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ATHLETIC PAGE Promoter Says He Has Verbal Agree ment With Kearns For Wills Match. WILL STRENGTHEN BOWL 1 Challenger May Fight Romero and Spalla Before He Meets World's Champion on September 6th. Jack Dempsey, world’s heavyweight, champion will not be formally signed to a contract to defend his title against Harry Wills until early in June. This was the announcement yesterday of Tex Rickard, boxing promoter, follow ing his announcement of Thursday that he had decided on September 6th as the date and his huge wooden arena in Jersey City as the place for the long awaited Dempsey-Wills battle for the championship. ._._ Xn explaining his plans for signiu0 the champion. Rickard said that he (entertained no apprehension on thiB detail. He described the signing of Dempsey as a mere formality, since he had reached an agreement for Demp aey’s services in a bout against Wills in a series of conferences with JacK Kearns manager of the champion, prior to the departure of Kearns for the Pacific Coast. c»v *- - -‘TUBfF NOT WORRYING ABOUT DEMPSEY I “ I have no cause to worry over Dempsey’s end of the bout.” said Rick ard. ‘.My task of getting the fighters to consent to the bout is now complet ed. for I have already signed 'WilU and I have an agreement with Demp Bey through iii§ manager, Jack Kearns wciose word with me is as good as his bond. I don’t think it will be necessary to mail contracts to Kearns or Demp sey The champion is engaged on mov ing pictures which keop him occupied until the end of June. I expect that Kearns will return to this city early in July, when it will be time enough | to have him affix his signature to a con | tract. In the meantime we can be go ing a head with important preliminary details of the bout. "I have already contracted with a firm of engineers to look over every inch of my arena in Jersey City for the purpose of strengthening the plant and making it safe against complaint. 1 have heard rumblings of dissatisfact ion over the condition of the arena for the Willard-Firpo fight, when some re ports were circulated that the arena swayed dangerously. I have always maintained that these reports were greatly exaggerated. However, I want everybody to go to the Dempsey-Wills fight feeiing safe. That'is why I have engaged the engineers to go over the place and strengthen it wherever they discover any need for reinforcement. Thej will also improve the place gen erally. EXPECTS GREAT RING BATTLE. “I expect that the Dempsey-Wills fight will be the greatest in ring his tory. It is a bout that has been demand ed by the public. There has been a steady clamor for it ever since Demp sey became champion, but, until now efforts to arrange the bout have been unsuccessful. I considered setting the contest foi Labor Day on the theory that people enjoying the customary week-end vacation over the holiday would have returned in time to attend the bout But I think September 6th is a better date, because I believe that a (Saturday before or after a holiday is always better for such attractions from the standpoint of the public and the promoter. f.The date will give Dempsey and Wills plenty of time in which to train. Dempsy will be through with his pi>, ture work and can enter training after a few days’ respite. He will have July and A.ugust to prepare for his defense of the title. Wills, too, will have suffi cient time in which to get into his best shapa He can engage in no fights after his contest with Bartley Madden. and another bout he has signed ^ against Jack Taylor which does not[ appear to be on now. If Taylor con- ( sents to box Willsj, however, it will b*, Wills’s last independent bout before ■ the Dempsey match. “Wills’s contract with me provides that he can not en gage in any other bouts unleess he has my consent or they are conducted un der my direction. I have him signed to box either Romero or Spalla or Fir po in two bouts leading to a Dempsey bout. Fvom the looks of things Firpo wants to rest and I have decided to re epect his wishes. If Romero stands up against Floyd Johnson and Jfcck Re nault be will be matched with Wills and it is possible I will arrange a Wills-Spalla match too.” JACK HENDRICKS INTERESTED IN COIXJRKD BALL PLAYKKS. (Preston News Service) PITTSBURGH, Pa.1 May 15—Del Olarke, former big leaguer, had dropp ed some valuable information anent the interest taken in Negro bail play ers. During the conversation, the name of Hendricks successor to Pat Moran as managei of the Cincinnati Rjeds was mentioned. And then Del told of Hen dricks’ interest in colored ball players and imparted fhe information that many of the present day stars came through Hendricks’ school Before the formation of the preser": Negro National League, according to Clarke, Hendricks was interested in the formation of a colored league in the West, and tried hard to put this project over. Among the men whom he helped to develop are: Del Clarke, wtio has past timed in every big city in the West, be ing at one time recognized as the peer of second basemen; “Dink” Marthell at present understudy to Ducan of the Kansas City Monarchs; Leland Miner, who gave promise before his death of being one of the greatest stars of all times and Young McAdoo now dead, and a brother of McAdoo, who is now with Cleveland and formerly with St. Louis. WILLS HAND O. K. SAYS DOCTOR (Preston News Service.) NEW YORK, May 15.