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EL PASO HERALD
Saturday. Fol.ruarv 24. 1912
IN EVERY FIELD
ALD AUTHORITY
la EI Paso James J. Corbett, W. W. Naughton, Monty, Tom S. Andrews and Lewis Arms Write Exclusively For the Herald
A HER
Jim Corbett Would Like To See
More Boxing Among the Amateurs
EW TOnK CITT is asked to sup-
port 3". boing clubs where the
prograr.s are made up exclusive
J of professional contests. No other
i '-, the world boasts the number
f If.' al supporters of the manly art,
' .t ',." club" well, that's going It
, rett strong
Tt :s therefore not surprising that a
r umber of promoters cry "bad busi
ness, and II nd tt a vexing proposi
;ion to keep their affa'rs in prosperous I
ondition. New Yorkers have been so !
surfeited with the good things of the
game since the FraWlcy law became
.I-.eratIve that it now takes an unusual
promising proposition in the way of
u match to attract them in gooaly
i. ambers.
Given a oarj that appeals, the root-e-s
turn out en maue The stars of
'i.e game play to packed houses when-
-ver tney deign to appear The Mc
Farlands, Hogans, Pallors, Gibbons
end Browns draw the dollars by the i
thousands, but the lesser lights must ,
sat'sr? themselves with the overflow
What the fans hanker for in the box
ing game In Manhattan at present Is I
sometnlng in the line of novelty A
series of amateur tournaments would
stimulate interest ver mucn. Too much
professionalism is the worst thing in r
-Ke world for any kind of sport where
would baseball stand If it wre not
for the amateur end that is the source
of ail Interest and love for the game.
rd tr.ls applies to boxing and all
other branches of sport. Every ama
teur tournament, properly conducted
means hundreds of new followers of
professional boxing A man with a
'oslng venture in the way of a well
(quipped club houBe can profit by this
'rt And this goes for other com
mjnlties besides New York city.
In toting to adopt the rule compell
ing principals in main bouts to weigh
'n at ringside, and public announce
nnt of weights, no matter what pri
vate arrangements have been agreed
-pon the New York Boxing commli
f'on baa earned the thanks of the fight
following public, and incidentally the
ordial dislike of a number of boxers
wio have long paraded under false
color so to speak
Among many so called lightweights
is new ruling is decidedlv and em
ir '-atlcally unpopular There are few
-f the more prominent boxers claim-
'ng eligibility in that division who can j the conclusion of the 20 round bout
make the IS pound mark and toe the ! with Frankie Burns for the bantam
scratch fitted for a hard battle. Par- championship at New Orleans last Sao
t'cularly is this true of the fop notch day. and afi accounts agree that It
members of the brigade In Gotham and was one of the most stubbornly cen
- 'Hnit And yet these same mdlvld- , tested battles ever held between Itftle
als generally poll that "loud noise" I fellows, noonite tbo ftpf that Honlnn
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e'er time one McFarland makes over--t.res
for a match. Packey demon
strated in his latest New York bout
'-at he can come as close to the 133
r- ark as most of the lads Who claim
'. be lightweights.
I do not know how much power Is
nested in the commission, but it seems j
me tne members might go a sten l
Tarther and take up the "matter of j
..eight reviiion in the different class- The fellow who poses as an "author
That the scale In the lighter di- j ity on the rules of boxing and calls
s'ons calls for reform permits of no I upon his gift of reading the future to
. rgument. et the movement to rem- t aid him in rendering decisions is the
the defects apparently never gets
-vond tre suggestion tag-. If the
'.alive is taken ty this legally ap-
olnted body it will find the reffirms
K-i. edil- adopted by promoters and
"!C" makers in all parts of the coun-t-v
r "n Con Ion received the verdict at
AROUSE INTEREST
sy GiiPEmni
Local Dealers Gould Bright
en Up Their Grame n Bl
Paso Considerably.
(By ATJTO-GEAPH)
Automobile dealers oi Bl Paeo
Tnlght stir up quite a bit of Interest
in. their game If they only were of the
'Jtner cities have very Interesting !
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competition among the various makes
of machines relative to comparative
time from one town to another and
back, et cetera, and work up enthus
iasm among all ante owners.
