The evening world. Newspaper, October 1, 1917, Page 12

a -~ Subscriptions Needed to on the Good Work o! the Army Athletic Fund. supplying New Y With athletic goods as feat as the etuff can be purchased « Mrerea. Dr Joseph BE Mayeroft of the Commission on Training Camp Astivities does al) buying of « and the War Department furn the transportation, The goods » ted are of the beet quality tn the “Blarket—eince we think nothing "We too good for the boye who o @eing to the front. About (twenty COMpany units of athletic goods have been shipped to Camp Upton at Yap wank within a week, and h some to Yaphank and some to ree) ments at Spartanburg The entire amount of the fund now fa hand will soon be exhausted. Thin means that more subscriptions musrt Be sent In to carry on the good work, YOUR subsoriptio: M1, will help. Addr: A Hy ren, Treasurer Army Athletic re New York Evening Make checks out to “Army Athletic Fund.’ ISTHN, ye sportsment Home of you footballs that you don't une find that might as well be turned over to the soldiers. The Army Ath Jetic Fund has all the work it can attend to at present tn supplying , uch more | Will be forwarded within a few days.) ave boxing gloves and| Fistic News som Pow and Gossi Mike O'Dowd, the St. Paul boxer In the atar ten-round bout gods in large quantities to the camps. I get scores of letters from| @hips, aviation corps and isolated | Mik Unite of New York soldier boys who |W! ft Write mo th are in other Stat them want boxing «lov and tell me what you Nearly all letter so that you can forward the athletic in person by parcel it. Bel me, the letter of thanks will get when the gods are de 4 will = repa: you for your trouble. I know. I've seen some of them. ERP is o typical letter, very much like a dozen others 1 find in every mail: Mr. R. Edgren, New York Eve- ning World. a Dear Sir: Learning from your ~*Serticies in The Evening World «,4hat you are endeavoring to sup- Tf ply the soldicra with athletic co, f00d8 in order to brighten our “period of training, we certainly aU apprectate your faithful work ani. hope you will succeed as in the past. If you happen to come across yom pair of boxing gloves that you euumould like to dispose of will you groplease wend them to this address? nking you in advance, ay Respecttully yours, CORPORAL BR PRIVATES TUDDA, M'NALLY, " FRE - WALS . WOLFORT, SHACKELTON, M DOWER, fth N. ¥. Infantry, Co, @. sub Cone Wadsworth, Spartanbur; HAVEN'T sent any single sets of boxing gloves to the Twelfth. But I hope that within a very few Mays tho Twelfth will receive several packing cases of gloves and other things, already selected and ordered for its use at Spartanburg. “NIGHT at Bothner'’s Gym- nasium George Bothner will put on the best wrestling contests meen in New York in years. It will not be like some of the professional tournaments that have. been run rely for profit in the past. Hothner golng to donate the proceeds to thé Army Athletic Fund, There will be seven bouts for New York City ehampionships and every bout will be strictly on the level. The best men in the intry have been matched The wrestiers think that the boxers have had too much of the limelight “The boxers have had a chance to| sbow thelr patriotism, to box for the | @oldiers and to box for the Army | Athletic Fund. The wrestlers want a a ee to prove their spirit, their |™ I} and the Importance of their ranch of sport, George tells me that there'll be more real action in. hin gymnasium to-night than has bee geen on any mat since Nouroulah, the Big Turk, played human steam roller ‘With Tom Jenkins. HE only fighter who has muased Renny Leonard's hair In a ring bout ts Leo Johnson. No doubt Club ‘Thursday Matchmaker Silvey Burns to exchange punches with K ‘a, Middiewelgh who in hia debut at f, 6 rink a fow weeks ago Won ove ave to send jaggressive Bilent Martin and [I will mail you nome soldier's |sins stood oft Jack Pete Herman, tamwelght champion, ts evidently possibly can before he enters the = 15. Joluay Dundes Rt pa Re rh rh accepted a match with Benny Val- to mer. at Ue Manhattan Casino om Tueday. ‘The winner of this battle will be in a| position to demand « fight wits Benny Leonard | ‘The Cline: Drindew match | whl be fought the night of the opening game of the World's Geries tu this city, The battle will be de- cided over the six-round route at the National A. C. of Philadelphia |]! Collins, Weaver and McMullen.