The evening world. Newspaper, October 17, 1918, Page 14

fm the Fourth Liberty Loan. —_——— First of Major League Changes Will Come When Gaffney Sells His Boston Club at Auction After Nov. 1. 1918, by The Prew Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World) GAFFNEY doesn't want to met back into baseball, It has been Mewsed around that Gaffney was over the Boston Braves, but THE EVENING WORLD, T HURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918. PORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK A LITTLE PRESENT AND FUTURE IN SPORTS , 1918, by The Press Pub BEST By Thornton Fisher YOUVE GCT TO HAND \T TO 'EemM- THESE ——— BOYS ARE ALWAYS (The New York Evening World) 1 Am @& Foor are PLAYER, @S YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE, AND 1 WILL RUN AND BUCK AND Kick AS TRULY AS CAN BE ae, FIVE SIGNAL CORPS TRAINEO etic THE WALKERS CLUB OF AMERICA WiLL MILE RAC (2 THE OLD BOYS NeExT SUNDAY what we learn he has no such| ition, Instead, Gaffney intends) the National League cham- at auction. Those in control of the Boston Braves owe a lot of Feut, and the bill is due Nov, 1. There re a lot of bankers concerned, and if | they don't pay the rent Gaffney must, Jt is something like $60,000 a year, If @hey don't pay Gaffney will have to fake over the club or elso sell it at) Auction. It took» as if James will) have to adopt the latter course be he is not impressed with the (dea of saddiing himseif onto a dead fetter proposition. Revie er will go over the top | ——-—--—- with their Liberty Loan drive | at the Empire City race trek Columb @his afternoon. Twenty thousand dol- fore was added to thé fund yesterday, bringing the grand total up to $1,793,- 850. This is only $6,650 short of onc- thousandth part of the quota for @he Second Federal Reserve District, which the Race Track Committee has pet ax its minimum for racing’s share @afety for Yonkers, and Sheriff Wels- ‘Committee yesterday and aroused th quent speeches. the largest subscriber of the day whe! font of $5,000. J. McPherson and F. while E, Salmore added $1,600 to the érive, Seymour Hammerschii Marks and Irving Danaig each sub- peribed to $1,000, OHNNY AITKEN, who died the average fon, hea other day of Spanish influenza {ph head coach, | in Indianapolis, was one of the they were tried out combination immediately and will prob- ably be fixtures. country. He survived innumerable centre from Indiana, ‘4 larly favorable foremost automobile racers in this competitions, especially the old Van- Gerbilt Cup races on Long Island fronds when every driver took his life {gn his hands every time he started ‘this machine. Year after year Aitken raced against fate, only to lose out Haw | ire, sinensis the past he has played | cl k ‘to influenza. One of the mont remarkable fea- New World Mark for Trotting side of the net Mra, Hart OUT AT EMARE CITY TRACK NRE PUTTING THEIe con ON YOUR. OLD U DONT Force BIT EVEN 1F War Work Cou All Athletes to Compete al Sport Meets | munity. Service ATLANTA, Ga,, Oct 17.—A world’s here: | record was lowered In the third day of | the final week of Gi ing on the Lakewood track here yes- terday afternoon, Lu Princeton, Cox's fleet stallion, U defeated St. Frixco in three straight Wagner heats/in the free-for-all trot, aod in | so doing established the world’s mark 5 ever they completely turned the tavies upon nd Circuit rac- neil Wants ia Team In Six Games In Nation Special Appeal Made to Foot- ball Players to Help Provide Athletic Recreation for S diers and Sailors in Great Drive Next Month, in @ race, ‘The time lowered the the Frisco this year. From the standpoint of excitement, fi he feature event of the day was the 7 pace, with Belle Ancanta’ and John B. starters, driven by McMahon, Geers won by Mr and Thomas, respectivel of finishes heat, and a blanket could covered three horses. tara just barely nosed out Edna Early in the first two heats, and the reversed the count by a fine burst of speed in front of the grand stand in|‘rhis proved more of an inspirat on, to the final heat Elionsky Not Dead as Reported ::"\9's3! 