The evening world. Newspaper, February 9, 1917, Page 16

— New York A. C. Games Will Take | Piace in Madison Square Gar- | den Next Tuesday Evening. | Coprrigns, 1211. by Th Prom Tbtigiing be New York Evening World) VEN war emergencies can't stop the N. Y. A. C. when bent upon! running {ts annual indoor meet. | The club had engaged the Twenty. second Regiment Armory for the| event, and all arrengements had been | made when it was suddenly an-| nounced that the Armory was cloned | to all outsiders owing to orders from Washington. Immediately the club officials went after Madison Square Garden, and landed it. So the club games will be held in the Garden, as} usual, next Tuesday evening. Os. RCHIB HAHN was the most| famous sprinter In America ten years ago. In 1906 he went to Athens with the American team and fairly galloped away from a fast field in the 100-metre ro Afterward Archie went Wegt and became a pro- fessional coach. He ts how at Brown University, where he is having great success with his sprinters, Archie | BEST also hopes to develop a champion tn | young Jim -Sinciair, the New York schoolboy shot putter, who has been at Brown one year and will be a can- didate for the Brown football team next season, Sinclair Is over mx feet | tall, weighs 179 pounds now, and rowing fast. He is already puttt @ sixteen-pound shot over fort: three feet. R. JAMPS W, WADSWORTH Is, & well known eltizen and much | interested in sport, but to me| it seems @ mistake to urge his ap- pointment as Boxing Commissioner, | Without question he would run the| commission tn a thoroughly honest | and capable way. But he never has been Identified with the sport. We need an expertonced Commissioner, who would know every angle of t! game, evory boxer, manager and pr moter personally, and who has had Sree, in and out of the ring. Bill Brown is our candidate, As a referee Bill Brown has always been quick to act and positive in his de- elsions. He can keep order any- where, for he has the respect of every boxing fan. In his own club I've seen Bill Brown stop a bout, step to the ropes and order some too nolsy spectator to walk to the box office, get his money and leave the club. And no one ever had the nerve to question Bill's or- ders, either, While absolutely fair to every one, he is a man of iron reso- dution; he never backs down. I re- member one time when Bill found that a referee in his employ had taken part of a preliminary ‘boxer’s small purse, He instantly “fired” the offl- cial and ordered him not to put a foot within the club door as long as he lived, Two or three years later the offender tried to go in to see a show, Bill promptly threw him out. He's that kind of a man. Billy Gibson was talking to me last night about Bill Brown. “I always liked to ha him ref- eres when my men boxed,” said Gib- son, “because, although I knew he wouldn't give me an inch the best of it, 1 knew I was safo for a fair deal. Once Bill stopped a fight in which I didn’t think my man was in trouble enough to warrant it. I was hot for a minute, but after the show I went to Bill and apologized, and told him I was perfectly satisfied that he had been absolutely fair according to bis Judgment.” There may be no big 0 Dasebdall in event of war. he ball players indorse that moss- | —_———— ‘WORTH FROM $20 10440 SAMPLE AND UNCALLED FOR GARMENTS 80 NASSAU ST. NY, Bet. FULTON &JOHN Strs II __{@EE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1 917 Tia CaTEHERS CAN Tare A SPRING TRAINING VJop Just To heer Tin eves workre. WEHY veaste The on BaseBat WARN The- 2 Ducks ARS PUWING So We: covered remork of Gen. Sher- OV. WHITMAN, asked what boxers would do if thelr pro- fession was abolished, smiling- ly eald: “If they want a chance to fight, let them enlist in the Guard.” fell, they'd be expert at ducking bullets, anyhow. EB, sudden activity in that dear Boxing Commission. 1 seo that F. W. has ordered no smoking at Garten bouts, and has de- elded to foi the Olymple A. C, to “make good” and refund cash to tick- et holders for a show that didn’t come off. Bald ticket holders received rain checks, which are less nutritious than even the historical mahogany nutmeg that made Connecticut fa- mous, discouraged because he received his first K. O. a few weoks ago. Johnny ts fighting harder and is more reckless than ever before, according to reports from New Orleans. In his recent fight there he rushed contin- ually with bis jaw thrust out and unprotected. ‘ohnny hasn't reached the glass- Jaw stage by any means, . J°sisre DUNDEE refuses to be HIE Fulton-Weinert bout at the Garden next Monday night should be a very good heavy- weight bout. Both men are of un- Usual height, lean, well trained, and skilful. Weinert seems to have been standing still for some time, for lack of opponents, and Fulton has been coming along into the championship ve both shown gameness and generalghip when in Although they y hi fire under temporary difficulty, don't lack hitting ability it Is likely the contest will go the full ten rounds. The winner—if there is a winner—should be able to put up ew Kind of an argument with Wil- ESS WILLARD, by the way, wil! #oon be a forgotten champion unless he comes out to defend his title, There's a general impres- sion that Jess is growing too fat to fight, There might be more interest in this but for the fact that Willard is a Hkable sort of a fellow and no one has any desire to see him beaten. Willard did enough good work for a lifetime when be knocked out John. son. 