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{/ — ao “he was the chief offender from the _——_ Referees Are Too Dressy in the. Ring Nowadays. fratea Wort GHT referees wo © too fastidious nowada They go into the ring dressed immaculately and! let fighters do everything but bite rather than take a chance of being muased up by interfering, Bill Brown appeared Inside the ropes at the Man hattan A. C, Wednesday night dolled up like a dude. He sported carefully creased) white flannel trousers and «| freshly laundered silk shirt. All he needed to be properly attired for lawn fete was a blazer jacket. Bill} made little effort to split Morris and} Fulton apart when they were locked in clinches, for this might have spoiled his scenery. The result was that both the giants were allowed to violate nearly every rule with which the jate Marquis of Queensberry hoped to dignify the games of fisti- cutfs, | Bill might have carried a cane into) the ring with him. Then he could | rodded the big fighters at a ce to keep them within the pugilistic law. As it was Bill gave ts the impression that the didn’t care to} touch either with his hands. When the crimson fluid was spattering, Bill saw that none of it spotted his make- “up. id-time referees never gave their personal appearance a thought. They Jumped into the ring to work. They | Wore sweaters or athletic shirts and the oldest trousers in the wardrobe. Rarely did a fighter get away with anything like the foul stuff th marked the efforts of both Fulto: and Morris because of the referee's failure to be right up close to them, ECAUSE Fulton was fin:ily dis- qualified, it must not be under- stood that Morris was guiltless of rough tactics, As a matter of fact) start. He held on, punched and butted and got away with it, Aa’ early as the first round Brown had to warn him to keep his body punches up. Fulton had been roughed and cuffed to the brink of defeat before he finally cut loowe with jis foul blow. ‘This, however, was so deliberate, ap- parently intentional, and delivered so brazenly open that’ Brown could do nothing else but disqualify him. Mor- ris, however, might have been dis- quaiified earlier under a strict inter bretation of the rul will send his pugilistic stocks down and it Is all his own fault, He fought anything but a hi y battle and, In addition, was badly seconded, A one-eyed man in a corner might have noticed before the first round was half over what Morris's plan of action was, and devised some method of offsetting | The slightest bit of footwork would have carried Fulton away from his lumbering opponent's rushes, almost anY time. Instead of stepping around judiciously, Fulton, tried to stop Morris at yis own game. He not only ran into a snag in doing a0, but wasted his rplus energy trying tp hold off the pounds of Morris beef. He couldn't do that and Heht at the same time, hence hig set- back, ULTON'S showing undoubtedly, NNY LEONARD in now at At- Jantic City, ridding his system | of the effects of grip, which caused the eleventh-hour postpone ment of als bout with Freddy Welsh Billy Gibson took the popular littl Harlemite to the Jersey resort yest day, hoping that three or fou sun basking there will enable hi resume training for his contest w Richie Mitchell wt Milwaukee April 1 Gibson vived a letter from Pro. inoter Tom Andrews the other day containing the information that res ervations amounting to $20,000 have already heen nade for the bout, An drews figures the receipia will. b $45,000, Gibson hax reserved 100 ring- aide seats for a big party of N Yorkers who intend making the trip to the Western city, r enlist in HE fact that Jess Willard, the world’s heavyweight champion, has announc d his readiness to will undoubtedly inspire many other prominent boxers to immediately join the colors, ard wired President Wi) the army son will fight. W do you want me?” mediately after Willard's patr ttle offer became known tn Chicago ‘ept. F. BR. Kenney recruiting | mmander there, dictated a letter. to dig Jess, offering to ald him in db- taining a leutenaney seserve Corps of in the Otticers' | United States | dts on his way to Norfolk . to-day from Chicago, but tt is expected that he w informed of Capt, Kenney’s offer