The evening world. Newspaper, February 1, 1919, Page 10

THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, FEBRUA BENNY LEONARD, trip to England. @fe a chance to win his title A few years ago lightweights ever lenge and fight Engiish champion his reply to 1 culated in England by Welsh. bad wpread such descri English sportsmen | vackey Packey's trip tories cir-Jin A almost surprised to @ real human being able and courteous young] thinking he wa boxing made anjof his sucess in ring affairs with ta mateh| Battling Nelson and Young Corbett Welsh dodg and other American boxers of that| , and at last even his own friends beg afraid of the it he was] tnt Forced into the | astonishing popularity accepted McFarland’s|erally regard Packey 133 pounds ringside for the| in isn bout, athough the official lightweight] mon chain- pionship at that weight him in every and made |) waved Freddy by “draw The decision many members of t ing Club expresse was so astonishing National Sport-|ing lap and then co sympathy with the| Whe Dorando was lying on. the and admitted that} jup and ¢ gant’ an ry n't help Packe ! Willie Hiteie'n ‘experience is recent | American to England to|, And t! world's | feet for the third or fourth time, and champion, and he tossed pis title away | ran down the track with him, one of as fient. | elbow in Now York, when|finiah line, Which was all’ clearly they fought a decisionless ten rounds, | 1, while Ritchie, nev fing or taking a single b ursued him and beat him relentlessly. | the rac wasn't able and knock him out, and if the same/Nounce the Italian a winner, even fight had been fought in England the! Johnny Hayes, running referee might hav or even given Welsh ekward 8! and dodgin ang wrikk! been given] 4¢ is_one things abou the English bouts in Lond boxers met Snglish boxers from the anches of the English boxers w: “gameness,” mor.cans lity abown by & man iighting an uphill, o* ghtweight | Welsh came over a Champion tor champion 1 Englishman lightweight, ons in bis was a great other cham and like som weight limit 185 pounds. of England at an fF ae weight, | Bon ye announced that This put the National Sport | for ing Club in an embarrassing pos his manager, situation by | We perfectly will- | s! 146 pounds. Middlewe Fitepatrick, saying that they Burge weigh | \ ! i And so the r National | tnstead of boxin Sporting Club, came riak losing his American championship a@lub was wil mate!) wasn't for the But Lavigr he didn't ¢ ightweight | wh that the champion @tip, anyhow Burge refused to w Fitzpatrick says wind of a bat showed great tremendously feferce to ref from giving Of course no Englis ular American « the gentleman tian oll Tanah A MURA CHANCES GOING TO ENGLAND _KNOCKOUT SAFE: Ring Officials Over There Hate in Waste a Perfectly Good De- | cision on an American, Even in Amateur Sport—Experi- | ences of Lavigne, McFarland and Willie Ritchie in Appear- ances in Great Britain—How James E. Sullivan Saved Marathon Victory for Johnny Hayes. By Robert Edgren. it, 1919, by the Preee Tub lishing Co, (The New York World.) lightweight champion of the world, He expects to box against the best English light-| weights, and there's little doubt that he'll find some fairly interest. ing purses. He should be able to win all of his bouts with ease, and the trip May turn out a successful venture. It is “very sporting” of Benny to be so anxious to give the English box- Especially sporting in view of the expert- ence of other American champions who have visited the tight little island, en cloverest this of an opp chal-| Stood this English notion better than then|@"¥ other fighter who ever visited was| dion, When Jimmy's day os a first clans lightweight, had gon erica he went to Bngiand. Welsh | The Mc a tine oe we Joyed being beaten by such m of the fistic art, after wasting. ye t quiet, 1 rt. They liked to think } box na, and losing wing about it, there isn and| telling to What extent his popularity might have grown. bas seemed, at tim tnglish official hates to w footly ste a per and/sport it has been the same way whl Hork back to the Marathon race at the Olympic games held in Lond a few yeu aco, when our Americ M ‘practically swept track and that} he was in the Stadium for the finish- paed entirely | eround, of a wudden @ ery went hoed along the crowd from Me-|the entrance gate But that |!