The evening world. Newspaper, September 22, 1916, Page 14

ward Ready for Chaiiengers Now and May Fight Few Bat- fies This Winter, CPR WS HT BIT, mee WILLAND unced J What within a monty be wil be UY ready 10 bir \en to ehaiivr He hepes there will be some by oleht ready to ascoommodate hi This pmaaght be just press agent talk for his ghew, were the circus season not Rearly over, Perhaps Jens really means it. He likes the circus life Ve Quite possible that he intends to Reht « couple of times thts win keep Wis name before the publ the next clrous season. 1 on more than Deavywetght material is And unless Willard has really Krown soft and fat beyond all reason #ven there two would be jokes Willard, trained to the Hmit for the Tohfson feht, wetghed over 240 pounds He in @ feet 7 Inches tall , Hie reach, height and bulk put him in @ clans far beyond all other heav- tee of t Present day, except Cart Morris, and his w#kill pute bim far ahead of Morris, I are Weinert, Fulton and Morris. Moran tm out of tt unless he dows something startling to regain Me Prestige, Weinert will be out of tat in beaten by Moha. Fulton ta ‘veing carefully nursed along, and the ‘way he dodges tough fellows like Weinert and Dillon shows that hia backere haven't unlimited confidence in DMs ability. He has been stalling talong with “second raters like Porky Flynn. But he is very tall and rangy, and has @ good fighting head and a gi Mae — hand. He might mak: least. rto HE men who might fight Willard ing for @ little while, at Weinert should have a chance to outpoint Jess for @ little while, al- though this chanco rests entirely upon Willard’s being slow and fat. In right condition Willard would outbox and outfight him. A curious thing ia that Carl Morris ould worry Willard more than any Sices mers, yet Morris isn't in ‘a clase in anything except spulk. When Morris and Willard went ten rounds in New York, long tPefore Willard fought Johnson, th put up @ miserable exhibition. Kaci seemed overawed by the proportions of his opponent. They were ao care- ful to avoid being hit that there was Jess action In ten rounds than in one round of any exhibition sparring * mateh. <. But aince that time Willard has be- +. fome much annoyed every time Mor- Fie > en has been mentioned in his pres- f ce, the cne subject that “gets is goat.” Where there ts so much ‘feeling there must be a reason for tt, id what reason could there be in asbyiard's case but a fear of meett a man of his own aise? Yet I haven't “tm doubt that Weinert, Dillon or even the Widget Moha would have a first class ehance to beat the Oklahoma signt. » ILLON and Moha can be left ‘ out of all calculations where Willard 1s concerned, They aaay be able to beat all the big men whe pretend to be contenders for (Willerd’s title, but that doean't over- come the main vbjection to a match with Willard fur either of them. Buch ween @ foot 7 Willard foot 8 Dillon or 6 toot 4 Moha— "I mC either of ie 4 Uttle fighters man t bdiinal gutpoiat crontpunsh henines: ho ‘Willard, why, big Jens would be 5 and no one knows it better than he ‘does himself, : od off the face of the earth— might find some fighting to do by taking on the biggest of the black champions, But the only black “}eomet hi THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1916, EST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK © THE CIRCUS SEASON OVER, JESS MAY FIGHT FOR A LIVING Yeu Gute \ware gs \ HOw A a wee. WO ( 4 Ih The Hammon is At PAT as They Say HE May INST UPON BENe j A\WLOWwED To RWE A cmeus Hon ot To KEEP MS WEIGHT OFF a5 FEET in) THE RUNG Giants Must Fight Hard To Equal Own Record of | Seventeen Straight Wins |Even Though Jim Vaughn of Cubs Proves Stumbling Block, New _ York Team Will Have Established Two Winning Streaks in | Single Season That Will Stand Ahead of Any Previous Feat. dt for pennant honors the Giants) that umited, fae ante ate nnown I to-day have reached a unique ball truth, Tho Giants picked up t Niche in the baseball Hall of Fame. moment Nersog Joluod chem, It oT me le that a single ayer © By winning from the Cube this after-| 6 completely chanac a whole, tc noon they will have established a rec- it Charlie Herzog and bis enthual- ord of two winning stroaks, each run-| asm