| base, Collins and Herzog can safely It ts only when the rival inflelders| be ranked with the six leading sec~ are compared collectively that the Giant combination sizes up Saturday night. Although Billy Mieke received a cut over his eye fo ble battle with Cart HL won't tntertere Ww Morria om last 8 meeting Charlie the lightweight championship from Freddie Welsh, ain be in fe corer to adrian bun when foe against Vic bout at the Broadw of Brooklyn to-morrow Miske had @ physician teat his eye um mediately after Leouant started in tn for the contest at Hilly Grupo's «ymmasium ip tomt ft would be all right se wienty ¢! action, ace b to-night carded for the Yorkville Sporting Bronx will meet W pion Benny Laonant la Hame 00 laa Teelved an offer promuter to go out Went a1 engage in three bouts, Leouard, declared to-day that If the promoter aires e will take Beony to ‘They want Beany to box Willie Mitchie at 143 younds at the ringside, Leonard would be giving 60 passed up the former lightweight other top notchar Willle Morrie, the will take on Young Brit bim the amount be hook up with Jimmy the coast after Oct If toe managers ER | | some definite unders ng regarding the welg't Kiddie Wallace, the Brooklyn lightweight, bas been booked up for two fighte by bie manager, arlin Harvey. Hils flrwt will be with No du, at the Pioneer 8. to-morrow night and lle secoud with Babe Picat whom be will #9 bout at the Viower on Monday eve. is confident be will whip the New Jemey lig twoight chamguon Tuoley of Paterwon Hevne Bronx mitd hae Ween winding mc inet ia another are both boxing in their Lew. form right now. trying to bring together Well $e fighter, for ten rounda at Duffy, the west club ob Tuesday evening, Oct, 0 @ iany fighta wp Stal Murke far tnolve ro A Tow Daffy’ manager will do likewive Maen al ha’ AG who was Benny Teonant’s chief » contesta, even before | (Diamond Dust) 8 | Junmy Paul Rink Marty ¢ d Young Hatt COUNLEE id Augie) ROURTH A Mike Kus Upwant, the Ston C Hartley Harvest i to permit an ———___ LOUISVILLE ENTRIES. Hhisen LOUISVILLE, ning of the world's on in Philadely according to the ncinnat! were again deck National Hasebull F seml-profesmlonal of Cleveland surged on the fleld in the frat woods leading by a score of 6 to 1 SECUND RACE iatining 6800. three ser tip In military code To-day Benny looks back at that feat [on 0 knew that \\can Lear that the Whi fing Out of the thousands of t of bis with sorrow. 1 Benny took pride in finishing b Wight with hair just as neatly plas. tered down a4 when he entered the ; Leo Was caim and ool and thoughtful when the tht with Leon. | ard started, He had planned to muss | Benny's hair, to get Benny's goat Ane he did it. As he and Benny m fore a blow had been struck, ba hed out swiftly and rumpl ny's nicely parted locks with flong, extended left. He had just time to show his teeth io a grin when hin| | FRANKIE BUR p only | wtblo with J.eo's calculations was | tegem worked, He did get Ben- t. Benny was annoyed, just as new he would be that he didn't figure ou: to what ex- Maent Benny would be annoyed. Benny and bang him over the ropes, ed out, in one minute and fifty: seconds, If leo e boxes Leonard again i let that pan 1h: Kee Je 110 coming World's Serles iver the National, T batter the stuf- Claiming Boe m saw the ¥ @ | Jack Sine tin fort yesterday afternoon. y a sore of 11 to 8 100: Night Ow three year-okta anil ui 1,—Cincinnat) ry Hutler Soowh 31 (imp,), 310 of a double 5 and 4 to 0, © Was little glory in the w York team. for hardly PIETH HACK, thage yeariokle sd ume $1000; 1 and @ bait firlouas NS SCORES EASY WIN OVER NELSON. Frankie Burn: Was annoyed junt enough to sail into! pantamwelght, Nelson of the Bronx in the main event at the Broadway Sporting Club on Saturday night. He it and clever for @ second ten Batting SEVPNTH RACK i Baseball To- Chlesae, 11 Paastng 4 oP Mim-N. Amer! vo pounds a twwntiow Grde, Adi, Wo,—AdrL Weather clear; track feat THE EVENING WORLD MONDAY OCTOBER 1, 1017 BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK AT GEORGE BOTHNER’S TO-NIGHT s “THE LAMpLoRD 15 THE OnLY ~ Pemsces WHO WH HAVE A WOeRABS |Mainspring of Both ’ ht advantage in » world'a ban- the ney he possibie for 1 hieago infields to perform Hoe haa just bantamweight 208, Fletel Series ho io. mances of this sort. ational amateur and Gandll wer of Oklahoma | ing player Young Solty of tie] from the who are star” clus, to mi Wb wi the a