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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
OARSOI
FOUR EY-AMATEUR CHAMPIONS
OF RING UNDER HINDIN'S REIN
Eddie ReUoire Buck Fleming, Harry Smith and Joe Tube
Hare Made Great Records With GLoUes-Fteming Has
Scored Twenty Consecutive Victories

+ Tommy Livingston in three consecutive
Journeys and then commenced boxing Tor
purses.
After lighting as a featherweight for
two years, he placed himself under the
managerial reins OF Hlndn the beginning
Of the present season. Since then Buck
has worked In the lightweight division.
He has had n total of 20 consecutive vic
tories. Among Fleming's leading oppo-
nents were Eddie O'Keefe, Charley Tur-
ner, Willie Moore, Jimmy Murphy, STAN
ley Hlnckle. Mickey Gallagher and Jakey
Max, whom he defeated In Allentown the
other night, after being floored In the
first round for the count of nine.
Any Of the topnotch featherweishts can
always find little Smithy, Hlndln's ''22''
pound protege, willing opponent. Harry
says he can make the bantamweisht
limit also, but local "16"-pounders abso-
lutely refuse to meet him.
Smith slipped on the mittens for the
first time in l9l1, when he captured the
belt in the 1O5-pound class. He did not
approve of the "all-for- glory" fighting
and decided to fight for fortune as well
as fame shortly after winning his anna
teur laurels.
The first year smlthy was in the ring
he fought Kid williams and later tackled
the Baltirnorean again. The 1sth-Warder
is anxious for another crack at the
champion. He is willing to come In at
116 pounds, ringside, Other opponents OF
Smith were Kid Herman. Il, o. Eggers,
Tommy OToole, Jimmy Murray Louisi-
ana Uhree tlmes), Jimmy Fox. Harry
Palmer Young Diggins, Tommy Dixon
and Fighting Bob.
Hindn's latest acquisition Is Tuber.
Joe ls fresh from two knockout victories,
his first brace Of professional battles.
Previous 20 demanding real United States
currency for his services Tuber rutnped
off with three diamond rings, symbolic OF
winning ms many Journeys in the 1i0-
pound division.
Hindin has n quartet of fist Fingers
training daily in his gymnasium. He says
his boys are always prepared TO go to
the post and nothing would suit him
better than to match them with the \best
boxers of their respective weights
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
Southwark Schedule Open

as9,aa as9,hWark " Professionals are fast COM
h,sr thelr schedule and would like to
lssn' pil ~ the managers OF the following
Azlse.. HIiageport A. c.. Laurel Springs.
nssf M. ~ OF Atlantic City; Glendora A. c.,
a Ni9tes' OF Mount Airy. and p r. X.
ssssss., y A. The Southwark Profess
ssss.s team is composed Of some of the
faasa. .,sslilprofessional players in South
EtIslss tla For games address Grassy
'asels. s' corner "a ana Feaeral
hss llsleur catcher and second base
hz zsss 10 play with a team play
YER l'5 Ritner street
- ss.slasa ,',.sa catcher is open for engage
- any semiprofessional team In
o. Pennsylvania. Address
hsnk, IA Luray street. German
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
Onen-air Boxing Club

STANLEY Dooey, Kensington boxing pro-
moter. announces he has leased the ball park
I'D street and Lehigh avenue. and will open
a series OF outdoor boxing exhibitions, begin
ming May 81, and will continue weekly dur
ing the summer season, Dooley is a vet
eran ~ the boxing ring and has had cNperi-
ence as a promoter, having successfully con
Quoted n big open-ar arena at Sd street and
Ciirard avenue last season,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
S5OOO Prizes for Newark Trots

NEWARK. May 1O.-The Road Horse As
an amateur harness meeting at Wesquahlo
aSoth anniverFary The Committce OF One
Hundred has set apart $1,000 for, the purchase
meet Will he held under the auspices OF the
newly organized Junior League OF Amateur
thriving Cluhs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10

