CORBETT DOES NOT THINK
AL M’COY THE CHAMPION
Jim Says There Are Many Oth
ers Who Rank Ahead of
Brooklynite.
NEW YORK GAME DEAD NOW
Former Champion Wishes Go
tham Had Some Hustling
Promoters Like California.
BY JAMES J. CORBETT
(Fflrmrr Heavy-weight Champion of the
World.)
Challenging A1 McCoy is the reg
ular thing for middlewelghts these
days. Two weeks ago A1 wasn’t
gtven a tumble. Chip just took him
on to try his mended hand out.
Now the other aspirants for the title
reckon McCoy as their own particu
lar prey. But it is hardly likely that
any of the top-notchers will get an
early crack at Jack Dougherty’s
’’champion " Jack hasn’t had any
thing so close to a title in his stable
In fifteen years or more. I think
Matty Matthews was the last bona
fide champion the veteran trainer
chaperoned. And he isn't going to
lake any chances of losing out this
time, at least not until he gets all
the easy dough in sight. Jack told
me the other day that 1 am not the
only ’’actor’’—and that X will liave to
figure McCoy as a "rival" from now
on. Well, I am glad for Jack’s sake
that McCoy put that punch over.
If McCoy proves an attraction he
Will be kept on the stage as long as he
can draw, and there will be abso
lutely no chance for George Chip,
Mike Gibbons, Jim Murray or any
other middleweight to get a match
with the ‘‘champion" before next fall,
If then. But if the act ffbps McCoy
will be back on the job shortly. And,
according to Manager Dougherty,
Chip will get first chance.
McCoy Not Champion, Nays Jim.
Personally I think It absurd to hail
McCoy as champion. Where did he
earn the honors, and how? George
Chip was never champion. His boost
ers advanced the claim for him on the
strength of the victories over Frank
Klaus, and the latter had defeated
Hilly Papke, to whom the title auto
matically reverted on Ketchel's death,
on that line of reckoning there is
nothing else to do but to hand over
the laurels to McCoy.
Hut if anyone will take the trouble
to look the matter up he will find
that Cyclone .Johnny Thompson. Bob
Moha and Frank Mantell had all
lieaten Klaus to Papke. Why wasn't
Thompson, who was the first to earn
a derision from l'upke after Ketchel's
death, recognized as champion? And
if not Thompson why not Moha or
Mantell? Why wait until Klaus
turned the trick before proclaiming
v new champion ?
Many Mure Right to Title.
And howr about piddle McGoorty
and Mike Gibbons? likewise Jimmy
Clabby and the lateHt California
“phenom,” Jimmy Murray? These
hoys have just as much right to the
title, it seems to me, as McCoy—and
if A1 meets any one of them, Ire may
find 'heir claim a more valid one
than his own. However, It is not with
Jinsslbllities that we must deal, but
with cold (lope And there is no ar
gument that will make I he Brook
lynite a champion In my eyes.
McCoy may prove his champion
aliip rights some day, although I
dou’ c it very much, but until he does
so. ne will have no more claim to the
honors than any of those I have men
tioned.
Ring Star* Seek Other Cllniee.
If it hadn’t been for A1 MeCoy
Ceorge Chip surprise party over In
Brooklyn recently no one would im
agine that New York is still on the
pugilistic map. Hardly a ring star
is seen about here nowadays. Cali
fornia and Middle West promoters
must have them all signed up, or
something. Jim Coffroth and Tom
McCarey have a number of stars cor
laled in San Francisco and Los An
geles. Unless Billy Gibson or the
.McMahon Brothers, the big town’s
foremost promoters, hurry and grab
a few stars Gotham fans will have
to turn to baseball for their enter
tainment.
California Program.
Let’s look over the programs the
California clubs are working on.
First up have the Freddy W'elch
Leach Cross bout on April 28—a
bang-up attraction—at McCarey’s
Los Angeles Club. Two weeks later
MeCarey will offer Joe Rivers and
Ad Wolgasl in a twenty-round con
test, and on June 9 a match for the
I . ntarnweight championship betweeii
Ji hnny Coulon, the holder, and Kid
Williams, of Baltimore, the recog ■
iiiaed legitimate challenger. Then on
the Fourth of July both MeCarey
and Coffroth will have star attrac
tions at their clubs.
Coffroth tilans to stage, the Gun
boat Smith-Jess Willard match on
the big holiday, providing Tom Jones
makes good his promise to produce
♦ he Gunboat’s end of $7,500 and take
chances on getting anything for Wil
lard. And on the same day MeCarey
figures on holding a. genuine world’s
championship lightweight match be
tween Willie Ritchie and Freddy
Welch, to entertain Los Angeles pa
trons of the sport.
Those are the pretentions and am
bitious programs the hustling Cali
fornia promoters are working on. I
wish we had a few such live ones
about New York.