Another popular form of competition
Is along economy llama. This is prac
tical as well as interesting. Most auta
fans of El Paso would welcome some
good, clean competition.
Most every big msJor league base
ball player has Invested a certain por
tion of his earnings in an automobile.
There are no more staunch votaries of
the automobile than ball players who
ran afford it.
Harvey Herrick is going to drive a
ase car in tie big Santa Monica road
ra"e Herrick stands today as the
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FEBRUARY 24
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Only the Top Motcben Are Making Any Money Now About New York City
Might Make a Revised Classification of Weights.
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JAMES J. CORBETT.
Who norr contribute weekly to Tie Bl
Pase Herald's Sporting Columns.
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was favorite in the bettinsr the deci
sion was greeted with bowls of pro
test. There moat be something wrong
with the' game In the Crescent city;
this is not the first time Referee
Stout's interpretation of tie rules
has been questioned. A few months ago
Grover Hayes boxed lee Mandot before
the same dab and much dissatlsfac-
tlon was expressed at the
verdict ntTorlnr KuidoL
referee's
scream with moat followers of the
sport. 10 illustrate, two noys meet
In a 14 round match for Boiats. For
even or eight rounds one Isd piles Up
the points to his credit. Then the
other fellow comes strong with a spec
tacular finish and faae the better of the
last two rounda
Should any question arise .as to the
;Ing
Forld
worlds record of 74.1 miles oer hour.
mad the race of last October. The
Case people nave already spent a good
pit or money in tne racing game ana
have not taken a great deal out of it.
J. Aleck Sloane Is managing tbe Case
outfit.
The pleasure vehicle game is having
a hard time keeping abreast the de
velopment of the automobile along
commercial linos. New modes to uti
lise the commercial auto are being dis
covered every day.
Among the orimlnals who deserve
the least consideration possible from
the authorities is the automobile thief.
In several large cities systematized
pilfering of automobiles Is carried on.
Machines are stolen, repainted, the
numbers chiseled off the engines, the
car number, of course, confiscated, and
other clews for identification are
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chine taken several hundreds Of miles
away to another city for Bala Thanks
to the vigilance of expert mechanics
who have Veen detailed on these cases
the graft to a large extent is being
broken up To make it an offense of
considerable magnitude, without the
option of a fine, would break up this
pernicious practise.
There will always be a few Amer
icans who inslsr on being "different"
and these will continue to buy foreign
made automobiles whereas -It has been
unalterably proven that American made
cars are absolutely better adapted to
American road conditions, besides elim
inating Import duty.
El Paso is ready to do Its share
toward the consummation ef -that na-
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By James J. Corbett
Former Heavyweight Champion of the!
World.
one rightfully entitled to the decision
in such a case? Decidedly not. But
how often is the verdict given to the
boxer who pulls the sensational stunt
right near the close, and the good work
of his opponent throughout the greater
part of the battle entirely forgotten.
This Is a failing of many refetfees:
the incompetent ones, I mean, and there
are plenty scattered about the coun
try. (Sometimes when pressed for an
explanation the referee will advance
waoneV'theflnlsn andwouta
have won In a few more rounda" That
if? where be brings his second sight
faculties into play.
If a sprinter competed with a long
distance runner at 100 yards and the
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the finish, would you say the distance ; eree decided in favor of McVey. tlere
man should haTe been given credit for was what one Antipodean scribe called
a ictorv because if the race had 1een a "wave of popular indignation,
stretched out a little longer be wuld , Referee Baker, who was always re
have won' ' garded as the embodiment of sound
If you tried to get away with any- i Judgment and integrity. Was hooted
thing like that you would be regasded j out of the ring.
as a fit subject for a foolish factory. Some of the sports who have known
And that's where a few referees 1 Baker fer years spoke more in sorrow
have met ud with have been consigned than in anger about the "mlscartftge
long ago, or I am no Judge.
