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Polo Grounds Bleacher
Ssats Remain 53 Cents
Admission to Both Lower and Upper Stands Ad?
vances to $1.10, Including War Tax; No
Change in Price df Boxes; Ruppert Honored
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By W. J. Macbeth
New York fans are to suffer, if any, from the higher cost of base?
ball. At a conference yesterday between the officials of the New York
Giants ard the Yankee?, necessitated by the upward revision in tariff
adopted ut the joint meeting of the magnates of the two major leagues
in Chicago last week, a scale of prices was determined upon for 1920
which g ves the Gctham patron prc'^y much of a fifty-fifty break.
It is true that the fans wi:l be askc.i '
o pay 75 cents for- some of the uncov
?lid bleacher seats, but this tariff wii
nciude the war tax, and the number o
' Vuch sun lections raised in price wi
5e comparatively few in comparison to
?he general bleacher spaces, which will
retail, as usual, at o? cents, jnc udin??
* A-ar tax. New York always has been a
>0-cent town.
Becau e of the major league consti?
tution, which twenty years ago pi?
7?deo ?or 2r>-cent seats, it was neces?
sary to hoid a few at the "two-bit '
rjrice. But no New Yorker was eve.
iiscovcred asking for one of thes1
>cmething like 200 23-cent se;.t3 w'c?-e
ill th.it ever were pro\ ided for the
Polo Giounds.
No Reserved Sea*s
The price of a !mi sion to the lo>ver
grandstand, which used to be 83 cent.
;nc!ud?ng war tax, will hereafter be
?1.10; the 10 cents for war tax, of
:ourse This is a raise of 25 cen'.s
But in compensation for this there wi..
oe no reservations whatever.
Hereto ore upstairs peats which were
reserved, cost something like 30 cents
idditiona). Now the patrons will be
free to roam at .wi 1, upstairs or down.
The grandstand ticket will admit any?
where except the boxes, so that the
ear y arrivais will have t'ie choice of
ihe best ;>lac?s of vantage.
Nor ha"e there been any changes in
ihe prices of the bees. The upper
jonc-, will continue to sell for $2.20
md the lower for $1.65 a seat, both
ncluding war tax.
As yet no steps have been taken to
lesignate the partitioning of the
j.eachers. The F.re Department wi 1
iave to be consulted on this matter, as
reitain changes in entrances will be
necea ary. The represent *ives of bot i
j ubs, however, have in.imated that
?.here will be more than 50 per cent
)'eacher seats to accommodate every?
body except on those rare occasions
when either team might play to ca?
pacity.
Frazee R.ady to Sell
Battlinr Harry I'razee, of the Red
?>ox, returned fiom B ston yesterday.
If, as reported. Ban Johnson was in
;he Hub trying to interest capital to
take over Frazee's holdings Frazee
failed to be appri ed of the fact, he
?&i?
"The Boston Americans," said Frazee.
'have always been for sale?at m;
jrice. I shoi'ld have hesitated long
inout sei inf out while the light wa
>n in our league. ! mi^ht not be so
?crupu ous no \ that the war is ended,
out with pvace I think eve>y one wil
ngvee that the value of the propeity
<*hou d be onh .ncid. I never wa anx
.ous o sell. 1 have a good bail club in
?no of the very ?est ?asc'ia 1 citi-s
? t i any one si ou d present an al ur
n;: proposition wh>. that 1 a matte,
.hat wou'd c.i I for de.iberation.
"1 c;?n say. however, that nobody
hud a chance to make me sel
will say further that there are
,>h Lev to whom I would not I
any price I shall retain t' e I
se1 -.-ting those with wh ?m I
? c, negoti 'e "
'ec'a ed he had not seen
?\ ? , R tt' ??lile he was in Boston.
?r : the Coast it was repor'ed that
B e wa on th trail of the bat
ei foi s m thing like $15,000 of the
?'as* money secured from the
? '-ees Tue Red Sox owner thinks
h iionic run k\ng must have been
..i pi ted. !