—Harry Wills hand! was declared Okey when he vis ited Dr. W. G.. Fralik last wtek to sub init to a final examination of the in jury he sustained sometime ago. Wills is cautious in his training to avoid reviving the injury. THROUGH THE WEST (Prerton N*w* Service) PITTSBURGH;. Pa., May 15.—The Pittsburgh Keystones, under the man. agement of M. J. Tidline and with a group of southern college stars form ing the backbone of the lineup are plan ning a long southern tour which will embrace the states of Ohio. Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and the Dis trict of Columbia. The iDur will start on June 28th. ac cording to manager Tidline, when Col umbos Ohio will be the first stop. From there the team plans to play in Roanoke. Greensboro, Salisbury, Char lotte, Winston-Salem, Richmond, Wash ington and Baltimore before returning home. Managers of clubs throughout the district which will be covered by the tour, are urged, to get in touch "with Milas J. Tidline, manager, 646 Hollace Street Pittsburgh, Pa. ALABAMA STATE DROPS THREE. (PfMton New* Service) MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 15.—Los ing three games in as many days the Alabama State Normal nine closed a disastrous home season last week. Moorehouse won 7-4 on Wednesday. Fort Benning triumphed 10-9 nineteen innings on Thursday and duplicated their feat on Friday 15-6. TANKINS THIRD IN BIG PRESS TRICK MEET (Preston News Service.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 15.—Rufus Tankins, wearing the colors of the Ed gar Thompson Steel Works, captured third place in the threennile press meet here Saturday. Tankins ran the race under conditions apparently un fair. With Kerr, Liese and Pitt men of acknowledged reputations given 200-yard handicaps, Tankins was forc ed to accept a 50^yard handicapf Caugh ey running from scratch. Tankins missed beating out Liese by inches foi second place. Two weeks ago in the cross-country race, which Earl Johnson won, Kerr came in fourth, while Tankins finish ed seventh. Local fans* interested in the work of Tankins, just wlby a man wh' defeated another gets a 200-yard handicap, while the beaten man must accept a 50-yard handicap. The handi caps, were no doubt, unfair, and an effort is being made to show the offi cials of the meet their error. ED. RILE, STAR PITCHER, OJN MOUND STAFF OF GREYS. (Pre*ton New* Service) PITTSBURGH. Pa., May 15 —Big Ed Rilef la9t year one of the ’aces’ with Rube Foster’s American Giants of Chi cago. blew into Pittsburgh last week and is now on the roster of the Home stead Grays. The acquisition of Rile is considered in baseball circles as a “master stroke.” It is a well-known fact that the vaunted twirler,, one of the most dang erous moundsmen the game has known for years has been eagerly sought after by teams in the Eastern League. Rile, standing over six feet in height and weighing well over 200 pounds, ap peared in fine playing fettle and in augurated his coming here by holding the heavy-hitting rejuvenated Millvale club to a 7-7 tie. Rile follows Beckwith here from the clan of Rube and his acquisition . gives the Grays one of most formid | able pitching staffs in Negro baseball, jtion” Clark, last year with the Grays This staff consists of Williams, Owens F^ile and Smith at present. “Senui will again be here this season. Rumors YY JLLlLS-MADDEN BOUT FRIDAY. The bout between Harry Wills and Bartley Madden, which was to be fought at Queensboro Stadium in New York City last Monday was, postponed because of rain and 'will take place Friday the 16th. Wills weighed in at 210 pounds and Mad den tipped the scales at 188. Full report of result in next issue, to the effect that he will go to Balti more are unfounded. COOK DEVELOPING INTO GREAT TRACK MAN AT UNION. _ J W, L. Cook, Va. Union’s crack track man is making an enviable record on the cinders. He journeyed to Pennsylvania to represent Union in the great Penn Athletic Carnival and won his heat in a sprint event pit ted against half dozen youths of other colleges. In the Howard meet last Saturday he was a consistent point winner and a credit to Union. Cook is a Richmond boy and will be heard from in big track events in the fu ture. He is good at the 100 and 220 yard sprints and a splendid per former at the jumps. KOMERO STOPPED BY FLOYD JOHNSON IN SEVENTH ROUND. Chilean Heavyweight Eliminated In Heavyweight Situation NEW YORK* May 15.—Floyd John son knocked out Quintin Romero of Chile in the seventh round of a savage fight scheduled for ten rounds last Friday night at Madison Square Gar den before a crowd of about 9,000 per sons. The South American heavyweight who icame here under the auspices of Tex Rickard for the announced pur pose of challenging Jack Dempsey, was no match for the Iowa boxer in cleaver ness, although he showed considerable courage under fire and when he land ed his blows carried) evident power. Johnson made a rushing battle of It from the Gap of the opening gong and twice floored Chilean opponent in the early stages of the battle. Ro mero fought hack desperately, however and once sent Johnson to his knees with a well directed blow. It was evi dent from the first that Johnson was too clever for the South American and he had lit le difficulty In landing heavy swings at distance boxing and in tbe clinches he held his more powerful riv al Comparatively helpless. Romero gradually weakened under punishment and in the seventh round a hard right swing to the jaw sent him down for the count. COBRA RESPONDS TO WAGNER’S MUSIC. Reptile in the Zoo Deepily Affected b> Grand Opera on obe Phono graph. A PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST. A Hindu Student at Columbia Also Succeeds in an Experiment With a Snake. NEW YORK.