The evening world. Newspaper, December 12, 1917, Page 18

- ee ewer ‘ 4 J Champion Benny Leonard to Defend Lightwoight Title in, Bout With Irish Patsy Cline in| Philadeiphia To-Night. fy Thee Prem 1 beets Bah ates -NIOMT Yor to Vhiladeipnia Laonard and Pataey Cline, two of tha! Most prominent residents of Gotha @tohange swats for the antertainmwean ef the protetariat and » fat puree. It) ‘Wil be & ond evening for New York. | ore, ine way. Hy ali rights that Aight! mould be held in Madison Hauare Garden, defors a sammed-in travel thousand enthusiantio followers ot Bee and Pat But the assassination | Of Boring in the Empire Mtato has put New Yorkers in a muppilant pont- tion, When they want to indulge in, thelr favorite sport und mee uw weil Contented battle between local favor. | {tes they have to follow sald local favorites over to hiadelphia, and) beg the Philadephia promoters to save them a bunch of neath mo that! they won't be shut out in the snow- ari It'a @ wad state of affairs, and very humiliating to the haughty New| Yorker. But it won't keep hitn away from a good fight. A lot of Now York money is going over into Penn- sylvania this winter As New Yorkers like to come home to tho big town as quickly as possibi after a quick dash Into the Panunyl- Vania wilderness, a special train will) leave the Broad Street Station in Philadelphia at 10.30 this evening. | whieb should be about halt an hour after the end of the bout, At least! thie ip the promise of the promoters, whe expect to run a lot of bouts for New Yorkers to soo this season and| who aro getting roady for the big! Benny Leonard and Patsay Cline have been doing quite a little fight! ine this month, Benny knocked out 4 gouple of aspiring lightweights who ere thourlt, in thetr own home towns. to be real contenders, As usual, he knocked them out in a} wrry. It's a habit he . An tne knocked out Jimmy Paul a few nighte ago in half a round, This gives the match « perfectly satistac- tory basis, for it promises not only a! diwvlay of very unusual ekill on either! aide. but a trading of knockout | punches, With a soporific slam being groomed in cach corner the bout should be rather more interesting Wan Benny's last few appearance | Billy Gibson says that this will be ® real test for Benjamin. As Billy puts it. “Benny ts fighting the best man ho's met since he became cham- | pion.” Benny hasn't dodged any of | thom, #o that ts a real recommenda- ton. Cline has been training under Wille Lewis. and Wt has a knack of turning out hitters There was a time when Willie was just about the hardest hitter of his weight in the world, When he coaches @ boxer he makes a hitter of him. Note the way Gline has been delivering his punches at Benny's trainin haw been done tn the fighting rin, cept a couple of dave or #0 put on awe finish at Billy Grupp’s xymnasium, his favorite und. | To-night's bout wil go on shortly after 9 o'clock to mive New York fans time to ret tho 10.30 train home, | which. unless lost in the Pennsylvania wilderness or mislaid somewhere in New Jersey, wil) reach the ovtskirte| of civil! tion a littlo after midnight, ACK M'AULIFFE insists that Fitzsimmons had Corbett's num- ber long before the Carson fight. Now that some one or other has que tloned the accuracy of McAuliffe's statement that Corbett lost his goat when be saw Fitralmmons lick mpscy, and #o entered tl ring at ‘arson jacking in a champion’a right- ful confidence, Jack would like to add a fow lines. “Yoo,” he naid yesterday afternoon, “and be knew Fitzsimmons was bis master long before the Dempney- Fitssimmons fight. I saw Corbett be- fore Iitesimmons and Dempsey were matohbed. Corbett had seon Fitzsim- mona knock out McCarty {a his first American fiebt in Ban Francisco, T Doctors Stand Amazed at Power of Bon-Opto to Make Weak Eyes ° . we Strong---According to Dr. Lewis)! {2°cistie.1 se sore tim soon see assy bas ame sa | would