The evening world. Newspaper, November 2, 1918, Page 8

THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1918, {AL 5. Boxer = WOULD WIN Uncle Sam’s Ring Stars Now With Army and Navy Could a Overcome All Foreign Opposition — Every Boxing Division 25 — with Exception of the “Heavies” Strongly Represented in War Work. IO! IN SERVICE By Robert Edgren. it, §, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) his military and naval service, Uncle 8am could find a boxing team fit vino f to carry off boxing honors from all the rest of the worl An using any of the thousands of new boxers developed in the training champion, is Kilbane, for a long time boxing in- ~ structor at Camp Sherman. Kilbane is one of the best featherweight +) long for a while, winning his bouts ow @asily on points, and then, eriticised "for being “too clever,” changed his iyi, Sighting style and knocked out several + @ Of his toughest rivals. Kilbane, be- fore he went tito the army camp and " gave fighting for his own protit, "Was a featherweight champion with- i+ @@t a peer, His defeat by Benny sie Leonard tn three rounds in Philadel- *_" phia doesn’t count against his record the middie- well «yin, tolte_ of all, rumors that he as PD Voutgrown his class, The hard work $s bextan instructor at Camp Upton has thickened his muscles and mad necessary. le weighed only 135% was ony, necessary for him to be within 141 pounds, Besides Champion Benny Leonard, ' ht class has Joe Welling, nd Ritchie Mitchell, we is a clever boxer hard hter, Mitchell wave Leonard his hardest fight, short- to . y Be became champion.) Dempsey foolish at times, and 7 ay ong) ‘ae afvarward that bis | outpoint him without taking "much fight with Mitchell was almost an/| risk of being Mattened for @ full tea aven thing, with the outcome uncer-| second count. Mi tain, until be caught Mitchell coming . in, by studying out » slight fault in ~~ Mitchell ityle of attack, and man- aged to slip over the blow that turned . Bo Mitchell might possibly chance to fight would have beaten es decisively as 3 ron. Delmont t over with M: told me afterward that Delmont was one of the most fearless youngsters and had developed tito a wonderfully ‘ clever iightweight. ee “I don't say that he would beat oe Leonard if they met," said Major) Rice, “but I think that if Leonard can be baten Delmont is the one boy who iaight do it” of good men in the service. Prob- ¢ by betng knocked out by M showing with the of | unds in the bout with Welter! Mechan, known as the “Phat One," Champion Ted Lewis, although it) who recently won a decision (given ‘by be ‘© Welsh, whom in all probability he .|hard man to beat. Rice nearly a year ogo. Major Rice under fire that he ever saw, and that| he boxed continually behind the lines | The welterweight class has plenty In the bantatm class we have Pete Herman of New Orleans, now in the navy, who claims the bantamweight championship by virtue of # victory on points over Kid Williams. Her- man is a very clever boxer, fast as & Gtreak and full of the tricks of the game, but lacking a hard punch. He can outpoint nearly any of the other boys in his class. A rival claimant of the title is Joe Lynch, who knocked Williams out shortly won from the Baltimore terror on points. Joe Lynch boxed ten no-decision rounds in New York. It is likely longer fight, over the championship route, Joe Lynch would beat is an ideal fighter. He is fast and clever, and he has the Herman lacks. He is one of the hardest hitters seen in class in years. Lynch is now in active service at the front. should be a corking fighter with the bayonet. Johnny Coulon, ex- army boxing instructor, and Georgie Thompson, Western ‘bantam champion, is a Sergeant at Camp Lewis. The featherweight class has Johnny weight champion of America, and is generally recognized in spite of the claims of Mike O'Dowd. Gibbons is wonderfully skilful, and # hard bitter. He is one of the best generals in the ring, and his record of knockouts a) victories is @ long one. He was a ag) fighter when he first appeared 2 =, Sg AS Jone td from = res an knocking out ¢ best “med in ‘his, class as fast as matches were