Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1924, Page 9

IDDING LEADS TO MATCH FOR NEWARK FANS Ring Vet Refuses to Admit Being Too Old to Fight. NEW YORK, Feb. 9.— Two promising young bat- tlers, who were. preliminary boys on thé “Bunker Hill” card, will take the title roles in'a ring drama, “the good ae young—but not fighters,” to be staged in Newark in the near future. Signor Gu‘seppe Carrora and Mishther” William J. Breslin were practically matched today to fight 12 routds to decide who is the best old man in the world. Terms of Newark promoters were accented but the date has not been decided upon. Catrora {s better known in the ring as Johnny Dundee, age 33,| featherweight and junior light- Weight champion and the survivor of fovr hundred ring battles, His venerable opponent is also better known in the ring as Jack Britton, age forty, former welter- weight champion and the survivor of 600 stirring contests. Britton’s contention that he {s too old to be kidded by a fresh young. ster started the fight. Dundee remarked revently that he ouldn’t find a good featherweight to fight, that he cou'd beat all the Junior lightweights, that Benny Leonard ran out of a fight with him last summer and that if he wanted to make any money this summer, he would have to fight Mickey Walker for the welterayeight cham- plonship, “How about Britton?” Dundee was asked. “Britton’s a nice old fellow. He's kinda feeble now and it would be a shame to pick on him. I'll be 0'd some day and I don't want the kids to be kicking me around,” Duhdeo sald. Britton exploded when he heard it. “If Dundee was a man’s size, I would give him a good smacking. ITl nevér bé too old to slap a little snapper like he is. He's = just blowing off for his press agent. Til fight him for a nickel.’, Brit- ton eaid. The match was then made. INPIRES FOR COAST NAMED Complete Roster Given Out by President of The League. LOS ANGELES, Cal. Feb. 9—The Speculation as to who would be on the umpiring staff of the Pacific coast league this season came to an énd when Harry Williams,. pres- ident of the league, today gave out the complete roster. The men who have been signed to call balls and strikes are Perle Casey, J. Edward Finney, Jack Rear- don, Willam J. Phyle, W. Jacie Car- roll, B. J. Da'y, Walter Schaller and Joe Becker. - Daly comes to the coast highly recommended from the Texas league Schaller, formerly a star outfielder with the San “Francisco Seals and much favorab’e comment during the last two, years. while. umpiring semf-pro. ball in and around San Francisco, _Phyle_ was_an “umpire in the International league . last year. All of the other “umpires are wel! known to Pacific coast fans as they were in the . coast league. last season. PLAYER BONUS MAY BE CUT NEW YORK, Feb. 9.— ‘Just a few items of routiné business. Noth- ing to cause any excitement,” John A. Heydler, president of the Nat- ional league, said today in discuss- ing the business to be transacted at the meeting of the club owners here Tuesday. The league may act favorably it is understocd on a reaolutpn pro- posed by Christy Matthewson, pres- ident of the Boston Braves, to rule out clauses in the cantracts with players that call for a bonus for winning a certain number of games or hitting a ‘certain percentage. Some action also may be taken it was reported, to establish some ind of a prize ta be awarded to SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1924 CAGE LEAGUE TITLE PLAY T0 BE RESUMED WHEN LEGION AND RED CROWNS SLASH IN GAME Wednesday night at the high school gymnasium play will be re- sumed in the title series between leaders of the city basketball league the champion in which will win/a trip to Denver in addition to ‘being accorded honors here. Last week witnessed the elimina- tion of the Legion five from the running inasmuch as the season's standings figure in the fina! play and the Legion five has won but six out of nine games. They still have a bearing on the éhampion- ship, however, inasmuch as the next game will be a go between them and’ the Red Crowns and if the latter go down to defeat the stock 6f ‘the Methodists will soar, since they already lead the Red Crowns by half a game. The Legion-Red Crown game should prove a hummer and interest wi'l be keen in the outcome, but no less entertaining to the fans will be & contest between the Methodist ag- gregation and the Salt Creek quin- tet, which will be the curtain raiser for the evening. <The Salt Creek crowd has put it over