The evening world. Newspaper, April 20, 1917, Page 18

snaing, Leonard's performance tn siaciatlfjlainian Various Amateur Organizations! Decide Not to Hold Any Cham- pionship Events During War, but Agree to Encourage Com- petitions for all Citizens. | T a meeting here attended by} officials of the United States) National Lawn Tennis Asso-| ciation, tne Amateur Athletic Union of the United States and the Inter collegiate Athletic Association, ft was decided not to award any cham plonship titles In the tournaments held during the war, It's the pur pose of the various amateur bodies to hold competitions with the ex press purpose of interesting all citt- rens in systematic exercise for their cal Improvement The resolutions adopted were Youth of the nation should be encouraged to become physt cally fit’ and mentally alert, hrough the stimulus of athletlo competition, and that every pf- fort should’ be made to interest all citizens in improvement of their physical condition by systematic exercise and particl- ation in sport, but that by rea son of the state of war now ¢ isting It Is not advisable to hold championship events at any date | subsequent to a call of the ernment for volunteers or the enactment and operation of a bill | for compulsory service. j— - “And that In place of cha Monship events should be held in w or medals should bo the only award je to the winne son of existing conditions the viewed the Leonard-Mitehell | Yer, Boxing 1S STILL ONS oF oe we Hllm, yg OUR, GREAT PROFESSIONS - THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917. 4: BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW NOW THAT BOXING HAS BEEN SAVED ___. Copyright, 1917, by The Prese Publishing Ow (The New York Evening World), Gee Wax, t woz BN Scamep! t WANTA Peavere une 0 LiKe SW hin ee OPARL Bouse So's T covlo ONLY Be A MAGNATE we Roucy FELLA ! = ere ° GREAT AMUNKS OF RELI ALL THROUGH THe STATE. mE See “There. Ber Boxine IN NY, STATE _— WHEN WE ALL WEAR Lo wane N@ WHISITERS, | —~ Sa HERE Lies wy i ANT -Boxina tLe BuRIED BY PUBLIC OPINION APRIL, IT. wins MOTTON 0 1 " C7 apasternans 990127007 ‘n ween Boy * ae ac ye | er suee vay MNeor even a AouRNER ee CAT Least -Not MoRE THAN ONE ) Abeta te og fae, wcrc oe oe | MENS Will Give Giants ( Fistic News craiatadtacnioat'G tat | peer cece temezeste| — Noisy Welcome To-Day | and Gossip winners shall not be recognize By John Pollock champion om ghe “ __ At the Polo G d: a oe ch ion for 6 a Thi apere TUL wAIGn Une oom _ MILWAUKEE, April 20-—Beriny e oto roun Ss Sam Langford, the veteran colored ard proved he had the punc! nm ing tacked a right on Mitch- in the seventh round. tion la held. “And it is the further sense of this meeting that so long as the {hig meeting that so long as the | Shitsheli's eagerness, te lead got MoGrawites, Whe Who Haven't Been’ foi 3 ings shall be con- him into troubl He’ Nive fighter, and hada shadgun: | Seen in Their Own Bailiwick all athletic me for the 2 o'clock start, Those birds iionm’ and snouid’bo neid for the | Mthe kneekout. He shoulde't be | Since They Made Record Run| « o) ais) fund . : . . v Kmerican Red Crom “® | games at inthe town, He of 26 Straight Victories Last NY ONARD, the star loca, | 2 anxious. Season, Will Tackle Braves. be here was almost overlooked, which | cal bantam: may be accounted for In t | Boston heavyweight, will be seen tn his | first bout in New York tn many months ost of the reserved seats have been | to-night at the Harlem Sporting Club, Advance, but that does not | where he boxes Bob Devere, the Kans poys who will be walting| City fighter. ‘This pair recently met up ouldn’t get a real line on the as- Te frome a box or a reserved scat, | Biving Devere the credit of winning The fact that the Braves will also] Wille Astey and Mickey Dunn, two lo- act that | semi-final, Canada way, with some of tho reports will box the ten-round | F |sont in thelr enrolment blanks with Three Brothers ‘Among Latest Recruits for Sporting Legion —’ George, Robert and Harry} Temernimae of patito. New | Quinn Send In Their En- |, Ottetals of athletic clube could also }lend material assistance by encour- rollment