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” » the Red Crow! Wew York Legislature Finally) Waking Up and Is About to Abolish Ancient Blue Laws Prohibiting All Kinds of Clean Amusement on the Sabbath. Gopreigss, 1915. by The Press Prittishing Oo, | (The New York Evening World) BOUT eleven inches of ticker tape yesterday afternoon car- | Tied one of the most sensa- flonal bits of news of the week, It read: “ALBANY. THE SENATE @ODE COMMITTEE TO-Day.. REPORED OUT BILL AMEND- ING THE PENAL CODE BY STRIKING OUT THE CLAUSE . PROHIBITING SUNDAY FISH- ING.” | Mt last!) For nearly a century and fe half we have been waiting for this. A hundred and thirty-odd years ago @ Corget the exact number) a blue- Bosed and blue souled Legislature & blue law prohthiting about Ing that could make life tn- “teresting on a Sunday, Including games and fishing. The law was passed at the ungent request of the church authorities of that time, No doubt their reasons were good and wufficient, from their point of view. People who were away fishing or playing games couldn't very well be in the churches of a Sunday afternoon when the con- tribution plates were passwd around. would undermine religion. But times have changed, People who like games and fishing, here in New York State, are beginning to play some of the games and go fish- ing anyway, so that in nearly all re- spects the law is becoming a dead letter, It has interfered mostly with \Sunday baseball games played for the purpose of raising money to give to to help take ca: | our wounded soldiers in Europe and | for other really patriotic causes, ff the prohibition against Sunday fiwhing is passed and signed it may be an indication that the New York Lagisiature ts at last showing human intelligence and beginning to agree with the majority that elects It, and that wants Sunday baseball, Sunday @ghing, Sunday outdoor sport, Bun- Gay pudiio health—all in place of what the SUNDAY Law has forced upon It for over a century. And what ts that? Bure, if you have lived in New York you ought to know, It's the Bunday side entrance, the Sunday back room, the Sunday gambling heie, the Sunday dance hall, the rest of the Sunday iniquities that flourish when every one has a day of rest, and no ball game or other good, !n- teresting outdoor sport to see or take pert in, 46TT looks very much as if the West will get the Willard- Fulton bout,” sald Col, Miller when he left yesterday for Chicago. Col. Miller had his fill of no-de- Cision “promoters,” who, like ol’ J Mulvihill, were sending him 65- telegrams “collect” and talking avout $150,000 purses, When a man out in the Colonel's country bluffs ho wally has something to back It Another Colorado offer ts reported —this time from Colorado Springs fand it is sald to be her than the Deaver offer for the fi Borings ian idea! pla big fight. When Welsh and Charlie White fought there they drew some- thing like $80,000. And thot was a lightweight fight of very little public interest, as Welsh wes only a fourth rate champion and White a slugger without enough skill to make him a very interesting figure in the ring The remarkable thing about the sum drawn by the Welsh-White bout was that the railroad strike shut off rail- ‘read travel to the Springs, and the thousands of apectators from r points in the West arpived by auto mobile If they would take so much trouble te see an ordinary scrub lightweight bout, what wouldn't they do to see 4 use ‘ BEST SP OR TING PAGE HE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918 they will got a carbon copy of thy Bee-raves are taiking in form, Boston iw as proud of her Bee-ra version of English, the Bee-raves must Unless a rookie can hit more than cone With the Bee-raves a8 an enemy The Bee- When the Boe-raves have nothing anything clothed in umpirical biue, When the Bee-raves are winning they which he called a ball The Hee-raves put great stress on stress is offen so great that the loquac souvenir back in their faces, The Bee