The evening world. Newspaper, May 3, 1919, Page 8

7 THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1919, ' | BOXING'S POPULARITY SEEN BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK(\ANCSI IN GOUNTRY-WIDE DEMAND EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE BIG BouT —__ SECOND STRAIGHT Allen Russell Outpitches Sam ‘ : Jones, Red Sox World’s With Many States Having New Ring Laws, Tex Rickard Should Series Hero. : Have Little Trouble Staging Heavyweight Championship / Battle and Breaking All Records for Gate Receipts—Box- \ BOSTON, May 3.+Allen Rossel, Miller Huggins's veteran spitballer, outpitched Sam Jones, one of the he ~ 7 |roes of last year’s World's Series, i & hatd fought game and the Yankees won their second straight game from the World's Champions, ‘The score was 3 to 1. i Thussell pitched a steady, caretal fame, } t the Red Sox hits seat tered and would have scored a shat out only for a bad throw by the bust. ing Now Ranked as Major Sport Due to Great Revival the ‘4 Last Two Years. as ‘ By Robert Edgren. | Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New Tork Prening © ) WO years ago boxing was permitted in a few States in a reluctant, half-hearted way. They seemed to think it was a necessary evil. { } To-day it is recognized as one of America’s “major sports.” Colleges that haven't it yet ery, ae a for it ling “Muddy” Ruel, who was trying ‘ to pich e ni base, 6, Any State that hasn't a brand new, ‘Sones as only “bisnasds. Gb bla bomb-proof boxing law is classed} for defeat, for his unsteadt gave he Yanks a run in the first, and hie ld throw paved the way for ame Jother in the second, A slashing double by Frank Baker counted |in cashing thir a : H i i | ' i as a dodo and a fettered slave of the! : “long-halrs,” which is modern Ameri-| can for “professional reformers | They used to let boxers box, but) barred decisions, Now boxing laws provide for the legality of decisions in! all bouts. The people feel that way| eat M since Uncle Sam began putting on bouts by the ten thousand per ' { © Wiican is om Suape HELE count om marine | Pa DEMPORY WEAR HIAGELE cur, ong and Caldwell appeared es in the ninth, going to the Walters and Jones. 4 useell; ho struck ‘em working day, witb decisions in every one, ; ex Rickard will have no trouble now in picking a place to toss Jess; Wimlard and Jack Dempsey into the samo ring. He can do it In Idaho,| | What Russ did to Ruth made the Jonlookers weep, Russ curved the bt slugger to de He made him. ro ver and play dead. In the first Babe tan easy grounder to short; in the . twenty-five rounds to a decision, or in Nevada for a lope over the champion mE hird he pop-fou to Ruel ie yaar CROWD wen OA [sixth he popped to F and in the: 4 route, or in Colorado or any one of half a dozen other places that are | sTAcTER (tab Le woe “Ee hth ‘he flied harmlessly to contra. i willing to see a regular fight, and offer a guarantee running into six b mygitped ary itty? é c . DOME, ike a nit all y,and only f AGN e figures. (NA SHOR ’ e coereesinnonici |) thay bave made Tex offers from — <<< aoc aves and Louisiana, an@ Connecticut, wh: Cannefax Has wrcamcce, | Big Lead in Cows AWD THe Coma IF “Bie Pheare wea ea Billiard Match second block of the billian! | +] confidence in his own condition. Four f re) jar One, weak ere years out of the ring, soft living O| growing age and flesh may make Wil | (early overy point on the map ex-|fromlnn nee and fe ‘ fi Se his turn now to ater aneet place inthe | SFO’ AFM weary in twenty rounds to hold a championship fight, |}? (iin case he inight prefer to ‘risl ” nis in a short bout, or ¢ “tong-hairs” have California) 41+ for eight rounds, no di 0nd ONL | wierd and Demp-| New Jerscy. In that case th f ly way would lose all championship aspects | and be laughed out of the big gate In Opening Game Here Against the Phillies ~ Tu i F oF if get over the State lino be by proving they are lily- i money class. white, pure-sculed amateurs, who challenger, and Alfred