Blanks. [aging thels. own club members to " ‘Ceriainly every able-bodied sport- N the latest batch of recruits for | {ne man will ra ; ee oy Vehen ea the Sporting Legion, now being | fine chance to show his readiness formed by The Evening World, are | answer the country’s call » brothers. George, Robert and| To join, fill out the accompanying Quinn of No, 8 Clarkson Street |Dlank and return tt to the Legion tor. 8 to thr ir ‘ Whole lot bt weonle ne ‘ws Don't delay to do this any longer, Ngbtweight, surely has earned| Youth tsn't always served. In ye Chat os eoe PeOBle Hever COWL Bee | write MeDonsld te arreneed plenty of matches | the request that they will see. action eorcieceinn | the right to meet World's Cham. | terday’s annual Patriotlo Day © By Bozeman Bulger. business to-day is to furnish the tar. | for Ire Patsy Cling, the clever local lightwe with the legion, To have three Latest N Enrolled | pion Freddie Welsh over the twenty- | bration marathon, in Boston, veterans OR tho first time since the thrit, Ket. ‘The Giants will do the shooting. | and Heuoy Launant's mat fomiiable rival In the | brothers enlist at the same time typ! atest Names Enro! | nd route for the title. They have | earned the lon's share of the laurels, s y Already the Braves have fallen twice | Bast now. jo han watched him to box Youd! 4 os tne pea eetieae ink se Ne ‘ ji ready met twice, Leonard ecang | William Kennedy, entered from tho| of twenty-six atrulght victories| pofore the New York artillery, und | Tery McGorera at the Obuipic A. A. of Mile. |AC# the real sporting instinct of New | In the Sporting Legion. | b oA a eaally ‘e enide C. of “4 . 0 Pol ounds “all he’ . . ' || delphia nest Monday night; Waller Butler, at| York athlet a of first * fT the first tt w Morningside A. « this eclty, but got the Polo rounds 1 t) th is plenty of room for a little | nning the first time and Welsh tak- | who had been working at his trade up" last’ summer the fang of New| tore of the same. Providence, next Wednewday Vhil Bloom, at] being on the scene of any action in ng the honors jn the second, They | bricklaying—at Pawtucket up to last were recently matched for another| Saturday, finished first. He ix a Sia ble alae rite - ten-round bout, but at the last min- | #ray-halred old man, | Twice before [aay. There pede ering stain Brea IAA Benin JW Ree La | Memnay tie: an In the r tour and there have b ute te 6 i y nd he) being entered upon those occasions | ypring exhibitions, In other words, jad to call off the match. from Chicago, Last year he finished | 4 Milwau- | sixth, McGraw and his wonderful run-mak- \tchell, | Sidney Hatch of Chicago, who has|ing machine Is brand new stuff to| in to storm= n no 2 last night against Richi ¥ je atopped in seven rounds, was|run tn more marathons than any|the home town, And it looks good, wondeMiglly impressive. Mitchell was | American athlete(, finished ‘ond. pe taal aes come back to ue, not regarded mg the West's leading lght-| He wos a quarter of a mile behind | saa tage : weight and pite the flattering ro- | the leade Jonly in the glamour of that record ortesthat have CerorNer from the ne run of wins last fall, but fresh from Kast from time to time as to Leon- Al Thoman/W Decision. \a preliminary brush around the East ard’s prowess, the home boy entered| NEW BEDFORD, Mavs., April 20.—at | Preliminary h captured five games They are well away in in which the; the ring @ 10 to 8 favorite, re ‘This was Leonard's second bout tn |sn°, rremont A the West. Last year he kaocked out er, another pro : vo the Seer ee reee, “Lennurd rominent lee. Paul after fifteen rounds of hard|the club who oes not belleve they sore knockouts with greater regu. | battling. will remain there until the pennant —>—__ | | 1s awarded, INTERNATIONAL STANDING, }|/ Sweeter than the th Braves and th Cbs WLLL PC.) Cuba wt Po. || 0"! hero last night Al| he ‘Thomas, the Now York lightwetgnt, was |CUt OF Six. early beating of possibility of an 0 3 poo || Podaers. boasted of an abiiity to trim the Newark, 4; Buffalo, 2, not class, But for Jack Coombs's| Providence, 6; Montreal, 2. victor |iebbets Field would have