~ l .—:— ■' i ,i | -— i -—■-irTJP" n-sttituIX Best Sporting utest baseball comment on boxing talk from other sport news- Never Miss the ■ ~~~T1 1 NEWS FROM ALL BOWLING GAMES THE EAST. WEST, WRITTEN BY WELL*** in ^N. J. Page the leagues. of many leagues. north and south. known experts. Sporting Page __ I_____ _ ST. BENEDICT 1907 BASKETBALL FIVE TO PLAY AGAIN mm RULES THE * SLEASON AND TEE FAVORITE OVER AGAIN FAIL 10 MEET ON FIGHT Odds Were 10 to 9 Today That Public Getting Tired of Incon- English Boxer Would Defeat sistent Work of Promoters. the Harlem Boy and Thereby Jack Wouldn't Bow to Rickard Earn Right to Meet Champion and Vice Versa—Jeff Expected Wolgast. , to Rule 2 to 1 Choice. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 2S. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. MORAN and Harlem RICKARD and Jack Gleason Tommy Murphy will get to- came here yesterday to decide OWEN under Jim Coffroth's TEX gether whether the Jeffries-Johnson direction at Dreamland ana tonight, light should be held here or in Salt there is every reason for one expecting Lake City, but they did not decide, as of tho most exciting glove contests San Gleason would not go to see Rickard, Francisco has seen for many years. and the latter did not go to sec Glea- They have had threo meetings alreadj, son. tho plans of John M. Chapman, so that their cases resemble that of who managed the Velodrome lust and IF Jimmy Britt Battling Nelson be- Should disaster overtake Jim Jeffries season and who conducted the re- fore the manifested Battler finally hla When he meets Jack Johnson in the cent six-day race here, materialize, superiority. ring next July, the. knockout blow will track bicycle racing is due for a re- In each of the bouts Moran and Mur- also reach Jim’s business partner. Jack vival in all its forms In the East. With phy figured In they finished so closely Kipper, who announces that he will bet the Velodrome as the pivot conducting that there was to literally nothing practically every dollar he has on Jeff’s a Sunday afternoon and Wednesday choose between them, and they have ability to whip the black man. night meet, Newark will hold the centre both looked forward to the day when “Tho Johnson backers can take a of the stage. There will be a Thurs- should In a they meet twenty-round chance on breaking me if they are will- day night meet at New Haven, Conn., contest in San Francisco. ing to bet their money at anything like one at Providence, It. Friday nights, I., In addition to being anxious tp de- reasonable odds that Jim can't stop the and at the'old Revere Beach track Sat- cide who is really who, the two light- big smoke," said Kipper last night. "I urday night. That will be the circuit weights will battle for the right tt> be- will bet on the big boy as long as the unless the owners of the Clifton track come a championship candidate. It Is a bankroll lasts, and then I'll "hock" the come to terms with Chapman. Sunday notorious fact that when a new cham- shop and start all over again.” night meets will be held on the Passaic pion stands forth he is marked for From the present tone of the betting ecunty track in that event. This ought challenges from most of the men In hls on the coast it is only a matter of hours to bo a groat boom to the sport, and class. until Jeffries will rule a strong 2 to 1 those who are financing the deal expect The betting on the fight, which stood favorite here over Johnson. it to bo a success. m at evens for many days, has changed to 10 to 9, with Moran favorite. At this, It is reasonably sure now that Jackie the wagering is a compliment to Mur- GLIDDEN PATHFINDERS Clarke will not return liere this season phy, as San Franciscans are chary aa on account of differences over money a rule in placing their money on a man TURN UP AT LOUISVILLE. matters. The famous French rider, they have not seen in action. Ellegard. who lost only two world’s Moran has been seen in a San Fran- LOUISVILLE, Feb. 28.