The evening world. Newspaper, May 15, 1917, Page 14

Boxing Is Considered Important | in the British Armies, T i® @ humorous commentary on the assassination of boxing in New York State that the British armies now facing death on the blood-drenched battlefields of France and Flanders are being instructed in the noble art. This I get in a letter to Charlie Harvey from Jem Driscoll, the little Welsh-Irish ring wizard, where in France’ where there has been fighting in the great war, Driscoll, a true patriot, was among thoee who enilsted in the first rush. | Jem is a chief sergeant major—inc cating that as a soldier he must be of the same grade of eMfc is within the roped are: But let Jem ‘teil it: Third Army, British Expe tionary Force, France, 9-4- Dear Charley: You can ke by my present addreas that I have had a chance to “get over.” I am now going from school to school along the British lines teaching boxing, which is urged by our Gover ment. Jimmy Wilde has also Joined and he will be teaching boxing over here by the end of the month, Many of the beat boxers have been picekd for this work and are hard at it, We're ail busy making men who will be quick with brain and hand and foot when they get in among the Rochen Yours very sincerely, JEM DRISCOLL, wrestier made good with the bayonet. I quote from a Can- adian newspaper: Hei ‘a which « voxer-|P Although He Is Rated ‘‘Pro.’? by the U.S, 6. A, Ouimet to Compete in Western Association Tourney a4 received @ telegram from Ottawa stating that his brother, Private Fred Idmun@s, had been wounded on March %, and ts now in hospital. “Private Edmunds is only twenty- one years of age, and he enlisted with ie 170th Battalion, coming back from he United States, where he was on # tour giving wrestling and boxing ex- \ibitions) as Canadian middle-weight champion, to enter the ranks after his wother Artie had been rejected b cause of defective eyesight. Private k Edmunds, another brother, 19 at the front A comrade of Private % vunds hes written that EDMUNDS > PIE TEEN MAS ALREADY KILLE WITH THE BAYONET: GERMANS AT number of Canadian ® have enlisted for the wer, Art Edmunds, as recruit- ng sergeant, brought in several. ‘The Athletes’ Regiment is at the front now, but new regimenta are enrolling companies of athlotes MONG the famous English box- ers who, Hike Jom Drivoll, ens Ysted before conseripiuon was adopted in England are Dick Burke Johnay Summers, Bombardier Well: and Jim Sullivan, Of course the were hundreds of others of less fame, urge, who enlisted at the begining the war, is t old-time Hes Veight who onc Lavigne at the National Sporting Cluv of Lan avon, in the fight that made Lav.gue lightweight champion of tae world Johnny Summers is remembered in| compe! America as a xplendidly trained, clevor and hard hitting fignter, near anpion. He was welter champ ngland. ler Wells, Eng land's heavyw enlist for several months after the beginning of the war, He was sup- porting the families of three brothers in the army, and when he first volun- teerec he was rejected on the ground) that he was of more use at hor anywhere e. Later he enlisted was sent to make boxers of sold behind the firing lines, Jim Bullty: middleweight champion of England, WAS on active service, REDDY WELSH wilt take some | he risk in boxin Henny Leon. how In. | # on tent he is upon st > matt ling and excap with the lightweight crown still glued on, Benny has knocked out his 1 four opponents, beating Riehle Mitch ell for American tt polish Ing off three others of less fame but very fair fight! ity Leonard seems nuine knockout streak—a thin that Freddy Wel had in a bis ring caree mardi ine jor to Welsh 4 boxer and is a flehter that We holds his title to-day on the filmsiest of technicalities, will be another benefit at airmont to-morrow nish e Fe ear, 48 Well as a NuMber of the atrical stars, It will be the last benefit for “Kid” Griffo. For the smiling “Kid” is dead. Hix fam ily, left with nothing, aveds help ever to bury him. "So "saya Billy bwon, “is another opportunity fo! xers and followers of the sport t 8 they have so often the t they are more sometimes thought to be Griffo was a noted character A clever boxer years ago, when left the ring he seraped along with an occasional vaudeville “stunt” His Bernstein were | *« Many who ne benefit show to-morrow uld see them medy bouts with J laugh produc Ko might will wish they c at it again. Griffo had a fame all his own, He was str’ and down and out, He always had a siniie for every one, and probably no old-time