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TULSA DAILY WORLD, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1921
ROCKY KANSAS BEATS WILLIE JACKSON IN 12-ROUND GO
Winner Surprises Ring Critics
By Victory Over New Yorker
Rocky Kansas to Meet
Leonard in Title
Battle
SHOW BENEFIT AFFAIR
Kuntl for Irinh Sufferers
Boosted Sharkey in a
Draw With Smith
liy llio MoruUil Pr-".
NHW YORK. March 7 ltoeky
Kaunas of Buffalo, N. Y . reci Ivoil
tho Judges' decision over Wllllr Jink
son of Now Yorlc, after a 1 2 -rotiml
hunt III Madison HiUiirn Garden hern
tonight. Jack no 11 weighed 132 1-2
it ml Kansas 133 1-2.
A boxing benefit lit
Madison
Kr.uara Garden tonight for Iho bone
fit of tlio HUffcrliiK poor In Irolunil
netted a mini estimated nt more than
J50.000. This illil not Inditiin dotin.
tlonn mndo by contestants anil a col
lection taken before thi start of the
Mar bout between Wllllo JarkHon.
New York lightweight, iiml Kurky
KuniciH of riuffnlo,
Kid Norfolk, Ni'Wnrk, colored, who
linooied out '.lurk Wnrd of Phila
delphia, iioiiiitotl It Iff share of (In
purse J2,00i. Norfolk, wolBhed
182 pound nnd Ward SOS.
Hiinimy Hlcger of New York, who
received tlio Judgo'n donlnlon over
Artie Uoot of Cleveland, arter a 10
round bout, gave 1 1,300 which he
wan to havo rrculvrd for Ills hliaro.
At tlio ind of tlio 10-rounil bout
between Jack Kharkov toil Midget
Hmltli, both or Now York, llio iff
erco declared tlio bout a draw after
tlio Judges disagreed, Sharkey, who
Hindu tlio first appearance since do
clslvo defeats hero two months ago
Was (,no and a hnlf pounds over tlio
ISO-pound limit, and Kmllli donated
tlio 260 forfeit to Iho Irish fund.
Hmltli wolghcd ill) 1-2.
lly defeating Jneknon, llouky
Kanwin la to receive a wnrld'n chain
plonshlp bout with llonuy Leonard,
Tex Itlcknrd lmvliiK promised Iho
winner a title chnnco In an open-air
mill IIiIh summer.
Tho victory by ltoeky Kansas I
rathor a surprise, un a majority fc
critics had picked Jackson to win,
though tho former's two rocent vic
tories ovor Itlolilo Mitchell, tho flint
by u knockout, gave lilin a great
following. OiIiIh on tho bout wore
In favor of Jackson.
M'CLOSKEY GETS
S. W, FRANCHISE
Veteran Baseball Man to
Land Bartlesvillo
Club
Dpcll to Tim AVorld,
nAKTLHSVILLi:, March 21. -
John J, "Muc" McCloskey, manager
of tho Hartlesvllln Hear CotH, bcglnn
work this mornlnK on repairing tho
basoball grnnd stand In tho city
park. In addition to being maunder
"Mao" In alio tho head ot tho Hart
lenvlllo club of tho Southwestern
league, thin right having boon ac
corded lilm by tho local fauH who
met In tho ruoliiH of tho chamber
or commerce last night at 7:30
o'clock, when tho franclilKu wan
formally transform! to him.
Next Monday morning another
mooting of tho fans will tnko placo
In tho chamber of commorco at 9
o'clock, after which a big ticket
selling campaign will bo started,
lasting nil day.
Seymour J leads Committee.
Charles Seymour, who put tho
13lkn nhow over last fall, m well on
a number of othor ovonln In Uart
ICMville, will hotul tho commlttco to
put 'over tlio ticket ucllliiff cum
palb'n. I'am Hlioeniaker will also an
nl.it in tho camputRti Tho full nicm
bershlp of tho committee ncloctcd
lust night to put over the ticket
nelllng campaign J Oharlos Hoy
uiour, chairman; 8am Hhoomaker,
M. It. Puckett, It. C. ItUfwum, Kd
Iluntor, Low Hltterabackor, II. J,
llelno, Qeorgo l'ulver. Harry Cons
well, 6. K. Thoni Williams and
Huba Houghton.