made for him. Mike O'Dowd was at Camp Dodge, where Mike Gibbons has been boxing instructor for several months, and Mike flatly refused to “risk his title” b shows. Mike is a first class fighter at that, and he has beaten a lot of good men, Kee Mil My 9h, ah - OY strong suspicion that Al M “laid down” in the fight that gave O'Dowd the championship—or as much of a clatm on the title as MoCoy held. Other Le pent dily greg of repute are Eddie MoGoorty, at Camp Grant l- die returned from Australia Ay Jimmy Clabby, the clever middie- weight who once held the title for a ia iat SiR ma Be, the Australian troops, He is ian American. Jeff Smith, claimant of Clabby, MoGoorty, Darcy and Australia, is boxing megractor: ra Camp Dix, and keeps in first clas: fighting trim, He je a cle a @ clever beth: ed who ike Gib- bons shortly after he had deaten ipwzreen Levinsky in New York, at Vancouver, Oregon. Thi one of the camps where thousand: 5 to Giere are eae out ‘spruce pS winter use in my business and intend ir our a! lan a 5 plaked Tot pe gen Ay | they are’ a/ storing it in my own stable. Bob sa: '¥8 that] consider the use of a small coal stove he Paptla ‘oil, Se eens eens in the stable dangerous? Its position would be about twenty-five feet frum the car itself. TS In reference to the presence of a coal stove in the stable where you intend storing your car, would say that I do not believe that any heating appara- tus which has an open flame should be used in a storage place for automo- biles. The yapor of the gasoline which might result from leaks, &c., would eventually work its way to the open flame and an explosion would be ihe result. Would suggest that you pur- chase a heater that is approved by the Board of Fire Underwriters and one that will not affect the insurance on your stable and car, Automobile Editor: pupils will do some lateresting wart ia a real lightweight, in the professional ring. |No Heavyweight Champion, but Some Coming. The heavyweight class is not as well represented as the others, owing to the fact that champion Willard is not of military inclinations, and Jack Deimp- sey, runner-up for the title, is not yei in the service. But there is Willi referee Eddie Graney) over Dempsey. There was much discussion over ti: decision, but no one can dispute t) Meehan has! met Dempsey several mes, and that he invariably taunts Dempsey before and in the match, and ‘that !n spite of occasional knockdowns he does actually manage make leohan is boxer, abso Unorthodox to his him an 'almowt tmpossible target for in any other fighter’s blowa, ‘nele Gam also has Jim Coffey tn the navy and Jack Dillon and Bill Brennan. Perhaps Brennan ‘6 of championship timber, He surely ly a Over in France i a youngster with @ famous name, Bob Fitzsimmons, | son of the great Fitzsimmons. Young Bob Is a wonderfully well built heavyweight, long taught by his! father, aud @ great boxer, He put because he wanted to fight for Uncle Bam first. "Old Bob Fitssimmons thought his son would become world's champion in course of time, and per- bape if he comes back from the war be will have something to my about Utles. He ie the crack boxer of his BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK UNCLE SAM “MANAGING” A LOT OF CHAMPION Copyright, 1918, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) WORLD TITLES Columbia-Amherst Game At South Field Looms Up As Day’s Big Attraction): semieier foe BS New York University Will En- tertain Camp Merritt Team at Ohio Field, While the St. John’s Squad Appears at rdham. Amherst vs. Columbia, st South Field, | years ago, when the 8! By Alex. Sullivan. HERE are many good football games on to-day’s card, but the one which interests local fans most is that which takes place st South Field, where Columbia and Amherst will face each other in the most tmportant battle that has taken place locally up to date. The Columbia squad are entering the contest with more confidence than they thought yesterday, when it was Delieved that Charlie Shaw, the star halfback, would not be able to play on account of orders from Washing- By John Pollock Battling Jim Johnson, the well-known colored heavyweight, who