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El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-05-04

NlCClOHtS dildultHle pOblDlES
BaiO la razon que los Yillistas ban
d:dos condenados ahora en- la peniten
ciarfa de estado aqui esperanto SCI
ehorcados en- Deming ell dia 19 de Ma
W, son pobres, analfabetos, heridos
ignorantes como nifios, elstranjeros en-
una terra extranjera. sin ningunos re-
cursos. aeiertan su inocencia, con
tienden que son prisioneros militares,
infelices, traidos de repente y que. su
ejecucion tai vez cause represalias en-
les Amerioanos en- Mexico, e, C. Wade.
Edo, lie ha telegrafiado al Presidente
Wilson, pidiendole al tiltimo en- nom
he da la humanidad que lie pida al
gobernador que les conceda q los HON.
tres una tregua hasta que una inves-
tieacion' pueda tenerse El telegrama
mandado 81 Viernes de esta ciudad
por Mr.. Wade es como sigue:
Santa Fe, n. NJ, Abril 2S, 1916.
al Presidents,
La Casa Blanca,
w WdSllUStOuf ~ "
"Seis ciudadanos de Mexico han sido
scntenciados por la corte de distrito
del Estado ser ahorcados ell dia 19
de Mayo por participation en- la incur
sicn de villa en- Columbus despues de.
ser juzgados en- el condado de la from
terra Estos hombres mantienen su
de cometer NAL intenciona-
damente, que fueron obligados a aeon
paiiar a Villa a Columbus encontra de
su voluhtad bajo amenaza de muerte
81 ellos rehusaban. Ellos son igno7
rantes, analfabetos y 10 mismo que los
riflos mentalmente Uno de ellos es-
Ia sacramento enfermo Ellos fueron,
segun estoy informado, tomados pri.
sioneros en- Mexico por la expedition
de Pershing, Y fueron sacados de Me
xico sin ningunos procedimientos de
Y entregados las auto
ridades para castigarlos. Ellos con
tienden que son prisioneros militares
a la protection de los Es-
tados Unidos. Ellos no tienen amigos
cstflA cH ull pnAb cAtiduJCiO hO tiS7
len ninguncs medios financieros para
aoertar su inocencia en- las cortes al
tas. o urgir su contencion que son pri-
siuneros de guerra asi deben ser
En- vista de las cuestiones
enyueltas Y efecto pro-
bable en- las mentes del pueblo de Me-
xioo que tai vez Sc encaminen a las
represalias encontra de-
ruestros ciudadanos en- aquel pals y Ell
lccho ademas que estes hombres son
iNtranjeros en- i'm pals extranjero sin
'migos sin medios, sus causas deben
5er bien averiguadas antes que la sen
.encia sea Nevada efecto. MuchOs
creyendo que estas pobres
,riaturas ignorantes g infelices no de
sen ser ahorcadas. Sc unferon con-
ligo al hacer esta apelacion a usted,
III 81 nombre de la humanidad, de
,edirle al gobernador de Nuevo Mexi- /
o que les eonceda una tregua es
as hombres mientras que una inyes-
.gacion rfgida pueda tenerse per las
federales sobre la ley vi
os hechos.
(Firmado)
EDWARD c. WAlpE. JR.7
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JUAREZ RACING RESULTS.

