Show SPORTS FINANCE LpCALj ECQND NEWS SECTION: EDITED BY "WALTER DBRATZ SPORTING' AUTHORITY ’ ' OF THE INTER MOUNTAIN WEST SALT TAKF CITY UTAH TUESDAY MAY 29 1917- - mer SEALS DOING Benny Leonard Drops Freddie Welsh For Count at New York NEW CHAMPION AND HIS MANAGER CHANCE MUST NEXT THREE MAKE ROOM WEEKS WILL s FOR NEW MEN SOLDIER BOYS it Hangs' ' — ' Gas Gleichmann Likely to Be One of Angels Who Is If Bees Can Keep Up Their d to Be Lick They Are Likely to Knockout Berry Sends AllHeBaseball Sensational Young Gothamite Can Paraphernalia on Lightweight Champion in Ninth Round Spare to Presidio Beats Him Down and Then Finishes Him -- BOYS YORK May 28 — Benny Leonard won the world’s lightweight ten- by knocking cut Freddie Welsh in the ninth round of a round match here tonight Welsh’s downfall came at the end of a series of rushes by Leonard that drove him from corner to corner The champion had taken a severe beating when the gong during the early rounds and the punishment had begun to tell for the ninth round sounded Leonard fresh as the moment hej had entered the ring- jumped forward and met the champion as he was leavPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE ing his corner and delivered a shower of lefts and rights to the face and head ward off Welsh vainly trying-tthe blows worked his way into San Francisco Salt Lake Leonard’s corner where Leonard sucOakland smash-ing Los Angeles ceeded in reaching him with a Portland right to the jaw Welsh fell on Vernon one knee and hugged the ropes WHERE THIJY PLAY THIS WEEK II la Ktrenfcth Kune he Mruvie weakly flKMIn pone An he left to strike Salt Lake at Oakland landed and V4elR Francisco at Los Angeles San roprfloorleonaril (hr He ntruKled to hln feet hit the at Portland Vernon twice more hut each time he wan met and face to the hy Leonard’ rlKhtn head and attain he fell to the floor NEW I o ‘ Champ Taken Count of nine The champion took the count knockbefore he arose from the last but fell down He tried to stand across the ropes It was only a question of moments when he would have fallen and been At this point Referee counted out two McPartland leaped between the carmen and pushing: Leonard away cor- ried the defeated champion to his A score of men occupying: ringside neats Jumped into the ring and lifting the new champion to their shoulders carried him in triumphal procession around the hall While the crowd was cheeringhisItself corhoarse Welsh sat In a daze insomewhat ner When he had recovered of his and was told by his handlers them and defeat he refused to believe fought fiercely to return to the center of the ring It was Leonard's fight throughout the first He took the offensive in end There round and held It until the he was in was never a moment when the champion danger and although and succeeded in landfought valiantly have blows they appearedtoto have ing many little effect Welsh seemed lost his judgment of distance for he missed repeatedly tore From the first gong Leonard perinto the champion with ruthless lefts and rights sistency faceHeandrained head at will s W elsh to the disconcerted by his opponent tactics seemed worried when the round ended Leonard at Weight Ion-ar- d In all of the succeeding rounds on Welsh's concentrated his efforts In whipping his body and succeeded to the champion's repeatedly right stomach It was this blow persistently down used that wore the champion in at 133 pounds weighed lonard Welsh at 136 Freddie Welsh won the world s by receiving championship lightweight after outboxlng the referee: decision the American LonWillie Ritchie bout in in a twenty-roun- d to tonight's don July 7 1914 Previous met twice contest Leonard and Welshbouts In Leonard was born in New York City in 1896 His recent knockout of Ritchie to Mitchell of Milwaukee caused him the be regarded as a contender for title-liold- ten-rou- no-declsi- on er nd world's title Clump Will Knllst Leonard the new world's champion not “wait for conlightweight butwill enlist in the United will scription” a bout in States army after Monday night his Philadelphia next manager Billy Gibson announced after the fight six-rou- nd SOCCER MEN WILL MET HANDICAP ENTREES LIGHT Choice but Small Field Will iface Belmont Barrier Today EW YORK May 28 — The Metroone mile will handicap at Belmont politan at ietorunthetomorrow park track prospect of awere heavycarded Owing only six thoroughbreds for this event the value of overnight which is 86000 Two years ago August Belmont's won this Stromboli then a 4 year-old race carrying 118 pounds but tomorrow he will have the top weight of 126 colt Spur James Butler's gelding Payne aged Whitney's Harry Borrow the Beverwyck stables Old A K McComber’s Dick WillKoenig R T Wilson's Ormdale 111 iams and entries