—The great king cobra in the reptile house at the New York Zoological Gardens has at last suc cumbed to the influence of music. A week ago Arjun Govind Thaker Dass, a Hindu student at Columbia Univers ity, tried for ninety minutes to charm the great king cobra with his seven teen stringed sitar. It was his third ex periment, and like the other two it was unsuccessful. At least Curator (Raymond L. Ditmars, who had, watch ed the experiments, felt that the re sponse on the part of the snake had been too little to warrant the stu dent’s mention of the cobra as subject to tone influence in his thesis on "The Psychological Power of Music.” Later, however, Arjun Govind Thak er Dass and his instrument of many strings euccteeded. On Thursday the tall Hindu took bis place before the cage of the great snake. Curator Dit mars stood near him. Dass, his nim ble fingers flying over the strings, drew weird melodies and strange har monies from the sitar* gradually in creasing the volume and; raising the key until the reptile house seeemert filled with millions of tiny humming insects. As the notes mounted higher and higher the cobra slowily rose from thS centre of bis coil. As Dass sustained his tones the snake appeared to re spond; first shivering slightly and then shaking through more than half the length. Then as the music follow ing the lower notes of the melody be came subdued the snake appeared to (collapse, falling to the pebbled floor of the cage. Again tbe student increased his pace on the sitar and again the co bra silowly rose six feet or more from the centre of its coil and as the music died away the snake shivered convul sively and fell again. Mr. Ditmars, who had been skeptical decided to take part in the trial. He sent Keepler Fred Taggart for his pho nograph and some records. Taggart brought the instrument and records, in eluding the latest jazz and grand opera, and set it up in front of the cage. “At first,” Mr. Ditmars said ye^ter day, “we obtained about the same re sults tbat Dass with his sitar had, but finally the snake began to appear more exteited, rising and sustaining 'ts perpendicular position, shaking itself mr « tfr*1 -***»»**i»^- g i and shivering and finally collapsing, only to rise again. We tried various record*. The piano appeared to have no effect at all; neither did the human voice, male or femalev but orchwira music appeared to obtain results. Jazz records where the notes wailed and sustained themselves for long periods much longer than the tones of the stringed instruments,, had the great est effect. Finally L put on a grand opera record, something witb lots of bras«; Wagnerian, or something like it, and the -result for the purposes of Dass’s thesis were the best we had succeeded in getting. The response on the cobra’s part might be called al most appreciative. Thie snake remains* extended to a height of seven feet for the longest period so far in any of the experiments and swaged and writhed as the full tones of the heavy brass in struments came from tbe phonograph/ The curator told Dass that after this last demonstration he felt that the stu dent was justified in recording the ex periment as successful in his thesis. This week Mr. Dltmars will string an aerial over the reptile house and bring down his own powerful receiv ing set and amplifier and set It up be fore the cobra’s cage. In his home he has noticed that tbe strings of musical instruments vibrate to tones from his radio in a remarkable manner and he is wondering if radio music and the vibrations set up by the amplifier in the reptile house will or will not pro duce further evidence for the thesis of Arjun Govind Thaker Dass. SBBBS as 1 Patiently Waiting, Yes, the owners of the Mechanics Savings Bank, representing approximately three hundred individuals, the depositors, representing about three thousand, not includmg the holders of Christmas Savings Club Cards, the white and colored people of this city, who are vitally inter ested in retaining the confidence of the colored people of this community and the opinion of the white and colored people of the United States, are waiting. They all want to know the approximate amount of tee assets to re-open the Mechanics Savings Bank. The amount is stated in tee foHowing extract from the decree signed by the able Judge of the Richmond Chancery Court- j ''And it being represented t« the Court that the olesing of said bank by the plaintiff was because-of the presence in its assets of obligations of the Bonded Realty Company, Inc., amounting to the sum of $83,500.00, which are not secured te the satisfaction of the plaintiff and it being further repre sented to the Court that there is a reasonable prospeot of the defendant being able, within a short time, of satisfying the plaihtiff as to said obligations of the Bonded Realty Company, Inc., and as to the entire solvency of said bank, it is fur ther ordered that said receivers be authorized and instructed to report to the Court, at the earliest possible date, togeth er with a statement ef the assets and liabilities ef said bank, sueh effore and plane ms may be submitted to them by the defendants, or ethers an ite behalf, with a view of satisfying the requiremente of the plaintiff and effecting a prompt dis charge ef said receivers, and the return ef the assets of said haond. 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