninety bim- plex out of the second for $900. inety Simplex was in for §! and that's about all he's worth, for he is 4 cripple, Hedrick had to pay $1,405 to Daddy Longlegs, who was in for 0, but he disposed of him ft wards to Eat Hers and prob- y another couple of ce: notes to his bank roll, enny, a a Transit and Ninety Simplex the fields look decidedly cheap in t respective races. Hoth were of the good thing variety and they never left the issue in doubt from the mo- ment the barrier was sprung. Harry Fink tried bard to get Tran- sit and Hauberk, bid the former up from $700 to $1,406, which figure Marrone protected his horse, After Mauberk won Fink quickly carried him to 62,605. The gelding was in for $1,000, #0 that there was little finan- cial nourishment in his victory for the Coe stable. Every racing day has its surprises and upeets. Yesterday these were furnished by Gloomy Gus and Sprint. Coe Oe. who opened equa! choice with Gertrude Marie in the opening two-year-old event, went back in the oral market until he looked @ decid- edly gloomy betting proposition, When it came to racing Gloomy Gus acin- tiated, He just ran away from hie field and at the end was pulling up with ten lengths to spare, Sprint fur- nished an upset only because Fen- mouse got a bad ride from Bur- ingame. He raced the breath out of the Rocksand filly in the run to the stretch turn and had nothing left when the more intelligently ridden Sprint got into the drive in the last sixteenth, “White Hat" McCarthy, who was |" racing horses before most of us were born, sat in the clubhouse yesterday renewing old acquaintances and mak- ing new ones. He is on his annual visit from California to spend the Saratoga meeting with his two sons, who are well known on the local tracks, The old gentleman hasn't changed # bit, only that he is sport ing a straw hat instead of the old white beaver with which his name has been associated. SPORT BRIEFS. Robert BD. Wrenn, former President of the United States National Lawn ‘Tennis Association, has accepted an in Vitation to act as referee in the West vs, Bayt matohes which will be held at the West Side Tennis Club courts in Forest Hills, le 1, on Friday, Aug. 4, and Saturday, Aug. 5, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., July 2 Announcement Was ni towday Col, Jacob w York, part of the that tt has been to soll the Hudson River Stock Farm land and hor 4 weeks of strenuous training, after lawn tennia tor dd Cricket Clu’ Janother st § his mateh with 1 wo YG Ww. M we Sr’ Nabe VP atl rem toh » psy P<. BEST SPORTING PAGE SPORT IN OTHER CLIMES | COpren’ PIE by The Press Publioneg MATTY FUND NEARLY REACHES $500 MARK. t contributors to the fund t Christy Mathewson with from } admirers baseball fans of New York: jlong to the New York club. New Tork Bvening Word) NEW YORK —~— Those Who Declare That There's No Sentiment in Baseball Should Read This Story of Big LONG, low hang car pulled up claiming “No Game To-Da: Six’s Visit to Old Club House, By Bozeman Bulger. A at the clubhouse as the rain spattered down on & shouldered, blue-eyed fellow climbed from under the wheel and slowly | made bis way up the steps to the in- timate home of the Giants, Nobody stopped him, though he did not be- In the corner of the clubhouse—the new clubhouse—there was @ locker that had performed its duty for more than a decade, Clubhouses had changed several times but not the locker. The little iron grating was fastened ex- actly as It Was fastened on that day when the Giants licked the Athletics and won the world’s championship back in 190! ‘The big fellow, mopping his blond Fans Showing Team Work In Swelling Matty Fund give this money because it is for base. ball, Cc, W. FAITOUTE, “Summit, N. J.” And this from Walter P. McCat. fray, who sends along $5 and this ex- p lion of regard: imonial Editor: Here’ Letters With Contributions to Testimonial Indicate Pitcher Has Friends Everywhere. ASEBALL fans, and even others who have never been inside the Polo Grounds, are showing ex- cellent team work in swelling The Eve- ning World's testimonial for Christy Mathewson, Letters, accompanied by contributions, eloquently show the high e1 clean sportsmanship hold the former Giant idol, ‘The following letter from a veteran Jerseyman ball in the ony sixties for itself: “Enclosed find $1 as a sporting tes- timontal to Christy beat type