The evening world. Newspaper, May 10, 1917, Page 16

a4 SEs 38 = a eae pS TNA eve PUTTING "EM OY With “‘Bugs’’ Baer INCOME TAX STUFF | oeenrens cae Copyright, 1017, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) BEST SPORTING PAGE IN | } Sas é ATs) BARD RODIN © te test eg SAX I # the Government = WoT AccepT~---- amusements | why not take up» ag golf? he 2 The game laws for 1917 will not be radienie Ny changed, Bach hunter is legally en titled to miss @ deer $4,057 times, . ate | ————— 4, F. Lucey, for the Recruiting | Committee of the Mayor’s| Committee on National De-' fense, Makes Strong Plea for, the Retention of Boxing in This State. Coorg 18; YorkMbresine World). OXING Is one of t'» sports de-| pended upon to develop first-| class fighting men—men witb the ability and the will to fightin the United States Navy. Probably Gov. Whitman will not claim that! the navy is conducting a disreputable and brutal sport. / During the past day or two I have recelved govres of letters from ali sorts of people who are strongly op- posed to having boxing contests, as carried on under the Frawley Law, stopped in this State. | Here is a letter froin a gentleman | who represents the sentiments of name | dreds of thousands in this cit | 4 e a # Over in England they eat vegetables § ov to save meat and eat meat to save | vegetables. « LET'S GO. ‘Test for the balloon ee feet in @ parachute, W, | something soft, ather improves soon I fans will be all out of prac« | Unless the w | baseba tice, | Fail to see how a ten cent tar on baseball will affect the Washington team. The tax is on baseball, Matty Thinks Giant | See ace In the grandstand. “Ts 1s No Yean Fon Reem ConvERSATion, NO INDEEDg ileal s th esol LEONARD HAS SCORED FIVE K. 0.’S IN ELEVEN BOUTS IN PHILADELPHIA Benny Leonard holds the Phila- delphia boxing record, He has bad eleven battles there in two years, of which five have been knockouts. He has sent to dreamland the eam of the city’s pugilistic talent. Here's Benn Quaker- ville winning record: Tommy Langdon........ 6 roun Joe Welch . K, 0. 6 rounds Jimmy Murphy ....K.0. 6 rounds Kid Thoma: 6 rounds Sam Robid K. 0. 6 rounds Eddie McAndrews. .K.0. 5 rounds Johnny Tillman. Eddie Wallace Johnny Dund Johnny Tillman Kid Thomas | Bad attends Will Capture Pennant veewgec song e i} os _ In National League Race ..23 ee, 28" Former New York Idol, but Now Manager of Reds, Thinks His. yi» "twin. “iS: Sus tn Club Will Give New York Trouble Two Years Hence— = RENEE “Banny” Not Disappointed Over Calling Off of His Birthday j..1)"soc vac. tone use sete ae ene Celebration Because of Rain. ' MAYOR'S COMMITTE NATIONAL DEF DNS. Mr. f. Edgren, Evening World, N. ¥. City, Dear Sir: Please accept the sin- cere thanks of this committee for the valued asistance you rendered us through the columns of your paper in connection with our re- ception, to the offipers and crews of the visiting warships of our alites at Madison Square Garden on May 3d last, We are frank to say that with- out your generous newspaper con- tributions it would have been al- most impossible to convey the nec- essary information to the public, which resulted, as you know, in bringing to the Garden one of the largest crowds in its history, We agreo with you and hope that the boxing and wrestling ex- By Bozeman Bulger. method of scoring runs [Desc Seana, tone INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. | an ‘‘inticta ‘sauawic “a' coupte ue! | infield equawk, a couple of | habits Frank Bancroft, manager of bunched yelps and a sacrifice howl the business end of the Reds and |] q STANDING OF THE CLUBS. | | arg aiways good for @ run. W. L. P.C, | Chobe. W. L. PC. dean of all baseball men, suffered no!