Cross Has Only One Clmnce.
Leach Cross will try to pull an im
pressive ’’come-back” on April 28,
whep*7... boxes Welch. Leach’s plan
^.s to aim for Freddy’s jaw with that
w deadly right as often as he can get in
position, with the hope that at least
one will connect and bring the Brit
isher to the floor for the count of ten.
And any old way one figures the bout,
that’s Leach’s only chance. If he.
tries to box Welch he will look like a
hoy who never hud the gloves on be
fore. Fred made Joe Rivers appear a
raw beginner, 'and Rivers outboxed
Cross not so very long ago. Yes,
Leach will have to pull an "A1 Mc
j, Coy” or be retired to the rear for
r good and all. On recent form he
Ml hardly can ho considered hi the run
[ ning any longer, and it will require
t something sensational to restore him
to good standing.
Yanks Again Defeat Athletics,
While Chicago Wins the
Fourth Straight.
BOEHLINQ WIELDS BRUSH
AMERICAN LEAGUE RECORD.
W.L. Pc.
Chicago ... 4 0 1.000
New York. 2 0 I.imhi
Washinart’u 2 1 .0*17
St. Louia.. 2 1 .<»«7
W.L. Po.
n.'troit .... t 2 .:m
Boston .... 1 2
I'hBnd’phla. 0 2 .000
li'leveland... 0 4 .otto
l rurrna.v » Kpaults.
New YTork, 4; Philadelphia, 0.
Waslilngtton, 1; Boston, 0.
Chicago, (S; Cleveland, 5.
St. Louis, 2; Detroit, 1.
(lames Today.
Washington at New York.
Philadelphia ut Boston.
Cleveland at Detroit.
St. Louts at Chicago.
Jimmy Callahan's Chicago White
Sox have started out as though they
would settel the American League
race before Decoration Day. Wit fl
out encountering a single defeat, the
Sox have now piled up four victories.
Faber and Russell held Cleveland in
check, while the Sox got to two Nap
pitchers for six runs. The final tally
was 6 to 5 in favor of the Callahan
crew. Lord and Collins had home
runs during the contest. The former
swatted out his drive with two on
base In the fourth round. Collins hud
two singles besides his home run.
Frank Chance’s Yankees are on
their tiptoes, and, just to prove their
opening day victory was no fluke, th»
Yanks came back and defeated the
wond’s champion Athletics 4 to 0 yes
terday at the Polo grounds. Kay
Caldwell, who was a tow’er of
strength to the Yanks last year, al
lowed the visitors only four hits.
.St. Louis took a pitchers’ battle
from Detroit. The score at the flnlHh
was 2 to 1. Coveleskl. the former
‘giant killer,” lost to Hamilton, the
famous twlrler who hopped to the
Feds and then jumped back to the
llrowns
Washington had to work hard to
beat Boston at the Hub, even though
Boehling pitched shutout ball and
allowed ony two hits. The only run
of the game was scored by Washing
ton In the ninth Inning. Speaker
tried to make a difficult catch, and
the ball got by him for a double.
Leonard starred on the mound for the
Red Sox.
Two Extra-Inning Games in
New Circuit—Brooklyn
on Top.
FEDERAL LEAGUE RECORD.
W.L. P<‘.
Brooklyn., 1 01.000
Haiti more.. 1 1 .500
Buffalo..., 1 1 .500
Chicago.... 1 1 .500
W.L. Pc.
St. Louis... 1 1 .500
Kansas City l 1 .500
Indlaiutp'lis 1 l .500
Pittsburg... 0 1 .000
Ynltrrdar'i KrHults.
Buffalo, 4; Baltimore, 3.
Kalians City, 4; Chicago, 3 (13 Innings).
SI. Louis, B; I iKlhiimpolls, 4
(11 Innings).
Brooklyn nf Pittsburg; rain.
(iamrH Tmiuy.
Chicago at Kiiiisiim City.
InilluuupollN at St. Louis.
Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
Buffalo ut Baltimore.
Two extra inning games were
played in the Federal Baseball
League yesterday. Kansas City and
Chicago battled thirteen innings be
fore the former won out, 1 to 0, while
St. Louis nosed out Indianapolis, 5
to 4, in eleven rounds. Buffalo de
feated Baltimore, 4 to 3. The Brook
lyn-Pittsburgh game was postponed
on account of wet grounds.
About 4,001) persons turned out to
see the Baltimore and Buffalo Fed
erate in their second game of the
series at Terrapin Park yesterday
afternoon, Buffalo winning by a
score of 4 to 3.
