The evening world. Newspaper, March 28, 1917, Page 14

it THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, MAROH 28, 1917 _BEST SPORTING IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING oo * Davis Anti-Boxing Bill Comes Up for Final Passage Fri- day. Corrie, it Yoel ehaina Wenn NLESS quite a number of As-| semblymen who. voted the Davis anti-boxing bill along to ‘The final passage stage have a change ef heart meanwhile, the much m Ngned Frawley law is doomed, The Davis measure comes up in the Lower House Friday next, where the same kind of a vote as that on its advance- Ment yesterday)will send it flying through the Assembly, Eighty-five Voted to have the bill advanced to/| passage and only forty-eight @bjected, all of which seems a shame. At this time, when the country is full of war talk, fighting, even though it be a rough sport, should be encouraged if for no other reason than because of the xpirit it engen- ders. This spirit—COURAGE AND GAMENESS—never needed develop- ment more than it does now, when the war departments of our Govern- ment are gathering recruits for army @nd navy service, Making fighting Megal te untimely to say the least. One of the greatest supporters of the fighting or boxing game, just as You like, is Admiral Sigsbee of our Bavy. He has been at the ringside @t many of the Important bouts. He has approved of the sport on hig fleet, QUE Boys ReronTep WONOwR FULLY FIT IN Thor SONNY SOUTHLAND... +06 wherever stationed, for he believed it made better sailors of his men, HEN the anti-racing legisla- tion started in 1910, it was made a big moraf issue and @s such merited the support of news- Papers throughout the State, With boxing, conditions are vastly difter- ent. There ie no moral issue involved @nd accordingly there is no public @emand for the repeal of the law. Instead, newspapers are generally against the killing of the sport which furnishes entertainment for thou- @ands weekly. its popularity ts Plainly shown by the money the pub- Ne pays to see tt. No other form of itertainment is so liberally patron- ized. Gov. Whitman says he has the sup- of tue people of the State in his demands that the boxing law be wiped off the statute books, Maybe 2 has, but it doesn’t seem so, judg- by the number of letters 1 have Feceived commending our stand Qgainst the Frawley mengure's repeal I have not seen a single letter from Qn onponent of the Frawley statute While there is life, there is hope, hewever, Gov. Whitman has con- Bented to meet a delegation at Albany to-morrow and listen to Its arguments for a continuance of the sport under @ome conditions, The Governor has 8 appeared reasonable to me. iybe he can be shown that the good 01d glove game isn't as bad as he ha: been led to believe, . ENNY LEONARD ts wrapped up in quilts at home trying to ward off an attack of grip with which he !s threatened, and his mix-up with Freddy Welsh has been set back until April 4. The doctor attending Leon- @rd doesn't regard Benny's case as Just Postponing the Welsh bout cost Leon- @rd another bout in Columbus. He Was scheduled to meet Phil Bloom there on April 5. Manager Gibson, of Course, cancelled the engagement. While Leonard is recuperating and | Welsh is putting in a week's extra training, there will be pugilistic do- fings of some importance in Brooklyn Over at the Clermont Rink to-morrow Bight Charley White of Chicago will| try to strengthen his claim to another erack at the lightweight title by left hooking Frankie Callahan on vulner- able spots, This same Callahan is a tough bird. He recently made Benny Leonard step his niftiest to “shade” Bim. He seems just the man to make White show his best to get by. ANADA, early in the war, sent | 1 to the trenches a xportemen's| division, It was formed en- | tirely of athletes. Many were over @ix feet, fine, stalwart fellows who made their mark in sports. With the| world battle creepli. over our own | borders, there's the inspiring spec- | tacle of the sporting world ready and r to do its share MAKE WACO Loot Line - ' aha: Come Home - Lite THis ! College, Track and Field Sports Will End As Wil Golf and Tennis in Caae of War If Congress declares war when it meets next week, it will