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10 ' , THE FARMER: JANUARY 11, 1937 . , . . (ItTJ Tk Wk . M ' B.H flT' iT5 iP. A "ITS El Z$L T Jl FT $ it r . . .m m . l mjp & si m .sua m mi m m m m m m m i i n n BRITTON DEFEATS BADOUD IN GREAT BOUT IN NEW YORK TOM ROONEY PLATT ADAMS OF OLYMPIC FASViE IS BARRED BY A.A.U. NEW YORK SON SAYS BROOKLAWN, DESERVES TOURNEY AS GAMES INSTRUCT OR J Sy7"' Blen ' New York, Jan. 11 Jack Britton demonstrated very v forcibly last night that . Albert 4. Badoud is a long, long way from the Welterweight champion ship ?; 'giving the European titlo holder ah unmerciful' lacing at the Manhattan "Spof tlngclub. JBadoud-took .a- drubbing for ten rounds -in' his usual courageous way. The foreigner was hopelessly out classed once Britton solved his awk ward style and. settled x down to work. ' Britton dropped his opponent cleanly in the first round with a . short right cross to (the- Jaw. Badoud was whaling away at Britton ; with both hands. He letffly for Jack's jaw with a. particularly vicious haymaker, and Britton drew out of range and then stepped close and caught the spinning Swi&C wjtb the ' right t cross., Badoud landed;:on all fdurs, but a& the good sense this time toake a count. He got up,; very groggy, and by holding his arms 'about his fiead managed to be on his feet at the bell. It was a ctosecall for Europe's champion. . The foreigner waded. In as Js his habit, swinging- loose and wild, and in the flrst and second he staggered Britton, but the champion soon had the old left hand working. - He " dropped Badoud in the first Vnd tried hard on several occcasions for a knockout but Albert is very tough. Jack frequently turned his back on the visitor and let Albert hit him ..therewith such force that the cham pion probably had to sleep on .his side last night. V ! ' P. 111. w. . t . was JtsriiioiL s nrsi auueaiantc in a New York ring; since he grabbed the title that James J. Johnston up ' .nd dusted off for Ted Lewis but his work-did not exactly thrill the crowd. . Badoud was the aggressor most of the ; way; and one thing musf,. be said for t him, he is mighty persevering. He was trying just as hard at the 'finish as he was at the start and .Jack had .o keep ducking to avoid volleys of wild swings.", u ' ,. ! HUBE BRESSLER OF MEW HAVEH TEAM SENT TO ATLANTA Vanr TJq iron Ton "11 T? nK 'DtiAdo- ier wiunoi 09 a memoer 01 ue jew Haven iase ball club next season. The 1 eccentric southpaw, who" played stel lar baseball here last year, has been unconditionally released to the At lanta club of the Southern associa tion , by the Philadelphia Americans. Announcement of Bressler's xelease was made in ' Philadelphia last night oy Manager, Connie Maok. Bressler ' went to, the Athletics from the Tri State league In 1910 and shared in - one world series melon. v When.. Danny Murphy ' was named manager of the lo:al club last year he . lit t m t jecurea dressier irom tne Atnieucs under the optional arreement plan. 3ressler proved a valuable - man in the box and also played a good game in the. outfield. ' Ohe of Bressler's most noteworthy feats was his ' no-hit performance against the Colonials during - the lat- ; tr part of the 1916 season. .Bressler was in "excellent form that day, and held the Weiss outfit at his mercy throughout. " During Ihe league sea son Bresslerv turned In two two-hit games and a-oe-hit contest. , Bressler made many friends here who will be sorry to learn that he will mot return. The Southern associa- , tlon, however, is ' Of ( higher classifica tion: than the1 -Eastern league, and Bressler will draw down more money for his services. ' ' Baseball critics believe that Bress ler has the making of a wonderful pitcher If he can overpome his one big fault wildness. Bressler got into ing here at the close of .the Eastern league season and passed three men in one inning and -hit another. . . HOIBARDIER WELLS , WAS KNOCKED OUT BY MOIR SIX YEARS AGO Bombardier Wells had his first taste of defeat he " was to hare many xnereaiier juat sxjl jara agu lumgui, vhen hewas knocked out in the third round bjl Gunner Moir. . : As in rnqst '. of the subsequent .battles In which the lAg Bombardier was : to be whipped, he had all the best of it at first. In faf: 'Wall xcnn fin much tbf ?iinerinr that the fans cried out "Shame!" and called upon the referee to stop the slaughter, while some left the Olym j4a in disgust at such an unequal con- . test.'v ' :' ' ' "' In the first two rounds Moir spent more time on the .'floor than, on liis feet but he kept getting up, and in the third chapter, he got an opening rnd' landed a blow on Bombardier's ITlass Jaw that stretched him out. The following year; 1912, Wells gave a Somewhat similar exhibition in New fork. He made the clumsy Al Pal-. r.er look like a novice for a Couple of rounds and' In the third the Iowa j'wrmer put the pride of the . British army to 'sleep. Wells was" always TanTe enough, but he simply couldn't Vvbsorb punishment, and that inability alone prevented him from becoming a world's champion. . 