The evening world. Newspaper, April 25, 1917, Page 12

; - ‘'‘" THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1917. Leju.| BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK [ie RTING LEGION | ~ OUR SPO xD PYEOUE Copyright, 1917, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), IRDS ah have been & bawling out Les Darcy will now shut up tighter than a Fed League Park. Bob Simpson ’is only going to entey — Canada and Australia Have Had: Their Companies and Even six events at, eye Regiments of Athletes in This {Pennsylvania rotuys. He must Be lame | 4 b wentenc inctanatt, War, So America’s Sporting [rile DT, Metchiitiogereumetanm, oY Legion Won’t Be First Body | Amateur wrestling championships of Its Kind to Enlist. {will be eld sot O baat ahelle the elty ‘the indictment stands. i Yo"ortteg Wort SHAKE ‘BM UP. MERICA’'S Sporting Legion, which will mobilico May 6, march Pe cottey, fen iemoaneptad, ae tad through New York's principal etreets and be formally enrolled in the Naval Reserve, is the first body of its kind in America, but not the first in this whr. Canada and Aus- tralia have bad their companies and even regiments of athletes. Canada now bas at the front its Athletes’ Regiment, in which Tom Flanagan is a@captain. This regiment is made up entirely of hletes, footballers, la- crosse players, &c. It has just fine ighed its preliminary training, and before long \ill no doubt be as fa- MOUs as the athletic companies sent from Australia. The Australians have done some wonderful fighting. One of the great mistakes of the war was the landing of troops at Gallipoll. Here | Mike Kahoe tells about @ reek Pitcher who was so wild that the only time he got t ball over the plate was when he threw to first to cateh a runner napping Looks like Les Darcy's first fight In 4 America will be for America. | The trouble wi th most mao fa that they think with @ Imp, | YOU SAID Iv. | BASEBALL PROBLEMS SOLVE Ump calls runner out. Runner squawks and claims he was safe by a mile, That's the reason the umpire called him out. A mile is beyond the TT was Pine To WIN FoR UNCLE SAM a = legal playing distance. nearly all the Australians enlisted +n wwwweee | hd early in the war did their fighting, " OLYMPIC Games - Batter wallops a high fly that and there have been no more desper-| —————. ee as = cn bounces on centre fielder's ate feats of valor in this or any other = international conflict than the every- <i ar Palle foul. It landed on ‘neutral tor- dey aarremancns oe ite Awireiea] Athletes and Sportsmen — | Bor Tws wu te Te 3 — Baserinner: spikes. fiat, Rae Sd for all tive, the value s¢ aise ; ° | Cerne Sennasee ihe Seca beter ae aN mics pons ei Bhs as M ake the Bes t Recr uits 9 — anne a sea ei s baad ‘@ regiment ready for active + i. ‘- mp fin runner five beans. No service engaculeg upon. Ie made Say Naval Commanders Mogridge First Yank Twirler accident ‘ever euttered ‘ the Cuban fencing clubs—fencing being a favorite sport in the Pearl of the "Antill Other volunteers are \the Naval Reserve! And the naval from the various fun clubs and the No Mental Examinations Are) ois critien wilt recognise the sbi oR hres tp sei Necessary, Sporting Legion) sion py detailing a band and a de- nee cae i esas Members Only Being Required) tachment of satlors to escort the Mr. Whitman is determined to | to Pass Physical Tests in Or- hetlived Legion through the city kill boring in this State. The i Ld Davie Bill, intended to repeal the der to Be Eligible for Naval The majority of members already Frawley Law, was twice defeated Reserve Upon Mobilization, | enroted in the legion state a pretor- the, Governor's efforts te fores | May 5. Saeco seats ee LEGION’S BLANK OF ENROLLMENT Pitcher throws to first to catch \ runner napping. Batter swings at the | throw and strikes out. Umpire catche: To Pitch a No-Hit Game George's Feat Against World’ |i et gral mat Myatt |e Mm te mate ‘ p js-| started with verbal broadsides be- Friars Lose at Handball, Champions Greatest in His-| tyecsrittcher Zimmerman, Herzog:| Weakened by the absence of ‘Owen can|Red Smith, George Stallings and|Moore and Walt Hoban, the Friars’ a New York American ieee rat ue, oe pa Srem [handball team lost gracefully to the [into @ spirited roasting of ea Star Boat Club out ul for making