been Ualtimore, 7; Toroute, || NV POM GAMES TO-DAY. To make things hum John Foster Buftate at Newark, announces that a brags) band will Montreal at Providence. whoo things wu for ™ ul hours Mochester at Kiehmond. | this afternoon ar that the gates will Toreato at Haltimers, | be open at 2 o'clock so as to give | everybody a chance, The IMPORTED Ginger Ale CANTRELL & COCKE a ‘Dubila and Belfast WANTED ¢ Slacker About your clothes--don't go about with loose, shoddy, ill-fittin cheap clothes— here's your opportunity to make good.” Get into a new Spring Corday uniform to-day Every yard is guaranteed $25 TO $30 VALUES in fact, not a tailor in New York ean sell these goods for less -yet to prove our ability to undersell, we will make them to your order at the startlingly low price of $16, Order now and save a #10 bill we will hold your purchase subject to fu ture delivery Corday Clothes insure the wearer perfect style, fit and workmanship; backed by giving so great that our clothes have become the “talk of New York” for yourself-—ask for samples for comparison elsewhere if you're tical we, M2 FULTON §7, \SUITS*10 Below Nassau Street, Corner Dutch sul They Last 4 reputation for value ihe money. Call and see for pr eeeenaggmnne see = " tr ba w Haveo, May 7 In departing for their first attack! 4) pein weight ranks, in afflicted with « i. crop of dolla on his neck he won't be able immed Walter Johnson, the smoke-| (ote. fer come trod Hin manager, mnt Mr all king, twice in three days. 0, bas been obliged to call off four matohé It looked mighty bad when Wagh- liugton took the lead in the tenth in-] Abe Friedman, the crack Ghetto boxer, bas been ning yesterday, but loyal rooters, a| sgned up for three matches by hie manager, Eadie | MArine chasers are being put in action minute later, got their best thrill of] Mess, On Saturday night he will box Happy hind, Lolf to By r slaughter to-day ts the crush- | p¢ Montrest 1 2.339) /(28 Wallop handed “the champion judget, appeared, Johnson forgot that | OBHen he Hrookiyn fans and player# had/fast shot c « | pei which was not an overwhelm | oiding blow. Hughie High, being left-| trom Peoria Ni. Rochester, 8; Richmond, 6. Ing affair at that, the record in|), a mene | pa p. pu ver rather carefully and all of a] setts had si It : ning over Cap Huston, two Yank| | Tommy Tuohe: given the decision over Mike Paulson of | thé lead and there is not a man on | year, The Yanks had not forgot-| Smith at the Broadway Sporting Club; on April n their trick of coming from he-| 2 he will meet Jack Sharkey at the Clermont and before the lump had gt] Rink, and on May 4 he will face Joe larman way up in Col. Ruppert's throat, | # the Harlem soueting Club, » say nothing of those shivers run- —— appearance at the Broadway inners were planted on the base| Srerting Clud vext Tureday night against Johnny \tha with none out. Then it hap.| Dundee will be his first tn Brooklyn, Ite recent ned fought Willie Jackson to @ standstill and be is Clark GriMth ordered out his re-|‘onfident that he'll whip the Bcoteh-Wop serves, and up gailoped Walter John- | disaster, | Marty Cross, the hardttting local welterwoight nto stop the impendin, ho crowd groaned. Caldwell was ¢ pved of, but when Gilhooley, the Viet traiing for his bout with Young Jack the Broadmuy Sporting Club May 5. an, A The Clermont Rink ta trying to mateh Cru Mike O'Dowd, but, according to Sam Wal Crow's manager, O'Dowd refuse to agmo to » Was pitching to a grown n mo over the plate, and d it Into deep left centr i" spank Giants, if nobody else, Dut It was aletraight as a string, for two bases. | ™** Welent i RESULTS YESTERDAY. sad awakening, The two clubs did/One run scored and another Was Sam Wallach has added another borer to bis rched on third, waiting for the do-| gtring—Harry . anded or something, Was purposely ence assed, And then other things trans-| jim Cottey, who boxe Ca 1 Moret red. Fritaie Maisel looked the thing | pate: A, C. on next Monday night, ts lookin than at aay time in his career, ‘The montis adden remembered that the Y@NkS| pe tas spent in the open hare changed him com d the squeeze play over ON! pictely, Big Jim Johnson declares that Cotfey is ark Griffith four times in a row.