"ic i th- property of the Yankees"
/ra/.ei decla ed. "I am no longer in-^
.eres id in him I have received the*
mo: e; in payment for him. I value i
t, !'s w rth too highly to rect de a
.0' from the purchase price. He was
cl ?-? n ''or the Yankees even at the :
eimt,"
Colonel R'pp'rt on Committee
Co'onel Jacob R- ppcrt. president of
he Yankees, has been appointed, with
i'oin chibe, of the Athletics, an Amer
can league c mmittee to c infer with
_i Na i;-nal Leajue committie on t le
. ? aph arrangements for the coming
.eason. Colonel Ruppert. it will be
en embereJ, is a m mher of the Boaij
??f R vision He and Clark Griffith ai\
o be the real bosses of the American
jeague for the next two years.
The nrw honois conferred upon
Tolonel Ruppert have not made him
o get oni> little incident that appear
;o have been overlooked since the
\merican Leaguers s ttled thi ir
uarrel. No check has been forthcom
ng from the National Commission in
?aymenr. of third prize money for the
"ankees. The colonel is anxious to
.iave this account settl d at once. It
rould forestall the annual practice of
pring "toucnea" by the players.
Elmer Miller, the crack center fielder
>f the St. Paul club, is likely to be
.een with the Red Sox the coming aea
?:on. Boston and Cincinnati are both
fter this Yankee cast-off, but, accord
ng to latest reports, Ed Barrow has
<.n inside track on Pat Moran.
President James J. McCaffery and
?"aK" Hugh e Duffy, of the Toronto
? uo, will remain in town a few days
?,r,"rtka,n rookies likely to be cast
drift about the middle of April.
3ellcair Golf Champion
Loses to St. Louis Man
BELLEAIR HE'GHTS Fla.. Fob 19 ?
The second rourd of match nlny in the
nnual Washington's Birthday 'tourna?
ient was played here to-dsy Favor
tes as b ru'e came through hut manv
?ere surprised when De W?tt Balch of
Cincinnati the present champion' of
?ielleair, was defeated on the twenty
Irst hole by W. A. Stickncy. 0f St
.oufs.
Ba'ch had the match well in hand at
he seventeenth hole, but missed a
hort putt here, and then got in troubl?
t the eighteenth and lost this hole.
?e should have won the twentieth hole
. t ter. his opponent drove into the pal
nettos, but a poor approach shot re
nlted in a half. Stickney won the
bird with a 4 Balch again missing his
lOtt three feet.
Topping, of Greenwich, played the
>eit game in the tournament when he
Hmlnated Dr. C. H. Gardner of Agn
vam, at the fifteenth hole by "4 and 3. !
Jp to this point Topping was two
mder 4.
Ellsworth Augustus, of Cleveland,
jund I. S. Robinson, of Rochester, ra.h
r easy, and e'imina'rd h;m *y 4 a^d 3
'he other semi-flmJist is W."F. WMt
nore, of Hartford who sui '>r'?od minv
y defeating Cortland Cliff, of Buffalo,
by 2 and L
Bat Nelson Inherits
$225,000 From Father
OHICAGO, Feb. 19.?-Battling Nel
^ son. former lightweight ?ham
plon, was named chief benefl-iary of
the $2"0,000 estate of Matthew Nel?
son, his father, ?hose will was filed
for prcbate to-day.
The will lea"C3 $221..O00 to ?T. if
and distributes the residue equally .
among his five brothers. It is said
a large p'.rt of the esta'e was in
reality ring earnings of the former
champion intrusted to the father for
.-aft-keeping.
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McGowan Almost
Certain to Take
Title at Skating
LAKE PLACID, N. Y., Feb. 19.?
Everett McGowan, of St. Paul, to-night
led by 40 peints his closest rival in
the rices for the international amaten
skating championship, which are being
held here. His victory in the two
mile senior event this afternoon made
his capture of the championship al?
most certain.
Joe Moore, of Lake Placid, former
metropolitan champion, who won the
senior 440-yard dash and finished third
in the two-mile nee this afternoon, is
second in points with a total of 50.
The failure of Charles Jewtraw, of
Lake Placid. Eastern amateur cham?
pion, to win to-day practically elim?
inated him from the race for the cham
pionship. Jewtraw was distanced b
McGcwnn after a great contest in the
two-mile race and failed to place in
the "40-yard dash. His total points
to-night number 40.
M. Goodman, Winnipeg; Roy Mc
Whirter, Chic-go, and lid Horten,
Sar nac Lake, N. Y., are tied at 20
points e- ch.
