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EL PASO HERALD
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BOUT if ME FAST BUTTLE
Dillon Has Been Fighting Light Heavyweights, While
"Gunboat" Smith Has Beaten Best of the Heavies,
It Is Claimed; Sailor Ed Petroskey, Apparently
About Through, Is Now Resting a While.
BY T.
S.
MILWAUKEE, Mis., March S.
A match that should prove one
of the Jest between the big fel
iim's and -which seems to have been
passed up in the rush by most of the
promoters, has been arranged by the
' "ream City A C. of Milwaukee for the
emng of March 1 at the big Audi
torium building. The contest will brine
together "Gunboat" Smith and Jack I
HiPon. the Hoosier fighter, whom all
the nudleweights have been anxious
to ETeet anywhere but In the ring.
f late Dillon has been fighting the
' Kht heavyweights and when the oc-
asion demanded he has fought middle
w. eights at the ISO pound mark. Dur
ing the past month the Indiana whirl
wind has been bavins; a busy thne of
It, meeting all comers in the east. He
has fought such men as Young Abeam,
who claims .the middleweight cham
pionship of Europe, "Porky" Flynn of
Boston, who is a husky heavyweight,
and Charlie "Weinert considered one
of the most promising light heavy
weights in the country, and who re
cently defeated Tommy MeCarty. the
veteran heavyweight.
Gunboat" has defeated most of thr
heavyweights in the country among
the whites. He met Sam Langford
twice, winning a point decision at Bos
ton the first meeting and losing to
the foxy Samuel the second time. On
Ma. -0, 191 S. Smith defeated Jess Wil
lard in a 20 round contest at San
Francisco and really has the best
claim to the white heavyweight cham
pionship of this country since the death
of Luther MeCarty. Smith lost to
Georges Carpentier. the French cham
pion, on a, foul, in London, bat he still
retains his claim to the title in this
country, even though Jess Willard Is
matched for the world's title with Jack
Johnson.
Dillon Posts Forfeit.
Dillon has been recognized as one
of the greatest mlddlewelghts in the
country for the past three or four
vears. but for some reason or other
Jack has not been able to get Into a
real title match with some of the con
tenders over the marathon route, al
though he has triea nam enougn
do so. He bad a forfeit of -t0 posted
with tne writer -w -vwv- -, ,-... -
at 3 o'clock for any of the contenders,
i. . .... . -. iwinnni
the same to go as " """ f
j., tinu .a,a-i hut nAnj of them 1
have ever seen fit to take it up. Dil
lon fought two battles Inthe east the
past week or two aroundthe 175 pound
mark, which is only nine pounds un
der "Gunboat-'Smith's weight of 184
pounds. Dillon is a hard hitter and
so is "Gunboat", so there should be
some real doings when they meet
Smith depends mostly on W long
right swings to put his man away, but
hard to catch with the swings than
some of the men he has been up against
Dillon is a straight PH"fh
either hand and he has plenty of steam
back of his punches. The nuulch took
like an even thing despite the -ence
of nearly ten Pounds in W
-nd the chances are that there wiu
ft. a decisive winner one way or we
',er Dillon will do his training at
T.,d anapolis and Chicago. Ule SBith,
If Us match with Jim n loarez.
Mexico, goes through, will finish his
tr ning in Milwaukee and Chicago.
e 'Stj rVetrosky the Califer-
5airor Edward Petrosny, ut
. - mm m.-A rrkwitin.
ria middleweight wno """" -
though he might develop into a cham-
mon at one time, is ' " , r
I Hh the game for all ."
to his manager. Jack .Barnes, who
handled him in his match with Dick
Gilbert at Denver recently.
" '"". 'i- "I-i th
that the sailor has oee, w.
snow blindness ana u. ... ---7
match he was obliged to use glasses to
read before the contest, whlehaade hU
ludzment of distance very bad Indeea.
Petroskev thinks a long rest will bring
hfnVround again, but his most intimate
friends think otherwise and dosot ex
pect to see him In the ring agauu He
has gone to his ranch in California to
rest up for a time aid determine Just
The Sailor started boxing in 1S19 and
has met all the stars of the game in
cluding two 20 round battles with Jim
my Oabbv. losing both decisions. He
has fought contests with Terry Kellar.
- wrhie Mehan. Bob VBAnMar-Frttz
Holland (now InAustraUa), Knockout
Brown. Frank -Klaus. Jack Dittos .
others. He never picked the easy ones,
but took the best in the field, and was
considered a most promising hope for a
time. -His last two battles were with
Billy Murray, who stopped Mm in two
rounds at Ban Francisco, and Dick Gil
bert, who won a 20 round point decision
over him at Denver.
Crouse and Chip Come Back.
Buck Crouse, the Pittsburg middle
weight, and George Chip, the husky
miner who was near championship
honors in the middleweight ranks, and
who were both considered on the down
.4. .m 4 nwl km1nc1r in Pitts-
burc last week. Back has been an in J
and outer for some time, but now he
CluL O
wners Jrian
Players
A.re Released
N"
rEW YORK, March . The finan
cial side of baseball promises
to be one. of the most import
ant factors of the professional game
during the coming season. Recent re
adjustments in the snort has confront
ed tbe magnates with problems which
can only be answered at the expira
tion of the 1015 pennant races. Far
from the least of these is the question
of th? player's salar). A large majority
r.4 tka ! Avarvi a-41 in Vlurkth mji"ir flnrl
minor league circuits are convinced I
, that the limit has been reached
in
this direction and curtailment is neces
sr. Just how and when to put tLis
economy into effect -is a proposition
oer which there is a wide varienee of
opinion.