mean the Rowing, track and field events, golf and on the shelf if this country end of all college athletics, tennis are the sports that will be officially goes to war. Practically all of the big universities have already Announced their Intention of abandoning all forma of sport if Congross decides that the United States shall war on Germany. The smaller col- leges are expected to follow suit President Pilkington of ‘he National Association of Amateur Oars men, who was one of the youngest soldiers in the Civil War, sald to-day “lf war is declared, it will mean that the national championship regatta at Lynn will be cancelled. first clase soldier, and many of them have already proved it. ranks were hard hit by the mobilization of the National Guard for border The list of killed and wounded abroad contains the names of scores who were prominent in English and Canadian rowing events. America can rely on her oarsmen.” Every oarsman ought to maki The rowing Fistic News som¥oaox and Gossip The attack of grippe responsible for Leonard's manager, son, asking Freddy postponed Serious, but a cold is a cold and ts|the cancell Ukely to get worse as better. | witth Bloom, next Maturday wight, Both boute will be fer the Joint tour may or may not be played, | were beaten in Ne the American fighter who ts) ¢, Australia and who has repeal! wounced his retirewrwot from the ring, bas evi deutly beew bard bit by the “ponies out there, bas jit reached hew in a let Ur ih wae frieud that be intends to try hie band at the | hao ‘been? matched to. meet| American Assoc the Australia micddlewe; tly an ) April 4 has also led to ten-round pout uled to be fought at to aly Youngstown, vance sale of tickets for the Welsh vs. originally set for to-night Amounts to more than $8,000 ine L motar Thwninick ‘Tortorich of the ‘ ° ° tournament for the Poggenburg Memo- vat New Orca tat tat ders! PRELUDE Nim thr cuo. avoir tea oft iu tho matinec will vot take on Dillon, wok up with Mike ( round bout on May 4 for the middleweight cham iy that tho] WACO, Tex, March 28.— The], playing 1 t 4 mor than] Glants came perilously near to hav- | 40 points to #7. Close balk Line wow om in a twenty At fighter, whom ten-roved bout at the Myookiyn ont mated will be clinched, for ( jous to go agaluat the Aus Boxing evens to On Priday at the New Polo A ton at Bridgeport ‘ “fuot voratug | ChAMpions of the Texas League, AJ Julian Hive, tho Columbia boy, experi- and in| Binth-inning finish, alded and abetted | ence » decision 9 between cham welgut of (be Bronx 1 star pumber Paul Doyle ted a crowd of figh he groans receipts, » made hie end 61.2 Light from 0 wererw attack | wy! Bagley Jobony Dundee pulled down anuther wi is recorering rapid! Dooley at Providence April 19, and bla oe: with Artie Ro ing the guarauiee bis me Mootty Montieth, | he sporting instinct and the spirit of adyenture which {s such a strong trait of Americans may ifests itself tn the applications for service, If there Must be trouble, the sportsman wants to be in the thick of }!. That's why he desires to enter the aviation ser- vice. signified his intention of joining the tion corps, These daredevils, Playing with fate every time they @ompete in a race, refuse to believe Wat steering an roplane is any More dangerous than driving a high power machine in a long race Colles Students will leave for Florida to earn aviation in one of the Govern- the Miltary A. heater on Monday night the erent of Leo Johnson beating Patay Marien Sporting Club on Manager of the cleme| fay of the east aide, This wai faye he inteuds to seek « match with Beuny Leonard, ; 1 Pride: Nearly ever, automobile racer has! og im better form wow than le hee bow fa @ long time, Joe Laneh, the west side dantamwoight, who under the management Abe Atlee, former will handle Joe Bonds, champion, | % one here. anked Abe consented to irepare Reinles’s bearyweight for the latter's tout | tactl Which ia woheduled to take ous Week from Bat for twelve rounds athletes have also displayed | might Gecided fondness for aerial fighting. | ™ ithin a few days twenty-five Yale | Sess Oly iB Bvour o fore bout with Johnny Leopold 0 viace at Clerumnt the durable Dave ment echools, Harvard, Princeton ‘and Cornell are also raising aviation 8. th wolf and tennis are supplying e of recruits for any kind ‘war service, with aviation having | it call. Ted Meredith and Lon Lip- | ut were the firat track athletes | announce their willingness to be- aky fighters. Surely there's no finer war material | We reteree | the Charley White Frautie Callahan bout to-morrow night | to-day bout of te rounds at » Arrangm the we Jaffe was bangin the grit, stamina and strength Water tm sport competitions, | Bimier of Boraaion, U., 4 tue clube show om PAGE IN NEW YORK — Copyright, 1917, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) “Wit For ? This ONt'S Gow’ OvEeR THE STATE UNE. the sponge industry in India should interest the preliminary fighters. An umpire can be roasted all summer and still be raw. STANLEY YOAKUM DOESN'T FIGHT 8O MUCH AS HB I8 FOUGHT. ‘Takes a keen lamp to tell a rookie from a regular on rainy days. Connie Mack will again gire Philly fans the same old team, It's an awful thing to be stung by & bee that stutters, Fans Just Beginning ok Sen tad* Soe 8 he To Appreciate McGraw ’s |,» 10% 0% vane. no wreasng Shrewdness in Trading\"*’’’” — Announcement From Chicago That Doyle Won't Be Able to Play for Cubs for Two Months Convinces Fans That Giants’ Man- je one of ager Made Wise Move Last Summer in Getting Rid of Larry, |'°" "°°" Merkle and Matty, Who Were Slipping, an Securing Herzog,| *S''*- Zimmerman and McCarthy, Either of Whom Would Bring $20,000 Now. By Bozeman Bulger. the announcement from) !4% three regulars, each of whom 1s the faculty objects. Larry|® star. On the profit side of the Doyle may be unable to play hi ball for at least two months, fans are| Merman and McCarthy, elther of/foy the summer. to appreciate Me-| bom would bring $20,000 in the mar- Graw'a shrewdness in the three big | et of big league favorites. YEA BO. trades he made last summer. In the place of Doyle, Merkle and | Doyle Is sincerely lamented by every) many Schaefer says he made the Mathewson, who were beginning :o| > Yanks to Quit | Training Camp | For Good To-Day DUBLIN, Ga, March 28. The | Yanks and the Braves again failed to_ play, this time on account of the wretched condition of the local ball grounds, Although the sun was shining when the teams reached here under the es- cort of Harry Sparrow of the Yankees and Walter Hapgood of the Braves, the continuous downpour of the last forty-elght hours had swallowed up the diamond in several feet of water calculations, Until he arrived on Philadelphia and John G. Anderson rung of the ladder, each with a 83; Frank R, Blossom, Exmoor, Those who scored for Robert T. Jones Adatr, Druid Hiils, 87. After conferring with Sparrow and Hapgood, the members of the Board such conditions, A tentative arrange- phe gt ment was made for the two teams to Vinit here next year. ‘The two teams left here late tn the afternoon for Macon. They will leave the championship serie Macon for good to-day, entraining for) ag Rete ae where the Tiree aime of |sitl® won the first game at Boston, but Niche and the Boston Girls’ Hockey Club will meet Saturday night at the St. Nicholas Roger Bremallany part owner and|2sht 07 score of 1 to 0. Last Gatur- ljoger Bresnahan, oy 4 i eereant tis is manager of the Toledo Club, has auc-|J4¥ night's kame between the girl jed in securing another young play | teams proved that this from the Yankees. Hoger purchased |b@ monopolized vy the men, and was s yerett Bankston, the young outfielder ad by the followers S ured from the Richmond Club leat|Well liked by tho followers of hockey ar under optional agreement, Banke- | ‘hat the rink manugemegt has been busy led at the end of the/answerluy queries as to whether or ni: jon season the final game would be played in No session at Maurice Daly's Academy by hief feature of Klinge: erform ing their triumphant march throug | oe oot eee oe ean: ch Texas brought to an abrupt ending | defeated Charles J. by the final sco of 250 points to ss 4 an of day when refused to work, Ho « Graw's men to count a 8 to 2 victory, by the Texans, enabled Me-| points to 86 e evening games were poorly play the Detroit Tigers. If Congress declares war all athletics > at Columbia