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HARRY GREB DEFEATS TOM GIBBONS ON POINTS IN BOUT IN GARDEN
"Pittsburgh Windmill
Thrills Crowd of 14,000
Earns Honors in Most Rounds Over Sluggish Brained
St. Paul Boxer, Who Ruled Big Favorite?
*>ampsey Sees Aspirant for His Title Beaten.
By W. O. McGEEHATf.
Before some fourteen thousand persons, l.iany of them very prominent
ia social, financial and police circles, Harry Greb, the Pittsburgh Windmill,
last night won a lifteen round decision over Tom Gibbons of St. Paul at
Madison Square Garden. This settles the question as to whether or not
Gibbons is a suitable opponent for Jack Dempsey. He is not.
It was a dramatic and fast enough bout to watch. Outweighed by
ncoro than seven pounds, the Pittsburgh Windmill outgained and outfought
the sluggish brained brother of Mike Gibbons. He fought a brave fight,
this comparatively tiny Greb, but also a canny fight. After he had passed
the seventh round and knew that he was leading on points he simply i
worked to hold his lead and keep from being knocked out.
Tlie result was a decided shock to ?
the business men who lay wagers in
the vicinity of the Garden. Before
the bout they were betting 3% to 1
that Gibbons would win. When the
thing passed the tenth round and Gib
bons looked like a young and foolish |
brown bear pawing about aimlessly
these business men were feeling very |
pick indeed.
There was no doubt in anybody's
mind as to what the verdict would be
iifter Greb coming out^of a clinch in
the last round banged a soggy right
glove against Gibbons's jaw. The
Pittsburgh windmill had won every
round by a plentiful margin.
It was an anxious bout for any of
Greb's friends though, for It was obvi
ous that Gibbons had The punch to fin
ish it at any time If he could connect.
Greb knew it, and he knew enough
to keep on the move. Once or twice
he stood and traded wallops with the
heavier man in a savage fashion. He
is a same lad, this Greb, as well as a
clever boxer, but nqt foolhardy. ,
Drnipxry Seen the Flirht.
Jack Dempsey, the eminent heavy
weight thespian, arrived Just before the
bout and was a ring spectator with bis
manager. Jack Kearns. Kearns was
melancholy after/it was over. If Gib
bons had won there might be a chance
to fix upva match with him for Demp
sey, but anybody who now classes Gib
bons as fit to fight for the champion
ship will be regarded as a practical
Joker.
The bout was staged for the benefit
of the Milk Fund. The total receipts
were reported as being SI 17,500. It is
quite evident that the Milk Fund will
receive even a greater sum than Miss
Anne Morgan received from the Leon
ard-Mitchell bout for her fund for
Devastated France. Boxing benefits for
charities always turn over big profits to
the beneficiaries.
Women who had never seen a boxing
bout before were plentiful in the crowd.
Tin y saw a bout that was not particu
larly muss.v, though Gibbons trickled a
little stream of blood from the mouth
ai ti-r the second round. Luter Greb had
n badly split Hp and retorted by gashing
Gibbons's cheek In the eighth.
The Windmill started beautifully and
with flashy footwork. "But he can't
keep It up," the wise ones said. "Glb
hon* will drop him with Just one punch
a little later. ' But the one punch did
not score and the Gibbons bettors be
came more and more worried. When the
tenth waa passed they had become hys
terical,
Greb at times seemed ready to sag
with weariness, but every time Gibbons
pressed him hard he neemed to be re
stimulated by a fighting fury. If he had
the power that Gibbons carried in his
punches Greb would fiave flattened
Michael's slow thinking brother early In
thi; bout. He hit him often enough and
ir. the rfcght place.
Gibbons 1s fairly tough and that about
tr.ds his qualifications. He Is hardly
tough enough to stand before Dempsey
for >i whole round, and Is so sluggish that
Dempsey could not help landing with
the first punch.
As for Greb he Is too light to even
dream of getting a loser's end with the
heavyweight champion. He Is a light
middleweight and a good one. If one
Johnny Wilson, the middleweight cham
pion. will give Greb a chance there will
be a shifting of title.
"Both are very nice boys," observed
Jack Dempney. "Greb is so fast that
he will nive any big man s<v-i? trouble.
Would I Tight either of them? Surely,
or both. I will fight anybody they want
me to fight."
Mmollen it Dlnnlflfd Holler.
Joe Smollen, who has buttled for some
of the best families of Bayslde, stood
at the main entrance as buttle to the
Garden, Joseph was on his dignity
and made announcements with a dig
nity that graced the occasion.
"Col. Theodore Roosevelt," erled Joe
In his best announcing manner, "and
Mrs. Hoosevelt of Washington."
"Mi Jerry Grogan and party of the
Gas House," he continued.
"Party for box purchased by Mm.
Astor and Mr. Jimmy Kelly of Sullivan
street and party."
"Mr. John li>av and valet, Mr. Dick
Butler and valise, ("apt. ICermlt Roose
velt and Mrs. Roosevelt, Mr. Charles
Murphy and a large section of Tam
many Hall."
"Party for box purchased by Mrs,
Vanderbllt. Mr. Tammany Young him
self. Party for box purchased by Mrs.
