The evening world. Newspaper, May 16, 1919, Page 22

oe Evening World Readers Recom- » mend Referees for Willard- Dempsey Fight — Australian Championship Claims Dis- puted. Corres Nan York eaten Wena) there is anybody who doesn't want to referee the Willard- Dempsey fight, let him stand up, Byer since we made the suggestion in this column that perhaps the pub- He could decide on a man for the Position we have been swamped with Jetters containing names of all man. Ber of would-ve officials, some of whom we know and others we never heard of. if Willard and Dempsey ‘were called upon to select the most eapabie of them thay surely would be confronted by a prize puzzle. Jack Skelly is perhaps the most oe judging by the nunvber of ters he has, but there are others, running from Patsy Hey, to Johnny White, who since the rton law times has been a politician, Tam- many Alderman and @ movie picture impresario. Still, Johnny has fo! lowers who remember his work as third man in the ring at the old Broadway A. C., who delleve he would ‘be Just the man for the important 4’ ‘Then there are the later day fans, whose candidate is “Slim” Brennan, ho #0 ably refereed the recent Leonard-Willie Ritchie bout tn Newark. Listen to this, from Ave- nue B, New York Cit ly candidate for referee of the ‘Willard-Dempsey fight is a man who, he had @ license to referee in New York, never was given a chance, so he went over to Newark and made His name is James Wad Jater in Philadelphia centres, and who wa counted out Fred Fulton over in Ha: rison the day that Dempsey knock y plasterer out, while “Red” MoNierny of Pittsburgh turned around to spit, is also recommended by sev- eral readers of The Evening World. agen is certainly not lacking in e neces: experience. Billy Toach, over in France at pres- ent providing boxing entertainment for the soldiers there, is also men- tioned. go I hope this ind apace rest sporting page of them “bp, E, KBENAN, No. 259 Ave. B.” HIB BOYLE of Elizabeth, LETTER from Tommy Dunn, N. J. who held amateur and) amateur lightweight champion of Kentucky, suggestea the name of Lou Bauman of Cincinnati. “He is well known in the Middle West,” says Dunn. “He is the man GOLUMN GRABBING THEM AT JA ty ¥ ANOREW MILLER — Quite PRESENT— Fistic News and Gossip By John Pollock Tom Andrews, the boxing promoter of Milwaukee, is trying to sign up Willie Jackson for a ten-round bout with Johny Dundee at the big audi- torium tn his city the latter part of this month. Dundee made a big hit with the fight fans there by outpoint~ ing Ritchie Mitchell, the popular fighter 6f Milwaukee, in a recent ten- round bout and the fight fans are anxious to see the sturdy little Italian who gave the decision and welter | i: sa) ax Staton” bout with Jackson. title to Ted Lewis over J: ing qualifications of number of candidates for the ich is one for Willard and Demp- acy to fll man who brought the late lamented Les D'Arcy to this country from Aus- tralia, He said he didn’t want to knock anybody, but in the course of | conversation he certainly, sent the) props from under the claims made by | Charlie Harvey for Hector Melville, | who recently arrived here from the | Antipodes billed as the featherweight champion of that country, Said Tim: “I wish to correct this misleading | statement. For the past seven years | the featherweight title has been held and is held to-day by Jimmy Hill. Hill left Australia aboard the steamer | Ventura on May 7, bound for New York. On his arrival here I will en- deavor to arrange a match between Hill and Johnny Kilbane for the world's title. I will also match him ith Leonard, Dundee, Mitchell and any other good boys, featherweights of htwelghts. A few pounds either way won't bother Hill. ring his stay on this side he will be managed by me. that capacity for him on side, Melville tried hard to relieve Hil of the championship on two oc- jest ae ae tearee in Australia in a gre years.” Charley, looks as if Hector has put something over on you. unsafe; to pay more is extravagance. nd TWO STORES rar BROADWAY & NINTH STREET 30 EAGT 42D STREET » S.