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Willard’s Circus Contract Gives Him a New Alibi for Dodging, Formidable Opponents. Coorrigt 1216. br The Pram Pyhilaning Co hie ‘Rte Voek eventne Word) ESS WILLARD'S circus ts better | than John L. Sullivan's “color line.” If Jess doesn't feel lke fighting, all he needs do ts wave languidly to Tom Jones, and “Hither, slave, I would the ctrous contract.” “Yea bo, me lord,” answers Tom, @miling happily. Far Tom loves that Circus contract, too. It represents « sure income for the season, an income) that ban’t be cut off by any wander. ing knockout, “Bring ine me bank balance and a/ pink lemonade,” goes on the cham-| pion, as he takes the contract from) Jonet hand and unrolls it on his) of close perusil of the contract, with side glances at the bank balance. *Yaorlet,” roars Jens, “send me word te these cheap circus rogues that I) now have $409,716.22 in the banks| and am no longer a piker. They gotta show me real money, Tell them to make this $999,000 instead of $99,000, and I'll sign, Walt—I'll ink the proper figure in myself. There— sive them thelr contract and bother! me no more about It, If Fulton calls! tel: him I'm out.” With this Jess can roll into the hay and dream about how he knock- e4 out Johnson when he was a fighter, Pretty soft! IFLE shooting Is being taken up} with great enthusiasm in tho! New York schools. In the West, away from the big elties, every boy learns how to handle a rifle at an early a My father gave me my first rifle when I was thirteen, and I never regretted it. Fifty years ago Americans were @ nation of marksmen. But to-day half the boys in the country wouldn't know where to slip a cartridge into a rifle, or which end of the gun it ‘would emerge from after pulling t! trigger. That's the cause of all the Bastern accidents in the short open deer season. Moen who haven't the slightest idea of the range and effec- tiveness of a high power gun go out and shoot at anything that moves. In the trained West accidents are extremely rare, because Westerners don't shoot at a deer unless they can nee it plainly enough to have a fairly sure shot. The pride that the old-timers took fp their shooting was {llustrated by @ gray-whiskered old hunter I once met out in the Sierras, He had a deer camp and was shooting deer for their hidea—this was a long time ago. Me'd shoot forty or fifty deer, then] of move along ten miles or so for a new| Goshen, and had the crowd “awked.” Rope whipping never made a wonder- Ranting ground. He used only an old | COPS Fier out of any one, but it helps a lot. single shot Ballard rifie. “Why don't you get @ repeater?” I asked. “Boy,” be said, “I bunt to get game. When I shoot I shoot to hit every atime. If I had a repeater I'd be care- leas and shoot quick beca: I'd have another shot if the first missed. An’ ca'tridges cost money,” that even more useful than a rifle, in all ordinary fighting clashes afoot or on horseback, is the “six gun," the heavy alx-shooter, American cavalrymen won many bat- tles from the Indians by rushing them and pouring aot revolver fire into them until they were shot down, Up to @ hundred yards the six- shooter is quicker and fully as ef- efctive as a rifle, Yet in New York State we have on the statute books ® law designed to deprive American citizens of the right to learn how to handle this weapon. We may need &@ lot of crack marksmen eome day, and they can't be made in @ few! weeks or months. The Sullivan law | should be put aside and rifle and re- Volver shooting clubs started every- if he had @ left hook, a right cross or any redeeming feature in what go dinary among fighters. Jack Dillon may beat him—anything is possible these days—but If he does the alleged man Killer will do the biggest thing he ever accomplished pugilistically, egbt-round bout at Madison Square recon! of victories bas just arrived In town, THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1917. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YO ten THE FORWARD THING! , Copyright, 1 by Speed Is Australian’s Long Suit in Goshen Training Quarters, ani By Vincent Treanor. ES DARCY has been in this country about five months, but until to-day nobody ever knew to make up the book of punchology. To get right at the point quickly let us may at the outset that Daroy has everything. Speed is his middle name, and after seeing him in the symnasium at Goshen one can't help carrying away the impression that this Australian slacker, or anything else you might think him, {8 a fighter, He's more than Stanley Ketchel ever was In the gymnasium. He goes some. Every minute of the time that he la in action he's doing things that mark him as extraor- Darcy “showed off" before a crowd visitors in Brownlelgh Park, He's as light ag the proverbial cork on his feet and can do all kinds of steps without missing. He alde steps, Jumps back, forward, In and out, and almost shadow boxes while twirltr the hempen threads, In this respe he reminds one of Jem Driscoll, ax Jom's training stuut would ha made @ big vaudeville attraction all by Itself, Hut it's at boxing that Darcy shines. At first glance he would atrike one as a counter fighter, as Frank Force says, in other words, Les looks like a man who would ¢lv an opponent punch at him to get one over himself, but on a close up view one sees that few of the punches almedgat him hit the mark, He has a pecullar movement of the head that enables him to escape blows that look dangerous, It ts, however, at “Inatde stuff that Darcy shows rare ability. He ts an inflehter par exoellence, and he will keep Dillom or anybody else busy de fending himaelf against cross fire stomach wallopa, Yesterday at Goshen Darcy skinned the rope nine minutes, He boxed five rounds with “Wild Burt” Kenny and did whatever he liked to him took on a husky Oregon heavywelght nd worked rings around him, He “took on” the punching bag then, and to say he's an expert at that particular part of gymnasium work {9 putting It mildly, He's a wonderful bag-punch er, to put it briefly. A few other stunts completed Darcy's day's work. He “bendg the orab” in ono of these. and practically stands on his head while ho works his neck and shoulder muscles to a fare-thee-well. He is very original tn this developing stunt Sized up gymnastically, Darcy ts As a rope skipper Darcy has beaten a mile, y one we ever saw there forty ways. If Dillon beats him he'll have to go some, He then | The Press Publishing Co. Darcy Shows Lot of Class \\ In His Gymnasium ae, CANIS WiLL ONLY “BEEN LG PRACTICE TODAY Catcher McCarty in Charge, as Manager McGraw Hasn't Arrived at Camp Yet. MARLIN, Tex., Feb. 26.~The Giants received a big reception upon thelr arrival here. Practice starts to-day. ‘The visit of the McGraw men is the big event of the year in the little Texas town. It was a weary band of players, The train was two hours late and the change from the cold of the North to the hotysunshine of the Southland added to the weariness and discomfort. In addition to the townspeople, there were on hand to welcome the Giants Jim Thorpe, who 19 again trying to gain Kular berth in the New Yorke out. Ge Kelly, who also has ted Bolo Grounds with bout more or leas suc James, a pitc from North Carolina, and Kreuger, a cateher from Omaha. Lew McCarty will be tn charge of the squad until Wednesday, when John J. Medraw tx expected to Arrive. MeCarty had expocted to reach the camp @ wee later along with other players, but it was McGraw's desire that Lew be on hand to look out for the many young pitchers who will receive tryouts here, The men wil have a fairly easy day to-day, the practice ‘consisting more- ly of Umbertng-up exercises, Champion Johnny Kilbane, who ts al- Ways willing to battle providing hia manag. (\LD-TIMERS will also tell you| for hs more scraps. At the Queensberry A. C. of Buffalo to-night he will battle againat | tl fought Joo W Rockto Kansas for ten rounds, while on March 12 he faces ‘Tim Droney in @ ton- round bout at York, Pa. gets the amount he demands rvices, ts booked up for two Art Magtrl, the Milwankes welterweight, who made much