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-MONDAY. MAY 17, 1915.
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Southern League Peter Maher Had Great Wallop
'Giants’ Manager Is Man to Take
Stars Away From Federals and
Disrupt New League.’
By Christy Mathewson.
(The Giant*’ Famous Pitcher.)
I F the magnates and lawmaking
bodies of organized base-ball
would upholster MeGraw with a
bankroll and than leave him alone, he
would rome nearer ending this war
with the Federal I-eague than any
other man mixed up In the game to
day,
MeGraw la a two-handed fighter
when it cornea to baseball ware and
doea not set much Mock in atndavits.
Injunctions, etc He has had some
valuable pact experience in these
matters, etc.
The owners of hall clubs in the rela
tional and American Leagues have
been complaining about the Federals
cutting down their profits and taking
away players, but when MrOraw
goes and gets the strongest card in
their league, then a whole lot of or
ganized baseball people say 1 Mac" is
all wrong I have never seen the
Giants’ leader *o sore as after the
Kauff Incident.
“What’s the use?" he complained.
“You go and bring back their best
ball placer, and then our bunch won’t
let you play him. This baseball war
will go on forever If they don’t stop
patting one another on the back Th*
way to beat the Feds Is take away
their players.”
HERE never would have been
1 any Federal I,eague if It had
not been for some of the club own
ers in organized baseball They made
the league and now they are keeping
It alive If nobody had paid any at
tention to the Feds when they first
started, the circuit would have died
like a merry-go-round with the ma
chinery broke. Rut organized base
ball started making a fuss about it.
and this was like a pulmotor to
them.”
T believe MeGraw Is right The
Federal League could not survive
long without players. The two big
leaguea can afford to make it very
expensive for the Feds McOraw is
the one to draw away the players, for
almost every man in the rountrv
hopes some day to come to New York
and plav for Mc<Jraw\
KautY would have been a very val
uable asset to the Giants, too. and
perhaps for this reason the Braves
made their protest so strong There
Is no use in beetlng around the bush.
The New York club is shot to pieces
with the pitchers all out of shape and
several of the regulars absent from
the game. The casualties have torn
up the team.
Fred Merkle is out of the pastime
for a month, anyway, and he was go
ing better than he has in years. He
was hitting harder than any man on
the club, and really playing cham
pionship ball. During his long lay
off, he will lose his condition and
have to work into shape all over
again. Robert was spiked and Snod
grass has a bad hand. Burns still Is
bothered by his ankle. None of the
pitchers, outside Tesreau, Is right.
• • •
I T was the pitching which gave the
Phillies their flying start. Moran’s
team jumped into the race with the
twirlers ready to work in mideeason
form, while the staffs of the other
clubs in the league were all out of
kilter Watch the Philadelphia club
fall back in another month. George
Stallings spilled some opinions in
my hearing recently which might
bear repeating.
**The Phillies are not dangerous,”
he said. “I fear the Giants and
Brooklyn Robinson has a good team
over there with .some star pitchers.
He’ll make a lot of trouble If he
doesn’t meet w’ith a run of hard luck.
“I look to see Detroit wdn the pen
nant In the American League. Jen
nings' club is playing great ball and
has a steady bunch of workers. It lo
about ripe to come back 1 don’t ex
pect to see the Red Sox win.”
Therefore, we have discovered a
very good reason why the Boston
club is not anxious to have MeGraw
play Kauff. If he is anything like the
ball player he is cracked up to be, he
would strengthen the club just where
it needs it in the hitting. Our pitch
ers will come around in another two
weeks, and a fast man with a clean
up wallop would put the team right
up there in the race.
(Copyright. 1915, hv Chriitv Mathew
son.)
"KING COLE” ORDERED HOME.
DETROIT. May 17 Pitcher Leonard
4 King) Cole, formerly a Cub, and now
with the New York Yankees, has been
ordered by physicians to his home In
Bay City, after an operation for tumor
Cole mav be forced to retire from ba*e-
hall
JIM JEFFRIES RECOVERING.
L/)S ANGELES. May 17. — James J.
JefTries. w’ho has been suffering from
pneumonia, was so far recovered to-day
that he was able to walk about and
visit friends.
and
OSSIP
Freddie Welsh is one of the poorest
drawing curds as a champion the light
weight class has bad in years. It seems
that fans refuse to turn out to see the
champion in action, and Freddie has no
one but himself to blame, or is it his
manager. Harry Pollok?