It Is the lntontlon of tho com
mitteo to sell 1,000 $5 tlekotn to
tho rans or Uartlokvlllc. Thin com
prises a donation for tho sreater
part and an admission to one game
during tlio season.
Tho matter of forming a ntock
company wan first d Incur Inn
night, but slnco tho tlino buforo the j
leaguo Btartn h growing short. It
wan thought best to pirt on the drlvo
as outlined. Mr. McClosky favored
the forming of a mock company,
but tho remainder thought It not
best. r. C, Haul) of tho 'llartlcsvllle
Htato bank will bo treanurer ot the
fund.
It was stated lact night that tho
chamber of commerce had rnlllu
finished tho franchUn on account of
tho fact that tho dltcctorn thought
tho chamber had sufficient work on
Un hands at present-
Iland to Aid Campaign.
Arrangement will bo mndo by
the committee to have Kd Ubllng
er'n band on parade through tho
utreotH Monday, Charles Beyinour
said last night, whllo tho nelllng
campaign U on, it. C Uussum, who
will bo at tho head of the campaign
In tho Kmplru building, estimated
laiit night that about 200 tickets
could bo sold there.
About J9.000 worth of tdmllar
tickets woro sold at l'lttsburg, Kan.,
recently to put the Pittsburg team
on Itii foot, According to Mc
Clonkey, an expendlturo of approxi
mately z,uu win uo required im
mediately to put the baseball
grounds and grand stand Intovihapo,
Demity of Population
In America Increases
WABlll.Vl""!, "", -1 1 110
.i.m.iiu nt nnmilntlun In tho t'nitt.,1
States lncrooiwd nearly rive persons
totHo square mllo tho last 10 years,
according to rigures announced to-
day by the cenun bureau
In 1920 rtiero wnro 3STi persons
to the squaro nUle. ua compared
with. 30.9 la 1910 ana 25 In 1900.
1 msW
in in imirT r 1 1 1 nmrr-mniT
J.i o l ull limit
iii d nni be
IH'V Hie i nun
lt in in Wir
throiH of H serl I
mii fln.'inelat de 1
pre 'ii n or else
liny bclli'v Hie
in . in. I r.innl
Wii" have lln'ii
b.iMCbail, I'Vi'ii nt
' ir toht of Ioh- '
l a ini'ul or a
I ,111 01 Mlllll'S
I vet) bhsebnll
iiiiiii with whom :
we have din- j
fur thin season Is '
ciihupiI prospcoln
rxtrermdv i niiit.i
r n, f jm ,nn. pint Hull's
ritrlii- i
iinnd mini in tlic iii.uingatni'iit of tin'
Ht. l.onlM lliomiH, (leorgo If. lift- '
U'ii. ownor or tho .Minneapolis I
American iiMsoalallnii mid HI. Jospeh
Western league clubs, and lllllv
Krli'l, who iircuples a similar place !
with llin Tuls.i (illors that Qiilnn
holiln at .Ml. Uillls. All thrmi gu
tleinen are baseball men nf long rx
peiienoi mm tncir word on Hiiy
phase of the nutloniil piistlino car
rlen weight.
- - I - -
Proof that thn iMincrn of tho
Kiimc mitlclpato n koihI cnr H
found In the fact Hint nil iimjir
mill largo minor leagues ur play,
lug scljciliilcn or I OH K'hiich, In
stead of in I iim IiinI hciinoii, ami
i'cii tlio Miiiillic clrciiIlM aro
ndoplliig l,M gaiiicH HiIh )cnr otcr
the I IILgiiinc plii) lug whcdulcfl or
I HSU. Or i-iiirM, llicro Is u slight
iiiiiMi toHnrd ii'lrviicliiiK'nt, tiiatu
ly In llio ciitlliig iIihmi or dm
plu)ur limit In trc minor li'agiic.i,
Tho eonfldcnco or the basnball
miignaterf In the Mturo of tho gnmo
Is wcdl placed, wo bellove. llsieball
li not merely a sport, a mor.i mis
time. It In a nflcensltv. lout UN fnnil.
drink and sleep aro necessities.
