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vr a) f2 inaries. , livery. Martin wae al! action. under wraps, but just the same he took many a punch on the chin and tbody from his younger opponent. At times Brotinan appeared to be jarred * a ~) Seach Brennan's chin. @verreached himself ‘were spoiled by met is y. RTIN LOSE ——__ ++ —__ and missed. However, Bob wasn't diggraced at all. “Em fact he made a big hit. ings earlier in the evening Louis White, the ref- preliminaries to He counted out Whitey! a By Vincent Treanor. XPERIENCE and heft won for Bill Brennan over Bob Martin, the A. ®. F. champion, at Madison Square Garden last night. fight, jteresting but not sensational, lasted fifteen rounds. The “ - ALL IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE “Youngster Exhibits Rare Skill Against Ring Veteran and Un- covers Good Punch, but Slowed Up After Eighth Round— Referee Spoils Sport by Stopping Two Promising Prelim- The judges agreed on the verdict. For eight rounds Martin showed well, better, In fact, than any newcomer in the heavyweight division seen around bere in years. has courage, can box and block, He and) provably if not discouraged wil) develop into the best of the contenders for heavy- weight champtonship honors. His will- ingness to mix it with Brennan last night was admirable, and his utter disregard for Brennan's reputation won him epproval of the crowd throughout. After the eighth round, at which stage the milling was about even, Brennan took the lead and held {i to the end. He left-handed Martin un- "til Bob's face was a crimson map. Brennan landed a double left almost every time he started it, and there was plenty of steam behind each de- Brennan rarely used his right hand ¢—<—$<$> <<$ <_< im the early part of the bout, while med |! derision, pounded its feet He rushed over to Judge Schwegler and said he men to continue the fight. wanted citement prevailed. The bout gone two minutes and ten seconds of & 'ARTIN depended a lot on his|the second round, and It looked as if right hand, too much in fact. | You! He tried valiantly to make | Mr. | Promising evening, and the ton, the gathering. ‘The crowd finally flattened out end | bob Martin. he climbed up the stairs the and Even ‘Tex Rickard objected. George the The judge Ay couldn't order the men to renew the by these punches, but if he was ever/ pattie, and for a while general ex- \ Dadly stung he recovered quickly, had White was spoiling a crowd was wholly against him, No doubt He landed |poth cullud re were breaking Ail pat times, more often than not/the rules in Mr. Queensberry’s collec eM es rf but nobody cared about that. men were providing real fire- works and apparently were pleasing and became norma]. Bill Brennan came lous, he caused two| into the ring and sat down to wait for He was a litle late, but and gay opponent after sixteen seconds| through the ropes there were scatter- first round. It Waa a quick|ing handclaps for him. The crowd but Instead of sending the| apparently was greatly displeased “to his corner, White permitted| With the happenings up to this at all. White came “men of color. ig like a hae ® best he could. ¥ Be} nag a q 4 a? action, figh' re “around very excitedly. seconds. out, getting up Just Smith of Kalamazoo. 5 a i i uled to go ten rounds. eempies 182% and Smith 188, ‘ Hickey was the referee for this bout. » Homer didn't wake up until the sec- "ond round, and then he sat Wild Bill on his havnches in his own corner. * Bill had lots of action, but got no- | » where with it up to this stage. Aid 4 little better in the third and | ‘was well pleased with himself when She landed o hard right to Smith's After a mix-up In the third, | ‘ Re body. < hey were 4 lay outstretched, and counted over him, When hp got to mine Reid got up, but meanwhile had tossed in the sponge. Reid kicked it out and wanted to continue, but his seconds wouldn't “have it. Pinky Lewis, a new colored heavy- Weight, 206%, went against Kid Nor- %, another colored gentlemen, ~ folk, 17! im the next contest. like chained MAKE matters worse Young back and tated in the Kid Norfolk-Pinky Lewis bout, a meeting of two gentle- ‘They fought with un- -y due roughness, of course, but nobody = Swared. They furnished