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THE NEWS SCIMITAR.j PAGE SEVEN. LOCAL PASSERS IE! VAHDY TUESDAY BRINGING UP FATHER By George McManits Copyright 1921 tv International Newt Service f THIS IS WILL IP SHE MY COUSIN S HERE ON A VISIT- CO IN AND TALK TO WER GIVES ME indeed a pleasure mr.jiggs A CHANCE T rHIOAY, DECEMBER t4, 1M0. I ..c I ( HOW LONG ARE. ( j I I 7 ; ! 'T WASJ i YOU 'GONNA STAY l I JUST LONfJ I'LL Buy Sfck Vj MUTUAU ' . k - i WITH U5V ENOUGH TO YOU A C T mm c. mi p&mszxsL J -fa i f- f& rJ!Q fyT" 2 4 First Big Game of the Season Booked at Y. M. C.A. Gym nasiumTackle Michigan Next Thursday Night. BY BOB PIQUE. k.Tii.,i.?t b, "m of the oe' basketball season will be played neat aVHIdS? lDh. " 8 o'eloek, whan tha M.amphia VT M. C. A. fiva will clash wnn nm vanaerbilt umvaraity nuin tat on tha local gym floor. Tha Com modores ara umiiu with uu.i. i- !JidiJe th. tronBt combination tha Gold and B h.. ..... .l - and ara confidant thay will ba abl w give xne local paatera a buty eve ning. Coach George Qlaavaa, of tha "i.mpnia outTit, aays his team is in great shape, and ready to give tha Commodores tha battle of their lives. Coach Gleaves has been taking his men through a fast workout every .t.iiiik ai me local i, and states that when they take the floor against Vandy Tuesday night they -will be Jn rare form, and will have no alibis to offer in case they get beat, which, he says, they will not. He realizes it will he a hard struggle, and that it will require all the Metnphians have to oome out with a victory, but aays vney are aetormined to win, and will u nomine stand in their way. PERRY GETS READY. Oliver Perry, captain and guard of the local team, says that he believes the local outfit will win by 10 points. miu urn wni-n xney meet on the field if battle there will be no letup from the opening whistle until the final minute. Action in large quantltiea should result, for both teams are amopg the beet in. Dixieland, and are sure to extend themselves in meir approaching mlxup. , . Kvery one of the "Y'regulars Will be available for the Common dprr skirmish, and a they will be iit fine condition, they should iflv. local basketball fans the fastest frame, they have witnessed In a long time. . AB0UTVA11DY. Die Commodores have not shown up this year as was at first hoped by Coach Zcrfoss, and followers of the Ooid and Black, who saw p rhm. plonship team produced in the ranks i ine n. i. a, A. with the unbeata bla, Cody-Adams-Nortori-Zerfoss Graves combination. This season the Commodores hurl some likely looking material on hand, but the job of plugging gaps left by we aepanure or the "big four," Cody, Adams, Norton and Zerfoss, has proved one that is not only Hercu lean in its proportions, but almost impossible or accomplishment. uowever, tne commodores are bumping along . at a good clin in practice and managed to dispose of me Miauie Tennessee Normal five in fair shape. They , will be given 8n opportunity to show their caliber on The 'coming trip. Coach Zerfoss and his team will reach Memphis early Tuesday morn ing, and will be quartered at the Y. It will be the first game of a Southern trip, which will take Vandy to Birmingham and other Southern points. TO MEET MICHIGAN. Following the Vandy game, the lo cal baskcteers will make ready for the invasion of the University of Michigan team, which will be the at traction on Thursday night. The Wolverfnes are on a Southern invasion and are meeting the best that Dixie has to offer in the way of basketball teams. They will pass on to Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans after they leave Memphis. Several members of the Michigan football team are on the basketball outfit, and a hard game lsassured. E IN v CHICAGO. Pec. 24. Official bat I ting averages of the American asso ciation place Ooldle Rapp, third baseman with the championship St. Paul club, and Catcher "Bubbles" Margrave, also with St. Paul, in a tic for the 1920 championship, each with an average of .335. Although Brazil, a pinch hitter with St. Paul, topped the list of bat ters with an average of .873, ho only participated In 62 games as compared with 155 for rtapp and 142 for Har grave. , drover Martley, of Colum bus, in 80 games, batted for an av erage of .351, and "Keb" Russell, of Minneapolis, had an average of .339 for 85 games. Rapp, who will. Join the New York Nationals next season, gave Leo Dressen, his teammate, a spirited race for honors in base stealing, fall ing one short of the record of 60 established by Dressen. In home-run hitting, Bunny Brief, of Kansas City, nosed out Hargrave. Brief connect ed with 23 homers, and Hargrave, who was sold to the Cincinnati Na tionals, banged out 22. Dressen proved to ba tha best scorer in tho association, registering 131 runs In 154 games. Mostil, of Milwaukee, Aba next in line with 125 runs. Hyatt, of Toledo, led In draw ing bases on balls. MARSHALL'S ANSWES Is the Interest li trapahootlhg in creasing? How many gun clubs are now In active operation in the United States? How re they distributed? FRANK DENNING. Canton, O.- An estimate was made a short time since, based upon authentic data re turned by one of the ammunition companies. The United States has 3.961 clubs. Pennsylvania leads with 492, New York second with 844, Illi nois third with 287, Iowa 220, Ohio 187, Minnesota 187, New Jersey 198, Wisconsin 184, Missouri 142, balance 4 of the clubs are scattered through every siaie wnorea gun is owned. In Pennsylvania over 400,000 men take cut a hunting license; In New Torn 184.000. New Jersey 95,114. Illinois r3,12. Wisconsin 150,095, Ohio 150,882. Washington 124,091, Califor nia 180,140. Over 4.000,008 men an nually take nut hunting and fishing license ui the United States, and equally as many more ara interested lnpnrt afield who do not expect to pet an f-pportunlty to hunt during the season and oo not purchase a license. No sport in ihe world has one-half as i an" devotees as ahooting and fish- HARGRAV AND RAPP DRAW J i - CH NFSF BANTAM BELIEVES HE WILL BEAT DEWIPSEY George Lee, Celestial Fighter, Battles Local Midget Next Monday Night at Southern Atheltic Club. . , "I, will take the bout with Young Dempsey. providing Mr. Haaek will give meya match with Pal Moore in In the event I win." .. . So said George Lee, the Chinese bantam, when advised that Billy Haack wanted him to meet Dempsey on Deo, 27. It don't sound like Chi rrse talk and it Isn't because Lee, though born of Chinese parents, doea not talk the Celestial tongue. " Lea says he is sure he will beat Dempsey.. Lee can and does talk as goca English as any other human. He was educated in the- public schools In Sacramento, Cal., and worked for several department stores on the Pacific' coast. H?'s a modest and an intelligent little fel low and from New Orleans comes the tip thai Memphis will like Lee immensely, The desire to meet Pn! Moore which Lee expresses is two-fold. Ha ! . f I DK & I. .... . .. . 1 . V. T, . . I , man right in Pete's own 'tome town New Orloans and the othfcr tea son ' Is that Oeorg-.? figurss he can add to his bankroll by lmet'iig n,n1 defeating Moore right-in his home town. Chink Confident. "I understand that Red Watson and Simons gave Moore good fights so i neneve I am not overrating my self when I say that I can do the same. I defeated both Watson and Simons and on this basis ought to have at least an even chance with Moore," la the way Lee dopes it. However, Lee has to get by Demp sey before he can lay claim to a bout with Moore. This he will attempt to do Monday night when he makes his row to Memphis fans. ... - There will be three other t good bouts carded. OFFICIAL SOUTHERN PITCHING RECORDS Name and Club. H. It. CI. W Pet 1.000 1.000 l.ooo 1.000 1.000 l.ooo l.ooo .667 .750 .739 .706 .703 .684 .667 .667 .632 .615 .606 .600 .600 .688 .677 .545 .5.16 .533 .618 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .486 .485 .481 .481 .475 .444 .438 .433 .420 .429 .407 .407 .405 .391 .375 .387 .333 .333 .33 .833 .290 .280 .271 .250 .250 .240 .200 .000 .000 .OOtl .000 .000 .000 .ooo .00 .0fl .ooo .000 i;ning,- mod ZJ 20 Matteson. a. O... 13 Manners.' Atl. .. la l)odd. Nash 14 Rahlln, Nash. ... 5 Myr, Atl. ..... 5 Daniels, Chat. ... 5 Klftids, I K 3 28 U Yellowhorse. , L.R.255 115 48 21 Markle. Atl 142 60 2 17 X C.lazner, Bir 258 95 40 24 10 It. Walker. N. 0..281 104 47 2 11 Robinson, L. R. .308 98 52 26 12 J. Morrison, Bir.. 248 108 47 26 13 Wolfe. Mem 53 26 8 2 1 P.arfoot, N. O. ..162 56 27 12 7 ftallagher, Bir. ..202 91 34 16 10 Sheehan, Atl. ...806 106 48 26 17 Albrls, Mem. ....62 71 29 8 6 Murchlson. NY O. 58 83 10 6 4 Mela. Nash 219 106 37 10. 