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yg) ——— Legislation at Albany | Like Wasted Effort; Now. That Baseball’ Has Al- _SSEMBLYMAN MER RIGAN Comes to bat at Albany with a bill to make baseball gambling ‘@ felony, punishable by both impris- and fines, Under the pro- new bill the giver of @ |" equally guilty with, No penalty parks, it would be a ive Judge Landis time and adminis- would be well RICKARD, with a free hand, and look over Montreal as ‘wuituhle place for the Pie Batic battio, |. Because of its large French popu- » lation ident alte oaniaetes ° Montreal 0 heavy t before a Canadian Tyee ee A REPUTATION FOR. KNOCKING ‘EM COLD & SINGLE PAYER. BEEN SUCH A BOX-OFPICE ATTRACTION AS’ BABE” WHo "3 Wau.oPs 6M OUT OF THE LOT] HIS INCOME THIS YEAR WIG BE ENORMOUS Three-Cornered Tie in National Skating Races (Special to The Bvening World). BARANAC LAKH, N. Y., Fed. 1.— This beautiful lake in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains was the’ while | #cene of the first leg of the national Ww TO- | speed skating ohamplonships yester- day, Two Americans, Charles Jew- traw of Lake Placid and Roy Mc- Whorter of Chicago and one Cana- dian, Charles Gorman of St. Johns, . N. Bi finished in a three-cornerod the tie, with 40 points each. Jewtraw won tho 22-yard dash, Gorman was second and McWhorter third. The order of the finish in the mile was revorsed with McWhorter beating Gorman by a terific sprint by 6 yards, Jowtraw taking third, Joo Moore, the 18let Street Ice Palace crack, was eliminated in the semi-final of the 220 by a bad spill, ay he was making a brilliant effort to overtake Goodman, the Winnipeg Trim a $700,000 bid for the |r, Who was leading at the time. While Rickard is now free one sizable obstacis that looms Goodman, Gorman, Jowtraw, Nuh- 3 at high speed there still re- bed and McWhorter took the mark in the final of the 220-yard champion- the way—Dempocy's tleht wick |{hP. Jewtraw shot into the lead at the crack of the gun and held it for three-quarters of the cress when Gorman, who had been in t! ird place, to be very much | sprinted until be was on even terms the Garden. But actually fought or is defi- Rickard js not likely to ay. Jocation fof'the Demp- r engagement. Demp- would scramble the whol¢ If this situation should pos. arise, there'd be little demand ard to tackle Carpentior. ‘The would be 1 sOmpared to the huge atuiea T tp the matter with J mny Wilson, the middlefetght champion? It te satd he has down @ small fortune to box Bere at the Garden Jeff smith, the Jersey milddleweixht, who has the champions in every for- gountry. Smith means to claim “eBay ey ee refuses to PPE, says Jeff offered’ Wilson $25,000 ‘his own Ly yee that Tex Rick- was ive 60 ir ge the match. Smith was willing 1 ible and Suarantee Wilson, “Jerr offered Wilson the entire 60 per a he ieee it down, saya that the 158 ri the decision, but he ipo cea 5 a ie ares refused offers to meet Tarts ston, St. Paul, Newark and Denver. | Jett is going to claim the iow pont it, Messrs. Wilson and a ORRY LUX, Kansas City wel- terweight, who is here under *—=. tha direction of Billy McCarney, s@esking matches with the leading men * thchia class, seems to be having con- widerable trouble getting the boys in i ring with him. Every match- “4 in the city has bid for the ser- | 1 of the clever lad grom the W: ting an ‘opponeat has held up ing of the McCarney entry, je fact that both Benny Leonard Jack Britton, two cham- have stated t! Soy ad {s tho ha at man either of has ever the stamp of on the Kansas ‘Gee fare Ind, but at wastefe ters. Né or and el with Jewtraw. Charlie feeling the Sapending, one. apowes, Hl Lis nese by in jesperate! the stretch to wit by a hairs breadth. It took two heats to decide the men to qualify for the final of the mile. ‘The men who lined up for the final were ‘Joe Moore, Charles Jewtraw, Al Leitoh, R. Donovan, E. Gloster, R. ‘Wheeler, C. Gorman and Stowell ‘The race was a loaf for three-quare ters of the distance, the men jockey- ing for position when suddenly Stowell jumped , ther field, Moore, Wheeler, Jewtraw; Gorman and McWhorter