8 eich mark made by 8t War Cloud Fools the Dope And Triumph Thoroughbreds Forgotten as Word Arrives of Germany’s Surrender, expenditures of athletic equip instruction to these organizations Is for and to provide strain of lighting. dition our men for their We know that the great Ameri will provide th at our boys may enjoy thelr Give them this and Edna ¢ as the w s Over Roamer YONKERS SELECTIONS. . T. C. football eleven will play a schedule of six games, ac- cording to the tentative list of dates an- nounced yesterday by Levering Tyso} wradu | opening contest will be on Oc Morris O'Keefe, Director of Public *ubject to the quarantine regulations of the Camp Me rite an 8. A ° Colur eam. wil Gpendanger assisted tho Race Track {i sigven of Company C of the Casusl is ervice game ‘enthusiasm of the crowd with elo- ji. inasmuch as the five other games i i have been definit P. Asherman had the honor of being ly fixed and the dates for the two others nity pending. he boosted the drive along to the ex- with The closest ach most have, who an-|t —-6 moments of | heir punch will land ery athlete knows that the properly man is the man who always * you are an athlete get in line and volunteer your services for the great sport carnival during the 18 that will feature tie campaign of the United War Workers for $170,500,000, will be a chance for every one to com- pete in the national meets that will be held in all parts of the countcy during the week of the campaign, After a meeting of the United War Work Council in the Custom House yesterday afternoon, statements were latter round robin tow to 18 will be Kk. rurgeons, designated as Sports W By Vincent Treanor. AR CLOUD, quick form rever: ply much of the speculative interest in racing, came back strong and triumphed over Roamer in the running of the Scarsdale Handicap at Empire yesterday, So convincing wa the victory that the Macomber three year-old colt was under a stout pull way and yet managed to show one of those als that sup- quickly, af ‘i a sen chee! © — Bathilde, Sixth Race—Lively, Favour, High- arranged for are ? 2, Union on 9 and New York University on ‘The dates hi Beck each subscribed to $2,000 worth, jecn formally acted upon are Nov. 6 with Stevens Inattute and Nov. # With Max Cornell, nnouncement of Sports Committee Work Council appeals strongly to every lover of sport and all football men the General MANY NEW FEATURES FOR AVIATION CARNIVAL New and startling features are being added daily to the programme of tha) Army Aviation Carniy Belmont Park Satur 26, by the First Provisional Wing, U. S. Aside from being aviation meet ever staged in| pulled him through, America, there will be several Nov. Henry Elionsky, world's famous! (jyb, “and Mrs. V long distance champion, who was re-| of the Parie Hil ported dead ago of| tributed to the brilliancy of their co Spanish influenza, is very much alive, | tests. | Miss the following issued calling for subscriptions to the fund to provide amusement for service men and ap- es, especially football men, to provide means for athletics in the army and navy: “To the athletes of America: President of the United has requested the United War Council 0,000 to provide amuse- old game to the bo “AIL organized teams to arrange at least 6 viayed during Sports it of the General War Work Fund, a| veteran Roamer, part of which will be devoted to mt for our soldiers and | me % uthorities at Ithaca the date set lumbia for Cornell, and it is probable | thas the game will be played on that — ate. ‘Three new candidates of better than ability reporte coach, yesterday, and two of much promise requested re called upon big game to be Ke tor the ben is according to an official report received | Apposing players busy. Miss F to be given atlfrom Pelham Bay to-day. Elionsay| Mrs. Pritchard afternoon, Oct. | hospital | stead there for three weeks, but it was “is| pent which | *" pealing to athl Despite the fact that Johnny Loftus never gave War Cloud free rein the | Macomber colt sped over the one mile the |and seventy yard course in 1.43, only in football is @ f4C-) one-fifth of a second behind the track record, established by Edward Arling- dore last July. There never was any question about War Cloud ‘ageous colt. “All football men are organize team® and arran, alled upon to of his recent fllness y. | Elionsky, who is swimming instructor t{at Pelham, has abandoned his plans for starting on a 100-mile swim this} 8 Elionsky, as is weil holds the world’s record for distance swim, having 8 with hands and feet free three sum- enemy that Americ tor Which he must reckon. pproval of the command- to raise $17 ment and recreation who are fighting for us, Known, | long » well and will eof the wings. The thon method of ¢ Among the othi ected te cover 6 It's the ‘cheer man was 0'Co army students of the col- he is erratic, and unless the conditions suit him he will As a result he was “This counct! represents the Y. War Council, of C,, Jewish Welfare Board, Salvation , r Camp Com- —.