Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 21, 1923, Page 9

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923 REFINERY MEN LEAD MECHANICS INSTANDARD ATHLETICCONTESTS Holiday Smoker for Employes Here Featured by Many Fast Events; Four Hundred Men Enjoy Program Thursday Night. In the athletic contests held by the Standard Oil com- pany Thursday night at the Industrial Relations build- ing, the refining department defeated the mechanical de- yw ment by a score of 33 to1l. More than 400 employes of tie company ‘witgessed the events and cheered on their favorites. The sports were combined with a holiday U3. RACQUET round boxing match in which Kid Valdea of the mechanical department defeated Hard Boiled BuckJey of the refiners on points. Valdez proved a clever boxer and while not damag- TWO BRITISH AND FRENCH GOLFER CHAMPIONS IN U. S. |TRAINFOR PLAY AT PINEHURST) 2/22 urcep Che Casper Deily Cridune RING, SAYS FARRELL By HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—(United Press).—With two notable excep- tions, boxing did little more tn 1923 than turn into the biggest money game of all sports and show up the) lst of champions as the worst that ever held titles. The tremendous strides made by boxing Into the realms of high fin- ance probably were the outstanding features of the year. With figures to show that more neighborhood of New York City alone, it can readily be seen that if figures were available from all parts of the country, boxing is by far the most popular of afl American sports. Not a champion of tho other classes would, or will now defend | h's title against a first-class conten- | der. Mike McTigue won the world's ight heavyweight championship on @ decision from Battling Siki in | Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day. Mc- Tigue then turned out to be the worst champion that has ever held |@ ttle. Johnny Wilson, after being forced ‘Into an extended retirement, came out of his shell and lost his middle- Mickey Walker kept his welte | weight championship stored away jin the safety deposit vault and named such impossible conditions for defending itthat promoters gave him “NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Leaving} bill drawn by members of the senate behind an impression that they sre|as steady a player as he had been| ; remarkably good golfers, Arthur/described, and in traveling with) &"d house from the northwest_pro- Havers, British open champion, and; Jimmy Ockenden, holder of the! French open title, leave today fo Pinehurst, N. C,, to put in two days| of practice before meeting Alex Ro | and Joe Capell in their first exhibi- tion match on this side of the Atlantic. Havers and Ockenden shook their sea legs yesterday in a practice journey over the championship course of the Westchester-Biltmore Club, belng able to do everything except putt as permanent greens had been abandoned for the winter. They were accompanied oy Cuthbert, himself a remarkably long driver, get- tng 280 yards on his first shot uf the tee after leaving ship. Assum- ing that he putted as well as he deove end approached, his card for Play Indicated, however, that he fs Havers, will make a good combina- tion of steadiness and brilliance. eo Sport Calendar hhocing: Meeting of Jefferson Parish Fair Association, at New Orleans. Meeting of Cuba-American Jockey Club, at Havana. Meeting of Tlajuana Jockey Club smoker, and were held under the| than $2,000,000 was paid by the|Weight title to Harry Greb. Greb is| Club pro, J. C. Punderford, golf|*t Tiajuana. your health. athletic association's management. | Public to see a series of champion-|a betfer champion than Wilson, and secretary of the club. 3 ‘The opening number was a three| Ship bouts during the summer in the| that lets him out. The British title holder proved] Mickey Wolker vs. Moe Hers- covitch, 10 rounds, at Toronto. Eddie Birnbrooks vs. Mickey Fork- ins, 15 rounds, at New Orleans. Wolf Larsen vs. Hambone Kelley, 10 rounds, Boston. § FARM LOAN posing a $50,000,000 government loan to wheat growers for the pur- chase of livestock was introduced today by Representative Burgess, Republican, North Dakota. It pro- vides for the creation of a federal agricultural diversification commis- sion composed of the secretari agriculture, commerce and treas' to supervise the granting of loans. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The Why You’re Tired Out of sorts—have no appetite—your liver sluggish. Cc-ter’s Little Liver Pills will put you right in a few days. They act quickly but gently and give Nature a chance to renew Standara Remedy taken by millions far over Fifty Years. "tect tre|*| THE TRIBUNE'S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS |*| "si'du3c | CHANGES GOOD Victory Expected Next Year in Olympics, Followers Say. NEW YORK. Dec. 21.—Despite the absence of William M. Johnston, second national ranking tennis play- As receipts increased to immense proportions, purses offered to boxers rose in proportion, until it was pos- up. | nine holes would have approximated:| Jimmy Jones vs. Morrie Schlalfer, Eugene Criqu!, the Frenchman,’ 295: 544; 345—36. Ockenden was!10 rounds, at St. Paul. knocked out Johnny Kilbane and "°t im Havers’ form and had dif.! Ernie Goozeman vs. Patsey Flana- sible for Tex Rickard to give Jack| won the featherweight championship f#cUlty in gauging his distance. His gan, 10 rounds, at Aurora. Dempsey $500,000 for defend’ng hisianq tn his next fight lost a fifteen . . title against Luis Angel Firpo, the/round decision and the title to Argentine giant. Johnny Dundes. Dundee used to be The Dempsey-Firpo fight was by!» great fighter, but he made three far the great fight of history. It! bad fights after winning the title. set new financial records and it, Jog Lynch, the bantamweight provided more action per second) champion, runs McTigue a close sec- than any other prize fight in history | ond as being the worst of all cham- The great Dempsey, for the first! pions of all time. Lynch, with time since his very early days, was| 4 sega fy haga ing his opponent materially he piled up a nice lead, The refinery team won the sack rush handily, holding the sack for the required two minutes after a strenuous roughhouse all over the ring. The mechanics came out on top in the pillow fight when one of