all the league teams they have met this season. A record crowd Is expected, for the event. FAIR PLAY GETS ALL HIS FIGHT TALK AT IKE DORGAN’S STAND BY FAIR PLAY. (Copyright 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—There is no place in the country where you can hear fight talk as crisp and in- formative and generally interesting as in Ike Dorgan’s: office in the Madison Square Garden in the late afternoon when the scribes and managers and. fightera and pro- moters have dropped in to see how the fight world is faring. The other day George Engel awho used to manage Harry Greb denied a statement that Dempsey had won his world’s title on the basis of a line drawn through John L. Sul- Uvan. Sullivan, Engel declared. never was the champion heavy- weight of the world. Well, you may be‘ieve every Irish- man in the room jumped into the argument upon th’s remark. The Jawn L. not world's champion! ‘Whore did Engel get that stuff? And 50 on and go on. It was Dorgan himself, who fs a scholerly chap, inside and_outsite the profesh who supplied “facts necessary to settle the argument. First of all he asserted that John L. Sullivan never won the werld's title of the heavyweight class and then le threw another bombshell! when he asserted that Demprey Is really a word's champion and that his title did not come to him from Sullivan. Sulliyan’s world’s champidnsh'p claims came from his battle with Tommy Ryan in 1882.-It was ac vertised as a fight for the world’s champ‘onship, but_as Dorgan smil- ingly observed the fact that a claim is adyertsed does not insure that the claim is true. Dergan was right, as the follow- ing dope wT! convincingly show. After Su'livan's victory over Ryan Peter Jackson appeared on the hort- zon and the negro pursued Sullivan with challenges. But Sullivan. drew the color line and, although later he signed to meet Jackson in Call- fornia he reconsidered the action and the two never met. Now had he ever met Jackson and beaten him he would have had a real claim to the worl(’s championship since Veter Jackson had won tho cham- ponship of Europe and Australia by kocking out Jem Smith, the British ttileholder and Frank Sia- vin, contender for the Australian ttle. Bfforts to get Sullivan to meet him being unspccessful, Jackson's attention was turned to Corbett whom he met in Callfornia in a long battle in which no decision was awarded. Jackson was not beaten unt!l the year 1868 when Jim Jeffries knock- ed him out. The following year, 1899" Jeff won the American title from Fitzsimmons, who in turn had wom it from Jim Corbett, It is per- fectly true that Peter Jackson was nothing but the ghost of himself when Jeffries beat him but none the less no one had ever taken Peter’s European and Australian titles away from him consequently Jeff's victories most certainly gave him the championship of Europe |’ and Australia and*he had but to win the American championship by beating Fitzsimmons. This he did, as already state¢, by beating Fitz. simmons at Coney Island on June 9, 1899, Jeff yetired finaly and Tommy Burns who developed superiority over other heavies of the timo claimed the title. When he defeated Gunner Moir the English titleholder and Bill Squires the Austratian king, Burns became World's cham- pion. Jack Johnson defeated Burns and won the world's title. Willard took it from Johnson and Demp- sey from Willard. And there you are. LOVE THROWN FIRPO TOO FAT TO FIGHT, SAYS THUK REACHING RING PROMOTER Wild Bull of the Pampas Fails to Keep in Trim As Advised by Tex Rickard and Now Weighs Over 250, Report. BY HENRY L. FARRELL (United Press Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Before Luis Angel Firpo sailed for South America last fall with about $300,000, ‘ex Rick- ard warned him that he should stay in training and keep his weight down if he had any in the fight game, serious intentions of staying Rickard and other advisers who had an interest in Firpo feared he would forget about the ring when he returned home and that he would fill up if he started to lead the life of a millionaire gentleman. Firpo according to cable reports. went right into the easy Mfe and put on so much flesh that he now weighs more than 250 pounds. Billy McCarney the South Amert can’s New York agent, admitted as much today. “Gartland cabled me that Firpo had gone too fat since he left the United States that they. were going to have an awful time getting him back In good shape,” McCarney said. Gartland is McCarney’s business