The evening world. Newspaper, May 4, 1918, Page 8

aS # « INDICATIONS AMES HAS BEEN QUENCHING HIS THIRST AT THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH ARE THAT LEON ATHLETES IN WAR SUPPLY MANY FEATS OF VALOR How a New Jersey Schoolboy Runner Killed Fifty-Seven Ger- | mans and Was Decorated—All Ranks of American Ath- letes Now Competing on One Immense Battlefield for the| Same Prize—Canadian Sportsmen Are Also Conspicuous | War Heroes. Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishi THLETES are doing their share toward winning the war. ing Co. (The New York Even World) Up to Canada there wae the Athletes’ Battallon—every man a trained athlete and scores holding ¢ We have heard tales of Longboat, REA COLU hamplonships in al] kinds of events. | the famous Indian runner, who was | still alive, at last accounts, although | he had used his oldtime Marathon skill and endurance on many @ bat- Uefleld and through many a barrage, carrying despatches when wires were | cut by bursting ehells, And there was the famous Jack Munroe, boxer and football player, who went into the German trenches ewinging a deadly Hudson Bay axe in his right | hand. There was old Frank root who enlisted by giving his ago as forty-two, when he was nearer sixty, | and stayed in the front line trenches | until a bullet sent him back to! “Blighty,” where his real age was | discovered. | And American athietes have begun to do thetr share. There ix the remarkable story of a New Jersey schov!. doy, well known as @ middle distance runner, who went Toes at seven teen and enlisted tn the French Army, seeing nearly three years of rod hot fighting. He was wounded eleven times, but, an he describes it, he was very lckY.| ana fight with the Englis! | a8 not one of the bullets that went through him struck a bone, One cut across his temple, but was only a wiancing bit. He was decorated for raiding a German trench single hand- ed, bombing the Germans in it until they were wiped out, and bringing back 4 machine gun. Fifty-seven dead Germans were found in the trench when French soldiers went in to com- plete the work of destruction, HOW COLLEGE ATHLETES FLOCK TO THE ARMY. Thousands of college athletes— nearly all the active members of foot- ball, baseball, tennis, golf, crus- country, swimming, basketball, gym- nastic, fencing, wrestling, boxing, and track and field teams—were in the first rush to enlist. Of these many have performed feats that have brought them advancement and in vome cases decoration by the Frenoh and the United Btates Governments. Some have distinguished themselves in the air, in @ branch of the service for which their college training espe- olally fitted them. ong these one of the most famous is Hobey Baher of Princeton, who became an ariny aviator shortly after leaving college, before the United States entered the war, who has been at the front for some time, and who has “brought down his an" in & gun to gun battle above the cl: and perhaps ‘by this time two or three more. Baker ‘ag one of the greatest of all Ameri- can college athletes, an “All-Amorl- aoe football, Panne Bee nocer ° " e a rast Sprinter. a Many noted athletes are Army and will soon see service at the front. Many of the most skilful boxers have been taken as instruc- tors in the Army camps, and some of these will be sent to France. Benny Leonard, Mike Gibbons, Jeff Smith, Packey McFarland, Battling Levin- sky, Willte Ritchie, Bob McAllister, rank Moran, Billy Rodenbach, Johnny Kilbane and a lot of others are busy in the camps, and doing splendid work in fitting the soldiers for real fighting. Many others have yetunteored and others taken in th raft. JIM COFFEY FELT SETTER AFTER ENLISTING. Billy Gibson, manager of Benny Leonard and Jim Coffey, tells an amusing story of the way the long- ing for @ real fight hit the big Irish- man, Coffey came around to Gibson’ place one afternoon and taking Bill aside sald to him: “Wiltam, you don't think there's much chance of