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EL PASO HERALD SPORTS, RECREATION and OUTDOOR LIFE
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Carter
SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPION WINS
VERDICT OFJEFEE MI1L0
Aggressiveness of Etleholder Coupled With Severe
Punishment in Clinches Gives Him Substantial Mar
gin at End of Contest; Murphy Tries Hard for
Knockout; Both Clever, Game and Fast.
Br BUD RUTHERFORD.
POUTHWESTBRN lightweight cham
,"j pion Tommy Carter, of 1 Paso
successfully defended bis pres
tige Monday nigrbt at the Fort Bliss
aimetic association puncn oowi wnen
he was awarded tbe decision over
Tommy Murphy. Fifth cavalry cham
pion, by referee Jack McDonald at
the end of 15 rounds of fast boxing:.
Carter's aggressiveness, bis willing
ness to box or mix it at close range.
hip clean punching and cleverness en
titled the fast little title holder to the
decision. Murphy proved a splendid
little sportsman, a terlfflc hitter, a
snappy boxer and a game little bat
tler but he could not cope with the
more determined style of Carter. The
decision was popular with everyone
In th arena one individual exception
and referee Jack McDonald was
given a hand by the fans when he
stepped from the ting after tbe con
test. The bout was one of the best
and cleanest staged at the big arena,
this year.
Murphy, game and still capable of
landmp a dangerous punch, was bad
ly weakened da ng ftie final rounds
of the contest, "ommv. of the -Fifth.
fighting in a half crouch throughout
the battle, did not possess the
strength and steam of his aggressive
rival who continually pushed the
fight and was always ready to a'u;
tnd box. Obeying instructions from
had daddy" Anderson hi his corner .
' arter turned loose on several occa
sions and badly punished the Fifth
glairy crack in the clinches. Mur
phy's handiest and best blow, a right
rcss to the jaw immediately follow
ing a stiff left jab, found Its mark
early in the bout many times, but
after the seventh Carter seemed to
hate it soHed and then he was hard
to hit.
Carter Good In Clinches.
Tuft what weakened Murphy is not
Known, it may nave oeen tne con
sistent pounding of Carter's left on
n s midsection wnicn reauoeo tne re
serve strength of tbe cavalryman.
Murphy showed a disposition to
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Defeats
mix things up to the seventh,
when he weakened, and then Car
ter began to pile up his points.
The auburn haired Irishman was
holding his own and the bout was
about "even Stephen up to that
round. Then Carter cut loose.
He tore after the cavalryman and
earned the round by a margin.
From that time on Carter did vir
tually all of the leading and In
the clinches or at distance he
pushed the going In a determined
manner and won the succeeding
nnndi.
Carter's pretty boxing with his left
hook and rieht cross at distance and
his choppy blows in the cuncnes were
th nnncinai laciors in nis victory
Murnhr. always dangerous, boxed
nitt.lir nnrf he showed a hittlne
power that surprised the fans. He
fought aa exceptional clean fight
urn nifl i aner una dold reccivcu a
b.c hand from the fans for their
r!ivr work dnrinsr the contest. Mar
DhT a train st a less raster man inan
Carter would have shown to great
advantage. He made a tremendous
hit with thft fans for his soortsman-
Bhip and eramesess and proved an able
rival for Carter. He was outpointed
cleanly and he did not enter a pro
test. Carter TV on Handily.
ThA former southern department
lightweight champion on the other
hand boxed better than ever before.
Carter used his left and right handily
and caused his supporters to jump
to their feet many times by his ae
sire to slug in the clinches. Tommy
showed to 50 percent more advantage
than in his bout against Hill, due
toainly to the fact that he had an
opponent who was willing to mix it.
Summary of the rounds gives Car
ter eight. Murphy three and four
were draws. Murphy's rounds were
the third, fourth and fifth.
The first was a stand on ana ine
second belonged to Carter. In the
10th Carter had his best Inning.
