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PIRATES DROP TO 8RD PLACE; CARDINALS UP St. Lauis Takes Both Games of. Double Header From Pittsburgh Tuesday The strutting ah Nationa! burgh from f The Louis Cardinals were id of the crowd in the today. The Pitts had been crowded to third place. wildest. upheaval of 4 first game tt the double Sherde! held the seven hits while ‘his m Meadows’ offerings viciously for sis runs, Pittsburgh's only run b homer by Cuyler, Rell made hits, one of them a homer. also smaghed for the circuit. The ; Sothoron’s spitball in the They got only three hits and lost, + to 1. cloute Beats Cincinnati Chicago shut out Cincinnati, 1 to 6 Jones holding the Reds to two hits Cooney’s double and a single by Gonzales produced the run in the ninth. In the American league, the lead of w York Yankees dropped to 4 games when Philadelphia trim them, & to 5, while Cleveland wa taking a mning contest from St Toius 6 to 5. With Philadelphia in New York for six more games, Yan e rooters are feeling nervous, since Cleveland, in second place, iz Kood 1. Split Double Header Chicago and Detroit split a double ‘header. Chicago in ee first game hammered four P tehers fo 2% hits to win, D pit to the s vd, Moreheart, Chi cago second baseman, safely in mine out of 10 times at bat. Stanley Coveleskie shut out Bost 0 His double, with Judge's ve Weshington the victory in 78 minutes of ola In the National league battle for Just place. the Phillies climbed out of the cellar and shoved the ves in by pearenmering them, 7 to MANY OUTSIDE | BIG 10° STADIA ~~ SEAT 620,000 Chicago Stadium Enlarged While Northwestern Uni- versity Builds New One ~ Chicago, Sept. UP )- More than] four hundred Rhea: nd° regular seats and 120,000 in temporary stands wil be available this fall ty spectators of Western Conference footbail games, gn increase of some 50,000 over she, seating capacity of 1925, Enlargement of the University of Chicago stadium, Stagg Field, and construction of a new stadium at Northwestern University are respon- sible for ‘the greater capac projects bring the total now represented by “Big Ten™ 0, 6,820,001 Million. Dollar Plant Northwestern will have expénded ‘a million dollars on its new stadium when the 14 asor opens, anit Tt will have a, sguting capacity of, 40,000, which the ' expenditure of another. million dollars will increase to $50,- 000 in completing the structure, ‘The University of Chicago has en- larged’ its seating facilities from $2,- Quv to 45,000, and the project now under ‘way contemplates seats for 70,000 when finished. Plans already drafted call for an additional expenditure of $3,500,000 on Big Ten arenas, the principal items in which are the additional million to be spent at Northwestern; the construction of a new field at the University of Michigan, where field, oldest gridiron in the confer- ence, is serving its last year; and a $500,000 field at Iowa. Ohio Largest The largest stadium remains that of Ohio State, with permanent seats for 63,064, and an “overflow” capacity of 20,000 more. It also represents | \the largest investment, $1,800,000, ' which will be equaled by — Illinois, however, when it finishes the great halls under its plant. The Iinois stadium seats 55,000, with temporary seats to accammodate 12,000 more. ‘The smallest stadium in the con-| |ference is the memorial edifice dedi-j cated last fall at Indiana, with per- manent seats for 21,742. CHAMP TAKES LAYOFF TODAY Sports Discolored Optic Given ee 8 to 6 in favor of Omemee- f Gene Hands Gibbons First Kayo in Career HOW FO TO SWIM vr THE FRONT DIVE. The front dive is naturally tha first to be learned and it should be thoroughly learned before any of the fancy dives are attempted. This dive is the act of combining the foregoing Tessons into a perfect- ly executed entry into the water from the spring board, The movements are, fitst, the run- ning jump to the tip of the board; the downward movement of the TB Os gary board; the liftjof,4 ‘asi by the throw of the shoulders an the clean entey. intectiuy Wise The real art of diving comes whe one can enter the water clean without floundering. Again I want to emphasize ‘th (Copyright, 1926,. NEA Service, Inc. at Minot, by