New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-05

John Hummel, utility innelder; George
Cutshaw, second base; Pat Ragan, pitch
err; Frank Allen. pitcher; Cliff Curtis,
pitcher; Herbert Moran centre fielder;
Hal Northen. right fielder. and Zach
Wheat, left fielder
In support Of a denial that Charles A.
Comskey gave Ed Walsh. star twirler OF
the Chicago White sox. $500 after he
shut out the Cubs by score OF Is to o
In the last game Of the city series last
October, comes story that the "Old
Roman" presented big Eds two boys
with $1,000 each, with the words: That
ought to go a long way toward educating
them"
Thus did President Comiskey show his
appreciation of the work Walsh did on
the slab during the 1912 baseball season
in general and OF his pitching one game
in particular.
Billy Kramer the national 'cross-coun-
try champion and Harry Smith. the ten
mile champion. are expected to start
among others, in the four-mile run OF the
Long Island Athletic Club on Sunday.
Nathan Ost. the former Morris Athletic
Association trainer, has been engaged TO
coach the athletes OF the Glencoe Athletic
Club, Of Harlem. A three-and-a-h alf-mle
run will be held on Sunday morning from
the club oval. at 126th street and Second
avenue, In which all athletes are invited
to compete.
The special committee which has been
appointed to render a decision in the APP
peal of the William NJ. Powers, Of the
Tpperary Mems games. scandal, will meet
in the Astor House tomorrow afternoon.
All the evidence on hand has been thor
oughly sifted, and the verdict is eagerly
awaited. Barlow s. Weeks Is the chair
man.
Hannes Kolehmainen, the Finn. and
Harry ]. Smith. the five-mile metropoli-
tan and ten-mile national champion. who
are teamed in the twelve-mle team race
at the Bradhurst Field Club games in the
ed Regiment Armory on Saturday even
ing see INTO have the race at their mercy.
Frank 8. Navin. president OF the De-
troit Tigers, announced yesterday the pur-
chase Of Herman Nichols. pitcher. from
the Wyandotte. Mich, club. OF the Border
League. Nichols, who formerly twirled In
the South Michigan League. achieved con-
siderable prominence by defeating Mullin
and Dubuc, two OF Detroit's best pitchers.
and Banding, OF the Cleveland Maps. I'm
exhibition games played after the Amer
lean League season closed last october.
Nichols is a big right handed pitcher.
The National Baseball Commission yes
terday handed down a finding In which II
reinstated Emery F. Olson TO good stand
ing In organized baseball. Owing to the
fact that Olson had violated no baseball
rule during the period In which he refused
TO report to the st. Louis Browns on ac
count OF Illness, no fine was inflicted on
the player.
John p. Boyle president. and A. Arnold.
secretary-treasurer Of the Pastime Ath-
letic Club. after a conference with James
r. Sullivan. chairman Of the advisory
committee Of the club, yesterday afternoon
announced that the thirty-seventh annual
indoor athletic games of the Pastime Ath-
letic Club will be held at the 22d Regi-
ment Armory on January 2s. The follow
ing is the list OF events; sixty7yard dash,
handicap Northumberland run. handi-
cap one-mile run, handicap: one-mile
walk, handicap, and running high jump.
handicap. distance race and special
event will be added later.
The charges made by Jim Stewart
against Leo Flynn, Of New York. a man
ager Of boxers. that there had been no
money forthcoming to Stewart for his APP
pearance against "One Round" Davis in
Buffalo, was the chief matter considered
by the State Athletic Commission at its
meeting yesterday Stewart had several
persons appear for the purpose Of proving
his claims, but the commission decided
that as there was lack Of corroborative
evidence the complaint against Flynn be
dismissed. A license was granted TO the
American Athletic Club, Of Albany, and
lot Of time devoted to the formation OF
rules for the international alliance re-
Gently arranged.
Leach Cross, the lightweight Of the East
Side. will face Billy Bennett. the so-called
champion Of ireland, tonight in ten
round contest before the Royale Athletic
Club. and unless the roof falls in Cross
should have little trouble in winning
hands down.
Knockout Brown, once called the
logical lightweight champion of the world,
has been matched to meet Young"
Kelley, Of the West Side, a second rate
boy whom Morgan would have laughed
to scorn had he asked for a match one
year ago. Brown and Reilley will box
ten rounds before the Olympic Athletic
Club Of Harlem on. Monday night.
Jack Britton. Of Chicago. will meet
Young" Loughrey, the Philadelphia well
terweight. in a six-round contest before
the Olympic Athletic Club Tomorrow
night. Britton will be matched with Leach
Cross In return bout in the next two
weeks.
FLICK TO LEAD LEHIGH.
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