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' Garden To-Night. Covrrigh!. 1017, by The Prem Publishing Co. {Mie New York Evening Word.) HILE the Governor is trying to kill boxing to-day boxers and promoters in New York City, tnatead of golng to Albany In defense of the sport, are giving thelr efforts to @ patriotic cause. ‘To-night in Madison. Square Gar- den the Recruiting Committee of the Mayor's Committee on National De- fense will give a great free show to the crews of Allied war vessels now in port, The foreign seamen will ap- pear by invitation, and all the floor space at the Garden will be reserved for then, The rained arena and the galleries will be thrown open to the public, with no admission charged The programme was to have been made up of vaudeville numbers, but the committee, reallzing that their guests would like something more ex citing, sent for Billy Gibson and asked him if he thought some of the boxing amplons could be induced to ap bear. “Why, sure,” exclaimed Gibson, “Nothing would please the boys more than to give thelr services for such @ good cause,” Immediately Billy began to round up the champions, First was Jess Willard, playing with the circus in Brooklyn. ‘The heavywelght -chargt pion sald he'd be glad to box or do anything possible to help the enter- tainment aiong, All he wanted was to be placed #0 he could do his evening turn at the circus too, An automobile rush trip from Garden to the cireus was. arranged. Jess will probably put the gloves on with Frauk Moran, who told Gibson he'd willingly ety take. a chance with the Dig f£6llOW fineneiaty, again for the fun of tt. To have @ representative gathering of heavyweights Billy next went af- in the navy. ‘Do-lightes “1'll be there In my old navy uniform. others’ were equally willin Among the lightweights who prom- ised to appear and don the glove were Léghtweight Champion Freddy Welsh, who doesn't mind boxing with « few bruises on his profile, and Am an Lightweight Champion rie White and the rest, atherw: Kilbane agreed to box any feather- inatter, He may go on with Wallace, a Mttle fellow who ha longed him, ‘Thero will be others, too, Th begin early, pes. KILBA *S decisionless el#h may not victory over W count, but it shows that the light- | welght champion has at least two gemine and dangerous rivals, From the way in which Benny Leonard has been fighting of late there's no he could at Jeast equal Kil- # showing with the champion, and very likely better it by landing a K. 0, punch, What « scrap Benny and Johnny would put up If there was a world championship resting on the referee's Yea Ho! That would be He show for holding that old money-making fens » ax long as possible. In a de- #» bout he can lose only b: nocked out or by being die for fouling. So he has it a way of hitting with his left hand that doesn’ the Scrap Heap As long as you fail to use Dixon's, fric- tion is bound to hasten the deprecia- tion of your car, Automob’ LUBRICANTS Put a veneer of rraphite over all bearing surfaces, Whero graphite ride on graphite there is practically no friction, Ash your di for the Dixon Lubricating Chart JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO, SPORTING. THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1917. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NE Boxing Stars Readily Consent to Box for Patriotic Cause in Taunt Loewy sme wey The auy THAT Law out Tus Don's FInd A FEW HILLS | To WAVE Lost ry 5S Course y Some Waiaht WHILE THERE’S GOLF THERE’S HOPE (Copyright, 1917, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). Saturday’s Proud Turnout an Inspiring Tribute to Patriot- ism and Willingness of New York’s Sporting Men. Every member enrolled in the Sporting Legion, without further no- Larry Cheney Pitches A Wonderful Game for Dodgers Against Giants —_—— | a outs he recelved $8,706 for his ser- |New York’s Old Cub Jinx Proves : His Mettle in 14-Inning Tie When He Keeps Team From Scoring in Twelfth After Burns Had Opened Session With Three-Bagger. Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock parts of the country are ex take part in the Amateur Athleti national wrestling chay City, on May ii and’ 12, it probably. will City, on May 11 and 12. It probably ‘ be the last. championship meet con- | who received a notice from the Naval ducted by the Amateur Athletic Union until the end of the war, Johnny Kilbane, the featherweight | certainly bee REDS AND CUBS HITLESS FOR NINE INNINGS IN TONEY-VAUGHN DUEL. CHICAGO, May record was estwblished in the ten- inning game between Cincinnati Neither club regis- tered @ hit or run in nine full innings, Cineinnat! tenth, 1 to 0. 5 boxing Matt ter Gunboat Smith, who once served Cleveland he drew down $4,700, the roms receipts of the show amounting 1" whopped the Gunner, to $13,836, while for his ten-round con- test with Champion Freddy Welsh at Put me on with anybody.” Shamus the Manhattan A. O. on Tuesday ev Cottey, Al Reich and one or two ning he recelved $4,006. The celpts of this show wero $18,3t5, which Kilbane got 30 per cent. —A world's and Chicago. Trotung | Associatl Mike O'Dowd), the orack Bt, Paul flatter, how matched up for two more battles, To-mor tuw might at the National A, 0, of Rhode ladwod Benny Leonard. At a late hour last Se ‘ill o sgsiem Ghat Manin, the deaf mute cht Gibson was busy looking wp ™iddieweight @f Brookia, in « fifteeround bout to © decision, and on Mag & be will teke on Jack ght Champion Johnny Britton, the welterwoight champion, for ten rounds @4 the Broadway Spurting Club of Brook weight, or lightweight elther, for that im. Soldier Barifield, who le on the bompltal list with @ tally ynffed.up ear, will not be able to wpe . belng J tox again fur ten aye on account of the injury programme, being long, will. cn 0 bis ear becomes well eoough 00. that By Bozeman Bulger. won in the For the nine in- nings Jim Vaughn, the ex-Yank, ited by remarkable defense by the Chicago infield, did not permit a Cincinnati player to reach sec- ond base, and in doing this feat only slightly surpassed his pitch- ing opponent, Fred Toney, who al- lowed oniy one Chicago runner to reach second, Vaughn struck out ten Cincinnati batsmen while three fanned by Toney. Toney didn't allow a hit in the tenth, The game was won in the tenth inning after one out. singled, advanced Williams dropped Chase's fly, and hit a slow pitched quite @ ball game, oold long distance everything considered, but the real ringtooter of that opening brush be- twoon Giants and Dodgers was nono other than Ole Larry Cheney, whose enmity for New York dates far back into the days of the Cubi often chal- | by the Qzanam A. A. of the Bronx, he may rerform again i | nan, the Huttale middle the Queeuslerry A Young Jack O'Brien, the Philwlelphia tighter, @ bout in this vicinity t back Into action Bature Marty Crome in the star the [roadway Byortini yair fongit grout Though furrowed tn the brow and withered in the branches, Ole Larry sprayed that spitball about the com- ing champs for fourteon innings, If darkness and Hank O'Day had not intervened chances are that the Glants would be still floundering around in the mist. whipsawed two ways from the acc, and to all intents and purposes he 1s just as good a pitcher to-day as in the good old days of riots and pop less hits than ight, for Leo rounde at who has wot appeared) for « joug time, day night by mort: cluded in the programme of the New to third when Larry had them lat ‘Travers Island on June 2. wiwlll meet Boldier Stanton Netting Levtosky will figure tn | bouts this month, Neat Wednerday vight he will face Tob McAllister at a mpoctal show at the on May 16 he wilt bounder to Vaughn. ttime Second Teutenant in the Thir- commanded by H. H, and 8. R. Di He allowed did the younger Mr. was in the pinches when the old boy Fisher had his first start of the season and celebrated tt by allow- ing the Senators but four hits and shutting them ow itself for ath he will take on ten rounds at the dis Christy of Milwausee Daoadway Bporting Club of Brooklyn, ELSH 1s a remarkable boxer, n both mentally and