The evening world. Newspaper, February 7, 1921, Page 14

“eK BRITTON pected to Be as Interesting as { met. After many contests, with strength 1918. Who had been cleaning up everything able champions in recent years. Now thirty-five, he’s one of the real old ‘men of the ring. Opponents tackle the veteran believing he must soon guccumb to old age only to discover to their ynves that Britton @till re- tains the speed, endurance and punch the cunning that comes with experience. jack has been fighting sixteen years, He seems to thrive on ring @ction. Jack's been no cream puff who perched on his pin- nacie and made impossible terms to ‘his contenders. Since beating Lewis the present title holder has roamed ali over the country giving ail adver- saries an opportunity to take his ebampionship. In action Brittqn is a wonderfully clever and defensive boxer, with a puzzling left that's dificult to get away from. Britten's right packs a stinging punch, which usually booms ut when the left has the intended Soum badly fooled. The champion ‘wastes little energy. Every move is eurefully planned and its rarity for Jack to mise a punch. RITTON docs not fear Lewis, He thinks the Englishman ts particular meat. Given a choice the veteran, though ten years Mer, would rather battle Lewis than eny one else. During the war the x met in the Garden for a war nefit, ‘The old rivalry quickly flared up and the pair, refusing to ive a nice, interesting exhibition with gentle taps, went to it lke o couple of wildcats. ‘Thelr engagement this evening is An international fencing tournament between the leading foilmen of England ,and the United States will be held in this country next autumn, Teams of twélve men each will compete in four- men groups with foils, sabres and duel- «ling swords, under the rules governing Olympic Games fencing, and the win- ning netion will be the one scoring the greatest number of team matches out of @ possible three. Five intercollegiate relay races, Shich will bring together twenty of the foremost colleges in the East, will help make up the programme of the Millrose A. A. games at Madison Square Garden to-morrow night. One of the relays wtil be a one-mils affair in which Columbia, Syracuse, Penn and Mass. Institute of Technology will be represented. CHICAGO, Feb, 1.—Organized base- ball plans to fight gambling and game- throwing through the various State Legislatures, it became known to- day, ufter the new Advisory Council, which now ts the ‘governing body of the game, had held its first meeting with Judge Kenesaw M. Landis as Chairnian. Jacob Klauss, representing the &t. Anselin'’s A. C., won the first road race of the newly organized Manhattan- Bronx Athletic League, which was held esterday afternoon over a three-and- one-half mile course in the Bronx. Kilauss had « handicap of 4 minutes and 5 seconds and finished five yards in front of Ben McCready of the Glencoe A.C. The winner's time was 2 min- ates and 45 second) Shooting in > wind that was half a gale, L. C, Dalley won the high scratch Prize over the traps of the Larchmont , Yacht Club yesterday ‘ prize with the excellent score of $3 out of @ possible 100 targets. The race for the high handicap prize ended in a tie between J. H, Brown and R. W. Stev- eum ‘the latter gunner was unable to take part in the shoot-off so the prize went to Brown by default. By playing © 3 to 3 tle game with the Great, War ¢Vterans at Ma: EVENING WORLD'S OWN SPORT HISTORY What Happens Every Day He took the|the TO DEFEND HIS TITLE IN BOUT WITh HIS OLD RIVAL, TED LEWIS Any Previous Encounter. iw By Vincent Treanor. ‘ACK BRITTON will defend his welterweight title tonight in the Garden against Ted (Kid) Lewis, It will be the twentieth time the pair have varying results, Britton at Canton, 0. March 17, 1919, put over a knockout wallop in the ninth round on Lewis, who has always been Jack’s closest rival among the welters. Since that date Britton has travelled about the country, # real fighting champion, willing to give any contender a chance. pocketing his disappointment, started out to regain his crown. was a long siege of health building to recover, was Jost down South when the; former