tongues and to repeat because the Usually when a Bec Uhe game on their televictrolas, @ verbal hemmorhage, while Some players who get four ball during the winter, rave: in the the ki ing Ww Speaking of the 1 heavily with wugue jau Now that Ni hurry the Hoosie p Lajote has su a to his heart's dis Any glass wrist can put an ano: wouldn( rue a pitcher for passing @ An anonymous wiseguy pretty mean quill, But alus! if hv only had sent me his vill, nam Vd f drink, “When brok of knocks. The reason ts simpie forgotten to put on his socks, A crafty old bower numed Rei his head, says, “Let ‘em forget you- ery time a batter rolls one di kk captain goes after tho ball aw! Now that Time has tolled the las Aulitte and Lat ushes of Battl beti, Wolcott, Ryan, } fense to withstand the atte between the two bizest men urvend 1H asin eeiates, tt Lew Tender, the ensek| weight, for Gen sounds ot the Moms that ever faced each other in the} Some athletes fool Kid Opportunity whe, after letting Dim brutse Ais | conan of Brew bes beta AN - err aod fing, and both known to be among thg | knuckles, they cateh him before he gets out of sleht | bewides has a fine record | Frankie Burns, Jersey Olty bantamwoight, Most skiiful boxers in the heavy - . ‘Whey were matched nme SH seltees) hagterniabg ° Joe weight class since Hoh Firrsinmons | THE NIGHT LEAGUER. riiler 10 mest ia | S\"the bis Daalanrmeixst Dosing shew te be honk WoRleg alae tobe bend | at the Dig bantamwez't basin he he Was champion | He couldn't connect with the back of @ hack in the 20-Mule Team — | A Ok Vintadelohte on | D8 the National A. A, of Paitadeinhia. toanorrmw * Sate of the Borax Leagu imple for he couldn't pack wight, As bowh lads have already fought two BRE is an interesting jet from flan ounce of goed ginger because of fatigue. He once was a slugger foc Fee Se } ast tes on a eras ‘thie wo onght to be a very Willie Ritchie, who ts doing —hit all kinds of pitching, but now he just blinks at the sun like Fare neteraa bevy eis | intereting 0 = eplendid work as Boxing In- an owl, At night he gets tight and won't stand without hitching, Coulson he te cist a ee ut asian 98 | Harry Cred of Pitteburgh, who wente to fizht gtructor at Camp Lewis, American but the best he can get at tho plate is a foul, Western “heavy in an « round Bout at jas oftem ae ve cam before be is called the Lake, Wash, Among other things, - dou is Si Le How 1 0 Kansas | colors. whieh bn - read to be in shout thre Willie says: ‘The hand that rocked the cradle didn't know It was going to bo a yeity . nally och pa wes a way ‘ger we - wore battles nest “{ have staged two shows in the | pugtilist incorpo ucht that he might ert |\iecioem, I's for twits. rounds st Toledo’ O Liberty Theatre here to get funds to} = as an ae a match and | i Mesdar and his accond with @ buy boxing gloves for the m fthis|thesa husky Westerners from the! bayonet fighters than the men who} ai), ‘ | Mar Akron, O,, on Friday evening, Apsil division. We che centa and 50| mountains, and now we can hope for | Wat blindly | = . ig 2 rack Nahtwe! great help. The first show we had|pnese men surely earn fast, and! the divistonal championships, and 1 {Mt $22,000 19 4 fow maochs, Collins haw phunaee of the Antwort to give 50 per cent. to the theatre, but |i, would do y rt good to see} Would willingly pul my beginners re Skane salle: fae Vall ing of Ohicazo and Jo bat the sccond, and now we can|ehem box. Am trying only to d Rat bunch dn the country, [ees 10.00. Te woh he le sive Kratlan lizhtwelaht of thie th ae ave some ever men, cor ne te “ k ww fo dds at the @rder over a hundred scis of gloves | velop clover boxors, for with the cor- ering that they are only just learne [Caiorma. on tour to the | i. Nine ae " no from old Bol Levinson of San Fran-| rect style these men will make ft ng tO BOX : Con to bis Witla | per isco, whom you know. Sol never saw| boxers. You know you can make a) “We are so far away from the rest | 1 At efaaa 4 ge much prospority in