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ThatoAll b Big Crowd Sees Jim Coffey Give Devere a Lacing That Jim Coffey, the Irish heavy- weight, has the largest following of any fighter that has fought In Greater New York in years was again demonstrated last night when he appeared at the Clermont Rink, after an absence of seven months |from the ring, against Bob Devere, a comparatively litue known fighter, The club was crowded to the doors, If you had any diffioulty last night travelling by street cars it was be- causo hundreds of conductors and motormen were at the ringside watching Coffey box. You know Jim was one of them before he earned @ fortune in the ring and bought stock in the Third Avenue Elevated, Coffey made a remarkable show- ing considering his long absence from the hemped aren: The funny part of It was that he took mi on his supposedly gla) causing him to sag. Coffey won hands down, Ho gave Devere a terrific lacing during their ten-round encounter, frequently hav- ing him on the verge of a knockout, Devere 1s an tron man and it was his punch-absorbing ability that enabled him to go the limit, Coffey reps edly jabbed with his left, placing Devere's head in position for a wal- lop with his right, but Bob gamely stood up under the bombardment. It was the opinion of the experts at the ringside that Jim, with a few more good fights under his belt, will again be in Iine for bouts with the top-notchers, and Judging by last night's turnout, which surprised even his manager, Billy Gibson, he will again be the great drawing card he was before he ran afoul of Frank Moran's right. Paul Tewksbury of Boston has been relustated ag an amateur by the United States Golf Association, It was about a year ago that the golfer {n question and Francis Oulmet and John Sullivan were declared Ineligible because of their activt- ties in the sporting goods business," fight the Woodland Golf Club n behalf of annual m in mind, se three men at the nt ting in this city is still fresh Kee ie up their winning streak, Jack Williams and Tom Kerrigan placed an- other mateh to thelr credit in the pro- fessional round robin putting tourna- ment at the Wanamaker indoor school. ‘This makes four consecutive matches for the pair in question, Other results yesterday were as follows: Burgess and Robertson beat Hepburn and Walker, Maiden and Stoddard beat Hunter and Hobens, McNamara and Dowling beat Mackie and Fotheringham, PALM REACH, Fla, Feb. 9—Good | golf and good luck trumental | In the victory f J Col. J, EB, Smith, Wilmington, in the second round of the South’ Florida championship. Smith was one up start- ing the ninth, when Travis hooked his ball into # grove of palm trees. He won the » by fine playing and by Smith himself with a tree Matters went along nth, when Smith wa e. but Travia prevente by laying hia a stym At the aix- teenth Travis drove out of bounds, but won with a four by magnificent ‘golf, sinking @ fifty-foot putt. Great golf and great luck gave Travis the hole and match on the seventeenth, when his tee shot went wild. struck’ a tree {and bounded back on the fairway. CAMDEN, 8. ©, Feb, 9.—1 be the Country ¢ Skelly, Wilfred Reld of Wilmington and Hor- ace Cook of Trenton, Skelly and Nich- ells won by 1 up. ‘Nicholls and Reld covered the course in 75 each, while Skelly took 77 and Cook 78, The | hie . POSSIBILITIES OF A BALL PLAYERS’ STRIKE Copyright, 1917, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World) SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK w Tie etewe does on LONG ENouG The MMONETO® May Have Te RETRENC AID do ~ LITTLE Worse Yheaseves . tion Will Break Away From By William Abbott. | T the annual meeting of the! | United States Lawn Tennis As. , @oclation to-night at the Wal- dort delegates from all over the coun- | try will roll up their sleeves and wade | into the perplexing question, “What's an amateur tennis player?” At the Jast meeting an attempt was made to pass a strict amateur rule, but at that time the tennis people were satisfied to stand pat on the present code. Since that meeting there has been an insistent