champion was! a boxing !nstructor in It was to a mysterious Southern malady more than anything ¢!se Lewis attributed his defeat at Canton. Last year Ted reentered the ring,| * strong, confident and ready for all comers. Lewis sought his opponents over in England, a campaign that ended with the knockout of Johnny Basham, Lewis, deliberately First there that in the British Is! » On the strength of this showing, Lewis asked and received a chance to tackle Britton again. | ‘The bout was originally scheduled for London, but a hitch popped up and ‘Tex Rickard waltzed in and plucked it for to-night at the Garden. Britton is one of the most renark- @————————————————————— Ukely to be on the same order. Brit-~ ton, though well fixed financially, has no Intention of losing his champion- ship just now and has carefully trained to give the dashing Kid an- other surprise jolt. The pair appear fo evenly matched that a knockout hardly seems likely, although the out- look favors Britton to win by a alight margin on points. If Lewis ts defeated it will be through no fault of preparation. Soon after returning from his sucessful invasion of England the former cham- pion established training quarters [og in Lakewood. Under the wate! eye of Charlie Harvey, his man: o, Lewis has gone through a duily routine for to-night’s important busl- ness. The bout will like oné long roll of the dice for Lewis, as a defeat would spoil another chance at Britton for a long time. HIB city has always been handi- capped in sports because the Polo Grounds is the only logi- eal place to hold a big outdoor spec- tacle. This situation will be much im- proved with the opeing of the Yan- kees’ $2,000,000 triple-decker stadium that will seat 75,000. ideal place for the annual Army Navy football game, which has long outerown the Polo Grounds, Service officials only contract one year in advance for their gridiron spectacle. Unless serious building trouble develops the Army-Navy game in 192 will be played on the! new grounds of the Yankees. the veterans, and once more, after change of ends, Frost equalized. The New Tort: Footbal Club 4 tones he D in A. A. eleven of Ph: at th New York Oval yesterday. Be a score of 32S ports s9 to & Bleich scored four goals @ local team. SYDNEY, N. 8, W.. Feb, 1.—Dugene Criqui, the French bantamwelght fight- er. knocked out “Bid Godfrey in the tenth round, The WilkesiBarre team of the Pennsyivania Btate Baskethall League lost a closely contested game to the Macdowall Five at Paim Garden From the opening to the final whistle of the game neither team seemed to be able to get an edge on the other and the score showed favor first to one side, then to the other, At the close of the first half the score stood 17 to 16 in favor of the “Macs.” ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 7.—Jim Barnes, the Pelham Country Club star, and Mike Brady of Detroit, defeated Freddy McLeod of the Columbia Coun try Club, and Pat O'Hara, the Irish champion, yesterday before @ record breaking gallery, The score was 2 1, Barnes was in wonderful form, ¢ ting off tremendous drives and putting like a fiend. O'Hara also played wel! MeLaod, who has been ill the past (ow days, was slightly off his game, The new standard ball was used for the first time in competition and considerable Interest to the conte: four players stated they wer pleased with the new ball. a Datty one bao © Box Draw. Jimmy & west side light- woah” and Willy, Beecher, an east sider, fought one of the most gruelling fifteen round battles since the advent of Pioneer Club the Walker Law at Saturday ap NEW ORLEANS SELECTIONS, First Race—Mawcoron, Tom Hare Jr, Black ‘Track. jecond Race—Carline §,, Port- light, Assume. Third Race—Tingaling, Lad's Love, Anticipat Fourth Race—Day Lily, Julia N Cut Up. Fifth Race—Albert A., Master Bill, Beaverkili Sixth Race—Marguerite Dixon, Louise Wynne. Blarney Stone. eventh ce — Capital City, under ‘Bomba Tt will be an) Although This Pair Have Fought a Score of Times, This Battle, | Which Is Over the Fifteen-Round Route to a Decision, Is Ex- a THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1921.” | SIGNS OF AN EARLY SPRING (Copyright, 