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Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis Played a
Game of Watchful Waiting and Won
I
Baseball at Waldorf
Merely Marking Time
Big League Moguls Awaiting Arrival of Peace
Emissaries from the We3t?Sinclair
Insists Fed Players Must
Not Be Set Adrift.
By FRANK O'NEILL.
Ti.o basehall host ht UM Waldorf ?.-* marking- timo pending the arrival
of tho American league emi-saries from < hi?*JaflO. These emissaries,
who hope to aid in the movement to brin?: about baseball peace by
' hri-tmas, will arrive in this city early to-day. They v.ill g-o into extraro
?litiary session, at:d the entire ?j.-aco proposition will be threshed out
from tho anplo of th? American, N'aV> ial, Federal Mid International
?caifue?. A fraud little mix-no may be the result, and General Disordei
may take command of the lighting forces on the Waldorf front.
Ban Johripor.. i I .*.?.. -...n League; Hen Meyer, presi?
dent of the Washington Benators; Colonel J.-icob Rupport, part owner of
the Yankee.?? ; Joe Lannin, of the. Boston Red ~<x, and C*harley Comiskey,
of the Chicago White Sox, v.i i form the committee to j^iard the intoresta
cf th* American L . ? newi from Chicago.
John K nley Toner, prosid
National Loa cae; Garry Herrn
chairman of the National Commis*.
Jamos Giiffney, of tho Hoston Uta
Harry N. Hossaotoad, af the <?i:
and Charles II. LbUts probably n_
chosen to represent the Ntti
League, while Jim Gllmore. Karr;
Sinclair, Charlea Weeghman, Fat P
ere and Qecrge & Ward will Ulk
the Federal League. Ld. Barrow
look after the latei-ata of the In
national League, or aa one ef a com?
tee yet to be named.
While all toll talk of peace la cli
lated, the ?ogt of war still growl
In the mid-distance. This much
eure. The Federal League will not s
rr'.t weakly to a peace at any pi
programme, and stand ready to-day,
i'. tho beginning, to carry on the f i
to the bitter end If the repie?
of organized baseball look for any I
better of tho dealings.
Herr?. F Sinclair, owner of the Nt
nrk 1'eppers. assured us of this,
said: "Aa I told you yesterday, l
Federal League wants peace as mu
as this so-called organized baseh
doea, bat we are not allowing any ti
of settlement to Interfere with o
plans for the future. We ore go\
right ahead, and the fact that we ha
ngr.ed a dozen players In the U
couple of weeks is proof sufficient
the man who can read while he rn;
that we were not, and are not. tl
prime workeis in this movement. V
are willing to listen to reason, h
right now the National and Americt
'.cagiet will '.ave to satisfy us.
"We lost money last season, bat oi
league made aa much money as elth?
the National or American leagues. 0.
percentage of money making teams wi
as great as theirs, and we are willlri
and more fitted to wage this fight ft
another ye?r than th*v are.
"There is another thing," eatd M
Sinclair, "all tho playera In the Fe<
eral League will have to be cared for,
any peace protocol Is signed. We pot
tively refuse to desert those ball plaj
ers who stood by us."
While Mr. Sinclair 1? talking of th
possibility of peace under certain oor
ditiona end blandly assuring us the
peace Is not positive. Ban B. Johnson i
sitting back, expanding his chest an.
flaclng the burden on the Nation*,
eagne for negotiating for an adjust
ment of conditions.
Word was received from Clevelsni
laat night that Mr. Sinclair and Blus
terlng Ban met In conference a eourl?
of weeki ago and framed the whol?
deal. Johnson was hacked not sal]
hy the National League, but by the In
ti-rnatioi:al and all the minor league:
as well.
According to the story, when the an?
nouncement came that the Cleveland
club, of the American League, was foi
sale a Pederal League ciub owner made
an offer. This led to a meeting, it it
said, between Johnson and the Federal
I eagne man, who is said to have been
Sinclair. This waa the opening ??edi't.
Several conferences resulted from this
1 rst meeting, and soon the subject of
peace was broached. What progress
bas been made is evident to ail now.
But Johnson did not lend a trilling
ear to the song of the Federal League,
If the Federal League tang one. The
T-iinor leagues had their voice In the
?ouncll. The Federal League smashed
them right and left, and without the
r-?inor leagues the majors cannot long
survive. Cut your jugular vein and
tind out how long you'll live. That is
Jim Gilmore Puts
Curb on Tongue
The burned child dreads fire, and
In some reepcrta James A. Gllmore
U a child. The Kader of the Feds
waa aeare-d In the fumare of pub?
licity trying to protect s confidence
when he denied that Barney Drey
faaa waa la Chicago on a mtaalon of
peace. It put Fighting Jim In a bad
light, and he ha? learned a lesson.