Miss Rose Johnson, of Chicago, leadn
women competitors for the women's
international title with 80 points, al
tho gh she was defeated by Miss
"smeralda D nlap, also of Chicag;, in
the 440-ynrd dash to-day. Miss Dun
lap established a world's record for
women of 48 4-5 seconds in winning
the event. She now has a total of CO
points.
The summary:
440 yards .women)?Won by Esmeralda
Dunlap. C icasici; Ruse Johnson, Chicago,
second; Gladys Robinson. Toronto, third.
Time. 0:4? 4-6.
220 yards ?boys, sixteen years old)?Won
Sy George Thompson, Chicago; Morrl?
Baker, Cs ?cafo, second; Georcre Doray,
??' ? "In VI i' Ird Time. l>?2.
440 yards (boys, twelve years old)?Carl
Parody and Carl Finch, both of Lake Placid,
Saranac l.ako, third. Time, 0:48 4-6.
440 yards senior)?Won by Joe Moore,
.ake Placid: Eld Horton, Saranac Lake,
second; M. Goodman, Winnipeg-, third.
Time, 0:31' 1-6.
Two miles (senior)?Won by Everett
McGowan, 81 Paul: Charles Jewtraw
Lake Plat-Id. second; Joe Moore, Lake
Placid, third. Time, 6:08 4-6.
220 yards (boys, ten years old)?Won
h. ..am. a ? ea 1r., Lake Placid; John
Siiea 2d, Lake Placid, second. Raymond
Aiurray, Brooklyn, third. Time, 0:25 4-6.
440 yards boys, fourteen years old) ?
Won by Orlie Green, Saranac Lake; B.
O'Brien. Pittsburgh, second. Harold For
lune, Lake Placid, third. Time, 0:46 1-5.
4-10 yards (boya, sixteen year? old)?
Won by George Thompson. Chicago; Mar?
tin Brewsier, Lake Placid, second; Morris
Baker, Ci.lcago. tnlrd. Time. 0:42.
To Train Sanrjela"?
Bernard Wefer-, track coach of the
New York Ath.et'c Club, has agreed
to aid the members of the Samacar
Athletic Association in conditioning
themselves for the latter's games on
.. arch 19 at '.he 22d Regiment armory.
VVefers will hjld clashes three times
a week to teach the fine points of the
running game. There will be two
ispecia' events on the program, one at
880 yards and the o.her at 800 yards,
with Joie Ray scheduled to compete
in the longer race.
Parke, English Davis Cup Star,
Builds Game ou Forehand Drive
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Internationalist Advocates
This Stroke as Basis for
Proficiency at Tennis
By Fred Hawthorne
There are probably only a compara?
tively few parsons in this country who
have ever seen John C. Parke, the great
British Davis Cup player, in action.
The stalwart Irishman p'ayed in the
final round matches between the British
Isles and Australasia on the old Long
wood Cricket Club courts, in the sum?
mer of 1914, and at that time was only
slightly bel w his top f >rra, the form
that brought him brilliant victories
over such men as Norman Brookes, Rid
Heath. Maurice McLoughlin and Rich?
ard Norris Williams 2d in Davis Cup
marches of former years.
The thing that impressed me then
n Parke's game, and of course it has
I similarly impressed all who have seen
him on the c lurte, was the remarkable
! power and effectiveness of his forehand
j drive. I do not think his stroke ever
1 carried quite the speed that mark?
William M. Johnston ? drive, but there
! appeared to be more real power and
"punishing" qualities in It, if I may
use the te-m. Nor is this to be won?
dered at, when it is remembered that
Parke is a hefty all-round athlete, with
an international reputation aa a foot?
ball player.
Like J.-hnston, the great British Jn
ternationalist puts his whnle bo.ly into
the stroke, with a moderately full back
swing and a decided, sweeping, follow
through, the racket finishing we'l un
?ler his left arm at the end of the
stroke. Th? knees are beat to get ?a
Mayer, of Cornell,
Expected to Shine
a*
In N. Y. A. C. Games
Kurt Meyer,' of C imell University,
whose surprising victories in the 440
srd and 880-yard championships in
the outdoor intercol egiate Rames last
spring was responsible for the Ithaca
institution regaining its laure's, will
make his d?but at the New York A. C.
games at the 22d Regiment armory to?
morrow evening.