Ever since Welsh won the title from
Willie Ritchie In I»ndon, the champion
has refused to take on worthy opt>o-
nenta over a distance True, he has
fought the best lightweights In the
country over the short route, but It has
long been known that to take the title
away from .*e!«h in a ten-round bout
is almost impossible
Also it must be remembered that ♦ very
time Welsh steps Into a ring for a short
battle he has everything In his favor.
Take his bouts with Charlie White for
instance. When Welsh battled White,
who can make. 12k pounds ringside if
necessary, he (Welsh) insisted that the
bout should be a catch weight affair.
Welsh, at catch weights, weighed 141
pounds for one of his scraps with White,
while the Chicagoan was around the 130
mark
Now, can any fan imagine a boy
weighing but 130 beating Welsh at 141,
at the latter's own distance, ten rounds
Still, this Whlt« boy held his own
against Welsh in one bout, while he
was shaded in another because Welsh
would not stand up and fight
Despite the fact that White gave
Welsh these tough arguments. Freddie
has time and again Ignored White's plea
for a return encounter over the twenty
round distance. It Is tactics of this
kind that are making Freddie Welsh
the most unpopular champion the light
weight class has ever had.
Whitney added another victory to his
list the other night when the "Fight
ing Carpenter" disposed of Young Wol-
gast in two rounds
• • •
Joe Man dot continues to dodge a
match with Whltnei Tommy walsh,
who is managing Mandot, says that
Maildot hasn't any time to bothtr with
the Atlanta favorite. Probably Tommy
has not forgotten the narrow' escape
Mandot had nt the hand! of Whitney
when Frank dropped Joe for the count
of nine twice III a New Orleaw scrap
about two years ago.
* • •
Whitney is now lighting better than
ever before. He went to Cfnlcago. where
Walsh makes his headquarters, to try
to force Mandot into a match, but
Tommy would not give Frank any sat
isfaction.
• * *
Further than that the "Boxing Trust"
around Chicago even went so far as to
keep Whitney from meeting any of the
topnotchers around there for fear that
the public would demand that Mandot
or some other good boy meet Frank.
They tried Whitney against Sherman
and they no doubt saw enough of Frank
on that occasion, as they refused to give
him another chance after his victory
over Sherman.
• • •
Red Walsh, who handles Pete Herman,
is anxious to bring the Southern ban
tamweight king here for a match. Her
man is again a big card in the Pelican
City, where he is lighting great.
• • *
K. O Brown handed fans somewhat
of a surprise by besting Billy Murray
In Kenosha last week Brown must have
had an off night when he lost to Leo
Houck here.
YOUTH WINS LONG HIKE.
CHICAGO. May 17.—Richard C. Vail,
16. won the walk from Fifth avenue and
Harrison street to Hammond, Ind., yes
terday In four hours and five minutes.
More than 100 pedestrian* started the
hike and thirty-six finished, among them
Dan O’l^ary, promoter of the event, and
former Alderman Joseph Badenoch.
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ATLANTA. GA.
Mobile, 7; Chattanooga. 0.
| MOBILE. ALA May 17. Mobile hit
l Wagner and Marshal! hard, and had no
trouble defeating Phattanooga 7 to 0.
1 Hogg pitched fine ball throughout, giving
up but four scattered hits.
Score by innings:
Chattanooga . ... 000 000 00©—0
Mobile 030 000 01 x —7
Marshall, Wagner and Kitchens; Hogg
and Schmidt.
Memphis, 5; New Origan*, 2.
NEW ORLEANS. May 17. Bunched
| hits in the sixth and eighth innings en
abled Memphis to overcome a lead of j
two runs and defeat New Orleans, 5 to 2. I
Score by innings
Memphis 000 002 030—5
| New Orleans 010 100 000 2
Keeley and Schlei; Baghy and Higgins.
He Is Still the Irish Champion
j_ American League j
Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 2.
CHICAGO. May 17. Bunched hits off
Russell coupled with an erro by Roth,
gave Philadelphia the first game of the,
uriu with Chicago, 4 to 2. Tnc bat
ting of I^ajoic, who hit two two-bag
gers. featured.
Score bv innings; R. H. E.
Philadelphia 022 000 000 4 7 2
Chicago 000 101 000 2 6 1
Batteries Shawkey and Schang.
Russell, Benz and fichalk.