|| Newark...11 4 33 | Toreate... 9 9.500 jdisappointment whatever over the |] Baltimore.13 6 .684| Richmond 7 11 .389 Matty has a chance if he can pre- calling off of his birthday celebration |] Rechester 10 7 .588/ Montreal. 7 11 .389 t the Reds from acquiring his by rain, He was seventy-one years |] Prerid’ce. » 8 .629/ Buffalo... 3 13 «tus | fade-away, RESULTS YESTERDAY. Pee K. 0. 5 rounds Serres e ‘ 2; Newark, @. Government could make more @ ; - | hepeanarepegena bor} Montreal, 9;-Baltimore, 4, money in Philly by taxing the hibitions at the Garden will help h me” sign hotsted | bikie se, Rkcene, haaabalt attend sabe to bring the sport before the pub- A hi N I t d a t S d at the Polo Grounds, “the old birth-| ; "Bain, baseball attendance that doean't at lic in a fight which will bt N Ww n GAMES TO-DAY. nd, bs Deneflal Yo it ‘sapectally. in t etic otes or ay en e 0 en U otes ene will come in handy for a doubie- | Newark at Rochester, Lita -— view of the fact that It Is the prin- Vicia epeniinant in ihe Kone |header on the next trip. When a| Michmond at Baffalo. EASILY. cipal form of athletic entertain- OP veer uecs se roe. nade f Athl t t S Members of the University Club) man y | Providence at T: —_— ber of entries, the New York Athlett (| l ] 5 gets my age a difference of two, neo at Toronto, oom peeves Fags both the | oiiy ha Meelded to Anders the ceded eam Oo e es (i) e e bet Association are in favor of the] 5, threy months in a birthday cele. | Ballimore at Monireat. Joe Chooper claims to be the best ‘Cordially yours, gold, silver and bronze medals to the ° iseonaauen babi darlene bes spring | bration makes no difference. ow, ——_—____—_—_—____— -/ lightweight in Rhode Island. The J. F. LUCEY, point winnera in its annual spring en ar Po e ans ibaa ip aba eld at the Nos-/ when I was on the old Providence] a. ¢ : other guy must have left the State. For the Recruiting Committee | games to be held on June 2 at sau and Piping Rock Clubs on Grays’ jan extra tax in other directions, ‘ {the Mayor's Committee | Travers Island, Paul Pilgrim, ath+ ———— Wednesday, May 16, This is the That was the tip-off to turn to] Fred Merkle celebrated his return| Managers are cutting down their Matty, Whe alec developed « force of] t@ Brooklya in the livery of an enemy |Tooks. ‘They ain't any good and they he club by making two of the hits that teke up more room than a trombone,” habit, The Old Mareter, absent-| plied up the Cub total off old Jack | . isi nn on National Defense. letic director of the club, sald yester- My m , aki Py | held on Mareh 1 CCORDING to the Intent advicen| i? (yet ne deumed it unwise to fol The Country ‘ Making Great The increased from Australia, over 700 boxers] cent conference of Ieaders of amateur} PYogress on Track and Field, | ternational, third year that such a plan has + of the Ger-|been in use, the idea being that and the critical in- Players are grouped into divisions, ne \ ternational on prevented the e » mindedly, had gone to the Giants’'|Coombs, Larry Doyle also had sev-| oy, Waluman shouldn't kill b “ In all classes enlisted there for sport organizations to eliminate cost-| According to Report Made|t® Swedish athletes from accepting Ried te nee Seo Seta: in the/ clubhouse to hang up his things, oral swings for himself, but falled to| young is dangerous they oraht to pet missle eo the war, The boxing olubs have raised | ly prizes. The attitude of the club is Ace ig Pp MAGE! the invitation, It was not until war | ™ ing and