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k THURSDAY^ AUGUST 24, 19^2. I GOLDIE AHEARN BATTLES JOHNNY RENO-IN SPORTLAND ARENA TONIGHT washington Times Sports THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1922. i ?topr,? COO** ? wK*r *->*c?? tuaoW a AHEARN OR RENO TO EAT CROW TONIGHT AS CLASH AT SPORTLAND IS ENDED By LOUIS A. DOUCHER. Somebody's going to eat crow tonight at 'the Spori'and Arena. Goldie Ahearn, Washington's southpaw featherweight, says it will be Johnny Reno, the navy dancing master. Reno says it will be Ahearn. Each has been bombarding the public with broadsides, telling how good he was and what be intended doing. Therefore, one or the other is going to be vastly surprised when the two iudges and the referee render their decision. They can't both win. They might finish even, but they can't both win their ten-round contest featuring Frankie Mann's second show at the Berwyn palace of fistics. Goldie Ahearn i? a Washington' boy. He began boxing while in a training camp and continued it over sea*. Probably because he is a southpaw, he met with success after success in the many camp boxHifr shows while a member pf the A. E. P. and was taken to Italy as one of the team of (American boxers headed by Mike O'Dowd, at that time World middleweight champion. Johnny Reno has been in the navy for a couple of years. He has hung Up a long string of victories In serv ice bouts and, strange as it may ?eem for a navy boxer, is clever rather than a hitter. If he possessed a real kick to assist his cleverness, he'd be closc to the top among the lads his weight. Goldie Abearn, who lias a lot tjf friends in the Capital, has done most of his ring work outside of Washington, but he has always Wanted to show before his own friends. Ahearn has-been clamoring, for a bout at Sportland. He saw I Reno collapse before Frankie Rice, the Baltimore cave* man." and promptly asked to have the club hook him up with Reno. But the service boxer was under a cloud and had to battle his way to the top again. This he has done. Reno stopped Frankie Daily, of Baltimore, in his first effort to prove his class. Ha had earned a semi final. He got it with John L. Smith last Week. He wds far too classy for Smith, who is an earnest worker and that's all. It is doubtful if Smith landed a hard blow on Reno through out their contest. So Frankie Mann, the new match maker at Sportland listened to Goldle Ahearn's prayers and signed him for this week's bout, booking him for ten rounds with Reno. They are to weigh 128 poumra ringside and box to a decision under the rules and regulations of the Maryland boxing commission. Aheard is a careful cuss. He never underestimates his opponent. He has worked himself Into fine shape for tonight's contest. He thinks he has too much experience for Reno and that he knows a way to stop him. If Goldie Ahearn will forget the caution he usually exhibits in the ring and starts aggressively after his rival, tonight's feature bout will be a slzzler. If he doesn't, be may find himself eating crow. Tf Reno is baffled by the awkward ness of a southpaw and doe# not lead ?nough. he may find himself doing the crow-eating stunt. Ahearn can hardly win by drawing himself Into his shell. He will hive to mix it with Reno. He says Reno can't hit. Tn that case there is nothing for him to fear. Tf he boxes sggressively, Goldie may win. If he doesn't. It should be Reno's bout provided the navy lad doesn't find that southpaw stuff too much for him to fathom. Three preliminaries and a semi final have been arranged by Frankie Mann. Dick O'Brien, of the Seamen Gunners, will tackle Bob Randle. fit Washington, in a four-round contest. Two six-round affairs will offer Jack Skinner, of this city, battllnc Charlie Barber, of Baltimore, and Billy Vincent, of Washington, facing Joe Stecher, of Baltimore. Joe Brock, of Baltimore, winner of last week's semi-ftnal. will swap ter rific swinca and wallops with Kid Breck, a husky marine from Quan tlco. These lads are expected to provide the wallops not to be found in the final bout. ANDRE GOBERT IS ON WAY BACK TO FRANCE TODAY NEW YOTtK. Aug 24.?Andre Co bert, who proved to be the star of the French Davis Cup team during Its sojourn in the United States, sail ed yesterday on thp Paris for France. Allan H. Muhr and Jean Borotra, the ' other members of the French team. Will remain in the United States for ?ome