Manager Connie Mack 01 tne t-mm- w .. P,,, ,. Ih' -- ii. .' ww mviTnuu. i'ne nttaourg
delphia Athletics has shown Spartan Baseball authorities wno haie stud- series. October 7 T" St.wJ I PtKeTf. ?. " "Pressed the opinion
qualities By pruning his former world's 1 ied the situation carefully point out Whumbled the K.rinn.l I.S, rf l if GreW hia that much stuff
championship teas? by sale and re- j that under the condit;ons that pre- I ? nenini? e S to 01-er i T",h r -" ly 11 no desire to
lease until Coombs. Bender. Plank and -.ailed In the early nineties a star infield tSrilUng stxnWl? with thai rlf-r Tf-P hiSvWnfP,J"wa,.rlBTnt
CoUlns are no loneer Athletics and and outfield containing such players ! ".'i?5 si5S!S Sit. ? .t"! (Copyright 115. by the Wheeler Sin-
Baker's connection with the club is un-
certain. President Edward Barrow, of !
the International league, has noUfitd ,
the various club owners in his circuit ;
that reductions in player's salaries
oe m order. Other league executives
and rltO. owners favor aimilar moves
but are deterred by long term con-
tracts which cannot be violated. The
move toward econo v can be seen,
however, in the unconditional release .
of players whereeer possible. Not in , years. A Chicago statistician has fig
many years has there been the num- ured that he will have to draw well
ber of unconditional releases, recorded T oer a quarter milion extra attendance
since the close of the iyi4 season. j lo lne White Sox park if he is to m-
1 1 dn ldually repay the investment
A prominent baseball official said
n 'fitly that the average follower of j The ordinary cost of a Want Ad n
'.. came did not realize the increased j The El Paso H.-rald is :5 cents. It
j-t of the game due to the adance- . rearhes an n..o n aK... .tuu
...III 1,1 ,.llT , C.t-,,..... Inw. !.... -- . .
.-.... .,, .u.-.c o-..u( icj lui.UUj an 1
AXDRI - vlS.
says he is on the road to the top again.
The boy certainly looked good at times,
but just when about to climb the last
rung of the ladder has had the misfor
tune to tumble down. It was the same
with Chip, Jimmy Clabby being the one
to shatter his championship aspirations.
Crouse and Chip created some of the
old time enthusiasm in Pittsburg and
bad the tana on their feet most, of the
time. The game needs a few such
matches in the once smoky city to
bring back the teal enthusiasm. Crouse,
in this match, showed his old time clev
erness and George EngeL who man
aged him, stated after the match that
be considered him ready to take Fraiux
Klaus's place. However, Buck will have
to travel some to fill Klaus's shoes, for
when Frank was good he was very
good.
tVeUh CrlUdse 'White.
Freddy Welsh, the world's champion
lightweight, thinks Charlie White, tbe
Chicago 133 pounder, will have to learn
more about footwork in the ring before
he can hope to annex tbe title. After
his match with White before the Cream
City A. C in Milwaukee, last week,
Welsh said to me:
"White has a very strong punch and
is liable to put a man out at any time
if he can put it over to the point or
the jaw, bat to my mind he will never
be able to accomplish much against a
clever man while he stands so flat
footed before an opponent. He gives
a clever jnaa too much chance to beat
him to the punch and he is also lESbie
to be caught off bis balance and put
down. If he had better foot action In
the ring he would be in position to take
advantage of his opponent's misses,
etc., but it is a hard matter to do so
while having both feet solid on the
canvas.
"I like Charlie and think he is a
great little fighter, but he can advance
much by paying strict attention to
the finer points of boxing inside the
ring. Many of the fans criticise me for
not standing up and exchanging
punches with my opponents. Why
should I do so against boys like White
and Ritchie, who would be liable to put
me out at any time if they landed a
full blow to the jaw. I worked too hard
to get my cleverness to waste it now
by doing tbe same. thing the other fel-
ov UOing tne sameiimng i
jow does Not for 'Freddy.
Can't Train Toe Fine.
"It is the same thipg with training.
Tou know the bov who keeps himself
down in weight all the time is liable to
go into tuberculosis. That is one rea
son why I refuse to make the weight
for limited round matches. It would
tear me to pieces in no time if I were to
;,-r, - j. -
?5ht "" ,L".njL0,nS
and make the weight every time. I
would have no reserve force. I will
make weight any time for a title
match, but it must be worth while. I
hope to retire within a year or two, un
less some one should happen to pat
aver a sleep producer and take my title
away. There is one man I would rath
er meet than any other and that is
Packey McFarland. Fackey has stated
many times that his one ambition Is to
win the title back for the Americans.
He claims also he has beaten me be
fore, although the records do not show
it, except in the 10 round oout in Mil
waukee when be was awarded the de
cision, but it was shown after the bout
that I .had been fouled. I fought him a
W and 20 round dQw afterwards. He
admits now he cannot make even the
English lightweight limit 135 at i
oclock so why discuss that part of it?