his life ax he is | £00d fiebter out of a clever boxer, but | of the U, &, that I want you to know |t4lo, 8 eeetrannt | Paul Dovle, the love fi . } Ja fighter seldom learns to box If hej that this Wild West division out h 4s th | good baitler of Pb wee ake gloves! The gloves sent here | hig career, Again, these men Who | and is Just crazy to ¢ ver the ' 4t Piggy be§ pod fo da at the National A Dg be agmuaiager wae tue eval! Lui ve ene can box well Will make dar beter, i whea losing they slander bis eyes! wa toward 1 IN NEW YORK ALBANY STRONG FOR SUNDAY FISHING (The New York Evening World.) HIGH COST OF LOW SPEECH. ANS in the City of the Bolsterous Bean are eager to sive odds that @ 1914 miracle this year because the ves she is of her famuos army fruit, the well known appetite bandit and accomplice of Mrs. Virginia Ham. Judging from the hirsute chost expansions of stevedores and their have whiskers on their vocal cords. 800 with his tongue, he Is as wel- alien, to tuk about they usually pick on The poor ump gets it both ways. kid him about the strike on th it. 4 their Hnguistic ta sous lino breaks and in fact the aps a PINS raves wou the pennant in 1914 by their adroit use of thelr veal cords—and Hank Gowdy’s famous nixhtstick other teaims dearned thelr lang rave stops talking the Associa They failed fe during the winter, d Press ts playing Stallings suffers from ‘Toastmaster 2 in summer look for only three Every pitcher spends so much time trying to keep batters from reach- ing first base that finally he gets the habit himself, Ate Charley Mitchell used to score hile reclining on the Moor, setully dodged the Dodgers, he can mitent, nous hop on the pen, but the fans invisible batter to frst, WILD PITCHES. ed Wilbo'the-Whisp shakes @ cel better for reading his letter A vetcran receiver named Blink swore never again he would he doth moan, “every bar pest is thrown with the other pipes under the sink.” When Useless walked out to the bor he was cheered by a chorus this good-natured pimple had d, who never swung wild with —they'll tell where they met you the moment they know you are dead.” ser, It would seem, that with a peck measure in his paw. t count over Charley Mitchell, Cor- vigne should begin to perfect @ de- ing Death, *WWibbebeltd O02 kl, Copyright, 1918, by the Pres Publishing Co, OFFERING Fat For. SUNDAY Dinner, 1> Woved Mace @ Sunoay Le ANY Worse ? Fis Laven BOWIE SELECTIONS. First Race-—-McBride entry, Mila, Joan of Are, Second Raco—Te Dublin The rance, Mary, Candidate 2d. ce—King Baggot, itace—Master Josefina Zarate, Race—Jabot, Karma, | ritin | Bi i Progressive, Jo. Sixth Race—Impression, Eiith Bauma: Seventh Bird, Spectre, Bite ace—Amphion, Rosewater. SUNDAY BASEBALL NOW LIKELY ALBANY, N. Y., April 56-—Sunday baseball begins to look like a reality In this State. The Senate has passed the Lawson bill, legallz- Ing the playing of baseball on the first day of the week after 2 P. My under a local option clause, by a vote of 26 to 20, Most of the Senators apparently had made up thelr mind and needed no enlightenment either for or against. In any caso, the question was put without debate. All of the Democrats present and a number of Republicans voted for the measure, It will now come up for sage in the Assembly, and if it passes that body will go to Gov. Whitman Jor approval. ‘aves bave the reputation for talking to everything but P| Tabloid Review of Local S; ores Jnvisibie opponent, and their idea of conversation can only be written with! the commercial hieroglyphics on @ typewriter, Competit for members will be, More than 150 athletes will compete aried on the ¢ rurts of the West Side Jn the annual indoor games of the Smart ennis b at Forest Hills to-mor- set A, , Which will be held at the Lath row, his deel: mas to the rly Regiment in oklyn to-night. ‘The opentng of the fleld was decided at arate receipts w dona to a fund pi Libg of the Board, Raverncss for the benefit of the 467th Regiment, ‘ the elay courws will