The evening world. Newspaper, December 31, 1920, Page 8

DEN AND J IN TENNIS THE REWARD Players. a By William Abbott. r ITHIN six months Bill Tilden es) has garnered the most remark- able of all tennis records, Holder of bots Amerioan and English ~~ titles, the tail Philadelphian added to hip wonderful exploits with an im- 3 Dpessive victory yesterday over "} + Brookes in the Davis Cup series im 7 Wew Zealand, the land of many fa- | "mous stars with the racquet. Tilden how finds himself in the samo fix | Alexander complained of 1 flock of “genturies ago, There are no more . to conquer. Perched serenely on the tennis pin- Huole Tilden is the rare spectacle of a “giant with the disposition of a kid. ~ *Wienty-seven, standing 6.1 fect, the ~ world’s tennis champion in spirits and At heart is pretty much of o young- | stor. Given his chotce Tilden prefers the company of several dozen school- oye all playing tennis, He has been Yery active encouraging juvenile Players and has developed several notable stars, expecially Vincent Rich- amis, No dowbt Tilden's interest i tennis players is in remem- nce of hi sown humble start on ourts. : wenty years ago the Tiden tamily ‘apent the summer jn the Berkshires, pay who was considerably older present title holder, was Her- dormer ‘Tory re rited practice games ey ‘and "numerous. bails. that the backstop were retrieved by : bp AS i, reward be miles of chasing after fugitive young William would be allowed ‘come on the court and hit a few across the net. This was the for the one who was destined to the world how the game should Te is success Tilden gives credit to-his brother Herbert, now dead. “When I was still seven,” the Philadelphian told the writer, last _ Summer, “my brother taught me how * #0 wwing on the ball, He was the ri ly one who ever guve me any .Pdinters. My game for the most part bas been ear made.” ‘By this Tilden meant he was not of the lucky individuals whd we success crammed down their What he achieved on the is the result of hard work and 7 y disappointments, It has been ftudy, practice and more practice. - Tilden credited with more strokes 3 any other champion. Bach aeag years of practive and de- mn pe! One would lemme think the pos- P wor of so many titles would be a dy to forget tennis aftef leaving ) the courts. On the contrary, the sem- na eeoaentel, impetuous Philadelphian “will silp off into a quiet ndok after ing his playing clothes and figuring on a new stroke or how correct a slight @aw in the tech~ que of his game. This has been we is custom for years, particularly ta ing the long period when he con- 2 rhaments, _* Not ‘until all his strokes were per- fected did Tilden enter national Z is, about four years ago. His ad-\ ancement in the bigger field was * J, one title after another falling the tall, speedy wizard, In 1 den was runner-up to Bill Joh ~~ -Slpn for the-natipnal trophy. WON MANY TITLES TH! £2N. ! ‘This was # ‘air warning for all ranking stars what to expect from Bim during the 1930 season. In the eiring Tilden accompanied Johnston whd Williams on the Davis Cup team that won from France and England, ~ Jy the English championships at the * Patoric Wimbledon Club, after John- ) s:9n had been unexpectedly defeated dy Parke, ‘Tilden, despite a weak Hukle, fought his way through to the wallenge round and soundly trimmed jerald Patterson, the first foreigner 49 lift the coveted English champion- #nin. This victory guve Tilden increared fenfidence, something that had been lucking before. In September Tilden éad Johnston rest Hite in the finals for rican singles After five gr wets, with only a few pointy difference Pevveen Big Bill and Little Bil, as he British delighted calling the two pricans, ‘Tilden, with a burs: of Maghiflcoat tennis, earned the. necen- 1 mary points for the deciding set and SEA- i. Me Sull_ there was more to be done H 5 Our Davis Cup team sailed from | Nancouver last month for Auckland, New Zealand, 6,009 miles crows the ~ Vaoific, where ihe famous cup had Wi4, In wix previous the Antipodes four teams had been rudely jandied, The change to guin revenge sis