of @ ball player. I have never seen a league game, I m in which all lovers of |1i luck to the Big Fellow, to-day, to- morrow and forever—a grand son, George Ruppert, not to be out- done by his brother, Col, Jake, who is half owner of the Yankees, offers $60 check aa are toward the timonial, which is only another proof ‘how Matty drew his friends from all leagues and from every station in ge, ‘While hundreds have pledged sup- port te the testimonial there are many others, all keen admirers of Matty, that can display their regard for thi great pitcher simply by sending small coin as their share toward the rememberance gift for the Big Fellow to the Testimonial Editor, ng World, Park Row. = Having successfully fought his In the Hghtweight division to a position eo fe now recognized as ono of erack Chicago boxer, wa: hed by his manager, Jimmy Joh the fast ston, to meet Johnny Dunde local Italian lightwolght, in @ ten-round bout at Madison Square Garden on the 10, night of Aug. They will battle at 185 pounds, in at the ringside. Since coming it, Welling has defeated all of bis opponents, Hilly Gibson announced to-day that he has engaged George Engel, the well-known manager And handler of fighten, to be chief adviser Henny Leonard in his bout with Freddie W in Brvoklyn on Friday night, Rngel baa hen died Leouant with excellent judgment tm all of hs prominent bouts, Gibson ala dechred that he wants either Ji Browa of Kid Mci?ardand to referee he content Henry Bietser of Haltimore, manager of George Chaney, the heary hitting featherwoight af that ity, hae wired Hinkel that be wiadly let Chaney meet pion Johnny Kilbane ine ten-round bout at Cedar Point, O,, oa Labor Day, providinig Chaney rescives $6,000, with the privi loge of accepting 80 pet cent, of the muceipte and $500 foe travelling © 4 Young Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia, who was train at Adlantic Gity for his bout with Marty the Arreme Sporting Club og Aug, &, with an accident which has compelled him to tho contest, While in bathing O'Hnen ‘on @ broken bottle, which cut his left foot the senior eight of th Veo Boat Chub of F hes faied to live Aly that eight stitehee were taken, Up to expectations and will not be en | + Another attractive card of bouts ts offer by tered in the national reguita at Duluth | 9 Vioneee Gparting Chub for ite regular weekly neat mon poring wow tonight, In the two principe con BOSTON, July 26.—Clarence J. Grit. | tate of ton mnnda, Ray Rivers of California will fin of San Ff . who fi rnish meet Young Rellly of the wast side in @ return battle, while in the seini-finel, Artie McGovem will 8 against Young law, «© promising cast side bantamweight Jimmy Duffy, the clever wost side lightweight, + \ is now at Dougiaaton, L. 1, belping Champion Freddie Welak put on the finishing touches for his bout with Leonant Friday night. Duffy i geting ready foe bia dattle with Ing Petey Clive national champion, at the Eawire A, ©, one week from to-morrow had another wnsy day, disnoring of KE | pight nnison of Portland, Mv, Li straight ay UP, fat clinched a matce between Brer Hammer, the Wkly Lightweight of Chicago, and Johnny O'Leary, the Canadian lightweight champion, They will xchange wallope in @ twelve-round bout at the Armory A, A, of that city mext Tusstay night, Mammer fought Johnny Dundee on July @ and put up @ great battle, ‘This will be the first time either has fourht In Hoston, Jim Smith, the Westchester hearyweight, who fought the late Stanley Ketchell and other gad men several years ago, after which he retired from the ring, will ty @ ‘come beck" stunt at the Fairmont A. ©, of the Bronx on Saturlay night, by meeting Sailor Grande of California ia a ten. round bout, Pete HarUey will take om Artie Kaufman in the otber ten-rounder, A match was arranged in Bt, Loula to-day be: tween Battling Levinaky, the Hebrew heavy. wright of Bridgeport, Coon,, and Gunboat Smith, the California fighter, ‘They will come together in a (weive-round battle at the Future Oity A, © on the might of Aug T, ‘They werm to have fought At tho saime cli last night, but on account of Winog Smith had the 60" ‘postponed, Jim Healy, the Irish heavyweight, who has won his last six fights by quick knockouts, nas been signed up for another battle, His opponent will be Jim Kelly, the heavyweight of Greenwich Village. whom Il take om for ten