be in commis-! ‘ th Mee oe th hs : “4 t, Will be the guest ve sion to accommodate players. of the Bmart Set Arthur S, Cragin and hie partner,! two pb: Ht i ' fh jy. Dickson Cunningham, reached | arranged by Welker Goclinan tie wa t semi-final round of the doubles | derful young wielder in the national tndvor lawn tennis terday, which may lea champlonship tournament” on the | plonship» game. Ww urts ¢ , the Serene eg! "1 At \o1 vechran is to hav wiry, eriton Shaler a ne |opponents in the competit mith also won their matches and willl new de luxe room of Maurice |meet the first named palr to-day | th and venth Kojt Frederick W. Rubten, President.of the Jal a ae PLAY et, ans youn [Metvopotitan Association oF the Amateur ae thlede Unton, named the team that will] Frank. Taberskl, the _profesatonal Hepresent this discrio: in the national) poeket billiard champion dete the cma ur boxing chaniyp jonships in Bo. Misses Filo und Maude Flower by a mn It will be an all champion com-|seore of 75 balls to 39 at Join Doyle's bination that will strive for national| Academy, As a handleap to his’ fair hon rs against be in the respe opponents Tabérekt played at the odds cla yoman chosen to gO lot 13 oF Tf won the metro hament held n who lifan title In the teuc- ——- + in Newark recontly, The| More than $1,000 wae pledged to ti will” represent this =|Martin Sheridal Memorval fund “at's trict al Deve Kamens, Hou. neeting of the Irish-A 108 pounds: James Torna taaveth | Ring “ahs sume with’ the $1000 Ae M. C. A., 115 pounds: A Sehteks, | 1 1 by the Dej . natted he epartment, brough unattached, 129 poun ® |the total up to $2,000, ‘Th Mayo. Mons unattached: 145 pounds; James Sullivan, | Association, of which Sheridan was an Clark I Union settheme pounds; Sam La-|henorary member, gave While the onta, T + 188 pounds, and |!nds from County Clave pledéd $100, James 'T Side A. C175! Kyne donated a similar amount pounds. there Wumerous other of w Irish 1 Lew Patsey Cline, the local fighter, Tendler, the Philadelphia bat who fought such jardin ja Willie Jackson of New York vs. ¢ of Butlalo, Henny Valavr v4 | Syracume and Leo J ‘Young Kid Mendo of a fast six-rouna naon of New York vw. at at the National A. A Philadel | (OM? Ranene of Batalo, phia on Wednesd: night, were well| After many attemota arrangements have finally paid for t services, they each| been completed for « battle between drew down $2,287.95, According to the | field. te game Brookiya middieweight articles 1 by thelr managers the |G"? o€ Pitabureh. hes were matat the Kross receipts, Which wan to be eplit | Forbes Field im WMttsburth om Menday evegian equally, As the amount of money taken| May 6, Bartfield has been ciamorite for au. Jin at the gate was $5,557, tho fighters | other chance at Grob for severe! mont vided $4,575.00, ‘The club officials | : Sea ta g i Irish Patwey Cline ia booked uo for two more ! “ 61.10, out Of] fights, On Monday uizht be will «0 ag which they paid minary flght-| iioom, the Brooklgy ita! Jors and other incidental expenses | in, the etar bout ot the Douglas 4, C. ef C: ca, inches with ad Mas, and om April 16 be will awap Anowier ove of our good fighters in this vicin- | Viecent Porton!, the promising 0; Wo club's euteriaimmons on Monday ua, The Seruniay erouind AD 1a | | /Although Giants Lose Their First | Game of Season to Cleveland) in Opening Clash of Series Pep Young Holds His Own Against Tris Speaker. "E possession of their first defeat of | the year 1918. Upon encounter- jing the Cleveland team at the locel park yesterday, they found the going DALLAS, Tex., April 5. HE Giants this morning are in a little tougher than when? they waded through the soft Texas League opposition and the inexperienced Pitching dished up by the soldier pitchers, Fohl's Indians played some smart | baseball yesterday, and they were | casily entitled to the verdict, as they knocked out ten hits for fourteen bases, against six singles for the | ew Yorks’ defeat bore out | MeGraw’s