has done that very thing and ne ning seventeen gaines, in a single aea-| ' ity, worth au that wan paid for| and many thousands of dollars! fon. Even if they should fall at tbe} more Had Herzog and Siti Natiee last noteh their present spurt of alx-| joined the Giants a month sooner teen victories, laid alongside that| they would have won the pennant, earlior one of seventeen, will stand ahead of any previous performance of @ major league ball club. By Bozeman Bulger. | spurt,” the voice said ] ‘Aud he's the HOUGH bereft of all chances) *UY acl fain it” an ‘aves were losin: ly assures th They are not going to win, though, practical e fans of without a battle. To stop McGraw's! ireater New rk of a look at onrush Joe Tinker has saved up big ries. Brook. Jim Vaughn for tho job, and the one-half Giants are fully cognizant of the fact and with about that less than a week ago big Jim A beat Alexander and shut out the McGraw has hia best south- paw—next to Ferdie Schupp. Rube has been going great guns of the Cube are not too strong against lefthanders at best there will be fur flying before night. Once they pass the seventeeth vic tory these Giants aay continue their stampede indefinitely, There is @ chance for them to shoot at the record of twenty, catablished by Providence many years ago whe so much atten tion was not pald to baseball figure: There has been no tuck in this pres- ent spurt of the Giants, They have won on clean hitting, good pitching and a remarkable fighting spirit for a club that is out of the race for the flag. there is little or no time left for recovery. If the Dodgers do win—and every- thing points that way now—their op- ponent will be the Red Sox. After standing the ff for a long time the Tigers took two shots from Boston and then blew up completely, The at- tack which knocked Covaleskte out of the box and crumpled the Tigers out of all hope for a pennant must have been a wretched affair for the De- troit fans who were atill nursing a spark of hope. In the nightcap flurry of the Giants Just after Charley Herzog n which, just now, has a grip on local third eit hie yesterd fans, Arthur Fletcher has become one came a yell from the upper stand / of the leading fighting spirits—at the and the voice was so loud and bat, in the fleld and on the bases, YY one could hear: When he touched out a runner at the guy who started this second yesterday, only to see him called safe by Umplre Byron, Flet- o ‘That Se “=== |cher’s goat departed. He acted 1 man he ever fought was Jack/a crazy man, hurling his glove Johnson. He announced before that it the ground, throwing it.up in the alr and pawing like a big buck at bay. It looked as if Byron had made @ bad decision, and the fact that he realized it bably explains why he stood for “Fletch’s” outburst fight that he was fighting simply to make @ white man champion of the world, and that he'd never fight an- other black, win or lose. He doesn't have to, as Johnson was unquestion- ably the best black fighter in the world, If Willard fought Sam McVey, 8am Langford or Joe Jeanette, the best black heavyweights, he'd be fighting men inferior to Jack Johnson. Each, in his time, has been near Johnson's fighting form, but each has gone back far enough to be removed a few paces from the front, No new dusky crossed the pugilistic hori- zon since they began to wane, Bul Rariden, hearing about all those home runs around here, went out yesterday and made one for himself. It was a clean slap to the far right-feld corner, enthusiastic as if cinched the pennant the 1 the European war continues much longer there'll be no athletes left in Europ ery day's new carries the names of oarsmen, track athletes, football players, golfers and tennis champions who have been killed or wounded at the front. The athletes are duing their share of the Coming from behing in |B tod. — rotl ) | ov tf | Juss may (NSST UPON HAVING A RINGMASTERE INSTEAD OF A Rereeew, is two ” wee ere WANT A Coe Caw at The Nite Tigers Concede Red Sox Pennant; Dodgers Increase National Lead The Tigers concede the Red Sox the American pennant. resuit of winning again yesterday at Detroit, the game Boston buach mes ahead of their nearest rivals, the White Sox. The Dodgers increased their