rounds at the Olympic A, C, of Harlem next Monday night Mealy is under the management of Dan’ Hickey, the wellknown boxing instructor, Shamus O'Brien, the Yonkers lightweight who gained considerable notoriety some month ago by claiming that Leonard wore homeshoes in his gloves i their bout up State, retumed to town today from Koohester, where he defeated Jo&nny O'Leary, the Canadian lightweight, Monday night, O'Brien's next bout wil be with Leo Johnsoe, the colored lightweight, at the Harlem Sporting Club Friday night, As the winver of the bout between Pal Moore, the Mempbis hantamweight, and Kid Goodman of Gere WL PO, Pitas’ gh...88 42 .475) , Lows..41 46 461 asa’e, 96 52.409 Boston, 3 (11 innings). Wt. Louse at Brooklyn (2 gamea). ‘Chicage at Boston. Pitteburgh at Philadelphia (2 games). brow, fitted a key to the lock and began dragging furth things that had not been touched for many years. Idling around on the benches several | bo: pink-skinned athletes watched the rifling of the locker in oppresive si- lence. Over in a cornor @ plain pin table had been rigged up for vin; ‘un and a deck of cards was car scattered over it. y Toree or four of the muscular fellows, clad in little more than a breechclout, sat down to have @ try at the game. The big fel- low turned from his demolition of the locke« to watch them, “Say, Matty,” one of them yelled, “don't forget that checkerboard, and, mind you, there is a tab there, on the shelf, showing how much the gang has won or lost during the last two months.” The blue-eyed athlete located the sheet of paper walked over to the table. He had been the club book- ponpet and mathematician since a -d. 3 @ “Come no, fellows,” he,said, “and kick in. I'm leaving and this thing's wct to be straightened out.” Oge at a time the debtors were cor- nered and settled. nd say, Matty,” another yelled, “don't forget that Larry and Poll owe & dollar on that last checker game.” Another dollar or two was turned over to the big pitcher, “I guoss there isn't much more use for these towels," he said, spreading them out on the table. “I'll stake you to this one, Fred, and I guess Fletch will the other one.” “All right,” yelled Larry. “Get that locker straightened out end ait in with us for a few minutes, We'd like to have you lose one time before you 60.” In a few minutes the locker’ was stripped and the steel grated door ewung idly on its hinges with a key stuck in the lock. The man who had used it for years stood there scanning @ sip of paper! that evidently had been lost in the dust of time. On It he made out this mem: randum: “Mertes, .25; Bowerman, .6| 0; Wilson, 60; Wilse, 1.26; Ames, .76.' “An old twenty-one score,” he mum- bled, and there came the trace of a tear in the big blue eyes. Bvidently he regarded it settled, for, he started to tear it up and then, on second thought, carefully brushed off the little slip and placed it in a card ease. shouted from the vingt-et-un_ table. “Come on and take a hand, There's no ball game to-day. Never mind about that new club of yours.” Just then the blue-eyed fellow dug up from the bottom of the locker a kodak print of a party of oldtimers. In the middle he stood, flanked by Arthur Devlin and Bill Dahlen, That he also tucked In the big card case “Are you coming or not?” the ath. lete demanded from the table, “We are starting the dei More tear drops trickled down the cheeks of the big athlete, He edged over to the vingt-et-un table. “Larry,” he said, in a half broken voice, “I don't know whether 1 want to become the manager of another club or not, This is the only locker I ever had ip my life. Deal me in the ei” eerne cards were slowly dealt, not a sound smothering the “fip, flip,” as tho pasteboards fell on the table, “Larry,” said the big fellow, with- out studying his hand, “the only run- {fn we ever had was when you ac- cused me of saying you had been drinking @ bottle of beer, Remember, you cracked It at me in an exhibition this city, at the Arverne Sporting Club to-morrow night, will be matehed to meet Young Zulu Kid, the Brooklyn bantam, at the same club on Aug. 3, both lade wil ie hant to win, Proddie Heese will meet tran tm the som fina a .evinaky Defeats Bourke, JOUL ST, Mo,, July 26,—Battling Levinaky of ‘ork, who recently di lon, “the man killer," ded another scalp to t night by defeating Tom edt heat list here 1 Miah Murrey, the cighi urvicove: of Bhat, ene | Bourke, the SL Louls | |Matty’s Locker at the Polo Empty for First Time in Sixteen Years N, Nerw...89 42 .481/| N. Vers, Results of Games Yesterday. Games To-Day. “Are you in? an impatient athlete} © Grounds i Beaten Cerel’é...60 39 562 Cbtenge... 