getting me a match with Willard just now, do you?" "I'm afraid not,” said Gibson, “Then, William, you wouldn't be mad, would you, if I went and en- sted?” man will put behind a bayonet! One of the greatest of the Vander- bit Cup winners was « Lieutenant in the National Guard. When wi me he was shifted, put in charge of transportation, sent to the border, brought back, promoted to @ cap- taincy, showed marked ability tn hand- lng army transports detail, which is almost all automobile truck work now, was made a major and sent to France. He only told his wife that Washington wanted him for a few days—didn't want her to worry over sate arrival, And now he is all over France from supply bases to the front, directing and handling the work of keeping an army supplied, and having the time of his life, “The old Vanderbilt Cup was t Reside this sort of sport,” he write SOLDIER JIM DUNCAN FINDS LOTS OF ACTION, You remember Jim Duncan, holder of the world’s discus throwing rec- ords. Jim enlisted at the start, in the engineers. He was in the first regi- ment of engineers sent to the front, ope it Jim was with the bunch that down its tools to seize rifles | in the “L wouldn't," sald Gibson, ‘In. | Feleh Chioasy 4 @eed I wouldn't. I think it's the [Vi Mitts? 8 finest thing in the world for you to | (Gardner Atnlefitn’ 4 do. Every man as good as you are |, oumih Washington 4 ought to be in the Arm: New. York 2 “Then, William,” said Coffey, heav- } ing @ at sigh of relief, “I'll tell 4 I enlisted two bours ago.” 4 used to say that Coffey had g & “glass jaw,” because Moran twice 4 knocked him out, He may have a 6 10 ‘bos ‘glass jaw,” but Oh Boy! what aj hire io & bad drive that broad shouldered big Irish | heme. Ahooron q : U boats until he could cabie of his| h io a battle that was famous two months ago [ dare say he did his share of the slioot- ing. i American troops are going out as fast as they can be shipped across the pond, But the cantonments are never empty, for new bodies of re- crults pour In to take the places of those who have gone ahead. The Commission on Training Activities, which has charge of all athletic training in the army, is having a hard time to find money to buy ath- letic equipment enough to go around, Supplying this equipment is one of the greatest services tht any patri- otic citizen can give. ‘The boxing, playing of football, bascball and other ames makes men much better ab: to fight and to defend themselv against attack at close quarters. And, besides all of this practical side of the training, tt gives the men a kind of | entertainment that interests every one of them, and keeps life in camp from becoming a grin I've seen eome touching plotures of soldier boys | in camp, writing letters home in some hospitable “hut.” Writing letters is well enough, as far as it goes; but it doesn't supply every need of a healthy man whose working hours are ong and whose time for recrea- lon is short and surrounded restrictions, - ERE many THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, MAY 4, BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW. YORK Ao Due Lure oF Tae INDIAN ARMY LIFE THE REAL NA DANS INTRO LONG BOAT, Disperrcy RUNNER, Copyright Liberty Loan Drive Along Route Of Modified Marathon To-Day Kyronen Entry List. O the annual streets to-day. amate' champ District sport. Tho will of Franklin and = Kolehmainen Are. the Stars of Big THOUSAND hardy runners, perhaps more, will compete in | renewal modified Marathon through the city This i# just one of the fixtures in @ busy afternoon of Interscholastic nships of the Middle Atlantic be held at Field in Philadelphia, and the Coun- Day moet of Polytechnic Pre- ce was merely an athletic compe- tion, In which the greatest distance runners matched their speed and en- durance over @ course to test the hardiest. The struggle to-day ditions, will have « An eleventh hour of the Liberty Loa: the route, with of Fra ending retaining ite tra- ater importance ve In the interest will made along » famous Blue Devils thelr presence und’ eloquence to the aAsION. Villar Kyrone and Hannes Koleh- maine the famous Flying Finns, who have had many « bitter struggle in foot racing, will try ¢ lusions once more. the |, Coany | the dil piled trom officiel y 8 piled trom scores as publinled i Recorde of players who et have plaed uo wo Players and Glut, =. ALB, OR, Speaker, Cleveland ...31 38 11 20 Gandl!, Chicago 28 Tackwon, Chicaso aa vat SRE a ; Ptrunk, Hoston . 