Jack Moakley's'chargc will be put to
a severe test in the ' Buermeyer oOO,"
in which he is scheduled to star;
'igainst sis opponents, ilis rivals in
c ude Bob Maxam and Eavl Eby, un
1^ esiiona-j-i .he oe t m.dd e dist .njo
.unners in the college ranks in the
oountry; ?ake Dr.scoi , o. the B bio*
\. A.; Jimmy O Brien, Lough ?i\ Ly?
ceum and J. L. Terriil, o" Princeton,
whom are dangerous men at the
distance. The event will maik the
i?d lunninj; o. the lixture, it having
ten won by Ttd Meredith in 191? and
>? Tom Ha pin in 1917.
Earl Thomson, Dar.mouth College,
will endeavor to set a new American
.ndoor record for the 8d-jard h.gh
hi rd.L- event. Thomson is in sp endid
form ut present.
t -?
Eddie Madden Refuses
To Ride With Goullet
Eddie Madien will ride in the six
dry race at Madi3on Square Garden
during the week of Mart1: 7 to 13, but
he will not ride with Al red Gou let.
Midden declared y.nterday when he
signed up th*>t Goul'et was'too "bossy'*
in the December race, which they won,
and th'it he refused to let him i.ook up
with Egg in the final sprints, taking
all the glory himself.
Word is expected hourly from t^-e
foreign agent as to which riders have
been signed from the European tracks
and their sailing dates. It is expected
that most of the men will leave on the
Imperator, sailing next Monday
Speissons and Bu. sse, winners of the
Brusse's race, have already signed for
rhe Garden event.
M'tranville a Hold-Out
BOSTON', Feb. 19?Walter ("Rabbit")
Maranville has returned his contract
unsigned to the Boston .Braves. The
star little shortstop, whom President
Grant says he wouldn't trade, demands
n.ore money. ?Maranvil'e has let it be
known that he would like to be traded
to the Giants.
extra "drive'' Into the shot, and tho
shoulders turned and carried forward,
adding to the length of the swing.
It is highly probable that Parke has
seen his greatest days as a player.
Even had ne not suffered a wound in
the World War, he is really above the
age when a man can be at his best
in the modern game. But the memory
of Parke, the picture he made as he
used to c me on the run dswn his
court to take the ball on his forehand
and send it hartling back at killing
speed, are not to be easily forgotten.
My reference to Parke at this time is
brought about by the publication of hts
book on lawn tennis, just issued from
the presses. As one of the men noted
the world over for the strength of his
forehand drive, it i but natuial t' at
the British internationalist should
^avor thi3 stroke above ail others.
And Parke does that. He be'ieves
the forehand drive to be the founda?
tion upon which the entire gime should
be built, and urges most strongly that
.he player hou d devote a large part
of his attention to the per'ecti n of it.
Having attained that perfection, ac?
cording 1o the Irish star a player with
other weaknesses in his game will yet
reich a high place on the courts. In
ubstantiation of his belief, Parke cites
men like S. H. Smith and F. L. Rise
ley English stars, who rose to tennis
?minence sheefly through the power of
their forehand drives.
The only tennis activity scheduled
this week is the meeting on the board
floor courts of the 7th Repriment ar?
mory, wv,ere the team? of the Heights
Cnsino of Brooklyn and the reg menta!
club engage in a series of nine matches,
six singles and three doubles. On Mon?
day the soldier" will take on the Co?
lumbia University team, play starting
?t 1 p. m. each day,
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(Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.)
Mathewson to Ruth
(After the manner of William Ernest Henley.)
Or ever the lost years went tlieir round*
Fro-m Gotham to the Hub,
I wan a star at the Polo Grounds
And you were a Bush League Dub.
And thousands came from far and near
To watch my Faaeaway,
To mark my Fast One hop and veer
In many a bitter fray,
To greet me toit h c. ringing cheer
y In s.;me lost Yest<rday.
And a myriad suns have gone their rounds;
Aye, there is the bitter rub.
Since 1 was a star at the P>lo Grounds
And y u were a Bush League Dub I
And so to-day pou rise and shin*
To hold the open view;
For ove by one we leave the line
To make way for the new;
The Attaheys that once were min*
Now all belong to you.
"Or ever the knightly years were gone
(So would the anc;ents rave)
"7 was a K'ng in Babylon
And you were a Christian Slave."
The Public's Memory
Is the public, in the main, to blame for a good bit, after all? Some
time ago we tcok this point up with a National League club owner:
"Suppore, late in August, you had a chance to win a pennant and turned
the trick by purchasing two or three stars from other cities?do you
figure the public at large would give you any credit for buying a cham?
pionship?"