1 The battleship Arkansas, enroute frorti New, York' to join the fleet gath- rih f or. Vinter, maneuvers at Guan jlanamo, put into Hampton Roads, (lisabled as "a"5 result, of splitting : one c f ier; turbine engines. . . FUNERAIi DESIGNS AND ' .BOUQUETS JOHN RECK & SON. - f : : " - : s t Jrt&&, ' - ; ' : ; " s . ,: M - jiy5frgL.A : la j.-jt New .York, Jan. 1 l-Developments following the chargesi-that Tom Rooney, natibnal amateur single scull ing champion, was a professional ath lete, disclosed recently that fact that knowledge of Roohey's occupation as games instructor in the department of parks here had been freely circulated in the bathhouses along the Harlem river for many months, and - it .was even stated that it was. impossible for members" of the Rayenswood Boat club hot to have known of the true state of affairs. V V When this information was brought to the attention of James A- Pilking ton, president of the National Associa tion of Amateur Oarsman-; he said that for his part he -knew of no rule of the association which would make It possible to take action against the clubs,, although if the officials of the LOGICAL : JESS FULTON TAK Minnesota Fighter's Wonderful Improvement Has Boomed His Stock Among Critics. . New York, Jan. 11 It can- be said truthfully' that Fred - Fulton spent a very ' pleasant timeall day yesterday. The lng, skillful conqueror of Tom Cowler was busy receiving congratu lations over his sensational victory. The congrats camo along so steadily that modesty prevailed and . Fred erick sought the refuge of his apart ments to dodge the adulating mob. That Frederick was pleased notVe can gainsay, but there was no brag gadocia In, his joy. AHe .gave Cowler credit for being a good fighter and remarked that the big Englishman would beat a lot of big men as he went along. Fulton- and his manager, Frank Force, furnished one of the most weird sensations ever heard of in the fighting game. Though the house was far below the expectations neither pomprained; in fact, they declared they were perfectly satisfied. "I wanted to show New Yorkers that I could fight better than they gave me credit for," remarked the big blond gladia tor, "and from what . I've- heard all CHAMRIONS ARE : SELDOM $BLE TO r PICK SUCCESSORS , About a century ago old Tom Cribb, the -champion of England, picked Tom Spring ; to succeed him and Spring did. Thatis' remarkable for as a rule pugilistic champions are mighty poor pickers. This is the birthday of one of those' "who was Ipicked by a champion as . a coming 'champ: George Memsio, a?o known as Jimmy Burns. Joe Gans fought Memsic twenty rounds in Iios Angeles about a decade ago, and, although the Old Master won, he declared that Memsic was the best lightweight in the business fand certain to be his successor. There was nothing doing, for Memsic afterwards knocked out by Ad Wolgast, and later was de feated by several second raters. ,' . Memsic was born thirty-five years ago today in Streator, 111., trie town once fammfs as the home of the Myer brothers, and ' especially Billy Myer, "the Streatr Cyclone,' whp tried to wrest the lightweight honors from Jack McAulirYe. Memsic began fight ing fifteen years ago,-, and defeated such good men as Young Corbett, Adam Ryan, Cyclone Johnny Thomp son and Charlie Neary. Ravenswood club who certified "Roon ey s eligibility had knowledge of the facts, it would probably go hard with them'.' " Referring' to the assertions in de fense of Rooney that his occupation at' al coach of basketball and baseball teams should not make him a profes sional oarsman, an officer of the N. A. A. O. said that this was just the issue which the association .was best pre pared , to. meet. . ' .. . "It is the man who -is engaged as a physical specialist who, above' all oth ers, should be kept out of amateur athletics," said this officer.. "The man who works as a clerk all day his time to practice only in his leisure hours, and' it is manifestly unfair to ask- him to compete against a man who spends all or most of his time' develbping his muscles, no matter whether ' it .be-, by coaching basketball -or anything else." MAN TO WILLARD'S day I believ6 they know I wasn't bluffing." In discussing future plans Manager Force declared that they now won't be happy , until, Fulton is matched to fight Jess Willard for the title. It was to convince the most skeptical that Fulton took on Cowler and didn't quibble over, terms. ' Now that' "he made, good the big man is going to start on the trail of , the champion until he achieves his -quest. There is no other big man on the horizon that figures seriously outside of Fulton. All yesterday Force was bombarded with challenges, but none will receive the slightest attention. He figures that Fulton did all that was asked of .him within the 'past year and is not going to retrace his steps. The only engagement that Fulton will keep is the date with Frank Moran down in Havana next month for a