physically, not meet at the Clermont 4, C. to-night as sched. little or no falling ve off in stamina and epeed. His poor boxing is largely due to a studied plan In the twelfth inning, with the s tied in a hard knot and both sides pawing for an opening, Georgie Burns | Charley Ebbets was bitterly disap-|made the anouncement to-day that its pointed at having the long fight come annual rega Already he has go many neduled that Brook y ten games in one ond stay at home. Gunboat Smith and K. three-ba gger Leg ol oe me agar to With George on third and no ‘the Active Boat Club, e their Robertson and the great | Week of : Avenue and Sixty-firet Street, at 1 o'clock Saturday for a parade and re- More thi n 100 competitors from all| On orde from the Police Depart- ted to heatre, Atlantic NEWMARKET, England, May, 3.— Firet Bring Meeting here yee ine o'clock, mous Tw. Phousan ulneas, ic which, was ‘won by J. Fairies Gai Clube that expect to furnish hono Crusader, With Steve Dong, jay up, by rary escorts for the legion will a! ead from W. Astor's 3 ~ f Fees the veteran Otto Madden. J.| Kindly abide by the change in ar Buchanan's Athdare, with Evans in| rangementes, the saddle, was third, three lengths behind, HB Sporting “egion, now being The Board of Rev! yesterday's World, cua jae ii Hot @, will maroh proudly adopted a resolution recommending thi one day at each meeting of the associ: tion be designated Red Cross Day, and that @ portion of the receipts be dol to the society. and willingness of New York sport- ing men to do their bit, “ LOS ANGELES, May 3.--Fred Snod-| TO commemorate the occasion grins, fong a usted lor with the Now Mayor Mitchel and the Board of Est'- Nee seat ees thin year and was | Mate will review tho legion at Fifth unconditionally released, elgned a con-| Avenue and Ninth Street, At the tract to-day with the Vernon Club of City Hall the iegion will a ta ¥j will again be in- the Pacific Coast Leagu spected by navy officers. No police interference 1s anticipated which holds its annual spring run on through the streets without fittin, Sunday afternoon, Two hundred and’ recognition from the navy authorities, fi ‘o entered and the race promiaee to be. ‘one of the largest of Heading the parade will be the Brook he fast waning season, lyn Navy Yard Band, espec are to be in-| tailed by Rear Admir: Three military ra Harry Hillman, coach of th mouth track team, who was nce upon Second Naval Battalion ot Brookly teh, ‘arra- teenth Coast Artillery, 19 spending ‘V'nese young future Joneses, F most of his time drilling the Dart-| guts and Deweys of our navy will turn out 200 strong, headed by their mouth military untt, which ts fitting |fife and drum corps of fifty pleces, Hudson River Regatta Date. The Hudson River Rowing Association {ne Sidewalk will stare with amare lada swing by. ta wil be held as scheduled 1) out. the accompanying blank on June 23, Tho various races on the and return to Sporting Legion Editor programme will be rowed over the and be ONE of hundreds who will Voodcliff course, with the finishes at show the city this Saturday that slackers are not found in the sport- Didn't that look ke Benny was 1 hope'when Robbie came up, kur; was a weak boun Zim ewung at the first thing popped out. and the crowd hot fall to appreciate it Again, in the eleventh, Fletcher led chops downward with tne glove 4 r to the box *t leave him open way he ts perpetually cov I hereby enroll myself New York Sporting Legion, subject to call for enlistment in the service of Uncle Sam. clinches during the time his opponent t when Kildutf popped g to sacrttic He doesn't hit blow in a ten-round bout up and down sion that he t doing a thing In t id now we've thing over In got to play ee WEIGHT s54.c0 FRIGHT coasess THRE MARRIED..... from Schupp, f that pastime was Ole Larry vs stamina # Two neweomer tod wide atte ADDRESS ..