"Well," he said, "we'd still have the championship, and the public
would forget in about five days."
Honolulu and All Stops West?Or East
The happy hunting grounds of sport are broadening day by day.
Honolulu new want3 Bill Johnston, the tennis champion, to stop off for
a big April tournament, and the same locality would esteem it mucn
bliss to have either Chick Evans or Francis Ouimet, for golf is also
making big headway there.
Johnston this season Is booked to play in Honolulu, New York, San
Francisco, Chicago and Melbourne.
Outside of this his range is a bit limited, not to say restricted.
The 25-cent Seat
Increased charges might be justified for the grandstand and box
seats <at major league parks, but the total elimination of the 25-cent
seat will bar many a kid who will be unable to meet the new tax upon
his limited financial resources.
Here the major leagues made an undoubted mistake. They should
at least have left an opening to all under sixteen who were willing to
take their place in the sun at the old admission price.
They first plugged up the knot-hole in the fence, and now they have
tossed up a new barrier. "When a feller needs a friend" has just an?
other angle.
Willard laid off for three years between his Moran and his Dempsey
engagements, and the layeff turned him into a dub. Neither Dempsey
ncr Carpenter can afford #to take an indefinite ring holiday and expect
to be near their best. Seme hustling youngster, such as Tunney, who is
fighting his way upward, may scon be in position to extend one of the
serene topnetchers the surprise of his fitful career. Constant competi?
tion is the ingredient that counts.
"Babe Ruth gets very few gcod balls to swing at." As he loses so
many of them outside the park, this sounds like proper economy, at first
thought. -
The loud and resonant echo you will soon hear as it bubbles out of
the South will be the Hon. Ping Bodie in the act of crashing his first
apple of the season. You can't mistake it.
. Fred Fulton was not elusive enough to last twenty seconds with Jack
Dempsey or the m?l?e was a frame-up, as he afterward asserted. In
spite of which the roustering plasterer is practicing his profession with
amazing industry these days and it may easily be within a year that he
is the sole challenger left. If Carpentier fails, Fulton will be the next
entry. And the boxing he is doing now from week to week isn't going
to reduce his outlook.
It is or.ly a matter of two months now, only seven weeks, in fact,
before the ringing ballad that echoes down the world will be entitled?
"And Ruth was purposely passed."
Plorio Outpoints
Di Clement,but Only
Af 1er Hard Battle
Nick F'orio. the experienced boxer
of the Pau?st Athletir- Cub was com?
pelled to box an extra round before he
succeeded in defeating Paul Di Cement,
Brooklyn A. A., in the final round bout
of the 145-pound class nt thp amit^ur
tourney held by the Crescent Athletic
Club, Brooklyn, last night. The ef?
fort of Di Cement, who was perform?
ing in his second tourney, whs of high
merit
At th? end of the regu'ation t^ree
rounds. John J. O'Bren one of the
juH"-?^, dec-ded in fivor of Di r,,em,"nt,
whi'e .Tos?ph C'-nlon the o*her judpre,
re"d"vH a vr>rd;et for p-'f-Ho. An ?x
tra round of three minutes was orde-ed
and the ''udges r"r>"at"d th"ir earier
ru'ir-g F'-Hi-" Fr-rb-'s. thp referee, 'vas
then recu^sted to h"m? the wir-ner.
He narrad F orio, as he landed ".he
1 c'eaner vut'c'-es.
Thc sumrrnry:
"H-""-"' nl-.ao ?-?pml-'ln-ll hO"t?.---H.
Levlne. Clnrlt House, rtpfeafpd M Sharr?.
P-iKtlrnp A. C ?n I ??/> ronn-'?j. Shan? o -it.
v ?? "?iv ^?????t Tide House, defeated
M. I.anptsan unaltaphed In tin- first roti.il
R. tonpe ' ih,> bot't.
Final bout?T.evlne awarded Judges' <Se
clston over Murphy, three rounds.
128-pound class (STiil-fln?! bo"fs)--H.
Brown Clark 1Io"pp. awarded Judges' de?
cision over A Sh'.rrller. Trinity Club, three
round-?. \. Wallac . Pastlnv \ '' a?'? l'-d
Judges' decision over S. Oettlngrr. Clark
He ?' *??'?