1991, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Wvening World.) | | OLD MAN YANE ANO TE NEW INFANTS oF THE YANK FAMILM WILL LEAVE On THE of atadh baal celp Grov te give the of een course, nant, sible, GOLF WorkmenCommenceTo- Day} Getting Ground Ready for || "6 Base RUTH WILL PAINFULLY TRAIN AT Hor BPRINGS BY SWATTING HOME RUNS WITH A AVSTUFE. Now You kips BEHAVE YOURSEIE OR ILL HAVE THE GREAT , THE OTHER VETS” WiLL FRouc @Gour TE Lo¢at MTs IM THAT VIC IMOrY ¥ anks’ $2,000,000 Stadium Plans Now Being Drawn for Construction Greatest Baseball Park at 161st Street and River Ave- nue, Bronx. of World’s By Alex Sullivan. men have b to-day grading, in the property, um. Although ts fo wnds ont, a are now at work for the \arkoes! lines sul geried by; and Ruppert. Just when the construction of the stands will cided on. fast the now abnormally high prices wood and steel it ip expected they will do shortly. the opening of the new stadium is not announced for sooner than the spring, of 1923, be surprising if the ita hous¢warming in April, Sunday baseball te largely respon- wie for the willingness of the base- ball magiiutes to gamble to such an extent a* to pay $2,000,000 for a base home, start It will Mt roa on is the around $27,000 With the it ts believed th rivalry develope and the Yanks for the immense the game army of 1¢ it would all der cl had the superior t “1 was in which drew the With both clubs having stadiums, {t is believed that their managements woutld insist that the schedule makers WNERS Huston and Ruppert ate not going to waste any time befor arting the con- struction of their baseball home, which will be built on the site just tirchased from the William Waldorf estate for $626,000, at Iflet Street and River Avenue, the Bronx, as work en omlered to commence raining and filling which is adjacent to the Harlem River, so as to put the grounds in condith world's building baseball n for the atest The Osborn Engineering Company of Cleveland, who were the architects for the Polo Grounds, and several other big league plants, Braves’ Field drawing the plans new park along y Messrs, Huston has not been de- all depend on how drop, as sit would not b will have 1922. that the re- at the Satbath w said Poio Age Yanks in their new park there will be n the patronage of al fans. Of nd on what um, or what for the larger throng. great jants the pen- them all the Sunday dates pos conflicts galore A in t shart en if of the receipts when the ‘he he Yanks and which might run over twenty, instead of twelve or thirteen, only possible now as is ‘This would mean great help to the so-called “weaker sisters” in fhe baseball ranks he money drawn down for their “ play tally on inday Ants 6 ytrong teams, it is thought that there are en kh fans in this city to fill up both parks year on Sun days the semi-prof ud thrived on the patronage of the overflow from the Polo Grounds. Col. Huston Is anxious to have the Yanks’ stadium completed as soon as possible. He says that when the work of levelling the cround and #9 forth is finished and the plans are received from the architects, if he isn't able to get a square deal from local costractors he wil) piteb . stands himself, The Colonel, as he is generally known, is a great engineer. He was (ne of Uncle Sam’s most valuable as- sistants during the war, having been an important cg in the wheel that Luilt bridges aid the like for our doughboys, : be no uncovered stands at the Yanks" rks .Every convenience that is em- bodied in the other up-to-date stands will be put into the construction of the park and in addition sev- at Cols. Huston and Ruppert bh ght out The Yanks may have a little trouble securing the consent of the city. to close Cromwell Avenue and 158th Street. but application for this privi- lege will be made this week. The grandstand will be a double- decker on the omer of the Giants’ | only larger. An army of fans inspected the property yesterday in and supervise the building of the According to the plans there will Stadium, as there are at all the other PING BODIE AND cart MAY S WILL TAKE THE BATHS AT THE SPRINGS TO REHOVE THE TONNAGE THEY ACQUIRED WHILE PLAXING THE STOVE LEAGUE