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This is the second of a series of “Finishes of OldTime Fights’’
that will be a regular feature in The Washington Times sports
tection this winter.
The story today is of the knockout of Joe Gans by Battling
Nelson, the fight that won the lightweight championship of the
World for the sturdy Dane. The battle was held in San Francisco,
July 4, 1908, Bat delivering the finishing blow in the seventeenth
round.
The drawing above was made by Tad. now dead, the world's
greatest sports cartoonist.
By W. S. Farnsworth
The end of Gans’ victorious career in the ring was pitifully
dramatic, and, for many, the pleasure of Nelson's success was tem
pered by regret that Gans could not have made a better stand.
When the pace began to tell upon him, he looked like an old, old
man. This was accentuated in his' dressing room, where he gave
way to his feelings. He had put his wonderful powers to the test
once too often, and, in a very brief time, all honors of his career
had been swept away.
Gans’ heart seemed broken by the time he had gone eight rounds.
At the end of the third round, he told his seconds that he felt his
strength slipping away from him. His nerve gave way completely
in the sixteenth round, when he had the palsy and he could not
control himself.
Gans to the Floor Eight Times
Gans was either knocked down or went down to avoid punish
ment eight times in all during the fight. On a number of occa
sions he was just getting up as the timekeeper was about to count
him out. As a matter of fact, he was counted twice officially in
the last round. The first time, owing to the tumult, Referee
Jack Welch did not hear the count of 10 and the fight went on.
The next time exhausted nature would not come to the relief of
the old champion, and he was unable to regain his feet.
Gans’ frame was quivering convulsively when he came up for
, the sixteenth round, as though he had a chill, and medical men at
the ringside said that this was an indication that he had lost his
nerve. He held onto Nelson as soon as they came together and the
Battler peppered his body repeatedly with hard rights and lefts.
Nelson stepped back for a moment and then charged in with a
terrific right to the neart and drove Gans to a corner. Gans
tried with his famous right for the head, but there was no steam
behind the blow.
Nelson was after him relentlessly, and the once peerless Gans
had no defense against the attack of his young opponent. Nelson
uppercut Gans with his right and followed with another terrible
left to the head. Gans went down on his right knee and, at the
end of eight seconds, the gong sounded the end of the round, just
saving the colored man from a knockout at this stage of the fight.
Nelson Slips Over the Ropes
The seventeenth and last round found Nelson spurred on to the
greatest efforts, as he knew the end of the fight was close at
hand. He sent a right to the head and followed this up with a
jarring uppercut. Gans rushed Nelson to the ropes and the Dane
slipped back out of the ring, being half supported by the lower
rope, which caught him around the leg. Gans fell over him,
putting a severe strain on the champion-to-be.
Bat was up without delay and attacked Gans viciously, rushing
him across the ring, and Gans went down on his side, being partly
wrestled down and partly hit. He was down on his haunches a
moment afterward and stayed almost for the limit of 10 seconds.
The referee did not get the count correctly from the timekeeper.
But it mattered not, for, when Gans arose, Nelson whipped a hard
right to the button, and down went the colored man, this time for
the full count.
College Football Controlled
As Big Business Today
By HARRY COSTELLO
(Georgetown Backfield Star, 1910-13).
First, the boys had it; then the rules committee took it;
ftext the alumni grabbed it; fourth, the public snapped it;
and, finally, big business stepped in to take control.
Briefly, those are the features <
which marked the evolution of
college football.
Over a period of some 60 years,
football went from a real sport,
informal in nature, to a game ac- :
cepted as a spectacle, a sort of
gladiatorial combat, staged for the
edification of the public who un
hesitatingly paid gooc. old U.S.A,
dollars and expected and received
a good show in exchange.
Won’t Disappear Easily
It is doubtful if the big business
will disappear from college foot
ball for some years to come.
Some persons who hazard a pre
diction think that by 1933 the
effects of the first movements
for deemphasis will be felt
throughout the collegiate football
world. Others are not quite so
optimistic, or pessimistic, depend
ent on your point c view.
All the foregoing is in answer
to a series of questions received
by The Times. .