1 a Haler, Now York 1 aa fess. Bu 1 ae as eSatoss er secessteistie= eee Detvoit sree ; iis. 4 Tourn. "st ; jeg. % 1 bf 2 ures. -Atietia ; tira Clete 4 % laren. Washiuats 4 OCA ae or aan ean hoatin 43 Minainaker, ht Loiila: 1) Maisel t Louls, if 1 ih tS Fr is w 40 4 Lous Detroit | Fer. Piypedoiiie We Mltenelt, Beteot MéOraw (New York, Groom. Ragby Adasna, Phormah | Creotie, ue afiehal have ‘ Jounston, Hecrel Bt Niehoff, bt Gravaeh ‘Outahaw, Snyder, Bt Ven Meratrix Conley, ‘C sherdell Andere, Cheney By Goomin Mrvokiyn Preadergast. bila la: nN 1 6 1 5 } > 4 MAJOR LEAGUE AVERAGES Compiled by Moreland News Bureau Matting Avernges, toores an ul Pitchers’ Records. May 1.) w uo w| They are two outstanding luminaries In @ hot Nick the Greek. Hans Schuster, Terry Halpin, Loula Kaufman and others too numerous to mention will face the starter. ‘The greater number of men have been drawn from the metropolitan district, but the race does not lack for out of town talent. The pick of distance run- ners from the Middle West will be on the line, The boys in the service will ia and special prizes are offered for 4. In @ word, With so many prizes made for all. Every lad who finte! the time limit will recelve a survivor's | medal. paratory School will be held at Dyker Meadows. | In previous races the modified red it seems that provision has been | 1918, ® ~—- Nee a4 iF 1S A MILD SORT OF AN INDOOR, SPORT... - TIONAL SPORT NOW 1918, by The Pross Publishing Co. (The New York Everfing World) Boxe i$ one or tee Bast ATHLETIC Seorts IN COR ARMY CAMPS . Dempsey’s Work Disappointing In Miske Bout| ST. PAUL, Minn, May 4.—Jack! Pompsey and Billy Miske fought a) ten-round draw here last night before a crowd that filled the Auditorium. Honors were 80 ovenly divided that the newspaper critics did not hesitate a second in declaring the affair an even thing. There was action in every minute of the bout. No knock- | downs were scored, the nearest to] one occurring in the sixth round when Miske, mixing furiously, had Dewp- | sey staggering ana in evident distress as the bell came to his rescue, } Miske outboxed Dempsey most of the | fight with the exception of the seventh | round, when Dempsey, sinking a hard left into Miske's stomach and putting a Loan driv Plasters, arch supporters, fi ball gama Proving the high cost of wisdom, Dick Rudolph has $10°C10 to spend on getting away from the Braves. John the Barber had better solve his | up Jagk Dempsey, One look at Taberski’s cue is apt to make his opponents miscue. The Kaiser used to cover a lot of ground; now he's chasing Liberty Eddie Cicotte is said to have offered a reward for information about the guy who knocked the shine off his fast one. LOSING WEIGHT. vast year ‘way out'in Kankakee He hit $00-98 ; But in the big league circles he Is lucky if he hits hts weight. Bver and anon, Leon Ames throws away his crutches, trusses, porous © teeth and wheel chair, and then wins @ A bad car will keep Willio Ritch®% out of the trenches, but they never had to offer him a purse through a megaphone. * One of s and k se days either Ted Lewis or the other out. When Larry Cheney wins a game He fille the fans with pepper; But all the Robins feet the same As if he were a leper. Jack Britton will cross thetr right to the Jaw evened up the battle. The St, Paul boy did not go down, how- | ever, but saved himself by clinching, and was so engaged when the bell came claim. ty. It ts remarkable In how many waya a team can throw away & game. Commerce