do ‘Oro, the | i i inting i Be Sabeoking if tn payment, for think ot /Should Be Not Less AFF Was" No-DEusiod | BAmPion, for the championship of | Oe rele i kesh Ciba sg it oll : Bias gevoting. i te, parment, for ring (Than Twenty Rounds. in thrce-cvshion bitiiards,| Attendance, Still the New Yor! ub Gave Their Followers hig rtval might be allowed to box four! ne real thing for itickard, Willar4| stesso coven staur . night at the Friars’ Club, Plenty to Enthuse Over by the Manner They Defeated Jack rounds, if they did it in a cellar and) aig Deinpsey to do, of courses iv to AS HE DID wiTH the former won by a score of 50 points Coombs’s Team. didn't anybody about & before) noi the championship fight under MORAN . to 28, making a total of 100 points for muss : real championship conditions, in som Western or Middlo Western State, 1 should not be less than twenty round= only, questions before Rickard|!r any casi nd twenty-five woulu be better. Rickard would have plenty ‘Where can he the b! gate? | of room to build an arena to hold th How few rounds will Willard stand | biggest crowd that ever saw a batt! Cannefax und 78 points for de Oro. | Shas aie tit ae and By Hugh S. Fullerton. j Ho bably would have been forced each man had a high of six. Coorngnt, 4010. bs tin Prom Mepimting Oo, | OUL wnyrOW, but had he run out the | ° >) The final block will be payed at the | ie New York Evening Works.) play he would have looked good. A ‘ —Pe | Friars’ Club to-night, Ne YORK ripped the final halt | rent sa better thas iad ans 72 zg: i i i i t i A nig was better than I had an- for when the title goes with the ref-|in the ring. The crowd would con of the ld off the metropolitan | ticipated, Barnes looks to be some- _ eree’s verdict? from all over America, There havi baseball season yesterday and|th of an improved pitcher, the - x Of course Jess ia always willing to | been no great sporting events for four spilled enthusiasm all over the island | ou eld is as good or better than Neten to reason, If Tex Rickard of-| years, and the country is hungry fo. BASE BAI I AVERAG S and Fis Brooklyn |CVer and the infield haa promise of ng him another $100,000 he might) one. ~ Won, while Up in Boston the Ys poe i ue in e ace age. ite need an car trumpet to get Rick-| The fight would draw heavily fron 4 A : A ervabigs nai aed! Carthy ts the same and Smith, after ard’s meaning. So, perhaps, Rickard ull citi the Woat us well us fron Of American and National Leagues Pro Championship In August bespeacoyyrtalg aad la msionals laneentavarec preated ity can pick the boxing site to suit him-| those af™ng the Atlantic. Kusterners Wi ; yg BS the Red Sox for the second tim and clevar, h unfamiliar with Ce to araw « $500,000 | No hans been tied down by war con Copyright, 1010, by Al Munroe Tine Vill Be Great Tryout for | Altogether it a happy oc il enenite sn ue naa S67 le) ee w @ $500,000] ditions would make it a vacation trip. ae as ~ d th : a Aiay, WhO Heal (Lc € great young catcher gata with tie Jetiriee Tohuson. fent| Willard would anew the penuiatiot ®:| AMERICAN LEAGUE FEATURES. | NATIONAL LEAGUE FEATURES. Engineers’ Club Course. and the Queen of the May, who neatly | heeding” expe ‘when it was to have been held in San| Kansas and Oklahoma ad he six players that engaged in all] Although seven players engaged in | presented her: inh rl It wa OEP He should beat that with| bunch from Chicago, which is a fair |#tMes their clubs played last yearlevery tilt for thelr clubs last year, | 1 : Slane crn big day in Flatbush, with Willard-Dempesey. ly large village even when compares | have played in every game to date] put five of this number have kept uy By William Abbott | ree, was on lover. FL Thgapaged My pally Moped vbr Willard always fancied himself asa|to New York. Dempsey would draw | this seaso : Wei HE 1 jonas nel Was on | over seen there, and the Robins jus tance scrapper. The night] men from all over who like his Une get om One of thom, Everett) their record of performing steadily