time. Befor? his departure Oobert ex pressed to the U. S. Ii. T. A. his ap preciation for the treatment which had been accorded to liirn and his sssoclates during their stay In the United States. "I will be very gateful," he said, "if yoti will tell the American pub lic for me how much I would like to thank personally every one who has been so nice to us during our stay here. Our welcome was wonderful, and wherever we went the club offi cials and our hosts were more than kind. Our team benefitted greatly from this trip, I am sure, and I think every one who saw Cochet and Boro tra play realize that France has In them two very promising young play ers who will he heard from In future Davis Cup matches." Falk Not Impressive. A year ago Bob Falk, the White Sox outfielder, looked like a most promising youngster. Today he seems to have reached his limit, which Is none too high. He Is Just an ordinary balhplayer now. "Can't Stop Yanks." Joe Bush, the Tanks' leading pitch er; tells friends that "the Tanks can't be stopped." A lot of other folks agree with BusH." Cubs Have Hope. The Chicago Cubs, far from being downhearted, have hopes of winning thfc National League pennant. Sportland's Card for Tonight's Big Ring Show Feature bout?Goldie Ahearn, v?. Johnny Reno, 128 pounds, ten rounds. Semi-final bout?Joe Brook vs. Kid Breck, 158 pounds, eight rounds. Curtain raiser?Dick O'Brien vs. Bob Randle, 130 pounds, four rounds. First prelim?Jack Skinner vs. Charlie Barber, 133 pounds, six rounds. Second prelim?Billy Vincent vs. Joe Stehcber, t46 pouriSs, six rounds. PWElT FANS OFFERED CLASSY CARD Loughran and Tunney to Fur nish Feature of Five Eight Round Engagements, PHILADELPHIA, Auk 24.? In dications are that one of the larg est crowds ever to witness an open air boxing show in this city will attend the five eight-round bouts at the Phillies Ball Park tonight in which Tommy Loughran. of this city, will rise to or fall out of line from a return match with Harry Greb. American light heavy weight champion, when he clashes with Gene Tunney. of New York, in the final contest. Seldom has an open air fistic carnival been offered to Philadel phia followers of the punch that aroused equal interest'. Loughran and Tunney will fight for the right for a return meeting with Greb in the role of challenger for the light heavyweight title. Because of Tunnev's hard hitting ability. Loughran is figured only a slighi favdf-ite to -win. while many New Yortrers are backing the former champion to drop the pride of | Philadelphia for a count, at least. I Tunney also will have a weight J advantage of about a doaen pound*. Next in interest will be the meet ing between George K. O. Chaney, the Maryland knockout artist, and Karl France, the shifty Californian. This promises to be a lively battle, bringing together a hard hitting | southpaw and a crafty righthander. J LEONARD-WHITE BOUT HELD UP BY CHAMPION NEW YORK, Aug. 24.?Negotia tions for a return bout between Benny Leonard and Charley White for the lightweight championship | are being held up while awaiting the recovery of Leonard's injured mouth Billy Gibfion, his manager, sn jy>unced today. GOLDIE AHEARNf, (/VHO WILL CLASH WITH JOHNNY RENO AT SPORT LAND TONIGHT , r ?' ^ ? /? LMETTE IS I WITHOUT LINE OF VETERANS 1 I Famous Forwards Have Van-j ished and Jock Sutherland Must Find Others. EASTON. Pa.. Aug. 24.?The fa mous Lafayette Collee* lint', * the | line that for the last two seasons battered and rammed its way through opposing forwards with re markable success, is to be no rhore if reports reaching here are true^ Williams. Schwab. Detble. Budd and Brown formed the quintet that performed with the precision and effectiveness of a machine under the guiding hands of Coaches Dr. "Jock" Sutherland. Fred "Pud" Seidel and Dr. "Skip" Gouglw. The Pitt Panthers. Heismaji's Penn eleven, "Pete" Reynolds and his doughty Bucknell crew, Stan ford's Rutgers proteges and Ijifav ette's best rival, Lehigh Univer sity, all tried to stop the assault of these five men?and failed. Jt was no secret that the Lafay ette line was the main cog in the team's reaching the top of ^he foot- I hail ladder last fall, going through the season undefeated and receiving the Eastern championship trophy of the Veteran Athletes' Associa tion of Philadelphia. But this year Coach Sutherland must rebuild a new line, when last fall at the close of the season