The evening world. Newspaper, September 2, 1916, Page 4

‘elsh and Kilbane Defend Titles Monday RING CHAMPIONS STAKE THERR TITLES ON LABOR DAY -e- Freddy Weish and Johnny Kilbane Risk Honors for First Time in ’ Long Bouts With Charley White and George Chaney— Referees’ Decisions Make Fights Important. : A. 1016, by we I Pubiieving Co (The New Tort Bvening W a AWOK DAY will see two ring * - v4 ’ L titles defended for the f ¥ time since their holders be e ame world’s champions Jobony Kilbane won the feather Welght championship of the world at Vergou, Cal, Feb. 22, 1912, taking « twenty-row jecision over Abe Altell Freddy Welsh became world's Nebtweight champion in London July 7, 1914, on @ twenty round de-) cision over Willie Ritehic Of all the champions, these ¢ have boen most cautious ° There was © UUme, many years ago, when a champion lost caste unless he! came out boldly and fought . Ql challengers whore abiilty suggested @ goot match. The old i. timers didn't get wuch money through being eh: mpions, but they G4 get & ot of fighting. To ¥ it ts just exactly the reverse, The cham- Plone get a lot of money and manage to slide along year after year with ax 1 Mittle fighting as possible. It has come to be regarded almost as @ cham- ‘f plon’s right to avold motches for a year or so after winning a title, Both Welsh and Kilbane have boxed Many short no-decinion bouts wince), Pha ; ' arriving in the Hall of Fame. But Cieveluna, OF sat retiree tr 4 they have avoided decisions, Kilbane Hinkle, the promoter omer boxed one twenty-round bout with| > ee |: Johnny Vundeo in California, Aside from that he has been living a life of pugilistic case. Welsh bas been sticking strictly to the safe-und-sane no-decision stuff, He fought Ritchie practically for nothing, and saw Kitchie take away the $25,000 that he demanded as a Buarantes, ver since then Freddy bas been trying to get even, and as Re bas boxed often and drawn woll’ Donovan's Gang Has Made Good Its Promise to Attend to the Champions, and as a Result Compiled by Moreland News Bureau. preg em pb: Bearly every time, he must have! the American L | GH8p H, Lindley Murray deteated By William Abtott. his net game, while his opponent | 000 for his stunt on Labor Day, whieb gelled up & small fortune as tith e erican League Race !s Masi MH, Behr, 6—4, 6—8, 1—A, 0—7, AURICE M'LOUGHLIN, Davis sradually Weakened. The gallery {8 more than Ching Ling Foo ever Walder, “He will add $12,600 to. hie Closer Than Ever, While the of pavers ho, have glared te tttegn | a M Cup hero and idol of the) Ueves, denertod Ite idol, | “Oh, Mac," | got for « couple of tricks account aiter the White fig! , ms * xii i a. , co ceeee ’ Welsh hus boxed White « couple ot| Dodgers’ Double Defeat Places ects Treen cccitn ta tral his: BUmerOds” Relitae Tetibe nce |_IN THE @VENT OFA RAILRGAG in ten-rouna deciwionieas bouts. | Bray, nd Phillies Withi Speater, “Clew national tennis championship im the! Ciurch had no trouble headline Mo. | STRIKE— ts fast enough to be quite safe aves al es P| trocusin, Gob, Detrot fourth round yesterday at Forest) Louhlin's service in this set and the! Ludy Langer swim exclusively | a “accidents’ ax long as he Reach of Top Berth in Na-| korea, Hills, He lost to George Church, F miplon scored only. one | {n water. | a utinices of ‘ ; fisher without tional Le: x “a three-sets to one, McLoughlin, with | £4me. The third set was a repetition of | Ea 1 P Bates w of the " 4 ae aie ted the second, with Me vard Payson Weston will 4 aI and with # large buiup of cau. gue By John Pollock only # shell of his former great game, | (no Merond: with McLoughlin areas ¥ Sabibeckad slants! . Until bis last bout in New York jmade @ gallant but suc hopeless Heat himself, either netting the bail| Ted Meredith will run all his races bs of the spectators who had paid By Bozeman Bulger. oie, hs Confident that he can make ‘good in aay Hey Gas inrraeray