uroe aud : ha!f tnrions. -wsrcim:r-. is@
.Msr'ir.; a." . +. : amt , 90; hrst;
:, second; 'v'le'ord. 100 'rreccs,, 10 to
!, =" to ! and /" 20 l. third Time. o:Ao
Ei,tir Ch"a'ham, Homes John. str
Richard I'cssanta, Frosty Morn and Good
Ssroni Race Selling, three year.oid-
aud upward; one mile Helen James. ~;
,Bu'ki"s'. ~ TO !, \ TO ! and I, 20 |, frst
kit,io May. ~ ,MOrysl. 80 :. . to ; and
! 10 I, second Endurance, % 'Mersler'.
: TO ia - ! amt = 90 =. third. Ttme,
-. Senorita Dana. Jumel!a. T.e'~.
Maie-G FiTinr AMI nr"a' Friar also ran
ana upward seven furIongs originator,
IFS ,Loftu-,, : to |. even and ont. won
canton, no ,r. Huntl. . to l.. even and
out. second: VIRGO. los ~ ShillInGl. =
TO I, : 10 : and out: third. Time, l %
BillS 'ulvcr'sun and Eastman also ran.
Fourth lIa"e-Sellingi thr"e-year-old.
and upward. six furlonss old Rob. l0c
Zis, IL" u Ehlilingl, TO i, . to > and
! to !, second. Gordon Russell, los Nc
Guvarl. : ~ I, = 10 I ANA even, third
Time, IL. Robert M.ntell and Mack u
Elnanks also ran.
FIf,h Race selling ,hree.y.ar-o ODDS and
upward I'VE and a half furlongs lose, ~
lItNe~l. 4 to |, : to > and : 10 10, won
l"snId, ~ t'uiien,. : to l. . to anG
s'@m' ,ey;na p M"hd' ~ - Th''l!ns.
Ise,! Worth. larhis. Dad Davis, Miss Sc
daiia amt capt Dru'" s.so ran.
UPWARD one mil.-Corhie r, In III
Transparent. 1os nrickens,, y 20 :, . 70
and ! 70 !; second: Moonlight 1903 Hayes
i;@o - Lad, "Fftzrsrald. Kii Nelsol
and First star also ran.
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DIE NEAR EIGHTEENTH HOLE.
Ntss Hitchcock aud Un>"""yrr
Win Golf TOurneS at Aiken.

AIKEN, :. G.. Feb .s.-ln the mixed
handicap graveyard f"ursomes AZ me
Palmetto Golf club to-day for prizes
presented by William Payne Thompson.
Miss Helen Hitchcock and charles Fl"a-
erick Uavemeyer Won. dying Withil
three feet of the eighteenth hole Sew
eral other couples finished cI"S"ly ana
| the majority died ON the fifteenth, SIN
tenth and seventeenth holes. The pair
inRs:
MFR. Joseph Hartman ami william X
Vanderbilt. MIR. and Mrs. Joseph e. hdNls'
| Mrs ysningen and baklsigh Thornc. Mis-
| McCook and John Mage, MIR and Mrs y
+. Byers. Mrs J, e. Tappin and Frank Il,
Uiichcock. MIS-. Philip W lIyermore and
, +. q Reach. Mrs Henry Il winthrop and
Amory q Hodges. Mr. and Mrs, ',""rS'
+ smith. Miss Mary $, Amcs and ~
Alexander W Biddie, Mrs . Oliver l."ltr
! and Henry W. DE Forrest, Miss Porter and
q. Temple Emmett. Mis- Dorothy Sturgs'
and ] T Talmadge. Miss Eleanor ih"'p'
| and Prescott Metcalf
Miss christine Biddl" and OXFORD a
Cochran. MIR and Mrs. Oliver Perrin, Mist
Elizabeth Emmett and victor Sorohan
Mrs. King tarley and Henry Morgan. M'si
olivia : Am"s and Francis X Appleton
Jr'. MIR. aud Mrs, g. = Brown, Miss Phylt
scars and william Mccov, MIS-, John Mage
and Marshall Field al, Mrs Harry W
La Montague and Paul 'ohurn,. Mr. GU
ford 4. Cochran and G-org" Bird, Mis-
Muriel winthrop and Austen Gray ana Mr.
and Mrs II. r.. Potts
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NEW ORLEANS RACING RESULTS

