New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
Giants Return to Polo Ground,
This Week to Meet BROOKLYN. /,
NOW SIX GAMES IN LEAN
Champions to Meet Brooklyn
and Boston, While Cubs plav
Cardinals and Pirates

Cincinnati will be met tomorrow A..
Tuesday. Wednesday Is an open S.,'
and on Thursday the champions NJ,
begin three-gaine series with the Broo,'
lyn Superbas at the Polo Grounds. n.
week. therefore, presents vast pcssihp
ties for getting a strange hold on n.
pennant, and the pitching staff of Neg
York. which was under a hard stralnh
playing five games In three days at Pitt.
burgh, will welcome the respite
The trip has not been without certain
degree of success. in spite Of the IN,
that three out of four games were lo,,
to the Chicago Cubs. The record nov
stands at eight victories as against feur
defeats. In winning the four out Of hys
in Pittsburgh the twirlers Of first and
second calibre bore up splendidly
Mathewson alone being beaten after
pitching a fine game. Every one Of the
contests was fercely fought, and -four
we're decided by one run. Cincinnati
should not prove difficult for the re.
juvenated champion. Mathewson, having
lost his Vast four games. will welcome
the Reds to turn the tide. while Mar.
guard can take care of the other con.
test AS II stands now the Giants sss
six games ahead Of the Cubs, just where
they were when they started West
The path of tho Giants for the n6t
two weeks will be much easier than a
has been since the hrst Of July. while
the Chicago Cubs will hnd It correspond.
ingly hard. Chances men will either b
made or broken by the end OF the int
week In September. The Cubs Will Play
Boston to-day, while the Giants are idle,
while Brooklyn will be met when Ii.
Giants play Cincinnati. Wednesday is0
open date for both teams. The CLANS
will play three games with Brooklyn
home, and at the same time the Cubs
will entertain the st. Louis Cardinals
for four games. Roger Bresnahan Is ce''
tain to fight his hardest TO win on &C.
count OF the recent pronunc!amentos Of
Charles Murphy.
The Giants will go to Boston for two
games on Labor Day and one on the
following Tuesday, and while In this sol!
spot the Cubs and Pirates will tight II
out In Pittsburg. Beginning on septem'
her 4. the Giants and Phillies will meet
for six games. and In the mean tine IN.
Cubs will play four with Cincinnati Il
is extremely doubtful whether tne Cus
will be able to gam any grouh0 On w
Giants during this per Cd. am %. uS
whole the outlook Is rosy for New ioI-
not alone from thc schedule Vle"pclal
but from the improved game that ~
Graw's men are playing
A formal challenge was issued by "hia
Williams. of Baltimore. to Johnny CouSa
yesterday to night for the oantamweis''
championship OF the world. william"
posted $1,000 with well known stakr
holder TO go as a forfeit and side bet p%
any kind OF battle from ten rounds 20 .
finish at lis or ll6 pounds ringside, WERE
ever weight limit Coulon may name. WE
Jams has beaten all the bantams or am
account except Coulon. The Baltimo''
boy recently stopped young solzoers'
of Brooklyn, in seven rounds, feat thai
Coulon was unable TO accomplish In tta
rounds In Brooklyn last spring.
Williams has a big following In tbs
city, and there will be turnout at the
Garden tomorrow night when he meets
KID" Kelly In the star ten-round bout
Kelly is the recognized ll0-pound cham
pion Of America. He won this title at the
big tournament of the Olympic Cluo N
San Francisco some time ago, and sue
fessfully defended II against the ost'
boys In the South in another tourng
held In New Orleans. In style. Kelly
clever two-handed boxer. fast on MS fet'
and with plenty Of gray matter stofca
away where II generally does the mos
good. Western critics say he is the CON-
Ing champion Of the world at the oanan
limit.
Young Shugrue. OF Jersey City, vS
thinks he can beat Johnny KilosnA ~
American featherweisht champion. sn'
ished q course Of sprouts YESTERDAY m
his ten-round bout with Jimmy Co6sS
Harlem. Coffey was unheard OF ~
ago, but he has fought his way 70 ~
front rank with remarkable success ~
not so very long ago he boxed ShE"
to a draw after q fierce argument
Fans" who revel in cyclone fshuS
will have a chance to enthuse when mT
see Sailor White mix II Up with AFns
Pelkey in the ten-round hesyyvds'
bout. White left tho navy two year
ago and has been fighting all eome'
ever since. Palzer failed to beat him ~
cis.vely last winter in ten rounds. WEE
is a w!ld-eyed slugger. who rushes 10 p''l
nell and hammers away for all ne
worth. Pslkey. also a terrific hitter, va
have his hands full this time. and Wv
have to fight like bulldog or so 70 w
mat. Two six-rotind bouts Will preos''
the red lettered events,
Victor Breyer, the prizefght prono'a
arrived yesterday afternoon on !"
French liner La Provence with an oas
| Of $4,000 to Jack johnson to meet "
Jeanette in a thirty-roGnd fight for
worlds heavyweight championship "
fight TO take place In Parts or Mo'r
Carlo. According to Breyer's propoS
Johnson will receive $4,000 and JEANNE"
will battle on a percentage basis
| fight promoter Is not sure that the ",
ored champion will accept the terms
II he does, he can have the money al ~
time.
Breyer has another mission here
him were two bicycle riders VINO
! compete at the worlds championship
be held at the Newark Motordrome
week. The names OF the two cycllss
Joseph Van Bever. the Belgian spnhs
and Rudolphe, the French represeh's.s
who will compete in the loo-kiio"''
paced race.
Melvin A. Gallia. star pitcher o.