reform movement in most amateur sports. The Golf Associa- tion voted solidly in favor of a@ strict amateur rule. Both the Intercolle- giate Association and the A. A. U, cleanod house, but tennis, as Presi- dent George T. Adee sa has been the most backward of all amateur sports. To remedy this situation the amateur question will be brought up at to-night’s session, which promises to be the most important ever held by the national association, Hoth aides to the controversy whether tennis shall be played for sport's sake or mercenary gain are confident of victory. Both parties have shot volleys of propaganda around the country the last few ‘The fans appear to be more interested in the bantamweight class this season than ever before. ‘The reason 1s largely due to the large number of good boys that have been developed in this class this season, An all-star bantamweight card will bo staged at the Harlem Sport- ing Club to-night, The main event wilt be furnished by Frankie Burns, the crack Jersey City bantam, who holds a knock- out victory over the new champion, Pete Herman, and Jack Sharkey, the west side sensation, who defeated Ex-Cham- pion Johnny Coulon last Monday night. Young Solsberg of Brooklyn and Joe Burman will appear in the other ten, and Billy Fitzsimmons of Yonkers and Benny McCoy of Baltimore in @ epecial six- round affair. Bill Brown has been ealected te referee the bout between Fred Fulton and Charlie Welnert which will feature the reopening of Madison Square Gar- den, under the management of the millionaire ‘sportaman, Grant Hugh Browne, next Monday night, Joe Dunn and Dr, Muth have been chosen timekeeper» and Joe Humphries will do the an- nouncing, Kid Black of the west ede and Artie O'Leary of Philadelphia will box the star event at the Vil- tage A, ©, to-night, Gene Tunney of Greenwich Village and Victor Dahl, the Danish middleweight, will appear in the other te: Freddie Reese, the Hrooklya bantam, who boxes at the Broadway Sporting Club to-morrow night, | will be pretty buay during the next few weeks, as manager, Sam Wallach, has signed him up for bouts at the Fairmont, Pioneer, Yorkville and Harlem Sporting Clube, Baflor Grande and Bob MeAllister, two Call- fornia products, whe are now making ther home to this elty, will appear tn the star bout at the Fairmont A, ©, one week from to-morrow night, ‘Thie week's feature brings together Stanley Yoakum and Harry Condon, Shamus O'Brien, the Yonkers lightweight, whe boxes Packey Hommey at the Pioneer Sporting Club next Monday aftemoon, will be again to-nigit when he faces Joan claimant of the French lghtwelght ttl opening show ef the Richmond Sporting Club of Staten Island At the New Polo A, A, to-night Johnny Lare avis Over | of the west aide and Jimmy Regan of California will be the headliners, Young Debellis of Newark ud Danny Foy will be the semi-finalists, A fast and sclentific sarap will undoubtedty result when Mike Gibbons, the St, Paul middie- weight, and Hary Greb of Pittsburgh meet in round bout at te National A, ©, of Phil tomorrow nigtt, Greb ought to make th Westerner extend himself all the way, as be showed remarkable (mprorement in tis last three battles, ‘Tho princivals tn the semi-final windup wid be between Kid Herman and Johany Mahoney, Joe Bonds, the Western heavyweight, is going through with the Tom Cowler match at Scheneo- | tady after all, The Boxing Commimion threat- ed to suspend him if he didn't, Bonde originally signed up to the match by Jack Kearns, who, Bonds says, bad wo euthority to act for him tn the matter, He would have preferred to moet im New York City, but Commissioner Wenck insisted that be keep the Schenectady date, Bonds 1s sow under contract te John Helaler, who has him signed up to the somewhat novel agree (pent of paxing dim 65.000 © gens whetbes-be Likely to Be Passed by Tennis Body To-Night | President Adee Says That Even If Meeting Develops Friction | Over Passing of Code Similar to Golf Association’s, No Sec- | National Organization. CFistic News tom Poon and Gossip ) months for the purpose of influencing | votes, | President Adee of the national sociation, and a pioneer in the mo ment for @ stricter amatour law, makes the prediction that tennis will follow the lead of other amateur sporis and tighten its present code. President Adee bases his hopes on the metropolitan district, with its many votes, which he says will go almost solidly for a more drastic law. The association leader also declares that no matter how much friction de- velops at the meeting, no one section will Dreak away from the national body. The California section has fought strenuously against the sporting house clause in the proposed new code. The Pacific Coast delegates ob- Jected so violently at the last meeting that they threatened to pull away from