7 Boone, Atl 229 35 IS 11 Stat ham. Nasli... 79 87 18 0 5 I. Suees. Atl. ...231 99 37 15 13 Torkolnon, N. 0..222 106 39 W 14 Lohman, Nash. .278 116 44 20 19 Phillip!", N. 0....238 103 40 17 17 "aid, Mob 228 105 37 14 14 Tuero. Mem 12 07 18 8 8 Prlestc, Atl. -Mob. 73 38 16 7 7 Thorhurn. Atl. ..102 .19 15 t 6 f'ayne, Nash 60 29 8 4 4 Fowlkes. Mem. ..13 11 5 1 1 Hodge. Nash. ...223 108 43 17 18 Vance. Mm.-N.0.253 104 45 16 17 CofflndaCfer, Bir.. 24 8 124 38 13 14 Qoodbred, Mem... 248 99 87 13 14 Cunningham, Ch.264 HI 40 1ft 21 Tnweatt, Mem... .188 118 34 8 10 r'anavan. Mem. .141 73 27 7 9 Claude Jonnard, Nash.-L. R. ...246 118 47 13 17 Pulton, Mob 237 75 39 15 20 Vines, Chat 208 129 40 12 16 .ukonovlr. Mob.. 218 118 42 11 16 Henrrveld. L. R.173 88 34 11 16 Marshall. Chat.- ' Mem. 3Z4 163 45 15 22 Roberta, Mob. ..253 141 38 9 14 Tomlin, Nash, ...229 114 36 9 15 Klarman. Mob. ...271 112 48 11 19 Stewart, Men. 84 it 14 a Utt, Mob 44 28 7 1 1 Bradshaw, N. O.. 21 8 6 R. Morrison, Bir. 20 10 3 1 2 9 22 4 10 B 13 2 1 3 6 19 1 4 .. 7 . 2 . 2 2 tr York, Chat 244 129 40 Meeker, Bir 138 82 23 Perdue. Nash. ..159 75 23 Duffy. N. O.-Cht. 83 44 1J Carlson. I. 3 13 7 Noel, Chat .264 118 39 Ledbetter. Atl. . iS 68 27 Herhst, Bir. . . . 31 10 18 12 10 3 17 4 SO 10 25 6 7 3 5 1 7 4 14 1 7 1 Masters. Ij. R. . 8i 18 26 64 29 12 4 11 14 11 Webber, Mem. Knowlson. U R. ijinkenau, Naih, Atl Nemltz, Mem. . . Murray, Nash. . Swan, Nash. . . . Morris. Atl foreman, Mem.. Whltehill, Bir. . TENNIS TOURNEY BEGINS JANUARY 10 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24. Play tar the professional court tennis championship of America starts at the Ilacquet club in this city on Jan. 0. The leading professionals of the country are entered in the event, which will continue throughout the week. They include K. Duston, of Boston, who will meet J. Miss, Phila delphia, in the preliminary; Jairk Koutar. Philadelphia, who will play Otto Olocker, Boston, In the first round, atid C. J. Fairs, former cham pion of the world, who drew a bye. KAISER BEATS MANELL. ST. LOUIf. Dec. 24 'Tewee" Kai ser, of at, LiOtils. was given the newspaper decision over Harry Manell, of Knsrland, In an elaht- round bout here last night. They arc oaniamweigms. Shines. On Grid Despite Loss Of Hand And Eye f 'sW " l iff V v; , ,'- , J , 5 t""-:..i-4 aauxyi BILL JENKINS. Bill Jenkins" Is the star halfback on the Meadervtlle, Mont., independ ent football team. The team he longs to a league of picked teams In the mining; country. Jenkins nlays with colleKe stars from all . parts ot tne country. He lost his right hand and forearm and the uaeof one eye when a babe, but hasn't allowed the handicaps to keep him out of ath letics. j- r N FOR KY. DERBY Increase Made That Brings Figure Up to High Mark. LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. "84. The purse for the Kentucky derby, to be run at unurchill Downs, Louisville, May 1, 1921, has been increased to 150.000. it was announced here last night by Col. Matt J. Winn, general manager of the Kentucky Jockey club. ' . This sum, together with entry and nomination fees, will irtake the total value of the race In excess of 160, 000, The value ot the race to the winner in 1920 was $33,000. Tha spring racing season In Ken tucky will open in Lexington, April 23, and extend 61 days to July 8, the state racing committee decided at a meeting yesterday afternoon. Lex ington will have ten davs of racing, Louisville "will have 20 days at the Churchill Downs track, and Latonia was allotted 31 days. A committee representing the Thoroughbred IlOrse association ap peared before . the committee and asked that the association increase the value of its purse races. The re quest was turned over to a commit- kne 1VI M'unniciq.iijii JOE LYNCH WILL RIM MONTH New Bantam Champion Will Then Start on Tour Over Country. NEW YORK, Dec. 24. Joe Lynch, new bantajnwelght boxing champion of the world, will take a month's vacation and then start the "serious business of defending his title," Eddie Mead, his manager, announced to day. Lynch went into seclusion after the fight Wednesday in which he triumphed over Pete Herman. A tour of the