New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
poyinu Commissioner Seems to
Have a Double.
SOME o'NEIL IN THE TOLLS
sarved with an Execution by
neputy Sheriff, but Frank
S. Says mot Me-"

frank S. O'Neil, a member OF the state
80. Commission. seems to be the VIC
- a peculiar series Of circumstances
w. sberifrs office received on Thursday
C,ty Court execution against the prop
., one Frank S. O'Neil. The execu-
' 20 was issued on a judgment obtained
,bs sweeney Tierney Hotel Company,
-r,srIv owners Of the Hotel Marlborough
"a NOW owners Of the Hotel Victoria,
49, Judgment was for s1,495, which 1t
- said was for board Of the O'Neil men
.orsd in the execution.
The sweeney-Tierney company no longer
,,srates the Marlborough. 1t was said
~ the defendant (O'Neil) gave a check
- the Peoples Bank, Of Binghamton,
y which was not honored.
commissioner O'Neil said last night:
~. & absolutely false that there is such
an execution against me. No one served
90 with II. and am not the man against
,bor II is directed. There is a mistake
An this shows how easily one may be
made the victim of the deadly coinci-
aort" Commissioner O'Neil used TO live
:, the Hotel Marlborough, and is now
living az the Hotel Victoria He, too, Is
t,on RInghamton. The address Of O'Neu
the defendant also was given as the Hotel
victoria. Deputy Sheriff McGann, who
had the execution in charge, served the
o,veu against whom it was issued at the
l4th street Athletic Club during the bouts
there on Thursday night Deputy Nc
Cam said yesterday that the O'Neil he
ts,ksd with was we'll enough acquainted
With the management TO take him into the
private Office.
The O'NeH. who was served, promised
n come down 10 the Sheriffs office at
noon yesterday and straighten things out,
but failed to appear.
The owners Of the Washington club, OF
the American League, are angling for the
franchise Of the Albany club, Of the New
York State League. Should they succeed
in purchasing the club Germany
sehaefer, who acted as coach and comedi-
an for the Senators last season, will be
named manager.
Joe Wood. Of the Red Sox, is an ardent
oeroplane enthusiast, and If he can strike
a bargain he will invest part Of his
worlds series money in flying machine.
ICY" Young. the grand old man Of base
bali. has been offered the management Of
the Portland club, Of the Pacific Coast
League and probably will accept the offer
Those who saw the sensational con-
test between Bill Flemming and Joe Stein
here a few weeks ago are predicting live
" times when Flemming and Jack Good
man, the popular local boxer, meet at
Madison Square Garden on Monday night
Goodman has always been formidable
among the welterweights, while in Old
Town. Ne. Flemming is regarded as
champion. The last named received con-
siderable punishment in his bout with
Stein. who also was in distress at the
finish.
Young" Shugrue, Of Jersey City, also
will put UP his hands against Louis de
Ponthieu. the French lightweight cham
plon in the second ten-round bout
Shugrue goes at top speed all the way
and so does the Frenchman, who has i'm
proved greatly under the coaching Of
Frank Erne, his manager. Both boys are
fast, two-handed fighters and capable Of
shooting in the punches from all sorts Of
angles. ...
Permission has been granted to the
Metropolitan Association Of the A. A. U.
by the Commissioner Of Parks Of the
Borough Of The Bronx TO hold the junior
and senior 'cross-country championships
at Van Cortlandt Park on November 2
and O.
A report came from Cincinnati yester-
day that Charles p, Taft admitted his in
tsrest in the Philadelphia club OF the
National League and had given Horace
Fogel until to-day to sell out. Among a
number Of bidders is Jack Gleason, the
prize fight promoter. ,..
Heinie Zimmerman has been rewarded
for his excellent batting ON the Cubs
baseball team last season. President
Murphy has given him a diamond horse
shoe pin and a check for leading the Ma
tional League hitters. The amount Of the
check was not announced. Before the
season began Murphy made the remark
10 the third baseman that he would re-