THIS WINTER : ~ By Thornton Fisher |(HNNY ANS PLAYING WINS GAME FOR THE CELTICS Makes 17 Goals From Fouls and 5 Baskets Against Jersey Team. Why fohnny Beckman of the Orig- inal Celtics is called the “Babe Ruth of the net game” was again proven last night at the 7ist Regiment Ar- mory, where he made 17 goals from fouls and 5 baskets. Beckman's great eye ii)1 accurate pair of arms were sufficien' to enable the Original Celtics of this city to de feat the Powers Brothers’ Five of Pasmaic, 37 to 24, in one of the hard- est games of the season. The Jersey invaders played a wonderful game of basketball, Over-anxiety on their part cost them the chance to win the title, as the Celtics were far from the invincible team they generally are. Previous to the Original Celtic- Powers Brothers’ game the Tist Ree’ ment tried out its plan to have regi- mental games every Sunday evening. Company G and Company B jumped for the rubber and Compan, G won out, 27 to 19. ‘The Moonshine Juniors had an easy time in a game against the Glen Morris Five, coming out on the jong end of a 56 to 5 score, The winners have open dateg for 110 pound teams. Address Charles Freyer, No, 208 McKinley Avenue, Brooklyn. LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O'Hara. Coprright, 19M. wy The Prom Pubiidhing Go, (fhe New York Sventng Werk) Because $15 is the limit a fan can be gouged for a New York fight ticket, Jack Dempsey has retreated from St. Patrick's to Labor Day with ‘the contract he has to scrap Willard. It is one of the noblest acts of the year, allowing, as it does, the fans the use of their money for six months The incident also proves that the modern fighter thinks of other things than money. other things are. . gent ani blaine, Ok! where their is no . Ruth, Hable Yankee headquarters. . restrictions on pickpocketeers. . In accordance with this wget) in the line-up while §2 was top price for grandstand seats. fans are bilked for more dough and the raincheck system abolished,” said “T will quit training for the season’s opening. Dempsey loves boxing, but my heirs and assigns must be protected.” Yanks will build a stadium to seat 4,500,000,000 people to piacate Mr. Ruth. It will be dedicated the day after to-morrow, according to the alwuys re- off this fall because of the sti ntisticket soalping laws in Boston. has been blown to the fact that the scalpeteers are limited to 2,000 per cent. profit on gridiron ducats, which would make the H.-Y. match hardly worth while. The big game may be moved to Chill- wa ° Scientists are now busy trying to discover what the rinciple, a few more athletes Yale has served notice on Har- The Yale management inst pasteboard profiteering. . Babe Ruth wired the Yankee owners last night he would refuse to play “Unless the I love baseball like The Jackson and Dun Popular Local Lightweights to Trade Punches in Gar- den on Feb, 25, By John Pollock. Willie Jackson and Johnny Dun- dee, two of the most popular Nght- weights in this vicinity, are going to fight again, They have been matched by Tex Rickard to moet in another fifteen-round bout at Madison Square Garden on the night of Feb, 25. They will battle at 135 pounds, weigh In at 2 P. M. Dundee signed the arti- cles of agreement on Saturday and Frank Bagley, manager of Jackson, will eign for Jackson to-day, Dundee will leave for Hot Springs to-night to remain there for one week, while Jackson will go to Atlantic City where he Will rest up for one week before indulging in strict training for the contest, After this go Dun- dee will try to get on a bout with Champion Johnny Kilbane at 126 pounds, weigh in at Champion Jack Britton, who fighta Ted "Kia" Tewin. bout the English champion, ins fifteen-round boxed ten fast rounds at Grupp's Roy MoCormiok, who made a host of friends by Mis great fighting against Joanny Howard at the Garden recently, waa matched to-day by bie man: ager, Billy Gitmon, to meet Silent Martin, the rugged destoute middiewetght, for ten rounds at the Commonwealth Sporting Club of Harlem on next Saturday plight. It ought to be & slashing Children's Vospital Fund was a glorious sucoeas the management of the affair clearing over $10,000, ‘The