forty-five round battle. Both Force and Fulton feel no quibbles over this contest, foi1 they figure the speed, skill and power of Fulton's wallops will bring home the bacon without the . slightest difficulty. YALE WINS FRO IV3 WJLLIAIVIS ..OH. ICE New Haven, Jan. 11- -The Yale hockey team defeated "Williams last night in. a loosely played game at the Arena 'by 3 to 2. Although Yale was clearly outplayed, in the first half of the game and closely followed in the second half, the superb . work of "Hoke" York in stopping thirty tries for goals was responsible for the Eli victory. York stopped sixteen tries in the rst half and fourteen in the sec ond. Yale'3 goals were made by Armour, Van Nostrand and Jack Bierwirth. It was the latter's ill luck, to make the poor pass which netted Williams her second goal. Coleman made the other. . , Lester Armour, at center, and Bierwirth and York at cover point and! goal did fine work for Yale. Armour, although his playing was ragged at time, made more attempts at goals than any other player on the' team, and Bierwirth would have done better had the Yale forwards shown a little better team work. "' , 1 ' ' ' Assemblyman Herbert E. Wheeler of Ontario, was named as head of the Assembly committee to investigate the motion picture Industry to deter mine whether-it is a proper subject for taxation. ' ' TITLE New York, Jan. 11 Piatt Adams, of the New York Athletic Club, the national indoor standing broad jump er, and Kd..-; Eames, of the . Bronx Church, House, the former junior, na tional.5 standing broad jump cham pion, were disqualified from' Amateur Athletic Union competition by the registration -cqmmitteeyof the Metro politan Association at a meeting held last night. According to the judgment, of the members of the registration com mittee these athletes have capitalized their athletic fame by selling sporting goods. This, according to the defini tion of an amateur as was defined by the World'S-Sports' Congress more than a yealvago and adopted by all athletic bodies since then, automati cally disqualifies an athlete from amateur- competition, t- - Neither of the debarred athletes was present at ' the meeting, but were notified last nljjnt by letter: They weYe also informed that they could . be- pardoned by the board of governors of the A. A. U. if they de sired to return to the union. But, of course, they must stqp the selling of sporting goods. They also were re quested to return their registration cards for cancellation., , Neither ' of the debarred athletes was very active during the past year, because of business interests. As a matter of fact, both were on the verge of retiring from active compe tition. , , Adams and Eames are chagrined over the action of. the registration committee, because . they were not given a hearing or permitted to re sign in secret. Eames declared last night that he would take the matter into court. 'Adams, it is said, will let the matter drop. Adams was the greatest all-around jumper this country ever developed. He began 'his athletic career as a; discus thrower in the Summer of 1904. i The following year he enrolled with ' I the New York A. C. He learned how to jump and thereafter specialized In this line.. At his club's gam in 1905 Adams won the running jump. FANS INTERESTED IN BOXING SHOW AT CASINO TO-NIGHT ' Indications p6iht to a big crowd at the Casino- tonight when the Long Acre A. C. will put on a boxing show consisting of 40 rounds of milling. Matchmaker Hollis says the sale of re served seats has been large. The card looks attractive tc the fans who are in touch with ring events. , Hugh' Ross, the local, gladiatoir, is all Tready f or his 12 round affair with Knockout Sweeney of New York. Rosa has been told that Sweeney is a tough opponent. The New York boy has met such good boxers as Joe Borrell r ' 1 KNOCKOUT SWE3ENEY. of Philadelphia; Jimmy gO'Hagan of Albany, Bob Moha and tne Zulu Kid.' The Ross-Sweeney bout - will be .the star event of the evening. Sailor Carroll is likely to give Lar ry Williams a hard time in the semi final. Carroll lias been training' in New London. Williams has been working at Battling Levinsky's camp in Stratford and is prepared to 'step into the ring ahd clean Carroll right up, he says. This match is scheduled for 12 rounds. .' Then there will be a ten round bout between Charley Pitts of Stratford and Red Allen of this city. Both boys are willing workers sq the fans ought to see some fun. The six round preliminary will have Tommy Shea of New Haven and Pepper Mar tin of Brooklyn as principals. On ac count of the length of the card the. first bout will start at 8 o'clock. DARTMOUTH BEATS PRINCETON AT HOCKEY New York, Jan. 11 The Dartmouth hockey team played its first game of the season at St. Nicholas Rink last night and gave Princeton a big sur prise, easily defeating the Tigers by a 6 to 3 score. The skaters from New Hampshire excelled in team work and passing, and their defense was solid enough to smash up Princeton's com