make an excellent machine. | yup, " ted place Guaranteed to Strengthen Eyesight Greatly In One Week wo they away aye waa aimoat d)in 4 at ali, Now T without iy «inanea jo not burt any more, pain dreadfully the time. A ‘Orn wiaasoe for weve 4 work, and wit ‘ag 3 40, be my fone dist ant th ath | Was inclined to think the gawky New | o?l!ty. mt Zealander wouldn't have much of ’s Time in Many Instances ! _ BEST SPORTING PAGE IN THB BVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917. NEW YORK SPEED MERCHANTS MEET IN PHILLY RING TO-NIGHT wor Cr 1011, WF the Prose Publis # . | Lewis Forced to Use Headlock ; Morris, Clinton ‘and Stuyvesant | Schools Furnish Star Eleven; | ) | + | |This Pair Furnishes Most Sen- sational Matoh of Tourney, Lasting Nearly an Hour and a}, From to momen | Half. | {nw to seo a real conte pected Linow would — for the crafty I who {6 muscled | demonstrated | permit if they're ma 1 with the moment the mon shoot od they wore ao- Fow had ox- #0 forinidable Consack, man, soon to match tho everything AN ALL-8CHOLASTIC FOOTBALL TEAM FOR MANHATTAN- BRONX. || Right End—Dieh!-Stuyvesant. Hight Tackte—Gouldowski-Citn- || ton, Right Guard--Walders- Morris. Contre—Packman-Morria, Left Guard—lerman-Clinton, Loft Tackle—Carney-Morria, Loft End—Kraesner-Morris. Quarterbach—Ingrasala-Morris, Left Half-Back—Drice-Htuyvea- ant. Feature of Scholastic Season Was Superiority of Lincs Over Back Field Positions. ' Ivan Linow after ono hour aix- teen minutos and forty-two sec- world’s champtonebip an tourney at the Lexington Theatre last nlght by call- ing into play b mous headlock, ‘which he tnaiste on ualng, but which 1G ivan Lie LEWIS only defeated in 11 Manhattan-Rront Web 4 Ychoo! football season came to @ successful conclusion with the Commerce-Citnton game at tho Polo Grounds, The most striking feature of the season was the superiority of the lines over the backfield positions There were a number of very worthy ent to remain as ie the « catch- from Ken- head lock, Price Paid for Alexander and Killifer, Said to Be $80,000, May Be Only $50,000 How Baker of Phillies Justifies #24 Sale of His Two Star it Ja't-Bi man hw ace n by appl jcandidates for practically each line Pk ade slt-Deck — Hamann: Tut tho ha Stran vince, Thie Evening World aolection || 2 reat Tien Hae wrestled an hear was made after a caroful considera- ba re Stephio Unton : on, first of the playe defensive | —-— — stare: Se = ability, nd, neocons. of hin offensive It must be reimembered that the former qualification is much more ahanoe @gainst our Jack, and was| important than the Jutter, and, with Same Old Policy of Secrecy in Such Matters Followed ALEXANDER’S RECORD mot f ho was barely able to vis. seeing his chance, he Janother stand, and WITH THE PHILLIES L Dn vy Went at his fast-tiring opponent with acuasing it \..th Corbet that fact in view, 1 huve picked the | by Magnates Players. |Berceness that would not be de po I tell you’ Corbett said to ma} team printed herow!th. - sSeeieen | Agan apply ‘Dempsey Won't have a chance with ~ thia fellow. I naw tho way bo licked | At the two ends 1 havo placed ry ioulk wtake under vie st AS tt $80,009, was It $75,000, aud should make good und vie shoulders McCarty! Why, 1 tell you Fitswim-|Krassner of Morris, last yeat's all- WW 1 Mekcee oth reat Phe Nati would not give in mons can lick MEI’ That was in|echolastic ond, and Diehl, the Stuy St s vened in tt i the crowd that the Mui 1801, @ix years before Corbett fought , $59,000 that Charles Weogh- und informally discussed the Ques-|trous, and many howled for i we year Vestnt Captain, Krasuner plays A’ men of the Chicago Cube pald for ons that will not be decided until [to atop further punishment. Linow then “Neither the late Charlie white] Vey brilliant game at end. He iy a jet cigr Alexander 1 Me after they meot with the American 'waved (a land, indicating wurrender, nor Billy