Late advices from Australia miorm
us that popular disapproval of Referee
"Snowy" Baker's verdict In the Mc-Vey-Langford
dispute was so wide
spread that tp square himself that of
ficial broke Into print with an explan
atory spieL
And the "explanation" does not ex
plain U least It does not point out
satisfactory reasons for his decision
tliat McVev'c -work was superior to the
Boston roon's efforts. Rather to the
I contrary his own account of the battle
nouui give one tne- impression tni me way me ming is viewed ouu jou
Langford was entitled to a draw, at der that Langford should have been
least, if no more. ' permitted to share the honors of a dead
At that there is not one word in all i heat
the expressions of dissatisfaction at i To Be Matched Again.
the decision Insinuating an attempt at I Tne controversy which arose over
dishonesty on uie part oi reieree or
ther sorrow at or pity for the official
blunder. I shudder to think of the
"short and ugly" words that would
have been thrown at everybody con- .
nected with the match bad it happened
in this part of vie woria.
"Snowy" Baker was, I believe, a
professional boxer some few years back
and has long enjoyed the reputation of
foremost ring official In Australia. Ac
cording to accounts, this was his first
serious blunder, if such it was, and
even tne most competent and experi
enced Judges
.'Jk ? ?2tT situation recalls, what happened When
,v 5 i io " S!i ' Jim F1nn "d 3UB kaagTord were ac
ilstake once In a jfle, 1 customed to meet occasionally In Las
feozle now
to make a mistake
anyway McVey is to give Langford a
chance to reverse the decision and the
feeling engendered by the questionable
verdict ought to spur the contestants
to their best efforts in the coming en
gagement. . u
Frank $an. the Pittsburg heavy-
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tteiKUk umn iiuui & uviuiiuua wia- i
for battle with Al Palser or Can Mor-
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When ifts recalled that Moran won
seven gWrraus struggles for anprem
acy In the old countrv. and that
among his most noted lctims was the
"marvelously clever"- South African
heavyweight. Fred Storbeck, it is ex
tremely doubtful if Morris and Palzer
give him a tumble at alL Seriously,
though, 'they fell me Moran did every
thing he wac asked in workmanlike
manner and that Bombardier Wells ran
out on an agreement to box him for
the championship of England. Let us
hope that Frank Is not another false
alarm.
tional borderland, highway for trans
continental automobile tourists. That
will mark a new era In roWd building.
. A little oil now aad then will save
many a garage bill.
WTLTJE LEWIS PUT
AWAY BY GIBBONS
Oldtime Welterweight Is No
Match For the Bov
From St. Paul.
New York v y irh i vii,.
Gibbons, of St. Paul, knocked out WU. 1
lie Lewis, of New Tork. in the second f
round of & schnduiAd 18 rmiYM luiu i
I, of a scheduled 10 round boat i "Sm.pf- 'B"?tt3L,u.Jft?I,i ,'
last night. It was the, St. EaS'T.2ifLln!J,,at T-iSSt 'SP1?1
rwelght's second defeat of Lewfi 1"?. wheh Langfor; arfaTleye
here
Welterweight's second defeat of Lewis
witnin two months.
The knockout blow was a right to
the chin, administered when Lewis was
wobbling from previous punishment.
Gibbons, in the first round, seat four
rights and four lefts to Lewis's head,
staggering him. Lewis fought wildly,
but his opponent ducked and blocked
the blows. Lewis then landed two
good rights to GIbbons's face, but a
right to tbe Jaw in return dropped hhn
to the mzt for the count of nine. Just
s ja.w in return aroyuea Dm
as he arose the bell rang.
Lewis came up weak in the second
and Gibbons let go a tornado of rights
and lefts, knocking him out.
MUEPHY WAS PAID
DOLLAR AiSNOCKOUT
Harlem Temmy Murphy, one of the
best lightweights in the country, says
when he first started to fight he had
a manager that took about all he made.
One night he matched Tommy and lie
wan in the first round by a knockout.
Hie manager said tbat he did not do
much to eara his money. Murphy
said to him:
"Get ano.ther man and I will fight
him, too."
He turned another into the ring with
Tommy and he beat him in the first
round. This pleased bis manager
Clt
much that he had him fight a third
man the same -sight. and Tommy
knocked him out fa the third round.
About this time Tommy was
feeling i
he ex- I
tlratt miMJ 3 abIiI a taaat
Ja 2.ltT -"
"But imagine my surprise." said Tom-
my. when he landed me ?J for my
night's work
His manager had him "tied up with a
10 year contract and Tommy thought
he was in for it. but later discovered
that the contract did not held, as ha
was under age. He then broke ww
f rom him. Now he owns a row of Jlats
and Is well off. Many times since be
naa seen the old manager borrow a
dollar from a friend.
