The evening world. Newspaper, April 4, 1919, Page 26

Baseball Fans Enjoyins Big Laugh Over Way / aderal {League Bluffed Organized , Baseball Into Seeking Peace. NH of the cleverest things ever put over in baseball is the way that the Federal League, tot- tering and ready to quit its fight to Decome recognized as a third major feague, bdiuffed organized baseball thinking it w: going to “Invade” York. whi nove ited peace. The Feds tinge any bor was im on the bankre lis of the the league, so President Jim Gil- Yeid the plans of fooling O. B. came to this city, as the fans re- opened a beautiful suite of that bespoke wealth and af- secured options on a good ita, secured perminsion from the of Aldermen to close streets that would interfore with the league's Plans of establishing a big park there and did several other stunts that Made the “wise men" of the diamond hink that the outlaws had unlimited ing and that they would put a | re i such tn Manhattan, Dig fellows made several over- before the Feds “con- en to them. Who says there's nothing new un- the sun when a group of men MS! 1} Were practically novices at base- Gan foo! the shrewd. experience Mtn Of the big leagues? The bluff @tiabled the Feds to make up most of the losres caused by the attempt to lish a t The Feds : nm b mat them an a tional big wad of | joney in case O. B. didn’t fall for Bluff, deserved greater success | ® it had. If such brains had been by Organized Baseball the would never have been in the wor that It was last season. 7 1S season promises to be a big one for the jockeys. An ap- Prentice named Murray won faces, had a second and rode bye third in the seven races at Wana, while wutwell won three| ‘ates at Bowie, It is understood that tpiion: ny Loftus, Lawre: and Byrne are to be reinstated by ibe Jockey Club, This will stimulate in the sport to have all the riders striving against each for first place honors. TILLY GIBSON, for once, was 50 Dewildered last night that he Couldn't speak. The occasion was a dinner that was tendered him “his restaurant, the Criterion, | Bronx. Benny Leonard surpri manager when he got up and epeech and ty with a neat presented handsome toh. a gold stop Maybe it was the watch, but bow Villy was at a loss for words, HBP largest gathering of wounded soldiers that has seen a boxing : show crowded into the large ‘ amphitheatre of Base Hospital No. 3, Greenhuts, last night, to enjoy a fast fet of bouts, The wounded heroes, many of them from the old 69th Regi ment, went wild over the sensations: fights given them by the Boxers’ Loy- ally League. Johnny Kilbane, the featherweight champion of the world, was unable appear, but the soldier-patients Many other good men box. Benny the French featherweight Paroer, the Indian Chief, who ng 8 strong bid for the light ht championship, met Silas peen a ew Orleans, The bout was io of the best ever seen between Neavyweights. Turner's bard rights ahd iefte with Green's willingness to caused the battle to fair, Laurette, the crack New irk welterweight who is after a the walter n, stugged through Suna t. Reda: it champion af punches with q ny eerie, against Frank. ae hitting lightweight of the feather. ‘The soldier boys were treated to twenty bouts, The other bouts were Bebby Doyle and Freddie Lewis. backers | e) Jimmy O'Gatty and Ou. 8, Sam AND THE ALREADY > THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1919, GANG ARE were ) fo ae | Re | CSE tam Ga te NS 6 5G ce) - (iD nine] — THE Fiese MORNING ~All, or G00 wee” SHiat 1 THOUGHT (post ir. 7) Mae SOING THROUGH THE LOCKER At @ special meeting of the Execu- tive Committees of the American Na- tional Tournament, held at the quarters of said tournament, No. h 1 Broadway, New York City, the protest of the Aurania Bowling Club against |} the Manhattan Rowling Club was up held and the e Au New York. By the awardin, Aurania game to t Inter-City five of the Manhattan- e Aurania team, the the champions of the American National Tournament for 1918-19, having won fifteen out of the eighteen games tans are second, won and four lost. The date of April 11 waa set for the distribution of eae rolled. ‘The Manhat- with fourteen games Frank 5 Mera, ‘treat to tig New York Bowling As H.R. Strauss, And Btofta” were winners tn bostaned series of Uie Eastern Alley Owners’ rolled at bectively. the Vastime aud New Yorw aller, ree . mores: Marty delegate sociation, Dunbar Pastime 180178, ernae 18. 