anne amen of He) peRaet te of the fans by win- Babe the travese fight with Johnson | and his chances, but particularly fron | ScCtt has Hot missed a single contest |/to date, Of this number Fred Lude- Professional Golfers’ Association | > 00 spectato ings OF coures |Site ed another ‘Mag Jess told me he wouldn't hurry|the Pacific Coast. In his old home| °f the last 391 consecutive games| rus of the Phillies easily outdistances will be played over the new | ales ie ‘ : postponement of the opening had | Stine, t S08 rages the job next day. He'd hang around| country Dempscy ix regarded an th. | Played by the Red Sux, The remain-|ai rivals for Fred has not been ab. |coUrse of the Engincers’ Club during | i". ra ever prowated by Willag Kite effect, but the big deterrent wasltonisne wins ovidintie he neo w on the strictly defensive for | coat’s third avy weight champion | ing five aro “Home Kun” Baker and] sent from the line-up since June 1,)'2® Week of Aug. 25. This tournament Time abd sonal smart pret [the fact that Mayor Hylan took his|startel’ “They beat Diak Rotate Corbett and Jeffries were the othe: | Derrill Pra oY. @ " 4 4 o6 for tte pen in hand and made it legal | fry; ‘: ray reel boy over the title-gettei io dak gittarl be come coe rrill Pratt of the Yankees, Owen] 1916, paving played 401 consecutive regularly brings together the strong n-toembers’ and members’ tourns-|to play base! a astae Bt, . s’’ land that is a feat in itself, although Dp ‘ play 2 Pp. M. on th msn won't be able to time in Sult Lake City, Jack grow up| US of the Tigers, Harry Hooper of| games for the Phillies up to now. He | St bro talent in the country and it 18 | Por Out's vain cout ussite in'ea | SFet day of the week, commonly | wit te Auguste ns ut BOW a8 up after twenty rounds,” aaid| within sight of the Paciile. |the Hed Sox and Joe Gedeon of the! needs to play in the next seventy. (22 °xceptional course that can resist sight wie “medal vlay handicap euinamen; |Called Sabbath, : hash tabestty ten landcome Ward, “and I can fight all day long."| ‘The’ only thing necesiary to a rec. | Uirowns, C games to dethrone the “help of | the Skill of theso professional experts. ng must ine| ‘That act caused thousands to work | it's cyident from the system of ‘Willard tearned a defensive style|ord bre for this fight Th AP gr Oi gill St ‘ he ve E play evolved that Robby {ts using - MES Velrebee ene the kein eae ee for thie fant | ne following players each poled|iron Men," Eddie Collins, Members of the Engineers’ Club an extra half day yesterday and much the same stylo of attack that ia Bere ormace Geet, He Hikes to) that it be, eoording to the firs! | four hita in one game: Buck Weaver Olson is the first major leaguer | made special efforts to secure the big it : Pebbend Gunday afternoon elther at) scGraw has used so effectively Gime, and lean back from blows and| Kickard hax held back all announce: {424 Chick Gandil of the White Box, | {0 Score four runs in a game | Ivy | pro tournament this season through ie medal ar ifieatitn ‘indi | Sunday, therefore, will be the reai|f0", years: the rushing, aggressive, ‘his head and laugh to the crowd | ments about the place and the lensth| Wallie Schang, Lawton Witt ana|@8e,c#me through with as many curiosity t how th Saturday: | openini | “drive” system. Of course, McGraw ves esc niggetettagtely Raa tad Paha eR ta iat ed a | Harry Hooper’ | Same contest, Cy Williams and y to see how their new links duly 1 Tee 4h F |has been compelled to use this syw- Mbows there's nothing oo discour. | Prancisce to Reno cat hin a feg| The Browns flashed the frat triple ‘ath also tore off four safe|Will “stand up” under @ thorough abe loeet be sees te Both ee diante ant Hrookiee, neat tem of recent years Because of the @8 hghting a man you can't hit.