Angler B. Duke, Mr. Nosey Bllven of
Yonkers and betting commissioner."
And so Mr. Hmollen continued to an
nounce until It was quite evident that
everybody prominent in the social reg
ister or the police records was present.
There were some fine gowns on exhi
bition In Harry Stevens's frankfurter
parlors, which became the Peacock
Alley of the occasion, but your corre
spondent failed to get any good de
scription.
Mr. Joseph Humphries undertook to
Set the real dope on some of the cos
tumes, bill he started with "t think
Mrs. As'or was wearing a pink dresa
with n Ilk thingumajig around It and
a hat with some kind of flowers on It."
?loe was fired ns assistant society re
porter on the spot. He did report that
Tammany Young was wearing a green
yegg cap, and Ibis fact was verified.
I.miles Appeared lloreil.
Your correspondent close to the ring
side saw considerable pulchritude at
tended by ce islderable chivalry In eve
ning clothes, hilt whether they were per
"W* nromlnent In the register or merely
In the b ick row of Zlegfcld's he could
not ascertain. Anyhow, the spectator!*
near the ring looked very K. O. The
ladles looked a bit bored during the pre
liminaries. however.
The ladles In the party near the ring
side unsheathed lorgnettes shortly after
and leveled them at the preliminary,
consisting of Kl<l Kaplan and At Wag
' npr. The lad* were scl'-conwlous for
a. while under this close scrutiny, but
linaiiy they got their minds on their work
and slammed for eight hard rounds.
, Kid KapHn I the decision. They had
trouble prying the pair from the
? ring after the hout They wanted to
?tay and have a 16ok at the customers.
I By 9 o'clock it was evident that the af
fair would be even more of a larlies' night
| than the bout which was staged by
Miss Anne Morgan. The entrance to the
garden was cluttered up with limousines,
and nearly all the taxicabs of New York
seemed to be holding a convention in the
immediate vicinity.
Usually the gents huddled up against
the ring have their nostrils clogged with
rosin dust. Last night they had novel
experience, as the air by the ringside
was thick with perfumed talcum pow
der. The new customers seemed to have
brought It with them.
Joe Humphries In honor of the occa
sion for the celebrated Tuxedo which he
had ordered for his funeral some fifteen
years ago after the best physicians con
nected with Tammany Hall had given
him up for lost. The moths had nibbled
a bit around the edges but on the whole
the funeral garment was quite Impres
sive. Mr. Humphries Is one of those
gents who could look impressive in a
bathrobe.
Gnllery Dl?miti?fled.
The second preliminary started tamely
and the boys in the gallery started to
stamp their feet impatiently. They
seemed to believe that the lads were
| waltzing. This phase of the entertain
ment was staged by Abe Goldstein, a
! young New York business man, and
(Jeorgie Marks, a Callfornlan.
"Why are they hissing?" demanded
I one of the ladles of her escort. "I don't
think that they are very rough."
"That's why they are hissing," an
! swered the gent. "It's because they ain't
rough."
"How quaint!' observed the lady.
"I thought that they hissed them only
when they were rough or uncouth. I
think that they are boxing very grace
fully."
Marks had a nose that Jutted out like
Cape Mendocino, a big promontory off
the State where he cattle from. Gold
' stein started to flatten this in the first
i and It became flatter and flatter In each
round. Ho bled profusely and some of
I the new customers reached for the smell
I ing salts. It was Goldstein's bout from
the start. Marks with that interfering
I nose never had a chance.
At 9 o'clock there was an untoward
! Incident. \ gentleman in the gallery,
, who picked pockets during the day for
j a living, ao far forgot himself as to at
! tempt to ply his vocation during the en
' tertainment. Ho was seen and de
! nounced by some of his fellow crafts
J men, who felt that the action was out of
I place. They told him bo, and as an act
of repentance he hurled the watch from
! the gallery. It hit a baldheaded man
j three tiers below right on the top of the
' head. Subsequent proceedings Inter
ested the baldheaded gent not at all.
Honor Anionic the 'Gentry.*
To the credit of the professional gen
tlemen on the lower floor it must bo
said that the watch was turned into the
box office, where the owner can have
?ame by proving that he did not drop
It personally on the baldheaded man.
Promptly at 9:15 Joe Humphries an
nounced in a hoarse whisper: "Mm As
tor and party have arrived in the box
and Mr. Charles F. Murphy has arrived
in his. The festivities ought to start
soon."
The multitude became a bit impatient
over a substitution In the semi-final.
1 Joe Welling who was to have battled
i with Olonnle Talt, the Canadian llght
' weight, was reported trtck. The house
was full of native son fighters, reversing
the advice of H. Greeley, and George
Kb Kin of California volunteered to
oblige.
In the first two rounds Eagle was
constantly blocking Tnlt's rights with
his chin. The Eagle evidently was not
particularly skilled in boxing, but he
wns wllllnr to oblige. Tn the third round
after catching a straight left for a slight
skidding the Eagle snt on the lower rope,
but fluttered from this perch back into
the ring again.
In the fourth round the Eagle showed
considerable knowledge of the art of
iVre> tllng. He fastened quite a good
Imitation of Stranglcr Lewis's headlock
on Talt and Mcrartland, the referee, had
to work to unlock it. Even the ladles
seemed to realize the contest had be
come a bit droll in this round or they
got their cue from the laughs that
dropped down from the gallery.