boxer could ¢o more friends, Paul Vaccarelli has charge of the | benefit. There will be two star ten round bouts. a six and three fou rounders iu the boxing part of the pro gramme. ney as he | OW WEL, A Lot of Tunas CAN Happen AN SUK MonTas Art Edmunds, boxer and wrestler, | detinitely Francis Ouimet, foriner national amateur and open golf champion, J] * JMC mia ruted by the United States Golf Association as a professional, cepted an invitation from the Western Golf Association to compete as an championship tournament at the Mid- ‘The invitation to Oul- amateur in the Western amateur lothian Country Club, Chicago, on July 9 to 14, met Was extended by unanimous vote of the Board of Directors after the association had adopted a new definition of an amateur, ignoring the ruling of the United States Golf Association. This action has the appearance of an open challenge to the national governing body on the stand it took to declaring Ouimet ineligible to petern body also !s out of sympathy with association on the question of conducting championship ar becanse of the compete as an amateur, the rational tournaments No national will conduct its championship ociation, made tournaments ax usual clubs with territorial limits west of Pittsburgh and north of the Oblo ive members than@iny other golf organ- It limits entries to its championship tournaments to men belonging to clubs of the association, but reser ¢ outside tho district, adopted by the in that he sells golf supplies as at as a former golf champion an aid to have more ization in the world tion, had ab Amherst had dropped track sports. Ovlmet Is an Golf Association vitation was extended to him to compete, er MISS ELEANOR GOSS SHINES ON CLAY COURTS. Mian Eleanor WINDSOR ENTRIES. |May 15.—The entries for to-morrow's! yesterday when the Reds nicked t g interest throw the Women's ) courts of the at Mills, La I. Tennis Club, ht champion, didn t{ ants battled throux cha mplonship than ine matches were filled | Waser for the national indoor It was her fi have atruck al ful sh {in Wins a Pot Kennel Show at White Plate efit at which many boxers he first and | FIFLY-FIVE MEN FROM EACH BIG LEAGUE Ane SUSJECT TO SELECTIVE DRAFT ‘human’ than | untry needs bim, » permitted to finish honest, and he wouldn't | ask for help, even when he was sick | the promise that the end of the shaw had # month or so of military a ball player will nents to have PR ey distributed to C egies. eign atnls 4 ogee THE EVENING WORLD TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1917. : BEST SPOR TING PAGE IN NEW YORK SIX MONTHS AND THEN THE CURTAIN Copyright, 1917, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) to Lose to Them.” By Arthur (Copyrign something like pa: pst as hard ne Intercollegiate Association of Amite bletes of America tas) # Benny Kault ry carnival and athieuc}admired by Miller Huge competition in place of the annual in-/ The expertistsa who experted tha tercollegiate track and field ch the Eastern wheel we : Pionship games, Which were droppe! ey ok tne ona wen? this season, after forty consecutive! bats when they a a : years, as n result of sn taken by | little lustre off of the Giants’ Jead alth Weaterners dropped three gi which caused the proverbists to soda water ix goin Although the regular championship | foes dumb in Phil had been cancelled previously | Mg town, The Cards staked the we off th carnival and athletic | and deserved to wir What's mor tition brings to an end the sert s held under the direction . 4 A's annually sin Ite «¢ ation in 1s the Executive Co pmittee in a my at Philadeiphia on April 28. one chance and threw two sixes, ‘The entling off of the championships ade necessary by the fact that Harvard, Princeton, Corn imbia, Dartniouth, Syracuse I, Aiiohigan, California and antord, a pers of the agsocia- grand stand, Sa d athletics, white Stand stand ' New York baserunne oe The contest was em day last yea Melvin W. Shep An old recruiting officer toll 1 ard, for years o} a athletes cof five years ago, He sh the puffed over to China 1 In Madison Die Th Kt 12, 1915, the end of two years. we LOUISVILLE ENTRIES, PAT Hit I oake Tiras Cine irene sola reminder th RACH TRACK unlese the Robins LOUISVILLE, Ky.,| bones from last place all season. ri ws the end of the universe seem (o t SECOND RACE Cloining: ham sear | The Yanks spoiled a clean day of losing for New York teams by Wh: Ronte dak, 1 Monae yt ty “Nin | inducing the Browns to lose to th eta Re ee ner mood and didn't have to be cajole THIRD RACE—Claiming: three-year Jey tet Waite War tuts lhe che the turns were banked there is no telling where Vid: Nobleman Primera is ers would f 8 season, zi toeman, at Leno, 11 sters would finish this season Wor Balt, 11; King: Gori ean 11S. rut 1 Manur ken, | Shoe At that Alex looker " . arr or te y none ta! ating, 126, | requires a lot of Fletoher ai sh cove Cheah aint Seg rare peers nena AFTER. NOEMBER. BOXERS WHO WANT Braces Sireabanes ‘Te Tare ur Gdour and Gort ip ry |“The Cards Won Out in the Dut in the Teath Mainly Because Sallee | By John Pollock Passed Roger Hornsby to Get Cruise, Which Is Some- thing Like Passing a Panther to Get a Leopard” — | veniam who “Opportunity Must Have Worn May.im Silencers on Her Knuckles When She Pummeled ai the Giants . Door Yesterday’—“The Yanks Spoiled a Clean Day of |* Losing for New York Teams by Inducing the Browns the clever Jersey City holds a Knockout vietory |who hus won his last twon | will ment | Twoietn round semi-final Benny Movoy of the! World, In ri west side will meet Phit Franchini, |proniteing west side bantam, the) ment jist for the Naya 1917, by the Proxy Pubitehing Co. (The New York Evening Wortd). OUNG MR. DOA of St. Looey enjoyed himself so copiously slapping | rounds w: the Giants down for nine innings yesterday that he helped himself The Cards won out in the tenth | ard from the ficst on Tuerday evening. May 2%, , to the from: of | (hey vill probably fight mare anxious t a extra inning for dessert. Kad ( Athletic 1 otes ) ated cereus Salle quad Rouse "Hornsby to get Crulse, nbs a panther to get a leopard, k abandoned its plan to hoid {official rans scored. It was ap Cruise hit the ball a few seconds later and two! ! » spank and one that was greatly | firt mit of boute exteuded to ten roonds vow | ainination with fying colors tn the! Those of the leg! 4 in that rity between * MeCoy of Brooklyn |r taburgh the gross re Cards were scheduled to blow on Pasar Md coll promising boxing centre 7 |Mally signed up for Uncle &: Mf the roms receipts jo Gred deow down » swishing of the Giants’ ards rubbed a aw is still on velvet three in Philadelphia, which way the Because a team | 3 to What they will do when they hit ty of Frankie Bums, boxing game was dewoneizated to a Proverbs don't always bin home city. « no indication ran voted the most y Jority of mors than 119.600 roten, , they did win, Opportunity must have worn Maxim she pummeled at the Giants’ door yesterday. jencers on her knuckl Anyway, the lads had This was in the tenth, when a legiti mate attempt to steal second provoked a perfect throw from Catcher - Snyder. Incidentally, Snyder thinks better with his arm than most catchers in the league do with their heads. all afternoon. rkable for’ clever ge’ nd the most notable incident being tha tatr He was tossing moths on nd quick think a German flag in the put a year earl 1 a few days, as « wignified his wiuil f France, welterweight story about | bottomed side-y first cruise thirty- don a fla nehored for Nis had for dinner, breakfaet and supper beef bone clever welterweight 0! 2 the feature be Attle bantamweight ning in and ran sald they call it Beef Bone Reef to t we inhaled it aground on the This may be an 4 cars and it is @ pa leg they will be tossing out be anchor overbe » soothsavers who predict world is at war, Redy won and we saw a ventilating fan twirling round ia a eubway Number of car furnished upon request. and Chick Simler of se through our foudht a erat twel They threw evious contest thy jury decide! to have After peveral atten ta, doxing pronoter of Bulfat The Browns were in a losing Yanks scored three runs in the seveath, which is aimost the record for a dirt track. Bill Donovan's speed- will box ten founda at th m Saturday night talen part in since law November, cereaearets between Jimmy Duffy ard Willie Heecher which was caniet for the Broad oollya for next Satunlay nig’ han been caltet off ty Promoter W Duteh Brandt wi the amin go, whi bouts Larry Kuber Brooklyn, Joe ‘fiplita wit! take on Young Carr o the Bushwick section and Mobby Hannon will go against Young Montreal Dutch Leonard tried to surround iving lost to the Cleveland buneh by dangling In first place by a thread that if just as frail as the | * » Indians yesterday and threw a if Grover Cleveland Alexander seems to be that he has the makings of a gv0d } tae undue credit, our readers will remember that we pi like a comer, Unfortuna’ tl which may ruin his career unless potatoes tak Although we a week ago gned a $12,000 who was formerty h Sator