TWO FIGHTERS GOie ROUNDS
FIGHTING AT CATCH WEIGHTS
Charleston. S. C. Feb. 24. Dick Gel
bert of Denver, and Harry West of
Cincinnati, fought 10 rounds to a draw
before the Nonpariei Athletic club of
this city last night They fought at
catch weights.
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AstQra'g owa retard fs
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znau ; & hlAly cos.
nlrted. eSkadsat
nerre and bodj btnlder;
S2 per box. Lufaent
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CwVinElP.X'T
at Kelly & Pcllard's.
'SUSP
PLHYING "HORSE"
LUSFOipW
Their Performance in Aus
tralia Smatters of the
Old Army Game.
(BY "W. W. NAUGHTON)
San Francisco. CaL Feb. 25. The ca
ble brings the news that the two black
Simi Tunrfnnf and MoVeV are
I "had to fight again in Sydney. Aus-
trails, next Easter Monday.
Well, here is one warmed over at
traction that is sure of a big gate.
When the two negro heavyweights
i fntifirht lajtt rwtAmber Sfi. and the ref-
1 ' Justice" and attributed Bakers
I wretched ruling more to temporary
aberration, superinduced by the heat.
than a desire to do wrong.
There was on all sides a disposition
to belieTe that Langford had "got the
worst of it. but after the first burst
of virtuous Indignation, the Australian
i boxing editors were far from being
! unanimous in declaring that Lang-ford
should have had the match. They said
they thought a draw decision would
have fjtted the exigencies of the occa:
i sion. From newspaper and private
mall it Is gathered that this Is about
i tDe decision has whetted the appetites
of the Sidney sports. They are longing
for another glimpse of the two Sams
in action, and there Js every reason for
supposing that a banner crowd will
witness the Easter Monday reunion.
Of course there is no supposition
I at least In Australia that the rival
negroes schemed to work off two
, matches on an unsuspecting public.
, but if there is any collusion about the
affair the fighters and those behind
them must be regarded as tricksters.
I Here in San Francisco tt has been
Angftles. Onee to vary the naonotony
of tbe performance Flynn was permit
ted to outpoint Langford Just as Mc
Vev outboxed the "tar baby" in Syd
ney In December. Flynn's showing
created a sensation in Los Angeles
that is. among sports who were not of
" iiiiiui iruiyiv usiu untiauQ iot
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otea tb Tta.lv
met again.
before a
bulgintr house.
of course.
and v the
th'nK- Langford did to Flynn were un-
numan.
There is ax idea that Lancford may
show an unexpected "return to form"
w-en he stacks up against McVey on
nastte1- Monday It Is safe to say,
, hon-erer. that there wll be no undue
"surprise no matter -what happens.- If
I I-angford turns the tables on McVey
the news will be received placidly, and
if MoVev score- a econd time against
Langford there will be an equally
mall display of emotion. This because
'the public has tired of trying to
"guess' Langford. He has. been man
acled In so many fights. But there is
no telling when he- is free p punch
with all bis might and main.
Sam "Handcuffed" Half the Time.
Apart from the suspicion that Mr.
Sam sometimes fights 'In hobbles, the
idea is entertained that he Is going
down hill. But, even if this opinion
is merely tbe outgrowth of his In and
out performances and"" Sam has It la
him to convince us he is as gMd as
ever, it must be said that the rules
under which glove contests are con
ducted In Australia at present are in
a measure a handicap to a roan of
Langford's stjle of fighting.
Langford is an, !nf igniter, while Mo
Vev likes to stand off and prod away
with a long straight left. The reports
of fie December contest show that
Mc ev worked the left tolgood Durppse
but .for..f?r that. fiF on.ai s 54
P"?" uJ i'Slie .V M?15.1? r,Ls
attempts at InflgnttstR It gaexild be
es
eVev
fought forbid men bttttltrig IrvHhor style
wit juengiora excels lit- ,
Tn early December the opponents of
boxing in Australia, who are generally
called -'Wowsers," agitated strongly in
favor of a stop being put to the fa
vorite Indoor sport. The police au
thoritte when uppeated to declared
tbat there was nothing objectionable In
Queensberry pastimes as long as the
Jaw wa llveri un to. About a week or
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I ford-McVey match, the InsneoiOr sen
l eral of nolice caused to he nrlHted in
the leading papers of Australia his
Ideas as to how boxing should be con
ducted so as to conform with the law.
