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'motion was
pointed for the above purpose,
D. Williams, J. 1.011(3th A. Contra, M ‘
1? lensing formed by the committee, and
a very enjoyable evening”
The legular weekly meeting of the NEW YORK. April ill-+161 public we!
Lockwood A‘ A‘ was held Thursday come and demonstration in honor of
evening lit their headquartersv 2" Jags Willard thus been arranged for
the arrival of the new world's chain:
pion heavyweight here tonight. A re-
“we and carried that 3“ eeption committee of men prominent]
smoker be held Thursday evening, lathe sporting world will meet him at
“w” 22' and a committee was up ithe railroad stution, and an escort of
nmely".p1traders headed by a band and in
cluding detchment of 'Boy Scouts
members of the Kansas Society and
other organizations. will load the new
champions progress up Seventh ave‘
.. ,. inns and Broadway to the \'. ’1'. Athv
candidates were admitted. A "MR letic club. There iWiliard is to box
and suimming team was formed. All me rounds with Jim Savage. his spar-
members of the first and second Lock- -ring Darin.”
wood baseball teams are urged by, United States Aiomey Marshall,
“was" Hm ‘0 ”9°” f" 9‘30”“ said today that if the flims’ of the WiH
innday morning at 9 001°“ sharp. lard Johnson light are brought to New
hunger Hill has his season’ is scheduleV York from Havana they will be do
:mos: completed and would like to tainted with a judicial ruling has been}
our rem Manager Steel and Barry given on the question of admitting tlle‘
portant matters were discussed. The
Ma'yhew A very good entertainment
is untici
psted by all those present. Four new
“9" i‘ 39‘2" °'. 59"“ °f games" 0" 3“? iilms of the RitchieWelsh contest thaté
a .
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other 1semi-‘ .de teams in the state. The were brought here from London re-
new uniforms for the team 3” expect- centiy. The Collector of the port, Dud-
{‘d by SENNHY- and the team will icy F. \ialone, said he wbuld exclude
open this season April 18. Manager. the films frontier: entry.
ville Bayley of the ”Acton Point
is considering the use of the _ 1;:
l
’lluder far more favorable circum-
stances than prevailed a year ago. the
'Brooklyl'i Moral League baseball club
will make its bow to tandem this af-
ternoon lathe 1915 championship
race. ‘ 1 ‘
. A1 year agoeflobel-t18.‘erd had no
home for his club and not much of a
club for-tile home he~was building. He
had cast his lot with the revolution-
ary-forces of'basehall on such short
Alumni hill?
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WILL 6033 LEAD . .
lBIMfi ”All?
Will Ty Cobb again lead the country
in halting. ' This question is being ask
1 ed by the mu now that the 1915 sea-
son is here. Consults not show any
signs of failing ofi'fll mung last year,
1“but slowed up considerably 1ou 5the
paths, due mostly to increased weight.
lie hasproltndhlmnl! lobe the best
(XXIII.
1fore Juno,
1 twelve month back.
notice he didn’t'bsve time to equip his
handsomely appointed playing field be- ';
Nor did Mr. Ward have!
time to gather together players of real i
metropolitan wortb.«'l‘bose handicaps! '
reacted against the best interests of‘
the club. A special schedule had to be
arranged so~tllat the Broofeds were
kept on the road continuously for six
weeks. All untried manager who had
passedilltabsefullness as a major play-
er was in charge of the team.
This yonrlnhe Ward forces will be
gill the season with a tar better out-
look in ever respect. in Lee Magoo
they haves manager who is untried in
leadership, it is true, but nevertheless
a young, ambitious. and energetic t:
playerpat themnlth» of his vigor and ,
ability. The mum moreover. shapes
up much more formidilbly than a
» gue will open its gates,
1 time during the past few weeks try-
' ing to interest certain. parties
ml to the Milkweed team for the VSIX'I'“ m
u ‘ .
‘ f the first team is as
, H Herring.
sir—J 1101101151”;
vs irr-
N ~ .
the Coast 1,.
Connecticut
1th. last. night w l
v ‘ r”!
all. captain. 1»:
Left Fleid—élllll. naturism ‘ ‘
Center Fielddhulnquist.
.;
thatch shoot for
mpanios of tho
uard was star"
‘0 team from the
Sixth Company 5; the range. Ten -
It would bedlillcult anywhere toldiul“
a stronger outfield combination thou
Manager Migee’wfily putnugalnst the
Bison 0“,th tern Evans, who was s:
real sensation. through 1914,11“ Goo.-
Anderapn,, whophoved one of the best
loutlnw implements, now have as a
minding mate'i'l'lenny' Knoll. the great-
individual; .plii‘yor oi theJ-‘oderai league
launssapo’n Many “ports rate Knufl
withi’l‘y Goon; Hots much albums
1': commando ”Ilium ur- ur-
billter in the country 'for several years.