The little Kl Pasoan brought blood
from Murphy nose with a series
of stiff blows to the head and face
and also punished the sturdy cav
alryman in the clinches, lie did
all of the leading in that round.
Carter had the second, sixth, sev
enth. 10th, 12th. 13th 14th. Mur
phy landed several strong blows
in the 11th, when Carter Jumped
In and tried to end the bout. Car
ter also won the 15th.
Beferee Jack McDonald officiated
In the head liner of the evening and
Sergt. Morrison worked in the pre
liminaries. Bach was capable in the
highest degree. Harry Kane was
timekeeper and Sergt. Harper an
nouncer. Tommy Nelson challenged
the winner of the headliner. while
Kid Payo, the little Bl Paso feather
crack was introduced. He Is to meet
Dick Griffin at the arena, July 19.
One Incident marred the staging of
the preliminary contents which met
with the disapproval of the fans but
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absolved of all blame by the boxing
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his shoulders for his work in putting
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Be had a substantial lead on
points when he walked out to
referee and announced that he had
to stop giving aa his reason "that
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not continue. He appeared In
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necessary for him to box five
more rounds in a defensive fash
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KNIGHTS LOSE
ANOTHER GAME
Drop Second Contest in as
Many Days to Inter
national Team.
In a listless free hitting contest the
Knights of Columbus team was again
defeated Monday afternoon by the
hard hitting Internationals, score 18
to 14. The Knights were unable to
back up their hurlers and many runs
J-resulted. A movement is on foot to
supplant the Knight team with the
Lester Motor company, leader of the
International league. This will be
considered tonight at a special meet
ing at the office of mayor R. C
Semple.
The matter oT allowing Alamogor
do representation in the league will
also be taken up.
The score:
K of C
AjUdns. Ib-lb.
AB R H PO A B
I S 1 C
Cunningham. lf-Sb.
Doyle. 3D-B. .
Brown, ss. . .
Flsnnican. cf.
Marty, cf-lf.
Davis, rf-et.
Bauson, lb. ,
Barrt&s. e. ..
Rutherford, p. .
Mnteahy. rf. ...
Totals . .
Internationals.
....43 14 13 37 IS S
AB R H PO A E
Medina, ss. . S 3
3
3
Chacon, c 3 I
Chaves. 2b. ... l l
Calamls. rf-cf. 3 1
Ley, rt-p- 3 3
K. Gonwi. p-lf-3b. .... 3
MM&. Tf-tf. 3 2
Armeadarex, cf. ........ S X
I. Gomez, lb, 3 3
Alderete, 3b S 9
.3 11
0 1
1 1
2 1
I
Totals II 14 24 S
Score by Innmsa.
Knights of Columbus .... 134 02 MS 14
Internationals 412 It S3 IS
Stolen bases. Doyle. Brown, Darts. Ruth
erford. Mess. Saerifloe hit. Chacon. Two
base hits, Medina, Csnniaehaai. Fh&nlgaB,
Marty. Three baas bits. Medina. Adklos.
Home ran, Doyle. Strnckoat, by Gomez. 1.
by L-eyra. S: by Rutherford. 3: by Deytt 3
Baa on baits, off Gomez. 3. ofr Leyva. 3.
off Breaaan. 4; off Rutherford. 4. Left on
bases. Knights of Columbus. 10: Interna
tionals. 4. Hit by pitched ball, by Gomes'
(Doyle. Brown. Flaanlran): by Rstberford
(Calamta): by Brennan (M. Gomes): by
Lews fBarrlas) Pu&4 hair -nr44a tim
of game, 3-lt. Umpires, Ferro and Kane.
tersteln's end of the parse 1 belnc
held up by the Port Bliss boxlnjr
.Hirer aa . result of Ui showlas;
in the contest.
Had he shown the form In th. r.
maining rounds which featured his
work in the first two aiminst H.niA.
there Is little doubt but that he would
na e won tne matcn.
JIIKe tYIns Another.