in the poundsbut-are the otherfield small very select -- - - Organized Ball Has 22 Leagues Now in Harness Only Eight Class D Leagues in Operation This Season One Has Disbanded New York May 28 — With the opening of the Central Texaa and the Interstate leagues the laat of the minor organisations have swung into the present season pennant races Tbe official Hat shows that twenty-tw- o leagues are in operation and one has diabauded Tbe earliest opening date was April 8 and the latest closing data October 28 both In the Pacific Coast league The Interstate league claims the latest open23 and the South AtMay ing date lantic and the lixle the earliest closing dates August 11 The league as classified with the opening and closing dates for the season of 1917 follow: International Contests Will Special Cross Society 28 — The United States BOSTON May association today voted to n to The May 28 — Ninetv rSoeeSal ft' Ilerald-Republlea- amateuc and Ogden ten professional trapshooters will come to Ogden to take part of the trap tour-5 nament to be held here June 3 4 and under the auspices of the Ogden Gun elub A P Bigelow one of the foremost of the west declares the trapshooters event is attracting attention throughout the entire west The tournament' will be held at the local club's new grounds which adjoins the Offden Golf as d Country club to The Herald-Republica- n FRANCISCO May 28— Saw Fran-haaebdub la Wloiag Ha Wt" for the aoidier At tbe boy -- ali ° vMKtOB Andy Ferguaon barked up by®vetary ‘Henry Berry who re- turned to put hi o k to the scheme today all the unuaed paraat Recreation baaebali phernalia been parkat ha turned over to the aoldtera tbe Pre-ald- lo Uniforms bats and pads masks and even acatcher's few gross of balls were collected by the office force and 1 Aff®rnoon one of the army trucks at the Valencia street grounds for the consignment While drilling Is the main occupation of the soldiers there- is some time for amusement and when the word came that the San Francisco club had some donations to offer army officers could wait until they could get their hardly hands on the implements of baseball Members of the officers’ reserve were welcomed to a share of the paraphernalia although for the most part It will be dedicated the use of the privates at the variousto camps There is plenty of material to form a league of at least four clubs and thla should Insure some baseball that will be a useful and wholesome diversion - - will play tomorrow rs SMOKESTERS WILL MEET SWEDISHERS Ye Olde Smokehouse will tangle with on Ye Young Swedishers next Sunday s ye baseball diamond Ye Olde Smoke-atersent acceptedYeye olde challenge broadcast by Young Swenskas and now ye poor fans are Invited forth to watch the champs in action One Kephi Edholm carries the bats down for the followers of Queen Alex- andria and he says that his Norsemen are all primed to take the Smokesters into camp like Grant took Richmond Chicago May 28 — After examining ' baseballs used :in recent' games Pitcher Cy Falkenberg of the Philadel-by and Pitcher Eddie Cicotte of phia club- President Johnson of the Chicago American league ruled tonight that alleged illegal delivery protests against'foundationwere without Clark Griffith manager of the Washprotested against what he ington club as the "shin’ ball termed used Clevelan- ut - franchise in tjie league temporarily Boys Isn’t There a Lesson for Us All in the Career of Les Darcy? A BOY 21 years old died practically alone in Memphis Tenn a few days agt) ten thousand miles away from his home A few men who had known the boy and knew him and generous sent him a message of cheer as he lay on his sick bed They hope it reached him Tames Leslie Darcy known to the sporting world as Les Darcy said to baye been among the greatest fighters of his inches in the history of pugilism and declared by a surgeon of the United States medical corps who examined him for enlistment in the American aviation corps as the finest specimen of physical manhood he had ever seen died from a complication of diseases Those who knew him best say that foremost among these was a broken heart Six years ago Darcy fought his first professional fight for $3 Tor the past few months promoters in all parts of the country have been bidding for his services and as high as $30000 has been offered him to step into the ring The spectre of tragedy came with the glint of big-heart- ed For six j'ears Darcy was the idol of the Australian Bom in West Maitland' New South' Wales Ocring tober 28 1895 he began life in a blacksmith’s shop and it was to this severe form of manual labor he ascribed much of his superb strength and physique During 1912 he entered the professional arena after having met and disposed of all amateur competition