Delaney kept Corbett from | Very bard, sure tackler and very fast 40.) ft *hiliies? rica, &e."" Here 19 what Baker 48: Tengue in Chicago on Fri Fait | fouehed Le i winning bia Agit with Witzsiinguns}in receiving forward paves” tig Mislfer of the Phiittc » A\do have @aldt understood the American League %1ll| Kehad we at Careon ity gad it wasn’t 10 the! dropping and kicking ability is alno “CO! to know exactly, Four differ-| ste iq q pusinesn matter pure and| tind Friday @ convenient day for the) | Wari, in it a Seucrecntn seene ee sitet Weal very noteworthy. Diehl ty not such ht Teports of tha transaction quote | i. me. Alexander iy more Mary Heydler ban requested | Unfortunate %. neventh. Up to then he hed made bFilliant end, noverthetons hig abil- different amou An effort to gt] tian ty now. He has been in the! the American Is >t to adopt any| exoenne of T | Fitzelmmons look Ike anovice. When|'ty to break up the epposing pinys ¢ Ngures from Mr. Weegh- : na and undoubtedly! co: for mext season | States Arr the Fitsaimona went to hin corner after | ™4kee him wure of lis plico. 5 brought out only an jeden dk aire teeter ; ference. There are the slath round ho looked practically | _ TBE tivo tuchlo positions wo to Cur. | MAN to-day Doueht 1, ig] ¢ Mipping. Tt ts true that he has Won! voverat vital quewtions that should be| sive and, wo: ‘4 @ defeated man. At the call of the; 5%. the Morris captain, and Gould *! att i heals liaael| halt Sac t summer, but five acussed by the tivo teagues tn Joint) Hay nota, time being 9 minutes seventh round be was im Corbett’s te Cituton rain arney te {a the record price tn baseball » victorin came after New York | H lend’? a 4 y ina class by himwelf. Ie). von the pennant. Thero's y f rumors ot) "tn ited contest Carl spss aaee | Hep eaiy yhoglve a ad dots everything any player can pos-| Why baseball magnates adhere ‘iue:tion to take Into consid: | che Waldorf-Astoria, there. ure. very | Porpiahl ‘niin and John Bre- Corbett unawar aibly do on @ football tleld and does the policy of surrounding tmportant) dor haw a contract |taw baseball men about, All the talk| berg wreatied the twenty minutes Mt well. Gouldowskt ts a vory hard deals of this kind w an 5 ‘as been on the Alexander-| W/thout @ fall, ra raatiin tloally nothing and’ atendy player, the backbone of i has Karl Caddock. Weetern wrestling the remainder of the fight. yy player, the backbone of mysterles which always char- sun ‘ More than the! kilite Thero has | pahention: wae eating sald about Fitesimmons his team. At the guard positions eape Bi eag wily in a warlaiderable differences of opinion reé-| conquering a i have placed Merman of Clinton ung ®te'l'e thelr national m za. Vor) * irding the advisability of this move.| ter of the LARISSL SAER\ OR re wae eer SI MCSTe Oe merce. Shay S88 th0 Hor ORE Or ‘NOD ISNEY, © tol you must remem} |Endoubtedly it wilt atrengihen the| contest in 3 of players who never really, Fecelved duck ride afep whon facts are “ su joct to REMY | Cuby ernatly qe will put the Chi aR0| BETTER: eM sought, at the same thme craving pub-| e tha Ai team in a position to bs Naval Reserve Training Station, | At tne cents Peeetlaly boe'h Meher y ids Po ree Brie aeaerent ate r fon. 1 4 Mifer be-| York teain vor tho pennant, ‘Tals, of| peau Polham Bay Park, N. Y. Fee perwesn yecenn of Mortis and TY eee think the (cause at the end of | he told | course, means better business for the Wot, this surely is a great life, and Wacker of Clinton. I have picked make, hey don't reem to think thes, that he no longer to play for | loagua because of the old rivalry be-| Packman because of the fast roving) gans are entitled to kn anything, jis T did not want to keep him under|tween New York and Chicago. But) | If some of the #o-called deep Hots me Lees BSR a Fe eee a Alexander and Kifer may or may| these lneumstances, Of course, T! ty some question atnong