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PAGE ‘TEN. Che Casper Sundap Cribune SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1924, World Results FRENCH STAR IS HANDED GLEAN DEFEAT IN BOUT Frenchman Too Clever For Gibbons to Land ~By JAMES T. KOLBERT. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) SKYBLUE MICHIGAN CITY, _ Ind. ia By Leased Wire GIBBONS OUTPOINTS CARPENTIER IN 10-ROUND BATTLE~ First in News Of All Events Telephone company versus Lee Douds at East, Yellowstone diamond, 2:30 p. m. Cc. B. & Q. versus Natrona grounds at 2:30 p. m, Merchants versus Fordsons presumed to over here arid meet Gibbons, be alway: " class shape and then stand up with ARENA, |him for ten rounds, just shows to me how far back ‘Tommy has gone,” ‘3 in BASEBALL IN CASPER TODAY Elks versus Layoye, high school park at 2 p. m. Standard versus Legion high school park at 4 p. m. again with Georges Carpenter's con- who first Power company at O. B. & Q. at Texas grounds at 2:30 p. m. half an hour laier to 48 1-10 seconds, queror. . Redpath of the United States Olym- Knockout Punch. “To think that a fellow who 1s] pic team of 1912 had held the pre- = 3S out of training and hasn't been| vious record at 48 2-10 seconds. = working for months could come The third world’s récord to go by the boards was the 400-meter hurdle mark. Coulter, Iowa university, sprang the surprise of the ‘meet when he negotiated this distance in 53 2-10 seconds for a new world’s May 31.—Tommy Gibbons | Dempsey said. record and by beating Taylor, Grin- of St. Paul crushed the at-| “vt if there 1s a promoter with| nell, and Brookins, Iowa, to the < 8 enough nerve to stage the match|tape after a brilliant race. Taylor tempted American come~| pring it on. k Kearns ‘is on the|and Brookins were considered as back of Georges Carpentier | way east now looking for a fight| being the most’ tikely winners and by outpointing the Frenchman de-|for me and if anyone thinks Gib-| all three runners were timed under cisively in their 10 round no decision | bons is the fellow, lets have a go at|the previous world's record of 64 bout here this afternoon him. “I’m ready.” seconds, made by Loomis of the the ce of a cr — United States Olympic team in 1920. 1 what in S LOOKING University of Iowa athletes pre Gibbons FOR PROMOTER dominated in the lst of qualifiers oxing lesson and| OMAHA, May 31.—Tommy Gib-]for the Olympic final trials again fe no tl with} bons can have another chance at|today as yesterday but today re- ception of the fourth| Jack Dempsey if a promoter can| ceived competition and did not win rpentier e any-|be found to s the match, Jack|in all events as conclusively as they oe nnected | ne shifty the and followed Dempsey, {1 the Gibbons m of he wore French- “Pir infighting | yy. the Kear the champio: pentier failed to show any-| WhO passed thru here of the punch of his fight with | New York tonight said Demps touted| “I'm going to ange for two fights st we want to me: » we believe there ic demand for a n nager, enroute to ew York to ar- Kearns sald. Harry Wills is a great- Dempsey- we want to give Gibbons did yesterda: OREGON UI HIGH ON COAST rpentier down unt another chance particularly because looked like a knockout in the ninth} ths shelby fight.” nd tenth rounds, but Carpentier] “Kearns exere sar ates hun on ayy paehierd: up and that Gibbons f to knock out = “was not strong enough t0| fhe Frenchman today Track Meet of Pacific 4 he DUDEY, carpentier ts st, clever box on was rather slow aller ‘and he probably could tte Conference Held at Pet Se Sied heeded to nen ty [away from any boxer tn the world he eighth, du . oe = 2s ten rounds with the ingle ex E » running t of the French-| ception of the champlon,” Kearns Wigs an id ——- In the eighth, Gibbons, who had