The evening world. Newspaper, January 17, 1918, Page 12

A, EM OTR OLR TARA SH TALS TY FS Gn ae ee — There Are Good Ideas In Marty MoCue’s New Boxing Bill, 8, ‘The y jew Yoel breoing Words SS8EMBLYMAN MARTIN Mo- CUE has made good his prom- ise to submit a new boxing bill to the Btate Legisiature, There are @ood ideas in the proposed legisia- Gem. Tt is an excellent scheme to ave the clubs pay an annua! license fee to the Btate, and to pay 90 per eat. of the gross receipts over to the ion =6on )§=6Training §=Camp sAotivities during the war, this money to be used tn buying athletic equip. ment for our soldiers. It ts a good idee to have the boxing clube pay 10 per cent. of their gross receipta, from boxing shows, to the cities they are located in, after the war, to go toward providing public athletic grounds. But the proposition to make each elu tn New York City pay a lcenne fee of $5,000, and each up-State club Day @ license foe of $2,500, 18 @ little too etrong a demand. It would be ail right for clubs organized by pro- fessional promoters, exclusively for ‘the purpose of holding bow! ‘There the high license fee would shut out irmsponsible people, and having once paid such a foe the promoters would take great care to observe tho rules Inia down for the aport, to avold the Hie of losing much a valuable license. @ But the large license feo would Work a hardship on severn! bona fido athletic clubs, The N. Y. A. C., for inetance, would hardly care to pay $6,000 for tho privilege of holding ‘Doxing bouts In ite gymnasium. The N.Y. A. C. regards boxing as a fine sport, to be used like peveral other Ports in which the club ts interested, for the entertainment and benefit of ite members, The N. Y. A. ©. isn't interested in making money out of Doxing, any more than it ts interested fm making money out of fencing, wrestling, rowing, track athletics, ‘baseball, swimming, water polo, bil- Mards and other sports. To demanda $5,000 license fee for holding boxing bouts would be to prohibit boxing contests In the N. ¥, A. C., the City A.C, the Crescent A.C. the I A. A. ©. and @ number of other well estab- lished clubs that certainly have every interest in conducting boxing con- tests in the best possible mannor. A $5,000 license feo might be all right for a promoter like Tex Rick- ard, who could count upon earning more than that with one big bout. But {t would favor the big promoter aad bar boxing In the real athletto clubs. It will be easy to amend the bill to cover this one weak point NP for that matter there are 6 few well-conducted boxing clubs that Lave run for many years whieh should not have to pay euch a prohibitive license fee, For instanc there 4s the Fairmont A. C., which for years has held boxing shows in its own building, put up especially for boxing purposes, The Fairmont has always been well run. It is being run in a rather charitable manner now Saturday night there will be a good show at the Fairmont, free to mem- ders, A collection will be taken, and anything over the actual expenses of the show will be donated to Camp Upton, to bulld a boxing ring for the woldiers, and to buy some boxing gloves and punching bage for the soldiers at Camp Wells, where the: have nothing at present. Gome of thene little clubs have been dying good work, and will do good work throughout the war-unless « prohibitive license fee puts them out of business, WOULD suggest @ heavy @ny special boxing show & any promoter in Madison Square Ganen or any similar place that ts not the quarters of @ legally organ-| {zed club. It should be up to the Boxing Commissioner to decide what clubs are entitled to consideration in the mater of licenso f and what FOR LUMBAGO | Rariden, Holke, Hoyt and Demaree Latest to Send In Signed Documents. M all right. No wonder that ho anid that he has nothing to worry about. That's why he has gone to Havana for a month's rest. Sixteon Giants have already signed up for the next season. The latest contracts to reach the office of the New York Club aro those of Catcher Bin Rariden, Walter Holke, first baseman; Walte Hoyt a young pitcher, and Al Demaree, cartoonist and pite’ Holke promises to beat Nia 1917 batting record of .277 