#y “Hurry! hurry! Here comes an officials got Doran to his how | them actually pporting him by the Vhalf dragging him to the wainst the printed rules of the me from|the same providin us- | receiving Aisquali ties These sur Weis! | the Italian flag hastily officials had ised to an- alone and Iraw,| rect and unassisted, came galloping for aj cross the line, When James E, Sul- 1c} livan entered his protest and insist. running|ed that America must be credited Willie's | With Hayes's victory, the B eau, r when he : nglish ofi- clals weren't at all happy over It, Benny Must Win With Clean K. 0. Benny goes over to England with his tie, he may come back sad- der and wiser. While Henny is one nal of ‘ bes shiweirht fighters we ever seen, he doesn't alwa American us knock the s man out. Sometime num other fellow can run fast enor same enough to pommel keep aw And there may be an fn | Other fleei-footed Freddy over ther sin | Mtiting to pile up points by breakin ied dy for running backward, and by showing great gameness while Benny is trouncing him Of course, there is go TRUE be sate on tin lers have come [been wer eide, Knglish Gaht to America and have treated in a way to which they Burge Was a Welter When| "ite ©crely unaccustomed at hom Levigne Beat Him. A number of years 4 lightweight champion wer Pedlar Palmer came Terry Mc haste disre here and fought vern, who with uncouth v8 |superiority as a boxer and knocked ng | kicking in a round, | rp d carefully lim biaself to indulging in. no-de- a Jeision contests, usually with his own Dick in the ring, until one night] heedless enough to step with with Renny Ty hight-]erown without the slightest inte tat | ference SAGE Jack Palmer, then English heavy cham-|weieht champion, visited The [Jack Twin Sullivan knocked him out bardicr Wells came and nearly } Palaer in two rounds when known precedent Palzer have stayed down and walted tion, [the ‘Bombardier full nore in wnetett Sam [of nh up for getting a champ: with Jack Johnson ght champ over and fought Eddie tight | kil not | by the [eh M an nd | round Kad hit Harrison on the the] with his left hand, hooking it, when the | Harrison naturally « see shen hat the | Harris ‘ xpected that he'd it from the shoulder, oriny od. My this entirely un Wl In fact, T remember only two Eng lish ¢ yi ave been able t ton , istom them without tryir > pile up pr Mee | auekling, a i (hhowing gre » SAM | the only Jem Driscoll, finest ittle re whirl ¢ visited us, who whipped them all from Leach Cross ve | to Abe Attell, and the other was Owen Gt te | Moran. Owen was eccentric and eRe atpated and generally lacking in se one |aualities that bring popularity was, | he surely could (ight Lavigne,| The Marquis of Queensberry r popular |are the same the world over.” Under Lecnar best lightweight and | to go on the theory a “lead in a box: out a public state. | ing bout ix established by keeping tWo | Nomeet out of th that it is @ real pleasure to have ' jumps in front from pel! to bel, ‘TEONARD WOU BE TAK! Ne BEST T SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK ST ROUTE FOR AMERICANS is planning al IF Bes Leouann aDESont Moock HIS MBM SHcKiNG® 4 ENGLAND HE'S Be “ouTeowteD”. BRAT WELSH IN EVERY Rove oF Twenty — AND Got A peAW” been beaten by such a superior sort nent, Jimmy Britt under- by long time away from nglish 8, or welters, and lost a reso, And Jimmy went all nd monologuing about it, still|and telling the public how he en- 8 rs @ champion because end James Edward achieved and was gen- s America’s greatest IN ENGLAND RarroLy From GAMENESS ... 