EUGENE, Ore, May 31—The been batter a ady drum fire University of Oregon, rated as a of rights lefts to Carpentier’s EF team of second rate calibre, sur- bedy, suddenly shot a hard right to prised the Pacific Coast conference the jaw, Carpentier gave ground — = today by taking the conference nd then leaped in with left to track ahd field meet by a one point jaw. Gibbons was going away A margin. Oregon’s athletes garnered th w did not hurt Atl a total of 37 points, to 36 for Wash- ns dug a half dozen hard ington. Or n Agricultural college to the stomach and Carpentier finished third, with 27 points, ered up. A right to the nose In addition to its importance as brought blood from the F an an all conference meet, the affair arpentier was badly wind id also served as a sectional tryout for went to his corner blowing hard sres of contenders for the United and looking worried. IOWA CITY, Iowa, May 31.—| States Olympic games team. Carpentier leaped out at the open-| Three new world and Olympic rec-| ‘Tho » of tho meet was Ri inf of the ninth with a look of de-| rds were established here today in| Modge of Oregon Agricultural col-| 1, but he ran into a|the Midwest A. A. U. sectional try lege. Despite a broken rib, Dodge | The Frenchman jabbed|0uts for the American Olympic|broke the conference half mile ith bh left hand, then | team recbrd with the fast time of 1:56:2. blow to the body. Gib-]| Eric Wilson, University of Towa ACL Sm a SS nned and sent a light|track captain last year, smashed The belief that cats were con- two records and Coulter, Iowa,| nected with sorcery and were the to the heaa| broke the third preferred attendants of witches is aelths’ riet lefts. and the| Wilson ran the 200 meter run in| said to have originated in Egypt. Frenchman's nose and mouth bled.| 21 1:19 seconds, one tenth of a sec Ei aS ES A hard one opened a cut over the| Nd below the record held by Charles} St. Paul's Cathedral, London, con- Seetetcher atte eye and it blea| Paddock, Southern Califqrnia, since| tains the Chapel of the Order of Rarely: He shot another|1921. Wilson also lowered the|St. Michael and St. George, which 6 and Carpen crowd r t, as the round Francois | world's record in the 409 meter run, is only used once a year ees" VANKS SPLIT WITH ATHLETICS | ps, Gus 1 uiner, and Jlers, slopped water over head, face and body and screech- They came out for the tenth with a handshake, Carpentier seemed to| New York, 5-3; Philadelphia, 0.5, Lyons. Stolen base, Archdeacon, have lost his Imp. NEW YORK, May 31.—The Yan-|'Tobin. Double play, Shocker to Te backed away and muttereq|Kees divided q Gouble header with|Gerber to Sisler. Struck out, by somethin, bons. Gibbons just {the Athletics today. Bush shut o ocker, 1; hy Payne, 2; Lyons, oon, a back and slapped n|tt@ Mackmen in the first game, 5| Bases on balls, off Lyons, 2; gary Mgt Coe to 0. But the Philadelphia team | Voight, Hit by pitched ball, by tnto a. clinch and Dickerson broke|tumned the tables and won the sec-|Bayne (Kamm). Winning pitcher, : ond, 5 to 3. Lyons, Losing pitcher, Shocker Gibbons cracked another left to| First game: R. H. B.| Umpt Dineen and Connolly the damaged eye and te bled freely.| Philadelphia ..000 000 000—0 § | Time, 2 hours ‘ er backed away but Gib.|New Yor [000 100 31x—5 12 1 eae bons caught him and pu . haed} Naylor and Perkins; Bush and| Detroit, 4; Cleveland, 2 | ; i bene’ peed Pie | CLEVELAND, ©, 1 ted r th ary—Two base hits, Bishop, | tTo!t rs made it in a row] ( tler Dugan, Three base hit, Ruth, Home | °° Ne Clovdiand aie Hate |to- | a " ‘TP t fell. The round |ran, Meu Double plays, Bush to | @Y the third gar f the series | nde G trying d tt to Pipp; Bush to Johnaon;|>¥ % Score of 4 to The superior | ad the French-|Jshnson to Scott to Pipp; Bishop to| batting of the Tigers, of which| e : elbows wit loway to Hauser, Struck out] Blue and Cobb were the leaders, wa : werk 14. Base on balls, off Bush, 4;| "esponsible Y : en the gong r Saylor, 2. Umpires, Hildebrand, | The score: R. H. B ontied ‘tt teh, |owland and Ormsby. Time, 1:64.