The slipping OF West Philadelphia High
Schools baseball team last week. after
the Speedboys virtually had clinchcd the
lnterschoastic League championship.
has upset the dope considerable In the
organization. The orange and Blue ma
tIonal pastimers will have TO take big
brace this week in order TO romp off
with the Princeton trophy.
The surprising defeats suffered by tho
West Phlly nine at the bats of Catholic
High School and Northeast High School
dropped Its percentage to an even basis
with the latter team. with elk victories
and two defeats each, West Phllly and
Northeast are deadlocked for the cir
cults lead.
The leaders both are scheduled to par
ticipate In two games this week and the
result of these matches will decide def
nitely the winner of the championship
Catholic High will play Northeast to-
morrow, while Friday tho Red and Black
again will tackle the Speedboys. West
Philly Will line up against tho lowly
Southern High team tomorrow after
noon
But one scheduled game remains to be
played In the Intera cRdemiC League.
Germantown Academy and Penn Charter
Will clash on Friday The best the former
can do is to tie the Little Quakers for
second place in the event of a victory for
Coach McCartys boys. Friends Central
clinched the championship last Friday by
defeating Germantown, "a.
Isaac Porter, athletic director of Penn
Charter, has finished arrangements for
tho 10Th annual color contest of the in
stitution at Queen lane, Wednesday
afternoon. The first event will start at
2:45
]. Zebey Guyer Jr.. the schools all
round athletic star will lead the Yellows
against Henry *. Kindig. of the Blues.
Great rivalry exists between the two
squads, and as the indoor color meet re-
suited in tie this year, keener competi-
tion than IN past seasons is predicted.
Coach Doctor Ker. of Southern High
School. is pleased greatly with the ex-
hibitlon of the outdoor track team In its
first meet of the season. n dual affair
with Catholic High School, last week
Captain Meloy showed excellent form in
the dashes Other sprnters showing
promising form are Goodfrend, Altschu-
lar. Bricke. Manus. Goldenery, Galloway
and Wasserman.
number of changes have been made
in Central High Schools boat by Coach
Keyser. Keller. at No. 5, has been re-
placed by Armstrong, while Chambers Is
filling Slepins place at No, t. Aloe is
stroking the eight, with Murdock as
coXswain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
chin 10 Fight Jimmy CIabby

NEW YORK, May 1O-George Chip, who
Wednesday night, arrived in the city today.
chubby put In hard days work at New
Dorm Yesterday Mike Gibbons has agreed to
meet the winner OF this scrap.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
4 Triumph for Real College Spirit
and Sport

-.. riqers' rowing instructor is Or. D..
n.,.,on spaeth, who has n national rep
,.,,or az an authority on English. He
4. ourely an amateur coach Graduated
49,, tho University of Pennsylvania In
-. ate sos, where he rowed four years
y ,be Quaker shell, he taught IN the
Central High School of this city. ana
more gave the schoolboys what coachihs
~, received. When he joined the Prince
~ faculty. the Tigers had no crew, but
.s.r WI Andrew Carnegie presented a lake,
VA +, was decided to revive rowing, Doc
80 snaeth became the amateur coach.
+. ~. bagan at the bottom, and for the first
-saar princeton's competition was limited
y ,nterclass rowing. Then the field was
sroduallv extended, and after competing
w, ,be American regatta on the Schuyl-
Z Siu princeton began to take on the other
( NJ universities in dual and triple races,
!, ,houeh always expressly stipulating that
,here would be no competition either at
4 pouRhkeepsle or New London as long as
,bo four-mile races were held. II the
ponrhkeepsie course were reduced 10
three miles Princeton would probably be
s competitor
4 Another thing Princeton has done for
Intercollegiate rowing is to teach the
oIber colleges new kind of courtesy to
onnonpnts This also was Dr. Spaeths
idea. The first time Princeton entertained
an outside crew the visitors were taken
into the Princeton dormitories, the Tiger
Students vacating their rooms as token
Of their hospitality. The oarsmen frater-
nited in a manner entirely foreign to col
lege athletics. and this precedent has done
much TO make rowing ethics almost a
standard for all forms of college ath-
letics
The Tigers victory will make them
likely favorite for the triangular re-
gatta with Yale and Cornell next week
ut will be Cornell's first competition, but
the second for Yale. Neither Pcnnsyl-
vanla nor Columbia came up to earlier
expectations and it will not do for the
Tigers to be too confident.
I. lntercollegiates Promise Records
!. That this years intercollegiate track
and field championships, set for May 90
B and 90 will be productive of new records
and unusually keen competition is prom
sed by the various dual meets held on |
saturday. For this early in the sea-
son the performances for the Cornell |
Harvard, Yale-PrnCeton and Pennsylva-
na-Dartmouth meets were extraordinary. |
4 In the track events from the quarter-mile
up and the two hurdles intercollegiate
records We're approached.
II Is still too early since the dual meets
10 predict winners of the big games. but
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
pPTNCETON SCORES A VICTORY
FOR COLLEGE SPIRIT AND SPORT
triumph of oosmen Hailed as Notable Achievement for Amateur
cooching and Pure Fun and Recreaon-Corneu Still Looks
D for IntercolLegates Tile-Anateus Mudde Locrosse