es or driving it out of court. ‘a on foot, ve “arose chatmpi perform, In h SIDE from unalloyed joy in Holaud) Detrol the ten-rognd no-deciaiom boute which! fia finally act on his championship| Loughlin improved c itte Ie tre meat |. Frank Kramer will utilise « tloyete with Benny Leonard, he Manhattan about our Yanks \\j Barns, Detzoit are permitted at the numerous boxing! carcor, Tho California Comet may| set, especially when he tied the score | in his sprints, say evidently trained hard, for his and all fired gloom along the! Chicago 7 clubs in this State, Jack O'Brien, the| 14. ibly come East next year, but tt/ in the sixth game. But Chureh| seen » weight was low, and ho was willing | Gowanus anent the Dodgers, the Nedligsetphie hice," Weslungton clevor light heavyweight of Philatelphia, | jg unlikely he will ever ben seen again quickly took command of the situa-|. Tris Speaker will cover the out- to take a risk or two, ror he fought x Nunamaker has decided to come out of retivement| in a national tour ent tion and ran out the next three | field by leg power, tem rounds at top speed and carried | baseball situation to-day is complt- | shite and try his hand again at the boxing] It was a sad cle for the games for the set and match, | tee eee the fight aggressively to his opponent | cated to a degree that borders on game. Jack is at present at the King y to see its favorite, the same It was no disgrace for Red Mag|, Ralph de Palma will creep around every round. explosion, A few more strains like Vere ciaile Cbleaas of Prussia Inn of Pennsylvania, where |fed-headed marvel who At_ the | to be eliminated by George Church, |! bis racer : WELSH HAS PLAYED IT | this and she'll pull out the rivets. Chicago he js going through a hard course of | World's best only two yours ago, who right now is one of the moat} i a 'New ¥ down to defeat. But Mel.ough! r; » players in the United| | Chicago baseball season is some- SAFE. The double defeat of the Dodgers New York training, ond te aleo assinting his young-| iii ied of most of his old terrific | States. Yet’ those who watched the | What like a baseball park ham eand- Welsh fought one “decision” fight|knocks them within range of a short m, Brooklyn brother Jack to get into condition fF | snushing power, Was simply paying| Comet In his days of greatne: would | Wich. Looks aood on both ends, but Denver « short time ago. His op-' punch by the Braves and even the Be : Athleticn his fifteen round battle with Jimmy] the penalty of exacting too b never have believed that Maurice | Mething in the middle, mt was Ad Wolgast, who had lost foston,. Athletirs Coffey, the Harlem welterweight, at Ma- Jature, Calif cLoughlin, while still only twenty- armaes Phillies could not reach them with « a St tas’ from Nature, | Oute! of Labor Dn 7 the title to Ritchie. But it can hardiy haymaker. Keebuie, Cinciunati, " leville, R. 1, on Labor Day night. | tempted to substitute stri even years old, would be compelled peeks te Hy iy Bak ay pens 4 eet niet Flak d anything "“The Yanks have worked them | {llitts Chicas O'Brien is now planning to box one of | gressive tennis, but it fa to make way for younger stars, pines ie rather @ lone Fon cae aoe Bent, fc decivion should Lea | selves into firing range of the Red) haut. New York the heavyweights at @ local club within | Against Church, who had the Fe aa ttea tn Olah NM I |s @ age youth, speed anc urth round also resulted tn it one : Sox, and the Tigers, thanks to a day two weeks. He ts thirty-eight years old | age of youth, , lesen r und —— Bin: ther city UAT were, om thelr | ore’and are within two and one-haif| tod has been boxing for over twenty-one | the mystery that surr | the elimination of Karl Behr, another DAILY HoROScopE. kn wi sda games of the American League lead. | years, former champion's game favorite. | The former Davis Cup! Capricorn—The he-goat, or tenth elgn jocked Welsh out. Whether | . was cleared up ye for every | star tackled R. Lindley Murray and Se ee, reeks out. Whether | ii OF of thelr twentycele, wanes p | of the Zo Cin: Been much discussed, in any case, at home the Tigers, right now, look 45 Tommy Waite of Chicago, manager of Joe Man-Jono in the stand could plainly see] went down to defeat hefore the | managers and wrestling 7 line, Fo! to be a most dangerous contende: ar dot, the New Orleans ligitweight, writes that he | that ed Mac was without he tre-jage driving o 8 opponent, jehr are all born under this eish wasnt iatnae hanker by te With their batters “hitting at a ter-| | | tntends to have Mandot tke part in many twenty | inendous service and hitting ability) made a game fight, but lost three sinister sian, Beware of affa- the championship that has been coine rific pace and two or three pitchers 41 found contests this winter, and that he hopes to | chat made him such a power in 1918- | sets to one, ble strangers and bite all t money for him. going good Detroit is a favorite in c f g somare Beuny Leouard ond Johnay Dundee to meot | 1914, spd nickel Jauce it might seem that the betting, Boston 212 BF Hoot, "ost % him, The twenty round bout between Sando: and] McLoughlin, after his defeat Wie, Davis, the tall Californian ees ht be taking a real ri Donovan's gang has made good its|T #“Cincinuiatl New 4 Frankie Russell at New Orleans on Mouday ulghi| Teddy Pell "Thursday, raised the! who holds the national clay courts ANSWERS TO QUEERIES, Day. Charley white is irae promise to Mittend to the Shampe TE Sirens fy le expected to attract @ cromd that will brag tw | hopes of many that he might be title, reached the end of his rope} xnutt-—Dodaers haven't won’ the w, and he looks a bit awkward, but and here we are ull in @ clutter. O° Witon ye Ath 5 ron receipts up to $16,000, to conquer Church, he PAR AAA TROR Ae: Tat k Kn A wae pennant yet. Can't have any rabbit ‘ h ok Hymne, Ph Danas. Petra 4 7 claims himself on the national I « two cracks had a hard-fough a you have a rabbit, ery © 12g ts! of knockouts wie tigh the | Merle. 8 ) ms, Wastingt 3 Haring given up ali hove of getting Jim Coffe, Thesg hopes were further encour-|match, Washburn winning three seta | Ste™ Unless you have of hitting heavy punches. Welsh may ave suddenly loomed up aaa = ices " ee Fad a Beatie oat coms, jon [Aged when the Comet on his | to one, Fann—Oscar Stannage tsn't much of be too fast for him, but there will| ge the favorite in the National | Natt League Plichers’ Records, in Leng Wolsmantel, the promoter of Brookiyn, is mw /OWN service Won the opening game | bg a sprinter, You could time him in @ Blways be the unpleasant possibill Record of pitchers, including Aug 30 ni of, pitchers, 0 4 against Church, It was seen earty | arenca Griffin, the stocky little | to9-yard dash with a cuckoo clock. v ity| League, Their double victory, tying to induce the manager of Bob Moba, the s Calif Ha ha 2K (for Welsh) that White might shoot! coming it did at this pre- 2 6 Milwaukee boxer, to ‘Mohe with Diva for/i2 the match that the Call-/ Californian, while playing with EB. IK ‘ A one through and catch him off guard,| carious moment for our ho i | i : fornian, as if doubting bis ability, | Whitney, narrowly escaped collapsing | Gambul—Rain has been about ¢i Welsh can be knocked out an easily! pennant at hom 4 | © tan round battle the third week in SeptemPor, | is unusually cautious, He played| from the heat, ‘The Californian play- | peat friend Connie Mack had his Qe other men. All that in necessary| team within two and one-half "6 Pred Fulton, the Western parrwasht, veo} avery shot carefully, seldom making |ers, used to dry alr, are aiways at a | season. d i 3 00 | goes against Dan ‘Porky Fiynn, the Baton’ any of his old spectacular overhead | disadvantage when compelled to play REN, ee uy "Tet tk Whites sine, Ne Meanie We eee ae | “heary,’’ 1m & ten-round bout st