Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1920, Page 5

pnTISH Eamings to Date on Brief Stay Here Total Over $36, 000 and Pile Will Grow in Succeeding Weeks; rd’ Bout Being Promoted BY EDDIE GAHAN | Jimmy Wilde, the cocky little British fywetght champion, miay not tike | American sporting figvor and may stick to his intention of writing all his dis. | tor America when he réaches dear ot’ Lunnon, but if the litle ais” | remains iniiseotintry much longer, he Will aecumalate a pile of jack big | | i | | enough t buy this ¢ouritiy and reform) it to his own tastes. The Hritisher may pan this country unmereifully, Init he can’t kick’ on- e Yankee pupses/that he has taken without batting an eyelash, During his short stayin this eountry, Wilde has picked up just $26,000, a tidy sum for such & little guy. He was handed $11,000 for being» beaten by Jack Sharkey, $3,000 for winning from Babe Asher, $6,000 for kayoing Mike Erile, $8,000 for rocking Mickey Russel to sleep and $6,000 for winning front Patsy Wallace. On Friday night, Wilde meets Frankie Mason, the ‘dandy little Amerl- can basta, ef Fort Wayne, in a decision bout at, Toledo. For this match, the Briton is guaranteed $10,000, which will raise hig American earnings to $16,000, After the Mason fight, Wilde plans’ fo sSergp onee a week, thus he probably will ‘be @athering in trom. $5,000 to $8,000, or even better, every seven days during his stay in our midst, lt has been rumored that Dom Tortorich, of Rew Orleans, is planning to offer $22,500 to Wilde to meet Pal Moore in a twenty-rgund bout in this country. This sum would be a ¥ecord for a battle at sich weights, but prob. ably would attract « house that would warrant its size. Wilde, however, is | howing NO over-anxlety tochodk up with Pal Moore again—especially in Ameria, JOUNNY GRIFFITHS WiLL Bh IN DEMAND. ; When Johnny Griffiths, the popular Akron welterweight, arrives in Amen ica after his highly successful Huropean trip, he will be very much in demand at every tir of the way. The Akron, flash has battled fo! AlUzo Johnny i8 the possessor 6f what is termed “the fastest left hand in the World,” He was iiéyer regarded’ds a “knocker out” before his invasion of the old country, “His long list of victories in his native land resulted from decisions recelved thru his constant perking at opponents. ~ However, over there, Johnny has developed the old Kick. ‘There is a rea- son, however, according lo.Tommy Walsh, Griffiths’ manager. ‘Tom says that Griffiths Pealizes the fact that, it is the, hardest thing in the world for an American to get a referee’s decisign in a foreign ring, so he (Griffiths). decided to become his. own referee in all foréign battles: 2 Runiorg are that Jack Britton has offered to meet Griffiths in a bout for the title, when the Ohio lad gets home. They have met several times before and Griffiths has always given a good account of himself. 3. CAKPENTIER WANTS 2 F PEACEFUL HUBBY, “ Almeéut before the jingle Of the wedding bells had died out, Mme! Carpen- Uer, bride of the heavy Weight cliampion of Europe, hid declared that’ ste wanted “her Georges” io give up the fight game. She had made sich a statement prior {0 the veremony, and backed it up when interviewed after the old knot was tied. : Mme, Carpentier eohoes the sentiment of the real womanhood of France. To them now dna for years to come, any kind of fighting will be brutal, What they have seen with theli own eyes and hive suffered themselves will make the word “fight"\a most hideous thing for a long time. vb acay = The bride Will Acedmpany hér hushand to this country, the epuple sail- ing on Saturday. Gedrees probably will engage in no exhibition affairs in America, .He may battle Dempsey, if the latter wins his freedom! and will also make a motion, pieture otit_on the coast. WHITE SOX} HAVE BIG HURLING STAFF. ¢ Memories of those sad Octoher afternoons of last year when Cincinnati Rebs! bats played hayoc with the pet deliveries of Eddie Cicotte and Claude Williams will never be forgotten by Kid Gleasch, the peppery manager of the Chicago White Soxs Thus, Gleason is devoting his early spring activities to the tas of) moulding a now pitching staf and has accordingly taken cigh- teen hurlers (o Dixieland with bim . e uevy Keri, the wee mite whe was able to upset’ the Reds on two occa> tar of the 1920 staff, with Cicotte and Williams and. co- Loudermilk, Wilkinson, Noyes, Rugsell and Sullivan, are now in the southland, but none of the latter group