lead in the National League, and it now seoms pretty sure that they will moet Boston for the world’s base- ball championship. The Brooklyn team beat the Cards, while the Reds were trimming tho Braves and the Pirates were defeating the Phillies, The Dodgers are two and a half games in front. The Giants continue to cut down the lead of the contenders. are now eight and a half games behind the Dodgers, six games in the rear of the Phillies and only four in back of the Braves. There are some very enthusiastic fans here who don't think they'll lose another game and that they'll win the pennant, that they finish ahead of the Braves. (F Wiaaro FIGHTS AGaiN WE MAN FomeeT Thar IRLUS CRN. (T 1OwT Asa They Lots of bets are being made Harvard’s Football System Is So Finely Organized Haughto Crimson Team Being Re-Made Without Help From Famous Head Coach, Assistants Reg- gie Brown and Leo Leary! Doing the Real Directing on the Field. ‘ By William Abbott. ARVARD'S football system is so finely organized that Percy Haughton can spend his time with baseball duties and not be ‘The Crim. When Brooklyn made her five runs in one’inning yesterday the yell that went up tn the Polo Grounds was as Giants had the ninth inning and scoring two runs on a pair of singles and a triple, the New York kees won the final game of the series with the Browns by a score of missed at Soldiers’ Field. son team is gradually being remade and without the assistance of the head coach, Many Harvard men fear that Haughton’s absence during the early training period will jeopardize the Crimson's chances on the gridiron this year. Veteran football men, who are familiar with the Cambridge sy! tem, take an opposite view. It ts their opifion that it won't make a great di of difference whether this year, because the assistant coaches are almost the equal of their chief. A Harvard star of recent years re- Haughton 1s with the team or not| n Isn’t Missed tions, Coaches Leary and Brown would undoubtedly be the ousiest men on the field. Head Coach Haughton meanwhile would meander over the xridiron, a little black boox in one hana and @ Whistle in the other, Haughton’s black book has long been a mystery to the new candidates at Can.bridge. During a spirited scrimmage the head couch will often stop to wiite down notes in his valuable bovk, In it could be found a record of everything of importance that has occurred on Soldiers’ Field during the yeara Haughton has been in charge The head coach orders an after- noon's work, kaowing to a minute just what time to allow for each kind of practice. At 2.80, for Instance, there may be fifteen minutes of blocking practice. Then Haughton’s whistle blows and the practice changes to something else, ‘That is the Haughton system, Judging from Boston accounts, Perey Haughton won't be able to spend much time with the football uad until the close of the baseball ason, but in the meanwhile the Crimson coaching staff will be on the Job as usual. Sie eee SPEAKER'S 200TH HIT. Tris Speaker, Cleveland outfelder, who {s leading the American League Mitters, has made his two hundredth sate hit. He made it yesterday in the game with Washington when he hit safely four times out of six trips to the J@Ss io Se accustomep CIRCUS “STury & He MIGHT PUL Du | WS |Brooklyn Fans Up in Arms ' Owing to Increased Price | Of Tickets for Big Series | > Limited Seating Capacity at Ebbets Field Leads Club to Ask Permission to Charge More Than Usual for Coveted Paste- boards if Dodgers Win National League Pennant. ROOKLYN fans are already up) Brooklyn Kobins, now in arms because of the an- 1 houncement that if the Dod- \ gers figure in the World's Sories the [prices will be higher than usually prevail in this important champion- jship event. Prices for box seats have (been set at $5, grand stand seats at {$3 and pavilion seats at $2. General ‘admission will be $1 and will be javailable only on day of the game. | ‘Tho National Commission yeater. |day directed Brooklyn, Philadelphia ‘and Boston in the National Le jand Boston, Chicago and Detroit in |the American League, to print tickets without delay for the big event. This policy of preparedness was considered important in view of the | closeness of the races in each league, | Indications