bad plays, stuff immensely | LON? Star Boat Club outht last, evening enjoyed by the fans, The Braves kept | star of tho Friars turned out to be after the Glants from the jump, but} Gleason, who talked his usual celve them. In the opinion of the By Bozeman Bulger. when McGraw’s men finally lit on|«ame. ‘Jim Savage, who was it through, The plain fact of the naval commanders athletes and New York rting Legion, ESS than a month ago It was @| Allen and began smashing the ball all | long to be the Friars’ personal meatier te, that New Tork wente ATURDAY AFTERNOON, May |%Porwmen as a clase make the best Enrolled by The Evening World: grave question with Bill Dono-| over the lot, the Hoston gang, got oft Math” The estore baie ee 5 '* re Y recrults, porting activities give their horses and stopped “ridin, othe has declared iteclf im favor of S 5, having been designated as|then: courage and nerve control, re-|1 I hereby enroll myself as a member of the van as to whether George MOB-| They actually curled up and lost their| clubs and ure knows as the You Ge retaining dozing, and tf boring the time for the mobilization |avirements that are essential in tho| ridge had shown enough stuff to war-| pep, For several innings Johnny Evers | of handball ts kitted Ut wilt be Killed to satisfy |o¢ ino Sporting Legion, now being |Nikins Of competent soldiers and New York Sporting Legion, subject to call || rani) 0 permanent piace in the big| tried to get more nagging started, but the desire of one man—the Gov- sf Sabie Pi 1a Ww his crowd had caved in, By the way, ernor, formed by The Evening World, pa-|_ It ls taken for granted that « big for enlistment in the service of Uncle Sam. ||*™:, |! \4 Wild Bil shaxen his head " Johnny is upbraiding us for having! who intend joining | Percentage of the legion will be ell- we wou'! have heard the last of) grivcea his 6 into that Saturday INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, triotic sportamen who inten | gible for service with the Naval Re- | George. ‘i hey seldom get a third shot! affair four days late. He 1s right. But boecampcragceed the legion are requested to send in| serve. No mental examinations are . WEIGHT . ae HEIGHT veeees |{at the biy target, But this time Bill] it was not meant like he thought. it STANDING OF THE CLUBS. their enrolment blanks as soon as|%°essary. Applicants need only pass ae : decided right. a8. Orde Wi PC,) Clete Wile #0 the required physical tests, which al- | eaten t the Yanks Newark,, 6 1 .883| Richmond 8 § 375 possible. Imagine how proudly| most any sturdy sportsman oan take || MARRIED..............SINGLE...... Epatend of &. Proenes George Burns, right now about Makimete. 6 2 780|Toreat, 8 6 S75 Father Knickerbocker will beam on |“! have something to spare. | now have @ pitcher who has firmly! x0 See pastimer of all classes | uM Son Be ani Previ'ece, 8 3 500 Moatress 2 4 333 that day as bo watches a parade fl zesice memtnne cae tate g titles NAME planted his name in the Han ot oe, in the National League, again || mocheser 4 4 .600|Hallale,. 2 @ 333 ; wh } AM Mogridge got his big opportunity contributed to the victory with i handlt ano. ‘ Nes eeee 1,000 or more of his sturdy, patriotic| perience handling gasoline 4 strack while the fron was hot, Hels} @ well placed hit and a long | RESULTS VESTERDAY, i! be glad! loomed ye ons sportsmen marching to enroll with| sinecring braxch of the veicn” ° OXING, as a sport, has not been fairly treated during the past two years. The hundreds of thousands of followers of boxing in New York State have not been fairly treated. Boxing was put under the control of a man who proved entirely unfit. Before he was appointed nearly every | Newark, 6; Montros:, 2. gineering branch of the service. | The gun crews will b ‘ticulariy | ADDRESS the first New York American League fone? cate res “ber AY Buflalo, 7; Providence, 6. ie ere’ eo rticul teeter eee a - mm lass under ad of “ - rons: ; Richmond, 4. newspaper man in New York know See Gieaclivalitoe apcrtawnaa’ aor what | Lepr to & ne up @ eer: Sarae Gathers CR | bs on f : / Soe be Would. 