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| | | | \ , training men to fight. We w THE EVEN ——-. Training at Samp Upton Doing | Wonders for Our Boys. Copies! 1018. by The Frew (The New York Kvecing OLD, is it? c, Sbucks, you civilians don't know What cold ts. | Know what the toys are doing out) CLANS = SAA. JawTome. at Upton to-day? ear Taking two-miio runs ugh the rifts tn their shirt Taking cold sii t is « Wrestling in the snow, stripped to the waist. be ao hard ‘ont R. JOSEPH F RAYCHRONT of t Comminsion on Training Activities ts paying no attention to the criticisms directed at & two or three Eastern AL A fieiala, Tho Commission's attitude is Plain. It doesn't ¢ s Camp m by ror or Fecognize the existence of Interferenc | with the Government's offi for giving our eoldiers athletic t ing. The success of the ( work in this} iss @ured fac that the 2 Moors LATER. ~ Rise ANOTHER SQUIT AT THE WIKDOU.. an nlasion EST SPORTING P ING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1918, WINTER SPORTS--WATCHING THE THERMOMETER Copyright, 1918, by The Presa Pubiiehige Co. (The New York Evening Wor'd). HOPPING INTS pee Te OL ROME om ) AGE IN NEW YORK NTCUE'S BILL WINS ~ OVER OPPOSITION s ~ INTHE ASSEMBLY | Marty / Leg a Tells Reasons Why lators Intend to Vote c\ for Boxing's Restoration. ALBANY. beb. 6.—Assemblyman | "Marty" McCue, tn an interview for The Evening World pays his respects to what he terms “the soreheads” who have been “knocking” bis bill to restore boxing fn the State under a 45,000 @ year Commissioner and Iim- ing New York City to seven clubs at 4 license fee of $5,000 a year each, “The bables who are tossing tho harpoon of criticism into my bill aren't the friends of decent, on-the- Fine ! AT'S CLIMBED He Cauglit the Fever to doesn't need any public defense. “Tho Amateur Athletic Union.” Dr. Raycroft ye starting athletic sbeen done eady, alth ently the A ALU. d The oniy need now erda activities, Star Players of the National League, ir, Various Positions, as equipment. The A. A. U. talks of 7 taking charge of athintics in the} Annually Selected by Well Qualified Expert. AN i teres at egi te tia acuity tha (Poltowing Ma annual custom, | Stolen bases, and tho third ixaurr,| Alexander, thing we want to ay Wo don't] Al. Koster has picked his Halt of) with The player who mude the moat runs in J01T was Burns of New York, and he did the same thing In 1916. His total of runs in 1917 was 103. In 1916 he made 105. The champion Now York team scored the most runs, with total of 635, and e#tole the most bases, with a total of 162. They also mado the most single bits, running up @ total of 1.080. An in usually the Miller of St. cele brith th want an outside organiza eo] Pane in a yd specla events i which a few men compete while the} Me others look on. We don't want the A A U. offering modaly for soldier Competitions. ‘There will be no ath letic medals in France And wet aren't trying to develop pot-bunters By John B. Foster We're developing good fight nm.) (Secretary of the New York Glante,) K Our sysiem of ath! training ts for | NATIONAL LEAGUE. Louls figures in mention that ail the men in cvery camp—not for al few crack athintes who are after! ew who were in the Nationallmay be made of the good work done medals. We don’t want ary individ- | League Hall! of Fame in 1916/%Y Frat basemen. ke a matter ot ual prizes given. If any prises are . fustthe iexee te longus, In a8 wees to be given they will be for groups, | survived to hold @ place of honor| he has a percentage of .998. 