for 153 games; in fact he is bent on getting into the 400 clans, Demaree made rather @ poor showing here after McGraw ob- tained him from the Cubs for Pete Kilduff and $5,000, and hopes to r trleve himaclf. Me pitched tn thirty- nine games last season, twenty-four for Chicago and fifteen for New York, He won nine and lost fourteen, for # percentage of .391, The percentage and earned runs egainst him 267, Gor. John K. Tenet ANAGER M'GRAW was right, President of the tL appeared at headavar- r the firet time in two weeks, The report from the West that Charles Webb Murphy Is to aucoved him as President has met only cidiculy tn w Y Mr. Tener will shortly an- new umpires and tie WL ature of Mino arranke a new schedule movt- with a dental that Philadelphia and to stick, Just_as t have Mack, “When Collina and am Fe done,” euld shows aro merely the Dusiness ven- ture of the professional promoter, toxed That make it necessary to select an Lor and who ‘ogo to say “Ye and stick to it It wouldn't as hard to tind such a ind | be accordingly would Cony }have the cat No" insioner, one w pie think, Can In f the bat? Sure ike Donovan, tance, middleweight many years | boxing instru eN. Y. AC, author, friend of Teddy oosevelt {and hundreds of other good sports- snd as square-jawed and capa an as you can find anywher: res BM Brown, Bil LUIS “No.” He doesn’t hesitate a when he consi t right and for many mis and to be within ¢¢ distur even hearing distance }When some benighted chump eame sidling © Bill Brown and tried to put up to him some proposition thi wasn't AB-3O-LUTELY on the 1 Yea Ut would be more tnt than a { Un-rooted flata u ‘onfab t 4 row ta Kansas cy AWN M'GRAW ts on hia way to Sixteen Giants Have Signed Contracts for Coming Season mene of the Hed | »} omy, \SGOING “To SPenD A MONTH PLAYING ee FTouand 1ST IT? the others went away it was supposed But there la noth- Maybe when the Mackmen that 1 micht go also, Ing doin. Gor pow IN CUBA « oe IN THE SPORT NEWS w-omis It Prien Ful ANCHOR CrReud ™e BASEBALL MAGAATES WORRY over. Aow TD covvect THE TICKET Tax NEXT SUMMER, Stu FUDFLOP .. PT. BARIUM, oa JOSS SAYS Novi HO SURE WAKTS TO TON = ++: OR MAYBE AISIKRY . O27 Adee Avain to Serve as Head Of Tennis Body Major George Townsend Adee nas | been renominated to nerve as the Prew- ‘dent of the United States National Lawn Tonnis Association, tho office to which he waa elected two years axo upon the retirement of Robert D. Wrenn, The action of the committee which caused surprise was the elimination of Dwight B. Davis, tho donor of the| famous International Trophy, from the | office of Vice President, Davis has been active in war relief work in Belgium France, That hia absence from this ntry was tho explanation as to hia| being r ered possi | to be orde: rance and the same [condition would ap) Juilan 8. My- iy. rick was nominated for the office which Dwight Davis has held ‘The other officers remain tho game as | tn the past. Edwin F. Torrey is nom- Inated for Seerctary, and George W Wightman for Treasurer, For Sectional | Delegates, New England, Bdwin Sheaf Tri-State, Ralph W. Holter. | of Cineinnau Middle Atlantic, Ab- ner ¥, Leech of Washington. For Dele- aton-at- Lari Clinton Ll. Childs of ttabureh i) Bheldon of Hartford | and R. Drummond Jones of St. Louls, Opposition to the ticket aa nominated | ts expected to develop at the annual! | meeting of the National Association | lwhen it is held Feb. 15, at the Waldorf | | Astoria, All the excitement of the aes- | rion is believed to be centred upon the Jelee aad (ho restoration of the ch | ps and the mportant tourn McCu Billy Gibson and Jimmy ing Show Providers in Favor $5,000 License Fee and 20 That Draw the Fire. TLLY GIBSON and Jimmy John- ston are the only loeal pro- moters who favor Assombly- man Marty McCue's new boxing bill, | The other promoters are up tn arms | against the bill, principally because of the provision that a ilicense will cost $5,000 a year with an additional 20 per cent. tax at cach show for | army athletioa. Here'a what the prominent local promoters have to say regarding Mc- Cue's bi: BILLY GIBSON—"Tho $5,000 tax ts nothing, and I'll tell why. We paid the Btate on an