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THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, APRIL 7 Uf hunes BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK MilennIBNsn (f GOLUMN YOUTH WILL BE SERVED - - - = - = + = + By Thornton gg yr | Everything Practically Set for Brooklyn’s Opening Game With Braves. aa Ig There a Wrestling Trust? ' ‘Curley Says No and Macfad- Gritsith, fy Mat cw i Miller of Kracker, et ' den Yes, Offering $25,000 to ffer, Maranaed, Mam h, ore, Cheney of Smith, p. ‘Prove His Contention. Vindant GigaARDS wee 76 ' ; vibe dt hall Lge ae .é | WON THE NATIONAL “af THE LANKKN K<iO Franc. Robinson this 1 ng intimated he Sebie tore Bae tia SAE Chik IWS oR TITLE ANDERSON RECENTLY PLAYED would throw out against the Braves t ley to contro! the stars of the mat @ WOE -TO-TOE MATCH AGAINST spills 4 Ne ra rd gdme and make them do his bidding? THE CLEVER TILDEN als fi April 1 a “Can he put the Zbyszkos, Stechers cece Wal pe MCE Ticsusnout the country kBd - clared Uncle Robbie on i i tirouRhoue the ouuntry “an = HEN SMITH, GIVE THIS | coming in from Barr SUM y iis! eek cr yout ae. v8 BoBeY JONES THE BOY IAD Ge Piheeee ioe tea) adsraalbadts “hours to a draw and in the return WONDER, BEGAN AT /4 TO ee Gr cata acl at, wept ane ‘ak HL bag lag 1 SHow SIGNS OF CLASS RAGE hgh Canad Ee thore, insiate i can't be done in GOLF fe Hd on a lot of! things, What 4 He offers ‘the sanest ar ts , ; ‘ ve things to the contrary, Aa j You think of th up or he MEG winuies can convince you (hn | biowort>" at he says is true Still, there is | ob then ra i off his batt another man in New York almost as ad 2 | order as listed above and continued canvincing in his contentions, who in 7 j leno club ine er lcague has fou ) Eitaitave ‘aioe tie opposite to — QUICK. MIKE. | slgutshandere ‘the equal’ of Ptettor : t Curley says. aA MEDAL - hans Cadore and Mamaux. Che his latter person {fs Bernarr | | ney st fl is going tor ao mala # Macfadden, the physical culture | Jeffective this season also, Ju wt, He and Dr. Roller, bimseit | a ‘ | 've only Rot one xouthp av, Ae a fefestler of ability, say that Curley | ON THE OTHER HAND Jae if a aes at dies Bak one or two others absolutely BRITTON REGAINED THE WELTER WEIGHT Wiehe irl te vais att rol the vrestling ituatiol li have e and Sherry Subs an extent that a food man can't ee Sy “Otto Miller looks just a \ jak into” the game and meet the “——————— . rm 7 _ _— a las he did in 1916 and he a , in a fair contest unless b 7 Plainly cash thee cane win advance to perform accord +4 = ce n can take ¢ be eis lost to the sport and de: 7 y 0 at Zimmerman’s Slump Gives Giants Only Fourth Position in Rating F; = |and Grictith ws regulars, with John oney, On the face of the i i i i jston and Hickman . P money. "On the face of ty the License to Ride Before of Third Basemen This Season, While Baker Puts His Team istic News sonn Poor and Gossi Piielioace raion ness reminded of the f Close to Chicago in the American League. a Mr. Macfadden wants to pro’ Tommy Bur the retired heavy- | M.. at the Olsmpia A, A. of Syracuse, on Mon-| jp 7 ° ° ° to. ; ertions with an offer to bet Race Meeting at Pimlico By Hugh S. Fullerton. weight champion, who is now running |? cmt, Apa dl. inton a to ewe a et utting up @ game a —_—>— a Wwreatier named Pleatina in a ® boxing club at Vancouver, B. C., is | cent, of the receipta, third that will earn him recognitior eh with either Strangler Lewis or THE THIRD BASEMEN. another one of the big fellows who ts — this year as being oae of the bes ko. His Services B: Jena, with th r lkely to have lof the opinion that Jess Willard will |, Prenme Burs, the meneational featherweight of) | sa Ge the 71 aoe ices Badly Needed, as that fate, is not iy Jemey City, is now signed up for two more bat-| thirdsacRers of the ne. Ivy Ob —_— y + this