‘bnt there are m'noy who are willing to
finger that no bill be topped by some
other slur tillu‘ year. . .~
Cobb himself says he will be there
with rings on the batting honors lint]
SWIM 1 wiltnc. 'l‘mc
arable weight
lost season. but during the spring
Aluminium) minimal locus-h an oil--
men Were selected from the member ,
ship and the shooting was from three,
compnrisou with others the local boys,
,The total points made last night wast
786 As to how good that score is in
comparison with other the local boys{
will not know until orders are issued:
Announcing the different totals. in
prone position the pesslble was 50;
points, while at pitting and healing
'positions the possible in each was 25. '
The scores made last night are as
follows: —-
night Field—«Rum.
' 1 wunlit.{lief-1A.. 1‘coujtra.
lulu one in.
turmoil to
When Jess 1l‘i’illar‘d knocked out the
iblack heavyweight champion, Jack.
Johnson for the world's heavyweight; ‘ 8" Knecl A
titlounutmade white-“hoping no long- Prone tins mg Total ‘
er an excuse Eiorlloafing, a new era MCMRIW“ ‘43 ~23 21 90'
in money prises of the ring was born. Bears 48 17 23 87%
If there is any husky young man in Sperry 46 ‘1-7 21 841
~th United State. or if there is one Godfrey 45 3 4-9 «19 88
loft when the war is 0191 in Europe. ’COffin 43 1 20 18 81
that have to show cause and reason Weafer 41 16 20 77
for the chrome to light and be able to WGHGT V 39 16 18 73
dig up some promoter who will be 'rea- rBFOWII 36 ‘ 16 19 71
dy to guarantee Champion \\1ilard Sherwood - 36 17 17 70
.176 out for his end. In other words, Sipuérley “ 36 16 1 18 70
the men who are doing the chin mus- ‘ m
is fol Jess Willard have raised. (33- A Team score aggregate 786
t
champion Jack Johnson‘s figures of -.
$39,000 a full $45,000.
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l OPENING AND CLOSlNG -
WES] ENDS WAN]. GAMESV WDAT'“ 0? EEEVEN LEAcues. h
WIIA NAAWAUA NANES
The opening and closing dates
“for the leading maior and minor
1 leagues for the season of 1915
no as fellows:
Lem.-
. V 1
. National
7.
Open. Clp'se.
...........1\prll1t.- Oct.
' ’ lies, is still in Athens suffering f-rom
1 oration:'thls.,.sftornoon. A. band con
-:~ cert will commence, pt 1;30~o’clock:-
‘ At 2:45 therewilihe a flag raising
" .in which tllegplayers of the two teams
type of players-a deadly'left handcditont that lie iii now going to make
hitter nod a daring base runner pool them go some to upproncb him in hit-
sessed of phenomenal speed. ting and base running.
W... 1. ““‘°°‘ ""“"’° intrrni'lilllt‘tills ll
new. Weston“, at third, ‘ls the only
holdover from last season. Manager
Magoo is playing second buss along-
side of Reed. formerly with the Phil
lies (‘iuude (‘ooper libs been conv ert-
Fl rte tb riln little
ed from an outfielder into a first base- Midis tint k, s sic 1‘
Toronto second. batsman, has returned
or his own net-91d to that team. Winn
Fitz We sold to tho Boston Nationals;
the Toronto chili figurcd‘thllt in thus
dimming of blili‘lt ‘wns lining its bcs't
Magoo believes he has the greatest
:pitching staff in the league. Certainly
with Tom Seaton he will lead away
with a pitcher who has few equals.
‘Soaton was the mainstay in the box
for the Brookfeds last year and won
a great majority of his games with an
inferior club.
Manager harry Scblaiiy of Buffalo
wassu gloomy loan yesterday. Both his
team~and the Tip Tops practised at
Washington Park. Schafly said the
weather atVAthens was most disap-
pointing. He is sorely put for pitch-
ers. Hugh Bodient is the only twir-
ler who-appears-ilt to go the route. He
probably will be asked to face Stanton:
today. Marshall, formerly of the Phil-
nud faithful service to the club.
' Fitzpatrick thinks otherwise. His
salary with ‘Boston‘ls $50 11 month less
than he would get with Toronto, and.
although the season "would be linger.
