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

. BEST S THE SPORT OF KINGS! YOU SAID IT Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co. Old_ Sport Discusses the Doings From Pacing to EW HATS doing to-day in the sporting world?’ The old | % sport eunk himeelf deeper Bis roomy chair, took an extra long ‘on his perfecto and said: “Ask! something easy, son. I have all (= BAB do to keep track of a few of the n A man would need a secre- pmaty to keep posted on everything going on. > here it realized the racing season Just think of what past. and the same kin & crowd headed to Belmont Park r the first big handi- Doesn't seem the year, too. time since the day that Billy Banaster won it all by him- Great sport, racing, with enough take up nearty all of ‘and buts to man's time. one All you aced game is lot: of money. iT as if we didn't have plenty to interest us already, this '# Rickard chap has to go and up another heavyweight cham fight” The old wee him at the kid nephew tells he's a kerjack football player too, one o: birds who grabs the bali and the fleld through A of it, 1 remember me only recent! Frisch is the fastest football That boy ye he laban of iis the length of : of tackling. “Now that I mS Tom Tho! in the country, ought to know., He regarded Eddie is Metropolitan day already and I had was this mean to me and a lot I can soe old-time 40,000 ito old Morris Park. hat was, boy yes, and here is anothe sport D “I see where he has hustled t to Toledo again to keep things in preparation for a half- dollar crowd on July 4. I ran Biltmore Jast id AROUND THE TICKERS and Gossip By John Pollock Phil Glagaman, ma ler, the crack Philadelphia lightweight, ‘has completed his card of bouts for the Open air boxing show of the season in Philadelphia, which Phil expects to stage on the night of June 4. There will be three main bouts of six rounds’ battlers: o ! “for the six-round bout between the west side fighter, and K. 0. Pe,, bare just A. Phil. 1, Tie will ‘bout in Unie ‘daughter be- caver was booked for FLEET, if [ti & i if the Pennaylramia ¢ Montreal Sporting aft, will battle To-night he mecte ay at the Atlantic City Byort- as the speediest man he ever 1 night Lary Wiliams for eight ‘on the gridiro after seel! ‘Why,’ say: 7 aged be a sprinting cham. y training. Yes, sir! Graw chap. but changed hi ING about Tom Thorp re- minds me that we have seen the last of Jim Thorp, the In. in a Giant uniform. McGraw Just sold him to the Boston Na- where he will probably get a c A fine fel- fw is Jim and the Polo Grounds fans ‘WAL miss bim, but it can't be helped, besides, we have a notion that | Joni eGraw knows what he is doing injv. to play regularly, af him. HE old sport isn't much on golf and he admits it, still he never overlooks anything ing twist to it. witb “That fourteen-year-old Jones kid to fight out that be some golf t Scarsdale y ly to lose out by one up ot wentieth hole,” he said, lightin the butt again. re age, T ey, tel this one Willie is a min- id Broad with forearms and of a middleweight fighter, from Port Deposit, like a second Phil Carter, , Who beat him, is sev: teen lg from Lawrenceville, down at Fine game, this gol . Tuned to think it was for old fogies, but be- ‘ changed my mind about there wasn't much else of quence in the sport world to- DUt there surely Was enough to my eyes on the sport pag very much satistied away the re- is Frisch in a couple Thorp to me, had the benefit of a Mike Looks as has another ‘Pep’ Young ‘ ‘I understand he if Bo relation, either, to the other sen- 1 youngster, Jones of a couple 1 think his name was | 4 He id., and Lee Conn, and June 6 he will and go against Bob Ward, for fifteen rounds to # ‘ir boxing show of the ‘Thowaa has been identified thie kind of work for yoam he expecta to @ big puccem Of his new venture, ‘Thomas in the business A new boxing club hae been organised at Waterbury, Conn, It will be known as the New Polo A. ©, and will bold ite first boxing show on May 29 at the Auditorium there, Four eight- round bouts will be staged, Waller Mohr va, “Wee Wee" Barton, Med Allen vs, Phil Barber, y Shmgrue ve, Sapper Coban aud Red Ames ll"* Horan, Mike Coiling, the premier boxing promoter of Minneapolis, tne made © much money by hold. ing boxing shows indoors im hie city in the last four monthe that be bas decided to try his hand 8 | Sette Sach hete Guring the samme “munthe, Tevieicole