St, @aul on! smashes, From the first the Comet, | in. tho tern humidity, Griffin,| In trying to build up @ fighting knockout victories is imposing, The| Braves and resorting to both i Sept, 8, now tie the boam at 220 pounds, He} none too sure of direction, was en-|after capturing the first two sets team Manager McGraw ehoulda’t Dames fill a typewritten 4 He ind spur. To k . his head te expecta to enter the ring weighing about 216) countering trouble in passing the tall |aeoinst Whitney, suddenly weakened, . bas knocked out Sam Mobidenu, Mile ter now Robi ‘eerie |e | pounds, Jeff Olark, the colored hearyweight of Church, who constantly raced up tojand required attention before he {overlook the possibilities of Bob burn Buylor, Joe Azevedo, Danny a terrible Cleveland ae Joplin, Mo, has been secured to box with!/the net for his favorite attack, | could continu Moha and Jack Dillon as pinch ait O'Brien, Young Brown anda bunch| ri And, remember, the old bo Coombe,” Brockis 3 4 Fulton while preparing for the contest, Still, Red Mac, employing rare | — @f others in a round each, Many| hae two tough ones'to face bes | N°! ooh. Be 4 4 ‘Jrem) Johnston, manage of Ted Ria’ | head work, won many points on his Turner Will He in Box. ters. Mere he Knocked out in the second| fore getting home. fennard, Poston. Tame Lawis, the fet Buglish welterweight who went }OWN Placements and Church's tend-| ‘The Suburban Baseball Team wi) |= found. He has the kind of “kick | 3 to Buenos Ayres for bouta, receivid @ cab) | ency to drive out of court McLough- | meet the crack Brooklyn Field Club to- SYERYTHING FOR that doc.n't need to be repeated if he| To one wnaccustomed to such geet am today from him stating that he and sor. | In captured the first set, seven ames | morrow at the New Bronx Oval, One f lands it on tho right spot, aights it would have been difficult! Philadelphia f oY tral of the ether American fighter who mado) tO five, ‘The xallery began to Hope | Hundred Road “Gannon Bait ards oF; OWING The fight will be heid in Colorado| yesterday to have told which club| Chicago . 7 the trip there, will sail from Buenos Ayres for | oe . |Turner wil be. in. the box for the Prices and Terms to Sult. Springs, where a large wooden arenu| Was the champion, The Yanks rose] ky al New York on fept. 7, Lewis ayy the boxing | # | Suburban. big league battery will! REPAIRS BY EXPERT MECHANICS. has been put up for it. White's per-| Up in their wrath, drove the puzzling, | * 12 comival was a big failure, he next set Church speeded up officiate for the Brooklyn club. Brunewick-Ralke-Collender Con in Chic: underhand Mays from the box and }'' Haven 10 — . In the next 6 =, y TS ORME Ha ae wont Wonder sonal following ago Will be at y Tear be, Cle 5 It te all off with the bout between Carl the fight, which will keep the White| turned out one of the played| 1 Coumbe, Cerelang g PT Ff il dg deol | ——_ end up in the betting. | games of the year, They wore able J Hagby, Cloveland . Hy Meniy dence, elt Waly of tus|ae en Es ee t to| SPORTING. BE CAN nok ins oLr_lte nite tin eee lanece in’ Uaioe |i H wited de ironman ot te ont owt be! Gardner and Evans Expected fielding and fighting spirit. Capt. W a ree ee ae ee ae IF HE WANTS To. Wasisn tae S ih would not permit cont jake place a y be right, after all, for! y ‘Tulas, The bout will probably be shifted to either | Johnny Kilbane has been fully as|not giving up. i . conservative as Freddy Welsh since Winning the featherweight Uue. He naturally a different sort of a 4 Welsh always has been a ac?) tapper. Kilbane used to knock them ‘aut, He can still, no doubt, if he @ares to take risks. The heft of his | punch was shown years ago, before The heaviest blow suffered by the | Red Sox in their final stand for the championship is the temporary loss of Jack Barry, whose absence from second base may be prolonged for the rest of the season, was just this kind of misfortune that beat tho RE SVSHING WORLD, 6 BEST SPORTING PAGE IN CHAMPIONS WHO RISK THEIR TITLES ON LABOR DAY > Freer Wevsa , wornos Thanks to Y anks’ Victory Over Red Sox, Tigers Are Only 2% ames From MAJOR LEAGUE AVERAGES atcadar oe re NEW YO Coprrieht 1906, ty Ge Presse Puttening Ge (The Kee Tere Brenig Were =) tm 7 any Wate Crow Ls HWE To Mayon wen Wiring" Te warns ray Senne Keane LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMMON , At 2.15 P, M.