Piping Rick in the aftter- There we found him, sitting aiong- | collec: | SOAR + canary U da eesnnae” sd : : ; as 5 eit ry,!wan actually declared, however, thut|0Ons the other to play at Piping de McGraw and chatting about the oon close to $250,000" for war purposes. |that with valuable or even aultable| by George F. Pawling, Vice | the Norwesians despaired of sending | Rock in the mornin ta Nas: ‘ id proapecia of the team—New York ‘The boxers remaining in Australia| prizes withheld it will be tmpossible : i bial toni adroas tne Pritt i sh ag e Nassau ID team, mind you—Jjust the same uy if (many because they are under age) |to get a complete entry in any of the| President of A. A. U. Dea e NT ACreELee pean pints tp | tae atvernuon: the HESaRG Geter culttene Wel bullt homes at a place called | events. follow the ‘of thelr Swedisi| The Handi ‘a Forest for crippled boxers - y nig The Yanks are not so badly off as a result of Gilhooley’s injury as we were at first led to believe, The | | Siding head first Is something like. mutton chop whiskers, Perfectly ap Committee of the Oak-; Pfousht him out of his trance and | doctor adve the injury ta not seri. | legal but looks funny. - ; he: f : got this: | Utila fellow ao ——___ a os th P . | ‘Your historic ailver ope Won: by Len FORGE F. PAWLID vi n up track and Ueld|tand Golf ub has announced to ita 75 7 ' ous and that the little fellow will a Een Ue DOSE Be) Mirecs: (hi ereagrrdnner), in: Grogs G Preaident of the Amateur Ath. | spore but within the last yoar or tO] members that in view of the state of; Qi ens me Anyang arent ey | be PoCh en tne cobra three ec sony Norfolk Ssores Knocke 5 20! t . t Mighes anes Ama ney have been thoroughly aroused, ac-} war ext the condith iG "i weeks. In the mean time Tin HE latest recruit to the Sporting | from 1881 to 1846, and three other cups | tio Union, reported to Fred-| cording to Pawling, and are making| and business aitaire oat the oenripene aid Matty, “but im the next| fiendricks is whaling the cover off 1 Norfolk, Lagion ts Art Kamunds, who| Won by Tommy Coneff, who held the one lerick W, Rublen, Secretary-‘Treas- | SUCH rapid strides that it will be only | arising th pm it is desirable that mye sare wethe Reds, | mean—| the ball. The only mex on the in- f Panam will be remembered in New | mile world's record of 4.15 2-5 for thirty || ae : a 1 of a short time before they | the events to be arranged for the! Will be in shape to give any of them) vulided list are Gilhooley und of this city ates Les nting |ye0rs t was broken’by Jolin Paui | Urer of the A.A. U.. to-day that Nor-| sre on oven term: Swedes. spring be reduced to @ minimum, and @ pretty good argument. | am trying! Gedeon. : ie n the fifth uled fifteen ‘ork as one o est Agnting Maleg und’ nice by) Meroian Me Tabor, | WAT. Wee opout to! send a te of} Athletics in Sweden, ? xy and also | that Hie expenses be correspondingly to build a team up by d — Norfolk lg! » the Me-|¢ an er by Norma ‘aber, ; Deni 6 ¢ nthouKy | ¢ e« he committee proposes Nort fens berweighta sino we ties of rh Jwere destroyed tn a $10,000 fire at the {Athletes here, when the United Pee rere te horas, ALnon EE during the months of May and. June Bera as olosinnass ate, t th There ® big doings in Toronto s for the . Edn 8, own as the}, sill ‘entey int , - . . J ; mbers turn i ested score: f pretty good. a ave | yesterds he! A home of G. M. L. Sacks, at Long Branch, |@2ty Into the war mac Athletic e in in att ‘ores | o' y ay when the Yanks played a yoking th eal Pocket Hercules, was so dangerou F ty sata tak tas Uae nee neboantbte hg Mweden