118-pound eins?? (trial bo?t?j)? II '*? -t?
St. ns i,n A. C. drew a by?, a. Frltts.
Brooklyn A. A., k'nnpked out \V Bow ;rs.
un-"??"'? -' In th" drei round.
145-pound class (ftnul bout)?N Florlo.
Baui.si A. C, awarded referee's decision
0vi r P--.--1 l)| Clement. Brooklyn A. A. la
four roun-ls. Judges disagreed twice.
??,5?-?'*1 - ^ ' class tnnal bout)?Frltts de?
feated Kurtz In two rounds. Stopped by
reieree.
K'S-pnund elass (final bout)?Walker
awarded Judges' decision over Brown, three
rouiiua.
Beecher in Star Bout
Turee eig' t-round boul-?i will be con- I
tested to-night at the West Hoboken ;
A. C. Tie nain event will bring to- I
gether Charlie Beecl-er t'-e F.'st Side
eatV-erweight. ard Frinkie Dixon, the j
Brooklyn veteran. Willie Spencer, the j
New Lr.gland flyweight champion, will |
meet Young Sieger, of Hob.iken, and
Sammy Sieger, former amateur feat' er
weight champion, will face. Frankie
Nelson, of Bridgeport.
Cooper Jo"n?) Hold-Outs
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 19. ? Wilbur
Cojper, star left-handed pitcher of the
local National Le.-gue team, has joined
the hold-out ranks. The southpaw, who
is at present in business, informed
President Dreyfus to-day that he was
through with baseball unless he re?
ceives $10,000 from the Pirates for his
services in 1920.
Marathon Route Is Unchanged;
Greek Quits Millrose A. A.
: Gianakopulos to Run Un?
attached in Brooklyn
S e a Gate Marathon
By A. C. Cavagnaro
After a survey yesterday of the
ground over wh'ch the Brooklyn-Sea
Gate marathon will be run next Mon?
day afternoon, under the auspices of
the Fifth Company of the 13th Coast
Defense Comma ni, the committee in
chn:ge expressed the opinion that no
change in the route would be made
on account of the icy condition of the
streets. However, a definite decision
will not be made until to-morrow
afternon, when the committee will
make another trip over the course.
Captain Joseph G. Hardmeyer, ath?
letic director of the regiment, said
the roads from the armory to Church
Aveni?e and Ocean Boulevard are in
t'air conditi n; a ter this the streets
are ice coated, although the bicycle
path is comparatively clear of snow.
From there to the turning point at
Sea Gate much ice was seen, but the
members believe that by Monday it
will thaw enough to permit the run?
ners a good footing. A
St vorn 1 members of the commitiee
who formerly were runners, believe
that the ice that remained on the
ground wild not give the hatri-irs
much trouble. Their chief concern i
for the automobiles that will follow
Jersey Boxer
Is Outclassed
By Champion
Referee Stops Battle in the
Seventh Round ; American
Boy Shows Gameness
By W. O. McGeehan
Jimmy Wilde, the flyweight cham?
pion, Btopped Mickey Russell, a young
and courageous American bantam, in
the seventh round at the Arena A. A ,
in Jersey City, last night. Wi de had
* Russell bleeding blinded and help es
when Referee Harry Ertle shoved Wi de
; aside and ended the bout just as Scotty
Monteith tossed a towel in'o the ring.
Though Russell is little more than a
novice, with a tough jaw and the cour?
age of a little lion cub, he put up
enough resistance for Wilde to reveal
to a somewhat skeptical gathering of
critics that he is a boxer and a fighter
with a punch in either fist and that he
is a consummately cool little ring gen?
eral.
Russell was in pitiful shape at the
finish. His nose'was broken, his right
eye was closed and he was bleeding
profnsel from the mouth. After the
first couple of rounds it was clear that
Russell did not have the slightest
chance. The fight might as we'l have
been stopped in the sixth, ?or Russe,1
'was help.ess and out of it .then. All he
i had left was a fighting spirit and that
was being battered out of him.
\v ilde, ihe tlywe.gnt, p.ob-bly wi'l
! Veut mo8e of our bantams. One of the
reasons is that our current croii of
bantamweights is noil ing to brag
about. The other reason is that Wilde
is the combination of boxer and fighter
that can beat them, though he always
will have to give avay from pine
I>rn-d* upwrd in we:gvt.