used every means, and as the result shows, were successful. This makes the third defeat for the orange and blue, and practically eliminates any *hances they may have had to win .e championship of thelr division, Stuyvesant looked like the team it ought to be, and if they can keep on playing the same br eball that they displaye ommerce, cM and ander, will not have 4s easy a time as they now appear to be hav- ing. Evander continued to have its own way by defeating Morria by the score of 12 to 2 in a seven-inning game. Hirshfleld again starred. He not only held the Morris hitters at bay by some very clever box work but used his bat to great advantage. He beld his opponents Lo three scat- tered hits and struck out fourteen mon. At dat he got three hits and scored two runs—a fair day's work, Perhaps the biggest surprise of all was the defeat of Erasmus at hands of New Utrecht. New Utrecht ynaidered the weakest 6 Brooklyn division and the 4 to 3 victory was hardly expec'+ feoled. The Bath Beach boys, howeve | played a great game and deserved to win. Captain Cohen of the winners are eee eee SCHOOLBOY ATHLETICS; BASEBALL, TRACK AND FIELD ing. LONG ISLAND—Richmond Hill, at Jamaica; Flushing, at Newtown: Far Rockaway, at Bryant LACROSSE, rasmus Tall vs. Stevens Prep., at Park will bouts within the next few days which will realize him $2,250. Philadelphia to-night for a guar of $1,000 and his second with Young Henny Vi fered rews that he would let to his aid. pistned “bitterly. that hechad Sten nte| Champion Pote Herman, holder of) ton at his home, manages to, Rego, the vir \Tow. but the referee would not allow his| the bantamweight championship title,| "87 landing bouts for bie man, He clinabed bro of them to-day, signing up Pete Hartiay, the Durable Dane, to meet Larry Manson for ten ronnds at North Adame, Mas, on May 0 ond Phil Bloom of Brookim for ten rounde st @ show to te held by the Pickwick A, ©. of Balti take part in two no-decision) His first go| wi be with Jack Sharkey, he oval porches Rar) bantam, at the National hntee| At i boring shows Sell at Maltimore recent ly the figit fans bought $50,000 worth of War Savings Stamos, At the Kid Norfolk.Bu! ‘Tate Chaney, the Baltimore fighter, for tea sania 830,000 ~ ware digpowsd of and at ” ’ rounds, at the American A. C. of| the American A. C. dhow, at which PEW surprises were banded! SCHOOL BOYS’ SPORT Fa tee seem aecey iat | Guman tamed ow ‘dork Baas Cray eee out to the echoolboy fans dur- " Will give. him an additional! $20,000 worth were bought, The clute in that ing the midweek P. S. A. L.| SCHEDULE FOR TO-DAY. | Herman would not sign Up) city will continue to sell the stamps at their bi 1 Although the rain; - Appia latter bout unless Manager| bozing entertainments, asoball games. e BASEBALL. greed that there would be no ‘ — h y of the scheduled | t agr Scotty Montioth ia no longer manager of Jeck interfered with many of the sc MANHATTAN-—De Witt Clinton at] decision rendered | usm, the New Orleans tightwolght, — écotty ames, some were played, and 1n|Eyander Childs; Stuyvesant at Town- — laime that Ramo put iim in bed in Baltimore nearly every contest tho unexpected | send Harris Hall; High oh of] ane ae yy tener ft demanding a guarantes of $800 to fight George happened, |Commorce, at Morris; Natv. at De te loa! vantem, and Al Bi Chaney there on Monday night when he (Mon. Ms (i wid jew Redford, om | tleth) had elamed bi up for $290, After the | In Manhattan Commerce was fig-|La Salle z: pleted today, Keddie Mer es | tight the police handeds Montieth the $250 which ured to play Stuyvesant a close gamo|,, BROOKLYN Roys' Hin at Manual i emer 2 hee aa ee a cnattie | {he Articles of agreement bad called for, Scotty | with @ fair chance to win. An over-| Francie Prep, Bre skit PROD. i ee ane ioe a eae cig tn at the | eM Paid Ramo and quit him, |whelming defeat was the result.