Schools, such as Yale and Har
vard, it is felt by many, will
have as few as four intercollegi
ate grid contests per season in a
very few years. However, it.
seems fairly certain that existing
contractual obligations will for
bid of starting the movement to
reduce intercollegiate competition
much before 1936. The natural;
inference is that schools involved i
in the plan to reduce the number
of annual games to four or
five per season will endeavor to
de-emphasize slowly, thus elimi
nating ill results of de emphasiz
ing too rapidly.
Predict Another Era
Forcasters are inclined to the
belief that 1940 will mark the
real beginning ot another era in
the evolution of intercollegiate
competition. Since the whole
subject of intercollegiate compe
tition is highly controversial, one
guess is as good as another.
Probably, one of the under
lying causes for hesitation on the
part of colleges to de-efcphasize
a
is fear that present stadiums
will prove white elephants. Big
business, holding bonds on such
stadiums, would not exactly relish
' quick, sharp and decisive de
emphasis. Such a move, it ap
pears, would leave Big Business
holding the bag, as it were.
Colleges might give some
J thought to the advisability of
I employing that quaint old club
trick called “staging the bond
bonfire.’’
Pickups and
Putouts
Mike Martin, Griffmen
trainer, sat in the first row
at the C. U.-City College of
New York bouts because of a
lame f00t... Basil Marvaelias
and Barry DiGiacomo tossed a
coin in the dressing room to
see which would fight in the
- lightweight division... Johnny
Oliver guarded the main en
trance ... Skater O’Donnell
shuffled in late, dragging his
injured foot...some of those
noticed in the gathering were
“Boon’’ Keenan, “Fats” Lana
han. Dr. Martin A. Vickers.
Eddie Roddan, John W. Koontz.
Ben Mensh. Joe Bateman, Joe
Donovan. Adolph Miller, Jerry
Doyle, Charlie Zimmerli, Dr.
J. Lawn Thompson, Charlie
Gilmartin, Jack Tierney, Gus
Mirman, Dick O’Connell, “Pop”
Pryor, “Teeny” Loftus, Jim
Condrick, “Whitey” Costello,
Larry Auth, Charlie Hailer, jr..
Jim Howe, “Sis” Pyne, Burton
Shipley, "Navy” Bill Hottel.
Tom McLarney. Pat O’Connor.
Col. Billy Smith, Joe Judge,
“Doc”. Green, “Doc” Page.
“Fats” Edwards and “Fats”
, Burke
Tech-Eastern Game for Title Made Certain
TIE FOR LEAD
STILL EXISTS
IN SERIES
By GARRETT WATERS
That long expected “final game
for the championship’’ was made
certain in yesterday’s interhigh
school series basketball games at
the Tech gymnasium.
Eastern defeated Central, 23 to
18 and Tech swamped Western
to the tune of 54 to 26, thereby
putting it up to these two teams
who are scheduled to “fight it
out” next Tuesday in the first
game of the last scheduled
double-header of the series.
Eastern and Tech were both
tied for first place before yester
day’s encounters, to explain the
situation. They are still dead
locked today as a result of the
above mentioned turn of affairs.
Thus, the “final game for the
championship” idea, which, when
played next week promises to be
another of those thrilling contests
so characteristic of high school
basketball.
Waning Moments Tell
Central made a gallant attempt
to upset Eastern in the opener
of yesterday’s program. The Mt.
Pleasanters were in the thick of
things until the last six minutes
! of play when Eastern finally drew
| away to win by the 23-to-18 mar
gin.
The departures of Buddy Nau ;
and Gene Swift, guards, probably
turned the tide the wrong way
for Central. For it was after
these players were forced from
the issue in those last six min
utes (that Eastern pulled stakes.
The work of Barney Kane and
Ernie Lieb featured Eastern’s play.
Kane, under orders to guard Jack
Moulton, Central flash, and guard
him strictly, did just that by al
lowing the former Forest Park 1
player to count but once from the
I floor. Kane, to make his game;
I complete, scored 9 points to lead ?
his team in the scoring. Lieb, al
though he did not run wild in the
i matter of totaling points, played
! an excellent floor game, getting
I the tap from Keyser the greater
i part of the time and guarding
I that player so closely that he was ‘
l unable to count even once from
I the floor.
Complete Rout
The Tech-Western game was
nothing less than a complete rout
for the Manual Trainers. Everett
Russell had a field day in the
matter of scoring by totaling 21
points. Reichardt did well by his
12-point total.