| Detroit . 002 1000914118 0] Carper agomed , ond game: BH] oe 300.01 tee ieee | math hin tin ladelpita 001 202 0006 ti 1 | gg COMME RAM Baaster;’ hie and what few punches he werelgiow York ~..-000 200 001—3 7 1|” 9 abies hae sake right” kept|" Gray and” Perkins; Hoyt, Shaw-| au™mnry—jTwo base hits, Hel t af Summ: ome tuth} by whle, 4: by Hins, 1. Double s 1 ith wa ’ pase hit, Simmons, Strand./ pt > ; y ci jie Z Plays, Jones to Pratt to Blue: I : es Simmons ritice fly,] ke to Burns. Wild pitch, eo v 7 tolen bases, Ruth. |unie Um: Nallin 1 pl Bishop to Hauser.|ryme 1:4 . ' oft Gra Hoyt, 1 ‘ | 1 d balls,! Washington, 12 | r 1} mann Ang pitch , Washington, 12; Boston, 0, zs ’ i i ae _RBOSTON, Mass., May 31 ‘ pt H awe Gaston t aay ce nl Lal hed ‘i fc Hit by pitcher, Gray (Meusel.) Tm foes ty ania cana eae Mit At one time a f f ' Rowland, Hildebrand andl ine yuce ge ig a peak ii erites made t the hig eo Box teday. Ogden struct SIana; aactior out five, passed three and allowed back after a brief but 1f rar Taree Sith the police ays ae 12; St. Louis, . Th score WH. F. ie ibe 5 ‘7 i Mo., May Ths | Washington 620 100 120—12 17 6 p Anica fro Chicago White Sox, with Lyons | Boston 000 000 000-0 5 4 sidthatirsordart “Hi u Pp the Louls Ogden and Ruel; Murray, Plerey, : to Bhocker Ruffing and O'Neill, Heving DEMPSEY QUESTIONS - \ at pitched for the Summary—Two-+ » hit Peek ete ne. Th Louls team com-|2: Sacrifice hit, Blueg e “p CANE ne tal € J Double plays. Judge to a x Tr H. B.| Judge; Harris to O'Neill ao os ch 108 112 006—12 17 0 | gar > Harris, Left o pee bs Z 4 41 W hin m, 11 Bostor Ba, . i 4: Ft 8. S. Scholpp, one of the track stars that aided Yale in winning from Harvard in the dual track meet, is shown clearing the bar at 12 feet $ 1-2 inches and making a. mew record. - Club New Chicago Brooklyn ~ Cincinnati -. Pittsburgh - Boston St. Philadelphia New York - Boston --. Detroit Standings York .. Louls - American Club St. Washington — Chicago Cleveland - Philadelphia Louis - National League. 19 20 19 16 -14 Mu L. Pct. 14.641 18 OTL 17.541 +525 87 45 435 315 GAMES TODAY TO BRING SHIFT. IN STANDING OF LEAGUE CLUBS CEDAR RAPIDS HIGH SCHOOL WINS INTERSCHOLASTIC MEET AT CHICAGO. RECORDS BROKEN —_—_— Legon or Stance Geheuleddae’ Prat Weleatl eats .co, pay suz-sreeninann Of Season in Clash Today; Elks Will Meet Lavoye. By the time the sun goe s down this evening there should be considerable change in the standing of the teams in the Oil City Baseba! ll league. The doubleheader at the high school park this afternoon brings together the Legion and the Standard, the two teams that top the league with standings of 1.000 per cent. will drop off ghat haughty pedestal this afternoon, In the second game the Elks will play Lavoye while the Texacos are journeying to Glenrock to meet the Converse county players. The game here between the Standard and the Legion should be a Classic. Both teams will strain every effort to come out on top and as both are strongly fortified in batting, fielding and pitching, the outcome should be in doubt until the last out. Both teams will have their strongest Hneups in the field and their first string pitchers in the One or the other box. ‘he result is a hard one to guess. ‘The first game will not be so slow. Lavoye is anxious to make a sowing here and will bring a strengthened IMneup to pit against the Elks. The latter will have Don Thompson, their new backstop, in the game and one or two other changes in the lineup. Down at Glenrock the Texacos will take on the Giants of that com- munity in the third game of the afternoon. The first game here today starts | promptly at 2 o'clock. HAIL BLACK GOLD AS BIG FREAK--FARRELL By HPNRY L. FARRELL (United Press Sports Editor.) NEW YORK. May 31,—(United Press.)