Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1923, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT “YOUNG GRIFFO” DISSIPATION PREVENTED MARVEL FROM EVER BECOMING CHAMPION Chicago First Saw Wonderful Australian in Amen- can Debut—Record Shows Easy Victories Over Our Greatest Boxers, Inc luding Lavigne and Gans This is the eleventh article about great boxers who failed to win the title and the reasons why BY SIDNEY S To acknowledge a peer, fc word of democracy, is to admi there is scant distinction in e peers need no epitaphs—the y. UTHERLAND ond and meaningless keystone it a degree of mediocrity, since quality. Those who know no ir superiority gives them life after death. There are few such—Shakespeare, Napoleon, and their ject of Newton, Michael Angelo. they were no more in day and wa; these paragra) Better to be the best street sweeper in all the world th est statesma h ved. With which preparatory words, meet now the greatest boxer of a'! history—Al- bert Gri known to ring immor- tality as Young Gri patriarchs of the tri récord. and one strands amazed w Ustening to old fans grope for adjec. tives to portray this marvel from the| Anttpodes, Marvel From the Start. Griffo was born ‘down w As fishes no so this featherweight to done the nasium wiseacr that this b thick armed, who ever neod Inecked | behold. He started his recorded career in 1888. That record, for reasons present -to be outlined, fs clouded with con sion. For five years he never lost a battle and trave'ers and cables car ried to sporting les throughout the world the tidings that in the land of Fitzsimmons and Creedon and Pe. ter Jackson and Slavin here was a boxer whose abilities mate even thei abfities seem like the pawing, fumb- ling efforts of awkward, frightened amateurs. American Debut tn Chicago. Chicago was the scene of his fean debut, when he met * ty" on November 13, 18 never forgot that six round encoun- ter, Stand the center of the ring, his hands hanging at his sides Griffo petrified the crowd by letting his opponent use everything he had for three full minutes tn en deavor to hit that bobbing h “strike me rudds crawnt said ¢ over the ropes Chicago blighter it met"* and spoc is your best boxer, es are habout to They did; and did the crack col. ered boy, for never in the annals of boxing did gloves travel with sv credible speed; never did moye as fast or true as Griffo' Lefts and rights from every angle: footwork that made the onlookers crosseyed; ducking and blocking and pbing and hitting without parallel and all witho the Chicagoan whose ¢ prize ng lore was t rten for the Kar Only One Defeat The master's more w that by a te to Jack McAulif pounds twisted perboxers Recorded cor four and decision ed fifteen he t nd ha! Outwel, line such Ike Weir, me as famous for his {ne s he became no- - his misconduct YOUNG GRIFFO, |able. lof form es to make the gym-{away | to'e | attend in the realms of heir endeavor against a bar. singing his Cockney songs, or with hands in his pockets |standing on a folded newspaper and ‘betting the (rinks’ that no man present could knock him off the pa. per or hit his face. Made Clowns of Opponents. Once lifted into the ring, regard less af his condition, he was centric and sensational as Often he would lean on the top his legs, exchange jibes with the spectators, and by merely moving his head and one arm, pre- vent his foe from landing a blow. Today Griffo is a memory and a derd ict. Many a dollar has been do- nated toward his needs by admirers days; he has been put ylums, the consequence of ne rous benefits survive his poverty. A few yen: ago, friends collected $2,000 to send him back to Austral! Gritfo refused to go and he somewhere in ears old, very fat, and very rope, cross in a forlorn. (The final article will tell the stcry of Packey McFarland.) GHANGE’S CUBS WILL BE FETED Big Reunion of Chicago Team Which Made Baseball His- tory Scheduled May 8. By HUGH FULLERTON, Chicago's famous Cubs; the Cubs who, under Frank Chance, made base- ball history for Chicago, are planning the biggest reunion ever held by pro- fessional ball p!ayers. The reunion is to be held on May 8 returns to Chicago leading the Boston Red Sox. On that dato all the feuds and tions which finally resulted in the di ruption of the team which had made itself the most famous in Qhicago's history will be buried and the plan is to have every player who was with the team in its championship days from 1906 to 1911 present. Charles Webb Murphy, who owned the Cubs, { leader in the move- out of baseball and his love for the n m make his for. tune and, in spite of the rows and battles that came late in {ts career, wants to lead the demonstration of welcome to Chance Old Secretary Favors Plan. Charlie Williams, then secretary of the Cubs; Artie Hofman, the greatest utility’ man the game ever has known; Jimmy Slagle, the great little outfielder; © dgren, who was one of Chance’s»mainstays and now ches the University of