* Make it snappy” as the dog said in doing his bit. To pay less is 4 wiht I HHH Fceek £& li: H F : i i I sf é i i & i il fe 2 \-4 e z 5 Ee | i i E | i &E-F i I i HF) il H i ee G és g ty = : i i I 5 f : ij the receive were DUNDEE DEFEATS WHALEN IN ST. PAUL DEBUT. Gyecial to The Dresing World.) ST. PAUL, Minn, May 16—Setting a hurricane pace from the start and never letting the local boy get set, Johnny a ted Billy Whalen of St. Paul in ten fast rounds for geome bey geeee ‘announced wo. is. 00. eg halen, and thi 4 saw nothing but gloves, but by clever clinching and ducking mani to kee} from being hit on ® vulnerable spot. ‘This was Dundee's first appearance in St Paul and he made a Frat hit with the fang by his style of fighting, for time and in he sent the crowd int @ frensy 0} . rach excitement with Pe, Woh my los, al end ol Punto’ was loudly cheered by the spec tators. BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK DODGES PLAYED By Thornton Fisher JounNyY LoFruSs RIDER OF SiR Ber WW THE KENTUCKY DERGY AN THE PREAKNGSS Veg pel fee “WORL 4 ’ MAICA TRACK Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Uvening World.) Hasn’t Gone to Dogs and Irish Are Still in it, Father Duffy Finds. By Bozeman Bulger. find out what Is the matter with baseball, 4,000 miles is a pretty good jump, but 2,000 of those who ‘saw the Giants clip the fur of the Cubs for the third time on Father Duffy's Day made it, And‘it was well worth the trip. ‘Two mnonths ago we were all on the Rhine, wondering what b: i) was like, when a fellow came along from the States and told us that the old game was gone to the dogs, that it would have to be revolutionized, that there was not much interest and a lot of sad things like that. We might have known better, because he con- fessed to us that he didn’t know exactly where the pass gate was lo- cated, but somehow you believe a lot of stories when you are a long way from home. This fellow even said that practically all the Iriah were out of the game, And that was a knock- out. ‘We all felt 90 badly about it that we even went to see Hagenback’s Circus and took a look at the aged Mons. And here, one month from the time we left Coblenz, we find Father Duffy, the beloved fighting chaplain, sitting in a front box keeping a box score and asking for a soft pencil to under- score the smashing hits made by Doyle, MeCarthy and Burns—an even trying to claim Ross Young as Irish, ‘The one bit of revoluttonizing noted was the undisciplined smile that broke from either corner and ran all over the chaplain’s face, ‘The visitors who had come from afar saw two hours of as clean-cut baseball as one could hope to enjoy. They also saw a larger and more en- thusistic crowd than any of those in pre-war days, It was quite an after. oon, “The only thing that I can see the matter with the old game,” observed Father Dufty George Burns poled @ beauty that settled the Cubs, “is, if this keeps up the stands won't be big enough,” . “And about those Irish being out of: the eo?" I reminded him, @ only man that can put the HOW “incr THEY “isiccs’ STAND NATIONAL LEAGUE. AMERICAN LEAGUE, Owe, he PC) Clue, Web, PO, K Pitteberyh ... 8 8 800 Priladelohia., 6 @ 388 an 20 20 we 5 618] Phitadeiphts GAMES YESTERDAY. Wow York, @: Chicage, 2. att, 10; Brockiyn, © (13 tneinge. Pittsbergh, 8; Phitadeiphia, @ Beston-Bt, Louie (ood weather), GAMES TO-DAY, GAMES YESTERDAY, Baseball Better Than Ever | To Those Who Haven’t Seen Game Since War Started FRIDAY, MAY 16 Bozeman Bulger, for many years baseball expert of The Evening World, returns to the Sport’ng Page to-day, after two years’ service with the army as Major of the 306th Infantry. He will appear regularly on this page. , 191 Of Midsu Old Rosebud Loses to Flags After Fine Performance— Resumption Like a Reunion. the By Vincent Treanor. HE racing season, inaugurated at Jamaica yesterday, got off tc the best start it has had in years and what looked like an ordi- nary card of races for an opening day in Irish out of a game,” he replied, “is the umpire, It was a terrible to. fool us this way.” t was, If baseball has gone the dogs are going to have SOME party. From the baseball point of view it was @ game won by the simplest method yet known to research and sclence—the Willie Keeler system of “hitting ‘em where they ain't,” the system that improves with age. the third inning the Giants smoked out Douglass; took a toe hold and fired, registering to wit: Fletcher doubled and McCarthy scored him with a direct hit on the wall. Causey bunted, but Merkle—the same old Merkle that I testified for in the his- toric not-touching-second _case— played the ball a little too fast to third and everybody was safe, Mc- Carthy scoring. Then to remove any | possible doybt Burns doubled and, to all intents and purposes, right then, we might as well have washed up |and gone home. The rest of the game furnished sport that would be en- thurod over in midsummer. Eve! one