New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Plans Being Made to Handle Biu
Crowd at Garden Bout.
ATHLETICS TO PLAY HERE
Worlds Champions Will Tacs
the Yal!-ees in -Four Games
Iris Week. .


''Packey'' Mcfarland and Matt Wells. m
Madison Square Garden on Friday nigh,
He will police the Garden with a corns !,
special officers IN uniform. as we'll as forty
plaincIothes men, who will be beth opts..
and inside the building. Deputy she,jsx
with authority to make arrests, also ws,,
be there. and Police Commissioner walso
hos been requested 10 have q large sorc.
of police outside TO maintain order ....
1T is also intended TO take every preca,-
tion against overselling the amphithea,..
and 10 prevent ticket speculating. The n.
tention Is to sell no standing room. a,
tickets purchased will have coupons on.
titIing holders to seats. Hurst has alreadv
received applications for reservations from
many sections. including such cities as
Boston. Chicago. ST. Louis. Buffalo c,.
cinnsti. Cleveland Philadelphia washins.
ton. Baltimore and Hartford. Prices vii,
range from $40 per box seats to 81 for
places in the gallery.
Wells is the recognized lightweight ohar,.
plon of Great Britain. being holder Of IN,
Lord Lonsdsle belt This must be defend
ed in England. however consequently,
is not IN jeopardy this time '- ~.
Although Ad Wolgsst holds the ,o,aS,
lightweight title, Mcfarland is regarded BY
many rs his master at LIS pounds, which
the latter contends is the true Lightweight
limit. On Tuesday Emil Thiery and Billy
Gibson. representing Mcfarland, and
George Mcdonald. who Is locking after
Wells. will meet to decide definitely ueoa
referee.
The conditions under which Wells and
Mcfarland will box call for ten rounds
with hve-ounce gloves, under Marquis Of
Queensberry rules. the men TO break clean
at the order OF the referee. Wells will re-
ceive 80 per cent OF the gross receipts and
30 per cent of the moving picture money.
out OF which he has agreed TO pay Nc.
Farland fiat sum Of $1,000 Ns-
Contracts call for unusually powerful are
lights over the ring, so as 10 insure ths
success OF the moving pictures At Consy
Island. in 1892 when Jeffries defeated Tom
| Sharkey on decision in twenty-five
rounds. the heat from the lights was in
sufferabie yet the men battled the full
distance and did not feel at all weakened,
as they declared afterwsrd. The lights 10
be used this time are more modern. and
II Is said the heat at the ringside will bs
less noticeable.
Tim Hurst, representing the club: Georgs
Billy Gibson. I'm the interests of Packey
Mcfarland. met yesterday and posted for
feits 10 bind the bout. Hurst put UP S2Ooo.
while the forfeits of the fighters amounted
10 $1,000 each to guarantee weight and sp.
pearance.
Thomas J. Lynch. president OF the Ma
tionsI League. meted out punishment to
John J. McGraw yesterday for his action
, at the Polo Grounds on Friday. when OBJ
jecting to decisions by Finneran, the UNI
. pire. The manager Of the Giants vas suS.
4 pended for FIVE days.
Bill Dahlen was back on the field yester.
day after three-dsy suspension, but Is
was plain that the lesson had not been
taken to heart.
The Giants must spend four days IN
Philadelphia this week before settling down
for short stay at the Polo Grounds on
8 Friday. preparatory TO the first Western
a trip, which begins on May s. McGraw and
! his men will face the Phiies for the first
= time this season tomorrow for test in
0 which the baseball world is interested. As
. IL happens the Giants should have little 10
o fear as the Philadelphia team Is sadly eut
D to pieces by accidents or the Illness cr
= some of its strongest players. III fortune
appears to be dogging the footsteps OF
Charley Doom, and unless somebody disboF.
q ers the INK and locks up the harbineerr
2 or bad luck, there is no telling what Hili
happen before another two weeks so by.
AS said before, the Giants will be back -
the polo Grounds on Friday for a four
: game series with the Boston Braves; fol-
= lowing that Philadelphia wiii be neie iOr
y four days and then an invasion Oh 'n'
) West.
- The Yankees had an unhappy time IN
t Boston. What promised to be the most
profitable three games OF the season turned
out TO be a blank on account OF rain
\ monster crowd was expected for the open
ing of the new home OF the Red Sox on
Thursday and two other big crowds for
; the morning and afternoon games on FRI
day. which was holiday in Boston. Harry
Wolverton could be pardoned the feeling
that everything had turned against him.
The loss OF five straight games and pot
: of money for his club, all in the short space
of two weeks, is enough TO breed mourn-
l. fulnsss.
The team will be at American Leasus
e Park, on the Hilltop tomorrow afternoon
for a game with the worlds champions
o from Philadelphia. With such q drawing
a "
0 consolation may be in store for those post
o ponements in Boston. On Thursday even
O ing Wolverton will take his team to wash
: ngton for a four-game series. On the way
.. back he will stop off at Philadelphia for
/ four days, but will settle down at the Hill-
. top grounds for long stay on May to en-
: tcrtain the Western clubs.
Scotty Montieth manager OF Johnry
Dundee, Is in receipt OF telegram troH
: Jimmy Dunn. manager of Johnny kiioan''
Z the featherweight champion of the worii'
in which Dunn says that Kilbane will CONS
to New York and box the New York boy
IL the Garden Athletic Club, or any clp'
for that matter, win guarantee a reason
able purse. In reply 10 query for nv
lowest terms Dunn replied:
There are no lowest terms. / want 81
/ can get: but the Garden Athletic Cluo
: or no other New York club can offer me .
per cent. Find out what is the larsess
guarantee you can get for Kilbane am
, Dundee II would scarcely be worth WINS
to come over to New York and lose tho
money on our theatrical engagements ana
take a chance on drawing a poor house
r 1t is believed that the match will be ar
ranged, for the Madison Athletic Club has
offered Kilbane 5000 to box Dundee, ana
8 Il is hardly probable that the champioh
I will refuse this sum for half an hours
2 work.
Thomas J. Lynch. president of the Ma
tionaI League, announced yesterday thas
the following dates have been set for play