The evening world., 1913-06-30
It 10 Funny How Sunday Base.
ball Can Go On In Albany and
Be Stopped in This City.

Spvst - ADauy tnlo summer 0ut
It will run through the season.
This 10 something Of joke on the base.
ball loving citizen Of New York City
Here the police hop on Sunday ball clubs
WITH both feet and . club. arrest of'fciais
and players and put clubs out Of bust
ness, especially II they happen 10 b1
small little known clubs with no bankroIi
- hire lawyers with. There are places
- New York City where baseball games
have been played on Sundays for years
with only an occasional "staiy' at inter-
ference.
With changing public sentiment on the
systematically Sunday proposition there
h. been m0rs and more Of a DISPOSE
ton on the part Of the authorities to
let things slide without enforcing the
Sunday laws.
But why should the Law books Of the
STATE be cluttered with masses OF OBJ
soIets. useless. back-number laws that
are supposed to be enforced even
though they are not? Wouldn't 1t be .
Set better for the Legislature % wipe
out . few thousand solemn attempts to
make everybody lose the one day Of
rest AND RECREATION in the week.
and then slip In q few sensible .twenti.
eth century regulations I'M ended simply
to protect the public peace7
The law that Isn't generally enforced.
but can be. is the finest piece Of graft
mechanism In the world.
Its Q funny thtns. In this connection,
that when boxing was absolutely pro-
hibited under the laws OF the state, and
boxing clubs in New York City were
not allowed to open their doors. regu.
lar night clubs In Albany held their
shows openly and referees gave deci-
sionS' End bets were paid on knockouts.
Yes. and tho best patrons OF the sport
were the legislators themselves. Z.
- My one good swat. now that
the Giants and Phillles meet
-. -. with less than . full Gams.se-
tween them. and the Giants will jump
ahead again. A Battling Nelson would
say: THE championship will come
back to where Il belongs"
~ Ew YORK YACHT CLUB mem.
bers explain tho clubs reluct-
ance to accept Sir Thomas LIP
taa's challenge for q yacht race by
eaying that Sir Thomas doesn't race
xeeAts - . purely sporting proposition.
N'1es Simply an advertising game. with
the cost charged up to advertising In his
companies." said q yachting man last
night. ''Othsr Englishmsn would chal-
iengs, but when they mention It Upton
goes 10 them and says that he has
gone 10 % much trouble already thai
he should be given rust one more
chance. And 20 they withdraw"
L "A NJ the
civhs- A :, challenge frem some nsv
rival would be more welcome than the
.ohetlspxs from Sir Thomas Yet he has
always been . pleasing guest on his
trips to America. and his sportsman-
hke acceptance Of defeat has always
BEEN quite contrast 70 the way the
Dunraven. behaved.
- ooN Eagisnd 10 Ia hard luck With
= her tennis players. This Isn't
- exactly Engisnd's year. In every.
thing she makes . gallant struggls.
seHay to lose.
There's one ray Of hope held out to
3. .. In. Saturdays performances OF
Appisgarth. the English Splinter. who
competed in the Olympic Games In
Sweden. AppleEarth II credited with
hav.ng cevsssd 10 yards IN II 2-6 Sec
ondss aaa the ilo-yard dash In the
saas, 9set In <-S seconds.
.Mth sprinter IKE this on her team
England viii have Q chance TO capture
IA, event Or two at Athens In the
sprtnE. Not that Appaegarth will have
~ sure thing of winning. We sss
tflhging out D. couple OF schoolboy
spyjntefs this summer who can travel
nat Gbout a. fast. NercerSburg 10 still
ossths mas.
-rrcfsIE IL favorite over Rivers IN
II California. There will be some
~ betting on the hght at odds OF ~
toG
Rivers made q showing here in his
last nght with Cross that at least prom
ises hard time for Richie. champion
though he II. But they say Rivers has
seen bad boy lately and has bssa tur-
key-trotting and tangoing about when
he should have been asleep. II Ii wAis-
psrsd that the Mexican IL a. fond Of
shaksRg Q foot a. One Round Hogan.
and that's going some. Hogan may bs
able only to hsht . round. but he can
dance from dark to dawn.
For that matter, Richie hasn't been
doing any too much fighting since Le
woa the title from Wolgaat. He has
kept away from the ring entirely and
has devoted most of his time to travel
ling about on vaudeville circuits. box
iAG and showing" Richie claims that
the boxing with DO many different boys,
ali anxious TO slip one over" has made
him improve wonderfully. Well, he'll
have o chance 10 show that July I.
A FEW more eccentric decisions like
that In the Smith-Rodel affair
- Friday niEht viii do more 10
XIII boxing than anything else. II
rsfePses ere to be allowed TO count or
not count. at their pleasure, the Com.
mission should at least select referees
- Hhew. some sign Of being able 70
- Nv Of the acceptance