Artie Willison, captain of the
Manual Trainers, who has been
o.i the sidelines because of an
ankle injury sustained in a game
on New Year Day, broke into the
i hurry-scurry of things for the
first time in the series. He scored
three points.
Latona was the best Western
player with his 15-point total.
ST.JOHN’S NEXT
FOR ft. U, FIVE
The big hurdle for the un
beaten American University five
will be St. John’s College of An
napolis, the two teams to clash
Monday night in Annapolis.
The Eagles marked up their
ninth straight victory last night
when Elon <N. C.) College was
measured. 31—19, in the A. U.
gym. The Eagles led from start
to finish and were never men
aced, with Leonel Dick and Oscar
Sells sharing scoring honors with
seven points each.
The contest with St. John’s is
the most difficult remaining on
the Eagjes' schedule. American
U. will feel confident of going
through an undefeated season if
it can outscore the Johnnies.
The latter have one of the strong
est combinations in this section
and are extremely formidable on
their ho--.? floor.
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WASHINGTON TIMES SPORTS
Wage Greco-Italian War on Drives
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Sweepstakes champion, and
great Italian roller, clashes O
with Pantos, Greek sensa- ’4
tion of the classic, in a re-
newal of the traditional’/
Greek-Italian feud at Con- T
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Deceased Pirates Owner
Rabid Baseball Fan
By BILL CORUM
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—One by one the familiar figures of
baseball’s golden age pass oh to other and, I hope, greener
fields. Barney Dreyfuss, dean of all the magnates, yesterday
followed Garry Herrmann, Ban Johnson, Charley Ebbets,
Ernest Barnard, Charley Comiskey and William Wrigley
into the land that lies beyond the last bleacher wall.
All his life Barney was a fan, »
and I mean a red hot, gesticulat-I j
ing, “he was out a mile,” throw-;
his-straw-hat-away fan. And like
all dyed-in-the-wool fans you
could tell him but you couldn’t j
tell him much.
• Phoned Managers {
Which, if you’d like to know, t
was why Donie Bush finally gave .
up managing Barney’s Pirates as
a bad job. Dreyfuss, in Pitts- 1
burgh, would listen to a radio
account of a game played In St.
Louis and then call up Donie
long distance and explain to him
his strategic mistakes on the field.
Did you ever in your life know
a fan that wouldn't have stopped
rt third the runner who got
thrown out at the plate? Well,
sometimes that was Barney. But
it was his ball team and there
were times when his second guess
became official. z
He was, however, always try
ing to win ball games. Nobody
ever accused him of trying to lose
one. Probably, no man in base
ball ever had a cleaner record.
He would have been a credit to
any enterprise or any commun
ity.
While he was born in Germany,
Dreyfuss was an American, his ;
father having been a naturalized
citizen. Barney began his base
ball career in Paducah, Ky„ he
was an accountant in a distillery,
but they put him in charge of the
ball team to get him outdoors in
hopes of improving his health,
which was none too robust.
Owned Louisville
In 1889 Barney’s friends banded
together and bought for him the
Louisville club of the old National
League. Louisville dropped out
of the league around 1899 and in
1900 Dreyfuss went to Pittsburgh,
where he was active for 32 years.
He died a wealthy man. His widow
and -two daughters inherit the
Pittsburgh team.
Funeral services will be held in
Pittsburgh tomorrow. John Heyd
ler, president of the National
League; Charles Stoneham, presi
dent of the New York Giants;
James A. Tierney, secretary of
the Giants, and Frank York, presi
dent of the Brooklyn club, will at
tend from this city.
ST. MARY’S CASTING
The St. ;*?.ry’s Lyceum tossers
want a game for tonight to be
played in Alexandria. Call Tom
i Lucas At Alexandria 974.
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Mrs. Rockne Resting
Following Operation
ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 6.
Mrs. Knute Rockne was reported
“resting comfortably” by physi
cians at the Mayo Clinic here
today. The widow of the famous
Notre Dame coach underwent a
major operation here Thursday.
Schaaf Shaves Italian With Left
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ERNIE SCHAAF (right) scores to head with left in his fight wit4i Salvatore Rug
girello, Italian heavyweight. Schaaf was victor by technical knockout in the fourth
round.