University, with the excep- vam sie soe |WILLIAMS AND VOLGAR IThle ahnouncement was made by flares m Young Moaper at ube Mo radu of WIN AT PIONEER CLUB, (ti Swing’ A'tnceting of the members At the Pioneer withdr Williams, former bantamweight cham: | 5¢ the pion, had @ cinch defeating Jimmy Mur- | ing. their| thin’ meeting. As in their previous bat-| BC ‘ON, Mass, March 28. -—~T! tles Williams tried his hardest to put| Pittsburgh A. A. the game Murray away, but he fulled| (t ios here from the Arena Hockey to even drop him to the floor, It waa | Club by @ score of $ to 2. ided battle, In the semi-final ~ Benny Volgar, the clever bantam, won The Young Men's Hebrew Association on a foul from Young Rosner, ‘The lat-|announces that permission has bee ter WAS repeatedly warned clared. Capt R. R. O' Lough: araty elwht preatded at the me Haley disqualified him. | Armory on Saturday night, as Refer for the Y. M. HA, militiamen, It will , PINEHURST, N, C., March 28.—Miss the HOT SPRINGS, ARK, Blaine Rosent the medalist, defeated Firat Race~Josfina, Zarate, Slater | Mrs. Ronald H. Barlow, Philadelphia, | Buele, Black Beauly the present champion, in the first round Becond Race —- Stilly Night, Sou of the North and South golf champion p tournament he score Was 2 the vietor being aided by two de mies and two partial ones. venir, Lady Mildred Third Race—Sir Richar Dahlia Fourth Race--Rhymer, Nepotisw Alert Woodly MPHIS, Tenn. Maren o&-Mem- Fifth Race Pan Mareta, Hanovia started’ off Well in the game ng Wisemae . innats Reds by pounding Ss Siath Race--Milton Roblee, Pi ? fi en hits and five runs in 7 Bleu, Perlar the five innings he pitched, but Ring. Veteran Golfer George Adair Upsets All Calculations in Atlanta Tourney ATLANTA, March 28,—In the qualifying round of the Druid Hills invitation tournament George Adair, one of Atlanta's veteran xolfers and @ remarkably good putter, came in with an 81 and upset all the the scene Norman » sharing the top re of 83 to his credit. A team mateh between the North and South lent conslidoraly terest to the qualifying round, the North winning by 38%, ‘The golfers who made up the North’ were Norman H, Maxweil, Aronimink, 85 e South were Atlanta A. C., 85 John G, Ande on, Slwanoy, by, Audubon, 85; and mud | * in the third and deciding game of The Boston of the featherweight and metropolitan uick falls marked’ the preiiminaries|Chine, while the clubs who thought t 9 Welterwelgnt| they had outtraded him are still floun- | He defeated by @ acant couple o mplonships | dering around in uncertainty, Maybe |feet Ted Cann of tho New York nf novice tournament held in con-| that 18 Why Mr n with the title series at th te Club Inst night. ontested thirteen failed to la limit of ten minutes, the majority of five minutes, «kest full of the night wa Jo of the Kaleva Ath pinned C, Beck to the m York after a hard t is not to 1 York, On the toas to decide whether the | 2 game would go to Boston or New York! tant Regulars [tesco sists iste on Win at Waco b Vrancis F. Appleby and Jacob Klinger y were the stars in (he continuation of the secretary- * ‘Athletic| NOW Capt. Huston and Bil Dono-| the has| big Jackpot at Macon on account of annual|@ storm, rain set in at Dublin, Ga., convention of the uniou on the revi-| Youlerday and knocked Braves and sion of the scoring tables for the all round champiooship in one event, the Jefvating Charles P, Matthews of Class treasurer of points, by (he score of the Amateur the committee which been working since the las: ropean champion einbugicr of the ot Hartem| here on encountering the Waco|Cl##s ©. division, playing 115 points, in draw shots | as beaten by | mising| very strongly by pitifully wild pitch-| wide margin by Irving I, Lewine at 110 | 880-yard Ne most Interesting of |: haunmer throw which latter day com been decided was that pens Wie one in which Clyde B, | where a 2 to 0 defeat stared them in| jerry, the n Class B_champton, the fuc defeated George Spear, by } points to ts left early last night for} 150, George T. Moon’ jr. defeated Gus ‘titieas| The Dodgers now have all their{gr/J, Davison €, Samler 60, Bai Dallas, where they « wage in (heir third | Gardner, by 175 points to 88. A long