,u GOOD sportsmen take off their hats
~ princeton crew, their coach and
management. There could be found
'ns s.oro m ideal development and control OF
amateur sport than is to be found In
.,r,,s at Princeton. Here is sport
r.,.h princeton maintains purely Tor the
w. and recreation it affords.
~ T,.ro is no expensive coaching system
"a The other costs are ridculously low
..s,,ored TO that In other universities
w.al,v the two-mlle racing limit makes
ap,o"ibl !, paossible for Prlnceton's oarsmen to en-
,horoughly their contests, ana TINS
p,ore w than can be said of the four-mile
nSs m at poughkeepse and New London
sisriT princeton completely outrowed Pennsyl-
III and Columbia on saturday and re-
.in"d nossession of the Childs Cup Tor
ssiS 4. Srst time in more than 30 years. The
.1sors' w victory was not due to familiarity
IN the course. but to first-class material
vu,.rdSdlv coached, And here word
.Snnld be said about the Princeton coach-
lng system.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
OLD AND NEW MEET IN RACE
Steeplechase Horsemanship Tests at
Belmont Park Terminal.

beIWONL THTk ItTInINaI.
NEW YORK. May 10.-A match race
has been arranged to be run before the
first race at the United Hunts meeting
next Saturday afternoon at Belmont
Park Terminal between Charles l.. Apple
ton, riding Web Carter at l6S pounds. and
II. s. Page, riding Ben Cabell at 1868
pounds, at one mile and a quarter over
the regulation steeplechase course.
This should prove a most attractive
sporting event as the horses are evenly
matched and the riders rel resent the old
and the new school of steeplechase horse
manship.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
National League
Federal League
Newark, 4: Chicago. 3,
SCHEDULE FOR TODAY

National League
Philadelphia at Brooklyn, clear.
New York at Boston. clear.
Chicago at Pittsburgh, clear.
Only National League games today.
American League
Boston at New York, clear.
Only American League game today.
Federal League
Kansas City at Brooklyn, clear.
Chicago at Newark, clear,
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, cloudy.
st. Louis at Buffalo, clear.
international League
Montreal at Jersey City, clear.
Rochester at Newark. clear.
Toronto at Providence. clear.
Buffalo at Rochester, clear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
YESTERDAYS RESULTS


American League
Cleveland, 8: Athletics, o.
Detroit. L; Washington, 0.
Chicago, 6; st. Louis l.
National League
Chicago. 2; st. Louis. 1,
Pittsburgh, s; Cincinnati, 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
League Schedules This Week

League Schedules This Week
TUESDAY.
INTER RSOHObASTIC.
catholic High at Northeast.
West Philadelphia at Southern HiEh.
FRIDAY.
tNTBRSCHOLAsT1C.
Central High AZ Catholic High.
West Philadelphia at Northeast High
INTERACADEMtC.
Germn ninMn AcndarnN al pnnn Charter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
WEST PHTLLIES' NINE
MUST TAKE BRACE TO
BEAT OUT NORTHEAST
Unless Speedboys Recover
From Slump Red and
Black Will Capture
Laurels - Friends Cen
tral Clinches Flag.
1nterscholastic League Standing

Interacademic League Standing
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18

The man or woman in the market
for an automobile this year can
scarcely AFFORD TO miss the 1915 auto
show, which was formally opened Sat
urday night and will continue through
this week. Whatever your preference,
be IL a -four" six" or an eight,
you will find il there in endless va
riety and the prices range from less
than 5000 to upwards OF $1,000.
This years show stands out III
every way as the greatest in the LONG
line Of exhibitions held under the
auspices OF the Detroit Automobile
Dealers association. II Is the great
est I'm point of floor space, occupying
three entire floors OF the Detroit
Lumber Co.'S mammoth new ware
house at Junction and West JEFFERSON
ayes. 1t is-also the prettiest, the
most novel and easily the most in
teresting show ever held in the city
OF automobiles, and there have been
l3 others.
Il is we'll that this is so, for never
has greater interest been shown by
the general public When that pub
lie in sufficient numbers TO break all
previous attendance records for open.
ing nights. will go three miles through
the pouring rain to locality with
which many are unfamiliar, TO look
over group OF motor cars, II is very
tContinued ON Page Two.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18
FORD'S STOLEN AUTO
FOUND; TWO ARRESTED