Walsh and Meyer made home runs
for Baltimore. In the fifth, with
Downey, of Buffalo, on first, Iionnin
hit into the right field bleachers for
a home run. As B-onnin was round
ing third. Manager Schlafiy patted
him on the hack and Umpire Man
nassau called tile runner out. As
the ball was out of play when It went
into tlie bleachers it is believed
Schlafiy’s protest will be sustained.
Eleven innings were necessary to
decide the second game between the
St. Louis Federals and Indianapolis
yesterday. The St. Louis team won
by a score of 5 to 4. when Simon sin
gled. scoring Ward Miller.
Kansas City won a thirteen-inning
game from the Chicago Federal
League Club at Kansas City. Tho
score was 4 to 3. Singles by Hen
ning, Chadbourne and Kenworthy,
brought in the winning run.
Basketball Stars to Oppose
Bay View Wheelmen Seniors
The St. Vincent do Paul basketball
team, which last season delated the
St. James Triangles, of Sheepshead
Bay, and who have beaten the New
York Nationals and Knights of St.
Anthony this year, will be the attrac
tion against the Bay View Wheelmen
senior quintet at Bay View Hall, in
South Sixth street, tomorrow night.
With such players as George Nor
man and Eddie Kelly, former St.
James players, and the Reich
luothers, Ernie and Al, it would ap
pear as though the Wheelmen are in
for some tough battling. Al Reich is
the former holder of the amateur
heavyweight' boxing championship
and his performances in basketball
are said to eouul those in the ring.
tn the preliminary game the Bay
View Juniors will take on the Com
pany K team, of Montelifir.
TREFZ
“TASTE TELLS”
TEAMS RACE FOR
Rutt and Grenda Ready for In
ternational Contest Tomor
row Afternoon.
STARS IN FIVE-MILE OPEN
Herr Walter Rutt, the “welt meis
ter,” will endeavor to give a further
demonstration at the Velodrome to
morrow that there can be more speed
generated in the legs of a German
than in the lower extremities of Aus
tralian colonists. Herr Rutt, who is
th^ second citizen of Germany since
the crown prince and heir presump
tive to the German army has been
placed on the "in bad" list, gave Just
such a demonstration before 10,000
people last Sunday, but he feels that
another demonstration is necessary
to convince our cosmopolitan city
that such is the case.
Herr Rutt will give his first dem
onstration tomorrow in a team race,
in which he will have the able as
sistance of the 210 pounds of brawn
possessed by Mr. Alfred Grenda, of
Australia, Mr. Grenda having kindly
volunteered to do all in his power to
land Herr Rutt in front of Alf Goul
let, who is ‘Mr. Grenda's roommate
and best friend, and he will also do
what he can to prevent Jackie Clark,
another of Mr. Grenda's countrymen,
from crossing the tape in advance of
Herr Rutt Mr. Grenda does not wish
to be classed as a traitor for having
agreed to such a course, and will try
to show his honesty of purpose by
aiding in a sound trouncing of
Messrs. Goullet and Clark.
An International Event.
The team race is decidedly an in
ternational affair, and there will be
saluting of flags all around. Mr. Jo
seph Fogler, who is an Amerlcun cit
izen regardless of the fact that he
lives and votes in Brooklyn, will give
his services to Mr. Goullet, while
Fran k Cavanagh, an American of
Irish lineage, will place 220 pounds of
good, sound beef at the disposal of
Mr. Clark. In other words, one
Australian will help a Dutchman to
beat two Australians and two Yanks,
while two Yanks will help two Aus
tralians to beat a Dutchman and an
Australian. Just how quickly this
affair of nations will bo settled can
not be determined in advance, but
there Is sure to be greater dispatch
showm than in our affairs with Mex
ico. There may be two heats to the
match or there may be four. There
is one thing certain, there will not
be over four heats unless one or more
llnlshes result in a tie. After one
of the international coalitions has
won two heats hostilities will cease.
All In Five Mile Open.
When the contention in the teams’
match is settled the truce will end
and the six combatants will engage
in a five-mile open, in which each will
endeavor to humiliate his erstwhile
benefactor and everybody else in the
race. All the power thut Mr. Grenda
will wield in favor of Herr Rutt in
the teams race will be directed
against the German in the five-mile,
and the Yanks will try to save some
of the prize money for local consump
tion.
It is said that Herr Rutt is even
better in an American style race,
such as the five-mile open, than he
Is in a French style race which docs
not savor well for the others in the
contest. Herr Rutt did remarkably
well in a French style race last Hun
duy, and if he is such an apt per
former in an American style race
as we are led to believe then it is
well that no German style races are
lo be staged here during the time
Herr Rutt Is a visitor with us.
In the five-mile open tomorrow $29
will bo distributed along the route
much in the same manner that l)r.
Cook placed gumdrops in Ids path
to the North Pole for the Esquinms.