by wire, It is planned to detail Willard as a recruit ing offcer while a regiment of Chi cago athletes is being for the champion may be regiment for some re Later a THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1917, BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK “WE'LL HOLD THOSE BERLIN OLYMPICS OURSELVES, BY HECK!” Copyright, 1917, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World), Hundreds Welcome Opportunity Baseball and Athletics Leaders To Join N. ¥.’s Sporting Legion) ~— Ty Snorting Legion Enrolment Here are some of the ploneers among the hundreds anxious to answer the call of Uncle Sam and be enrolled in New York's Sporting i New York Sportsmen Show High Degree of Patriotism Re- Legion: William % Blake, G40 W, 167th St Arthur Baer, Michael 13 ¢ Murray, » PL, Brooklyn, . McLough! LEGION’S BLANK OF ENROLLMENT Brooklyn Central ¥. M. C, A. 0 Lincoln Road, Brooklyn | Sponding to Call of Uncle Sam ‘eae Yok Sporting Lota: be We Thirtyetitth St 1 cowmpun Ave | ~Young America Particularly Enrolled by The Evening World: . Thirty- + bee | . :, Jame CONN in Perry Morrell, | Anxious to Do Its Bit. I hereby enroll myself as a member of the Arthur ME. Cheater, Houle G. Murphy | W YORK sportsmen, with a New York Sporting Legion, subject to call avin, Nat Mitnick, — N high degree of patriottvm, for enlistment in the service of Uncle Sam. a3 br gathh St : ee ye ol are cheerfully responding to 114 W. 102d St 1 Columbus Ave. The Evening World's idea of formin Michael J. Walter J. Sodine, A cparilae legions Ghat Will be acts [Memes ecece WV RNGEIDN) os 105 EMG 005) ¢ 04 wos 01 Bronx ‘anden, N. im that wilt , ms 4 aula Ar Miakek, ject to any call Uncle Sam may make ea T Nan Pelt Bt, le 1. City 17 'Concord BL, Brooklyn for its services. Every line of sport MARRIED.............. SINGLE... B. Hinson, J ais Os: is represented in the accompanying Norman Finch, Osterhoudt, list of names of athletes who were NAME Saiscise 407 Audubon Ave. & W. 107th at, first to the mark with thelr enroll-, Arthur N, Fletcher Michael UConnor, | ment blanks ADDRESS ... rou teeeines Joseph O'Keefe, | ‘The appeal to Father Knick's ath- 1082 Becond Ave , 14s W. 1080 BE jletes to show their readiness to serve | Remarks; Martin K. Finkelstein, bt Oe >| en the nation resulted in a surprisingly nig ae Ae ae.” quick response from lady seventeen K Waite ane Tub Jeltareon at Brooklyn. and eighteen years of age. Young America is particularly anxious to do its bit, Even boys under sixteen have returned blanks with an urgent plea that they may be asked to do} some kind of service. Old Glory will! never be in serious danger while our embryo suldiers continue to show this spirit of devotion to Uncle Sam, | As vecruiting agents basebull and Michael Petrolack, g Twelfth St, Tin Quilty, 1664 Pacitic St, John Quinn, tollege Point, Kdward Ruege, terdam Ave 1K, 107th & Istadt, NJ. James Parrell, 78 Weedhull &t Julius Guterwill 330K, Sist Bt Lew Goldberg 14) Heweman Ave (Fill out above blank and mail to Sporting Legion Editor, Evening World, Pulitzer Building, 63 Park Row. Brooklyn, Brooklyn. ; *, Jog Grokman, 5 Wh St, athletics led ull other sborts accord: 2 3 3 ing to the first batch of blanks which Fist Ne G : ete Regan, Grrald M Gallage, Beat oe ine the Cees bated of blanks! ghlch| ic News and Gossi Lunt Guneaae arth, HAMA DIBh, favo pastime, ‘There 1s consid. | “tb? Hawthorne Bt. 15 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn. srenie rivaley icy yin sevens “ Jack Sharkey, the crack west aside bt to furntsh a rattling good Inidor Rand, other sports to lead in the enroliment, Tuouey will carry the battle to Cline, 116 State St, Brokiyn, Long distance running supplied an| "tm, displayed the best form he har bi award Bitachen, unusually large number of recruits, | Shown in any bout this season at tne AT Shubert, the Now ad bantam. , Slat St, Broo N All the early answers contain one nd lg Will not be alle to meet Frankie Bums of Jerse: $37 W. Twentieth St lat St, Brooklyn, N, ¥, eitatantian terion willlagness | ear Sporting Club bantamwelght) cy.) Wy ww, Hervury, Coun., on April 12 because (CPR actentyecira Bt 2080 Vyse Ave, Bronx, jof the recruits to tender their ger- | tUrnament last