he departed believing that this would be the least of his troubles. Doug Brown, the scrappy cenlrt", has been graduated; Captain-Heel Joe Williams, a tackle, found it necessary to leave college; Johnny Budd. the former United States marine guard, has decided to change his studies to a business course and expects to enter the University of Pennsylvania, while Aft Deible, the other giant tackle, it is said, will not return here next month. This leaves only the new cap tain-elect. Frank "Dutch" Schwab, unanimous choice of all-American guard last season, and. with the exception of Charley Berry pnd Milt O'Connell. the ends, there will be very few experienced men ready to step in and fill the gaps left by the departure of the all-star quar ter. Alonzo Will Stay. Manuel Alonzo. the Spanish tennis player, Instead of hurrying home, will remain in the United State* long enough to engage in the singles ten nis championships at Philadelphia in September. Connolly for Indans. Joe Connolly, the Little Bock out fielder due for a trial with the Cleve land Indians, is the hom? run cham pion of the Southern Association. He report* for trial next month. Eddie's Friends By Jean Knott m , ' ill va go "?ree blocks \//// down qm th* left side. .then tucw to th' rifeht &0 up TO sooth street till ya come td WORTH street vou'u' see a uttle red ci&ml ^tore'-v^u THATS n ot the PLAcjE its two blocks up and owe down to "THE left' me , im apram) i xomt out-re understand thvs cl&ar smfthte MVJ sta made ME all vyooxy- xafoutfi vovj mikja sayiww. that a&aiu? "7^/////////^c HEY EDDIE, owe more: \a/omt do us any ' karia \ \\N 5?n 82v T J* * its a 600$ thijo& vou lost. blu,- that's as very vejftv j>a???c nek?h0ofthool> -j ftut DONT worr-v." the-y hament mauve s a cop ?owm ? there too. tw o days BABE RUTH REGAINS POWER, YANKS ARE SPEEDING ON Br BABE RUtH. ? His fir|t 75 games this year 26 home runs His first 75 games last year 25 home runs This date last year (in 121 games) 46 home runa NEW YORK, Aug. 24.?After wobbling through the first three j months of the season, the most consistently inconsistent club that j ever tormented its followers or drove its manager to the verge of | nervous prostration, the Yankees finally have "found" thsmselves and seem to be poised and primed for another pennant-winning dash. For the last four weeks they have been player harder, faster, more successful ball than any other club in either league and I look them to hold their present pace right down to the wire. If the Yankees do win a pennant this season, and 1 am now more than ever confident that they will, they will be the first club in their Uagua to win two years in succession since the Boston Red Sox turned the i rick in 1915 and '16. Of oourse, there is no rule against a" club winning two | consecutive pennants if it can: it | just so happens that no American i league club has been able to do It in the past six years. And there toas a time, along about six weeks ago. when I had some alight misgivings about the Yankees' ability to repeat. I wasn't hitting much more than my weight, the pitchers weren't going any too well, and It seemed as though the club couldn't carry a winning streak over more than one or two consecutive games. During the paM month, how-^ ! ever, there ha# been a wonderful improvement in the Yankees' nla.v, the beginning of which coincided almost exactly wltli the acquisition of Joe llugan and Elmer Smith. Since these players came to New I York the Yankees h*ve swept through the league like a devastate | ing scourge and at the time this I article whs written were breezing along at a .750 clip. This Is fast baseball, fast enough to win in any league; and not the | least remarkable feature of it Is the | fact that the Yanks are "dotng their I stuff" against first division oppo |tr.?tu 11 rutii I (Copyright, 192i, by Cosmopolitan N?w? Service.) Season's home runs 26 Total homers of career l&S Afc'New York. FIRST INNING? Indians. 3; Yan I kees. 0. Bases empty. Two out. | Coveleskie pitching. Foul, sfike. Ruth grounded out, second to first, j FOURTH INNING?Indians. 4; Yankees, 1. Babe first up. Popped out to third on,fl^sf pitch. SIXTH INNING?Indians. 