Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 27, 1923, Page 5

_SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1923. > ING SWINDLE S BEING COOKED UP BY HUGH FULLERTON In the Chicago Tribune NEW YORK, Jan. 27..—_Whey—the mysterious THEY who run everything we don’t like—are cooking up one of the wecateat swindles ever perpetrated upon the Barnum popula- tion. Just now THEY are figuring upon taking about one and a quarter million dollars from the Barnum portion of the popu- lation by means of an alleged fight making moving pictures in Callfornia between Jess Willard and Jack Demp-|and wants to battle Willard. ney. ¥ Seven Seeking Dempsey Scalp: In the language of the mofern New| There ere about seven heavyweights Yorker, they are cooking up a battle from Wil'ard down to Gypsy Dan- Which is best calculated to draw in| !els—who want to meet Dempsey, for the money. They have scouted the} the tip has gone abroad that Demp- entire fie'd and figure that if Willard| %€Y is no longer a good fighter and a big, fat, and aged slob who never/| that he has succumbed to the Will was a good fighter, cen convince the | Hays-Fatty Arbuckle influence. public that the reason he was licked| In other words, these boys who at Toledo was that ho was not prop-| follow the Idea of the first sock thing ely conditioned he will draw a big, they have a chance and are swarming gate. Dempsey, who has not had a|in to get a kick at the big money. fight in three years, is en route from Willard, who has been imported by certain New York interests, {s pre. tending to work every day, and he calms first chance at Dempsey | Harry Wills has a contract with | Dempsey calling for prior rights to ‘ fight, but Harry is a colored gentle rerybody's Jhcatre |man and hasn't much chance Continuous 1 to 11 Light Heavyweights Busy. TODAY ONLY There are seven light heavyweights challenging each other and declaring SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION that they want to fight Dempsey. “THE RAGTIME and a boxing commission which is de- TRIO” termined that Willard shal! not box in New York, Which causes the light onep to want a crack at Willard to get busy. Just now there are five of them wanting a crack at Willard, having seen him at work in the gymnasium and being satistied they can bump. SINGING, DANCING PATRONIZES HIS OPPONENT WHO 'S DEMPSEY TO HAVE HEARTY MEAL, |" INVITES EveRyBopny In To HAVE A smoKe Bors Tis ts THe | BRA OF -NO NARD FECLINGS ~- HAUG “A CIGAR ~~ WELL MY LAD ARE ON $ ~ WELL SIR; JAMES 1 Know XOU_ SAYING ‘YouR JUST How You Fest - 4 USED To Do THE SAMS THINGS You ARE Done: You'Lt PROBABLY OVER- Come YouR FAULTS BuT tv Tawes PATROIZES Cappy HELLO! 1s THs GRANTLAND Rice??? MR. RICE WHAT tS THe, DaTe OF THe NExt AMATEUR GoLEe Tour we AT Tre, Fuortsts BUrinG Flowers FOR THE wre 1 Dow't CARE WHAT \ THEY cost ~- ;¢ WARN Tae GEST uncer THE CLUBHOUSE ° “(CR SOMETHING ELSE* fori eT \ wuat's uP- | NeW KID IN Te Famity WELL- How'D You Ace LiKe To TAKE IN A MOVIE THs VENING FOLKS SF ap) SURPRISES HIS FAMILY him off. Tomorrow when the com- AND MONOLOGUE PAGE FIVE First in News Of All Events B B 4 | “request will b> put before the y Briggs i N | care ———- The st definite move will be | | mace within the nect few weeks. A { | secret meeting of the executive com- } | mittee, composed of players, will ba | j held in Chicago. Following this ses j j sion announcement of officers and | f plans wiil be made | | pts ape [onangatin ot rare ro. BOLE NOW MAJOR SPORT ie Bnihosasm. AT NORTHWESTERN U, th Ample Enthusiasm. CHICAGO Jan. —Although [elected by the well known landalide,) CHICAGO, Jan. 27.—-Golf. for many | Georwe Burns, the Reds’ veteran out-| years a minor sport al Necthwestem? j flclder, has refused to accept thejuniversity. has been placed on leva presidency of the new players’ unton.|with football, baskethal, swimmisiz He sent this information to President Garry Herrmann of the Cincinna club in the form of a letter, @ co; of which was received by B. B. son, chief of the American the athletic rity “N" for Dana M. E cs, made the committer will he collegiate ns, direr regular \ awarded ge competition John eague or of athte announce- The reluctance of Burns to lead the|ment for the @ommittea, which !