an tmgreeive showing in bis batten | Duffy at the Ponewr fo Anstralia matched to ment Marty Farrell two months ago, has just been the clever come together In ante on ight of March 8, ‘hie contest will be the ! to the tenround go between Jack Dillon and Lee Dery, Avother good fighter of the West with « got He fe Jimmy Reagan, the fast Callfornia lightweight Jimmy will be looked after tn hia contests here by Jack Kearns, the well Inown manager of fustery of San Franctwo York boxer, ‘They will Dick Loadman. das been Boxing with fair the Hutfalo tantamwelght, who \conaa In the lant tow months, haa tema signed wp to met Kid Wolfe where in the State, It’ about as|of Cleveland for ten mama at the South side a depend A, C, of Milwaukee on next Friday night, Wolfe abeurd to depend wu men Una has been substituted for |} Moar, who broke quainied with firearms for military service as it would be to entist cooks | who never saw a skillet, With all the ball players on their way South, the unfortu | hae been @ trial le anm in the woond mnund of @ ten round bout with him in Clewland Inst week, Jack Geyer, the Denver heavrwolght, who has deen battling for ® gmat number of yea and hone for many of the prewnt ryweighte, will again be een He will @o aga ay hb tm action to-morrow op nate North will have nothing to think about for several wecke except the high cost of living. hears about all those When vil husky ball players doing military taining along the border he'll surely think the invasion isn’t over, “Les Darcy possesses an abnor- mally large hand Tor a man of hu weight,” writes a sporting scribe. Thought so, Isn't Les reaching for $90,000 at the first grab? Darcy's hand is even said to be larger than Willard’s. We draw the Une there, Jess is sald to be reach- log for $70,000, Also, we were at Havana when Jess landed on Johnson's jaw. Johnson Went down just as if he'd keen hit by @ Wuried bam. Jauite busy looking after the Jeck Moran, formerly of Springfield. Dt who makes now hie home in St, Lani tox twelve rounds et the Future City a. ¢ Loule ° st Willie manager management of Reetier ia back Moo Smith. Will Dan Morgan, As Danny was mm of the other 4 could pot properly the latter thought figatem under bie wing look out far Haecber'e interes! it adriaable to go back to & Manager Gitwon notified Dick Curley that Jim ¢ remut Cotfey w the Western Doerreeigtt, for ten rounda A. ©. of Brooklyn oa Toure 15. Coffey will get into con Ivo A. A, of Harlem at the Clermont y evening, March on at the New Jack Dillon and Al at the Broadway 6 wi who am to clash DkLyD to-tnonro w each baile on & large p rH Heevipte, The me conaiderile mone romntage certain Fistic News somo and Gossip | to make things intersting for Ki tn town to-day with hin manager, Sam Marburger, nd Gua Christy, the Milwaukee fighter, | Johnny Clinton will mest Young Ott, the | faat local Mghtwetght, in the war bout at the Yorkville Sporting Clu tontaht, Clinton ne ing, and ta confident be | will feet Otto, Tho semi-final will bring to, gether Jack Courtney, Won, and Young O'Ke Owing for & weed the former amateur cham 10 the fact that Johny Dondee asked Pontronement of his bout with Jimmy : Tuwlay night Joo Motu | wrrow nigit. | Lynch to « tm ten.mmind bout at hla clus A bout waa clinched today between Solitinr Rartfield, the game and rigged Trooklyn weller welght, and Jae ty 1% lal or, They w neround bh Broadway 80 om Saturday night, ‘The men met at same eli several monthe ago battle, Dutch Bra lo Roooklyn bantam weight, will not b dom the gloves for another Hie left ear han teen wo badly viffed up during the last few monthe that he now compelled to under an opuration, Tom Gibbona, hn of Mike @ibbona, the rack St, Paul mifdleweight, will box Wild Kenney in the feature event at the I A. ©. on Saturfay night, "Twn hasn't fought in ty or two years, Moy ts to hal ed greatly since he kuceked out I The Wiia Jack will be held at the Pair fram Thnmlay night « Harold Farese, Nusler Inland A, ¢ w Curry saving tho latter March there in the and ‘The management of the