Boston, 3; Cleveland. 0.
CLEVELAND, May 17. Boston de
feated ClivtlMd in ■ fourtaan-lnnlng
pitchers' battle yesterday. 3 to © After
holding Boston to one hit in nine in
nings and three hits in thirteen. Mor
ton weakened. With one out in the
fourteenth. Mays got a hit to left. Hoop
er scratched an Infield hit and Wagner
ami Lewis followed with doubles.
Score by Innings: R H. E
Cleveland . . .000 000 00© 000 00 -0 12 0
Boston 000 000 000 00© 03—3 7 0
Batteries: Morton and Billings; Wood,
Mays and Cady. Thomas.
St. Louis, 2; Washington, 1.
ST LOPIH, May 17. A pitching duel
between Weilfan and Shaw ran eleven
innings here yesterday and ended in fa
vor of the locals. 2 to 1.
Score by Innings: R. II. E.
Washington 000 000 100 ©0 1 4 1
St Louis 000 000 010 01 2 7 2
Batteries Shaw and Alnsmlth; Well
man and Agnew, Severold.
New York, 6; Detroit, 2.
DETROIT, May 17. Scoring four runs
in the eighth inning without the aid of
a hit, New York defeated Detroit yes
terday, 6 to 2. Daiias. wlio had won six
straight games, was beaten for the first
time this season. „ _
Score by innings: R. H. E
New York 110 000 040—3 0 1
Detroit 000 110 000 2 fi 4
Batteries McHale and Sweeney;
Danas and Baker.
Federal League
Kansas City, 3; St. Louis, 2.
ST. LOl T IS. May 17.—By bunching hits
in the tenth Kansas City defeated St.
Louis here yesterday. 3 to 2.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Kansas City ... 002 000 00© 1 3 fi 2
St. Ijouis 010 001 000 <y-2 6 3
Batteries: Main and Brown; Daven
port and Hartley.
Pittsburg. 4; Chicago, 1.
CHICAGO. May 17 Rogge baffled the
Chi feds yesterday and Pittsburg won. 4
to 1.
Score by innings; R. H E.
Pittsburg 200 000 002 - 4 9 1
Chicago 00© 001 000 1 6 1
Batteries: Rogge and Berry; Brown.
Prendergast ami Wilson.
By Left Hook.
P ETER MAHER Is still the Irish
champion, and no one can take
the title away from hitn. Even
when he battled and was licked, a* he
was on various occasions, Peter re
fused to let the victor lote off his
garland, and, though he has now been
out of the ring for several years, he
is still ready to fight if anyone tries
to put “Irish Champion” after his
moniker.
This is written as a gentle hint to
Jim Coffey and other big fellows who
call the Emerald Isle home, and they
had better heed the warning or they
will be taking great chances of hav
ing one of Maher’s famous wallops
slammed against their Jaws.
And that wallop of Peter’s was
nothing to be taken lightly. He was,
when in his prime, probably the hard
est hitter the heavyweight division
ever had, and dangerous at all stages.
Even when tottering about the ring,
seemingly out on his feet, Peter had
a deadly wallop, and more than once
turned w'hat looked to be certain de
feat into glorious victory with a sin
gle punch.
Although Maher has taken part In
many battles and taken lickings, and
hard ones at that, with fortitude,
many followers of the ring say he was
not the gamest fighter in the world.
He has been accused of quitting once
or twice, but such a good judge of
fighter as Tom O’Rourke, the New
Yorker—and Tom doesn’t like Maher,
either—denies that Peter was any
thing but (tome. Instead of having a
weak heart. O’Rourke says Maher was
handicapped with a w r eak Jaw and
that the battles in whic h he was ac
cused of quitting were genuine knock
out affairs.
• • •
AVER his own signature O'Rourke
said that Maher was the greatest
hitter, bar nobody, that ever stepped
into a ring, and that with better
judgment in placing his blows would
have been a champion. He goes on to
say that Maher lacked a head, had
little confidence in his own ability and
was unfortunate in having s weak
Jaw
O’Rourke says he saw Maher
knocked out with the slightest punch
on the jaw, and at once heard a howl
of “Fake’’’ and he cites Maher’s bat
tle with McCoy to prove the case In
that contest Peter had McCoy all but
out at the end of the fourth round,
biit in the fifth McCoy beat Maher to
the punch with a right on the Jaw,
and the fight ended ten seconds later.