Mike Vasauez tonnld fh. ram
Chic Montes in the first round of the
special event, sasquez was ably
handled bv Kid pita nnA hn iiin.ui
himself to be -a fsihter as well as a
wrestler which is saying a good deal,
vasquer showed ranch pep and science
and has tbe makings of a good boy
with careful training. The men are
ugniweignts.
TaDBr Tommv Wnrnliv an4 f.Qallnrt
Brown were billed to go on as the
curtain raiser hot the little fellows
put up a match which rivaled the
main event from the standpoint of
evenly matched ability and sccroppi
nees. Murphy won the decision In the
fourth round when he dropped
Brown with a stiff left and rlcht
to the Jaw. Brown rose on one
knee but was too late ns he
missed the count of the referee.
A continuance of the match would
have resulted In Brown recelTinar
a severe beatlna- as Murphy was
retting; better and dealing out
considerable punishment to his
opponent. Murphy kept bis left
hand in the fare of his opponent
throuKhout the contest and led in
two of the three preceedlnc
rounds.
This boy has all the earmarks of a
coming champ. Veteran Freddie
Grooms has charge of him and it is a
surety that he will get good training.
: BOXING :
O'DOWD DEFEATS JTKAY.
POCATELLO, Idaho. July (.Mike
O'Dowd, of St. Paul, former mid
dleweight champion, was awarded
a referee's decision Mondsv whn
Gordon HcKay. middleweight cham
pion of the northwest, refused to an
swer the bell at the opening of the
Uth round. It was to have been a
IE-round affair.
At the end of the 12th. O'Dowd
naa tne eage or seven rounds, MeKay
led in two, and three were even.
O'Dowd forced the fighting from the
start, excelling at close range, while
McKay's only points were scored In
long distance fighting.
Edwards Stake
Won By Lancelot
Cleveland. Ohio. July i. The 1J0
grand circuit harness horse, raclncr
season was opened at North "Randall
iracK Jtonoay Derore the largest
crowd that ever attended a meeting
here wltS a program of seven events
that took seven hours to finish.
Tb4f feature event nt thn mnl was
the Edwards stake. 2-08 class, pacing,
divided into two divisions, each worth
. Red Lancelot, driven by
Charles Valentine, of Colnmbus, Ohio,
won the first division, and John
Henry, driven by Tommy Murphy, of
Foughkeepsle. N T won the second
division. The best time in each divis
ion was 2 034. which equaled the
track record for the stake.
Valentine was awarded fn T.
wards cup because Red Lancelot won
In straight heats and in the fastest
average time.
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Competent Coaches For Texas
Berry Whitaker Football Head
By BOY J.
AUSTIN. Ter, July 6. The athletic
activities of the University of
Texas during the 190-21 season
will be handled by the largest and
most efficient group of coaches that
has ever been gotten together by a
southern institution. With an atten
dance which is expected to exceed the
4000 mark, and with the increasing
interest in sports and physical train
ing in general since the war. even this
staff will be taxed to the utmost to
fulfill the need.
Whitaker In Charge.
The football coaching suf is com
posed of five termer college stars,
headed by 'Berry M Whitaker. for
merly quarterback, of the University
of Indiana. Whiqiker was assistant
coach of the 1911 team and is the
man responsible for the Inauguration
and development of varsity intramu
ral activities. His -past success as a
coach of well trained and fighting
teams led to his selection last spring
as the proper man to lead the long
borns to victory this fall.
As first assistant to Whltnker
Charles B. Seldon will act as head
line coach. Seldon was ail-western
guard on the Ohio State Uni
versity's championship teams for
three years.. Ills playing ability
and fightinjr qualities are shown
by the fact that he was recognised
ns the best guard In the middle
west, although he only weighed
143 pounds.
Ton handle the freshman football
team, and also to take charge of in
tercollegiate track for the coming
session, the university secured Clyde
Ltttlefield. Llttlefield made more let
ters than any other athlete ever made
at the University of Texas. For four
Wilson Is Southpaw Mixer
Conqueror Of
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BW YORK. July . It was rather
queer that Mike O'Dowd snouia
im his middleweie-ht to a man
who fights with bis right hand ex
tended, wasn't it? It was rather
queer, too, that Mike should win the
title from a boxer who affected the
same pose.