has fought all the big colored “heavies,” including & draw with Jack Johnson in Paris in 1913, died from pneumonia at the City Hospital in Boston yesterday. He went to Boston a few weeks ago, where he was signed up to fight Sam Langford for twelve rounds at the Crescent A. C. ‘The bout was post- poned on account of the Spanish influ- enza, and while’ waiting for the club oMictals to stage the contest Jim con- tracted the sickness and was Degg hy to the hospital, where pneumonia de- few days. happy and then eventually all the yeloped ‘and he only Wasted ier ates rest of the team and the students when he showed the telegram statiag | that he wouldn't have to report to the | aviation camp to-day, as originally ordered. It may be some time before he has to leave. Charlie is the big star at Morning- It was he that led the boys to a decisive victory over Camp Merritt last Saturday, With bim back on the job ali hands feel sure that the local collegians will sweep the gridiron with the Bay Staters. The Columbia eleven will probably » take the field as it did against the service boys, with the exception that Wesley or Daly will be used in the backfield instead of the crack player Houlahan, who is recovering from a silght attack of the “fu.” The Amherst squad arrived here | last night. Kitson boys will La 3 ur parctically as they did against Wes- of leyan last Saturday, ‘Cay field goal and safety stood between | bi them and victory. The Amherst backfield {s Zink at rg ae gan to improve this fall, W: Defy Cold Weather by Taking Proper Precautions to Prevent the Motor Freezing. ot Lowell, Mass. Springfield vs, Middlebury, at Middle. |/" the race for the EFORE long the weather will be getting sufficiently cold for motorists to take precautions against their motors freezing. efficient preventatives. One is to keep the motor running, wich ver and| will pay if the driver can be on the job all the time. The other is radiator AMisien Coever miakeven ae anti-freezing solutions, which consist mostly of wood alcohol, glycerine, or ton | both glycerine and alcohol in the water. A g00d anti-freezing solution is wood alcohol, the strength of the solution depending upon the climate in which the car is operated. For form, and ts boxt; 4 the army ¢ raining me dase’ New ate winter weather a 30 per cent. solution ts satisfactory. LJ Wissahicken Barracks vs. P. fate, This is an old move on t¢ There are two n. Shaw made Coach Fred Dawson Johnson weighed over 240 pouns Gi der to remove him out of Hanove reat Lakes Naval Station vs, St. Louls His home was at East University, at St. Louis. Orange, N. J. ft. Helene N. Ts & ve. Anmapeti, at | the rich three- ‘The cight-round boat between Frankie Burns of Jersey City and Johnny Ertle, the ersck of St, Paul, fs on again and the New Jersey Sportamen’s N. J., on Saturday evening, the elub officials last night recovered from their illness come right on for the contest, im fit shape for the go, Clay Turner, the Bartley Madden, the local figh ing hard for their eight-round brought off by the Armory A. View Auditorium, Jersey City tion night, The go ought to be one of fought between big fellows that has ever im New Jersey, as the men battled » slashing ten- | 4 " side Heights. 2 Sate: Paren Md Bike bead and ft Is tenets bart to get o Lt —— A Because of games scheduled on Elec- er Db: asing the tion Day, several of the local schoolboy | Hanover by puréhasins th teams ‘will remain idle this afternoon Witt ‘Clinton, Yonkers; P tackle Adelphi at Adelphi Field; Hai ton will meet Flushin Boye’ High will match, inst New Utrecht, ve cure| has been shrewd enough to buy ae a eee ee Toot datardey | Billy Kelly's rival. This effectual! ting the Clinton eleven at the| stops all chance of a race, It was The Clinton boys ha improvement In their o! the last few afternoons Yonkers to-day. Alcohol or a mixture of water and | alcohol is very good for this purpose. Care should be taken not to use mixture near an open flame, as it is will mee:| Turf history {s now ri will| self, The chance for th: m-|of the season, a mee at Flushing .nt/ Billy Kelly and War Pennant, \s de {te speed and) and all