The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1927, Page 6

PAGE SIX on Elm Wins, 3 and 2 CHAMP MP PAIRED WITH LEGG IN Tunney Working Hard in New York Training ¢ SECOND ROUND : Titlehclder Reccaps Losses as Match Goes on; Mackenzie Beats Thomas OUIMET WINS FRANC Minneapolitan Dis-| peses of Rudy Knepper; Walton Loses to Martin Veteran Minneapolis, Au : Von Elm,defending champion, came through his first round match today ting John MeKinlay dr. Chi- one above par going out, but. on a lead of two up as Me- Kinlay took 39, The champion los the terith with a five to the Ch cagoan’s birdie three, but took th next with a deuce and the long 13 was a five. He dropped the 15th to a par. Harry Legy of Minneapol feated Rudy Knepper of Ch and 2-and will meet Von E second round. Roland Mackenzie of Washi defeated rge Thoma in 19 holes Dave Martin of Los Anp feated Howard Walton of Ch and 3. ‘Frane!s Ouimet of Bos Chick Evans defeated . Augustus, Zand 1. ATCH PLAY STARTS MINIKAHDA ME! Minneapolis, Aug. ped of all supernume survivors of the qu were paired off t match play for the » Ellsworth of the draw stood) George Von Eim of Los Angeles, in he first match to defend his title, admission to hole e Pp y a hard earned! 154, just two strokes inside the bimit of 166 at which 11 golfers tied | the last se place: Jones Plays Brilliant Golf | At the bottom of the lower bracket was Bobby Jones, but he was the through a scintillati a that equal medal play in the Posi ago, D. Clark Corkra: of Philadel- phia, made the like score and three years ago Dexter Cummin 138 at Lochmoor Club, Detroit, in the | western, Jones stood out head and should- ers above the qualifiers after his rec ord round of 31-36-67 yesterday. His first match is with Maur toward the noon, Chick ns with 150, inlay Comes Close 151 for next Ouimet Rotan of Houston had joined Other cascpities of y for of Stein, Pittsburgh, the the title, western champion of ‘st Round Pairings tehes in and Jones figure, udy Kneppe Roland Mack ie s hectic} Thom » after- | Howard tood in the Chick Ev Dave | tus ea hes: Held and Dexter ( . of Ch e Held and exte: t 1 Haviland and Arth Ouimet and and Ww Hips Finlay and Di Art Sw Jimmie tea Carrick and which Von first the 1 Harry Lege. Geprge ton and Dave Martin. ns and Ellswor th Augus- e Ward and Allan Moser, ummings. ur Yates. ck Jones. eet, ne Homans and Frank Dolp. Moser Beats Ward Allan Mose wos Angeles de Ds f Grand Rapids, pel fron | ition and tuke could not b bridyepd former champion, Philadelphia, had nd with ‘h smore Shute of Huntington, John McKinlay of Chicago, Eddie Held. “of St. of etait Ore., Sea dy Kneppe The 32 ributed c had the largest quo t in. fives . Philadelphia ew York ci ach | ‘from Washington, Clevi nd Toronto. oe Atlanta, vho not only but failed te 15 Me-| three extra hole vd Allan 0 y Lerg of Min- and rvived. st Quota wh as Watts Gunn ch REAR Dolp avid Usworth Augus Me port, Phillips Fi of New " O. F defe: and Johnson New York, 4 Marston of, Dinsmore Shute, H . Don Car , of Boston, rge and «I « goal Rotan one u Diek| Best Te and 0 ith 1 2 Taek Boge Starts Friday all over the ther here Frid to attend s from Slope will day and Sun souri Slope ba see in action in thi at 156, Ward, thy of Howard re the teams ti well dis- though | » with Los r meet Lehr. il ch, with and, , Rochester, i game Huntington, a lock. ond game s of wept County Giants - Lehr game most fternoon at atuday’s game Philade! all tournament six of the best teams section of the state. defeated Conn, York, de ed Dick} 'The exact date of the ¢ untington, Philadelphia, de- ap LEADING NINES | TO COME HERE’ ams on Slope Will Take Part in Tournament; ay the I and town Shopcrafte the first nd the Oliver-C ‘ounty Giant: rnoon, the winners of will meet n the sec- the Oliver will meet 1:30 will pl 30 the championship game | included third | Iphia de. the :|TICKETS SELLING “THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE I$ DECIDED ON 40R DEPARTURE Enough to Travel by Plane,’ Champ Says ING FAST Approximately Half Estimat ed Gate of Three Million Already Received { | thibitions 24. culator, Gene ‘Tunney Y., ‘Aug. expects to |training camp here for Chicago near Willing of eagle end of the month and he will travel either by automobile or train, ampion’s des but he doesn’t mountain coun- arture is n, intend to desert the tr ed the trip the means ae Philadelphia , Tunney said there was no or "tha at, Not Important Enough’ fight’ isn't’ important he added. nine rounds of boxing jay, five with the light bags and four with his partners. Although he withheld severe punishment to Paul Cavalier and Billy Vidabeck, both were victims of a rapid fire of punches that sent them reeling around the ring. The champion was ike 2 flash in his hitting, accurate ble to count the Prior to a week ago Tunney’s ex: i am- rging for his matinees, s given to charity, a Cathalie church, a Methodist church nd the Speculator Winter Sports club being the recipients. TICKETS SOLD NOW TOTAL $1,500,000 Chicago, Aug. 24—()—The ticket sale for the Soldiers’ field battle of Tunney and Dempsey September 22, around $1,500,000, Tex Rick- id today. This is approximate- y half the anticipated gate. Only two fights in history have drawn in excess of a million and a half dollars—the Dempsey-Carpentier and Dempsey-Tunney battles. Within a fortnight, Rickard believes, the re- turn match of Dempsey’ and-Tunney will have passed both these in ad- vance sale, three weeks before the 2, in Natio END OF MONTH ‘This Fight Isn't Important! WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1927 | Amateur First Round mp night of the fight. The Dempsey- Tunney battle of the Sesqui drew |more than $1,700,000, and the Car- |pentier fight about $100,000 less. ‘INNER CIRCLE’ TICKET HOLDERS BEING CHOSEN Chicago, Aug. 24.—()—One* hun- dred and eight’ distinguished individ- uals will fotm the select inner square about the ringside at the Dentpsey- Tunney champinship fight in Soldier field next month, There are just 108 seats in the first spectators’ row and those who get them will be distinguished for that, if for no other reason. The mysterious committee of five which has the task of determining who gets those choice seats is to meet Friday and undertake its job, George F, Getz, nominal promoter of the classic for Tex Rickard, made knowtt today, Fans Wait Patiently Meanwhile, the ordinary fight fans su long lines before the win- ws at the Palmer House, to buy tekete “sight unseen,” with the as- surance only that their seats would omewhere inside the Serre Ve have the tentative plan of the stadium seating arrangements drawn,” said Mr. Getz, “but when the seats are put up the engineers may find it necessary to alter some of the arrangements. Therefore we are helding out large blocks of the cheaper seats to see whether there will be a change. “There are to be 108 seats in the first row of spectators’ seats. The committee will be asked to consider carefully the assignment of these seats. While I am making no recom- mendations I imagine that these 198 seats will be used to fill the orders of the 16 state governors who have, applied for tickets, members of the south park board which controls the stadium, mayors of the largest cities, prominent citizens such as John Mitchell and J. P. Morgan and sev- eral other notables from abroad.” Dempsey planned a hard workout today with road work, shadow boxing and several rounds with the punch- ing bags on his program to loosen him up after a 10-day layoff en route to the camp from Los Angeles, —_________________¢4 Fights Last Night | (By The Associated Press) Wilkes Barre, Pa.—Pete Latzo, Scranton, won on a foul from Joey Gans, Allentown, (8). Utiea, N. ¥.—Frankie Genaro, New York, knocked out hese Gra seen Utica, (2). M eapolis.—“Big Boy” Peterson, Mississippi, defeated Otto Von Porat, Norway, (10). Mike Mandell, St. Paul, knocked out Jack Hayes, Chi- cago, (5). Los Angeles.