Iilino's, e started the arrangements. The orters who during those years sled and lived with Chance's team been asked to take charge of ments for the banquet ich 4s to be tendered Chance in the vening. Letters will ber of the team be sent out to every inviting them to Brown, when he would make a me and, speech. Only Member Dead. b 9f the team who Steinfeldt, and scattered, was Har although widel: are prosperous. The team, V a fighting organization from the first was rent to pieces in Its declining ys by factional firits—but all that seems forgotte Tinker and nce, who played to 0 years during which 1 not speak, now sit down to and laugh over their old enmi-} © and Murphy, who were nr a long time, parted good] 4 the friendship has con has died the others, ich was now Evers, for 1 4 of the big public dinner it ‘anned just to get the old gang, stuck together so long and each other in. private, but er teams all the harder, and eship: which sur t fought ot renew t yived in s | JESS WILLARD LAID UP WITH COLO, WILL HAVE TO CANGEL EXHIBITIONS PAUL, n March 3.—Je rid's heavyw | York Casper Sundap Morning Cribune EVENLY MATCHED CUE STARS WILLIE HOPPE. 22, 13, and 14, are confident of their ability to show their best form in the coming title series. JAKE SCHAEFER. Willie Hoppe and Jake Schaefer, who meet in a challenge match for the world’s championship at 18-2 balk line billiards in New York March The contest is to be at the same place where last year’s tourney was held. Schaefer claims there is a jinx against him in New York, bat he hopes to overcome it in this match, and that he will re- gain the title that he won and lost to Hoppe. PENN WINNER OF BIG INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP With Dartmouth Third— World’s Record Goes. NEW YORK, March vania university became the indoor intercollegiate track and fie'd cham- pion of 1923 here tonight in a meet jammed with sensational perform- ances. Penn Janded the title with 29 points, Cornell was second with 26 and Dart mouth fin!shed third with 18 | One wor'd'’s record and six Indoor intercollegiate marks were shattered Harold Lever of Penn made a new world's mark when he dashed 70 yards in 7 1-10 seconds. The six new were made by: Broad Jump— feet 3% inche: Shotput—Ralph Hils, feet $14 Inches Pole Vault—Owen. and Penn, 1 3.—Pennsy!- | | th Albert Rose, Penn, Princeton, , George town, 4: | Two M!les—McLane, Penn 9.39 3-10.| Other point scores were: | Princeton 13, Yale 13, Penn State 11, Harvard 11, Georgetown 8, Colum bia 8, Boston College 8, Amhe Lafayette 6, Syracuse 5, Bowd ere! Basketball | ANN ARBOR, Mich., Coming from b March 3.— hind in. the last five minutes of play, Iowa cinched the Big’ Ten basketball championship to: night by nosing out Michigan, 20 to 18, The visitors grabbed the lead shortly after the tip-off when Funk oted on a free throw. The Hawk counted six points before Wol verine tossers found themselves, but Coach Mather’s players held the long end of a 10to-9 score at the close of the first period. | ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 3.—West Virginia university wrest'ers lost to the midshipmen today by a score of 16 to 8. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 3.—The| avy defeated Rutgers today in a swimming meet by a score of 36 to 26 | | a, March 3.— 2 national singles @ tonight won the @ middle states indoor tournament 5 3 crown by defeating R. Lindley Mur ray, Buffalo, 6-1, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2. PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 3. St. Paul cinched the pennant in the western group ates } amateur hockey le: feating Pittsburgh MADISON, W consin defeated Min: ball tonight 3 WILLIE HOPPE I CULTS OUT Willie Hoppe, bfiard ple hands as TRAINING HANDS, champion at basket : balklt . has cut out shaking his training for % atch with Jake Schaefer at’ New Marc and 14, It w ox n blocks of 600 gr uthpaly not out. slamming .| week-end. ©") conditioning stuff. mountain has just set me back a notch. “I'll be myself again in a day or two.” Rut en sa dition | can at AUTH DOWN WITH FLU", obYs HE WILL G0 TO CAMP ON MONDAY Comell Places Second in Meet.) Babe’s Condition Not Dangerous, Says Physician— Col. Huston Calls Mrs. Ruth From New Orleans —Bambino Confident of Homer Crop. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 8.—Babe Ruth is down but The king of swat, confined to his room here with influenza, was reported improved tonight with prospects of leaving his sick bed before the’end of the week. The big bambino was adverse to any idea that his condi- condition, h the rest of the ‘The hikes and ud one bad night, * he sald. 99 several days before he play ball, |altho he would hop out of bed now and join his teammates at New Or | leans if we would let him.’