country, In which he will meet many bantamweight aspir ants is being planned, Mead said. "One thing is sure," he added. "He will not go to Kngland; the little old U. 8. A. Is big enough for us." T RESERVES DEFEAT CLARKSDALE PANTHERS OLARKSDALTC, Miss., Dec. 24. The "Y" Reserves defeated Clarks- dfcle Panthers, score 44 to 35. " Y" Reserves. Clarksdale. Position. Ransom . Forward. C. Crutohfleld, fc) B. Crutchfiold ..Forward ...Olllltand Tfaylor Center Williams. Bender Brownfield, Kinney ...Guard. Sellors. Scruggs Campell (c) ...Guar , ... Fried Score: Field goals ttansom 6. B. Crutchfield . Taflor 7, Brownflel-l 2, Bender 3, Gllliland 7, Crutchfield 6. Foul goals B. Crutchfield 2, Fried 3. STECHER INHOSPITAL. OMAHA, Neb. Dec. 24. Joe Btecher, who lost his crown as heavyweight wrestling cluimplon to F.d (Btrangler) Lewis In New York last week, was In a hospital here to day suffering from neuritis. The spuclBllst attending him said that the attack wua caused by straining his left arm In the Lewis matrl. Ha probably will be out of the gar lite rest of the winter. It was aaid. Reai News Scimitar Wants. $50,000 PURSE X W vl W I itt!?K$fWJjr Mass as ws Merry Christmas To All TO READERS AND FRIENDS EVERYWHERE WE EXTEND YULETIDE GREETINGS AND GOOD WISHES FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON. MAY THIS BE THE MERRIEST CHRISTMAS AND THE HAPPIEST AND MOST PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR YOU HAVE EVER KNOWN. BOBPIGUE. Descamps Explains Why Carpentier Met Levinsky 1 Tells French Fight Fans That Fight With the Battler Was Necessary Before Dempsey Match4. (By Internitional Naws Service.) . PARIS, Deo. 24. Georges Carpen tier was forced to take on Battling Levinsky because American' public opinion demanded some proof of his proweBs before a match with Demp sey, according to Francois Descamps, his manager, who has just sent a let ter to a French sporting paper. "Now that the contract for the fa mous match has been signed," writes Descamps, "I can at last give an ex planation of the motives which ki me to accept the fight against Le vinsky, for contrary to what is sap posed, the match was necessary far American public opinion, which did not have any confidence In GeorS'is, and believed that his reputation .vai overdone; they were "still under Hie impression of a Carpentier beaten Dy Frank Klaus, Billy Papke and Joe Jeannette; they took no account f ALL OUT OF SHAPE. Strange, isn't it, that all sporting writers, speaking o a heavyweight champ who Umt his title, invariably insist that the loser was out of shape. From the days of John L. Sullivan right down to Jess Willard, that old squawk has gone up. J Writers who were on the spot at the time and writers who were 3,000 miles away snld the same thing. F.very heavyweight titlcholder frm John L. down who lost his laurels went Into the ring a favorite in the betting. We don't include Tommy Burns, as he was a gift champion. Sullivan's backers offered B to 1 that he would beat the dude Corbett. Betting men .rarely wager on sym pathy. Sullivan must have looked good in order to call for such odds. After the K. O. they said that John L. wasn't right. Corbett was favortte ovtr Fitzslm mons at Carson City, yet after the bout his backers insisted that he was overtrained. Fitzsimmons was a sweet favorite over Jeffries. He stopped a punch with his chin and listened to tho numerals. Fitz himself declared that he wasn't right, as he had dallied with the gin bottle on the day of the fray. , , Jeffries, after training a year for Johnson, got himself into splendid shape and fought 15 gruelling rounds only to be stopped. Experts at his training quarters pronounced him physically perftct. So did the ex amining physicians. He met his master, though, and then once more the Jeffries backers, including scribes who picked him, declared that he was but a shell. Jess Willard trained for six months before ho met Jack Dempsey at To ledo. He worked hard at Toledo, too. He was In good shape and his fricids were satisfied. Ho met a better man in Dempsey. however, and was beat en. He, loo, was a favorite. Now they Insist that Jess wasn't in shape. Isn't it strange that these wise guys who declare the losers in the heavyweight class to be out of shape never bet on the