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4 i 4 ; ¢ | j TWO MOST FURIOUS ROUNDS PUT AN END 10 GOVERN le Was the Most Sensational He Met the Cool, Deliberate Young Corbett, Almost an Un- known at the Time—Searoh for “Another Terry” by Mana- gers and Promoters Ever Since Has Been Fruitless. Copyright, 1917, by The Press Publish’ T tion of ring followers, but th in the featherweight class. J. feathorweight title. His finish, like great conquerors in history, was sudden and complete. Young Corbett, an unknown from the West, knocked him cold in the second round of the fastest and most furious battle I've ever seen in a ring, and | Imay say without boasting that I've scen several. | It came about whon Terry McGov ern was regarded as the one abso Yutely invincible champion. Hi. eareer bad gone through several @tages then. He had been bantam champion, had whipped the bantam champion of #ngland, Pedlar Palmer, tm a round and had become foather- weight champion by knocking out the famous George Dixon, As feather- weight Terry had knocked out Joo Gans, who afterward beat Frank Erne and became lightweight cham- pion of the world and ono of the most remarkable fighting men known to the ring. Among the victims of his knockout punch were George Monroe, Tim Callahan, Casper Leon, Patsey Haloy, Sammy Kelly, Billy Dotcheford, Harry Forbes, Eddio Santry, Oscar Gardner, Tommy White, Frank Erne @knocked out while Erne was light- weight champion), Joe Bernstein and Aurelio Herrera. After a while Terry McGovern found himself in the same position @ometimes occupied by a heavyweight champion. There was no one left to ” him a fight. And in those days country was full of first-class twenty-round fighters In every class. THERE WAS NO ONE TO GIVE TERRY A FIGHT, About this time, when Terry was languishing for lack of fighting to do and very weary of theatrical shows, Young Corbett beat a few good men out in Denver, Corbett's record was Just good enough to give an excuse for making him another McGovern victim and taking money for tt at the gate. Moreover, in response to a tele- gram, he said he was willing. Sam d Young Corbett an offer of a couple of thou- gand dollars and training expense made the offer unusually liberal because {t was hard to find any one who could interest the public at all to match against Terry, At the mo- ment Corbett had a corner on avail- ability. The story is that Corbett was handed Sam's wire in @ resort where be was celebrating a birthday or something and that he slipped away from his friends, wired that he was and took a midnight train lew York, Tlowever that may have been, he wasted no time, A few days after the date of the match was announced—Thanksgiving Day, 1891—Young Corbett reached New York. I met him that day, with Terry in tow, and had the two strip privately, put on the gloves and pose for some pictures. They sized each vther up. Torry was all si Cor bett a little sullen. Terry was in his uma! splendid condition, with lean muscles playing under his b: skin and not an ounce of fat to them, Corbett was round, chunky, Wig fisted and big shouldered, but carrying @ little too much fat around the waist line, It was the first show- ing of his natural inclination to grow fat—the inclination that later cost him his supremacy in tho ring Terry McGovern trained up on Jerome Avenue. Young Corbett went directly to the battle ground at £ ford, Conn. Thee I saw hiin days before the fight, when been training two weeks. He hard worker in the training ca show me his punch he kroc Charlie Sieger, the Hoboken I with a terrific right hand op on the Jaw. This was the first time, so far ag I know, that Bleger had ever been knocked out anywhere. After the training Young Corbett and I went down to Heublein's for dinner, ‘We sat at a table while Corbett con sumed an enormous #teak, wit! tatoes, bread, vegetables and a of pie, I looked on in amaze: I had seen him fat two week fore, weighing over 130 pounds, and Knew he was to fight Terry at 126 “Aren't you eating pretty for a fellow making weight?” I asked Young Corbett laughed. ‘Don't worry; I'l) be there,” he said. Dinner nearly over the youngster from Denver told me how he fait about the fight. SURE THAT HE'D KNOCK TERRY our. “We're both from the West,” he sid, “and I'm going to ive you a good tip; bet every cent you can raise on me. I'll beat McGovern sure I know just how to beat bim and knock him out. I could do it every day in the week. The fight is in now.” IT looked