year appealed to Tilden—and MATCH. » The opening mateh was played yes- ¥, When Tilden faced Brookes, | ‘em ong veteran who has Leen the down: for many American cup xcekers time, however, the wonderful | ‘ his activities to Pennsylyania | OF 20 YEARS’ HARD WORK $$$ Starting at the Tender Age of Seven to Imitate an Older Brother, Big Bill Studied and Developed a Brand of Tennis That - Captured Premier Championships This Year in the United States, England and New Zealand—Only a Grownup Kid Himself, Tilden Has Unusual! Affection for Young Tennis bring che great silver tropty i home. ‘The two American yiarere Won this match when they defeated Patterson and Brookes in the doubles, winning three out of four sets, Many experta have deseribed Ti- den's game, his tremendous speed, forceful hitting, tantalizing chop strokes and accurate overhead smashing. Yet, in the opinion of veteran players like Beals C. Wright and Alexander, the most re- markable feature of Tilden's game is his ability to do the unexpected. With his wido range of strokes and unusual helght and reach, the world's champion can easliy tuke the offen- sive and keep his opponent guessing all the time. Most racquet stars have & one-style game. Tilden has ali Kinds of styles and changes of pace, und it is this asset that inakes lis game xo formidable, ‘Temperamental and Tilden off. the courts changing style of his gam before the last national champions p, when nearly every contestant was get. ting in final practice at Forest Hills, Tilden was in his element giving a special demonstration and lecture to 3,00 schoolboys on « public court in one of Philadelphia's parks, In 1919, the night before his final battle with Johnston for the National title Tilden slipped away to the home of a friend had a Big stock of foreign records and Hstened to a phon for two hours, Big RY high-strung, reflects the The day THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31 OHNSTON NEW KINGPINS OF THE | te SF, 192 [THE WORLD'S GREATEST. TENNIS PLAYER - - By Thornton Fisher Copyright, 1920, by the Press Publishing Co. H later said he did this to get his thin off tennis, He belleves an ‘athlete “stale” more from mental than DhyBical causes and he simply wanted to rest his mind from tennis, With) the buoyancy of youth Tilden, dust before sailing for England, wanted to spring a surprise on the Britons. He accomplished this wish quite easily through the medium of a freakish-looking, fuzay, coat that made thousands of British miono- cles drop to the ground in astonish- ment, ie little feut gives a true insight to Miden’s character both on and off «he tennis court. Elevens Ready For To-Morrow’s Pasadena Game PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 31 —Tho Uni- vernity of California and Ohlo Btate football squads yesterday began taper- ing off thelr practice in preparation for thelr game here Now Year's Day, The couches plan just enough prac: tice to keep thelr players “on edge" for the contest, and not gnough to risk {njuring a first line man through further service scrimmage, Football experts continue to express the opinion tho result of the clash be- tween the Wosternera and the Middle Westerners will be the ability of the Bears to stop Pete Stinche: - ‘Amerion halfback. sap At the mame time they declaro, unless Buckeye Ine can hold tte own with ao oa walls eheomb will ni loone”* h the regularit; Jo State eleven ts in cdnai “go pists’ minutes at top treed.” ‘Dr. ruse. Need, coach, declared hight. coach Smith fornia co bed himself with ia met were Frank Willlaman, Ohio fullb; had a troublevome knee, will Crit ry ‘00d abape for. t Aired’ 'Biatrs Onto hi sion by Cirning, their amkion, eet itis sion ning. the! . wae, deciured," wilt ‘ba able’ to vast i me and Cott will , in‘whenever nesged,”. °® Teady to go through the ‘The Californians’ came practice period without, Injury.” Repeat- ed hints of “surprise” attacks to. be aprung to-morrow caused football ex- Derts to-day to comment upon the pos- sibility of both toams opening up Yor- ward passing plays early in the mame, Ohio developed this attack with