because Commander ki Automobile Extttar: From my experience with motor cars I find that gasoline, oil, grease, serosene, &o., have a bad effect on all rubber goods. Do any ‘reezing solutions have this same ef- ‘ect on the hose connections of the Am rather dubious of the use of these solutions because of this. HAROLD M'CORMICK. when used as an anti-freezing solution, will not seri- the ‘hose connections, some of the other compounds have bad effect on them. If the use of these of the anti- Ivy Lewis, matchmaker of the Armory A. when only a While alcohol, representative posed of ously affect e at South Field starts at Cape Carrol! Dunteum, Adjus | & blow beneath the belt, the Harvard Studenus’ Arm: C“Dunharn found that the demand Olympic Field, elevens, 186th st charge of would suggest that the circulation system be washed out each week, and to avold the rotting of the rubber paint the inside of the hose connections with a good quality of shellac or varnish, which Is not af- fected by these chemteal ch: _—>—__ The New. York University and Fordham teams will also be seen in |i" action to-day. Camp Merritt at Ohio Field at 2.30, while St. John’s will be opponents of Fordham at Fordham, at 2.30 algo. ‘The game at the Polo Grounds will be unsuually igteresting, as the Min- eola Aviation eleven will go to the © men's time was so H trouble with the motor of my car over~ ‘acticable to develo} 1 use it on short gue oaty a continually forced o radiator with water. The motor has A t H : activity in « varsity, in. the veteran trainer, first game will be F i i i fi ur motor is due to a heavy pare ad Xn cold weather @ heavy mixture is necessary and the mixture may be heavier than is necessary. deposit of carbon will undue heating. Basketball will take its place tn the Amateur Athletic Union's programme ‘A | f0F the United War Work gports drive. announcement _made headquarters. Teams id stations in the i i 3, 5 F sometimes caus® ping oa belt, a ogged water circulation system, a re- fardea ignition or lack of ofl may also use this heating. tendency to drag, the motor is put to || heavy duty and sometimes overheating will result. Poor water has also been the cause of improper cooling. n | Automobile Extitor: Pooauve he wanted te none fee Ores | is the brake on the driving shaft some cars, and which is very as efficient in stopping the car large rear wheel brake? These driv- ing shaft brakes appear too small for real hard work. Kindly explain the reason for their use. Abe Langtry, secretary of the Ameri- can Bowling Congress writes to his old time friend, Joe Thum, telling him that the machinery of the American Bowling Congress nas been make the bowlers’ drive in ald of the United War Work Fund a very big suc- » Abe says that wherever the A. B. C. have connections there wi pacmenie gonduoted during the week of from “the “eam Ht gE in @ round robin tournament, will begin two weeks hence. Ray, the Federal Rendeavo' avy Yard and other n the district will be repre- in the games, layed in the armories of the New York ‘iuerd regiments, z Association will assemble at their head Quarters in Brooklyn on Sunda and listen to a report from Billie President of the Eastern Alley Owners’ Asociation, on what the bowlers of the country are doin United War Wo If the car has & atTE sented to meet Dempeey, tackle Gumie Lewis, and Joe with Young Terry MeGovern i set in motion to nex? ‘ordes, ay i é é i the big ery bis i a & Ralph Greenleaf defeated John Lay-| 4 both afternoon and evening S>® Ernie Miller, one of the olf time Cro- tona Club bowlers, who has taken a very active part in tournament bowling dur- ing the past (ew years, has just received a h il E other side, but reached his brother, recived a letter from Andel! a short tine Remarkable 1 ahoratory. was Complete course $65, day or er H Cella us Gaur se jetter from his old of the Melrose tallying 100 to 89 In the nth Greenleaf made a high run oj in the evening Layton made a high i i tub, announciny ago in which he regiment. are a few of the present crop ably the best of the lot at present ts champion, now instructor at Camp training camps and at the front Lewis. Ritchie