base-| would only join and get some of the| Words of one of the city schoo! ) | Movor was | now J will b atever was | CY poe my but from what} that. with Baker, ownor of the Whillies, is| fighting hard for t not be worth $80,000, or wh. really paid for them, Mr. | people as to the effect It will have the Phil ertticlaed in Philudet- | pq ction, but the fact ‘a| sta and e football coaches, “Packman ts the fastest centre he has seen In many! oars in New York scholastic foot yal,” drilling handed out here they would bo better in bealth, Up at 6 A. M, setting-up exercises to 6.15, breakfast 4 been to the PERFECT the last few years what | ERFECT etc | Phillies tn At 7, at $ start drill, whlch taste untt)| “Now turning to the hackfela po-|(Woted an saying in jurtitying the[ Powe, ine IN gunmen, | Beatty, was, 10, 2 auaut pitones Bis FITTING (11.48, lunch at 13, and from 1 to 6 alaitions, wo find tho one aelected,{aale, Mr, Weoghman didn't get such|Mirwest and Dilloetor, years ago. Ho Ju b -|team to the National League cham-| | plonship in 1915, when ho won thir-| ty-ono games, of which twelve were) shutouts. | He had such mastery of his sharp- | breaking curves, he had such wonder- ful control, that in forty-eight games he struck out 228 men, gave only six- ty-four bases on bails and allowed jhike with full equipment, rest for | halt hour, then more setting-up! jexercises. Believe me, supper tastes | | good, Movies at the ¥. M. C. A. and although not of the brilliant, “showy” | an awful lot {n return for b type, would work very well together, ‘The two half-Dack positions @o to Brice and Hamann of Stuyverant, at 9 lights out. It was funny the|Thev are beth very fast and hard- fret night, with all the rookies try-|litting backs. Haman ts also very jing to get some aleep in thelr ham-| good at running back points. At the |mocka, All you could hear was cuss| full-back position, I have placed De | words and men bouncing on the| Stephano of Clinton. This was done “record singwear Fabrics booked for a fifters-round bout ai sco to. 5 t a remarkable record \foor, Al Reich was up tho other| Mainly because of hie defensive abil. Duane. As a econ fe to bo ven st the end | Soh! Jt wae 8 poachenle seen day, and Joe Cox, Master at Arms,| ity. He ts @ good kicker and t9 also/ngnting between little follows, as [0% to Davt the proepects aro Guat the lade will Reed tn baseball | tried to get Al to jotn, mt factor in almont all . Pie oe on ec ~ ‘ but I don't know it he w ful. Advi all those who really want to get som action to Join the Reserves, Best regards to all the boys, BEN A. ROSENTHAL. Matchmaker John Doherty of the tional A. C, of that city has four good battlore booked up to clash tn two twelve-round contests to a decision. Frankie Burns, the City Dantes, He wan quite as effective in 1916, when the Phillies fought st out with | the Robins for the pennant and only | lost in the very last series, Last sea- eon too he was much the same mar- vel in the box, and In all probability he ts good for at least three or four! that come off tackle and end, At this point, Bampon of Com- Merce must be mentioned for his ex- cellent work in the Commerce-Clinton game, At the quarterback position there 1s a close race between Ingrassia of o4 to most the winner, let two Boldier Berttieid. nsational Jersey the sunty Brooklra fighter, hee been compelled will go against Johnny to caacel Bis twelreround go witn Marty Crom Russell of Yorkville tn tho star bout of which was billed to be fought at the Netional 4 more yreat years. | Morris and Isenberg of Clinton. Both whl A. ©, of Providence, B, 1, one woek trom to | Eres Nah fol manager of the Chi- = are lant yoar's quarterbacks, 00 they| itera Peres will exchare ea tant tight, Ther battled a tence tweivowousd ao at lenge cutee was cated whan he heard comfort and value are somewhat experienced jn their Durch Brands er nine ip the aame club