"Good-bye, boys, Tn_ through," ha
said yt-starday. "I will make no
more denials of any kind. I'm go?
tng to let the others do it."
the answer. Without the developing
ground the mr.jor leai'ue? cannot exist, i
The Feds wrecked 'ho developing
jrround, and the ma'- were
torced to quit. Call It compromise, if
yon vrlal?.. Gall by any other name
would taste as bl'ter. jiefeat by any
other name Is still defeat.
?>rt*!n Notional League- men have
strutted -?bi".;*. the eotTidori of the
Waldorf endeavoring to convey the im
prettlon that the Federal League mad"
all the advances,. Wrong again. The
Federal League made no advances. As
early as last summer Jamea E. GorTney.
and othera in the National League ex?
tended the right hand of fellowship to
the Federal League own?rs and were
willing to effect o compromise. These
men realised that under the chaotic
conditions baseball could not live.
Right now the National League own?
ers are endeavoring to learn from
Harry F. Sinclair hi? terms for peace.
His nocketbook Is the axis on which !
the Federal League revolves. He made
the significant remark yesterday after?
?hat he would have to be paid in
full before he would agree to anything.
"Is It true that you ar? going to buy
a share of stock in the Giants?" we
asked htm.
He smiled and aaldt "I never bur a .
share of anything. I buv a controlling
Interest, and that goes for the Giants, I
Cubs, or an Oklahoma oil well. If
peace Is declared I will demand a war
Indemnity, I relish a Tight, you know,
and I am willing to spend my money
to enjoy myself."
Mr. Sinclair's ultimatum on ths car?
ing for Federal League players will
meet with some opposition. Charles
H. Ehbets. chief owner of the Brook?
lyn Superbas. said that he would not
allow any of the men who deserted his
ball club to come back. "I can't forget
the treatment we received from joe
Tinker, Jack Dalton. Bill Fischer and
F'.mer Knetzer. None of these players
will ever wear a Brooklyn uniform if I
can help It"
Jim McCaffrey, owner of the Toronto
club, was more emphatic, than F.bheta.
"The talk Is now about cartng for the
Federal League men. The question
that Interests me Is 'What about the
boys who remained faithful to organ?
ized baseball?' I know this, that if it
comes to a question of my club em?
ploying a contract jumper, or playlni*
a man who li not quito so good, but
who is still serviceable and remained
loyal, I will play the loyal m?.n eve:.
day in the week.
"I am for the men who were for me
every di?y ii: tho week, rind the othei
j men in my league are united In this
stand."
American League Peace
Envoys Leave Chicago
"No Hitch from Our End,"
Says Ban B. Johnson
as He Takes
Train.
i.'hlrago, Dec 10. The American
league peace committee, made up of
President Ban B. Johnson, Charlea .A.
?omlakey, of Chicago; Ben K. Minor, of
Waa_lng*."n, and Joseph J. Lannln, of
Boston, left ?here to-day to ?onfar wlto t
re; reaentatlrea of the National and'
Pederal leagues In New York, with aj
?tisrn to a ratification of peace termo.
Han Johnson had a hopafal view of
tha aitnation as h? boar_*>d the train.
Ho aald: "The peaca plan t-nder eon-'
2 for 25 evata
C-a?It. ToohttAy t\ Co.. la?. Makara
?/. Bl.lla.-_a t*ca.
"?' "?i - - _ - _a
O ,pp.:aa Mar?: Hr .a .gjr\
II lin.'OB Px.ata, *aeef\et
?C?_?a
I B'ldei-tlon Is practical, and It differs
I considerably from plans which have
? been discussed In public. I cannot dis
? cut?, the specific terras.
"There will be no hitch from the
American League end. No club owner
j will object to Federal League Vtckers
buying into our orgar.i-ation if thev
can make terms with individu??! club
owner?. It seems certsi- tl a) Tharie^
Weeghman will gel the Chic-go Cub?
and will have as partner a wealthy Chi?
cago business man not previously con?
nected with baseball. I understand
that Charle? P. Taft has set a price for
the club which is satisfactory.
