New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-25
TIMELY BITS OF Sport.
Murphy and "KnOckout" Brow,
Ready for Their Third Bout .
BASEBALL. BRINGS MUCH Inv
Larry Lajoie May Be Unable >.
Play with Maps for Two Or
Three Months.

wound up training yesterday N,
bout AZ the Madison Athlete Club =, o.
lem. tonight. The contest will nal.
third meeting Of tive pair. and honor,
easy. Brown had The better Of the a..
while Murphy repaid the debt with ,r,.'
in the bout at the Whirlwind A,h,...
Club. Of Brooklyn. two weeks ago
For the last ten days Brown Ia, l.,
training AT Savin Rock. Conn. y.
been boxing with 'Dodo" Msher. "c,..,.
Murray and his brother, Adam. Tn. u.',
East Side boy has devoted most n, !,
time to boxing. and unless all sim. -,
Murphy IS confronted by the hard.s, 49,.
of his long career. Always strong pa
and aggressive Brown has spen. hou,,
day TO porfecting a defence agains, !,
furious infEhting Of which Murphv 4,
past master. while he SAYS he has la,-..'
several new offensive moves tina, pro,-,.'
to stir up a lot Of trouble for his o,,.
nent.
Under the watchful eye Of johnny ou...
Murphy has been working for Two ~.
at Sheepshead Bay. When seen in \,
quarters yesterday he looked and az,
in perfect condition. He has been VOL
ing on the defence against tho ief, ho..
for the body. which is Browns one 49,,
punch. and Tommy is sure he will win
The managers of both boys are c0nsds,,
Oliver said Yesterday: Mark my vor,,
Tommy Is the better hoy ~ the nair a.,
will win sure. He wants 10 box Wells. a..
a victory over Brown will about clinch -.
bout
Morgan was as busy "a bee. hy, -.
time to predict an easy time for n,
charge. as he has been doing every A.,
for a week.
Another interesting bout Is sure n -.
suit from the meeting II Jack Goodr.,
and Young" Ahearn. the English hovs.
al the Twentieth Century A. c. to.nls,.
These men have boxed twice before s,a
each has been adjudged the victor nv r..
critics. The winner may get chance >,
meet Matt Wells. the British chamn,orI
who will land in this country this after.
noon and who will be a spectator AZ IN.
bout tonight. The opinions az the fans,
vary a. 10 the probable outcome Tie bow,
are clever and about evenly matched.
Young" eastman and Young HAIL
serty will box ten rounds in the main boJ
at the Long Acre A. G. tonight.
The Giants are perched on the TOP runA
II the National League ladder The Phi
lies are deposed, for the moment AZ leasyy
from the proud place they have held sind
the season opened The enthusiastic foly
lowers Of John J. McGraw and his men ar4
happy The Brooklyn Superbas have vod
seven If their last eight games It'd
Yankees are in third place and gon3
strongly. There is reason for much Joy d
the greater city.
Napoleon Lajoie. second haseman Of n.
Cleveland Americans. who has been out II
the game for two weeks. may not be sh;
10 resume play for two months more. tn
club physician has ordered him 70 TAX. al
protracted rest, stating that he is suferna
from abdominal trouble that will necesss
tate an operation unless extreme care al
taken. His condition is such that he all
be compelled to remain off mis- fee, a.
much as possible. Al
Laioie's absence badly handbags 'hAl
club. which already has several injured
players. He was batting .S7s al the tmi
Of his retirement. leading the team in hiii
ting. year ago he was beaten one pory
py Ty Cobb for the automobile offered
the best batsman in hte two major leasge1
The winning percentage was .3s5.
Hal Chase manager ~ the New Yorf|
Yankees. was at Dovle's Academy ssi
night watching De ORC and Weston tga,
for the worlds pool championship.
He looked in good condition and sal
he was much better and would be rsad'
to take charge of his team on us rs'lrl
from the West. probably in philadelphia
on Saturday.
Chase who arrived from cleveland z
Saturday where he was confined 70 ~
room with bad attack OF eryspelas' e1
pressed satisfaction az the way ny
Yankees have been PLAYING in the Nss.
He was particularly delighted win y;
winning Of two games from the In'Ss'
White SoX.
Al Palzer. the West Side haavyyss
will he a contestant IN the white hoie
tournament at the National Sporting w
tomorrow evening unless Tom 0Rou'A,
gets word from Oklahoma mat e
matched with Carl Morris. . RourAe ~
been trying for a match With MoHis s..
is awaiting a message from Ok.aAoNa =
fore announcing his Entry.
The National Sporting Club has taSsa
load of the Pastime Athletic club ann ~
hold Its amateur boxing tournament al -
West 4ith street clubhouse on satuIVS,,
evening Invitations have been issuei,
the ticket holding Pastime men VIC r ~,
hoped 10 see the bouts at Madison SOL
Garden last Friday night, and lie! ="
be welcomed at the club.