The evening world. Newspaper, May 21, 1917, Page 10

sOLGMN oe If the State Cared to Help Racing, and Allow Betting That Would Do Little Harm, if Any, It Might Try the Pari- Mutuel System. 7. \ Oovrietiaa Sas Yeak Branlaa Weed) = E horse racing season has opened. There is no pubiic bet- ting at the track. There will be Bone this year, But as usual pool fooms will run all over New York City. They always do run. Any one “in the know” can get a bet down at any time, without going to the track. Of course there 1# un anti-betting law, and as a law it should be ob- werved. But tho anti-betting law never did what was intended. It cut out betting at the tracks, where few could go, except those who could af- ford to lose a few bets, and it put bet- Ung down in the heart of the city, where the small clerks and the little fellows can always find a place to tisk their hard-earned doilars—and usually without getting a run for their money at that. Racing is the greatest developer of horses—the only developer of tho: oughbreds. It is a well kaown that the United States cavalry is the poorest mounted in the world. It bas been poorly mounted for years, be- cause the anti-racing ‘sentiment nearly wiped out horse racing in this country, and thoroughbred horses were taken to Europe and the breeding of thoroughbreds becaine Glmost @ relic of the past in America, Racing witbout betting !s like bread without butter. Lots of peuple don’t or for it. don't care to argue for or against allowing betting at race Tracks. 1 think that Betting as It was carried “0 years ago Was not a gord thing. But if the State cared to nolp racing and allow betting that would do ite harm, if any, and woud allow « degree of individual freetom that every man thinks b'msolf entitled to, {t might try the pari-mutael system, The bookies wouldn't like that, for tt wipes out the bookle. It is the only fair way to bet on a borse race, and the only way that ellminates the evils of “plunging.” France bas tried it, and bas found it a good thing. They have it In Cuba and in South Ameri- n countries, and in Maryland, Ken- tucky and Canada. There's no reason, except the disinelinatiou 4! the pro- fessional office holder to a'ir up the professional reformer, why we should not have tt in New York State. It ‘ would be a great thing for racing, and “ great thing for the thoroughbred vad the U, 8. Army. We may not need eavalry for the trench warfare of Eu- rope, but It ts quite cohcelvable that we wi"! need cavalry for warfare un- der other conditions. And when we need mounted men we'll need them ulghtlly well mounted, too P much his continual disappoint. ments have had to do with the breaking down of his health, At present Les ts in a hospital in Mem- suffering from a severe attack ‘pneumonia and complications,” A short time ago he was down with rheumatism, The troubles of Les started in New York, when Gov, Whitman discovered that lo was a “slacker.” The Gov- erno: probibited his first bout, with- Out giving Les a chance to defend himself from the charge, which he wight have done quite easily, He was no slacker, He was simply a youngster with a family of ten people depeding entirely upon him for sup- port, und he wanted to make some money in a hurry so that he could jeave them in comfort and go to the GOR Les Darcy. 1 wonder how f. Poor Les wap up against {t. Other Governors followed Whitman's ex- smpie, probably because Mr. Whit- ma): is the Governor of a large State, nd looked up to tn consequence. S training for the army, that the . ic teams in all branches of fyort are wiped out otire student body of Yale, Harvard, © many college men have joined the colors, or are in active Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cornell, 7 Dartmouth, Williams, Colgate, Brown | #nd other Eastern colleges have tiken to military work. About a fifth of the students have actually enlisted and have left college, and all the rest are drilling nearly all ay and every day 't ts @ fine thing to say for our seational system that it has raised | patriotism to auch a high standard, T may be, as the college coaches years before our athletic ports are yught back to the standard of par ago. 1 don't we Much for regret in that, The com ew ations of students may not turn vut 80 many great champions for a while, but tney'll get just as much enjoyment and good, heaitnful exer- rise out of sport as last year’s men They will represent their colleges just as creditably. The spirit of sportsmanship won't suffer, Pur- haps we were beginning to think a little too much about winning and breaking records, forgetting the original objects of it all. To my mind, the most sporting thing a col ge athlete can do is to offer his life to his country Isn't that greater than to go out and.run until he top ples across « finish line to win a little more glory—or honor—or fume -or publicity—-or whatever it {s—for via college? Beside the great sacri fice all these smaller things sink back into the perspective and we ean sce thom for what they are woys’ play. Don't worry about the future of athletics, In time we'll be sending better teams than ever before to the Olymple games. And the world will be looking at them with greater 1¢- @pect than in the pasty Practically the | THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1917. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK TO-D ———_ +. “Manager Callahan Denies the Ringling Brothers Have Made Him an Offer for His Pitching Staff”—“A Lot of Pennants Have Been Won in Cin Cincinnati By Arthur (‘‘Bugs’’) Baer. (Copyright, 1917, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). CHICAGO, LTHOUGH the Fed League Park {x as empty as the crown of Russia, no complaint is being heard from the Cubs and White Sox. A fan needs both a ticket and a shoe born to get himself into either park. PITTSBURGH One inore beating and Al Mamaux will be able to sew a button on a thimble apd wear It for a cap, rn eee Hans Wagner looked something like ood liver oll tastes. He wa: as graceful moked herring. But the Vernon Castles who are trying to fill his shoes could use them as a dancing pavilion. eer air: Manager Callahan denies that Ringling Brothers have made him an offer for his pitching stuff. CINCINNATI. Owing to the Reds’ magnificent showing there are at least 50,000 more American League fans in this burg. eet ee A lot of pennants have been won in Cincinnati, but none by Cincinnati. PHILADELPHIA. Connie Mack is figuring out the why and whoozis of the Ath- letios’ shabby showing and admits that even Willie Hoppe couldn't click off points with billiard balls shaped like lemon: . . . Playing baseball with only one baseball is easy for the A's infield, Those boys could juggle six at a time The Phils are in third place because Alerander ts pulling them up, and Alex is in third place because the Phils are dragging him down, BOSTON, The ban on boxing in New York may cause Btallings to have the Giants’ games transferred to Boston. The fans are still demanding that the official scorer give the management an error for the Speaker sale. Cahir ye | Johnny Evers is getting along much better since the umps stopped butting In on his decisions, CLEVELAND, The biggest baseball problem for Cleveland fans is where to go for enjoyment after the third inning. . Joe Boehling attributes his success to the fact that he first played in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He got his speed keeping one jump ahead of the guys who had bet on him. sess ahs THE NATIONAL LUAGUE ATTENDANCE IS VERY Goop | WASHINGTON Skull practice {s being held daily. Judging from the results the boys | must be checking their skulls at the door with their bate een 6 Walter Johnson's contract « during 1917, and Walter ts Ns for tim to wear a Washington untform rying out the contract faithfully, Some capitalist wanted to buy the ticket scalping priv this fall, but Griff tossed the dime back in his face. for NEw YORK, Coney Island bot sausages have gone up to ten cents. There has been | a rush of slackers to take out dog licenses “tig pa | Manager Robinson will be indebted to the pitchers who are alming the ball at his batters’ heads if they wil inform him of the exact location of the targets. ' The Giants’ showing has been just as in-and-out as the cuckoo on a Swiss clock. . . . | ‘The Yanks' wonderful showing still fails to moive the world old | problem as to whether the correct method of eating the meringue on lemon ple is with @ spoon or with « sponge. . Brooklyn's recent spurt now makes the National League race as close as two Halley's comets. 5ST. LOOEY. The home teams’ showing would be much better if the courts hadn't deovided that pop bottles were illegal competition, Some folks claim Miller Huggins shouldn't get credit because he didn't | build up the Cards, but inherited them, Woolworth didn't invent the nickel, | but he was the guy that made 'em famous. DETROIT. get much botter the management is thinking about leh Canale we Gas | | The season is backward. It is almost June and Ty Cobb hasn't got an infield home run yet or ble The Tigers passed a couple of teams last week, but it was om the Erie, innati, but Not by | Kings County Handicap Win- ner Has Improved Wonder- fully in Appearance. By Vincent Treanor. ow he “HH” looks like a real horse for the first time sinc was a twy-year-old.” It was Sam Hildreth, trainer of August Bel- mont's Stromboll, talking and he was replying to the congratulations of Schuyler Parsons after Stromboli won the Kings County Handicap at Ja- maica, What Hildreth said ts true, Stromboli looks