the refiners lost his pillow. Andy Guimont of the mechanics and Bud Lake of the refiners boxed @ very even three-round bout. Nel- ther boy did much damage, but Building Materials Genuine Must bear Signature thelr foot-work was of a professional doubt, is afraid to fight and he has . : SNe eee eed veo te re[ ae Smt’ Ge ena” [sone fe mech maniay” buanens® | Weare equipped with the stock to supply eel ea heen 2 eee ron The tilting match went to the re- - . that he is in bad all over the s. . Pt - ied a rice Ciay Court championships, followers] »,,(0e Tiline mateh went to the re-led clear out of the ring. Firpo was| countee. your wants in high grade lumber and build- N sae of tennis expect an American rac-| Poet ool ea ote the Christmas teen |downed seven times in the first] “yimiy Wilde, the ttle Welch: ot Injurious quet victory in the Olympics at round and three times in the second. Purely Vegetable for a goal. The blind sock fight ended in @ draw when the mechanical boys lost their blinders. Rock Purdue's Whales put one over on Miller's Bull Dogs in the tug-of-war event. Rock's © sturdies beat the gate a trifle before the bell started] the war and at the end had a two-inch lead, which the Bull- dogers could not overcome. Dave Holstein defeated G. D. Tur- ner, with a hammer lock and a half Nelson, after wrestling 11 minutes. The final event of the evening was man, was another world’s champion to drop out during the campaign of 1923. He was knocked out by Pan- cho Villa, who became flyweight champion. Villa is no better than the other danger-dodging champions. He refuses to fight any good fly- weights and prefers to compete with *econd and third-class bantams One of the most important events of the year was the change in the personnel of the New York Boxing Comrission, which is perbaps the most {mportant supervising body of the sport in this country. William Muldoon who, the czar-chairman of the com ion, had almost ruined the sport, was trimmed of his authority, and Wil- liam McCormick, who succéeded him as the active der of the commis- Paris, next year. ‘The Usts from. which the men and women teams will be selected, made public last night by Julian S. Myrick, Chairman of the Olympic tennis committee, did not contain the name of the Pacific coast Wizard, who, Mr. Myrick understood has stuck to his -determination to keep at busi- ness most next season. From five men, William T, Tilden the national champion and consider- ed the greatest singles player in the world; Vincent Richards, who has been ranked next to Johnson; Fran- e ces T. Hunter, and the veterans,|% three-round bout between Earl “ Downer and Lefty Miller, which ‘Watson, Washburn and R. Norris ® Willams, na Olvmple victory te ex.| ded in a decision for Downer. bested. ‘They were on Mr. Myrlek’a PRIDIRON CAME oTILL GROWING Six women were named, including Half Million’ Players On College and School Teams. will be ers’ supplies. Rig timbers a specialty. KEITH LUMBER CO. Phone 3 ATTENTION MEN OF CASPER—This is a Message of Vital Importance to You TOMORROW The year 1923 always remembered for this fight. In two big fights, Dempsey did much to prove that he is the great- est of all the heavyweight cham- pions. On July 4, in Shelby, Mont., he won a fifteen-round decision from Tommy Gibbons and, in winning on points, he outboxed a fighter who is generally regarded’ as the most finished boxer and the cleverest fighter of years in the heavyweight class. In beating Firpo, Dempsey out- slugged one of the hardest hitters and wildest sluggers that has ever appeared in the ring. There are no other ways in which Dempsey could have proved his all- around fitness as a champion, be-|sion, immediately be, Mrs. Franklin I (Molla) Malory, for cause in the Firpo fight he showed] changes which Rae gfe Sissi bd mer national champion, who is in- for the first time, for the reason] mense benefit to the sport all over eligible to represent the United that he had never been called upon the country. His most important ruling was that championships could be nm and jost only in his ring, and that all the rulings the New York com- mission could approve would not make a champion. States in the Olympics as she com peted for Norway in the 1912, Olym- pic games. _. The other five are Helen Wills, the Pational champion; Miss Eleanor Goss, Mrs. Hazel Hotchkiss Wight- @an, Mrs. May Sutton Bundy, and Miss Lillian Scharman. | SPORT BRIEFS NEW ORLEANS—Local pugilistic circles have it that Luis Firpo, the Argentine giant, and Martin Burke will meet in a bout here next March. BUENOS AIRES—Lais will sign articles within a day or two for a fight with the Italian heavyweight, Erminio Spalla, the end of February, it is understood. A local promoter is arranging it. BASEBALL WAR GOST $5,000 LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21.—The cost of the Pachic Coast League baseball war, Which has just been xettled, was yesta day estimated at $5,000 by Harry A. Williams, pres!- dent of the league, upon his return from San Francisco, where he had taken possession of the league's re- cords. eee STANDING OF CAGE TEAMS Red Crowns -----—- Methodists ------.--- Texas ~----~---. American Legion Smoke House --.--- Postoffice -. Midwest -~—--—----- before, that he is able to “take it,” as few other fighters have been able to take it. z ‘The. mpsey-Gibbons fight at Shelby will also help to make 1923 noteworthy in .that it proyided the biggest bust as a financial venture that has been recorded in boxing. As Dempsey showed himeelf to be worthy of his title, so did Benny Leonard, the lightweight champion Like Dempsey, Leonard far out- classed all the rivals in his cl: Lew Tendler was the only. light- weight figured to haye a chance with him, and Leonard gave him], such a terrible beating in fifteen |- rounds that Tendler admitted he would never have a chance to beat Leonard. After seeing Leonard at the heights of his mastery against Ten- dier, some oldtime critics were ready to admit that Joe Gans, considered the greatest of all times, had nothing on Leonard. While Dempsey and Leonard prov- ed themselves as rea! champions, the other titleholders showed themselves as anything but real champions. TODAY MONDAY Join the Christmas Savings club. Casper National Bank. 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