necessary permission granted to AMERICAN LEAGUE. NATIONAL LEAGUE. be defeuted by Jack Dempsey in thelz |tier, ile ‘will meet Mattling Reddy for etet{at short Is going house af and will have to do so to keep Ward left and right hand ITH the idea in mind that Curley, Death of Robinson Left Big! nim py tne Jockey Club stewards. Oftencive. Defensive, Total Oftensiva, Defecsive. Total. Ineht for the world’s heavyweight title | rounds at the Armory in dewey city oo Toarnday would be interested in picking Gap in Ranks of First Class} The death of Frankie Robinson left [Chicago 766 =290 = 1056 | Cincinnatt ms nd 108s Jon July 4. Burns chiims*that Will- | 250" ny Jouneon, the Trenton, N. J ns 2 4 2 te m1 b eh when Chuck retu all change 0 ¢ New York . . 778 260 1038) Hoston . eacereight, for egit rounds at the Fomuten’ |On the | ‘J eile betes vofhetak we Hetbave a big gap in the ranks of the first aieveland $ ° 755 © 254 ~~: 1009 Chicago 765 243 1008 #Fd's long layoff has been too much for |wiu) of Elizabeth, N. J., on Monday evening, | from France. The left side of my in- \ So One Les - OCKeys, class Jockeys, At the present time, |irouton [743° «(248 «= -991| New York . 756 237 993 him to round up into proper fighting | Avni 14 field needs no bolstering up, that’s EE ed AE candy ee inne tee —_ with Loftus and Lyke minus a li- Philadelphia's... 740 288 978) Pittsburgh «...... 733 240 973 condition, and with a strong, rushing Tid sure | Ing With Plestina or his manas| mee (Seeelal to The Rrening World.) cense, there is not a top notch jockey St, Louls sass i ae ba Berpeaicees ‘ fat ty RG fighter and a terrific puncher like Ppotid henclgye ly tiedinirr a pi afin gre Yow it looks as if my big prom- \ arsh, In the first place, this BALTIMORN, Md., April 6, |in the United States, The solons of Washington Pee a | 210 915! Brooklyn . 721 230 951 |Dempsey coming at him, he figures | |e Friday night, Joe Benjamin, the hightwagut | lem, the first bse situation, is start Marsh is a trimmer. He isn't on FTOHNNY LOTUS will obtain his|the turf realize this and knowing the : hat Willard will have to win in less | “‘P#mPion of Calitorma, getting the devigton ore | ing to clear up. If Malone cogtinues i “ied oe BS rune of ane license to ride before the Pim-|Value of good jockeys as drawing OOK where the Great Zim has cre ieee eee etiohennen bel gael than ten rounds or he will be knocked | eagense vet ee. ama beet at tie OT eravel at the clip Ma Canton ; whi © 0 eagrehhy : ! i 3 gh | at ink there, Nack tough 01 t untry “taking” people and there lico mecting. This news comes |cards to racing meetings they.are in slipped fans get the idea that they are com- /out. Dempsey appeared in a bout at | three rounds but timl, and Benjamin thoo came/against the Yankees my machine is Jrecords which prove it. Plestina,ffom a trustworthy soure F be a decent fellow, but he is not |who had his application for a jockey’s|to ride. There is a feeling among Bern nc Shen he isan ne. en}iicense “laid on the tab! at the/the stewards that Loftus would take en and when he loses BPAbIt of making confessions, tal time when the Loftus application met] the place left vacant by Robinson, } apne had 0 flop for financial rea- | — —_——_] Loftus always was a fine jockey. eons” Curley As sarcasm we don't know, | Whether he was better than Robinson \ Neither are we absolutely sure about |has been a moot question between $25,000 and have Zbyszko or wis|the honesty or dishonesty of the |racegoera during the past two years. Uow Plestina so early and often} match. It was timt he will be eliminated forever- | pleased the big cawae — ana |The partisans of each Ind have con- mpre?” we usked Mr, Curley, thrown, when he looked all over the | tended with great warmth of expres- for the simple reason,” he |winner! If he deliberately flopped, oa|Slon