Unselmll In tho safty valvn of our1
oxcesH energies and emirtloim. It U
ino means or providing tlio highest
posalblo Timusemcnt mnl clean.
healthful recrcutlun.
Tho only dlfferonco In the at
tendanco thin season and that of
lust year will possltilv bn u return
of bleacher days. With tho national
prosperity following tlio war, all
had money -and money to upend.
Naturally those attending banoball
games who, prior to tho war were
bleacherltes, spent their money for
grandstand seatn. flrnndstundn were
enlarged and filled; blenchern ro
tuiilued tho name slxn and suldoii)
worn crowded to e.ipaelty. Thin wan
Iruo In tho minors an well as In tho
majorn.
With null harder to obtain .
noil hold now, tho trend will
probably bo toward tho return of
Ihoso old bleacher cla)n. Anil It
will not Im lo tho detriment of
iNiHchnll. Pobly tho magnate
ulll bo out it few dollai-H ut tho
gate. Hut ihrro Isn't a fan with
givolcr lino ror tho gniiip, with
inoro loyally ami with moro
ktiowlodgo of baseball than tho
blciiclicrltc.
And not nil of th0 bleacher fans
aro thoso of necesnlty, Mnny arc
oieacne,r tans by cliolre. Wo know
many who nru ablo In afford tlio
luxury of grand.tand and box scats
nut wno choose to watch tho game
from tho bleachers, Kucb a fan
wan c. V. Harlow, well known hero
severnl years ago an a leading base
ball booster and property owner,
and who n few yearn ago, rumnvtd
to California. Mr. Harlow pur
chased a box ror tho year, sent hm
friends to tho gut no to' occupy tho
box mid wan found at each gamo
an occupant or tlio Uluachern.
RACES STOPPED
BY HEAVY RAIN
Greyhound Races to Be
Resumed Today If
Possible
Knln yesterday stopped tho grey
hound racm at Mldcontinont park
after 27 eonsecutlvn days of suc
cessful racing, Officials of tho meet
Inst night announced tlyit thu races
will bo resumed After todny If pos
slbln, .Should tliuro ho no morn
precipitation todny and should thn
sun shlno It Is believed tho track
will be In condition for racing,
Tho program scheduled for yes
terday will bn run whenever tho
meet Is resumed.
Today's I'lilrlo.i.
I'lrst men. thrnu-iilxteonthn of
mile, all to bn sold for J 100 Thu
lloamcr. Albion Ciller, Dainty Peer
less, Chick llrndloy, Tho Shurtler,
Flanagan's liar.
Second race, three-sixteenths of
mile, all to be sold ror r200 Creole
Buo, King Spot. Fortunate Arrow,
Hoy l'lirt, ltoeky Dug, Alabama
Jack,
Third race, quarter-mile, all to
bn sold ror M00 .Security, Wood
ranger, Coin thn Dough, Deloma
Cnnnon, Cupid's Heuu, Dutch Herg
man. Fourth race, five-sixteenths nf
mile, nil to bo sold for H00 Wild
Irishman, lllaok .lank, Kay County,
Night Cap. Husy Hug, Sly.
Fifth race, three-sixteenths of
mile, nil to bo sold for 1600 Arnsee,
Lord Cannon, lono, Saw Huck, Hand
some. Huck, Dillon Wild Hill. Somo
of tho Herbs nlso eligible.
Sixth race, quarter mile, all to be
sold .for i 1,000 llerwlck Klllnrny
,, ' ' ......
I Mylng Stone
i.nu, sitting Hull, Cannibal King,
I ,. ,-; ,--
,,,IK, o".n't "Short-Clrcult."
Ho Hero comes a rrlond or mine,
tie's a human dynamo."
I Bhe -Iteally?
Hi Yes, everything ho has on la
I chareed. Tho Uuzzcr,
fSjBii
m
Brooklyn Superbas a Baseball Puzzle:
Doubt Over Their Ability to Again Win
Can tho Ilrooklyn Dodgers lilt a
paco hot enough thin year to cop
tho National league bunting again','
That s tlio question Which bobn up at
overy fanning iieo nowadays, orr
Hand, tlio Job look difficult. They
wolf by n couple of hairs lasf year,
Tho (liantii had started a winning
spurt which ror a tltno threatened
METS TO PLAY GIANTS
Muskogco .Southw cuter n Icagiii' 'lw
hCix iii itrst J-Miloltloii (iamo
Next rrlilay,
Bpmcltl tnTho WorM.