In the seventh round Kid Mcrartlnnd
saved an embarrassing situation. The
siring around Eagle's tights broke nnd
Ihe tights began to descend. Mr. Mc
Partlnnd held the tights for Eagle and
permitted the bout to proceed.
Talt got the decision. In the eighth
round Eagle's tights slipped again and
He was ready to drop from weariness
and embarrassment. Kid MePartlnnd
heaved a sigh of relief when It was over.
He was afraid that the tights would not
stay with Eiigle.
By 9:415 Joe Smollen tossed up the Job
of buttling at the main entrance and
announced that close to 14,000 persons
had passed in. AH, with the possible ex
ception of Tammany Young, were c?*h
evf-tomerp. Thirty persons who claimed
tn be literary gents were canned from
the press seats by Mr. Ike Dorgan in
person.
Mm. W. K. Vanderbilt 2d
And Vincent Astor at Ring.
The crowd tv?s the largest that had
teen seen at Madison Square Garden In
a long time, and on ihe outside the
j crush was so great Wat 125 pol cemen
rere required to handle the slttstlon.
; Vehicular traffic was diverted after 5
o'clock from Twenty-sixth and Twenty
sevrnth streets nnd Madison end Fourth
avenues, and at 7 o'clock all doors were
I dosed except Ihe main r>ntrnhee. Be
fore Ihe fight benan the pollen arrested
seven men on various charges, including
disorderly conduct nnd ticket speculat
ing.
In the vast crowd were many persons
prominent In social, binlneas, sporting
end public life, including the following:
Mr*. William K. Vanderbilt 2d,
Vincent Astor, Representative and Mrs.
, Nicholas I.ongxvorth of ihlo, Kermlt
P.rosevelt, Percy K. Pj ne 2d, Miss Gllda
Gray, aqjress; Hernarl P. Ulmbel of
Glmbel Bros., Alfred T. Norris polo
i player: Koy Caruthers of the Waldorf
Astoria, Charles II. Sabln, Harry Payne
Whitney and party, Pr!c? McKlnney of
Cleveland. Col. J. H. It .ppert, Frank
Hague, Mayor of Jersey city; Frank H.
I Hitchcock, former Senator James M.
Hejnolds, Wlili r.i A. P: t y. Lew Cody.
Receives the Judges' Decision
HARRY GREB.
| The Fight Round by Round
V
Both Gibbons and Greb entered the |
! ring at ten minutes to 10. Greb wore j
a gray bathrobe and bright green
| tights. Gibbons appeared in a Cu.'
j gray sweater and tights of soiled
green.
The ring was cluttered with photog
raphers as the men posed for their
! pictures. Gibbons seemed eager and
anxious. He smiled brightly as the
crowd cheered tym. Greb was quiet
and self-contained. The weights were
announced?Gibbons. 171; Greb, 163%.
Hound 1?The men rushed into a
clinch. Greb pawed savagely at Gib
bons's head. McPartland bad a hard
time separating them. As they rimhed
Into another Clinch Gibbons brought
over a left and stiff right uppercut.
Again and again they rushed Into sfcort
clinches. Greb brought up two right
uppercuts, but they did not seem to
j sting. Greb lahded two straight lefts at
I long range. Gibbons became angry and
rushed Greb to the ropes. Greb came
back fighting gamely and landed one
stirr left to body. Greb feinted clfeverly
1 with a left and brought over right,
j Greb shot right hard to body nnd right
' to head and another to body. Greb was
! hitting Gibbons viciously with right
1 and left as the bell rang. The crowd
cheered wildly.
Round 2?Greb landed two straight
lefts to head. Gibbons brought up a
hard uppercut to body. Tommy swung
a right to head. Greb shot a left to
body but was blocked. Gibbons crossed
a strong right to jaw. but it only seamed
to anger Greb, who came back fighting ]
gamely. Gibbons landed a stiff left to i
stomach which must have hurt Greb.
Gibbons started to trickle blood from
I the mouth from a straight left. Gib
bons grazed Greb with a hard right up
percut. In the clinch thnt followed Gib
bons shot three lefts to body. Oreh
swung left nnd right to head. Gibbons
missed a hard right to head as the bell
rang.
Round 8?They rushed Into a clinch
and Greb whirled about so fast Gibbons
seemed bewildered. Greb landed two
right swings to head. Greb continued
on the aggressive and landed left and
right to head. Gibbons landed a loft and
right on the belt line. The pice bctran
to slow a bit and both men became
cautious. Gibbons landed a right swing
to head and they went, into a clinch.
Grebb stabbed Gibbons In the face three
times with a left. Greb sunk a hard left
to body. Greb flittered out of a clinch
and landed another left to bodw Gib
bons booked right to body and Greb
landed two lefts to face. ?
Oreh's Speed Bother" Gibbon".
