The evening world. Newspaper, July 29, 1916, Page 4

——_—— FT HB_BVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JULY 39, 1916. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK [*3ire2r2 mpion Freddivr Welsh ratoge Will Open on Monday patpoints Benny Leonard P/WATTY DEAL BALL PLAYER 7) WOST POPULAR OF ATHLETES | “THE OLD MASTER” NOW A NEW MASTER FOR REDS Copyright, 1046, by The Pres Publishing Ca, (The Now Yort Breatag World), . a Old Star, Now Manager of Cincinnati Reds, Started Pro- _ Seesionai Career with 21 Straight Victories, and Since Ha | LL men Won Hundreds of Games and Mihone of Friends—His Suc- Me es ees Has Been Earned With His Brain, | free and equal, but some @ get the golf : HRIBTIA MATHEWSON, C much better known a “Chris ty” or “Dig Gis,” t remark- ably Interestin & ball player. Hie record in fifteen years of pitching for the New York Giants ts known to every boy to the United States who Diayed baseball im vacant lot, Matty is more famous than any of our Presidents, His “fadeaway” has long been @ matior of thrilling Interest, where the “Mexican notes” Gre as little known as the prociama- Uons of Cassar. His atrike-out reo- ords have filled columns in every paper in the country when the sinking of @ battleship bas been re- ported in one emall paragraph. Christy ts and always bas been an all-around man as well as @ ball as. He has a strong individuality in all things, from checker playing ‘There never has been a time when Matty lacked an ambition. Of the secret of his great success, habit.” Edge: Who'dda ever thousht that would @ jd | woul a Sav in bis old ro | Cet Cnn ww, i tw Erte ha Aad aed 2 if old Gua Jing hae ka by the tail with @ dow “Te MOST FAMOUS PITCHING HAND iN “The WORLD pull THINGS YOU'LL NEVER LAMP, Yanks signing 4 player pamed y Jinks, iN ACTION [pani We teat Tonia "Sc Madht oad Welsh Fools Everybody, Benny Leonard Included, vi eee CATEST CONTRIBUTORS) «T2'S2oRRasarona And Wins Brooklyn Bout 5 ; ; : TO THE MATTY FUND | Paper pop bottles may protect the umpa in Toledo, but in Chicago they contributors to the fund . , nt Christy Mathewson with | “il! Reed paper safes, chimneys and : ‘ “ anos, ne » ched be was the| Champion Never Takes Backward Step and Tries Just as Hard ia : pie, of a —— star of the Muck ines He olen Opponent to Score Knockout—Freddie Takes the Lead in : shane by elites tow ‘good Sisige First Round and Holds It to End. was. Now every big league team im the country has a scout in St, Looey, STARTED PRO REER WITH 21 STRAIGHT WINS, By Robert Edgren. he was all confidence and eagerness, box than the “sawduat trail.” * While still at college Christy went “ a on he settied down to “ Although the Gtants claim ti i: '@ mother used to say that] io Norfolk, where he played ball in BODE 'WHLAH “came veel gonfident that Wi Curry MATHEWSON , hs ain't theoeen set, It ia peneralty Ge § i ‘fwhen Matty was four years old be] the Virginia Btate Leag Mii last night, and long before the Then he began to realize that WHEN NE WAS KING OF THEM ALI ded that Referee McGraw is giving Gwent ow to where some larger boys | Was sensational in the extrem ten rounds were over Henny | the {ime was growing short, and that = slow count an . —— fwere playing ball and insisted upon : ewan awentye | eonerd wiehed that be bad stayed | 35° iny” means, “Prom ‘that time Although the other golf materials ere eheape, cards soa to bees Sigh as eter, Would be some relief to have a deat and dumb champion like Silent) | Martin, as the public is tired of heare ing our other champo fight, what can you dor” to New York and pitched a couple |®¢V6r lost it. He won tho fight. aclyin «Reape dey the youngster | °f #ames, Anished nfs\coliege course, When the men came into th in a row tart the fans. Weleh was evidently pleased | Hoche was giving him a@ little the tay. Saratoga Handicap of $5,000, also on| the time-honored two-year-old cl: Smacks ‘em