"I an*ir);?R*.o little trouble from the
player quostion. There were not many
star? who Jumped from our league, and
the few who lenpe-d in mid-sea?on will
never be taker, back "
This last wa:? *uken to mean that
Hal i ha?e, who jumped the White Sot
In mld-sea?on, will g-it r?o berth In (he
Americsn league, but wiil bave to take
1 s charcos of receiving his salary
from the backers i' 'le F?
Leaf um er of being drafted into the
National League.
< nnnie Mack made !t rlaln that
Frank Baker, the much sought third
baseman of th? Athletics, would have
to wait before h*> would know the uni?
form he is to wear.
"I tbonarht evervbodv wanted Baker,"
said Muck, "but 1 And this to be all
talk. 1 i! di.'i ?e\ R-; offer tor him to
dav?
it w-aa loomed that '?ere prol
will be ne local object on to
drawa! of the federal I^bjrae's injunc?
tion salt, v? ? eh has been before Jurlge
K. M. l.,.nd:t la the Unite. Btates Dis?
trict <"urt for many months. Such
action has been mentioned as *i neces?
sary t?ep In ihe pea-e negotiatione.
To conclude the business of the an?
nual meeting ?he Amer-can league club
lavaetl remained in ses?ion until long
?."ht.
Tiie reelection of C W. Somer?. of
Cleveland, *- ?. ire pre?;'i. nt and th*
f. - *r*- President Johnson ????
led to ?top off at Ctereland on hi*
- - sacs snd
? ' bankers who are rxperted to
-?????? the SB*, lire of the club
wet? taken as svideb.e that Mr. Somsrs
Alone at Last, or the Curse of an Aching Foot
By BRIGGS
JIMMY CALLAHAN
TO LEAD PIRATES
Named to Succeed Fred
Clarke as Manager of
Pittsburgh Team.
Pittsburgh, Dee. 16. Barney Drey
fuss announced to-night that James J.
Callaban, former manager of the Chi?
cago White ?Sox, has been appointed
manager of the Pittsburgh club of the
National League to succeed Fred
Clarke, who resigned at the end of the
last pennant race.
The announcement came as. a com?
plete surprise, as Callaiian's name had
at no time been mentioned in connec?
tion with the job. It is understood the
new manager signed a contract for only
one year, Callahan managed the Chi?
cago White Sox for three years, being
succeeded last season by Clarence
Rowland.
Mr. Dreyfusa left to-night for New
York, whero he will make a report to?
morrow to .he National League owners
on his rec.it trip to t hicago, where he
presented the plan for peace between
the two major Rnd the Federal league*
Yi American League leaders and ob?
tained their indorsement.
He refused to discus* detuils of the
plan, declaring "even-thing will come
out later, and it will be seen then that
organize? baseball nide no mistake,
but gained the points ft* which it has
been battling."
Los Angele*, Dec. 10.?The announce?
ment that Janei J. Gallnhan had been
chosen managcrTlf th< Pittsbur?.
prised baseball men here who had
supposed thai Callaban would take
charge of the Loi Angeles Pacific Coast
? team Id 1916, as successor to
Frank Dilloi ,
.Y'li Powers, president of the Los
An-fele.^ club, saio he had released Cal
lahan so thai he might accept the
Pittsburgh position.
(V.lahan was reported to hare pur?
chased an interest in the Los Angeles
club, but what disposition is now to he
?ads of this stock v\as a matter of
spei illation to-nlg-t
a
WANTS FIELDER JONES
TO MANAGE HIS TEAM
Bt Louis. Dec. IS Phil Ball, chief
owner of the Bt. Louis Federals, said
hen? to-day that if he enters organized
baseball Fielder Jones would manage
his team.
Interest was added to this statement
by reports that under the peace Sjrroi
men". Ball is to obtain the St Louis
Cardinals.
Poly Prep Five Defeats
Barnard at Basketball
Polv. Prep, defeated the Barnard
j School basketball live on its Brooklyn
; court vesterday by a score of 2S to ?2.
1 Polv. Prep, led at the end of the lirst
f half with a total of 10 to 5.
The line-up follows:
Foi-T ran? n-s-fann
?TS.I n i p .ai n t r.
?r, f : 0 lt'r.m-r.. rf. 1 J I
?- ?-. '? . . I 1 f R-ar>ert*-m. If... I 0 I
. 1 a... 1 S SB?!:?.- . S 0 4
O 0 0 II? .?? r$ . . t> ? <?