remark: able muccess during the fall, while sup. Porters of the Western team Wdclare it 4 something in reserve in this respect which it was not forced to show in its regular echedule. BabeRuthto Play Against Celtics For Net Title When the Original Celtics line up against Babe Ruth's All-Eastery quintet Who 2. Dr. Wiles ae itback, and Cott, at the Tlst Regiment Armory, s4th Street and Park Avenue, Sunday night, the Babe Ruth of baseball, the JILDEN WINS FIRST DAVIE cUP| ** ‘Minn met his master, ax he had mp Boveri ther when ea game's premier long-distapce batsman, will oppose the Babe Ruth of the bus- ketball court in Johnny Beckman of the Celtics, Beckman is perhaps the classtest tstwWard playing the game to~day, hav- ing whot more baskets than any other player, on the court, and ta looxed upon besketbal) as the home run king is on the diamond. Babe Ruth will be supported by the famous Powere Brothers in hin en- yor to capturé the national basket- tt from the Ceition. Several weeks ay tame net family played against t York boys and gave jemt battios of the ame tall e T senson, The Bt. Nicholas ve have w be ry BLL IS & GRE® STUDENT OT THE GAME. OFTEN SITTING UP THROUGH THE NIGHT HOURS ‘DOPING’ OUT NEW PLANS JHE BOY Was vr THE PRESENT TENNIS CHAMPION LEARNED THE GAME BY CHASING BALLS WHILE FRED TEACHING BILL'S BROTHER HERGERT— ™e suces: eo By Neal R. O'Hara. ALEXANDER WA FOR. HIS TROUBLE. PERMITTED TO BAT THEM AWHILE “WITH THER VETERAN . Stat Ouprrignt, 1990, by ‘The Frew Pubiteting Co. (The New York Bveniug World.) ‘They made the draftees sign questionnaires before they'd blow ‘em TENNIS (The New York Evoning Wortd.) OF Tipe S 4 to inoculation and now the umpires are next. No major league ump can fight this season until he’s filled his list of queries fuller than a chest Drowotor. The big league exams for the umps are as, follows: dress (where?) Many? (kiddies, not wives). . 1, Name (only one answeF requi . red) 2, Address (where?). 4. Have you any wives and kiddies and, if so, how 5. What are your favorite flowers besides 3. Un- lies? 6. Ave you a member of the Lambs Club or have you ever beon in @hy other fight? cents? §& Do you believe in tipping them less? ee Evers? 7. Do you believe in tipping waiters more than 10 9 Have you always led a peaceable life or do you know Johnny 10. Who is your favorite author in addition to the guy that writes your checks? 11. How long ‘have you been blind? 12. Have you ever umpired before 10,000 people or is your experience confined to St. Louis? 18, Are you afraid of Connie Mack's players? 14. Is any one afraid of Connie Mack's players? 15. Do you consider a bag of Harry Steyens's peanuts dangerous provided you do not eat them? oe anybody that can? you Mai head? 16, Can you provounce Ping (Bodie's real name? around? rquard? 17. Do you know (Reward offered for this question.) 18. What do you do In the winter season? 19. Doesn't your wife get tired of seeing 20. Did you ever buy a World's Series ticket from Rube 21, Have jou ever been to Bonesetter Reese with your 22, What city has the best pop bottie artillery next to Brooklyn? 28, Can you read? 24, In case of accident, have you any protection ex- cept a flask of brandy? Whe else have you been ridden? Johnson's? If so, state who are his other three friends, 25, Have you ever ridden to Chicago? 27. Are you o friend of Ban 28. Have you ever been In a minor league excépt when umpiring tn Boston? 29. What is your salary? 30. Is your wife satisfied with it? eee Now that the boxing game im Cali- fornia has been killed all of the fighters who'have been fighting there are now coming Two East for contests. of them arrived Shade the orack middleweight and Tim same ‘Tabo and fifteen O'Keet Tee foment ton. Lew The aire den. night axnoun Beatty Pinky Mitches! who tains on Willle Jackson in the main go of tout at the Cream City A. C. morrow afternoon, After thie go Mitchel will cumma" bere to prepare for Jackson. Saturday night between thore two Hast Side bantam rival, Packy O'Gatty and Benny Comer. fs trating at Gtiltman’ ‘Beret welabt Kelly, anothey fighter in the division, They