onan hand and Dene | Weekly playing, entrants making. the! a staff of pitchers any one of whom exhibition ‘Kaine. On a telegraphic Pagid sy that after a few fights he was com-|over thirty years ago In the colors of jie. : Vk on the othe e heen, Simoms | pongicy Cent eeenmeiyee Wu head as well ae hie arm, and call Capt. Huston hurried away to be ae oh pbheoggie nah vattera {tue old Manhattan Att luk, ane ‘awling went to the Scandinavian pletely severed because of the rows | Tuhileap ace what counts, | had one pitcher present at the milli drill to be pelled to Nght lehiwelghts, welters | the cropnien were turned over to him by {Countries in January bearing with | (taro over international soccer ae jad everything that any star! given in the SSRN GEC areal us hepa Pag towel iy Zobcotet _|Meyersand Coneff_ ua souventrs him an invitation to Blin and Zan-|“Huwling was murprised to learn that HI ere will hold their usual, ever had, b my life | could | crowd of Canadian soldiers ght han been in. ja for some ‘ F oe t Mwedloh middie | Rosad. the sprinters who wan sald t9 © this season, offers of | Not persuade him that baseball was a fe ‘ears, and there he has been engaged | Billy M Captain of the Princes Ce NN E. to come htile | be coming here lute ‘in the winter, had | een withdrawn and instead| real profession and that it was up to! Charley Herzog was in b in military work, Edmunds lost the m that was, has a yr gd a AB Ly here tO Hot put in an appearance, because he SHtrance fees will be devoted to the| him to study it. He went back to the livery yesterday and did quite leit ot pa iden 4 hand Will probably not pete in the national Indoor track BO) golf fund for war sufferers, This de- i CAB ad did quite o Bee acs wiiloh coauch te eran rolectod compete in the annual Cale-fand fleld champlonstipa which were | trelin inte ii dienes FOO OC Oe eee eee ee tinge tha! minors and will stay. That is the sys: |of practice. He says that wheat} enilat with the ( wamer or in ponaic did aaddeassre be tmiitter appointed. by the Gott Asso: | tm on whieh Lam trying to construct ready to get tn & f meee ne tri8d v6 enilah with the Geom the Tigers witt try: t ——— | ciation of Pniladeiphia. Tt also was de-|@ ball club, His back is still very sore 4 GOLF e TENNIS ois i canal ane i probed id * » frre Baturday ed to have the captain of exch team jmany reminders of the shock occa _ n= Demy like | Sas coheed vsatlan of Bi" Gtuse’ Ay"particbating| Deawere® tees ad. atignme wits [eons PY te fall on hs spine BASE BALL || trie v as to er veather has retarded his ree a nthe Phitadeip! Cipatin, dgers insis' on a game wi Satie ely et chr sba kT ed ca grr Ut lug a : [Players In the Philadelphia district oF) Chicago, and the baseball writers,| ‘The first double headers of Loi { ne, but Suspension ia the punishment that 5 | Joftieial scorer, &c., were thoroughly | son wi run off when W: The Mark of urned n by the doctors a dut te By atrellorthe! Henny Leonard wih box dai en, ham I Now that the Inwood Country Clay) avenged for being’ forced to attend, | hooked up with Hoston lity on Mpoount Of my oye I tried Moy Av. who rode for of Callfornia In the star event at ‘ 4 Mra | haa, Kok Uhrowed vith the building and) They saw Fred Mitchetl’s new den! Tigers with the Indians, Gus ee i mMermwamie docte mile or more In an automeblic in the Clermont Rink to-night. Shannon Vent a urn) he ttle} of Cube whale the tarwadding out|ators got an even bri the hroughout Rearend Stele them Jae |e TD the running of the Osanen! cently stopped Tommy O'Keefe 1 (pours the) of the Champs and, notwithstanding | trouble, but