Round 4?Greb again seemed to
bother Gibbons by twisting and turn
ing around him. Greb swung a left for
head and went Into a clinch. Gibbons
landed two lefts to body. Oreb ducked
and Gibbons missed a wild rlr'it -wing
Gl-eh kept his left stabbing fit f Glb
bons's face. Greb landed a li to head
and body. Gibbons seemed to be pawing
afti swinging ineffectively, Greb stabbed
Gibbons with a left and brought over a
i hard right cross. Tn a clinch Gibbons
whipped a right to kidneys. Gfeh't
?peed kept Gibbons turning and twist
ing In a pu*?led way. Gibbons landed
one lef* to Jaw that jprred Greb. Oreb
retorted #lth left to body.
Round (I?This round, llko nil the
others, started with a clinch. THtring
the Infighting Greb hoisted right and
I left uppefcUts, hut they did not do any
| great damage. Greh rocked Gibbons
with a right uppercut nnd followed It
with a left swlhg Tn another session
of Infighting Greb was" a busy pugilist.
! flreb shot a right to body nnd took one
in return. Greb Just grazed Gibbon*
1 with a hard right. Oreb landed two
I lefts at long range, tllbbotis landed left
to body. Greb shot two lefts to Jaw.
Glhboha shot two hard left hooks into
Greb's slender hod^. These hurt, but
Greh returned with a bard left to Otb
bons's middle as the beii rang.
Round (I.?Greb shot a left t<> head.
Olbhons landed left to head coming out
of clinch. Glbhons landed hard right to
the body, Greb landed bard left to head
end followed It to the body Greb
landed :i ri 'it to ' ? ?
I '
ssr^s sss
to bod>. Gibbon. p ., exertions
vz-zsls ^n,r?m?- ?
planting a, rJ*h ?t gibbons planted a
again to head, d..nced around and
Mt to body, t.r^danccd^^
Gibbons pressed Or^
hf? 5
was a bit wanu?y. rleht over
slightly. Greb brought rfgrh^ ^
against Gibbonss 'J ? h d uftB
out furiously and landed two na
and rights as the bell rang.
Gibbons Dnsed nnd Wabbly
Round 8?Oreb Ptabbe^l left *?o?|?
as. ry\?r?0 ims ?
Greb landH a *? A?t GTbbons's
sfi? Sl?^.WI !.?'"? "">?? ??* J""
??".M wob'lj. ?bl?r. ?-?
SSk*{S5?stt?,n.?
wal dMcd and wabbly. The crowd went
W'nound 9?Gibbons came out of his
conier apparently entirely recovered^
Greb danced and planted right_ and 1
to body. Oreb raised his attack to head
?nd three times bounced right and left
:'x.? .lorn,. nr,b ... . ??*
nlhbon. *n.*orf 1.1. J.* ? ?? ? i
right. Gibbon" kept pressing : naro
against Greb. When th^y came to^th r
1 Oreb rained a volley of rights and tens
against Glbbons's Jaw. but >1
wft' "ood the shock. Gibbons whipped
? > d left to body, followed with an
nt to Jn w. Blood flowed froTT1ja^b"
mouth* This blow almost lifted >r >
! r, Round ' 11V?Gibbons closed In "n(1
whipped left to body. Again Gibbon, j
put-a hard left to same spot. j??b
slowed down and started to worV.mo
cautiously. Gibbons mshed lnto *
clinch and Greb held around body. Gib
bons pressc, close to ^'b and landed
bard right and left to b",yr(hb
swung a right to head and Olhbon
squared with another to body ' reb
mouth began to sag open H?
Gibbons towards end of round and
rlght at end of round but took a left o
hndv In return. . ,,
Hound 11?Gibbon* came out o
wards Grebe corner t? meet his rnRn
Gibbons landed left to body and Greb
.Hnt ntlff lab to b?sd. Greb again
landed right to head and they wMJt ln o
? clinch. Greb pressed close to Gibbons
and shot right to body. Greb landed
right to body and rollowed with another
.tiff one. Olbhona landed a bard bl<ow
to body Or<?b landed left to * .
i Gibbons can, hack with right hand
>,..ok that Jolted the tighter man. ?ren
sf two rights and lefts to body and
danced away. Greb graied Gibbons*
1,W with a light right. Greb rushed
into a right hook.' Greb was weary and
was holding At end of round.
drrh Weary but Holds I.ead.
nOfND 11?Again OWboM walked
Into Grob's corner to meet him. "J
rushrd into a clinch OiWbont land.-d s
hard left swing to Greb's head. Treb
,.,ul1e back fighting like a savage ah
shot a hard right to Gibbons aw. Gr h
landed a T>ard right to head. Tn 'h?
clinches Gibbons ripped a stiff right
,h" body Greb whipped * right to
body and Gibbons shot a fa*
i.w Gibbons snenk'd over a n*
I nook to Jaw Just after Kid Mcrartland
stowed between the two men Greb
failed with a right to body and ended
the round with a "Ight ?n' ,r|iit,L.
head Greb was wetry but was holdlnt,
' notTVf> it?Gibbons pawed at Greb s
i e-; With t.10 Icit s '"r
Makes Two Doubles and a Sin
gle After Coming- to Agree
ment- With McGraw.
By DANIEL.
Hprrlal Ditpatrh to Tub New Yosk Hraui.n.
Sam Avtonio, Texas, March 13.?