have been brought here by their manager Frank r. Shade has beaten Tommy Robson of Malden, Mass., and other battlers, and his manager will try get him a match with elther champion Johnny Wilson or Mike O'Dowa. the good fighter of MUweukee roomds st Madison Spuare Garden op January T, will engage in « bout before he tackler Jacknon, Dennia He ‘in wisted to go amainst fe the Chicas welterweight in 2 tem round of Milwaukee to- Poorer ing Club will hold ite weekly wnorrow ulght with ® bout "This pair have already two ten-round no-decision bovte at Boran- ‘The teu-round wemicfinal will bring together Sader, who recently gare Kari Walrd « great flaht and Larry Regan, Hilzabeth's promistag Featherweight, txmt Yetwoen Harry Gi of Pitteburgh and Paul Saimimor the raged local herryweight Will Ge fought ef the special matinee boxing how of the National A. 0, of Philadelphia to trerrow afternoon, feature pout of eigit rownds and each will re ‘Tae mon will clash in the 4 Doreentage of the an Jimmy Keily the east ide eporting man te certainly haviog Nie share of ‘hard Juck in bet- Ling-on fighter {a doula at Medison Square Gar | Johnny Murray, the fest Harlem featherweight, in town om, Tuesday night, they being Charley | delpita G Lowis wi For both boys nt weight chamoion of the yA. E, PF. had been signed up for two fights tomorrow afternoon, the Boxing Commission has ordered him to box Waltor Mohr of Brooklyn at the Woodhaven Sporting Clb, As a result Summem will not be able to take on Irish Patsey Cline in am Seerer SS iS MS ABLITY TO THE UNEXPECTED LIVE WIRES MANNERISUS - HIS “TRODY-BEAR ) KNOCKED THE ORINISH OFF. {it DAY BEFORE THE 1720 ToURKAMENT STARTED. WHILE EVERY ONE WAS ON BOGE BiG BLL WAS IN PHILLY BIVING & DEMONSTRATION OF THE Fine Ponts TO 38500 SCHOOL BOYS HIS sevice (SMASHES ARE DBAOLIER THAN THOSE) OF THe GREAT” MeLOUGHLINS Were’ rod TO FREAKISH TILDEN LEANS TO F' COAT NEARLY THEIR. FRET. WHILE HE WAS GLAND Tilden and Johnston Lift Famous Davis Cup With Victory in Doubles VICTORY TO BRING WORLD'S PREMIER PLAYERS TO U.S. | Many International Matches Here Now Assured. The victory of the American tennis team in the Davis Cup matches, with | the resultant shift of the 1921 inter- national play to this country, cause a marked change In the award- ing of national fixtures during the coming season. At the annual meet- ing of the United States Tennis As- sociation in this city on Feb. 6 it is expected that the feature tourna- ments will be awarded about as fol- Americaiis Make Clean Sweep of World Series Tennis > | in New Zealand. AUCKLAND, } Z_ Deco. tL America defeated Australasta.to-day in the doubles for the Davis Cup, by | , @ score of 46, 6—4, 6—0, 6-4, losing but one set dut of four, Having won two singles matches yesterday, when Tilden beat Brookes | and Johnston beat Patterson, the cup, emblematic of the world's lawn | tennis championship, goes to America. ‘There remain yet tobe played two singles matches between Johnston and Brookes and Tilden and Patterson, but the outcome of these cannot af- fect the result, sinc@ the series call for three matches out of five, which America has now won. The teams if to-days doubles were Tilden and Johnston for America va. Brookes and Patterson for Aus-| tralasia. Brookes began the doubles match by serving, and cach server won his game up to “three all.” Australasia then won the following two games, but lost the ninth game on Brookes's service without scoring a point. In the next game, however, Brookes and Patterson won on Tilden’s service, thus winning the first se In 1924 lows: —Philadelphia, ship—Boston, —Philadelphia, eight rouud go st the Olympia A, A. of Phila. © Tunney the Lght bearyweight olamotion of tie A. BI, who bes been laid wp fora fow works with Goth bie hands injured, ia going wo to Canade next week where he will spend several weeks with a friend of bie at @ lumber Gaur there, Gene will work out at the camp he expecta tos be for at loust four ‘more poste, Peer with Willie Jackson, Hockey Kansas and Johnay Kilbane, ‘s boxing in eplendid form these days. Ip his lest two Touts the eas sider