night, easily outpoint- ae weal which he reseived tu 8 (sd 1 Kiel Ohatlen Actas, Vices, Many frankly ‘admit they |ing Young Solsberg of Brooklyn in ten | mith, Dis Bolimors on Wedtead ote Nincty-eighth Bt. ‘Summitt st |haven’t had any previous military or}fast rounds, Sharkey took the lead fosting ig Sg : jnaval training or are not especially | from the start and the only time that | bert’s place, alice 9 19K, Forty: \fitted for any particular duty, but] pis t nition : see 7 heniaiale Gahet {they're anxious to learn and confi- opponent Kave him stiff opporition | sie xfoGoran annousce thet be has bara Joseph Lonergan oan Behar, dent of thelr ability to make good,| W@% 4‘ae the last half minute of the | appointed matchmaher of the Whip City A, PA Toth Bt. ib, Avenue Ge AS has astcit "|final round, Lefts to the head and of Wesel Yur his opmlog sant, April 19 ‘ ‘ » : ullus Sehiller, ered Ki rit. ves i | arranged a bout be ou q deptge 4 tenlgde 112 Sherman’ Ave, Bronx, This from Samuel Klein is char- | "hts to the body Bharkey’s fa-| Bi Bi asd"Yonny* Clinton tng vom aids lent Lag Mavet Scinmer acteristic of many letters that ac-|Vorite attack, In the second ten Mickey | welgit boxm Frankie Couitrey at We Barry la Brooklyn 300 Henry St’ companied the blanks Dunn of Harlem and Joe Stanley of | bairm C. to-morrow ii jchacd: Laeh William Story "You ask us to state what we | Philadelphia, who substituted for Young| |v wrong, Walter Mobr POT. Pitty-second Bt. 36 “, Brooklyn. | are best fitted for, As for me | | ttosner, fought a fast draw, while in the | of Stanley Yoakum of Sam Landort, Oacar Terzt, would like any sefvice, as long as | six-round special Benny McCoy, the| Ve nee aig K. Fifth Bt 248 Duffield St, Brooklyn. 1am serving. Old Glory. if Baltimore bantam, easily Sy ogee te James J. Leddy Jr H. A. Warrell you should ask me to choose, I | wiinped Buddy Faulkes, the clever col Me sewitt We, Providence, R. 1 083 Kighth' Ave would say a cavalry despatch | Shipped By leet Nathantel J. Yuaen, rider, jore Hats Ave, White Plains. 16 BH. Pith st Anthony Puleo, who wants to be} : 4 in the sporting legion, writes that| ugh Fret Fulton lost bis b e's taking up aviation down at] Car Merrie oa « fout on Mouday oust, Sheepshead Bay and soon expects to| ™ yak} for bis trouble, as he drew down | i} s aly pilot Anthony de- rip was hended 62,120, a snl bd ort Briefs Baseball Briefs clave ‘etl gladly’ offer his services i at ag tC |to uy tig te moany time his call 90,200, and the ti | Melvin W. Bheppard,a former Olym- |) WICHITA, Kan, April Th De-|""And this patriotic touch trom ‘Ben. | Hi ish tana wae an follows: | 186 Aran rie and national champion and record | ‘Toit Tigers succeeded a jamin Schor, who writes in part at 83, 4 ae 7 aud | ' hb of One Tun In retaining a “1 think your idea a sport- Re gee | holder, has been dropped as coach of | [US 10 Oe tne nines © game! ing legion is bully, The greatest Silent Martin, the deaf mute midhewelaht, | the athletic teams of the Millrose A+! with the Giants, and won the sixth os colors an athlete or sportsman | yay tank Catwne, the rugged Iallaa tanter, | A. with which he hus been connected | of the series by a score of 6 too. can show are those of his coun | scevied terme today to mee in « tou round Seat BWA try.” scklya, . for the last three years, No reason way Re Lack of space unfortunately for: an: ) xe A New Treatment Given Without the e dro: Sheppard NDIANAPO 6 4 the publication of other inspiring et Avril A ascribe mae ’ S caused the ca a ut Dat ea hidadnd AORCAe , “"" Consent or Knowledge of the Drinker ; er . ween hi who made apeed records ing their CLEVELAND. O.-—No wife has a right BOSTON, April oshus Crane, fc ite and Lie Brookl, y enrolment blanks in for the sporting | vl id becduse he drinks, mer national singles chainpion, der Livan | of Motown, who bas te | ass, raw nny agecteemiand. tt ty lfeated George W. Wightman in the voral wr ey Wl enopurage | a! clube for severa Y er fou a pring | nivd round at the national singles court) = NW ORLEANS. La. Ay wi their friends te oll in the legion, |4 by doha Weisnace 10 saaes Anes Tox as uo Fight 16 co wor |the Tennis and Racquet Club ot and “n 7 jat cach athlete bi own reeru ms Wo waste ainpathy wit twits Gould of New York Pittsburgit \ 4 nig agent so the on will re. | y ‘ | ill meet Jay Gould of ? ¥ the vercomn lea sult ina formidable division that will yeas | reser emp! 18 She Hees ie A be worthy of New York and her|™ oe to-morrow HORTON, Api je last of sportsmen \° members of the Worlu's cne nike ‘ont. ihe Sanaa : CAMBRIDGE, Mass. April #.