st word that thar have ations wt Ritehle Mitehell for two bouts at ti will box Har night e winnem of the 1 Hand Henny 1 take place there, wate, sinemday Joo Bons, the ble Tasmna heavyweight Me Davy Robertson (The New York Evening World). | ‘Pitcher Caldwell ‘Again | Disappoints Yanks by Not “Cap” Huston, One of Own-| | ers of Club, Declares That No Further Attempts Will Be Made to Get Big Twirler in Line, | By Bozeman Bulger. OMB people are wont to refer to | the start as the “first crack of | the bat,” but if you could be around those old pitchers, a-nursing of their old soupbones to-night, you Would think differently, perhaps, A summary would show’ many more cracked arms than bats in Macon or Marlin this time to-morrow. That's why the pitchers went early, It is the plan of both McGraw and Dono- van to have these ancient twirlers’ arms convalescent by the time the batters arrtve for a tryout. That is| algo the reason for Wilbert Robinson { rushing his pitchers to Hot Springs | @ fortnight ahead of the rest of his championship gang. Both the New York clubs arrived at thetr training camps Ifst night, and the frat wallop at the ball is being taken to-day. The loud crash you heard around 10 o'clock this morning was in all likelthood the splintering of winter glass in the arm of one aries Munroe Tesreau. Had Ray Caldwell shown up Macon there would have been an- ether rumble, but that chance looks as slim right now as Caldwell him- self, The eccentric pitcher on whom | so much Yank success depends did) not report to headquarters Saturday, | ag ordered, and the club officials have | no idea as to his whereabouts, It was | not necessary for him to send in a contruct, a8 he ts already signed ut for another vegr at $8,000 for the xea- son, He was simply ordered to report for duty dnd notified of the time of train departure, Harry Sparrow waited until the very last minute, In the hope that Ray would appear’ on | the scene, but there was nothing do- ing, There fe still a lingering hope that the one-time telegrapher will |approach Macon from an unexpected | quarter, but it is very faint. Col, Ruppert, unaccustomed to such slack business methods as players of the Caldwell type display, 1s very much put out. Ho says, though, that | he will make no further attempts to! Showing Up at um Macon Cam eet Caldwell in line. “Our team ts well fortified against his absence,” he sald, “and while we could use him to advantage, perhaps, we will not permit our club to be made the plaything of any athlete, Moreo we have no intention of trading Caldwell to some other club, 44 was suggested some time ago, He will elther Jive up to his contract and play ball for us or he won't play aseball at all, We can do without Caldwell better than he can get along | without us, and ff it ts his desire to make his bed that way he will have to He in It. He begged me for an- other chance, and when I gave It to him he promised that he would never stray from the fold again. That 1s ull I know about him, and I ghink it Is In the mean time word comes from the various camps of great prepara- tions for the milltary training of the players. ‘The Dodgérs have gone to it hook, ne and sinker. They are more fortunate than the others, as the Brooklyn camp 1s right near the Army and Navy Hospital, where there are several officers anxtous tq impart learning to the athlotes, The people of Hot Springs have joined in the military idea and are ‘co-oper- ating with Owner Hbbets in his plans. Capt. Huston of the Yanks {8 al Macon getting things ready, Hoe 1 the originator of the military Idea and feels that it Is incumbent on him to make the best showing of any of the teams, Just what the Gtants will be able to do about drilling is not known, as the training grounds are so far away from a military post and 1s lacking in men of military experience. They ofight get help from Fort Sam Hous- ton at San Antonio, and McGraw is jon that tack now. A real happy man, left behind tn New York, ts Joe Wood, the one time crack pitcher of the Boston Red Sox. On urday he