bination play beyond recognition. The later collegians seemed backward in trjeir development and did not display the form which they should show U IS? -t , ' ; That the Brooklawn club has a good chance to secure the Metropoli tan golf tournament for the local course is indicated by the following story in the New York Evening Sun last night which praises the Brook lawn course: "Since the time that S. T. Bowers made formal application on behalf of the Brooklawn Country club of Bridgeport for the 1917 amateur championship of the Metropolitan Golf Association frequent inquiries have been received concerning the or ganization in question. Golfers here abouts are quite familiar with Wyka gyl and Baltusrol, two nearby clubs that have also asked for the event. "Wykagyl has been the scene of a metropolitan open and occasion invi tation tournaments, also the West chester county championships, where as Baltusrol has been prominent in golf for many years. Practically ev ery championship, iboth national and metropolitan, has been decided there, and the course near Short Hills has likewise been the scene of the New Jersey state mting. - "Until, however, the Metropolitan association's executive committee has a meeting it will be impossible to pre dict with any degree of certainty whether the tournament in question will 'be given to a New Jersey, Westr Chester county or Connecticut club. It may be that the committee "for the Kood of the cause" .will decide to; let Brooklawns have the tournament. "Recently a new clubhouse was completed at Brooklawn, with a com modious locker room aid a limited number of sleeping rooms. In addi tion to this the 'club would be willing to set up a number of cots In one of the private d'ninsr rooms or ballroom. Because of the location of the club in ouestion, however, and its nearness to the hotels thereabout, the an rears to be little necessHv for this latter provision. Th ofleia1s state that five rooms will b reserved for the committee of the M. G., A., as a suHnble nlaee for the executive com mittee meetings." REV. MAr CAREY CAN STEAL BASES DESPITE HIS TITLE "Thou shalt' not steal," was doubt less one of the commands impressed upon Maximilian Carnarius .alias Max Carey, when he studied for the min istry, but a perusal of the 1916 Na tional League rececds affords abun dant -proof that Max doesn't consider that the prohibition applies to bases. You could leave a million , dollars or a dozen fresh eggs out where Max could get away with 'em and be per fectly safe, but a base is something else again. The Rev. Max seems to be a sort of kleptomaniac on the sub ject of bases. He has been afflicted that-a-way ever since he was a little kid in Indiana. Other children' might cry for candy or Catcher's Pretoria, but little Maximilian wanted basesj Yessir, they say in Terre Haute, where Max was born, that he cut his teeth on bases. - ; The champion base swiper was born in the aforesaid city of High Earth, Indiana, twenty-seven years ' ago to day, Jan. 11, 1890. His father, a Teuton, .had been an officer, in the Kaiser's ( army before he emigrated to Hoosierdom. He got his real baseball start while a. student in a Fort Wayne military school, and later entered a Lutheran college With the Intention of becoming a minister. In 1909, :while still studying theol ogy, he was offered a job as shortstop with the South Bend club of the Cen tral League. The following year he graduated from college, and then re joined the South Bend club, and was shifted to the outfield. In August he was ,sold to the (Pirates, becoming a big leaguer at the age of twenty. MATTHEWS MAKES FINE RUN IN MATCH FOR AMATEUR CUE TITLE New York, Jan. 11 The level of. play in the national Class C amateur billiard championship at Maurice Daly's Academy continues to rise far above the' usual standard in such events. Charles P. Mathews, whose sensational playing the first day of the tournament furnished food for com ment among billiard enthusiasts, out did himself yesterday when he played the best tournament match' of his career and almost established a new high run record for the Class C event. He scored a victory over Julian Rice, the Columbia expert, and it is note worthy that each made an average which is better than the requirement for Class B competition. Mathews won by 200 to 142, closing out his string in twenty-nine innings for an average of 6 26A29. Rice, although beaten, averaged 5 2-28, and played a game that against most contestants would have given him an easy victory. The high run made by Mathews came in the fif teenth Inning, when he clustered a count of 62. later. ' , Princeton's haphazard stick work and inability to carry the puck made Dartmouth's task comparatively easy for nearly every time a. Princeton skater, raced down the rink with the disc at the end "of his stick the Han? over lads stole it from him right be fore his very eyes. Bickford, the Dartmouth centre, shot three goals after the rubber had been fed to him on' accurate passes. DARGY