The article bore the headline:
"TNSTRUCTIONS TO POLtCE."
an ran as follows:
"Special instructions hare heen Is
sued by the governor general for strict
observance bv the police throughout
the staff, of New South Wales regard
ing boxing contests. These instructions
, nave followed upon much controversy
I regarding such contests, and upon al-
irKanons or Brutality in connection
therewith, and especially in relation to
the proposed Langford-McVey fight.
Here are the instructions:
How Police Rule Fight
"It must be distinctly understood
that the police must interfere tt-hon
either of the contestants appears to be
suriering rrom injury or Is exhausted.
"r .olnorr.1te ,auPe"a unable to con-
Llnue- or. if r" !s obviously overmatced.
"" :" c ""' ""w power to stop
any f'nt where any of the contestants
are hurt. A responsible offfeSr. nr r'
'JrerJ.i"1'8.? e p'Sfen ,a?& mtSst
?eKT!Lul JJl thf contest .lsrStrictlr
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into
a rri2e Uftht or brfliallt &&
annum aiso watcn too COD
alea . U " T.Z"
t care
e. Ba
fore the fight the manAna
ft oftteer
shpulrt insr-eot the ploves and
see that
i"V " not iea than six
weight each There n..i -IT t". M
v-i ra aa'w nmiMi
circumstance be any InflghUnjj "i.
lowed and a clean breajc musf also
-,eiimTilied nK Contetls mns?be for
a limited number of rounds, not ex
ceeding 20. Th? police must Also see
that posts and flooring within the Ho
are jtiltably B,dded. so thrit a fafl Sn
not be attended with any In Juryto
SS-rn'3te J contestants must be
examined and certified as fit for the
2 ibv ? mdicai man before In
mn U.t-riT1? and-- unless these con
ditions a-e observed, a contest must
nob allowed to nroceed." .
These are the, rules of boxing well
Were,f,Pn ,nS'bu.t f they re ?,S""V
adhered to a fighter like Sam Lang
ford would need to forget what he
knew and learn a new system of box
ing. R LPH ROSE StTliTtS ABLE
TO I1UST JHOT PUT 3PARK
San Francico, Cal . Feb. 24 Ralph
Rose, of the OHmpic club, established
a new indoor ieord wnen he-hurled
the 16 pound shot 50 feet, two'inches
Billy Papke Now Down And Outer
In the Fraternity Of Fist-Cuffs
HEN speaking of Bill Papke,
speak only in a whisper.
Bill certainly does look like a last
year's straw hat And after all the
flattering predictions that dur friend
Tom Jones made in the direction of his
'coming back," too.
It's hard to figure how a man who
was such a tornado in tbe fight line
two years ago could have slid back so
far.
Adios. Abraham Lincoln AttelL He
finally drew the beating which he has
befe'n startnr off for & number of
months.
ere are a tot of feathers
able to
Jofcnny KUttaft - tsavot
jfile.to. But.JKJlbaa
fast to hi
is so elu
take the
tla It will he difficult to
aVwrnr front him.
In Los Angeles they characterize
Atteirs foul actions during the fight as
"goat tactics." Well, wasn't Abie the
gpat?
Tqmmy Kilbane (no relation to
Johnny) lfl a brother, feather who is
apt to give Johnny a. whole lot of trou
ble during 1912. Tommy already has
a couple of decisions over Johnny.
They are both Cleveland boys.
The rumble In tbe distance Is tbe
sound of those embryonic Giants at
Marlln, Tex., chasing flies.
Exit. also.
one Petroskey fnnV-tho
list of prospective
nuautaweigats
champs. Frankie Klaus, of Pitt&bKrg,
sun naa enougn leit in ins mius to
blast the aspirations of this yatmg San
Francisco boy.
He can keep Papke company.