__——_ '! GORDON COMMANDER VIEWS proval of com ainst one of our crack aviators, piloting an airplane. me of the beat mares of the veteran's career was & of hard luck that just barred from drivin into the champion- class clong with Ralph De i, Louls Chevrolet, Ralph Mul- | and a few of the old-timers who special Jinx as an unwelcome pas- wenger in his high-powered machine time he competed in @ race and him from winning. luck that auto racers must co was too much for him, the day of his fatal sickness. co) — this is that “Uncle” figures that $¢ wii mean “bape billiard room owners of the teams will be more e city are working with tireless effort in order to make their custom- ary good showing in the Liberty Loan rive. A meeting is called for this afternoon, when the members will. be | jer Fequested to double their subscrip- | lla, Palace, |many, and X X @ubscribed. To-night at John Doyle’s|there are but two vacancies which will be filled between now and the date for academy 2 billiard carnival will Be} ie opening of the contest tions of last week, when $10,000 was staged, when all the professionals will be ween in balk-line, three-cushion and pocket billiard matches, Welker Cochran and Albert Cutler qwill play balk line. Alfred De Oro and John Layton will play three cushions against John Daly and George Moore, after which an inter- esting four-handed pocket billiard ex- jaibition will be arranged. Doyle wirec Frank Taberski to be on hand,| ‘the champion will be paired with Mary Johnson in a match Jobn Layton and Miss Paul Gascoygn, the well known of juggling with billiard cues balls. Gascoygn is in a class by at this sort of entertainment, ‘a bis act ts » feature on the big time wantevilie circuit, Frank Hartley, F well known vaudeville star, billiard owners have already the $50,000 mark in their arive, | thi given quite a boost to-day with Some of the ‘fe Judging from the way War Cloud ‘aces’ will take arsdale Was a special oc- ion for him. nm all of his rages de CAMP’S ELEVEN PRACTICE. Sufferers 3 (Special to The Evening World.) 17.—Brigadier From commanding Gordon, left headquartera yester- the afternoon On airon with the football team Wate every play and giving suggestions gards football os tor in the development of the fighting man and says if he knew me Jabout it he would coach the te It's not often that the C ing General leaves headquarters for any length of tim presence at the practice put all sorts ot pep and enthusiasm Sverett Strupper, now a sergeant in one of the replacement regiments and mem-~ ber of the champion Georgia Tech team Camp rupper Was an All- 1917, and this than he’ was iy thrilling sham between scout pianes, blank |tridges being used e | stead of bullets. time that a sham battle ha: this vicinity | same fashion as a | Arthur Cumnock, battle formation Bowling Strikes Tournament bowlers it re gettin, helr car i Pager ipa [still are pointing thelr cars against yin, out of lockers where they have ithe record book. Aitken Was a Ket ronosed since Inst May, in anticipation ar-champion, thcugh not through of the tournament bowling season in| ny lack of mechanical ability OF) these parts. From all of the big alleys in | Ye veterarn seemed to have a) that jared the per- He was bub: ed, and Loftus rich Preakness bling over with sp him go to the front as soon as the barrier went up. eciuely, the | Camp All of the |day and spent tors will be explained | gri will call a meeting of the the of the their bowling ch- Dunbar and early part of 1 details in sha t which will Rillis Hejns, Vanderbilt Avenue, in command —>— RUBIEN QUICKLY FORMS AMATEUR SPORT COMMITTEE. | now and th » for the con- |downward loop. |24 DETROIT NOW IN WAR SERVICE | jockey kept him under restraint, arding Loftus's strong arms, War Cloud was too fast for his op- about twelve mmand~ tourneys will boroughs of either during the last week in October or the first |'Thum tella us that the delegates fro |the fifteen clubs that ar this unfortunate trait generally kept |in the American National, the pr New York tournaments, that his put it was 5% to the judges he merely easiest: kind of the best bowlers tn. the of a victory. “an a good, Kame race, but t showed that the old cham- pion is beginning to taste the sting tremendous speed ‘ag missing, and wheg called on in| the stretch he was unable to disp! the bulldog finish which won him s stakes and records, yar Cloud three