George Kelly, National I.eague home run
champion last season with twenty-four
circuit, smaehes, signalised his first
twenty-four hours In the camp of the
Giants by signing his 1922 contract.
Half an hour after he had arrived at a
salary compromise with John McGraw
the lanky inflelder Jumped Into his
place at first base and proceeded to take
a leading role In the attack of the
Giants against the Pecans.
Kelly slammed out two doubled and a
single In fotir times at bat. Long
George played a lot of winter ball in
California and curve ball pitching did
not bother him as much as It did some
of the other regulars who have been
here nearly two weeks.
Kelly was one of the real holdouts for
the second miccesslvo year. In 1921 he
sent back two contracts before he came
<o terms with McGraw. ? Hut there were
no protracted negotiations this time.
Just an George was getting ready to go
out to League Park after lunch Jim
Tlerney stopped him and told him to
step up Into the manager's room. Just
four minutes later Kelly and McGraw
came down and went out to the park.
"Kelly just gave me his signed con
tract," said "Mac," and as Long George
was wearing one of his broad smiles it
may be taken for granted that he de
rived certain financial benefits from the
little conference.
Doaglm Only Holdout.
Now that Kelly has signed there Is
only one more holdout?Shuffling Phil
Douglas. He is expected in camp any
day. Phil also Is the only absentee and
when he shows up he may expect no
welcome bubbling over with ardor
Douglas needs hprd work and plenty of
It, probably more than any other fllnger
on the New York roster, and his dila
tory tactics are making no hit with any
of the other world's champions. There
Is a feeling that he is doing the Giants
an injustice by staying artay.
With Kelly on first and Frlsch back
in harness at second McGraw was able
to use the GTant lineup which, with the
exception of the battery, very likely will
face the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds
on April 12. Shinners, who for the time
being is a fixture in the batting order,
took care of center field. After four in
nings Frlsch gave way to Cunningham.
McGraw wanted to relieve Kelly after
the third, but Long George declined to
walk out and announced that he was
having a perfectly rollicking time.
After four innings of interesting "base
ball in which tho regulars led the Pe
cans by 6 to 0, and the nuts got only
one hit off Perce Malone, th* pride of
Altoona. the game degenerated into a
crosseyed lopsided affair. Responsibil
ity for this turn of affairs rested on
Glenn Shores, the eighteen-year-old
youngster from , Independence, Kan.
Shores, who followed Malone in the box
for the regulars, could not pitch them,
so the Pecans could not hit them.
As a result the rookies knocked In
eleven runs on nine hits in tho fifth in
ning, which saw sixteen recruits go to
bat. This noble collection of tallies suf
ficed to wallop the regulars by 11 to 6.
After Shores had fax;ed eleven men in
that round McGraw took him out in
favor of Lew Wendell, a catcher. Lew
proved a good pitcher.
Malnnr Khowa Good Form,
To come hack to this youngster. Ma
lone. 19. and a graduate o? Knoxvllle
of the Appalachian League. Perce, who
by the way is a great favorite with the
local beauties, faced only fifteen Pecans
In four innings and Stengel's triple was
the lone hit made off his curv* ball.
Perce fanned six men, getting two In
the first nnd?a couple in the third. He
struck out Black and Boone once and
White and Berry twice each.
Malone snick that ball in with a
loose, graceful motion a.nd showed Mc
Graw a little assortment of curves
which looked particularly good for this
J time of the year.
Bancroft was the king hitter of the
regulars, with a single, a double and a
triple, as well a? a pans and a steal in
four times up. Young got a double, a
three bagger and a pass and1 Sliinners
blew himself to a brace of ono timers
and his customary steal.
Oroh fanned twice, walked once and
grounded to short in four attempts to j
set his eye on the hall. Heinle is going
I great guns in the field, but he is making
slow progress in hitting. I^et there be no 1
alarm thereover. When the gong rings |
Heinle will be there with bells on. JI?
is not trying to force himself and if j
taking things as they come.
J GIANTS?Bancroft, *s.; Oroh, 8b.; Frlsrh, j
2b.; Cunningham, 2b : Meuss!,. if ; Kelly, I
lb.; Shlnner*, cf.; Gaston, c.; Malono p.;
| Shores, p. Wendell, p. Stanton battert for i
Malone In the fifth.
FECAKB?Black, as. B?rry, lb.; St?>ne*?l.
I cf.; Boone, rf.; Hale, 3b.; Whit#, If.; I
t Kopf, 2b.; Snyrier, c.; Proctor, Albertson,
P.
; Peer* by innings;
nil rc
I Giants 1 2 3 0 1 1?7 1.1 3
Pecans 0 0 0 011 x?U 0 1
Errors?Groh, Shlnners, Shores, Kopf. Pin- I
Ifles? Bancroft, ''unnlnahnm, Meuael, Kelly,
Phlnners, 2; Black, Berry. Stengel. 2:
Boone. White, Kopf. Two-bs^f hits Ban
croft. Youni. Meuael,K*?lly, 2; Kopf. Tlirp*
bsan hits?Bancroft. Toiitik, Black. 8t?-n
gel. Stolen bases?Bancroft, Sliinners.
right to kidneys. Oreb twice lashed a
right to body and a left to hoad. Olh
bons landed a left to the stomach. They
clinched continuously and Olb>bons lost
a long swing and Or?*b landed three
rights to head. Olhtoons landed left to
: body and Oreb ducked away. Oreb
rushed and planted right to head. Oreb
landed right to body and left to head.