has taken the measure of Johnny Drummle and Jimmy Kane, the latter lostog & fiftern-round decision. ‘Tom McArdle olfem the fight fans two star outs of tou rounds and three preliminary con- Sorts of six round for the matinee boxing ebow of the Commonwealth Sporting Club to-morrow afternoon. in the two ten-roundar, Johnny “Kid"* on Matt Brooks, and Frankie Je AD Dunchm with Jack ‘Ivacey of Sitent Martin and Johnny Howard, the middleweight of Bayonne, will clash in Pye Mout of fifteen rounds at the Rkigowood (rove Sporting Club boxing show to-morrow afternoon. Jem Mace va Eddie Brady for ten rounde in the semi final and Eddie White takes oo Prank Lamay for sit rounds, feature bout of twelre rounds, to decision, at the matines boxing show of the Brighton (8. 1.) Boxing Club tomorrow after. noon, Wille Oumy of Staten Isknd will ewap punches with Young Rector of Jomey City, re rapid fighter they ought to put wp a hard battle ‘There will be three uther con. vere. Jimmy lost $18,000 by betting on Pete | who hae been leld ap with an tnjured hand, de leat $8,000 more by weeering that nt agniot $2,000 that Bharkey would last the fifteen rowunde with Hoy Nour, Itay Smith the Camden, N, J, beary: % no longer under the management of Moatieth, ‘Toe mon axreed to eevee thelr Nook after Suiltii's attain, Conder . to Meet Wrunkle Gedere for fittenn rounds ol the Pinte Bone Club on dan. 5 Powmerick has niaiched Abe Goldstein Jan, 7. local feathorweigbt, Herman to beat Joe Lonch and on Wednesday | will get back in the game again oa the night of He will hook up with Gammy @eger, the 0 pemal-final of ten rounds to the Willie dackmondinky Mitchell fifteen. round bout at Madison Square Garton. At the Presport local mn Bort Willaims niddlewetght, Bporting Chub boxing sbow het Monday night Al MoQoy, the former mid- connections and in the fiture Willie Lowi the | dlewelght champton,. will take on Jack Stone, the povular exfiahter and suscemful manager of Abe for ten rounds, Goldetein te twemlsing loval antamweight will | Smith goo against Jack Murmy for ten rounds, Hoston. Champion Vince Richards Enjoys Big Day in Junior Tournament Playing-Through Title Holder Fights His Way to Finals in Both National Singles and Arthur of the juniors Club, conquere 1921 Davis Cup Challenge Round— West Side Club, Forest Hills, N. Y. 1921 National Singles Champlonsbip 1921 Doubles Championship—West Side Club, Forest Hill. 1921 National Women’ 1921'Chureh Cup Intercity Matches 1921 Intercollegiate Champlonship— defeated Aydelotte and ‘Pucker, 6-1, In the other semi-final of the doubles K. Glore and EB f the Ne ff Wiliam Binginann and ,_ SUS AA LEAGUES INTEND TO BREAK AWAY FROM MINORS American Association and In- ternationals Plan to Sign Are Agreement Separately. By Alex, Sullivan. OST of the minor leagues ure ecacon, judging by present de-~ velopments, The American Assovla- tion and International League, who are menvbers of the National Asso tion of Professional Baseball Leagues which ineludes all the minor leagues of the country, are planning to sopa- rately sign the new national agree- ment in Chicago next month. This would amount to secession from the minor organization. These two Class AA leagues are contemplating the move on advice of Judge Landis, It seems that the national iminor will N. ¥. ‘body some time ago proposed a ‘Champton- | "Uling that all clubs be taxed 6 per amMPON- | cont. of their gross receipt in post- season games to be turned over, 'to the organization, Thomas J. Hickey, head of the American Association, and Jack Dunn and other International club owrers are strongly set against any such plan, and, rather than gub- mit to it they are going to break away from the parent association. ‘The Class AA leagues are.about the only ones that ever draw any real money on post-season games, ‘ant they don’t mean to help finance the entire minor league organization, Moreover the Class AA leagues regard themselves as almost the equals the American and National Leagues, and they don't need much provocation to eut loose from the minors, ¢ Kuhn, two York Ténnis The Amerionn and