The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-02
American Luck Helping Out
American Pluck and Speed in
the International Motor Boat
Races at Huntington.
Ospyrisht, 1912. ~ The Press Plbishins Co.
fThe Nav York Woridl

COPYRIGHT. 1912 ~ The Prsa Piblishins Co.
The New York World.
m MEXICAN luck" as usual Is
helping out American pluck
q = and American speed In the
International motor boat races at Hunt
fngton. II surely was lucky that one
American boat went through tho race
without breakdown. when both ~ tho
others and one OF the English cup seek
ers had the customary engine troubles.
Nobody knows Just what Baby tell
anoe II. will do this afternoon. or what
Napie Leaf w. will do. Nobody can
ever Etve any advance information on
these speed machines. with their tre-
mendousiy powerful and complicated en-
Ginss in egg-shsll hulis Travelling IA.
tn speed they make. the slightest touch
against any obstruction Is likely to put
. boat out Of n race and disable It be-
yond tho possibility OF immediate re-
pair. Maple Leaf ". los, a rudder a
couple OF days ago by hitting an oyster
stake. An oyster stake. coming into coll
liaon with an ordinary power boat.
would do about as much damage a. an
ostrich plume.
II takes nerve to drive q racing hat
at the rate Of forty miles an hour or
moro. knowing that q collision with
sunken log II likely to make matcn WOOD
of the hull under you and leave you
mixed up In the water with an ensine
and . lot Of gear. A man can't do nush
swimming with . piece OF machinery
weighing several hundred pounds hooScd
70 his clothing somewhere.
AssA . - q MT
he'd eny fatal accidents In II for long
time. It's . clean sport. although ihey
DO say that every owner Of q racing
best puts . guard on his gasoline and
ca supplies before every race. It's .
sport that . man can indulge In with
out being q trained athlete or . horny
HANDED son Of toll. which gives some
a our miilionairss . chance. Besides
al this It's . good sport for spectators.
like boxing. baseball and football We
hope to hold that cup for . few years
more. Too far to go-over IN England
to - = race.
TN the coming series at Philadelphia
the Giants will have to get together
again and play the way they played
through the early part OF the season.
II would be tough luck to have things
break tho way they did four years ago.
when the championship had to be set
tisA with a post series game. and was
lost. In that year the New York team
piled up q big lead and lost 1t again
whom II seemed absolutely impossible
that the pennsnt could 60 to any other
club.
II Ian, Mkay that this viii happen
again this year. for the Giants are
saving something for the last rush
and won't be taken by surprise again.
They expect TO have to 90 something
70 ofYset the last desperate rally al
ways pulled out In a pinch by the
Cuba
"ROM England comes the news thai
Jem Driscoll Intends to come ovei
here before long TO look for n
chance to take the worlds feather.
weight title. priscoll 10 one of tn,
most popular fghtcrs that ever cam,
from the other side. The only English
man who can share this honor 10 Bonn
bardisr Wells. who made even create,
hit by his gentlemauly behavior In an,
w VI tno rms shen WIN haS spiehois
boxing.
When Driscoli Hrst came to New Yori
no one expected much from him. Tn
way he logged through our best light
weights and feathers. giving ava.
weight cheerfully and finishing with pol
iAhing on Champion Able Attell. was
surprise. From tae evening OF his frs
match hero Drissol! was a hero Wit
followers OF the rms. Like Bombardle
Wells, he never had anything but com
pliments for the men ne fought. ii
was . generous winner. And he neve
told US how he could whip everythin
In eight
Drisooll Is one OF the prettiest an
cieverest boxers In the world. II he
AZ good as ever. he will be In gree
demand around the New York boxin
clubs.
vHEY say that Nike Gibbons ha
emphasized his recent determine
ton TO box men OF his own clai
by raising the price OF his services.
used TO be worth about 81. 800 to q
Mike into the ring with one OF Il
easy marks. Now Mike thinks som
thing like 5000 is the proper figure.
he takes into consideration the risk
ioSing reputation.
Gibbons Is a very clever boxer. with
true knack of fighting thrown In. 1
hits cleanly and at cisconcertlng
close range. as Willie Lewis and maj
others learned when 1t was too late
avoid making Miae's acauaintanc
There's no apparent reason why Mi
couldn't do ls we'll with men Of his oW
weight. urging from his past pc
formaneer. ne should be able to give al
Iniddleweight IN the world a lively tin
Of Il over any route. long or short.
AAsEDALI. TODAY. 2 Esmssi III