There will lie quite a struggle for
these substitutes for gum drops, and
A! Triebel, Joe Reeber, Willie Coburn,
Kddle Rupprecht, Floyd Krebs, Joe
Kopsky, Krnie Jokus and Mike Fera
rar, who know the country so well
in the region of the Velodrome, will
lead the way right up to the final
goal.
Grcniln After Two Events.
Whether Mr. Grenda is avaricious
or simply greatly imbued with am
bition is not known at this time, but
he is not going to let any of the
prize money at the meet tomorrow
get away from him without having
a try for it. He iH to star in the
team race and the live-mile open,
and while the others are recovering
from their efforts in the teams match
and resuscitating for the ilve-mlle
open, Mr. Grenda will try to garner
the biggest hunk of bacon that is
hung up' in the one-mile tandem race.
In this event Mr. Grenda will be as
sisted by Ernie Pye, also of Austra
lia. Opposed to the straight. Austra
lian team in this race will be Fogler
and Hill, Ryan and Lawrence,
Walker and Drobach, Thomas and
Corry, the brothers Bedell. Krebs
and Jokus, IvopHky and Anderson
and Coburn and Hanson.
Melfougall Rets Another Chance,
The amateur races are two in
number, and Donald McDougall
hopes that they will serve as a
medium for a complete vindication
of his dismal failure of last Sunday,
when he wont down to two defeats,
something most unusual for the
amateur king of yesteryear. A one
mile novice will complete the enter
tainment. Manager Floyd MacFnr
land had arranged a two-mile novice,
but to make certain of having enough
rookies in at the bell lap to make an
enjoyable finish the distance has
been cut to one mile.'
BASEBALL EVERYWHERE
American Association.
Milwaukee 4, St. Paul 3.
Louisville 5, Columbus 1.
Indianapolis f), Cleveland
Minneapolis 12, Kansas City f>.
Western League
Omaha 14, Den Moines 10.
Denver 4, Lincoln 1.
Topeka 3, Wichita 2.
Sioux City fl, St. Joseph 5.
South Atlantic League.
Albany f», Macon 3.
Jacksonville 12. Columbus 1
Augusta 4, Savannah 1.
Columbia 1, Charleston 0.
Pacific Coast League.
San Francisco 8, Los Angeles 7 (ten
innings).
Sacramento fl. Venice 1.
Portland 6, Oakland 4.
Texas League.
Fort Worth 3, Austin 1.
Galveston 5, Sun Antonio 3.
Houston 8. Beaumont. 4.
Dallas 5, Waco 4.
Virginia League.
Norfolk 17, Portsmouth 4.
Newport News 7. Roanoke 4.
Petersburg d, Richmond 5.
Southern Association.
Memphis 10, Chattanooga 3.
Atlanta 2, Nashville 1.
Mobile 7, Birmingham 4.
New Orleans 4, Montgomery 3.
LIVELY GAME EXPECTED
What is expected to furnish some
lively sport is the basketball game
scheduled to take place tonight In
Oerman-English School Hall, Orange,
between the Armory live, of Orange,
and the Company K quintet, of Mont
clair. Three teams have long been
keen rivals and an interesting match
Is sure to result
Cycling Stars Who Will Meet in Teams’ Race
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YANKS 10 BATTLE
Chance's New York Team Here
Tomorrow for Pinal
Exhibition.
Frank Chance's Yankees, who are
a much Improved team over last
year’s outlit, will show here tomor
row In the final exhibition game
staged by the Newark club. The
Tlge,rs are In line fettle for the tussle
judging from the showing they have
made in their recent contests.
In the Yankee line-up are several
new men who promise to develop into
big league stars, and Frank Chuncn
promises to bring his best team over.
Williams, the Yank first sacker, Is
shaping up like a clever hitter. Roger
Pecklnpaugh, at shortstop, new cap
tain of the Yanks, is playing a whirl
wind game. Then there Is Fritz
Maisel, who is out to steal more bases
than Cobb and Milan.
Mntsel Is an old favorite here among
fans who remember him as a star
shortstop with Baltimore. Fritz is
now playing third base, and be looks
good at the hot corner, Gllhooley
may also he seen in the New York
line-up. Newark's pitching choice Is
probmatical, but Marry Smith will
most likely call on one of his young
sters, as he will want Enzmann and
Sherrod Smith to be ready for the
opening battle Tuesday. The contest
will be started at 3 o'clock. The
probable Ilne-up of the two teams fol
lows:
Newark—Myers, c. f.; Collins, r. f.;
W. Zimmerman, I. f.; Mows, s. s :
Tooley, lb.; E. Zimmerman, 31).; Getz,
2b.; Heckinger or Smith, c.; Donnelly,
Bell or Schacht, p.
New York—Maisel, 3b.; Hartzoll,
2b.; Walsh, I. f.: Williams, lb.; Hol
den, c. f.; Cook, r. f.; Peekinpaugh,
s. s.; Sweeney, c.; Warhop, p.