° and shows no d Bunny Fabrique nd basing for Chwrte Remarks either, and, ver got our money's ot two bases on balls, | (Fill out above blank and mail to Sporting Legion Editor, Evening World, Pulitzer Building, 63 Park Row.) ick was In having no runners to rid Bunny fs one of th Y caameae eer tae eee Th MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE. Clabe | W.L BC, W.L. PC. || Clady W. L Cinein'd 10 40.600 The Giants have played four games wound up in a defeat for Mec RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY Brooklyn, 2 (14 inainngs). inderstanding to get a giad hand of © (10 innings). tee | Coming THUM'S fey ae AR ons tal in Memp Brooklyn at New York Boson at Philadelphia ‘Clnelnnat! at Chieage. Nt Louly at PAtaburgh, SS hut there is solace out of Walter bird is getting to be a habit at Smith With Brabhive 2 prospect ing ranks. pee SE LEGION’S BLANK OF ENROLLMENT LATE THE SPORTING LEGION New York rting Legion, Y ENROLLED, 1,383. Enrolled by The Evening World: ee eee ee, PHU. Witte Wondandge 8 a member of the ye Seca yrs Uesray 18 st KD, 1000 Sumjeoe r Brewster, Boston, Mass. ' 80 Second AY. ROVER PRANK Al. 4a 7 |LOWES, JAMES Ho 74s i i rt bh St... Brookimn. sander A¥,, Bronx Lh WILLIAM. 197k ar ALL. JOHN, 81 r hOWaARD Ho Jk 111 Putnam ¥ ine” ¢ Mouarch-Man BREWERS DLN. Y.-C, Rit, Co,, Union Staion. Albany, N.Y WAKO, SOILS, Jenwey 1 kW. OU! St EVWARD, 118 lou Ay, KE JAMbo. AK, ald BE HOBERE. 11 goth Ay ‘ BOR hte de Bee Oi EW iD. ade, CANTOO, WILLIAM, 137 W CRAWFORD, JAMES. D8 1 CROMWEDL, DAVID. 118 West St MINELL, CHARLES J. 7h) Ocean Ay, B'k'n ASTIMAN EDWARD, 407 b. 180¢ St Bronx HUCK, HERBERT 8. 9 W, Lloth S¢ ARPENTER, THEODORE Ri, tuckboe’ NX CO EER abn We agt. 8 380" Fox st Bron CRW, GEORGE P4148, 15th 8 USERS: SAGO 2 W ' (iia Ae ieAN 0 SEPM Od Heeky Me TBth St, Broowiy ARH, “UH Sia Lonmer st. B Nesta; UNRobD Pea EN Ae CR PNSINo rl sME MATHEW S03 pring 8, 1 oi, ais Alanon te Bho Av,, Bronx, | WRN DEV ERS. st. WEL Noni a AMERICAN LEAGUE, DyvOy EL IT Heruant St. Port P.C. | Clube W.L Pc Matlnatens ta Honton... 94 692 | LB totes | DINER. TEDW Ai 920, Sie 8 Chicago. 6.647 | Phila... 6 3 429 | OEINAG. PEPER American Rrpreas, Court Se N. You, 86 671] Detratt.. 6 9.400 | MRMERM ayn ie joey Ay M Lovie 8 8 500 | Wasb.... o 10 333 DICKY, JOHN, 193 wits t Cin gon Hon St i UHM aS Wish ‘New York, 2; Washington, 0. Nee TED Sha i afin 9h Cheapo, 4 Clovelond, & : (ABA gi. STH damaica’Ay,, et Detrolt, 2; %. Louis, 0 ond HL, NS ' ' RED wdeon Av,, 8¢ Philadelphia va Wooten URCRAERED B,, 108 H ; EDWARDA, PAUL, 95 tnt as GAMES TO-DAY, ERRSS TRAD RID: ota Jen ay York a: Wa URE PROW AnD et” oe Pincoton ar Ingion. We ‘ake woo e] Chicago at Cleveiand. ROMS PRANK. 118 B, 1200 St Dewolt at St. Loate. TRVERLEY, 468. 40th Brookiye Philadel Best, WILLIAM A. 168 2. 06h Bt huadei phe at Hosen RD JAMMS, 820 ©. Olet St NG. JOHN, 188 10th Ay, r fiat, “Neither "Ind disturted the peace, |pennant under Marquis of Queens- Some Pace To | berry rules. HUNT For @ BALL. Tus ist” Uniformed Naval 1 Escort and Review by the Mayor | ’s Big Parade EPHEN, 605 Oth As for Legion ‘Awerican Laptess, Com: tice, ie required to be present at the Twelfth Regiment Armory, Columbus 1 FE. 138th St, view by Mayor Mitchel, the Board of Estimate and Naval Reserve officers. | thumps with his ment, it will be necessary to start the fonships to be} parade one-half hour earlier than originally planned, Every member woud Tarmptke, Brewadite ty, weet, x, | Welsh fight Reserve headquarters requiring his presence at 1.30 will kindly note the The feature of the second day of the | change of time and be on hand at 1 |ticker tape and when he 1s gotni EDWARD JR. 306 Carlton Av, % |right he can hit as hard as a plece of of the Nationa: recruited by The Evening RMACK. FRANK through the elty Saturday afternoon, "29 Tiohenor| Achilles would n: an inspiring tribute to the patriotism ALEXANDER (RED te a i Pier 86, North River, American Expres, > 118 Lexington, Amorican Expres, Nor will the legion members step 4 . 