plenty of ac- tion in the first round, Lewis begin- tornado ‘which nearly t Norfolk out of the ring, Lewis @uleted down somewhat in the sec- ‘ond, but he was in there doing the ‘The crowd wus hav- 1 ing the time of its life during the go, | and the referee was pulling and haul- the men out of clinches. They: S everything but bite each other. “White cautioned them continually, but ee paid no attention to him. 4 to ‘be rules Finally write ‘pushed Lew|s into his corner and de- yelared the rest of the fun off. ht have let the men go on with- “out displeasing the crowd. Tex Rick- ard was very much incensed at the He wanted the to continue and stormed ‘ first event was short and | sweet, ending in just sixteen Whitey Allen shot a “plght-hander to Bob Sweeney's jaw before the men had fairly started. * Sweeney went down and was counted Referee Lou White had finished the ten seconds. \ Phe crowd didn't understand it and thought White had stopped the go ‘ Rules are rules, and prelim” brought out " Reld of California and Homer They were " guring which both exchanged hard mches to the body and the head, breaking from_u clinch, neither apparently hurt. Smith had! delivered a cuffing punch on Reld's ear about a recond before, whe! “genly Wild Bill dropped like a log ~ without taking another punch Lewin started shot ove Mgbtning and nearly threr the Kid out of the ring in a rough exchange. Norfolk got busy end stuck in many a his seconds healthy Timer Conic Dieges bat joe int, the Humphries could but even then Joe chest. He wanted to say that committee offi-|Teonard and Richie Mitchell work for the onuse by presenting Humphries finally and The official was Dan Hickey, the heart, jthree times after missed with two jaw, but it didn’t bother Bill, Rules that rights and for He ious, left to Bilt Bill to real action, it, piled in and up, and for a second or two out. in the face stiffly. In the third it wa Brennan had a deal of respect whelthe A. EF. champion. ‘Wild kept trying to get his right Once he clipped Brennan uppercut, Martin wus placing much reliance on his right and Reid Dan own when the bell rang. naa} The fourth session saw Bob was bad. nan seemed to have the edge on perience. sud- He. lefts to the fac referee «a smeller, Bob into appeared on an opening, but two etiff lefts to Bob's face, ARTYN blocking every 4 did some in the sixth, Row and then left which tn this wet take the round, but just before Seon. Tgmash to Lewis's stomach. The big- jaw. fellow was being scientifically re- | |. and he began to hold at every | body, * opportunity. warned » the rule book. he a The referee constantly Brennan's left-hand both men for hitting in the » @reak and general rough work not in It was a real stormy > , and the crowd was enjoying right, aimed at Brennan's jaw, and when. Referee White again asserted authority and stopped the bout. ting lied hace Martin's right, both to the face did quite some damage, punches to face equalized things. Brennan rough at close quarters. Bob overreached twice with then began left hooking Bill twice with these punches, hoarse with framed resolutions of thanks. had to go back to the reai tusiness of the evening introduce Brennan and Martin and announce their weights. Bren- nan weighed 193% and Martin 184%, Flashlights were taken and then the referee instructed both men as usual. three switched his etyle then to body punching, which gave 2 had time getting anything off his the in charge of the recent Devastated Fund bout between Benny had shown Its appreciation of Rickard’s him ARTIN lapked yery good in the first round. He landed the first punch, a right to He repeated the punch then the He finally got tne right over, Brennan coolly sized the youngster up, jabbed DECISION TO BILL BRENNA THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19 THE WAY IT LOOKS FROM HERE MOUTHPIECES SHOULD a eee GIVEN THE GATE LONG AGO Copyright, 1921, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World) HIS 1S To BE A \ HING- \\ 4 \\\ him a fow times, but nothing serious happened, Martin seemed overanx- In the second Martin shot his right for the jaw as a starter, then put a| with his stiff lefts to the face and nose, and finally ried | wicked riglits to the body. He started