Gandll's lait battlen thie ean: ker Tou Meanie rttitting weet | © Hatuee a Laur AQUEDUC Viner Rac Nas ben MeNet!, tin Hi) Brennan and mas in the feature third Nor & Nelson in a t ae Ae Pieves 4 hee” Vist easily outpointed Wheat ¢ atinent Dene Star Claas Mesiinn [othe LAUREL ENTRIES. for| WAVREL, Md for to-inorrow's wT RACE 172; Min Motion muckle Hh i 102; ‘tian *Mewnera, 10h Trust) Phage On ms 108 wer Lewier, 106 Hot THIRD ong Pune, and uma ar an wor 08 u Mary and Olver 108, Pairk | 108 Quien! Sele, 100, ta Ryan Com, “104 SEVENTH RACK Seiting | ‘ Ra) —- Be waned iF THEY Dont We ‘ton — To can, wa He Rep Cross 4 Giants Infield Has Advantage Over Sox, el ‘Compared Collectively Inner-|) THE WORLD'S S works Is at Second Base,|| ATTENDANCE FIGURES. With Herzog and Collins, Pi f PETE HERMAN TO BOX Respectively. FRENCH CHAMPION IN | P Wsaecs HE Glant tnfleld would have hoe PHILLY SATURDAY NIGHT. | T" ete albnated arene power, aggressivencss, expert- enee and the added advantage of 1913— smoother combination work were it 1914—Boston vs, Philadeipia.. tn wo F) u the New York and in the World's Series exactly as they have mmerman and Gan- the}and the natural leaders for the op- stronger, Yet this paper advantage | posing Infield combinations. vould be easily wiped out by the ex-| The playing record of Eddie Collins ceptional brilllancy or an infielder on mo side or the blundering of somefiing is one of the brain unfortunate player on the opposing} most spectacular players t team, and almost every World's| ¢ © been characterized by per- At first base there will be Holke} the diamond. Collins at the bat bas two steady, hard-work- | unmistakingly slumped, me distance] He hit this season at a -284 clip. Neither Gan-] Two years ago, with the Athletica, dil nor Holke measure up to what is! Collins was up| near the 400 mark known as World's Series standards. |b of Mike O'Dowd of St. Wan!|Gandil ia a veteran. He played with ord it Ls not to be imagined that the the Newcastle miner. come ty |the White Sox seven years ago, took | Glant pitchers will care about taking 1 turn with Washington and Cleve- | 4 Buroe of the Cle |iand, and returned to his old Chicago| “ne of the most dangerous batters in io the} Gerth in time to land in the big wind- | the game, Hoth first sackers are reliable| Buck Herzog, aggressive, bigh- tlelders. Holke's batting record for ‘von is eight points higher than| teammates, has given some of the ions of second| that he has been offered the man-| It so happens that the mainspring| base playing ever soca on the Polo| agement of four different clubs. The AQUEDUCT ENTRIES. N. ¥., Oct, 1.The en-| heen In good physical condition, and * for tu-morrow's races are as fol-) the Glants’ chances in the title series Finch 2). Sacra ia, Suadi-| times very erratic, Both are exceed- {it | case there's har Weather clear, [of having entries | ellaring. 101 106: Hor |] btLoultet2 70 .639 | Lrooklyn 68 78 TOR |] Sommer 78 76 506 | Pitta’gh,,..60 103 927 SULTS OF GAM | Cleveland, 2; Washington, | Tearua tia paren TRIES L. wi i Phila iwi Binns York va, Phila... 130,002 Poilaieipate ve, Howe, 148.054 ve, Boston 163,500 14 101. piayet ‘under National Commision played all season. Individually there's reg ations, ttle to choose betwoen Holke, Her- |“ Se of both inflelds is located at second ond basemen of the past ten years, or even longer. They ure real stars ja undoubtedly known to every one who ever studied a box score, Col- st and at ever cavorted in the big leagues. Yet the great baseball jury, made up of thou- sands of fans, will retura a verdict that Eddie has seen his best days on n with this failing off in the rece y chances with Collins. Ho ts atill Strung and a dashing leader for his most wonderful exhib! Grounds or anywhere else. The ( star, Ike Collins, is rilliant flelder and {8 considerably more aggrcasive. Of the two, Colling is the more pow- erful batter, Of late Herzog hasn't will greatly depend on the form of the great second baseman { shortstop are Fieacher and yeaver, two players of the same exceptionaly brilliant and at ‘1, ingly aggressive and cover a wide streteh of ground is wbout 100 points stronger than young Risberg, the firebrand Ac ding to reports from the White Sox camp, Up: | Weaver will start the series, In tha ly any difference tween the opposing shortstops. If Risberg should go in, Fletcher would énjoy @ marked advantago at the bat McMullen went to third base for Chicago late in the sesson, when Weaver broke a finger. His showing has been consistently good thou | fankees Will Have New Manager take churg Yankees, 1: was just a rumor at|—— = that time, but it an assured fact that Hug will suc- ceed Bill Donovan. 4 pitcher can te velop young player pressed the > Col. Ruppert says he has his fill of|they ha investing in high priced stars, Me | light uy has determined to develop a winner himself, and, to that end, has organ laed @ corps of scouts to find the | more informa y casual inquiry material to its raw state. And it he gets Huggins he will have a man who can do the rest, self and he has a record of accom- | piishing big things on slender re- sources, For years he went along in St, Louls with no money to spend, | but, when the club changed hands last year and progressive business management was installed, Huggins beg possibly is a cinch that the St, Louis owners | tured two exy must come across handsomely if Hug {ean be relied {s to be retaine fans, and that there is too much| then. ‘union sentiment to suit those who | good control until they like scrappy ball. And 1 have even| seasoned. Take Rube Be heard it charged that players who| stance, Ho wis around rgue on the field are only Tao AS encourage handshaking tac- [Only twenty-two y tics, and netther do I bell bail, but, when anyby baseball is @ pink tea affair, 1 have to laugh had with th asprin is still rat level that a second spring Giants and Tige the yea jnot remarkable. Opposing McMullen will be the well-known Zimmerman, and Hetnle will start the final series with the satisfaction and confidence ut in the best season of reer, his entire ¢ im at times has a tendeney to be» ay unsteady ting methods nie tn 1910 o mainly to goat rival h World's and made y one error in hearly twenty-five chances, 00, and that his big wage x to around ngue will put the White r ptor of many a Giant National League. Cineinnad, 1 New York, 5 (1st game.) Boston at thon, and |Iteds would meet the Tigers next) = > | spring | Hrank Navin, Persident of the De N F ll St 1] roit club, talked this matter over | This, season Zimmerman batted | rout in the coming series is the hope! 6 || Cleveland 88 66 Dewoit,..79 71 Chicago rane eeton. - \ ., 1b Too MU 4 fou me ( } . a —. Somme ef Tue Laps war = Be Ge THAGU® UF ThatT Tey vient Be ABLE Te A Bunn OF UNRRAP OeTMOUT Bren T “ Young Wicnen De, Boren GXPECTS TD HAVE Te NEW WHESTUING Pap Tanenneun 7 BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP By Christy Mathewson, Former Star of the Giants and Manager of the Cincinnati Reds Next Season, and From Pres-|] “898” Baer Will Tell You ent Indications Miller Huggins | All About the Big Series. Will Be the Man to Succeed|] augs" r will cover the Bill Donovan. Series in Chicago and New York for The Evening World. “Bugs” shakes a mean finger on the typewriter. He will describe everything that happens and a lot of things that don't. OMB weeks ago I mentioned the possibility of Miller Huggins leaving the National League to of the New York ow appears to be I understand Hug’s ability to de-|s(Tange batsmen b {s what im- club officials, ew Yo themselves late Int > battle season unl ‘or the * have given prospective We Series opponents the fron grandstan ured r McGraw never believed preliminary loc t he considered such att ssion that he feared th Huggins wis a smart player him-|- ntiol en emergencies hot worry no UD, he Reds were quite fortunate the baseball drat Th ns in St. Louis are for him and {Club spent about $10,00 e may remain there, but it| Payers, and I believe we t n to show results, I have hy rospects. Our bu Left-h. rs nders seldom sting." | before he be in ly tells me that! ad him. South ell me he was the best In that league Th You remember the trouble Ty Cob} awaiting a crack Giants down South last | club. ell, there is a feud that Morris ng. It is so much on the} back.” Rath re is o OW s form a were to play nextider thirty, and has been playt pr has been called off, | Aft two teams spilt even in twelve sibly Rath will e our infield} os last spring McGraw and Jen sblom. He can play elther short nings agreed to come North together | or second base over a different ro sation as far as he ts concerned cate, Inc.) bless series was out of the ques- now it looks as though K Lund neeting last we stand the ‘The practice of sending out World's F wend | American League. Ware |] crete | WL PG) Clube WEP ll Crane | WAL PC.) Cube WL. P.O, *Na |] New Ford 96 65 633 | Chlenco «740 .481 || Chicage , 100 63 654 | Wash'ton, 72 78 480 Dandivap Phila. ..86 62 .587 | Boston, TS .469 || Hoston,..89 69 .601| New York 68 41 .45 B19 | Me kediiteenS7 ¥7 270 Series “scouts seems to be dyin out. It is @ question as to whether ro much about watching thom from the grandstand, and anyhow the champion teams do not extend pennant nce over but I gained an I did by using my eyes on mixed tps in Which few of the regulars 3. I imagine an McGraw is a great believer in meet- 4 they arise and g ubout them before they incinnati r drafted ve cay ienced players who nh and several good out, Larry Sutton is enthusiastic over Pitcher Rube I have often heard it sald that|ressier, who comes from Atlanta fried!iness between players on rival | Bressle teams 1s not relished by baseball! ¥« Was witn the Athletics a fow he was very young a eae McGraw Believes, and Dile mand Suatistics Show Thais Heliet to Be Founded af Fact, That a Ply Ball Which Bounces Off the linoleum Is No Longer @ Ply Hall but a Grounder,” SY RABID RUOCOLPH, due @ od feeenell experta, autho: ty on equestoan chess, weoal rights voscrved (= Amertea, Notoken, Dardenetics, Crocker Land und Phantasmagorta, Oreheat » and uk pecial rates to performe LEPT WANDED RIGHTS RB 4ERVE IN JAZZLAND, BUG Last week them in our a me intricate jerth whieh Ss to that article, Two of bai J ne « Chieox and stue around in baseball's nbromiio ool of baseball Phe Rowland 8 y from the MoGraw lifters coplo i rhe MeGiraw curriculum @oB- sists mostly in Fight | the stu- in catehing fly balls before they n off the turf, w belleves, and diamond eta- ow this ef to be founded on facts, that a fly ball which bounoes Mf the linoleum is no longer « Gy Ball hut a grounder is baseball of ¢ reek, ‘Al id as 6 - chool, Almost as o! esne, but just ae infallible, ag: will prove that @ fly Uy which gyra' und on the fleer lo, it y as a fly ball a must be rated as a ground er tu hit. A conservative estimate, ‘tle true, but, nevertheless, established on sin- \‘[rvefutable numerical gym- lwing table will make as clear as a Chinese ur ister ar : Average temperature of Mais halt parks, degree: 90: ry rf : peanuts to on bap: ms Chews of tobacco bor ' rowed by ordinary outfielder in average playing season .....6 u“: ' : Total value. + 234,983,000 « Of course, these Mguree are hi [because of the war, but they trate the point In v No fielder, conservative or radical, should allow a fly ball to bounce more than twe or three times before absorb! it. Although we may differ from ker McGraw on the value of pinoghie hands, upholstered vests and gyro- scopic stabilizers, we must concede the valu entes th fly. of a system which advo- with two out, We will the sacr:fice Oy after two out in the pines, + article we will exh Mertens ri Jes ete he drone Although, with the country at war, this {so no time to get technical, still we insist on the cohesion of our dope. (Rabid Rudolph, our expert dope- ster, will perpetrate another article is not chroni |AQUEDUCT sold now. He| wdy | Was only nineteen when tho Athletics | ro League managers ft-hander on my r “come y with the ries the} White Sox and Cleveland. He is un ut ball for Sult Lake at third base, | But 1 understand Babe vetoea ine (Copyright, 1917, by The Bell Syndi- | Every Day BEGINNING AT 2.30 P, My Six Well-filled Overnight Events TO-MORROW INCLUDING THR Stonybrook Stakes and a 2-Mile Steeplechase CIAL RACH TRAINS 8. york ville Ye he : 4a and Tigers will get together us| > atatontinet itive’ eos NOW Shownat Arnheim’s: OS a METER Wy D8, na way North. Our new materials are mighty pleasing to see. There is a wealth of patterns and color effects in all weaves, Then, too, styles recommended are slightly different from last Fall--very different from ready-to-wear gare . MAJOR LEAGUE STA DINGS ments. They are well worth seeing. Samples on request, Suits and Overcoats To Measure Only YESTERDAY. Arnh Pint STORES BROADWAY & NINTH STREET AND Cineinnad, 4; New York, 0, Philadelphia, 11; 54, Louis, ‘ Philadelphia, 10; St, wainy, | Two | Boston, 9; Chicago, 2, GAMES TO-DAY, 89 E. 420 S Detroit at Philadelphia, Cleveland at Washington. or “it can’t be done” “til you've tried. ‘St, Loule at Boston. 2 . BET, FIFTH & MADISON AVES, New York, P.S. Never say “it can't be had” until you have Arnbeim atching of a fly ball on the «