108 Reman St,, (MEER, JOHN, 99 100 Ax mandant at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, \York A. C. spring games to be held| Jn Jine will be a detachment of | sailora from the yard. One of the Dart-| Most picturesque escorts will be the STE METZ. Ge 407 ‘16th Bt,, West | team won Its fourth str led by John Knox, Thousands on ment ng they watch these well trained PS, 208 W. 924 at, Tread SANSRY, BENJAMIN 1 Sot eCHTMAN JAMES 419 W. iyi, LAI) DANTEL, 823 Highland Boulevard Moonachie, N. J, oy Amazing Power of Bon-Opto To Make Weak Eyes Strong Doctor Says It Strengthens Eyesight Greatly in One Week’s Time in Many Instances ription You Can Hi Weaknesses and that according to Lewin there is real hope and help for Whose eyes wero A their eyes rest, Wore glasses say without my glass night they would. pal Incy who used It says eemed hagy with or without glasses, days everything ae even fine print without glasses, Who used It says "1 was bothered wi glasses for several yeurs, nvelope oF the typewriti ves on the trees across the street now h for neveral years have looked like Ja dim green blur to mo. Dress my Joy at what it has done for me.” Tt 1s belleved that thousands who wear Jessen cD NOW Glscard them In @ reason: PUTTING ’EM 0 With ‘‘Bugs’’ Baer coreg YAMA aa Europe, Kings o never be as : popular as deucess ™ A wooks coker makes his pe knocking, bat what excuse GONE SIG you got? ¢ No aciasia were made at the Kilbane-Weleh Looks like the Braves could win the EASILY. LEAGUE STANDING FOR APRIL. Rain. Rain. Rain, Rain. Rain. Rain, Rain. Rain. Rai An auctioneer makes his living with * a hammer, but what excuse have you got? Hope Bill Donovan doesn't make # habit of protesting his defeats. Tt would be less work to protest bis victories. Jess Willard now weighe No chance that bird get- aught in a mouse trap. YEA BO. If the other Benn athletes each earned & letver Moward Berry should gvt the whole dingswoggied rural tree delivery, He who fights and runs away may live to bilk the fans another day. Trouble is that a fighter parries a blow with his ankles when the fans @ would rather see him parry the FOR SALE—Set of brand new box- ing gloves; used in the Kilbane: absolutely new; posi- tively have the first punch still iny : owner will sacrifice for thr thirds of original p LIL’ PEPPER. aa Rusia awures ws there i no chance of a ‘The ungires relia that Johnny Wilde is built like a plece of ticker tape hits when it is going West wrong. rmake a prines fighter, His weak spot was his hee YOU SAID A FORKFUL —_— : ENTRIES CLOSE TO-DAY FOR UNITED HUNTS RACE MEETING With the amateur race season suc- cossfully Inaugura’ arrangements have been ce the United Hunts Racing Association ‘meeting scheduled for May 12 and 19 at pletur- © Belinont I Terminal, ‘The en »-day with George W. G . Forty-first Street, |s rk. It develops that the recent | work of incendiaries, which destroyed |the new grand st Will have ttle * ‘ nt of spectators, # ve been — perfecte midfield will be thrown eialasetae Dalton Pitches No-Hit Game, The Morning World junuior baseball i ght game by defeating the Parkway Triangles at the Prospect Park Parade ¢ ds ars |score of 10 to 1. ‘Teddy Dalton pitched & no-hit game for the victorious team. —— INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE, STANDING OF THE CLUBS, Caba W.L PC. | Gubs WW, BO, Beitmore.12 3 00 | Koenenter 67 49s Newark, 3 727 | Leronte.. @ 7 62 Hrew'nes, 6 6 .600 | Monirai 5 § “343 Michmene 7 § 467 | Bullsle,, 3 19 _35) RESULTS YESTERDay, All games wcheduled were moved forward and will be played tator ax end vis part of double GAMES TU.DAY, Newark at Buffalo, Baltimore at Toronto, Richmond nt Rochester, able time and muity able to strengthen th spared ¢ udes more wit be troubl descriptions may te? w (i, the use of this prescription. at home Go to any active drug store ant Oo bot le of Bon-Opto tablets D rs pto tablet t of «at nthe atert, will If your eves bother you wath wave th » take steps to hopeless! i oo tate, ‘ht If they had cured ‘ety oe 1 for their eye netics uinent Physi Hon-Upus sybutted, maid toe ‘eee oy Were’ stained atned from an: wut and is wold in New York tity ty snd iter Hogeman and Kalish, slorg,

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