of the six events was well con- tested and the crowd of about 15,000 got its fill of thrills. The weather could have been better, but race- goers are not finicky and in the ex- citement attending the resumption of their favorite pastime had little time to complain of the raw wind which swept the lawn and into the grand- stand, The rain which fell lightly at first and threatened to develop inte @ real storm was hardly noticed. Aside from the sport provided the day served as a general reunion for all hands. Men met who haven't seen each other since last fall and they greeted one another like long rlatives. Handshaking was noticed | on all sides. Tom Healy, the R. T.! Wilson trainer, deserted Pimlico to be on hand at the opening. He wel- comed his many friends back to the| fold, as it were, and was giadsomely | greeted in turn, “Boss” Shevlin, the/ owner of the popular Aqueduct track, was kept busy in the clubhouse swap- ping opinions on the season's outlook with Andrew Miller, John Sanford| and other to whom racing is like first love. Tom Welsh in his accustomed pose in the paddock smilingly saluted bis many acquaintances. Billy Clancy nodded “How are you?” to hbun- dreds, Simon Healy, who this year ts training a most important branch of Willis Sharpe Kilmer’s stable, in- i lost | was a cold formality, Simple, businesslike way tu do It, isn't it? But there were a lot of things about that affair to interest many of us,who had mot seen @ ball game for two years, For instance; When at least two thousand of those present hiked away from here two years ago’ this month Larry Doyle was supposed to be in his do- tage—all through. In fact, he had been traded to Chicago. To-day he is faster than he ever was in his life, is hitting the ball better and his speed in fielding around second is a con- stant source of astonishment, How they can get that way passeth a slow understanding—like ours. Ross Young had not been heard of then. To-day they tell me he has won the brown derby as the coming phenom of the day, We are well pre- pared to believe it. Looks funny to see Davy Robertson on the bench, but what can be done about it with a youne fellow out there hitting .500 and everything? Yes, and old Jean Dubuc, ticketed for the minors and dropped by De- trolt, is back here calmly winning ball games for the Giants! And, another thing: The crowds are |larger, much more enthusiastic and the games are played so fast and businesslike that one doesn’t have a chance to get cold. Now—this is a real expose: Charles Rigler, umpire extraordinary. invited a party of us into his post of command up under the stand—friend- ly, too—and told us without equivoca- tion that umpiring was a cinch! “No trouble at all,” he insisted. “No quarrels nor anything. The players seem to be so businesslike and so snappy in their work that they don’t even have time to bother about riding the umps. Now, take it from me, this is SOME baseball year,” Yeas, 1t looks as if the game had been revolutionized, just like that fellow told us, but we are still won- dering why he acted as if he wanted us to Dust out crying. A few more Leale. revolutions like this and they'd hav to build two Polo Grounds to hive the proletariat. ee ea ea yh A vn cluding many promising two-year-|, olds, spread his Irish smilc all over| the track, and Louis Feusel, who is}; back where he belongs among the|| more prominent trainers by reason of}; his having the.extensive stable of the Glen Riddle Farm and the leading jockey, Johnny Loftus, under his care |! and management, was modestly re-|) ceiving congratulations throughout the afternoon on his early successes at Pimlico, Out on the lawn it was the same way. Layers and players started a new year under conditions that at this early date never looked more promising. Perhaps the most Interesting ha pening of the day was the running of the Paumonok Handicap, in which that good old favorite, Old Rosebud, went down to defeat behind Flags after a fine performance, The aged gelding ran a creditable race, and with none the best of the luck fin- ished second in a manner that con- vinced many that he would have won with a@ little further to go. Btili nothing could be detracted from the credit due Flags for his victory. He fought his way to the fro * at the far turn and maintained his advantage to the end, He had a skilful rider on his back in Lyke, and the horse was benefited by his good handling. No excuse could be made for any of the other starters except possibly Fairy Wand, who was straggling io the rear when the barrier went up.