But just the same I would like to give
him tbe chance to show his speed and
if he will agree to make anything with
in reason in the weferht line he nee4
not bother about going after a match
with Mike Gibbons. Let Packey do 14:
pounds, just to show that he is able to
make the welterweight mark, and 1
will agree to meet him In a 10 or
round battle, pat should be fair to 1
him. I made 135 at 3 oclock for White
and you can gamble that if it is neces
sary I can make better than that"
Welsh may not please the boxing
fans the same as such mixers as
Ritchie, Wolgast and boys of that style,
but he surely does give the fans about
the cleverest exhibition of real boxing
since the days of the wonderful Young
Griffo.
Gllmorc Challenge YVeltercelshtft.
Fred Gilmore, son of the famous
lightweight, Harry Gilmore, of bare
knuckle days, is out with a challenge
to all welterweights and at the same
time claims the welterweight title.
Fred is a clever boxer and puncher, bat
he has been oat of the ring practically
the past two years and before he can
lay claim to any title he will have to
show his wares in' the ring and con
vince such boys as "Kid" Graves, Mike
Glover. Harry Stone and Ray Bronson
that he classes above them. Fred is
willing to meet any of the above named
welterweightts and it is up to some
of the clubs to get them together. If
Fred can wade through such lads as
Graves and Glover, not forgetting Jack
Britton. he will surely have a claim to
the welterweight championship.
Salaries
Possible
to Jrrune
vv kenever
ilj
gles in the business side of the sport
maae it necessary, inciuaing tne
creasing popularity of basketball.
dependent opposition and the banding
togetner ot tne players tnemseives.
It has been estimated that the aver
age salary paid bv major league clubs
has been doubled in the last ten years.
In the case of a majority of the play
ers tne increase is less tnan siou
j ear but when the contracts of stars' I
like Eddie Collins. Tris Speaker. Walter !
Johnson, Jake Daubert and Sam Craw
V....1 .- vSm-... .. A &w.Ar..t .j. 1
vance reaches a surprising amount I
The salary limit of the National league '
was I3.4W fiteecn vears ago. Toaav ,
the salary of the mediocre player ex- I
c-efds these figures and there Is no
. limit for tbe stars.
as Delehanty, Lajoie. Cross. Flick, and ;
1 nomas, could be secured for an annual
outlay of approximately JK.000. Today j
a Fimilar combinaUon would require a '
Jtarly expenditure of five to seven
times that amount Yet the gate re- .
celots orove that attendance haa not
.increased in. anything like the same I
I ratio. Eddie Collins- acqusition and con-
tract is said ,0. represent an outlay of
more than S!0M00 during the next five
an a-erage
C'UU-
aers each issue.
No "Wood Be Stars From the Bush" Worry Bill;
Gussy's Appetite Is the Only Thing He Fears
Writes Steve: "It's a Good Tiring Wear Liveing on the American Flans and Not All the Cart or Gassy We-M
Have Me -in the Poor House in a Wk."
BY RING W. LAEDNER.
TAMPA, Fla, March (.Steve. Well
Steve here we are in the tran
cing camp and we been here
pretty near a wk. now and I aint
seen no wood be stars from the busbs
thats got a.cbanct to beat me oat of
a reglar Job and yon can bet all you
can lay your hands on that I will be
out there in center field when tuo sea
son opens up.
Well Steie this is some Hotel where
wear stoping at and I havmt dast
ask how much 4s it per the day and of
corse it dont cost me notnmg Decause
the clubs paying my bord and logging
but i got to pay for Gussys on acct oi
her old man being a cheap stiff and it
cant be no more then 2.00 dollar per
the day but thats plenty and if they
charge me that much they shold ought
to be arrested for high way s. robbery.
Good Thing ll Xol All The Cart.
But its a good thing wear liveing
on the America plans where you eat
all theyy fetch you & not all the cart
where you got to pay seprit for evry
thing you eat whatever the price of
i Jt on the BUI affair or Gassy would
have me in the poor House in side of
a wk. A I woui be there all ready &
I all ways berd that girls dident have
no appetite but if Gussys a lite eater
I would hate to of married a bog or
something, what she ett for breakfast
this A. M- woui of came to a bout 11.33
if they was chargeing us for evry thing
we ett and she come in for lunch a
long a bout noon like it was her 1st.
meal for a day and I says where do
you get that there apitite A sue says
she was takeing a long walk while we
was working out A the exeraise &
fresh air give her the apitite so I says
all right go a head A eat your self to
deth but I bet if we was liveing all
tbe cart I would tell her tbe rodes a
Sbbets Throws Gates Open
to Brooklynites; 0'Day
to Umpire in West.
NEW
H.
Br.
YORK. March . 6 Charles
Ebbets. president of the
Brooklyn club has made known
a plan whereby Brooklyn fans may
become part owners of tbe club He
has offered for sale J1M.0O worth of
preferred stock, this being two fifths
of the total preferred stock. Mr. Eb
bets and the McKeever brothers will
retain the remaining portion.
i im siock wiii oe soia at tne par
'T1"? " - Practically
ine siock will be sold at tbe par
on the instalment plan, for only a part
iMjrmcui win oe requireo, it tne pur
chaser so desires, the balance being
arranged for at a later time. The
stock carries a guaranteed eight per
cent the backers of this guarantee be
ing Charles H. Ebbets and Edward J.
and Stephen W. McKeever.
O'Day YVH! Umpire.
Henry O'Day known as "Hank", said
he belicted the climate of the ranfic
coast will suit him exactly. He there
fore has resigned from all connec
tion with the two major leagues and
will, if nothing goes awry, umpire In
California.