MUHKOtlHi:, Mnrch 21. With
wind, electricity and rain mixed In
ncvero equinoctial storm, 25 players
unilor contract to Munkogro Houtlw
westeru league arrived todny to start
training. 'With first exhibition gamo
u'lth New York Giants scheduled for
l-'rlday, chances were that playem
will nbt bo ablo to take the field
until 'Wednesday,
Tho remainder or the 3t players
nlgned by Manager Hobby Wallaco
mid President Jack llurdln will ar
rive this week. Other rxhlbltloii
games will rollow next week", Tho
rain today and .last night will reach
an Inch and a hair and makv playing
riold very soggy It Is the Hrat Se
vern downpour hero slnco snowfall
four weeks ago.
With tho (llantn will bo Dlek
Kinsell, formerly presldont of the
Three-I league and long a tllnnt
scout, and .lesn lturkott, old. lime
bnsrball player. Perrltt, llnrncn and
1 ton t o n are among tho twlrlom trav
eling with tho squad that comes
here.
Muskogeo will have a strong line
up despltn the lack of practice. Hob
by Wallaco will bo'ln tho Infield
whllo experienced men will do the
battery work and hold down other
posltlotiR.
ICmisn.H CIohcm ltclnl Here.
L. II, .Steele of Hutchison, Kan.,
cloned a threo weeks' revival nt Hod
Fork Monday mid will return to his
homo Tuesday.
"THAT LITTLE
OUBOFTHB DANGERS
to overenmn tho Dodger lead. Tho!
Cubs tint! thn Itedn mndo Ufa miser
able for I'm to Hobble's boys nil year.
Tho Dodgers did not stand head and
' shouldern nbove tho other teams ah
i did the Indliinn In the American
! league. And tlio tcntinclng the afore
, said Indians gave the Dodgers In tho
John Reisler Would
Show Son John Willi
1 Crack Feather Here
John llelslor. former) a boxing
promoter of Tulsn, rucontly re
turned to thin city from New York
and In singing tho praises of son
Johnny, a featherweight. HcHcr
In anxloun to show Ills boy against
any crack featherweight In Tulta.
John, sr., believes John, Jr-.cnn
hold hln own with any of thq best
featherweights nil also bollovcn
the bout would draw well. John
points to the fact that ho linn
many rrlonds and enemies -hero
who woujd be glad to see son
Johnny In action In Tulsa.
There Is more, than paternal
pride In Helnler'n bullet that young
llelsler would bu a good match
with Homo good feather. Johnny
created quite a sens.ittou In tho
cast, winning numerous battlos'by
knockouts, including K. O. I tat
tling I-ihn, Dutch Itrahdt, Kid
"Wagner and Johnny I.esllo, well
known boys, iib liln victims, t'ntll
hln recent sunpenslnn by thn New
York boxing commission, Holsler
was In grcnt demand ror bouts In
Oothnm. Ho la barred rrom par
ticipation In Now York state now,
howovor.
Ship HreaU-s Down nt Son.
HOBTON, March 21. Wireless
messages said o have been sent out
by tho ntoamor Wen; Hcllz todny
said that thn steamer Southpnlo had
broken dow;i at nea and was In need
of Immediate assistance. The posi
tion or tho Botithpoln was given at
latitude 40.lt! north, longltudo 72 48
west, which Is about 200 miles east
or New York.
GAME"-
OF 'SBTTLtNO ACTE'R. TrVE
Some, of tho Dodgers warming up,
iiccomiKiiilcri by italic Itutli, nt
Hot Springs, Iho first stop of their
southern Jaunt. At iipH-r left arc
Catcher Otto Miller anil lllg Italic.
At right l.s Pitcher I.con failure.
Ilelow, ut left, Is Pitcher ,lcfr Prof
fer. In center In Outfielder Tom
(irllfltli.
fall classic didn't add to tho Dod-
oim rtocI In tlio winter leaguo ills
cushions, Wllbert Itoblnson linn
virtually tho same team ho had last.
year. Tho Otantn ana Cubs have
niiulo material 'changes which ought
tc) strengthen them greatly. Yes,
It looks like n tough year for the
Ilrooklyn outfit.