—William M, Johnston ve, Watson M, Washburn. At 3.45 MK, Lindley Murray ve, |. Church, FOURTH ROUND RESULTS. National championship men's sin: tes (fourth roand)—Wallac defeated Walter My Gand, =, @—2; Clarence J. Griffin defeat- —<9— O—8, O—4) BR. Norris Williams de- feated William J. Clothier, S—7, T—8, O—4, 6—1; Watson M. Washburn de- feated Wille E. Davis, 6—S, 4—0, 6—4, T—5; William M. Johnston de- feated Leonard Beckman, 6—2, O—3, M. Church defeated Mau- Seen Again in a National Tourney. became champion, when he knock- Ginnts in 1908, when their lead was ed out Joe Rivers. even greater than is that of the Red Bince winning the title Kilbane has Sox now, Larry Doyle, spiked acci- developed unexpected genus in dentally by Hummell of Brooklyn,| finesse. He has entirely changed his was out for a month, and during that ay fighting. He dances nearly | time a, cinehiike championship went! all the time and actualiy looks skidding. Barry is Just as valuahle| . round for applause whenever happens to duck n he to the champs as Doyle was to tie tly and get away | Glants, from a dangerous punch. ped fastor footwork, and inste He has de-| It is true that Scott, Janvrin and a MeNally n them, are filling the! N y ting his opponents hard he jabs, gap ac , but neither of them ts | and taps them cleanly. It is pretty /@ Jack Barry.’ Bil Carrigan has no| . > | boxing, but it isn’t fighting. definite idea as to when his star in- ¥ ‘This time, however, K lbane seoms have made up his mind to fight lias consented to a meeting with George Chaney of Baltimore, known) all along the coast as 4 youngster who is likely to develop into a won | flelder will get back in the game, and the whole club is beginning to worry. Pipp's home run drive that snatohed the lead from the Red Sox in the *# xth inning of yesterday's game was der, Chaney is a “knocker-out.” He| one of the longest hits ever made in Meually wins with a K. O. He has! the Polo Grounds. It came within! d punch, and knows how to usy| twenty feet of striking the fence in has been after a Kilbane| far right centre on the fly. Ney 10 46 603 Dork at Howwa (2 games) Uroobkiyn at Philadelphia Cimenge a Bt. Lous (2 yamed) Clacianedl ot Pittabergh MAJOR LEAGUE RESULTS AND STANDING National League, Cheb, WL. PC. Brookiye .12 46 .610 Guba W, t. PC. Pless'gh. ..66 65 .455|/Rosten., , 7 376||91, Louis, Results of Games Yesterday. Besten,3; New York, 1 Phiiadeipuis, 3 Brooklyn, 0 Philadelphia, 6; Brooklyn, 9 (2d game) Cireinnati, 6 ~mlcage ve. Di. bowls (rain) Puwvargh, 9 Games To-Day. American League. Clete W. LPC, New York, 7; Moston, 3 and on Sept, 27 be will mort Joo Mandot at 4 i enone, the trophy for the ensuing year. rd Washington, 3: Phiind'p's 1 (19t game) be » Tam with Perry Adair, the young Atlanta golfe Philad'lp'a, 4; Washington, 1 (24 game) Billy Gibeon, manager of Benny Leonant, the Hosien a New Yors Philedeipais 8! Weeniogtos Kobler will hook up with Chick McCormick for ein rounds, ‘The Fairmont 4 of the Broox will hold ite regules weekly boxing show to-night, Matoh. maker MeArdie has booked two ten-rouml bouts nd several preliminaries for the oocasion, Mickey Duna of Harlem going against Jack Sharkey of the east aide and Harry Siegel tackling Gene Gilvey in the two ten-gounders, Joe Camidy, Newark's hard hitting lightweight, haa been signed far two fighte by his manager, Jack Bulger, On Sept, 20 he will meet Harry Trendall at the Coliseum A, C. of &t. Loula PHILADELPHIA, Sept. Cricket