4; Yan kees, 1. Dugun on first, two out. Coveleskie pitching. Ball, outsii^: strike, called; strike, two, swung; foul: ball, two, inside. Babe fanned. NINTH INNING?Indians, 4; Yan kees. 1. Bases empty, one out. Ruth up. Strike, called; foul, strike two. Babe grounded out to first. Ruth's Ratting Record. G. AB. R. H. TB. Pet. 77 286 65 02 191 322 nerfts. They aren't picking on sec ond division foes, but are forging ahead against the strongest opposi tion the league can send against them. And it is worthy of more than passing note that they aren't show ing the slightest sign of cracking under the strain. They always have been a hard club to figure, in the sense that they are always and eternally pulling the unexpected, and so I am not at all surprised to find them playing their best ball when it will count most heavily In their fa vor. At various critical stages in the 1321 campaign they flashed a pleasing faculty for rising to the oc casion and this happy trait still is a part of their make-up, it seems. It seems like a long time since I had a chance to gloat over m.v own share in the progress of the Yank* and now that opportunity offers to say a good word for myself I do not Intend to let it pass. By which I mean to Imply that I seem to have found the range again and am hitting just about as well as I did at any time last season. The old knack of making homers returned while the Yanks were swinging through the West on their second Invasion of the Corn Belt and I'm glad to be able to report that It is still in good working order. ? In my last twenty-one games I Ave made exactly ten home runs. This is an average of .476 home rtuns per. game and If I can hold this pace through the remainder of the season I will run my total fot ^he year beyond th# forty mark. 1 A couple of months ago 1 pre dicted that I would make forty home runs this season and I see no reason now why I should revise my figures. Of course, the Yankees have only a few more games to play at home, but wfien I am swinging right I can make home runs away from home as easily as I can at the Po'io Grounds and I think the aver ages bear me out when I say that thers is nothing wrong with niy swing just now. (Copyrltnt, 1?JJ, by Christ* W?l?h Syndics *?.) . Will Hold Swim. Five swimming events, three for men and two for women, .will be held Saturday afternoon in the first swimming meet held at the Ward man Park Inn. District 'Baseball Association Games .J ' SECTION A. W. t>. Pet. W.L.Pet. War Dept. 6 ? 1.0#0 Hhlp. Board S 3 .504 irm r A.C. 3 1 .760 Valuations. 0 g .000 South.Ry. 3 8 .600 Today'* (rmmm. Valuatlona va. War, l.ong and Watt, Union Station, Quant. Orace va. ShlppInK Board. Sutton and Woodward, Qracc Field, Cook. Tomorrow'* Uunn, Grace va. War Ueparlment, Doyle and Long. Grace Field, Quant, Cook. Yesterday'* Hn>rr?. Shipping Board, 6; Valuatlona. 3. Urace A. C-, 6; Southern Railway, 2. SECTION B. W.'L. P?t.| W.K.Pct. 0. A O ... ? 0 l-SOOIfV. Union . . 0 2 .000 Stand. Oil. t 0 t .OOflj Hp* latere. . 0 2 .000 Waab. Uaa I >1 ,600| Today'* OlIAM, Ref latere va. Western Union, Hughea md Daniel*. White Lot. Beard. O. A. O. v?. Waahin*ton (las, Jaeachke ind Venae!. Hollow, Redmond. Tomorrow'? Gamea. Q. A. O. va.. Standard Oil, Bratburd ind Sutton. Union Station, Beard. Regiatera va. Washington Oaa, Wood ward and Groan, Hollow, Redmond. Yenterdaj'n Kroren. / Standard Oil. Washington Gaa, 2. O. A. O.. ?; Weatern Union. ? (forfeit). IfilN TRY TO LAND TOP HONOFTTODAr Unbeaten Section A Leader Expected to Clean Up Valua tion in Sectional Contest. By BRYAN MORSE. War Dtpartment, with a rlean slate in the Section B series for the District Baseball Association title, is Jxpected to get further away from he other clubs in its engagement with Valuations today at Union Static//. The War lads have a big edge on the Section A teams and in meeting Valuations today can look for still another victory. The other Section A game is between the Grace A. C. and Shipping Board nines on Grace Kleld engaged for second honors at present. The Section B contests today should be yell worth watching as General Accounting Office and Wash ington Gas are playing on the White Lot on diamond No. 4, and Registers and Western Union are playing in the hollow in Georgetown. It begins to look as though the War team was the class of the Sec tion A teams. The departmental en trant appears to be strong in every department. Grace may get going and give the War players an argu ment. but it appears to be a fore gone conclusion that the War men will get In the final series. Ttie titular games in Section A will probably be concluded