| hundred thousand dollars. And even | $tetl in the majors this year, Sister, |"? during @ game test, This is the usual custom with aa 2. yaeck.” Awards |to open with Boston as the cpponent, | Weakness of his team at bnnting j count on wearing out Demp-| Tex missosa hundred thousand taken | Williams and. Deminitt were. the| Pt! Hanulten, the Pirates’ hurler, | most goifera, ‘They'll cheerfully cbip Mean merch, winnars ie te eater. (Dut the GlanfS will get Boston, and| (Which was shown again yesterday) Say by letting the amaller man Murl| right out of his jeans. ‘This time he| burglars who won every gume he pitched last |i thousands of dollars to bave their | pt digner by the lots; best Individual wet | Brooklyn will get a chance to’ wel- | to cover the pitching weakness, j Wimeelf against an impregnable de-|1s going to have the whole thine} The White Sox slarhed 2t season, lost his first out this season. | aaa ate tees heh Rimeeite Brae come Jack Coombs back home as the | Robinson has no need to cover bis j fease for twenty rounds. roped, thrown and tied before «| Brownie hurlers, the most an |" ‘Phe 'Phillies-Robins playod to no |COUrS® streng.hened and brought to ball foursome, eighteen bole medal | Tee der of m team which to improving (Pitching, as he has the second best nly ing that could make|buye ‘his lomber for the arcen ar|in thelr league hit ina gume t Jueeision after batt ty innings, | the last word of golf architecture and |" ctuuilter: members fifty years. ad |and huatling, a ‘D8 | pitching’ staff in the league. Nor te want a short bout is lack of! makes a public announcement eareen a Only four iongor gaines were played /will then quickly invite the leading ie yl icesaplad csaeed —— |e, weaals J BUREN, yet he ie melee —— — cane merican League Piteh ational League Pitehi tars to discover a way to beat the Cun, auaiiticatin | The Giants simply romped over|‘t Well, with a quick switch to a foe. Chub, a WM, | Bitetig, coh re “*:, artificial barriers, : | tint, wnim, Si |Coombe's team yesterday and they |corefil old aisle system of one run 0” 300 Brot iia | : “4 | Saturdays with haudicape of | Showed something of the old, rushing |! # “me when the team gains the } . ° oO lhe Oineiunau Lhe Hngineers’ Club course down | tighten or more “ ‘ Filead, He has the right system and gers Loo. ike Coming 0 ike at Long Island, designed and. laid | j,J2% & fad SoPriiloes of the coume trom | Screw, getvle, Ut Attack, which in jfeems to have the men who eam | Hy . Fj uly i to duly’ 5, incluaie to conteatare in'tte | Spires More confidence in them than| “ . lod ; jout by Herbert Strong, was opened |? ; invitation "tournament, Thurmlay | has been expressed by the experts. |C*rry it out y eahieer holes, ante |" "hey took all the kick out of Mule| 1am Surprised at the hopeful amd riday morning, e904 | Watuon, wearing Wood his pitcting {almost conddent spirit of the Robina. 41 met Kd Konetchy wp Broadway and he is as full of pep and confi- jlast year, It hag many new wrin- | sirut Si |kies, especially greens that will doty | 0") EF; ‘ all but the most capable putters, | fiom round "Wig n-tole telat play handicap {in the third inning for five runs a a nrize for best fit On i cl ‘01 vith seadmatsigon Clin guitars woatt coming back in the fourth with Champions in Opening Battle Robbie’s Men a Much Improved | >« by a host of his admirers. The | hy ball “foursome; "cig more, After Lew McCarthy ripped| dence @s 4 youngster. Te 1s pleased 1 pitcher gave three smiles and four| ws oe lack for action this season, according EMR oie han aslear nto the Pee | with his berth id With hie teams + Team Over Bunch That — | andenakes tn return, | to the club schedule just announced Fon eco | Gala ashes with tee on Gases im the on" paper it wold Took to Be Met Yanks Recent! ay ' Fhe Sipe BEyures Beovige Beni? oe © cout; yeiaee prewented by Japanese mem- | fourth there was*no longor any in-|@ ard Punch fo, make harmonies \ i ! rucrer, the’ Diniker catchers ia luda’ ante a8 | “Ttly 19 Tombetone Golf, open to pl terest {n the contest, and the two us s harmony and hope. | ee ¥ Krueger, tho Dodger catcher, In the players, Included in the season's 19. Tomba'one Got to players with : teen or over, Brive presented by | Managers strove to please the crowd aoe contest. 