to slug Martin, but had none the better |and jarred Brennan with right and Bob rained punches on Brennan's head until Bill covered up» Bill was plainly shaken there were visions of a sensational knock- apparent that for Martin blocked some of his leads, while he over, with an too was getting slower in delivering |t. Bren- nan tried to slow him up with body blows, but Martin was holding his the aggressor at the start. He landed a right uppercut on Bill's chin and ripped the same fist into the body, He tried hard to get in his right to | the jaw, but his judgment of distance Up to thie stage the bout was even and |nteresting, but Bren- ox- Undaunted, Martin began the fifth | by trying to reach Brennan with long Afterward he shot his right to Bill's nose and a trickle Brennan's Brennan was trying to trap couldn't Toward the end of the round he put pretty but ni landed on the face, Martin slowed down a bit ion, allowing Brennan to the bell he landed a jarring right to Bill's and but the was his He reached He LIVE WIRES Coperight, 1991. ty The Prem Pubtishing Co. (The New York Brouing Werth) Several important witnesses have been scraped off the rural land- scape for the baseball bribery trial. This fresh batch of subpoenatica is expected to toss the limelight of publicity on to doings of 1919, Watercress, Kan. By Neal R. O’Hara. the fraudulent First and frontmost in the list is Ephraim Gibbs of Mr. Gibs will testify that as far back as 1885 a fancy cracker drummer from Topeka told him that ball games were fixed. Mr. Gibbs, who is a blacksmith of untarnished reputation in his community, will recite ali suspicious details he's noticed since ‘85. ee * Ezra Stark of the Massilon Blue Law Associates will tear off etandard arguments against the national game. Tf ball players will throw games on week days they'll do !t on Sundays, the way Ezra figures, baseball wet the razz In order to do away with such horrors. nd that’s a misdemeanor. Mr, Stark will ask to have Sunday Then with Sunday purity as a toehold, Ezra will eliminate the rest of the schedule by lectures, speeches and the spirit of human kindness. oe ‘The next-to-closing spot on the witness list is held by Eddie Mugg. Eddie is a salesman six months in the year when he's selling baseball pools. tongue. He supports a mother and family of six kids by the oll of his The other six months, while Eddie loafs, hie ma und the kfd- dies live on snowbalis, except in the case of mild winters like this. ‘Then they appeal to the cop on the beat. While the cop js listening to Mrs. Mugs’s sad tale, Eddie gdcs out and sticks up a guy and brings home the bacon and eggs and coffee. oe Eddie is well known in sporting, . athletic and Bertillon circles, ‘Ten thousand people know him by stght in New York, elther from the side or front view. The whole 10,000 happen accidentally to belong to the police force. that way. He lost his $12 and had to go to work, A lifelong friend an It was a tough been sour on the national game ever since. At the Grand Jury hearing in Chi, Eddie will bare and berate the crookedness of baseball of his acquaintance tipped him to bet on the White Sox thinking the series wes framed Eddie when Cinci copped. ad forger that year, blow to He's wyy\it Both Teams Putting in Final Practice for Dual Meet March 5. When the Chicago schoolboy skat- ers clash with the New York young- sters for skating supremacy at the Brooklyn Ice Palace, March 5, tor The Evening World Trophy, the Windy City team will be represcnted by the schoolboy skating champion of the country, im the person of George Thompson. Thompson is the foremost school- boy skater of this country and a junior champion. He competed at the recent international champiou- ships at Saranac Lake, and although outclassed made a creditable showing against the best skaters of Canada and this country. Just what event he will enter is not known at present, According to the rules governing the contest he will jonly be permitted to skate in one jevent and a relay race. | It is expected that he will romp oft | | with the race he is entered in and be chance to score often with lefts to Bob's face, which by this time was well smeared. Martin, however, didn't back up. Hw was willing to trade anything