National League Grevel Acker, a Long Island pair, 3-—@, “ ; et inChi- . di {| Schedule Committees will meet inChi Doubles. at Pere ee a enti’ fr| cago on Jan. § at which time d ——— the nscond. set Binsmann and, Acker! will be arranevd for next eeason. to win. Acker becamé| ‘They will t bmit the playing Speed, strategy and resourcefulness | PReAted and. as Hevweakened the Re nana at te eho reine meets oul efforts, co ch were perfectly blended in the gime of| posing team sedoubled dts, cer itcierds| Ing Of the two leagues on Jan, 12, tn and McHugh for the final round of the singles and doubles of the Junior National Lawn Tennis Championship on the courts of the 7th Regiment’ Armory yesterday. In every respect Richards lived up to his sobri- derson artner, The mann rules governing fo au boys" Shamplonship ing! title to-day. ards won last year with Frank T, An- itiafortine of Herbert D. Bear- understandin, not clearly eatin Rich-|the same city, The new national agreement will be considered and rat ifled at the same time. A spoelal meeting of the minor leagues will be held in Chicago Jam 10 and 11. for the 3 resulted in ust of “Wond " he tite "going by default, Willlam| ‘The second part of the Giants’ itin- siete ender Boy” of the American | Miamann of the Cathedral School, As-lerury for thelr journey homeward toria, beci the holder and successor} fron the training camp is angounced. Khe pleyisg-tureugh titleholder o00-) to Charles ae Woot i, From New Orleans the team goes to quered William M. Aydelotte, Captain! “Bearmann was misinformed ns to the Poms Dow ean We eal Ache of the Horace Mann forces, in his semi-|tule. He blame MtieeNiitional, Associa-| resenting three different leagues. The final of the singles in straight sets, The tally was 6-1, 6-1. Paired with Paul Slater McHugh of Fordham Uni- veraity, Richards scored in the doubleg against Aydelotte and John J, Tucker, vl Fog coe) ling there, was. no the winner. jo result was up &-L 64 ay ad 6-3. This encounter proved & one-wi Bifair, Pickells” displayed onsisised in deep court and off the ground. Lang made his attack in that direction so stro that ied nine Hn by TOW petore Widkells wcored “hie feet Adil Bo tar as the gallery was concerned, fts attention was centred the moet: ing of Richards and the traagplanted Aydelotte. The batte = feet ay Ee somes! Ree nrncks. he repeatedly cross courted, comes ay the set Souched, deu oo | eho nder pressure the dyngmic 1 charged for the net, “his | tlonally well while ‘Triste Amleraon for eight ronnde and Danny Maber yp, Walter for al rounds ‘Tuo (iret showing of tho Detupser-Betmnn fiat Pies with Jake lace ‘wt te George * oH wander! M Cohan, An oar overwhelming Aydel e tallied 227, 2 when he. he: yealed to, ruled that as Bearmann was a few days over the age ‘course ‘open except tordisquelity him, posting Hingmann an Ek, TRUCKS TAKES BIG LEAD IN $1,000 BOWLING MATCH. PHILADBLPHIA, Dec. first half of, a Philadetphla-Brooklyn match ‘series between Charle; champion bowler of Pennsylvania, and Leo Lucke, a past individual champion of Greater New York, rolled at the Casino Bowling - Academy night before a packed house of Phila- dolphia and New York fans. the former tae Brookiyn ine ‘otal 5 for Lucke, Philadelphia bowler rolled excep- the failed in wll but one game, the second, to show the usual on New York schedule of games follows: March 24, Mobile Southern Association;. March 29, Louisville, Americas Assi March 30, Mobile; Maroh 31, Louls- ville; April 1 and 2, Philadelphia Ath- letics, The team will return to Me: phis, playing the local elub on April 3, and then start East, picking up the Senntors for thelr tour to this city. ——————_—- S1.—In the) ‘Mike Arra Scores Knockout. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Doc. 3t—Mike Truc . regis Arm, Now York featherweight tored a big iit here at the Armory by knocking out Young Bungo of Syra- ouse, Central New York featherweight champion, in five rounds, Arra per- formed in great style; he hooked, Jabbed and uppercut Bungo at will and then lulled him to sleep in the fifth round with a terrific right hander on the point of the chin, Arra really knocked Bungo out in the fourth roi but while the latter was on the floor taking the ceunt the gong clanged as the referee tolled nine, Bungo ts now boxing under the name of Jimmy Herman. here last ‘bowler, the ten led 2,224 pins Brooklynite CLEV! iD, land hoi fi th series trom the Universi of Toronto team by @ score hare leat slat, Tt was the opanin ) season. > WORLD panini WEST SIDE PAYS. HOMAGE 10 NEW WORLDS CHAMPION Joe Lynch Guest of Honor at Banquet at Which the Clans of Section Celebrate Little Irish American’s Victory | . Over Pete Herman. ‘AM the olans of New York's went side, headed by the St. Malachy’s Club, turned out last night to pay homage to iittle Joe Ly the world’s bantamweight champion, whe was the guest of honor at « monster banquet at Cavanaugh's, No. 253 Weat 23d Street. | “The modest little champion sat be- Jeide the Rev. Father Joseph Mos- tuglio with head bowed while the hundreds of guvsts, led by the St. Malachy's jazz ‘and, joined in the rousing cho.as of “Bast Side, West Side, All Around the Town” and other cld-time airs . Among the guests could ve seen fighters of «ll devisions, referees, trainers, managers, actors and ae tresses, While at the speakers’ table sat a distingulyhed company which included Senator Thomas MoMaus, Alderman. Charles McManus, Re Father Jéseph Mostaglio, Joe Miss Anna Harvey, Eddie | Charles McGuire, James McVea, V cent Lynch, Willlam Barrett, Barney MoGovern and Joseph Reilly ‘The affair was excellently ar while the menu, which, by was elaborate, with ‘il th hamed after some figh manage! or trainer, was voted excellent by the merry throng. | ‘Phe principal addresses of the eve- ining were made by Senator Thontas | MéManus, who extolled the sterling qualities of the little chamy and told how he had watched him grow tormanhood fram the day of his birth A few doots away from his own home Alderman Charles MoManus — wis greeted with tremendous applause when he spoke of getting out of a sick bed to sce “Little Joe” become the jxorld’s. champion, and then created merriment by telling om he won a good sized wager on the result of the battle taglio spoke in tho his! the little battler ands ted that he was positive Joe would hold the championship for a long time, owtne to his clean livin rearing Battling Redd: Burns, Mannie Seaman, James “Slim” Brennan, Beecher Eddie Meade and many others al! spoke in the bighest terms of the young battler, and as the evening came to a close President Charles PeGulre presented the champion with, a beautiful diamond set Knights o Columbus ring in the name of his fellow members of St. Malachy’s those ck present were James ch, Vincent Ly Jan » OF Ganiner, I lie Beecher and Mrs, Be Tandiny, Billie Oates, Jeff Victor James “Slim” Brennan, Ray Camp bell, Archie Lieberman, nator Thomas MoManus, Alderman Chavles McManus, Rey, Father Joseph Mos- taglio, Miss Anna ¥, Eddie Mead Charles Maguire, Andy Battling ris FI | man Fred Edson, Chester and Hart, Marty Byrnes, Mark Locher, Charles Re jum Schoenberger, NN Chubby Broo! MePurtiand, MoVea, ‘Tra Walter Foster, Bob Farret gationa from mam other © athlatic clubs in various purts of the city. ~~ Charley Pitts Beats Baker, BINGHAMTON, Y.. Dee. M1.— Charley Pitts. » lightwelght, was awarded the judges’ decision over Sammy Baker of this city in fifteen fast rounds at the big armory here last night. ‘The battle wax a hard fought one throughout, with Pitts carrying off the honors in’ eleven of the” fifteen rounds, Baker tried to muke an ag- |gressive battle out of it, but pitts wel him t bay with a straight left hand » final round Pitts elects by fighting Bw Race—tuatice Goebel, By ) Winnecon Second Race -— Highland Lads * Paddy Dear, Ben Jlampaon ‘Third Race —Mtavournecn, ‘Tan Son, Madeline Lillian, Fourth Tace—Hindoostan, Smart C Dark Hill. Fifth By Fisher and Fernang entry, George Starr, Minute Man. Sixth A. Byrne, Sandy Ma Seventh Lit Cr fe Burns an AAATING TOAGRT UNTIL TA ouvenirs--Caps, Horns, Rattles ADMISSION 75 CENTS Aid & Bway, GEO. M. 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