average of $6,500 a its ls regarded @# a foregone con usion, year in taxes as its 7% per cent. uis A. Servathis colobrated his, irst appearance In the National Class © 182 balkiine championship bilitard tournament with a victory, ‘The veteran athlete who has held titles at figure wkat'ng, on the clnderpath and in other branches of sport defeated Joweph A. Dalton, Brooklyn's Dean of tho cue, by the soore of 160 points to, 5 in the continuation of the cham- plonship serles at Lawler Bros’ Acad Broadway afd Monroe street, Brooklyn, The ist Regiment awimming team ot Philadelphia hee entered @ quartet jof exceptional sprinters in the 16-yard relay race, forty yards for each swim. the tntere pl, righ Bligabot Kyan, he din every race in which she during her swimming f mer, | Wint day night been pli ne enter who ts |den on Jan. (News of Sports Told in Shorts STANDING IN CLASS C BILLIARD TOURNEY W.L, Bee. 3. Atelnbuater, 0 STECHER TO SEEK TITLE IF HE BEATS HUSSANE. Joo Stecher, ntor of the “acta sora hold,” declares that 1f he conquers Yusif Hussane at Madison Square Gar- 20 he will challenge the the Zbyszko-Olin mateh winner of t Stecher feels confident that ho has en- Try Musterole. See How Cuba to play gollut for a month i |tirely recovered from the Illness that Quickly It Relieves 16-18 the eliade toler ere eine |. mee Berkalen? Hchoot'e basket. [caused & balt in hla activities and’ chet Soa just rub Mu: tn betaky, ond “take } whieperin | ball Ave Arlumipied 10 a aay victory |he will be able t 18 meteo! tisually the pain is gone—a uke bie Ap in tho | oro 2 in & KANG played on the Berke- |. John Olin, who meets Wiadek Zbyez- SPR Re CHoies Commenn tan a acee ral re i) eee [ley court ko, the world's championship claimant, ment pare up against a Pec = will do his preparatory training at mea sprite ant NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 11—| Worcoste will be assisted by Oiers, Will not blister, | A sso i! : wa | Vero Ketone wlaniind sda: Plaster. 2 | ONG the people who have Welght champion of the world. He wil ‘doctors and nurses use Muster- " AVO | a ae stay at home for @ Week and then re- ed eens Motheis kindly written offering to} Hair ( dy. Illa many admirers of | turn here to Aah tpi ait will gladly tell you what re send boxing gloves to the gol- | ihe race, trace ne eee ood cade, a as it gives from sore Spat, bronchitis, hele in faraway camps are Francis| Robinson 6 , the | croup, stiff neck, neuralgia, MoG Mi r ase | Eat FaC® vi mah pleurien: tamumrations, um: | tor Ww : : waa tne beac | but RACING SELECTIONS, pains and aches of the back oF | Luis Sanein © thio D. obindon, eine; bodice " lone 48 bman, T. grabbed the fifth race out of tho fre NEW ORLEANS, Sprains, sore muscles, bruises, This | Docnaoreck, | 0: Firet Hace—Alma Louise, Lady aan . ou have a | ey Kleen, St. Jude, | Pree Shares MEd) Waterproof wae his fourth win mnecons |, ttace — Green Grass, ane No Lists the day, and the horse acored through |f THnker, Parrish, have too | obinson'e excellent Judgnient of pace. Thin’ Race Ruxcco, Teetel, end r t able ta give mount, with which he finished second. rounth Race-Grumpy, Gonien, what w bat the pair 00. Vee wostee cies t bi Wee gt Ann's Acudwiny Ave defeated Bt o—Conflagration, Pluto, Jon your wall, Bead : Augustine» ¢ . trunk oF & clowet ceptable in some in our boys are tral will or ing, ed ca, ust as Ace mp where f last nignt, Pho ne ine Was played on the court of the ormer, Sweeney and Sheridan starred for the winning team, i ~Reno, Jadot, Inqueta. Ta Riflesh ooter uty Shop, Alex Gotz, Be Majority of Promoters Opposed to Passage of e’s Boxing Bill | Per Cent. Tax the Provisions | tia! organtzattons, share of the little 50-cent boxing shows we ran at the Fairmont. As Johnston Only Local Box-} tor tho 20 per cent. tax, that fs for the duration of the war only, couldn't a big club, therefore, Why pay of Proposed Legislation, the} tne $5,000 ticense fee without any trouble? Out will go the one-night standers and tn will come substan- That's the bill's trongest point. Men who will open ¢lubs, in the event of the bill pass- Ing, will be men who will go through with their undertaking. The bill, if it goes through, will cause such clubs to be builded for boxing of the high- est sort.” JACK CURLEY—"“The McCué bili will allow one-night-stand promoters to step in with an “extraordinary bout,” with a Willard or some other champion as the magnet, gather the oft all interest in bouts to follow, to the great detriment of the club own- ers who would bo trying to make ¢is- tle enda meet as a regular thing.” JIMMY JOHNSTON—"Very good! Very good vill, ts McCue's, Tho $5,000 Iicense feo will naturally Imit competition to two or three good, substantial clubs, There are only a few clubs that could afford to run. 1, would eliminate all the chaps who run one bout and then run—run far and away! MoeCue's Dill ts the best of the lot, Place a good strong man at the head of boxing—an honest and be courageous man—one who will able to say "NO" when "NO" ts th word, The heavy license fee and the 20 per cent. tax will make tt necessary for those promoting bouts to put on cards that will draw.” CHARLEY DOESSERICK. think that the 20 per cent, tax for train- ing camps, combined with the flat $5,000 yearly license fee, would work too great a hardship on any man who attemp! to conduct boxing. Nobody would run. ody could run, As the McCue bill ts constituted there would be nothing left for the man who was game enough to take all the risks,” DICK CURLEY—"The man that framed that bill must be crazy, Box- ing In this State ts sick now, but the passing of that bill would Kill the sport d er than a door nail. How on earth could any club run? The only place tn this town where bouts could be held under the condiltic the proposed bill would be Ma¢ Square Garden, and there would b . veritable war of promoters to se- cure the big plac M’LEAN AND WOOD TO RACE FOR SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP. ‘The management of the Washington Park Outdoor Skating Rink announces its willingness to hang up @ purs: $6,000 for a match race or a s mitch Faces between Bobby McLean a Morria Wood, Both of these speed mar vels claim the championship, ‘To clear the atmosphere ae Washingson Dark officials will hang up this liberal purse and atage tho duel of speed on an ac ceptabl 6 9 Lows, the manager of McLean, this eity now and when the P wan offered him, tmmediately fal oaition signified his acceptance. ‘All he desired f | Was that the match wouldn't be held until the latter part of this me ae |MeLean has a few enga in | Chicago. The vast alzo of the field at the old Federal League Park in Brooklyn would : nce to t@ rightful claim to the profes- sional world's Ute, profite—4f there were any-—and kill | ~ haw bean substituted for Ty Murrey THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918. : BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). “slits 4 By William Abbott, NY OND who has fingered a golf club @ couple of times is quali- fied to tell how the gamo should be played. At least he thinks ho is. There are more rules for golf than blades of grass on the links, and the real serious bug on the game twn't Satisfied until he's tried them all, John M. Ward, champion of the Garden City Club, believes the golf boginner could save a lot of time by learning the game backward—etart with the putter first and graduate rearward to the driver, It's a pretty good idea at that. ‘The Garden City champ argues that as the putt is the shortest stroke {1 the game it sould be mastered first He suggests that those taking up the Mnks game should begin around the cup and then gradually work away from it, “Putting,” says Mr, Ward, “is « SNAP JUDGMENT “Can't See What the Italians and Austrians Are Fight- | ing About in the Alps. There Ought to Be Enough Mountains for Everybody”—“The Coal Situation Is as Awkward as a Left-Handed Cobbler.” By Arthur (‘Bugs’’) Baer. Coprright, 1918. br the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Prening World), EDN 60 long since we dipped a spoon Into a sugar bow! that we will have to learn al! over again You can eat ment to save wheat, and eat wheat to save meat, but you can't do BOTH at the SAME-meal. Connie Mack stopped selling his ballplayers just when the Philly fans were beginning to fear that he wouldn't even save eight