signed a ‘contract with the Cleveland Club and Is get- ting ready to loave for Hot Springs. Joe did not pitch last season on ac count of a bad arm. This ts entirely well again and he thinks he will be able to deliver. In fact, Joe would not agree to terms until he had as- sured himself that his arm was all right. It 1s sald that Cleveland paid Boston $15,000 for Wood, but ethe check was not exhibited along Broad- way, With Wood tn shape, though, the Cleveland team would have a real chance for the flag. RK ‘RULING TO. AT AGN CAMP |Reported That Slim Caldwell Is Now on Firing Line With French Army. MACON, Ga, Feb, 24—The ad- vance guard of the Yankees has ar- rived here to train, The squad in- cludes Bill Donovan, Capt. Huston, Fritz Maisel, George Mogridge, the left-hander; Allen Russell, Alex, Fer- guson, the recruit seml-pro pitcher from Bloomfleld, N. J.; Bob McGraw, the pitcher from Colorado University, and the two scouts, Joe Kelly and “Duke” Farrell, fell from grace in St. Louis last sea- son, 1s still missing. He was notified to leave New York on Saturday with Mogridge and Ferguson, but he failed friends informed Donovan just before leaving New York that Caldwell had enlisted in the French army several line “somewhere in France.” Donovan, however, $9 not worrying about the eccentric’ pitcher, as there will be plenty of good pitching material to develop at Macon. McGraw, no re- lation of our John J., who greeted Don- ovan at Washington, has ali the ear- marks of @ big league player, and if size counts for anything, the Colorado youngster !s certain to stick in the big show Maisel safd to-day that his throw- ing has not been afiected by the accl- dent which befell him at the Polo Grounds last season. “I expect to have @ ggeat year,” said Fritz, “and I o1 wish Donovan plays me at second bas A non-commi: officer 18 expect - ed to arrive a on any day this Ban Johnson has heartily agreed mpensate any United States of ers. who will drill the America ague players at the various tr camps. ‘The members of the Y il start drilling to-day, as will newspaper men who are making trip with the club. The second detachment of the Yan- kees will reach Macon on next Monda Until then the bushers will have th spotlight all to themselves. Tigers and Blue Tied for Lead in Basketball Race Princeton fought {ts way once more to the topmost rung in the intercollegiate basketball league race last week and is now bracketed with Yale in a tie for the lead in the championship struggle. Princeton accomplished this by defeat- ing Columbia while Yale was tdle and had no opportunity to save its position, ‘The standings follow INDIVIDUAL SCORING, Field Goals, Foul Total the the Neme, Pos, Games,Own. Opp. Goals, P Orwer, Cornall, f.. iy 49 Siawon. Dartamorith, f, w 4 7 tensed Cotaa i, 1 ie Kinney, Yale, f... 5 28 oa MoNiotiol, Penn,’ 18 be BM aa Penna a 5% & os feos | ia i rineaton, ¢. 2 Columbia a. a a Yair. f . oy “ Saini, ie ragerntee it HY ; 17 - ee oF { 4 {aes : Pennwyivania, . Dartmouth. \| Signs Contract, Will Leave for Camp Friday Davy Robertson, the crack outflelder of the Giants, who has been holding out for more money, has signed a contract. Davy is now on his |) way home. He has some business training camp at Marlin, but he to attend to before he leaves for the || Promised Secretary Foster that he would start no later than Friday morning for the battlefield. Manager McGraw has been worrted about Robertson's failure to get in line, and |) as soon as his signature was affix himself. ed to a contract he left for Marlin |! Robertson has been granted a raise, So far five big events for both women and men have been arranged for the Shawanee Country Club links this eea- These events range in tmportance from an invitation tournament to @ ne tion championship, As i fe to » that they will have to wend way in October, when thetr its begin to turn to the national to it fs fitting that the first ton the schedule at this resort ts {invitation tournament for women, feh will run for four days beginning 13 son, Shawn their though han