Never in the history ot boxing has
a man wen a title from a fellow who
fought with his right hand extended
and lost a title to another ot that
sort.
Johnny 'Wilson, the new champion.
Is a Harlem Italian
He didn't stop Mike, but he was so
far ahead at tbe end of the 13th ronnd
thai' the Boston referee ust had to
raise his hand and make him champ.
Of course. Mike will make a yelp.
All champs do after their title is
gone.
O'Dowd did fairly well as a
champion. He gave nearly every
title hunter a chance and hand
ed most of them pretty good
nestings-
Johnny WUsoa Is in line to
clean unfilmself now.
We have no really good middle
weights here, nad his path to
riches ought to be pretty soft.
Johnny Wilson kind of shocks yon,
doesn't it?
He dropped out of the sky, Juit as
otner cnamptons nave aone.
Ko one knew Ketchel when he beat
Joe Thomas.
Young Corbet was an unknown
when he met Dempsey.
Jack Dempsey was unheard of until
he had beaten Smith, Morris and
Brennan.
It's the "anknown that yon have
to watch.
.
The Crenlesl Fighter ."'t
He Ever Saw.
Dear Tad I have been reading ar
ticles on the "Greatest Fighter." but
I have not yet heard about the great
est of them alL
1 refer to Frank Erne, the modest
Buffalo boy. When he was light
weight champion ot the world he met
Gans In New York, and fight follow
ers of that day will never forget that
battle.
Frank Erne, if he did not octbox,
did clearly outfight and outgame
Gans and made Joe quit cold in the
12th round. Coming oat ot a clinch,
Frank chopped a hard left to Gans's
right eye. It cut Joe's eyebrow,
which hung bleeding over the eye,
and Joe seised that excuse to say
to the referee.
2 cannot go any farther," and quit.
Two years later Gans beat Erne In
a round, but Frank had not taken
good care of himself, ran into one of
Joe's beautifully timed short rights
and lost his world championship, t
Those who remember Ganss
career aa featherweight have
not forgotten how AI Herferd,
then his manager, nsed to work
to give Joe an aee in the hole In
every match- In those days
weight forfeits did not run very
ls- Joe could not make 118 or
even U2 pounds to save his life
and never tried to. Herford
would post a small forfeit and
Gans would come In six or seven
pounds over weight, forfeit a few
What Do You
Know About Sport? I
- Aeir Questions.
r,-ir;5?aS, hor5; won the Columbian
Ch?caMait8,TT",UDEt0n
.,2"7T? w? " 1M yard dash In
" 11H Mnal A. A. U. track meet.
3 Who wnn lh. AAA ... .
thelll. natlonaiX X. V track meet
n,tf , 'T w'H'ams ever
.?? y coort anls champion?
i.JfT1VS.ere..i!?Jlobert Gardner fin
ish In the 12B Ttaffllfth nmot).. .1
tnt.B. .. &w
,7.rlaa S1" Rotn always been a
.300 hitter in the majors?
8 What year did Grover Ale--asder
win 10 or more eames?
' ' With what dabs In the National
league did Larry Cheney play last
10-How old Is Billy Southworth?
Answers to Yesterday Questions.
1 The American league bad US
players and the National league had
111 players in the service In the world
war.
2 Twenty-ttree games in a season
is the most Vaughn has won Jn the
majors. He won 2 In 117.
J Seorge Burns batted .358 in 1913.
4 Babe Ruth Is S feat 2 inches
tall.
5 JV. J. (Bflly Andrews piloted
Hamburg: Belle when aha rift4
Phlan.
6 High Ball won the last Ameri
can derby held In Chicago In 1M4.
7 A. K. Post!. Australian profes
sional, once dii tbe 100 y rds in 3 A
seconds downhill slightly .