for pall bearers, Well, if wool gets any dearer the sweet things oan knit those sweaters out of dropped stitche Everything {s excessively scarce in Germany. Why, even chins are 60 dear that the Crown Prinsc doesn’t seem able to afford one, If that Government edict closes the liquor factories for five days they will never catch up again to some guys you know. Those latest model knitting bags have a wheelbase of 122 inches and are divided up into three rooms and a bath. The Russian and German diplomats have quit Brest-Litovsk, They footed each other like guys playing poker wlth transparent cards. Habit 1s a terrible thing. Although Virginia {s supposed to be dry, the tailors still build hip pockets into men’s clothes tn that State, Can't see what the Italians and Austrians are fighting about In the Alps. There ought to be enough mountains for everybody. Allies are willing to return all of the German colonies that the Katser can carry off under his fingernails, They are also willing to toss in the Sahara desert as an encore, THB COAL SITUATION IS AS AWKWARD AS A LEFT-HANDED COBBLER, Saving daylight 1s great stuff, but a pocketful of it won't buy any cookies, The Leviathan, nee the Vaterland, i There are twelve hundred s: he is a hermit, If a foreigner won't act right In America, let's see how he acts under America, the blagest scow afloat. rain her crew, and each guy thinke Fistic News som Potiock and Gossi Untesa present plans fall through, |down $1.88, which was 60 per cent, of the Johnny Dundee, the rugged Italian |™*7 ‘#he tn fighter, and Wille Jackson, another) #004 local Mghtweight, will clash in a fe gesagt tured ao Mage nd battle on the night of Feb. 11, This time | Joe Malone will take on Frantin Nelao of dene? they will have {t out In a fifteen-round | City in the star go, while in the nem{-final Mike | ko to @ decision at a boxing entertain-| MeCwho will exchange wallop with Tommy Clark ment to be brought off at the big Aren at New Haven, Conn. Both men have At the New Polo A. A. of Harlem to-morrow Manager Kirk will stage two tencound Matrhinad . been clamoring for @ chance to box Oe ene Le care st he Aree A. a decision, and for that reason thelr |ng will etage the tesineretind bout bemoan Farry managera lost no timo tn accepting the |Carkcn,, the omck lightwright of New England promoter’s terms, Jand Frankio Britt of New Belford, at enon Jon next Tuesday evening, inntesd of Jan, 29, Wate Lanrette, be promising went ale| "hich wus the original dnte of the content, welterweight, and Wille Ryan of New Bronewick, | — N. J., were matchal to-day by Charley Doemerick| Johnny Ertle, the Gt, Pan! bantam, wil be to meet in the feature bout of ten rounds at the|Iyot bury fighting in ¢he near future, an he i abershiy boxing show of the Moneer Sporting |*anet up for two battle by hin manager, Hie xt Wednesday night, In the other tea- |fint go will be with Jack ‘Kid Wolfe, the | roundar Battling Reddy of thia ity wil go|Oleveland boxer, for .ten romds, at Oloveland, |egatoet Tommy Elm of Paterno, N, J fon Jan, 25, and Die wecondt with Champion | | f Now Orleans tor too rounds, at ea Fed, 4, Both boute will be no- Olub on 0. Kit Herman New Orleans, h, whe te rapidly kes in the bantam K, ©, Otrens of Mitvaty | fighting hus way to the front | weight dirtalon, has Just returned from hie heme, aa | where he has Been enjoy re He ts matehet x1 Boring Comminsion baa granted for three bouts, Jan, 18 he a Wt A er of dard tape oer the yma at the Hnnta Point an, Bt he tackles Prankio Clark at sft bandage which aro required, Two of the A AL of la, and Je boxom who went on at the Marotta A, ©, eam. thong: MeGowan at the I’ hey hurt thelr hauda because of the weet By absence of the tape, Pifty entries Dave been reowtved for the New York Atbieus Club amateur te ' 1 in the v the Obmpa A. A ’ recently bested Wille Jackson and bas @ jong Lat of victorin to bis |reond, in Namey Adair, the crack Harlem lightweight, ts tmtoing at the New Polo A. A., and Allie Nack, the clever Bron boxer, te working diligently at | ‘nappa Gow, for thelr dout at the Hunts Point | 0 A. ©, (morrow night, which Is one of ed alletar cant of (our ton Nack lost recentiy at Providence i a fol, bat te mare ho’ Although Gert Morrie bas bem training for 3 Gymsaniam with the f th with bia fllown at eng club that 44 willing to ure hin, be is Fred Fulton was AU without @ mutch, foray with bim at New Orlewna, no time tm wiring Promner Tortorich |‘ Weile Moeria of Yorker! 