7a BIT FASTER, cp CHAP = You SHOULD MOLD Your L@AD, MY WORD: 3 (Tie Bioomin’ YANKEE 'ASA'T Ductrep once On SHOWN THE SUGHTEST SKI IN BVASION = 17 Lose Goer car 8, Sars comin! Seeman "Fo win Ad POINTS ARE COUNTED IN ENGLAND FREDUY WEL HAD UTTLE Troupe TAKING The Tithe Feom RITCHIE tour t \His fir e was, if Jimmy had only gone on boxing isions, and as if any When Kio Lanane Fovaut Dick Buu 1) LONDON te MADE A DRCIMON ENTIRELY UNNECESTARY — WHICH WAS LUcicY FoR THE Kip. sion by giving it to Even ih amateur Dirromanc Simmy Bert Wad © HITTIN LONDON = Though We HAD No Titus n n jtield, ‘That was the race in which |poor Dorando, the Italian, led until Kearns Declares Dempsey Will Bet His End of Purse — He'll Knock Out Willard Jack’s Manager Says He Hasn’t Heard a Word Yet From Pro-| moter Rickard About Cham- pionship Battle, but Hopes to While on Present Visit Here. RICHMOND, to where Dorando fournament of the United Bowling Clubs Terman Jachens, pia ts leading in Section 4 tional Leasue Yorkvihe are . While Harmonie ts in coming cha wants is the crown as it did Willard, He'll termination not to play any other team this sed News from Richmond that MeGraw man with @ U x that any runner ny assistance at all was and automatically out of of the Gothams Jing of the teams tthe teams bertson was a By Alex, Sullivan, ACK KEARNS, President C! sident and | keen ts are |» latter signed McGraw renewed eff up Jess Willard to defend his he y can stop Fulton any day of the stars most ¢ 8's Opponent he has done it with- | out consulting them, and he will get the chance “L don't know wh neet Billy Misk und bout in New Orl our terms to Promot in a twenty that we would hold up Rickard for « bout with Willard, because will be no mateh. y stop Miske in a twenty- would draw the you think for a moment worrying us is ax to the whe of Tex so we can sign up Leame on t of considering ething toy ¢ tournament packed th meeting with him, A sort of syndic the evening Was 1 will know what to do re arded the clover Pedlar's Jack and myself, cent’s worth ‘minted for (hie wr third and final gat Willard in thi ably drop ¢ near future we'll prob LO, Feb, 1.—In policy of sounding pul feeling like | wins the championship gets the match So confident Kansan that |be pve! cent that is comin to him ard, and | pet (yore ee et he will nob os i stood aside and | hy knock Freddy out of his The empolyeca ot hold a conference leading local eltizens who advocate | yen, the resumption of boxing throu was ex- & Co, are bar . but win by the knockout route, “And don't popular champion, opponent steps to the ssly arranged to point Governor the Gibbs boxing bill us and old} As Matchmaker John Jennings of necting will be hel This will tay Chaney's finet The conference newspoper men, 1 unable to get a suitable date for th t all of reavyweight, and Battling Levins! Harrison | Heavyweight, ue the clever Hebrew light heavyweig boxing: The promote nicely In the fir Wi already outlined, the managers of the $ "games rollet, , where only two cl rble to come within the f the Gibbs bill favorite English point- to a decision, round bout, f it became eeding Eddie ended the s who have come here and several provisions of the Gi In his bill to r 1 Dawartment of thy es to our peculiar hablt of fehting ey will prot nts by one being that {ne Sinai Howpital, | | | boxing and nothing else Jarrangement Madison ew York would & ram at the eid ise fighting ouch wit Humonis supervision He ‘has been in Instructors Activities to dir A report from Paris § lations ordered by Gen. the army boxing tournaments to be] hore, held in the sppring bouts which will|/the ‘American Athietic Ai determine the various championships’ last aight regu- tor . ‘lem. weeks ago Touusd Vous af & ehow te ve wich brought abou! bis’ match ‘with | to mon wo 6 2 Manager's Trip to Richmond, Inducements Just Waste of Time. Dave the to r ork Na McGraw arri ediately with Robertson od on, severe blow to the Under ries a this gerly Robertson, heavy was the sensation of |the c nxiou Robertson & special trip to Rich with his ¢ opinion on ov, Smith with {and finals. in Division, — Corr O. 8, tournaments, wil consist of five three-min- with one-minute inter- | ll other