—Luck and blind faith in hunches have been the predominat- ing influences in the romance sur- unding the career on the turf of Black Gold, the Kentucky Derby winner. Fate seems to have played such a hand in directing the destiny of Mrs. R. M. Hoots’ three-year-old colt that some horsemen feel that he may be a steed of the gods and another Man o’ War. Black Gold was willed into the equine world in the dying breath of R. M. Hoots, an oll prospector and a campaigner of a one-mare able on the merry-go-round tracks in the west. Before he died, Hoots asked as a special favor that Useeit, his nine- year-old mare, which had been ruled off the turf, be mated with a good stallion. “Give her a chance and she'll give you a Derby winner,” he said. His wife promised to give the mare her chance and never to part jwith the offspring. The promised rae ee Guy Teague | 1909 |CHance resulted in Black Gold, Ps Si a aS 2 0 1000 | Ramed.after the oll that gushed out Texhal co ~ 7 27809 | of the Uttle Hoots place in Okla- Glenrock — 1 1 ‘t00| oma and poured a million dollars 0 2 009 | 08 the widow. 0 2 000| Mrs. Hoots cares little for racing. i, icc, She wanted herghusband to give up, years before his death, the Telephone Co. i 1.000] turf, but he had his hunches and Fordsons —- 1 0 1.000 | be played them, although they didn’t Lee Douds 1 ) 1009/Prove for him until after he had Coliseums - 0 1 .009| Sone Burlington A 0 t ‘o00| The widow {s campaigning a Natrona Pow 1 009] Stable consisting of Black Gold, a prince of the turf, and a little old Washington ‘12, Yesterday’s | Scores American League Philadelphia 0-5, New York 5-3. Boston 0 Detroit 4, Cleveland 2. Chicago 12, 8 New York 4, Boston 8, St. c t. Louis 2. National League B Louls 0, ‘ineinnat! 3, Philadelphia 3. rooklyn 14. Pittsburgh 7 Chicago 6 Western League | At Omaha Lincoln Omaha ~ Crandall and Wilder, V 200 000 000. 011 18’ 10x— 11 Snyder; Leo At Oklahoma City R.H.B, St. Joseph ....000 002 000—2 5 06 Oklahoma City 102 002 00x—5 9 4 Pairier, Love and Brooks; Allen and Spencer At Des Moines RH Denver --000 000 000—0 0 @ Des Moines ~..003 010 00x—4 10 1 iggs and Whaling; Stoker and Hungberg. J At Tulsa R. HB. plater that was willed to her, only in memory of the man whose faith outlasted him. Veteran horsemen, who have be- come weather-wrinkled . by many days around many tracks, probably would ridicule the idea of a fable influence casting its magic spell around any old horse, but they put ‘|the same feeling in different words by regarding the Derby winner as a “freak horse”. Those who follow the orthodox rules of training thoroughbreds that prevail in the big Rancocas, Whit ney, Bradley and other ranking stables, express the opinion that only a freak horse could live under the treatment of “Three Finger" Harry Webb, a Cherokee Indian. They say that only a freak horse could go out and do the things on the track “that Black Gold has done when ho was treated like the pinto of a boozed cowpuncher. Methods almost invariably are proved by results. It is but natural that success should establish the soundness of Webb's theories of training. When criticized for work ing the colt to death when other trainer would have laid him up, for keeping him in the barn when other trainers would have had him out working. for making him weather proof where other trainers would have him a hothouse plant, the In. ant might claim to have the ehita -...