.,T,rst nace,Fcr two,year.cids purse,
st." srr EUR ,fn'''nss-9"r Ns',a' I,o
Great pal',, ioi a. M,TaSsarN, Is to l.,
i 10 and 9 to /, second owaga. ~
.MrA'r"', 10 10 !, ! to ! and $ to :, third.
ANA Soiveig also ran
second kacc-For three-year.olds and
,,pin .sIS. &c. .s!''" e. N,. r SO ''4 t ~ % "r1
H. e = !, ,,'r f" sS%' 70 T. T. -s %S'at.f sa,;
even. rhird. Time, M Ia. Gen'ewoman.
Zln Do, Far Away and Rubicon II also
Third Rayc-ror three year Odds and up
longs Ranehursi. "a iKederls,. ) to -,
oven and . TO . first, Fair 1i"les. 100 ~,
second Ahara' ,oi GMcAtee,. Il to ~ to
I and . to !, third. Time, l:i2 as. DIR,
i%arrick, Gypsey.. RIa'r, Saratoga, Korthags
and Milestone also ran.
Fourth Race New orleans Hotel Mems
Association Handicap f"r hire" year,",d.
sni spTar1M , pnrse' n 1;o""' G TO ",In Hss :
10 to /, I to ! al . to /, frst, skeer Face
los ,hoGinson,, . to- !; y" , and ever,
2 {" / and sven, third Time. 1915 a
Rculah $, IIanovia, Ei Crump, j, J LIN,
Eagle, Grumpy. Dick Williams, Lahore
Dor"ihy Dean, INDULGENCE and Figinny a!s'
TIfth Race-For three year olds and up
ward selling, purse, $500; SIX iurlongs
& To- !. irsi: Bclamour, leg ,koerner,. I Il
T. to : and d Il" . second; Trih"io; ~,
Time, ,:iA Gabrio, Tndauntcd, The Spiri
and capt, Hen also ran,
SIKH For three year. Odds and up
NarI; selling purse. 1900: one mile and
furlong Aristorrat IA tMo'p. I to !.
TO /, aud : to 10, nrsi Injury, ii9 eva,
DusenI, : to /, : 10 10 and | to 3, second
business Agent, lie ,kocrner), s TO !, 3 I
and W 3, third, Time. I;53 ~
Ataho,. Harry Lauder and Rsy bourn ais
van
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TRY OUT ~
EIGHTEEN MOUND
MEN IN ONE DAY
r.,,crs Face All Sorts Of
Pitching During Hard
pays Workout.
crDEON AND MULLEN
IN RACE FOR SECOND
q, WILLIAM n. uNNN\.