like a race horse to- day, instead of the long, scrawny horse he was last season, wheu he ran very creditably on the sheer courage that only thoroughbreds possess Stromboli ts a smooth coated, well filled race horse now. ‘There are no angles In bis make-up. He looks and acts like a healthy person does after overcoming a series of physical set- backs. The horses which he beat Saturday may beat him later on, but It 1s a question worthy of de- bate. It 1s true that The Finn needed @ race, that he didn't have any the best of the racing luck and that he wasn't ridden with any too much Judgment, but ft is also true that the same argunent could be used in Stromboll!’s case if he had been beaten, The showing of Spur too might be excused for the same reason advanced for The Finn's mediocre performance, which brings us to the general con- clusion that Stromboli was the best horse in this particular race, The Belmont horse certainly had none the best of it as the race was run, He had to overcome some difficulties o1 |his own and Jimmy Butwell had to use all the skill he possesses to steer hia way Clear to a contending position on the backstretch, Once there Stromboli did his part ke any worthy son of Fulr Play should and came on to a victory (hat was free from flukes. It will, however, remain for another meeting of the handicap stars to prov Strompoll’s real worth and the sea- son is very young. But in his pres- ent condition and at a fair weight arrangement, Stromboli will hold his own with the best of them. James Butler is @ real sport. He wanted to win the Kings County handicap with Spur, and he thought his chances second’ to none, Spur, stripped In the paddock, looked equal to do anything In a racing way. Mr. Butler wagered on his horse in friend- ly fashion and watched him move up in his characteristic style on the far turn only to stop after too much use had been made of him. Was Mr, But- AY---AND: Stromboli, Belmont’s Star, Is Real Race Horse Now, Says Trainer Sam Hildreth Mr. Belmont beamed witb smiles as he shook the hand of the popular New York merchant. The spectacle of Johnny McTaggart and his brother Tommy struggling through the stretch on Ormesdale anu Top o' tne Morning lent a human in- terest touch to the five and a half furlong dash on Saturday which had the crowd on its toes. No other two riders could figlit it out as these two brothers did. Once Johnny got Ormesdale’s head in front on the last sixteenth, but did Tommy stop riding on Top o the Morning as many an- other rider might have done? Nothing doing. ‘Tommy used everything in the jockey's lexicon and finally put it over on his kid brother In the last few strides. ‘This particular finish was one of the greatest tributes to the honesty of racing that ever could be written bere or elsewhere Sam Hildreth showed the must typ- ically feminine two-year-old seen in many o day when he svn. Masda to the post in the two-year-old maider event Saturday. She had broken watcbes in ber mornin, tricis and, according to paddock gossip, all she needed was an even break, In the paddock, however, Masda showed fem- inine flightiness. She pranced in the parade to the post majestically, but when she got there began to display ja disiike for her «ompany. Jimmy | Butwell did the best le could to keep her in good humor, but whon the barrier went up she wasn't quite ready. Royal Ensign, a moro level- headed miss, got awa, and was never caught, | but to Mas- a none too go oe tof nf ground to finish second. ira an even break Royal Ensign will never beat Masda again. The news thet England had yielded to the public appeal for a continuance of horse racing, and the announce- ment that those great classics, the Derby and Oaks, would be decided at Newmarket on May 30 and June |, respectively, was welcomed by those interested in the sport in this coun- try, especially by the members of The Jockey Club, without whose encour. agement the turf would be little but a name tn the United States to-day. As Chairman of the governing body of racing in this country, what August Belmont has to say in connection with England's change of policy has particu. lar force. “The conclusion of the Brits ish authorities that It 1s best to con- Unue the test of racing 15 gratifying,” id Mr. Belmont, “and the lesson. it conveys should be far reaching. It tn- dicates that sport does not enter into matter at all. the outlook for the current season here? Ther of great sport, espectally { year-old division, which w be stronger than for ast. With Campfire, chayyam 3 that ) training could be expe How ot thetr as Qu well , the public may louk ot . all in ne NATIONAL LEAGUE. W.L. B.C. 1 Chobe |W. LPC, Clube 667| Cine 1S 8 .o52|trookiyn., 9 6 4.640 Boston. ae + 916 08 bt, Louie #t Brooklyn. Cincionab at Boston, Chicago at Philadelphia, 19 406 ler gore? Nothing like it, He hunted | for some brilliant’ sport before the ond up Mr. and Mrs, Belmont and con-|of the spring meeting of the West gratulated both. He meant it, and chester Racing Asrociation,” | AMERICAN LEAGUE, Clube = «WL PAC, Clabs, WL, 643 Waan'tom. 14 16 630 9, Lous..14 629 Dowel... 