The last year manager of the Chicago
Cubs has officially advised president
John K. Tener, president of the Ka
tional league, that he is not een a
receptive candidate for his old job of
big league "ump."
l.ajoie It Only Surrvli&r.
Becauee of the outright release of
Billy Sullivan, veteran catcher. b the
Chicago White Sox. Nap Lajoic is the
only American league survivor of 1S01
who still is an active player.
In fact there are mighty few Ameri
can leaguers of 1901 who are still in
are playin SaebaU T aaU. Harry
the big leagues, or. for that matter,
I Davis continues to put on a uniform
ana assist in coaching and morniug
practice.
Clark Griffith and fielder Jones are
two others wr-o find themselves able
to work out but as players they are
through. Eddie Plank is the only other
American league 1301 man, and be is
now enroled Vith the Feds.
BRITISH Gfil.il COTKST
I - CAACELEI1 AFTER 59 YE VRS
London, Eng, March . The British
Amateur Golf association has ' an
nounced tbe cancelation of the golf
championship contest for 1915. The
.-ompetition has been yearly for the
last 2 years. It is open to foreign
players and in INI was won by Walter
J. Travis, of Ntw York.
ii.YAns iiavrs com.hc
Newcastle Ind , March . "Chick
Hayes of Indianarolia was triveir a
newspaper decision over Frank ie Con- '
lie at the end of a ten round boxing j
contest here Friday night They are J
bantamweights. I
I
Athey cloth-lrsea" neatber jtriu keen-a I
out tbe cold. Itathbun-MIx Co. Adv. I
n buy
STICK IB CLUB
THEIR ONE BEST GAME
AS VIEWED BY MODERN PITCHING STARS
' BY BILLY KVAS
Written Especially for This Paper by the Famous American League
bmptlC
BAN GREGG, star southpaw
of 1
th Boston Americans, came
through with his greatest pitch
ing effort at a time when be was sup
posed to be out of the running with
a sore arm. Throughout the 113 sea
son, Gregg was of little use to the
Cleveland club, being a member of the
Vn mt tkat titnA U'kn
... . .
" Y 1fer'e' " arranged with the
1UWU15 jCAUi VI vn3 saUUllM ICRgUC
nutnairer inrminvn.un did not riirure
05,?reBt0. P1. uch' a part in the
?r - Injuries to other members of
'hc t,f made it necessary that
(5r;KS be used if the Naps were to
Inake acred.table showing.
.'J0" Tr PIar Caste lp.
I The Wg southpaw was sent against
- - ff:;, trmt"SSS?V,t.-K I
- . .. V:r ,, 77 Z, ? ir" iil
Snowed oly seven hits and struck out
?i. nm. ?nlfi? or . SIi. .,
formanS? T -S J? Jnltn
ESrmtas!J2 aS oSS With
P". '?in,,,,n, . Ba ?r8- W.lt,.
iX" "" aaillnJ Jor ,VL v.. hS?
pfttsbnS m. Su.lJ ,?ln
.SKkSSS? IVSfLmWZ
x-mo games to tneir credit, it looked
the next three games. With the series
standing 3 to 2 in favor of the Pirates.
mrmingnam put it up to Gregg to
even up the series.
Gregg Hit "Winning Ken.
The fans who saw that pitching
duel between Gregg and Hendrix will
have something to talk about as long
as baseball is plaed Gregg scored
a 1 to 0 victorv after 13 innings of
brilliant pastnnnR He allowed onlv
fne hits, tlirc of th m being secured
round here was full of rattle snakes Jfc
wolfs so as to scare her from walking
HH1 Alao lias Some Apetltc.
I A her have been having our sup
per late so you cant hardly blame her
from being hungery for supper but 1
dont want to eat my supper while Bres
nanan and them is eating thercs be
cause Bresnaban acts like I was a baby
or some thing e. is all ways after mo
to not eat to muck A 1 says to him the
other day 1 guess Ini big enough to
know whats good for me A he says
es thats the trouole your to big A if
yuu dont get down 30 or 40 lbs we will
f half to get rid of ou or the R. R. Cos.
woud put us out of business paing
access baglge on jou. So I says I aint
no baby & he sajs No not nnles your
a baby elefant so 1 says no & I aint
no elefant nether & he dident have no
come back so he walked a way.
Mil Think Florida Ih Great.
Well teve i Wisht you could be
down here with us because its just like
! summer & I got a nosion to move down
here next winter A keep out of the
cold A af corse if I move down here
i wont stay in me -.otei wnere wear
at & get robbed all winter but rent a
house may be not here In Tampa bat
some wberea else A they say it dont
hardily cost a man nothing to live
because you can shoot game A catch
fish for your meals A no wood or cole
to buy because its hot all the wile
ou might say theys nothing to buy
.-,-. hi -- iot ine cwiey a. iDHjr ins
we could borry a cow for tbe winter
some where.
I ast Gussy how would she like to
live In a house down here by the ocean
some wheres A she says it would be
O. K. if they was a nickle show A a
dance hall some wheres clost so I ast
some of the boys that stays down here
where could we find a good, live place
Delmont Knocks Out SilverLerg Easily
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Hope for Jonnson-Willard Bout Fades
My -BUCK.'
L
- ESS Uuu. 3M tight fans
the
trip over to the Juarez arena
Friday night, for tbe Silverberg-
i Delmont bout They saw one fair pre
liminary bout and the start of the 20
round bout It never got beyond a
start for Delmont pot SHveroerg out of
commission in the second round. Jn
the preliminary, Solly 'Burns was given
a decision over Dave Smith after tea
rounds.
