The evening world. Newspaper, April 22, 1921, Page 30

i} ’ f } ~<a rn i ee eee evn ain Fa THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1921. ARTON AND LION "OR, TWO ROSS HORSES, BREAK DOWN SIR B Will Babe Ruth Make Yankees Outdraw Giants on Polo Grounds This Season? HE Giants opened the Season at the Polo Grounds i yesterday and the regulars f®ommented on the fact that there were many vacant seats in, the Brand stand and that the left fleld ieachers were sparsely occupied, Wes the Yankees opened last (week th ie greeted by a capacity crowd ce is the answer? Does it mean i te the Ruppert-Huston outfit is to the better drawing card this year PF issit a case of just “Babe” Sational Ley s refus @iéve “hat the Giants are to ited as the popular idols jocdt Pans and make excuses for the @omparatively poor turnout yesterday fy pointing to the Phillics as none baseball Ruth? to be dis- of the fhe best of attractions, Then again Whe edge had been taken off the open- Nog “day ceremonies by a week of Vanked games, Beeides, the Giants ad aBpeared at home before in ex ibition games and there was really jothing new about their appearauce. Be this all as it may, there was homething lacking in the crowd's en Shusiasm. Possibly it was the game @{ was nothing to rave about. Out- ide of the homer by Kelly, which | ent far and high over the left fied ence, the fans had ‘little reason to | et up on their hind legs and become | iferous. More than once the fans found themselves digging up excuss or misplays which were costly, Ban- | fii Juggling of Le Borveau's pinch | " itting effort—for Keenan, for in- tance—let in what proved to be the | ‘winning run for the Phillies when u flean stop would have shut it off} easily. 7 MILING BILL" Donovan un- ‘ S covered almost his entire § Sh team, finally winning out Sitepethe Giants had overcome their ood} early lead. Bill's outfit doesn't Beem to be very long on pliching material, but it boasts of several husky —smackers, Emil Meusel, brother of Bob of the Yanks, hits the pill Nard, and as a rule cleanly as 14 It. He, however, slams most of is drives down the centre alley, Up to yesterday Emil, or “Irish,” @s he is ealled, was ‘the leading home run hitter of the big league, With three of the circuit clouts, but his was before Kelly drove one ove he left field fence and tied him, and before the news from Philadelphia gold of Ruth’s third one towam a Possible Dew record this season. lonre Elias, that walking ency- giogedia, on baseball “‘info.,” telis us hat this young man. when with Rochester, two years ago, made four Bomers and a double in a single gome plas against Reading — this. equal'ing a Delehanty feat of vars and years ago. With the Meu- 1 brothers in their present hitting fait, and Ketly of the Giants homer- Ang and tripling at regular intervals, Pre “babe” will not suffer from lack ‘ef rivairy this season. {JACK DEMPSEY may do the real training for his bout with Car- Pentier at Atlantic City, His haneger has been down to the ocean looking over quarters, After & few weeks of preparation for the ard grind at Freddy Welsh's Sum- it health farm, Dempsey and his Petimue may move down to ‘the Boardwalk to get into real condition. The champion is very fond of salt Water swimming, It was this which $e rai him to Long Branch, where trained for his bout with Fred ton, J Carpenter, the Princeton Colloge student who -stayed twenty min- pies with Strangler Lewis at the Commodore Hotel show this week Would make his mark as a wrestler it decides to stick to the game. ACK CURLEY tells us that young He sure bas the makings, says the Promoter, and in about five years wv be a worthy opponent for the fopnotchers. The chances are that the young man who comes from Au- ta, Ga., will never wrestle after e Sraduates this year, E have been bombarded with letters from those who saw the recent Soldier Bartfleld- {arty Cross bout in Brooklyn, where- the soldier was awarded the de. jon, Some think that Cross re- ved @ raw deal in being declared the loner while just as many believe were right in giving Bart- the verdict, Not having seen the bout we are not in a position to sides on the question. We would » a8 Manager Sam Wallach “Goes, that they be matched up again @md bave it out for good and all. ‘ HE reinstatement of Home Run Baker is good news to baseball i fans. It takes effect at once, But for an unwillingness to answer Weations submitted by Judge Landis, might not have lost so much in getting back into the game. Be bad done nothing but play semi. bm ball last season