New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-27
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Plenty of Boxing Tonight for
Those Who Enjoy Bouts.
MORE SEATS FOR YANKEES
Work Begun on New Bleachers
to Satisfy Needs at American
League Park.
MORE SEATS FOR YANKEES

Two bouts which should he of more than
ordinary interest To the followers OF boN-
ing will he contested i'm New York CLUBS
tonight. Patsey Kline. of Newark, and
Toe Coster viii cross gloves in the main
hout of fen rounds at the Whirlwind Ath-
letic club. while at the Twentieth Century
Athletic Club Pal Moore, the "Phlladelphla
Phantom" will meet Tommy Maloney, the
West Side lad.
Kline and Coster are rival candidates loI
the featherweight championship. They Doth
met Abe Attel. and while the consensus
of opinion was that the champion had
little the better Of the affairs many heid 10
the opinion that both Coster and Kline
gave him hard battles and were entitied
to a draw Attell's present condition makes
il impossible for him TO defend his titie
and there are many who believe that ne
will never be so good as in the past.
In addition TO the two important matches,
good bouts have been made for the MEM
hers of the Long Acre and the Metropol-
i,au clubs. Young" Brown will box Billy
Pcrna in the main bout at the Long Acre
Club.
Work was started yesterday on the new
bleachers in centre field at American
League Park. They will have seating
capacitv Of several thousand and will be
ready for use within a few weeks. Quanti-
,ios of lumber were carried in and piled up
around the field, making ground rules
necessary for the game, a hit into the
workmen going for only three bases. BY
far the largest part Of the work Is done
during the morning hours and early In the
afternoon. as around 4 o'clock there is
tendency to case up a bit, the operations
AT tbo other end Of the field being vastly
more interesting.
Nattv Baldwin, the rugged little light
weight of Boston, who two years ago was
looked upon as q likely title holder, Ia in
town and in fine condition for his ten
round bout with Leach Cross ut tho Ma
tionaI Sporting club tomorrow night.
Baldwin was III for nearly a year, and
when he returned To the ring several
months ago he broke his arm in contest
with Battling" Hurley. lie showed re-
Gently. however. in a match with Tommy
Carey that 10 was back in his oldtime
form.
Billy IIough, one OF the best quarter
milors developed at Pennsylvania since
the DAYS of Taylor, strained his leg in
practice on Monday and may not bc able
20 run in the big relay carnival az Frank
lin Field. Philadelphia, on Saturday.
Jack Johnson, the heavy weight cham
pi6n, is back in Chicago after an unpleas-
ant experience i'm a California Jail. lie
SAYS ne was badly treated in San Fran
cisco but will forget il by going abroad TO
attend the coronation of King George.
The weights for tho Galloway Handicap,
to he run at the meeting Of the Rockaway
Hunting club. at Cedarhurst. l.. l., on
Saturday have been announced az follows:
Boocer Red. i6s: Matte Bumppo. i6i: The
Thief, 80: Live Wire. l50: Jack Cade, 1iS:
Culvert ii,: Break o'Day, 1i5; Pete, 1i5;
Norwood. ~.
Officials FOR tho meeting have been APP
proved follows: Stewards, Antelo
per, A. Henry lIigginson and J. T.. Davis:
Judges Henry j. Morris and T.. &. Cowdin
starter. !. VI. Bradford paddock jurge,
Edward $. Voss: patrol judges, IT, y
Godfrey. Hamilton MADDEN. Thomas H.
White. Albert j. Akin. Henry NJ Earle
and r. j. II. Nelson: clerk of the course
and scales, George w. Gall.
Most OF tho leading amateur boxers in
this district have entered for the cham
piorship Of the Metropolitan Association
of the Amateur Athletic Union. Tho pre-
llmnary bouts will be held tonight at