partner who went to South Amerl- ca some time ago to handle him in his fights with Farmer Lodge and Ermino Spalla, the European heavy- welght champion Lodge, of course, is a push over and Spalla is only a set-up unless he has developed a million per cent, since he was mixing around the hams in this country several years ago. It is feared, however, that Firpo may be so heavy on his feet and so slow that he may not be able to polish off the two set-ups in a round or two and if he doesn't it won't help the ballyhoo for his American bouts this summer. TIME CLIPPED “If Firpo has filled out inside, he's through and he might as well quit.” one of the foremest trainers in the country eald today, “I know Firpo and I know that hé will not do road work. He can't get his flesh off unless he does a lot of Work on the road and he should have been doing it every day, He even hates to do work in a gym nasium and he positively will not live on a@ diet. I knew when he got away from the few advisers in whom he had some faith, he would go right into fat.” did train in this \try, according to the rules pre- a by American trainers. Jimmy De Forest tried to hold him on a diet when he first started work. ing with him and he wondered why his charge did not take off weight, He discovered later that Firpo was having huge quantities of hot dogs smuggled into his shack by boys in the neighborhood and that the’ food on the training table was only being used _as an appetizer. Firpo never cou serit _BiLeased Wire| it TRIBUNE'S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS BRITTON PICKS UP G FORFEIT FOR FIRPO TO BE POSTED SOON NEW YOR Feb. 9.—Represen- tatives of the New York syndicate that has offered Luis Firpo $¢ 600 to meet Harry Wills next sum mer have a few more Cays in which to post a $50000 forfeit as a guar. antes of their sincerity, Billy Mp- Carney, Firpo’s New York agent, sald today. The representatives of the syndi- cate promised to put the forfelt this week but they asked for a few days extension which was granted, BIc- Carney said. According to the proposition that was submitted the syndicate agreed to post $50,000 as a forfeit and to Pass it over to Firpo if they failed to make good as the Shelby pro- moters did last summer. MoCarney sad !t was his under. standing that Willa woul’ also be given a purse of $250000 and that the fight would be held within a hundred miles of New York late in July. SALT CREEK CAGERS WIN SALT CREEK, Wyo., Feb. 9.— The Midwest Gas Plant banketball team defeated the Red Crowns of the Casper City league here to night by a score of 33 to 17, having the game well in hand at all times, This makes the second victory of the year for the local boys over the Red Crowns. The Gas Plant aggregation wil! travel to Casper next week to play the Methodists the leading team in the olty league. DOW i = ——) t First in News Of All Events BY DUNDEE BOXERS AND WRESTLERS LOOKING FORWARD T0 ELKS TOURNAMENT Smokers and Workouts Bring Out Good Amateurs For Lively Competition; Out-of-Town Inquiries on the Increase. With fans already interested in the coming State Ama- teur Boxing and Wrestling tournament to be staged by the Casper Elks on March 6, 7 and 8, prospective partici- pants themselves are working out with an ardor that forecasts the keenest rivalry for honors in all classes. The club competition continues to be one of the main at- tractions of the carnival. The club piling up the most points will be awarded the Tribune loving cup. Watches to be given as first prizes in all events after being engraved with the winners’ names will arrive this week and be placed on ex hibition. Evansville The smoker staged in last week brought out some good amateurs, th knockouts result i Winners were promptly signed by the Texas club. The Burlington Employes club had 15 boys out ut their first work out and some clever work was shown. The Smoke House-Pearl White Aggregation is also composed of a dozen men who are using the Elks gymnas‘um for their training. Other boys who want to use the gym may make such arrangements with C, H. Red) Row, who is in charge of the tournament. Casper Athletic club amateurs are getting a lot of training these days im their own gymnasium and pre+ paring to make a strong bid for the titles At_the Standard refinery a full team is out and the best will be chogen from those who appear on the smoker card the 2ist of this month. Out-of town inquiries continue to pour tn with boxers and wrestlers in Cheyenne, Thermopolis, Dougias, Glenrock and Salt Creek evidencing the most interest. Men from Lusk May also enter. Any ing information wanted regard tournament may be secured Red Row at the the pplication to b —_——_—e——_—_ At Laramie: Cheyenne High, 3; Laramie Preps, 6; Burns High, 13; Laramie High, 24, At Iowa City—Ohio 26; Iowa 24. At Dubuqué—Dubuque university 27; Coe 26, At Palo Alto, Calif.