| hitting tke Sam Langford, was a happy thought. Maisel a boxes and | yromptly bumped @ little roller to the| At the New Polo A, A, to-night Barney Adair, xreat Sir Walter himself, and over] ae promising Flirlem Ughtweight, who Is Lrish Si again proved that he 1s Young Britt's b A 9 van |tangled Goldstein wi pAWRENCE: ay Stow Yorke bantarn | He i Ha Smith of Joni, who te but on the tines NOW | ame the winning run before the| pata Cli moke King could get bis feet un-| Kenly of parring partner, will box Billy ark, In the semi-final Abo Attel meet Eddie Fletcher ———_—_—___. Ready Again Beats Britt. ‘Tom O'Rourke, the veteran handler of boxers LAWRENCE, April 20.—Battling | ba t@¥en another fighter unedr his management of the late Stanley Kotchal, O'Rourke has matched Smith for his local debut against ‘Tim Login for | aster here last night by giving him @| 4. teneound bout on the same cart with the Joe | lesson in a fast twelve-round | fuvem-Jotuny Harvey eetto, efor acked house at the Unity {o} if rddy took the lead Inthe first papyngceagecnel in round and held it to the final bell and | GIANTS TO-DAY WITH ROSTON. 8.00 +1é \earned the referce’s decision Volo Grounds, Adan. 50. LEGION’S BLANK OF ENROLLMENT New York Sporting Legion, Enrolled by The Evening World: hereby enroll myself as a member of the New York Sporting Legion, subject to call for enlistment in the service of Uncle Sam, AGE F0.0000s WEIGHT 2.06500. MEIGHT ...0000. NAME ..... ADDRESS .. Remarks: (Fill out above blank and mail to Sporting Legion Editor, Evening World, Pulitzer Building, 63 Park Row.) Donahue, the clever lightweight | at the Man. | li | the big looal hearyweight, who ts on foreign soil the Yanks are enjoy- | confident that he will yet achieve great distinet ing a great big chuckle over having | !9 the bes has recovered from hie recent injuries and has! Dest recruits, b of the mosquito fle Jin a few days, The PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED, 578, IRVING, 42: bh St, Bye roi WALT Bt, Bike thielte JAS A Se JAMES, et Fe Fiatye 4 NOMS h40 Greene Ae, BR boMINiob, 1 E.One Hindred ax which Uncle Sam may be Involved The legion will recetve tts call with- Naval Reserve has {mperative need of 10,000 to guard | (\ Han the coast from New London to Barne- | XROHIE F 1188 Park Ave | at, 6 > D0) 4 of this| SALVATOIE, 102 Erince gat, and only about @ third of this | DENOLE. SALV ATONE, 102 [roosts number are now available, Sub- | {ONsKY, HARIY, Lakewood” NJ 1, JOSEPH, 7" Puntos '8t;, Jamaica, ORK, RUFUS K 140, W. Eleventh t, WW. Hockiind’ N.Y. PY, MICHAEL 4,, Bok 88, Riverbed, 1 MORAN, WILLIAM ©... 10 i B, One Hundred Naval Reserve commanders expect | ard Twenty seventh Bizet. | the legion will solve the man short- Pint omg tad age for some time, and they are ex- 08 E. Ose Hundret and tremely anxious to see the lst of! 292 W_ Tenth 3t. members pass the 1,000 mark, It Is| it. the opinion of the navy authorities |that athletes are half trained at all | time for warfare and they make the every day, It will goon ve difficult to man additional vessels unless more men offer their servic Thirty-fourth. Strvet Tracks, April 20.—The assed a House bill ense tax of $500 a day The majority of sporting men, with their control of muscles and nerves, will be a big factor in the mar t which will h defend the coast from raiding U boats c * for race meetings at Kentucky tracks Chasing submarines pro | certainly every sportsman who loves | 8nd $200 a day for all others except an adventure couldn't wish to be bet- | those at State and county fal ter placed | An amendment yet to be acted upon ain og | bY, the H applies the Meense tax It 1s up to members already enrolled | PY) t0e dt the datledie to speed up the recruiting. It 1s sug- {yu Seeing gested they personally interest their | The friends in the legion, so that tt will be | cmpt t stated, rrr, Major League Standings, Results And Games Scheduled To-Day NATIONAL LEAGUE. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Clubs, WLLL PLC, | Clubs, W.L. PLC. |\Gluba Ww. C, | Clabsa, W.L. PLC, N. York, 5 1 633 | Cinein', 6 4 556 || Moston... 