Young Corbett er and admired his nerve and confide » but I felt a little sorry for bim. I bad geet, McGovern fight. That Thanksgiving Day at Hart- ford wae cold and snow covered the McGovern was a fighter. ground. Buta crowd came trom New ERRY M’GOVERN is known only by name to the younger genera-| THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917. Featherweight of All Time Until! ing Co. (The New York Evening World.) ere never bas been another McGovern ohnny Kilbane ts a wonderfully scien- tifle fighter, and @ bard fighter when he wants to be, but he isn't a McGov- ern-—by a million miles, For yoars after McGovern's time every manager of fighters searched the country for “another McGovern.” None was ever found. There were little good fight- ers, sturdy fellows, big shouldered and equipped with the same number of legs, arms and fists as McGovern. They were stout hearted enough, am- bitious enough, willing enough. But they were not McGoverns, and no amount of training, coaching and persuasion could make them McGov- erns, | Terry was the greatest and most sensational fighter that ever held a, that of Hannibal, Napoleon and other It came when York to see McGovern, and the arena | was packed. Not one man in the house, 1 firmly belteve, bad any no- tion of the surprise in store, I re- member several going around through the crowd ¢ ring four and five to one on MeGovern, with no takers, Young Corbett, coming to the ring, stopped to pound on Terry's door. Terry was letting Corbett go out first, to sit In the ring aud lowe his courage while waiting “Come on out, you Terry,” shouted Corbett, “and take your licking ‘ferry came with a rush, eyes blar- ing. No one had ever talked to him like that before, It was the first move in the plan by which Corbett meant to win Then came the fight. Those who saw it will remember it to thelr dy- ing day as the greatest two rounds ever fought. I'd rather have the momory of that fight than see a score of these ten-round no-decision things, with the Welshs and the Kil- banes and the other dancing masters pirouetting about, McGovern stood in his corner, smiling and bowing to his wildly en- thusiastic friends, Young Corbett, acrong the ring, stood up and slowly | pulled a thick blue sweater over his head. In an instant the noise died out and that great crowd waa gazing spellbound and silent at the finest little bit of fighting flesh they'd secon In years, Corbett was a pictur lvery ounce of fat had gone. His skin was pink and cleat, ‘cnd under 2 amateur, ae, ’ National Body Fails to Pass! Strict Rule That Would Make Those Engaged in Sporting Goods Business Profession- als, as Has the Goif Associa- tion. nected with a sporting goods A house and have his expenses pald to tournaments and still remain Ile will have more Ib By William Abbott. TENNIS player can be con- it the muscles moved in ripples, His erties than any other performer in shoulders were the shoulders of a 0 he U. 3. welterweight, his arms thick and ®mateur sports, because the strong and smooth, his fists the fists National Lawn Tennis Association, of a little Sullivan. And he sat down eting last night at the Wal- deliberately and looked acroms ‘the St !t# meeting last nix fot am ring Terry and laughe They dorf, refused to pass a strict amu weren't laughing at Terry in those teur code. Rules that were intended | days! 7 om ey ere | Clang! The dell. Terry bounced | Curb professional te cles were | from his chair, He rushed straight easily killed and their remains stored | across the ring at Corbett. Terry away for another year, Stars like} had a habit that was all his own, In , every fight he was so eager to get | William Johnston, Maurice McLough into action that he grudged the time |}in and Tom Hundy, who would have wasted in resting between rounds, so ab! . @ stric he always sat on the edge of hia chats been barred, probably, had the strict Jan his eagerness to leap up and rush | rule passed, now may continue in| into the fighting, tournaments without fear of their CORBETT MET TERRY BLOW present amateur statis being ques FOR BLOW. tioned. Torry crossed the ring like a flash,! The West scored a great triumph tn Corbett barely rose from the chair in disposing of the much-discussed ama- | tline to meet him, Other fighters tried teur rule. Phe Middie West and jto slip aside along the ropes. I sup- Pacific Coast delegates practically | pose Terry expected something like «tampeded the meeting. One delegat that. But os he flung