Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 1, 1923, Page 9

‘STA AGE A BOTH MEN KNOCK OFF HEAVY WORK AS TIME NEARS Champion Confident and So Is Challenger. BY HARRY NEWMAN. Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons have tucked away their training! para- phernalia and the stage is all set for the big fuss Wednesday afternoon for the heavyweight championship of the world. And what a scramble thoi two battlers are expected to put up! Probably not since the day that Jim Corbett and old Ruby Bob Fitzsim- mone staged their memorable scrap at Carson City, more than twenty-five years ago, have two fighters been more evenly matched for the heavy- iweight title. | Of course, Dempsey will enjoy many eévantages over Tommy, and on the depe should beat the St. Paul entry, bet Gibbons must be reckoned with ‘every step of the way. ; Champion the Heaviest. ‘The fact that Gibbons will have to wpot the champion several pounds in weight and quite an advantage in youth and strength isn’t disturbing the challenger to any extent. Gibbons gays he will beat Dempsey and is just aching to get started against the maul- ing fellow from Salt Lake. So there you are for a starter. Demp- sey is the champion, with nearly every- thing in his favor, and, of course, skould finish in front of Gibbons, But is Dempsey the great fighter that he ‘was when he was a challenger for the title? Is Dempsey half the fighter that he was the day that he knocked over the giant Jess Willard at Toledo? We don’t think he is within 20 per e@mt of the man that sent the Kansas farmer crashing down to defeat under @ terrible avaianche of blows. What ® great fighting machine was Dempsey that day! Terror as Challenger. Dempeey as the challenger was a ter- pened. Just a ripping, tearing fool, there wasn’t anything that could stop him. Now, he is probably a different kind of a fighter. a@ champion Jack {s a more cau- iti: Hl i iz i é move along in most careful, cau- jus manner, figuring that if he one miscue it will cost him his title, and it is that championship Dempsey will have in mind at every step. He knows that one mistake against @ boxer and hitter }".e Tom Gibbons wil] cost him that coveted crown and Dempsey also knows that the day he flop and has to yield that is through for good with the racket. So it is that Dempsey wearcely be the same fighting ma- against Gibbons that he was ‘Willard. Dempsey Favorite. ‘While the dope figures Dempsey as the probable winner, this man Gib- boas must be given more than an out- sige chance. The boosters for Gibbons that Dempsey has never knocked good man but by the same shouters for the champion you that Gibbons never beat man in his life and that as he "t beat men like Harry Greb other little fellows he will have s@wful time trying to lick a fighter Jack Dempsey. | Getting away from all that we think the boy who gets over the first good mack in this coming row will carry off ‘the pennant. For the most part the championship fights are invariably set- tled when the first good crack goes over. Gibbons and Jack are good hard hitters and you can go and bet that first big swipe will have more to with settling the issue than any- thing else. If Kt i re it [ fil i FE a4 Gibbons Cleverest Boxer. \ cleverness {s to play an important part in this quarrel, I look to Gibbons to win; although Dempsey is far from @ sucker when it comes to de- fending himself. However, it is the old both make ready. It looks like a great fighter against a great boxer. Demp- wey is the fighter, while Gibbons is the boxer. Although Gibbons combines Doth ekill and a hard wallop in either hand, he is not the puncher that Demp- eey is. Gibbons might not have the terrible ple over the biggest of them any time he gets it over right. ‘We Tate that Gibbons has mapped out @ campaign with which he hopes to ck Dempsey. We know he has been waiting for years to get this bang at Dempsey, and we know he believes that there is nothing to it. Tom Gib- bons really believes that the fight won't even be close. He has often re- marked that Dempeey Is @ cinch to hit, and he has often suid that when he hits Dempsey the show will come to a close, Dempsey Camp Confident. ‘That is what we call having some confidence in yourself on the eve of | the most important battle of his ca- reer, At the Dempsey,camp in Great Fala where the big champion did most of hia preliminary work for this jam with thé Minnesota boy, they think | that the#yhole thing is a joke. They can't e@6 this fellow Gibbons with a telescoy,e. | “The chaniplén has never been given MUCH to brageadocic, but this time he things that he dropped into a soft’ . JACK DEMPSEY. SHELBY ' es LL SET FOR DEMPSEY AND GIBBONS A T DEMPSEY ~ GIBBONS é'\" HEIGHT 188PDS. WEIGHT 73° REACH 74", pa 41° CHI WAITING FOR THE BELL EST (NO! on Al": CHEST(EXP) 44% WAIST 35 15 BICEPS 14* {2% FOREARM 12 8% WRIST ORF 22” THI Ey (84 PDs, NECK 17 IGH 22% Pay LF. 42 NKLE One AGE 29YRS. The Old Copyreader “Many a story is hopelessly written, but the story of life is hopelessly rotten.” TNE SAFH AND SANE