to told Ye o/eaing how on, Meira ‘aftamoon, with Jock ‘sod Jobany Tima tn main bout, n ie | recent Genera Amembly, Gor. necticut Lae allowed the mensure to lapee, en, any bill which f, Boxing Show Here To-Night. The Knights of Columbus, through their secretary and boxing promoter, | Jimmy Twyford, will put on 4 boxing how to-night at Tuxedo Hall, 69th Street and Madison Avenue, for the tillan Council. Twyford has arranged five four-round bouts, and a cwenty- minute mreeeang conten, halves roung C * eSB i: 11 OR avg Kil regimen for his charge. THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919. Railroad Officials Meet To Make Pla Fight Turn July 4 Event Regarded as Great Transportation Prob- lem for Ohio City. TOLEDO, O., May 22.—Representa- tives of twenty-seven railroads, twelve electric railways and three steamship companies are meeting here to-day to work out transportation problems in- cident to handling the 60,000 or 75,000 persons expected for the Jess Witlard- hia on Monday| Jack Dempsey championship fight July 4. Facing the greatest transportation .| Problem in the history of the city these men will endeavor to agre> upon a schedule that will bring the visitors here and out agaia Jn 4 minimum of time and without confus‘on, It was announced that no rates would be given from any point, and that the trains would depart from the point where they are parked upon arrival, It will be announced to the passengers that the train upon which they arrived will leave at a designated hour from the point where it is put upon a side track. Every track in the terminal at Union Station will be cleared for the use of these special trains, dt may be that passengers will be permitted to occupy berths during the time they are here, The interurban problem will not be so difficult for the reason that service merely will be speeded up to handle the crowds from North- west Ohio and Michigan points, Jimmy De Forest of Long Branch, N, J., who is to take charge of Demp- sey's training, has arrived here. He is proceeding to outline a training De Forest parring partners with him from the Bast, and an- nounced that before the week is out he would have several others on the brought several jo. “Dempsey is going to train for a box- Ing bout,” declared the veteran trainer this evening. ‘The challenger already is In superb physical condition and there will be no need to try to improve on his naturab qualifications. What we'll strive to do will be to put him at his very best as a fighting machine, with- out sapping any of his strength.” David F, Fitage: 4 former’ Alder- man and Ting official of New Hayen, Conn., arrived here to-day to impress upon ‘Tex Rickard his qualifications as a referee for the big bout. He is the first candidate for the position to reach the battleground. Fitzgerald is a six- footer and welghs 20 pounds, He claims that he has refereed all of the {mportant bouts decided in Connecticut in recent years, Fitzgerald once ref ereed a bout in which Willard was one of the principals. Dempsey 1s nicely settled in his train- ing camp on Maumee Bay. | Dempacy splashed through the mud for a six: mile run in the morning. In the afternoon he played two games of handball, and that bit of exercise out of the way, he helped the carpenters build the outdoor latform on which he will do most of 18 training and boxing. Some unknown, HOW NATIONAL LEAGUE, Clue, WoL, PC.) Club, New Yerk....14 8 .737| Chicago . Cincindhti ...14 8 636 | Phitadetpnia, Brookiya . Pitteburgh NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES YESTERDAY, Pittsburgh, 4; Boston, 2, (ale), wleage (rate), THEY ‘icca” | admirer gat Dempeey. & check for $100 He inclosed’&. #1 bill_w\ch which. emp: je inclosed a whic - soy 18 to buy himeattla: clear tor his trouble. ‘The thing that puzzles Dempascy ts that the unknown m lected to send his: address. Jack Dempsey is being criticised be- cause he is going to chi to see him box. ‘The ring in which he will do his exhibition boxing will be surrounded by 4,000 seats, and the receipts should be heayy. Ohloans are by no means en- thusiastic over the proposal of the chal lenger to charge admission to his train- ing quarte; — FRED J. WAGNER TO START AIRPLANE DERBY MAY 30. Fred J. Wagner has been appointed official starter for the Airplane Derby which Will be held at the Sheepshead Bay Speedway, May 30 (Memorial Day). With