20% & ane 8 fied & yr) up his mind to enll::. Here it Is: adventurous athlete wouldn't Ike to | since the Ban Johnson ¢! wasor-| . Baltimore vs, Rochester, rain. Remarks: ganized, Many have come close, but a | Mogridge has put it over. Salaam! The Yanks, fresh from their record experience in Boston, begin a series | erg te ont mewmnning of a| with the Athletics this afternoon be- take a shot at a prowling submarine? abiocis Pred baer lal In brief, the Naval Reserva in un- ‘. loubted!: Or thie Waid. be. the | edly the most satisfactory and it town in interesting service uy world to stop me from showe | could enter, I sais fe » In fact, every one told me the man's qualifications would have prevented the mistake of appointing him, Because of this unfit commts- sioner’s actions while in office the Wwholo sport of boxing in this State GAMES TO-DAY, Toronto a: Newark. Bulee a Kailimore. Dionires at Richmond, Lg fore starting on their long tour of sahdsee of Pr inidalli Tc Us dee af perata: detail of (Fill out above blank and mail to Sporting | game ana the consequent tame. It) the West. Lt is an excellent oppor: | bes Oe fell into more or less disrepute eo, Ihe ouple more chan which will be announced later, legion tunity for them to fatten up a bit. But why should boxing, which 1s an| —one in Milwaukee and then o: . . : : eans that he has established himself | Tempers will be wetded when Mo2 || Legion Editor, Evening World, Pulitzer Building, ||" in his own mind; that he has passed Ban Johnson came into town last through the fire and {8 a genuine, all) nignt and is all worked up about the f wool-a-yard-wide big leaguer, That's| military situation. He 1s firmly con- | Sreohodystalhing about A i excellent and popular sport, carry the of a man who put in charge in Youngstown, 0, on They ay ite an mike *% 99 po pl present themselves for examina- | | 63 Park Row.) rough wi ave no fait . in what ph eoele, a Peue hte Gaby. In the mean time all athletes and of boxing affairs? 4 4 | o-day, vinced that military training of the Ronine are! von w tts chance| Kave'basted itp etth's: ged |sportamen are invited to bend, thei RM 926 FACTORY ,,/<(; in other States, hus been excellently & fellow in At: |membership to the size of a full regi. Players who came in early this controlled by efficient commissions, us for May 5. spliation to men all-over the country. |M@e)@W Nae o) x4 bet Not only that,” says the American | League Czar, “but tt has done more ment, Our sportamen certainly. will the Governor Jetrive to rival the r in other countries, morning for the opening tween the Yanks and Athlet and is flourishing. cords of athlete Is New York less able to handle of athletes 49 WEST 125 ST. m af flow is i f the Weat woe pees pen | apease VOIR OF SBR BAe er ironee | 30 baseball’ than any movement Sup Pry a New York. boxing affairs than any of the - with the first to respond to thet, . He started in years, It would have done Is oF ns ern States? Poor old New York! Rea e fin Ae peake wl nation’s call, sol Jimmy Johnston couldn't make the | in « ten-round bout at the Belment A, 0, em thi RT Mel tem Pace aly eal your heart good to have seen the way Ru xes & brands of m q 0) e » public too e rill o! ° : STTY John McGraw| Was, @ murderer they couldn't |, Sportsmen who foin the legion wil! | Palace Sporting Club, in Hunts Polnt | Saturday night, | Greenrene FOF erent once did. he| ine public t ok the Joint drill of the PARENTEY aie bs Fogg treat moany worm oo Eas unae Gain og tay A of show: | Palace, the Bronx, pay, ao he haa #tver | uy Bruodt will box Harold Ferme st t¢/take a chance on those heavy Boston a Minhlasiih tena oe A a ol want is five fights an ai Up {ts management. Phil Bernateta, who eland Bporting Club Saturday BIS. | hatte; On one occasion, when It] Aner, ® Highian< i ; or Uncle 8am before being o >taten utters. f to help thi he nal judgment regarding Jim) will enlist, |} said when | came toy enroll In the: Lowen Tet: ng [Originally promoted bouts in chie build-| [ery Martin of Providence wes scheduled to Meet | Iooked dangerous, he purposely walked MATER te Gus nie ae at ‘rhorpe's ability to play ball. dein and oniit when I had a few [Accompanying blank and return it to |! bas once more leased tt, and has | vara, but canorlied the engagement, batter, thereby saving both @ T€C-! was talking about it for a week, We years have passed, and the greates' hte. the Sporting Legion Editor, State |@Ppointed Dick Curley matchinaker. He ord and the victory, | will continue these drills and before a f of all Indian athletes hasn't devel- oante at onge lust to. ny, \ ey ther you have had any previous |!