himself furi- ven tried to gloat over the dismay of | ously Upon Corbett with eyes blazing the Eastern ranks When he announced | and fists swinging Corbett took one «hat if the national association didn't short step straight forward and jehave itself the Far West would| jswung a The blow caught he deliberate overhand right, ‘Terry high on the d and jarred him so hard that he set up an organization ail its own, Hefore the Important amateur ques- tion came up in the seven-hour meet. jRearly sat down, It was a new re- ing that only finished shortly before jcoption for Terry, It roused the User preakfast time to-day, considerable in him and he leaped at Corbett like # transacted and routine business wi @ wild man. en a oneh Then came the fastest and prettiont | th® various national championships |fighting I've ever seen, Those boys | fF 117 awarded to clubs. |Were both masters—the greatest | nite sing! iupler ane hove veloped In an age creat figiting| @hampionships were give lmen. $1 net Croeht wee eite| weet side club, The doubles will |blows. ‘The fighters swirled around| be played at Longwood and the jand around the ring. The three | defending team must play through utes of tho first round. had —an innovation, The women's | passed tn # delirium of fighting meet went to Philadelphia and the Young Corbett landed” the first} ¢lay court championship to Cin- | knockdown with a glancing right-| cinnati. hander that caught Terry off bal-| A new ranking arrangement was| anee. Terry was up like a flash, but/ decided on, All players will be classt us they met again bell rang. fied under the new system and not] y ant on the edee of his obair|ieas than 100 be named for the na i} t minute reat He was on his tlonal Met feet waiting when the bel There was hardly any objection to , {rushed out to the att the rule suggested for the limiting jfuriously than before of entry Hsts to the national cha whi bodies were in a swirl around - the ring. Again blows crashed furi- | = . agit ous e ¢ oper d acked h u Hien when the fighting was at tts| Dott to me en pad tacked pint G8 hottest Young Corbett did an amaz nothing but cover and stall, while ing thing--a thing that showed him ‘perry tried to beat him down. It {to be a ring mast o equ: i loo pure Oh Corbett would be 1 y he o Mf and knocked out, Half a minute or so he uhed out slowly aft arm, | weathered tho battering, then man astonished and wonder! from the aged to slip away an 40'the mia 4 mear with e 1 his head w X turned a Terry's left} Jequals an entry of 210, Copyright, 1917, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening Worl.) FLYING FISTS Passed in MIDAIR “Terray FEU AT FULL LENGTH plonship, The conditions to be used this year are that the list close ten days before the playing of the tour- nament. To be eligible competitors inust have been ranked among the first twenty-five during tho past fiv 4, or have been semi-finalists or better In at least two tournaments during the season, or have played in at least three sanctioned meets and with a reasonably good record according to the committee of man- agement of the tournament or be acceptable to the Executive Commit. tee as from foreign countries and de- clared sufficiently skiliui to quality, With these matters out of the way the delegates who represented elubs from every section of tho Unit States warmed up to the amat the inain business of the m ‘There wore two distinct parties to the controversy, thoxe that supported the Executive Committee for a stricter rule and the Western “gates who battled for a li rule, One clause after another of the proposed ru} was taken up for debate, which was Iways followed by the inevitable vot ting a ton of pape was used f Any num up when the c whether “ar handling, buying or selling of tennis ods after April 1, 1918, shall, during me he aged, be Inelig- n any assocation tour- Willams, the present 1,888 DOG SARE ENTERED IN ANNUAL GARDEN SHOW. An entry of 3,125, one of the largest in the long history of the Westmin- ster Kennel Club, has been booked for its forty-first annual bench show, to be held In Madison Square Garden on Feb, |. 