--111 212 000—8 17 0] right keeping a good horse Tu ‘ -000 081 000—4 10 2) Ht for racing. Jolly and MeMullen; Blacholde The credit he gets, however, 4s and Crosby not that he does the right thing, but ae that he gets away with the wrong American Association thing. At Kansas City R.H.E.| Horsemeh sald, after Black Gold Milwaukee ~-000 100 010—2 6 1) had won the Der’ that he had the Kansas City ..020 010 00x—3 12 0] makings of a Man o’ War {f a good Walberg and Young; Wilkinson| trainer had him. Time. only will und Skiff tell whether the old fashioned west At Minneapolis R.H,¥,| ern idea of making hard men and St Paul 000 1223 010. 11 1] sound horses is better than the cul Minneapolis ...000 002 000-—2 9 3%] tured notion of the east in getting Merritt and Dixon; McGraw, Har-|them pretty and keeping thelr com rig and Grabowski. plexion fair. At Columbus R.H.E,| Black Gold was born with a pre. T do 010 041—7 11 dominating strain of speed itn his 900 000-2 11 1) blood, His family all were sprinters, i} Palmero and| He was foaled without perfect con |formation, built. more for going A ! nu J R. 1. ©.) than st rk 0} Given a man with the same ( 1 1 breedir tract nd K r ¢ f a sprinter wo would build up his strength and make him rugged with the idea of with in- [rou make the runner sound. He keeping the same speed creased endurance. Perhaps that is what “Three Finger” had in mind when he asked his colt to run out his “feet” where other trainers would have given him the rest cure, when he made him stand out in the elements with- out cover, when he had him fed like a pinto and when he shipped him around the country in a box car. If fate does have a hand in mak- ing another Man o' War out of the son of the old outlaw dam, it will be the first break in luck that has been offered to the three-year-old aspirants for a share in the glory of that great Man o' War. Morvich had his chance and fell by the wayside, Zev looked like the horee of the day, and he met with reverses after a brilliant start. Papyrus was stopped just after he got his start, and tery recently Epinard, the French champion, was beaten in a match race, Horsemen now are interested to know what effect the defeat of Epinard by Sir Galahad III. will have on the plans of the big inter- national races this summer between Epinard and the best American horses. -Epinard certainly cannot be held up as the European champion, and his title, under the circumstances, will not be as, good as that of Papyrus, the English Derby winner; which raced here last summer. eee edt Nara 4 In some sections of Hungary the superstition prevails that a loaf of bread on Friday impaled on a stick is a sure safeguard against tire. —— Metal coins were in circulation tn China nearly three thousand years befors the commencement of the Christian era. high school of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, today won the annual national inter- scholastic track and field meet at the University of Chicago with a total of 25 points. In the academy division, St. Johns, Delafield, Wis., captured first place with 50 3*14 points. ‘Three interscholastic records fell. Hamm, Lonoke, Ark., set the run- ning broad jump mark at 24 feet 2% inches. Hines, Houston, Texas, brike the second record when he hurled the javelin 187 feet 2 inches. Olmsted, Victoria, Tl, set a new record in the high jump, clearing the bar at 6 feet 1 inch. Besides setting a new record for the Stagg meets in the quarter mile at 50 4-5 seconds, Cuhel of Cedar Rapids, won both the high and low hurdles, thus garnering 15 of the champion team’s points. Kuck of Wilson, Kans., placed his team in a tie for second place in the high school division by gather- ing 18 points single handed in the weights. He put the shot 55 feet 11% inches. Other leading teams in the high school division were: Fort Collins, Colo,, 18; Deerfield’ Shields, Ill., 17; OLOAURDLER TOENTER MEET Olympic “Disoiits Will See Jack Norton in Action Again. By (WALTER CAMP. (Copyright) 1924, Casper Tribune.) NEW YORK, May 31.