The evening world., 1911-04-12
Lovers Of Real Sports Surely
Ought to Be Glad Now That
the Baseball Season Is Here
and Other Summer Pastimes
Soon to Be in Full Swing.

VVY ELL. the drought IL over. Base
w ball begins to-day. soon other
summer sports will be in fun
swing. The dull gray horrors OF a New
York winter will be behind US. For a
while the sun viii shine. We can go
swimins at Brighton and a few other
beaches here and there. and lie in gen.
eral will be worth living.
Mighty glad
don't mind telling you. now rs ali
over. that getting out the best sporting
page In New York during the or season
isn't such a snap as might be supposed.
The word best has to be lived up to,
you know. and It isn't the easiest thing
In the world to find Interesting news
every day when interesting happenings
In the world OF sport are scarce a. hairs
on Bob Fitzsimmons's dome OF thought
Winter sporting news has a certain lack
OF snap and variety. There's plenty OF
boxing here and In other places. The
rest OF the thrills must be found N
skating. hockey. basketball. chess cham
pionships. checker tournaments. bowling.
tag, tiddle-de- winks. blind mans bun
and post-ofhce. with an coca sional line
or two about some horse race pulled
OF somewhere while the Governor and
the State militia weren't looking. or .
two-hour match between two wrestlers
who could have finished their business
in two minutes II they wanted to.
But In the good old summer Inn
That's when We sport followers crawl
out OF our caves and begin to hvsi
- AL MOORE and Freddy Welsh boz
tonight at the National q c.
1 without saying that Pal win win
III state right here that II he doesn't
he might a. well stop boxing and learn
A good trade. This II where Pal must
show that he still has . chancs 10 ciass
with the Murphys and the Morans and
the Browns INC the rest Of the local
ilghtweights.
Tho most interesting thing about Welsh
Is the fact that until recently he va
champion Of England. He beat Johnny
Summers for that honor. In England
Summers was regarded . . really
classy fighter. welsh's best perform
anoes have been his draws With Packsy
Mcfarland Ind his win over ABB Attsl
In Los Angeles. n~swspapsr decision In
their last night Mcfarland beat him
easily through every round Welsh u
fairly clever and he lights all the time.
He uses his head like . ~bihygoat, buttinS
very effectively. He has . few other
little tricks that he can get avs with
when the referee isn't looking. Wells
made q record In England. By telling
the English papers wonderful tales about
his aghts In America. n by defeating
Summers, he became In . moment the
most popular boxer England has had In
many ysArs.
Freddy threw his reputation swsy
mere quickly h any Other boxer on
H. books. He Wa too sly and cunning
- remain long . popular hero. Hh
iovd challenging and personal abuse OF
Mcfarland while Packey wAs In this
country. hts attempts at s~idestepping
whom Pscksy appeared In England. the
.1nocks'' he ssvs Jem Driscoll In let
t>ss TO the papers, before and after
their nght, and his b~oundless self-con-
ceit undermined his popularity. When
Matt Wells. q fair second rater. came
along and pushed Freddy on the pedes-
tai the British public instantly rams
ferred its tickle favor to Wells. and
Freddy came to America. II Pal Moore
manages to put another blot on f~reddy's
escutcheon there will be no mourning
in England.
As for this little night. II ought to be
q good one. The two are pretty evenly
matched. Moore Is the harder hitter.
IN the midst OF all the excitement OF
the week the managers Of tho big
1 baseball leagues have found time 10
answer the upstate minister who ac-
cused them OF raising a big corruption
fund 10 influence tho Legislature and
aid the passing OF Big Tins Sunday
baseball law. The magnates state posi-
lively tina they have no interest IN
sunday baseball, and that they wouldn't
put up a copper cent to get a law
passed. incidentally, they intend TO put
the matter INTO the and OF their law
yers and see II there is no such thing
as protection against senseless and
freaklsh accusations.
The one thing behind the Sunday base
ban bill is a popular desire for out VI door
exercise and amusement on the weeks
one day OF rest-a desire that anlmates
many hundreds OF thousands IN this
State. The people behind the bill are
not the m~agnates. but the poor. Any
man with money 10 spend can so out
of town on sunday. sail a yacht. drive a
racing motor boat or an automobile.
play golf at some country club. ride Or
drive horses. or fnd some other amusr-
ment that won't be interfered VITA. but
let a lot OF boys or men who cauno,
afford such Measures gather In a han
park on a SUNDAY afternoon. cit or to
play a game or 70 look en-, mao the
nollca begin to raid ..I the "rsi,0fr-