Club on Monday, Pr hand with the exception of Rob Chick Evans, the open champion, There were few good scores in practice y Baltusrol, Reginald Lewis, Ridgefield; C, E, Van Vie Hamilton Kerr, Greenwich, were followed by a galler esterday, Gee WwW. Pa N, York. .67 59.532 1 53 573 9 68 543 | Philo, pete in the championship, tion, which will be played to-day. Grantland Rice, Travis and Adair winning, 1 up. Among the arrivals were D, E. Garden City; EB, M. Byers, Alleg! ‘Thomas M, Sherman, Yahnundasis; ton, Toronto, Canada nati; John M, Ward, ¢ kh Harlem lightweight, yewtortay agreed to Kd MeMahon, promoter of the Empire C., to match Benny with Frankie Conifrey same fection for Mept, 14, A great deal of rivalry bas spruog up between this pair, ia bout will be matened to box ext Thumday night's bout at the Dufty of the west side Sawyer, Wheaton; ny; Ro A. Bowke rden City; C, W, Inslee, Oneid Chicage at Detroh Wt, Leute at Clovelan 4 femnen | banatord @ pair of bon TENNIS SCHEDULE TO-DAY SHAINPION “4 Freie Who, haye anover. seen cC ANO YESTERDAY'S RESULTS —=S,/, Whale Ulerus of renee ee MATCHES TO-DAY. is ile cose The important matches scheduled 1A ting . the Olen are for te vendetond courte to-day are | | —————-—--——— seeeeee a Aen eneee | Tee il. ond straw bat At il A, MR. Norris Willlame 24 fieht between Bob Moha al “et Petes» eam || Church Proves Sun Has Set + 'ii'o(0003 2.2 inatt On Championship Career «°° .20%%™ Of Maurice McLoughlin The Davis Cup Hero and Ido! of the Courts Makes a Gallant But Hopeless Effort to “Come Back” in the Fourth Round | inx of All-Comers’ Tourney, and It’s Unlikely He Will Ever Be | Arrive in Philly To-Day for W. Jiamen, Decrott: :: Kansas City or Denver, Col, Moran has beew paid WO ie 4 ‘ie training expenens, | New York —— ay We ‘Two real good bantamweighte will clash iv A (es lf T ne ane 9B tl] ae ae tienes mt ts mateur Go ourney yes ", 3 Sporting Clud of Rrooklyn to-night, The lads h h 6) Me d Buchling "Cleveland. nn who will swap punches are Dutch Braudt of Uc. pens onday. Cunningham, Detroit ati Rr lyn and Pal Moore, the clever yonngster of Danforth, Chicago 8 Memphis, ‘Tenn, Im the semifinal, Willie The qualifying round of the national amateur golf tourney will be played over the two courses of the Merion ically all of the prominent players are on rt A. Gardner, the amateur champion, and They are expected to arrive to-day, k jr, Baltrusol, and . Marston and Van Vieck played Lewis and Kerr, and proved too good for them, Walter J. Travis was among the arrivals, although he will not com- He 1s over for the American Golfer compett- In this event club pains will compete and the club from which the pair having the lowest score enters will hold Yesterday ‘Travis played in partnership against Oswald Kirkby and Fred He 8. Lyon and W. 8. Greening, Lamb- Gilman Tiffany, Mohawk; Dewitt Baloh, Cincin- Atlantic City; W. B, Rhett, Garden City; Gardiner W. White, Flushing; J, C, Davidson, Columbia, and Dudley Mudge, Town and Country, Tee Pea Penne te * beoup Won” ‘ in hie Ping bring valves Amer Bvery day is @ word weriee tor Heine Zim | " | m Langford doesn't need any | Money to get back from Argentine, | Just give MoVey the money and send Charley Mitchell ference between modern and old-time fiahte § that the old-timers did their fighting inside the roves. ya the only re should be two sets of golf rules for regular golf and one for When your oppone tin't look- Kron manag acre aval by Wilbert fess ws te only fal as far north oe Freddy Welsh will get about $10. AT BEAUTIFUL BELMONT Max Marston of Pag dentiems rita res. crea ote Special Itace Trains Sat, & labor Day leave Poona Station, ikki St" ahd Tr Awe Flatiush Ave, Brookiya, “at 12, 1.40, 1.50, 42.4, Tob i 4 for ladite Gaull‘ mace and. Kit. Tadies, #1,50 Infield FREE Baturdaye and Lubor Day, reshoff, Jackson Park; TUBSDAY, HUNTS POINT no, flare Maurice Risley, Bele! ve Ulivey Sy eT