Wilburn and Waterbury Broth
ers, With Phipps and Rum
sey, Defeat Strong Team.
-
Refreshed by their three days’ rest
and Inspired by the. hard grilling
their opponents put them through on
Tuesday, the American polo team,
with H. C. Phipps and C. C. Rum
sey alternating at No. 1, played rings
around the Red quartet at Lakewood
yesterday afternoon. The opposing
four was made up' of tho strongest
of the other candidates for the team,
and for two periods It contained the
best line-up in the country, with the
exception of the hig four. In spite
of this, the Blue four roiled up
eleven goals to their opponents' live.
From the first tlirow-ln the plays
,were snappier than in Tuesday's
game. The first goal came when
ltumsey got out of t lie crowd for a
spectacular gallop-the entire length
of the Held, passing the bail to Bea
dleslon for the goal. J. M. Water
bury scored on a tremendous drive.
In the fifth period, after Rumsey had
placed the hall within striking dis
tance! of thi! posts, and the last goal
of the game by La Montagne was of
a sensational nature, the stroll!' being
a haek-hunder under his own mount.
The line-up:
Blue—B. 0. Phipps, C. C. Rumsey,
.1. .VI. Waterbury, Jr., L. Waterbury,
iJ. Milburn.
Red—C. Rumsey, II. C. Phipps,
r\ p. Beadleston, It. Montagne. Jr.,
Foxhall Keene, C. P. Beadleston, M.
Stevenson.
Coals—First period, Beadleston;
second period, If. C. Phipps, J. M
Waterbury 1!: third period, Steven
on; fourth period, .1 M. Waterbury!;
ltumsey, fifth period, J. M. Water
bury JJ, Milburn; sixth period. La
Montagne: seventh period, Milburn,
eighth period, Rumsey; referee, H.
P. Whitney.
1
j
With Andy Spenry as manager and
such players on its roster as Charley
Levine and Joe Shields, who were
members of the Worthingtons last
season, the Westinghouse Uasebo.ll
Club, of this city, should have a most
successful year on (he diamond. It
will mark Speary's debut as a leader,
but his experience in both semi-pro
and professional baseball should put
him in the veteran class. Speory will
play shortstop for the team, while
Levine will catch and Shields will
work around second base.
❖
The Ironside F. C., one of the big
semi-professional teams in this city,
will inaugurate its home season at
Parkview Oval tomorrow morning,
opposing the fast Williamsport (hub,
of Brooklyn. The Willlamsports have
been strengthened considerably by
the addition of several new players,
Including Pitcher King, who received
a tryout with the Brooklyn National
Leaguers in the spring. Ernie Wolf
will probably start the game in the
box for the locals, with Eddie Bar
rett at the receiving end. George
Watts, a well-known local man, who
is in vaudeville, wdll assist Doe
Dougherty In umpiring the contest.
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Manager Thomas C. Giblin is confi
dent that his Annex A. C. nine, of
West Orange, will have a successful
season on the diamond. Ackie Force,
formerly of the Armory A. C., will he
in the line-up of the Annex aggre
gation, as will Percy Reeves, the.
veteran slab artist, and Tony Pengl
tore, who is a member of the Orange
13. B. C. and New Providence clubs.
-
The New Providence A, A. has
secured the services of Madigan, of
Chatham, to cover third base this
season. Leon Purcells, the first base
man, who has been a member of the
BASEBALL
Wiedenmayer’s Park
Tomorrow, (Sunday,) 3 P. M.
NEWARK VS. N. Y. AMERICANS
Box seats and flint three rows reserved in
GrundHtand for openihr gain'*. April L'lst.
Tickets now on Hale at 905 Ordway building.
nine for several seasons, will not play
this year. This will force Manager
Ha loom to secure a new lirst-sacker
❖
The Orange B. B. C. will be the
guest of the Original Senecas at Irv
ington Sunday afternoon. Hoffmann
and O'Brien will form the battery of
the visitors.
Manager Lawrence, of the Irving
ton Parks, announces that tin home
season will get tinder way May lb with
tin- Allentown Professionals as the
initial opponents. Home games will
be Played at Irvington Park Oval,
Irvington.
—«C* _
The Shrivers, of Harrison, expect to
ib'fent the Newark Colored (Hants at
Shriver Oval tomorrow afternoon.
Anyway, Manager Hyerson, of the
home nine, will put forth his strong
est line-up In an effort to accomplish
that purpose.
Pacific Oval should be the scene of
a lively baseball game tomorrow
afternoon, when the Columbia A. C,
will fine up against the SI. Benedict
II B. C. The Colunibias will pin their
faith in Ed Reilly and Hewitt, while
Bert Thompson and McConnell will
be in the points for the Saints.