that their favorite had it on the @fewered, “that he would say when y say in wrestling circles, he took [other chap, ‘This contention aside, hh lost that the match wasn't on the |q most inopportene eae Moped. ‘That kind of stuff wouldn't do |{t the tall wasirt honestly ecoret (ag (one thing is certain, Loftus to-day Lyke, |the mood to grant Loftus permission ‘The fellow vie a years ted | Paniaons between the Joagucs. Ps nave at. | 0% and ougpointey him made, for I can keep Lew on second ho dope ai ad dozens of loud kicks from fellows Hs is i and move Ray Schmandt, as soon as who was the| Who misunderstand that point. None|Uday night and the gross receipts) wise steenan, the Calorie bearyweant, | his injury permits, over to firet. In leading third|f this dope is comparison betweon jamounted to over $4,000, a town, He arrived here yerteniay from san |Brazill I have another good second he | C1theF men or leagues. A player might franceaco, Willie saya he intends to remain in| base possibility, baseman of the! be worth $1,500 in one leagu Clay ‘Turmer, the crack Indian light peary.| ‘te East for two monte, during which be wi! “If Malone or Brazill deliver the National ha s|der $1,000 in another, because bis | veignt, who haa been laid ui) for several weeks | take part in #evoral fighta, While here be «ill| goods at second I can put a team into dropped to aj Value depends not upon himself but |with two fractured rite which bh ox under the management of Billy Uiteon. | the field that will make at least five poor fourth and|¥Pon the team he ls with and the |bout win Kid Noroik, te colored b Mechan’s fins fight in vie East may be with Clay | other National League cliubs take ou kind of pitching he must face. In |at Bumtaio, N. ¥., is weil enongh aguin to etart|urmer, the Indian light hearywetgnt, at the) dust this season and one that has ar the dope of the! other words, a man might rate $10,000 | training amt be began working out at Gragys | Obmpa A, A, of Philadelphia excellent chance of capturing the league is turned| as a bank clerk and about $ @ | Gymnaguin in Harlem today for bouts, ‘Turner pennant. If Malone or Brazill prove around, section hand or vice versa. The f48- | wii be kept tay tignting, as many clute are| Jack Sharkey of who outpointed |a star at second there will be nothing Groh of course] ter the company, of course, the 1€88 | aster his services for bouts, Johnny Harwell, ot Ma an an eight round} in the league that will stop us, take the figure value of any man. at the Moose Club of Detroit it from Uncle Robbie is the leader off In the American League, Buck ht, waa matched immediately af Joe Duntee's Club at Syracuse on FWhy not accept the offer, win! Jetails tor bout detween Jack Britton sling Vd. both ; lig) the: Saati dockey. ln vAmerion and the third pase-| Weaver figures at the top of them all, | ist nigie by Jon promoter ot | o meet. Frankie Sano, the } as x ny and LN Bla ate lanl jockey in America an ‘ _ paid OWLING AND BILLIARD! if Pi ants to wrestle, time. ‘They might make a lot more | the turf cannot well do without him. men and no “nd perhaps would figure higher with | ssracus, \. ¥ pgether in | weight of 1 in anoth bad Fella Ss, : Cur nobody is stopping nin. |ioney as actors ” He is efficient and popular. The yy torturing of fig-| McMullen back in the team as his Un- |and Joe Welling of mere completed |iore the same club on Apri 18, Mason recently HOWLING AND WiILLIARHS } Tt him or his manager or anybody | AN, Bs patro th Ne HAYS” Wine |derstudy, as the figures express not|a tenraund bout at 142 weigh in at 3, ckfeated Pal Moore in a tie West Broadwas ist Be Promote their own. matches, 1] pARYHOW. We would Ike to see this|Datrons of the track have never p PWS ures can take) only the value of the remular but the silat cs cbisM A Maiiawatan th beasts BP