While Detectives Collins and Snyder
were in Pontiac, last week, assisting
In the investigation of the Breyer
homicide case, In which they had ar
rested a suspect, they took hand in
the arrest OF Floyd Sits, of Pontiac,
on the charge of stealing an auto, and
Harry Goldberg, also OF Pontiac, on
the charge of receiving the stolen
auto, and the case developed we'll for
the Detroit officers. as 1t resulted in
the recovery of Henry Ford's expert
mental car, stolen year ago from in
front OF the Wheelmen's club here.
Sits told the police that Goldberg
had promised him 500 apiece for
autos that he stole and turned over.
When he was arrested. he asked per
mission TO go and bid his mother
goodbye The officers saw him slip
several license tags into his mothers
chair, as he leaned over to kiss her.
One of the tags was from the expert
mental car, and another was from the
auto OF A. l.. Dewey, No. 734 Green
wood-ave., stolen Dec. s.
Goldberg was brought here, Sunday
night, and locked up on charge OF
receiving the stolen autos.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18
INSISTS ON TAKING
PAIR OF PRAYERS TO CELL

William Seighman, so years old, Of
No. $50 Fourth-ave., insisted on being
allowed to take two prayers with him
when he was locked up. on a grand
larceny charge, and the two soiled
slips of paper on which the prayers
were scrawled. were handed over TO
him, after he was searched.
Seighman came here from Dayton,
o.. last May, and applied at the store
of Henry Stubensky, No. 261 Grand
River-ave., recently, for a temporary
position as clerk, saying that he real.
ly intended to buy the place, as soon
as he learned the stock.
Stubensky took him in, and last Sat.
urday gave him the key to the place,
Seighman having gained his complete
confidence.
On Sunday, Seighman sold about
$40 worth OF the stock in different sa.
looms, and failed to appear for work
afterward. His examination was set
for Jan. 10.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18
Men, Women and Children Dig in
Ruins, in Hope of Finding
Bodies of Relatives
HOPE FOR ENTOMBED
is NOW ABANDONED
New City of Tents Rises Near
Ruined TOwns-Emergency
Hospitals Full
BY ALICE ROHE.

(Stdf Correspondent United Press.)
AVEZZANO, Jan. 1S.-(By Courier
to Rome) What was once the pros
perous city of Avezzano is today a
tomb of the dead The loss is now
believed to be complete, as not sin
gle person imprisoned In the ruins can
still be alive. Dawn today, however,
found the survivors and numerous ref
ugees from the outlying country re-
fusing TO leave the ruins until their
relatiyes had been located, living or
dead. Men, women and even children
OF tender years, were frantically dig
ging in the debris OF what were once
houses, In the hope that someone
might be alive. They were complain
ing that the work of rescue was need.
lessly slow and that hundreds had
perished who might have been saved
had the relief been prompt
The frenzied criticism was unwar-
ranted. There have, Of course, been
preventahle delays. But the soldiers
working on the ruins have kept at
their digging night and day since they
arrived. They have gone without food
themselves in order that they might
feed the refugees. But many OF the
bodies already recovered had to be
buried Immediately and many OF the
searchers had TO be detailed to that
gruesome task.
"A new military city has arisen near
the ruined city. IL is made out OF the
tents OF the troops, Emergency hos
pitals, also OF tents, are filed with
inclined victims OF the catastrophe.
But it Is not believed that all OF the
bodies will be recovered for at least
enother week.
Indicative OF the temper OF the
troops was the scene when the care
taker OF the estate OF Prince Torlonia
found a strong-box filed with gold In
the ruins OF the castle. He demanded
guard OF soldiers to protect II. The
commander, TO whom he applied, In.
tContinued ON Page TwoJ
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-The Rocke'
feller foundation went under fire TO
day. Before an audience made up OF
leading economists, social workers
and big financiers. the United States
commission on industrial relations
opened its investigation TO determine
whether the Rockefeller institution,
together with the Carnegie, and Rus
sell Sage foundations, actually pos
sesses the power To poison thought by
exercising control over colleges and
schools.
Samuel Untermyer, counsel for the
governments money trust" commit
tee, and Roger Babson. financial
writer, were to be the first witnesses
They were 60 pave the way for the
probe by showing to what extent the
wealth OF the country is concentrated
in the hands of few men who con
lrol industries.
Chairman Frank Walsh intimated
today that one of the results or the
committees investigation may be a
recommendation sto congress that a
federal foundation be created to take
over the activities of the privately
COulTOlleu lOuHudllONS Suiu do luat
controlled by the Rockefellers. He
repeated the suggestion he made al
the East Side forum last night that
the government might take over such
huge accumulations OF wealth by tax
alton, similar to the income tax, and
administer them for purposes in the
usefulness Of which all the people
would agree"
Walsh's suggestion In his speech
last night that the government might
solve the problem OF unemployment
and industrial unrest by seizing some
of the fortunes stolen from the people
brought storm of applause and
cheers.
Even without changes in our laws
we can do much toward solving the
problem of unemployment and kindred
problems" said Walsh. I'VE can, fol-
instance, take back for the people the
vast fortunes that have been EN-
bezzled from the people. mean the
fortunes taken from coal lands illeg
ally filed upon In the west "A thiei
never gets a true title"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18