11 18 82 New York at Deirott, thoston a1 Chicage, Washington a 81, Lous Vatadelphie at Clevotand, on ber toes | da’s credit it must be said that from | beginning she inade | -- YESTERDAY 11, by the Prees Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) AN you tell your pitchers much about the hitters in the league—especially about the Giant batters?” a friend asked me while I was in New York. © “L can tell them, but It’s hard mak- 46 jing them believe it sometimes,” I answered, Of course, the first essential in successfully working batters is con- trol, because if you don't carry con- trol you can’t put the ball where you want it; but there have been some lustances lately where a twirler for- got what tu serve them up—some- thing any pitcher ts liable to do, and something | did myself often in my younger days when I had a lot of stuff, A man does more pitching and less thinking when he's young—both in basebali and in Hfe—and he often doesn't realize a base on balls ts as good as a base hit under certain con- ditions, so he spends bases on balls lke drunken sallor—a bad expres- sion In these days, because drunken sailors are about as scarce as Ger- man Mners (surface ships) in the At- lantie, Naturally, IT know the Giants pretty well, and most of the rest of the older batters {In the leagu n use 1 was working along there fur some time Battling Levinsky, light heavywelxtit champion, will again be seen in acti in these parts on Saturday night at the Fairmont A. C., where he takes on Wile Burt Kenney, the game and willing local light heavyweight, who always manager to give the topnotchers of his class a close batle. Levinsky last week out- pointed Leo Houck For some mysterious renson there'll be no sow at tho Empire A. ©, to-night, where Willie Ja: eon and Tommy Tuohey were to be the headliners, Frank Bagley, manager of Ja: aaye there is no truth in the report that Jackson burt bis band ou Kivers last Saturday night and had to cancel the match, as Willle le in first-class condition again, The Pioneer 8, 0, will probably now stage this promising battle, accurdivg to Bagle: | Henny Coster, the east side bantam, who used known as Young Benny and wb Jim Marah, has beeo signed but Coster boxes Jimmy Murray o-nigut at the Military A. C,, Brooklyn, Ted Lewis is back {2 town from Tort whore | he agsio loxed, claiming » popular decision over | |Jeck Britton, last Saturday ight, Lewis re. |mumal waining to-day for Gis match with Mike O'Dowd, the St. Paul star, at the reopening of the St, Niubolae Rink on Thunday night |Johamon, manager of Lewis, says tho Lewie-Brit |ton tout was attonded by the large crowd the Jerer saw & boring contest in Canada, Lewis do. Jimmy pated his end of the pure to the Cavadian t triotts Fund, | Jobony Kilbane .* coming here to witness tho | Benoy Leonard-Freddie Welsh champtouship. oon. [test at Mocbattan Casino on May 28 and tnet dentally to try and induce Welsh to meet bitn the championsbip route. Kilbane claims (hat teveral cities want to stage the battle, Gunboat Smith, who ts slated to box INmman Jim Fisnn ot the Clermont A, C, of Brookbyc on Thursday evening, will mom Heir engage i battle with Bob McAlister, the olerer tight dearymeigat of C a, at the Plonewe 6, ¢ on May 29, as bis wanager, Jim Buckley, to-day | acowpted terms from Promoter Doowerick tor ome, It te Hkely that George Engle, mani 4 McAlister, will congent to the match, es us to have Bob go against some of | big follows ip (his vicinity the age To ten-round bouts | day to te fought at the Clermont A. €, of Bry lv om ext Saturday night. In one of theen Joe Buran, the promising Chicago bantamweiglt will go Brandt of Brooklyn, while im the will take on Johnny Lustig, who was a promiaing fighter 0 long ago, ve bow arranged the Jermy Ci Frankie Buroe, asttonad ban tamweight, who has won fifteen bouta in sneoes wim eine Oxt, 38, last ywar, will don the mit to-night, Ho will face Al Sbubert, ntamweight of New Bedford, Mass ‘twelve rounds to & decision at the Ryan A, C of Now Haven, Cann, Burus je to receive & Querantoe of $000, will an option of accepting Soper ceat, of the gross receipts, The Broadway 5, ¢ | eceto of & good mis rap to-momow elgtt, ‘The batiler ish thls go Mike O'Dowd of St, Paul and Silent Martin eof muie fighter. Both are anxious tow) John Weemantel We tying hant to got Gib | fous Lo meet tt | Jimmy Flynn of Long I My and Young Ono, une ‘tocal buaer, ate © wit | at the Yorkville 