Maka nive: thom the benent of [SE Hard 10. Weep aged rane | Pleased, ‘The trouble with Lottur hes| from him, but it ls somowhat of apart of the games. |. /Cleveland in the right mood, he is due | the, oUntutier i totam | cf lined un &, Was }) Qhatever I may know when I'm not {22M so, Mr. Macfadden, it behooves | been his temper. This gets him into] surprise to find Red Smith up there aiwaee, conte mein doping his|form of the days when he was the | power than on the Infield ond natur- ~ CENTRAL — Rowling n not lyou to slow thia demon’ wrestler to | trouble, No one ever made a charge | rq ; th wha repre. ° er to ankin se to him, ) 4 ee neety with what they rep: New York and let the public decide, | 4&ainst his integrity and proved the| ” BIG 88 GIONS 80) sen [1 ho has the goody no go-ealled trust |CM4rKe. Once lust summer he was nce in strength, Broowis worth to a team. He had been slip-|rankiny third baseman of the country, | ally @ greater diff In fact the dope on the third base-| ping back steadily year after year, |I figured that he would be overjoyed | R. MACFADDEN, contrary to |°#" Sand in bis way suspended by his employer, W men of the two leagues is ail turned | ate Rey HA OG, AG ie Wood Aco Ghat Old Red | ‘all Mr. Curley's assertions, | py , Macomber, for not riding to orders|@round this year, with individuals eee dena is long driving ability. He|Sox now with Cleveland he de- | SUEEs wrestling. sport aa it te at 1 ba an ng Guty to comment on tho | To fiis never lost, Me populariey with | umping and with the trades of thelcame back so wuddenly that he aw-linyed and worried Kohl, What the ped easah ta eealeaty fied pany eath of Franklo Robinson, the | riuooers and when he retumed ta| Winter affecting this position more) tonished the entire baséball world. |trouble is 1 am unable to determine. : Pp ee a vel. |Jo0 hey, in @ spill at the Bowie race | ty pigskin at Saratoga he was| than it did any of the others, He had more speed last year than] Vitt gives the Red Sox a finished in- | das taken It on himself to put it |irack last week. ‘The racing world | greeted’ with a rat taated The ch t in th p-|he had shown in five seasons; he gin-|field. Third base was a terribly weak ee Proeer plane to mako it an mone of the best riders it ever |several minutes, ves hae lasted he chief interest is in the grab-| 2 oy up, hustled, was in on top of|spot with the champions all last sea- 6st, competitive proposition, and w by the accident. This boy was bing of Vitt by the Red Sox, a wise/bunts and he started hitting. I don't/son and never once was satisfactorily | ounces that he is ready to spend la tittle gentiemu aC Lyke ls not popular, Time was.| ove, whic 3 a caus ' ite 4 7 Money 10 do 90. He wants | ond ey Keutleman, | mild-mannered /and this ‘no later than last summer, {Ove Which rounds wut an infield | know whether his hitting was a cause |flled. Now that the problem is solved | r without w Mineralite Bai (Consright, 1919, by the Hell Syndicate, Ine.) The Brunswick-Balke ollender Co. risk Illinois gives a pointer to Friend PPP OP 2 P Peed: stion of anything | he w which m harder than|cr effect, but he certainly spilled a lot/those Red Sox have more real class | i » BAY) 1 he had a following that was o € hich makes the teat rder t 5 & our help, he says. like the glamour and excitement cone \ ne as as great, ; ee | We are willing to help in such alnected with the pag fer in. |RuMerically, as the loyal adherents |ever to beat, and the going of Gard- of figures for me before July, than they ever showed last season. | of Robinson and Loftus. matter but at same time we must | can't take Dr, Roll word for it be jald on the table, His prestige is| The average position values at|ing to his club for spring training en-| aye been. Hoe had a great quan- sociated with the average good-living : But