winner? There hasn't been a heavyweight champion yet who was on the short end. They are all favorites until the bis smear comes. Then, boys then the scribes net up on their hind legs and yell: "He never was a champ," or "The big bum wasn't In any sort of shape at all." It's an in money bet right now that a year after Dempsey hears the cuckoos calling, the . scribes will swear that he was stiffened because he was slack in his training although we've never had a heavyweigh! champ who takes the care of himself that Jack does. IN THE SPARE RIB CLASS. The most promising boxer iu the A. A. l tourney, held Ht tho Car den this week was a 108-pound kid by the name of Willie OVonnell. Il won the honors In that class and showed more boxing skill than any dozen of the others. He had a snap nv lft, a enol head and a Jolty right IMP the act that at the tlmeof the Kiui fight Georges was 18 years old; that with Papke he was not beaten on his merits, but that he had trained down to make the weight, while Papke paid a forfeit of 5.000 francs. As for Jeannette, I owe it to the truth to say that the great majority of the press and the spectators found that on that, day my old friend Frahu Reichel had made a grave mistake. Press Picked Levinsky. "All these circumstances the American people did not know, or did not wish to know. That is why a match in America, before the on with Dempsey, was made necessary by public opinion on this side of 'he ocean, especially since the all-powerful press and a special series of ar ticles had practically challenged tne (o stage a fight. "As for the opponent, it was njt 1 who chose himAlt was the majority of the papers, which said; "Why Coon Carpentier want to attack the heavy weights? Let him fitat fight our champion of his claaa, and then we shall see whether he Is Qualified to meet Dempsey.' " He used his feet well and was a mas ter at blocking. After the fights we saw Willie go ing up Broadway, tha medal in his pocket, his cap on the side and a dozen or so admirers following him after the fashion of Gibson's picture "The Champion." a WORK OR FIGHT. Dour Tad During the war an or der was Issued from the war depart ment declaring that every able bodied man in'the United States had to either work or fight. Too bad that rule isn't in effsct now. Isn't It? Have the reformers who have given us prohibition and now threat en a Blue Law ever worked or fought? Havfc they ever done anything but co'.lect? What v,x want In this country is iroducv.i. Have they produced any thing; but discord? What a great country it would be if we were all like j.nde.-scH, Bowly and Billy Bun day. Yours, CHAIN GANG CHARLIE. PRESENCE OF MIND. One Gotham scribe. In commenting upon Welllng's gameness, says: "Most anyona would be game with a $15,000 end. staring him In the fai'e." True, Welling did get a flat guar antee of $16,000 smaxks. Ha had riesfnee of mind enough for that. His game showing, however, had nothing to do with the gilt. Welling never did show the white feather in any tf hlr fights. We must, however, give him credit for his presence of mind. In that he reminds ur. of Sain Morton, of vaude ville fume. Sam used to tell of his wK-i In tit- street car accident, Sue bowled him out for taking her un the- ride, and he retorted: 'If It wasn't for mo you wouldn't have had a nickel damages. You got 3.ono, didn't you? If I didn't have the presence of mind to kick you in the face you wouldn't have had a ceif." LIKES FRENCHMAN. Willie Ritchie, former lightweight champion of the world, is one of the miiiy Carpentier boosters. Willie ys that if the frogeater is wise he will dnuce away from the ferocious IienipKey for four or five rounds and ke.'p .lack on the Jump. "Deni'.ary usually beats his man euly," says Willie. "Thev all try to trad': v.allops with him. The way to o.it l.im is to keep away and make him anxious. If the Frenchman is fu.xy aa we are led to believe, he cm anrtk over ono and finish it. v all know that he packa a nasty kick m tnai ngni.' IF ANTONY SAID IT TODAY. Friends, Romans and local hlnkesf Slip me your listeners. I come to plant Caeaar not to put tha swell on for nim. TO MiwiMniutisHiHiMwnBSsnmwwwwtM! W&S&.