statement that the pitchers | of his club are not as far advanced as he would like. Fred Anderson was | regarded by McGraw as being in| tter shape than any other pitcher, yet the Carolina dentist was batted hard in his six innings. Slim Sallee, who has had & chance to boil out his arm during this hot weather, pitched the seventh and eighth innings for | New York, and retired the six Cleve- | land batters as quick as they came up. | ‘tris Speaker hasn't changed much. | The Giants are predicting an inter- esting season for American League Pitchers after watching Tris work Yankees Hope to neni COLUMBIA, 8. C,, April 4. HOUGH {t was raining great guns when the Yankees, with | another Braves scalp dangling from their belts, pulled in here late last night, the akies cleared this | morning and the weather {s well nigh perfect tor this afternoon's contest, | Yesterday's 3 to 2 over the Braves made it four straight for the Yankees, and they hope to run their string up to five this afternoon | ‘The fans already are hiking toward the grounds of the University of South Carolina, where the game ts to be played, and 1t looks as if much | money would be realized for the sol- diers at Camp Jackson, All proceeds of the gaine above the guarantees) will be donated to the Sammies for the purchase of athletic equipment. Stallings is so badly off for pitchers that he may send Runny Hearne, th ‘Toronto rookie, who only reported | yeste! y, right into the box, Bunny} {s in good shapo, though he has played mighty little baseball, Hay Caldwell, }who, on account of his pitching tn Wednesday's game at Augusta, latd over here yesterday and did not go to Orangeburg with the team, feels |so perky that he wants to work this afternoon, Ray was so fatigued from \the lack of sleep—al! hands have had ‘to suffer on account of the late de- |partares and early arrivals—that he pt until nearly noon, After lunch. eon he rode out to Camp Jackson and |is loud in his praises of the big can- tonment | Charley Herzog still is here walting A wire from President Perey Haugh ton, who left for the North yester- day. Though Herzog denies he has Jagreed to terma with the Boston club, the tip is out that only tho receiving | f anew form contra keeps t pery second sacker from putting |John Haneock to 4 Boston con T | He ty reported to have been snared hy a $3,300 bonus offered him ‘by President Haughton in place of the extension of contract demanded by y and his tnsisting the ten-day © be omitted oundkeaper Phil Schenck of the Yankens is back after a trip to Spar- tanburg, Greenville and Charlotte, and reports the grounds tn Greén- |ville are so bad the game scheduled \t to-morrow may have to be transferred to the diamond used by | |the soldiers at Camp Sevier, | Yest ng battle in Orngeburg was the best game. |the serios, Gam Vick to-day was @ \4 tc | Rawlings. | yesterday, He drove out two doubles, and betwen 1ese two base hits sent in three of Cleveland's four runs. The ants were able to derive some satisfaction from the maner in which they stopped the famous Tris on the bases as Bul Rariden caught him napping at third base in the first inning, afd later in the game Kauft threw him out at the plate when he tried to score from second on a single by Wambaganss. New York's hitting wasn't particu- larly impressive. They got to Stan- ley Coveleski, Cleveland's leading pitcher, for six hits in as many tnn- ings, but couldn't get a single hit off Otis Lambeth, one of Fohl's second string pitchers The most redeeming work on the New York side was done by Pep| ung, the new right — fielder. oungie” held his own in the first game of the serles with the more famous Texan, Speaker, as he also | collected two ts. The two ans ed the day with a 8 It was Peps misfortune that his hits came when no one was on base, and therefore were not spicuous as Speaker's slams Kauft and Zimm ting fell down in Series with the Chic White nd Was greatly responsible for } York's defeat at the hands of t