Phil Sitverberg should never have
been allowed in the ring Friday night
He was away out of condition ana it
looked very much as thoagh a mana
ger, over anxious for tin coin of the
country, had sent him into the ring
with no thought of th. fighter. Del
mont was in grand shape and simply
tore into Silverberg from the start
On Thursday afternoon. Silverberg ad
mitted to the writer that he was not
in good condition, but believed he could
stop Delmont in the early rounds.
When the boys faced each other in the
ring, the poor condition of Silverberg
1. as at onee evident.
I'eJmont went after Sllverberg's
bread basket In the first round and
Phil was a bit tirea when he went to
his corner. Gen came back strong I
in the second: rounu and, still playing '
for thf stomach, he sent silveroerg
down in the first 3d rounds. Phil took
the count of seen and came up asain.
Gene then sailed in and hooked a right
to the netvi and Sil'.crberg dropped
ag?m. Looking ver sick and tired,
he got up at the toll of eight but an
uppercut sent him down for th- third
time. He tried to get up when referee
Jim Flynn counted seven, but rolled
baik to 'the canvas ana was counted
out
The preliminary was between a boxer
and a fighter. Tbe boxer, Solly Burns,
got the decision. Dave Smith is a
tough youngster and v. as in much bet
ter condition than Burns. He was the
aggressor throughout the ten rounds,
snd though he rf peatedl missed with
hard sw mgs, he lanueu some ferocious
clouts, and in the fou-th round ie cad
Mr Burn lofinir wear. The eighth
was alui Mnttl. s
Burns had all tne tr:lcs of the borer
at his command and pecked away at
bat to the canvas ana was counted
his opjionent . fce v. ith a straight I
1, f 1 It ilirii' r on, t. hit H.., tfmi.h '
at all but it li. lp. d roil up the points I
for Hums .Smitn r'n. '.erf nrs- llv I
:ill of Burns s body blows., bjt couldn't
so'.v- tho left jab
T. -. U'Rouikc sh.itrod tl.rojsbout
...., ..... . - ...!. At. ,. v. iro ...
Pirouj riiK snin w.ir. roUed-un
fl'-ev'es. lie figjreJ -h.u riurns had a
margin and gave , i.n the decision.
Sorre fans thought a Uiaw wculd not
have hurt either man.
Jim Flynn refered the roaiL -t,
and. after consulting o'Rocrkc .-bout
me ciunaiic coaoraons in the ring, e-
cided to referee in fti" clnthes
iBCi-
de-.taliy, ne kept his hands in his pock-'
eis, for it surely was cold,
Hope that the Jo'inro.i-W i!lard bout
will be staged at Junr . t- frt fsriinar 1
Jack Curley does 1 o. aam .-ir to ho !
1
by
McCarthy, a sapposedlv weak
r. while Mike Mitchell nrf. th
hitter
other two. The sensation! M.-t nt
"6 iMicuing was nis great number
01 su-ikoouis. in tbe first nine in-
vain era 3m m va41& e ..
and" in the IS innlngecaused 1 to ret
iiiiiha as S3 m es.si b-u vnasvi nai aTML'sa 1
tire over the same route. Tn n th
cUmax to one of the greatest pitching
efforts in the hiitory of the game,
Gregs scored the winning run on his
two base bit and a single by Liebold.
Had Lola of Stuff.
Bob Ejnslie, one of the greatest um
pires the game ever produced, umpired
the plate in both the games that Gregg
pitched in that series. For 25 years
Emslie has seen the greatest pitchers
ln the game perform. At the close of
the 13 inning game he remarked:
Never in mv life did 1 . i.e.
, bander show more stuff. The Pittsburg
a,cate Inc'
WHITNEY WILL RACE 22
HORSES IN MARYLAND RACE
Baltimore. Md.. March C ; The colors
of Harry Payne Whitney, the New York
millionaire, will be very much In the
limelight during the meeting of the
Southern Maryland association which
will be held at Bowie. Md., April 1 to
14. inclusive.
Whitne s trainer haa made applica
tion for stable room for 32 horses at
the track Among the other owners
who have engaged stalls sre John
Whelan. William Martin. Sam Louis
Mike Dal., Jule Garson. W P Fine. V.
I- Aste i; I'o. l.ran. Jimin Mt-Laush-li.i.
J Fitssim r.u.ic and F "indc.son
that dont cost you a hole lot to live, in j
it they says Pam beech wasijaat
the kind of a place that would sole
me 4b maybe betore we start up North
we wil hae a ehanct to ran over to
I'm beech A see If theys some thing
going to be for rent next winter S. a
man should ought to gt a small house
for say $19.00 per Mo. because they
aint no heat A we would pay for oar
own lues i gaess we wouldent ourn
no milion dollars' worth of lite because
we would be a way from the house to
a nlckle show or "ance evry night be
cause the bojs says theys some thing
doing evry minut at Pam beech, in the
day times there playing Golf & long
Tennus ail the wile.
BH1 May Tackle "Lous Tennua.'
I guess they wouldent be none of
them Willie boys that could hit a Golf
or long Tennus ball harder then me eh
Steve A I wouldent never miss a long
Tennus ball because tbe bat you hit
. them with is is as big a round as a
l wash tub
A I gu.-ss if tbev left tie
i use a bat like that in base ball the
I league would bust up because pitchers
, nas a nara enougn tin.e geting 1
j passed me with a regular bat A besides
j all the Tennus parks I ever seen has
short fences after I catched on to
the nack I could drive 9 out of evry
j 10 out of the pk.