—Fidel LaBarba, fly- weight champion, won from Johnny Vacea, Bridgeport, (10). Britt Gar- emnery Arrives i in Chicago “And now to start training to win Gene Tunney’s title!” That came from Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight :|champion, upon his arrival in Chicago. The ex-champion, who meets Tunney at Soldiers’ Field September 22, is pictured here with Leo. P. Flynn, his man- ager, atep the Morrison hotel shortly after his arrival. Hun- dreds greeted Dempsey upon arrival. Estelle Taylor, Dempsey’s wife, journeyed to Chicago with him and will stay there through the training period. Flynn is shown in the left foreground next ‘to Dempsey. man, Minneapolis, defeated Alfredo Imperal, San Francisco, (10), Fights Tonight Cleveland—Mickey Walker, middle- weight champion, vs: Wilson Yarbo, (22), non-title, New York—Sid Terris vs. Phil Me- Graw, (10). Trap Shooter Breaks 400 Targets'in Row Dayton, Olio! hie. 24.UrLawith less than 40 straight targets between him and a new record, Guy Deering, president, of the Amateur Trap Shoot- ing” association, was prepared today to do some tall shooting. Deering who hails from Columbus, q broke 200 straight on Monday and repeated yesterday, giving him 400 in a row. The record for ama+ teurs in the annual grand Americi tournaments is now held by_ Steve M. Crothers of Philadelphia with 436 straight breaks to his eredit. RAIN HALTS TENNIS MATCHES Newport, R. 1, Aug. 24.—()—The 47 matches scheduled today in the International Invitation Lawn Tennis Tournament at the Newport Casino were: postponed because of the con- tinued rain. Only one match was. | Played yesterday. pon in n all be corners of the Earth. where fine tobacep is a part of fine living « VER since. Sir Walter, Rakigh bough theft tobacco home from America, the Londoner has - made fine tobacco a part of fine living, SS cer name he 68 We pick sep oiate: tea pgee memnedl Saleccp teele ‘end fragrance of Chesterfield. - Bs his. prabionetn, Segond: be among the weed ape of Cheers popu. + - . CARDS GETTING CLOSE 70 TOP: BEAT PHILLIES — Are Within Three Games of League-Leading ~ Cubs; Three Men Star (By The Associated Press) By pounding out 2°13 to 3 victory over "Philadel hin yesterday; Bob O’Farrel’s St. Louis & rdinals moved to within three games,of the Nation- al Lengue-leading Chitago Cubs. It was the only game ‘played inthe major leagues, the other two con- tests on schedule being rained out. Blades, Hafey Sherdel and Schubel | hit for the circuit and three of these drives came in the fifth inning. Two jmen were on the base paths when Hafey and Schubel connected. — St. Louis, put over eight runs in the fifth frame, driving Jack Scott off the mound and continuing the attack on Decatur, his successor. In the National League Chicago and oe th play double-headers today, the Cubs meeting the Phillies and the Pirates tackling ee Braves, A double defeat for th and a brace of wins for the Theirs will put the Es team to within“ one- half game the top, A twin de- feat for Pittsburgh will put the St. Louis Cardinals. in second place by one-half game. St. Louis starts its next series against the Giants in New York. The Giants, five games out of fst place, have won 19-out of their last 25 games. The home run leader of the Amer- ican Association, Frank Emmer, Mil- ler shortstop, sailed two over the fence yesterday to help defeat the league fase 4 Mudhens, 9 to 4. Grimes and Bob Meusel each got homers ahd Sammy Bohne of the Mil- lers got the fifth one of the game. Oscar Orwoll, combination pitcher, “bet hitter and fielder, pitched the raves to a 5 to 4 victory in the first game of;a double-header with Indian- apolis, running their winning streak to eight straight games. In thes, = ond, Orwoll played centcr field, was charged with an error which helped the Indians take the game 5 to 3. Orwoll also was credited with a three base hit in the second game, Kansas City led Louisville at the end of the seventh inning of their game, 5 to 1, but in the eighth the Colonels made five runs on four er- rors an@ took the lead. The score was tied in the ninth and the Col- onels chalked up three tallies in the tenth, winning 9 to 7. Columbus went down to defeat in another extra inning game with St. Paul, 3 to 2. The Saints trailed un- til the final inning, when they gat two runs to tie the score. In the tenth, ceca singled and scored on Scarrit’s doble ‘to win the game.