defeating the heavy hit. ting Omemee-Gardena te The game was not of championship calibre, as it was replete with errors, Omemee-Gardena getting the long end of this doubtful henor. The Omemee-Gardenas outhit the ‘Lakers and had it not been for their many costly errors. the final out-j ‘come might have beon much differ- ent. The Lakers started out in their usual form and at the end of tae | ‘third inning the score stood ait Q in thei vor. In the fourth, teh | {and sixth, Omemee-Gardena bunched their hits rror and THE FORWARD PASS The forward pass merely a threat in football. season proved to be one of th ; greatest of scoring weapons unde proper handling. Only fighter ever to put the kayo wallop over on clever Tommy Gibbons— a trick evea the mighty Dempsey couldn't do. ing passers of last year were “Swede Friedman of Michigan, most of their scoring plays. When ured as a decept move to cover running or plunging attack. aniteted dive either deeply or for u distance — ‘| Billy Evans Says Abe samc abit ead is no longer} Unquestionably the two outstand-| Oberlander of Dartmouth and Benny The offense of these two great elevons had the pass as the basis of| Pass wasn't actually the play, it fig-{ ae ‘wbousbaY, and Friedman was the punch, On the Pacific ‘ccast, Usivetsity Pastis on was rated No, 1, that great team was a iliant halfback, George Wilson I football player who could do ait! re things well son's best assets was his assing. He did most of it for Maebington and was very suc- cessful in his efforts. In the south, Alabama carried off the championship title and the for- ward pass played no mean part in the achievemont, Hubert did most of the tossing for' Alabama, but the southerners et their style by having a couple of other players, Winslett in particular, throw: passes, adding to the play’s deception. Thus, four of the leading teams of the country feutured the forward pass last year with great success. DECIDES MANY TILTS In this connection, it.iq rather in- teresting to note that is, major col- tas contests last fall were decided through the medium of the forward paas. Several of these ‘passes, were for unusually long distances and in some instances. were followed. by brilliant one of the most important. games of the year, the intersectional clash between Alabama, champion of the south, tl ‘the long- bs estes pass of the season fea- tured the game. Alabama won that clash 20-19 and most unquestionably a pe arti pass that was successfully completed ba of the goal line, was one of the bi; gest factors in the victary. id n id AMBRICAN LEAGUE a Btandi danger of diving anywhere where . the depth of the water is not known. id New York * yc * |B Chiseno : St. Louis ... Boston Results Tuesday: Chicago 19-6; Detroit 2-% Last} Washington 2; Boston 0. e : Philadelphia Cleveland 6; St. Louis: 5. Games Today Chicago at Detroit. Philadelphia at New York. Washington at Boston, NATIONAL LEAGUE Standin ar A Louis 54 581 et {Also the expenss rrr Meret ed i Cb rea hell ¢ohe =| JACK DEMPSEY IS: RICHEST OF - ALL FIGHTERS Has Alrendy, Eas Earned Over a Million, But -Has Lost Much of His Fortune New York, N. Y., Sept: 1—— Jack Dempsey, assured the stagger- ing sum of $475,000 for engaging Gene Tunney in defense of the world’s heavyweight championship at. Phila- Cyl cli Sept. 23, is the. richest of all “rhe. ‘title-holder already, has earned more: than $1,000,000 with his gloved fists, but mismanagement of enter- prises in which he was interested ed Hh Bi into his fortune. No mat- if he loses his entire pile of money and holdings, he says he never will be an ioblect of a benefit, Secure Income | This is wecatee he has a $200,000 trust fund out of which he will re- ceive $1,000 a month as long as he lives. No matter what happens, the champion cannot touch the $200,000. Dempsey is under tremendous ex- nse. It cost him around to jive last year. This included -an amount used. to offset the deficit in operating his hotel at Lo: of intaining homes for his mother and father. The “Manassa Mauler” since, knock- ing Jess Willard over and winning the title in pete O., July 4, 1919, has engaged in five contests. In- ding the Willard fight, Dempsey fought only forty rounds and has earned $1,104,000, an average of $27,600 per round or $9,200 for every minute in the ring. Line-up The financial statment follows: Jess Willard, four rounds, $27,500; Billy Miske, three rounds, $62,000; 24] Bill Brennan, twelve rounds, $75,000; Georges Carpentier, four rounds, $300,000;. Tommy Gibbons, fifteen rounds, $240,000; Luis Firpo, two rounds, gat . FAMOUS BATTLES for the HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE ’ By The Associated. Press Jim Corbett knocked out Charley Mitchell of England in the third round at Jacksonville, Fla., January 25, 1894. Corbett refused to shake hands with the challenger at the beginning Him By One of His Spar- ring Partners N. J., Sept. 1. Jack Dempsey, ‘sporting a black ey took a vacation today. 578 1 t that time R. Brant replaced De BIT of the bout, his declination of Mit- jehell’s hand provoking an epithe 462 This so infuriated the California: he attempted to open hostilities be» sei'fore the sound of the bell. The °"\champion’s six seconds, including dack Dempsey, tye Nonpareil, and Neither Dartmouth nor Michigan| Chi held up their passing game until the The avadeal eset final quarter. In most of their con- gk abere scored: ESlcC! teeta! te was: used more ‘often: than! Hit in| any other one play. | | It was said of these two teams, that you could expect them to start] his plac GAMES ON BIG TEN SCHEDULE Brooklyn . Philadelphia Boston the last three innings. perfect fielding on the Lake Results Tuesday Every’. Western Conference, Team Will Play One or Mere Outside Elevens Chiengo, Sept. 1. westerfi vonference football team engage une: or more opponents fre outside conference k Maryland and Florida the southern teams eng ‘en upponents. wy Plays Two Both Purdue and Mich meet the Navy——Purdue Oct, 2 and the oe more Oct. play return se the Ma nd Illinois on its h 0. tucky, amon, . Big t Annapolis nes ut eek to againss. Selumbia its of a year ago, but this s: scene will be in New Y Florida comes to Sta 2 to open the season against Chicago. The Colonels of Kentucky vie Indiana: at Bloomington Oct. Chicago is host to Maryland on the sume day. The south will be rep sented aguin on i repe a Big Ten field when Mississippi A. & M. comes to Bloom- ington Nov. 13 to meet Indiana, Wisconsin Tackles Kansas Two western conference teams will withstand assaults of Missouri Val- ley conference teams. Michigan en- gages Oklahoma A. & M. of Ann Ar- bor Oct. 2, Wisconsin will meet the always dangerous Kansas team at crs team to Iowa City 2 against Burt Ingwersen’s charges. Two North Central conference aggregations will play to Big Ten audiences in three games. North Dakata meets Minne- sota at Minneapolis Oct. 2, and lowa at Iowa. City Oct. 9, while South Da- kota comes to Evanston Oct. 2 to meet it known mid- Northwestern. Dame, the dlewestern team outside the Big Ten circle, will have three opportunities to. its prowess against fence elevens. Minnesota will met et Minneapolis Oct. 9, North- ball that wouta of he. what” is the + hai jm the way sof the umpire, 7 al ped into I} that other- the plate the game with forward pass ani {sparring partners i Inone of the eight will confess,” H left eye is decornted with shades oe] blue, purple and green. : The champion was so well sati: fied with his condition that he inet jed today’s layoff would put him on edge for the resumption of work to- morrow. He has taken on a pound since last week and now ‘scales 196. When training is resumed t row Marty Burke, a New Orlean: light heavyweight, will be ready for work with Dempsey. Burke picks Dempsey -to defeat Tunney. Burke boxed Tunney twice. “Dempsey looks to be in splendid condition ‘right now,” Burke said. el ag Sac “I favor Dempsey to win because of| R, ect te Bb, 'p. the difference in hitting between| Dalton. 1b. them. Tunney isn’t the puncher| Andy Brant,”'c.. Woods, If. - Johnny Saxton, a welterweight of} Aug, Brant, cf. Bridgeport, Conn., was knocked: cold] DeLorme, 'p, yesterday by Dempsey with a left} Ruclle, 2b. ook to the jaw. Dempsey said he} Emanuel, rf. y¢ to hit Saxton but that Saxton ran into the the punch. DEMPSEY AND TUNNEY TO Struck-out: MEET-IN RING. TONIGHT. 7,4 De Lorme, ei By ‘Brandt, /-gemes was uncanny. Philadelphia, Sept. 1.