an annual tournament, which will fer on the winner the honor of hold- ing the Buckwood Trophy, 1s to be de- led from July 19 to 21, and another event for men will be held Oct. 18, 19 and 20, This latter ts the eutumn in- | vitation meeting, The pi sionals will gather at Shaw- neo for annual open tournament Aug. 8 and 9% Pormerly this event was known at the Eastern open champlon- | Nip but with the demise of the Eastern Profe 1 Golf Assoctation this utle ap itting the hg that the winner fs entitled to hold |that emblem for one year. The complete Shawnee schedule so far arranged 4s as followa: June 13, 14, 16 ra to have passed. A more for the open event would ly 19, 20 and 22, men's tournament for e Buckwood Trophy; Aug, 8 and pen Jonal taurnament for profes > Shi Oct. mptonship; Oct, 18 19, 20. imen's autumn fovitation tournament, wh mal Shawnee Shield tournament, soe- | women's invitation tournament; | INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26,—The Au- dubon Country Club of Loutaville, Ky was awarded the third annual tourna- ment of the Central Golf Association at the annual meeting here. Dr B.D. Choate of Louisville was elected Preat- dent, Thomas Craighead of Cincin: Vice’ President and Sam McDonald Louisville Secretary Treasurer, Board of Directors includes Dra, C1 and McDonald of tacky, W Diddel and Abe Varry for Indian George Huft and W. H. Hurst for Illl nots, ‘Thomas Craighead and Frank Griffith for Ohio, agd 1H Rack)am and A. B. Cauldwell for Michigan, The date a for the tournament wae the} week of July 9 | = IRISH PATSY CLINE GIVES PHIL BLOOM A BAD BEATING. Irish Patsy Cline of Harlem was at hia best Saturday night at the Cler mont Rink and guve Phil Bloom a bad| | beating in a ten-round bout Bloom jonly went the distance because he held on for dear life whenever he was in} danger, Cline displayed remarkabl: cleverness and aggressiveness, Cli defeated Bloom by @ greater margin than did Benny Leonard recently. At the Broadway Sporting Club Harry | Pierce of Brooklyn outpointed Jimm: | Anderson of Indianapolis in a rather |slow ten-round bout. Pierce weighed |135 pounds, while bis opponent scaled five pounds more, At the Fairmont A.C. Bob Dever knocked out Larry Williams of Phila deiphia in the fifth round, The Quaker! took the count of nine, and when he 1 to 6, women's! rose he recelved @ terrible ight ta the body, and ed out. sank again and was count- News of Sports Told in Shorts In a contest that was no contest the newspaper team was easy pick- ings for the New York Athletic Club. Minus thelr hypodermics the visitors were fish for the home boys. Baer and Roth were particularly dumb, falling ke @ ton of brick before Hanley and Hussey. Ripley man- aged to string out his beating from Warwick for three games. The poor condition of the newspaper bunch necessitated postponing the doubles ~ [until Wednesday afternoon, which | saved the spectators from taking a lot more puntshment, Controlling the freedom of the press, the defeated team has enough Influence to keep the scores out of the papers, Victor Voteretsas of the Morningside A. C, made a runaway race of the try- out for the Milrose A, A, champion- ship interleague run in the Harlem Athletic League d race, Voter- tsas, who joined the Mornings team early {n the season after tran: ferring from the Greek American A. C., Jumped into the leAd at the gun and was never headed, covering the five and one-half mile course In 27 minutes 18 seconds. Arrangements will be completed. to- dey for the departure of players. still In the East who are to represent this sec- on in the team matches with the West t Los Angeles on March 9. Fr Alexander and ‘Theodore R, P. > York and Conrad B, Doyle of Washing: ton are expected to Join forces to. start for the Coast within a day or two, George M. Chureh and H ‘Throckmorton | will stop off for this match on their | way home from the Orient. Bernon. 