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If Fulton is knocked out by Wil- lard, he hopes that Jess knocks him ‘toward the box office SPORT WORLD NEWS OF AL “CROWD SATISFIED NOTHING | SHORT OF WAR GAN STOP ~— GIANTS,” SAYS FULLERTON “McGraw's Team Kessel % Impressive Only in Their Early Attack Upon Marquard,” Declares The Evening | World’s Baseball Expert in Sizing Up Team in Open- | ing Clash of Season With Dodgers ai at Polo Grounds. By Hugh S. Fullerton p Sore 1918, dy The Prom Publ Abie RUS Pork Mivening Work EW YORK pried the id off the baseball season at the Polo} Grounds yesterday and proved the old game still has both pull id punch. It pulled a tremendous . crowd that al-/ Herzog got either what he asked or a fine compromise, The agreement sets the two clubs tn position for the real work and rounds out Btallings'’s infield, making the Braves much more formidable than they seemed. Hoer- zog is reported dn exoellent physical condition and probably ready for work at once, Oo. There was a development out West most filled tho | that touches upon the chances of the | American League race. ‘That ia the srounds to capac | fact that Loudermilk, pitching for the {ty to see a game| St. Louls Browns, beat the Chicago White Sox rather easily and beat in which almost! Eddie Clcotte. ‘The fact that the every element| White Sox are not near thelr best th condition has been acknowledged for at Bes tol week, @o that the defeat docs not make the game} mean a groat deal to them. But the popular abound. | fact that Loudermilk pitched a great ed, with the sin- gle exception of game of ball means much, The entire problem of the St. Louts Browns lies in pitching, and for some .| Peculiar reason a Jot of baseball men speed. As a day-| vho have watched the spring develop- a light saving|ments closely believe that Louder- Sten, proposition the| milk is more than likely to prove one of the great_ pitching sensations of the season. Loudermilk has been tn and out of the big leagues about as often as a Broadwayite goes in and out of swinging doors, and many of us had given up hope that he ever would make a major league pitcher, in spite of his minor league successes, He has terrific speed, and last year his showing in the Association was won- derful—nor was he using the emery ball. Associaticn players told me that if Loudermlk ever started using ame was a dank failure, but et the close of three hours of patriotism and pastiming the crowd departed, satisfied that nothing short of war oan stop the Giants. McGraw's team appeared impres- Mae only in their early attack upon rquard, in which they gave a mag- » ifleent exhibition of first ball hitting. Veing the attack brusque, emery they would quit the game Lapel aS arava they | rather than be killed, ‘This spring Jumped all over Marquard, out-|quring the city series in St. Louis Pywuessed Lim and mauled out four|Loudermilk — beat 6 Cardinale ob ofoFb the 1a t lions _| handily and pitched so well that its betore'hi¢ could be refleved. Man-| tititer oe the Browns Geclared he Ager Robinson, seeing bis first line! wil show the Anterican League a lot of that Alexander-Walter Johnson stuff with several kinks thrown in, Besides Loudermilk, Fielder Jones has Davenport, who ts likely to be a great pitcher at any time, and a cork. ir { from which anything ts pos- Herum dling, sent out the order to use