with the consent the Yankeo management and he AT THE GIANTS’ O Laresr Aowces REepoer THE PILL 3 eaILES TH OF MY GEO. IKBLLY LEANED AGAINST ONE FOR A FOUR BaAGGER- THE LEATHER BGREEZED OVER "HE LEFT FIELD FENCE © THEN HIT EVERYTHING HUBBELL HAD BUT HIS HOUSEHOLD eer B53 Ose Factory~ [*x = 6 RIS MEU SEL Copyright, 1921, by LAND AT Barred Out 2 TRI AND A BINGLE GRANDSTAND GAS Boxing Commission Investigating Montreal-Pete Boston Board Subpoenas Two Judges and Seeks Explana- tion From Referee. By John Pollock. There has been so much dissatis- action over the decision rendered by referee Jack Sheehan, who gave Young Montreal the verdict over Pete Herman jn their ten-round bout in Boston recently, that the Massachu- setts State Boxing Commission has decided to begin an Investigation of the bout. The commission hag already subpoenaed the two judges, Lewis Sullivan and W. T. McDermott, to give their opinion of the contest, and will also have Referee Sheehan ex- plain his reason for giving Montreal the decision, There was considerable money wagered on the contest, and the commission wants to find out if the betting had anything to do with the decision. Pete Hartley, the “Duratle Dane,” who got the decision over Joo Welling in their boat at the Pioneer Sporting Club on ‘Toomiay night, was matebal today by bis manager Leo Flynn, to moet Young Berwn, a New Orleans lightweight, for fifteen rounds to s decision at New Orleans ou May 2, Mariley Wa @ big favorite In Unt city as be has won many contents there, Pildie O'Hare, the promining local midkilewaight, and Harry Gre of DPittsbungh were eigned ap to-day to meet tn a fificen-rownd bout to s de- cision at the big open-air boxing show to be staged by Dominick Now Orieane on May 9 O'Hare teat Martin Hurke there aud Greb beat Happy HitUetom, which makes this comet « big drawing cand. O'Hare ie to receive 4 guarantee of &),000 for his end. Bam Wallach i trying hant to induce the manager of Boldier Barifield to conmat to « New Brunewick fighter, and the west side fighter, who has tn wuccestion, which is to be staged at the mowwelth Sporting Clab on April 80. ‘Mel Coogan, the Flatbush ightwetght, and Shasme O'Brien, the Yonkem welterweight, were booked up to-day to meet in the feature bout of fifteen rounda at the Brooklyn Arena, Atlautic and Bedford Avenues, Brookiya, on night, O'Brien w one of thuse rugged gauie Fabien whe keope fighting all the time Al Nor. ton of Yonkers mects Daony Ridge for tam rounds, ‘The Walker Sporting Ct, which is a nowty organised boxing club and will stage open air entertainments at Ivanhoe Oval, at Iidgewood, will stage the initial show to-night, Match- maker Horn has booked » good cant of bouts for the @ccasion—Wilie Spencer va Sonny Sinith for fifteen romnds, Irish Junimy Dwyer ve. Tomy Marto in the semifinal of ten rounds, There will be two other eixound bouts In the future afl boxing clube that stage bouts tn Louisville, Ky, wiM be compelied te tum over $500 to the city, ‘This new rule was pamed Uncro by the City Council, and as tt now go to the Mayor for his signature, it looks almost certain ‘that mature to Mt Tae tliat placing & $200 Moms on unconstitutional by the ‘A match was arranued to-day betwoen Billy Brine, Uke New Brunewick 148-pound fighter, and Tommy McAleer, Uke promising went aide 1s! | pound fighter, who has wou four fights since the | Walker law went tato effect, They will bate for didn't at first think that detailed in- formation on the subject was of any sole arbiter. twelve rounds at the Commonwealth Sporting Club | Of Harem an Beiuiday ormiing, Apr 30, Bity Herman Decision tends to stage two boxing shorn a week, Monday aut Saturday evenings, On Saturday might Ray West meets Harry Smith; Philly McQorem bat- ties Danny Powers and Larry Labaeco meets Young Rone in tenround bouts, Monday night Louis Boguah meote “Wiklcat" Nelson for fifteen aoa, Hilly Gltwon, mansger of Frankie Jerome, the Jad who has woo vlerea bouts under the Walker law, cight of them ty the knockout route, hat wosoptel the terms offered by Kaldie MdMahon for Jerome to meet Jimmy Ture of Bridgeport in one of the twelve-round bouts at the Star Sporting Ci on Monday night, Te following {9 Uke complete cart of Mywoirht elimination beuts arranged by Matobmaker Ray tond of the Huo Point A. A. Inc., for Tuesday wight: Fifteen rounds, Joe Dillon va Frankte Ge. haro; ten rounds, Bothy Wola va Kiddie Leon ard; eight rounds, Joo Lewia ms, Water Donovan six rounds, Jimmy Golly ve, Rube Landy, Willie Beecher, who wae beaten by Phil Bloom