on ‘Thankasving Day efteroon, |the news.” Ho waa almost as glad to ons. nelection of plays. I have picked | ¥it® Dutch Brandt of Brooklyn. This — kit Kiliiter, one of the most dependable Ingrasula because of his ability to| Will be Burns's frat run with the ball. Hoe excely hip| Providence, Clinton rival at this point and also catohe ¢ as ho was to get Kicxander” He feels that the two. will lend Just the strength the Cubs need to them tn the running for the Na- 1 League pennant, and be bas ona for his optimism, Kramer Is Put To Real Test ne test Kra- appearance at Phu Berwatein and L and as Rusacll has won | arniettc many bouts there, Burns will probably | tem of at tackling, Isenberg is rather weak | have to Ko ome in order to get the di in the latter. Fare Meyers, Preattent and fire other mem. ing Clad, will Krotel, at the | Broux, to-morrow at | newer to summonses sworn out br vant Burton af Lnayector Richard a stall, ctor, together Hants Pot ton reaw fully up to the Mu It seeme that ft rv be man : And = y must e would ae captain of the re chown because of h chting spirit, It is 4 n Rroup of achola FRANK MeCA the skin. of Frank supr ‘ bie ptipean ia ! Year carcer ns f any | UD Quarter neey * r comes to-night at Madison ae 8 Sarde here a cy wuave Garden, wh Weld Boxing Bout, ts Charge. - P Uae GATOS ine tamethas iy trate Ce iwan feaued ¢unin bor iog sows ; foremost professional ri ‘ for n officials of the Joxtman's 7 So aivaateatal a vture event Is a four-corne should ‘ Athlotic Cl reet and M | , Thayes ae ust sh, at ono |Septibly ‘right groin ‘Avenue, for conducting a boxing bout | Mery Gred cm muhiog. samo g at ae ene i under the ‘“memberahi? plas wets . 8 wl "| The exhibition was held Friday | a. non ie Na stration wt be. night and waa attended by Detectives |i ; ; art Jnck ft le sixsday race Fintery ang Moron. i addition, they |decalos hetvre ¢ cir & t Ceca: her M \. Mike Gibveis >» ‘Verrit \ the charge, to & number of othe a tein ‘ , p MeHariant. Ata Gibbs ; M gin hers. The detectives de pat Ine A Rib tors: ate ; ‘ He aa . ere | out nks o.ng be nate rom Cast Teare wi! be no beaks show ai tig (BO A A y i Rrvoada f ce 2! ; f ” mage, er? ' Be Ot Lake ar ow ® Soldier, Pa. Catalan ns x vip * Me enoemak ahibition Maren mapa aoa w = Howard beat t ‘ame here from New Yo _ Howard Shoemaker Dest to entlet in the 1éth Fle Rovier, hast # Balohinabe Pienwisk (TuAHION @ 4 i lattery Ey a ‘ be Ron ae i Alr. Rice's sauive Ne Wesw of Yaar Lal et NEW YORK | In Order to Beat Ivan Linow » 4 majority of tho wrestlers may they'll not f of the National on TENER DICTATES OWN TERMS T0 SERVEIN STB. o> —~ ¢-Elected for Only One Yeap by National League Clap it His Request tated fore National 1s Me tend to ¢ opportunity business he ing of the | not be hela trow a9 arranged by r Jrman of the I'residom® 1 be hold, howe American ae the busty tor the wan 1 Friday or Bate carly nest Tener and every ownes nal League were as one the ne y for such @ ing t \ the vartous 18 a reduction of the player it, shortening the schedule and reducing expon xonerally= problems which bave arisen bedause rwover, ald and again the date of latter cook n the nt moe » war club own President Tener Herrmann over which the to sot for to-morrow. we given when the ar at 6.80 0 clool with August thls meetin upon hime Assuran leaguo te last evenir rather Aurust to-day that the tte evailed, and that the ition in which put Presideng bont through @ hich had bees ession for eciion al » election interest ne ow Sie hours | the hela, aly witle un ho bo porution at time to this terms Involved re-election tor . a roduction In his sale he absolute avsurance thet uld devote only such time as he sidered absolutely necessary. Hts, delegating practically all the deta! john A, Heydier, Secret etal! to, John anaon wha ays wa. Was re-elected for a term of four ears. 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