v,rox. ia Feb. 26.-Thc longest n
.,.. hustiing dag OF the first week Of
. Yankees In Macon was the last dav.
The twenty players will do a lot
~ ,e,,omc resting tomorrow, FOR they
IA, , good deal of labor to-day n al
.,,,b mo-, driven hard were sent along
.,e,dy elm during the working hours
the morning and afternoon. They
.r.c.r.cred more windy weather. but
amor than Yesterday and were partly
.,.,s,ol from the wind by tue location
q the hall park.
Every one Of the eighteen pitchers
.,s or tho mound. either in the norm
40 or afternoon. and the batters III
.bs,- lengthy practice At swinging the
,dscl faced all sorts OF known pitch
,. there being all sorts of boxmen
,,o..d To them. right handlers and LEFT
,nders. OF crooked arns There was
tird o. serving they didn't face IT
,,s all straight pitching. no curves.
.,oks nr siauts. but SO far as speed goes
hare vas considerable On the ball.
rhe fastest pitching says Leslie
Nuuamakcr. ~ have ever seen from u
unch of pitchers at thus time OF the
ear
puke Farrell. bdokstop coach. had two
IN. sou;hpa IS. or crooked arms, try
a Cross ire. The ,wo he put through
heir PAGES IN this specially were Ross
ID Meadows. lie pointed out to them
Ia, crossing over with the fore foot
90 FAR created an awkward position 70.
e,,ing tho ball 20 and prevented getting
.1ything on it. His pupils responded to
- teachings readily.
The batting practice included bunting
he nr,i regular bunting Donovan ha:
rdcrcd for his players. The five in
elder. N.,;ovcrn, Gedeon, Mullen. Cable
AID SIlirfcr. reinforced by Caldwell
ma heating and all of the catchers. wen
.Arolsh ;he bunting drill, and such usua
LAite as starting away from the plat
90 soon and not waiting for a good on'
Il which to bunt we're prevalent. n
here WAS no fielding In connection will
lie bunting. it VAS hard TO say VIVA
proportion OF hunts would have beef
,Iective.
The dNe calchcrs-Nunamaker. Alex
nd,r. SchWert. Walters and Smith--di'
Nore throwing Ia second than hereto
,c-c. Walters. the Texan, sent his Ming
70 the midway with accuracy and som
.qprl. tIt on the whole so far it'll
reggi.g has been done by the backsto
.uciuheutS.
Tle l~.v,lic~t work Of the day n q
lie week was when the intield quartet
'h.s cas-" a quintct-went through II
I4c.~ With Gedeon and Mullen the'
| ere two second hasemen, The assist
ritchcrs helped put pepper INTO IN
.Nh.biiion. and the throwing held
-. with Donovan hitting to the fielder
vent with a dash.
Geieon and Mullen are in the thick {
ma promises to be a keen race r.
.aoud base. with one or two other poss
l''es for hat post. n with nothin
'-icl as yc, to go by as 10 which {
~ Two is making the better shown
~ tile bag Gedcon is quick with h
q"s- moves over groun easily. bt
not 50 an showily. and gets his throw
way quickly. Apparently he IL n
'fc-r 'nHoldcrs who can throw well fro
trH ~. rrhtnl position.
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PLAY EXTRA SET MATCHES.
h ri and Dodge winners !"
nrjuhts Casino TOWrNrS.

Play began YESTERDAY In the class \
division OF the Heights Casino indoor
tennis championship with nN' Mt'rh's'
two of which went to three sets. l'"tl
or the extra set matches were in the
second round and resulted in Victories
for l.. ". sheppard and T.. L. Dodge,
sheppard beat T. Rees AT - -
ID, While Dodge defeated T.. J." smith
a. 81 Is. s-2. The summaries
uu,.,,. casino ,Hass A Indoor Mems
sinre- Firs, ilound-f. /" Fitch d"f'h."i
!, q. Low, -. d; II Parker H'''''''
4; Roberts. s->. -.
second hound" u Sh"pr.ri a.fnr"Jj
4. Foster. 81, l0->t T.. !. p"is' de
fnsa,ed V l.. Smith, 81 "a e. 6 NJ
NM. Ir. won hy default.
MEMS Handicap Doubles, firN' E"nnd -
r. IL. B.ardsl"y aud q R"h,Ft.' mi"i, lh.'
defeated j. o.. Low ana A G. F"si'r.
minus ha.r II. s.. s-2. l. II Sh'li.l,i
| AMI l. Res. scratch. defeated \ - Mark
aud u Sotman plus -. -" -. q
FRANK and \ Il Bishop. p,ns ~ H'' dH'
,eated V amman and ! Il, ba'I"E' pas
- - 81
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CHAMBERLrN DOUBLE WINNER
Defeats Foster and B~rardsley on
urights CasiuO COurta.

g. g. chamherlin reached the third
round In the Heights Casino '1ub squash
tennis championship yesterday in the
Glass u division by winning in straight
games from \. =. Foster. at l5-2.
liz. and from Y. II. B~cardsley. At
I5-2. i5-i Beardsley "a defeated
=. Kennedy in the first round, AT ID.
lbs.
X. r. M,Naurh aud Il. catlin were
forced to ,hrc" games 10 win their first
rouud matches. The former defeated
-. :. t~.laredgc. nj ls-ls. G-i3. 1913.
while ,a,lin accounted for y. = Little
field. at lj--S. 9-l5, Ia.
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CLEVELAND BUYS CHICKGANDII
New owners ~ Indians Pay $4,000
for Nnshinst0n First Sackcr.