fathers by the birth OF son to Mrs.
Francis b. Sayre, his second daugh-
ter, yesterday.
Mrs. Sayre's baby weighs seven and
one-half pounds.
The White House telegraph room
was a busy place this morning. Inc
10y OF a nation at this happy event
was recorded over its wires In hun
dreds of messages from the high and
the lowly.
Francis b. Sayre. father OF the lat
est White House baby, was not at
the mansion when his son was 1orn.
The event had been anticipated TOT
this week, but Sayre was not ap-
prised until yesterday that the stork
was futtering so very near. Then he
made hasty departure from VII
liamstown. Mass. where he Is secre-
tary TO the president OF Williams col
lese. arriving here some hours after
,he baby's birth. He found tnat his
heir and Mrs. Sayre were doing nlce
ly" =.
Much speculation was INDUCED IN
today as the name for the baby. vi.
son Sayre" and woodrow Sayre
were the favorites The christening
will occur probably before Mrs. Sayre
returns TO Williamstown.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-18
SAY N. Y. C. RY.
Is ATTEMPTING
TO GOBBLE M. c.
New York Firm Issues Warning
to Minority Stockholders
of Latter Road
TELLS THEM NOT TO SELL
HOLDINGS AT LOW PRICE
Insists Stock Is Being Depressed
to Aid Consolidation
Program

G. II. Venner & Co. New York. pro
fess TO see an attempt by the New
York Central & Hudson River rail-
way 10 effect consolidation with the
Michigan Central, and in the attempt
10 prevent this have addressed letter
TO the minority stockholders OF the
latter road. The letter says in part
Since 1898 your property has been
under the domination and control of
the New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad Co, through stock
ow: ership. illegally acquired For the
four years 1910-1913, inclusive, the net
earnings of the Michigan Central aver.
aged 10.46 per cent per annum upon
its capital stock and dividends at the
rate OF 6 per cent per annum were
paid.
The operating revenue OF the Mich
igan Central for the same four years
averaged $32,1sb.736 per annum, equal
TO '172 per cent on $1s.73S,00 capital
stock. showing which few railroad
companies can equal. The revenue for
1914 will approximate $33, 900, 900.
Even the very prosperous Lake Shore
IL Michigan Southern Railway Co. for
the same period showed an average
operating revenue of only $52,251 ,6SS.
or l05 per cent on its capital stock Of
s5O,0OC,00O. The above figures speak
eloqrently.
"A semi.annual dividend OF | per
cent has recently been declared. This
large and unexpected reduction was
Immediately followed by efforts OF
brokers TO buy the minority stock,
they quoting il at 90 bid, 10 asked.
when the last public sale was at $50.
In 1913, the New York Central
took steps preliminary to consolida-
ton with the Michigan Central and
Lake Shore q Michigan Southern and
recently other proceedings have been
had, under which il is pretended that
the New York Central and Lake Shore
companies have consolidated-a claim
which we are earnestly contesting.
The reduction of the Michigan Cen.
tral semi-annual dividend from 3 per
cent to / per cent, coupled with the
efforts now being made to purchase
the minority stock at lower figures
CONTINUED on Page Two.)