10 129 units, companion or regiments. We) {n i917, The groatest upset of all was! games, however, Konetchy las a per- don't care to make the army an th. in the race for the batting champlon-|centage of .094, and justice entitles ship. A comparative newcomer—for| 5! to first position because of the lotic club. It the A. A: U. is willing | to raise funds and devote them to the| Matar Humber os played. o that matter, with only two years’ ox- ae Cer tery I Awl an OE | pte perienes in the erection of buildim da the pu mere of saviemen they will oe 8 National League—|is unquestionably the leader, with OO HO Tilly acicted, the CA'hed the title of beat batter over| Melding average of 977 in #6 eames ur inet hea ih thee sj ere Ac hie Zeider of Chicago had the same pei best athletic coaches jn the country | ts some of whom had been con- peer but he played inoniy. 24 for our staff of training camp direc | Mected with the parent organization|Cumes at second base and also flied tors, and they can do their work bet-| of baseball for a decade, and three or{in ot shortstop and third base. ter than any body o a in the amie | tour of whom at various times had Groh holds t lead pie tela Baas been keen contenders in the battle for| Without any qu n fo pinyed 15: teur organization. The amateur ‘doa pe Seat Orne ameeiaure t games for Cincinnatl, with 627 supremacy, Oddly enough, the run-|chances and a flelding 1 tage of aren't especially favoring ama Where professionals ner-up for butting honors was an-|.966. The first in the le ‘as far h aclections, His printed in Spal tng's offtetat ball record which has Just been ixaued.) ny a ietr We Wank: proleene other untried youngster, who com-[as total chances are concerned, Is yoatine Wwe. 0 ‘ i ous, but’ his Terrifice’ because. we se pleted his second year in the Na.| Batra of St. Louls, with Du percentage was very much lower, 040, Uonal League. The le The batting champion was Ed F. fessional boxcrs to te our poldiers, They our boys shouldn't rude professionals der in 1916 wax Mow The National League ¢ eat one toush of the Cing vl have the lei shortstop for 1917 He ee cee net th db eam or had a fielding been procured from the Federab ‘ iow ¥. average of running ahead Bue in 1916 by New York and who] Maranville, who was first in 19 beat teachers we can “L have Yeon aut A by wa. weferred to the Cincinnatt club} Th has elwaye heen a a progress we have made in art in the (rade of players involving Her. | tivalry between the two, f fetio work, The enthuslusht aMODK| |e poet maved in only 196 ¢ son Fletcher not only played in mose the army. officers greater than only 136 games, noMon player but had games than the y, and bat-| more chances, in fact more of .841, as|than any other shortstop in the Na- tional League. He had 685 asstats, as } 3 against 149 f d made | ted re is no Horn tag <327 for the St. Louls player anything I had hoped f results are better. We sueh a good start tha chances with ap against longer any sible doubt of the rainst 627 for Hornsby, who was pampleto, wuccesy. of our #ystem.| ROBERTSON AGAIN DIVIDEs| saint, O27, for Hoven, unl That system not going to be HOME RUN HONORS, the ‘part of Fletcher in cov subject to Interference by the A. A U. or any other organization, For the second Ume Robertson of] xround. Fach avulst, of course, repre~ New York divided the honer of mak-| ents @ throw. " Ree . the most home runs during the! PASKERT LEADING OUTFIELDER N and ‘el Lewis ACE Base RON iG as: dom) ys dn the National League, In FOR FIRST TIME. teentt ne ting, ¥ re wane | tyre Re w ed with Williams of| For the first time Paskert Phila- eenth meet! are wo! Chicago, The mood ay fatter did not have as | delphia is the leading outfielder, with At 4s his preceding season | an average of .984 tn 138 ap . vr wid Jost many points in hig batting, | DEXt best © Y 0 ak - dering who is to be the vietim old Hard Lu When Britton was Become a Champion in the Ring, Feet Flat and Knee Weak, but Pitching Arm Is O K.. A BY JOHN L. SULLIV: right, 1910 the | Prem Company, Now York Worl) CHAPTER Il, @ youth I was » very indus- trious young fellow ond, un- N. Publishing Recently Sold