with Bill. So far Brennan's best hand was hia left Brennan pieces seemed to be backing up fast. old gxperien lead in the left-handed Martin to ninth, while Martin The was telling in Bill's | This was his round beyond a doubt, Brennan stole further into the in the tenth, piling up points Martin woke wp towurd the end of the round loft. Bill wea thered the storm and smiled through his arms as he tried to protect his Jaw. Brennan's stiff left to the face was working with under precision in the elev- Bill's experience served him /enth, but Bob was standing wp man- well and he was soon jabbing Martin | ¢ully efforts, Now aod then he would rally, but these spurts didn't last long. Once Brennan switched to his right and crossed it ver to Bob's jaw, but evidently it didn't have the necessary power be- hind It Bren nan got real rough in the twelfth and began slashing with his right, while he had the youngster missing, Back to the left jabbing went Bill and he seldom missed with it redden: He Bob's face was well cut up and was reduced to cuff- ing minches now, but at that he cut Brennan's left these tb! lows, eye with a series of Martin looked in a bad way in the thirteenth Brennan was pasting him with @ double left, bing bing lice that and Bill ha. rew his When Rill ‘hooked they a Jot In each drive. hed close quarters, left any place he wanted to, every now and then stick- ing bin right deep into Martin's momach. Rob fought gamely through the fourteenth, but he hadn't anything left with which to hurt Brennan. Ho had Rill's left eye decorated and his loft cheek bone scratched, but the damage wasn't serious Toward the end Bob Mashed a bit and the crowd cheered The | seamed to the tired and Inclined to hold to connect him ast able to Inexperienced Bob, hook over Bill Bob to round was Brennan's He » do anything he liked who was Bill teled a right, but couldn't outroughed and out the final clang of the Jacobsen to Meet revere mn Mat A wrestling Jacobson and John Freburg will eppear pain bout, Will be held under the in th } auspices of the t Lorenzen’s Ghore Road Carino, 101st and Fourth Ayenue Str ton, Brooklyn, contests will brii gainat oun) Content. carnival, In which Ole Noronna Athletic Club Fort Hamil- esday evening. Other together Martin Rock undy and Sailor San- Ricon Tu ny points at the end of the xhip meet here, the mile and was unplaced MoGowan in the between Staff took third. event twenty yarda from line when in third position Edmund Lamy Ben O'S mile and third in the thirty points to his sco: Staff whon he took sec mile and third in the two ‘To-day’s professional Includes the 3 mile and the three-mile. of these events th champions of America crowned Hobby MoLean, present the American title was unable to attend, as The men are skating of $1,800, to be divided first, second and third, this amount to go as a g to the man scorin, ber of points, I derful comeback my st Friends son will be he is of Christy on the road from the serious nearly cost the former twirler his Hfe last fall. In a letter to Joe O'Br: opliinistic remarding tle getting entirely well His letter, In part, follows: Well, Joe, for the first twenty-one years I going South for sprin, to do it, T sit up in a hour of #0 each day and ting stronger, 3 two-mile events, ickey of Phi: eGowan fell filnees will Three Tied for Lead in ‘‘Pro’’ Skating Meet (Special to The Prening World.) | SARANAC LAKE, N. Y,, Feb. 19.—| Everett McGowan of St. Paul, Ed-| rounded into shape eighteen of the mund Lamy of Saranac Lake and| best Art Staff of Chicago are tied tor| first da: meet of the professional champion-| won be Hi quarter-mile dash, which resulted in a dead heat nd Art jadelphi the Lamy, by taking second tn the two. mile, nd in mile, thi programme | ard dash, the half- | At the end professional be | will holder of | was invited, but | also | were Morris Wood and Norval Buptie. for @ purse! in prizes of with $260 of and pri x the greatest nam- ged a won-| “MATTY” WRITES HE'S ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. | Mathew- pleased to know that recovery that peerless jen, Sec- retary of the Giants, the first ho has attempted since confined to his bed at Saranac Lake, he le chanves reads as time in not be training I