He is a deliberate and merci'ess lit
! tie battler. He never loses his bead.
He is wil ing to swan at long range, or
he is just as wi'ling to we'eome a 'ittlc
infighting, and in tMs he has some of
the technique o' Freddie We'sh. He
can wrrp his arms arund the vu'ner
ab'e spots in hir- bo.ly ard then bsh
out at his antpi'onist. He does not
seem to have long arms, but he reaches
with the long-distance punch.
, While he is a two-fisted fghter, his
; best is the ri^ht. His stra g.it le
j seems to lack direction, yet it lands,
?and when it lands it h'irts. If tht
! men had not been wearing eight-on?ce
! gloves last night Rvssell would have
i b?en chopped to bits in shorter tim?
' With more experience he might h"ve
I put up a better battle, for he is gime
?and tongh, but he w is outhit and out
boxed from the start. Not once did hr
ev"> worrv Wi'f,n
1 We've got to find a better bu^ch of
hacntams or Wilde will go ba-k to En?r
j 'and laujrhing at the prese-t crop By
the way. the crowd hissed the vs'tor
i rather unneces-arily last ni ht wh n
he roughed, Russell to the floor at one
point. But the mat was slippery and
Wi'de fell himself a couple of timc3.
The local boxing fans are fairly par?
tisan, but they were convinced a* the
finish that Wilde is a great little fighter.
In ihe p e.iminary Willie K?hler
shaded Jack;e Sanders, who was earn
, est and industrious but a bit wild.
The second bout was a iively one
''etween R?>d-Cap Wilson and Joe
Forgione. Both men were on the mat
in the second round. Wi s>n won the
bout by a whi ker. Char ?e Rodden,
e veterin bantam, rcfereed.
The third bout prod -ced Young Jack
Dempsey who bo-e considerab'e facial
resemblance to the elder Jack Demp?
sey, though he was not even a cousin.
Soldier Lewis was Young Dempsey's
j foo-fsnt. Demi ey. of cou-se. r,?in<r a
civilian, according to the Dempsey
tradit'on . Dempsey spilled the soldier
for ei-jht in the th'rd r^und. The
bout then went the limit and b th men
-ere t red; so was t e crow:
In th? ??u-th ^on* C'i?' Hal" T -vn.
the pensive Buffalo Indian, pummeled
Johnny Evans for six rounds. Evans
escaped with his sca'p intact.
Oakcy Keyes scored his sixteenth
knockout, the victim being ASe Go'd
herg, who retired from the ring in the
first round. Abie lay down and p'ayed
dead, alleging that Oakey stu k his
thumb in h?s eye. Abie did a picture
of the dying gladiator, but there was
io camera, su t e act was wasted.
let* Race PoMnoned
RED BANK, N. J., Feb. 19. -At the
reqvest of the South Shrewsbury Ice
Yacht Club, to day's championship
race was postponed, although the de
? fenders we;e reauy to sail in ihe north
| enst snow sqva?s. The cod snap to
; night has hardened up the a rface of
j the ice and made ondif'ons satisfac
j tory for the sailing to-morrow morn?
ing of the first twe.n!y-m le cham
: pionship race of the series, best two
! out of three, for the third-class ice
'' yachts chan pinnship pennant of Amer?
ica. The Daisy and Say When, de- |
fenders, will race against the Jack
Fiost and Imp, challengers.
C. C. N. Y. at Track Work
Eighty men reported for indoor track
practice at the Co lege of the City of
New York yesterday afternoon in re?
sponse to the first call for candidates
issued by Manager Bernhardt and
Head Coach Mackenzie. The men wert
put through some light limbering-up
exercises and are to report daiiy on
the indoor track until the stadium is
ready for outdoor practice.
the runners in case of emergency
They are also fearful that the squa
dion of motorcyclists that will lead
the way for the runners will have
difficulty in holding the icy ground.
In spite of present conditions the com?
mittee is optimistic that no deviat'on
from the old coure will be necessary.
An eleventh hour entrant in the
marathon is Nick Gianak pulos, the
rugged Greek, who has sc >red miny
notable victories in these gruelling
tests of stamina. Nick has gradually
conditioned himse'f for the event and
exnects to be fighting it out for the
lead.
Nick hereafter will compete unat
'iched, for he filed notification with
the registration committee of the Me?
tropolitan Association yesterday that
he had severel his athletic affiliations
with the Millrose A. A.. He advanced
no reason for his action.