e ...NT',, Feb 2G,-The first step by
y" Pc, owners OF the cleveland In
Oars 80 .'~rcugthcn was made to-day
Fa'' $50. announced that Arnold
'Chi''I 'i,ndil was bought from Wash
LF'"'. I0, purchase price WAS $4,000.
y" 49, "..rni ~ at New Orleans, where
'' .,'u working out with the frss
.''H "" r' ot Indians,
'r' sac almost the property OF the
'''. llb in lal2. but Somers was
.+' Clark Griffith of Washington,
''7'' most year was in 1913, when he
'd'''f ..'. Last season he hit POI.
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YA.NKEES GOING SOUTH.
Second squad Leaves Tomorrow
for Camp At Macon.

p ID., Manager Harry Sparrow OF
80 Nr.N".s Wi lead the second squad
m '., ..uug camp AT Macon. Ga, to-
.urrtu .f;truuou. sparrow will have
-'..N p4. Pitcher Ray Fisher TO keep
b." u'Jgy, leaving this city AT :35
% T. S.. Philadelphia he will pick up
F:.1r Bob ~s'hawkey, Al Baltimore J.
Fuubiu Bake. Fritz Ma,sel. Hene
i.aNdoH a'd Lutte Boon vii, swell the
9a &! l:oeor leckinpaugh. Angelo Ara
90. Paddy ~liaumann, Doc Cook, Frank
i!.,o.c>. Roy Hartzell. Tim Hendryx.
u = High. Ice Magee. Elmer Miller
al Waite Pli1) viii tmyel 20 Macon
.r.t from their homes in time for the
It's cirrI .tV.eW Wednesday morning,
b Ia, cqd Of the week all three OF
q s..or Sew York's major league rep
es,.'rl,cs Will he well under way
'oN "a ll. spring campaign grounds,
70" second Giant squad leaves Friday
''flig. Tie Dodgers nix for Day
.'"a pa. Eopets's veteran pitchers and
t'cael. nave been training almost a
ase ,' Ilo Springs, Ark.
A = or the National Commits
'rr H.dul, Tor his city to-moi'
" i Johnson, having disposed OF
80 g. ...lNl ~trirch.sc and built up hi
HI .' 'otrcs T. satisfaction. Is nov
IN go ;IYu 20 help organized baseball
@ -., Is peace pledges 10 the FED
90 4, ,Eu,. which wound up its career
n C..Y-u yesterday.
o.c 1t ,Nr most ticklish problems con
'ol''g 'n" tr.umvirate is the attitude
n. lntcrrItOual League. 1t is he
we'd i.1I IA Barrow and his con
N.'4'rf- ave- inclined to be NOR
r'asor'.lo N.'h,n the last few days since
'" r'. .' Baltimore threatens to Gu
NO s'-'ufS through Jack Dunn's sit
Ito. H . Guarantees to use the out
~ l.tI.- - Baltimore and NeWarl
would .irlf ne horizon completely.
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caldwell After G0O MARX.

Dave caldwell will make an efor; to
break the record for the $50 Yards when
he starts from scratch in the Robert
F.mmet special Al the games NJ COM
pany u of the Twenty-second Regiment
next saturday night. The Rostonian
Will 10 opposed ly ten Of the fastest men
Of the local district Another feature
uu the programme. Is tn" match relay
race between the tNew York Athletic
club and the Irish American Athletic
! club. the meeting being the first be-
tween the two clubs in almost a year.
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A>%Arulis. Fob 2s.-The veteran
fcuo.rs -: ia, Washington Fencing club
defeated 'hc m.ishIpmcii with foils and
~ibrcs The u~ftcyneon. with fo'ls the
Visitors Won seven out Of nine bouts and
wth sabr.s Nsre vic,ors in Ave out OF
SIX encounters. lion. Henry Brcckin.
ridge. former Assistant Secretary OF
Wa. fcu,rd WIN the visitors.
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VT. pIcnsan, Win. with Ease.