TOPORCER TO CARDS
St. Iiouln Nationals Olvc Thrco Plny
crn In Ktchnnge for Spectacled
Kccond Hascnian.
ST. I.OUIB, Mo., March 21.
Ooorgo Toporcer, an Inllelder who
wearn spectacles while playing, lias
been obtained from tho Syracuso
club of thn International leaguo by
thn Ht, I.ouls Nationals In exchango
ror several players and a cash con
sideration, n dispatch from tho train
ing camp of tho Cardinals In Orango,
Texas, tonight said.
Syracuse gets two rlghthandrd
pitchers, Prank Dodsnn from Fort
Hmltli nnd AVnltor Bchultz, Ht. Louis,
and Karl Adams, an lufloldcr. Tho
locals also aro to rolcaso other play
ers to Byracuso, It Is understood. Thn
cash Involved was not mado public
by Manager Illckey, It was stnted.
Toporcer ban boon nt second bnso
for 8t. Louts slnco tho training
season opened,
SPKCIAL SKKVICISS IN ORDKK
Thrco CougregatloiiH and Solvation
Army Conducting n Program.
Twice n day services aro now bo
Ing held in connection with tho re
vival at Hoston Avonuo M. H. church
ono beginning at 10 o'clock In the
morning nnd tho other at 7:30
o'clock in tho evening. Rev. L. ti:
Darton In conducting tho revival.
At tho First Unptlst church Rev.
W. O. Anderson la temporarily leav
ing tho preaching to Dr. AV. D. Pow
ell or Louisville, Ky., and In loading
the singing, At the First Christian,
church tho women's clasa will oc
cupy tho choir loft Tuesday evening
nnd boy scouts will act an ushers.
A Mpecinl week or prayer und soir
djmlaV being observed by the 81
yatlou Army here ns clscwhoio
By E Link
3jMf.
TEX IS GREATEST :
FIGHT PROMOTER'
I Famous Promoter Plans
' Series of Crack j
1 Bouts Soon .
I
lly lM-rntlonl Nf- Rfvt-, 1
NHW YOKK, March 2) -Tex'
Itlcknrd In u-ltllOUt doubt tho i
"champion dti mondo" In tho lino
of fistic promotion.
No promoter past or present hnn
staged so many big matches and no
ono man has matched un many
champions.
Itlcknrd Is not through yet by
a long shot. Ho lies tho big Demp-ney-Carpentler
match como off July
S and he plans to continue pro
moting boxing nt Madison Bquaro
Garden for some moon's, ns ho hns
a lcaso thnt cavern n period of to
years. So If boxing holds Its ground
In the Umpire state, and Itlcknrd
stays In tlio game, ho will bo sure
to hang up n record for promoting
bnxlng classics that will never bo
equalled. '
"What good Is a champion If no
doesn't fight?" usks Itlckard.
"Ho's a blank," came tho answer.
"Ptoplo Want Hest." ,
"And that's why I wont right out
after thn chnmpB as soon an I got
the dnrden." Tex continued. "Peoplol
want to sco tho bent boxers. Thoy'll
stand for tho second nnd third raters
part of the time, but the champs
and near-champs aro tho ones who
bring them out." I
Acting on this theory Tex went i
arter thn biggest cards In tho
l:titirkl.ilt!Hllni: finternltV und to
dnto ho hns staged six championship
bouts, nil In a period of a few
moilths.
.Tack Dempscy knocked nut T1III
Ilrennan In Itlckard's arena In 12
rounds. ,
Henny Leonard Mopped ,Joo Well
ing nnd Kltchlo Mitchell In two sen
sational bouts.
Jnck Urlttop vanquished Jvta
Lewis In a struggle ror the welter
weight tltlo nnd Joo Lynch un
crowned Pete Herman In a 15-round
bout that brought down tho houso,
causing tho ancient Garden to trem
blo with thn uproar. Lastly Tex
got Johnny 'Wll.son and Mlko O'Dowd
together.
Seventh Title, right.
Thn Dempsey-Carpontler mltt
pushlng rest will bo thn suvnntli tltlo
event pulled orr under Itlcknrd's
superlvslon within eight months
tltno nnd before a year passes lie
hopen to hook John Patrick Kllbano
and Andy Chnney or some oilier
likely opponent ror a featherweight
tttln bout.