point to the fact that a |final settlement will not be reached ‘until the last two or three games of the season, and this will leave ecant time to get out tickets for the all-tm- rtant series. Perbbets Field, the home of the BUSES TO TAKE CROWD TO NEW YORK A. C. GAMES. In view of the atrike on the elevated, subway and street car lines, and the complete suspension of all surface car traffic in Pelham and Pelham Manor, | the New York Athletic Club has made arrangements for sight-seeing buses to run from the city clubhouse direct to the Travers Island grounds in connec- tion with the ninety-seventh games and seats to handle about $0,000 by the addi- tion of a row of boxes around the playing fleld and the building of two orary stands in the outfield, the approval of the National rooklyn Club in. view ting capacity will ask h 1 of the li issued by the club to-day. Seats will be fold only in strips for three games on the advance sale, and Mr, Ebbets an- hounced iast night that so far as poss! dle Brooklyn fans will have first chol The World's Series games in Boston, if the Red Sox again win the right to represent the American League in the post-season rh probably will be played st Braves’ fleld, the home of the National League Club, with seat prices the same an those of last year, T. W. Lannin made this announce- ment last night after the victory of the Red Sox over Detroit had increased t! probability of the world’s champions re- ining the American Leagu P. o v and Gossip By John Pollock After keeping the wires busy with telegrams for several days, Jimmy John- ston, manager of Madison Square Gar- 1, has finally succeeded in clinching ® match between Frank Moran, the auburn ladies’ duwy on Saturday. Tho buses hairel heavyweight of Pitts: will leave New York every half hour|burgh and Fred Fulton, the promising | ‘from 11 A. M. to 1 P.M, and a charge | fellow of Rochoster, Minn. All de: Be of $1 per person will be made for the |talls for the cont tip. ‘The buses will remain at Travers | day when Ike Dorgan, Island and return to New York after | Moran, accepted the tern the games. —— WOODBINE ENTRIES. DBINE RACE TRACK, TORON- TO Ome Sept, 22,—The entries for to- ‘ow's ‘races are as folows oe ree ee Rate manager of by Johnston and affixed his atgnature |to the articles of agreement. The men will come together in @ ten-round bout at the Garden on the night of Oct. 12, Both fighters will start training for the battle to-day. 1» the colored local fighter, will clash m the main event of ten rounds at the box. {ng show of the Harlem Sporting Club on East One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street to-night, \ | ae, a, Bates tho! EGO: inton | Plate: Ra octet, | Fohnacn te considered the best colored lightweight het iiee e tte Fe Muck AI | in the bualneas, Beniden this good bout there wil | walltiacy topeelia WW, ib; armvan, 101; | be another tea-rounder end several preliminaries, bes ts Added; Rothyehiid Cup: | In & atatement imuel by Fratdle Watah at three: ng mts AE fur. | Venice, Cal. a few dave ago. ie saya that gnity, ie ied 06, Sur U Ritehle Mitchell, the crack Miwaukee Uahtwelght 08) a Pale Montague, 0; aTartarean, | will be his ouponont in a twenty rund. battle | 10k, b The Maaquoraser, , PBeammouch, 108; 1 at the Lowislana Auditorium at New Orleans on Wet, Candle, “T08, “e-Millar utzy! | ae ; Tiankewiving Day, Freddie admitted that FOURTH KACE—$1,000 added; = Woodh Jobnay Dundee, in his opinion, l¢ the most hase; three-year-olds and “Be dangerous liahtwetaht ho uid Oo amainet Tisarta of Oak, 148) Joe Gaiety p.. (‘ol nil ri in adian Battling Levinaky, lever Hetwew heavy. ao ala se Mtowoato eight, wl lane for Mesh, “Teun, handicap: three-year-olde and upward; on whem he will hook up with Gua Curiatie gharwery miles ftarcher, a. Ue Milwaukee light hearvwetaht. in an cutht 103, Mt oe i Hout at the Phoenix A, C. on nett Tnewia SIXTH RAG! Levinsky has beeu training at Stratford, Conn., Your oR uy snd i in fine shave for the a. He will re. ceive muarantes of $1,250, Baron Long, the well known fleht promoter of t were arranged to- | offered him| h peahe American League batting henere, No wonder they Cant tn rouropl Thate (he only place where kings ao Semen YRAK Ts wie