OsS'SiSG. Feb. &c Nj unit Pleasant
Military Academy won from Westchester
Military Academy. scog" 90 10 IL. in
a basketball game here to-day. Murray
and Lopez VI the losers did capable
work.
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Badgers WIN Track Meet.

uRRANA. H.. Feb. 2s.--rhe University
of Wlsconsin's track team defeated 1lli-
nois this afternoon In their indoor dual
conference meet, ~ 70 ~.
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Esscx M~n shoot straight.

SHORT Has. y. j, Feb. 26.-The
Essen county country '1ub won from
the f;umsou country Club to-day In 81
in'crclub shoot on tho ~iialtusrol Country
club traps. THO event decided n tie. the
event having been won last year by the
Essex County gunners on their
traps and IN l9it by Rumson on tfo
~lat'cr's stamping ground. IN the neil
trail traps Essex County won by II
points to-day. with the total SIS aM1
ga The summary;
Eercx Coun'y-c. II. Stephenson. l1s; o.
II. Munns. M; y VI. shanley, lie: i.
Hys-t. -. iainss Hart, rs, e. II. Daley.
- Total. s5J.
~. : Nc,ira ~, -. = T.. Kellogg, ia: L.
J, Bronn~r. -; Mclean Van fnsen. ZOE.
TotN 6<J
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LAKEWOOD. y. j.. Feb. :6-'harles
Ncwman Won The handicap shoot held by
a.. Laurel House cum club at its traps
ou Lake Mu"tta this afternoon. A high
wind seriously Affected shooting condi-
tons. Tho scores were: \ &. King,
s.. - T.. : T., Ranjolrh. III. 7<-3.
- \ 4. Mctlarr. SET. IS +. +. an
de'Noe' 10. 50 y. q. Roc. size,
II q. Newman. ~ 10. ~ j. l..
Bright. lie, ~ j. q, Holman.
| 1O-l0, 50.
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you refereed most of tho important
heavyweight battles OF the Horton law
days. did you not"' was asked OF
White.
yves. quite a good many Charlie an.
swered. II was the third man In the
ring with lin Jerries and Jim Corbet'
and with Fitzsimmons and Tom Shar-
key--"
And with Jim Corbctt and Kid Me-
Gov" his interlocutor suggested naive!y.
Pray don't mention that" said Ch''-
lie halt a~pologctically. half shame
faccdlv.
That is the one tenderly sore spot
az my career as a referee. ON. what
u fake I, was IL IL was a fake jim
Corbett has sworn to me a dozen times
tha. fgh, was ON the level. There
wasn't "A breath of su.pIcion until weeks
afterward. when the women folks fell
out. The best fighters OF the country
were ~ the ringside that night doing
special work for the New York news.
papers. Not one Of them but ravei
and ranted in praise of the spectacle
] have this fact with which to console
' myself. u. I WAS fooled. SO was every
one else in that house except Jim Cor
hc,t and Kid MCCo!. And II was
fooled I wasn't the referee after all
That service rested with Po'npadoul
jim and the Kid between them
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NEWS OF MAT AND RING