Oreb landed two rights to body and a
right to head.
Hound 14?flreb came out to meet
Gibbons ann they went Into a clinch.
Greb slashed right to body and Gibbons
missed with a left and they went. Into
another clinch. Greb drove Gibbons
with a hard right hook under the heart.
Gibbons pressed Greb against the ropes
and landed right to body. Gibbons
rushed and landed left to body. Greb
shot right over to head after pawing
Gibbons's face with his left. Oreb
hooked Gibbons with left. Greb again
hooked lo head and went Into a clinch.
Clinch followed clinch. Grch evidently
Wished to hold his lead If he could.
They were clinched ns the bell rang.
Hound 15.?They touched hands and
Greb hooked right to body as he rushed
Into a clinch. Gibbons seemed to sense
the fact that ho would have to knock his
man out If he was to get the verdict.
Greb kept him busy. Gibbons pressed
Greb to tho ropes, hut could not land a
clean blow. Gibbons hooked a right to
hody very low. Greb lowering his hend
as he went. Into a clinch. Gibbons
pressed Oreb, who broke away and took
a right to body. Oreb landed a right to
body and Gibbons brought left over to
the head. Greb missed n wild swing and
ducked under Gibbon*** arm. Greb
bounced s right to head and then
clinched Greh landed a right to body.
Gibbons landed n hard right to head.
Oreb larded a rltbt to Jaw as bell rang
winner.
Bonus Would Violate
Rules and Peeve Ban i
COL. JACOB RUPPBRT. presi
dent of the New York I
Yankees. yeiiterday denied i
that the Yanks were paying Babe
Ruth 1600 a home run. The Babe
is on a straight salary, ho declared,
and will dratv down the same for
three years with an option of two
years more. Just what the salary
is the Colonel declines to state, but (
he implies that it will be enough to j
pay the rent on a modest flat and ,
to permit Mr. and Mrs. Babe to
take in a moving picture show once
in a while.
The bonus talk has peevea the
usually affuhle Colonel for two rea
sons. In the first place the pay
ment of such a bonus would be in
violation of the American I.eague
contract law and might cause Ban I
Johnson to speak severely to Col.
Ruppert. In the second place, the
bonus talk has caused suspicious
folk to chatter. |
BROOKLYN BEATEN
BY DAYTONA TEAM
George Ousnek Servos lTp
Curves for Florida Nine and
Wins by 4 to 3.
Dattona, Fla.. March 13. ? The
Dodgers looked over curves for the first
time this spring when they met the Day
tona club of the Florida State League in
an exhibition game here this afternoon.
The slants were served up to the plate
by George Cusack and the Dodgers lost
by a score of 4 to 3.
The Dodgers collected enough hits to
win the game but the opposing hurler
kept the blows well scattered. A total
of seven drives were gathered by the
National Leaguers but only five figured
in the run making. Gordinier and Bat
tling Bill Bishop served them up for the
Brooklyns.
Gordinier Btaxted the game and
pitched five sessions. "While he was on
the slab the Daytona club made two
hits and two runs. The locals scored
their winning tallies In the seventh,
when they bunched three hits off Rob
bie's young left hander. The local team
scored their first tally in the opening
chapter. Gordinier paved the way for
the run when he hit Martin, the first
man up. O'Brien forccd Martin and ,
stole second. He scored on a single by j
Walter Shannon.
The Dodgers took the lead in the sec
ond frame, when they bunched three
hits. Bert Griffith led off with a ter
rific wallop to left that netted three
bases. fcnd after Hood was disposed of
Schm'arfdt sent Griffith home with a
single. Crane forced him and stole sec
ond. The shortstop counted when Tay
lor hit to left tor two bases. The
Dodgers scored their last 4ally in the
third inning. It was the result of a J
triple to right off Andy Hlgh'u bat and
a single by Ivan Olson, who managed
the losing team.
In the fifth round the locals made an
other tally. McGee accounted for the
run when he put one over the fence in
center for a homer. The sixth session
was the first round Bishop pitched and
he got by without being scored upon,
but in the next session he was in trouble.
After Barto fanned, McGee elngltyl past
High, Lawrence popped to Crane and
McOee stole second. Munn followed
with a one bagger to center that score
McGee. Munn took second on the throw
In. Cusack helped along his own cause
with a single that sent Munn over the
platter.
In the eighth the Dodgers threatened
to score when with one out Griffith hit
another long drive to left which netted
three bases. He tried to score while
Hood was being tossed out at first and
a double play resulted when Shannon
made a rapid peg to the plate.