by Phillies for $50,000, Demands $12,000 Salary and $10,000 Bonus Before He lke many fighters, I never . . had much trouble in making money. Signs With Cubs. When I quit the tinamithing business 1 was getting $21 a week und that CHICAC land Alexander, who with his battery mate, Bill Killifer, cost the Chicago Gono anee National League Baseball Club Thava not asen:¥ to-day declared that if he plays with] since our . Feb. 6—Grover Cleve-| derstood,” said Alexa Will not play w next season unle uler, “that 1] was considered good pay in 1 the Chicago team] days + I receivo a $10,009] I was one of the best amateur ball of $12,000 a yoar.| playera around Boston and played sident Weeghman| with the Temonts, the Etnas, Our ‘nea in Omaha and 1) Boys and several other clubs, I used those the Chicago team next season he|do not intend to go to seo him. Hel.) get $25 for playing a gaine and I 100 a wong | KOOWS MY terms. Neither am T going must bo paid a salary of $12,000 a year] MOT) | Thishin to wee President Raker | kot that twico a week. I played firat and @ bonus of §10,000 for signing. ||) js. {> club. If thoy want] base and right field and was a good Alexander, who some time ago be-| to lalk term amo # hold-out, stopped off here on} | Alexander his way from Nebraska to Philadel- | PO'NNS & from tl phia. Me denied that he and Presi-| press the cli come to me." had heard for exemption and sald he would not He sald that when hitter, In S79 1 was offered $1,300 b the then famous Cincin- ath Reds. the seasons of 1879 and I hal the boxing fever, hows dent Weeghman had ever reached an| ha was examined a Was|ever, and did not accept the offer. agreement concerning a bonus or alba Ula Gora bat Between my baseball playing and terms for next season. Pet ao “thaba detects would} @¥ boxing exbibitions around town “It might as well be definitely un-| bar him tr army I was making as much as $10 a week before I was twenty-one years old. Having nade up my mind to be- come a tiger I went at tt in a sys- ‘Jolin L. Had the Heart ofaLion, 2 : ° ° ° ematic way. I never had a teacker. Says Charlie Mitchell, English Rival 00: ‘0% « texing iosin'n 9 =a ceo ~~ | and apgrovriated the best, of tele ade his performance the more _re- Man Who Was Twice Sullivan’s,inarkabie. "When ho faced Jim Cor-| styles. I was stvong and that made ett and wa yeaten he ha Iso been | it easy for me to experiment, Opponent, but Who Is Now on ji, ant ruithermore trad come toa |FIRST REAL. FIGHT. WITH Sick Bed in England, Sings His | j29, "ten the necossary stamina was JOHNNY WOODS. Praises. I've had nothing but the greatest r sparring mate a fight t t Lever had was Imiration for Sullivan all my life, - n 1878 nd he certainly was a wonderful | —tha y the Prem Publishing ¢ hlete, Yes, I'm sorry he's gone.| Met Johnny Woods, Woods, better peaking of him brit tho hap-| Known as Woods, in k sg World.) | ast days of my life érill Hall, Hanover Street, Boston » G—"Jobn L. Sulll- | As ‘The World correspondent said| He was also a Bostonian and wa van had a slashing good innings | good night, Mitchel! called out: man of considerable reputatio Heenan, & been matched to figh Bonecia Boy. After & ary sizing up I planted a cle lop on nis jaw and he was out, understand that at this championship Say, don’t fo ngs to all my end my greet. nds in the States, | th there | lim hardest | we e stakes You mus: time practically all at fifty-nine, and Ill be satia- fled if T live so long.” said Charilo| Mss fo ull my frends tn the | Mitchell in characteristic way to aland tell them ['m making th jcorrespondent of The Evening World | battle of my Ife and that t Jat Brighton last night when told of | 4to hI the death of the once-great fighter | __ nd the man he twiee met in the ring. Although he has been it in bed for nine weeks, the famous En John sh boxer 0 he ive