pounds by the si but he was beaten by’ thre |that the! Cleveland Club led American League clubs with eighteen stars in its | service flag, sixteen of them represent- ing players in the army, caus Johnson, President of the lear ch of ‘the eight clubs in t » the number of its men in the ser-| been requested to take amateur athletic end of the United War Work Campaign, yesterday ap charge of the Rowling Academy in the ‘Champlonship. bowling fans believe that thelr idol will | give almost a Punctures, me-| of all ghanical trouble, every kind of tough | meet at the White mtend 1241 with, fell to the veteran's lot, and it to elect, officer on which their The first series is to be rolled | ount of him~ evening next e league to| the district associations of the A. A were appointed members of the netional nted the alleys last year and who is ow with the colors in | bowl, Yet Aitken kept on trying almost to ?" head of the league y that the Detr ‘to respond with an ty-four players in the army and navy— former and seven and a. manager going over- ‘or the Knights of Columbus sto nnounced yes- | t Club was the first list of twen- the 26th of teams will compete this year, as against former years. Louls Stein has picked out Joe Board of Managers of the Academy in the Eastern Cham: | ex that Sabbi will just as strong nly matched. k in the metropolitan district, mber of the has been requ right ahead with plans for ntewts in the various branches amateur sport under A. A |tion, and a meeting of the loc victory celebra- ack when word was re- had thrown up here were scenes whileturf follow- itulated each other over the termination nt attention was paid to the thor- for the remainder of the There was too much do- ing where the corks pop for any one to study horsef There Was a National A A Billie Amann, of the New York alloys, 55th Street, will be played Avenue and pived that ¢ —_ oo p mn the 1th of | The Onelda Rowling Club Yovember with irteen teams have pected of it addition to Clason Point, the team y a Free sample of Farmingdale, and Cullum Hall 1918-19 and are rolling at the A ed Jong distance runner, who took part in the 1908 Olympic games at London, djed here yestermlay following Pan American, Yorkville, Fid bob, Oriental, back Kearns, evening at the Fitzgerald and ‘Turk On the line there are Schultze, Campbell, Flynn, Stat- University of was a graduate Michigan, in which institution he won many sport honors. Association in Madison Squai ge for and decide on plone for New York Bowling Asso of the United War Work Com- A eee a A A TS ce oe TENNS DOUBLES GOTOMISS BAGS AND MISS WACKER That Pair of Stars Defeat Mr. Hartman and Mrs, Wilbourn | in New York Tournament. Miss Mario Wagner and Miss Edith Adele Bagg won the round robin dou- bles tournament on the courts of the New York Lawn Tennis Club, 288%h Street and Broadway, yesterday. The competition was a special series that was directed by Mrs. Albert Humphries and Miss Elizabeth G. Holden in ald of the Women's Lawn Tennis War Relief Association. Twelvo pairs played in the matches that held the famous playing surfaces from early morning till twilight. Playing easily and with splendid team work, Miss Wagner and Miss Bagg won eleven of their battles in a row. Then their overconfidence, engendered because of success, caused them to find in Mrs, Ingo Hartinen abd Mrs, Percy Wilbourn opponer whose stubborn driving and ratying at the net lowered their colors. The final between the pairs was the thrilling battle of the day. Irom the n and Mrs. oper a ulert anu . Haruman surpassed Wilbourn kept the on the move. { at making surprising recoverios She frequently aced Miss Wagner, the New York Suate ghampion, by shows tha led down tho al of her court Mis, Wilbourn Lower ve the others because of her strategy and the cacel lent and effective manner in which si her ce, She knew how t piace t to. prevent scoring certain aces frou plies Lo service surongly and gallantly did Mrs nan and Mrs Wilbourn play that ts to win the All of the matches of nt Wore decided by single pair first winning sis as the victors. As the It of this battle Miss Wagner ani 44 Bagg gained the first prizes by point as their total tally of games on was 64 against a total of 6 games Hartman and Mrs. Wil hourn, who scored on the second prize The third place was won by Mrs ue Warin and Mrs. H, Wedgewood, led to ful their schedule as aulted their last mateb he entire series was decided as a vament without any shifting of partners as has ruled in ron y competitions, any of the o! lthe top ranking players than the other method, In all of the matches the class of the teams was strongly te fore and victory of Miss W Miss Bagg marked the supremacy of class. Fanny Fish, formerly one of the Hamilton Grange Lawn ‘Tennis Club and the Seventh Regiment Ladies’ yilliam H. Prifchard Country. ¢ this pair dash and fire ish covered court at @ e that always kept the ish and ays a8 oppo among sprinting Pp not al as their finished depe hou rs the other pairs that com: Mra. Bernard F. Stenz and ry Henderson, Mrs, G. 