8, (, to-night, Bot) men will feobably put up # hand battle, as they ure in | good condition 9 mmut-final Frankie Neil [the califonnis fyweight, will mot Vevey Pine eo, : Tobaay Howard, the crack Bayoune middle BIG LEAG ab | UE GOSSIP ry Christy Mathewson, Former Star of Giants and Manager of Cinciqnati Reds. Studying How to Fool Batters Is a Real Tough Job—Matty Tells Few of His Experiences While With the Giants. | myself, and I compiled a pretty com- plete card index of them in my noddle the last few years. I had to, Take Robertson of the Giants, who will trim a high ball, going up so high after them it will sometimes almost look as if he were taking a wallop at_wild pitches. Mitchell of my club was working against the Giants one day in the last series at the Polo Grounds, and he gave McGraw’s fast outfielder a high one which he promptly pickled, Mitch looked surprised, I asked him about it when he came to the bench. “I thought he couldn't hit the high ones, but would murder a low one,” replied Mitchell, “You had him reversed,” I told him. “Remember that.” “I will,” he answered. “I'll nev give him a shot at a high one again. Of course, when I say a man is a natural high ball hitter, I don't mean he won't get hold of a low one once in a while, but, if you pitch what he doesn't prefer you reduce his chances. 1 figure if you keep the ball in close to the handle and low, the pitcher. has six chances to one he won't come through with a belt. Any man who can bust them around .270 or .300 or better on the season {s bound to bust any kind of pitch'ng sometimes, but he won't hit It.as hard. (Copyright, 1997, by the Bell Syndi- who bores Chief Clay Turner in the feature bout at the Piosser Sporting Club to- nurrow night, was today matched by bis man wer, Jack Bulger, to box George Chip fifteen ouude to & decision at Providence May 80, weit, WESTERN GOLF BODY ABOLISHES. STYMIE This Radical Action Will Take Effect in Championship Tourney at Midlothian, CHICAGO, Mi 21—Stymies in golf play are abolished by @ revolu- tionary rule promulgated by the ‘Western Golf Association to-day for play in the Western amateur chame pionship, to be held at the Midlothian Country Club, ¢ Neago, July 9 to 4 Tue new rule, whic’ joes away, r as three-fourths of tl United States and all of Canada are con< |verned, with one of the most dis cussed penalties of golf, afso elimi+ nates to a large extent the bother of lifting balls on the putting greens ta medal play. The new rule up ardinal rules of the when both balis are on the puttin | green. “Heretofore the ball farther rom the hole had to be played firsts. natch play, where the contest f by bole, the old rule brought | about a stymie when the ball nearest the hole wag in the direct line of play of the bal! farthest from the cup. the old rule played fted until | farthest from the hole layed, if the first player desired, ag he would suffer @ penalty of one roke if his ball hit the ball of hig fellow competitor. ae eceeenipainiantcnis AMERICAN ASSOCIATION MAKES DECISION TO-DAY. BUFFALO, N. ¥., May 21.—Decision as to whether there shall be an inter- league baseball series between the In- ternational League and the American Association was left to the latter or- anization at a meeting of Inter- tional club owners and managers, resident 5. G, Barrow of the Interna. tional Leaguo said after the meeting his nization stood ready to carry out its agreement, but that It would not contest the decision if the American As- sociation Voted to call off the series, President Barrow | graphed to President erican 4 jation & statement of the ration: position. Earlier in the y President Hickey had sent word that an American Association meeting would be called in Chicago to-dey to decide the interleague series question. t poelineliemines Jackson Knocks Out Rivers. Willie Jackson, conqueror of Johnny Dundee, after several weeks’ absence from the ring, owing to tliness, faced Ray Rivers, the California lghtweight, ac the Clermont Rink on Saturday night and scored a knockout In the second round, @ right to the jaw doing the | trick area reer a Madden Knocks Out Cox. In the special show at the Pion Sporting Club on Saturday night, Barty ley Madden, the hard-hitting west sido heavyweight, stopped Joe Cox, the glant Missouran, in five rounds. The winning heavy right to the jaw. was knocked down four times. eee INTERNATIONL LEAGUE, STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Cbs WL PC. Clubs WL PA, Newark...15 7 .682) Kochester.18 12 520 J aitimore.18 9 .667/ Montreal. 10 17 .370 Torome...15 11 677| Bafta 47 346 brovid'ce. 14 11 560 Kicnmond 9 19 321 RESULTS YESTERDAY, Richmond, 6; Montreal, 1. Montreal, 2; Richmond, 1, GAMES TO-DAY, Newark at Toronto, Richmond at real. 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