S Martin Bnrke'a first . f.it
a professional was by George Clip in
November. 119. Burke dislocated hjs
collar bone in the second round, but
fought to the loth.
9 Martin Burke Was Hrvra In vAm
10 Johnny Kilbane fought a 10
round no decision bout with Richie
Mitchell in 1915 and again in 1916.
Copyright. 1920. Thompson Feature
Service
Leona
McLEAN.
consecutive years he made his letter
In football, basketball, and track, and
in ail three sports he was reckoneo
as a star of the first magnitude.
Bryan Also On Job.
To handle the second-string men,
known in varsltv circles as the Short
horns, B. D Bryan has been engaged.
Bryan was a former football star of
Washington and Lee University. He
played in the line for four years on
tne strongest teams ever turned out
bv that Institution.
Albert Penn. of Austin, will be the
line coach of the freshmen. He was
on the 1916-17-19 football teams of
the university, and was rated as one
or tne neaoiest linemen in tne souin-west-
Thc baseball team will be
coached by the incomparable Billy
DIsch, who has Just turned out his
ninth consecutive championship
team at the University of Texas.
Billy" has probably turned out
more championship teams and de
veloped more star baseball play
ers than any other conch In the
country, and the yonnc man who
Is able to get under his tutelage
is fortunate Indeed.
As stated above, Uttlefield will
handle track. For the past three
years. Littiefleld has been coaching
tfc nr.pnvtll.. Texan hlerh school
football and track teams and turning
out winning teams. His experience
as a former star and coach should
insure the success of the Longhorns
in track next spring.
Wrestling and cross country will
be In charge of Jack McLean. Both
these sports will be placed on an in
tercollegiate basis next session, and
excellent competition is looked for.
O'Dowd Is Fast
dollars aad generally take down
the long end of the purse.
Picking the greatest fighter Is
hard business. With such men as
Jem Mace. John L. Sullivan. Charley
Mitchell. Jack Dempsey (the original
Nonpareil), George Dixon. Joe Wal
coit. Bob Fltxslmmons, Sam Lang-
ford. Franke irne, Joe uans. rerry
McGovern and others to select from,
there Is room for a world of argu
ment. However. I think every Judge
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FT. BLISS SIS
JUUIIN VICTORS
Defeat Fast Alamogordo
Team When Coombs
Holds Eivals.
Alamogordo. N. M, July 6. Lieut.
Barnes and his Fort Bliss all star
team won Its second successive game
here Sunday from the snappy Alamo
gordo team by the score of 14 to 2-
BUM team, allowed the Alamo go mo
. . . M &.1 ., 1.... .1. 0 WT 11
OOys out lew oils Buu nF w" "
scattered.
The score:
Fort Bliss. AB R n PO A B
Weaver, cf. S 2 I J
r,A rf. - 4 1 3 0 0 s
Trautraaa. If- S
UlnfL lb. 5
set
X IS 1
Moskopf. c S
1 11,1
1 2
sea
ill
0 14
BOSS. W.
Smith. Ik. 4
Wlarmts. SB. ...........a S
Cottmbe. p. ............. 4
Tetsls
Alsmacordo.
Devlin, cf.
Leva, ss. ......
Win 2b.
a. onus. in. ...
Crosier, p.
E. OUUs. Jh. ...
AaMltfTioiit rt.
MeR&e, c. ....
Waraock, If. ..
.41 14 IS 2T It 2
AB R H PO A B
. S t J e
4
4
4
4
4
2
S
s :
t l
i it
0 2
2
1 t
S
t t
Total Jt 2 4 3 8 1
Score br laniacs.
Port Blfcw M M tit 14
AUraoffonlo 00 tHJ 3
Stotn btiM, Traatmaa. 3. Wterste.
Smith. A. OUiH. Sacrfflca hits, Ctomfca.
Btuh. Warsock. UcRaa. Two baa hits,
Mokop 3: Wearer. leeym. Three tase hit.
Crawford. Doable plays. Coembs to Me
GatIb to Wlaraie; Croafer to A. GIUs.