&tL aIMBB4atfIMttkMP'aflMaaMBv aflaah T 3 B ? Z9 The fourteenth manager of the Memphis Chicks, who has been selected and signed by President Thomas R. Watkins. and who will be introduced to Chick fandom early in the New Year, will have a job on his hands when he arrives in Memphis, for he is going to have to work fast if he gets the Tribe's house in order in time for the grand opening next April 13. The Chicks have the foundation already laid for a ball club, but unless the missing links are added, it is going to be a sad looking outfit mat goes to tne post next April. i-rexy watkins states that nis manager is already on the Job and that when he re ports to Memphis sometime In January, he will likely have some good news to spill about players. He has been given an op portunity and currency to sign lonm badly needed talent, and Wat so said he expected him to hava made con siderable hay by the time ha gala to Memphia. REASON FOR SECRECY. The reason the pilot's nama h H not been made public as yet Is hi he is trying to wind up his forhier connections before lettlhg the :nt out of the bag that he has slgivx. with Memphis. According to President WatVns, Memphis inns are sure to like his selection, and that he la ot Class, A caliber. Further than that the dWponetb sayeth not. Whoever he la, Memphis fana are willing to give him an oppor tunity to put the Chicks up In ,, tha world. They hava seen many managers fall down on the job," ' but ara always ready to give a newcomer an opportunity. If ha makes good if he la suc cessful In giving Memphia a first division Xall club he'll hava tha whole city at hia feet and ba pro f claimed a real miracle man, ABOUT JACK LEWIS. Jack Lewis, Memphis aecoffd bise man, who managed the dub after John J. McCloskey was let out laat season, has stated that he will be hack, and he Is being counted on to plav the keystone cushion for tha Tribe next season. Jack is spending the winter at his home In Bteubenvllle, Ohio, and in a recent communication stated that he would , be ready to start hisdln' South about March 13. While Lewia wanted tha manage rial reins of the Chicks, he aaid that he'd bo perfectly willing to servo as a private again tf the local of flelala nreerred someone else. Lw! acted very fairly about It, and he'll have nothing to worry about in the way of remuneration when ne comes to tha Chicks' tepee next March. Lewia will likely again serve as captain ot tha club, aa he Is a good field general, and fully qualified to direct tha play of the team on the diamond. i 1 1 - We have a communication slgnad "An Old Fan." It is timely and to the point, but can not be used becauae po name has been signed, t JOE LYNCH' S VICTORY. Jae Lynch's victory over Pate Herman which resulted In tha re moval ot the "bejewelrd bantam weight championship emblem from the dome of the New Orleans Italian to the alantlng brow of the New York Irishman should hava a healthy effect upon tha boxing game. Cham piona of all divisions hava been no tified by those who hava the game under control that unless they ' bat tle for their titles within a reason able length of time, they will hava their championships taken away from them. Benny Loonard, lightweight cham pion, and one of the real kinga of the glove pastime, fought tha tough est opponent he could find to prove that he was the real monurch of all he surveys. Leonard mot Jo Well ing, a rugged Chlcagolan, and after 14 rounds of vicious hammering, he subdued Walling, one of tha earnest boy In the business. Then Jack Dempaey, heavy weight king and a fighting champion, waa called upon to defend his laurels. Jack met Hill Brennan, a hard-boiled heavyweight. who gava the champion the hardest battle of his life. Dempsey slugged away at Brennan and waa dismayed when he let loose all he had in the early rounds of tho mill and Brennan refused to go down. , Finally in the twelfth, after a steady battering down of tha rugged foe, Dempsey was auc cexsful in getting over tha fin ishing kick. HERMANAND LYNCH. And then Tate Herman, bantam tltleholder. was notified that he'd have to shofM whether he waa a real champion or a camoufleur. Joe Lynch and Jack Sharkey were matched, with tho winner to get a chance at Herman. Lynh disposed uf Sharkey In 14 rounds after a. fierce struggle and earned the right to meet Herman. , Lynch and Herman came together Wednesday night in