the United States Association and set up a rival organization. The Californians are still opposed | to the stricter rule, but President Adee feels sure they won't attempt @ rebellion if two-thirds of the dele- gates vote for a now rule. The proposed tennis amateur rule | 1s similar to the golf code, especially the clause which bars those who are| directly or indirectly connected with | a sporting goods house. | fights or not, That sounds pretty soft for Bonds, but doenn't look good from the Relaler standpoint, ewpecially Lf Donde fights end is defeated, ‘The nol of big puree offece for @ ten-cound | bout between Lee Darcy and Mike Gibbons of St, | Paul has not yet subsided, It te reported that Promoter Frank Mulkern of Milwaukee ts after both men, It ie said he hes offered « puree of $0,000 to clinch the scrap. A double show featuring middleweights has been at the Broadway 8, ©, in Brooklyn, O'Hagen of Albany and Frank Carbone of the weet aide will be featured in one of the star bouts, while Joe Borrell will exchange ware with Hoddy McDonald in the other, Art Magirl, the welterweight who knocked out Jack Tortorich and a number of other good bors, has returmed to this country after @ long tour in Australia, Manager Jack Kearns ts # confident that Magicl can beat the best welterweights in this country that he wante to mate him aguinst Willie Bitebie, Britton or Lewis, SCR eal ST. NICKS ARE BEATEN WITH ELLIS IN LINE-UP, The St. Nicholas Hockey Team, even with Capt. Russell Ellis in ite line-up, failed to continue their winning streak which they started last week, by defeat- ing the Crescent A. C, The Hockey Club were the victors last night shutting out | the Santa Claus aggregation by a score | of ¥ to 0, Iilis has been out of the game since the beginning of the season, when he was protested for being a pro- ti in igation by the Amateur Hockey Association and the evidence presented by Ellis at a meeting late yesterday afternoon, resulted in bis re- instatement. He played exceptionally well, alternating between Center and Rover, but failed to receive the proper support from his followers, ‘he stro: defense of the Hoc! Club ‘trio, Britton, Young and Tom Howard jr., was too much for the Santa Claus team, their rally being broken up r, formerly star of the St. turday night with the Quaker City Hockey Club te: of Philadelphia when, they meat the Creacents ut the St. Nicholas Rink. Goals—First Pertod, T. Howard, 10.20; George, 14.85; Second Pertod, J, Howard, 17.06; Penalties--Conklin, 3 minutes for slashing; 'T. Howard ‘3 minutes for slashing; Conklin, 3 minutes for tripping. ee VOLENT Grier er Los Sewn s nore. eee, - INING SPRIPO ARS TNICKOD ON THE Noople BY B.S. STRixw@. ess Addo INDIGNATION OR 6AID GENTS. Yanks Have No Intention Of Trading Fritz Maisel By Bozeman Bulger. ILL DONOVAN is eagerly awalt- ing the meeting of the Baseball Rules Committee to be held here next week, not that he cares anything about any changes, but our Yank manager is curious to know whether these rival managers in the American League are kidding him or merely kidding themselves, All tho high moguls of baseball will be on their way to New York In a day or two, and this provides Wild William his opportunity. All of Bill's mental disturbance arises over the offers he has received from time to time during the winter for Fritz Maisel, it being the idea of these trading gents that Fritz is an elephant on the Yanks’ hands. instance, Fielder Jones, in all sert- magnantmously offered to trade Eddie Plank, the veteran of all baseball, for the fleet-footed Maisel. Mind you, this in face of the fact that Fritz is just approaching his prime, while Old Eddie has but @ year or #0 more to run at best. But Jones is not in a class by him- self. Along came Cleveland with an offer to trade Terry Turner, the an- clent shortstop, for our little Dutch- For | man, as the players call Frits, And, latest of all, there is a propo. sition on foot to trade Catcher O'Nelll of the Indians for Maisel! “If these birds are trying to kid me,” declared Donovan, “they must be under the impression that I have just come out of the sticks and am sull looking at the tops of the big buildings, If they are kidding them- selves, of course I will just have to let nature take its cours: “But as to Maisel, what Is the Plan?” I inauired, “Plan,” repeated the indignant Yank leader, “I don't want to trade Maisel and I have not so much as intimated such a thing. Naturally, | would trade him or anybody else’ if }I thought I was getting the best of {t for my club, but you kno and 80 does everybody else, that Fritz is }one of the best ballplayers in the country, Right now I think him bet- ter than ever, because he has entirely jrecovered from that Injured leg. 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