# trying to arrange a bout petween| Mike Donoven, whe at ene time teverented | Hats are off to Mr, Mogridge. | great while the American League may R { oped strength enough to hold a pos k 1 have ten brothers ary Or naval training or experl- |Henny Leonard and Joe Steers of the| l'vesident Roosevelt in boring, will second — fair | ha surprise in store for the | Site prea bah sition on the Giants. Now John has re and a father and handling automobiles or motor | Bronx for his opening card, ‘The Har-| «0, Young Mike Donoran, against ane Seer Ferdinand Schupp ts me fy ( | fans. | + Beynabtable yussed bim along to another big} mother depending entirely on me, | boats: lem Sporting Club ts also trying to ar- | of the Bron a ey Dee Bers on toay to be reckoned as ¢ i | Mr, Johnson saye that daseball is jeazue team. But he has slipped him] [f the people of this country kn Send In your enrolment blank to-|rango a bout between Leonard and | bt. sccurding J ennouncement, left hander of the year. riding @ popular wave throughout the Dollar. Shirt 2 friend ane 6 pal.) she taste of my eeee tt weuld be day. Don't delny any longer Jimmy Duffy, who bas just recovered | ye next eperial show of the Feinmont 4, 0,| other years, for that matter. | West, notwithstanding the war situa- r Path Chris powson, Ten’ there some) ai! rent, | an yng) ae any from an attack of grip. ‘This pair have | will be bed Tunday night, May 8. Inah Patay| George Gibson, who caught the | tlon. Several of the cities have had Value'on. Ear \c ny hat? man to fi ‘or my country, id © wa reco! ow significance in that? T'think my duty to mother and |LATEST NAMES ENROLLED [een matched twice, but for some | Ciine, wo bore Walter iter wt Providence tw southpaw at the finiah of yeater, | Pecans GrOwAe | Why Pay Me eo. : mate al ete will tackle Jobnay Harvey, lay's ga cla ~ ES DARCY haw entiated in the] family should be fulfilled firet, 1 IN SPORTING LEGION, |"°0% 2 other haven't clashed ¥ Cut doe livers lest night, gai a pitcher with more stuff and | Connie Mack at Inat has Joined tho| BREE rare LURE SRNR | & . Learteers ce yea | Benny McCor, the former Baltimore bantam,| with more deliberation in his use ton of managers who chargo the|¢ strating that it was a mistake they will PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED, 729, | ,, Mite Collins, who ts again the manager Ot Ue | whois now living om tho west side, will t of it, Aelongas the game was a | the bean ball wo kate cornty yuan | to call him “sdacker."* me have my five fights before | WILLARD OTIS, No, O88 Jerome at,, |/Mee the Minneapolis bearvweieit ton to | the Corona Kid at the Queensboro A. ©, on Bat! close fight Schupp pitched close ling batters. He directs hia chat Che. Remirkable | 1 a a letter from) ge gneve Met a) Ce RDWARD PF, rie eae eee Teves ce cuutoet smith ob | uriay night, and Jobnny Mure at the Yorkie! tary. “When the Gants took the | na bal Mays, who beaned one of the ae fire he made! frlend, Y. % f AT® Union Be Vsiay 10 oF 11, Bealden this earap be has also | Byorting Club M Dit im their teeth and degan fo | Athletics, Connie thinks it was in- , COTTITA, GPORGR A,, No, 00 Catharine 6 ued him up fo Jack Moran, the peat run he let up, only to tighten | tentiona For eeveral years tho ay BOYLE, WILFHED: No, G18 At, Nlcinias Avg, | Wesarn hearrwel sone 98 | HARVEY KNOCKS OUT again when the Braves got three | Tikers. White Sox, Yanks and others Hf NNOUNCEMENT DONOHUE, PETER, No. 281 W. Bight , | bation Coiling tn bim up to box RIVERS IN THE SEVENTH.| men on dasca, | two years ago that the Yanks openiv A BMRAOH, WILLIAM, No, 1010 Hager 1, | Sam Langford for twelve rounds at tie Armory | : other acrimo- | threatened to wrap bats around the ws ‘ ee ee ae a |# 4, of Boston sbout the third week in Ma, | Jonnny Harvey Knocked out Joo! ,.7he Pr cage ASAE Soak her Rene | shins of Mays and Teonard if @ ball WE GUARANTEE Rumors circulated by unscrupulous dealers ecexeoy i Beliend Av, twa bes entind off an any /River# In the soventh round at the/ trom here leading the league by yarda,| Was thrown at the head of a New if Le ae Re eee og: Henny Leonant, who hes era @ . y.