If Joe Elvers can work himself back
to the featherweight limit he also will
pmy is in
IN NGJIUHIET
' Y" anrllrjstitute HaWBest
Ghance at Title Now,
Winning Easily.
(BY RUTH M. AUGUR)
Play that savored of more or less
acrimonious spirit with resultant sore
eyes and sore shins, and with a grand
culmination of one player being
knocked unconscious, was a- fact If
not a feature of the tournament for
the basketball championship of the
sontnwest
In the final game of last night's i
play between the A. and M. and the I
Y. M. C A.. "Fats" Ross, the big guard I
on th; latter team, was tripped and
fell tw flatly that he was carried front I
the floor unconscious. Earlier In the
day Bob Hoover, of the E. P. M L,
had received a bad gash over the eye.
but had it bandaged and resumed
play. Two players were banished from !
the floor for palpably foul work and
in the 'aggregate the tournament ,
basketball Is somewhat akin to out
door football.
"V and r Most Likely.
From the way the home basketball
teams took the measure of the visit
ors in the opening games of the
Southwestern federation basketball I
tournament played at tbe "T" Fri- j
day. it would seem as though the real
championship contention would be
narrowed down to the Institute and
the Y. M. C. A,
Both teams were victors In the
games played, the Institute won 51
to 28 from the A. and M. in the after
noon, and HZ to 14 tn the night game
against tbo Btahee ' Shamrocks. The
"Y" had an equally winning One of
! iVb.f;JC!KB, "-" de
feated the i" 2? T liTand. .won
from the A. and M- at night, M to 20.
The first game of the afternoon,
between the Ai and M. and the E. P.
M. I. was a walkaway from the start
for the military boys. The Aggies
made-the first two scores of the game,
but after that the T' whirled away
with everything. The first quarter
was 3S to ( In the militarv ban cred
it and th second 34 to 12. The last
two quarters were played In one, so
many time-outs had to be taken. Mor
timer Johnson was decidedly the star
performer, though Wayne Chenowetn
was a close second. Johnson threw 25
of the points scored, and 't?heny" 1.
Johnson had his own way in the
game. With his slip-through taedcf
he -kept the Aggies guessing all the
time. He quite outjumped his oppos
ing center, and kept the balr with
the "I's" most of the game. Boh
Hoover played a good game, .The
scoring was general with the team,
every player adding a few points to
the tally. John Hagard did the best
shooting for tbe MesUla Park. Roy
Boat and Charles Briggs played a
Sa consistent game for the Aggies.
The lineups for this game were: 9.
P. M. I. Mortimer Johnson, center;
Wayne Chenowetn. Robert Hoover,
forwards; Wendell Kuhn. Jim Ready.
Brooks McCarthy, Spencer Derbyshire
and R. E. Hurd guards.
A. and M. Herbert Smith, center:
John Hagard. Rnv Rn&t. forwards;
Charles Briggs and Edward Wharton,
guards.
Referee. E. N. Robinson, umpire, C.
L. Garwood.
V. . M. C. . Beas the High School.
The "Y"-"$rr game was closely
fought In the first quarter, but the
Ts" steadily gained and ended with
a walkaway.
Vern Lyman threw the first score of
the fcme for the High school. The
playing was fat and fnrious. but the
quarter ended "Y" 7. "Hi" 4. "Doe"
Garwood was a wonder with free throw
shooting, caging the ball with the
greatest ease, while the "HI" eeased
hoodooed, and of manj opportunities
only landed two balls. Peralta gener
ated his men well Harold King and
Lace Rumsey played a dandy guard
game. Rumsey threw one of the sen
sational shots of the contest caging
the ball vith an overshoulder throw
from down the field King also sur
prised the "His" with a pair of bas
kets. Lee Evans made a couple of
beautiful backward throws that did the
work The lineups were "Y." Jose
Peralta, center. ' Hoc ' Garwood, Lee
Evans, forwards. Harold King and
Lace Rumsey guards "HI"." "Sag"
snea. center. ern l. man. Will Ta -lor.
forward; Nelson Rheinhelmer
and Will Grad'v. gjard
Will Grady sprained his ankle rath
er badlv but continued In the game.
Robinson refereed
Shamrocks Were Overrated.