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ATTACK WINS
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Salva
j tore Ruggirello’s sensational but
brief bid for fistic fame came to
a sudden halt today.
Batting for Paulino Uzcudun
against Ernie Schaaf, Boston
heavyweight, at Madison Square
Garden last night, Salvatore
struck out in the fourth inning.
After absorbing the Italian’s
hardest punches, Schaaf wore
him down with a relentless body
C attack and won by a technical
♦ knockout in 1:28 of the fourth
round of the scheduled 15-round
bout.
> Ruggirello, who had amazed
< the boxing world in his two previ
ous starts by belting out Walter
. Cobb and Stanley Poreda, gave
the crowd a passing thrill in
the second round when he drove
I : a flock of long rights and lefts
' to the Bostonian’s head.
i D. C. Y SWIMMERS LOSE
Winning all seven events on
3 the program, Baltimore Y. M. C.
. A. swimmers had no difficulty in
’ capturing their dual water meet
1 with the local Y-men, by a 41-to
-25 score.
Sport Card Today
* BASKESTBALL
North Carolina va. Maryland, Ritchie
Cdliseum, 7:45 p. m.
Bliaa Electrical vs. Wilson Teachers,
at Tech High gym, 8:30 p. m.
Pharmacy College of Temple U. VR.
Gallaudet, at Kendall Green gym, 8
p. m.
BOXING
Washington and Lee vs. Maryland,
Ritchie Coliseum. 9:15 p. m.
SWIMMING
Washington and Lee vs. George
Washington, at Ambassador Hotel pool,
7 p. m.
BOWLING
Blick’s Stadium, Afternoon, Doubles —
Margaret Miltner and Elsie Fischer.
Washington, vj. Helen Spencer and
Mary Galloway, Baltnnore: Joe Harri
son and Joe Pricci vs. Jack Talbert
and Louie Pantos, at 2:30 p. m., Con
vention Hall. , _
Greek-Italian Matches—Singles, Sam
Del Vecchio vs. Pete Gianaris, Joe
Pricci vs. Nick Chaconns, Tony Santi
vs. Louie Pantos. Doubles—Pricci and
Santini vs. ChMconas and Pantos, at
8 o’clock. Convention Hall.
G. U. RINGSTEBS
NLETim.
The Catholic University boxers
have little time to cheer their
victory oyer the City College of
New York representatives, as the
Cardinals have a home engage
ment with the Miami (Fla.) U.
ringsters Tuesday night. The
Miami team is coached by Jimmy
Maloney, a one-time ranking
heavyweight.
The Cardinals, with three green
faces in the line-up, had little
difficulty with their rivals last
night. The home team won by a
score of 4’2 to 2V2 before 2.000
students and guests in the C. U.
gym.
First Bouts for Two
Ruben Miro and Hugh (“Bingo”)
Flynn appeared in their first
bouts for C.U., while John Staple
ton entered the ring for the sec
ond time.
Probably the most finished
boxer on either team was Frank
DiGiacomo, C. C. N. Y. feather
weight, who easily outpointed
Bill Calabrese. The latter, never
theless, was courageous and sei
dom backed away from his an
tagonist.
Suprises Friends
Stapleton, upholding C. U. in
the middleweight bout, surprised
his fraternity brothers by out
punching Max Siegel, of the in
vaders. Stapleton threw so many
fists at Siegel that the New York
boy thought he was over in the
North Station at Shanghai and
not the C. U. gym.
Flynn did creditable in holding
Dan Brown, C. C. N. Y., to draw.
Dan Pyne was too good for Jack
Diamond, C. C. N. Y., in the
light-heavyweight, Pyne weaken
ing his rival with solid punches
to the mid-sector, where no boxer
likes ’em. Results:
115-Pound (’lass—Ruben Miro (Cath
olic) defeated Milton Rosenthal (C. C.
N. ¥.). decision. 3 rounds.
125 Pound Class—Frank Di Giacomo
((’. C. N. Y.) defeated William (,ala
breso (Catholic), decision. 3 rounds.
135-Pound Class--Basil Maravelias
(Catholic), defeated M. Blum (C. C. N.
Y.). decision, 3 rounds.
145-Pound Class— George Striker (C.
C. N. Y.) defeated Frank Stines (Cath
olic). decision, 3 rounds.