Lewis a H t ay of 98%. Holacted pleased to have a ¢ 1 " hetwet match wuene t rule he (of Pblladelphia, each of them making | field, being. called Upon to sul 2 getline pemgerh nat * the Moelen Morar Pearly showed miperiurity over the | 12 home rans, which was the mark act |in the infleld, ‘The leadin AT aK crn cae whlch was practically ned a few English boxer by Robertson and Williams tn agi6,|9 1 was Flack , | hat grim old referee of life county {Which was 4 ally at Milwaukes om the nist OP ston eeision and The leading catcher of the National |ten over all of us sooner or later, but | Weeks a&e lo be fought a Mis. OSE ehNY se PSO DE At | wis r iston trangely enough, both of Robertson's |, - © foundatt fool : i £ ba in Philadelphia, has been P v y the title. And from ay 10 | League, based on the founda i fit seoms too bad John I's time came | {WUb8 In Philadelphia, Fae meat Ae Ta shaver Reet nny ee aes | a Sree ae rivals in the ts named were bat-| games played, ix Killifer of Philadel.) Es "*\off on account of Fulton b: wood p * Lewis imatche Lewis bas quietiy | ting ove fences than define| phia, who played in 120 games, w 80 soon, up to fight » McMahon a fifter be ivook! rt dodged lritton’s challenges. He'll! the limits of the Polo Groun Chi-| percentage of 984. Meyers of Bro Mitchell's pale face almost beame rind go at Denver on Bob, 11, After see ae ia eg] t f | on tied, with tim in ecalled pouts with s . ‘ Ort te Mod oun 0) Silke are 8 0% cine Be (0 sans bo's barrier was easy ay ad) Re er iena “who leads the | 02 2¢ recalled his bouts with is go Fulton will hike (o New Orleans, |"), Fhe pple ayo ay 108 1m wa 4 the Held home rup raised, which | fine number of right|of I mace In that city, In actual percentage is Adams \ladelphia, with .994 ht pitchers of tho National HIS Jack Der y meems to a real heavyweight ter pring ¢ Morris in six] The leading three-base batter in| League did not Haye, 8 eR re ari | ig then ‘age hdba rounds isa better J ay er Wil 7 was Horn: tho ambitious |Eitage each, ‘Thes pitchers were lard or Fulton could do. 1! outranks ageter in Bt. Louis, He supplant. Philadelpha; Demaree, Chicayo the performances of « dozen well-jed Hinchman of Pittaburgh, who held ew York; Packard, Chicago and Toul van at Madison Square Garden, Now| where he will go aguinst York, and at Chantilly, France, and!a twenty-round by said he was glad of an opoprtunity|Avditorium on the nigh Dre. rani Moran in the Loulstana of Feb, 22. bone tn me pound at St. mt to try lus bel Frankie Cai’ahan, tho I 1 Torry Motio bia, wen meet in tho rar once more of correcting a mist garding the New York battle, d ing that it was a draw be the fact Mghtwelaht, |Gty Ins @ix-mund wu. the young fighter of Phila: — ack McQulgan | For tho next boxing show of the Balthnore of Balumore two weeks, Promoter Dick Cire ten.-to wu. that) there was uo refore, D Nncionath « stiowal A. ©, of tha’ known heavyweir wayelthut honor io the year before, Horns. | St Hiller, Cin BPR oysedend Ret ome diuvera’ hax dine hin the Known heavy Eat ior Ja te: oe ie aloes f fornee New York: Hing, Cincinnati; Fittery, ways regretted that aftor’ iuaush MeGorera ae to, then Perhaps Dompse have ‘ play Philadelphia, and May, ule, at Chantilly, Sullivan woul, Pistia apa aia Suny ener ot Paine. something to say } the National League tn} On the basis of earned runs per Sait F ehatlenne ti methane, ae Atimurgh eid soy ged be Claim to be first in lino for cor \ ‘ ty with so litte experi-|gamo Alexander of Philadely! BO} ASADE hy sballeDRe for another’ nectar 44 Calehan ton by Jess Wi ' Phe Joader in tWo-bage hits in| feated all his rivals in 1ol7 DERE EMG DE: £18 SaAy REPS OER 20 notte Jobo “Pop” Kirk, who recently sold out the! Entry blania have been tneued and eond to a! The ring could nd ad new |, h of Cinctnnat It is the| the sensational young pls