sprinted after him. The be caught him with one and a half laps to go. ‘At this point McWhorter shot through trom fourth place to take the lead and kept it to cross the line five yards in front of Gorman, who just managed to take second place from Jewtraw in the closest finish of the day. racé for boye of twelve and under also ‘a half-mile race for boys up to four- teon were added attractions. The 220-yanl dash went to Cari Parody in the fast time of 28 sec- onds. ‘The quarter went to Ernest Graves of Saranac Lake, while the winner of the half-mile turned up in Harold Fortune of Lake Placid. ‘To-day's programme includes the half and two-mile events for the Senior Champtonship, Weather conditions were ideal and all indications point to their continu- the meet. Mickey Walker Six this city scored an © bout. Thomas was dropped six times. twice in the ninth for th Jack Bulger, W count of nin trick. Ife says ‘Thoma: fing! round gave hin m enablm him to stay the 1 nit. Bi Brea Rice in See How PALO, ut Bandsman Dick in the second round here last night Barman Ww Over Mriedman, ding here last night. ‘Th pig e cntire lor be children of Boston ts sola EA By the Bouton 3 Vs ¥ boxers here vs ° r pb aati ult 18 A FEW ROUNDS STARTED A GOLDEN FiO00 INTO ” Denpsay’s cofrEns— i THB WALLOP Qui i WHGM Town ma couse America Makes ing 80 for the rentaining two days of NEWARK, Feb. 2.—Mickey Walker of victory over Marcel Thonms, the French welter: weight, here last night In a Uwelve-round We “Frenchman was dropped twice. ih the second, in the fifth, seventh and Jker's manager, claimed Thomas stayed the limit by a seconds cut his glove, between tho vlevanth and twelfth nds, and the time taken out in the ficient reat to Pots Ont Hapdsemas |. Yo. Web. 2.—Bill Bren- nan, the Irish heavyweight, knocked Tice of Englund Rice fought hard, but a right straight from the shoulder to the jaw floored him for « count and two hard lefts to the sent him down again in tne to |opening round. BOSTON, Fob. 2.—Joo Burman won the decision over Abe Friedman tn a reat ten-round bout at Mechanics’ THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1921. ICAGO MAYOR PRAISES.EVENING WORLD FOR SCHOOLBOY MEET - IT IS THE OLD WALLOP Copyright, 1931, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Bygaing World.) . THE APPARENT INVINCIBLE. “@ILL” TILDEN, woRLDS _ TENNIS CHAMPION ONLT GETS CUPS AND THINGS FOR HIS SkiLe Bot THE CRowDs FLOCK TO, SEE HIM SMASH THE BALL INTO HIS Th. opronenrs TEPRITSRY ¥ TED RAY AND, HARRY WARDO! ENGLISH WALLOPERS COLLECTED AROUND 2/Q000 a PIECE FoR & FEW MONTHS PLEASURE “ IN AMERICA LAST YEAR. net selling aluminuin «ish come across. @ veterinary the year round. oe GRAPHFRUIT, ‘Fia—Lem Glupp, one ‘of pitchers, has wired an ultimatum to Ty Cobb demanding $10,000 salary for the coming season, Lem was on the payroll for $6,000 all last year, but on account of his success in lpsing only 40 ner cent. of the ‘Tigers’ games, he believes he is worth more this year. a backing of all the fans in Jericho County for the stand that he has taken. Lem is engaged in a prosperous livery stable business, with prospects of a quarter partnership as Boon as some one dies. He issued that he would quit baseball for good rather than’ work at a rookie’s wage. The Detroit management is expected to a statement to- capitulate, . LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’Hara. Mel Copeetght, 198, ty The Prem Publishing Oo, (The Now York Bruning World) THE HIGH COST OF ®ALLPLAYING. | TADPOLD, Minm.