22 and 2: There ts an increase over last year of 188 actual dogs, the total being 1,888, and of 639 entrics, which indicates that the fixture should be @ great social and sporting success, Boston terriers haver the largest entry, 155 dogs belng named, which Among the other terrters the largest entry 1s wire haired fox terriers with 186. EVENING WORLD’S HEADPIN TOURNEY ‘fotal, 19. > d—Kalenr, 50: iH Robre, Wiuchion N60; Oftentilones Ot: cman | Savings, Bank No. 2—Janmer, 28: flay Sitio 80; Wacker, “Ste wach ‘anal nx Oh louse No, 1-—Wosrther, 81, sche, Ue De Comte, 0b; Orla! 18! ‘Total, an, No, |i iz; Bmith, “* Total Kilmartin, 44; 0, Muhier,” 45; ' Geo, No, S=-Kugmmel, 04: tion, 7s, Baath,” 110, Jaco, 13; Quinn, 43; sinter, 4, Guten. wt, Sat, 1: DN, J.) Lhe, 30; Matalin’ 68; Kel: 2 (tobe! No J dbesRoder, 50; i ston, ei Huheu, 07; Haws, 8 (Hoboken, No J.)-Walters, be) Tile, 86; “How, 99; Dune J)—A, Hin, SicHarea, 7} Dberhantt, + Macealy HIGH TEAM SCORE Bonior Boys’ Club, New York City, 498, FOB WINNERS, Pan-American, 100, ad urs Droux Church” Hous, Hohiw, Pan-Ameriown, 100" hett's jaw. ‘Then, id to mutt him ¢ whipped over a s fists passed 4 terrific right-hander, Down went Mo. | the fying flats passed in Govern, ff his back. The crowd | upped ie yin hook. Cort T tag a¥en : chugwed falrly on Terry's chin, re rolled ove fot to his kneow | felt at full length, flat on his bac and ing his head to clear his the @ in bis numbed brain, crawled to the t fposked cold for the Ares dene im bis and palied himself up to his nd patios 2 climax. The crowd, fianding mele 5 ie POPES. | orazy with nt, swept Into the n ge es, M ving the moment Charlie White's Harris. who was running frantically Count was finished and carned Young| Sea Mamell menreniians Corbett on Ite shoulder he root las, kc ted S@4M1Y | shook with the shouting. McGover Ps 1 back and watted was dragged to his corner, revived A FINISH NEVER TO BE For.-\and hastily taken to arevstng | room. : GOTTEN. That night, on tho train coming Terry turned and saw Co amil-|pack to New York, Terry's inost ing at him. New fury blazed fro dent followers said that Young| his eyes. Letting the rope go he Corbett was invincible—that het charged straight at Corbett. I said beat them all, He did, for another He proved year, and then—but that's another it now, Slam, bang, he battered Core | wlorys ] qacengnle | (Mobobed) “107, “ho. SCORES. Urie Broslway—Selmell, 63; Carr, 3: Mad- det 001 King, BS! Coulton, 45° Tonal, 8b4 Boring, Bank Nv. "1—Bunim, | 62; Wefitnwober, O17 Kroeb, Ty" Step: | No Danger Now of Tennis Stars Being Barred From Amateur Rank national champion, popped up with an amendment which was introduced purposely to save McLoughlin, Joln- Ston and the other prominent stars whose status as amateurs was re- garded as being doubtful, Williams offered a stroug se for Me- Loughlin, After @ vote Williams's endment was substituted fo che regular clause. Then it was p..i to another vote and fell short of the Hecessary two-thirds margin, 129 votes to 88, The Western delegation, winning the advantage on this vote, proceeded to clean up the other clauses, matter of players’ travelling expens was voted on several tlines, with ¢ result that clubs are permitted to pay the necessary expenses of their stars to and from tournaments, This was a big victory for the Pacific Coast Association, which sends its stars every year on a long invasion of the stern court After this vote the strict amateur code was carefully Inid away in camphor, Not satisfied with scoring a victory over the Eastern delegates Louls H. Waldner of Chicago ad- dressed an ultimatum to the associa- tion that If It didn’t treat the West nicely the land of the Rocktes would sever relations and set up an associa- tion for itself. A patriotls touch was given the meeting when a resolution was pre- pared to be sent to President Wilson pledging the support of 1,000,000 ten- nis players for the country's defense, Billy Gitwon diiaks prety well of Jim Coftey's come back against Bob Devere {a lrooklyn ‘Thumday nigtt, and has now decided to go after the top-notchers with the Irish giant, (ileon would like nothing better than a chance at Battling Levinsky at one of the local clubs, He figures the Baitler jut the man to extend Coffey to tho limtt, and believes it 4 wasie of time for Jim to be menting the slow, lumbering, eany-to-hit eon of the Devers type, The Harlem Sorting Club ia Lkely to stage the Coffey: Levineky bout, Btanley Yoakum, who has shown great {mprove. ment in form lately, will box Harry Condon ot Brookiya in the star bout at the Palrmont A. C. jtomnight, Mike MoCabe of Harlem and Joe Web- |ber are down for another ten, while Billy Curley 14 Bud Kyan of Jersey City will box a epectal lx. rounder, At the Queensbors A. ©, to-night Silent Martin and the Jamaica Kid will be the