The Ho'lywood Inn A. A., of Yonkers,
which withdrew from active athletic
comp?tition when this country entered
the World War, has paved the way to
regain its old prestige. This became
known yesterday, when sanction was
applied for to conduct an open set of
track and field games in the 10th Regi?
ment Armory, Yonkers, on the evening
of March 19.
William P-ant, Dick Remer, Joe Pear
man and Win Rolker are some of the
?tar walkers entered in the one-mile
'andicap walk at the games of the New
York PostotTice Clerks' Association at
the 69th Regiment Armory on March 6.
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U. S. Tennis Body
Asks for Change
In Olympic Dati
As the result of a conference he.
' yesterday between officers of tl
' United States Lawn Tennis Associt
j tion and officia's of the Americ?
j O ympic Committee, a cablegram ?n
pnt !o the ''elsfian commit.ee statin
that the United States would not i
, ub e to send a team to compete t,
' \ntwerp unless the scheduled date
'or the lawn tennis tournament war
| -hanged from August Ifi to 23 to July'
In explanation of this action by tfc
?national association, it was said th;
I in American team will compete in tb
English tennis championship at Wif
i bledon. from June 20 to June 30. at
probab y a team from Australia w
do likewise. In ?he event o the 0 y
*>ic date being' moved forward to Jo
5, these two nations, and probably t
English team won d enter the inte:
national games at Antwerp.
As a further reason for desiring
change in the schedu ed O yrnpic dat*
it was pointed out that our nation
' dou les and singles championship torn
1 rarnents will begin on August !6 an
30, respective y.
Cab egrnms were a'so sent to Bar
D? Coubertin. president of the Inte.
naional t ommittee, and to Secretar
Sah 1!?, of the Eng Ish Lawn Tenn
ssociation urging their assistance i
; persuading the Be!;M.;n authorities i
j make the desired change in <late?.
Steelier Defends
Laurels Against
Londos To-nigh
Joe Stecher tve worM's c*-ampio
; w estlrr. will defend his laurels t
? night ??i a finish bette with Ji
? T.o^dos V ? Greek title holder at tl
' 71st Regiment Armory. Stecher wi
match (Jii-? famous "scissors hoW
-?n-p'rat ti.e w*-ir'w'?id sne?d of tt
latest sensation in the mat snort. Lor
dos won t"-e Greek ?Town from Willia:
Demetral la t month.
S'echer is *o nr-et a far diff?rente*
ponent than he has within ?he las* yen
Lond s doesn't fear the champ. He dc
ciar d ?'?er Stecher bei* Tirl CaddW
for the wor'd's title that he iLondo
wou'd r-ave defeated Stcc er if he tit
been in the ring in pi-ce of CaddocV.
An event of interest ?"o-night will I
the app ararce o' Sa'vador Chevali*
?'ho won the Al ied tou-nament '?e'd
Paris. He wear- the Croix de Guer.
f>v& three citation for acts of braver
He will nr-et Jack Dawson.
Charlie Rose, the wll known tra?ne
will referee the preliminaries ?f
George Bothner will officiate in t?
main event.
Six Athletes Suffer
Reprimand by A. A. V
Six athlete? of the Metropolitan dH
trict appeared before the A. A. "?
registration committee yesterday '
answer the charge of competing 111.
gaily in an open meet. Be.He Waw?
jr.. George Buttner, J. B. Harrier!, <*
Beatty, B. Cornetti. W. B Sweener, I
G Simpson were the men Involve?
T"?" "?re let off after being repr
manded.
? . m Hausser o* the Clark Ftw
A. A., a boxer who was entered in t?
Crescent A. C. tournament recent!
was suspended for six months for r
failure to appear in the meet. Ke *?
reinstated yesterday on the re-ommet"
dation of B. Levine and S. Swinger
S. Bennett who was charged wit
?"e?al'y competing as a novice. "J
found hot to have violated any nil?. *
Szoboda, of he East Side House, we
was charged with being a profe?s,|'*,?
failed to appear and was suspend?
until he does appear.
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Colgate University swamped ?
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-?uirt I-st nigH. The fina' score *?
57 to 19. The victors caged a ??**?_;
27 field goals, with the Ande??
??ro'hers ace u"t'"g for e'?-wn
them. At half time the upstat? ?T
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