of the} man, but somehow or other J al ayy Poe's. A ment waa pub-|the clubs ia the Metmpotitan District fer th blood in the | 6 that Oxon hus et 8 the) New York club, who led tho league in| wanted another chance." fed exclusively in thie column, has fust egeured nament to be held ¢nder the E pe te tl ivoh has stepped Into] y916, perhap would a ‘hat it nor| OW this the correspondent of ‘Thos inase ons and NS Bast | ausp reacont A.C, of Brookim on t wist in jong dis-| same honbr again 7 had it not] bs i oo at wink yas tured into a gyi. | Tueea 7 evenings, Feb, 19 and 21 Navy Refuse | ‘ ur Niehoff of Phil-| been for the fact that, in * owen Evening World sald, “W Ah Bu tanium for Cxtiters to train in, Jack Britton |The wrighte to by vontested for aro 110, 120, 1: a wa * which he lost, and both of which afraid to accept your challeny start work thet ay for Dia twet adjend 15 p Petry blanks and other in ft prerenas britaper did not pitch in full, he wa Jwhich Mitchell came back, raising } ho) he ah the. Sevtrepetitan he . ¥ fl hard that the total of earned rf 5, Mo Bada. or at hee becau n getting ner, on the basis of | “AIRATD! Sullivan was too GAM — ty t turn! However : k ma. of Dare Aster, the un. Baseball Men «. ‘ ra Se YE | games won and Loat, he is the leading | for that, »He was afraid of : tong editing ty inary rihy of mea ton only to gain & in this world but his reputat - oe ~ | distinct |puntshmont would stop Bim, tle had 5 drive that be bene pas iseued tons to | : i or 1917, something whieh | wwe ‘at met Jot : era ther ¢ Daniels H of bite was Lb: f | "When I first me ohn L. he was pit a , Ka ob Britt the reserve divisions of DAVY tO Fe! varod to 180 for Burns of New| Yery likely surprived all except thon |ewenty-four years old and he was a ir @ Lave into tiptop shape at th fupe summer furloughs fessional York, \ . r In base hite| Who Kept statistios, wis the fact atl man and a » NoO-'TWO MEN baseball play * enilated ah sles —Moush and Kaumt of) Perritt of New york eee the shout AND A HALE ae. ae one of men, according received here Ne y are Med. Bach of them| ranking pitcher of the organization, | greatest exponents o! art of box a a | ahea Fay Wahine he [With Sebupp third, Jing, and no wonder so many in tt Angle Ratner, the wat tg ee | 4 ating tee hitter of the fe Man of| United States idolized him. “He y ox "i ‘ a baal ap — ttetem 1 aoe ie He erhe A Leanve Hall of). iwvo-handed Aghter in every sou belay ia tn sent te t bout with | cing Hap this city i ot ’ Hit, show Fame will appear later.) Jot the words.” Bi ae re |e war, Neck haa started Sacre ae t _ ‘ > the latter dl t did, Wh $70: a0 hia’ abare r sith tka ad c 4 mucrifive | Reforrin, to t mM mein: tere wlio | tem hh Willis Jackson, mbicti Basry, i " it ¢ Natic kpeed Rink To-Meht. | tivar xing carver, M Co Aihig Piro Ae Viale before the, bairmeont “ogee . : a en 0ARO There will be an attractiy n he fought Kt nd Di iater oa Lage Na We manager is now Lagu. arve, to. play ball tin on ond t t were Stock | speod racen at the St. Nicho [him in seventy-five roundy he b m wae vo, Phlindetnhia, (9 am Ad round (hat t wd> anc elphin, each of | eee ny nt ae through a xerious Hin ae mit Lew hei during We wa . : teburgh ied the league & half mite hi 4 i. Squash Final Te-Morrow, ay i ‘ hes! Ww 1 ound eham meen! P ntole * a tats ‘ Fin Van S. Hyde and J. v¥ rae ‘ 0 lee r von Wee Yeturtis 3 an erveters. w c sr. won thelr places on \ re A, | A that 1 t wd 10 AON tl npisyer ey \ Nnal and champlonehip round of the ‘ at Woonpochet, a|* « f A oe eaiad three tf terse Wily Taylor, Irving | tional sdiash tennis tournament a, joking | tarry aM the Jemer City lightweight yy aihar PA Tae of Fame ey ee nM a ofthe iarvera Ch j mfiainy ‘oh dhaice ay We Scag ee ey € ry 13 the mention, The temler race Mins lilsie e champlonsnip tic Fey Mi Wiltee of