Madison Square sarden. Lynch, one of the greatest I lt-pound boys in the world, beat Herman all tha way and was clearly entitled to the verdict that brought him tho world s title. Herman was shown up In his real Hutu, as on of the ilmmplon In name only, and really but a good ordinary boxer. Lynch has always been a busy bet in the ring. He has met all comers in decision bouts anytime they so desired. He promises to do tha aame, now thai he Is champion. Ha 1 1920 av Iwru riATuss Slavics. J liMWHilWWka,iiuMlimiiltMWlhwiauwuilliulwuuMiiMi will make a tour throughout the counjry taking on ail comers. Just to show that he Is a real dyed . In - tho - wool legitimate champion. He suys he has noth ing to fear from any bantam weight In the world, and that he's going to risk his hendpiece any time he Is assured the monetary consideration that lad champion's due. The boxing game, which has been groggy and on tha ropes for some time, is showing signs of coming back in a fashion that will soon have it in a more healthful condi tion than it ever knew before. And the biggest tonic the game has had Is the plan to smoke out the cheese champions and make them show their class. It's a case now of putting up or stepping klown and out. WITH BILLY HAACK. Fast Black one time posted $10 to make US pounds for a fight, and al ter working for three days to taka off alx pouada, and getting down to 134 pounds the day of tha fight ha came In the office and weighed 134 at 2 o'clock. He; waa to weigh at 8 clock. I went out a -few minutes later and there waa Black and another e!in b' wtrmelon. .. ,." ot ott tne "calea at 3 Swk.h w""h"1 141 Pounds, no J6int. wlp,-ml'n cost me I0. aaid Black, wistfully ,.a ?".L"m ?A",U "' tud a ornce or John E. Btuio, wno later. know., became secretary of thini-ihi-5 i cmm'''"n and baseball a big help to Landls now. mm . . . . Eead News Scimitar Wants. BETWEEN Rourips TTOMORROW, when all is gay w in your home, pause a mo ment to think how much happier you, yourself, would be if some of your Christmas "shopping" had been spent in paying old bills. and how much happier your creditors would be. MEMPHIS TIRE DEALERS' ASSOCIATION Buy Your Tires Where You Get Your Service , " .".'.Vr (rj f X K J , A i.-ms- jfc . - ; ft 'v t ,tev. t ; T fcsaan Ie. FEDERAL LEAGUE VERDICT REVERSAL HELPSJBASEBALL Reserve- Clause Sustained Which Will Also Prove Big BoostMajors and Minors Meet in New York Saturday BY JACK VEIOCK, (International Naws Service Sport ing Editor.) NEW YORK, Dec. 24. Baseball haa taken a new lease on life. The decision of the court of ap peals of the District of Columbia re versing a verdict won by tha Baltl more I ederals and sustaining tha re serve clause is the biggest boost the game has had in years. As a result of the verdict th work: ot the Joint major and minor leagua committee, which meet here Satur day to recamp the government of the game and adopt a new national agreement, haa been greatly simpli fied. "The verdict la going to prove a great boom for the game.- said John Heydler, president of the National league. "It ia also golpg to leava tha Joint committee untrammeled In drawing up our new national agree ment. The upholding of tha legality of tho reserve clause and the decision that baseball la not Interstate com merce but genuine sport could not have coma at a more opportune time. Everybody knowa that without tha reserve clsuse wa could not op erate. The court haa appreciated that fact, too, and tha fact that wa must hava tha clause to enforce discipline. This, at least, la what It cornea down to In tha laat analysis." The declsirn also means that here after baseball man will hava no fears of going into court to defend them selves or protect their rights. Formerly tha reserve clause did not look overt strong in court It waa onca attacked on the ground that it was peonage. r RAY TO ATHLETICS. STILLWATER. Okla., Deo. 14. Wilbur Ray. tha only athlete who haa won a letter in four different sports at the Oklahoma A. and M. college here, haa signed a contract with the Philadelphia Americana as a pitcher, he stated here today. He, will re port, he said, at the Athletics' spring training camp, at Lake Charles, La., late in February. BALTIMORE, Dec. 24. 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