—()—Jack|3 in 3 in | With Myles Lane or George Tull Dempsey und Gene Tunney probably}. Baseg. on tails: Off DeLorme, i) on the receiving end, will mect in a Philadelphia ring to-] off Brant, 1. _| threw nothing night, but merely’ as friendly enem-| Home.runs: Cherer, Woods, Both have accepted luvitedlons eiten. oxi 01 [plein ar iaiseeaa peace feld,Ebenhahn, R, Brandt; Daiton,| pa Tunney will be here en route to his] Andy: Brandt, De Lorme (2), Ruellt,| new training camp at Stroudsburg, | (2). Pa, Unppires; Chri iis aieats for tickets for the cham. pionship contest are being received in such volume that Tex Rickard has ordered erection of additional seats to bring the capacity up to 140,000. .He thinks that the xeceipts may pass'the $2,000,000 mar mai Details of Turtle Laké-Omemee Game; ‘Turtle’ Lake, N. ND, ake won the ‘orthwestern North Dal responsible, them tossed in between, IMPORTANCE OF TOSS connection with the the pass as a scoring play. On. 15 occasions, tossed by resulted in touchdowns. (BY JOE WILLIAMS) Kusler, 3b. ! Carpentier out of the loomed as manner, In a great many other cases, well executed pass’ by these tw: lesecebos=> way next Totals. Seareeetinains in an excellent scoring position, passes, propelled by Oberlai whelmed. these two major ed, 33-7, Totals A GREAT PAIR By Gesellchen, 12; 6 innings. by! pass" Two scenes of fatal twelfth in Tun- ney-Gibbons battle, showing Tommy, sprawled on floor taking count (above), and sitting down wondering .| What it’s all about. cr a for him. He uses better E vl h than Leonard had given him a remark- any fighter in the gam jable intuition in this respect, ae oe eke Between Two Desires ean ede, Gibson now fourld himself torn be- dicing by tween two surging desires. O was "3 «edi t0 have Tunney go into, ords “Gibbons ceased |e ne Fie tighter to. hock out since the Windmill became a The other was to make sure nl ee 8 | Gibbons would still be in the a New Youd at the Polo’ mood to take on Tunney when the y what you might exactl nthusiastic battler teeminie ¥ h eagerness to decorate the dotted! ¥ ine. ; combination of Oberia janson and Byerly.) resulted ii vs eal —___________» | The Referee | nder to T: lover the line for touchdowns, The accuracy with Dartmouth stars pulle | 80 upset Chicago that | to present a defe: showed swift, western women’s golf title?—D. F. G. Tn 1924, What was the result of the Tilden- Richards match in the 1925 national) ‘*Tildes on, 4, 4, mat, | ‘won, al iq dia the, Yankees obtain Bob] 3 Sept t-1= Turtle Meuta 3-—D..F: A. champions of Nernpm, Pacific Coast League. In the s eeies of ther Copyriaht, 1926, NEA Serviee, Inc.)| the forward passin of in gaining with Bs style of play. iG TEAMS De Forrest went to| ally regarded as. supreme,, rea. soning was at ginal. thought, iH the Big on decided on the. latter. poliey,| Li by Billy finish it the same way, with a lot of; The football statistics of 1925 re- veal some very interesting facts in importance of; forward passes} Oberlander of Dartmouth! Friedman of | Michigan scored 14 times in the same} stars, placed their respectve elevens Both Cornell ‘and Chicago boasted} strong teams lust season, yet Dart-| mouth, through the use of forward Cornell was swamped 62-13, in one of the biggest surprises of the year, while Chicago was decisively defeat- Dartmouth’s use of the forward! in the Cornell and Chicago. Oberlander but perfect serikes, ‘| that kept the opposition coi tantly | | | bewildered, unable to offer a defense Wirtz-! that would break up the Dartmouth ig. hree times against Chicago, the ‘uly, the latter player going thick: er two Abe ir. plays: attempting for the pass, the When did Edith Cummings win the! entire Maroon system went to pieces 3. and Dartmouth had no great trouble FOUR In the east, Dertmouth ‘was gener- while Michigan partied off the honors of wo teams " berlander| Sirkert, Cincinnati, drew (10). id! . St. Louis 6-2; Pittsburgh 1-1. « Chicago 1, Cincinnati 0. Philadelphia 7; Boston 2. No others scheduled. js Games Today Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Boston at Philadelphia. No others scheduled. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION w. Pet, g 628 620, Milwaukee Louisville | Indianapolis '3| Toledo Kansas € St. Paul Minneapolis | Columbus An 440, 226 Ind napolis. 