in @ bent at the Broadway Bxhitition Amooia tion on Monday night, bas practically made up his mind to announce hie retirement from the ring, Beecher has come to te conciusion tat the present day fightere are too young and strong | for him. It would be @ gomt thing if a fow more fletiter took the mame tip and retired. | ‘Open air boxing #bows will be staged again at | Flmwood, outer outside of Cincinnati, during | the fammer months, Frank Bagley received word | to thia effect to-day from dhe promoter of that | place, who wants tj have Austo Ratner meet | Marty Grab in the feature go at the opauing | anew of tho season the early part of next mouth. | Young Jake Aheam, who ts now fighting under | tho management of Paddy Hooke is booked up for two more figkta On Monday night he moet Marty Deegan of South Hrooklyn in tke wind~ At the show of the National A.C. of Brooklyn, ‘and on May 2 he will ewap punches with Dare Noweuberg of Brooklyu in the main gu at tae Vreepon Auditorium. Himmy Sullivan, the former amatour lightweight champion, who is now making Newark hla home, ts matched to moet Eddio Wagond of Philadel- Mike Gibbons in Great Comeback (Seecial to The Prening Work.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, April 22.— Mike Gibbons, St. Paul contender for the middleweight championship, last night made a sensational come-back start in his first battle in over a year when he met Chuck Wiggins of In- dianapolis. Gibbons won easily In ten rounds and displayed all of nia old-time form. He had his foe prac- tically out in the eighth and tenth rounds, when he shot over right crosses to the jaw that put the In- djanapolis boy in bad shape, Gibbons made Wigsing look like a novice by his continual missing. Gib- bons's come-back work took the fans | off their feet. He boxed as cleverly as ever and fought every minute of the way. PENING —— HEY, LISTEN YouRE proeaguy)_ ONY THE “PEEDER! IN THIS AcT= YOURE SIMPLY workin’ TO Aur The Press Publishing Co, te oven! DAY POLO® GERovunos ~AWHEN) A GUY ZZ EROM THE Sawa CIRQUIT GRABS THE BOQuUETS ON THE OPENS (NM MY, (The New York Evening World) op rr THE GAQDEN YouR SHow GOV. EOWARDS ATTENDED AND THE BANO PLANED THE NEW JERSEY STATE ANTHEM CASEY STENGE L SCOOPED'EM OFF By Thornton Fisher|7wo of Last Year’s Stars Crippled as Result of Rushing Their Training Guy Bedwell. Deposed Trainer for Commander Ross, Hurried Preparation of These Two Champions, Hoping to Clean Up During Maryland Meetings. (Gpeeial to ‘The Evening World.) | BALTIMORN, April 22 | HS harvest time of hasty train- aT ing has arrived. Two of last year’s champions have already been laid on the shelf as a result of efforts toward advanced cond tion tor the Maryland meetings. Sir Karten and Lion d'Or, two of the best ia Commander Ross's stable, have cracked under the strain, and ere un- likely to be seen under colors for sev- cral months. These: like all the cthers of the Ross string that would stand training, were put through an un- | merciful drilling so that they might be ready to sweep all before them as | soon as the season opened | Guy Bedwen, tne man who prepared them and who js considered by some | ‘one of the best trainers in the coun- has stepped out and left that | S03) ot a heritage to Henry McDaniel, his successor: ‘The seneral endeavor to have horses IS ady for early spring racing has been responsible for cripples without |Rumber. ‘The Derby and Preakness 1920 Jett their heavy toll in high year-olds which were shelved during the intensive exercise of knocked them off their racing feet. ‘| McDaniel will have the task of keeping on edge a dig stable of horses that have undergone the same method of training. Sir Barton's bad leg has been tronbling him for the last week, Coprright, 1921, by Thi Carp’s manager, Descamps, talks with an average rainfall of 1.72 inches. . Wxtra trains will be mn to the mitted. 8 e@ The Governor of New Jersey will not have to pay to get in ee @ LIVE WIRES By Neal R. O’ Hara. Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). CARPENTIER-DEMPSEY FIGHT NOTE! Carpentier will enter the ring iy a blonde. . No “Watch your overcoat” signs will be posted. The management is not responsible for lost titles, wagers or other valuables, = ° eo. eo. arena, but straphanging wil be per- ‘New Baseball League New York Boys Appeals to Nearly Two Hundred Locai Amateur and Semi-Profes- sional Teams Have Now Joined the National Federation. HE National Baseball Federation has been recruiting only a short time in New York, but already nearly 200 local teams have joined the great organization that's so popular through the Middie West. Under the The Governor of New York will. energetic direction of Chairman eo 8 jdlarry Davega the tens of thousands Pickpockets found dodging thet income tax will be reported. lof New York sand lot ball tossers are Forfetts have been posted in two languages. * 8 © Carpentier’s name ts pronounced Car-pon-shay, with the accent on the money end. . Joe Humphries's announcements will be made in English—Joe Humphries’s English, ; No ringside seats will be soid at Woolworth’s, o 8 ‘The referee will do the countin, sons: If Carp is knocked out he will never hear the numbers anyway. If Juck 1s K. .'4 Carp will understand what it all means without hav- ing the 1-to-10 firures translated. . Great concern is shown for Jack's method of preparing for scrap. Jack has been training before three-a-day houses. ence on the day of the fight will be s in Engtieh for the following rea- the His audi- the one-a-minute kind. being interested in the new branch of the National Federation, This interest is not just confined to the “kid” players and their older brothers, hind the movement to places Manhattan Island first on amateur and semi-professional map are some of New York's leading citi- zens, Directors who have voluntcered their services as directors include W. W. Cohen, Chairman, whose ef- forts did so much to make the recent Chicago and New York schoolboy skating races such a success; T. B. Davega, Roy Floyd Jones, John J, Shatuck, Judge Jerry Mahoney, George H. Taylor, Charics 8. Dieges, George L: Leslie, ‘Alexander Peacock, Arthur Murphy and George Berlin, While plans for the local branch of DAVIS CUP TEAM WILL BE HONORED AT RECORD DINNER Lawn Tennis Followers to Pay Big Tribute To-Night to World Conquerors. Followers of Inwn tennis will poy tribute to the players who returned the Davis Cup to this country from Aus- tralia last winter at the biggest dinner in the history of the sport in the Bilt- more Hotel at 7 o'clock this evening, ‘The team, made up of Wiltam T. Tilden 24, Wlillam M. Johnston, R. Nor- ris Williams 24, Watson M. Washburn, Charles 8. Garland and Samuel Hardy, the team Captain, will be the guests of honor. ‘Tilden and Johnston did all the play- Ing, beating the British Lstes and France in the preliminary ties and Australasia in the final round without the loss of a single match, They, of course, will get the Uon's share of applause and con- gratulations, but every member of the team will come in for a share. Bir Auckland Geddes, British Ambas- sador, Martin W. Littleton and Dwight F. Davis of St. Louis, who offered tho now famous trophy twenty years ago and so stimulated international compe- tition in the sport a# never before, will be the chief speakers, © players also will say a fow words, while Sam Hardy will summatize the afory of the trip to Ingland and then asia and k, and to Austr: k, with the cup in tow hat the Davis ci i bi It ‘Is sald p has travelled more than 100,000. n and It is safe to say that the team which brought it home was the most travelled in the history of all sports, crosniux the Atlantic twice and the Pacifle tw ce In quest of the trophy. Jullan 8. Myrick, President of the United states Lawn Tennis Assgcin- thon, Is Chairman of the Dinner Com- mittee, and, judging by the rea received, lovers of lawn tennis will turn out in larger numbers to-night than ever ——_—_ DASERALL TO-DAY. POLO GROUNDS. au P. EVENING WORLD'S OWN SPORT HISTORY TAMPA, Fla, April 22.—Frank Taberaki of Schenectady, N. ¥., world’s undefeated pocket billiard champion, yesterday, defeating Arthur Howard, 125 © 0, won his 300th consecutive game, said to be a world’s record. In 31 of these games the score was 125 to 0, and in four it was 150 to 0. On ten occasions Taberski can tho game out from the spot, getling high runs of 200, 1&4 and 176. | PARIS, April 22—Georges Carpen- tier, the Buropean champion, who is to start shortly for the United States to fight Jack Dempsey for the world’s heavyweight pugtlistie championship, will have his training quarters at Long Beach, L. L, instead of at Sum- mit, N. J. Carpentier expects it to be much cooler at the seashore than in the Orange Mountains during June. He also has cabled to Joe Jeannette, asking Jeannette to act as his chief sparring partner and adviser, John P. O’Brien, Corporation Coun- sel, sustained the stand taken by Joseph P, Hennessy, Park Commia- sioner of the Bronx, in refusing to cancel permits for the junior and senior Metropolitan championship cross country runs over the Van Cortlandt Park course on Sunday, April 24, and Sunday, May 8, ATLANTIC CJT, N. J. 1 2 John 8. Smith, Thairman ‘of the New Jersey Boxing “ommiasion, died at the Hotel Whittle yesterday’ of internal hemorrhage following an operation for appendicitis. Smith was operated on ten days ago in the Atlantic City Hospital, CHICAGO, April 22.