—Their in seven years, will Ky„ championships cisco ring a number of times and has the Americans in trying whereabouts unknown since they left probably join proved that he has the talent to cut 1o wrest the honors from Frank Cincinnati Wednesday noon on the loose in any company when equally ICramer. first of their tour, the official matched as to weight. lap path- -O— The contest tonight marks the offi- finders for the Glidden automobile tour, To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star: reached Louisville last night. The cur Dear Sir—The “six of us” were sitting cial return of the well-known fight im- CRIPPLED HUDSONS Great Team of Two Years Will Meet Present UMPIRES WILL BE THE Ago was stalled by mud and rain several around P. IJnnlng's stove again and presario, Jim Coffroth, to the local field. times. The pathfinders will start for swapping baseball yarns, when Skid- of Street To- BOW TO HIBERNIANS Representatives High College CZARS IN MAJOR Nashville today. more told us about a play he made last year while playing third base with the morrow in This Elms, of Jersey City, it was us fol- IN EASTERN LEAGUE Night City. LEAGUES THIS YEAR lows; Nobody put; man at second; man «t third. As soon as the pitcher throws be buck in his old at centre, games are scheduled for tonight, LD BOYS' NIGHT” at St position the ball each one of the men rushes ttg"\ Mc- or tomorrow the New Benedict's College will be and Bernard O’Connor and George night In and followers who lor tho next base. The batter hits a NO Jerseys Defeat Rangers Cormick will take care of the defense. New Rules Give Them Almost tight National on the celebrated tomorrow night. Jersey tourney were "on the inside” saw a line drive (not a fly), which is caught alumni are ex- cork- Tuxedo alleys. The Tuxedo,' Montgom- Take Lead in National The chief event on the program will be Two hundred of the Unlimited Power—Other Brooklyn the third baseman about two feet ing good private fight, which was by and u basketball between the pected to be present, and the entire col- ery Jersey City teams will clash on game present held in a loft a from the He touches third As of Brownsville bam. ground. Wednesday night. League. "Prep.” team and the quintet that rep- lege will assemble to welcome them. Changes. with foot and throws the ball The bout was between Joe Sullivy and base his resented the Institution during the sea- a preliminary game two picked teams Ben Hollabar and was to second, the runner from won by the for- catching rolls son of 1907-1908. The latter team Is gen- from the intermediate department, tin; Hilly Weingarth Whltey Horan mer in tl'.e tenth on an second. None of us could agree as to defeat suffered the West round uninten- on the by as the fastest smallest boys in the school, will play. NEW YORK, Feb. 28. Albion alleys in New York to- erally regarded aggrega- tional foul. Hollabar had Hoored Sul- bow many men were out, so we decided Hudsons was the of the its season more ever in a Greater New surprise tion that has over the local The “Prep.” team will have out than be- night York and In- THE represented livy with a loft smash and before he to leave It to you. Yours respectfully, day In the soccer football games strongest line and Jones, fore in the of baseball tercity series. institution, a distinction worth having, up, Honninger history could THE SIX OF US. the and com- THIS get up Hollabar, who was ex- played in various leagues when it is remembered that St. Bene- forwards; Byrne, centre; Cotteral, Mc- the umpire will be the reigning Our friend Skidmore caused a triple The cited, landed another left to the jaw. petitions hereabouts yesterday. have a on their own (Juade and McCauley, guards. power on tlie diamond. The most Dave Bloch handed in a 237 score dicts not lost game was One man was out by Skid’s cap- Hudsons went down to defeat by a Sullivy badly injured and could play. for the court in three years. This team was Those in the above picture, reading striking feature of tlie revised rules from .Saturday special weekly high Phila- 1 not .continue. Referee Eddie Gardener ture of that fly, the man running score of 2 to 1 at the hands of be from left to right, are: Standing. Will- which have just been given out here is score prize on the Tuxedo alleys and the first team at the college to then awarded the third homo was out as soon as Skid- Hibernians in an Eastern the the decision to Sullivy. looks like the winner. delphia coached' by Frank Hill. Harry Hen- iam J. Motzenbecker, M. I)., president importance which powers and more touched third, and tho third out on the Harrison League game played ning is the only member of tho ’07 of the alumni; Frank llill, coach; duties of the umpires held in the mind the man Sam the American was registered when running Oval. manager.