4; Toledo 2, Kansas City 9 95: Min Louisville Columbus, Milwaukee at St. Paul, Kansas City at aeinesaprut: Others Rat ach scheduled. :. Pacis nl poss ass Al Mike McTigue, New New York. York, knocked out; King. Solomon, Pan (11). ° Alfred Porzio, South ‘Anterica, beat Jim Seman, heavyweight -(4). ‘Agams, St, Louis, beat Johnay Grosso, (8). Knute Han: Ra- ‘knocked out Quintin Rom- ero, Chi: ify (3). Chicago.—Young Nationalista, Fili- ino, beat Pal Moore, Memphis (10). a Lenard, Chicago, at Pico 5. Mexk ne (10), Balinde cane —Battling Levinsky, ly Jack. knocked ‘out: Tommy. joklyn (1). 1 al indie MP ahaded Len Datey, Detroit lows Len Darcy, Detro 10). Chuck I ete Detroit ig d: Phil lis. zy s er’s neck with hi oceed-| Gibbons learns you've” developed punck we'll have a hard time mak- ing the match.” So Greb stayed and sebape. finally signed for the match which was to 1e| topple him into the resin and ob- sey tie simultaneously for the first time, the By into what P: t coin-j cidence (but what was in actuality a carefully worked out program), Tunney was matched to fight Gre’ in Tommy's home town at the time De Forest called on Gibbons, their fifth een a tied Knocked out in’ the twelfth round. it handled Tunney handily in their first; Was evident as early as the third two fights, but in the next two Tun-|Tound that he would never go the ney had. displayed un akable| distance, marks of superiority. Whipped Him Easily Tunney out-noodled him, out-boxed him and out-slugged ‘him, from start to finish. You aren't supposed to do much more in order to win under the Queensberry rules. The squawkers, who for their hankrolls by the surprising result, turned their depraved- epleen on the battered Gibbons, and changed WHERE CHAMPIONSHIP B BATTLE WILL BE: Tom at Ringside On the night of their fifth fight Gibbons occupied a ringside seat. He was there to see how much Tunney | had advanced‘and what ‘he (Gibbons); would have to do in order to win if! he ultimately signed with De Forest.| Gibbons’ original thought was to turn Tunney loose from the opening gong and win by such .a convincing margin that the assembled critics would launch @ ballyhoo of their own accord and force Gibbons into a match with Tunney. With this in mind Tunney opened up energetically against the Pitts- ‘burgh freak and battered him around the ring practically as he pleased for four rounds. the. fourth." Tansey, Gibbons myself Ahat night, stupefcation was a8 acute gs next one’s at the utter lack of effi ney. ‘bows “took ane.’ ; Tunney won mainly rcngerd he was the better man 1 apo tant essential. The that ke did not Gibson: | “I a: STAGED 584) tribute to hi the referee restored peace for the moment. The going was fast and furious while it lasted but a right to the jaw called off the affair in the third. After the matth Corbett was com- ed to Alexander with no more worlds to conquer. The encounter was for $20,000 with ‘a $10,000 stage and was witnessed by 2,000 cash customers. The combatants fought out their ill feeling in the ring and at the close shook hands, Mitchel! apologizing for the insult to Corbett and paying prowess. “Silence” was the watchword when Bob Fitzsimmons stopped Jim Corbett in 14 rounds at Carson City, Nev., March 17, 1897. Billy Madden, master of ceremonies, warned the 5,000 persons present that ee ocealely: shouting would be toler- ated. Hear the pos of the master: i! © keep order, If Li ratibery or shouting it wilt only interfere with the men. Please remember that there are ladics present.” When the principals were in their “| respective corners, the county physi- cian entered the ring and examined their gloves, No one else knew why, dhe on not say. He then felt use Statisticians announced that 362 blows were struck, 221 ‘delivered by Corbett and 141 by Fitzsimmons. Mrs. Fitzsiminons coached her hu: band, begging him to devote his attention to Corbett’s ribs. Corbett was very angry after the bout and told Fitzsimmons that if he refused to meet him again he ‘would “lick” him the first time they met on the street, The first sheet of paper is said to have ben made ‘from tho bal seh trea_in the year 7