has grown far be- taught boxing by skilled Instructors yond the lightweirht class, but he and fighting in real bouts under mili- could tain dewn to M42 pounds, and tary ordere, we will no doubt have a sau no doubt wou'd be as much of a new crop of fighters in all classes who hurricane iighter as « welterweight will dethrone the present title holders. *" as he was as o lightweight. For A year after the 4 © Willie Ritch'e was without a supe- famous champions whose names are rior b he went fnto the service entirely unknown to-day. =# and ¢& ! of Lis time to mill- ik tary work oh Mike Cibhons Not Only adi Army Middleweight. be tow wen! Good Re Bens Fe ay P35 form. Boxing and vaudeville will be on the world. We have them the programme, Both officers and en- _—_———— Men tm Service, Democratic Club at No, 138 Broadway will turn its entire club house into @ service station to-night for the entertainment of al! men tn uni- Usted men are cordially invited to at- tend. sie tics | FRANK PRESTON, ‘The brake drum on the drive shaft who might win the championships in 18 very effective on some cars. } @ world tourney to-day. But with 4 Willie Ritchie, former lehtweight every man of Uncle Sam's millions in 4%’ going well with him ——S ers at Olympic Field. ‘To-morrow afternoon Field, 136th Street and Fifth Avenu r attraction of the big doubi e the appearance of the team representing Tietjen including Heinle — Zimmerman of the Giants, Bodie, Ray a ry Caldwell and Thormahlen of the Yan- Ri . | kees, Marty Kavanagh of the Detroit! 18 Americans and other leaguers, who will "4 Lincoln Giants in the final 9 is an instructor down in Camp Hancock, Butler, of Port b pee, been asked Richmond Borou na machine gun crew Ga. Jose R. Capablanca of Havana and question of the gearing of the re: Kostich of Gary, Je and the size of the drum as to its If the drive shaft drives the rear wheels at a four to one re duction, the braking effect’ on th shaft with the same area of surface will be four times as great as though the drum was located on the rear Therefore the braking sur- face on the shaft may be one-fourth that of a rear wheel brake and still furnish the same retarding effect. tamobile Kditor : for |A"What is the real designation of the ? Does the law define CURI Richmond, e to take care of Olympic West) mth v from Marshall and Chajes, res} eh end of the United in the tournament at the Ma Chess Club, Capablanca thereby elinch- hold upon first place with a total of 6 points, while Koatich moved into second place, with f handed in by @ responsible man as Uh real live wire of Richmond. Nov. 7 is the date set for the opening of the Shipyard District No. 1 tourna- ment at the White Elephant Bowling way and 3ist Street. * | ‘This is @’ brand new league. “silent Billie” He ladies how to bowl, Palace alleys, No. 20; he ‘13 forming classe: that ere the season a team of women developed that will be hard to beat, Class { end of the war will Wheels. sheer ¢ yressiveness and persistence in all probability eee a great many z i i) PIMLICO SELECTIONS. Tirst Race—The Talker, Umbala, Marie Connell. Race — Kohinoor, enest, Cobalt Lags. Third Race — Elysian, Debadou, Fourth Race—Motor Cop, Milk- *j Fa E z Hl ening game at 1 P. M. Sox, who have twice defeated the Lincoln Giants, will again meet the colored champio: z Fi the Paterson Sil 3 5 i E fel 5 g & g H gE. ‘The ordinance states that a taxicad {s a coach driven by mechanical power, on which a taximeter is af- over he will have i. i Fe a re limited to eight fone deliar is made wiing and instruc- upp will rejoin the to-morrow, when they play a seturn en- gagement with the Philadelphia Giants at Dyckman Oval, J Street subway station. ni barely won from the bold a|phians by 3 toh i il jk ii Fifth Kace—War Marvel, Race — Poilu, Candle Light. Race—Thornbloom, Air- hen ij Automobile Baitor: good preparation to use the glass of my head- | ents, The glass collects dust and E z bs ckman Byery bowling club that alls Loute Arcade alleys their 5 f i Stein's Broadwa: home alleys will E a s i Perrys p 5 3 i PAID FOR RIVAL ~~ OF BILLY KELLY Commander Ross, Owner of Famous Two- Year-Old, Gives $75,000 