Fit! refuses point blink either’to‘lenrc
there or go to Boston.
in a few wordsilielaid ddunthe law
that he would either play with Toron-
to or retile to his- form. it is now
leer-thin that Fitzpatrick will ugllln be
lit second for Toronto.
LAJOIE TO HAVE FREElli‘llElN.
Mack Likely to Lot Terrible Punch-
’ ’ man But His Own Way
an attack of mumps. Mderson, a col- “'
loge pitcher, has not: reported yet.
The ,munagementgef the Brooklyn
Federals has. arranged. for a big-cele-
criticise“‘tbe“batting or so expert a
batsman its Larry Icicle. it is believed
in Philadelphia that Connie Mack will
change the system under which the big
Frenchman corked while
Cleveland team. .
it has n noticeable fact that Lajoie
whencr or he faced the opposing pitch.
PJGNMLUMA'SBWS
to advance a man who had given long 1
While it may be assuming 11 lot Etc
with the .
Here's a chance for goad fast nine:
in Norwalk The West End A. C.,o
Port Chester, Conn, one of the tastes:
ilgbt‘t’ravé‘ling teams in this vicinity.
Federal L...........
:’ American Action.
' Northwestern ..
New England..
International ......
Pacific Coast». . . . .‘
V...Api"il ‘20 V
.\ .Apfll 30
. American .. ...... V...Aprll it
April 10
Mar. "so
, 0M
April 21', j
.April 22
. undthe attending ofilciais ,will particl»
‘ 1 pots, Therapening. game will be called
1 prpmtly‘at 3 o’clookgV‘Jim Johnstone,
formerly of the National League, and
Il'yfe havebeen assigned till-umpires.
er with mourouitlie‘buses would play
.tb‘o‘hit and run‘gume. it did not take,
the pitchers \ery long to wise up to
this fact, and as a result Llljoie under
mob conditions ,got few balls that he
'8
MAw‘llut'lll‘ge'iMaui's, ohNew York city,'t
'w0uld like to arrange with NorwalkiV Texas ____________ April 8 V
Southern ...... April 18 ,
Georgia ... ... ... .Aprllllo
for May 1623 The we“ Ends play ‘ Nbrth Carolina. .. .VApril 22:
for spoilt and travels for expenses. V
Further particulars may be secured
from Al Manning. booking manager 345
North Main streét,"Pbrt Chester, N. Y.
(ANION Billlllllil
mlocai anti repaint
mol‘ld’s championship thre
”billiard ito‘urh‘amdnt, has ch
Woman- 7‘ their!“ lfilibhlp. 1
WWillWAdbflillfii Mime blocks ’
div-W} lid Abacd'ldhfl’wlll either be ‘
played 1 “Moi-k dmhicugo latdl‘lit
V “51‘me wn‘oozu’ofioo’w‘i
VVBrltisll Call Big Guns "Jess Willard"
Noancf Johnson's defeat we: cheered uproarlnuily- along the 355) '
' “we Mchflhfifiofl their 431.
could punish usually being handed
something just out of range which he
would be forced to go after because
the base runner vn'ould be advancing.
“Basebilll 'm‘énthuve always doubted
President Wilso has received a
pass from the Wash ngton Americans.
Last year he attended the opening
game and autographed the fflrst bull
pitched by Walter dentition} and gave sort of a game n9‘ “*9 W880“ that he
his Own ball is apt toroieur the buses-
uny time be connects. '
Loclei‘oio Not» Over. A ‘ '
In 1845 the drill baseball club was
formed.
i
9»-
- {ion was Minted. " ‘
h wud‘fhe‘ first professional
‘1 mills was in 186»! i"
e greatestf’li’dmr bf indiyid
dill fihd'W
Hrrw,
pull: in com Vio‘
#112,me of letting Inioio play this,
£5.11 hard hitter and if allowed to pick.
in 1351 the drill; baseball organiza~‘
‘ * crly.
summits
! iridium
That the delay in awarding the
franchises necessary to complete ”the
Eastern association circuit for the
coming season will ‘be short, and that
the proposed backers of clubs in the
various cities ‘will be satisfied to go
ahead on the decision of the national
commission when it ls‘liled,'witllin a
few duyshwas the statement. of "Pres.
ident O'Rourke last night. O'Rourke
is supremely confident that the tea-
' while the
critics and fans cannot see where the
clubs will go ahead as conditions pre-
sent,themselves.
JO‘Ronrke has spent considerable
into
taking 'over franchises in various
cities. Although the league head con-
tends that the outlook is. rosy) and
that he will have little or no trouble
familiar with recent happenings are
prone to believe that O’Rourke and
the remnants of the association‘wili
soon die a painful death. O’Rourke
‘still has the lighting instinct 11ndwill~
Anoi udnilt defeat until all hope has
‘vanished. At the next meetingi’o be
lheld in this city, it is expected that
"mise will be made public.