With Jimmy Wlldo preparing to
return to tlio United States It Is not
unlikely that Itlckard will inako a
match between Wilde nnd ono of
American's vest-pocket editions of
Wizard At Picking Winners
Says Giants Will Cop Flag
ORA-NGK. Texas. March 21.
Tho New York Giants will win the
1921 pennant In tho National leaguo
and tho Now York Ynnkoes or tho
Cleveland Indians In tho American
league, ,
Such is tho prediction announced
today by "Walking .lohnnlo"
ThompHiin, Texas baseball oracle,
maker or rreak wagers and said by
Connie Mack to bo tho greatest wiz
ard tho gamo has o'ver known.
ORANGB, Texas, March 21. A
corrin, ntombstono, two sets ot falso
teeth, an assortment or crutches and
walking canes, shoes, sox and hats,
several dozen corn-cob pipes, many
humidors or smoking tobacco all
won from his .townsmen constitute
a portion or tho property or "Walk
ing Johnnlo" Thompson, 84-year-old
baseball oraclo.
"Walking Johnnlo'' Thompson,
professional baseball gambler, by an
unoanny knowledge of banoball, has
during tho pant eight years preyed
upon tho "bad,Judgment" of his au
ditors, now humbled Into admitting
that Thompson knows banoball bet
ter than any othor living man.
As a tribute to his knovlcdgo of
tho gamo and tho ability of mair
league teams, certain Orango citi
zens have relinquished all claim to
tho houseboat in which Thompson
lives a rumbling shack moored to
tho banks of tho Sablno river in tho
rear or a livery stable, whero "Walk
ing Johnnlo" details his views to
local citizens. Citizens who during
tho past eight years havo pitted
their Judgment against that or
Thoini-on also havo deeded to tho
oraclo 10 acres of land, tux frco In
sofar as tho present holdor Is con
cerned, until the 'former owners
have passed out.
Meal Ticket for Life.
Tho rircs In "Walking Johnnie's"
cookstovo long slnco have been ex
tinguished. ' ifu is honor guest with
a lifetime meal ticket at a local
restaurant. And even in the winter
ho eats a plate ot Ice cream every
day having won such a confection
for each day during tlio remainder
ot his lifetime rrom a local con
fectioner. Tho tombstone numbered among
his possessions was won rrom a lo
cal undertaker who disbelieved
Thompson when tho. oraclo an
nounced -and backed Ills Judg
mont that tho Hoston Ilravea
would win a world's championship
rrom tho Philadelphia Athletics.
Tho samo undertaker didn't believe,
tho season following, that thn Hos
ton A.morlcans would win ' tho
ohnmplonHhlp ring rrom the Phila
delphia Nationals. Subsequently ho
signed an agreement to embalm and
bury "Walking Johnnie" without
cost,
Winn Cemetery Iyot,
In 1916, whon tho Doaton Ameri
cans won tho right to play off tho
scries with tho Ilrooklyn Nationals,
''Walking Johnnie," figuring that his
days were numbered, decided to
win a plot in tho local cemetery.
A groceryman believed that tho
Ilrooklyn team would win. After the
scries ha deeded to Thompson a
plot where the marvel will be
burled.
Feebleness of the veteran dope
st or, who. admits that ho has never
witnessed u major league baseball
came, requires, a, couple, ot .walk
Mr. Cotton Defeats
, Mr. Cotton; Referee
Doesn't Know Victor
LKXINGTON, Va March 21.-
Mr. Gotton of Memphis In ban
tamweight wrestling champion
of Washington and Ioe igiilver
slty hero, but whether his first
name Is Henry or Nicholas, no
body but tho 119 pound, Memphis
twins know. They nro allko an
peas In a pod and arter winning
their way through the try-outs to
the annual championship match,
fought Jt out elnd in exactly
similar gymnasium sultu. Home
db'ody won, but It looked llko a
man wrestling with hlmsolf and
the referee would not take a
chanco on Identification. Ho
merely announced that tho
championship had been won by
"Mr. Cotton."
pugdom (or tho world's riywolght i
crown. WDdo in also ambitious to
annex tlio bantam championship
nnd would not bo avcrso to a meet
ing with Jon Lynch 6r whoever holds
tho bantamweight tltlo when ho
nrrlves. Hn also wants another
eraok nt Pete Herman, to whom lie
gnvo away 12 or moro pounds and
succumbed via tho kayo route.