—Jed Lubeck, the famous Giant infielder, has been spending the winter season in business. Gy working twelve hours a day and sleeping nights in freight cars, Jed managed to make $119 He only had to sweat four months to do It, and all he lost was-eleven pounds, Jed is rated aa one of the ghrewdest saleamen in Saphead County and has turned down offers of $20 a week from severa) well known hardware firms. Yesterday he gent back his contract unsigned ‘to the Giants. $9,000 next year and threatens to remain in business if the Gtants don’t He wants more than. quarter-mile, the Col championship, By Thornton Fisher| Mayor Thompson Is Here Concluding Arrangements For Big Skating Races Chicago's Athletic Chief City Official Thinks New York-Chicago loe Contests on ‘March 3 Beginning of New Era in Inter- City Competition. -\ z By Robert Boyd. 66 ][C°OR the last five yours T have been trying my utmost to get New York and Chicago to- gether in a dual skating meet. Un- fortunately, I was unsuccessful. At last they are to compete for suprem- acy on the ie, for which I extend my thanks and congratulations to’ The New York Evening Work! for bring- ing schoolboys of the two great cities together and aecomplishing some- thing that I myself failed to do.” It was Mayor William Hale Thomp- son of Chicago speaking at the Ritz- Carlton ‘Hotel. The subject of his discourse was the coming skating races between New York ‘and Chi- cago, to be held March 3. “No,” said the athtic Mayor of the Windy City, ‘my mission to New York is not for the express purpose of makinty arrangements for the skating races, That is all being capably handled by Dr. A. L. Aldinger, phya- ical director of the P. S. A. L. of this city, I am here to attend a joint meeting of Chicago and New York for the betterment of health conditions in both cities, but that does not mean that I will not talk about my Ice- Skating Committee. As a matter of fact, I would rather talk about that committee than anything else I know of. It is one ofthe real hobbies T have while supervising municipal af- fairs of our fast growing city jn the Middie West. “During my two administrations.as Mayor of Chicago TI have tried to) | Track Stars Flock Here For Series of Big Meets 23s sie." we'uice'scoaet St. Anthony Games To- Open Run’of Unusual Ath- letic Activity. By Richard Freyer. Regiment Armory in Brooklyn with an attractive programme of ev |. Three star events, the Suburban Carlin halt- mile and the one-mile metropolitan each a | the Tigers’ promising |itsclf, will be run. In the second mid-| Victories for the distance run will be dle-distance contest, Jako’ Driscoll, | winner of last year's race, who ran| He has the. }* Sensational dead heat with Larry Bown of Pennsylvania in the col- log relay in Brooklyn last week, will endeavor to repeat his victory. wilt be subjected to hard competition as Yack Sellars and Joe Higgins of The First Entry For Ocean Race Prof. Walter I. Clayton of St John’s College, Annapolis, Md., yes- terday made the first ontry for the transatlantic yacht race next sum- mer for the cup offered by Albert, ‘A 24-yard dash and quarter-mile] King of the Belgians, He entered his auxiliary ketch Siesta, which is only thirty-two tons and only seventy-one feet over all in length. She is the smallest boat ever entered in a cross-ocean race, Prof, Clayton mailed his entry in @ communicatjon to Pierre Mall, Belgian Consul General here, which read; ANNAPOLIS, Md. Hon. Pierre Mall, Consul General of Bélgium, No. 2% Madison Avenue, New York, N, ¥. Dear Sir: In reference to the pro- pored transatlantic race for sailing yachts for King Albert's Cup, I desire to enfer the yacht Siesta, 1 shall tha: you for full infortnation con- cerning the matter, Respectfully, W. B. CLAYTON. peas seem aio ate Lewin Willing to Drop the Headlock, Jack Curley, who rocked the wrost- ling world a few days ago with the proclamation that hereafter: the head- tock would be barred in all bouts pro- moted by him, in response to what he considered a public demand, said yes- terday that assurances had come to him from Ed (Strangler) Lewis and Billy .Sandow, his manager, that they would abldo by bis ruling. NEW ORLEANS SELECTIONS. pire Race—Resfit, Kirah, Afar- Cy Second Race—Green Gold, Green Grass, Jago, ‘Third Race—Tne Moor, Johns’, Umma, Miss Muff ley ‘an and Widto Fourth Race-—Tipp! Witoh ration Maid, ctor.” a A.. Master Witth Race-— Albert Bill, St Germaln, Sixth Race—Rustler, Walk Up, Charles A. Byrne. Meet Will Be Staged in Brie, | Pisye%,ot ¢ Pa., Three Days, Begin- ning March 17. The Harmony ranged a four-day trip to Connecticut which will bring them against sone of the leading olubs of that State # will play at Bristol