Py1ypotlogis B, and sent his relief corps of pitchers to the defense, af- ter Which matters quieted down con- siderably and the Superbas started & belated counter attack that served only to alarm the more scary of the crowd The reason I accent the importante h men to the Browns is this Jim Rice Gets Columbia Crews On Water for Season’s Races r Jones 1s perhaps the greatest ‘Racing Sid Unex- pectedly Big This Season and Men Are Doing So Well Coach Praises Their Work. th By William Abbott. bie Columbia crews are on the river and things are bright- ening up for Jim Rice, the venerable Bluo and White coach. The spectacle of “his boys” seated in the long shells paddling up and down the Hudson after long weeks epent ou the indoor machines tends to| chase away the scowl on old Jim's| face and even tempts him to recall | the days when he pulled an oar with the great Ned Hanlon. Rico planned to take his crews! over to Edgewater, whero Columbia's | boathouse is located on an old dilap- | {dated scow, but Jim got an unkind | break from the weather man last week and it was all off. The Co- lumbia coach is now taking full ad- vantage of the balmy weather. Late in the afternoons passengers on the Fort Lee Ferry by straining their eyes may ‘see long streaks going up and down the river, followed maybe , t a a t cho fungoes behind the bands every Tesreau started well, but Brooklyn run at a time manager in the r the opening game © 2 s ov hit him and Anderson had to be eu Sl business, That meang that his teams| by a young water spout, Where some} It beats all how many fane came Creare erie ered Md rte hs r ae 4 : m=" usually play the clean. safe, sncritic-| swrward oarsman dipped too low ee can’ | wouldn't belleve that Larrio had’ tor Mone to his assistance, atter which |ing and pushing runners around the|®¥kward oarsman dippec >W to see the Robins try to call Coogan's | pedoed a transport. ‘The smile mar- Brooklyn never really threatened |bases in distinction to the slashing | and caught seaweed or somothing on |Biutf, ‘There was a time when the|chant showed no signs of toothache, |{ seriously, although several times )¥Stems of attack used by McGraw, | his oar. Roblacttes threatened to throw | Although he losited @ trifle pale trom Roylan ee ajority r * a °. hicago stretch, within a long drive of the danger | Hovland and indeed the eyertty Of | ‘Tho squad ts unexpectedly big this | broken bottles under the Giants’ ton- be Colones mark the managers, ‘The one run at a time| season. ‘There aro enough aspiring |neau, but Umpire Rigler rudely cried | soCarty and Millor caught every- The f was a combination of system os scoring undoubtedly is the | oarsmen to man three four shells, | “Play ball thing that came their way, and got P errors, Burns best and most sctentifio baseball we| wren the o! sn’t looking the RET? caught themssives every tino tary am ; Crrors, Burns and | cnow, but ft cannot be used unless a| When the old man fsn’t looking t ‘Tho tano got thelr first official eye- |Snodu's foot toward first, cxeont Mee ayers the greatest catches, team’ posi call “air| temptation ts to strong to resist a | meal from that Young person in right |Garty, who shook two feet on four while it fell to the lot of qur new pitchers, that 4s, pitchers who| little brush, an offense which, when | bower, and the banquet wae ecru balla. Ofte did all bis atting with & hero, Young, to pull a play which/c dold opposing teams to low] aiscovered from the coa is alw ae) eee Ld feet Pipa reed ae Rs 5 | holiday vooabulary. x v ble ay 9 ood for megap call dow jlike @ 61 bt 01 ypaper, bats 8 jie Index his ability ae ¢ bolt Broan yond doubt it 18 winning base-|§ a thAM ae toe Polethoun: 75-mile Flobert and runs like the Erie — Parks; No. 6, Taylor; No. 7, Wormser; Stroke, Brown; Coxswain, Neale. | cise, ot Hempstead, McGraw & Co. all night to figure just how far the war _THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1918" both feet, but t flat. jow, Steinhauser; No. 2, Hawkine; No. 3, Kraus; No. 4, Sohack’ No. 5, Jim was bashful enough practice, Columbia in the best years never turned out the big rowing squads that Fespond to tho first call at Cornell, o afternoon's practice is finished. about ordering The Columbia coach believes a sturtdy oarsman should have plenty of exer- and no one at Morningside Heights recal Is the, time when Old Beats All How Many Fans Came to See Robins Try To Call Coogan’s Bluff Cheney. They got time to tle their shoes on first base, Cheney was so hypnotized that be went all the around, but Fred only got as far third, You never can tell what @ pitcher’ll do when he gets on. ‘The most atrocious bandit of the at- ternoon was Hi Myers, the short armed contre fielder with the lon reach. It was rumored on the Glants’ bench that Hi had a basket concealed on his hip, and the principal com- plainante were Ross Young and Larry Doyle. “The Most Atrocious Bandit of the Afternoon Was Hi Myers.” By Bruce Copeland. ASEBALL has been go equelched by the war that it took the financial acrobats In the employ tax bad eet them back before they could juggle the actual proceeds of From the applause that dropped The baseball season is here with You have said it hey are slightly dian Runner Front. HALIFAX, N. 8. April, 17.—Frits Schaefer, of Halifax, former amateut 100-yard champion of Canad: wounded In action on the western fron! and is in @ hospital at Camiers, accor Ing to advices received here today. H was shot through the foot. THEATRES. GET INTO THE FIGHT! Buy LIBERTY BONDS! EMPIRE 8s & th gs Hat BA. BaviVfione: | ce t HANCE” Kiaw @ Frianger’s New M TheRAINBOW GIRL ZIEGFELD MIDNIGHT FROLIC Reais NEW MIDNIGHT FRO xi COHAN in a New MRS. FISKE ivi Preceded hy “A NIGHT AT AN INN,” GARETY horny 4, Brn 8,90. game LADGN SICK-A-BED Ry LIBERTY \,,.4t..'% Bree at 9.20. Mats, Wed, Pop.) 20. “GOING UP” »: Min, Wed. & Sat Flarvard and Yale, is considered unusi Couple a hundred | al for the Blue and White. For a while Inst winter CAL it was feared that rowing would have/ ite to be abandoned because of the drain| | HUDSON 441) Bee. at # made by tunces for war service. | UDSON fiat Mel a Fat. be Praene Walte win Chart Walker Store. After a spell of recrulting activi-| ties enough candidates reported for) Nancy Lee =": indoor work. Then Jim Rice got te <_—__— ae on the material and he'll be busy. up || HENRY MILLER’S qy, Tar to the time Columbia finishes: her | | ‘vl. Hryan 7410, Bre, 6,90, ie ‘Phuirs, & Sat final race this summer, Tho crew that Columbia sends! against the Tigers on Lake Carnegie And in the other races will most likely be the following, which is the pre: ent comb! CRITERION Firs its, Whaat LE LAURETTE TAYLOR jon for the varsity: Bo tn ew comed Steluhauser: No, 2 Kawkindn; No. 8, || J" fatiiey Strmes’” “HAPPINESS” raus; No. 4, Schacktel; No. 6) of y, ‘ Parks; No.4, ‘taylor: Nov 7; Wormer? || FULTON. tom 8 xt.o Bray» [atroke, Brown; coxnwain, Neale, Oo veorr in “ONCE Masel UPON A TIM Bree, at $ REPUBLIC yy Mats Wad, Bont sat AR OR.BED OOME BATH wir! FLORENCH MOORE CW ef PARIS BASEBALL LEAGUE ADOPTS ITS SCHEDULE PARIS, April 17,.