Well Steve Bresnahans been working
I us pretty hard has been watching t
me pretty dost all the wile A it looks !
tiKe i would ne tne guy out there In
Leaches place If I dont brake a leg or
J strnie thing. All -as I want U a fare
I deel A they .wont none of them keep
I me on the bench A yon will probly see
' me a bout No. 4 In the batting order
i bet. Zimmerman A Saler A I guess that
I wont be some combine nation eh Stove,
I Reapy. BILL,
I Copyright: 1913 By Kins W. Lardner.
making much nrogress in Havana, with
the negro. No cables were received
Friday from the chief promoter, and
even those closely connected with tbe
fight are losing hope that it will be
held here. In fact the impression is
growing that Johnson and Willard will
not meet at ,811, particularly In the
near future. 'They can't right at Ha
vana and it is becoming more and more
evident that Johnson has no intention
of coming to Juarez.
Secretary Lawrence Weber of the
promotion syndicate was eonn-ed to
his room at the Paso del rsorte Friday
with a bad cold. He seemed rather
discouraged.
Jess W HUrd left Friday for Los An
geles. He said be was merely going
on a visit to his folks. Tom Jones
says Willard will be back Monday.
Ed. Smith, the Chicago critic, who
has been pretty close to Curley, left
for home Irriday. after receiving sev
eral wires, all of which inclined to
the belief that the fight is off for
keeps.
Billy Rocap, the Philadelphia writer,
declares he will leave by Sunday night
He does not think the fight will take
plaee. ,
Several other special writers, seat
here to cover the fight have also I
pulled stakes and departed for home.
OOUliCHESNE TEAM
BEATS SHERMAN FIVE
Courchesne
Friday niaht'i
one good game in
Friday night's bowling on the Wigwam
alleys. He dmma. ki .ki .
1 . ZTT . . .r"
""" " am ana that of
snerman. but fell off terribly in the
third when be chalked up only 115. At
that he was able to lead in the aggre
gate with 53. Courehesne's team took
two of the three games.
Bogue's team was in fine form in the
second game with the v .Uon five and
rolled up 1 for the same. Springe's
Z.t. the high single for the match, and
Davis's 211 materially assisted. Davis
bad tbe high aggregate with Hi
A couple of postponed matches will
be clayed on the Wigwam alleys Tues
day evening when the Bogus team will
m'1 the Watsons and Courehesne's
..ifi ki .ti;ainsi me EHicrmans.
'r"'ay night's scores follow:
-rchese.
Tla.
417
ij
iZ
44C
537
I r.'J.'L... Ill
RsSeT JI?
jooea .. ."".' Ili
1S4
11 J.
its
11
:si
Hi
nt
1 mi ma ..,
.is
Totals rti
Fuantes
TU.
;:
44
330
4S
4:
3141
Tin.
530
S3!
41
404
;;
.-..1st
Its
to
144
.....14?
U4
IS
lit
HI
MS
1S1
14.'
it;
1(5
17.
McCse
Campbell .
Totals .
-T Ttt
StBard
Hi
US
1C0
'.'.'.'.'.'.ltl
US
XflS
lis
1ST
313
17
li:
137
li3
Davis
Totcls j-j
Wctsoa.
MeLaln 117
gpuiBer .... 3-
Grlnc .., is;
"eary ;
HafUIker r. is;
7C0 3IS1
Tla.
1ST si
154 43
11 44C
: 541
15 41
13
144
1ST
1"
107
Totals' .
-- Ml i71 :4:
JOCKEY CLUB PLANS
LONG R&CE SEASON
New York. March f. N'earW fo.,-
I montns or racing on tracks ln the
..
u areAiAii. j:,i. j
"m", " "'".'" . . -raW
.. HJ .... WVK, cap i ,
meeting of the stewards here today. The
Jamaica track is to be reopened and
meets will be held there and at Aqeduct
and at the Empire City race track in
Tonkers as well as at Belmont Park, to
which last both spring and fall dates
hae been assigned.
As usual, the entire month of Au
gust is given over to Saratoga. The
program for the season is longer and
more diversified than at any time since
the passage of the anti-betting legisla
tion in this state five years ago. The
dates allotted by the -Jockey club are:
Westchester Racing association. Bel
mont perk. Queens. Long Island Thurs
day. May 30. to Wednesday. June .
Metropolitan -Ineftrjtw mIhK !
Long IslaTid Thursdav. June it to vi- I
I dav. June 35.
Uueens County Jockey dub. Aque- I
j duct Long Island Saturday, June 2 to 1
x uesaay. juiy is. 1
Bmnire Citv Rarinir association Vnn. 1
kers Wednesday, July 11 to Saturday,
July 31. j
Saratoga association. Saratoga Springs I
Monday. Aug. 3 to Tuesday, Aug. Jl. 1
nauamcr xvaciug association. Mel- i
mont park. Queens, Long Island .Wed
nesday. Sept, 1 to Tuesday. Sept 14.
Piping Rock Racing association. Lo
cust allev Wednesday. June 1 to Sat
urday June j.
FI.EJIIVG OLTPIGHTS SCIIIPF.