to- | Gity. Middletown on Fri- : day, Torrington on Friday, and Sun~ day’ afternoon evening the Harmony quintet w! Pive have ar- local Y.. M. C, the Harmony booking ntanager, attraction at Pro and the St, Jam le Five in Brooklyn to- Burke defeated tho team of Sartarius, Binith -& Loewl at the Stuyvesant) Des. Mike O'D Casino Courts by 14 to 18. ‘Phe vic-|mers, Sammy Ni toty was the seventh straight record- Willie and Jack Hauser, Seventh tt Wine, Ban- mm cai me ed by the winners. \Local Net Teams Represented in Industrial League Tourney to Bantams for Y tional Ban Necticut Uttle exercise, | open for teams ave! |Bay Boys’ Club, a Frank Schneld | Momtauhe Five easily Merry. Biute, Gesras Kuteon and \ jSpldee Kely, 686 of the lending ast sient la sabibiious : ARMA TCAS seit £ ed Hi in eases ts fseemsesenns ienhensmehseinataaran acess ater New York, has Ju with another team, the ‘onkers, Kelly appears also in the line-up of the Irving Na- ngonia Club of the Con- ate League, Our Lady of Sorrows quintet and Veronica Separ-, The third annual basketball cham- ates. Outside of that he gets very pionship tourney of the American Industrial Athletic Association will be | contested at Erie, Pa,, on March 1%, 18 and 19, according to an announce | ment made by the officials to-day.) ponents’ courts. Address William T, The three dates have been set aside for the tourney to give the athletes of | 116 concerns eligible to compete an even chance to win the title, The! ¥. M, C. A. Bullding will be the scene most The St. Agnes Big Five, champions of the Episcopal Chureh League, are aging 140 pounds, games to be played ‘On home or ap- | Morgan, No. 70 West 101st Str The Original Celtics will meet the famous Powers Brothers team of Pa- sais, N. J., this Sunday evening at the Tist Regiment Armory Courts, will be the second meeting of these important |two leading quintets, the games, but in the event that entries | resulting in « tie are too numerous several high school! ‘The Kips Bay Midgets won from ]¢ courts have been engaged. Repre-| the St, Anselm Midgows 33 to 9 and sentatives of New York industrial |'le Kips Bay InterMiediates detated the St, Anselins by the overwhelming concerns havé been making good rec-| score of 50 to 9 in ords at the net game this season and the local boya stand an excellent chance of bringing the title back to recent gumes played at the club house. The inter- mediates travel to Kingsbridge Heb, 1 to play a return game with St, Jghn's Sadets. ‘The four teams of the Kips | pounds, 130 pounds, 135 pounds, and |the heavyweight aggregation have open dates for home or opponents’ courts. Address John J, McCormack, care of club, No. 347 Bast 44th Street, ‘The Iota Vive is destrous of book- Taftville, ty tho|ing games with home teams averag- Ire-|ing 180 pounds, Address Jerome A. turn to New Rochelle to meet the |Thirek, No, £15 West 16th Street . team there, Harry ; ; ¥ can ere. ory! phe Park Viewa, one of Jeracy's Davia of No, 148 Fast 924 Stroot 18], sine travelling teams, have a few open dates for St. Peters of Yonkers, spect | Boooklyn Pros, St, James Crowns and to-night: will bring|teama of like sirength, Mary ‘Triangles Crowns, A preliin- | West New York, N. J. mary gume betweon two girl teains will also be #laged, The National A. downed the S. I< F. team, champions bP Ren ty aroha eer meas New York will told ‘Its ¢irst annuel : smoker to-morrow night at the club- house, Berriman Street ‘kebbal venue, Brooklyn, The entertainment abe emote Saas Pe, easace fa at bo offered exclusively for mom- No, 408 12th Street, any saree bo Members ‘The Montduk Athletic Clud of Hast and Pitkin Johanie Sum- Jack Courtney, Natlor wa ight | te New York A. C., Charile Beagan Bt of St. Anselm's and Clarence Sherman | of St. Christopher's will also toe the mark, College track team. A recent an- nouncement from Massachusetts stat~ " ing the athlete turned in his uniform | THLETES who make a specialty |t> the coach, with the simple an-| of performing indoors will be given plenty of opportunity to| been denied. Me will appear with the show their wares to the pubile dur- Ing the next few weeks. portant meets, in which the leading board artists are scheduled to com-| athletes after to-night's meet. The pete, will be contested during that time, ‘Tho Knights of St. Antony has R stolen*‘a lap on competitors and will SNAKEBITH, Kan.