HERO. i's great te lead a gallant troop Muzza-Ing e’er the foe's redoubt Waving your swerd as bullets snoop And whistle round you all about. Pirate chiefs, I've heard # sald, ‘At least the kind the writers paint] Cuan tairionatag aiveeytcn And ne'er of ennul had complaint. Tt certainly was snappy stuil ‘Te grapple with a redskin burly Aad fell him In his effort rough To de his tomahawking early. For me; I love tts din and riot; storied strife spot, That overconfidence and lack of respect for his opponent's ability might prove fatal to the champion, but we look for him to revise his mind about that before he enters the ring. Jack Kearns, manager of Dempsey, fs going ahead making preparations for a series of fights after this Gib- bons fracas. Evidently the dapper guy doesn't figure that Gib is going to stick around very long with the champion, but Kearns ought to hear Eddie Kane, manager of Gibbons, getting off his spiel. Little Edward says that Gibbons is the next heavy- weight champion of the world and by way of proving that he {s right in his Judgment Ed has sent in the oid family jewels that Tom cops. Will Be Great Fight. Om the whole, it should be a great fight. As we said before, all the dope favors Dempsey to win inside of six rounds; but don’t overlook the fact that Dempsey is going to face the best man he ever squared off with. The longer the fight goes, the better it will be for Gibbons, If Gibbons isn't overawed in the first round, and should he smack Dempsey with one good sock, there {is likely to be a new champion inside of five rounds; but the old tradi- tion of sticking to a champion until he is knocked over is being adhered to by the boys who are betting a few stones on the outcome, ‘Watch your step, lads. This scrap is @ tough one to play to. The old dope gives Dempsey the edge, but that guy Tommy Gibbons is very apt to spoil the works by knocking Mr, Dempsey for the whole distance. FOUL FLY OUT STYLED UNFAIR BY BOSTON PILOT ‘The rules of modern baseball have stood for years with only minor changes which never affected the fun- damentals of the gamé. No one has ever sought to alter the distance between bases or to effect a drastic change governing the rules of play. But if Fred Mitchell, manager of the Boston Braves, has his way at the winter meet of the major leagues, the rule which retires a batter when a foul fly is caught will be thrown out. Mitchell contends that there is no more justification for calling a batter out on a foul fly than there is for per- mitting him to be thrown out on a foul ground ball. He says it eliminates action from the game and believes that the spectacle of a batter standing still at the plate while a catcher waits for his high pop foul is not pleasing to spectators. Hoe says further that {t would benefit the financial side df the game by permitting the stands to be built closer to the playing field, thus allowing for a material increase in seating capacity. Mitchell suggested the rule change last year informally, but Ban Johnson, President of the vetoed it, Tom Gibbons Is Lucky With Eddie -Kane in His Corner Tom Gibbons eats quietness up. Yes, he's friendly, But his ear drums eater to noiseless zones. Outside the ring he meets them all the way ‘round. But the first chance he gets to duck the buzzing he's out of the party. He'll follow the same policy in the challenger’s corner in the Shelby shell July 4. “I don’t need any one in my corner but Eddie Kane and Buck Pape," he say! “I have always fought my own bat- tles. And Kane ts the only man that ever advises me. Kane knows me like @ book. I understand Kane, “ Buck, my trainer, will take care of me. No towel swingers or water squirters for me. The less confusion there is in a man’s corner the better he can rest between rounds and think. “I expect to have to think when I fight Dempsey. He's crafty, He switches his attack. You know he didn’t fight Willard the same way he did Carp. But he made them play into his hands. “Dempsey walked out against WIl- lard, met him, turned, and walked away. “Willard figured Dempsey would rush him. Dempsey showed his ring smartness and didn’t. Willard swung and missed, That was Dempsey’s chance. He turned and slammed that pie-pan wallop to the heart. Willard was licked then and there, Does the Unexpected. “When Dempsey fought Carpentier he again did the unexpected. Tho Frenchman started out to make a box- ing match of it, Dempsey again upset calculations. He boxed, too, for the first round. That gave Carpentier a flush of heart. He tried to mix it in the second. That was Dempsey’s foil. He got Carp in close and murdered him. “TI can’t say how I'll fight on the Fourth. I won't play Dempsey’s game as Willard and Carpentier did. Of course I respect the Dempsey fist. No- body could help doing that. He's knocked most of his men out. “Having a flock of advisers in your corner is bad. “I've always been lucky with Kane in there. He is all I need. “We will both be lucky July 4. ‘That's how I feel about it.” FOR PLAYERS OF WHIST Li A.R.METCALFE MANY DEALS REQUIRE ONLY MODERATE