Montreal. Canada. March C Frank Ie
Fleming, of Montreal, the Canadian
fealherw eieht t.hini ion. outfought
lolinnx ?-hi!T of California all tbe wa
ri i u.i i ound bout iter1 I'ridoj nitiht
FAMOUS SCANDALS' IN SPORTS. NO. 5
The Gold
By ARTHUR
Copyrighted 1SJS by tbe
i
ZOVDtUCW STARTED AMilT
r
! TBI entire history of the trotting
turf probably no event more disas
trous to its advancement ever hap
pened than the Gold cup race of Oct IS,
10 if Billings Pars, In Memphis.
Meant to be a supreme event in the par
ticipation of wealthy amateurs in tbe
promotion of the standard breed of
horses, its scandalous climax not only
eliminated the two most nearly con
cerned but undoubtedly discouraged the
entry of others in tbe breeding of the
American trotter for other than com
mercial reasons.
This race has been pointed to as the
great "black eye" of harness horse rac
Inz. The snort easily has withstood the
scandals attendant upon professional
racing. Authenticate! cases ov wrong
doing among the professionals have
arisen from time to time, albeit they
have been of remarkable infrequency .
but this gold cup quarrel between mil
lionaires is held by many to have been
absolutely without excuse and harmful
beyond measure.
All Believed They Were Right
The baneful effect of the fuss is not
lessened by the fact that all the parties
to it believed absolutely that they were
right It is possible that no one de
liberately misstated facts except per
htns a few stable hands who swore to
tatatements of which they apparently
bad no detinue knowledge ana wnose
desire, to play In strong witb their em
ployers led them to make affidavits
that were much better left unmade.
V m. k..kk ,n,Ma'ai hnwra.... v?. a
Hama Ktr th. TklhJitn nf mwip annrfti-
manship which the judgment of recent
years has come to applv to both shies
of tbe controversv. For snortmansh in
1 hat kin- immmi held to be the savins
I grace of harness racing and many nota-
! ble examples of it are to be found
!i
among the professionals.
ror mis reason tne exmoiuon 01 a jscmpri.
petty spirit preceded the practical re- j -At the time the gold cup race wa
tirement from the trotting turf of two trotted I have never had any doubt tha
men whose interest promised to raise it j Lou Dillon was able to defeat Maio
t a point never bef ore reached. , Delmar." Sanders told the writer t
It will be recalled that tne goia cuo
troobr offered for amateur ;
drivers and was designed to become .1 !
classic. So great was the interest in it
and tne publicity attenaant upon it mat
. .I....- . - t- r Ttti
uigs and E. E. Smathers began to desire 2bi,Vi. S M1 ? "" doped waa
It? possesion. aosolutely untrue. There never was a
Bays Lou Dales. more i-n,i:st charge made against a
Probablj to this end Bluings bought lnn '"an that charge against mi
tho Stanley Diilou mare. Lou Dillon, a 1 His HM.
nervous but tremendously speed- litti..-1 'If people could understand the cha--trick.
and employed Millard Sanders to 1 actei of Lou Dillon they would undt.--"L
he- .Sn"""e,"s bough: the speedy . nj.n-1 tne predicament In which Mr.
gelding Major Delmar and shortly after tunings foun-i her when he bran?, r
these animals came into the hands
their respective owners a rivalry was
started v-hich had kr.or. n no parallel in
yearr, Sanders carefullj nurred Lou
Dillon along ami at Helton with tho .
j aid of a wlndshieh was able to troL a
mile under two minutes, a record never j
before attained. I
In the meanw.iiie Major Delmar was
winning race afte.- race and in the ,
early course of tbe season of 1004 these ,
two trotters came to m- in a class bv j
themselves naturally tne prospect ot
match race arose It was discussed
by journals all over the country- Hr. but she had, peculiarities that Mr. Bill
Blllinga and Mr. Smathers were eatb. irgs did not understand, even sifter 1
excellen: relnsmen and to each of them i bad cautioned bim about them,
the possession of the told tup meant j "To understind tne-e peculiarities
more than fabulous purses. jou most know that she was excess-
So a match race was arranged to cv n-rvous and never coal endur
take place at the annual iall meeting , a ir0ng pull on the reins. Working
at Memphis. It was to be an t-vent w . w ,th h. r dav after da T undcratoo I
bis own horse. Partisan of the two
horses ecrywbere were inlenseb in
terested It was predict. d that the
event would put harness racing on a
much higher plane than it ever bad
attained. The highest degree of sports
mansbtp was expected.
Hew It Watt Bone.
A rerital of the rcanne- in which
the rate was trotted would seme no
useful purpose at this time It will be
recalled that Major Delmar won the
first heat in 2 07. Lou Dillon started
away like a streak but isibly slowed
down in tbe last half of the journey
and the ictory of Major Delmar ap
peared to have been attained in rather
hollow fashion.
Now tomes the interesting part of
th- M.r When i.o.. iuion . ii
out for the second heat her attendants
reported to Mr. Billings that she had
a case of the thumps and it was
questionable whether it would be wise
to start her or not The owner exam-
Ined her and decided lor tbe sake of
the race to start her but obviously
made no attempt to win and Major
Delmar took the second heat and ibe
race In ;.!. Lou Dillon finishing in
leisurely fashion.