—Charley Zurk, who plays in the White Sox |hold forth this evening at the 23d outfield, has been busy this’ winter with his veterinary practice, Dr, Zurk has cured 18 hogs of infantile paralysis this winter at the rate of $3 apiece. Business in other lines has been as good in proportion. The doctor announced at a birthday party last night that he would not re- turn to the White Sox this spring unless they hoisted his salary $3,000, He is dissatisfied with the contract offered him and threatens to remain nouncement that he was through, has college relay team in the Boston A. A. meet Saturday, A slight lay-off will be given the “next important carnival is scheduled for Feb, 8, when the Mill » Cy hold forth at Madison Square Gar- den, The Rodman Wanamaker mile and and a half special will head the Programme that night. Hal will be pitted against Joie Ray in this event and, due to tue Boston | athlete's clever running, in a recent 1,000-yard race in Brooklyn, when he beat home such stars as Dby, & lars, Leslie and Devaney, it is expect- ed that Kay's string of consecutive the past: four races, A fletd featuring members of the best middie distance jumbus, athletic games at the 224 Regiment Armory Feb. 11. Jam Driscoll, Jack Sellars, W. Stevenson O'Brien of Loughlin Lyceum will match strides in this event, Another compete. Seven local councils of the Caseys will atrive for the one-mile intercouncll relay Qonors, headed by the crack team of Greenwich Coun ‘Twenty-four hours after the ath- letes have performed thelr tasks at the Washington Heights armory they 106th Infantry Post, lean Le- gion, will act as host. The soldier boys have made up an attractive pro- gramme with & special 3,000-metre have been mated toa dozen of Amer- ica's best distance runners to com- pete, as the feature match. If the athletes send back their signed entry blanks: the race will be one of the best distance events ever witnessed in Brooklyn. Hallock Brown, Olym- ple champion; Walter. Higgins, Co- lumbia University; Harry Helme, of Buffalo; Jole Ray, Chicago; John Brooklyn A. Ai Gordon Nightingdle University of West Virginia, and C. in the international cross country Cambridge and Cornell, are among the men requested to wppear, sis dl BULLD Ak HEIGHTS, Fia,, Feb. 2.—Mrs. G. Henry Stetson of Hunt- ington Valley, medal. winner in the annual January golf tournament for women, defeated her first opponent, Mr. C, D, MeVay of Bala by 8 and 7. She Was out in 43. Mrs. G. K. Mor- row of the Engineers’ Chub won from Mrs, W. W. Morrison and will meet Mrs. Stetson to-d: DENVER, Feb. 2.— the Trans-Mississipp! Golf Associa- been set for Aug. § to 13, Inclusiv. It has been eleven years since th Trans-Mississippi was played ia Denver. qualifying rouna of the annual St. Valentige’s golf tournament, played on the champlonship course yester- between L. A. Hamilton of Garden City and HW. L. Seofleld of Stamford, Conn., cach of whom went around in 40.—41—8. A high wind was found Driscoll is captain of the Boston} Sutbilt | t least a dozen} won a d hag beet hh the white | hae been matzhed up for two fighte by bia Iman ager, Tom O'Rourke. His first wrap will be with Battling MeOready for ten rounds at the Armory A. A. of Boston on Feb, 8, and hie second with Rough Howe War at Allemown, | of Pa, on Pet. 2 will travel to Brooklyn, where the} race, for which special tnvitations | Romig, Penn State; Max Bohlapd, | Carter, of Cornell, and runner-up | race in England, between Oxford- | —— 4, ie date for |; tion championship tournament to*be out) Brennan of Buffalo at the Velodrome a held at the Denver Country Club has | of Bufrato, PINEHURST, N. C., Deb, 2—Tho Camilo, Pa, will take on George (Knockon Chaney of of Buitimore, who hat many knock uy. resulted in a tie for the medal | wus signed up last plabt by bls mana Soap. te appear ln ten-round decision exceedingly