ABILITY. are many deals which re quire only moderate ability, but still have many features of in- terest. The most interesting deals, of course, are those which are too dif- flcult for the novice to understand. The one which followe should be with- in his ken, Score: 0-0. East Gealt and bid one diamond, South passed, West bid one heart, North passed, East bid two diamonds, South passed, West three clubs, and ‘the bidding closed. North bad the initial lead. THE PLAY. BI DQ D6 HS os 108 HQ HA DIO —-20 10¢ KO 0 4S 6C QC The bidding of west was entirely correct, but it would have been better for east to have switched to one’ no- trump on the second round, This would have affected the ultimate result, as, having a two suit hand, it would have been proper for west to go to clubs. As the opponents had bid every -sult but spades, north had no alterna tive for his original lead. The declarer considered this when at trick seven ho risked a third lead of that sult from dummy. The only time the opponents had a reasonable chance to save the game was at trick three, when south should have led a small trump, to prevent dummy ruffing so many tricks in the heart suit. South mid afterward that he was afraid to lead away from his king. A trick in hearts, however, would have counted exactly as much as a trump trick, and eventually south lost both of them. It would have been sul- cide for the declarer to have Jed crumpa at any stage of the game. The most important cards he had to consider were the losing hearts, He had man- aged to get rid of all of them with a loss of but two tricks, one of which was an honor in the trump sult, The next deal was far more difficult, showing play of the highest order: 8—J, 6, 2. HO, C7, 4 D—K, J, 10,64 South dealt and bid one no trump, Weat two no trumps, and the bidding closed. North had the initial lead. THE PLA ‘Tricks. 1 DS Do ac 80 HJ HQ HE WA ‘The play in this deal began at trick one, when south played the seven of spades on bis partner's lead instead of going up with the king. The play of the king would have made the jack of spades a reéntry for dummy and ena- bied the declarer to secure five tricky in the diamond suit. It was a temptation on the part of the declarer to lose a trick in dia- monds in order to make four tricks in that suit instead of tlirec, but it was not certain that he would be un- able to catch the queen of diamonds without resorting to this play. After winning the second round of diamonds it was useless to continue tl uit as there were too many other thing to be led from dummy. ‘While the heart finéss¢ was certain the declarer preferred to lead « club, as to secure game it neevssary for him to win two tricks each im he and clubs. After holding the trick with the knave of clubs the declarer prooorded to throw the lead with spades, hoping that south might win the third round of that suit. South, however, played beautifully in throwing his king of hearts ot his partner's ace, enabling north to s¢-ure two tricks in the spade suit, If was all useless, however, as the declarer was still able to secure game Ly his fine underlead of the heart suit trick eleven, when he took ¢ of north winning the trick and¢2) an extra club. A WISCONSIN CANOE CRUISE AND FISHING TRIP. F all the lake cruises that a fel- low could take in northern Wis- consin it is doubtful if a more varied or interesting one could be mapped out than that known as around the Horsehead circle. ‘The complete trip means seeing some thir- ty-nine lakes, crossing twice the divide which separates the Mississippi waters from those that flow into the Great Lakes, and takes the canocist over th watercour * * This trip can be s points, but probably the best jumping off ts Winegar, Wis., to which you can ship your canoe and then launch it on Horsehead lake. ‘The cruise can be made in a few days, but to get the most out of it and to enjoy the fine fishing in the various lakes a fellow ought to take at least’ two weeks, Watch your outfit as to weight, as there are several portages ranging from a few rods to a mile in length, s0 a light outfit is desirable. There are all kinds of camping places along the way, as only two lakes are taboo as far as putting up a tent ts con- cerned. Those are Crooked and Crab lakes. Don't camp on these lakes without first getting permission from property owners. * * Starting at Horsehead lake you hit for the east, portaging over to Ox Bow, then south into Anna, Lynx and Rudolph lake: After passing Bettine and Twin Island lakes you hit the On- tonagan headwaters, This is a real wilderness country and you sure do get the fishing here. Some of the finest bass waters in Wisconsin are here and there are several trout streams for you to experiment with if you want to stop. ted at several - * Tenderfoot lake with its pretty islands you will not soon forget and unlimber your fishing tackle here, too, From Tenderfoot you cross over the line into Michigan, making a little g into that state and hitting Wis- consin-soll again when you strike Big Lake. [See map in the automobile sec- tlon