will surely beat this game, but it will take twelve months longer chair an ond am get this finish added as did Art) @ potent factor in the relay race of | the senior high schoolboys. Judging \from the trials of the local boys !'Thompson will be put to a hard test. tion will arrive here with the team the 4th of next month and will prac- jtice the following morning, the day | of the races, in the Brooklyn rink, Coach ‘Tom Eck of the Middle | estern team has sent on word to | the New York officials that his team is in the best possible condition for the races next month. He has skaters of Chicago thinks are unbeatable. The mild weather that has retarded |the progress of the Western school, boys has continued throughout the Middle West, and the coaches have been forced to work their boys In one of the large rinks of Chicago, as the New Yorkers are doing at present. Mayor Thompson is highly pleased with bis boys and promises to be on hand early next month when the skaters of the two cities come to- gether, While the news comes from the Middle West that they are looking forward to certain victory and thelr being represented by the schoolboy “Ace” of the country, comes the in- formation from Dr, Aldinger, Physi- cal Director of the New York P, 8. A. L., and Head Coach Tom Howard, that the Eastern boys in ail three classes, including senior, junior and elementary boys, are just about as classy an aggregation as could be seen anywhere, They are in excellent condition, confident and well trained, and Howanl looks forward to sure victory. Although the Chicano team has | some of the best Individual stars, the | combined efforts of the entire eigh teen boya will be needed to win the Inter-clty meet, Coach Howan) grants | that the Middte Westerns might have the better individual skaters, yet he | thinks he has an edge on the team collectively speaking, — that he a Richte Mitchell Knocked Ont by | Kansas in One Roand, | BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 19.—aMtocky Kansas of Buffalo knocked out Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee In the first round last night. ‘Kansas tore Into his man at the gong with a furious attack, landing roid. lefts to head and body, Ho sent Richie through the ropes with a left cross to the chin for the count of elght Mitohell was on his feet at nine and retreating. Kansas mished the Milwai Keo lad across the ring, Kanaas feint with a. right to the body, drew open Mitchell's guard and again crossed his left to the point of Richie's chin, Mitch= ell went through the ropes again com- pletely out, Official time, two minutes thirty-alx seconde, _— a | Berne and Smith Box Draw. At the Hast New York A. C. last night | Semmy Rerne and Happy Smith fought welve rounds to draw. The, judges re led the GETTIN’ SERIOUS SOMETHING iT To BE DONE aBouT The Windy City schoolboy sensa- | IF You CRave FIGHTING Jorn sear BASE Bane 2 IN FIFTEEN ROUNDS \ THE PWOKY BoB MARTIN WAS DEFEATED BY ONE FacTOR LAST NIGHT— OLD MAN EXPERIENCE Chicago Schoolboy Skating Star Will Compete Against Local Boys BELLEAIR HBIGHTS, Fla. Feb. 19.—Elisworth Augustus, the long driving Mayfield golfer, won the an- nual Washington's Birthday tourna- ment, when he defeated George W Elking jr. of Huntington Valley by 9 and 8 over the th six-hole route. Augustus did aij his best playing in the morning round, where he stood 7 up. Ho was 5 up in the first n 8 up at the sixteenth Keb, 1 ‘orm e er open and Massachus MIAMI, FY the top of | Boston, champion of ne and d ol -—______-——— Playing at! dullfo amateur is, won the mid-winter tournament at the Miami Country Club, defeating T. W. Pal fner, a local Star, in the fins, by 8 up and 7 to play. Guilford around in 74, and his opponent never had a| chance, PALM BEACH, Fla, Fob, 19.—De- feating Mra. Ernest Myfleld of the Ravisloe Club, CARO, 4 nd 2, Mrs. Quentin Feitner of the South Shore Field Club, Bayshore, L. L, won the Florida women's golf championship for the fifth time, Mrs, Feitner took advantage of every opportunily, while Mrs, Byfield was penhaps too gener- ous in conceding putts to her rival. — GROSS RECEIPTS OF Pollock, cision over Bob Martin, in their fifteen-round bou' received $10,948.75 $43,796, which ‘gave them above mentioned eums. State drew down #,305. 