—John K. Norton, the old Stanford hurdler, who made a world record foug years go in the Pacific coast iow hurdles tryouts, is expected to compete in the eastern sectional tryouts at Yank stadium June 7, according to advices reaching this city. Norton now is living in Washing: ton, He has been working out with the Georgetown track athletes and is reported to be in good condition. Much has been written and said about “sealed orders” on which Miss Helen Wills, the American woman tennis champion sailed for the Olympics. No one knows what old Doctor Fuller, the Berkeley club professional, who is her mentor; put in those sealed orders. But our ad- vice to Doc Fuller would be to cable Miss Wills to open her orders be- fore the eve of the big match. We had one experience last fall of an attempt to instruct players at the timo of a match instead of doing it some days or weeks in advance. It did not work out very well. Lord Rock Savage will ledd the British polo invasion of America and probably will bring with him Lord Wodehouse and a_ broader selection in point of numbers than ver before. He is expected to bring seven players instead of the usual team of five. The games will be played for the international chal- lenge cup at Meadowbrook, Septem- ber 6, 10 and 13. CUBS ROMP ONR BLANK CARDS, EDS. PIRATES NEW YORK WINS CHICAGO, Il., May 31.—The Chl- cago Cubs bunched hits in three tn- nings off Cincinnati and won t ‘# game, 6 to 3 The score. R. H. E. Cincinnati .,.000 003 000— 3 8 2 Chieago . +003 210 00x— 6 9 1 Mays, Sheehan, Benton and Wingo; Alexander and Hartnett. Summary—Two-base hits, Hart- nett: three-base hit, Bressler; home run, Walker, Grantham. — Struck out, by Alexander, 1. Sacrifice hit, Heathcote, 1. Stolen bases, Gant- ham, 1; Friberg, 1; Heathcote, 1. Umpires, O'Day and McCormick. Time, 1:50. New York, 4; Phitndelphia, 3. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 31.- Despite a strong ninth inning rally, the Phillies lost their third straight Williams; home run, Lee; stolen bases, Holke, rkinson, South worth. Hits off Glazner, $8 in 7 in- nings, Watson 10 in 9, Double play, Frisch to Kelly, Left on bases, New York, 4; Philadelphia, 8. Bases on balls, of Glazner, 2; Wat- n, 1, Struck out, Glazner, 2; Wat- son, Winning pitcher, Watson losing pitcher, Glazner, Umpires Klem and Wilson. Time, 1:39. | St. Louis, 0; Pittsburgh, 7. PITTSBURGH, Pa., May }Em yo uthpaw se from the Oklahoma City club of the| Wostern league s hin first 5 for the Pir the Cardi nals down with five hits and blank- ed them, 56 to 0. It was the third straight victory for the locals. 'The scor R. HB. St. Louis 000 000 000 0 5 0 Pittsburgh ..004 100 20x— 7 x x Pfoffer, Sherdel, Delaney, Gon- zales, Holm; Yde and Couch. Summary—Two-base hits, Douthitt; three-base hit, Maranville sacrifice hit, Grimm. Stolen bases, Cooney and Bottomley; Maranville, Wright and Grimm; Maranville and Grimm. Hit pitcher, by Sherdel (Grimm); base on balls, off Yde, 1 Off Pfeffer, 3. Struck out by Yde, 2; Sherdel, 1. Wild pitch, Pfeffer. Passed ball, Gonzales. Left on bases, St. Louis, 4; Pittsburgh, § Umpir Quigley, Sweeney and Hart. Time, Carey. game to the Giants here today, 4 Brookly 14; Boston, 8. to 3. BROOKLYN, May. 31—The The sec R. H. E.