the Tigers won both pis- ” The World Moe Ganted o baiapie of my feht - Philadelphia in one round, and m, : ure their love for “Robbie,” the writing | times with comparative ease, ‘Ti bor they wanted a s » ght | phe Monument A. G, of Staten Island | png b wa hole | boys could not restrain an occasional! Detroit pitchers, by the way, are ing ability for them t iF t great showing wi Johnny Kiib: y o ee ee eee eee | hold fivacmile road tun on| tec vound route. The local ete y Herbert | gioat. rounding into sliape with ANNOUNCEMENT mur OF Ye! pene ne Be ation Day o| £0 @lt registered | °He Mx-round route. ne: 1AGAh AAR Cat ny ‘ Charley Ebbets says, though, that|the terrific hittin them \ battalions, nut them in ¥ Dom | ui h jwon his last three battles by the A Agee ( ub, was often at 4 loas|he simply has to get in every game | Hughey Jennings ought to have the — mot, Brak voatine. a0 than fae seer ae route * : preiee Tate ge Dall] possible now, as the Dodgers have go | boys out in the teal running sho = r Q ane ® prod beating. ft tney sue) 1GOB MALLISTER BOXES AS Sat ;: re hry many double-headers scheduled that | ~ _ Expert players prefer . I beat them I wanted to be signed 4p | tee te : ' it Is next to impossible to date them. | Spalding shoes for the aldo ant DRAW WITH LEVINSKY | {ic vn ; Dunwoouie Coun-)So far the Brooklyn club haa lost an SP s os ¥ | : erbert Strong | tr y ¢ ¢ ne and ade me a physteal in- \ " Califor peld | day oF oe @ break | Club, be h ‘a "? - " - - y g OLS EEA Cat tir bs ug Ur aa Livonia cam atc Ppa PA ; we tet more th twenty applicants ands in that respect by a wide margin, © | they find comfort and y Jattling Levinsky to a draw in their ‘ A cruiting staff an a wad bio 4 ry 5 ta P 1 \ take up his vortly at the cour: ie two-day meeting of the United ¢ <treme % ee ee Se Nedra aaa yund bout at the Falrmont A | Ne ; Jat Far Mackie has ‘been | President Tener hes sailed a meet- | Hunts Racing Association at Belmont ARES EMS durability ete re it cee nett la ow i ic Woodie that bis trends |ing of the National League owne On eal ‘ Maat which is economy. on because of the blind eye, [ths 185 i ie <n and meana for facing the o:minous ul fresco affair this year be- : eG: p Denn tae Of 26 RIRE eye. : : bard ile: techy mateo eM: |altuation that has resulted from the | cause of the losn of the Hittle grand- Our line was never so aa mn thee veereciad tue ae. (3 << soa io] Lesley Cup have taken no official ac war. Baseball is in tor hard times|stand by fire a month ago. The varie “di Ma bapa Ft dotpm9 pog ne The f ¥; ") 1G cancel ‘te attraction. “H. Mortimer|und the Governor knows it. One of | meeting will have Mitten dork varied , £0 day in y f we | Barnes, > tary of the Metropolitan |the things that Is to be discussed ts , © Suery Peuehe even aviation boots \ ir nm with art You | Asaociat wuld last sight that so Car |the method of collecting the war tax | ‘09 The association has extended and sh - n Mis p bouts Yorn t | See en aattn + wou be ies | e Government, By the way, the an invitation to the members of the and shoes, a York | et for the a 1 NOW TOFS heseball rather hurt at| visiting British and French commts- Pee . the Sportin fet having been charged with trying t0 | sions, and it is hoped that p sorrumls Now for the thought— vad such a f " Young Moliiner T avold’ payment of this tax, It is} on# and it is hoped tha ien, . « ft such ALL FOUR OF YALE’S pointed out that the Dil Just agreed |G, T. M. Bridges and Col, spender | SPAldiN GP fade on Spee! ; MAJOR SPORT CAPTAINS t ‘ a \ on in Congreas expressly stipulates |Clay of the British army will be at re i aL val that the tax on tickets for bas@ball,|the course on Saturday ennis Shoes ennis Lasts) \ — : road transportation is to be pald by | ae columbia at the final ing of the Spa ding Made on Special All four of Yale's major sport f | A thy tine that [the public. The baseball people have) Inggnia Committes for the " . . Golf Lasts st | captains have finished thelr cols war. | MH knocked out Willie |SOtMine £0.42 WHE Coatection, whey | eenrese! Golf Shoes ’ the moat. recruits. 