on the nose in twe twenty years pan slim and not! with himself, for he wore a wide| Worst of it. Welsh was catching| to Be Best of Year, With) opening day, in wnich Harry Payne] sic, rich in value; the Champlain, en, away. Fighting in bis old style—the faking part in game. 5 4 right here Benny was Gesperate, His eyes we: e st peeree ene: Hittin” ase tho] he Gar picked “up by the welting |fearleas and agaressive style he used | povped "wide “spen and he’ dances 0 in ta es an rses boys. al soon signed a contract|before he became champion, Welsh 4 . fh ay in 1903 set! down to make % v was to Become the greatest and! itching hie life work’ Ile waa auce| aut stripped for the fight Welsh’s| ever Jt wie exposed. and hs blows Fighters who have faced @llent Gevoloped, he had ld of ii a: holding for @ f Wait ne value of $2,500, for three | eee fully devolo; @ world of enn: arms and holding for a few hitney’s unbeaten Regret is sched-| with a value o 500, for three- —_— speed and @ fair collectio Who had come ta ae une apectatore| seconds between rallies, and Roche Classy Horses of Entire Coun-| uica to’ start; the $1,000 Sencea, for] year-olds and ‘upward; the $2,000 |, Qaltg, a toy eter, DUN wage the te with President Andrew Freedman of | took the lead ia the first round and o Dur ing M eeting at Sar atog - Pe At Moet famous pitcher known to the| cessful at once. Within & Jean body and well rounded muscles | grim, bree «acagrrsd Martin admit that he chats quite pre- ool of curves, Mother,” he said, “1 can piteh, but} ‘rou Man” McGinally was pitching | make his bid. for the, chavapiouahip pulling them apart. Still boxing, three-year-olds; the $3,000 Spinaway, the two-year-old grab ba r 01 for am not,” said Matty stoutly, the N York Giants. Matty wont at tracted th i | N ’ he was a Mi hat once attracte ie attention of| In the fifth roufd Benny thought Racing at Spa Promises | 2" opening day, worth $7,500, the] year-old fillies; the Saratoga fala: | Smacl with his hands, bowever, r y Bfaone Mre, Reynolds's window.” then, oe ual Leonard turned to Roche and said} try Engaged in Rich Events.! bringing out the best’ two-year-old | of. 8 the Grand Union Hotel | Man's mi Aarne ae eg TOG gy | with scowl: “Don't grab me by the ry Engag jfillica of the year; the $1,000 North | Stakes, with a value of $7,300, and | Championships tn Europe are de 5 Matty's mother made him pay for control and oh. nee went straight at the challenger, |®¢ck like that.” (ane can Handicap, a steeplechase down to the Hopeful, a produce | cided on points, If you sewing ané the =izsow—a whole dollar, which o most | Teonard jabbod ‘him on ‘the noes, By Vincent Treanor. ford Memorial, worth $5,000 | # for two-year-olds, ranking in| connect that's point. If your @pe OF Pett his tin bank busted higher than) deceptive delivery used by any pltch-| narg, and ther things began t6 pe ig A rig HIBS to the last day of racing tn] fh the, two your old wrnloh wing J2 | importance Trin the Maturity, and! onent swings and milsses that DB Rite. It was Matty’s fret lesson 18) Finning to use his famous’ “fade. |DAPPeD. Evidently Freddy had been ; Prinnet More ada els was New York for almost @ month.| added money; the Delaware Handi-|told, Saratoga promisca the clusstest point, If you duck # slam that A Ww () Bimance, and so far-reaching was Its) away"—a ball that fooled the most |#UAS into a fighting frame of mind | fosing a little of his peed and was to this day, they| practised Latter ot wee Sky, cet! by the criticism cf his many oF Beginning Monday there will} cap of §2,600 for the handicap kin: seolng of the year, out of which | point. Everything's a point except effect that even Y, ® of p come champtons which will missing many punch Leonard \ty-four of the sport at/the Flash of $2,000, for juveniles; | shoul y c| ae ha. has never lost dniiar In| ost amour haters aver since, ana) heute fon he went ates Henny Bot |fimoe ara uke t sectoce and it tae book trccttene| the Aiabacse, bitaging veut tree: {five for veare in tart biatern CAO NAEE P GSROE ARG WU: Of hie varied business ventures, | Can still take them into camp been | Was in enny's direction. Benny | he ‘put ih halt a doses punch fe any indication, it should be the Marquis of Queensberry ie the FED HIG BALL-THROW: | earned with ha" brain, From the |cOuldn't understand it. gt ons trying | Sat champlon'a one, but there was! best of the entire season, When one ° bisa whe. iaveniad the caune am ¢ > . in thom— jockout eyed! ‘ ITY, ee SPORE cae eh enna OTneNe tilt expecting Freddy to blow up. *Buk |oruk © q{0lt 18, thame—no. kaoal 7, | considers the Spa and the class of Matty Fund Contributors chine married into the family, other there word about! tending himaclt to the limit if pos. (there was no cessation ia the bom- (looking us if he couldnt horees engaged in the various stakes When Aheete, Wat to la locker at the Ko inmertied bis ball clara ate | sible, “He made a close study” ot | bardment, why ho hadn't finished it wu there, it seems as if everything that e ° ° Fruuaution Unit Cay bis ciabo, vere ‘auedlags bes Whe a eit ona Deying APil;| every batter “opposed to him” Me| Leonard did bis full share of the! ing to schedule, held out hie hand.| ra Pea batons: ele. opening aay Inv ted to Decide on Gift Bhesta esye that's al er aud, and was famous for her abll-|learned all their weak spots, He | Senting. At frat be was evident!y | Freddy ‘touched. finger tips monoh May 18 bas been simply prelimin t 7 to throw & bascball over the beitry| Used speed and power when he need | eager to end it in @ hurry, He ex-|lantly and brushed by on the way |0D May on simply preiigaiae Yanks might get the rest of thetz Ad tea "i AD og ¥] ed it, but he depended most upon bie| Pected to take th» title with him|to his corner, He was still grinning. | ary. a games transferred to some started at the ago of four,| skill. No other pitch when he left the ring, There was a/ There were no knockdowns, and| Saratoga brings the best horses of The Evening World tables were not|‘litic. They'd win the pennant ine = ¢ aving world of vim in Benny’s blows. Sev-| neither man showed more than @ “Bi ix’s” Wi i ty cyent right along playing base: | oped @uch miraculous control of the! Sal “umes he caught Welsh on the|fushed face and m slight bruise. o| te entire country together, The stara| “Big Six’s” Wife Suggests] in “use at the Polo Groundn: whic | HD: Eraah eh. roa | cn MRT a a |eute ttm undT aot cone eeu | Painting? What's Your iden |ESSePLaae een | sy oe Hr te ply. BX rides wi of the ; In the matied donati ever he wa Benny's arms, ist > and’ went, it] | Welsh has shown that he cen stil Conade sends down ber stake win-| Of Appropriate Present, | eiisrthe;muled aanations were more)" 2 Meo wi Benny with @ whole-souled enthual- | fight. t ich purses as @ great pitcher and @ top ‘notoh | Club are figuring on substituting egge ecg H i tad Phe ge AL am he hasn't ebown since be bad a| Washington Park was well filled | ers, too, to strive for the rich p ub are figuring on eubstituting eggs M pentieel rallies, under he con htportaman, In all ‘is, oareer | titie to lone. With people, but not every spectator | and the honor that goes with victory.| [VANS who have already contributed | "Portsman. for golf One letter part jong without actually tooting on| batters could ntand teeno the punt] From start to finish Weleh forced | represented money tn the box oMce.|~ More than $100,000 has been pros ‘and thoes who expect to send| youns I'am eee oe art Seti geek of, missing seneivoraue Eis‘ Norn unuit he had learned ‘how to| without ‘he aliantcat crate, tie plate Cee ee ety lea were rcana ie gentle the PO"! vided by the association for the varl- thelr subscriptions to The Eve. | tdmiring | feichde © and therafore| ing the hungry golfer could then ay. te Cy i ay And yet they couldn't find his as cleanly, Hut there was no ques-| thousand men rushed the fences and | 0us features to be run throughout the| ning World’s fund to present Christy| more than two cents iny ‘contribution | sie patreromalles spo pnd ont earty. : | adatty once told fow words| Honing the fact that he was domin-|a forgotten gateway and broke into| meeting. This is aside from the regu-| Mathewson with a testimonial are in-|{n made with, boot wishes tee ao | All for one price of admission, P Mathew-| his working princinie nner ating the eituation. Two or three} the inclosure, where they crowded | iar events of each racing day, over-! vited to give thelr opinions how the| Hero." —_— nay real attention was a try." he sald, “to put the Se a ae cenit ceche rally | Come OF crandatecd em, © £47 80" | nignt races, not desixnated as stakes remembrance tribute should be ma clone cimate weit 2 cents in-] ANSWERS TO QUEERIES, Be ee the aces ball whore they don’t want it,” with a rush that carried Benny to the| Tt would seem, reasonable that tha|or handicaps, ‘These doubtless mean| Mrs, Mathewson suggests that the] closed: 1 could give more for the| Simp—Mall addressed to Jack Joha- the home nine. On the day of th & batt ropes, where Welsh tried hard tojelty could afford to protect several| an additional $50,000 to be distributed| sift be a painting as her husband is| Christy Mathewson Fund.” son at Chicago will not reach him his mother iaiscovered, tbat connect with a lusty right-hander./ thousand citizens seeing a boxing! petween owners and trainers. very fond of beautiful pictures.| L. Horland sends 26 cents toward|there, but the Government offelals {ie cnoltersent of preparatioi | Leonard was often forced to back} bout in a licensed club, The police The Sarato track is one of the Others advance the idea that a library the fund and wishes Matty good luck, | hope it I some day. iy had forgotten to dig the po- ry batter, but the away, Welsh never took a backward | would not allow any such disorderly | anest in Am rica, rivaling our own be procured for “Big Six.' “No potatoes, no game,” was| and the latter ded. step. entrance of the ball grounds dur! Factoryviile, ‘The whole ming nee | ysenere ever orton a knoskeut It Wes gene | “Amicus the spectators were Chartie | Bete r “a f Factoryville, The whole nine—or trying 0 4 . DD and gener: : as Feleage, but Mra. Mathew-| fro very toa tne er edites fooled ‘everybody =| fully. than Leoonent” dik ast iene [tracks, with the exception of Bel-| that “New York's baseball. Dublic| of opportealty oF wade tate erty Patriotic women of Euro; og pl GE Fi Bo aaetaldababiiadma LS Pra a ry at routs | OBE Park, look like merry-go-rounds.| won't quickly forget his sixteen years| toward Matty’. rememtrenen ritt.!ing up their wardrobes f An hour before game time youn hi Leonard included, White ts to ight him twenty rounds | Horses seem to thrive there, and it of service with the Glants. Send all contributions to the Test! wy a good thin, ewaon showed the genius that Renny's face was a study, At first in Colorado on Lavor Da; ja for that reason that trainere of the so it’s a g rt Every letter received with contri-| Goofus—Wouldn't say there wes . But what do the fans think? They] butions so far has contained the best c! y Havea eet eddock a troar ta the | AFe,Mnereasing the fund with their| regards of ite sender’ for ‘Matyys | (nother wreck Sp. wee Nem q contributions and are the best judges| future success, Just because the Athletics were There was a noticeable slump in| monial Editor, Ev: ‘was to make him famous later on, ba! ee J retentions stadien et on the scone! contributions to the fund yeateraar | monet 2 vale Watld, Park Pasi All the oostum He gathered the Factoryville team and ke early to prepare their charges for the put the proposition up to them rich events to oo! Already there Straight. horaea at the ‘@ more than 