—P. for Ch es (Chick) Evane and his parents visit England for “travel and recrea- tion,” were obtained to-day. Chiex, who is national amateur golf chacaplon, 16 to play in the British championship tournament. PRINCTON, N. J. April 22.—Frank Ferlaquo of ‘Brooklyn, N. ¥., to-day was elected assistant manager of the Princeton, hockey team, to become manager in his, senior year. GLOUCESTER, Mass, April 23. desire of Nort Virginia, to compete Vfor the ini ‘Fishing Vessel pal Championship with Boston, st Yond Tinllfax, N, 8, was announced tn |. GIANTS V8. PHILA.—Advt (’e letter (o the American Race Committee Miss Stirling Leads Golfers InEnglish Meet BURHTLL, England, April 23— Miss Alexa Stirling played excellent golf in the first round of the tourna- ment here to-day, her card for eighteen holes being eighty-one, against bogey seventy-nine. In the opinion of experts she has an excel- lent chance of winning the tourna- ment if she ie able to do as well this afternoon. Miss Stirling evidently has hit her stride, and played steadily through- out the morning. Mrs, Temple Do- bell, her opponenthad a score of 85, the three next best cards turned in being 87, 99 and 31. Only 3 Bowlers Out of 80 Win Headpin Medals Members of sixteen bowting teams gave the best that was In them last night in @n effort to displace the None-Guch No. 1 team of College Point from their lead in The Eve- ning World Headpin bowling tour- nament at Thum's White Elephant alleys, but when it was all over 517 #till stood as a mark for future bow!- ers to shoot at. Out of the eighty men that bowled last night only three were successful in winning medals, namely: Charles Shaw, Na- tlonal Biscuit Co., 102; Anthony Smith, Harmony Ctbu, 106; Albert Alberholder, Goldwyn, 106. The team scores follow: National Bisenit Co. No. L 437; National Bis- cuit Co, No. 2, $06; National Bisouit Cc Five G's mony No. 3, 333; Harmony, No. 3 391; St. Moritz, 406; Harmony No. 6, 406: Goldwyn, ‘888: Harmony /No. 187; Harmony No. 4, 254: Mascp's 378. |the federation are still pretty much | in an elementary stage, It 1s proposed to enlist the aid of Mayor Hylan and Jother city officials for the purpose of improving playground diamonds and presenting them for the use of teder- ation member teams, which will be composed of amateurs and semi-pro- fessionals. The federation race will start eorly in May. The various leagues that are already organized like the Bank- ers’ and Silkmens’ organizations will play a schedule of elimination and the | different winners will start to com- pete in ‘the final lap in August. The ultimate victors in this series will then be eligtble to oppose similar win- ners in Chicago, St. Paul, St, Louts, | Cleveland, Indianapolis and other Western cities where the federation idea has a strong grip on Young America that swings a wagon tongue, It is estimated there are over 100,000 young ball players in New York, sand lotters who, despite their humble | start on the corner field, eventually | supply the major le@gues with prom- ising talent the young amateur |and- semi-prot the federation offers special ions, and under the direction of Chairman Davega. {t is only a question of perhaps a year HAVRE DE GRACE SELEC TONS. First Race—Nan Sterting, DoRy Varden, Dunce oo —S SE and Lion 4’Or ts wores, scconting to the training reports, and has been in worse condition for more tham @ aves. The Racing Conxnisston wih bave tomy another hearing of the cms: of Jockey Heupel, who was suspend ed for an unsatisfactory ride on No hant at Bowte in a race by Dana Gideon's Vulcanize, 7O _owne;rs have been summoned, and beth wilt be represented by lawyers. The: Status will be determined by men two of whom have admitted an ignorance of racing, and their defense wit! be offered by men who have little more knowledge of racing than the Com missioner, The most appealing pat of the proposition, as a whole, is thi the investigation concerns a three year-old muiden race. If one of the lawyers for the defense will carry a bundle of chart books showing thr consistency of the average selling plater three-year-old into court, he should have no trouble awakening reasonable doubt for his chent least. at James Butler, tue