From t e aocompli'Tnerit- uf l.arr
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Illinois Middleweight Conclusively Demonstrated That He AbsoJateiy CMdd 2Tt
Come Back Gossiped Here and There In the Sporting World.
be a hard number for Kilbane to elim
inate. But tbe .prospects are that they
will continne to groom Joe for Addie
WolgasC
Wolgast is getting a bit dictatorial, (with the times that motorcyclists
too. according to, reports. He says he should band together the samo as au
wlll fight Risers Julv 4 and no one tomobillsts have under the AAA
else. We had always Imagined that
a champion fought whom the public
demanded he should meet.
Addle Wolgast is deputed to have lost
j. i .., ,...ii i. i ij .h.
ir on AttelL it is saia mw
he' and AtteTl pooled $2000 and posted
It all on Abie at 1 to 2. Now Ad will
have to go out and bet on himself to
get even.
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They ought to work In two more na
tional holidays.
Rnra tb nelhrntlnn of the birthdays
of Mutt and Jeff
'Meticulous" Quick, Watson. the
dictionary.
If It wasn t for boxing
mlpht cret milfe a lnt nt ntlblicltv.
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And. bv the wav. a tournament for
a sectional basketball championship Is
not typically a love feast either.
Nothing ct its size is as fast as a!
motorcycle, except another one. j
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There surelv is a place for this new
one Cass Tarver if he has the gooda
Nothing would tickle the average
fight fan an- more than to hav him
pulverize a few of the white "hopes'
who are strutting around In the cal
1 elum rays now as prospective candl
- l dates for a Johnson meeting
- Jterez must want to cry in humili
ation .having to stand for isolation and
the races, both at the same time.
Sam Langford
ought to stage it
and Sam McVey
The Federation of American Motor-
Mooney's Shamrocks before they struck
El Paso, basketball fans were expect
ing re see a team that would give the
home quintets a close run for the tro
phy, but the Btsbeo bunch were out
played, out-passed and out-classed
f completely by the Institute's teamy
Tnia institute team has made the moK
amaaina advances in the last two
(weeks, and i coming etrong for the
title- The Shamrocks made a decided
hit with their nifty suits, but they
couldn't aboot and they couldn't block
and the Institute put it all over then.
The game ws exceedingly rough, and
Boh Hoover had his eye gashed. In
the last halt, 'when the Boor was de-
dded beyond a doubt the Institute
played for time -with tbe most baffling
and cleverly executed pass work, that
Kept tne snamrocxs absolutely daaed.
'Mally was the only real shooter of
tne ttisbee team. The first quarter
was rather close, with the score 9 to
5. but that was the nearest the Sham
rocks came to touching the T score, t
xne lineups: c. r. m. j., Mortimer
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There is one olace where the Indiana
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Always pica a cnaqpn to win un
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K. O. Brown of Nest Tork and K. Cl,
Brown of Chicago are two altogether
different personages with entirely dif-
ferent ring achieve wen tn. K. O. of New
Tork is more or less of a wonder,
while the K. O. party from Chicago
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i anytftlng else. One fa a. lightweight
and the other a sMBflle.
The man with a, "teatem ' for beat
ing the races MgM to frame it and
hang it ever th--luo.
George Fitch tell of a catcher who
could "stop anything that happened to
come through that particular town
ship." Sounds like a sporting editor's
boost for a new baseball find.
.
Yep! Nothing to do until Monday.
Johason, center: Wayne Cheneweth and
Bob Hoover, forwards; Wondatl Kuhn
andJIm Ready, Brooks McCarthv,
"fie game was so rough 4hat fouls
war the rale rather than the exception.
Jba eady. of the ,'I." and Boy Benton.
tthe Shamrocks, had to be put out for
vxcoeamg tne speon limit on ioois
TThe players On- the Shamrocks were
Roy Benton, cent; James Maffe, Sam
Benton and Bryan. Thomas, forwards.
Walter O'Malley and Frank Champion,
guards.
Tbo Aggies were- a soft saap in the
end for the T" team, though in the
Degrnning ot tne game
they had the
- advantage. 1 to 7 against the "Y -
I The gam was furiously fought
' TheJinenps were: "Y" subs. Johnnv
i Jorex. center; ann biock ana j. eerg.
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Thomas, guards.
The A 4 M. team used the same line
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