1, ik, Stable room at the track is at the course, dug or I “The potaives must be ti, he taki h one’: Play, If I can't pitch wo love! line of work without an’ nemy in the National League batters agree that MAJOR LEAGUE AVERAGES Jimmy Rowe has eome Whitney Nght] Curley, who 1s at werent tm the West wired Mamaux of Pittsburgh has enough @; Nine of us can dig those} world and with millions of tri Reeth Wak Wee Sanek RENNES aes Sat is tos select Among these 1.869 thorough brede are datrength to curve @ waters oy Pe vy | atathowaon la ‘a. gent champion. received 15,780 for la end }iny'wat'at Neon, Needs, tater tay ama [Some brand new horses, mostly two- Compiled by Moreland News Bureau me AEE ney, mane tee fine aid Pr ae BN only he attempts, He’ for boxing Benny Leonard tn thelr ten-] thet he would hang up & mime of $8,000 for the | 28! ‘are likely to mix up the two. — win! but got his potato patch Hane taeer: He ie mot only atround bout at the Washington Park 2 0G, Aenea SeiekiS teat, 04, Fen | Year-old situation as We View It at the| American League Rating Averages. EVERYTHING FO! Reatly polished off with «minimum ‘ POUT, we OF the lgoorte Club, tn Brooklyn, last night, | & mA Gully accented the otter fer | Dresent tim Macon of paver ho have played in fife ex . And it's said that when|abie ch ‘ ts das Billlards TH==T Bowllng « Prices and Terms to Suit. REPAIRS BY EXPERT MECHANICS, TYE BRUNA UNe Collender, Coe % __SPORTIN y RACING SARATOGA] BEGINS © layer, A first claas|This wan 40 per cent, of the gross 1 — Be shut out Honesville that afternoon | go i 7 ‘ ¢ ° the Chicago Celt, Oungaters to uncover at the Spa, big league scout saw him and put golfer and @ successful business man |celpts, Leonard drew down exactly been Daase te the neostle tin At which he has /$3,593.75, which was 25 per cent. of the| offered & bor bay By Ba ttrensd Lng Shoes of the Jenpeone ata Gee WAS ALL-AMERICAN FULLBACK Of several hundred lentire receipts. The state got $1,070.40, hae offers from New Orleans, Memphis, Bast | Billings, not to mention Ultimatum, ee The United States and every emai |*Dch Was TH per cont, of all the money’| Ciioago and Kansan City, owned by Samuel Ross: (fainer,’ Boston. L. boy and baseball fan in it Join in |M*en in. This ts the fret time in nearly —s ber string, Tom McDowell's lot from | jiums, Detroit ; In course of time Christy Mathew-| wishing him the best of good jock, [a year that the fighters have received | ‘Those two game mildieweighte, Allent Martin, | Kentucky, and others who have es- @on was sent to Bucknell’ Here he ih SHA Rew 8 percentage of the gross receipte| tie dest mute of Brootim, and Frank Castons |OAped Our memory, | Bhyaical instructor, and the. athuste| TENNIS TEAMS PICKED ne Staten amount wan deducted. Hyg at the Rosivey tring Cu ot ro | AFat- taste of racing of the season, rounds at the Broadway Sporting Club of Brook. | @rat taste of racing of the season, re eagerly’ approached and Tho Uckets sold for the bout were as Poe he coulé play football, Matty FOR EAST-WEST MEET, lym to-night, As both r and for the month of August the follows; 2,742 at $1, 1,966 at $2, 80 at| teat form ssht now, the vagh to hue | aport will be the all-important. topic fellow even then, tall and $3, 149 ac #4, B72 at 85, 82 at $7, 306 at) aasing battle, Twin Nadel of Chicago ang |Of the sportively inclined of Albany, ed and beginning to develop the| Central Park will be Dattleground |$10, cash found in one of the ticket | Young Jeok Dillon clash in the ecmifinel, Troy, Banenacaay, Coons, Prater. menaaioe thas bare. garried him |of several of the important matehes |boxes #11 and exchanges §| nee, avi ee the, professional @amond, years}in the Qnal round of the champion- — Monte Attell, who has only taken past tn one |” Saratoga itself looks forward to . ow ship tournament of the Public Parks} Jack Britton, the welterweight champion, and I ee ates mene wae, we