Mr, Wagner wielding the flag an additional sporting interest is given this extraordinary event, which promises to be an epoch maker in the world of sports, Wagner has invented an electrical barrier for aviation which will be used for the first time in connection with the “Flying Circus” at the Bay Speedway on Memorial Day, He will also officiate as manager of the ceremonies at At- lantic City Friday and Saturday, when Lieut. “Locklear will pull his. ‘plane- changing stunt in miaair. Wagner and Lieut. Locklear will fly from Atlante City fo Sheepshead Bay on Sunday, and Locklear will be one of the features of the Airplane Derby at the bay track. pein Bil Benny Leonard Scores Knockout, TRENTON, N. J., May 22.—For four | rounds last night, at the Trenton A. C. George (Young) Erne of Buffalo, held his own against Benny Leonard, world's lightweight champion, ‘Then in the fifth round Leonard began to show his class and with lightning left Jabs and a bombardment of stiff right hooks had Erne on the brink of dreamland at the bell. In the first minute of the sixth round with cool, deliberate feints, Leonard drew his ,man into position and a shor tothe Jaw put irne down and out eee Ai ah Date for A. A. jonship Meet. Plans of the Amateur Athletic Union made public to-day call for staging the annual field and track events of the union Sept. 5, 6 and 8 on Franklin Field, ladelphia. Th been submitted to the National Chane Y the Nation’ pionship Committee for a which will close Friday, 1" will be staged unde: 5 the Middle Atlantic Assosta . a Harvard ¢ NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 22,—H vard has sent to Yale a challenge for 4 four-oared boat race on the day pre- ceding the Thames River Regat month. "The ‘members of auch a crow would be substitutes of the varsity eight, Yale will decline because the training this spring has not embraced four-oar work. Coach Mather Abbott may suggest ‘that the race be made one of eights, to be composed of four Varsity substitutes and four in each boat. viniiacas STAND * AMERICAN LEAGUE. Gauge ‘TO-DAY, Now York at Chicago Benton at (The New York Evening World). ORTING PAGE IN NEW YOR K NS cla TS SAID TO HAVE HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA WHEN @& TRAMP Me PLANED & 1000 TO DOCTORS NEVER REVIVED HIM HEAVY TRACK WILL REDUCE FIELD IN THE METROPOLITAN Track Rebuilt Since Last Year Is Regarded as Safe Just Now. By Vincent Treanor. LTHOUGH a field of ten is A named overnight to go to post in to-day’s Metropolitan Handi- cap, the first of the season's big stake races, scratches are likely to greatly reduce the number of starters. Rain of the last two days has left the Pel- mont track so heavy that the going is almost dangerous, The track has been rebuilt since last season, and when dry is considered the fastest in America, but just now a lot of sun and a high wind are needed to make it even good, New loam which has been used as a top dressing hasn't been packed down sufficiently to make the course abso- lutely safe for the reason that train- ers have not been permitted to use the track. All the work of the horses quartered at Belmont has been done on the training track, The straightaway course is in none too good condition either, In addi- tion to the rain, a water main burst yesterday up around the three-eighth pole, making the going knee deep at that particular spot. From what we could gather last night, the field in the Metropolitan is likely to be one of the smallest which ever struggled for the historic stake. Flags in great shape will probably go, and so will Papp. Naturalist will in all probability be sent right back after his winning race yesterday, but nothing can be promised for the rest of those ¥ :.ose names are in the en- tries, Too bad, for the Metropolitan not only ranks in importance with the Brooklyn and Suburban, but it always has been regarded as the race which furnishes a good line on handicaps to follow, The closing day at Jamaica was no good day for the wise birds who make the paddock their heddquar- ters, ‘They got good things galore, but only one of them, Poor Butter- fly, delivered. There wasn't enough price against her to ease the fall on the others, The followers of the good things got off on the wrong foot when Aerial tarried too long at the post in the first race, while Mlle, Dazie was away winging. Aerial had plenty of backing and with an even