this week. Section B contests will be drawn out until a week from today. Rain and a postponement has thrown the B section battles back at least three days. It is expectcd that the final post season games, the three-game series between Section A and Section B winners, will be held after Labor Day. Western Union has held up the championship battles for several days. First, the Commercial Leaguers failed to finish up their schedule. They played two games in a final series, and then rain interfered. It was claimed that Western Union would represent the league. Postal Telegraph objected with the result that a hurried executive committes meeting was called to decide upon the eligibility of the Western Union men. Tomorrow Grace A. C. plays War Department in what Is expected to be a first-class engagement. The War team is facing the Georgetown men on their own field, which mnv make a difference unless Emil Pfell decided to pitch a no-hit game. In the secton B games tomorrow the General Accounting Off ce is meeting the Standard Oil team. This game has been shifted from the White Lot to Union Station. AMERICAN BOXERS WILL HURRY TO MILLENNIUM According to late caMes from Kngland, Bouncing Joe Beckett is about to extend his naked chin In the general direction of an opposing lioxer again. Thij cables have It that the English champion is signed to meet both Frank Moran snd Georges Carpentler again. He es caped with his life on two previous occasions when he fought with th?se men. If the bouts are gone through with and they draw crowds, there will very probably b? a general expdus of boxers* from this country for England, sailing confident In the belief that the millennium has at last arrived. SANDLOT GRIDIRON LADS WILL FORM IN LEAGUES Washington's sandlot gridiron teams are going tojorm in league* for the fall's sport. A meeting is scheduled to be held at Spalding's on September 1 at 4 p. m. Managers of all sandlot football teams desiring to Join In three leagues are asked to be on hand. It is planned to have three sec tions, one for teams under 126 pounds, another for 150-pound aggre gations and still another circuit for unlimited class elevens. Grace Lads Land. Grace A. C. players won out over Southern Railway yesterday In scoring fobr runs In the second. The final count was 5 to 2 In favor of the Georgetown team. Shipping Board Wins. Shipping Board came through In the final frames of the game with Valuatlona yesterday winning by 6 to 3. ANGLERS ENJOYING RARE ? SPORT ON UPPER POTOMAC By R. A. ANGLER. r? ^ The waters of the upper Potomac are in exceptionally fine-<s>ncll. tion for small-mouth bass fishing. During the past week larg< catches were reported, despite the low water and the high tear??er*. ture. I really believe that if water conditions remain as tmi ar? at present, with the cool evenings coming on to lower the Urflfpera* ture, that local anglers will have the best fishing that has* beer known in vears on the uDDer tideless waters. Among the familiar races seen on the upper river during the past week were Pat Riordon, Ed Ford and William T. Knowles.- The last named landed the prize gamester of the week, a fighter weighing a trifle over three pounds. Dale Sheriff was also among those present. Accompanied by Charles Holt, a young piscator, they fished the waters from Hwayne's lock to the dam. Charles had the thrill that comes once in a lifetime, that of landing his first bass. According to Dale, the gamester took the young man's lure with a rush and never stopped going with* the line until it was almost to the end. When the base started on his second go off It was a case of hit quick or not at all. Charles gave a sudden backward movement with- his rod and Mr. Bass was hooked, but not landed. After a fight that lasted for some little time, the young man brought to bay the first gamester of his fish ing career. With the river in fishable con ditio/1, Kdmond McKenna could not resist the temptation of wetting his line. Not hiving the time to de vote to the small-mouthed up-river gamesters, he hurried \ away from office duties last Friday afternoon to try some new lures on the big mouthed tribe that make their home in Little river. He reported that bass could be seen In large numbers, but refused to take either artificial or live bait. This has been the experience of other anglers, who have visited Little river, since the season opened. Possibly