-—George| Red Box who were dissatisfied w.ti tate your fay aport and "Gime aad rush Peroy of Arlington, crack forward of S4arehs? it Meas sits also mention after remarks whether ‘ at been mS the Harvard Univ hockey (tea, rigntfielder, signed acta xu have tad any military AVAL | maiciel t en nd boi 11m, Tie was res has been elected captain of mgat years) apolis, accorling » receved|training or @ specially fitted for! at the Broadwa w the aight | the urink of w arunkatd’s grave seven, here, lany particular service P ge font As (ue wen wil be ereuiy matcbed ing sigdas Who, after ten years’ lof Col- | pretty — YANKEES RETURN, BRINGING THER DRILL SERGEANT Not Only te Manager Manager Donovan’ 8) Team Prepared for Anything. That May Eventuate in a Mili- tary Way, but They Also Have a Team That Looks Like a Real American League Pen-; nant Contender. By Bozeman Bulger. ARLY indications are that an- other exhibition postponement hag busted right in the face Ruppert and Cap Huston, to say nothing of Uncle Wilbert and Wild Bill Donovan, Here the Yanks are in town, fresh |from: conquests and inquests in the| |Southiand, anxious to display their and with a storm warning staring them out of countenance, In addition to thjs calamity the papers are all piled up with war news and wares | military preparation, and for the mo- ment baseball is having a tough time hanging on to @ display paragraph by the akin of Its teeth, It is to be seen th coming pastimers, ‘The Yanks may get a chance to break loose to-mor row and shame the Dodgers with their knowledge of military drill as well as some new tricks concerning the manipulation of (he Weather man antee that. On account of a game bein ne & baseball; but won't even guar ng post- ed down Virginia, the eager hletes under Mr. Donovan were able to leave ahead of scheduled time, aud ag a result slipped into our town las night, aching for a chance to si around and tell us how !t all hap- pened. The early arrival afforded them little conversational nourish- ment, however, as nobody wanted to talk bi ball and kept looking out of | the window, toward Congress, To be sure and be ready for any- thing that might eventuate in. tie way of preparedness, the Yanks hav brought Sergt. Gibson, the regular army drill sergeant, along with then And maybe you think the “Barge | wasn't glad to come along! Donovan also brought with him Good ball club, and right this minute there are notions running around in Wild Will's head about pennants and such like. He honestly thinks he has a real chance. The rea- son he thinks so ts that his club {x equipped with a corking — pitching staff and his maulers are beginning to maul, From the way they have shown up during the passt w be rather difficult staff of twirl Fisher, oO find ‘8 than Caldwell, Shaw- Shocker, Russell and Monroe, Cullop is also a valuable man when right, but right now he is a sick athlete and may not step to the front for several weeks In the games against the Braves all of these pitchers displayed re markable form for the early spring Ola I rand Shawkey month or two to get of steam. That is also up a full head true of Caldwell, but our eccentric star showed up, fresh from Panama, ready to start a real campaign a month ago. The catching department and nfleld are so well fortified that D van consented to loan Aléxander and Joe Gedeon to the Braves to help out on the exhibition tour until ne Wednesday. In the mean time Fr Maisel is playing second base, and ying it well, Evidently Donovan | ends to use him there as a rezular ny rate, he will not withdraw until the boy has had a real under big league fire. Walter hed ue in | Rely res three victories players say. th is hitting even harder than year, when he led the lea runs, Pipp's bat was sible for two of the from the Braves. The Yanks were sine pointed at not having ely disa chance ; he remaining game with the | \"if ark — Winkler 91, Ween 100, W Bay omnia they wanted to break even | tus Ul, by Jooes 108, G, Morton iid, "Teta on the series. Aw it turned out, the | 44 BL eae Toston gang won four pastimes to Gnu Sin ee Naw Toews vires BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 6.