49 40 561 Chicago, 13; New York, 8 New Lore at Chicage, Westen at Cleveland. Philadelphia a1 St. Lovie Washington a: Weire « game down at Norfolk? that you thought that.” “Forget it," counselled Larry. “Old and he slapped him on the ‘we are witb you, hook, line and sinker.” The game broke up without a hand having been played, and as the bi, fellow bundied up bis things an I'm sorry he wrth RS PS Waa RABID RUDOLPH. ave “ ANS imag ine they are cheated it they don't see 4 team of pitchers in the box each day.” "ONT wap Fred Wels ing 4 lot of trou ble wath th in the ring Generally the no man whe wives Fred i the trouble Frank Baker expects to get back te the Vonks series in time for the werld Battling Levinaky wants to fight thousand renee ee i a one ‘t looks aa dou "hie wt hold ows Most of border but Si dif de Paes Johnson Ban ’ rie whether his rule gt ters two bases inclu ed lott. tained ed bat- ~handers too. ai erat there waen't it ju Pon' the Ohio e single wider town in the cirevit, tate League blew leet week. ‘ econd with, theve Stealing 00, is one of the bose that “Higa wetter can't oot Boston (a the cradle of our national pastime, but Connie Mack seems to have borrowed tt League If you come back from the sea- | shore and find your apertment ran- sacked you will reaflge that the wrestling season has (@Peded rather early. c: Af 2h a "om Soy § weit fe ‘urate wea ‘thought ne vous One bundred io the shade and ne sale ee Wonder Titcher Markle does for a living? We seo him up around the Polo Grounds mot the time. T le with the .200 ere Is that they bat with one foot in the, league below. ts: een One game won hurt much, eapecialty trundied over to the club house of ‘the visitors there were tear dimmed eyes, Even the club house buy fel badly. Matty's locker was empty. It was empty for the first time in sixteen years! d t Early this morning it still looked dubious for a hilarious Matty day, but it was announced that the game would be played if there waz the least possible chance. —_———_- BRITTON GIVES HUB FANS TREAT AGAINST GRIFFITHS. BOSTON, July 26.—Jack Britton, the welterweight champion, and Johnny Griffiths, the Akron contender, boxed @ twelve-round draw at the Armory A. A. last night, Britton at times was not as aggressive as Griffiths, but it was a treat to see him work. He used his head, hands and feet as only a past master in the game can. Britton did the greater part of his hitting with his left. He hooked, jabbed hitsing with (aie Wits teonsiaerably, the blows landing on GriMths’s face,’ Ja and stomach. He also did some hitting with the right, catching the kron boxer many times on the jaw and 4. Grimths tried hard fe at over unches with both hands, but the clever Blocking, "sidestepping and godging of Britton pi e im from landing fortively. te cocine gaye several th left an bul the blows sending ‘Britton back #0 distance. : . eeeetheemelipence comme HARRY PIERCE STOPS YOUNG OTTO IN EIGHTH. Harry Pierce, the hard hitting Brook- lyn lightweight, who has lately been making & good showing against the top- notchers of the lightweight division, stopped Young Otto of this city at the Harlem Club of Rockaway last night. PI toyed with Otto from start to] doesn't it's won, Although it gives @ magnate ,aln, The fan is glad to see it rain: It saves the poor old fan's half Aud helps to cleon his rubber collar. ANSWERS TO QUEERIES. Chumpp—Washington lost 118 $ games in one season, but would have done better if it hadn't rained, Gazapp—Strange case of Wheezer Dell hitting a single must be one of those mysterious cases of dual per. alit _ SPORTING. mpire City Trac ‘OMORRO The Wakefield Handicap Katonah Handicap And 4 Other Thriling Everts FIRST RACE AT ee esate ~NEW XORK HEADQUARTERS L EONARD TICKETS eae ee re. en'vs. Young tuber ‘ABM. Boe; iving him a terrible trouncing, Me ad not Otto run away and clinched often he would have been stopped earlier, | a IMPORTED’ Ginge Order = V/ \ y ‘Wine sr Use.at Home from your ¥ fo the Dozen» ‘ B'WAY Sptg, Club, HAIN, ‘Fel, 8306 Bush, Gait Tatar Stout, hileat Sart oo Pronk Cortese ae t Ale rehant or Grocer