9.112 THE BRENNAN-MARTIN - BOUT WERE $50,710. who got the de- heavy- weight champion of the A. E. i- it amounted to $50,710. The fighters were pald from the net receipts, the Persons paid for tickets. The tiokets, including the Gov- ernment tax, were sold as fol- 8,208.20 19,679.00 $50,710.00 at Madison Square Garden last night, for his end, while Martin drew down $8,759. Brennan fought for 25 per cent., less the State tax of 5 per cent. ve By Thornton Fisher PELL AND GOULD ‘WIN NATIONAL RACQUET TOURNEY Champion Defeats Irving, While Gould Beats Winston in First Round ‘Matches. Clarence C. Pell of Tuxedo Park, the playing-through champion, and Jay Gould, the court tennis tule holder, were among the winners in the opening day's play of \the ua- “onal racquet champlon (lip tourna: ment which began yesie:liy after- noon on the courts of tle Racquet and Tennis Club. Pell, displaying his usual steadiness, defeated L. Du Pont Irving, of thin city, in straight games by u score of 15—T, 15—7, 15—10, while the versatile Gould, whois representing Philadelphia in the tournament, eliminated Winston, a former equaah tenais cham- Pion, by @ score of 16—7, 1s—1; 15—7 This match was easily the best of the day, evan though the score was not close. Winston displayed plenty of speed and his judgment was ood, but Gould's Play throughout was dazzling, He timed the ball almost to perfection and scored several times on fast angie shot« which “faded” in the back corners, Winston wi on the defensive most of the time and in trying to stop the rush of Gould was caught out of position frequently. Lepecially in the second game did Gould's play border on the sensational In this sessinn he ran ten point in one hand. | He was halted when Winston made his first point, but continued his drive in tho next hand by running the needed five points, winning 15—1 in two hands. With two games safely tucked away, Gould i in the third, shifting to slam tactics, which are not as rel ie aa his change of pace, but Winston was beaten almost before the final He had worn himself out playing fensive game against an unbeatable o and Gould had little trouble tering a 15—7 victory, Although C. Pike of Chicago will return to the Windy City without ha’ ing advan into the se was a party to the hardest fought maten een on the local court in a long walle He was finally beaten by H. Hadden of this city 18-£5, 15—3, 10—156, 16—18, 18—14, and it was his inability to warm while Martin boxed for 20 per up quickly that brought about the de- cent, less the State tax. ‘The |feat | xs ua tess ae ross receipts, includi he Gov- ‘The local man mado Ernment tax’ of 10 “per cent, | {2 the third game, when he overcame & 13—9 lead, Hadden’s placements were particularly fine in this frame, and he covered the court in great style. The matohes scheduled for to-day a Frelinghuysen vs, Cussils, Pell_vs. Hade den, Reynokis vs. Mortimer, Gould va. Cutting. _ Cornell ya. Columbia at Hockey. | Another intercollegiate hockey maton ‘will take place at the 18ist Street Joe | Palace to-night, when Columbia and Cornell mect. ‘The Blue and White haa | hot shown well to date in its games, a!- | though it looks promising tn practice, lond for that reason the Ithacans ai the favorites, The game will begin at 8.30 o'clock, Celtics to Play Perth Amboy; Brooklyn Five to Meet Crowns tunity looks like some Practically every Laegue defeating all comers. afternoon, the champions will Club, eral weeks ago, the title 1} ute of play Sev respect Big angie aspect A This Hall gether the Visitation staged on Py test of a home and home serie tet will again they moet the MacDowell quintet to-morrow afternoon Garden and Basketball fans throughout Greater New York will be given an oppor- to-morrow to witness what interesting contests. New York and Brooklyn five will be seen in action at the various courts, several of them playing out of town teams. The head- line contests will bring together the champion Original Celtics and Nanti- cokes of Pennsylvania. The visitors won the championship of their State last season and up to present time have been meeting and This contest will be staged at the Tist Regiment Armory in the evening. To-morrow at Central Opera