—Wi : PLR ey SO Schaeffer of New York won seven of Htve", Bientens $0.6 * the ten rounds from Billy Richards of ¢ Now that the amateur skaters have] Hiigveport ina fast. bout there inst had their fling on the Hippodrome ive | ni pond, the professional skating exports | = = ~ prety havea chance to win @ cup, Sev= eral members of the Boston Skating Club who entered in the amateur char | pionship. contests recently were so iy | pressed by the courtesi tended ther by the Hippodrome skaters during thelr ring Suit lFecent visit to, Lake Dillinghain that Spring” they have sent a silver trophy with| thelr compliments to be co npeted for ‘wy the ¢xpert professionals of "The Tig) Show.” Mr. Dillingham ill arrange a private contest to de ine the winner a tated with Hippodrome. | patterns to select fy | arenes from. Equal to any $25 / Reddy Outpoints MeAalifte. value in New York. We’ BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 6.—In one of the seen fastest ten-round bouts eve here, Battling Reddy of New outpolnted young McAullf! Re showed wonderful form considering t he boxed (welve rounds in Boston ¢ night before Morgan, wh resulted in Reddy took on t Morgan vou! hours’ notice with a draw on eig Wife to Blame if Husband Drinks, Says Druggist Brown of Cleveland, Who Tells Wife What to Do from mire, he hay the formula, pu Arugmist ca in the hands of whiter pared ‘Tes pa po Nite intra isnt iguptad ‘en der twice mule Se | to toller skating ‘2000 9 kate Buy ‘cthe ilauer’ deve” 1 OVEN" APTERNOONS dk NERY, tl ine craving for it aianps Teton ra inore drinker is waved ADMI SSION "neti Whenor why he lost the t all is not well with our In-| or so it would | better | corti Nd York. value (UDOU PY 6. OE. WELL- ING'S friends claim he is a second: Ty Cobb.” Hard to eon- vince fans that recent all~ night session of Con- gress was war and not poker, A green ballplayer collects very little stuff of that color. | Onty two automobiles were ever made Mke Joe Boehling’s. Noah used the othe’ one for an anchor, Good heavyweights | scarcer than od | ~ YOU SAID A FYORKFUL, getting Fulton hit Morrie low, if you call $5,000 low. The high coat of low Witting te going up Doesn't look as If there wilt be roo! for rooks on the Red Box Janager Barry neéds the batbag to arry bats in, Heavyweights who other on the dome a | ful chance on aplinters. thump h taking an aw: You can't be a citizen of the United States in the subway. Yow have to be a standizen, | Johnny K thumps hi | nents on the skull and scores a hollow | victory. ) EASILY. | BASEBALL UP TO DATE. DETROIT—Young Phloof looks @ fix- » in the box for the Tigers. He | has a beautiful change of pace in / either glove, a wide uppercut that works the corners and Js a glutton for punishment, He hasn't lost a 4 me since the American League | adopted the straight Marquis .of | Queensberry rules, NEW Gi by thou a very weak jaw, PHILADELPHIA~-The State's Legis- lature passed the Goof bill to-day limiting baseball games to alx rounds, YORK — Joe Gumbbie, the nts’ new outflelder, was released Manager McGraw to-day, Al- CHICAGO—An X-ray examination of Gus Thumpp's hand discloses that Manager Mitchell will nave to get new welterweight pitcher, Gus injured his hand on the batter's head during a ten inning bout in the last Cincinnat; series, BOSTON—Manager Barry has pro- tested the Brooklyn spring series. Before the Boxing Commission he swore that the opposing outflelders wore hard bandages on their fins, CLEVELAND—Washington forfeited to-day’s game with the home.team, | refusing to weigh in at 8 o'clock PbS 5 Evening World’ 8 SCORES. uh hilling 72) Swison, 4 Kuickertockie Now La Forest. 1 Trath 05, Malaacben $7, Sundes 9; Giehler 70, F. y sw 181, C. Gleb) Get Your are out of the high rent dis-* trict yet just around the corner TO ORDER yard guaranteed ns, embracing simds, Uweeds, ate Suit is quaraptesd ( of and GRAND CENTRAL PALACE i Vexin Use s6th st, Entrm