Straekoot. by Coombs, IS; by Crazier. .
Hit by pitched ball, by CroxJer (BaahK
Wild Ditch. CoesibB. Tim ot rmme. Z 4S.
Umpire. Marty asd Howard.
of boxls? who ever taw him In action
will agree that in his prime Young
Griffo, the Australian featherweight.
was the greatest boxer who ever
lived, and, until he broke his hands
knocking oat middle and heavy
weights, quite likely the greatest
fighter we have seen.
Frank Holman.
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WORLD'S CHAMPION BESTS RIVAL
BI KNOCK! lUTipTH HOUND
Benny Allows White to Do Most of the Leading Tip to
the Last Bound When he Assumed the Aggressive;
White Shows Hitting Strength and .aggressive
ness, hut Unable to Cope With Speed of Champ.
BENTON HARBOR. Mlclu July .
Lightweight champion Benny
Leonard, of New York, eacces
fully defended his title here Monday
afternoon when he knocked out
Charlie White, of Chicago, in the
ninth round of a scheduled 2 coand
contest.
It was Leonard's first bout la six
months. More than 15.09 persons
witnessed the contest, which was bit
terly fought. White receiving severe
punishment during a majority of the
rounds.
White the Aaxreuor.
"White carried the fight to Leonard
and had the better of five of the
Um seven rounds. He fought a game
battle and surprised his admirers un
til Leonard landed a smash on the
chin early in the ninth round. He
knocked and partly shoved. Leonard
through the ropes in tbe fifth round.
The champion fell outside the ring
and the referee bad counted four be
fore Leonard was pushed back inside
the ropes.
A short rljcfct hand punch to
the chin, which Leonard had been
tryfnc to land all through the
fight, nai the start of White's
flnlah In the ninth. White
dropped to his hands and knee
and although dased. refused to
take the eon at. Leonard saw in
stantly that White waa badly
tunned and rained blows with
both hands to the weakened nd
fast fading Chlcagoan. White
was knocked down four times,
once half way through the ropes,
before he was counted out.
He was lying half on his face and
half on his haunches when referee
Smith finished the count. White was
completely out and fell to the floor
once after his seconds had piesTed
aim up. it was tne xtrst time that
White, the veteran ef 145 fights, had
ever been knocked out, and It was
his sixth chance at the lightweight
championship.
Crowd S antes forward
As the referee raised Leonard's
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hand as a signal of victory, the crowd
surged through the press stand to the
ringside. Injuring several of the spec
tators, breaking seats and tearing
down telegraph wires. A cordon of
police was drawn around the cham
pion's corner, but could not hold bact.
tbe throng, and Leonard was forced
to remain In the ring a quarter of an
hour receiving congratulations.
Benton Harbor was unable to care
for the tremendous crowd which
Jammed the little city to see the
championship battle, or for the city's
usual summer attractions.
With a normal population of 1$ Mo
It Is estimated that from 40,00 tc
M.esv persons came to the resort for
tbe weekend. Thousands sought shel
ter In private homes, parks or acj -where
they could go.
Restauranta were aold out by
10 oclock Monday morning, and
many dosed their doors. Lines
of hungry persons formed at the
hotel dining rooms, but these too
were open only for nn hoar or so
at meal times and the visitors
songht relief for void stomachs at
the aandwich stands.
The specially built arena was
Jammed beyond seating capacity Sev
eral hundred women were among the
spectators.
Bob Roper Bests
A. E. F. Champion
Akron. Ohio. Joly . Capt Bob
Roper ontpotated Bob Martin, cham
pion ot th American expeditionary
forces. In a faat lS-roand contest
here Mondax. accordlnc: to rdinfH
critics. Both tried hard for a knock -
one. oot Hiutr was aoie ts land the
deetstTQ blow.
Boper won ehieOr becans. ha re
peatedly beat Martin to tbe punch.
In tbe third he drew Mood and from
then on. was narmrering Martin la tbe
face.
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