the meeting for the entire year, It ight of Connecticut, for ten rounds at Jem Sporting Club on next Friday aight, other tensround go, Willie Astey, the wast ¥ tt a & ii SSEEUEE. SSN EEA ES TSE Yor kiya aburgh iit the Macom. | letboid, Means a month of prosperity, that usually keeps the Spa going until the time for the next season, Prepa- rations have begn made there for ewe Seachalt @ lite said | Lawn Tennis Association for the cups | Joins Griffiths of Akron, ©, who fought a 100. manager, how- by T a (welve-round draw at the Armory A, A, of Roo put him into a football sult and | Grerey ey The World to-d89 and 100 eee en ane einy te met age ‘him tor idiron tryout. Matty| " ‘They were matched today over the long diet 1 4. told’ to eet ouls J, Sheridan and EB. King ot Cares.” Pit Pletcher, NW SxS PRESSE Se PSAs Fac aE National League Pitchers’ Records, ; , will exchange punches with Bat . tf big crowd of visi-| Amerteam League he Prospect Pi Ae lelephone to try conclusions In another twelve the reception o} crowd of visi ! ; Ing. He drop-| tide thar ue ee tae ee putIL AG: | ound go ab 0 Dosing shoe to be beid inthe | UME CBE, © colored Aghter, tore, the hotels are fooking forward | laord of witcher Uoetuding July 26, Record of itsher, Including July 26 it half the length of the field. | courts, after which the winner will | 0M @if at Canton, ©, om the afternoan of — to big profits, cottages are at a pre ; i, ay ; i tely he was tried at fullback, | meet 0. 1. Mackie, the Macomb's Labor Day. Freddie Welsh bas promised to second Jimmy | ™mium and boarding houses are prac- i Galaxy of Racing Stare im er peiiretieleven man trom | Dam Park champion, for the place in =e Duffy, the west aide poser, when the titer | tically all engaged. ty OPENING DAY CAPD etart, Puttl the semi-final round. p harley White of Chicago, who came to New| meets Irish Patay Clive of Harlem in the ten-| The advance guard of New York- 1 final match between Loute | Yor for the ele purpose of watching Freddie | round semicinal to the Coaney-ommmey ‘fight a |€F8 Will leave for the Spa to-morrow ¢ % $7,500 United States Hotel Stakes nt Park winner, Welsh and Meuny Leonard battle, will leave to | the Empire A. ©, meat Thursday night, Dutty | afternoon, The Cavanagh special, ar- Wee York: 1» Plaremont " Park | morrow for White Sulphur Springs, Saratoga, | bound with Freckle while the chenmion wes |ranwed by John G. Cavanagh for the “nicago $5,000 Saratoga Handicap , Which college was ro- be decided to-mor-|N, ¥,, where be will do his training for hie | reining for Leonard and he made @ big bit, of local racegoers, will yi kably successful as long ae Matty oa ead played there. Walter Kesriarion and eaisene of | werid'hgntweight ‘cliamplonsitp sie at "Cole | dmmy Cottey, the Mi » ONC® Ba: ol Ne be t already in tiptop nip, heduled tha | to Byrings, Col, on Labor Day afternoon, ° iriaty Mathewson was t! Louie Oehin the | White will use the same quarters ao did Frank | Wee Wee Barton at the Ywenty-round fight with Freddie Weld for the of the regulars from k Indian, reports that Station. This train is for bis bout with |mcheduled to leave at 2 o'clock, stop- farlem 8. ©. of Mam. | ping for the Harlemites at One Hun- 8 OTHER BRILLIANT RVENTS @ Races Kvery Week-Day ap te PeeSSeRie Bre ss itesiees August 26, United Beat hampton, and th ack mele Station, Hockaway, Tuesday night, Coffey | dred and Twenty-fifth Street at 2.07, ee Rich “chan Y hurt a we : i . ‘omprising Rich Stakes, Handicaps, Steeple Pantie AiAmerican fullback. Me Grotona Parke courte Unie itecr | & metsh will beclioahes within the seni] VAM wall ine are beat nate) neat eatin a 'y ved baseball, too, oor. The winner will comp twenty-four houre between Hattling Levineky and i 4 tral Park to-morrow, @ecers co semcece dum Tiyan, the Game Westem heavyweight, Jeak ome Ma da Croutte, Lue beE ant axe the ‘United States Hotal "stakes ee pets ot