Kaa . ri , o o - ?? i . . 0 o o
i ? 'i i e i
McKIMm- i - 0 I
Ta. :? i *- Maat 5 1 u
?ti-f-rf-? Ja- - - '.--- *? ? * . ?
is to retain control of the Cleveland
club.
Barnstorming trips by ba?ehall teams
wero forbidden by the league, and ac?
tion also was taken forbidding players
to writs or sign baseball articles for
now ?papers.
It eras decided to open UM 1911 pla;
Ir.g .?eason on Api ' 'L'. The member?
B record ns favoring se*, en games
ti-r world series conte?ts.
No trade? ?ere announce", and it
was understood action in Ulis d'rection
was deferred until the settlement of
peace terms.
?harles T. fhlvington. president of
the American Association: John Bruce,
Secretary of the National Commission,
? ? I 1 harles "iVeegiiman, owner of the
( I rsgo Pads, started east with the
peace envoys of the American League.
The ln?t named would m:ii?e no predic?
tions SB to what he would do v. ith ?he
( uh? if he became owner.
A? the par*,y boarded "he tria'r I
' ' ? ipt-tl up With a h'ineh of
da -.?? ar ?I presented each ?,f the peace
advocates with one of Uie blossoms,
bach placed one in the lspel of hit coat
INGRAM REMAINS
AS COACH OF NAVY
Plans to Fnlartfe Staff of Foot?
ball Mentors by Next Season.
;bt t?: treta le r>.eTnb_-i?.)
Annapolis. M !.. Dee? lev* After hav?
ing do? Bed to ai pi the offer of the
executive committee of the Navy ath?
letic association to act as head coach of
tiie NV.al Academy football ?earn again
next season, Lieutenant Jonas H. In
gram, att?r giving the offer two weeks'
consideration, notified the committee
?day that he would accept.
Lieutenant Ingram statod that he
would like to socare the services of
Hardwick, the old Harvard player, as
Msistanl for another year, but under?
stood that Hardwick would not be oble
to return. lie hope? to tecure the as
?istanea of Frisignr-. Richardson, Browr.
and 11. L Ingram, who helped Mm last
reason, again, and expects to enlarge
1 .? eoacblng staff considerably next
;? ear.
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SOME SHOTS OFF
THE FIRST TEEj
A . an Illustration of the popularity
.f a project is under way near
Chicago for the organization of the
Olympia Fields Country Club, with no
fewer than Uve courses in the plan.
'? ? am C. Freeman was pretty ambi
tious with four, but perhaps Chicago
preferred to go New York one better.
About FM terot of land will be needed
for the Chicago idea. But the wild and
woolly West has loti of room.
A. .?-'. Armagnac happens to be doubly
a pre? . in tho chief executive
of the Fpper Montciair Country Club,
made famous by Jerry Travers, and of
rl rt 1 rade Golf Asso
P ,- a dual role does not
appeal to Ai nagnac, fo he plans to
retire from all but the actual playing
of ths gams when 1910 is written down.
Being a president tv. ice prevents real
golf i. his opinion.
i I adelphia golfers evidently be
Implicitly in Christmas, for plans
are under way for a huge feed for cad
sl ths Old York Ruad and the
Huntingdon Vallej eountrr clubs and
the Morion Cricket I lub. Altruism ap
paicntly goes a long way in the City of
? rly Leve,
Karle Hooker EatOB, of Upper Mont
clair, is of the opinion that golf is be?
coming entirely too swift. Within the
last few months Katou has been one
of the fsw to materially improve his
game. "Hut what's the use, be said
disconsolately, "when the blamed game
? keeps improving so fast that a fellow
can't keep up with it? I improve my
golf half a dozen itrokes, an?i the Vp
1 er Montciair club immediately makes
its courre half a do/.en strokes harder.
It's treason, that's what It is."
AL REICH WINS
IN THIRD ROUND
Throw a_m Down ?Vk
Closkey Fails to Live
Up to His Name.
Throw 'Ftn Down Joe McCloskey
lasted less than three rounds against
AI Reich at the T.oneer Snorting Club
last night. Haley, the referee, willed
it so. He stepped between the n.rn
after the third round had gone a min?
ute to save McCloskey the humiliation
of being thrown down himself.
Mac was or. the verge of a knockout,
but appeared to be the only man in ths
Amsterdam (?pera Huuse who didn't
know it. He seemed to be working on a
little example in mental arithmetic.