Syrimatield, Maan, #8 he a w jurns of n 40 champion, will face ed oemorrow afternoon at 4 0 ni " ae jeans Ontos, Pou se } t { He Was a Breadwinner Befors | [Sts Were fuusnt level exhibitions," declared McCue. “They're mostly (he old-time gang of sTaspers aud grabbers who sent the boxing game down ‘ato disrepute, They landed the knockout blow on boxing through their low-down Practices, and it remained only for Gov. Whitman to count ten. “You don't bear any yowls against jmy bill from the real friends of box- jing. I mean the reputable ght fans Who stand for clean, properly con- ducted events, They're for boxing for boxing’s sake, and they’re with me all the way. Single out any one of the Disgruntled Order of Crabs and you find that he's got a grievance, You'll find, too, that in many instances, be- unde }fore the quietus was put on boxing, London prise ring «. ‘Tuey difter | he had a ‘split in’ on some club that Vastly from Marquis of Que jput up mere boys to fight, didn’t | berry rules that are used t lay. Under London prize ru ca the rounds may last one m may last ten, Wh fighter is knocked or wrestied to Fround ths # und sive them a cent, charged a quarter | admission and attracted to the club |house only the scuin of the game. “The follower of, the pugilistic gama who doesn't favor my bill or one drawn along its general lines must be dead from the neck up. I know conditions tn Ajbany so far as the Legisiature is concerned, and 1 know that th y chance boxing stands of being resurrected from the tomb lies in imiting clubs, fixing a license feo that w antes of the club's standin, devoting a part of the proceeds to the development of ath letic ventures at war camps where ther w York soldiers. “Some of the Assemblymen, who, at the outset of the session, felt they couldn't aff to vote for any bill either chair out of their ur * ond » the fichter ut. ‘Tuey would ‘he eri xing, are now looking to get und then supporting mine for twc after ghter would | s. First, because it provid stil every possible safeguard against the f nAmor-Joperations of the graf and the [ca 'tocday who id have « hara|sure-thing boys and alms to put f “old | boxtné on a high plane. ‘ond, be-~ aly tt can't be-a bad bill, due to the character of opposition peta Suse ure CON) Fifteen Stakes ForEmpireTrack tined President y blanks for stakes to be run at elt Bono summer meeting of the Empire City fiver him |Racing Association, near Yonkers, next Howard | ave been out to ti emnen Fifteen fxtures will closo on Friday, in three | March 1, including six for three-year- a trea ds and upwa row for three-vear- quite n is and six f n-year-oldy, the st Handleap, at a mile The mpire City Derby, wo Ww ng: tne Whirl vids, at five and a Last View Stakes, it six furlongs, have a gvarantoed value of $5,000 each. ORLEANS, La Veo. 6. tae Grounds track this rove profitable to Uncle @ the four weeks of racing In was @ul- DONOVAN TOLD ALL HE WAS A “COMER.” Prof. Pp ett ork and 1d yund tha t \ 1 to be tn "Oh, tell that th G replied. 1 athim. Cu vb Donovan tuld then y would see me bef or G | that time, if you wi nember, was one of England's greatest ¢ and, incident . fellow to k It was so meet Goss on monial give Boston. chance BILLIARD TOURNEY WILL HELP AMBULANCE FUND. CHICAGO, Feb, ¢ fred de Oro of ones that Twas tu be ‘ world's nents of the manly art cf We boxed three rounds, and 1 AAAS could have | el ; ‘ womy frien tv . 4 uti 1 mi = y > © SKATING TITLES NOW m FOR THE SCHOOL BOYS. nf MONE POU. As he At toa mne Jwhen sud handed tints Jond Bully k do 80, as than I intend vory careful and last round without 1 knockout " ; i und said t 11 the ki Lan 4 tle articin about the t wid ' them sald: “Sullivan's te 1 ont sation w ang bo n “un : ndtv ind wound Ml from. Chm ri4e fund Will be close The next chapter of this interesting book will be printed to-morrow.