committee voted Prank Bagley and Dan Mor- kan & yore of thanks for ending up thelr fighters, who boxed in the many boute have maried (reining for (nelr sorapn, TRAE nate bia Ada LR SRM arene aad Nanton dee to Meet in Another Fifteen-Round Contest ‘Tim Kelly, the California middleweight, le now under the manacemcnt of Leo Mime. The latter bought Kelly from hla former manager, as he thinian tbat Kelly lodks lhe 8 very promising battler. management. a5 [20 is well acquainted with the club matchmakers all over the country. Bo Martin, hearrweisht champion of tke A. % F.. who wprang ® bix surprise Inet week by knocking out Martin Burke, the New Orleans light beaxy- weight, In a bout at New Orleans, received $3,000 for his cod. The rate receipts amounted to $14,000, which was s record? house for New Orleans, Martin fights Bill Brennan at the Garden on Feb. 18, At the Broadway Exhibition Ampctation of Brooktyn to-night Larry Hansen, the ‘Battling Dane." will hook up with Bert Spencer of Brook | tyo im the feature bout of fifeen rounds In tne semi-final of wen rounds Harry Hunith, ex amateur featherweight chainpton, will swap punches with Andy Cortes of Greenpoint. ‘There will be two oiber contests, A match has fost been arranged between Jack Stone, the local middleweight, and Tim Kelly. the Callfornia fighter. ‘They will come together tm s {ep-round bout to a decision et the Maownix A, © of Watertury. Conn.. on Feb. 10, Stone has eo far won oightem fights out of the nineteen contests he bas taken part In. Jack Jones has several matches on for his two Mghters, Shamus O'Brien, Une Irish lightweight, and Al Norton, the promising welterwel Benides meeting Packey Hommey at the Pioneer Sporting Clad Saturday might Shamus boxe best avaliable t Yonkers Feb. 17, and Benny Cohn at Feb, 22. Norton, who knocker, out Jiomy Fisnn in five rounds at the Ridgewood Club Sat urday night, meete some good weiter at Preth Amboy Veb. 15, and Young Pop at Yonkers Feb. 17, Chariey Dormperick says he expects two record crowds ai (he Pioneer Sporting Club both on Friday and Saturday nights Abe Goldstein snd Patay Wallece clash jms fiftena-round bettle Friday night, while Saturday's card ls Packey Hominey va Shamus O'Brien and Poul Doyle ve. Bobby Leone Roy Moore Is ous of the most sought after featherwelghts % thie countzy ty the boxing club managers all over the country. His manager, Leo Viynn, haa eo far received offers from Trenton, both men ate taal fighte pine : eee fot roronto, Boston, St. Louls, Pitsburg, Toledo, == Gewiand and Detroit, Moore fighie Daney Kramer (0 unde at the Olympia A. A. of Phila ‘The boxing show saced 10 Boston tam Wednesday | fF et ro ight by the Mike of that city for the Crippled | “#188 one week wm to-nigm Kid Norfolk, ono of the best colored bearrwrighes in this country, who recently defeated Jotm Lewter Johneon, another colored “‘heary,"* tm 8 ten-round bout at the National Sporting Club of Detroit, re- ceived $1,685 for his victory. ‘The gram reonigte of the show figured up $6,243, which wae a good gate Abe Goldstein, thy jooal Dantamwetsht, and Frankie Daly here ecm watched 10 meet in the | % SMS Petters = sem) foal of wn rounds to we matn bout of fifteen | Mike Arre. the Harlem featherweight, who le no rounds borern Hilly Oe For and Sammy Steger, | tonger under the management of Silver Burns, he the murdy Italian fighter, which lakes place ip the’ now being looked after by Al Well of Harlem. will Gerdes on the night of Fed, 13. Ail four at Martin Judge in the main bout of ten © boning OW We be Bald Ot Demon, Kelly ought to get plenty of bouts under Flynn's | i New York Wins From Hub Team | At Tennis, 6to3) New York dete ) Boston in thetr annual inter-city lawn tennis match on the indoor courts of the Heights! Casino in Brooklyn yesterday. The New York team won four of the five matches piayed yesterday, making a total score of six matches to three in| their favor, each team havinggtwon two matches on Saturday. The feature of yesterday's play was between R. Norris Williams, world’s double champion, and Vincent Rich- ards, the Fordham youth, who is the junior national champion. Williams won, but the Fordham