J he srore:
BBOOKLVN. J DAYTONA.
ab r h o a e
HlKh.r.h . 4 1 2 0 4 0
Olson,2b. 4 ii 2 :t 1 1
Neis.rf.. 40 1 0 0 0
B.Gr*h,lf 412 1 no
?b rli o a e
Martln.ss 2 0 0 3 7 0
O'Brien.If 410 3 00
Porter,21>. 4 n n 2 40
Shan'n.tb 40 111 10
Hood.cf., 3 02 1 0 0|Barta,cf.. 2 00 1 00
S'h'dt.lb 40 1 (1 lOjMcGee.rf. 3 2 2 0 0 0
Crane,as. 4 10 4 10
Taylor,e.. 201 5 10
lIunc'R.c 2 00 4 00
'inr.irr.p 2 00 0 1 0
Bishop,p. 1 00 0 0 0
I.awr'e,3b 3 10 0 4 0
Munn.e... 3 0 1 B 2 0
Cusack.p. 30 1 2 3 0
Totals.. .2S 4 5 27 21 ?
Totals. .34 3 11 24 0 1
rironklyn 02100000 (V?.1
Dayterm 10001 020 x?4
Left on bases?Brooklyn, B; Davtona, 3.
Two bn-?' hit*?Taylor, Hood. Three base
hlt??High, B. Griffith. Honie runs?MrO.ee,
2. Stolen bases?Crane, O'Brien. rouble
plays ? Martin, Porter and Shannon;
Srbmandt anil Olson. Base* on balls Off
Oorrilnler, 2; off Bishop, 1. Struck out?By
Oordlnler, r?; by Bishop, 4; by Cuaack 4.
Hit by pitcher?By Gordinler, 1 <Martln).
Hits-off Oordlnler, 2 In ."> Innings, off
Bishop, 3 In 3 Innlnifs. Umpires?Blytho and
Apgar.
Hands Down Many Decisions
Affecting Minor Leapes
At BtrRW N. Y., March It.?Forty-one
decision* affecting players of the minor
leagues wore handed down to-day by
rhalrnian Parrell of the National Asso
ciation <>f Professional Baseball Players,
which !s holding Its unnual meeting
here. Applications of five players for
reinstatement were granted, thirteen
were denied, and four players were de
clared to bo freo agents.
Walter Rankin, formerly of the ft.
TjOtii* National^ wn? rejected an mana
ger of the Amarlllo. Texas, eltib. Low
Wendell vis ordered to report to the
San Antonio, Texas, club, while Claude
Pavenport, formerly of the New York
Nationals, goes to the Oreenvllle, S. C.,
tenm.
The Crlsfleld, Maryland, club, whleh
disputed the claim of Baltimore for the
services of Carl Plttmsr. was victorious,
and the player was ordered to report t"
the former club. Rolta Map?ls will not
be permitted to Join the Ijoulsvllle <i'ib
under the board's decision, and Mike
Konnlek waa declared Ineligible to piny
with Beading, Pa., or Springfield. Ma?s.
Eddie Bacon also is prohibited from
joining the Richmond, Va., team.
Joe Griffo Is Fined $1,000
for Transporting Fight Film
PBtLAnKT.t'HTA, March 13 - Joe 'Ir'ffo,
boxing referee, pleaded guilt*- In I'nlted
States PlstrW Court to-<1iy to ir.ins
portlng motion picture films of the
oempaey-Cantentler flirht to Pennsyl
vnnla from New Jersey and was fined
$1,000.
A representative of the l*nRe>l Bta*??.?
Attorne.v-(5en?ral appeared in court and
attempted to have a year's Jail sentence
imposed In nddltlon to the fine. He
declared ririffo's case WM pert of a na
tionwide conspiracy to transport the
flRht films and show tJv*ri brondcas'
Judge TTiompson, however, said there
wne no evidence of oonsplracy.
Dave Shade Loses.
fSvrrkiio, March lS.?Fmnkle Bwen
of Buffalo received the decision
Pave Wisdei of Csllfornln at the end
of their fifteen round Shut here to-nlrh'..
both men welshing a trifle ovet 1 it
pounds. Th?> bout was keenly contested
i ? % p ?? c victory ?i?i?e
RUTH NOT TO GET A
BONUS FOR HOMERS
Hujrprins Say* Tt Would Bo Fn
fair to Other Players?
Snappy Practice.
By CHAKLBS A. TAYLOR. j
8P'rial Ditpatch to Tun New Yobk 1 'bhai.d. j
N?w Orleans, March IS.?The start
ling Information that Babe Ruth is not '
to receive a bonus of $500 for evpry <
home run ho makes this year threw the 1
Yankee training camp Into a turmoil !
this morning Batting practice was un-!
der way when Manager Hugglns in- j
vaded the sanctum of the correspondents
back of third base. Fire flashed from
the manager's eyes and he was all I
a-tremble with Cincinnati rago as he ;
shouted:
"Boys, that tale from Hot Springs
was hot air. nothing else. I want to
-ay right here and now that Babe Ruth
l as not been promised any $500 bonus
for home runs. He is going to receive
a straight salary and nothing mors. Col.
Huston and I talked this matter over
last night just before the Colonel started
for New York and we decided that this
falsehood should be snuffed out at once.
Why, imaglno the effect of this bonus
thing on the other players! It's unfair.
It's unfair and outrageous," and Hug
Jun.j ed from the stand and made for
the bench, where his indignation grad- !
ually cooled off.
So it seems that the Babe must man
age to get along on his paltry $75,000
per?that is, unless there is a clause In
his contract which calls for the pay
ment of lump sum In lieu of a certain
number of home runs during the season.