| AeolY ey at Bushwick. | pings ‘at Bridgeport, Conn,, on May 19,| Johnny Dundeo's first fight will probably be Stuyvesant outclassed Commerce by| YEN. GIURSEY-—Horace | Mann, at |iaven ia to receive « gvarantes of $500 | rit Young. Joe Borel, the Philadalnhle ght such a great morgin that it seems @| Hall Ror lentown Military Academy. | Willie Jackson has started training #t Bitz | Tig manager boone or Sen ria 70" Be SLAND—Commercial, at Ja-|Grupp's smnasium for his twelre-round go with | 0 hUFTY to Make Job | pity that the two schools are in the] matca; Hoboken, at iichmond’ Hil, a bua —s aap be Witch te to be held | # N€ wante him to be entirely well from hie at: samo league, The score was 9 to 1. TENNIS. tthe Pictwick A.C. of Baltimore on_ the | {yet nonis before he hes him engage in a This, however, does not half tell the! ANTATTAN—Morris, at De Witt | nleht of May 13, Jackson Is to revelve a quar. | "8% tale, Commerce played about as st-) Clinton; Townsend Harris Hall, at|antee of $1,000 and three round trip tickets to) Dave Astey will @ ats proposition 48 a game of baseball as was ever| Evander Childs; Stuyvesang, at High Ualtimore and return, Jackson grabbed Off | tonight when he * aD againet Frankie ayed by @ team representing POORLY comercial at Bove |t7 802, more night in boring Law| Paring of Buffalo before the National A, ©. of Btreet institution, Errors were plen-| sighs ierasmae Tale ee Manied TeoNe | Teadlee at New Haven, ¢ Pilladelpita, Lmmediately after this bout Astes pce accomoanied by his manager, Joe Jacob will French fighter, was d in for Baltimore, where the litle west side Mitchell at | td¥tam ia @cbeduled to swap biows with Balli- | more Dundee, one of the hest bantams tured out szound Baltimore in many years, before the Vickwick A, ©, for ten rounds to @ decision Mon- veil and | tay mistag, ey, manager the tittle kee on May 20 or 2 t the show was to be ue be rent wort back to Promoter som box Mit . Valacr aneet some goud bos ching but | . fo =e was the star. He allowed the strong |"! only ask for his travell * ju In Giants to Meet Soldier Nine. “atbush team but three hits and | As both the National A, A. and the . Morrow afternoon at Olwrnte walked man, This is the first de- | A. A. of Puilede! have been after the match] Field, 136th Street and Fifth Avenu feat for Erasmus this seasion and the | between Kid Williams of Bal rage i) Benas| the Linooln Giants, “World's Colored first time N Utrecht has beaten the | Veleer the indications are os oP hi , a. ol buff and blue since 1916, land it. as Matchmaker Taylor hes made the| Champions", will play thelr usual double Perhaps the best played game thus far took place at Commercial Field between Mangal and Commercial Manual won by the score of 1 to 0. Neither side made an error, a re- markable achievemout for’ school boys, This game Was a pitcher's bat. tle between Joceam of Manual and Hageman of Commercial, Joceam had a shade the better of the argu- ment, fighting fort, {a booked up for two battles. be with Billy De Foo, the twelve rounds a on Weduesday night Coster, at Atlanta, Ge, on M: fighteew the best offer ‘The contest will te for| header, meeting the star minor league “18 rounds and will be fought on May 18, Oimypla A, A guarantee of $400, The players from the 58th Coast Artillery fo give Valger a stationed at Fort Totten in the open- ing game at 1.30 P. M and in the final contest of the day will again clash with the crack High Bridve team, who on Bunday Inst played the Lincoln Glants to a standstill and defeated them, wine g the game in the ninth inning. The Lineolns are out for revenge {n to-mor- row's contest and will pit thelr star twirle er, Cyclone Joe Williams, against South paw. Werneke, the great lett hander of was only wi Joe Mooney, the local featherweight, who is now ner the management of Metty Crew. His first with Paul boxer, for Newport, Ry I and wil x the New Orleans for ten rounds — ‘The National A, ©, of Brooklyn, which tes! {hg High Bridge club. Brookiyn Prep goes on winning one | teen in existence for thirty yeam, scored two - =a gaine after another, It makes very | knockoute recently over tho police in their bat- little difference who t opponents | tls which ware fought at the Special Sessions Jott Smith ine Easily, may be, They just can't help slug-| Cour in Brooklyn, with thre judas as the| BOSTON, Mass...May 4.