| Brooklyn Robins made it a clean w York -201 100 000— 4 8 2] sweep of Boston series, hitting three Philadelphia 010 000 002— 8 9 0| Braves’ pitchers hard and hanging Watson and Gowdy up a 14 to 8 victory. Betts and Hentine The score: RW. 5 Summary: base hits, Young, | Boston 300 000 023—8 14 3 Brooklyn 706 010 O0x—14 18 1 wich, Benton and Henry Decatur and Summary—Threo base hit, 'T Two-base hits, Tierney, Wheat Double plays, Bancroft to Tierney Bailey, Gibson. Sacrifice fly, Wheat, tur to Johnston to ton to High to Four on balla, Gearin, Decatur, 1; Genewich Struck out Ben pitcher, Tierney t on bases, Boston, 6 Winning — pitoher, Umpires, Mo Time, 1:59, to Gibson (2) De Fournier Ba Johns nier, \H Hit by at Lett rooklyn, 6 Genew! run and Rigler, Oak Park, Iil., 13; Houston, Texas, Manual Arts high, Los Angeles, Northeast high, Kansas City, Mo., 8; Hamilton, Ont. Elkhart, Ind., 7; and Wichita Falls, Texas, 7. St. Johns, 50 3-14; Lake Forest, 26 3-7; Culver, 24 3-44; Allen, 24; Shattuck, 22; Bacome, 14; Moose- heart, 121; Jalversity School, Cleve- land, ; Morgan Park, 2 13-14, and St. Albans, INDEPENDENT IN GAMES TODAY Three Contests Will Hold Attention: of League Fans. Three games are due this after. noon in the Independent Baseball league, all three to get under way The Telephone company will take on the Lee Doud aggregation at the st Yellowstone highway diamond, the C. B. & Q. plays the Natrona Powers at the former's grounds and the Merchants make their how in the league by taking on the Ford- sons at the Texas field. ‘All three games should produce plenty of action and excitement and as all of the teams are being loyally supported large crowds are ex- pected. FIRPO READY TO SIGN FOR WILLS MATCH BUENOS AIRES, May 31.—Luis Angel Firpo will sfgn a contract Monday agreeing to meet Harry Wills, colored heavyweight, some- time between August 20 and Septem- ber 20, Juan Homs, Tex ‘Rickard’s South Amorican agent, said tonight. ¥rpo received a cable from Rick- ard today, accepting the former's teims and the fighter sald he would leave for the United States by June. 20. Se FAMOUS CHESS FIGURES OF HISTORY 10 FIGURE IN MUSEUM TURNAMENT PHILADE (United Press).—Historic chess fig- ures, used by noted players centur- {es ago, are to be brought from their display cases here and he put into action, A tournament to be staged by Players of the anclent game 1s soon to be held in the Pennsylvania museum and chess collectors have agreed to loan their ancient sets for the fray, Ancient chess warriors of past centuries will emerge from their cases to lead their forces into battle for the first time since they fur- nished pastime for the famous owners, generations ago. Among the rare sets to be used, by the players will be the original set of Benjamin Franklin, who was the first to play the game {n Amer!- ca. It is the same set with which he played some of his statemen frtends while in Europe. A set originally owned by Joseph Priestly, discover of oxygen, 1s a!so 31. to be used in the tournament. ‘Charles V, Emperor of Germany,” seated upon a lion, will lead his forces against the enemy just as he did in 1550, while “Gustavus Adol- phus,” and “Ferdinand XI of Aus- tria” wil lead their’ respective armies Into the tournament. A set of Mohammedan pieces, the gift of Prince Singhi of India, will also fea- ture the coming championship. tare sets from almost. every country of the glove will be brought forth. A unique set of Icelandic chess figures are scheduled to per- form. They date from 1250 A. D. end were found in the wreck of a | hip off the const of Scotland. <A | Chinese set of military figures will take part and another of Spanis Uneage will be present. The North and South will meet again in combat when the set head ed by President and Mrs. Lincoln will meet thelr wooden foeman of the past, headed by President and Mrs. Jeff Davis Another set is one carried by an American soldier 41 the battles of Argonne, tn the 1 War. riking feature ‘olution of the t As early tury In India it fashior an elephant. In France the piece became a court fe in Italy « ndard bearer, in Spain, an urn, ‘the emblem of justice, and in Ger- many, @ runner, 4 One of the acts game ns the ne ent was pd as