165-Pound Class —John Stapleton
(Catholic) defeated M. Siegel (C. C. N.
Y.). decision, 3 rounds.
175-Pound Class —Dan Pyne (Catholic)
deted Jack Diamond (C. C. N. Y.)»
decision. 3 rounds.
Unlimited Class— Hugh Flynn (Cath
olic) drew with Daniel Brown (C. C.
N. Y.). 3 rounds.
JAFFEE WINS
SECOND
HEAT
By QUENTIN REYNOLDS
LAKE PLACID, N. Y., Feb. «.
Snow, freezing weather and fin
ally a cold sun breaking through
the snow clouds set the stage
for two well contested 10,000-
meter heats here today as the
winter Olympic games swung into
their third day. Alex Hurd, of
Canada, won the first heat from
Ivor Ballangrud, of Norway, with
two Americans, Valentine Bialas,
of Utica, N. Y„ and Edwin Wedge,
of Detroit, finishing behind them
to qualify.
The second heat went to Irving
Jaffee, of New York, with Frank
Stack, of Canada, second. Bernt
Evensen, of Norway, and Edward
Schroeder, of Chicago, were tied
for thjrd place.
Finals Monday
The finals will be held on Mon
day afternoon with two
Canadians, four Americans, two
Norwegians competing for the
Olympic title.
The heats were re-run today
following protests of yesterday's
heats.
One of yesterday’s heats was
won by Valentine Bialis, of Utica,
N. Y„ and the other by Edward
Schroeder, of Detroit, after two
Canadian skaters, one Japanese
and one American had been dis
qualified for infractions of the
rules.
A little display of temperament
on the part of the American
skaters held up the race for half
an hour. They weren't informed
until this morning that the two
heats were going to be skated
over and as three of the Amer
ican bladesters had qualified they
resented having to do it all over
again.
However, after sulking awhile
they decided to come out, un
happy but quite determined to
skate the foreigners dizzy.
Band Plays
Meanwhile, the band played
such appropriate melodies as “In
the Good Old Summer Time,"
which oddly enough had the ef
fect of making the snow take a
temporary holiday. The sun, too,
began to peep out at intervals
from behind the heavy snow
clouds.
Now, the Norwegians decided
to go temperamental and they
issued an ultimatum that they
wouldn’t skate unless -'Frank
Stack, the Canadian, who was
disqualified yesterday for bump
ing Bernt Evensen on the west
turn, was allowed to race. Referee
Joseph K. Savage, finally dis
gusted with the display of petu
lance, pulled his watch out and
said. “The race starts in five
i minutes. Those that don’t ap
| pear are disqualified.’’
Canada Is Victor
In Olympic Trials
LAKE PLACID. N. Y., Feb. 6.
1 Canada defeated Germany here
today by a 4-to-l score in one of
the round robin games which is
to decide the Olympic champion
ship.
Erick Roemer, of the German
team, suffered a painful but not
' serious gash over his eye when
I he went hurling into the wooden
I barrier. He had to leave the
i game, however.
‘K* Fencing Team
Seeks Opposition
The recently organized Y.M.C.A.
I fencing team is without matches.
Coached by Major Dyer, who has
worked hard in whipping a
fencing team into shape at the
! "Y,” the fencers would play any
team in the city or vicinity.
Manager I. S. Kegelas at 1814
Eye Street, Northwest, is handling
the schedule.
| Central tank Team
Wins Another Match
Central High tankmen rang up
another swim triumph yesterday
jby defeating the Massanutten
Military Academy natators, 49 to
26 in a meet in the Central pool.
Belgian Bob-Sledders
Hurt as Sleigh
Turns Over
LAKE PLACID. Feb. 6.—The
icy, Olympic bob-run on the
precipitous slope of Mt. Van
Hoevenberg was the scene of
another near tragedy today,
when the Belgian, four man bob
team, driven by Max Houven,
climbed high on the end em
bankment on the white-face
curve, and. catching a runner
in a rut, turned over to spill
its occupants.
Houven and Louis van Heg
gie were hurried to the General
Hospital, where it was said that
Houven was suffering from a
sprained back and Van Heggie
from a deep cut over his right
eye. The latter was discharged
from the hospital after treat
ment, but Houven was kept
under the care of physicians.
Both will be back in time for
the race next week. The other
two members of the team were
uninjured.