of today’s Trrsunx.] Then the route leads southwest through Palmer, Cochrane Jones, Devils and High lakes. After covering Fishtrap, the next lake on the route, you hit the Manitowish. This river takes you westward to Boulder lake, which will keep you for a day or two if you want some fun with the finny tribes. If you wish to terminate your trip at this point and not return to Winegar you can get a haul from Boulder over to Boul der Junction, which is just a few miles southeast of the lake, and from there you can get a train. But completing the cruise back to Horsehead lake and Winegar will take you through some be ul lakes such as Big Crooked, Wolf, le Bear, Crab, and Armour, * * Although this canoe cruise looks long, and to the uninitiated, difficult, {t can be made with comparative ease if the outfit is right. But no matter how it goes the canoelst-fisberman will be more than rewarded for his pas dling when he comes out on a lake sur anded by virgin forest and find h f£ the only tra aveler on that boc of water. That's what you can find t orthern Wisconsin region, ar many a time yours will be the ony p fire visible for many miles wh mp for the night on sore r in this crul And if the fish are hittin'—well, we're will! TY a canoe a mile when the baw are plappin’ the baits as if th meant {t. British Cue Star Gives 1,500 Handicap in 16,000 Points Bmith, the English style billiard S prepared to klve Inme 00 points in a game th for $2,500 a side, or best in three nts 60 per cent of the gate receipt NATIONAL MEET WILL DECIDE OLYMPIC TEAM BY WALTER: ECKERSALL. An {dea of the makeup of the Amer- {can team which will compete in the Olympic games in France next sum- mer may be determined to a degree of certainty after the National A. A. U. track and field championships are held in Chicago on August 31, September 1 and 3 under the auspices of the Illi nois A. C Charles A. Dean, a member of the national championship committee, who 4 chairman of the athletic committee of the Mlinois A. C., is bending every effort to make the event one of the most successful in: history. Entry blanks already have been sent to every athletic association of importance in the country and indications are ath letes will be on hand from every part of the country. ‘The junior ¢ amplonshtp will be held or title events vill be decided on the following day, pier le the decathlon nd relay cham- pion hips will t determined schedul makes a nic for the athlete: who will receive a complete day of est following the senior championships and the staging of the relays, Held on Stagg Field. The championships will be held on Stagg feld, which permits of a quarter mile track, but no 220 yard straight: away. The furlong will have to be decided around one turn, and there will be no chute to start the quarter and half mile races out of. In all other respects the field is perfectly adapted for the staging of such an event When the national collegiate track and field games were held on the same on June 15 and 16 over 11,000 peo- the | t crowd which ever saw a track meet in Chicago, was in attend- ance. This set of games was run off smoothly, with the result athl lov- ing people of the western metropolis e becoming educated to track and 1d sports, As a result of this large gathering A. A. Stagg, director of athle the University of Chicago, ed to move up the stands on the east side of the field to take care of any overflow. At present these stands have been moved back and are only used for football games. As they will have to be moved up close to the gridiron later on, Stagg has consented to have ther moved earlier in order to accom- modate ll who care to see the na tional champic hi Money to Olympic Fund. According to Dean, all moneys real- ized from the ga s will be turned over to the Olympic fund. ‘This in it- self will be an incentive to the sports loving people of the city to turn out not only to puld result in some sparkl to help a w tickets are alres will be placed on advance of the ev Athletes who hold world's record: those who have registered sterling & pri performances in intercolleg petition and even the prep school per formers will be on d to not only aces in the vario to make a favorable impresSion upon the committee which will have charge of the selection of the American team which will be called upon to defend the honors won by Yankee teams in past Olympiads, “Beat the Yankees” Forelgn Slogan. According to athletes who have been on the other side recently and those interested in track and field ath- letics who have been {n close touch with the situation in other countries, the slogan on the other side is to beat the Yankees. It is known England and France are making rapid strides in the development of athletes, while other countries such Denmark, Sweden and some of the smaller na- tions have been preparing for next year's event ever since the last set of games was held in Antwerp in 1920. Although it is true there are some sterling performers in this country, the fact must not be overlooked that other countries have the