break might have made it more of @ contest, Ultra Gold was the real “info” in the second, but he got nothing, He had no excuse like Aerial, for he was away well and clear of early inter- ference. He simply stopped, and Toadstool, showing a lot better than he did against Ting-a-ling Tuesday, came home one of the easiest win- ners of the day, Hindoostan ran a fair race, but he was in sarly diffi- culties, Jack Joyner’s Abadane was = posed to be money from home in the third, Any old price was considered good enough. Naturalist, a superior mudder, was neglected almost en- Urely, When it came to racing, Naturalist went away on his toes and {t was no contest thereafter, Abadane never got near enough to him to even threaten. Scoots was good thing No, 8 to go by the board. He and Roi Craig went out and beat each other in the run to the home turn, They were jeg weary when the real pinch came, end Pastoral Swain, a 20 to 1 oo RSD DOIG TAY ArT 4 SHOT ano Won. BELMONT SELECTIONS. First Race —Lucullite, Out the Way, Old Rosebud. Second Race—No selections. Third Race—Flying Orb, Kirah, Eastern Glow. Fourth Race—Hol: Sweep On. Fifth Race—Princess, Camoufleur, Comme Ci. Sixth Race—Service Star, Flower, Armenus, ster, Papp, Flying Furnishes Father Dunne, War Hero, Tells Why He Had to Answer A. W. O. L. Charge. By Bozeman Bulger. HIS 1s contributed as a possible ali clue to the extraordinary popu- larity of baseball this season: While hiking along Eighth Avenue with the crowd of wet disappointees from the Polo Grounds yesterday I bumped into Father Dunne, chaplain of the 306th Infantry. He was in regulation uniform of a Lieutenant and on his right sleeve a tarnished wound stripe was still visible. “Just got out,” he explained. “Was delayed more than a week because I forgot about the army and found my- self A. W. O. L. When I got back |to camp our Colonel was not there to jexplain about that habit of mine, and I was a whole week getting them to discharge me. friends and take in a ball game or two, that's all,” was his answer to @ query about the A. W. O. L. charge. ‘That would have caused a laugh in the regiment, where they understood him, but when Father Dunne got back the regiment had been mustered out, and the camp authorities, it seems, couldn't get the joke of it. Don't get the impression from this that Chap- lain Dunne was not SOME soldier, On two occasions—on the Vesle and in the Argonne—he was cited for un- usual bravery and has been recom- mended for the D. 8. C. He was gassed and nicked with shrapnel while in the front line helping attend the wounded—against orders too, They simply could not keep him out of the line, The doughboys almost worship him, “You don't blame me for that?” he asked with childlike sincerity, refi ring to his absence without leave, “I had to see that ball game!" This chaplain, who has seen as much actual fighting a8 any dough- boy in the army, informed me that he had been given a slight vacation by the church before resuming his duties as priest, “I will spend it golng to the ball games,” he declared. “I am just like he rest of the soldiers, After being in the war for nearly @ year they are all tired out and have got to see a little real excitement. They tell me —— IF YOU INTEND TO BUY A Bicycle BUY IT NOW DURING THIS os “Oh, I stayed uptown to meet) 306th Infantry Chaplain Clue as to _ Baseball’s Popularity that was a dandy fight between the Giants and the Reds the other day.” _And this lion-hearted, gentie-souled little fellow went away meditating over New York's chances for the pen- nant, The Reds have gone and now come the Cardina Following them will come the Pi: ‘8, and then the Giants will have completed their first recon- naissance of the league, So far not ing has developed in the way of a serious obstacle between New York and another pennant, and, according to expert advices—and results neither the Cardinals nor the Pirates have anything on the Cubs and the | Reds. Though things are looking rosy right now, McGraw, having long since grown wise with experience, is taking no chances. Instead of cul ting down he is building up his strength. Well does he know that accident or illness can break up a jchampionship ball club in less than @ month, Mike Gonzales, the Cuban catcher, will be a big help to him in more ways than one. Gonzales is not only a good backstop, but he Is an excellent hitter, In the pitching