work. | Joust of the season with the Dallas | cushion ‘« be with Mickey | Club, Dallas will be the base of action| mateh in which C, KR. Lewis defeated || Gom’ then on until they leave on the] Wiiiam Gershel, by 116 points to 105, iy Philadelphia] Mt of April 1 for Wichita Falls with : mi session resulted in the the present record O'Mara, He does not want O'Mara, |T Fepres|since Bunny Fabrique has made ails e adopted 4s around table In the running high Jump. standard of 6 feet 49 inches. advanced to 6 fee fifth of second has b standard for necond from old has been Since nee | spirit of the team, and for that rea- Pun, a|son alone Robbie ‘wants him on the| | job. ronkiyn=-White, 100,” Doran standard of 10 3-6 weconds, and 6 1-6 Ss 90. Hagan 83, Gates 75. Baler 108, Total 468 un! Christy Mathewson writes that he High TRAM ‘This new table has been submitted to| bas picked up quite @ ball player in) White Bleuhant, New York City, 689, the Board of Governors for the varsity crew squad, who decided to the 100-yard, tun, porting Club Kid| Withdraw from the sport if hostilities | the old one-mile ‘ap: | Davy Shean. ‘on the first game of based, when first pre- that the world's best | championship w for hitting | obtained to hold the games of the asso for which 1,000 points would | Should be of enormous help to the ow, bu Clation in the Seventy-first Regiment (aclice Referee’ Hley dieaualtie she. | Senor ch Since that time no changes have been made in the tables hed- a viled, There will be @ special race RACING SELECTIONS. we aN Untam e is generally performance pertors table adopted for events included in the up, relieved Germer, pul stop to the LIL’ PEPPER. of it. boring or baseball te staged at the War may ruin rowin price of oars is one thing the public can afford not to worry about, Manager MoGraw's $50,000 a year is one of the biggest purses ever + | When Johnny Kilbane tags ‘em on |the jaw, they leave quicker than @ | mushroom arrives, | | Harvard athletes have announced ‘thetr willingness to fight for Amer- | show signs of backward slipping, h@ jo, and the country is saved unless ; m ve, Zim-|.. With the exception of four post- ledger the Giants have Herzog, Zim-) 404 ‘the Brooklyn infield is settled The misfortune that has come to! oO, nis first wallop at golf, Ger- ayer on the New York club, but/first hole in one. Week. | they can not help being reminded of how lucky McGraw was to get Her-| ,, ising on his lst tow puree, Joe Kives wilt tog in his place at second, There ——— was nover a more popular ball player| The Jockey who tries to ride a than Larry Doyle, and he is easily |}@quare race on & circular track a@l- ways loses. the personal favorite in both leagues. Larry had trouble with his leg after} In court, the reckless chauffeur ts ‘ 4 y-fitty proposl- Joining the Cubs last season, but|senerally given a tif |when he reported at Pasadena this| 2 bY the Judge, Dollars or days, | spring he announced that he was| No serious objections to a twelve- thoroughly fit to get in action. After|club league will emanate trom Cin- a fow games, though, the log bothered | cinnatl, When you are In the caboose him again, and now'a bone specialist |!t doesn’t make any difference how informs Larry that If he expects to|long the train ts. be permanent trouble he must hig > not play baseball for at iaast. tve months, Tt is to be hoped that the New World 8 doctor is one of those pessimists wio ‘4 ‘a exaggerate the extent of an Injury. M k ier Merk, “wee was excuungea | SUDUMUMIULG Mar: for Catcher McCarthy, is now a sub- stitute on the brooklyn club, whi Ts Set by Ross McCarthy promises to be the star catcher of the year. He Js easily the best hitting backstop in the cir- ri cult, having led the league a year| World's recordn in sports are etill for many months. |being smashed, At the New York A. C. th ‘bai ‘suie tat wivoata eee ( News of Sports Told in Shorts ) mvrtiias ste, wit uthdes'et| cane tom te Oiynite Cub of Ban the ball clubs that tt would be use- S Told Sh jmore than Matty, but he does not | 4, the Olympic Club of Ban io oe ue to ale as bane eee t i t regard the departure of Hunter and | Sant from the Olympic Clu | Rousch as a distinct loss, as he