SHOWS LOCAL FANS PLENTY OF SPEED IN RING Opening Day of Australian's Tour Is Not Financial Suc cess Other Sport Notes (By Wagner) One thing that ought to make Les Darcy popular i with fight fans is his boyish grin. The Australian young ster has a mouthful of big white teeth and he keeps that 1 smile turned on the spectators most of the time. Dar cy's attitude toward the public, as in dicated by his appearances - at the Park theatre yesterday, will make him a favorite. The boy from the under side of the world has an attractive personality. When on the stage he does not give the impression that he hates to waste his valuable time appearing before ordinary folks. Darcy just grins at the audiences as if he realized that he is lucky to be getting money so easily. Yesterday was the opening day of Darpy's theatrical tour and it did not prove a wonderful success. Manager Ben Rosenthal said the two perform ances put about $1,100 into the treas ury but as the expenses of the show are about $1,000 a day there was no occasion for giving three cheers. As usual with shows of this kind the management put in a number, of vau-deville acts and reserved . Darcy s appearance until the last. The vaude ville numbers were of fair quality. Af ter Darcy had donned his open faced suit and had beven Introduced he re tired while a couple of wrestlers frit tered away a few minutes. The three round exhibition between Darcy and Freddy Gilmore did ndt give the fans much of a line on Darcy. It could be seen that he is a power ful chap of chunky build. His arms and wrists are big so that he ought to .be able to deal heavy blows. Dur ing the exhibition Darcy dispiayed lots of speed on his feet. He seemed to be able to hit hard with either hand. The Australian weighs about 167 now but he Igenerally fights at 160. It is said Ed Walsh of Meriden is finally to draw his release from the Chicago White Sox. Although he has not able to'' do any real pitching for several years Owner Comiskey of the Sox has been paying Walsh $10,000 a year. He did this for sentimental rea sons. The magnate remembered how Walsh had often taken part in 50 or 40 games in a season in order that the White Sox might win honors on the diamond. Comiskey has 'offered to set Walsh up. in business or will get him a job as a minor league man ager. ' - There is a report in Boston that Fred Pollard, xthe Brown university halfback, will transfer to Tufts col lege 'before the next football season. They'll have a lynching bee in Provi dence if he does. Howard Berry, the Pennsylvania athletic star, has done considerable WHEN your stomach and bowels go on strike, you. don't feel much like working. Take Lash's Bitters. It's a laxative with tonic effect. Keeps stomach and bowels working union hours, but not, overtime. A half glass at all bars. mm Hi Si U t l Sensible Cigarette traveling this season. He came from the Mexican border, where he was a member of the militia, to Phil adelphia. Later he was with the football squad tJ Pittsburgh, Ann Ar bor, Mich., and then to Pasadena, CaL . The Lehigh football manager , did not pick anything soft when he put the University of Pittsburgh eleven on the schedule in place of Yale. Le high was . dropped from the Yale schedule so the Pennsylvanlans had to look around for another big at traction. ' , Manager Jennings of Detroit is con fronted with ihe same old difficulty this year. He has no reliable twirling staff. He is hoping Ehmke, the youngster secured from Syracuse of the New York State league, will come through for him. Ehmke made a reputation In the Pacific Coast league Just pri6r to the Federal league days. He jumped to the outlaws after Wash ington bought him but didn't do very to dfift to the New York fltate league. He proved a. wonder In Syracuse last season. " ' "A plan Is under way whereby Catch er Steve O'Nell may be traded by Cleveland to the Boston Red Sox for Pitcher Joe Wood. Trls Speaker, who is very friendly with Wood, has been anxious to land him with Cleveland. Wood didn't do any twirling last year. He thinks his arm, which bothered him in 1915, is all right again. - They are not so hopeless In Derby after all. The mayor wouldn't stand for a New Haven promotor putting on a boxing.' show, there. . . - ANNIVERSARIES j OF RING BATTLES This is "Founder's Day" at Cornell, the 110th- birthday ' anniversary of Ezra Cornell.', " Just twelve centur ies ago St. 'Egwih, bishop, died, the eleventh of January being his feast day. Alexander Hamilton, great statesman; who was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr,' was born In the West Indies. -160 years ago. Treaty pro viding' for the arbitration of fall, dis- , putes between the "United States and Great Britain was , made, public' 20 years ago today, but was later reject ed by the United States Senate by a close vote. 1 t . ( ' The Senate passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation carrylnf approximately .$5,125,000. " : A ; .T: H I !S1 ijlitliji TUil WWII 111 U H II mm 'I