The race was over but the argument
was about to begin. BiUings of course
had quite properly claimed that his
mount was sick and not up to her
lest performance. Smathers retaliated
with the statement that the race was
won on its merits and claimed that it '
Proved that Major Delmar was the bet-
ter trotter.
cor weens tne argument continued, '
becoming bitterer all the time Mainr
Ielmar was given a mark without a
windshield and on Nov. J, following
the Gold Cup race Sanders drove Lou
Dillon a mile in 3:11 in a trial against
time ana wiiaoai a winosnield. Smath
ers clamed that the trial was not timed
properly and a few daja later Sanders
drove the little trick a mile in -.01
flat and again it was claimed by ram
who timed the trial for Smathers that
a little cheating had been done.
Charge Home DopeJ.
I'pon evidence which he undoubtedly
belle, cd to be accurate Mr Billings en
tered the eharite thit I.011 Dillon had
been ' doped' in the lioltl ('up race and
tnat this .counted for htr p.or per- j
-I
Cup Scandal
R. KIIHG.
atleaal rm Burene.
lormantf. An imestigation was started
on -Mr. Billings account and a nun
ot alleged evidence was accumulated
which eentuall involved Sanders whu
had always been known as one of the
most accomplished trainers and drivers
of the American trotting turf.
These charges were- a tremendous
shock to the followers of the harness
horse. Through the affidavits of stall-
hands they purported to show hoiv
"dope" was administered to Lou Dil
lon in her feed, although a motive 10
any such action never was brought
out. The case was tried, the evidence
was rehashed and the charges were
not officially substantiated althoug 1
thousands of dollars were spent 01.
the prosecution and the defence.
Bulings was greatly disgusted with
tbe outcome of the race and his actr. -ities
for the trotter were indoubtedl.'
greatly curtailed. Smathers shortly
after sold his valuable stable and re
tired from the harness game to devote
his activities to the thoroughbred.
Sanders's Defence.
Millard Sanders confined himself m
his defence to Just such statements as
were necessary to protect his good
name but the publicity undoubtedly
hurt him. He maintained that Lou
Dillon was not drugged and that there
was no chance for her xi be drugged.
The man who had driven the first
two minute trotter look the inevitable
and unenviable nublicitv like a man
land uttered no charges against Mr.
-BillingS.
After tbe passion of the trials had
cooled he gave his own version of tha
ewnt and. Iris recital ussHuulitedlv was
i scben! and teaeimsreri hv th tmtt thr
j it took, so much from the harness rac
j mg world and meant practically the
end of great trotting racing 11
; J9oT woite Be wlu, ,,.. oth,r r,,,.
lot.
eolts in Indianapolis. "That Lo 1
Dillon
bad tne thumps there is no
quest'on and
:hat she was unable t
! '"("ti: in me second c 4t is nevoid
1 her out for the second heat at Met 1-
ph s. ou Ttvst understand that i ha-,
trained htr for a long time. 1 ha 1
dr.Lu her to a world's record. I ha.
. n her th. best attention I er. .
'ciic. that a trotter ever haa
I.ou Dillon was as game a trotte
rs ner lived. She was as strong heart
ed a mare as I ever want to sit beblrd
and ibt thing that hurts me as sun
as a.ivtnlng ilse is that a charge that
he was t.llow was made as soon as
i she was defeated. She was not llot
tms inrfectl. and when I drove her tj
, a world s record in Boston and mad
her .he first tv,-o minute trotter I ne
had more than one finger on a rem.
Ca-eful as I was I was afraid of pull
ins too tight and choking her dona.
I Saya He Explained.
1 -BeJore the start of the Gold? "i.-
race I explained this thoroughly t .
Mr Billings and impressed upon hi"i
, the necessitj of driving with a ugi.t
j icin Without a doubt he thought hi
carried out tnese instructions, but wit.i
. out a doubt also, be must in the course
, of the first mile, have taken a pull a.
the reins of which he was not con
'oous i-nd thereby p-ecipitated th
; tii 'imps which led to her defeat I o
, e- plain her action in uo other rai an .
"" prooi toat sae was not senou'i
t-nix-rfd with was that a yer short
I ,Lmf a "erward I drove her to a mar
l' '2;' bo.;t,Maior 1?elmr
T.n -old Cup has ne.er since be-i
' ' "'"-'?d for The length trials.
",ar"' and counter charges cause-i.
, reF J'sust among followers of tr.
trotting turf and the partisans to each
?'Ue ot. the controversy have aire.!
l , T'1 "5s- Sanders ceased to be hea-1
' of ,ho Billing stable a stable that
, 1'roraised to be the greatest the worM
! ,Vr ?aJ known.
, -0Pvrt?ht. 1S15. by the Xational 'e- s
Buicau
' . t. . .-. ...rZ
MAY ENGAGE IN TRY0UT
N'ew York March . All eastei n tr-out-
are suggested as the best neam
of determining the men to be snt ti
t'w Pacific coast for the A. r
track and field clivmoionship to t
held at San Francisco next Aus'"
Fred W. Kubien. president of the
Metropolitan as-sociatlon of the V
t". sa; it ould be imoossible to .on
slder the prooo-.it., m of sent lng all
the winners of the Me'ropolitr'i tlnm
pionship-, on -u'i a lr. x and epon
slve t-ip ile taid thrt no definlt
moe had 1 1 cm made -i yet to i isu
i the representat'on oi the east, but that
the matter would be taken un st n
! The matter was discussed iMfo--il'v
J at the annual meeting of the L
:'il at that tini" ,'i t's,.le.it T.lt ,
obtain the use of tne Harvard vt-
Ected 'irt it night be p.s.iIm