1 did goo os and are in the mas f faye Empire A. C. infexplain that they will have ‘to pay | teams, and merit your attention now work for yl cause, Hoping | tonal service, Artemus Gatess moeien Way 1a EQUI 5 Wah 8s a —— Lip oa iy a Captainelect of the — foothall F Boar ltteers neh Se Colelogue on requaet Tromain yours iru team, ts at Miami, Pla, with ap i fou MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS ; Cas Vt ae hes | Gibbons tought Lewis the first time . Spavpinc & Bros. ~ aviation unit, to whieh Cord ud jat the Fairmont A. C., the bout going a aainn tn ane the 8. uid | Meyer, Captain of the erew, als ¥ Bure 6 126 Nassau Street Tt aeems to me the V8. J yer, Capta crew, also ve vrais ct {ten rounds, although Lewis was near | NATIONAL LEAGUE. AMERICAN LEAGUE. } Fifth Avenue, at 43d Street for a fighting man Art Tis attached, Johnny Overton it | to |a knockout in the second round. Their | ; : , ; me Sdmunda, eye or no ey¢ re 4 wert | next meeting was at the Empir vet Clube, | WEL PC./Clobe, WL. PC. Club, WL PC. Chaba, w. epee ore oF Be Captain of the track team, and wet | eb, 25 10912, where Gibbons stopped |) Ne Yeu.28 6 467/Mocton.... 7 © .467/[Renton,...18 8 -ToeiClove'd...t1 nost furiously agk Harry Le Gore, Captain of the u Witiadeiphte Lk oie ‘ vie eee | LSwie in the second round, ApS St. Lools..12 7 .632/Chnein'd, 1113 .468!'N, York, 10 7 .GA8,Detrott,.. ®t low—not even exce ry baseball team, are both about to wot t * . bag | a |] Chteago...15 @ .625/Brooklyn.. 6 10 .3 Chtens 14 10 585 Wash'ton. 7 12 Govern—I've ever seen ing. N ec euinlccia, tienda at many ff \ Mi and in Haninamillclee ln ca ih Phils...., 8 8 800! Pitte’gh,.. 7 18 ,928/ (81, Loule..11 11 .500 Phila, 6 11.35 a great boxer, but a mo zing wil Lieutenants 0} fr * Waals, | Nao} * Bie | RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY, fighter, Marines, They left New Haven avy wel PB r . ‘ sie ry) RASS) Boston, 4; Washington, 1, First game. ie wire + yesterday, It is estimated that | ae. oe ee saad : | Weshiogon, 4: Howton 3. Herond referee of the ern A, ¢ there are not enough Y" men if the boxing . awel A a ‘ 1 ». Pittsburgh, Kalo, | Dewrolt, 9; Cleveland, 1, Second of M that he tiv the university to make up eudatur re | Chieago, 4; St. Louls, 2. was with Les Darcy when Les volun one ‘varsity team, let alone tour 7 says lt i , GAMES TO-DAY teered for service in the U major sport tes fe oeulen ONe aud York, ) New York at Chicago “He joined at the md ' Brooklyn. Roston at Detroit . hero,” writes Mr. He Si dates otk : ’ KO) \y n . Loule at Philadelphia. Philadelphia at St. Louls Jouege, enortiva Cig pt. Christy that he was rely to tnnath, ¥.90 9 6 $ “" n ii ar MtES chive whiten tf i Pittsburgh at Boston, | Washington at Cleveland, “doe Veneh. Adm Bthes : H etnnati, . ecelye $1,800 pei bWill be aliritn “of Nlanimiseaer seeent ponies |B and the cl wre the boute mn 4 Cuuy, Bibbn ght when called on by the U, 8. A.” at. Polo Gro Adm, 000.--Advt, ae at antares Wo e decision im ile latigr's home town Mag ld, ere held, aa ag enemas | Bias bouts, aves Dal bir dior appa ‘ ‘ ¥