—<•- -
Eddie Uslar will pitch for the Valls
burg Tigers against the Irviriglon
Tigers In a game scheduled to take
place at Athletic Park, Vallsburg,
tomorrow morning.
<4
The Newark Stare will have the ser
vices of Johnny Conn this year. He
was a member of the Caldwell A. C.
last season.
<•
The Newark Stars expect to have
the use of home grounds by the first
of May.
The Meadowbrooks will open the
season at Parkview oval Sunday aft
ernoon, May 3, with the West Hobo
ken Club. The Newarkers will practise
at the oval tomorrow afternoon. The
following players arc requested to re
.port: Herman, Struble, Durkee, Don
ovan, Bracarrom, Levertom, Tulte,
Igoe, Schrier, Cook, Day, Bell and
Ashenfender.
California Experts All Agree
That Victory Over Murphy
Was Conclusive.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. April 18.—
There , was no dispute today among |
the sporting writers and ringside ex
perts that Willie Ritchie holds right
fully his title of lightweight cham
pion of the world. Mis defeat last
night of “Harlem Tommy” Murphy,
of Now York, nt the end of twenty
rounds in one of the most trying
■ fights any champion has ever weath
ered, whs conclusive. Ritchie won j
all the way and from every angle.
At the same time Murphy, who
never has been a boxer to win much
applause In a short distance bout,
displayed again that he Is an in
domitable lighter, never flinching un
der punishment, and always ready
to come back with as much as he
takes.
Kxeept for Murphy’s courage and
ability to assimilate punishment, the
fight was uninteresting.
Murphy IHsp|ft>». Coiimirp.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 18.—Willie
Ritchie, lightweight chaimpion, de
fended his title last night against
“Harlem Tommy” Murphy, of New
York, In convincing fashion. Murphy
fought a courageous, aggressive bat
tle, but never was dangerous, and
often was In distress himself. There
was no disputing the referee’s deci
sion at the end of the twenty rounds.
The battle went exactly as it had
been predicted. Murphy made I he
sort of a fight that Ritchie liked. The
champion waited for the challenger to
come to him and caught him repeat
edly with straight lefts to the face i
and heavy left and right rips to the !
body. Repeatedly Murphy took blows
delivered with full force that made
him gasp and hack up, but after an
instant’s hesitation he was always
able to crowd back with a brisk rally
of short-arm blows. In the last
rounds the champion was crowding
Murphy about the ring, measuring!
him with bis left for heavy right
crosses that still failed to carry a
knockout.
Murphy, in the last round, was a
badly punished man. The champion!
bled a little at the mouth from the!
bruising he received in the clinches, j
but left the ring otherwise unmarked. !
Knockout Victory for
Bert I’app at New Polo A. A.
Bert Papp, of thin city, knocked out
In Hi" third round A1 Fagan, of Ohio,
at the New Polo A. A., New York, last
night. They scaled at 132 pounds. Itwas
a good go while It lasted. Papp is a
rugged, strong punisher, while Fagan,
though a clean, clever boxer, with a
good left and all right at close work.
Is lacking with a hard punch. Me was
not. fond of the smashes Papp handed
him. and, although he scored well,
seemed quite satisfied after he had
been carried to his corner and wus
revived.
Authorities Agree to Alternate
Between Nation’s Capital
and New York.
$
WASHINGTON, April IS.—The an
nual Army-Navy football contests
will hereafter be played alternately at
New York and Washington.
An agreement to this effect, stipu
lating that this year’s game shall be
played at the American League Base
ball Park here, was reached yester
day by representatives of the athletic
associations of the two academies.
The arrangement is conditioned, how
ever, upon the willingness of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce to
erect stands in the baseball purk to
accommodate 4(1,(WO persons.
Luring the controversy last fall the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
made the proposition upon which the
present arrangement is predicated.
EARLY START FOR TIGERS
DURING LEAGUEJ5EASON
,
i New Tiger Pitcher Allows Only
Three Hits at Bing*
hamton.
TWO DOUBLES^ FOR GETZ
BINGHAMTON, N. Y„ April 18.—
Chick Hartman, who once upon a
time was a member of the Tigers
"over night," was the only Bingham
ton player who could do anything
with Holmqulst's pitching yesterday.
Holmquist allowed three hits, and
Hartman had two of them. Newark
outplayed the Blngoes at all depart
ments of the gnine. and the tlnal score
was 6 to in favor of the champions.
Newark's sturdy stick wielders
found the offerings of three of the
home twirlers for eleven hits. Gus
Getz was the star slugger of the day.
Gus played with Elmira a few sea
sons ago, and was immediately recog
nized by the fans, lie lived up to his
reputation by slamming out two
doubles, Collins and E, Zimmerman
also hli for two bags. Callahan, an
other favorite here when he played
in the State League, failed to make
a hit, but succeeded in scoring the
lirsl run of Ilie contest.