—Jeff Smith, ging that ball all over the lot, ‘Tholr | referem, ‘The potios twice had the club officiaa| the middlewelxht title claimant, last last Victim wae the Boys’ High team, | hauled, to cmvt for holding boring siows for ite| night defeated George Robinson in fit- tee cane’ wae atta a 7S Ann | member but after listening to tie evidence the| teon rounds at the Commercial Club, again starred at the bat finlgew vecided tat tho club was @ legitimate| Smith peppored Robinson with lefta and "0 . barged the ejub iclate and be rights throughout and in the final ses- —— one and rend th of nd boxe fons had the local battler es Be. practieally Leo Flynn, who Ws recovering from an opem- out, al tangle before he tries to tie| WITH WOOD IN THE OUTFIELD, THE INDIANS SHOULD BEAT THEIR BATS INTO BUCK SAWS NEWSOF FORDHAM BOYS AT FRONT IN CONNOR'S LETTER Scranton Fighter in French Army Gets an Evening | World. Tommy Conners of Scranton, Pa» who several years ago made many strong bids for the world’s middl weight title, and who later became the Nght heavyweight champion of Panama, has been heard from after more than a year's absence from the ring. v “T just picked up the best sporting page in the world, and believe me, it was a treat,” he wrote in a letter to the sporting department of The Evening World from his billet as- signed to the French Army. Tommy, who will bo remembered as the youth who gave Mike Gibbons @ hard tussle when Mike made his first appearance in New York eight years ago, enlisted with the Fordham Ambulance Unit of this city shortly after losing his title to Kid Norfolk in twenty rounds at Panama. Pre- viously Ne had carned a decision over Norfolk. “| am here in the French Army with former coach Frank Gargan, Bull Lowe and Jack Cantwell of Fordham,” writes. “This great league to play in and | e seen a great deal of France trav- elling from one sector to another. Have been with the French Army for th t eight months, and | believe they are the greatest fighters in the war. | have done a little boxing for them at enters tainments, and there is nothing too good for the ‘boy from Scran- ton’. Concluding his welcome letter, Tommy says: “I notice most of the good boys | used to box are now instructors in the camps back home. | am glad that Uncl Sam has put the O. K. on the good old game, for it will glve the boys the pep to go in and fins ish the Germans.” Connors inclosed a unique enter~ tainment programme of one of thetr shows near the front, in which he ts billed as the star attraction in a ten« round bout with Jack Cantwell. Box Scores of Games Played By Local Clubs lo Grounds-.* BOSTON (A). NEW TOR! AES” Nouns fh 4p ah feo: if Totale E * log rau wan scored, eo} for Githooley in tenth toning, -1100000000 0010001000 Lett Pimt Bose on Errore Vit Base a FRO 90000 | 200000 ted, “Mena Lett of Basse Philadel First Base ber Halle Off Mayer 1), i Wiase HiteOtt Maver Tiooup. 4 info inaivgs. "Strack ¢ 7” Gocante, Winning “1 Towing Pitcher aye, Me At Boston— NEW YORK () | BosToN (x) ap boo ae ab 1b po Young. rf.°8 BDO Memes 1p P 10 0 Kaul of:'8 2 2 2 Oem beg 2 3 t BS okens 1% if 4g 24 08 io 68 419 (49.5 | Oltawine, oa 6 Memon. 0/3 09 bOWion es Yh Nein 6 ° 6 Fa © o o> 8 St Hersog, ie Hite > Youn ‘chee am Howton, > Reserves at Dyck The Naval Reserves, with the box, will play Billy Jorda man Oval, Honhot tn bridge Athletics at Dyckman Gog nee Dyckman Street Subway. atten Rear morrow at 3° P.M. MeQuitinn nt star pitcher of the Worcest: ormee twirl for Kingsbridge, pire City last: Sunday, —_— lust. Monday, thoroughyiew ure Star. by ‘Nasturtium tink een, foaled a chestr: h ebbles. 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