# big league players into the lap of con-| headed by Prof. 0. F. Long tentment has not hindered the pro-| {t also was announced that J. B. |sress of the new org: tion, how- S'oane, professional golfer and coach J ever. Ray Cannon, the Mllwaukes ‘has been signed us entor for the ex attorney who Is perfecting the organ-|panding golf program. Sloane, who ization, was asked over the long dis: last season was a pro on the links of tance telephone what plans he had Evanston Community Recreation made to offset the defectic and bis reply was that ship shape and that time announcement w Tells Two Stor association, will instruct bo! 3 men and {oor se which ucted in Patten of Burns, verything {s| women at the pre uld be made. | gyn. ~ GUNT TENNIS PLANT PROJECTED AT FRISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27.—The California Lawn Tennis aiub will con struct a large tenn's plant in San Francisco to accommodate big chani Cannon ago of the Burns withdrawal letter the Red outfielder claimed h rting goods business consumed so much of his time that he didn’t think he could assume the burden of the union presidency. He a’so said he Was with the scheme and would back it to the limit. His letter to Herrmann Dowever was of a different tone. In| that he stated he was elected without his consent and that he was perfect pionshi matches, it js announced. ly saliefled with the treatment he bad|tne cost, it fev cald’ WI ben abe Bp from ithe Cincinnati club. | §190,000, | ‘The estabiiahment will, along wonderfully racneme 18 soins | ciude several’ courts, a plub- house 1S MAR OEE Las tcc te land .¢ grandee scummesaticr 136 National league ers enroliet ousands: mission meets Jimmy Johnson will challenge Wil'ard formally in the name of Fred Fulton, which is about the worst knock that could be offered to the old champion. But meantime the promoters are & to steam up a match between rd and Dempsey. Willard has | made a tactical blunder by letting the 1 section of New York see him Tomorrow I'll tell you just good Jess ts, haying watched At 3:30, 8:00 and 9:30 PICTURE FROM 1 TO 11 No Advance in Admission All the Rickard crowd are trying to steam up such a match. Rickard js getting cold feet on the ing to New York to get them. Willard Fulton to Challenge Wlard. | him for five gays. Real Issue Is Politics. But the issue now is not that of boxinig—it {s politics. Every time you scratch deeply enough into a box ing match in New York you find Tam- many hall or the other gang. In this mess of politics and boxing a chance for a real fighter unless he is Jake with the politicians, and that the only “out” they have is to slip across the river to Jersey, where con- ditions are rottener than they are in New York. But the ones who are tn bad in New York are liab!e to be sit- ‘ing pretty in Jersey. | Personal'y, after watching Jess for} Will file a formal challenge with the ' sey fight in Boyle’s Thirty Acres in| the big bowl in Jersey City, will try to Jersey would draw a big crowd. stage such a match {h Boyle's ‘rhirty | | Steaming Up Wifard Match. Acres. There are indications that e Dempsey | Proposition, although his press agents needs a couple of fights, and !s com-| still are striving to boom the match. No effort has been made to take in| '™ American leaguers, but ¢ uring the last few weeks Cannon hi receive Numerous letters from athietes in the junior major league asking wh should not be allowed to enroll will be taken care of later. NEW help of the the baseball fans, betting test menace facing the me can be eradicated, K. and's, commissioner of baseball. sald in an address before a ody < ‘ pa No Cause for Alarm. eastern fans. jooks softest and besides the best ad-|. Willard absolutely refuses to talk Magnates in the National jeague|. — vertising medium. So they are fram-|0f any match excepting with Demp-| ‘phis evening at § o'clock Casper at forwards, Post at Center and have made no attempt to pombat the AKRON, Ohio—Professional boxing ing @ “battle of the century" for] sey—Fred Fulton wants him, Gypsy and Worland high schools meet/Groves and McGrath ut guards. Over- growth of the organization but never-/bouts have been prohibited because early spring on Boyle’s Thirty Acres,| Daniels thinks he wou!d be an eas jon