| York batter, and the Red Sox e mt we Mune Mishel in Mu. | Ploneer Sporting Chub last night in u| That gang of bettors who have wake x evi | dently felt that they meant it. They ‘ ered small sums that the McGrawites | that they was nip and tuck every Bit Sa] never be headed are whoop’ | have nos heaned « Yank batter for a nth. Rivers was floored twice, | thins up. jven aginst the Bee ee ee eat: (al that when Connie 1 : ear no By GHORGE P No, 47 Broadeay, [1h eummment wil Jd, Weld the Unwy| Aftar the aacond Knockdown he was) "Fai i wan a Scnupp Mack makes a kick like that you may yn: BOWARD, No. STB, Bigniy, |leieelENs of Faletalns smho bas tome show | waable 12. ge t UP: attionaire” heavy: | every tMiNs Into consideration, the poet nesured that there 19 something | ay up in good formm in hia boute for so a “ 7 (BORON H., No, 27 Bt, Nicholas ave, (1. ii Cteah for alx rounds at the Olmyis| weight who came bere to show us|Glante fixed themselves @ ho! AM) Fins Ave, ‘A. A. of the above city, ‘Tho weight will be 135|/ what Jess Willard could expect of Main" Bt, "bough. | pounds, weighing In at 6 o’cik, him in one round, was knocked out in 2 \the fourth round by Tim Logan, 02 Pranklin st, have led some of the public to believe that ae He, No, 39 Court Ht, | 99,184 by is H 2 Mid PRANK ON 0" waukeo last ‘Tburday, was today signed ap by | bout th there is a scarcity of NERS, ROMUND 22 Ny SoSt Andrew [bia manager, Billy Gitwn, to take past in an- | of tho Are. Bras other bout in Philadelphia on the night of May | the sev lar to wear longer than. any other silk collar on the market at any price, and will replace y “Lustre-Silk" collar found atisfactory Ara are positively 2D not to ture yel~ the laundry. There te NE “Lustre-Sitk Beware of ‘JUST AS GOOD" kings, WM. BARKER CO. M seias sehitan mannan tM Desi he ee MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS jin a A 420 Kightyatrte st,, crack welterweight of St, Paul, to-day accepted Gin Al [t'FRRE: manny so, t0 waar se, ming, me om Jon ier Gbewd te mer | 9, Barer, Barred to OWe,, EnGuE, —|,__MMERICA ony e Wihhah a, » Hundred | wet honad o'at the Rnedway 8. 0, of Brookins | Darcy won't hox in Ohio NATIONAL LEAGUE laa Ren ban RCI, Bly te TO Aura, [s% 3H47 18, O'Dowd aud Hatton Ament 8 mabe] Gov. Cox sald #0, emphatically: to- ae % he 2, [aie ArT a iy a . * rer ; \ Ling fat bette weeks a8) lday when ed promoter Stam- vee | in this country. This is entirely unfounded. THANK Ne O74 ’ ie Batt in order |atigh and party from Youngatown brook’, 3 63386 York. o8 100 | Wee | A , » Warwick | to get t e ve coming oO see him in regard to Phila,,., 8 6 333), ese | Continuously since the war and at Pe a TA 4 em, are £6 leer ot et Foun | rae: Cm fe ‘ ROLLER SKATING — h ‘ Wanalbit, HENS ale. ty. | the world's featherweight | town Mid he would give out @ state- RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY. present there are ample stocks in the hands of Wilt), IGNATZ. No, 6M N * fn town this atten, Kir | one dater to-day, explaining his re- ben Yo tc been | York, 2; Boston, 1, RAND: CHRTNNL PAcA ea WHER UPHOMAN Co" Ne 281 Ditatur Bt He nee yea to |fusal to permit Darcy's appearance in "colenge, 6) Cincianeth é | Washington, 8: Phiisdetohla 6 | ie, Oye Mah plreet Eine WILLIAMS, Jack, No. 80 Broadway, Brookiva ” sith Lighiwsigte Chae? s State a = bs Loule, 2; Pittsburgh, 1 { St Louls, 7; Detroit, 2. | Bn Ny INCLUD, SKATES. & & J, Barke, Led. ™ 0 tpoints Reda on Casino 2a8s MeCarthy De Thomas, Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia, rain, | Chicago, 1; Cleveland, 0, aby agents for raan Cutpoints Keddy ‘ jr the Dot ee ee atl remyrrea re GAMES TO-DAY. "S BOWLING AND , April, 25.-—Joe Mor- | bus bev belts feru ot Suan, N. 3 as AT RAVE, MIR, ABIL ceGberey || ac tetehn Peiledeiphie at New York, THUM!S WextieyASe ae CANTRELL & COCHRANE, Ltd. ten'iN A) tater Nicer Phugdeite se teseround|| Mow yok tase dy a — '- a ia ver Bathiing Dian Maren, Eaeee bout here last night eed | Phiteburgh at 9t, Loule, om. lua Devel SPORTING. | aa ut at the Armory of Pete Hartie Durable t rt pasohall tecday, 8:80 ¥. M. a Acauaik ‘Chicago at Cinelnaath at Cheago, Bway Hote Club. dhe on a SL argh ease gag yp metered te Pagebell tactaz nT; Hemi nasi etar bouts, Brennan 18, Bond ;o!