? Colonel T. 1, ea with Mrs ay and sh Bahe’s bedside Ruth put in the down his ting at leave his room and unday. ings in an effort praying weight. ILLIARD Carom and promised the boys ‘em over the fence Mon- * the famous Yank slugger told United Press. ‘Tell ‘em I'm just laid up for the I have been overdoing the baths, too much golf the 's physician, Dr. A. W. Woot- i tonight that this patient's con- was no longer dangerous, but his ure and pulse are now about Huston communicat- Ruth at New Orleans to- is expected to arrive at trenuous two weeks cut After hit rific stride on the golf links and wearing himself down with long mountain hikes, the big slugger de to tion might be critical, and despite high fevers and resultant weakened sport fans he would be “up and at ‘em again Monday.” | ‘Tell the fans I'll be down in New intercollegiate marks! Orteans w veloped a dangerous case of influ- enza, Tonight he rested easily, his respir- ation was normal and he talked with enthusiasm of his spring training plans. Minus forty pounds in weight, the bambino believes he is in the best con- dition of his career. He is confident he will shatter atl home run records when he recovers. He has set fifty homers as his quota for the coming season. a DANNY MURPHY FINDS PITCHER oO DUMB HE DIO NOT NEED B0%5 ‘The dumbest pitcher that the Ath- letics ever roped into their balliwick was a young left-hander, who, for ob vious reasons, shall go nameless here. He was taken on the training trip to Jacksonville. One morning, whila coming out of the hotel, he met Danny Murphy. what's the name of this here town?” he asked, so innocently that ‘ Tables Henning Hoiel Basement » FOR REAL CLEANING Come to us. specialists in this business, having spent many years at it. We know how to clean—a trial will convince you of it, We're You will save money on your clothing by sending them here. Instead of discarding your wearing ap- parel when you believe it unfit for service call us and we will return it to you almost like new. The SERVICE Cleaners PHONE 56 In our new home at Railroad and Jackson 44 ® Dan thought he was kidding. They had been there for a week. Finally Murphy saw that the rookie really was a dumb David. ‘For heaven's sake,” said Dan, “don't tet Connie hear that you don’t know the name of the town you're living 1n."* “Who's Connie?” asked the rookie. (OE a Co 78,000 QUTFIELO BEAUT GOES 10 MPGRAW CAMP AND TAKES A BACK SEAT SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March (United Press.)—Jimmy ‘BIG SIX’ WILL BE COMEBACK Ao BRAVES LEADER Naming of Mathewson as Head of Syndicate Taking Over Boston Club Popular. Christy Mathewson, {Gol of the American boy, as well as of thousands adult baseball through: out the cduntry, is back in the game. Back from tho wars, back from the grave comes “Big Six,” some say the Breatest of them all. Announceme n t from Boston. that Mathewson was a member of the syndicate taking over the Braves, was awaited keen- ly by fans in touch with affairs who, nevertheless, lost none of their enthusiasm when the confirming dis patch came. They were wondering to- night just haw active aMtty will be. “The Perfect Player. Mathewson is, perhaps, the most popular baseball player in the game's bistory, equally noted for his great playing ability and his gentlemanly conduct. His has long been regarded as one of the keenest minds brought to the athletic world. Only the other day, John J. McGraw, conceded one of the smartest men in baseball, gave his final appraisal of Christy—“the perfect player, the only one I ever knew. His election as president of the Bos- ton National league ciub rounds out a career that has touched all phases of tho sport. First a college player, then @ professional pitcher, next a major league manager, then a major league coach and finally an executive he will have been in all Cepartments, But his comeback means more than the return of a famugus figure to the the $ 00 outfielding beauty cf the New York Giants, arrived in the Mc- Graw camp here today and took a high seat in the rear ranks. Among such celebrities as Hughey Jennings, Frankie ' Frisch, Heinic Groh and McGraw, the prize player of the Pacific coast league refused to be great. “I'm just looking fcr a job and I hope I am able to make good,” -he 14. SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1923. REATEST BOXER IN ALL RING HISTORY diamond. It means the restoration of his health, which has been in jeopardy since July, 1920, when he forsook hi Position of Giant coach to hie to Sar- anac Lake, N. ¥., in the Adirondack mountains to rid thimself of the white Diague. Wins Battle for Life. It means that the Mathewson who forsook his mountain retreat during tho last world’s serles for the first time since his lungs became affected, at last has won his battle for life, His days as a pitcher over, Mathew- son went to the Cincinnat! club as its manager, in which he was regarded successful as any other man could have been with the material there. and in 1918 ihe heard the call of duty and went to France, a captain in the intelligence service. 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