—Stanford U, 18; California U. 17, Gee Tribune Want Ads bring results OFF TWO MILE RUN IN MEET BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb, 9—R. F. Moore, of Co'umbia university clipped one fifth of a second from the two mile record at the national junior A. A. indoor track and field meet at the 106th armory here tonight. Chester Bowman of Syracuse equalled the record mark in finals on the sixty yard dash. One of the thrills in the opening events was the performance of Ad- rian Buckner,a local high schoo’ boy, who finished first in the 300 yard run, scarcely six inches ahead of Willis Stone of Syracuse, the MAROON FIVE TAKE GAME CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. 9—Rallying after they were outpointed 9 to four in the first half, the Maroon quin- tet came back in the second period and beat Michigan 20 to-18, oo Buck Harris to Head Senators WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.— Cari Griffith today announced the selec ton of Stanley “Buck” Harris, the Washington second baseman, as manager of the Washington Sena- tors. COLLEGIAN 1 JOIN LEAGUE Ohio Star Gets Many Offers From Clubs In the Majors. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. 9, “Hoge” Workman. star football player and leading pitcher on the Ohio State baseball team, may ac- cept one of a number of major league offers, ti was learned to- day. If Workman accepts he will be the third Ohio State pitcher to go direct from the campus to the big time. Wayne Wright, captain of the 1917 baseball team, went to the St Louls Brow Johnny Stuart left the ‘unive to jcin’ the St Lou's Cardinals Wright Stuart and Workman are all residents of Huntington W. Va., which was also the home of Way- the player accepted as the most va!- Uable in the league, land Dean, the p!tcher recently pur- chased by the New York Giants, In this wor So the obvious plan to Restricts itself to the ball. By making it lighter its flight wil! be slighter (Assuming it rises at all.) ‘The parenthetical line just above Has nothing to do with the guy Whose name's as exact and as matter of fact ® As the course of the earth through the sky. But haw "bout the man whd just plays the game For the health and pleasure entailec? a stranger to par and ne'er gets a jar No matter how badly he's failed, Is the game for tho shark whose numbers are few ‘Who’ Or the thousands—ah, Jugt take it and leave it. deny or believe it THE STRENGTH OF The fact that hundreds of thous- ands are playing the game not too well, but playing it, is the back- groun@ against which the expert rises to fame—and fortune. There never was a game played by few in which the expert excited great popular enthusiasm. Some may say boxing, but every kid ures his maulies and as a mat ter of fact amateur boxing is more wilespread in this country than many would believe. st, a colored track ath- » who won the national penta- thin championship at the, Penn Relays last year has been elected track team captain at Washington and Jefferson. < Which reminds us there have been some suprefine negro athletes in northern colleges. Slater of Iowa is one, There never was a bettor tackle than Slater, Lewis of Harvard classes up with the best centers of his generation and Metthews of Harvard was as fine a ball player as any coach would went. FOR THE GAME’S SAKE Gopyright 1923 by the Casper Tribune) The Lighter’ Ball. Thé thing about golf as with everything else td of travail and woe Is the fact that the class conflicts with the mass Whether you like it or m0. ‘The golf links they say are getting toc small For the expert on fairway or tee; With a confident smile he wafts it a mile Makes par five look like a three. straighten things out here comes the rub; THE GAME IS THE DUB. Robesoh of Rurgers was a star at basketbail are otball and a pro- found scholar. Bullock of Dart- mouth, was a splendi¢ gridiron ath- lete. Was there ever a more elusive open field runner than Fritz Pol lard of Brown? We think not. Few anyway. Jack Trice of Ames wou'd have ranked high as a lineman had he lived. 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