BA‘SEBNLL'BRIEFI.
A week from-yesterday the Natalia
al and America flauguos open “than
championship races .for 1015.
New Cris-11s is waving to be the
usual mumbling block to big bogus
teams. The New York Giants were
the latest victim and they had to
stand for a 6 to 1 (infant.
r
W
A The supremehcourt ruling on the
toll cases is expected to have a direct.
murlug on the Federal league sultzaow
before Judge Lundis. There are said.
to be similar points in both,
m
Dun Morgan is no longer the man-
agar of Al McCoy, the mlddlsheight
ichampion. lifter McCoy had been
nearly knocked out by George Chip
’last night, Morgan told him he had
better get a new manager, as he was
through with him. “i thought McCoy
would develop into a‘ real fighter,"
said Morgan, “but instead of getting
better he got worse.”
Crawford, the heavy-hitting outfield-
er of the Detroit Americans, is serv-
ing notice on that American league
pitchers'this spring that be is going
to continue in the homeless this sum-
mer. ‘llis batting in the pralctice work
has been little sort of remarkable.
Club owners lathe Pacific Coats
league are lokingforwurd to a sucu
cessful season this sumcr as athlet-
ic, activities in San Francisco in con-
nection with the 'Pauama-Palclflc ex-
position are sure to attract to the
baseball gather: all over the circuit.
The Boston Redfflox are certuin'ly
showing?promls'ing tel-min. their prac-
tice games. Withtha .cxception or
Pitchers Wood and Gregg all of the
players appear to heirecdy for the
hard work of the championship sea-
son. ‘ ' =
Dave Fitzzerald will referee the
Cross Moire bent in. Waterbury next
week.
*Young Hanion. who _,1nade a; good
showing, in his bout at the Casino
the other night, is eager to get a
instill: with Kid Bunyan.
.v
The chick Browmilarjry Williams
bout scheduled for next Tuesday
night has been cancelled. Brown's
injured arm refuses to mould “prop-
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BEAT JACK W ,
fit in the spring and summer this time
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The Boston *Braves figure that they
h~-.
When asked today how he happen-
will win the National league pennant ed to take up boxing, Jess Willard, .
“It! 39830“ With much ‘8“ dilfi‘cuity the new champion, and right now the
““1319? 30001119335“ the surprising most talked about man in the world.
lest last "rill. said
“The main difference being.” said
mm Stalltngs, “that We ”“3“ to do when I heard that. Jim Jeffries, the
instead of having to wait for another}
of those phenomenal spurts at the nu
isllQWe've got the “strength 3and the
out by Jack Johnson, a colored man.
Saw 3 Ghana:
I got into my head that on account
“1 got ideas of taking up the sport
famous fighter, 'had been knocked 1
getting the league reorganized, thosel
confidence, and now we'va been liv—
ing to get'tbe boys in shape lio'maite
a quick getaway,’
‘VV'i‘he physical condition at the
World's’cbamplons would indicate
that these early plans have been quite I
successful Against the Churlotte team
the Carolina league the Braves
played with pain, .a bang—and just as‘
1 muehechutter s when theylan better
shelter over the Athletics. Then to top
things of: attire finish ‘Hank ‘Gowdy.
hittiug'Innrrol! or the world’s series,
poked a home run over the left field
tence‘wl’th‘ the bases full. it was
Hank‘s only hit of the game, but be
managed it at exactly theiproper time
«a bit he has, call it luck or what you
will.
"The hardest job We had this
Vaprillg.’ said George stullinga as he
more by Amcilcan‘l’rclh Inhalation. gtlle announcement of the league's de-i I proudly discussed his various 9mg black to meet in any contest musing ”
»1 son
of the gambe. Up to this time I'hud
have a good chance to defeat the ne-
gro. providing 1 made a careful study
of the game, Pp to this We I hand
never seen a boxing matchJ-lot alone
shad a pair of gloves on my hands.