House, tackle another worthy opponent in the Perth Amboy The latter combination gave the Celtics one of the hardest fights of their career in a game played sey- lers emerging victors during the last min- 1 of the leading home teams will be busy on the Brooklyn courts. At Arcadia Hall, in the evening, the Assumption Crowns will play the fast will courts andy! will be the third and deciding con- The famous Powers Brothers quin- invade this city Lu when eum Palm ‘Phe visiting aggregation hail from Passaic, N. J., and are consid one of the best fives playing the game. ‘The report that the Original Celtics the New York Whirlwinds closed arrangements to meet in A se- the had Many Other Good Games] division acted as referee in a game Scheduled for Local Basket- ball Teams To-Morrow. layed between the Saracens and Fair- nks teams at Community Centre No. 10, St. Nicholas Avenue and 117th Jaret. Benny in’ faultless manner the crowd, In a one-sided contest the Carmelite A. A. of Manhattan was sent down to its first defeat at the hands of the Carmelite A. C. of the Bronx by the overwhelming score of 48 to 8 The points scored by the losing five were made on free shots as they did not seore on tallies from the floor, The winnors lined up with Boyne, White, Brown, Hanley and Cassidy The Kips Bay Midgota defeated the Visitation Midzots of Brooklyin at the former team’s courts by 47 to 21. The Kips Bay 120 and 195 pound teams travelled to the Newboy Club grounds and won in both games by 21 to 15 and 20 to 11. A home and home series has been arranged between the Kips Buy Intermediates and the Sacred Heart Crowns of Brooklyn, as well as another serics with the Hunts Point Eagles. Borough Five, with a record of fourteen out of sixteen wins, bas open dates for 130 pound teams with home courts, Address Hl. Koritzer, 1174 Park Avenue, City. The Knickerbockers added another victory to their long list by defeating the Unity Couneil, K. of C, by b1 to 20, This makes twenty-four consect tive wins for the Knicks. The Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute five will meet City College New York quintet at the 13th Regiment Armory Brooklyn team ‘in a champtonship gourea Br LAs to-night. The Tech 4 a noys are grimly determined to take contest, The All New Yorks will] ti)"; avender scalp thik wear and: m mingle with the crack Nonpareils at} ¢dod contest is expected Saengerbund Hall in the afternoon 2 and the St. Jerome Rig Five will cross | After winning two games from the nets with the Brooklyn Whirlwinds | Franklin Juniors, the Hunt's Point wy the same courts in the evening. finally defeated by the |Another night game will & to- boys in an interesting gam nim Manager Karp of the the winning Instead of 1 why Mr. Kerp didn’t. kic! extra poun the two cleat loam averaged 140 vis, We about t e when his team won amen. At the Knights of St, Anthony Gourt, Brooklyn, to-morrow night the Knight+ will meet the well known Pussale team with the three Power brot!i- el] ers, Reynick in their line-up. The Probably and z have Mc! mare On Washington’ iBrthday - Saen-| ry, Moc erbund Hall, Brooklyn, t asump>| 7" i i Fon Trisngios and Immaculate Cross| The D York Rovers of the and St. Stephen's Crowns and Colum-| Street Y. M. CA. lost a fast, exeltin, bla Cubs will meet in contests for the} Kame fo the Franklins at the ast liehtwoight title of the Borough of| Side ¥. M,C. A. by the seore of 27 to Churches, The games will be played| 26. The Rovers played r usual in the afternoon. Snappy passing game, but the home dectded the gina, Vranck starred for the nd Martin and Klempner Mignard and Franklins for tho Rov 4 decide ‘he Greater Fletcher Signa Contract. ries of pees eS Gide! se reoe'e PHILADELPHIA, Reb, 19.—Reports | ey oor eer neey manager of the| shortcoming Wins Waterloo Cup, of the Fetirement from baseball of the! T° D3 act LONDON, Feb. 19.—The greyhoun! veteran Arthur Fletcher were set at = Shortcoming, owned by the Countess of reat, mci By the seceipt of Bie Bene Benny Leonerd, lightweteht cham-| corion, won Waterloo Cup, the bi contrac! Bak res! | han found new fiel conquer, ri “of Rnglien coursing eve the Phiffles, sontraat le for ome | pions ps Shs 8 WrOlINe 8vOMtE, Hea pase | Tene ‘tending pugiiiat :