matters con nduct of bouts the mat | ite to the the tpress upon welfare o 1 as $ consid York bs would be «quirements a law approval of boxing as a sport, but it bill or r this xlen excluded as a selected| 4, A, A. A. has dec! uining | indoor college meet this year weight contest ‘ Robertson Flatly Refuses _ McGraw’s Offer to Play With Giants This Season had. anot ference with John J | McGraw yesterday, He wants to be ’ weaning |transferred from third base to some mond for the purpose « | Hubbel. Anyh [in the box score. QUTLAW LEAGUE ey BUSY SIGNING UP ~— STARS OF MAJORS asia Upland Team of Delaware County League Announces It Has Secured Infielder Southworth of Pirates and | Pitcher Jamieson. of Ath- letics. Dors the Delaware County League * which recently angled for Homerun Baker of the Yankees, intend to branch out and step into the Federa League's shoes? The organization {s getting very active. Frank Miller, owner of the Upland team of this outlaw league, who is the man who bas been afier the New York third baseman, now announces that he has signed up Bill South worth, the sensational Pittsburgh tn fielder, It is suid this youngster wi receive more money from the Up ands for playing two or three day a week than he got from the Pirate for playing ull seven days. Mille wlso claims that he has signed Piteh jer Jumieson of the Athletics, sw has started on # round Up unsigned Giants t stop was at Richmond, Va. in on attempt to lure back Davy Rob tson, the star outfielder who hasn't ayed since the World's Series 0 Manager Mc 1917. Davy has been working in the © Department for the Govern- and he told McGraw that he such a good job that he is going y ment. |_ Wilbert Hubbel, who pitched for the Newark Club of the New International League last season, signed a contract lyesterday with the Giants and will have & careful trial at the training camp. The Giants now have two men under contract—Benny Kauff and Wilbert Benny is sure to get Incident: y the great Heinie Zim Dave back to the Polo Ground's fold, |other point in the infield, preferably = | firat Robertson quit the diamond follow: | ati t received a diploma to practise. dust before the opening season Manager McGraw and See © 1917 season to concentrate his forts on dentistry, for which he had |tlonal Leagu the 1918 said | learn as Chairma: William F. Pe Phillies, has’ ce: Joint. committe ker, President of th led ‘a meeting of th » two from the Na and two from ‘the American League, which was author. ized at the recent Joint meeting of the .|tWo major leagues to go out, and k a man to succ J August Herr- of the now wrong- Commission. Mr Baker atleast {s showing a little ac- rightflelder remained South and did|tlvity, The other membere of the iry John I, Foster confident that Robertson would be back with |ly named Nation: the Giants, but the heavy hitting considerable military — instruction along with his dentistry di recent baseball me dort Me close fr seve the game's gl At the would be e: ants, ting in w expressed to| s his hope that] bertson this year would be drawn mour back to the ame time MeGraw lidn't hesitate to say that Davey's nual in a new line-up he was planning for the committee are William Veeck of Chi- cago, Col. Jacob Ruppert of the Yan- kees and Frank J. Navin of Detroit. William T. Doyle, former scout of the Phillies, has filed a sult in the Common Pleas Court against the club for $1,000, representing salary alloged to be ‘due from September to Decem- |ber, 1918 Doyle avers that his contract did not contain a “war clause or a ten days’ jee. of release, and that he went on fj seeking players along the highways and |byways of baseball, and consequently Robertson's figures are the most|wanta due recompense. It 1s just one convincing reason why McGraw is 80 out securing his services this ants in 1914 son period he was best run getters in the gue und batted around the 300|Southern city. It is ao ar, Dave Joined the ¢ 1 in a four one of thi |mark. He wag particularly a long ance $w a cleanup expert, Robertson's fielding, especially