470 py, {DY Tushing as many youngsters into! Hugsins pulled something on the #400.P, 4] the exhibition as possible to show/Red Sox when he sent Allen Russell ctanrng | Wares. to the slab, Russell was not sap i lng sith ox Barhes’s pitching for the Glants/ posed to be near his condition, yet wane ponte tee anazs | worked like a machine until the result| he stopped the Red Sox utterly and ufteea’ Hancienn, sightaen-hole wate) | AE beyond doubt, after which he| held Ruth helpless, having only one wr. cightoen hole Meds! | cased up and saved hintself and al-| troublesome inning In t me. So, ty Oral’ tebraud |lowed the minority to make a bit/altogetler, it was a big day for tho more respectable report, although the| metropolitan t izhth inning, with Wheat on second and Konetchy on first, he slammed Ric Freyer. the ball to dee tre f h: U 0 deep centre for three | ITH the able assistance of old | pases. This sewed up tho pastime ; man Jupe Pluvius the Brook-| Brooklyn scored their other run in| B{uma® typ ball team opened their|the fourth inning when Zack Wheat | home season at Hpbets Field yester- | 62!krt. Wane We pesond op. seat | H crifles by Myers and crossed the | day afternoon. A large attendance of| home plate on Malone's one base hit fans saw the Dodgers come out on top| to centre, events is a novelty tournament to be| Fran M. Sehils, known as the Splash Cup Handicap. | pJuly 2) Won This is to be competed for during 1919 and 1920. The contestant mus: put in the kitty a ball for every tim he playa into the water at the sixth, eventh, ninth, tenth and seventeenth holes, Ifa lie 1s such that the ball may be successfully plaved out no| penalty will be exacted for the stroke.| Aug %—-Women's handicap toamament, 3 Winner for each week rakes in the|?. al. Faghtern i Bt. Torts chief benefit was in giving the Giant) molal play; prince pressited in : of @ & to 0 score, the Boston Braves | collection of bails and retains pos- |" ag™NU" statu nica pas; prem pee | THe Mas taen considerable doubt | lars for the fret Sunday games [:~ betug on the short end. Sherrod Smith, who helped Uncle session of the cup until it {8 won by fearua i enters pas doen considermmeld this | ere laid yesterday and the prospects WeAccss glawad 4 bat and|S# cut of his trouble with Kaiser another member, This novelty, as mt a4 ont seaterday Tr atudied. (el Crt that all prds for attendance Be soewere payed goo bal ane lil, practised with the Do | well as the season's schedule, was ar- | yo #yo" Uy dlare MeM Eee oy eae eee casibin at fleet | at *he Polo Grounds and at Eb *@id not look like the team that played| When the Brooklyn pitcher was | ranged by Chairman Walter B. Meh! | ant may tet eightee w Ore as can a bee ¥ ikea cking out eld will be broken if the ; the Yankees an exhibition game at|asked how he liked the war be re ind Herbert B. Buchanan, William Hijet ord sepond priees sive ag Teen ee aouren DeCAae man Kindly refrains from of the calculations, of Ho Yawger and Jonn H. Tennant.) any more of that wet stuff Vhe Tournament Committee mapped ¥ id , ¥ Pst aid ound. From the rush of applicants lie played on old "No. 1 groen, ries prsental by Archie MeArtiur he is not %f first major | in perfect condition and ex is no doubt but that Magee on second \ Ebbets Field a short while ago, There | | pect to have a great season. Hoty | out al unusual features for Amt gt clammy) _lavittion tommament; | her, althouxh a handy yeiity MAR A |for reserved sents the moment. the $end Konetchy on first have strength: | Can rely on mo to add some pointe co women players when arranging the nin, tira ats pote |THE, Toservo, final judement, G2] Mayor took hls pen in hand ana | eped the nine to a considerable ex-| the won col Scan taint enual schedule, which 1s attractive | ertes mats t howént net murm to doub' f ne ne final flourish to the D, PRE RAF EAN ree umn. I never felt better | {% mn i | those with bend! crely