Hat LcvlnnKY. thu light heavy
weight champion or America, do
splto hits defeat at tho hands of
Georges Carpcntlcr, Is ntill in the
gamo looking for trouble nnd ho
may defend his American title.
Tommy Gibbons, who is paging
Jnck Dompsey, Hill Brennan, Charles
Wlenert, Hob Martin, Hob Hopcr,
Hat Levlnsky or any other heavy or
llghtheavy who longs to mingle, will,
be bound to succeed In getting a
match under Hlckard'n supervision
sooner or later. Itlckard wonts to
put Gibbons on, but so far ban been
unable to land an opponent for htm.
Dniibrrt Agree to Tcrtns.
CISCO, Texas, March 21. Jake
Daubert, veteran first baseman ot
tho Cincinnati Hcds, has agreed to
sign a contract for tho coming sea
ron and will Join tho club on Its ex
hibition tour north after It reaches
home, Manager Pat Moran an
nounced today. .
Kearti8 and Richard
Consult on Details
of Championship Go
NHW YOKK, March 21. Jnck
Koarn.s, manager or Jack Demp
eey, In hero today on a business
trip. Keams camo to consult with
Promoter Tex Itlckard regarding
dotalln for tho big right July 2
with' Georges Carpentler. Ho has
agreed to accept a pcrcontago of
fer from Rlckard, but tho slro of
the percontago has not been set
tled. Klckard, meanwhile, Is still
silent regarding tho site.
ing canes, crutches at times. Drug
gists and furnlturo dealers have lost
a supply of both theso articles to
tho sllvcr-hnlrod 'wizard.
Inspired, 8ny8 Mnck,
Connie Mack udmlts that Johnnlo
Thompson Is "an Inspired follower
of baseball," There Is a something
about tho old man, he says, that
gives him the power to work a Jinx
on teams, playing thousands of
miles awny, against whom ho has
placed freak wagors. Thompson re
moved tho hoodo from Athletic play
ers, Mack has declared, when they
triumphed over tho Now York Giants
in 1913.
"Ho'n the world's greatest, mas
col" declared Mack recently, while
hero to pilot his team In a pre-soa-
son gamo against Branch Rickey's
St. Louis Cardinals. "His knowledge
of tho gamo Is uncanny. His power
to review tho merits of basoball or
ganizations seem Inspired, While
many Orango citizens aro prone to
scoff at what ho says, my knowl
edge of baseball although his pre
dictions sometimes nro not as I
would like them to be compels mo
to pay grave bomago to his ap
parent wizardry."
Ask baseball's most ardent stu
dent who had tho highest batting
avcrago for tho American league
In 1919 and Johnnlo Thompson will
tell yibu, without referring to any
sort of a record book, that Murphy
of Chicago had tho highest aver
age, .489 having played In only 30
games. And he'll toll you Ty Cobb
batted .3S4 in 1919. Ask Johnnie
Thompson who was tho best field
ing shortstop in tho American
loaguo In 1919 and he'll toll you
quickly 'that Bcott of Chicago was
rirst, with a percentage or .976.
Hnn Wonderful Memory,
Ask him anything (Uiout, baseball
as far back as tho gamo dutcs and
ho'll answer correctly for his mem
ory, by actual repeated tosts, Is an
long ns the lltn ot tho gameas
unerring at any official record book
that you may chooso to refer to.
Johnnlo Thompson kocpa no sort of
decumontary records. Ho rcmombers,
ho lives, dreams and thrives on
baseball. He known lit tl n else.
"Walking Johnnlo" aesu.,icd hin
queer nom de plumo becauso for a
long period of years after tho intro
dutlon of automotive powor the
queer old wizard ot random docllned
to rid-, in a motor. Ho preferred
to walk.
He declines to talk of hln llfo
prior to tho beginning of the Civil
war, of which ho is a veteran.