Mac looked ror all the world like a man
who was keeping count of the number
of rights that were lighting on his
Mtrer.g jaw. Al pasted him to the
queen s taste, but Joseph stood up with
all the nonchalance of a cigar store In?
dian. He might have discouraged Al a
bit had he been allowed to continue, for
he had an uncanny way of coming to
life with terrifa. righthander, when
leatt expected.
It wasn't a strawberry festival for
Al by a long shot. MeClosky gave him
as good as he sent while it lasted. In?
deed, at one time ho had Al flounder?
ing like a sea! in a row-boat. Th_
Adonis made little use of hit left,
againit the much smaller man. Bs
kept his right, poised for the asbestos
punch throughout. MeClosky was
twenty-six pounds lighter and almost
a yard shorter. His Russian pompa
dour was the oily thing about him
that measured up. But ne could hit.
Al will testify to tha'.
He Btnt the big Adonii spinning in
! the first round after he had been do?
ing a little top act himself. Reich
caught him with a right flush on the
; jaw, completed a full waltz turn be
| fore he brought up with a reverse .n
j time to nick Al on the chin with a
I right in return. Al looked abashed
and tried to cover un his discomfiture
by spreading a smile over his lace
1 that wasn't a bit on the dead level.
1 It might have gun? had!*" with him
I had not the bell tinkled Just at that
? moment.
Al did better In the second for a
while. He dropped MeClosky to a!!
, fours with a right pop to the jaw. That
, was nothing in Mac'? life, however, for
. he rightea himself and promptly
whacked Al In the midrlft with a ter?
rific right-hander. Al took to the back
. trull again. He let the little man whale
away at him without an attempt at
' countering. The crowd was up and
1 cheering MeClosky to the echo lie
' had rone the worst of the second
; round. A! came out for the third pre.
i pared to end matters, He ne*, er let up
with his right until Haley stepped be
' tween them.
Baseball Lions and Lambs
Now Lying Down Together
1
The National Leagae men are eating
soup f:om the same d'.sh with the Fed?
erals these days. Garry Herrmann and
III riy 1 . Sil Clair are calling each other
unes non, ami are little
; ,,* ? _? ? "Drinl s highball, at
I '?pry wh'.le wc may,
, for to-morro'v may bring sorrow, v-e'11
m a toast to-i'ay," Is their song.
Samrr.v Lit*h?ens'ein. owner of the
' Montreal Royals, is one of the busiest
? little birds at the meeting. I'd to a
; late hour last night Sammy haa worn
i out two perfectly good pairs of gloves
' shaking hands with people.
"I wouldn't sell anybody a crippled
ball rYiyer." ?a--? .':amm. . Ar.d e'er; -
bt>i?>- I ?-N't es him.
i Sini?ter Dick Kinsella i? looking for a
i Rainey expedition to ?tart. Dick claims
all records at ivory bur.ting, and would
be a valuable man for such an outing.
No one has christened the New York
club of the Nashfederal L? ague. We
suggest the Gifni?.
The ? hirago club might well be
called Ihe V. hale ,. v.
- I r Tener admitted at a late
hour lasi nicht that Harne/ DrorfoSS
had he? n b Chicai -n,- deesn I
1 belie- ?
ice m.j.ui lesguci sLo held a mea".?,
?
Ing yes.er.i_y. The result waa that the
Kastern Association aid the New Eng?
land League will merge, forming an
eight-dob cireui?. Lawrence, T.ynn,
Portland, New Raven, Hartford, Spring?
field, Bridgeport and Worcester are the
Sities to receive frunehises. Tin? is
conditional upon the Lastern Associa
tien itraightening out certain difficul?
ties within t'nirt.- dayt. There Is slim
chance of this.
Mike O'.Neil!, manager of the Syra?
cuse team of the New York State
League, is opposed to peaie. This de?
scendant of the "?tings of Galway" came
here to trade ball players. Not one of
the owners w-ill look at him.
John J. McGraw, manager of the
Ciants. wss around the hotel for the ,
first time since the meeting was opened.
Mac has lost twelve pound? nursing a
cold, and '.? not entirely over the effects
of it yet.
Lew Wendell, catcher of the Giants,
look? forward to the opening of the
season S Ith great hope. He cxpectt to
get In'o t'.e game e\ery du. this sea
eon.
It e ill take a mighty good bail player
to keep Wendell on the bench, H?, can
ca'c.i 'he ball, cm throw, run and is a
tsir bat'er. Retter than all mechanical
ability, be is naturally ?mar.,
Personal Touches Here
and There in Boxing
_ By IGOE _
There was a tallow candle sessi<*n ex?
traordinary of the boxing commission
last night to determine just how badly
Ad Uoli-ast had been Injured in his
light with l rar.k'.c WhitUOJ :it Atlanta.