6 2.714 | St. Louls. 43.671 Boston 42 067 Phils 24 333) Chicago. 5 T4 Wash 53 oe wees St. Louis. 27 ,222||N. York. 42 .667 | Phila... Chicago... +16 167 ||Cleve'd.. 43 571 | Detroit RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY. New York, 9; Brooklyn, 2. | New York, 3; Washington, Bostow, 7; Philadelphia, 3 (morning game) | Philadephia, 4; Bos 10 Innings). 3 (12 innings) Boston, 4; Philadelphia, 2 (aft’r'n game) | Cleveland, 8; Detrolt, 7. Chicago, 10; Pittuburgh, 3. + St. Louls, 6; Chieago, 2 St, Louis, 4; Cineinnatl, 1. GAMES TO-DAY. 1 New York, New York at Boston Brovkiyn at Philadelphia, Philadelphia at Washington, Chiengo at Pittsburgh, Mt. Louis at Chicago Cincinnati at St. Louie Detroitat Cleveland. Wife to Blame if Husband Drinks, Says Druggist Brown of Cleveland, Who Tells Wife What to Do the secret to him, She saved him drink—-rescued hin trom he 0: na seOrel T | A New Treatment Given Witheut the Consent or Knowledge of the Drinker CLEVELAND, O.—No wife hax a rent or victims of the murk Aga qu he ‘gaint Brows inher ‘ie ie! e righ Sp the drink eaaeee A eres te Deginning, unless you want 1 Hen the fhe sensibilities of 3, Teferved to adore, shonid be used husband you in with the ; , | be ane t whi't of figuor on’ h th, but do Geapair if he hee bad to uatl! he ts rum Dr Osbore, Brooaisy, and other Anuggl it ‘repeatadiy — Adve. | Chief Meyers has a perfect record a CHANCES IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AND CINCINNATI. By Rabid Rudolph, Left- Handed Expert. ARTICLE 347,896—BROOKLY! The Brooklyn baseball park i! of the most modern in Brooklyn. jdesigning It the architects allowed) |two exits to every spectators« his makes the park one of the easiest te escapo from in ihrer loague, The Brooklyn team won the pen- nant last season, almost catsing seven accident insurance companies to fail. They also finished well up in the World Series, the Re@ Sox being the only team to beat em out. Brooklyn fangs are still t to figure how the Robins copy the pennant list year. Like hash, dt és mighty hard to explain, All-the fans: know is t they paid five Beans to get in to see the series, After: tw games, they were glad to pay ivi to get out Municipal pride is a que tution. Every citizen of town is anxious to ha Series ticket scandal in hie as However, it begins to loo! oi there will benoticket spectiaters pinched in Brooklyn this fall. The pitchers are rathe ground than any staff in the league, It ie no novelty in Brooklyn to see @ pitcher cover all the ground from [{ |= the pitching box to the .elub re exceed: yt ly does at \ house. The catchers ingly good. Very bunt go for more t! two bases. When the batter gets a base balls the Brooklyn catcher al gets the ball to first ahea of him. ben \ The inficld ts @ pippin. The owners have spared no expense in \ whitewashing the foul lines and tho grass is allowed to grow long. ‘This / \ stops the speed of the grounders an ij ables the outfielder to hold bh { runs down to four bases. At the plate the team ts unusual; strong, except for a tendency to hifg / sacrifice files with two already out. ‘The team also excels as baserunners. 4" @ baserunner. He is a good base- runner when somebody runs for him,’ | Summing up the t im'e chances, pe, you find that it btraction, Inconcluston, we might state, si a" less rain and war interfere, the| | ) Brooklyn team will play as many games as any other team in the league, (This Ia the last. of olght, a ticles on tho National que teams by our left-handed Rabid Rudolph, Back numbers can be secured at our office, but why annoy yourself?) | Guerybodystalking about | Gre“ FACTORY ,, 4 | COLLAR SHOPS INC. oe WEST125 ST. New Yorks a cole ‘Collars “Si2s* also. offering” See Hast Reva ‘Dollar Shirt Value on Earth Why PayMore @ Che Remarkable WE GUARANTEE every “Lustre-Silk” Barker Col- lur to wear longer than any ther silk collar on the market ut any pri nd Will replace ny “Lustre-Silk” collar found unsatisfactory These lars are positively GUARANTEED not to turn ye low in the laundry. 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