He engaged during the following four years in thirty- seven prominent bouts Of these he lost only four in victories he won by knocking twenty of his thirty-thre- e out his opponent The news of' his prowess spread to' every part of the world American promoters besieged f him with offers to come to this country With the outbreak of the great war and the young' men of England and her colonies answering the sum- mons to the colors it was inevitable that a wide curiosity shoqld attach to the actions of the young Australian athlete in the face of the crisis It was the beginning ' 'i of the boy’s tragedy-Not yet of age with aged parents and younger sisters and brothers dependent upon him with the easy prospect of making a lot of money in the zing on the one hand and the example of' other young men of his age offering themselves to their country Darcy was torn ‘between i two' conflicting : emotions J His mother is said to have opposed his enlisting As he was under 'age Promoters anxious for his services' threw the weight of their arguments in the same direction' But' to the men who were and Manager Fob! of the: going to the front and to the women who were giving d-club against-thlicorice” ball of their men to the cause of the allies Darcy no longer TFobl and Grifhurled by Falkenberg fith said 'the alleged tampering 'with was thepopular favorite of yesterday the ball caused them ' to hop freakishly ‘News thatDarcy- - had secretly shipped out of the' in their delivery ’ bv-Cicott- e e - -- - - t ’i k- - "v country was confirmed with the arrival in New York on December 23 last of the Standard Oil tanker Cushing from Chilean ports with Darcy on board under an assumed name and in the guise of a stoker A delegation of fighters promoters and newspaper men who had been informed of his coming met the ship in tugs and he was received with all the pomp 'and ceremony accorded a prima donna Darcy was immediately overwhelmed with attention Promoters scrambled for bis services would-b- e managers fought for the opportunity to look after his interests theatrical men urged him to exhibit himself on the stage Dazed and confused without any helpful hand to guide him in a strange country the boy became the football of the men who sought to exploit him He accepted a tlieatrrical contract It proved a failure The public wanted to see him fight not act Several prospective matches which were arranged for him fell through Finally he was matched against Jack Dillon to meet in Madison Square Garden New York on the night of March 5 Then it was that on March 2 Governor Whitman of New York first officially designated Darcy as a f slacker” when he directed the state 'athletic commission the bout In outlining his position the governor in a statement said: “Les Darcy so I am informed is a runaway from his own country In disguise and under an alias he left his native land because lie was' afraid to fight in the cause for which his fellow- countrymen are sacrificing at some their lives lie prefers to give ‘an exhibition ’ of a $30000 personal risk for purse In his own defense Darcy said: “L did not leave Australia because afraid I would be forced to enlist as reported I left because I couldn’t make the 'money there to make my father and mother independent 1 make thatxnuch money in this of me As soon as ' to Canada and enlist I’m I do not care country going then what becomes of' me” f Other states followed the action of New York’s governor and' barred Darcy from fighting and then it became apparent that the Australian ’s dream of making a fortune in' this country was irretrievably shattered fOn April 2 Darcy took the 'oath of allegiance and secured his first naturalization papers as a citizen of the On April '23 he was enlisted in the : Unitedv States' ' 'United ' States aviation corps at Memphis Tejrn Harassed and worried A slight infection of a tooth followed by kidney and stomach caused : trouble Soon after pneumauia” set in Darcy fought bravely for his life It was thought for a time that his superb physique would pull him through When he died his old trainer and his old manageV? who had come all the way from Australia!