had| Francisco, won the 220-yard national las Giris’ Hockey Club| local team's run-making and Cinein-| no especial uso for them at thai Uime,|swiinming champtonshtp, setting 4 nati took the lead and won by a score| ay result of these three big trades'new mark of 2 minutes 221-6 sec- aw has formed @ wonderful ma-|onds for a seventy-five-foot pool. | McG) and by about twelve yards the latter's team mate, Joseph Wheatley, the only other starters, The fight between Ross end Cann will long be remembered by those Hempatead thought | A. it advisable to give his manager that} ‘ary (they still claim it Is $50,000) | for five year, Scored by| ‘There ts much joy tm the Giant! who were lucky enough to see tt It Club, wiio| camp, according to reparts, over the tin 45 seconds The All-Round Championship Tables Revised tc te tie ce lees cept the spectators on their toes trom fact that Slim Sallee ts in good shape} start to finish, Until the very end and ready for the big campaign, If! the issue was in doubt, Sallee Is in anyching like the form he} R ‘« time for the full Glstanoe, wats digplayed while with St. Louis, New| than the former record. of Bm, York should have no concern ‘about IA ig Ely feet ° We same pool, is not so fast as tchers, ‘Tesrean, Perritt, Benton| By own mark of 2m. a1 s-bs., net In NO~ i Schupp aro all fit, to say nothing| vember. In the 100-foot bath of the of Jim Middleton and Anderson, With |Olyinple Club and now awaiting ofMetal gnition, little lor on left-banders, The} Yanks co! d use some of that surplus, Evening World’s van must feel sure that the Jinx 1s upon them again, After losing that | SCORES. Insurance Co, No, 1—Welep 37 lo ure Crafton 30; Pompuine $0 Yanks out of another slice of much | a needed spring dough, In othee words, |_| Mutual Life Jumurance Oo. No, nar 18 » Yanks, 80 far, have failed to get |Roverson OY, Stalb 62, Brennan, 63, Wrigl £y a single one of their exhibition| #, It means a net loss to them| 1% nething Hke $1,500, They havel pn anotuer chance at Dothan, Ala,, to- | Barry 10, 4 crmanis, Brookiya—-Banks 77, Tiedoman 61 iment Lake Th, Crane 0. total 428 iis" Keioho, No SC, Davagn 86, Young Kpittel 86. Mean tal io, 1—Rumbon 37, Cau Cremorne 00, Total 351 {1 "ital a4) 1893, |holdbacks in line, which means that|.,Wiliamsburg Bridge No. {-"Schepp @7. Walks % | Robbie has all of his old team in ac- | tuts: Marien XO 2 me fae tion excepting Mike Mowre and|a” Bivand 84, immer 93, PHluger af, 44 18, 1 Centeal No, 2. Brooklyn—Weber 10, Joe Bunt anriaue Jano 10, Jim Rogaino 2, Thomas 62, Buek . but Un ibert ts certainly |ingham 111" “Total 4 pining for old Mike. Casey Stengel’s Goto Of, Backer return is a source of real joy to the| yi Lindew te. otet Onee | Robins. Ho was the one aggressive Hegserty 110, HIGH INDIVIDUAL, 7 Bin i * Seuberger, Cedarhurst, 115, a mall vote which closes on| “At that,” says Big Six, "I never| SM. Neuberser, Coda ¥ Phe principle upon which the |count on minor league form until I FOB WINNERS, @ ait-around | yee it tried out under big league fire! Dentel P. elmer, Mutual Life Lneurance ¢ for at least two months. — Shean, |}: Pome Hie! ov A. of C108 should be taken ag the| though, looks like the goods and| ot Morrie SS Buck ie J. Rocker Morrie rk. n iagaory,” Grand ‘Central, 110; James White, Gertaala, 100; Po Bales, Ger mania, 108 | Reds in the coming race.” = on sti , although the "e- JIM COFFEY SCORES | TO-NIGHT'S SCHEDULE, tly improved as table now proposed takes the pras: the standard ANOTHER KNOCKOUT. in har- the below the who has come bt all-around com- | scored another easy victory in his first Peter Doelger Bre’ Company, 15 teama, ROLLER SKATING ‘8, GRAND CENTRAL PALACE ington Ave. Use 46th St, Entranep. i st Coffey, the Irish heavyweight ck with @ vengeance, bout at the Broadway Sporting Club when he stopped Terry Keller in three rounds last night, When these boxers jashed before It took the Roscommon lad nine rounds to finish Keller, Cof- had an easy time last night, ad inistering such a bad whipping’ that Keller's seconds threw the spong ghe ping to’ sare him from sar THUM’S Rota AD ‘eet he entire third (oor devoted et after eka Bod paiceae Oren APTERNOONS SS eyesttaa, ADMISSION ‘i