principals, Joan Constance distn't show up an mheduled to box Siam O'Beten of Yonkem at the Richmond Sporting Cub of Btaten Island last niglit, and Mome, was mibotituted, Prien scoring in Shamus's next bout will bw that with Packey Hommey of tie est aide at the Pioneer Sport- tng Club, on the with Al MeCleker of Ebaabeth and Matt Matiero of Newark, ‘The winner of the Benny LeovantJimmy Dutty matoh, scheduled for Tuesiay night at Manhattan Pasino, le to be matebed with Freddie Welsh for the middle of March, ‘The contest will be staged with the olub making the best offer, ‘The Broadway porting Chub of Brookiyn will mage two star bantamwelght elimination boute to- night, Kid Taylor, the mgd Armenian boxer, and Teddy Jacobs of the east side, and Jack Sayles of Harlem and Preiite Reewe of Wiliams vurg, will be che principals, Willie Jackson, the Broux Lightweight, who caused © sensation in pusilistic circles whan be knocked out Johnay Dundee in two minutes and thirty-five seconds at Philadelphia, bas been matchel to box Eddie Wallace, the Hrooklya Mghtweight, ten rounds at che Harlem Sporting Club on Friday night, Harry Willa, the colored heavyweight, will not be able to box again for at least lx weeks, In @ bout with Battling Jim Jobneon at St, Louie go he broke his right erm in two the fimt round, Although Willa to continue boxing the club officials wanted orderad the referee to stop the contest in the second round, The twenty-round bout between Gunboat Smith and Jack Dillon, which was to hare been fought at the Louisiana Anditortum in New Opleans last Woednewtay night, has been post poned until Feb. 17th on the request of both fighters, who eaked Promoter Turtorich for more (ume io which to ex into condition foe the reuuda, | HAD ‘TOUNG CornbeTr Players Enthusiastic Over Plan to Give Them Military Drills in Camp Diamond Stars Looking Forwa of Scheme Proposed by Capt. Huston and Taken Up by Ban Johnson to Give Them an War Manoeuvres. By Bozeman Bulger. READY the ball players who winter In New York are begin- ning to look forward—some with genuine enthusiasm—to a merry old time in the training camps when the order goes out from Ban Johnson and club headquarters that all play- ers must have one hour of military drill in the mornings. This idea originated with Capt. Huston and is heartily indorsed by army officers, President Johnson was auick to take it up, and several of the American League managers have assured him that their players will be pretty well drilled soldiers by the time the season is to open. Col. Rup- pert Is enthusiastic about !t, and with the afd of Bill Donovan he and ‘apt. Huston are willing to bet that they will have the best militarily drilled team in the league. Of course, they have an advantage tn that Capt Huston was in the United States army until a few years ago. But he is not going to stop at that. Dono- van will have the assistance of a regular drill sergeant assigned from the army, said rday, professional baseball can have 400 men in shape for service in case they are needed. If the minor lea. should fall in line we could count upon another regiment.’ Though the National League has not yet taken the matter up offictally, Gov. Tener thinks it an excellent {dea, and 0 does John McGraw. “If the drill exercise was too long or too severe it might be a little hard on the older players,” said McGraw, “but if all the clubs do it there wili CFistic News son Poor and Gossip ) contest, Smith will receire 50 per cent, of the aroma receivts, Jimmy Duffy, the crack wolterwelght of Lock port, N, ¥., and Mat Wells, the English boxer, tare been just matched to meet In a ten-round bout at catchweighte at the Tuxedo A, 0, of Cloveland to-night, ‘Thay sore to bare boxed in Buffalo, but the qlub would not grant Duffy bie terme, Kid Herman of Pekin, Ml., the new bantam. welght champion, and Johnny Hrtle of St, Paul hare sianel articles of agreement calling for them to meet th a ten-round bout for the bantam. weiaht title at the Cream City A, ©, of Mil waukeo on tho night of Feb, 16, Mike Gibtone, the mnsetional @t, Peol middie weight, will make bis appearance in « bout 0 Piiadelohia tonight after @ long atwence from tho ring. He take on Harry Greb, the Qe City middleweight, for lx rounde ta tho main bout at National A, ©, of that Mer atin bona will he ready to big offers to box at clulm in the Kast, Soldier Bart A and Walter Mobr, the nugget Brooklyn, will awap t of ten munds at the xing auow in Brooklyn to- Ling exists