~The schedule was adopted last evening for the season's . Paria Basebat League, | ‘Ton of tho Ramos All of the Up of American soldiers or army service m MANY BIG LEAGUERS ON CAMP CUSTER’S BALL TEAM. DETROIT, April 17.—Many former major league playera make up the team which 1s to represent the 85th Diviston (irele, a ti eee and i et Brenings at & 0. Woe 4a ae BELASCO Vist ¢H,2¢ rege at 435 of Camp Custer in the game which ts WITH A o be played with the Milwaukee team PART of the an Association at Mil- = waukee Sunday. The pitching staff in- cludes Krapp, formerly of the Cleveland Americans, and Haley of tho Philadel phia Americans 1s slated to do the r celving, Puller, am er of the De- troft Tigore at one will play pocond ‘and Flat wt the” Providence team will work at third — AUBE BEATS 506, to COHAN & HARRIS N i ale W.42.at 8,20, Mata, Wott, a Bat At. Stephen's okher Tontght, Joa Foley, of the U. 8, Naval Re- rves, fe putting on « on In the name of th, Namo’ Society, in xington VANDERBILT W, 48th st 4.20, Mt, Wed, & Sai trical and. sporting "and Hawatlan boxers who have pro pear are Jim Coffey, Bartle Johnny Clinton, n, Terry Yo ink — Rosner. to master of ow verything FRE Harney ST0 & Alex. © annis ny ¥ ontes, which ‘means hould go off on GLO BE Mata Tet t schedule, = Seldie® Bartfield Gets Even. Woundea at has been 2 A TAILOR-MADE MAN ‘jjh.irnnt Oh Look! with MARTY rox Business Before Platsare THEATRES. TTR GARD ir Hi 3 Matinee ‘ CLIFTON CRAWFORD in ai * Martivem Miller, Haery Gotor, Ray BROADHURST Cy tes Charla Puro, Very ¥ Vn” Norra, 44TH ST. ee way, Tey i A — OF a Tye Ties. Kot war Thun, & 48TH ST. W.4ty Bt .», PLAYHOUSE Miwa | tu LITTLE TEACHER Theatre VIEUX COLOMBIER &z Free, 6.20. Male. Edita. Wynne Tie 8 Bae in The Army wn Bonners Rivet MOROSCO “10,843 BIGGEST COMEDY Hit IN LOMBARDI » LTD Stats: AC ov feo Mush Walker'Co, in Taliiageoet SEVENTEEN on, Wo at Matinees Wed. BIJOU | mz = Theatre, or, JP way atinges Wed, & et ST. f tor avineee Wed Eves of ay CASINO PRI Eig WOODS Prose te JOMEDY 4." mary $i By aw Ny ark ‘Osea HANS For 2 Works cou, Bea ae om Gale, PLYMOUTH STANDARD» rate =F GEORGE ARLISS in “Hamilton” LOEW'S 7th Ave, 4* Rj | oy 3 at, To-m'w, Se “WHY MARRY?" wi t nd Breese it Ham phelie is physica 1 for any team which knows that | y¢ Jim, a 4 the young-| Used to before it contracted house- | The umpires survived the day with- OL é Baldi nan . of Meckley Cee ra ee ea, CPIEY | the opponents cannot score more than | roars Jim. too much pep in |maid'a knee. out having to remove dust from their |, TOMBDO, 0. Apri 11 patel ts Wosa LAND hay Ae LYRI C am play came in the third inning with |OM® two or three runs off its pitcher, | their s | , jeyes. Consequently there ware NO) yao “soCarron of Allentown, sient HER COUNTRY **"%, Twice Chenéy on second, and 0! to make runs one at a time, sacrific- ly Rube Marquard broke all bis finger- | oats at Jange. Even Heinto Zim had two Weeks ane” rettin Mate (exe Sat & Sum) 28.40 with two out and Daube at batt! the runners