Raymond, tchmaker of the | | the Bronx, willy Lavan is one of the best baserunners in the league. May 23 at the Harlew 3. | himself he never has had a manager who could get him on the bases. Untuckily for bly mest for ten rounds o Y another god bet He tooked Tel Kid | Eogliah welterweight sing Welterweight is covering the the Cineinnati reries amateur d rabbed everything but the gate ured base hits that looked just a on Tuewlay evening, his Woubles int been a wild throw in any park has scored # number of knockouts recently work In bo is chilled to th | May SO aud either Silvey Mui he Appointed matchmaker popular in their home town when they are} A*conting to the reports tra Os heodore Shonts, You even have i rn throw yesterday, It would have AUNTS RACK Stenpiechane: —f league. ry ‘ Nt — King, WW ani Warm weather should loosen up “ Jean't expect a ballr ky ‘ tis, hor | O84 cies . as ‘ a | lark Griffith is still trying to a rity ta ee ee ae ous, | ThE Washington outfit are y We deat ri ney wt fon the road, ‘ ny ran t RIATH RACE dive NATIONAL LEAGUE, ‘ Viveaiaynaou. Cubs, WL LPC, Club, We. Pe Ninel eat N. York 13 6.684 Bost 810 444 shh ri ancl and _w Chicago 19 9 643 Chocin'd 1216 4291) a ‘ ait a nh Me Phite 600, Pitis'gh .& 17 320 ; New York, # (10 innings Cincinnatl, 9; Brooklyn, 2 Chicago, 6; Boston, 0 Philadelphia, 3, Piiisburgh, 2 rookiyn in kville Sport but despite in at New York m severely Cine nnatl at Brooklyn. Chicago at Boston, Philadelphia, AEP Into the ring at ip alnce he fought. Willard MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE. St, Lonis..14 13 Tom McAntle, matchmaker ovday arranged a Kin and Frankie Cou | show Saturday night of Mariom and Allie N | wil ewan, runes 17 12 586 Wash'ton, 7 15.318 13 10 565 Brooklyn 5 44.263 RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY. At Altany to-night Jack who asn't fought attracted much at in the Capital, and Chicago, 6; Philadephia, 2. GAMES TO-DAY. New York at 9, Louts the Brooklyn bey who has ber . Tomuny Tuobey SER NEDNS ALL LEGION ACCEPTED BY U. S. A? Trophies Will Be Sent To-M. row to Those Who Ha Entered Naval Reserve, HOW TO RECEIVE SPORT LEGION MEDALS.) Service medals, to be presented to all members of the Sporting Lagion, recruited by The Evening World, who are formally enrolled in elther the Naval Reserve or the Twelfth New York Infantry, will be ready next weok for distribution, To facilitate the sending of there medals. which may be worn at all times, legion members accepted in the aforementioned branches of service are requested to send their names, addresses they named on their legion enrollment blanks and the address to whioh they wish thetr medals sent, Bend these communteations te Sporting Legion Editor, Pullteer Autding be sent to-mer- Nl members of the Sporting te have been ace Reserve or the New Vork Nae porting Legion, anized by The Byening swelling *he leserve #6r= jvice, Since the legion paraded down Fifth Avenue on May nearly fifty, bers have presented themselves leach day to the Reserve Leadquar| tera, No. 28 Cortlandt Street, for nm that Is neces can be ehruile jin tho Naval Reserve, ‘The legion membe being sturdy representae ltives of ull branches of athletia ‘games, bave passed the entrance exe Service medals w row to Legion | cepted tn examiua ny Who have fore yon from ber many sports las well 4s 4 surprisingly big showing jot out-of-town athlet Cais class of legion recruits is led by Chester Van Wie, who made the journey from Detroit capressiy to parade with the jlegion. Mr. Vau Wie write: that he has signed up with the Naval Re- prves. It hus been the wish of most legion members that they be given quick. ‘action, ‘Their call to duty may come any time. Just how soon (his will be not even the Naval Reserve offi- ra can say boats ore steadily eink sent rd the coast from enemy rines, and as this number ine reases so Will pand for men. is understood that men enrolled Im the 1 Reserve wil, shortly be siied out and sent On board me of Vessels in sev 1 of the ic harbors, Tf this pian men would be ntensificd tr ivading A ix carried out given ao short, driit Up to the present the only trafnin Hits Las berm, schools Stas For the benefit of 3 it ts suggested that ask for permits to these gunne | schools as one of the quic | qualifying for active servic RACING SELECTIONS. PIMLICO, Beauveou Winso. cond Race—Tomahawk, Brovs nette ind Race—-Wht Marmont ith Ruce—Will close entry, th Raco—Jem, Fairy Legen Mira Krater Sxth k ter Gold. 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