between the be @ alas! tho first tao of the gonm until the final bell, In the wemi-final Hayvy Mahoney of Brovklyn Will meet Frankie Wilkn of New York, of Benny McCoy, the Baltimore bantam, who out- pointed Billy Fitzetmmons of Youkers in aéx-ruund bout at tie Liarlem Byarting C night, bee ben matched to bor Bengy Volgar, the French boxer, at the Vanderbilt a, ©, one wook from Monday night, Joe MeKeune has (aken another boxer under his management, and he chinks this lad, who is « Lightwelght, will develop nto tovnoteher, Bobby Yyous te the name of the latest addition to Me. Konna’s string, and he has signed Lim up w bos wt the Palace Spurting Clud oue myek from Mou. day night, Matchinakar John Welsmantel to-day signed up Jimmy O'Hagen of Albany to met Vrank Car bone, tho sturdy ex-United States cavalmmaa, to the star bout of ten rounds at the Broadway on next ‘Tuesday aight, Augie Roddie McDonald, the aggraive et, will cladh in tho other ten. round conted Champion Johuny Kilbaue featherweight ttle, ts one figh Well fixed financially when be ro game, Juluny, who bas just arrived in town, told the writer today that ho jum yramlianed Chie lots covering 217 fot ou the bank of Lake Exe in Cleveland for tue wun of $18,075, Kil. bane further states that the lota are in the rmi- ential section of the city and that he bad elende ped emery culls (or Ce purchase A FEW SECONDS Berone THe END McG 1g one from | BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK CORBETT’S SENSATIONAL KNOCKOUT OVER M’GOVERN ? ~~ OVER NEARLY HELPLESS ON THe Rare’ td With Pleasure to Carrying Out Hour’s Instruction Each Day in be no advantage, or disadvantage, to any one during the season. You must |remomber that the players will have |to do thelr hard work of practice on |the diamond in addition to having | |m ry instruction, That, though, could be worked out satisfactorily later on.” In each training camp, including the players, the newspaper men and fans, who often take the trips with the clubs, there would be fifty men for drill—a half company. Under the Proposed plan there will be no need of soldier uniforms, as the players | can drill in thelr regular baseball sults, They are well adapted to that kind of work Christy Mathewson heard about the scheme for the first time yesterday and declared that he would like to have the instruction, and that he thought the Cincinnat! players would) really enjoy lt as a_ diversion. The | players get tired of the continual work on the diamond, he said, and this would break the monotony, | “To make the players enthusiastic and give them an incentive to per- fect themselves in the military exer- elses,” said Capt, Huston, “I think we ought to have some drill contests | between the different clubs when they meet to play a series of games, re would be a lot of rivalry, al- yaa spur to excellence, “This is quite a serious thing,” he added. “We have no way of know- Ing what may eventuate In the United States during the next few months, and it would be a source of | great satisfaction to the ball players and their followers to know that they | were red to lay aside the spiked | shoe and the glove and take up the rifle if their country needed them. I only hope that baseball clubs all over the country will seo the advantage | of It BURNS WHIPS SHARKEY IN SENSATIONAL BOUT, The boxers who appeared in the bouts at the show of the Harlem Sporting Club last night were a happy lot. The management refused to allow the patrons to smoke, This made a big hit with the knights of the padded mitt, The feature bout presented Frankie Burns, the clever Jersey City Bantam, and Jack Sharkey, who has been a sensation this season, Burne scored a victory, but {t was only after a battle that was full of thrills, Sharkey started off in such a whirl- wind fashion that the fans felt sorry for the veteran Burni Then, In the fourth round, Frankie came to life and ripped some terrific punches tnto Sharkey's mid-section, In the sixth round, when the men were close to the ropes, fighting toe to toe, Sharkey w dropped to the floor, claiming a foul, After a three minutes’ rest, Referee Moore went over to the press table | and declared that although Sharkey was aceidentally hit low tt wasn't enough to keep him from continu- ing. ‘This the West Side bantam |secmed anxious to do. | The rest of the bout was a huramer, with Burns romping off with the| |lion's share of the honors on account of his ring generalship, superior in- fighting and superior poundage, Tho weights were announced as follows: | Sharkey 118 and B.rng 121, ——— |GARDEN CLUB GRANTED CONDITIONAL LICENSE ALBANY, N. Y,, Feb, 10.