he lost| ne , In Boston during the winter there | tia a Tod Sloan. He wi ner to Cleveland, but aside from | | Deifair to everybody concerned. The | tucker, who ariouted ie Was Just @| nis popularity, at Se Salo reg inlay Rb odin ne bare Soggy Mere H® temporary hold-out this spring) wore several loud screams over { Hyening World always tries to do | business, and went Into private Tite | handling of Purchase caused a great] | = pe and his annual threat to retire to/ trades and there were complaints that | ri 4 { ttigt, We can't accuse Curley of bilk- |with each ayn work over Phere | {eal of adverse criticism. It was the contenders the changes in the in-jin, farm is not @ proinising sign, | players w being sold for cash, The $ i ing the public without some facts on |way no night life for him, no carous- | Wey he rede that colt, turfmen now {dividual figures of players are Fe-|noe is the fact that he is late in report. | More deeply one examines the trades, as ington ‘ which to base the accusations. We |ing, nothing but what. should be aae{22%; that caused his application to|markable however, the wiser Barrow seems to * ‘ « ‘ } flther, because the doctor han wrestied |young man. Io made money, too, fished as a rider and racoxoers|thind base are not high In fact the lcouraging. A great deal of the Yanke'| uty, of excess talent and he dispore | “Ho, Illinois,” called the State of Washing- | eer a ale “iruatt poets teeeeil Spal: NHoed con. | have shown no great interest in his|quality of third base play in both|pennant hope centres upon Baker, for)of tt to get just what he wanted | ma Sea fee Siar, Png [opel ae aot i Benen’ otk od con | affort to obtain a license, leagues has been falling off steadily|he must lead the wrecking crew again | Jennings evidently is pinning his| ton, ‘I've watched your growth with keenest interest. I've seen you build yourself into a giant in a few small years. Your meats, your grain, your steel—how did they boom y of Harry Payne Whitney, As| Gut with Loftus it 4s difterent.| for several years, in spite of the com-|to keep them near the top of the race. | faith on Bob Jones making good the} ner,| Hence the datiy query, When will|ing along of such sprightly and hard-|He has a wonderful ground to hit on, | great promise he has given and, of ju | Loftus get his license? The story that| playing fellows as Buck Weaver and|with the close right field stands to| course, no one can give any new he will be allowed to ride in @ few |Groh.| We haven't a Jimmy Collinsiaim at. The only capable substitute | fellow, no matter how promising, full | matter what he has written in con- | emy ) damnation of these conditions, he has| Albert Simons, the Whitney. tr singe gone so far as to compliment |once told us, “Frankie was a boy | Cuffiry, alleged head of the trust, on {could bring y place, He wasn't SEE S S PPPOTPOD | the emnduct of the recent Zbyazko- |spoiled by success, and he knew how | Weeks. wil there fore be good news }or a Clarence Bradley, a Steinfeldt or|for him I can see is Wilson Fowster, | credit for what, he has done in slow- GO, so fast?” Lewis match at Madison Square Gar- |to behave.” He will be buried to-day, | ‘f° ‘3 all over the country a Jere Denny in either league, Groh|, lad who is quite a ball player, in-|er company 1¢ Browns hold ap i, Sip ea : den, Whether he meant the word|but his name will be kindly remem. | Th? f Frankie Robinson, ac- | being the nearest approach to the old|tetligent and very promising, who may | Within good reach of the stronger PLE Illinois smiled as the two puffed Owl conduct as he used it in his letter to bered in racing circles for Years companied by his widow and brother, |etandard. Yet we have a pretty|come fast if he finally gets his big|clubs so far as third base goes and Ve pees Cigars. — left here at 6 o'clock last