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John Koster or Freddie Deickman. be rolled at the Manhattan Billie Cordes, of the Metropolitan al- Rublen said teats would be yesterday th, 1 in boxing, wr tournament on, ‘ACIDS IN STOMACH (EMPIRE CITY CAUSE INDIGESTION | RACES day during th evenly balanced the country, 1 at his very speed to take the ure of either Koster or Deickmann. 1 up" by hia father, an contender for ¢tty being ‘t but he will have to tra highest rate Maurice Wymi the Columbia heavyweight his manager, Jack Kearns, are now Milwaukee, nt out notices to teams pions and stars in ghe district will take be is owed close to $200, desire to take - that have expressed «# mrt in the Columbia ‘Three-Men Team Create Gas, Sourness and Pain How to Treat ___ ATHLETICS ON WEST SIDE STARTED WITH BOXING SHOW In an effort to revive athletic com Louls Stein, proprietor of the Hroad- bis mind again about not fighting duneg He has notified Frank O' Bric maker of the N Id at the Columbia alleys on ar in court to answer of the oldest three-men ¢ will finish not worse than one, two. As the bowling gam ake on Clay Turner, tle in a six round bout at the cub as soce as the ban is lifted on boring as | result of Spanish influenca, \brought against Dempsey for $100,- 000, charging that Dempsey broke | ‘iat petitions on the west side, the Hudson | contract which he had with him to be| Guild Settlement House. No: 436 West | nis manager. . is to form an athlete o«er| The Liberty Bond of stomach trou~ All of the big tournaments In Brook. lyn will get going within the next few In1Set8 wall ving Phila» Dioating, nausea, &c., are due to an exeess | FIRST RACE AT 2.30 F Jet hydrochloric acid in the stomach and | to a lack of dimestive |M tral. Vermin stomach lining ts irri Gigestion 1 delayed and food soure, ble symptoms whiep eas. | and 4 Other Spirited Contests. M. Special 1 Train jeaves Grand Cen- le artist, will give a demon-| {ne powline ge | not as some bell z ie to resume their eviving the Harlem He is looking the ation will b | V. Thompson, one of the best In launched as a smoker | formed men on bowling in the United | States. writes to the bowling editor | Evening World from Chicago, ™., stating that the oMecials of the Amer! Rowling Congress are on Saturday, Oct |ten@ to preliminary det entertain with some novelties, | American \ posing shows in there are inclined to U Dundeo {him a big incentive to take of Billy jar, Soldier Kearns Jack O'Connor, ‘Sailor Reagaa and | jouisis ditorluin @ > nlentls Young Fitasimmons, Willie Mangold | Loulsians Auditorium on the night jof and Frankie Mann, Eddie Moran and hick Wilson, Eddie McDonald Lofting of the Guard, just back from the front, will Thomas M, Smith, Hogan, Samuel Gleason and Dr, John L t will present plans for or. ganization the drvaded sicknews u shows and oiher pla ¥ do real harm, Try | ‘om Wood wi estive aide and instead of ey wired back that he would probably accept the match, | K. Hisurated Magnesia and ( aan of water righ Evening World wilt rt the details of the happenings at New York Bowling Association has ng to the fact th f the bowlers are working for the success of the Fourth The next meeting of sohed- pou wi be held during the second week hore from Chicago to the | want to run a boxing postponed, ow there ts no sourness, Kas or nesla (in powder or tablet forin Biau- quid of milk) Is harmless | and ts the for stom. da To ri tie by * thelr monis “ influenza at St, Luke's Hospital ring from the illmess and will soon He declares teat e camp would pay Bagley will make « induce as many of the topnotchers as be ean tee “apvoiniad ‘by (he Ya asoclation. to for the Bas! iyldu the associa~ ble to leave the institution, ad leew depleted thrvush bie prope wo make the (rip, (YONKERS & MOUNT VERNON) TOMORROW West Point Handicap Harlem Division. sat sto Mt » 2.35 P.M ti trains stop |B hwo pM Sunday World “Wants” Work Monday Wonders.