Jhoitnlo Thompson discarded a
drum In tho bnttle of Gettysburg,
he declares, ur?d shouldered n mus
ket. A weather-worn, discharge
records the fact that he camo out
of that historic battlo 1th an hon
orable record nnd two wounds. Ho
sorved through tho Civil war with
tho Sixty-first Now York volunteers.
Hero In his homo town, whore ho
hen resided for 26 years, tho time
has come whon Thompson's mo
mentary riches aro somewhat de-
Hiletcd. Above board respect for hm
lasoball ken now makes It almost
Impossible for the aged veteran to
win money from his wngorings.
"It I can get the chief of police
to pit his baseball Judgment against
mlno at tho end of this season."
says Thompson, "I'll soon be wear
ing a badije," . ,
WALTER HINCKLE
JOINS BURKEMEN
i
: May Fill Infield Place
1 Jim Burke Releases
i Three Players
, i
I lly LARKY DAIX.LY
i Quo nnme was ndded to the Oder
register at tho Oklahoma hot' I m.
I terday nnd three were Krlikeii off
i Walter Hlnckln, first baseman pur
i chased last fall from the Vance ,ver
I Pacific International league iiub
I reported to Manager Jimmy tiurk
i and Itraun, first baseman; aujh!
inueiiicr, nmi uarrou, pucil- r, all
rookies, were released.
Jllnckle comcn well touted ns a
capable first baseman and con
sistent' hitter. Possibly he wl'l b
thn man to fill the gap nt first bane,
neither Eastman or Kupper re
malntng Initial fuck candidates
having shown lmpcsslvely
Further competition Is to bn
added la the already Interesting em
tio for outfield berths when niv,s,
Cleveland semi-pro, called hmo
Tuesday bocau-o or Illness In Tn
family, returns. Dlvls yesterday
wired hn will be hack soon, Nf tl
lug him been heard from Yanl
Davis, veteran outfielder, who was
also called to his Ornnh), Mo
homo on nil urgent wire Tiihc
two, with Krwln, ltennctt nnd Iltn
nett, are contesting ror the two ci .
field, berths, assuming that iturkn
oleetn to play a regular poslti ti
The squad rested yesterday won.
out being Impossible, of course d,
to the Inclement weather. If grojnl
nnd weather conditions permit a
light workout will be taken today
Hurko In mnlnly concerned In keep
Ing the plnyern nrniH In shnpn and
should it be Impossible to take thn
field today may attempt to nccjr'i
permission for them to cxercl'c in
tho Y. M. C. A.
A FINGER AND TOE LAWSUIT
Long .Major Toon and CnioUrd
Llttlo I'lugcrji Muy Decide (.'nso
. OMAHA, Nob., March 21 -Lone
.major toes and crooked llttte finger
will flguro prominently In r legal
nctlon by John F. Klrkmnn of
Omaha to secure tltlo to an estate
worth $130,000 left by John O'Con
nor, u Hastings, Nobr., shoemaker,
who 'died some years ago wlthon
known heir?.
This was nnnotlnced todny by
Klrkman's nttowiey who said an at
tempt will bo mndo to prove that
O'Connor In reality wiis Klrkman's
father. Matt Klrkman, "ono time res
ident of Greensboro. N. C. and that
family characteristics the claim
ant's own groat toes und his grand
son'H crooked llttlo fingers would
bo cited to prove tho relationship.
FINISH ST. JOHN'S
HOSPITAL
DANCING
My now studio Is for rent by
tho hour for small purjles aft
crftpons and evenings or card
parties. Light lunch served on
short notice. My place i
strictly private Prlvuto les
sons by appointment. Special
rates mado to small groups.
' n. It. IlUUI.i:, Instructor
709 North Main, rhono C-1983
DANCE
Attend tlio dance nt the
Moose Hall, 1144 -South Hos.
ton Ave, Tucndajn, Thtirsilajrs,
Fridays pml Saturdays or each
week. Rest music In tho city.
Como nnd bring your rrlends.
COMMITTEK.
DANCE
Kvcry Tuei-ilny nmi Saturday
nights nt new National Guard
Armory, 1100 East Stitli oL
WILL T. DAVIS, Mgr.
Mnslo by
"Tulsa Jazz Pirates"
(Promoters of Vcv)
Note: Take East Sixth St.
Jitney or Dellvlew car.
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