troublesome by the big field of 152 contestants, but the first sixteen ali managed to qualify in 83 favorite lo the Hib City, because of the ho ‘Bineo solute o arte bee Haotion woe Ty Keng, whee create an interest in outdoor athletics among the people of atl ages. We something like 500 rinks and we seo that those who gunnot afford to pur- chase skates are provided with them. | The result is that skating is very | popular. “Of course, I always feel that there is something missing when there is/ no national competition. have always been a gteat ice-skating | America and Great Britain together, American and Great Britain together, Now you can discern the inarked in- crease in pach throughout world. Nof only that, it Brings the countries or communities closer to- gether. “This will result with the meeting of Chicago and the New York school- boys. It will bring them closer to- gether, something that I have wanted to-do ever since I was elected Mayas of Chicago. It has been @ of ambition with me, don't know what extent of Interest tho intercity races have created here in New York, but out in Chicago it Is the talk of the town. Every one is looking forward to the meeting of the two cities, “We have asked for an extension of time so as to get our men into better shape. We have had one of the mildest winters in years in Chi- cago and our training has beep hampered Infinitely. We have asked for a further extension until Marob 3, which Dr. Aldinger has been good enowgh to grant, We reminded Chicagd’s jovial Mayor that he had some very re- markable skaters In Chicago, “Yes,” he laughingly responded, “we have been skating for a long timo out there and we have developed some good material. 1 am confident that our boys will fold up the skating Prestige, of the Windy City next month." Mayor Thompson sald_lie saw if the coming together of Chicago and New York the beginning of a now era In national interscholastic ath- letics. There will be more intercity meets now.that we have paved the way. Ther® "1s no roasgn, he aald, why our echools cannot meet/on the track, fleld, diamond: gridiron, &c» Just as our skaters hext month. “Tt is only the beginning of what I would like to see—more friendly relations between the two cities im Interscholastic ahtletics,” conoluded Mayor Thompson, The Mayor was then informed that thesNew York-Chicago Health Com- “You can understand what I mean.| mittee was in session and awaiting There was not so much interest in| him. Hé departed,,saying he would yachting from an international scope'be back March 3 wit ith his skaters, Roper to Make Local Ring Debut With Al Roberts as Opponent Heavyweight Bout Will Be Staged at Commonwealth Sporting Club To-Night. By John Pollock. Fight fans in this vicinity will get their first chatnce to-night to see Capt. Bob Roper, the husky Chicago heavyweight, in a bout in New York | broken. He has broken the tape in| Roper wilt go against Al Roberts, the ¢ promising Staten Island heavyweight, | in a twelve-round go, to a decision, at) the Commonwealth Sporting Club of | runners in the country will compete | Harlem, which is located at 195th ty the Bronx Councll, Knights of | street and Lenox Avenue. Roper has Rev jfought many good bouts in the West na in the last few months he has of Princeton, Joe Higgins and Jimmy (defeated Bartley Madden and also) ion over Bob Martin, the héadiine attraction will be & onesmile | beavywelght champion of the A. E. F. whamplonghip walk in which four| Both Roper and Roberts are in the Members of the Olympic team will | best shape for their scrap. Frei Pulton, ‘the Western heavyweight, wo nig considerable trouble in getting cnvies"” to mect him in title, Now that Johnny Dundes te back in town again, the obances are that a match will be quickly armnged between Dundeo aud Willie Jackson, to be fought at den on the night of Feb. be a great attraction at the Ganto has @ big following of friends in this city. Madison Squaro Gar- ‘This bout would a cach boy Hares Bright, the young featherweigit of Brooklyn, who secured the decision over Lmtch Tiramdt in the featur bout of fifteen