After today's game hero the New
arkers \WU pack up and go home. One
of the features of the game was
Harry Smith's patching. Harry wal
loped out two hits and handled eight
chances himself in old-time form. Tho
score:
NEWARK.
A.n. it. ii. r.o. a. e.
CulUilian, of. I i a l o n
Minvo, ss........... r> 1 l i n o
t idlliiH, rf. I 1 2 l 0 0
W. Zimmerman, if.. 4 0 0 10 0
Ton ley, lb. I 1 2 10 O 0
K Zimmerman. 3h.. 10 110 1
Get/, 2b. 1 1 2 2 0 0
II. Smith. !•..... I 1 2 1 1 0
lfolmqulHt, p. 3 0 10 5 0
Totals. 30 0 II 27 15 t
IVI 11 VI I , UK.
A ll. It. It. P.O. A. F.
( llrlls, If. I (I 0 1 0 II
Fullerton, .'il>. * 0 0 2 2 1
Crnllst on, 21,. 4 0 0 2 2 0
Hartley, rf. a 0 0 5 o O
liny, rf. 2 0 o 1 0 <1
Peterson, e.2 0 0 2 1 !
Kotllllek, r. 1 0 0 2 1 0
Hartmann, ss... 2 0 2 1 ,‘t 0
('III."I, 11,. 2 II II 10 o o
Hcgell, It,. I O 0 1 0 0
Su millers, |,. 0 0 0 0 0 0
St, ihlmcli. |». 2 0 1 o 2 0
Vnnderllp, i>. 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totllls . 20 0 3 27 11 2
Newurk. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2—4!
ItlriKliumton.. o (I o o o o o *o 0—0
Tivo bn so tilts—Get?, 2, 10. Zimmerman,
Collins, lilts (Iff Saunders, 4 In one In
plug ; off Slelnlmeli, I In nix Innings: off
Vumlerlip. a In two Innings. Snerltlee lilt
IlnltiKinist. Stolen bane Collins. Double
plnv Mown to (let/, to Tooley. Ituses on
bulls (Iff Snnnilers t, off llnlminilst 1
strnek out tty Htelnbnel, 1, by Holtiiiiulst.
I Passed hall Konnlek. wild plteh
Vnnilerllp. Time of giltne—lb, 27m. Um
pire- Davis.
AITCHISON SHOWS
BRAVES HIS CLASS
Former Tiger Phenom Lets Bos
ton Braves Down Without
a Tally.
NATIONAL. LEAOl'K RECORD.
W. L. IV.
Itrnoklyn.. 2 01.000
IMilln. 2 0 1.00(1
I’Htflburir.. .'** 1 .75(1
I’lnclnnutl.. 1 1 .500
W. L. IV.
Ptliouffo .... 1 1 .500
M. I iOiiIn . .. 1 3 .250
Sow York.. 0 2 .ooo
lloHton .. .0 2 .000
Philadelphia, II; New York, 1.
Brooklyn, 5; Boston, 0.
Pittsburg. 2; St. Louis, 0.
Chicago, 0; Cincinnati, B.
(•nines Today.
New York at Brooklyn.
Boston ut Philadelphia.
Chicago tit St. Louis.
Pittsburg at Cincinnati.
Raleigh Aitchison, premier pitcher
of the International League last sea
son, won Ids first game for Brooklyn
yesterday and celebrated Ills debut
by shutting out Boston, G-0. A re
markable coincidence In the contest
was the fact that Dick Rudolph, who
led the International League pitch
ers In 1912, twirled for Boston. Altchl
son allowed only four hits, dowdy’s
triple being the only long swat made
by the Braves. Raleigh had his
shoots breaking right, for ho fanned
live of the StalUngltes.
ICrsklne Mayer, who lived In New
ark a year ago. twirled the Phillies to
their seeond victory over the (Pants
at Quakertown yesterday. The New
York crew was beaten by a score of
;m. Four errors by the visitors
proved costy to the chances of the
Media wites.
Pittsburgh continued its winning
stride with another victory at St.
Louis yesterday. Iventlehener, a re
cruit, shut the Cards out, 2-0, allow
ing only four hits. Pittsburgh got
only six blnglea, but made them
count.
Chicago KOt bark at Cincinnati yes
terday by winning a fi-5 contest. The
gaiiir was full of thrills, Cheney
crawling out of n tight hole in the
final round.
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
The. Orange All Stars and the Or
ange Valley gym team will come to
gether in a basketball contest at the
Orange Valley court tonight. The
All Stars arc made up of the best
players on various independent teams
of Orange
Contest Will Begin at 3:30
o’clock During the
Week.