the local basketba/l court in a/baugh and Brady, * string substt-| ‘holes they are worrléd over the|they are getting “worse and wors with Willard as the victim. mark, and tomorrow morning Fulton /tame that is expected to do much to-|tutes, will be given a chance in the! strength {t may attain There is no M. F. Tucker, manager, au- ~ ;Ward lining up the winner of the/game. reason for alarm, however, as Can-| nounced. a & week, I'd quit smoking cigarets two] boxing commission’ asking for {state tournament. Both teams are) The game will be preceded by the weeks and fight him, give or take 200] Match with Willard The boxin} com- pounds. But he can be press agented | "mission may refer it to the Chic into a couple of million dollars, stock yards-committee om beet: knock: | ¢61 The New York state athletic com-| ‘ng. Worland comes ~ here at m‘ssion will not stand for any match This bringing of Willard back into! strength with the hope of getting re- between Willard and Dempsey. They | the fight field has started a new prop-|venge for the game which they 1 at this time will mean much. | years old. born two years after his father died. Jersey Politicians Hungry. But thero are intricacton. The Jer- sey politicians want another dip into the feed bag. local intricacies, witi tne Yank and Giant baseball park owners wanting If he ts under 44 he was| ported the big Kansas ex-champion | xcore of 22 to 16. At that time one has invited m lot of trouble. Willard|of the Washakie county guards was is a bit of comedy mingled with|out of the game and the team was not tragedy. lat its best. [coming to be recognized as the strong-|senforjunior class battle, which will ‘0 /est in their class this year and a yic-|start at 7 top be 50 cents. DENVER—Colorado college basket: |ball players defeated Den _|sity In a conference game, 43 to 34, —— |_CHICAGO—Pal Moore of Memphvs, | Coach Sam Neff will start this eve-|Tenn., won a decision over ‘Tommy Besides that there are [ning’s_game with Lester and Davis | Murray Sane non bas no plans for drastic action.| om He said that no demands will be made GREELEY, —State t mchers’ ‘ that will mot be for the good of base- college here v a basketb @ game Gerteral! SAmisiion- thii” evening WHIT ten "ite refused to Grins tne rere Roe firstfrom Colorado university 30 tm 24. SS r unt of Philadelphia in ten rounds, Now there isn't even an outside chance that Willard will be permitted to box in New York against Demp- s¢~ or against any one Tex Rickard, who is the figurehead king of boxing, wants a match for Willard. He is not even considering plicated with Jersey. have-bag Due hatotne of “the Virgin of Stamboul” SATURDAY NIGHT IS PLAY NIGHT COME, FORGET YOUR TROUBLES AND DANC Ano TONIGHT LON CHANEY NOW PLAYING \ UNIVERSALJEWEL PRPDUCTIN TOMORROW NORMA TALMADGE —In— “THE ISLE OF CONQUEST” to stage fights in their parks. All of which brings in politics—and when ever you talk boxing down here you else. But} get into politics—Tammany hall com. . ra | in New York we find that there : claim that Wil'ard is more than 40/ axanda against boxing. Whoever im-/on their home floor to Casper by ‘The chances are that the New York commission will refuse to a match for Madison Square Garden,! Dempsey to meet Willard, and that but has figured that a Willard-Demp- Rickard and his crowd, saddled with a SUNDAY “Fry in the Soup” Continuous Shows Sport Calendar'|| isa Meeting of Business Men's Racing| association, at New Orleans. Meeting of Cuba-Amrican Jockey club, at Ha-| vana. Meeting of Tijuana Jockey! club, at Tijuana, { Baseball— H Annual meeting of National Base- ba'l federation, at Pittsburgh Track— | Annual {indoor games of Brooklyn ‘ollege, Brooklyn, N. Y. Y | Skating— National amateur outdoor speed| nplonships, at Chicago. Annual | Skates derby, at New York! permit Now Playing JACK LORD’S MUSIGIRLS Comedy Company in high class Musical and Farce Comedies LAST TIMES TODAY “A HOT OLD TIME” , A Breezy, Sparkling Comedy. Also S!ver «WILVAHL ATINVA na EDYTHE STERLING in the western gs. Sunday) Feature Photoplay. +Eaatern Canadian championships, | “THE GIRL WHO DARED” rts ALL NEW SHOW SUNDAY ATHWAAGNVA AGEWOD TVSISOW Texas open championship closes at! 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