night for his} fairly balanced array opportunity to show what is in him. are far better fixed for substitutes (A si peers rere ref ail lhe home jn Glaveiand 1 never. could understand why s0| Gardner also !s something of a prob- | than many. Gee. I've simply made the most o: ef, La uletign ah to who Ry M ride few great hitters and players areliem, If he joins the happy family ¢ In the next article we will take up YY And you will do as much. And as you do, | ' ayne hitney’s thorough- | gounr nl HAs, e i 7 ¢ bredaé has already started, Some found at third base Tt ia the seston = y you'll grow. You have a wonderful port turfmen say Troxler, fet tee [job on a ball club, as every player if knows, and its fielding value to a . In the parlance of the track Mele 4 {of the chances than in their number, ‘ ‘| Phe third base ets fewer chances whoop-de-do” rider, and. Trainer | Poe third baseman gets fe | Rowe doesn't fancy that kind a. |t@ make plays than any man on the Nowe ora taney” nating’ "k|go mans otwe tal aby an th) Toye of Peace WS \\ in Seattle. Your fir and cedar are a source of wealih, Your lands are full of water- power. Your hills may soon yield unex- pected minerals, You're headed for great wealt!.! Go to it!” S vewvyveyey I, Rossiter of Caliternia. Dlie Howee |xard third base as @ pensioners job Troxler, en, yet few great ones develop, is fluttering over ¢ Peace these. Their mildness and their quality win them ever-growing friendship. Try Owt or Wurre Ow. now-today! d, and b ney horses. b ides that, he was cru- What is your first demand? L Two years ago he was Robingon's |! the National, Zimmerman has | Parley let us personally parley Ow. and Wurre Owt sell big in Washing- greatest rival for the leading win, {Slipped terribly, due chiefly’ to his on the principal points of men’s ton and Illinois and all the nation over. Ring jockey, Tast summer Rowe {sudden slowing up. He seomed to There's no stopping dependable cigars like ‘ hired him to ride several of the Whit. | /oSe last season all the speed he ever dress. elly roasted by the fans, especially by Style? Here we lead. — LEONARD AND RITCHIE TO [tS anvetea'nis work "| Quality? None better. MEET IN NEWARK APRIL 28. I had to go over the figuras three Fit? As fine as a fiddle in tune or four times to discover why Ollix i JO'Mara ranks absolutely last in the | with the times. Willle Ritchie and Benny Leonard | National, He is a fair, dependable ; have been matched to meet in an|and willing worker, but he lacks Price—Anywhere from 25 to ‘ cight-round bout before the Newark | Pur 1 Ais Obes Ste Ie tn oes 60 dollars, Suit or Overcoat. f t Cok 4 Bportsmnen'y Club in the First | the hardest fleld in America on which Fabric, color, pattern! Here's the largest showing in town. ROOM CAgtMm | ment Armory ind ark, on Monday, | to play third base, even that docs 5 | APS ye April 28, Juat three wocks from to- |not explain entirely, Pittsburgh has| Army and Navy Uniforms made to order or ready to wear - a 4 day Juve Me y ed with both | advanced far in the ratings, and in ; |men and has guaranteed a purse of | fact 1s picking up points all’ through away at reasonable prices, |$25,000 between them, The boxers | the dope. have agreed on 142 pounds ringsid — = Tw TORE uy the weight. Kuch has posted with Oo ? course, third base figures do | oe STORE | ne McKay a forfeit of $1,000 to bind | not express any great difference | them in the matter of poundage and |vetween teams. In felding, all aia 30 EAST 420 STREET appearance, This pair recently fought . four rounds in San Francisco, Ritchie basemen rank close together, as the| P, §,—Fine feathers make fine birds. ‘Arnhetm Axt LONDRES GENERAL CIGAR CO,, INC., 119 WEST 407TH STREET, SHAPE NEW YOR CILY R232585 9828555 having-been given credit of winning. position value is low because of the a ee nee