| Lucullite was one whose performance | was noteworthy, He came from far back courageously, although too late to suit many a wise speculator who before post timo regarded ’his chances with much confidence, He doubtles: will do some other day. The seaso is young. If W. J. Salmon by the showing of his Teddy Rous- seau in the opening event, he had good reason to feel elated over the victory of Eddie Rickenbacks the two-year-old which carried hi colors in the Suffolk Stakes, Mr, Salmon has been a libesgl patron of racing under most adverse circum- stances, but now it appears his color bearers will make up for lost time, We understand he has some promi ing two-year-olds yet to show, and trained with unusual care 4 disappointed ‘Wopiand ready Bo Racing Season Is Opened With Big Crowd and Sport mmer Variety lish Owner Salmon firmly in the rac- ing world, Frank Kramer and Arthur Spencer will meet in @ one-mile match race at afternoon. had to be passed up on account of rain. The extra week has given Kramer that much more time to train and he Is now match. be un third heat is necessary a coli tossed to decide how it should be rid- den. CHESTER, Chester Vase Handicap, which had « GREAT BLL UP 1 7 | THRTEENTHINNNG Reds Then Snow Under Home Club With a Flock of Hits and Runs, By Richard Freyer. HE BBC-9 (Brooklyn ball club nine) hopped off from Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon: with Cincinnati as its destination, Com- modore Mamaux was in charge. After the machine had travelled twelve miles engine trouble developed and the BBC-9 was forced to seek shelter, Up to and including the twelfth mile Commodore Mamaux had his machine under perfect control, He could make it do nose dives, loop the loop, in fact just as he bid, but when the thirteenth mile was reached a barrage of moths were thrown on the Commodore's machine and trouble started, In other words, this is a story of @ baseball game between the Brooklyn and Cincinnati ball teams, The con- test went thirteen innings. At ‘the end of the first twelve innings the game stood at even, BUT—Iin the first half of the thirteenth (some peaple claim that's a jucky number, but not Uncle Robbie) the Reds, with the as- sistance of two triples, one double, five singles, two sacrifice hits, two walks and four misplays, included tn which were two wild throws and @ booted ball, sent ten of their players over home plate and spoiled what looked like a perfect day for the Dodgers. ‘The final score was 10 to Love, The latter means nothing ‘np tennis and sounds better than zero In baseball, If Brooklyn would have played their usual brand of bal the contest might have been going yet. The first visitor to face Mamaux in. the thirteenth walked, Neale then attempted to sac- rifice and was safe on Malone's error. This should have been one out. Groh grounded to Mamaux, who threw wild past third. The Brooklyn twirler had a good chance for a double play here, and, providing Malone had not made his error, the Reds would have been blanked, No credit should be taken away from Hod Eller, who was on the mound for the Reds. Mr. Eller is the gentieman who pitched the one and only 1919 no-hit game in the National League and from the manner which he served that old baseball to the Brooklyn players he is some pump- kin and deserves worlds of credit. The home players made just five hits off his delivery and they were all scattered. One in the fourth, one in the fifth, one in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth, Kr Veiodrome, in Newark, Sunday Last week's proposed race excellent. condition “for Sunday's The first heat of the match will second a and if a in will be Mr. Bruce Thompson, the gentle-" man who claims to have a trained “phonossoruss,” whatever that 1s, which tells him when the Dodgers; are going to win, was paged in the tenth inning by the fans, but Bruce did not answer to his name Air Raia W . England, is Chester Vase. May 16—The ‘The series now stands two to one in Brooklyn's favor. To-day is another) dav. Perhaps the worm will turn. ‘Troy £TFailored SOFT COLLARS Most soft collars wrinkle easily. This tendency has been overcome to a marked degree by the band stiffening exclusively featured in “Arrows.” , CLUETT, PEABODY & CO, Inc. | TROY, NEW YORK RACING TOMORROW AT JAMAICA LONG ISLAND $5,000 KINGS COUNTY HANDICAP $2,000 MONTAUK STAKES AND FOUR OTHER GOOD RACES. BUGINNING AT 2.30 P.M. 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