Reports from there had said that Wol
. -.m ... . mon bailly cut, and Prod
Wenck wanted to know whether Wol?
ga-t would be in condition to box
Leach ?rois at the Harlem Sport?
ing Club to-night. Sam Wallach,
brother-manager of I,each, supplied a
medico in the person of James K.
Thompson. Dr. Thompson \- 'ho Red
Cross surgeon whenever there are
. ? on at Madison Square Garden.
He went to the Pennsylvania Station
to meet Wolgust when he got off the
train. There was such a crowd there
that the doctor ordered Wolgast to re?
pair to the commission's office in Park
Row, where Wenck was waiting for the
medical report on Ad's eye.
The party .trooped Into the cornmis
sion's office a little before 8 o'clock. An
examination of Wolgast disclosed the
cut not over his eye, as the wire3 had
stated, but high up on the top of his
head. The ha:r had to be cut away to
get at it. His left eye, however, was
badly discolored. Dr. Thompson ex?
amined the cut carefully, and said thi?t
a stitch would hold it together during
the bout with (toss, and that there
was no danger of it being reopened.
Wenck was inclined to censure Wolgast
for engaging in a contest before he had
fulfilled the contract with John the
Barber.
John's contracts contain a clause to
that effect, but it is printed in small
Upe at the very bottom of the articles.
Wolgast claimed that he didn't see the
warning line. Wenck told him that he
could go ahead with the ?'ross right, but
that if he botched things he was
liable tt) a six month-?' setdown because
of a breach of contract.
While Wo'.gaft wsi sitting for the
doctor in the commission's office the
question of the Fulton-Willard tight
came up.
"It will be over in two rounds," said
Wenck. "Jess will knock him out in
short order."
"Don'* be so sure of that." said Wol?
gust. "Let ir.e tell you that Fulton
hits beautifully, and again .ion't be sur?
prised if he knocks Jess out."
"How is he going to knock him out if
he can't hit him?" protested Wenck.
"Can't hit him WHERE? On the bot?
tom of the feet*"' asked Wolgast. "Le",
me tell vou that he can hit and he wi!
hit Wiltard, and if he does Jess will
know something about It. He's go
more than a dub's chance against Jes?
..r I dont you forget it. Speaking of
hitting, ? will say right here that I
Dover met a be'ter hitter than Whit?
ney. He has a puzzling way of shift?
ing from left to right with both hands
and f?*et. Why he had me dizzy trying
? . : ?are him out. When he shifts he
cati whip hie right over for a hook
exactly like a man uses his left. He's
a dangerous customer."
Battling Levtnsky will gat a etep fei?
ther to tie big time stuff by meeting
Jim Coffey's sparring partner at the
Olympic Club on next Monday night
Jack Connors, a big raw-boned Celt,
ha? been doing the heavy work in the
Coffey ctmp and i~> getting so good that
he thinks it high time that he step out
for himself, with a view of meeting
hil employer in a ring.
John Pamell i pardon Jawni, John
PATRICK Dunn announces that Jock
Dillon was really unable to meet Tom
i'owler at the Broadway Sporting Club
because of a bad hand and an equally
bad ear. The report that came from
the West that he had fought Jaca
Road at Toledo wasn't true, says John.
Dillon had to bar? an operation per
torn, .1 on 'he hand and did not tighY
Boor Uoilel aii?t the man who t'jugh"
Reed.
Ted Lew ig and Willie Ritchie are t*> I
fiirht at the Garden on January 28, and
When it came to getting down to train?
ing they found that they had selected
the same training camp. Both ap
?eared at Billy Grupp's gymnasium,
'esterday Lewi? was just finishing his
daily grind when in walked Ritchie, al1
dolled up like a ? hristmas tree. Yel?
low- gloves, cane, spats and all that sort
of luggage, doiitrha know.
"Who's rondar perspiring athlete
nid Ritchie to ?irupp.
"That's Tod Lswil, of Fng:and,"
drawled Bill. "I fancy he is rli*- youth '
that you are to light."
"Vou don't tell ?or! And training on I
mj home grounds, too. V. eii, I'll bol
Boxing Bouts
of the Week
TO-NIGHT.
V*.i._r*_llt Atr-lrMa Clot?? HaW*- T*mis- Mur?
Shy ??-..' wii'i" J**w.