material which has never been trained or coached like the American teams. Yankee methods of coaching have been introduced on the other side, with the result thit foreign nations will give the United States a much harder fight for the honors than at any time since the Olympics were revived, back in the late ‘90s. very Big Club Interested. According to Dean, assurances have been received from every big club of note in the country that thes will 1 powerful teams. ‘The New York Boston A. A. and Meadowbrook are among some of the strongest in the east which will bave full teams in the games, In the middle west, the Illinois A. C. will have a wonderfully well balanced team {n tho three days’ event as will the Chicago A. A. The Kansas City A. C. and Missouri A. ©. will have representatives at Chicago, while the two big coast asosciations, the Los Angeles A. C. and Olympic club of San Francisco will send the pick of the Rocky Mountain conference athletes to the games. University of California ‘stars who won the eastern win 5 s events, but Intercollegiate will compete for the Olympic club as will most of the Le- of and the 4 Stanferd boys. Universit Southern falifornia, Occid will cast their 1 1 Ang A. C. while opres Multnomah club of the r Chieago Ideal Place. As the idea to hold suck ft games, beca f tral location, a great will gather for the event ald attract. the largest crowd eaw a set of tr and field 4 ‘ fn the mid JESS WILLAR NOT; SO BAD OFF BASEBALL STARS ENDING CAREERS AT 2 EXTREMES Mathewson Club President --Chase with Greasers. BY I. E. SANBORN. In parallel columns of the same par Per appeared two small items whictt nt because of thelr con: trast and th justaposition. One ,of them told of the return to his offict ot President Mathewson of the Bostox Braves after a fortnight in the Adiron- dacks. The other said the Nogales team of Sonora, Mexico, had signed as ma: rmer major were 5 ger Hal Chase, The con: was striking. One of them was hoi 4 in a position close to the top of his profession; the other was close to the jumping off place. Yet it was only a comparatively few years ago that these two stars were teammates, with equal opportunities to win fame and Not attained the amond that isty Mathewson when both were active. It was Chase's own fault, however, that he does not stand out as preéminent among the pagt as Big Six ners, ‘The former ity and skill all the brain 1 use his al fon on Mathewson Gave His Best. ney were exact opposites, always to his > the game. always for himself and al benefit. A written scrap of paper if he f, and his friends nd of bankers. That of them at the top the bottom of the die age. If in that for baseball play- gs future greats, wo » in a way that it {s not « tead of a Chase who ¥ ng hand in tho deve national pastime in old Mexi sitors to the revo- lution n republic to the south of a: the recent ball has made there and by f the natives for it lates have nv the Rio n of the official n a hunting trip velopment of bas®- at Johnson of the rently presented to ment a handsome be awarded off- for the cham- nen from and to he ball there, Pre American league e Mexican gove and costly trophy, cfally as an annt pion team of ¥ But if the Mexicans are to learh thelr groundwork in baseball from fof mer major league stars who have beéh discredited or barred from organizel! baseball in the States, they may a& quire the wrong angles. It has been noted that the average allen, in learn- ing the Yankee language, acquires first and most easily a vocabulary of opr cuss words, It might be better for baseball if our southern nefghbors learned {t from the sporting instead of from the financial angle. Black Sox as Teachers, It would be unfortunate if the out casts of the former White Sox stel%ir Aggregation should gravitate toward Mexico in search of easy money. as kindergarten diamond instructors, The pr ambitious youngsters of that country now have as their ideals, typified by the bronze figures on the Ban Johnsen trophy, two great and highly honored players in George Sisler and Ray Schalk, But these bronze figures can't tall, and the men who teach the Mexi- cans baseball will have to. It might be unwise to attempt to exercise the authority of organized baseball to the extent of and the so-called “ Blac! Mexican teams. Our sout! bors are sensitive to anything that migh savor of alien interference with their games. But Is worth while for the men most interested in our own nation’s pastime to advise the Mexicans wh e they may find veteran Players who would not scorn a *lly- ing wage” for teaching the young Mexican how to bat or pitch and at the same time inculcate the ideas of 4ure sportsmanship and honest com: here are much old*time players who need the money and who once were as h not as notorious, as Hal Chase et al HARDING DONATES G OLF TROPHY es arding has donated the r y, emblemat- A public golf links ship. It was competed for t und Was won by over Will Defend Title . Against Hilton Bilyea s July t h B. gle ® F 1 the prise. It is prob. minary yuth- lana- art would > victories an C