owner and train er of Napoll, who won yesterday . the sweet price of 45-1, should nox t confused with the master of Empi : Yesterday's winner is a co cred trainer who acted as forema for Guy Bedwell for about tweirs rs, and who is t ning the atie Nopoti for a Baitimorean wo Likes the sport but fears the pul heity ‘The stewards applied that doubd fully good rule which reads in effo that if any horse shall interfere .n any way with another that hoi shali_be disqualified. Jean Bulan and Tennite were both tring in L! final clghth of their race. Tena. was swerving her: but Jean Bui t, without on Ais rider's part, bumped her, The sani stewards who have watched the ove! sized field have been the iui the cheaper races here go aw from the post bumping and jostlii one another disqualified Tenn.tc thereby moving her up a noteh bettcr than she could have finished had there been daylight distance between ber and Jean Bullant, Patrol Judge William Doyle, the former raver, who incidentally 1's 01. of the most capable and at the sami time most popular officials in th country, has been apponted to act a. lcokout from the three-furlong pol: here. Sporting Blood, the Arnold Roth- stein Derby ness hope, is approaching elton. ves terday, with his welght up, he worn ed the day’s star trial, a mile in 141 3-5. He was driven out at the end. The bright effort caused his Derby stock to rise perceptibly, for there were repeated inquiries for his fu- ture book odds in both the big races * throughout the remainder of the das when the New York Division wii be | == the largest in the national body. |_ One of the first moves of the New York Branch was the affiliation with |the Interstate Umpires’ Association, |which association will exclusively |furnish umpires this season for the federation games in and about this city, It is an easy matter for teams to join the new league. P. M. Seixas, Secretary, at No. 831 Broadway, has application blanks he will furnish on request to team managers, who can easily furnish the necessary data, American Team Hard at Work For Polo Series LONDON, April 22.—Members of the American polo team are com- pleting their training pretminary to the international cup matches to be played at Hurlingham tn June, and it is doubtful if there was ever a harder working team of poloists than this Boys’ shoes are ‘‘stepping stones” to our men’s. So naturally no stone is left unturned to put us on a sure footing with the boys All-leather lasts that are American aggregation. ‘The men and ponies are engaging in three fast practice matches a week at Sunbury. The Americans are occupied with olf on other days, while their ponies are kept in good trim by long rides. Most of the players are staying at @ hotel jn this city, where they have acquired a reputation for early ris- ing. ‘There is no trainer or coach to see that training rules are enforced, but the Yankees are doing everything to ensure the cup going with,them when they sail tor the United States ufter the matches at Hurlingham Critics who have seen the Americans in action agree they make a formid- able team, and are well mounted, as the ponies have become thoroughly acclimated, and have had the advan- tage of expert grooming at Hampton Court, near Sunbury. Pending the arrival of Devereax MM- burn, the American captain, who safled from New York City for England on April 19, the final linc-up of the visitors has not been determined. It seems probable, however, that Mr. Milburn will play back, with Louis Stoddard at No. ; ‘Thomas Hitchcock jr. at No, 2 and 1. Watson Webb at No. 3. If an’ altera~ tion should be decided ‘mpon for tho opening game, it is Hkely that ©, C, Rumsey mny replace Mr. Stoddard, —_—_> Doxing Commissioner Smith Dien. Fight fans throughout the State of New Jersey, as well as those in this vicinity, were shocked to-day when they learned of the passing away of John S. Gmith, the Ghatrman of the Boxing Commission of the State of New Jersey. Commissioner @mith died yesterday at @ hompital at Adiantio City after, an op- eration for icitis, followed by the ne. in ix yeara old, ay » Boxing Commission since the w went Into effect three years ago, right for growing feet. Prices moderate — based on to-day’s replacement_ af costs. , Everything boys wear. Also Sporting Goods, in- cluding official outfits for Boy Scouts of America. JRoGERs PuET, COMPANY § Broadwa: w Broadway at 13th st. “Four at 34th Bt. Convenient Comers” Fifth Awe. + Warren a 41ot St BASEBALL UNIFORMS hen Oeeeatate, Line, LEAGUE BASEBALL OFFICIAL Guaranteed a THUM mura \