New Pe.'o A. C?Jlffli-.y Blut* aid tei Mel.
rltrltt Sportln? ? .*> i??-*i Cr*u ?. J Ad
W*lf*?t. Young Oro-y.i ?nd It, Walllnf. Bea?
nie Lnnard ?nd J*? Mtnilet.
E?tt N?_ Y*-k A. C.-Eddl? ?Vallaea and
Lan-y M?m?i.
SATI'RDAY.
Br-jad-ay S??r?tlP| Clot? Duten Brtt.it and
Tarry Mvtlo. Y*unf LI??? and Fraddr? Hume,
Jtk? Brandt ?nd Bart St'nc?..
tslrmtst A. C.?-Ckarlty L*?n*rd aad Char ?y
Litt?, Old Sta*h ?nd Jthnny Burt? J?, Stats
and Ttx K*lly.
Shariay A. ??'???.- card.
switched." said Willie. "Here, boy,"
he called to an attendant. "My hat and
cane, if you please. I must prepare a
bit. This chap is likely looking enough.
Quite sprightly, 1 will admit.
"Here's where I take to the country
to taper off," said Lewis, as he beat s
retreat. "I wonder where Willie got
that 'my hat my cane' gag I suppose
he picked it up while rubbing elbows
with the elite at the London Sporting
Club."
Little Bennie Murphy, who does the
commanding in the Pan McKetriek sta?
ble when the Legion of Honor man is
on the road with Ahearn, writes a little
alibi for ?Soldier Hartfield that Is quaint,
to say the least. Listen to D.:
"Soldier Bartfield suffered his first
defeat in two years, when he lost the
decision to Mike Glover, but Bartliel?.
is entitled to a lot of consideration, for
few boxers would have fought, having
? the same conditions to contend with,
that he did.
"I left New York with Bartfield on
Monday r.ight at 11:25. Our train was
snowbounrl, and we did not arrive in
until (i o'clock on Tuesday night,
just one-half an hour before entering
, the ring, The train was cold, and we
could procure no food. Bartfield had
had no food since Monday at
ri p. m. Still, he entered the ring under
these conditions rather than disappoint
the fans and the club."
"Ail that he asks is another fight
r with Glover, when conditions will be
equal."
Chris Brown is looking for Ike Dor
gan's f-calp. .
He writes:
"I re:?.I that Porgan has not heard
of my offer of $3.000 for Moran if he
will consent to meet Tom Cowlur at thei
Garden. Dorgan and Moran are so busy 1
these ukys counting spook millions that
they have not had time to read the
daily papers. My offer still goes. Tom
! Is booked until January 18, but after
! that he will be ready for Moran the mo
! ment I tay the word." Do you get it,
; Mr. Dorgan?
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1 ROSEVILLE BOWLERS WIN
Make Clean Sweep In (.ame* with the
Columbia ( ?uh.
The Roseville Athletic Association
', made a clean sweep of all three games
? with the Columbia Club team in an Ath
letic Bowling League series on the for
! mer's alle\s Ia.it night. Three '.'00
! scores were made by the winners.
1 Drover was the rtar of the Roseville
team, compiling an average of L'05.1 for
! the three games.
rOLfMBIA Ojea nDP-VTTJ.E,
ae*p>??'? ""'> "???->? tea .lHlt; in
PretuT '< '-'.?.-?if- .1H i;r 142
]/?-??? IM 111 IK Draew . ?t? M*, lo?
rVhM'*?? '?"I 191 It) Mo??? ? .1*1 ?M 197
il?.-._?:: . Ut i"0 t'J v?.i Sm? . ko it? in
T't?'? iil STS SSS T?tala ??? i? Ml
Columbia Hockey
Squad Hears Call
Practice on real ice will be the lot
Of the Columbia l'r.iversity hockey
?quad to-night when it will get its Ant
tryout on skates at the St. Nicholas i
Rink. Since the candidates were called I
OU?? more tha na month ago, the daily
anil has been limited to practice on :
the Handball courte in tho gymnasium. '
It i? probable that the team will
have dailv workouts on the ice he
ginning with to-night, for the outdoor
rink on Baal I ? ;.| ha? been tloo,!i-.|
and will he pressed into servir? \. hen
it i? Impracticable to uie the 3t. Nich
olaa Kink,
A BULL'S EYE
FOR DIMINUTIVE
JIM1??Y JOHNSTON
Czar of Mad?son Square
Garden Finally Lands
Coffey-Moran Bout.