ie WONDKED IN THAT MANY Luoma figure 29,800 Jree Willant [ike fans, but plans were made yesterday *mlstands @ champion- | d | . - nell HERE'S Ma 4 Man on the Athle Whe Should Still He Viaying Maseball As the Yate *! wil only ‘ “y will have to enlar tif any more hee arrive. Both Ty Cobb and N they h ng THE WROOKLYN TRAM AIN'T HWAKD TO LOOK aT THI® PRE OUR COULDNT Gee DNDee & Howton fan choke with rhe thinks that the eum umpires also, When Jack om lande that raves arent wnat t the sutmee ire felis Man watching @ wrestling maton isn't @ @pectator, He's an accom piice, Matty isn't responsible for the int nN) showing this year any ore hat is responsible for Teng firmly against any under- hand methods in the American 1 . Ban John has Instructed change his delivery, na} Fred Plton could, aroma’ tie “tane crowd Connie Maeu's If rioting continues in Denver J arenas, the audience will be asked to weigh in before each fight The autumn leaves are falling, They are falling everywhere, Falling in the orone, Falling in the air, Falling, falling, falling, "Tis pitiful to ace, And reminds us of the pennant hopes In good old St, Looee, The man who goes to look at @ heavyweight fight should be pre- pared to overlook eome of it. Provident nature arranges for everything. Soon the beautiful, brown and golden autumn leaves will be falling on the Reds and covering the ruins ‘neath a mantle of aoft, eu! colors, ’ Yale is one of the moat democratic colleges in the world, Money and in- fluence can't get a player on the Blue rieven. In fact, money and influence ldn't even get some of 'em off it last year, andpoint an ump would nd a corkscrew. From a Boston fan’ perfectly invisible bet be Athletic fans are a good game bunch and never give up hope until the game starts, LITTLE KNOWN BASEBALL FACTS. The Whozus League column for the umpires. eee Washington wag has an erroy On Jan 1915 leading the league. eee National League rules fail to preven the baserunner from being touched ow payday. aia e In June, 1899, all eight clude of the Goopah cirowit were tied for last place, eee No ball player ever broke his leg rushing out of a dint 19 room, Baseball managere save a tot o} money on Southern training tripe by’ not buying the rookies any round-trip tickets, eee Formerly a baserunner wos out if « thrown ball hit him, but the rule wa cancelled after baseballs grew penaive, eee The old Cincinnati management could have grown .calthy letting fane {n for nothing and charging ‘em te get out. Umpires are citizena in winter, eee By building the shower bathe closer , ‘Track feat ima Tier avenie ka » Crimson elevens under Alps Salah! “ i "100, Califoruia, is due to arrive in town today. He is| to the pitching bow Pork to this war, ‘They aren't Kept) here ina genuine sympathy around |e pe nnn co A plate, Ty Cobb made 208 hits lust year Sin MOE a comming bore for the pitrpose of making Harr | vent their youno pitcher ere yrs in the rear New York for Hughey Jeniy hn the Haughton regime have been 80)1) jong ¢ ague with an average of anh; onlling coe and e slaceenihy mallee. Void, maceger of Chatlay Weiner Gon 4 ‘ mv As dt oP ra from hurt. ¢ wer tae cee ho ae said to loven his most ardent’ aupperints Wi scientifically coached that Yale was) .370. Speaker's avers duy 1.987. | Buss Around, 118; Hare La wet, tinea eneet [ oasywelght, an offer for Wetnert te fiabt Ja | 1” ‘Meméeives tenon, they land, early in, the, war, because” France| !nKer hold any hope of the ‘Tigers outclassed in all departments of the| AG dimiuade MOT Ratna MOE rene hi. | Willard « fory-tiv-round bette a6 ole Tia tuna | The oMflclat lanowave of the Amer« Wanted to keep her greatest boxer for |overcoming the latest disaster game, This player says that Haugh- VILLE ENTRIES, Apprentice allowance, ‘Track fast yas (eae: Belial ae elope) Mt Weinert | ican League is English, future championships, has been active a en ton does very little actual coaching aaeeeinenecmee es lobenh bain ey night, | + t * -| A world series between the Red So: i 2 fs The entries’ to 0 New Polo rem ate Fake almost daily an one st ane | and Dodgers would be simply cack |himsolf, He ts the master organizer foes ©") HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES. | rei ined ca ie main men Mime | SPORTING, greatest of the French flighting av! t of pitchers, and there are many jand director-tn-chief, the real coach. | stad Marr cite ceed , show tonight, Thiny-elght, rouids of fighting BNEW, FOLO A, 1% 19 Nigur, tors. Carpentier himself requested | who belleve the most effective man|ing on the field being done in the Hemek.| HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., Sept. 22.— wall be gases nating of ten-round bouts be Beilin pa pke,%, Bod, Massey, tho chance at the front and scorned) Unale Wilbert Robinson could use| past seasons by Leo Leary and Reg- o Mele: | The entries for to-morrow's races are |!wee, ¢ Arh Bi Wilt Radio six round | Adminnton. Be, and core car When others Were lighting”. |plona. would. be Nap Rucker “Thete [sie Brown. Brown, according to our j ee eo hie two svar. | areas comteans Ot NAV0Y Milt aad Bowing, To-Ntat, Harlem sporting Cub, The apirit of the athlete is the spirit] is not a left-handed pitcher in the|informant, is @ real coaching genius, ular Penn Cte. nedlng: ie agence, and obs; selling, fire furlon cab, i . D s of the fighting man, No athlete with-| American League with a good slow lone of the brainiest football men in| bi;""prok : SMare Cas | Pen ne (fe, ett - out it ever made good, bat! the East, His loss would be a hard|" Hloring, 112; Mamettislse, | atk VG, | —— — It has been the duty of Leary and| Sparta ayy pAb: 242. adele a a TICS ead : ‘own to determine the ability of TKD TACK. oDwo-sear-olia,. bandieaiy: sell: Be att es Oem ataas every player on the Crimson squad tog Ne furlongs. HHauobaia, 120; ,Atmee Bi and then report to the head coach, . Sion thcsandaly Mi Regal’ es re . Nationa) League, t American League, Haughton makes the final selection ’ KovItii MAUE, “Fur vargerear olde and, pe ua. Cum WoL. PC.) Clube We re| Gum, WL PC. for the varsity positions and mabe i Haat Van ee i Be Won, (12 Roamer, 126, aS 85 65 79 .451||Moeton, .,, out plays for the team On the Ingen, 108 hone i. 128; Borrow, Aaa A tier 4 Ps pet Pog 38) rp 83 63 568) Leute, .75 72.510 coaching field he is merely an ove A att pone *. Ne = Rul “phaytorry “Candles it, 4 We're proud to be able to make, and you'll be proud i : te fi . ‘. eadicani, hive: 5 ‘o wear as good sg Too S| Machen 7h Te 900 11 TGring tho traiming season an atter- [ie eit at Mg M8, flange Rie tie. | “if irae ACH yer. maidens fv, fur | oe te Seed 8 sus oF overcoat as we now offer for $25. B. dere +16 6% 525 | Philo ,,.082 110 225 noon at Soldiers’ Field, according to| ion; “Meetabslte, 110; Kathicea, 110; Tring: | KIM iBeiactis ‘abtone pi Someta (Rd hy he assortment is excep’ ionally attractive and the style, Results of Games Yesterday. the player's nurrative, would be LB Mae Myrrayy 11g Patarecn eR fit, finish and satisfaction of every Garment guaranteed. - something Ike this: About 2.30 the few ‘Mb » . a Now York, 4: Chicage, @. | New York, 6; it. Louls, ¢ Crimson squad, numbering perhaps aretme the —an, pi handicap: lx fur Brooklyn, 6; St Leule, a Cleveland, 3; Washington, fifty or sixty, would trot out on the uate hoes nit TE Renttook i004? St Tine’ 178! Gd Piteber ie | Heston, 10; Det field and ‘separate into squads. joa 5 Rite *atiehé, Mie ta Prank, 100; tr edgar ‘“ Philadelphia, 8; Chicage, 0. Coaches would be assigned to each oe. 00, | } a OP For thres-yvear-olde and up- a a squad, One squad would begin tack- ———— 5 jij] Py i ea Games To-Day. ling the dummy, Another would be| — Miake Knocks Out Jim Barry, | Tuc fe ca cue od eine fig Two s Chienge ot New York New York at Chicaye. composed of kickers practising punts. | Willy Miske, the Bt, Louls middio- | {wie 111) Muoughterader,” 112) *Menlo Park, | Res ‘Bt. Louls at Broo Philadelphia at Si. Louis. Boston af Cleveiang. Washington at Detroit. | Of to the end of the fleld two lines of forwards would be busy charging \agalnst each other. The bucktleld men would rebearee different forma. weight, knocked out Jim Barry of Chi- cago in the sixth round of a ten-round ut last night at yo Clermont A, C, & Brooklyn, Lad 4 menpe a'Tole BROADWAY 4 NINTH STREET AND 0 E. 42D 67., BET, FIFTH @ MADIGON Aves. meifair, 112, ‘Five pounds apprentice allowance, ‘Track fast ee ‘ Vitebur gh at Phiiadeiphis, Cinclanat! ot Boston.