“I moved to Sapulpa. Okla, and
saw CaerV Morris, an avowed white
‘hope, box, and us boxing didn’t look _
Ivory hard to me I decided to start
learning stance. I spurred with Mor-
ris. withithe-iden always in my mind
Act some day being-fit to-meet John-
.«
"Weii,I'1e done it and I’m pretty
happy. Johnson is the first neglo I
Iever fought and I'll never fight an-
:Vother. Yes, I'm going to draw the col-
or line and draw it sharp. I think .lt
,dangerous for a white" man and in
'em battling with the Carolinlans, “is ”3““ ”meme“ °f “9“"- Whyi'm‘l V
to kéep the boys from being over-con Jefferies was beaten in Reno, mime. 1
, tideht. They feel so sure of winning?!” following “we ' were twill?
that i am afraid they might not take six 3‘01“? killed “Mile United 3%-
the race seriously. That feeling has Ah"? “WW-d 59"“
beaten no,” pennant ‘Vwm than Willard wits never Mitchell om
' any wellness in' play. With a big In £5111 at! one-half years. in the“
stick 1 have h moonlight; idea like or In mains. lib meson “lull
(muffin; head's .‘h‘ filing that may this cal-Veer with the sonic ’l‘lacoidiélie’ a
have got to hustle and l have some-'50 W811 .put together that he doesn’t
what succeeded. cutting beat by the ilook his chi that six inches. He has 11
Atlanta club was quite a help. “it was thin, keen face, is dark in complex.»
‘. no tiny lol- buseball and the grounds
were in bad shape, but the defeat
made some *of the youxstsrs under-
standtbst they‘ve got to get out and
work ‘no matter how superior they
may be:
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RING WORK SHORTLY
Tile folowlng ”letter‘from 'Pe’te Fitz-
gerald. manager of Joe Shogun. tothe‘
New Haven Journal—Courier its 111m
eating: ~—
"Joe Shugrue was operated on last
week and the cataract removed from
his left eye. The specialists are claim‘
ing that the operation was wonder-
fully smuccessful and after tbe‘courae
or two or three weeks' treatment this
eyozshcnldtbodil 'llbttor Illuminati? » ’
it ever-was, inasmuch as the cataract
was inflicted upon him since birth.
The ligament in the right eye is grow-
ing stronger every day. and within
,V tourwesks etfme Joe should-again be
ready to start a campaign against the
Winner of the Cross-Mohr match at
Waterbury, and then meet Welsh in a
finish light for the title. ,
“Johnny Drammie, ‘who is the son-
atloh down here and recognized as
the featherweight champion of the
1 carved in Kansasywlth a- veal-in high
ion, has gray eyes shaded by long ~
lashes, a high :forehead and 'my‘
black hair‘p’urted on the 51115.net“
,a sensitive mouth and a veil turned ‘
chin. ‘
He doesn’t look like a prineflghter;
he doesn't act like one, nor the his
instincts those of a—fighten In 1fact
his handlers complain it’s "hind to,
armlse his fighting spirit-,- that vhe'sto
much inclined to take "things my
and not hurt the other leilow. He ‘
has a common school education, re-
school. Then he punchcdcattle’fcr a
couple of years. leaving that to 301m , -
to home and mule handling. 1
He was a good man at this, and
made cmugh money to marry and
keep his runny comfortable. He has
Your children, three girls and a boy, 5 1
Jess,Jr., four months old. His wife
and children now live in Les Angel.
es.
Willard Soft Spoken
Willard is soft spoken, and uses
good, plain English. He thinks well. V
forms his 0an opinions Distinctly lie‘ ‘
is of a far higher type thin the price;
ring usually produces. in mental '
equipment. ‘onlyCorbett. to whom ll
bears ‘sllVght .resemnlanceusllis can
i ’ 1
PINS fchh in
east, has practically been'matched to
meet Johnny 'lgilhane for the feather-
'weightVVchsmpibnship of the world at
a local Brooklyn club. Inasmuch as
this nu hulls
Last night, in the Brunswick. up
Johnny has nbsorbed some of Shag-V
rue' s knowledge and is the same type,
of clever aggressive lighter, I am con-i
, fldeut that he Vivlli annex the feather-
weight title. 1
‘il am now managing Fighting Billy,
Bondy, who banal rum Cleveland and
who madam great impression upon me
while boxing in 11 Cleveland gym He ‘
has knocked but live of his last ten
opponents and good judges (liberals,
in Ohio harejpronounce‘d blmthe best
heaverelght produced by the mid-
dlewest. Sundy wii start some time
during the coming month against a. re
suitable heavywdl‘gitt And will try to Fa
‘ develop him ivlth a View to boxing Wll- Y-
toys, on Washington stréei on into
eating game in the Firemen? s Bowli
Tournament was rolled. 1 The»
came out on top 91 the heap. taint
from their friends, the Pioneers,
factly three games straight.
» The were complete:-— _ ‘31.
Pioneer Hook a Ladder. ,
Milne ‘76 73,33“
Byington 73. 7,5“
putty so ‘ 89V
Putnam Hungf
98 ‘1
Williams ~
dostello 7
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