MYSTERIOUS TRIO
PUT TO FLIGHT
; Th.y Didn't Display Evea the
Wrapper on 510.000 Guar.
antee TkC) famiteA
::? KOE.
a %
a for litl .
I hr brlslsi
>epl to?.
fey at M ,
January 7.
?' i ' ? lit
ami i ? . ,
name t<i the Is | of srtieb)
a-, i r signad bj s .
"I poured so ssn .,
-. .-ar that as fairly staggered u ko
nso. v"> bon my stsnographsi n_n.
etl the articles togl ?.er they mid? o
sheet one jard long, if you d?r,1
thins that He's siti?les wrap Mona
pletely In cotton battisg jon'n
mistaken.
"There never was a fighter who ?an
1 into a ring better prote?:ted than Morn
will be. lne told me that hi had **i:*|aj
as loi.g as ho cared to 1:, fiviSf 'j|
mysterious 'rio Harvey, ?J Neil t*t
Yuan, a chance to dig up that fit.,
I've known men win? have spett
all their trying t? ? ? . .-,
I10J - i that if fi
: | trio HAI i c? rrale,i fiO.OM
(hey would ii"M r giro it to Sal n-?
I
- ? ?? iteriesi
.1
? mi tit, i mj ??"
Punishment, or : . tjff,
BODY, fhey'd SEVER do that, ?ai
I'm WITH t
"Ik.* waited until nearly m.dnightf-f
men of ? nsfco good.
Tl-.ey told him something about I ? ??
? : I fot sa ay from
the::: l Ike'? ens 'It nee bit
"Image to litl Jim'i off.ea
this ertsp day. lie tolti me that hi hid
novar be ? mitu?
of signing ? . ? --.?.
Wollman had be n eery i.ice to hla
???... -, ???/?re vifT,
eon l-tiii ?'< srrangs in tandea ordo?.
"Iho mid be couldn't get o\er tii
terror of the day- when he 111*4 ?*
stagger li to Le Mo-,'s eoffee h: J p'_i
near Madison Squar 1 I
tlons for the grastest barga .. is co?a
and nie for a thin dla
"We?rr.an WSI the Caai of thl o*P
den tLen and Ike was ths 1 mbl? p'-s
agen*. Now that he has entered 'ion
th<? life of r. bloated bondboldei sr.d 4
enabled to t back with hi? leg?
band narrad mal ill? tin
waiter whisper? |n
name? .,f "h ? delicacies on the b'll of
fr\rr. he naturallv thought of *dt-?
terou-? Rill Wellinan. He felt duty
bound to give Wol'mon a char.? !*
swing that bout righ' I " 1 ' my arm.
Rt'T ?hey didn't display oven the ?irsp
per of that $10,000 guarantee, sad ilii
took fright Christmas wbi eominj ?a
and we were tempted to hire anota.?
ath'e'e to fling hlm?elf at Jamil Jo?
seph Coffoy.
"Tin*Y why I landed Isaac w?*ho**1
much ndo All's well but on* tbisg
Ike has written the name of Bill Brows
Into his set of ..rt!e!->4 as his choiel
rf referee. Methinks I ?cer.? 'he smoko
of battle rieht there. Mr. Gibosa, f?
James Jo?erh. has not written into Ml
contre.ct the name of any refere?, ?t?
eint to mention that any Vcen-ed third
man save Bill Brown will ?ait him
"Ike insists on Browr. ar ,1 Gibw
will have none of him. And there jr?
r.re. Wha* are you go'ng to do aboS
It" By the way. I understand thS
f'-.rley and Jones have been out will?
ing up that mvsterious armory, an
Jooe-a tells me that he is going to no.
right back from N'ew Orleam si ***,
as JeaS hits Fulton OS the chin ltd
arrai.ee a bout be'we?:: the '.?iinerii
the ?ofTey-Moran bout ari VVil'ard. '
told him that I would be up ever M
early to bid for such a rumpoi I
wonder if that mysterious armory II
going to be my Nerresi?*"
Bushwick Marksmen
Win Close Match
A margin of three pe :,"? got* Ba-b?
?rick High School a victory over Ja?
maica High ?School I. * sub
target rifle match, on the 'orrrers fMi
in Brooklyn, yesterday, by a scor? of
25? to UK
Weingetz, of Jamaica, was the onl?
boy to turn in a perfect card of 81
Roemer and Springsteen, t'n? elitta
members on the Bushwick sr.d Jam?,.*
teams, respectively, were both off forts.
The scores follow:
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