forward, squeezing|OARSMEN GLAD TO GET AWAY | naits trying to pry off the lid for the |perfect control over his chatter ball. ont in to lay of a ett Wib ecute of Bite 1 in maton orl n home and playing hit and run FROM ROWING MACHINES. |Flavbush gentry. Rubo was greeted |All the umps did was to call ‘em aud | viciously fought and flashy ten-roun Tit LAST 3 WEEKS tit “0 VER THE THE T the Giants. Daubert singled sharply | t set them within reaching distance) my, t way those | by a ton of tinware falling down the |dust off the plate contest Maxrit ‘i ant “4 Rane Vea rs RS yeeiemeemian t ut the outdoor | (ON Man's Land. “After the rescile | eee CONCERTS AND MUSIC. | ch =m EMPEY to score, but Olson wis coming be- trials, so 4 » satisfaction of | Rube's glove was ungnjured, but Lis | 7 7 nm roa Spon AERTS, of Empey hind him fast, Cheney. wabbled finally Ro \ prayer was missing || HOW THE OTHER SEAT SALE TO-MORROW |[CENTURY GROVE AbyiiiGigiyur|I__ st Beth referees around third, saw that Young was Box Scores of linto the water afte ~ | TEAMS MADE OUT || Sy'ivXyolgt 2°22" concene | ctw MIDNIGHT REVUE § BELMONT {8.504 twas. throwing to third, | | | machine rowing is The highest part of the afternoon J u JOUN | performance Hegina et 11°5 CARTE R’ to. w Plate and wabbied hom | Games Played Golumbia oarsmen are enthusiastic, | Was the press box, Somebody must | M Great, \ wogrge a he on By Loon! Chaba | tice Sens Sa Oia nes ethene hoe ee tees creas Nationa gun c 44TH ST. THEATRE | vaupav third,’ Cheney rea y Loca ubs jeasahe meee ii Fon een cine Gane Jame aaseal badOrt a? PHILADELPHIA | GREAT POPULAR REQUEST PROGRAM, | EXOR MOR Ww ILLE, Cee got sta Hut ATT CUTS This is taken as a © i for | shaved could not be v erified, but all | Berton 13-8 29 0 9 0 0 6 1) HiPPODROME, SUNDAY EVE. APRIL 28 D. Nae + RIFFITH's iP Kerrie a ° rn ee a demon box scorers were willing to |) Yee ae daa itenrrs May 00, $1.50 AND 82.00, stage would have ser! BUOOKLAN WN mt ‘ He esti ieoane tnat ahh conan (Ike It On tha DOFRE of aviation |: Beoeaaer“tiabes ond oar: | hs —— AL ACE with the Giants’ plans to ? so to’ ol Hen TOR OO, ATER Pee ae Pere eN i ertine | tuatd » nuned. OF oe ks gone 23) Meeetorolitan Opera House | au ‘at HIUMPIL ahs kat tp eave Bing. doe! 4 opening game. Oia aba OS ABR Since taking to the ir the ‘work | The Giants’ pony outfield up [Catena 9 80 2 6 6 0 8 LF Ail, sy Rant Week of Opera Henaon, | Daily Mal ellis Walker, mae? Blay was. @ natural onc to | Panrt Binee SB a Jenoura dust to make mud ples for the |, Hatter Coover and Schild: Sotneider snd | Me Bieta iO ane! oe Be earts 4, ibe or SENSATION-RIOT , as hrow, under ord y | A A. B. The Cayenne Kids were 4 LOUIS a veae i" % eonditions should have one to brough pray p Fs » Cay i : cs | A GURRGRATA: ‘The, Bweatent Tove Story tver Tota, {| SS eae ha ee ince aenian is some of a rar -|busy as eaveadroppers on a one 90 AMUSEMENTS, OO A edyoruanes OF tha Whaat. Wag TOWN-TALK HIT! thows ‘that either ‘ols ‘enor Fenae,, “Bveryihing Is now im our | party line oven Bonny Kau bad [yd Stet CAST FOUR DAYS | Ma tonday 2. 2 to $1.00] Voce Audiences Wid with Et the speed of opposing players or that favor, Rice 1 n if the ave nal L Gonsales, Zves, J bQund rie to $1. 50 he threw without looking at same re: , w In the | house. . FINAL PERM*NOR NEXT BAT, NIGHT at + Bat. Mat Pi "diret qlimpae, ly w rey t — American League. J | Brooklyn, at first gilmps oe Marquard and Tesreau made 0d reean ee MADISON SQUARE GARDEN PHOTO PLAYS. | not look as If th ig much of a t ‘ _.