- alone were at the boy’s bedside ’ - it May OTHER CLUBS STRONG Chance Admits That He Pulled Bloomer Dubuc Option About to Expire B O Coast league baseball for three weeks —not until June 19 to be exact Our Bees are scheduled to open a series with the Oaks in San Francisco this afternoon and tomorrow— Decoration day — they will play two games one at Oakland and the other at San Francisco Following the Oakland series they will tackle Portland and Vernon in the order named they will retnrn home to play NATIONAL LEAGUE Then three weeks on the local lot meeting San Francisco Oakland and Portland DnrliiK their two week at home the LEAGUE STANDINGS lleeo won nix out of eleven frame WLPiftl WMVt 21 10l 8771 Brooklyn and 18 13 484 three out of five from OaklauJ Philadelphia New York 18 11 62lCincinnatI 15 22 405 of out six fcw from Vernon While 24 13 S15 Boston 10 17379 thla I Chicago a very- fair ahowlaa the fact 17 15 53ljllttsburgli St Louis 11 24 314 renalaa that oa performaaee the boy figrured topast do Jut a little YESTERDAY'S RESULTS better All fames postponed eaperially aKaiaat Yernoa The eaa therefore be figrured oaly eae dope I twa ways either Veraoa TODAY’8 GAMES perorated a ptroagrer oppouitloa thaa when tha At Boston —Brooklyn va Boston ure five out even teak of from them York— New vs New York At Philadelphia t Lo A nnrele or the Been are a bet-t- er At Pittsburgh —Chicago vs Pittsburgh road elub than a heme performed At Cincinnati —St Louis vs Cincinnati Deea Road Clahf Many of the dopesters in this neck of the woods really do figure Salt Lake a better club when It hits California than when playing In Salt Lake City It certainly begins to look that way There is this much about It — the pitchers most certainly hurl more ball on the coast than they LEAGUE STANDINGS do In this city It will not take a great deal more WLPct WLPet 22 10 888 St Lou! Bouton 15 22 405 to make the fans believe that there 687 13 26 13 31 382 Is considerable to this altitude converChicago Washington 18 IS 551 Detroit New York 12 20 375 sation as far as and pUchiiiK 21 13 538 Pehiladclplila 11 21 3(4 la concerned Cleveland Thehitting rot which - sir-tig- ht silly emanated from Los Angeles not so long-agto the effect that Utah's climate was ruining the player's health Is a of course but there must be joke TODAY’S GAMES to the that pitchsomething ers can produce aargument At Chicago— St Ixa!a va Chicago hook on the bigger — ball in the low altitude and that the Cleveland At Cleveland Detroit Boston va Washington At Washington — ball travels faster and farther when — va New York At Philadelphia Philadelphia lilt in this altitude At any rate we will all note the work of the Bees on this road tri'i with keen anticipation If the club should cut even close to duplicating the spjendid showing of the last tour it must be figured in the final reckoning LEAGUE STANDINGS These three weeks will give W L Pet us something definite away wLrvt on — to dope 81 24 478 18 680 22 Atlanta Memphis at should least Oakland they appears 814 21 17 30 36 435 Nashville New Orleans to be in a slump or Howard's young16 27 372 27 18 800 Little Rock Chattanooga sters have begun to crack just as Oak578 36 12 34 261 19 Mobile Birmingham land did last year when the league began to set Itself for the final drives Portland will stand a whole lot if beatYESTERDAY’S RESULTS and the Vernon aggregaing atif home At Chattanooga —Birmingham 1 Chattanooga 4 tion It wasn't playing above its head Rock 7 Iittle At Little Rock— Mobile here last week will also be a tough At Memphis— Atlanta 2 Memphis 1 game customer At Nashville— New The next three weeks mean a whole postponed rain lot to the Salt Lake Bees Chance’ Mistake so Not in many words but In his American Association every action Frank Chance has admitted that lie kicked one when be Gub Gleichmann against riiil played Koerner Last winter Chance went out LEAGUE STANDINGS of his way to get Gloomy Gus from WLPet WLPct 17 19 472 the Vernon club and when he completed 29 8 763 St rani Indianapolis 13 19 406 the deal he turned loose Pnil Koerner 20 18 526 Kanawa City Colnmhns 14 21 400 a first Barker who did much to win 20 19 513 Toledo Louisville 14 22 389 him a 17 17 500 Milwaukee in 1916 and one of the Minneapolis pennant on any club in the fellows finest YESTERDAY'S RESULTS has discovered that league Chance cannot hit and that he Gleichmann At St raul——Milwaukee 5 1 St Paul 4 Louisville 3 cannot be to hit and he has At Louisville Indianapolis At Minneapolis— Kanaaa City va Minneapolis gone to thetaught show and purchased big postponed rain but Jack Fournier for no other reason At Columbus— Toledo vs Columbus postponed that the big Canadian can sting the rain ball and will aid materially In making (Continued on Following Page) YESTERDAY'S RESULTS All games postponed Orleana-Nashvll- le J Northivestern League LEAGUE STANDINGS LlneOln Moines Omaha Sioux Defc atj wuvt658 Denver 21 11 19 12 618 St Joseph 19 14 56 Joplin 18 18 500WichlU WLfcPct 14 - is 487 18 17438 13 17 433 10 22 311 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS At Sioux City— De Moines 4 Sioux City Vo otner game scheduled -- - 7 LEAGUE STANDINGS Tamnia Great Falls (Seattle W 23 9 17 12 15 18 l'oti TIOJ Vancouver 588 Spokane 455Butte W L 19 14 16 12 39 1 M 441 434 375 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS At Spokane— Seattle S Spokane 9 nrhe- - tcanw (ravelin WHAT IS RHEUMATISM? s WHY SUFFER FROM IT? -- - - - the result It is said of a of over the suspension of one dispute its players SOX WIN EXHIBITION Waterloo la May 28 —Danforth shut-oball for the Chicago pitched Sox in an exhibition game White with Waterloo here today The score: H E R 8 0 3 Waterloo 1 7 14 Chicago — Batteries Westerwick Lynch and Anderson Danforth and Jenkins DOXLIN RESIGNS Memphis Tenn May 28 — Mike Don-li- n has resigned the managership of club of the Southern the Memphis - ROCK ISLAND QUITS association because of Illness of his — ill May 28 Rock family in New York it was announced Rock Island surrendered its today Cy Berger will fill the vacancy Island today formally Three-- I as - JOHNSON UPHOLDS ACCUSED PITCHERS 2S — Maaager - Benny Leonard and Billy Gibson One of the happiest men in New York last night was Billy Gibson the for the recruits New York promoter and manager who has realized the ambition of developBALL PLAYER KILLED ing a real' champion If Leonard survives the period of his enlistment in the — 28 ForOkla Jack May Ringling and attends to his knitting as Gibson will' want him to both are sure ester a baseball player in war formerly the Western league was killed in his to reap a fortune The insert below is a good likeness of the new champion home today by two robbers in fighting togs May 28 —Not a major CHICAGObaseball game was Four contests inplayed the National league were called off because of rain and in the American also the only league rain contest prevented scheduled the game between and New York Philadelphia It was the first time in several years that the majors faced a simMost of the clubs ilar situation double-heade- Be in Running Herald-Republica- n Frank Chance of the Angela today remained at hla Glendora ranch to decide what to retrying lease when hla two newplayera recruita— Zeb and Jack Fournier— thla Terry week Chance will have to report make way for the newcomer but who will be released la a myatery According to reports Fournier will base T'is makes it play first bluethat Gus Gleichmann may bepossible Another infielder or possibly slipped an outfielder will be fired Chance said today over the phone announcehe would not make that ment until Wednesday any the that day Chiis scheduled to arrive from Terry cago Fournier Is expected Thursday while Owner Johnny Powers will be here either Thursday or Friday He leaves Chicago tonight according to Secretary Weber Infielder Herb Hunter who has been more than two weeks in getting to the coast is still from the Tiger club He is notmissing in town yet according to President Tom Darmody who says Hunter is on his way here gold Take Place for Red OGDEN PREPARES FOR BIG TRAP SHOOT Special to The OS ANGELES LEAGUE MAJORS REST EASY PLAY FOR CHARITY of arrange an International series association footballfrom games between teams to be picked players in this and Canada the entire proceeds country to be given to the Red Cross Peter J Peel of Chicago who was elected president of the association announced his Intention to support contests during war time but said that care should be taken that players who ought to enlist were not kept from tbe colors The annual meeting created a new within the association organization the national commission similar called to the governing body of baseball President Peel will be its head FORM Blue-Slippe- Army Officers Appreciate Gifts and Distribute Them at Post - TELL STORY s — - 1 : blood-poisonin- g - Sufferers Should Realize That It is a Blood Infection and Can Be Permanently Relieved Rheumatism means that the blood has become saturated with uric acid poison It does not require medical advice to know that good health is absolutely dependent upon pure blood When the muscles and joints become sore and drawn with rheumatism It Is not a wise thing to take a little salve and by rubbing It on the sore spot expect to get rid of your rheumatics ' You must go deeper than that down deep - : Into the blood where the poison lurks and which is not affected by salves and ointments It Is important that you rid yourself of this terrible disease before it goes too far S S S is the blood purifier that has stood the test of time having been In constant use for more than fifty years It will do for 3'ou what It lias done for thousands of others drive the rheumatic poisons out of your blood making It pure and strong andSL enaS Is bling it to make you welL S will guaranteed purely vegetable It most do the work and not harm the delicate stomach Write the physician bf this Company and let him advise with j'ou Advice Is furnished without charge Address Swift Specific Company II Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga |