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TUB SUN, SUNDAY, TOCT 20, 1919.
Jimmy Wilde, Invincible When Pitted Against English Boxers, Finds American Bantams Difficult to Handle
RAM AS PUGILIST
Failure to Stop Pal Moore and
Joe Lynch a Jolt to Brit
on's Reputation.
c
Fought in International Match
AN ORDINARY FIGHTER
Britton and Lewis Will Fur
nish the Next Exhibition of
Pugilistic Fireworks.
Br CHARLES K. MATHIBOlf.
The pugilistic status of Jimmy Wild,
flyweight champion of the world, hu
ben definitely fixed as a result of the
' Briton's twenty round contests with Pal
Moore and Joe Lynch. Proclaimed by
his English admirers the most
phenomenal fighter of the age. with the
ability to defeat the best boxers In the
universe In three classes -flyweight,
bantamweight and featherweight It
suddenly Is brought home to the English
enthusiasts that their ring Idol Is power
less before two first-class American
bantams.
Not even the fact that English
referees gave to Wilde decisions on
points to which tho British champion
ivib not entitled cn bring much con
solation to the admirers of the little
Welshman.
It would appear that the British
enthusiasts were entirely misled by the
sensational victories of Wilde over a
number of nondescript English boxers
in three classes, and by his knockouts
of two mediocre American flyweights.
It always has been the practice of
boxing experts In England to judge of
the abilities of their ring heroes by
their performances against British or
French pugilists, and, never having had
a clear conception of the real merits
of American rlngsters, the Britons have
fallen into grievous error regarding the
chances of their boxers when opposed by
those of Uncle Samuel.
This was their predicament when they
matched Wilde with Lynch and Moore,
although, thanks to kindly British
referees, the backers of tho flyweight
champion won their wagers.
Welarht Consolation.
As the case stands Wilde has but on
consoling argument and that Is as to
the weight He and his backers Insist
that he never enters the ring at more
than 102 pounds Possibly this may be
the fact but the studied disinclination
of the champion to have his weight offi
cially announced Is apt to cast some
i ; 7Z3f - (f jimmy
lr ' V 1 XZJ
CONHELLAN MILE TO-DAY.
Br JOHN O. ANDERSON.
Fleet Field In Keautre Event of
Bis; K. of C. Meet.
Charlie Porea, national fivs mil
champion, will be a starter In the Con
nellan mile, the feature event of the
big victory Athletla Carnival of the
Long Island Chapter of the Knights of
Columbus at Celtic Park this afternoon.
Pores, who has been covering the mile
In fast time recently, la expected to be
a contenrlor for first honors In the foot
race claaslc.
With Homer Baker. Jack Bellars,
Connelly of Boston. Pores, and the
unbeatable Jole nay, who In all prob
ability will start. It la anticipated that
the mile will be covered In fast time.
Many of the long distance men In the
metropolitan district will compete In
the tM mile handicap. Some of the
star athletes entered are: Max Bohl
snd and Pat Flynn of the Paullst A C. ;
Frank Tltterton. junior metropolitan
three ml la champion ; Terry Halpln, un
attached ; Andy Craw, Brooklyn A. A.,
and Lou Kaufman, former cross coun
try champion.
Tn the COO yard handicap, closed to
membets of the Knights of Columbus,
Long Islanrl i Chapter. James O'Brien,
national Junior 300 yard champion, who
r.nr.Mnt. l 'i 1. ' ' I v rVitinMt writ! h. ,h
1, ... TV,. MtlM anauli ! most of the time."
w ', w. j ... .v.. I "I'm driving now as straight as a
maintenance of the Long Island Chap
'Chick' Evans Confident
He Will Retain Golf Title
National Amateur Champion, However, May Have to
Figure on Travers, Ouimet and Kirkby,
Says John G. Anderson.
ter. Hospital Bed Fund and Free Em
ployment Bureau.
Sav .Francisco, July 19. William
Harrison Dempsey, the new heavyweight
doubt as to his making the low pound- ' "hamplon of the world. Is ending
GREEK DISHWASHER
WHIPPED DEMPSEY
One of the Happenings of the ;
Days When Jack Never
Dreamed of Title.
FLOORED BY FARMER
sure claimed for him. While there Is no
I authentic record of Wilde's weight In
recent bouts. It was declared after the 1
contest with Lynch that the champion
scaled in pounds.
Be this as It may. Wilde has furnished
proof that he cannot concede any weight
to American bantams. If tho little
Welshman were to match himself with
Frankle Burns, the Jerseyman would be
quite apt to score a knockout, and Pete
Herman would give the Briton a thor
ough drubbing.
It Is fortunate for WIMe that he never
. was called on to fight a Qeorge Dixon
or a Terry McOovern. for his career
would have been cut ehort.
If Pal Moore was a bit more forceful
In hitting he would have stopped the
Welshman, for the Memphlan had not
the slightest difficulty li landing on the
face and Jaw of the champion
Moore an Able Boxer.
Moore, as the writer set forth previ
ous to the contest. Is one of the ablest
boxers and best ring generals in the
bantam class. He Is a speedy boy with
hands and feet, but never has been able
to stop his opponents with knockout
punches. He Is a boxer who In a
twenty-round bout would liave a chance
t'j win on points from any bantam In
the world, but ha lacks the punch
soporific that dlstlngulahed Dlxon, Mc
CJovern. Pllmmer, Franklo Burns, Kid
Williams and others of championship
caltbre.
So far ae Wilde Is concerned he will
be unwise If In the future he falls to
restrict his challengers to the 112 pounds
that Is the limit of the flyweight class.
Negotiations are under way for an
other encounter between Lynch and
Wilde, and If the West Slder can get Into
the ting at a weight that does not
weaken him he should come very close
to stopping the Welshman Inside the
twenty round limit.
Britton andl Lewis TVaxt.
Following In the wake of the Toledo
rombat have come a scries of Important
matches like that of Wilde and Moore.
The next bout to attract general at
tention will be that between Jack
Britton, welterweight champion of the
world, and Kid Lewis, former holder of
the title. It was Lewis, by the way, who
W'llson received when he arrived In the
United Stales to tell us the " low down"
on the League of Nations.
Bight now the Dempsey home In Salt 1
Lake City Is being photographed for the i
animated weeklies. The farm where the
Dempsey family lived tor several years 1
at Provo has been visited by a score of
photographers.
Ball players with the Salt Lake team !
say Jack Dempsey Is the Idol of Salt 1
Lake and Provo. Many stories are ;
told of the ups and downs of the present
champion.
They tell us that Jack Dempsey. once j
a big. awkward kid shining ehoea In
one of the Garden City barber shops.
began his career as a boxer In the opera
house of Provo scarcely a half doren
years ago, when. In a preliminary fight
of four rounds, he was whipped by a
Greek dishwasher.
An autobiography of WU'.tam Har
rison Dempsey would naturally lead off
with "He came from poor but honest
parents."
The Lean Days.
Continuing with the history of his
ring career, the gang from Salt Laka
ays that Jack Dempeey. after hts trim
ming at the hands of the dishwasher,
plugged along with some fifth raters In
the four round game, always having his
hands full to save himself from a knock
out. There Is a sent by the name of
Billy William, one of Trovo's most
loquacious farmers, who boasts of the
fact that he was the first man to
knock out the present kingpin of the
heavyweight!
It seems
Once again the pendulum of time has
swung: to the point where It calls for
amateur championship golf predictions
The lapse In title tourneys has whetted
the appetite for speculation. The prom
ise of a field far superior to that In any
previous championship leads more golf
ing Interest I fully believe that you
will see at Pittsburg the grandest as
semblage of golfing stars which ever has
appeared at an amateur championship,
and that the competition will be thrilling.
Hearken to the following as reported to
me this past week :
"I don't care how many long putts
they (Travers and Ouimet) hole. If I
get down the two-ahd three footers they
can have all the long ones, because I will
be Inside of them on my second shots
Chick Evans.
string and I Intend to be In the beat
DlaylnC condition In years. If I lose the
amateur championship this year it will
dm because a better golfer came
through." Jbjiomx Travers.
Nothing ss yet has been heard from
Francla Ouimet, except an eloquent
scored over the Winchester links, a per
formance which ranks with the finest of
his many wonderful rounds. In the
story of this remarkable exhibition there
was no mention made of all the putts
being holed, a rare feature Indeed In
practice or friendly rounds, and we
hardly know how much to discount the
brilliance, but In any event the play
was of such a superb nature that there
can .he -no doubt of thn meeting at some
stage of the tourney in Pittsburg of
these three great golfers, former hold
ers of both the open and amateur cham
pionship titles of the United StAtea.
Ware the Putting; Green!
The confidence which emanates trom
the present title holder. Mr. Charles
Evans. Is due. we have no doubt, to the
greatness of his guno a displayed In
all parts of the country this year and
especially In the Red Cross matchs
held recently in Canada. We do not
hesitate to Fay thnt he can or.ly lose
the title this year by poor work on the
tutting green.
We understand ,hat the gr?en at
Pittsburg will le like those nt Garden
city ntid Detroit, where a delicate
touch was required. At Me-lon the
reen were p'ow. painfully so and I
I was possible to bant? away at the hall
with undue force. 1 he reason was due
to the fact that th filrway was well
burnt up. It was impossible to get a
growth of grass which should be the
portion of a championship course.
To give the players n chanco to pitch
to -the green the sprinklers were kept
Lange, One Time
King of Outfielders
when his game seemed less certain. Is
now to the fore and he Is out to win.
Mr. Oulmet's game Is perhaps a bit
difficult to analyse. He Is less steady
and more brilliant, which means that if
either Travers or Evans finds him In one
of his scoring moods Jerry or Chick
will have no chance at all, but If Ouimet
Is worried over that pull which has
drifted somehow Into his wooden shots
all his brilliance will fade away. All
f which points again to the uncertainty
of the title play this year and the keen
fights that will be waged before the
champion Is crowned.
Will there be a new champion T That
la a question' which will toe answered
more'often In the negative than other
wise. Much might depend upon the
draw. A clustering of Evans. Gardner,
Travers and Ouimet tn the top or bot
tom half would open the door for a new
chap as finalist This may happen.
Moreover, this seems to be ths year
when Kirkby is due for a rise to greater
heights. Frankly we have been disap
pointed In his game, or rather his suc
cess In national events. The Englewood
golfer plays better as the tourney pro
gresses, but he has been snipped off
early In the game oo often. I am of the
opinion that this Is the year when he
will play better golf and steadier golf,
and that he will be an Important factor
In the making of a new champion, If one
there is to be.
It Is not worth while to dwell on the
names of the likely candidates among
the second group of golfers, for the iast
shows that nil qualifiers In such events
are worthy of putting some of the high
est topnotchers out of the play. But his
tory does not show that all the favorites
were eliminated, and the brilliant streaks
of the golfers of this second group arc
never frequent.
The entry list promises to bo large,
and the few suggestions which have
been made in this column from time to
time concerning the aid given to golfers
might be summarized, as they seem to
meet tho demands of the players.
Five Pointers.
1. The luncheon room ought to have a
separate section for the golfers who are
In the tournament. They ilo not care to
be b-ithered by others while eating. The
Service is usually better ulco when this
has been done, as the scheme at Merlon
will testify.
2. Better to have the players start
early In the morning, even at 7:30, than
to have some wait until 12 o'clock. No
player ran find a good eating time who
starts off at this period and more than
one golfer lins failed to qualify because
he started of at an unseasonable hour.
3. (iet a fore caddy In the qualifying
H. T. PETERS HORSES !
TO FORE AT ISLIP
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1 'j0lm
Irons: Island Man Wins Most
Ribbons at Polo Club's
Exhibition.
CHILD RIDER FEATURES
Miss Jean Rollins, Only Seven,
Gets a Ribbon Rain
Mars Event.
TEN CENT BASEBALL
NEEDED IN FRANCE
Must Start With Children to
Popularize Game Abroad,
Says Bill Lange.
going on the greens night and day. j roimd an,i there will be little worry over
When the championship was played they
were as green as new sprung grass, but
slow.
Mr. Evans is a fine putter over slow
greens, and if by any chance the greens
at Oakmont are not as ke,n as we
have been told they wl.l be Mr. Evans
ought to be number one choice for the
title.
lost
Where TraTere Shines,
Dempsey in Few Rounds
Forces Decisive Result
Less Aggressive Boxers Would Disappoint Onlookers
in Short Bouts Many Finish Matches Have Been
Fizzles Other Gossip of the Ring.
the two strokes which come from
ball.
4. Placing the holeB In difficult snots
on qualifying day Is ,a bad feature. In
the laM championship there was uo com
plaint, but at Detroit It was rid;rulous
a times. At Brae Burn. Mr. Kvans to
the contrary notwithstanding, the pins
were excellently placed by tne L". S. G. A.
committee. Fairness in this regard is
due to the men who travel thousands of
Where Kvans Is weak Mr. Travers Is : miles to plav their best under fair golf
strong. Give hint a keen green with j Irg conditions. Tricky placing Is a relic
that touch of surety as well as delicacy of the dark ages of golf and should be
needed and he will take full advantago j discarded.
of the f"! per cent, of the game which 1 "' Physical condition count" In a
putting holds No colfer tn the States , hard week of pla and the man who can
to-day feels ns conndSnt as Mr. Travers.
because for the first time In manv years
he feels that he has attained to a driv
ing standard which give him a drive
not only far but very straight.
That Is what he hat been striving to
acquire for years, and this season
he says that it has come to Mm. The
rest of his game Is not so strong as
In past years, but that worries him not
a bit. It will return, of that he is
certain.
There have been mnnv of Traverses
go through six days of hard tl hoie play
mutt havi .lis digestion In good order
Lack of attention to dltt has cost more
than one young chap a 1 hance at fame.
GADDI'S RING DAYS
ENDEDJtYjGRENADE
Amateur Champion Thankful
Life Was Saved.
fr!nli m br. n w , . 1 . 1 a hit it V, .,
apparent falling from the topmost nosl-1 . "rgeant jonn t.i.ick Oaddl. who im
By CROSS COINTEH. Hon along with the other two great " V1" co10'." of M"' Club of St
. . - . ! golfers of the American amateur trlum- I ""Jiolotnew s Episcopal Church w ent
Previous to the battle of Mautnee Bay boxer. Mace and Cobum were afraid v,... .1,... e., , m... Into the war holdintr the n:,iio, i
ihnt Jack was employed on - apprehension was felt by many that the "J n o.ner. ana for one hour they , indomitable spirit which hrouKht Jerry I a,K1 metropolitan amateur boxing cham
. . , ... v . ,1 I . 1 ,, . . , . . . 1 wwww ui 100 1 1 ok w 11 noui SLTlKinc a
g without strlklnr
The referee then stopped tlie
Williams a Tarn? to be?p tne neets wen twelve round limit was 100 rcsiriciea lor j Dow
shined. Every time the farmers hack . championship contest and that the I "brutal'1 affair and called it n dr..
JUd.Tfl!oa,h. vfnevard ana"a WMtoton might not get a fair return ! Th. fact that Alex Greggalns and Buf
betook himself to the vineyard ana par-, m m 1 falo Costello fought two drawn ).,
took freely of the forbidden fruit One for their money. It waa feared that the of Jlghty rounds at Coney Island
ukj. w uio mwj , " 1 ooul mignt iA5i ms limn wiinuui Bnuujii i ihq one or fifty rounds on the Pacific
coast. Is additional evidence that many
finish matches never have been finished.
In a nutshell. If one of the contestants
In a match Is not Inclined to make a
decisive teat of his strength and skill
and his opponent is not quick, strong and
Combative ennneh In ..... r- Jt
fighting into the three rounds of the , .Rry the bout ! almost certain 10 ,
temper, swung on Jack and sent the lad
to the mat.
Barber Got Cbllls.
action to satisfy those who raid to see
the encounter. For this reason many
Insisted that the contest should have
When Dempsey knocked Wlllard been a twenty round one at the least.
dwn seven times in the first round on Fortunately Dernp8ey crowded more
Bait I.ake barber, had cold chills run
ning up and down his back, thinking of .Toledo .batile than has been seen In I disappointing
the time what might have happened to:m combats scheduled to a flnlah, and However, w ith a fighter of the type of
him when he kicked Dempsey out of a , .,.-., 1 Dempsey even the six round limit of
brought the world'a title to America. barber shop. Dempsey worked as , ; - u. m r. , ,.
Dewis won th American title from I bootblack in Boshatd's establishment, -ceded that they had seen more action
Britton In a twenty round bout at Day
ton, Ohio. June 25, HIT. the victor
getting the decision on points Lewis
then on Aug. 31 or the same year
was the dally than they expected.
There Is small doubt
and among his duth
sweeping of the floor.
this work was found neKle -ted. Om ""T, " ,,w ."'
that twelve
knocked out Albert Badoud In this city morning, so the story runs, the barber ,n which the present champion Is en-
1 . . . 1 im Lr , n n n 11 nvr tn m n vr r n vara a iiatrn
In one round. Badoud was the welter
weight champion of Europe, having won
the French title in a series of contests
and then winning the European title by
stopping Johnny Bashaxn, English welter
champion. In nine rounds.
Britton regained his American title
and also the world's championship by
stopping Lewis in nine rounds at Canton,
Ohio, last sprlnc.
The next battle between this pair,
which will mark their twentieth meet
ing, will take place at the Armory A. A.
tn Jersey City on the night of July 5.
and the title Is at stake, Lewis claims
he was out of condition when defeated
by Britton, but declares he will be In the
best fix of his career when he faces the
title holder In the Jersey ring. Lewis
has youth, speed and hitting In hi favor, i Harlem ball ground this afternoon. The
while Britton has all around ringcraft I Cuhans will face the Lincoln (Slants In
of the highest order. j ooth games and some hot competition
New Torkers will be able to see this 1 's expected. Joe Williams will pitch
bout with little trouble, for the arena. I the feature game for the home club
Philadelphia would be sufficient to arrive
at a aecisive result
kicked Dempsey Into the street. Damp- 1 T"Wh m,Ch,
ey never retaliated. the new UUshoUJtT will be required
Time and time again Jack pampas? 1 ' -
w. ...n in hcj.t. with the. fo.ir-m ind-!Oie gong for the opening round.
ers of Salt Lake and Provo. And now It I Without question a twelve round con- ; when Eddie Connolly and Spike Sullivan
seems these lads ure seeking managera test between two light hitters and ' fought a twenty round bout at Nw
and trainers, confident that they still ; ciaver ooxers wouia De aisappoinung. iiaven In 18H9. The content lasted the
I'njast to the Refers.
Jack ieehan, one of the best known
referees In New England and a well
posted man as to pugillatlo rules and
history, recently recalled an Incident in
which he was placed In a false no.it i
I 8heehan was the third man In the ring
' .I'll. ,-, C.ItiA . .
an open one. Is but three minutes walk
from the Summit avenue station of the
Hudson tubas.
EMPEY HAS FTNE BILL.
1
V
Trent Tm lleagks Play RacharsMrh
Giants 1st Games To-day. .
The strongest semi-professional base
ball card offered at Dyckman Oval,
near the Dyckman street subway sta
tion, this season is scheduled for this
afternoon. The Bacharsch Giants of At
lantic City, with Poles, Gatewood and
Redding in their lineup, will tackle the
I Treat 'Em Roughs In a double header.
1 Redding will pitch for the Jersey club.
'Guy Kmpey's outfit will have to be at Its
best to stop tns Baonaracn uiants, who
have been listed among the topnotchers
(or yesra.
The Bacharach f.lants include the fol-
iwtng players : Bill Gatewood, c. ; Chap-
Johnson, c. : Ben Taylor, lb. ; Prince
landy, 2b. ; John Lloyd, ss. : Fuggy
utchlneon. lb. : Spotwood Pole, If. ;
is Shlvely, cf. ; Johnuy Pugb. rf. ;
tick Reading, p.; Leroy Roberts, p.
oucn a ooui wou.u w .uioui me sjevvw 1 Hmii or twenty rounds and tlie referee
of a doubt last th limit, and the deci- called the bout a draw, although Con
slon would be on points It would be i nolly was reported to have had all the
the part of wisdom for the promoter of I better of the engagement.
uch a match to insist on twenty rounds, ) A statement to the effect that Sheehan
which would obviate the necessity of ! had made the decision of "draw" because
making a hair line decision at the close of the good reputation of the boxers,
of a shorter bout. j was sent out from New Haven, with the
If a hr,rd hitter were pitted against a result that the referee was suhWied
The Cuban Stars, who always are sure particularly clever boxer In a twelve to much criticism.
1 can t Imagine," said Bheehan In
discussing the matter, "how such a re
port originated. There was not the
slightest foundation for the yarn. The
facta are that the boxers had reached
an agreement that the decision was to be
a draw In the event that both were on
their feet at the end of the twentieth
round. Therefore I had no option but to
declare the contest a draw.
can make things interesting for the new
champion.
CUBANS IN HARLEM,
Famous Havana Nina Plays Lli
coin (.latita To-day.
to Jam Olympic lteld to overflowing, j round bout the encounter would be apt
will play another double header at the;to last the limit.
many of his past championships, even ? 11 ", nlp"- n"1" nian" last appearance
j :i' tlie ring. A German grenade during
the lighting in the Argonne put an end
nlU CAf" IC A Q 1ST ti 10 hls ca"er as an amateur boxer, and
UUrVailVU 13 f3l.U Gaddl Is Just back in the United States
Tf JLfriTT rVDDlCrC!"1 assist the club under whose auspices
KJ mr.C. 1 iirCYi,0 he fought In furthering the Every Name
and Nationwide Campaigns of the Epis
copal Church, which Is intended to bring
young men Into closer contact with the
church.
Entering the SOJth Infantry, A. E. F.,
as a private. Oaddl fought his way to
aergeant'a s'ripes. Just as he battled
Can't Pay Them Out of Swim
ming Receipts.
Sah Fravciscw. July 19. George IT
nowsing, who expects to accompany
Mi. . 1 .... . r. . . . 1 . . . , . . . . u...
......- rami. .'ui.,,,. aou .uisji jinm way 10 inrce onamplonshlps as an
Wylle on their proposed tour of the ! amateur boxer in the ante-bellum days.
United States and Canada, will be I when ho waa tlie pride of St Rarihoio-
forced to meet his own expenses In order
to begin the trip with the necessary
sanction of the Amateur Athletic Union,
It was learned yesterday from the
Paclflo Association officials.
Dowsing, who la acting as guardian
for the star swimmers, cannot be al
lowed to accept remunerations, termed
gate receipt mices, in order that the mer-
tnew a parish. He was one of the earn
est fighters that ever donned the gloves
In a purely amateur way.
It waa recalled at the clubhouse the
othor evening that In the sporting con
tests attendant upon the 250th anniver
sary of the founding of the city of New
ark, Gaddl won successively the nstlonai
amateur boxing championships In the
maids may oontllkM in the good graces I heavyweight, lis lit heawweivht .r,H
of the officials. die weight classes. Among the trophies
Tlie ruling as Interpreted by M. E. at St. Bartholomew's Club la a plaque
Andruss of the local body calls for trav- attesting to this fact,
ailing expenses solely for the amateur j At Yaphank. during the training pe
o.ompctitor Dowsing upon arriving ; rlod of tlie famous Seventv-aeventh ru
in the city wa understood to be the
manager of the two champions, and the
proposition whereby his travelling ex
penses would be Included with those of
the girls has brougiit about the rub.
Unfinished Finish Flsjhta.
The truth of these assertions is sus
tained by the results of foouta of the
The Cuban, will hav. ft.nre. and IP"1 wiuis scneauiea to a nnisn.
Padrone in the box. Suarex holds a de- wrr' lacking; In action that the epec
clslon over the Llncons and unless they tators yawned and went away, leaving
aro In rare batting form he is likely to Ithe gladiators to light It out as they
make It two. The Cuban C olony Club 1 nwassn
will turn out In force for the game
Included In the Cuban lineup are such
stars as DraVa. Padrone, Calderen, Lu
cas, Romlne" and Suarex
TESTS FOR MEREDITH.
Ted Tells of His Two Most Grnsl
llnsT Rares.
It Is interesting to learn from Ted
Meredith that the two hardest races he
ever ran wars very dissimilar. One waa
the 800 meter In the Olympic games in
Stockholm la 1912, when he made a
world's record, and the other was the
lrl A. A. U. 440 yard championship,
when he beat Tom Halpln and Val
Wllkle on a slow track In Baltimore In
iO 1-5 seconds
He ran blind the last fifty yards In
the latter race. He was not In his best
condition then. These two races, Mere
dith says, were the only ones ha aver
Hubbard, p 1 Shane Johnson, a. J finished tired to exhaustion.
I A case In point was the battle be
tween Peter Jackson, a heavy puncher
and good boxer, and Jim Corbett. the
cleverest defensive fighter in the history
of American pugilism. They met In a
finish match before the California Ath
letic Club. San Francisco, May 21, ial.
Jackson could not land effectively on
Corbett and the latter was so fearful
of giving the dangerous black an open
ing that he kept well out of reach from
start to finish.
Ths result was one of the most tire
some bouts ever seen in a ring. After
sixty-one rounds of feinting, sidestep
ping and looking at each other the ref
eree halted the bout, called It no con
teat and sent the men out of the ring.
Neither had any advantage and the bout
really was a draw. The club owners
were so disgusted with the performance
that they cut the 110,000 purse In halt.
Another finish match that did not
develop Into a contest was one between
Jem Maoe, heavyweight champion of the
world, and Jos Coburn. a very clever
According to 'Willie O'Neill, who tossed
the towel In behalf of Jess Willard at
Toledo July 4, the emblem of surrender
came near being thrown Into the ring
after the fourth knockdown of the cham
pion In the first round.
"I was going to stop it," said O'Neill.
"Do you want to know why I dldn t
stop It then and there? Becauae I
thought the referee would alep In and I entered Syracuse.
can quits.
"The first time Wlllard went down I
knew he was licked. When he took the
fourth knock down I was sure he couldn't
win. I picked up the towel and started
to throw It in. But I didn't I decided
to wait till the round waa over and tee
If Wlllard could go on.
"Monahan and Archer saw me pick
up the towel and they knew what waa In
my mind. They told me not to throw It
In then, that Jess would be all right after
a minute's rest, but my Judgment was
to toss It In and and ths banging Jess
was getting. I knew be dlda't have a
SYRACUSE GETS STAR GRIDDER.
La Plante of Williams Enters Up
state Institution.
WTLX.IAM STOW N, July 1!. "Allle" La
Plante. former Williams football star,
has enrolled at the Universltv of jtvr.
louse summer school with the Intention
of resuming his course at that Institution
In the fall after making up the work lost
during the time he was absent with the
colors. He recently returned from
France after two years service In the
Ambulance Corps.
Li Plants will be eligible for football
at Syracuse in the fall, and he Is ex
pected to mtke good either behind the
line or at end. He was picked for All
Eastern end by numerous critics five
years sgo. when he played a whale of a
game for Williams. He would have led
the Turple team on the gridiron two
years later had he not left college and
Chance."
THORPE MEANS BUSINESS.
Jim Expects to Have Canton Grid
Team Ready October I.
Cavtov, July 19 That James Fran
cis Thorpe, Indian athlete extraordinary,
does not Intend doing matters in a slip
shod way during the coming football
season when he will coach and captain
Canton's professional eleven was Indi
cated recently when Thorpe mailed a
signed contract to Ualph E. Hay. Hay
Is an automobile dealer here, the In
dian's partner and eloee friend.
n.
vision, Gaddl easily won the champion
ship of the division In a series of events
iJiter, on the other side, he met and
defeated the champions of several other
divisions. When defeat finally befell
him It came tn a glorious way. Plunged
into the Argonne lighting, a hand gren
ade hurled by a German grenadier In
a hand to hand encounter peppered
Gaddl with shell fragments. Ha was
hurried to a base hospital with his arms,
legs and body badly mangled. Skilled
surgeons saved his life. But though ap
parently restored to his former condi
tion, the power has gone out of Gaddi's
arms he has lost his punch; his ring
days are over.
' Sooritr or later I would have been
put out an how.'' aald Gaddl last night,
so I am glad that It came the way It
did. I could take care of myself SKalnst
another pair of fUts. but I couldn't block
or sidestep a grenade."
BUSHW1CKS' STRONG BILL
Meet Weltlnghome Nine and
Earle'e Red Cape To-day.
The Weatlnghouse Electrize, one of the
strongest industrial nines In this neck of
the woods, will play a return engage
ment with the Bushwlrks at Dexter Park,
near the Cypress Hills elevated station,
this afternoon. Several weeks ago the
Westlnghouse club won over the thn-h-wlcks
by 2 to 1. with Brown and Kyle
having the better of Hageman.
In the first game of to-day's double
header the Buahwlcki will tnckle Earle's
Red Caps, who have been playing great
ball In recent games The Red Caps
have hist returned from a successful
trip through Pennsylvania. The team
has on Its roster several former stars
of ths Royal Glanta
By WM. A. ( "BILL" LANGE.
Pamr, July 11 iby mail). Will base
ball ever become popular among tho
people In France?
I have heard that question a thousand
times since I landed over here last win
ter to help along the Y. M. C, A.'e ath
letic programme In the A. E. F. Even
friends or the Pacific coast end some of
my old team mates of the early Chicago
Cubs' days have written letters asklnir
how the good old game and I think
It's the best national sport In the world
Is catching on here
Far be it from me to make a predic
tion, but I do think the diamond sport
has made some headway among the
pollus and their countrymen. The
French, of course, do not play ball so
that ar.y one could notice It. They like
to watch the doughboy teams, though,
and li nearly every village in France
where ar.y number of American troops
are stationed, there are halls and bats
and the Yankees to use them.
The French spectators somehow re
mind me of the crowds around the old
sand lots back In America only they
don't root. In tlie first pWice they don't
know when to root, and In the second
they don't know how. Imagine a fellow
turning to you while a crowd of dough
boys are whistling through their teeth
and yelling, to ask why they wht..tle!
tine Frenchman I Rial thought the
whistling whs unsportsmanlike, and
when I asked him why. he paid he
thought it w-. the same as booing.
Even Bnslc Conld C.rt lilt.
Still, the French like sport?, and after
they learn the fine points of baseball
there Is no reason why it may not be
come popular here. The doughboys rire
doing a lot of missionary work In this
respect. A recent report giving1 the
.-.mount of b iseball equipment distributed
by the Y. M. C. A, through the army
here In France shows how widely the
game is being played. There were, 100
br.sehalls. 54.000 gloves and 9.C00 bats.
With that many bats even my old pal
Amos Rusie could hae cot a lilt
Baseball among the doughboys, by the
way. Is likely to develop some good blc
l agnie material. I've seen gome promts
ir,c kidl over here, and I believe the
army training has be, n a good thin.-:
to help tit (Item for professional teams.
After the boys go bMtni and they
are moving that way pretty fast now
there will be mighty little baseball In
France, and something must he done to
keep un Interest if the game is not to
lose the ground it has Kilned. I've
thought that over a I res I d. al. and 1
believe there's only one answer tho tin
cent baseball.
You can't make the older fellows take
up our game to any extent. How many
Americans who are past voting age ever
learn to play ball" Very few. They
nr ton busy or too stiff or too digni
fied, or too fat. We learn to play when
we are i.ids. Practically every healthy
American learns how to ceUh unit throw
us soon ns he's old snouffQ w play
hookey from school.
'Starts With the Kids."
Now. If Americans are going to Intro
duce baseball In France as a g"iicr.il
sport they will have to start with the
kids.
These French youncsters play In the
parks hero In Pari, with bounding rub
ber halls which are light and hollow
The boys throw like girls when they do
throw, but whenever there's a chance
they kick it. The hounding rubber or
the tennis ball Is their favorite play
thing in that line. If a few million
cheap baseballs like those used by life
out:gsters at homo were given to school
children here they would probably Isam
to throw and play catch, and from that
they would naturally take up hatting.
So, if some of our rich American fang
want to see leaguo games played by
Frenchmen In France or an International
series at the polo Grounds they cm
keep up tlie good work done by tlie "V
and the doughboy teams on the diamond
by providing cheap baseballs for French
kids I believe the older Frenchmen
never will take up tho game, except us
spectators, but the syort may grow up
with the youngsters.
flpsrtsl VttpatcK to Ths Sds.
Bat Shore. L I., July 19. Miss Jean
Holllns Is only 7 years oid. but aha
knows a thing or two about riding a
pony. She demonstrated that this after
noon at the annual horse show of tha
Isllp Polo Club at Oakland Park, when
ahe had tho mount on Mrs. D. F. Ar
nold's hay gelding .Monkey. The llttlo
miss rode the pony with rare skill and
In addition to getting the prolonged
plaudits of tho gathering was awarded
a special ribbon by the Judges. Mlsa
Holllns Is the daughter of Harry B.
HolliiiH, Jr.
The show had more entries than ever
before and considering the rain was
quite well attended, but all plana for
making the event a gala social affair
were a bit hurt by the ubiquitous and
always interrupting raindrops. They
made tho footing treacherous for tho
riders and dampened the scene far too
much for the comfort of the onlookers.
Instead of gay raiment there was a
multiplicity of raincoats and umbrellas.
Harry T. Peters took away the great
est number of blue rlbhons. His entries)
stood out in almost every class. Peter's)
Strawbrldi-e. a fine chestnut gelding,
won the eJilef class for heavyweight
hunters, and Peter hoped to add tho
blue for lightweight hunters, too. But
in this desire he was balked. He entered
Man o' War. but the Judces believed that
Horace llavemeyer's Stee.ltrap was the
superior of the Peters entry and gave
Steeltrap the blue.
Children's Ponies Attract.
There was great Interest In tlie divi
sion of children's saddle ponies, which
w-as broken up into two classes largs
and small. Thn blue In the class for
larger ponied went to Miss Marjorle T.
Heard's Jimmy. J. Harlis rotter's Sensi
ble was second and XIlss Natalie Pctcrs's
Tiger third.
Mrs. Arnold's Monkey won the class
for smaller ponies. Mdnkey did not have
a very greut margin over William K.
Dick's Gleeful.
As U u.sual at tlie show of the Islip
Club, polo mounts were featured and a
big turnout of these animals came before
tho Judges. James C Cooley, manager
of polo at Meadow Rrook. was the chief
judee of the polo mounts. The other
Judges were Gen. Charles I. Debevoise,
Miss Marion Rollins, Fred H. Post and
F. Skiddy Von Stade. the polo star.
Peters scored In the main class for
polo ponies with his brown mare Flip
pant Harry T. Peters, Jr . tried hard
to heat tlie senior, but the best he could
get was the yellow ribbon, with Sunstar.
Miss! Belle W, Baruch got the red ribbon
with her brow 11 gelding Hunter. Miss
Baruch got a number of prizes.
Anions those who watched their en
tries go Into competition In the nine
teen events were Sir Ashley Sparks.
Robert Glbb, Roberts Pinlterton. Mrs.
Alice A. Dods worth, Mrs. D. F. Arnold.
Mrs. A, J. Lindsay, Horace Havemeyer,
William K. lH.-k. Frederick H. Mackay.
Mlsa Janet McKay. Beatrice Dalley,
Tracy Hlgglns, Margery T. Beard,
.Monro Potter. .1 Earl 8. Potter, How
ami S. Howne, Harry T. Peters, Harry
T. Peters, Jr. Natalie Peters, Samuel
T. Peters, Miss Llsbeth Higgins. S. E.
Summers, M;s Relic W. Baruch, Mra.
Geoige A. Ellis. Jr. .lames W. Lane.
Arthur Rli Lane, Qeorge A, Anderson,
Charles F. Hubba, Mrs Jay F. Carlisle,
Mrs. I,. A. Ceballos and J. H. Ccballos.
The Awards.
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with mt-PfW I'ln j t m.
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pro iravt Unix tn m. bftVf July It) hiM ) 7
open. Adiin-K J - tit" Broftrtv. .
Brooklyn. N. Y. TUpbOM Mil
Th Ki'Mham Orni would lUt to tvk
lmfi w.ih I'gM lettum aurh aa tha ttr
ling A. C, 'ianifa to M , 4- t on oppt
nent'a ground AMrt-a J. liaucit. 4iJ
Eaat UMh atnet. The Bronx.
Tha American Bloojner Qlrla b&aebah
team has several daie opmn In Julv a,nl
Auruat. Addraas C. Smith, ITS South
Elaanth street, Mwaii N, J.
Id la Horn. An v
. m., j-.'.. !inl. n Years.
w ned by Llah th l(lglna; acond, imp
KeTPhaw, nh, g , 5.j handf. -I I'sars, Mlu
Belle w Baruch third Ufht Lova, eh.
g 1 hands, Harry r. Patera: fourth,
Iiana. b m . : A hands, ngeil
flBfd 13, lf.a Weigh I Hunters XVn
bi Bay bear, ". g. l bands, ownad h
Harry T Patera; second, Hero, rh. r If
hand, t; years, Vr Bertuch; third. Light
o- Lova, rh . II bsnds, Harr T. Peters;
fourth, oitawa. gr 16 1 hands. Howard
S. Boat tie.
riasa 12, ! video" Into lnrg and Smal
Chl drrrtt Sad lie Pontes - - Large Won by
Jimmy, eh. m., 111 hands, agcl owned by
Mwjorte T. Beard; ee und, tangible, b. m .
14.1 hande, yenrn. J, H arltS Potter third.
Tiger, c I n.' hands, Natalia Pat oral
fourth. White Chip, sr. g.. 14.3 hands,
aged. Blr Aahley Sparks Pm!! Won by
MOjnkey, b, f I3a hands, aged. Mra. I.
P. Arnold; iecond, Gleeful br- g. 1" hand.
6 yeara, William K ink; third. Bib,
added entry, Harry Dahl,
C I". Po n Mounts Won by Flippant,
br m., 1 4. ? hands, owned by Harry t.
peters; saeond Hunter, br j 14. IW hands,
t yeara, Mlsa Balls w Baruch; third, sun
utar, b. m.( 14.1 bsttds, Harry T. Patsra.
Jr.
i"n,. llHoraea Rulta? to He Hunfed.
Plrlded into Heavy and Light Heavy -Won
by Btrawbrldf e eh. g . 1 hands.
nwnl by Harry T Peteraj second. Ug
famaddy, t g. l hand a, 7 yeara. sv
Ashley Pparlca; third Oola, b, m ., It hinds,
5 yeara Mr Aahley Hparka; fourth, Piisiosj
Royal, h g , 14 U handa, Jamss W. Iane.
Light Won by 4ae Trap, I, g ., 16 t
hands i" yeara, Horace Hsvamsysr aee
ond. Man n' War. b. w. 14 nsnds, Ha rrv T.
Pstsrs; third, imp KeraHaw, 1 h. g. l
h.inda. 4 yeara. Ml Hel'.e W. Baruch;
four I h, American laid, b g . Ifi.l hands, (I
yenrs. Mra. (iorg .V Bills, lr.
Class V CombTn it l n Horse-i Over 14 S
Hands won by Springtime, br -m li s
hands, 6 ytra, on ne 1 by Charles F
Hubba: se. ond, Nancy Bright, rh. ra ,
15 IS handa " years, Mrs A. J. Lindsay;
Patens, ch m., 11 hands, 6 years. Ua
b-Mb Hlgglne; f" irtn M i 'iregor, ch. H
15.144 hand", ftged, Marjorle T Heard.
Class It. Light Weight Htintera- Won
it eel TrSpj b K- owner Horace Have-
msyar ; aecond, KsmlHon Rqtisltty, ch g ,
i- : er fri K A. Te 1'e'e'er; third. Man
o War. b. g . owgsr, Harry T. Paters,
L Use1 Paddle Horeea, Any u eight,
L i - in Rld Won h Checkmate, ch.
g , owner, rredsrlck 1 HoKsy; second.
Springtime, br. ra., owner, chsrlsg F.
Hubba, third, Nancy Itrighf. ch. ra.,
owner, Mrs a J Mndtsy.
1 ii 1 : . Child rsn'a Hameaa Ponlssk
Divided into Two Classes, Large and
Small. Large pony rias Won by Atadln,
ch. g , nwr.t r V V. Sumtners; second.
Tlgsr( rb g. rner, NgtaUe Hetsrs. Small
Pony Class Won by Qensrsl Pershing,
br. g.. owner, Mrs. Jay l Carllsls; see.1
on.l, as belle, spottt-d m , owner, Horaea
Ha emeyer , t bird, Monk, b g , o nar,
Mrs T. F Arnold
ciars Hsavy Wslghi Baddls Hirsts 1
Won by Light o" L"ve. rh. g. swngfL
lis rry T. Peter -; ascend, Stra wberr
Patch, rn. g. owner, Pnmuel T peterat
third. Iiana. b. m.. owntr. Chariea T.
Hubba.
CIbh K -Jump'rg. Open to All Won by
jack patten, ch, r (owner, r H 1 n.;
aetond. Hero, ch. a. (ensnor. Kred Bertuchij
third. Maple lif. ch. t. (owner, William
K. DIckL
t'Uaa 1 Haddls Herasa .'hecg-
mii1-. ch g (owner, Frederick D MeKsyTi
second. Kane) Bright, rh, ni fovgsr, M-a.
A J Islndea n, ihlyd Mdalla, ch. ra
(imnr, Charles F. Huhbs
t'lgsi .omMnstlon pnntsgWgg by
Jimmy, ek. m igwgsri MrJori T. Bsardij
second, Turret, br g (owner, Beatrlsg
Ballsy) : ti.-.rd. Tlger.cn, g. (owner, platsttg
pgtsri 1.
tf;iaaa 19 champion Hun'er Won by
gtt-fi Trap, b. g (ownsr Horace Ravga
mejstr ) i sscnnd reaerx e championship)
St raw bridge, CaV K (WgrSf, Harry T.
Patera'.
CUea 14 Champion Si-ld'.a Pony Won
by Spinning Jltnmi (owner, Marjorls T.
IBeardi; aecond reaerve champlonahlp'.
Edward fovrr.-r. Miss Beatrice Beilty),
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