sions, will be the Rea wy all of last Year's squad, is sure pf his position, for among the rookies there is some nifty talent, workers: per, press reports tell us, . Wsddie Cicotte ts a long way from being thru as a big league piteher, Ex- $s Helievé that he Will be elective asrever despite his setback during the ries. He is no youth and hardly {s stillyruffled as the result of the bom bardments, Cldtude Williams, too, should be as good as ever. pe THIS 18 THE SEASON OF THE ROOKIE'S GLORY, e From the training camps wo read where Manage uncovered @ second Ty Cobb, another Eddie Collins or a young pitcher with more speed than Walter Johnson and more effective than Grover Cleveland Alexanger. ¥ot, when the teams homeward. come, these spring phenoms will cither be bound for @ minor league camp or waiting tables in some first: iss beanery. Otten times, 4 woilmeaning sporting writer will hurt a chances toe burst) inte big company. We remember when an outfighter was unearthed by Coble Mack, Down south out everything. that was chucked in his, general direction abd goon won the attention ef the sportsters. ae . Philai bapers were Cull of firalse for Thrasher an i paper pric pga pack the right field wall at Shibe park. Others plo: tured 4 polleeman helding the crowds away from. the streets adjacent the park when ‘Bhragher was at bat. ‘The result was that the fans expected the youth to bust_one on the beak every Ume he stepped to the platter. )So he nd the fans’ Beolng Had the fatal effect on the Soand-so has just youn player's rank Thrasher, ‘Thrasher smashed cartoonists, with was booed when he fell down, at odily he is Only a fair miior \chis home “in Denver, after spending several days here attending to import: “| ant business. 7) re 10.—“Gut: tg Mies “Andee leh in, four FRESNO, it a ‘ou son, Chitago hy rounds be last | It J. Bingenty Frantz O0 \Cony \ a president of the | iy, Has returned to | LOST os | ‘Rho Porsou who found. the two’ diamond ri in the women’s rest i roo heater Saf. night # CS ae | CHAMPION GETTING FlcH OFF RING BATTLE AUDAOSS PUT TOBE Che Casper Daily Ceibune PAGE FIVE ~ tu LIVE CHATTER _ AND GOSSIP OF SPORT CIRCLES | Seattle boxing {to arrange a mat ween Fred. Ful- ton and Joe Cox, the southern heavy- weight. ‘ Oscar Dugey. who used to pastime with the Braves and later with the Phillies, has returned to the big show as coach for the Braves. _ © ee Boxing as a college sport is fast se- curing recognition. Holy Cross and Boston college are among the latest to fall in line, Dan Petvoff in straight falls here last ! . night. ‘Taylor leaves for Houston, ‘Ten recruits, five of them pitchers, Texas, for a match next week. are showing their wares to Manager Jennings in the hopes of landing berths with the Detroit Tigers. - 2 8 In jiu jitsu wrestling no decision is given by the referee. The bout ends when one of the contestants signifies | he has had enough, « ¢ TAYLOR BEATS PETROFF IN STRNGHT FALS AT” FSCO TUESDAY WT ee TEST THURSDAY NIGHT IN CUMMINGS FHT Kid Ross, Lusk featherweight, and * touted as one of the best in his, class|. When the item of broken clubs ever brought forward in Wyoming as @|joxt pally is considered, golf is a pret- prospective top-notcher, either » will! ty expensive pastime for “Babe Ruth, take his place among the best in the - Rocky Mountian region or be relegated to the. “pork-and-beaners" when he meets Danny Cummings in his. ten: * round bovt here. Ross has Semone] strated his’ superiority over local ama-| teurs, but his professional experience ; has been nil and his showing against | Cummings is expected to reveal his | chance#for the future. Cum) will go into the ring a favorite Thursday night and there are some of his backers who say that he will stop the Lusk Lad before the gong; sounds the end of the second round, On| tht other hand Lusk is expected to be on hand with plenty of money to back Ross against the veter.n ring fighter and Cliff Judd, Ross’ manager, holds ‘no doubts regierding the outcome of the battle. | . Kid Herman, the baniam chatnpion, offers to méet Jimmy Wille at 118 pounds ringside or Johny Kilbane at 124 pounds ringside. 7 8 PROTECT YOUR FAMILY —See— C.R. McGREW ~ General Agent THE CAPITOL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY "Phone 153 “ map eia Watch for ‘Trail of the Arrow.” ; A conference’ of the Interchurch World Movement will open today at Spokane. ENDURANCE / Teck efound at tho men and Poeet tu a dz; ©: 5! 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