White Sox, still appear to be mi merized by American League pitch- ing. Neither of McGraw's leading hitters could get a single off the Cleveland pitching. The Giant def hero yesterday brought to the minds of several of the New York players that just a yoar ago they lost thelr first game to Detroit by exactly the same score: 1, This series then ended in a} ach team winning four games, Win To-Day World's Sox tle, Fifth Straight Over Braves hero among the boys, for the Mem- | phis youngster certainly came through | in the pinch, [t wa thump that broke up eleventh inning With tho Sam's ti Ne game in 8 deadlocked 2 to when the nks came to bat in t eleventh, Baker got his third hit, a single to centre. Bodie smashed to Hughes. ‘There was plenty of ume to wet Baker at second, but Itiwlings was slow in geting over to the bag, and Hughes had to delay his throw | When Johnny finally did get over, | shine. Conway came too, and bumped him, Baker was safe. When Pecki paugh's bunt rolled snfe the bases were filled. Ruel hit to Wilson, and | Baker was out at the plate. At this! stage Huggins gent Vick in to bat| for Mogridge. With the count one| an done, Sam shot a hot one over! second, pushing Bodie across with the winning run. Though the Braves| filled the bases in thetr half of the! eleventh, they falled to score. | The Braves got away to a flying start in the fourth. Powell beat out an Infield aingle. Hannah dug Wick- land's rap in front of the plate up out of the dirt, but threw wild past Pipp, Powell scoring and Wickland taking second. Russell threw out Wilson, Wickland taking third, @mith | walked, wiing’s sacrifices fly to} Bodie seored Wickland. Smith was | caught off first, | Hannah, whose throw spilled tho ans on Russell in’ th wunched tho Yanks off on the rally that tled the score in the eighth, Truck pried off the lid with a single past short, Ruel ran for him, High batted for Russell and walked. Mil-| ler also strolled. Pratt popped to With the count two and three on Pipp, Wally singled over second, scoring Ruel and High with the tying runs, Mogridge, who took up the Yanks’ pitching burden after Russell left the game, turned Boston runiess, & lings was missing from b the fray yesterday, having gone to| his plantation in Haddock, Ga., on| private business, Ho rejoined’ the team to-day. Bill James and Tex Covington, who! were injured tn a colliston in practice before the game yesterday, were up and about to-day, James, the worst injured of the two, is swathed tn| bandages. Covington was a bit stiff, but will be in the fray this afternoon, Stallings may let Bunny Hearne off for a few days to ume coaching ot of the University of North Carolina , be players. fourth, | ° SPEAR FISHES BARD TOURNE WITHOUT A DEFEAT Clinches National 18.2 Ama- teur Balkline Title by De- feating Claude R. Lewis. POGGENBERG CUP STANDING, : Wen, tow hite 5 an, AN | Spear ......58° 0) St 4568 Servatins 2 1 8 6 %418 Lewls ......1 2 19 822-81 Klinger ....0 3 64 720-90 George W. Spear won the holding of the Pogrenburg Memorial Cup in the final matoh of the 18.2 ball line tournament last night. Spear finished in the final round of the second an- |nual tournament under the direction of the National Association of Ama- teur Billlard Players at the Brooklyn ; Academy, Flatbush Avenue and Ful- ton Street, without the loss of a game. As his closing contributions to*the competition which annually brings into action baik line stars who have taken part in the national champlon- ships, Spear in turn defeated Jacob Klinger and Claude R. Lewis. It was his match against Lewis whigh clinched his title to the greatest of. all carom trophies in the night game. He defeated Lewis by tho score of 115 points to 87. He had an average of 415-25 for the contest, and high runs of 19, the unfinished gluster with which he completed his string, 14 and Louls A, Seryatius, American. billiards, of the finals. the Nestor of sprang the surprise surpassed all previous Jacob Kiinger on terms