8. Pre has been in Californta for Miss Molla Bjurstedt, o mplon, {s going with the Fasten team and ‘will play @ series of d robin mateyes in which she will Miss Mary Browne, Mra, Bundy Florence utton, It is ex- ted also that she take part in » mixed double teaming with ieorge M. Chureh. ‘These will prob: ably be played March 7 and 8, A. Kupehtk, hattan C champ! of the ation con! tan P and form masters’ tourname! Chess Assoc of which were Manhat Club on th w Y State ho final founds ted in the rooms of the hest Club. Runners of the St. Joseph's Young Men's ation captured the first seven places in the Kly race of the Catholic Young Men's Archdiocesan Union held from the #t Jerome Club, Jimmy | Fitzpatrick was the finish line in 23.00, and second, tn 22.46. Then William Crippe and in Core: came Sam Cleary. The New York Football Club defeated the Scottish-American soccer team in the third round of the U.S. F. A. cup tles at Clark's Field, score of 6 to 4. Rivals for the champlonship of the Metropolitan League, the Fulton-Cam- | crons and the Visitation F. C. ele | Brooklyn, met in the first round | Metropolitan Cup at Woodside Jan? after the keenest sort of the Fulton-Camerons won by a of 1 goal to 0. F. A. Baker carried off the hong! gt the fraps of the @New Roch: Yacht Club, for after — def five others In‘ the shoot-off for th Slim Ray Caldwell, the pitcher who th months ago and was now on the firing | pas. | the van | Newark, by a} PUTTING "EM OVER With ‘‘Bugs’’ Baer. by come Yul AE HEN drink is abolished in the United States the Ath- letics won't have any place to drive the fans to. On January First, 1918, the New York fight game will take a tranchise In the Federal League Afier lamping @ wrest that it, could be worse double header, mt th realiee Tf might’ have boom 8 The cost of high vin, an the high cost of livin, YEA BO, fe higher Only trouble with a rookie eating to report, His whereabouts is a mys-|hie first meal in the big league is tery, and even his wife does not know|that he mi where he can be found. One of Siim’s| floor. # the sawdust on the Begins to look as if Clark Grit- th's 1917 attendance depends en- {rely on how many complimentary 8 Clark gives out. Up to date there haven't been any food riots In Palm Beach, WHAT 18 A FOOD RioTY ber trike up banebal m the kid b bade a be Why, hash {8 a food riot. YOU SAID IT. Senkum Yoakum won a fight last week, proving that everybody. is Mable to suffer from a reversal of form. Stenting that $12,500 Alexander contract wasn't a bit of nourish- ment for President Baker of the Phils. It's a tough Job chasing Les Darcy into a ring, but the records fall te show anybody who ever chased him out of one, Cincinnati Reds will go South, too, but why train to lose? Ain't neces- sary. If military training ts the vogue for ballplayers, gu the Athletics should go into the submarine de- partment, THE MAN WHO ABNIOA‘ DOBSN'T THINK MUCH OF DO! 5 St. Looey fans oheered when’ the Browns left town, These St, Locey fans are @ cynteal bungh. alee Hans Wagner Hasn't Signed Yet, PITTSBURGH, Feb. 26.—Five mem- bers of the Pittsburgh National League Rasoball Club have failed so far to salen thetr 1917 contracts, according to an an- ment made by President Barney Dreyfuss. Among them are Honus Waz- ner, the veteran shortstop, end Mex Carey, star outfelder, ‘The other ple ers who have fafled to stg contracts fre Douglas Baird, third baseman, wt fasn, Fischer and Walter Behm atchers, nour ROLLER SKATING HiGRAND CENTRAL PALACE ington Ave, Use 46th St, Ea % or devoted entirely INCLUDING 8) .’ ADMISSION tne! 25¢ akantom aseball Score Boards The Automatic Score Board Co. will accept a few more subscribers for season of 1917, ADDRESS 220 Ww. 49 BT, PTLONE BRYANT TTT, ST. NICHOLAS ICE RINK i N: Wed. Eve. Ena Chamnlonshta | ektabySe, | THU M’S ReNiNASP Ru ET SPORTING. Huon tise eh 0, 025 EB. 12d,—¥ou P Nu yous yin BS JackChurtney Yor |Home ‘Trophy, which he captur proved high seratch man with a lacore of $5, winning as well the bird" scratch prize. lt SPORTING OL) arkey, Adm, Bie, Remnant Sale Goes On | We sold many $25, $35 and $50 suits last week. Many 314 yard ends were left. 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