—-The State Athletic Commission in a special meeting here confirmed and finally signed the papers which give tho Garden Tower Corporation a license to conduct boxing bouts in Madison | Square Garden. The license had been agreed, but Deputy Attorney General Merton E. Lewis discovered an ir- regularity tn the lease which needed straightening out, It appears that the |new owners of the Garden were not to let formal possession until March 1 nd {t was this whieh caused. the Doputy Attorney General to raise an objection to the lease, On the assurance, however, of coun- sel for the Garden Tower Corporation lease, giving immediate the State Athletic Commission grant- ed the license subject to this clause |being inserted and of its approval by the Attorney General's office, tended to throw a moth on the Ban Johnson will | encourage umpares, Jounny elwaye bad & Jot uly, ing for enough now. bat sulle’ ark’ Sita fat that a clause would be inserted in the 4 occupancy, | > PUTTING 'EM OVER With ‘‘Bugs’’ Baer Ores Nou: Weck Marina "Wattle RABID RUDOLPH. Mve- OOKS like Gov, Whitman in- boxing game, In case of war the layers to enlist, But it doesn't look as if Ban Johnson will encourage Ban Johnson to enlist. 3 Wastin reentty 0 Graven on Jean bree, Thao to toe a time to Pubdlio 1s opposed to military traine ballplayers, They soldier And a lot of baserunners seem to think that second base is a nap-sack, YEA BO, United States should be able ta raise a pretty good army if the A. Ay U, doesn't crab tt. es SH Shee ie ae 60,000 veople ain't there, when ‘It's empty WHEN SHIBE PARK IS EMPTY, IT AIN'T 8O EMPTY, genand edt Sat ta Se Nae a ames! LETS Go, Barring smoking at boxing matches {s a decided improvement. Now @ bo with @ collulold collar will be wate, Authorities seem to think they car improve boxing matches by tmprov- ing the spectators, Putting a bad ees in a gold dish doesn't meke It a 00d egg. Cornell will play about eleven foot ball teams and Pennsylvania next season. gums Sim Sify tandelen OS Bote. Eat was an overt act, Dr. Johnny Evers will undoubtedly discover that a five-day suspension is just as long for a doctor of philos~« ophy as it Is for an ordinary balls player. One of the best ways to get a good rest Is to play billiards against Willie Hoppe. Christy Matheweson would have a tough time out in Cincinnati this summer if it wasn't for the fact that pe checker season 1s twelve months ng. Willard Willing, But Hasn’t Heard Of Fulton Match CHICAGO, Feb. 10.—Joss Willard, world’s heavyweight champion, sald the announcement made tn Albany, N. Y¥., that he had been matched with Fred Fulton for a ten-round bout in New York on March 26 was news to him. Willard added, however, that ‘he understood that such a match was @ possibilty, but that he had not been informed it was a certainty, “If the promoter meets our terms and !f the public shares hia opinion that Fulton 1s the logical contender for the heavyweight title, then we will Nght,” he said. “I have always been ready to defend the title, despite reports to the contrary, Now It looks as If Fulton has stepped into the con- tender’s shoes, and when the proper times comes he'll get his chance,” Tom Jones, Willard'’s manager, re- iterated his statement of last night, in which he said that Willard would not meet Fulton or any other fighter in New York on March 26, and that although he had discussed terms for such a match with the New York Promoters, the finanolal inducements offered by the New Yorkers were not enough. —_— A. A. U. FAILS TO LIFT EMES’S SUSPENSION Edward 1. Qmes, the Bronx Church standing high jumpe: . Ss sth de. barred as an amateur athlete. Emey had his long talked of hearing bee fore tho Registration Committee of the Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athlet Union at the Amer ican Express Employees’ clubhouse, No. 67 Madison Avenue, lust night, and after a wordy legal battle that lasted for two hours or more the committees announced that it would Not rescind the decision which it reich : ‘don Jan. 10, barring Eines from amateur athletics for having capttale ized his at le fame EVERYTHING FoR Billiards FP Bowling Prices and Terms to Sul REPAIRS BY EXPERT MECHANICS, The "ollender Cory 20 to hear Hroadwap, iT BOWLING AND Bit = THU M’S Reyiiya axe TARR ne, ‘To-Night, TONIGHT = LM ONT H . fn 70 oLun, “Tua Mlony