It wouldn't be surprising if such were
the case. These baseball contracts are
most mysterious documents.
Well, anyhow. Hug was doing all the
worrying about this particular matter.
The Babe had other worries. In the
first place Ruth did not put on his base
ball regalia to-day, but appeared on the
field in a well tailored golfing outfit.
The big fellow explained that every
muscle in his bulky anatomy was sore.
The truth is that Ruth has been alto
gether too frisky since he reached camp.
He felt so line that he couldn't resist
the temptation to cut loose as though
It were midsummer. Although he has
made no homers yet he has been the
life of every game ho has been In as
well as one of the hardest working play
ers In all the practice sessions.
i
Smanhen Oat Hitch Files.
But the Babe was unable -to remain
entirely idle. When the batting practice
for the veterans started be grabbed his
murderous bludgeon and joined his
mates at the home plate. The spirit was
willing, but the home run flesh was
weak, and the best he could do to the !
ball was to smash high flies to various
sections of the outfield. One of these
soarers almost squashed big Jim Jolley I
a* he was floundering about in center- I
field. Jolley dodged Just in time. But I
enough of the Babe, his contract, his bat
and his soreness.
The practice to-day was noteworthy
from the fact that for the first time this
year the infield, that Is counted upon to
brinp another pennant to Gotham town,
had an opportunity to work together.
Pipp was on first. Ward at second, Scott
at short and Baker at third. Maybe the
ball didn't circulate around the bags!
little Scott and Ward teamed up mag
nificently around the second sack, and
there should be many a double killing
put under way by this pair when the big
circus opens.
Baker, at third, was perfectly at home
In this fast company, nnd in fact he
kept calling for more action, especially
from A1 De Vormer, who did the catch
ing and whose arm Is not yet ready to
stand the strain of whipping the ball
about the bases with very much sp? ed.
M Is foxy. He'll take his time getting
Into trim nnd perhaps escape getting
kinks in his wing tie a result.
Veternn Pitchers on the Jnh.
The veteran pitchers as well as the
veteran lnflelders had their Innings to
day. Sam Jones, Waite Hoyt, Joe Bush,
Bob Shan-key and I^efty O'Poul pitched
to the batter.*, while Carl Mays had a
fairly lonr warm up with Frank Roth
as his receiver. Jones is undoubtedly
ready to pitch a game right now, and Joe
Bush, too. seemed to be rather fit. Itoyt
and Shawkey will need lots of work, but
neither Is trouble.! with a sore arm.
The rookies were crowded out of the
picture to ,i certain extent by the old
war horses, hut Hugglns saw to It that
they were kept busy. The youngsters
had their own little batting session, dur
ing which they faced the shoots of Jolley.
Quinn an-l Te :irr, and also hai' their
fill of fielding bunts and chasing files in
the outfield, it is probable that a prac
tice frame will be played to-morrow, with
the vets lined up against subs. It should
he a "hummer."
.
Tendler Defeats Hart.
Fpc-ial Pitpntch to Tub Nbw York. Hmmi.ii
Philadelphia, March 18.?Lew Tend
ler, lightweight, to-night defeated Alex
Hart of Johnny Kifbane'w stable In the
Wlndup at the Olympia A. A. Tendler
dropre.1 the Cleveland lad for a count
of nine in the fifth round and almost
had him out In the second, but could not
put him away, and the bout went the
? l?rht round limit Hart made a }>lg hit
with the crowd by his gameness. He
weighed IWi and Tendler was three
pounds heavier.
Goldberg Whips Leon.
lArry Goldberg, the former amateur
boxer, last night gslned the Judges" de
cision over Joe I/eon In a twelve round
bout In the Brighton Boxing Club, Tor*
Hiehmond, Staten Island. In an eight
, round encounter Charlie Small was
awarded the verdict over Mickey Caere.
GRIMES IN UNIFORM
BUT STILL UNSIGNED
Difference With Eblwfs Is
How Salary If? to Be Paid?
3fay Have Appendicitis.
.TAcitsoNvn.i.R, March IS. ? Burleigh
Grimes, Dodger pitching ace, was among
the first out for the workout to-day, al
though he had not signed a contract n-.id
was threatened with appendicitis. Fur.
thermore, Burleigh declared he wo?ld
Jump the club for the Industrial T.^aru*
if Kbbets did not meet his terms In a
day or two. Doc Hart, the Brooklyn
club's trainer, looked over the pitcher
to-day and decided he had all the symp
toms of appendicitis. Hi advised Grinitw*
to consult a specialist and make ?m*c
If It turns out that Burleigh Is suffering
with appendicitis he will probably not
be able to pitch for two months and the
chances of the team getting Into thO
first division will go hlooey.
The differences between Crimea and
Ebbets over a contract have narrowed
down to a question as to how the
salary Is to be paid. Both agree n
$10,000 for the season. The pitch.>
wants the entire amount without restrict
tlonp. The Flatbush squire wants to
see results for his money. Consequently
he offers to pay Burleigh $7,500 to
pitch for his ball club, $1,500 more if h??
turns In twenty winning games ami
$1,000 additional if he accounts for
twenty-five victories.
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