flashing In the pan or whether | ¢. ; A. 3 Th) tent. in ny life, Thank you | for its varied events, ‘The schedule jpauane, with handi. | merely = Ban Br wheter | ne on Manhattan Island wants he is playing ba Fighteen tole “n | ood, pulled off Tight lowest net mors to | stuff and seemed th follows: May 10-4en bandioap for men: eighteen Tesial pay; two-hall oontest, Player to Sunday. announcement Two errors were charged against! the home team, ana they were both|,,7h%, Fame of yesterday was Prot. | siderable fancy | ne old Hal d become a law h ; | drive ‘two elect tet tie and Prize prevented iy Lens | u $ ure start of the season and| [ere tae Mall witht club's ‘lerath cf it, con | Chevrolet, 4] Doyle ia a surp Ay eal at the opening yes Ygped throws, one by Olson and the| third win, Boston bowed tothe big | fi mt | drop other, ball wi n Ween r |slowed terribly last year and it waslbut it is a sate warer that, mentees ‘other by Pfeffer. The latter pitched| pitcher in two contests and Phila ofscanpons " i a question whether he could come! permitti back. Yet here he is, lighter than in| to.day HOW “travs’ THEY ‘200cc8" STAND ) coverne” more round in the" seid |i +g grand game, and while he was in a|delphia in on / tight pinch several times he tightened | ye bret fetea tap wad did not allow a visiting player Incidentally, Boston in all their starts, the attendance yesterday, nd Sunday will smash all y records ever made in bage= not excepting a World's Series, Hy M hero o : ae ares In the fame way'| Tocidentally Davy Roberteon Neen ee ella oft tan |Piuladelenia’ contests reccivan on ite | Bema! ; NATIONAL LEAGUE, AMPRICAN LEAGUE, | Manap both in the flold nnd on the | Wire diteoe Y, fends, for work. was able to get but four hits off the] ) tN? pI Me oop tee + Fecelved a big) Gerber, Bt a Me aay Gee ve Wi POA Clue et ey pas u nw ue be made of him r rom the 3 he wi ed to 0 Ht. PC. 5 5 os 8 not yet certain. The one big pitcher, and he made five fan the| (he pi D aacand innings ine ‘ y Imad y 1 976] Philadstphte., 3. 9 62 26] detrat ......9° 4 420] ‘That was not so much of a surprise! ia that he will have. a hard apes ferocne. flelder roeponded with asaingie to ete 3 70 ot 26 +4 2 .667/ Washington 3 4 429) to me as was Zimmerman, Zim last Into the outfield now ti fe by 7 248.878) Phi 4 par slowed down t en-second t ‘ at if Brooklyn continues playing the|flcld._ In four trips to the plate My- |e aidh tetra, fy a $3 Hi “a2 felt tmnt s 6 a9] ceen—ton seconde for ten yards, fi Pgpenre to'bo wetting inte his 7 de two hits and sacrified oil)" Clevelan # ¢ “ Nae a | nine ‘ ferand of ball they faralebed, yester-| twice. Thie gave hiin @ 1000 por cont he area Hy 13 GAwes YESTERDAY, GAMES YESTERDAY, was slower than, McCarthy in passing | ft, by the way, upset yesters day the borough across the river can) average for the day va, 7 . 2 9 New Yor, 14; Philadelphia, 2, wan a given point a FPrIn® Ne l00Ks 8 game entirely by Dis two-base consider itself in the running — Maye, Horton ° i = Philadelphia, 2. |lighter, fuster and better in every nit in the third inning. That bit is for the pennant, “Moran, who gave decisions on the!? : ; 2 4 Clevelane, 6, | way. Unfortunately hb made a kind | worth studying if we desire to know . “Twas a perfect day for Squire|bases, did not seem to have his eyo Gaxinw, Cleveland” ..: 6 oR Louls, | 06 exhibition of Bimaait taterday in| the real strength and the attacking , on the ball, He was guilty of three aed } a) i failing to run out a p © was on | power of the Giants. > Milan, Wash. ... 1 2 § MES TO-DAY, first when the batter (as usual with . what they <- — REE RR sd F Renith | Ne Washington at Phi " home team was ae home| thought of him. Umpiring is no bus — etnies a athe ona ee | sag yey The Falls aratdied Boe play, let the TERA AND BILLIARDS, ‘and presented with vellon |inaee TAD aetontes 3 Aicm, Phi Fi , nic. t J Pearce, Poladelgala if 2 Louis at Chlease ping, eo he was forced out at second | HUM eanieaneunios ances NN ante CTL os