Stranger Lewis. the best catch ~
catch can wrestler that appeared - ,hc
recent mat tournament at the Mluh,t.
tan Opera House. will meet Dick BATH,
in 4 finish bout at TN" Harlem Spnr;Iul
Club tomorrow night. Yu>'t HusSau,
aud John perr.lli will meet ~ 'hc sem,
anal The other bouts. George Saud,ll,
VS., Andres Balsa, bemetrius Balsa vs.
Harry l.'tofsky.
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81 got AN early start'-thariie smiled
BOYS were not tolerated much around
dshts when | was a Kid 7; was "A mans
game. They Tough, in secir, where they
could, with only a few onlookcrs. ami
often il was worth almost ones life 20
get safely out of the general hrawl
amoug the rival partlsans whcn III"
scheduled hattl" ended.
Nowadays you hear a 10, Of talk
about the old barge fights in the bay or
river. That was mostly bunk sad
Eagle Eye.
Dance halls and tho turf omewh here
up the river. on staten Island or the
Jersey meadows were the favor!te REM
devious. The newspaper writer's of that
day were loyal TO III" fraternity. They
! covered up the real scenes. Their STOKES
re.erring to mythical harges gave TN"
impression that this style OF promotion
was In vogue As a matter Of fact very,
| very few fights Of importance ever did
take place on boats.
"Rilly Harding of tho Police gazette.
who later started the first evening sport
ing page for the old Ercning Nctcs. mad"
all of the matches at the time to which |
rerer Frank Stevenson and Jerry Dunn
were the most highly respected referees
~ the time. They fought bare knuckles
l lnfll II WIN E"s'' 49, 49, ''''
that John l.. sullivan. in his exhibition
tours. introduced the padded glove.
~..COuIdn't Keep Ne Away"
II say the tight game didn't nave
much use for kids those days unused
cha rlle, ''but somehow | generally man.
aged to connect, Perhaps in your en-
perience YOU have seen some youngste,
who always managed to horn in a
liz. a,. la ~ ,ratt AAal .,,Al
was | Tn" six day walking matche,
were duck soup for me- Their" WASH, a
cock main worthy tn" name but wha'
found M somewhere near the front row
Finally the devotees of the fights simpi,
had to tolerate me. soon became AZ
institution. | could tell you many hal
raising boyhood adventures of trips h!
horse car to the end of Long Island Il
some sequestered barn that had to h,
stalked through a cemetery. Or agail
to some dcsolate roadhouse in New Jcr
sey. far away across the drcary mead
ows Watching those old time rctere"
was my kindergarten education to tn
game.
From 1884 to 1882 a craze for am
teur boXing prevailed lnuumerab,
I clubs sprang up, Each cluD held
YEARLY Tournament at which decision
! were given by n referee or staff u
> Judges at the end of three or fou
r rounds. ! got In the swim In ever
, branch. boxed and | also acted Il
. Judge. studied tn" game r"ligiousl!
and earned quite n reputation as an cN
a merit in my n~eighhorhoOd.
4 always closely identified with q
. hra Of sports, | naturally took
great interest In the Amateur Athleii
. Union, which was formed In 1855, i,
, seven years | was a member OF the boy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27

''Thoso were the good old days sighed
Eagle Eye AZ last. The referees art
stood for something then. One had 20
watch like a cat that every thrust and
counter was legally delivered. that every
break was m~anfully clean. And all tn"
while as he kept the battle far ana
clean he had to retain "A vivid prrspectiv"
OF the engagement a. a whole. For in
those days the referee must render a
decision. excep; In case uf a knockout
which is the most emphatic decision
OF all-and a man II sporting justice
must be above In. chicanery of t'ashy
spurts.
why his ght between Willard and
! Moran will be a cakewalk to the old
timers. There VII he l'ttl" 10 de- say"
toll off ten seconds IN cas-" one or IN"
other comes {, grief iusid, ten rounds.
Tha, aud seeing everything j. fair. Both
/ lighters. though. are clean IN their tao
! tics. | anticipate no trouble on ina
! score
.'Jus, what then, Nj. White, do YOU
consider IN. chief essentials of efficiency
in refereeing"' was asked Of Eagle Eye
NV good fellow" he replied, IN
referee is the topnu.ch figure Of the hrh'
game lie must bc master at every
branch Of the spor., lite cannot Judc'
properly unless he appreciates every
deiicacy OF the art. First "t All "" mus
no "A boxer. And he mus, hav" ha'
long experience in judging the fine points
of boxing"
And we're you fam.lia, with ali th"N'
deta,is-with every anGl. ot H." manly
art-before you won your spurs as
, referee"
"Indeed was" declared Charlie WHIT
enphatically. ,
"Still without betraying IN" 'i'nl'
score: OF my age | wish To- say that 10
thirty or forty years ! have been accumu
lating Just sue experience.