Maher was born In Dublin. Ireland.
March 16, 1869, and was making a fair
living in a Dublin brewery when Pe
ter Jackson, the great negro heavy
weight, visited Ireland in 1889. Jack-
son was meeting all comers in three-
round bouts, and Peter was one of
the comers. Peter had, up to that
time, fought a few times and had vie.
tories over Tim O’Doherty, Martin
O’Hara, John Sheehan and Robert!
Hare to his credit. He had size in
his favor, too, as he weighed about
170 pounds and was 5 feet 11 1-2
Inches tall.
Peter was just 20 years of age when
he went on witfi Jackson in Dublin,
and he put up such a good exhibition
that Jackson expressed the opinion
that the raw Irish youth would make
a star In the ring if he kept at It. This
listened good to Maher, and he start
ed out as a regular fighter. He won
a few more fights in .Ireland and Eng
land and then, under the manage
ment of Tony Sage, a famous book
maker. came to the United States. He
landed here In 1891.
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I N his first battles here he made a
* great reputation with his knockout
punch' and scored many quick victo
ries.
He was then matched with Bob
Fitzsimmons for a twenty-round bout
at New Orleans in March, 1892. In
the first round of the bout Maher
caught Fits with a right on the jaw.
and the Cornishman went to the mat
dead to the world. There was fully
a minute of the round left, but the
late Bud Benault. a w’ell-known
sportsman, who had a big bunch of
money bet on Fitzsimmons, hit the
gong with his cane, indicating the
close of the round. Had it not been
for Renaud's trick, Maher would
probably have been credited with a
knockout over Fitz, for it seemed im
possible that Ruby Robert would have
been able to get to his feet within a
count of ten.
Be that as it may. the fact remains
that Fitz came back between rounds
and gave the Irishman a fine trim
ming, knocking him out in the twelfth j
round.
Later the same year Maher met Joe
Goddard at Coney Island and was
again defeated, this time lasting but
three rounds.
Among some of Maher’s perform
ances in the years that followed were
his defeats of George Godfrey in six
rounds. Jim Hall in six rounds, and
Steve O’Donnell in jig time on several
occasions. O’Donnell was always a
cinch for Maher. They met five times
and. bar ore no-decision contest in
New York, which went six rounds,
Big Bicycle Race
Bill for Saturday
CHICAGO. Mav 17.—A delegation of
bicycle riders from Salt Lake City ar
rived here to-day to begin training for
the season at the Riverview Velodrome
starting Saturday. Included in the par
ty are Samuelson. Whittier and Ber-
quest. pacemakers; Lloyd Thomas, Bob
Diefenbacher, Albert Crebbs, Ned Young,
James Huey and Steve Senhouse. A
squad of Newark cyclist sare expected
to-morrow
VETERAN BALL PLAYER DIES.
LOS ANGELES, May 17.—Wallace
Bray, known to the baseball world as
“Happy" Hogan, died at his home here
to-day. For the past week the veteran
leader of the Tigers, as the Venice club
of the Pacific Coast League is known,
had been suffering from pneumonia.
Maher always threw over the sleep
wallop with force, precision and speed.
Their first and second fights ended in
the first round, their third was the
six-rounder mentioned, their fourth
went two rounds, and the fifth was
another one-round event.
• • •
A FTER his first meeting with
O’Donnell at Maspeth, L. I., on
November 11, 1892, Jim Corbett en
tered the ring, and, after congratulat
ing Peter on his quick victory, resign
ed the championship in Maher’s fa- I
vor.
Maher did not enjoy his laurels for !
any length of time, for Fitzsimmons I
wrested them from him in a contest 1
on the banks of the Rio Grande on
February 21, 1896. Fitz scored a
knockout in one round.
From then on Maher was a very in- |
consistent performer. He knocked
out Joe Choynski in six rounds in
November, 1896. He made a very poor
showing against Gus Ruhlin in 1902
and lost in three rounds.
Finally, the old jtfarhorse went al
together to the bad and was stopped
by Jack Fitzgerald In one round in a
Philadelphia bout in 1909. This ended
his career.
To-day Maher is making a living In
New York City as a saloon keeper,
and is a regular at any fight in which
Jim Coffey is listed a*s a competitor.
He seems to think Coffey will uphold
the prestige of Ireland, but hasn’t yet
decided that the new white hope is
good enough to be trusted with his
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