his spec crete W st urdening | wor ‘ounds had seen for land Is twenty-eight years ol Governor Goes to Buffalo For Conference on Boxing Smith Will Listen to Pleas of Promotors for Resumption of the A, F limit; Hghtweight, 185-pound lin welterweight, 145 heavyweight, 17 heavyweight, anything over pounds, minute rounds except — semi Army, and un | misete A. A. U, rules will govern _ College Teams in Title Meet fi Beis de ‘| Princeton, “Harvard, Lafayette and ¢ the University of Pennsyly among th of the A, A. U. Champion: mittee, that t |the Nation Championship: nior Trac! to be held at th |Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, on his| March 8 Princeton and Latayette will also enter a few men in the Na with {tonal Junior Championships at the same place on Feb, 15. The niversity of Pennsylvania Sena. | ‘Th Vly ty Bi; vant radveal {Will enter its full track team in the the team cha tured in this championship meet la npionship ti the senior meet This meet will not only national indoor championsup of United States, but will also dete mine the college indoor chaimpi for the year, as the Inter oo ured MRALTIMORE, Feb. Le-Muking fh Jfirst appearance in an America Jgimmy Wilde, British champ on The recent. Aliied. boxing. tournamien Pal Moore, M ed Young M ‘a tw phis, orn P lve-round bout be! r one-handed catches off was gome of the the Polo many a year. Dave was born at Portsmouth, Va. These regulations are: Featherweight, 125-pound if pound limit; mid- lieweight, 160-pound limit;' Might -pound limit, an bouts will consist of three- nals | nia are colleges which have as- sured Frederick W. Rubien, Chairman | p Com will enter teams in nd Field | jsenior meet in an effort to retain |* | cup: year, It is quite likely that Yale and \ornell will send down a few men for |} lecide the he nship collegiate led not to hold | al Moore Beats Young MeGovern, | sily outpotnt- ladelphia |thing after another for the Phillies. Branch Rickey, President and Mana- ger of the Louls Cardinals, hag an- nounced that the players will train at home and not go into camp tn some of neces- sity with Rickey. Every dollar these days counts and he's trying to keep the wolf from the door, Pat Moran's first official move as Manager of the Cincinnat! Reds was t Russell Blackburn, an inflelder, t ton Bra for Walter Rehg, an . His second move will be d with interest, but it's a eafe that he will not part with Kopf, the clever shortsto; nd Griffith, one of his outflelder, ft Jake Daubert of Brooklyn. In any case ne will not get his seal on this trade until the Cheaw case is decided, He might like to get Walter Holke from the Giants in place of Prince Hal.’ : pis Easy Victory Leonard of New York, lightweight cham, n, won the decision in a four- round bout here last night with Joe | Leonard could have terminated the affair at any Ume after the opening On the Coast SAN FRA ‘0, Feb, L—Benny Benjamin of Portland, Ore, wage Adair Makes Hit in Went. DAVENPORT, 1a, Feb, 1.—One the best fights seen in the Middle West took piace here between Barney Adair and Johnnie Noye, Adair gave Noye « bad beating and won seven out of ten rounds. Adair had Noye hanging on tn the last two rounds. Adair ade a won- derful hit with his aggressiveness and won himself a home h Greb Too Strong for Robson, CLEVELAND, ©. ). 1.—Harry Greb of Pittsburgh proved too strong and t experience] for ‘Tommy Nobson of Malden, Mass, in. their t here last night, taking seven of the ten rounds. Greb outweighed Robe t son 172 to 158 - Magirl Plo BOSTON, Feb. 1-Art of Kansas City outfought Joe Rivers at Gloucester at the Commercial a. t night. Rivers, who Was the fa vorite, was knocked to the mat im fourth and fifth Rartfeld Box Draw. MILWAUK heb. 1.—Ba Uing Ortego a draw in his bout t night with Soldier Barttield here latter led most of the way, but ore once came near going out whe took a fierce drive to the chin > RACING SELECTIONS. NEW ORLEANS. Princess, Old Dazie, Purblo, | man acest Pierce, Bombast, Seventh RacecBaby Lynch, Doe Maa, Broom Peddler.