boy made the champion extend himself, in sets of 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. N. J, tonight. Well ls of the opinion that Ara Wil gt the verdict over Judge. Herman Taylor, matchmaker of the Olympia A. A. of Thiladoiphia, wil mage two good sight- round fights to-night, In the first one Danny rust of Baltimore will hook up with Jobnay Lime of Hariem. while in the main attraction Babe Pirato of New Caatle, "Pa, will go against George “"Knockout’ Chaney, the hard-hitting lightweight of Baltimore. a Jimmy Bulliyan, the former amateur lightweight champion, who is fighting in great form under the management of Frank Bagley. bas been booked for ‘Another bout. Hs opponent will be Jack Palmer, the Philadelphia welterweight. ‘They will hox right rounds at the Olympia A. A. of Philadelphia on Monday orming, Feb. Frank Carbone, 1 \detloweight, ix booked for two fights, His firs will be with Sailor Petros- key Wf California for fifteen rounds at the Louist- ane Auditorium at Now Orieans to-night, and nine daye later, Feb. 16. he will go against Jack Reovee tm ao twelve-round battie at Tulm, Oka Carbone has bees sick for some time, but Is well again. Jobony Butt, the fast Little fiyweisht of Jersey Cy, and Frankie Mason, the Western flrweight, have signed article of agrtement culling for then to sect in ® fifleen-round bout at the Loulsdans Audvonum at New Orlesne on Friday night Buf? hag bees winning figits in wucommion to the last together in the semi: ‘Teo twelve-round i i & E Fy e H a Harold Cumek of South Brooklyn Young Tack of Williamsburg, Bonny mid of Reet New Tork Levins of Cuma island, fo Against ‘and in the wind-up \wckles Mully 400 Teams in New York Now Make Basketball Leading Sport in Winter In Two Years “Net” Game Scored Whirlwind Hold on Sport Public— 100,000 New Fans Alone See the Original Celtics Play This Season. By Richard Freyer. N the short space of two years, when the game was about as popu- lar as tiddle-de-winks to-day, basketball has jumped from the lowest depths of public favoritism to one of America’s leading winter sports, If attendance records count for. any- thing, and they surely do, it would not be exaggerating to say the court gume has earned promotion to the | highest class of the cold weather sea- ‘The six-day bike riders have served notice they will not race again so) long as the pickpocket privilege for the grind |s sold for less than $10,000, The race may be held in Chicago permanently, where there are no harsh | i ‘ling j ability of both boys and girls, son's achool. Since the year 1891, when Dr. Nai- smith, head of a gymnasium class at the Springfield, Mass., ¥. M,C. A. invented basketball the game has jumped by leaps and bounds until it has reached the crest of popularity. At present there are over 400 teams, throughout the five boroughs. Churches, athlelic clubs, industrial jand business houses and lodges would not be complete without a five. Out of the confines of the small par- ish gymnasium, through the bigger dance halls of the ity, this thrilling sport, that appeals to the athletic is. making up for time it had lost in its ‘bid for @ place in the sporting hall of fame. Basketball and tennis were treated with the utmost contempt a short time ago and while the racquet game te now on the top wave of popularity its gain has been more consistent. Two years ago, experts figured 80,000 would be @ conservative estimate of the entire basketball attendance in the East. Up to the present time, in a period four months, one local team has doubled this figure. ‘The Ori- ginal Celtics, New York's leading ag- gregation, has played before more than 100,000 fans this season, several tlmes the attendance at one game reaching a total of 10,000. Various reason: have been given to account for the recent tremendous growth of the gamo, both from @ pub- No and playing standpoint. Some have given the death of John Barleycorn credit, others claim the town is sport mad, and others lay the popularity to the fact that the game cannot with any degree of certainty be “framed.” Veteran basketball players who have been appearing at the court for years believe the present style of the