and defeating vatius the second t. His cue worl linger early tool even lead. Then the veteran amateur rolled the Ivory orbs In beau- tiful forma son the short rail. Hi top ru 28, 18 and 13 and he fins ished w splendid average of 6 one of the best of the tournament Lewis by hi ger on W third plac teur made forts to ove A handicap posed, in single victory over Kijn- sday night gained famous uropean am: a dismal failure of his ef- haul the others at the clase oe Raa which was ime so that he did not tally @ victory he closing series, George W. Spear, the former trotting circuit driver, moved up a peg noarer fo winning. the Poggenburg Atemoriab Cup at 18.2 balk line billiards by do- feating Jacob Klinger in the afternoon session on the table at the Brooklyn Academy. Spear won by thegfinal score of 115 points to 235. His average waa 229-22, with high runs of 20, 14 and 9 ‘The spread leaves which his opponent left for him disconcerted Klinger. It prevented him from overtaking hia ree sourceful adversary, although bis top } runs were 54, 29 and 27, New Baseball League Asks for Class AA Rating The New International League, which will take the place of the old {nternational circuit which recently passed out of existence, sprang into being at a meeting held at the Hotel Biltmore last night. Eight cities will be in the circuit and application hag been made to the National Commi sion of organized base for Cl AA rating, which the former league had under the national agreement. Syracuse, Rochester, Buftalo, Toronta, ey City, Binghamton and are the cities Which will be represented in the new league, There was some doubt that Newark would have at but strong preswure brought to bear on Harry Ky > owned th@ Indians in the old and it ia probable that he will ear the call and return. Joseph J. Lannin, former owner of the Boston Fted Sox and tho Buffaloes, ape plied for a franchise, and his request as granted, as was that of G. F. Johne son of Binghantton, Johnson owned Binghamton team New York State League, Day who has fought long and well m in organized baseball for ty, will be President of the ts be tn ‘er Umit of fifteen, Including th has been imposed upon tl i planned to draft a schedule of 144 games, beginning on X 8 and closing on Sept, 15, It was also incor porated that clubs’ mugt guarantee ¢l visiting teams $100 per raln ein! It day, or It was voted, moreover, to stary all games at 3 o'clock In the aftere noon, The meeting adjourned at a late hour last night to convene this morning) at 11 o'clock, LYNCH WINS AWARD OVER DICK LOADMAN, PROVIDENCH, R. 1, April 6.—At thé National A, C. here last night Joo h, the only boy who ever knocked out Kid) Williams, wor veo BIIt jardner's decision over Fighting Dtel Loadman of Buffalo. Lynch scored Knockdown in the fifth round with right hand punch. Lyne! in nine of the twelve ee ROSS SETS 4 SWIM MARKS, CHICAGO, April 6.—Norman Roses of the Olymple Athletic Club, San Frane seo, established four indoor world's swimming records at the ‘Natlonal A. A. U, meet here last night, Ross won the 30-yard open race in 3.16 3-5, breaking the old record of 3.26 1-6 held by Pe ivray of the Great Lakes Naval ‘Training ‘ion. Kosa fin ent hed first in the 200-yard event in i-5, beating the former record by 1 aecond. In the 220-yard swim he mae the distance in 2,2 which ts of @ second better than the previous ark. A few moments later he came in ahead tn the 250-yard event tn 2.41 1b, ‘The best previous time ts 2.48 4-5, —o———_ er McDonald to Speak for Thivd Liberty Loan, MeDonald, a well known amnteur rand now With the Coast Defense ery in Rhode Island, hag ue honor of being specially detasicd Arti un! to this city to help in the Third Lf \Loun, Licut. McDonald can. spelt dollars into Uncle Sam's bonds alm with th ss of a magician, Hi vk during the last loan was 6 Iw throughout Rhode Taland thar Bese lary McAdoo specially requestedthat ke detached for service In New Yorkg ty for the coming loan drive, i ‘a : i ~ * / ,