with the coming of cool September nights the fish may snap out of their present drowsy condition and give the anglers some action. The Columbia ^Fishing Club got under way Saturday for their an nual outing. Dunbar's Lodge, on Smith's creek, will be their head quarters for the next week or ten days. Organized in 1868, it is the oldest incorporated anglers' association in the District of Columbia. The club's officers are Herman Richards, president; Lemuel Robey, secretary; Charles W. King,' jr., treasurer. Dunbar's Lodge, one of the show places on the lower river, is conducted by Capt. Logan Dun bar, known throughout southern St. Mary's county for his sunny disposition. | To reach Dunbar's Lodge by automobile: Washington to Ana-! costia to Waldorf, turn to left to Hughesvllle to Charlotte Hall to Morganza to Leonardtown to St. Mary's City to Ridge, turn to right for one mile, end of journey. Fine roads all the way. i GOLFERS USE LANTERNS TO FINISH TOURNAMENT PITTSBURGH, Aug." 24.?Golf by ! the Ight of lantern* was the order I at the Pittsburgh Field Club late ] yesterday, where the annual invl j ta'ion tournament Is in progress. I Due to a heavy fog in the morning, ! th? first contestants were late start j ing. This threw the entire field out [ of balance, and the last ten pairs to take to the links found duslt I settling rapidly. At the thirty-third hole they could not see th?? flag, so lanterns w?re brought out and placed on the greens. The golfers shot at t!?e lights and succeeded in finishing the round. New Players Report. Rush league stars, snapped up by major league teams are reporting everywhere these days, though the Griffs are yet to welcome any of them. Whatever rookies the Griffs will get will probably show up after the team goes on the road for its last swing through the West. SAYS "BUGS" ^ Baer Park Sparrows Lose ers. Famous Philadelj School Sends No Birds to Leagues. WILD BILL, DOIipVAN,*>t?o graduated from thi i fa mous Park Sparrotfto of Philadelphia, bemoans th? pfipinj of that old organization oQpFiga rette borrowers. Bill learned to wild pitch tttting to knock a meal of mulberries, otf a tree with a Swedish boomerang. A Swedish boomerang is a thai' leg. They were greatly In deffon't around Philadelphia in th*r'!ol 1 days of week-end riots and i van tours. The Sparrows (J*"1*1**' some great ball players to the bi: and small leagues. Wid Ubnro' , the two Birmingham boyt^lil Bill, Reds Donahue and i/kniy others. r? M Amos Strunk took a summ- r course in the Sparrows' Colleg? be fore Joining the Athletics. v>r ?~? ".oil. Amos wasn't really a Sparfott ut heart, because Amos used tojrtvk for a living. It was agaJnAr <t!.? traditions of the flock for a Sp: r. row to soil his cuffs with anYtUii# but old age. -fv? Thev had no Invisible meaiM ol support, were always on Axkt-d diets, and spent seven montfca of the year knocking fungoes imrl Fairmount Park. Morningg-ifir* spent in solemn conference on- in ternational politics. Aftfcmoo! games were played with alU legal splendor of big lea*ur? These contests were for the of small town managers leolcin ? for material to strengthen vthel Saturday afternoon baseball Warns The upward trail of the Rparr.iw led through Bustleton, MlUvjlW Tacony, the Virginia L<eagtte^li< South Atlantic League, tna";.5ri State. Then the big time wtoeel* X?j>. . If a Sparrow didn't gradir ? from the park in two summmu '< was usually a Sparrow for Ufa.; I was an easy business, with- ru overhead charges, with a fifty.fi > chance of your next custon: ?< wearing a big polished badge. The downward boulevard r! Bustleton, beer, and back park again. If you didn't' drj i* beer in Bustleton, you w*Pi' .ill r,?ht- ^ U* We drank the beer in Bust)<^ n UMPIRE ACCEPTS DEFI; WORKS FROM GRAND SlU" FREDERICK, Md., Aug. 24.4f > * tators at the Frederick-Cha4i' burg Blue Ridge League game yesterday, after hooting Vff'-i Shaner for sfx innings, final!) vited him Into the grandstand fa der his decisions. He promptly obliged thenr : ' went Into the stand. After tw h; umpired in this location for h&l << inning officials of the Frederick >.-h protested and he returned to h place behind the plate. FreA, it lost the game, 10 to 5. Southerns Meet. The Southern A. C. will htf foothall meeting tonight at 8 oV' j. at 468 N street southwest. 1 last year's players and any nstdJw. Girl itchell ci^ai* atihe cigar stands of alt -rr