SUNDAY GAMES AT THREE
Barrow Assigns Finneran and
Harrison Here for Open*
ing Day.
That weekday games at Wledcn*
mayor's Park will be started at 3:30
o'clock Is the weloome news to fans,
players and scribes sent out by Presi
dent Charles H. Ebbets. Jr. In. the
past It has been the custom during
the summer months to start Inter
national League contests from fifteen
minutes to half an hour later than
the above time. As a consequence,
many fans got in bad with the
"frau,” or, in case the "queen of the
household" was not of the domineer
ing kind, said fan had to undergo
the questionable pleasure oftlmes of
devouring a cold supper.
Mr. Ebbets's announcement also
contains the Information that Satur
day games during April. May. June
and September will begin at 3 o'clock,
wbllo In July and August 2:30 o'clock
will be the starting time on Satur
days.
The regular time for Sunday games
the year round will be 3 o’clock. Holi
day games will start at. the sam*
time when played In the afternoon.
In case of morning contests 10:30
o'clock will be the starting time.
It bus been proven in other cities
as well as here that the clubs which
begin their games at 3:30 or 3 o’clock
draw better than the cities In which
4 o’clock is the regular hour of start
ing. In many cases the fan . who
goes to see a ball game takes the
afternoon anyhow, and It is prefer
able to him that the contest be start
ed before 4 o'clock. In Newark, too,
It has been shown that mativ night,
workers come out to see games which
are shifted before 4 o’clock because
they can more conveniently arrange
to got to their work on time.
• •
Harrow Afc*lfrn* Umpire*.
President Edward G. Barrow an
nounces today the offlelal assignment
of umpires for tho opening games
Tueeday. The arbiters In tho Roch
ester-Newark game here will be Fin
uartun and Harrison—the latter a
newcomer. The other assignments
are: Carpenter ami Nallln at Balti
more, Mullen and Halllgan at Jersey
City and Hart and Borty at Provi
dence. At the flna meeting of tha
umpires and President Barrow to be
held Monday final instruction will tie
required to make a full report of the
game every day, and In case where
tho contest goes over two hours, lho
umpire In charge will be called on to
toll why tho game dragged aong. Full
instructions in printed Term will bo
given to each arbiter explaining tho
interpretations of all the rules. Tho
American Lieaguc definition of an In
field fly and 'the National League
balk rule will be followed.
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Hay* Tiger* I.nok Good.
In summing up the International
League's prospects today President
Edward Cl. Barrow declared that he
again looked for an Interesting race
and predicted that it would be closer
than usual. "I believe several of the
weaker clubs arc stronger than last
season,” said Barrow, “and while tlm
Federal League 1ms received a lot of
advertising I do not believe it will ef
fect us In the least. We expect to do
us much business as ever. Tho New
ark club again looks like a cracker
jack combine tion. I am heartily In
favor of the International league
taking concerted uctlon against play
ers who accepted money and broke
agreements, but 1 see no reason why
we should worry about the Federals.
It Is a novelty just now, and I be
lieve at that the opening day attend*
ance figures were In many ways ex
aggerated.
.
• *
Toronto Official Talk*.
A story supposed to have come
from a Toronto official has been
branded ns absurd at the Ini'jrna
llonal Leugue headquarters. T/ieTo
ronto management is sore jrf losing
Bonny Meyer, and is said to have re
marked that the Brooklyn club should:
refund tho money paid for Benny.
Meyer played twenty-one games with
Toronto last season, and, therefore,
the Toronto cluh has no claim on
Brooklyn. The Toronto official, how
ever, remarked that the minors were
thinking of pulling out of the Na
tional Association. One-half of tha
story is ridiculous and the other half
is even morn absurd.
• •
Hull >fuk«‘M » Balk.
"Beanie” Hull, the wild man of the
Tigers' pitching stuff, has registered
a different kind of a balk than the
usual variety he cuts loose. Hall has
balked at going to Scranton. He
called on President Charles H. Kb
bets. jt\, the day the story ,wa»
printed, and declared he would not go
to Jack Kelly’s team. "Beanie" says
his control is good this year, but he
was told that Harry Smith thought
differently. Hall is now trying to
hook on with the Federate, according
to latest reports.
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Morterlty Successful,
While In Mt. Clemens. Mich., re
cently President Edward C. Barrow
ran across Eddie Moriarity, known
to Newarlc fans us "Doc” in the duya
he pitched for Walter Burnham’!
Sailors. Harrow says that Moriarity
Is now a highly successful physician,
and that he has cut out baseball al
together.
After the day’s work, a bottle of
Wiedenmayer’s restores energy
and gives new zest to appetite.
Beer is the ideal Spring food
tonic. Order a case
Drin^
to-day.
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. 596 Harlitl St.,Newer). N.J.
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