140, 186, 160, nl, 141, 380, 100, “165, 228, 4 Martiey Nook up ab we forine of thie 213, 200, on Romina Cay v's howw aleve team i Sueet Ten of the nipetend teaamm, that to null ‘Io The Evening World Head Rat the White bleph eand tried if were four mala) winner in the lot of owiem taal comivetad neinaiy, i A wy Wet, 103; BH 1 Ww caliente pial lll cae aha a Artie Pierce, Billy Van and Little Dillion, Packy O’Gatty and Arthur Brody, Maxey Green and Walter Brooks, Kurtze twins of the Pennant Athletic Club, Red Allen of Brooklyn and Jack Kob- inson of Chicoso; Sailor Volk and Billy Walker, Dan’ Powers and Young Lip oung Driseall and Jack Har ris, Tommy Shea and Young Ralph Erne, Young Otto of the east side and Bobby Gardner, Arthur Schick and Terry Martin and Young Dave Ritchie of New York and Joe Gibbs of the Bronx. Dyer, the it cham- pion of sonraiie, Coan yh y= in~ the ukelele. Pete Prunty, the siiver-tongued artist of the Bronx, wag the master of ceremonies, and je White, Bill Oates and Harry referees were Tex O'Rourke, | 1 ‘ont age tor the “serie an 205, UW bal for a bowler who has vot bees “ute gatae “tore year or tore Jor Baigon, the you Anorket ett Tne A “Sed 10 Sali orate a the Wiis ephaot Individual tournament lat night, Onatral ent Ontherwond Grand Onn: Pete Wtattons for Using abio to hisock off "D Ghat there will be an excite ing content, Avril T in the date ‘ond § Jack Barry, Old Giant Star, 28, of. | ented LES Jack Barry, who played left field for the Giants on the team that lost the National League champtonship to the Cubs in 1908 because Fred Merkle @dn't touch second base ts getting ready to sail to France for the Knighta of Columbus to hetp train the Americans who will compete itn the big military athletic mect for |the Allied forces In May and June. |says that just before he left there © saw “Moose” Harry MoCormick, whom he succeeded in the Giants outfield in 1908, He says that Harry was mustered out of the service as a captain. Jack Barry (no relation to the Red Sox Jack Barry) was born in New- burgh, N. Y. He was graduated from the University of Niagara, Niagara Falls, His first major league fob w | with the Washington National Leag in 18 The next year the 18 Was reduced from twelve to and Washington, Balt ‘mora, cl heruand and Loutaville were dropped The Boston Club had the pick of the Washington players, and besides Barry, bought Buck the famous “home run king,” and Bill Dineen, the star pitcher, now an um- Pire. The Bostons paid $7,500 for the three men, which was then declared to be “a fabulous sum,” In 1901, "02, 03 and ‘04 Barry played in the outfield for the Philadelphia Nation In 1908 he was sold to the Giants, and tn 1910 he captained and played in the outtleld for the Milwaukee Club of the American Association, In 1912 Barry managed the Seattle Club of the Northwestern League and BOWIE SELECTIONS. Miss Ghack- try. . Widener Dr Viret Race—Hotsterer, Jeton, Smith & Murray Second Race—Low ‘1 entry, Frizeur. Thint Race bell, Sibola Fourth Dedotte, Piurenz\, Camp Race—Crump w peal, tow Wood Violet Fifth Race—Dan Bright, Belario, Sixth Mahony, Race—Marknno, Garbage, Going Abroad For a year Barry has had charge lof all athletics for the K. of C. at) {Camp Kearny, San Diego, Cal. He Copyright, 1919, by the Pri Pubiiehin (NAN THERE, \ OTTO - HOw NR Make in’ \ ‘a4 | DONT Get THE (DEA OF oo i Seca Sriclein , 4a i ', ‘Gn “sen, Ya? @ « THE OLD GUARD STUMBLES OVER SOMETHING NEW ie Co, (The New York Evening World.) were THE SEASONS GREG TINGS THE OPENING Session 7 OF THe TH HOLS CREE Benen min: QUICK MIKE, & MEDAL = AND GO TO TAMPA FOR RED SOX SERIES. from hammering out @ pair of vic- sories, McGraw’s best bets in the pitching line are not quite ready, as is indl- cated by the leader's choice, an- nounced to-day, that George Smith and Jess Winters will draw the first pitching assignments against the American League champions. ‘Smitty’ and Jess both showed fine and control in their appear- }ances in the box here, and should «ive the big hitters of the Sox nty f trouble, “ited Causey will prob- ably be started in the Satury y eau The r lars and the second played s#ix-inning actico §«game, Tho regulars paid attention to bunt- ing and = they had Hubbell and Lyons, the opposing pitchers, chopping all over the diamond. Brogan and Ross pitched for the regulars and had little am conclusions in a tWo game series with |the i*lorida University to-day and tobbed of their hard hitt have a hard time downing 1 and Frank Po will do the catching and Miller and ¢ lesple will look after first and third, the rest of the array will be made up of | pitchers, ————— MANAGER ROBINSON JACKSONVILLE, fa, April 4.— | Life to the Dodgers these days is just one durned game after another, take \!t from Uncle Wilbert Robinson. After getting over yesterday's conflict | with the Yankees Robbie to-day ts| strugsic Leaguere, This morntng’s practise was tho fastest and most gingery the Dodg- ers have enjoyed in their stay here. with the American Zach Wheat apparently brought warm weather with him, With orthern zephyrs ha fled t © ardent attack the Dixie eu the weather turned delightfully warm and balmy: and all hands took ad vantage of it this morning. The he brought out the perspiration and the .orspiration took the kinks out of| chilled anatomies, There was a new face among the| Dodgers that gambolled all over Barr Field lke lambking in the spring. The face belonged to Sam Chostnut of Trenton, Katintucky, San, who land ed here on the midni; train last | night and was up bright arly th |morning ready to tell all hands that he was poing to lind a ob league berth with the Dodger Young Sam comes to f ie highly recommended by John M, Barker of Brooklyn, but erstwhile of Chesnut’s | home town, ‘Trenton, Kaintucky, Sam | played shortstop and second base | for Cumberfand University im 1916 and 1916 and had to turn down many offers from Kitty Masao managers His parents were against playing | professiona! baseball. When the war broke out Sam c.itered the aviation service and was sent to the aviation school at Princeton, N. J. He played first base for the Princeton aviators ast Ke Sam showed up we son tha a righ 1 throw with the Dodgers. A lot depends on Sam's ability to whale the old apple If Sam can hit he is likely to stica A slugging first baseman is what Robbie is after, nv matter whether he Latest Training Camp News of Three Local Big League Clubs for that’ matter. fast on their feet as a pet elephant. Innings hooks. ending and four runs. made six hits off Ja the fence PRIMING DODGERS FOR Dufty Lewis was was still Ierpting with | Houck et Lancaster, Pa. on last Mouday night, TO-MORROW’S BIG GAME.! S235" fo" ich Ceca eeer ho PuEen | ot tm come lek wo ‘eaten ‘and eligeed inning. bim to take the name of Al MoQoy, McCoy priming his boys for to-morrow’s|open golf championships, may not @p- ‘amateur championship tournament was DODGERS HAVE CINCH BEATING YANKS, GRIMES PROVING STUMBLING BLOCK. Jack Dempsey, who fights Jess They were about the remaining weeks close to the bat- te i Jack Quinn pitched five and « halt for the Yanks, following which Bob Shawkey had hia first test of the training season and a pretty ‘ood test, too. © gAMe Was hope- feomly lost when he Went in. but he and showed some spec jowed the Robins only three hits and uo few Quinn made a bad start and a bad In between for four innings was the real Jack Quinn and al- lowed y one hit, “In the first inning, however, the whole Brooklyn rder faced him’and piled up five hits In the sixth innin, nd again and delivery, in- cluding @ two-bagger by Krueger and a three-bagger by Johnston, before Shawkey went to the rescue. He said his arm would not “loosen up.” mil 2 gor instead of of the the Robins batted a of Herman, quickly agreed to the change in the date of the show, ark | Allie Nack. the local Vghtweight, will take Part in his firt reel fight in Ban Francieco to- | night, He has a hard job on bis bands, ae he ie trouble in holding down the subdued} to meet Joe Benjamin, the tweight youngsters, Jimmy Hickman had a party in New | ok! >the tet The youngsters will be left here to try| York's half of the fifth inning. He | @emplon of Cailfomia, in « foarcound boat took Bodie’ singin drive at his shoe , he ran over rd's loo} later went far ering smash, the Dreamland Kink, Benjamin recently won hie title by knocking out good Oshfornisa tn | three rounds there, Genind short feta ing fly, and a moment ack for Hannah's tow- He stretched a muscle, cKmikee of the Tain (Ont) | John Raisler, m: however, and pulled up lame, Robins m. That's a ti if at his club's pext boxing ebow on April 22. stead of battling Levinsky, the Hebrew beary- weight, meeting Billy Miske in the star bout of The plays. snappy baseball t! ade three double off on the kind of ey were playing. reached first base ea CHICAGO, April 4—Chick Evans, holder of both the national amateur and Judging by the advance request for entry blanks for the “Edward Waldron Handicap Six and @ Half Mile Road Race,” to be held under the auspices of the Morningside A. C. on May 4 @ field close to 20 runners will break from the barrier, The athletic committee in charge of the race, composed of Henry pear in the open tournament at Brae Burn earty tn June, according to his friends, Evans does not feel he will be able to spare the time from his bonding | business to go to Boston to take part} H. Singer, Chairman; George Steffen, in hi onshi; He does intend, | Ne the rua Western cham. | !lenty Helm, Max Belsky, Jim Plant, ASSET: IRE 8 4 leross country captain, and Alex. Peter plonship. which will be held Louls| {rack ‘captain. have been fuoged with the week following [requests trem clubs and tullitary camps = | for necosars " RST, N.C. April 4.—The 6a itch of the North and ‘South| Sunday aft 94 ter Hall, 1th Street near Third Avenue, a cham: lonship ‘basketball game will be played disposed of by all twelve sixtecns and tween the strong Italian Catholic play browse OW Coss fees, [Club five and the crack quintet of fuller, was flefeated by Ned Heal of| Woilestone la 1. The last same pla; Uniontown, Beall won by 4 and 2 and| for ‘pest brs ead for that reason a sensational contest will be opposed by 37k Wells of Kea from start to finish will be on tap Sun- jiworth in the semi-final round. The| day, survivors in the upper bracket were ©. Newton of Brookline and Frank-| The Knights of St. Anthony Indoor n Gates of Moore County. ames are to be held on Saturday, April > ie Great Quarter and the Monsignor O Hare, Ke- lay, bas brought communications from ilcorners of the country, both from individuals and relay team managers, gaiing for invitations to compete in these two events. games were not Yast 1 fr Ice Skating Champlonshipa ) Ps! bunt of the entire mum Es to He Decided, Leh al kf a 6 te. The much discussea « tion of th nt this club i to hold * A tb magiees will mean fastest indoor speed skater in the metr muburoan politan district will be definitely settled on next Monday evening when the finals ‘of the half-mile and ope mile champlon- ships are skated at the 181st Street Ice Skating Palace. The semi-finals of these events wre skated last Monday evening, and the competition proved to be excap- {iaaily close, in addition to the titular events there will be a one-mile hand) nap, open to those who did not quality in the trial heats, —> Vives to Play Of The To-night tn Palm Gerten, the Metre- politan Iife Insurance Athletic Associi tion will hold tts annual minstrel a: dance, which will be the largest affair of its kind tn this city, Last year's at |tendance was over 3.500. The club's dent. James Maher Rosent ts t q m rhe Greater y ba 1 haumpionship resusted i a mi when the Parsons Rix Pave and the New et York Celtics clashed. Both teams were » Ready to Slun N deadlocked at 23 all when the refere TA, Ga, April 4 Cobb called time, d ‘The management has de- at his home here to: day he {0 play, of the te on Tuesday had virtually closed an agreement to By Thornton Fisher WERE HERE BECAUSE WERE HERE BECAUSS WERE HERE ae Sf ae Fistic News sohn Foto and Gossi .| BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK Rios mets THE FIRST DAY’S PLAY OF THE SEASON TILDEN TO-DAY ~-FOR TENNIS TITLE | As wedi aria on this page, Wiliam T. Tilden 24 of Philadelphia and Vine cent Richards, the schoolboy won jof this city, wil clash in the round for the nationab indoor tennis champlonship at the 7th Regiment Ars mory to-day. ‘l.ese two Inds have met in many previous encounters on the courts. Both have had a hard fight to win their way to the closing match HeRe BEcaUSS a Although they are rivals in the singles, the two lads that hold the national turf doubles title wiil meet Alexander and Dr, Will- k B. »senbaum, Anderson had a oan championship title within and let it slip through his Ongers. The seventeen-year-old wonder of the |Kings County Tennis Club was twice within a stroke of defeating Tilden tn the semi-final round, Then, when one ‘ood swift drive would have \done the trick the boy slammed an | easy smash into the net and twice , bungled for double faults on service, lit was sufficient to cause the tense spectators to groan In angulsh, Titden, having been saved through aoe HEN 90 You PacalG ———| effort of his own, for the boy had pre, H i syed him in every tiltin: STAND THIS’ \eseur, | PeRRECTLY! J lost ground to defea OF “eS. neu} An -9, 14—12, Richards managed to pull out | the other semi-final match against Lieut. Peter Ball, product of Pasadena, ish to his ta ‘The score was claims that be was in Brooklyn on the night the Latte met etn lak by the manenment of dimmvniacn a ete Apr! 4.——The [Willard for the world heavyweight bets ee ‘janie Pa Our stores are the only jariowm Acad Greater Now PSV) E wae .CKSOD _o— i i in date er toga Wel esa | B searinet rer’ teal | Pua abbrerden ti © |title on the afternoon of July 4, wil!| Maia Hater snd Jonny Rowell, the teat! stores in all this wide, wide in. tho tournaments that bare been lant regulars pulled out of thelr | Yankees got a bad ting at thelwind up his theatrical tour through Herbert takes h bi their Tenjective dren, training camp last night bound for | bands of the Dodgers, the score being )1 0° 1h tle TNA OA. SOA TRO | ae ac altace tor var rounds, st the world where you can uy nh saat far Ue tetedenete| vampa for their first two games of iae cas can Van Aes Laeeeee \ehoue 46 Kansas City. Jack will then| Ameriean 4, A of Baltimore and Russel) so the *“Composite Derby. ad ire terete for Gergier ‘2| tho interclub series with the world’s! hits scattered. Quinn and Shawkey |take @ rest for thre weeks, after | Mins Jeck Sharier, the Leal Maemmes™s | 1¢+s our own original and Dinedway "sad Mist. Saree! Tear |champion Boston Red Sox. Barring] *ere soft for Brooklyn, which he will start real training for aes exclusive idea. Built on tiguet bp Mrs Cordes a the’ eink boise 4 poor wing possessed by Heinie could Soldier Hartfield ia booked up for two more ? a George Halax could not play right |the big battle. Jack Kearns, man- |, (oldiw leriied to tocltl Oe orpanent will ifications my Metronatitan Cannionshiy, Taarrament ia | Zi man the men are all in good |feld because of his limping leg. but : see pee : 3jOUur own — specilications. prtractine : A Reger Peckinpaugh went back to hs a6er of Dempsey, has not decided|» piy Papke, the Wentern middiewcight, 09 : t hape after almost a fortnight of hot | Roser Ty shortstop, having prac: [where Jack will get into condition for | Avil and dike Gibtone of St. Paul ca Apt The result of keeping close on Tr a et nee ata ie, red shosed | forse, Tie favored hia leg'in running, [Be contest, but he expects to do a| 7, tach boot will bw a! tom male tie) track for four successive more of eatrie are the sntriee' chose ou ApeT iit ner form, to keep their big hitters |nowever 2s did most of the Yankees, lfew weeks of it at Long Branch and |‘ ising an alsampt at 0 “comebuct,” seasons of the most becom- ing shapes for the majority of men. 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