| Princeton bs Mite te tases HB, | Twice Daily, a8 & 6.18, Oven Hour Pariier, | olvb on that side of the river, 8 827i88| The con Ally, conoens | TURIRg mates while It, lasted Pl retake SL OLelR O10 0 bot Y } | though we must confess that sin, trates iis tripped over Larry Doyle in the first, iim 9 & 0 0 0.0 0 0 1-1 68 outfield fs better and has a | rad boat ¢ nnd and Jeff turned turtle after skidding | “TatterteMewy aod Perkins: Mays aud Agnew. THE class than generally way au 48883 %3 wit at 6 wants | | 90 Jobnet mn a and Hick nan in the AT CHICAGO. 25 Enlisted Men—All Arts’ Yesterday the outfield showed Vouk. u rsity erew | fourth, ‘The derrick was in mid-sea speed, and ground covering, teal pon form, BIGGEST & BEST472.88 only fair throwing and som 1 refully lowered | — : SENSATION Just Sete ¥ bunch, | My: ra made tw o tru y tro! and th ° it moat surprised partons ne te THE BIGGES! AND BEST — tong arive by Young ar one : see CIRCUS EVER EXHIBITED | RUM of i RIVERSIDE tounding rd prepare ‘t tt th re 3 mee rere ba] COCTOR NUE So far as wh —a ieclieus, ¥ of the Giants go %. ° 8 GYRAN in “A DOG'S LIFES new exceptir k I SEE BY THE PAPERS 4 ao {iad Oe: laway arar” merman ot . AC > and (Hmbel Brew, MAK MAKSIL a “The Pace ‘ batting slump temporar! f 4 ‘ i haber 3 PRIL 22d UNDE CAVE & mipped ‘aaa hitter, He ‘does. not jan Dine 4 That the Glorious and Ripping HODGE PODGE A ARMS BROOKLYN ©), seem to mect bait squarely and | AT WASHINGTON at * Up REVUE with BOBBBY McLEAN is the res 'FEPRO ‘OR’ c 1 one in | Bis AM han ee is i ready to nate AR NW when t 0 a i fe th | | par » almost 8 4 Pd |i ferayp Elaborate and_ and, y. a nea out fil me SDD ODDOME rasels Ae ppeare 9 py : a MERICAN — Ovel'y~ step]! Krebs, drivin °l structions, om bd port ay M be Now enterta both at $} pistol can be heard ba © di TELEGRAPH — Enthuslestio en ve OLUMBIA » vey, [Twice Datiz At i Ave. reaching the starting $3] Mouse floa TRIBUNE Broadway foi, galled p THE SPIEG sk REVIEW “2 N24 @ bowany thelr rivals poss: irg|FINAL SPRINT NOT MUCH OF A ene of the moat pretentious & . KNICKERBOCKER TH, Bath ae ou Ol. * Ch: Ver: ast min STRAIN ON THE CREW, , (Conceived and Staged ‘by” ack Mason) AMBASSADOR ond Bway A ! a With t ‘ p fon tha {i ee te ould ; t 1 in the There is an excellent table «ote dtaner every evening for 81.90 LEXINGTON THEATRE +° ~~ 4 oll AYG. | uation ox ue @ with continuous “emart”™ cabaret ‘ MOMS Ny STAUIAN T, and THe MC en, u Stal g ar | yas et. IW. it obuble lg Tea Dancing from 3 to 6 daily. ‘The popular BALCONADES BALL- You aN on | ‘ ) | efote! spin ut ha OOM has dancing nightly beginning at 8.80 Y FOUR YEARS BURLESQUE. Herzox on | finish comes a sh r ——____—_ — ———— 4 IN Gea | pea crete — dan ove Area footie Fy | in the pu : mot Reserve Tables Now “Telephone Columbus 9900 on Me Boxenm OLYMPIC ,j#}Pf, MAT. DAIL) Brook! y Finpaug to Pioo, Calf t ee te wee \ Yours, THE LID-LIFTE Doyle a! the las when the eal f r You LA team w all set st preg ared, and at » wa | Elpte re n i ae urprine, , of t Roman ie ar _BROOKLYN. . conn of LL Orchentn: Tor, & Fyiton Mrvadway & 6 TAO ee eines, STAR ® SS Times Bauare [Bainine timedeens PLAST G, GIRLS: FROM THE a lous work before 20, 40, 00, [RIALTO Orchestra, very Bgnday-——@ BIG CONCERT