for War Pen- nant, Although Way Marvel and Motor Cop Aré Included in Deal. (Special to The Evening Work.) BALTIMORE, Nov. 2. — When Commander J. K, L. Réss of Canada makes up his mind to buy some par- | ticular object he buys tt no matter the cost, A few days ago his heart became centred on War Pennant, the two-year-old colt, owned by A. K. Macomber of Cajifornia, ft is true he owned Billy Keily, ratea ds being the champion two-year-old of the | year, and this despite his recent de- j feat by Mternal, but he wanted War Pennant, aod wanted ly. As Commander Rosg coul buy the colt without purchasing Marvel and rou Ee two other Lenco WUE RrMeas's [OWED by Mr. Macoi bought cun 3 the tnree and paid $76, them. mueatt this is @ record price ie pres “NE? lent era of the turt. upon a tme it would not have peen a big price, That was in jays when stakes were worth all fay from $16,000 to $60,000 and* \dicaps ranged from $6,000 to $25,000, Those conditions made race horges worth twice the value they are to-day, With stakes and purses worth than , half to-day what they wéfe in 1907, the prices paid for these three colts are high. r An offer of $75,000 was made for Omar Khayyam last summer and re- fused. This cannot be accepted as the value of the horsé because no vel and Motor Cop, @ price that had been topped only when John B. Mad- TO-DAY’S FOOTBALL GAMES, | °2 cbt#ined $80,000 for Sir Martin and Edward from Louls Winans of Bristol, England. That was,about even’ were rich, Camp Merritt ve. N. ¥. U» of Obie In the light of Commander Ross ownine Billy Kelly, many. persons Bt. John’s vs. Ferdham, at Fordham, | wondered why the wealthy Canatian desired to own War Pennant, Asidi Camp Upton vee Mineote Aviators, at | £f0m the pride of ownership of @ fin: colt, as War Pennant unquestion- ably is, it was a shrewd move on the part of Commander Ross buy him and so remove a dangefous comi- Dartmouth vs. Syracuse, af Spring- | petitor from the path of Bilty Kelly. From present indications War Per- nant looms up as the colt most like- College, at Braves | ly to wrest the three-year-old honors from Billy Kelly, Ever since he be Pen- nant has shown not only high spec: but endurance, He showed a di Washington sad Jefferson vs, Bethany, | position in all his races to go ov« a route, That is why trainers her Franklin and Marshall ve, Ursinus, es | began to talk about him, rathe than Eternal, to beat Billy Kelly Walden Stakes, a mile dash for two yea? o} par of shrewd owners. The Dwyer Br: when they were in the heyday Bocknell vs. West Virginia, at West | their fortune as the owners of gre thorougifbreds, bought Kingston, th« known as the Kapanka catt, In o path, Hanover had a cinch on sold stakes, pr¢ vided the Kapanka colt was ke} away from him. They had nevi’ met, but the unnamed colt had beaten his opponents so easily that a ra field in airships. Their adversaries | between him and Hanover lonked like are the strong Camp Upton team. the best attraction of the ye: it was the Dwyer Broth colt and naming him Kingston, ine betw a good business move, but one can’t shown great| help deploring the fact that Mr. Mo ive power '|comber sold War Pennant and tha nd expect to Commander Ross has a penchant f- owning all the best race horses. football| he continues to earner'them ther players | will be no great horses in any stable who a@re registered in the various mili-|save his own. This may be good and naval units at the university % pertain] 5 hen davite ned taateud OF saveeal anit business. but It certainly ts hittin, according to the sportsmanship part of the gamo the foot:| — To.MonROW | PW WS Gano, Ares Lincoln Giants vs. with Paterson Silk Sox and DYCKMAN OVAL Prorat eum, OA “<RETURN GAME. during the week of Nov. | OIANTS twith Ferdie Sehupp) ve PRTLA GTANTS ———— Members of the Long Island Rowling EDUCATIONAL, INSTRUCTION, &¢ well known bowler of LADIES AND MEN, been gassed on the RN HOW TO doing quite well just gasoline, we em oll, gontm hat Veve spark and keep an’ engin, “Uncle” Joe Thum PREE OF CARBON. bing cies Private Jowgne. ar Cal or pas for Mookie’ l. STEWART Je Peee 225 W.57!! ST. at Bway TelvCircle 5270 ded 1909