rounds fo Brooklyn om Monjey night, drow down $1,005.82 for bis end. ‘This was 25 per cent, of tho gram ree per cont, Brandt got the samo amount as Bright, ‘Tho receipt 404, wks, Jom tho State tax of & of thy show eumounted to ‘Tom Andru of Milwaukee tried to sign up Wills Jackeon for a ten-round bow wéth Ritedlo. Mitchell at the Cream City A, ©. of Miwaukes on ub, 11, but nothing came out) of the negotiations, es Ancrews was only willing to give Jérkeon a kiaranten of 86, D>, whit was not now to mult Frauk Bagley, manager of Jackwon, Champion Johany Wilson, bolder of te mid- Mlowekght title, baa fim been rimmed ap dy hie manager, Marty Killiles, to meet Navy Roltiein, the rugge! iniddlewapht of Chicago, They wifl come together in @ ten-oond bout to be staged at Kenorba, Wis, on tlw night of Fob, 9, 1 bout will mutely draw 4 packed howe, ap tie fane want to 990 Wilson {n action, All Gutaile for tie eoturn tout betwaen Angio Ratner, tho clever local middlowvieht, and Bryan Downey of Columbus, ©, bare finally beon ar. ho In & fifteon, + on Keb, 14. Pour nighte later Ratner will fleht Wilito (nos A double wiudup of two elgld-rond bow yma A. A, of Philad L In the fint one Dans rah of Baltimore moota Johnny Lino of 3 York, whilo {n the main go Bsbe Picato of N Artie O'Leary, Wud Christiano of Buffalo at the ‘A A. om Saturday evening. O'Leary ta a big \* baitle we Danny rush there a few wocks gs, managerial foram of Joe Jabods, ‘Three contents will bo beld at the Col Siwting Chit of Yonkers tomorow aight. the Btar Sporting Ch® of Harlem Sammy Berao will @o ageiowt Tom MaMaho: in, Mt his cant of bouts for his show to-day, Sgencer, Pub, 4, {iftom rounds to « rateree' sision at the East Now York A. ©,” ae ning a teca-Mund decision; Garl Baird of Sesctie twelre-round decision, and Jobeny Drummia Champion Jack Britton, who is to defend his ttle in a fifteen-round bout with Ted "Kid" Lewis, the English champion, at the Gatden, of Monday night, is atreedy down to weight for the content. Britton weighs 145 ponnds, whic ‘- two pounds under the weight at which they are fo battle, 147 pounds, weigh in at 2 P.M. It ought to be a gregt scrap, os Lewis bos stage of thie career, ae * In a letter just received ty Dan Monjen Batting evionky, who teu over te megeon, teky faye timt ho has teen matahad {0 t Hombadior Welle for wwealy rounds at tbe Royal Alert Hall, in Iemdoo, the fine wook in Marti Lorionky further gated that an X-Ray t promoter of Baffalo, fa trying to sign up Jack Britton for = figit wh Soldier Bartfiel’ at tho Auditorium In one of the tenound boute to be held ot oa Beene ie boxing under the management of Howe and improven in evety bout that bo atchinaker MaMahon expects to complsta Yrankio Vay, the hardbittiog Niele ec tant rea, Be, atin, toward the bantamweight champlouht. in tho past ix wooks he bas scored five Imockouts other mlit be wopeed AL Oodk of Newack ta threo counda, Fay fought Jack Sharkey @ dma when Sharuy was at his bat Pay fights Wir # Johnny Meovern has maiched ts brother Barner, the promising west side welcerwolght, for two tigh —Wighting WI Toteher et the Pittsfield a, Ge Veo. % and Jaok Seeldon at Miche eb, 10s wad, Benny Valger, te French featherweight cham: plon and conqueror of Jéhony Kiloane, ta tek tn good form again, as endeaced during the pest two weeks, as he hab moored three Wetories, win ning & fiteen-tound dectalon contest owe aumy Vrumett at the Pioneer SportingtClub, out Dick Stovh and trounciug Jobnay Mealy, the hard-hitting Quaker Clty LUghtweight, in» ten. round decision contest at Boston ina Saturday pleat SS SE ae K. 0, Loughlin Trounces Paulson, HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb, 2.—I 0, Loughiin, welterweight champion of Pennsylvania, easily defeated Mike Paulson, @ rugged St. Paul battler, in every round of a ten-round contest here last night, Paulson was on the verge of belng sent to slumberland many times, but by holding and running he manage. to go the distance, ati, 4 BILLIARD CLOTH Grade Ay in AAs 18-05; VINEST QUAL} js F. R. ALLMANN WOOLLEN CO, 71 Leonard St., Brooklyn, N.Y, Tel. Stan 4654,