department McGraw has added Oeschger, who may also in handy before the summer is Oeschger was regarded as a coming star three years ago and has gradually improved. If properly man- aged. he should develop into @ con- sistent winner. Baseball people are expreeting surprise and wonder at Jack Coombs letting Oeschger go, even if he did get a good man in Smith. Another new asset to the Giants is the sudden return to form of Hal Chase as a batter. After a long slump, which had begun to get on his nerves, Hal found himself in the Cincinnati series and hit well two games in succession. With Chase hitting in his natural etyle the Giants have an attack that is almost un- beatable. It would be difficult to find a weak spot in it. that the first air- planes from dear ol’ London will bring a s shipment of English tweeds to Arnheim is unfounded—It would make the tweeds too high. By Thornton Fisher e:eshon and Carter Return- | ing From France in Time for the “Met’ Championship. By William Abbott. | ITH Fred Herreshoff homeward bound from France and young Phil Carter expected back shortly from foreign service, the play- | ing of the Metropolitan Championship jat the Brooklawn course, starting June 4, will be truly representative of the strongest golfing skill in this sec~ tor, Three years ago at sau, Os- wald Kirkby won the “Met” title from Herreshoif, That was the last time the tournament was played. During the interval many star Metropolitan golf- ers have scattered over the map, either with the army, navy or through war relief work. Since the return of happier times these players have been wending their ome. Fred Herreshoft, while army abroad, found 6 in several golf tour- eral months ago the It Jerry vers decides to enter, the Brooklawn meet will resemble one of the old-time championships with a full muster of the leading players in the district. Chancellor Eimer Ellsworth Brown dozen members of the faculty of New York University will partic pate in a tournament to-morrow af- ternoon on the links of the Flushing Club. Prof. George H. Hutchkiss is the present champion of the faculty golfers, but his co-workers predicl there'll be a new title holder after to- morrow's little affair with the clubs. The Atlantic Club will lay out eleven new holes on its seaside course. Willie Park, the well-known links doetor, will direct the ‘under- taking. According to present plans two holes now in use will be aban- doned ‘The Shenecosset Club of New Lon- don has announced its summer schedule, which ought to make the watering place a mecca for devotees of the sport. On July 6 there will be a professional exhibition match, On July 22 the annual July tournament will be staged with provisions for two sixteens. On Aug. 12 to 15 the regular August championship will be played. Special arrangements have been made for frequent tournaments for women golfers. ‘The Country Club, Brookline, Mas the scene of Ouimet's memorable v tory over Vardon and Ray, has ex- tended an invitation to the golfers of the Metropolitan district who ar: handicapped at four or better to par- ticipate in the first annpal invitation tournament for the Herbert Jaques Memorial Cup, to be held over their course on Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14. > ‘The competition for this challenge cup will be 72 holes medal play seratch, and entries are to be sent di rect to the Secretary, Golf Committee, the Country Club, Brookline, Maas., to be received by him not later than 5 P. M. of June 10. The winner of the event will receive a replica of the Herbert Jaques Memorial Cup. ‘The privileges of the club house and course will be available for all participants during the entire week ending June 14. In th the Interscholastic tournament at Scarsdale Golf and Country Gtub, UL. M. Rumsey of Lawrenceville won the title, beating W. G. Jones of Tome, tn a match that was carried to the twen- tieth green. RACING AT BEAUTIFUL BELMONT PARK TOMORROW Garden City Handicap and 5 other Good Races BEGINNING AT 2.30 FP. M. Grand St Paddock, 30. Ladies. 1°05. “nchading Wer Nex, BOWLING AND BILLIARDS, ~~ But the English tweeds, Scotch heathers, Irish home. spuns and fine American suitings are -all ready for YOU NOW. Suits to measure, $50 to $60. To pay less is unsafe; to pay more is extrav- agance. Uniforms ready to wear away at $25, from serge or whipcord. 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