9 Une, The other three be was today pignel up te are: Battling Keddy vw, Johany Mayw, am MoAniie to met Young Bady of K. 0. Oirus ww Young Wiliame and Peckey | lon | —<———_—. | frown Wins Dectston, | Hommey ve, 1 tn one of the two mixcound box tow on Satuniay night 4 whe Injured | Cone. Fewmont A, € " Frankte ¥ ‘we hand, Frevidie Rew and George Brown will] CHATTANOOGA, Tent I~ hook op in €i0 ofher slx-rounder, Frankte Brown, the sen Now — York bantam, gave away fifteen pounds Tet} The ten-round bout bein ees writerweight champion, and § Riwolrgu, which was fought «t and won the decision over Soldier Mann a 4 elight rounds before the Joe Levy Ath ‘ y letio Club last night, Brown weighed last Monday night, diww @ gate ot {hie amount Lewis received $1,605.00, which wae 117 pounds and won every round, He 08 per cont, of the grum. while astfelt dry toyed with his epponent, ‘ corking good developer of control and also perfects the eye in judging dis- tance.” To follow out the Ward theory the novice after becoming acquainted with his putter can change to the mashio and on to the other irons, which will lengthen out his stroke, With these methods it will be fairly easy to mantpulate the brassie and driver, This system of learning the ancient game is directly contrary to the methods of the professionals, who Initlate the beginner on the tee and then it is up to him to club his way to the creen, and not away from it, advocated by the Garden City title holder. L. W. Hyde was lected Presi- dent of the Hackensack Golf Club at the annual meeting of the club this week. The list of officers inoludes Theodore Boottger, Vico President; ©. W. Crockett, Treasurer, and Demarest, Secretary. There are fot new members of the Board of Gover- nors, M. W. Bechton, Charles B. Btaf ford, W. B. Hartsborne and Frederick Tt. Fisher, The meeting was held in the main reception room, which is heated by a grate fire, for the rest of the club house {s without warmth be- cause of the coal famine, The New Jersey Golf Association recruited two new members last sea- son, even though the game over on the Jersey side was very quiet be- cause of war conditions. Rockaway River Country Club and Spring Lak Golf and Country were the new mem: bers which increased the association'¢ membership to forty-six organiza- tions. The New Jersey Association will hold its annual meeting next Tues- day afternoon in the office of Freds erick H. Thomas, No, 71 Broadway ‘The new president, as is the custom, will select his own office Tho Jorsey officials followed the lead of the larger associations in 1917 and postponed their championships, but many members have since changed their minds and will vote at the session next week to have the Jersey tournaments restored during the coming season. A group of the older players tn Canada have taken steps to organi a Seniors’ Tournament along th same Ines that hundreds of veteran American golfers hold their Sentors’ Meet every year at Apawamia. ‘The Canadians hope to perfect the! organization tn time for @ tournamen this year. Then they expect to chai lenge the Apawamis old guard tn a sort of international competition, Local Bowlers Off To-Morrow For Big Meeting. A New York delegation of bowlers will leave here to-morrow for a mec? ing in Detroit on Saturday. The loca: contingent will confer with delegates from all parts of the country regard ing the most satisfactory and effi ctent way of collecting from bowliny enthustasts the suin of $1,000,000, whic. will be set aside as a@ relief fund fo: bowlers who become disabled during the war, The New York body will consist o: Joseph Thum, who has been active tn developing plans for the proposed fund; William A. Schwab, Neil Ken Merrill Watson and William T! tine, Why Piles ? 4 Free Trial of Pile Treat ment Will Answer the Question Emphatically, ‘Hfello! 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