The evening world. Newspaper, November 27, 1918, Page 10

————E—— | | ss ee ahs oe by erg peed BEST aah ae a Stecher and Zbyszko Wrestle an Hour to a Draw Before! Slim Crowd for War Fund. Gurigs. 19) 8. by the Prem Ponlishing Co, New York Byenne World.) ‘T must be that the local sport fans have had too many War Fund shows, as only a slim crowd turned out for the big wrestling card im Madison Square Garden last night. ‘The show was long-drawn out, i be- ing past midnight before it was over. | The big bout—that between Zbyssko and Stecher—resulted in an even break, The men agreed to wrestle one hour, no hold but the strangle barred At the end of sixty minutes of strenu- | ous work neither man had scored anything that looked lke a fall Once Zibby picked the Westerner ‘UP and dashed him to ¢he floor, Joc’s nose striking the canvas. Blood | flowed, holds, Once ho had the Pole very) GASLESS SUNDAYS dizzy. When tho whistle blew, callin @ halt to the exhibition, buth men | Were in the centre of the ring, Dbysrko having a deadly hold on his rival's foot. dust before the main-eventers en tered the ring the crowd arose and | Gave Earl Caddock,’ wrestler and | soldier, a mighty welcome, Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock | ‘Thanksgiving will be @ big day for It is hard to sce where the War | the fight fans of Philadelphia as both I Fund will benefit much trom the |the Olympia A. A. and the National show av less than $3,000 was | A.C. thero are to stage boxing shows taken in, If the rental ts paid, which |tn the afternoon at which prominent is gaid to be compuladry for all shows, fighters will clash in the main events. no matter the cause, in the Garden, | At the Olympia A, A. Jack Dempsey there'll be little left, |vs. Billy Miske, Sam Langford vs. Cyclone Reiss and John Kiloniy| Jeff Clark and Jack Thompson vs. wrestled in rough-houso style for half | Jamaica Kid are the three big events, | | and hour and the spectators enjoyed |The National A. C, show i# as fol- this more than the feature event, lows: Johnny Dundee vs. Joe Phil- Benny Leonard, lightweight cham- | lips, Johnny Mealey vs. Terry Mc- pion, refereed one of the bouts. All|Govern and Joe Burman exhibit Dave | ol tons were interesting, but | Astey in the main attractions. All the | there were too many of thei id ; was quanthy rather than quality,” | bouts will be for six rounds, | William Howard Taft associates| Although Ted "Kid" Lewin, the waterwwight himself with major league baseba!! | Champion, und Jack Mrittom, whe former holder ef the title, bare been offered Lig inducements it will only be in the capacity of |), ine maicl vir ity tay ge chief umpire, He will be a court of | pestan to meet io & twolve-remind bout for the last appeal. The present National | wetterwsieh! tile on the night of Dee, 24, the anes are thet te cootmt will be put Commission will continue to func- fant Lr, 31, a the managers of the men tonize, but Mr, Taft, if he decides to! gait that Christmas Wve will oot prove a big) couple up with the national game, | nigbt for tho a. will be final taps on this august body. ee | All problems too knotty for Johnson, |, Frankie Murms, the Jemey City tantamwroight. Herrman and Heydler will be passed | Ad Harry Crotey, the promising bantam ot along to the ex-President, Bayonne, N. J., are 0s good as matched tor AND WERE MUCH OBLIGED Frequently Steoher secured head| S&CKUSE THERES NO More JUST A FEW THANKS THE CHAMPION DODGER CAN BE THANKFUL HE SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK (OKANO ute By Thornton Fisher WORLD, W 1918, by The Press Pubiishing Co. w York Evening World.) (M THANKFUL THAT 4 CAM DO THE COURSE IN @ND THE PRICE OF GOLF HASNT JOINED AW ( 7am @NIATION SQUADS G We LATE sr IN INTERIOR DECORATING AND GOSH, WERE |All the Objectionable Features THANKFUL THAT JOHN P. YANK AND THE AMERICAN ATHLETES ARE POIWTED THIS WAY. Here’s the Story of a Man Whose Lies Led Him to Big! Bankroll by Backing Long) Shot. (Spectal to The Kvening World.) BALTIMORE, Nov, V) answer no, and yet, if you were to usk this question of Danny | Tc idea that Mr. Taft would sup. [@aut of te Armory A, A. of Jane CY! P. Denham he would answer without | +plant the National Commission was | Heights om Monday evening, Dev. 0. As Orasbar eviden' a foul ball, The former | tee deem iaproviug in hie ane, sat bea! Presideit has plainly stated ‘this in-|maty of the goad Mie fellows, mans 4 tentions of acting & sort of arbi. | ie of the oviaion that be will give Bares « sti ‘trator hie ihe Ewe major leagues, |sumet. They will clash for eight rounds, Rothing else. en Harry Hemp- bp eee : stead of the Glants and Harry ped ‘The cight-round go betwen Juck Britton oo of the Boston Red Sox made their | Yous Brown. the cas side lgiwoldht, wi ttle missionary trip to Mr. Taft it| wes ebedulet to be fourhi at tie Avorn A. A. was only to sound him on base. | ot Trenton, N. J.. tosnorrow afternoon, bas boon ball situation. This sounding elicited | partwosed for too days as the fighter asked for the information (hat the ex-President | more time in whicd to get inwo condition for the would serve in an advisory capacity, | bettie, Brown bas oot (one) for mane time and a decision which undoubtedly soothed | oa thet sccount be wanie to be fit when be gnew the reffiod feslings of Ban Johnson, | against Britton, who probably began to visionize him- ee id pelt as being an outcast from a per-| 4 mavh wae slinied foley between yon fectly good job as head of the Amer. | Adair. the goo! leat lightweight, and Lam Jobo. Messrs. Hempstead and Frazee, if 20% 3 am cigbteound bout at tbe mi e nothing else, seemed to have touched | 27 of tle Acom A, A. of ‘Trento, N. d., on Off a little baseball revolution, which | Monday evening, De Hoth Inds are clever, all adds merriment to the winter | + bittem and -onerquontiy the baat ought to league in its annual convention about |b & bummer, ‘Ley will late at 190 pounde this time every year. for © verceutamy of Ue gate revelpta, ate that Pittsburgh Prd ein, pt heavyweight of st i’ Rondemy will not | cvs taetve bie scorer: from she Wert whe) mingle on the gridiron for the | pow ss ” yet youn T is unfortu and the > he war {y o'er, Karin ‘ae fought many benefit of the United War Fund. |deutes iu the Wee vemiel succem, He has That Glenn Warner's band of trained | ton! biree «them it in huskies mopped up Georgie Tech last | Pym. v'n hum vp for a bout Saturday didn't fenze the Middles, |" **" tia woinity, They would rfully take on Pitts- burgh or any one else, ul The hitch came over the location | "aE. & & of the game, The logical place, of |To™ ' watch Js course, was the Polo Grounds, But |fm@ ‘8 the the sailérs could not secure permis |» A: to tha ston for such a long trip, which killed |Coftey ws alt hope for the battle, by og SR Re og F the uniform of Police Chief smith |O*e saline. Gas Tarwr of New Haven is a little tight|°" &cross the chest right now there's| Al Lappe, who ara a perfectly good reason. The Chiet, | Hone 4 : a the other night, in co-operation with |temesign and J Dick Curley, ran a boxing show in |to sage a bout letwoen tho lads at iis ol his town for the United War Work |asturday eveniue, Wie. 14, La fered [49 Fund. It wak GOME show. Many of |per cent, of us the best boxers boxed and the eves jand Nu of Jim Coffey, the Inu Tiiladel hia to-mor. Mike por. Gibson, man with a strong fancy pontes. But his wife, Flora, would| much rather he would work. in order to Ko to the Howie track yesterday he had to tell her a “white tle,” as he calls it, This ts how it hapy at this Ume I think ll ¢ a day,” Danny seanr per during th lying to me. You have that you can go to Bowie, I've } faith in your word, [ll never trust | you say you are sick. | K football ts th Then the door banged—and Danny | the boys to celebrate, Thousands of games will be playea | while some two million soldiers and |satlors will look on. Allies are taking you tious, He believes In “hunch the way to the track he looked over! the entries and discovered that horse called Previ ning’s entertainment netted the sub tdgntial sum of $10,000. Wurhie Ws Hrvok'yr aun The Chief feels ood over his * . promoting stunt (hat it would be a Pion, bay W« Hos Je tough job to be urrested up in New bw Haven just about now be. MUNSINGWEAR union suits come back from the wash—when properly Jaun- dered—with the same supreme softness and elasticity of fabric as when new—not once, but every time. Button holes, seams, edges, and finish remair in the same good condition. Until finally threadbare, every Munsingwear garment « the utmost comfort in underwear, There is a perfect {iting size for you. Let Munsingwear cover you with satisfaction. the slightest hesitation, yes, Danny ts a first cla&y machinist, | playing the eds © Rowte, to do so he feigned Danny determined to mi’ . In ord sickness in the morning and told bis wife he would remain at hom part was all right, His better half agreed to this, for if he was ill she That han't any objection to his laying oft] @ day from the munition plant where! he works, Hut how could he get to go to the track? said he is telling the story time to take the rattler to Bowie, d Danny boy to his wife | lora; | to work and get in half | on was close at hand and it wis “Oh ho," si I feel bet now, Suspicion, like a dark cloud, entered Mrs, Danny's brain. She had noticed This, Racegoer Just Naturally Had to Bet on Prevaricate (Copyrie: the Welfare man of the Barrett Company of No. Place, New York City, is to be compll- mented on the able manner in which the ‘ew York end of the Barrett & Co. wiing Association Tuesday evening | Vace—Pouliney, tournament got Race—Loulse V., jeneral Office were the teams and while the ex, Aurum, Kashi | in this elty, scorea Were not vei fas more than ma ‘e—Queen of high the enthu- le up for this. | scores roiled by the General Office 695, 649 and 641, e scored 573, 544 and 631. Sit pay to lie? Moralists will} ptsam and jet No Man's Land, a In addition to the m | rolling at the Yorkvill =|. ‘The Nut Bowling Club, ringmaster of the | st account of the,races. | { re of Mahoney, whom to the bowlers’ maments held on their Tt was this pi he knows, that c over here,” | meeting of the American League, and the sume announcement may be made simultaneously League meeting, 1 of College Polat, Le 1., wrlieagto era” orien tien , "i te en old tenpin artist, who is gla, to be to do bis Dit for the game. ‘Mr. L. Forstncr of disposed of eleven Victory medals at his bowling around the circuit striving to get the magna: | plan, wht move all cau says Nelson, fattalion, 6th Marines, J dian troops, was killed. He has more that were rolled Atbright of the Maturday Night Bow! Victory tuurnament rolled Warriors Will Celebrate On Gridiron : ing Club mater that a at the Academy alleys, Drohictive of a clove’ conten! won the ladies’ rie with @ totum of H., jections to the National Commission ‘and would eliminate most of the ob- Jectionabl: ment of the game. EY ‘soo the gratlemen's plan is acct ny the entries in the pa- “Danny,” sald she, “you have been at b@on ill You have been playing ‘possum in whe a ar You nade his wife # true prophet by gol to Bowle, the On Danny is nothing if not A © Was a dart n the first race, Mrs, Denham’s par ¢ ing walute came to him lke “You are a liar!" and t At the track Danny found t was coupled with F “ora, liv wife's naine unch—Flora’s prevar it and t ked the board Wk bough few minutes and paid $178.40 ie record ive of & $2 Ueke! of the Maryland | f racing ASOn, je Danny was © of the first in line Me ting When I get home I'll toss $70 to ife and tell her to buy a coat ristmas,” said he Bill,” he concluded with think the old girl 1 tell her that she tight—-that I Hed to her about being sick?" There were fifty-six $2 tt on Prevarica Out of a pool of a | trite over $13,000 only $147 was sold on the winner: of this the $2 brigade |had $1 The remainder was split up among the $5 tickets, ‘The $20] | play te | dione The “pikorw Prevaricate, the entr Kot all the mone The story of the races travels far thes days, even into No Man's Land. * ps lil Nelson, who acted as the presiding judge on the Canadian race tracks, in @ letter from France, dated Oct, 12, ‘whieh was ceceived to-day, tells will move morning hours. Visions | of Danny gving to Bowie took torm in her mind, Tietjen were in Jeated both Sweeney boys now on 4 Levy and Bais tn the Metro fean and Nation ers are actively pre and some of them are ‘Ictermined to overthrow the National oust Johnson ri } tablish a one-man National Com- mission. and, of course, with favor is shown by the sudden change of attitude of many of the} minor league club owners who signed a declaration of and started a revolt meeting. Johnson, it will be remem The soldiers of Alera. Not only 8 tournament at Amani WIL] they pase the on hand in large numt ithe vietory over the Olympia ‘The latter team is composed a five as there 19 in the city ‘The No, 1 team of the Elks | re/many real cham Prevarieate to remind him of it.| he decided ai} panies, regiments and divisions, and nionship contests will | the tournament rolled at the Kika’ Club South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, on M the lads who brought Ger- enjoying them- abroad, there | ~ | many t selves In variou ames in the Western Uni ria, easy enough to roll) ning exviee, of thering ond planned to ac bellion what he schemes to do by co-| operation of all Plant rolied. The highest evening, 035, was made by the Metru- thia country ay most of them will be} ure sending PINEHURST, ° . annual nutumn’ tourngment opened at Pinehurst to-day with the playing of the | the chamtpionsh:p|and respe i ies in big danger that Johnson may carry some of his old fouds into the thing Jand seek to climinate certain persons who, he believes, are a detriment to the gam think the biggest de son, Utopia is not yet come to b ball, avening World | he told him the story of his| troubles and put baseball on a solid The danger | Kramer Teamed With Dupey for Six-Day Grind ‘on the quali: County Country Club ng medal with 44, 41-—85, and was fol- Scott’ of Charlot. Sixty players took part in the fF and Marcel Dupey, the were teamed up yesterday for the six-day bicycle race which begins | k Sunday night in Madison This team 6 sur one of the favorites and one of th between Charles al_amateur champ! Bob McDonald ck Croke, professtonals of Chicago, ac- e players plan to stop 0 & Kame there for the benefit of t American Red Cros \a dnight to-morrow $00 carpent | will assemble in the Garden to build the With this fore \teague playe jymrds and munition fac Jout of military doublntne anual iiamy Jol ; cx ba tay? ‘Turner, the Indien heavyweight. th Bartley Madden, formerly sparrin ne s| par * Frank Moran, were ordere pects to have the A. Nelson, son of former Judge | riders by Friday aight #9 that try out the evurse over which they will | partner for jout ring c., Newark, elon rou it they were not ALSO THANKFUL BECAUSE OF SNOWLESS SUNDANS LETS BE GRATEFUL For THE FUTURE JA2ZBO JONES IS Ful. OF THANKS AND TURKEY BECAUSE HE NO LONGER HAS THOSE BoILs ON HIS Week * THENRE ON HIS Lee. ‘Ban Johnson Is Ready _ To Abdicate if Plans for Are Accepted be honored because they went into {useful Government work. But to take ets , 2 s., buck the fellows who jumped be- of Baseball Will Be Re-; 4 who fumped be- Reform —_—.>-— & moved if American League President’s Ideas Are Car- ried Out. | By Hugh S. Fullerton, AN JOHNSON has one of the biggest eclemes for the rehi 1 Co., bilitation of baseball that ever |"? Pl has been imagined. If the club own- | er major | andj minor, are willing| to adopt of the evils that sional pro’ wiped out The entire de-| tails of the cheme are not} ready for ans} nouncement and| not be until President Jolin- soposes them at the coming t the National) Johnson is at this time swinging lined up to support tho », if accepted, would re- » for war by the minor | the ob-| ague owners, would settle features of the govern- 1 am even assured that if Johnson’ jowever, several Amer- pan time Moante 1 Lengue club own- ‘commission, id flerrmann and es- That Johnson's plan is received dependence the Peorla bered, grew angry and denounced the association as “worth! = Then Comiskey acted as the dove of peace, | carried a wagon load of glive boughs | and both sides subsided that Johnson's hot an the fact that the minors, hy their| action, cut in on his pet scheme hast) complish by re- wiveball interests. rhe minors were given a tip as to Johnson's pet plan and hastily se h's power Johnson's plan may solve all the table plan eifishness, A » there Is a e, Since these same persons riment is John- a|werr would jump to shipyards and other in- stitutions and play baseball sult to the fans, |worry over these fellows, jowners who dare bring them back will get their deserts at the hands of their| King, formerly end at I |Patrons, and the fellows who weren't game enough to take the glory and the honor of fighting for their coun- try will not be game enough to stand} The Camp Dix tex attacks of the fans when they try ow that it practically Is settled that the major leagues as well as the - tuinors expect to start next season, | Of Colgate, Ma the question of players becomes {m- A number of the clubs re- sed all thelr players last fall, serv- on them in order John. | portant son's plan in full| jn the big majority] to save a little salary expense, These | Colleges. In addition men are now free agents. cts of the other players, accordin, court claims in the Daubert case, {coaches of the army tcam are Capt, . jltpsed automatically with the end of| Pat Murphy of leonay business in recent} the season. It is probable that these years will be|Players also vre free agents. With all the players free to sign with the club offering the best in- dvcements there is no need for the : to make some rules, else) EASTERN DISTRICT SCHOOL an York, Chicago, Boston and the her citles will bave the good pluy- A scramble and a bidding match for players would be almost as ruin- et the National Com- chen can take the attitude | held on Deo. 7 at tive 47th Re - players belong to the clubs aut owned them and thus nullify the ict of making them free agents. jcourt of law would uphold such’ pro- the player appenied. would not be decent for baseball to ray to the player: “Your veld because of the war, ing his salary, and then hold that he still belongs to the club becauso of a contract terminated by the club. The con-|® long ti éppressed | ¥ mission hardly ‘DER the Government plan of re- turning to America the soldiefs who have been longest in service first, and those who have been much in | action, and of releasing those who are in their old jobs the chances \are that more than 50 per cent, of the the army and navy"will be free to rejoin thelr clubs owdy of Boston, Klep- fer of Cleveland, Joe Jenkins of the Sox, Witt and Alexander, Ca- | For Constipation ffer and others who were in | Carter’s Little the thick of it, probably will be back in time te get their discharges and | ° “4 The players in the marines and | Liver Pills the navy may get out soon. | From the present outlook the mag- will vote to start the season ~about May 1—and shorten the |schedule to 132 games, expect that they can open at the reg- */ ular time and some tfink that it will they have the full to the regulation pted ho may retire volun- | tarily us heud | of the American | vague and, perhaps, tent commission, thereby removing the final cause for war, I am told that Johnson is willing to abdicate if} pay, his plans are accepted. from the Na-| 8 who are ring for trouble, | They do not teams and settle kind of major league ba: fact, some would Want to postpone the resumption of the game until 1920 but for one thing—they fear that the fans will be lured away, get into the habit of seeking thelr amusement in other places and lose interest | There is truth in this— fact is most of the fans were driven | away last year by the wretched qual- ity of baseball and the indifference of players and must be won back, so with bad teams is al- {t develops | was due to} their rebellion, or rather) for many of them are of| little faith and think that Johnson merely plans to inc and lesson their rights. that starting most as bad as postponing the start is rather shocking to find that of the baseball club owner placidly planning to paint who jum into the fold sity view ‘There is no prejudice, In or out of baseball, against went to the yards legitimately and did their bits. Players who were trom quitery service should back | CASCARA ¢ players. who| Peandard cold remedy foe 20 yeare—in ay eet — NAVY YARD PLAY FOR SERVICE TITLE Many “College” Players Witt Line Up at C. C.N. Y. Stadium To-Morrow. The “Service Champlonship* of Greater New York and a number of other important things will be @e~ eided on Thanksgiving Day, when th husky teams from Camp Dix and Brooklyn Navy Yurd meet at thé College of the City of New York Stadium, under tho management jot the New York War Camp Comm Service. Most of the other things &® [be decided are disiinclly personal jwith the players, inmost of whom firet wore moleskiny on (le clevens of the big universities and While the men [Pe “doughboys" — ha trained to the minut)--(he men from the Yard are members of Uncle Sam's “Armed Guard.” 'T means that they have been across man {handling the gre hie whos sion in life was to sent the German submarine (o Davy Jones's locker. Many of the navy men have seen the 'U boet at its worst and several of |them wear wound stripes. On the other hand, t sys from Camp Dix [have a very decided opinion that they can take cure of ticimselves and any- thing else that comes their way. After listening to both sides the impression at the vice Cham- include inore than mere innocently Hat all?’ ms and the ed football Sam's uni- fs gained t pionship” wil! football—« asked, The members colleges where the before they donned t form ar fo! he navy team will include Jo the Univer- sity of Californ of St. Mary’e College, California avis of tho Canton professionals Coal of the Newport Training ion, Freneh of the West I’) luduiphia High School, Dodge of wdoin, James of the Fast Li p ald af t e Carr Dade of the Southerr Philadelphia; Keardon of the Law- rence Higt School, Pyne of Leland e University liu. ‘The coaches Stanford of Southern Co of the navy team ar formerly of the Yal Inceton, and Fred = Jackiiteh former National League vateher and now Athletic Di- rector of the Armed Guard. re the follow. ens Institute, hiversity, Rose- Cornell Uni- ing: Emilie of Huston of Columbia ner of Yale, Wetzli versity, Albright of Drown, Lipman atl Pennsylvania, Agar of Chic A v of Traa- sylvania, Cogall of Notre Dame, Sif of West Point, Morin of Ames and Purcell, Hansen and Sniter of other the army has » all hating le Ainong, the of from “football « vania, Di rector of Athletics a: Camp Dix, and | Lieut. W. H. Tucker, manager end assistant coach The game will —_—__— at 3.30, WILL HOLD ATHLETIC MEET. The tenth annual indoor meet of the Eastern Disfrict High School will be There will be i the winning nin the spe ty races will bo arded a silver ve participants in the races will inciude the High @ Prep. school, the elementary and the privat#schools. One of the ble features of the meet ia the basketball which will be played lelween the Hawes ern District High Schou! and the Boys High School Fy Armory, Br sof all kin will set you right over night. Purely Vegetable . Sma! Pill, Small Dose, Small Prise Carter’s Iron Pills ‘Will restore color to the facese@ those who lack Iron in the blood, es most pale-faced people da ROLLER SKATING St. Nicholas Rink, Don't trifle with a cold | 66th St, near Broadway —it’s dangerous. You can’t afford to risk || Dance Awhile Influenza. | Keep always at hand a Skate Awhile All Skaters Adinitted to the Dancing Carnival Free ‘Two sessions daily. ying Sundase, 2 to G—Evenings 7. { AN “Lost and Founa" @dvertised in The World or Lost and Found Bui 3, World Buildin, ow York, Brookiyn Office. 4100 Mata. *