sport has a stronger appeal to the public. The game is practically action from beginning to end and the speed and thrills of the game make a bas Fetball {an as interested as the well- Known paseball enthusiast Tracing the history of present day basketball, experts give credit to the Original Celtics for improving on the style of play and adding more speed to the games, The two Furey broth- cra, experts way, sat up night after night planning new plays and watch- their development while the Celties were engaged in combat. Other teams, seeing the ponsibilities for more action in the play of the Irish five, immediately followed by practising the same stunts, and their defensive and offensive strength gained to a great extent, In previous years the main object of a player was to et the ball into the basket, immaterial of how long the shot was or where he was stand- ing on the court. The result of these Jong shots meant wasted effort, as the average te lob < ee in the nets amount to around 4 per cent Nowadays few play- ers take a chance on long shots. The secret of good exhibitions is to get the ball under your own net and a chance for an easy score. Teamwork i# essential, and is the real cause of the wonder- ful showing made this season by the Original Celtics, In a game against the Half Moon quintet, champions of Canada, the Celtics had the ball un- der its own basket, but, due to in- terference, could not get a good ahol at the basket. Seven passes from one member to another were made When Johnnie Beckman fipany got clear and shot an easy goal. The passes were made in less time than it takes to tell, and it clearly demon- strated the machine-Nke and speedy tactics used by the Celtics. This town can boast of several other aggregations capable of holding their own against any opposition. The New York teams who have been playing in good style are the Italian Catholic Club, the Holy Name Kntok- erbooke Annunciations, — Whirt- winds, Greenwich Village Five and | MaaDowell Lyceum |resented by St. James Crowns, St James ‘Triangles, the Brooklyns, Knights of St. Antony and others, Yes, basketball hax urrived and it has come to stay, and the prediction Brooklyn is rep~ is confidently made that the “net” |sport will soon be organized into jleagues that will fill in the gap be- |tween the closing and opening of the baseball season for many thousand sport followers, -_ CK’S GOSSIP AND BOWLING NEWS The team of bowlers representing J. Plerpont Morgan & Co. look like gure wionere in the Bank Clerko’ Bowling League, one of tho oldest as well as one of the classiest of the many closed leagues of the city, Out of 18 games the Morgan bowlers have won 16, Following the leaders ars the Federal Reserve Bank five, with 14 out of 18 gaiues credited to them Textile Banking Co. has a good safe lead jin the Silk Bowling League, which comes to a close Marsh & al the White Blephant drives Inthe Wall Paper closed variety that smi the MacKaos seem to selves. They have rolled 1 them all aque, another of existens Lr Win, Campbell Co, ey having won 30 a ie phous, “are in second place, the 21 games rolled, United "Bowling Five houses of the Slik Bowling Leagu: erack bowler from the Madison Avenun defeated Dest five men that the Fourth the sald league could muster three eames contested, at Howling Academy, by scores $10, 800 for the Fourth Avenue houses, Cor jchor for the Madison Avenue team, average man with 269 1-3, When the fie men team contests were at an end Cornwall Madison Avenus ata out of the rien pane 61, oar 20, i Nee iatlatied with the’ remit Cnrawaii Saked for antlatection and in the ‘next. sericea he wan rolurned the whaner, rolling $03 and S34, Against 199 and 208, al Bowling Club team of New York Rmoieee of Union Hl aes. tr tna evening with totele ef 2 and 22% At tne mocting of the astern Alley Gwnara’ As sectatian sc be held this efternodn 4¢ the naw an's Neadauarears, No. 1241, Broadinay Preideos William Cordes each member ni so bow! fnenis on thelr drives during the howling seasa Mer (orden will sate that toaroament bowling ai tracts the much desired new blasd a fisne heloa ine A B.C. and beers fore the public, tam will be Se mel