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peereeererrererer reer rr PET RNER EROS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1924. World Results _ By Leased Wire ARGENTI EARLY IF RAIN [a THREATENING Firpo and Wills Set For Fight to Decide Title Contender. NEW YORK, Sept. 11.— The primitive lure of combat will center the attention of a part of the nation tonight uponthe arena at Boyle’s Thirty Acres in Jersey City, where Harry Wills and Luis Angel Firpo meet in a 12-round heavy- weight battle with a match against Champion Jack Dempsey as a prize to the winner. © ‘The fight is scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock daylight saving time, but, if rain threatens, will be thrown ahead as early as 8:30. Fair skies, however, are promised by the weath- er bureau. Tex Rickard apparently has won the legal semi-final to the engage- ment, Judge Runyan of the United ‘States district court at Newark de- clined today to issue a bench war- rant asking the arrest of Firpo on a charge of violation of the white slave act. The principals went to Jersey City this morning to remain until time for the battle. ‘Wills was accom- panied by INs wife and manager, Paddy Mullins, who, with Jeff Clarke, will act as his advisers dur- ing the bout. Firpo's chief second will be his trainer, the véteran negro, Dan Washington, The most colorful crowd which has attended a fight since Jack Dempsey knocked out Georges Car- pentier in ‘the battle of the cen- tury” jn the same ring three years ago, is expected to witness the fight. The Prince of Wales an interna- tional sportsman now in this coun- try may be added to the ultimate cross-section of American life, in- cluding an increasing number of wo- men, who compose the typical fight crowd. Dempsey, himself, monarch of fistiana, will head the battalion of champions, ex-champions, high lights and dim lights of present and past in pugilism who gather for the major struggle. WILLS SHOULD STAY LIMIT—FAIR PLAY. By FAIR PLAY. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—If Harry Wills has not lost his cleverness, he ought to be able to carry his bout with Luis Firpo to the 12-round limit when the two big men meet in the ring on Boyle's Thirty Acres tonight. He is a big man and has a hard straight left. If there 1s anything in the science of boxing he should be able to keep off a man who comes in wide open. By stabbing out with a snappy left every time Firpo es- says to get in close, the negro should be able to pile up a lot of points and keep hls own face and body pretty clean. So far as the writer can judge, the bout’ has a good chance of going the limit with Wills earning the popular decision on points. Of course, on the other hand, Harry may not now possess the cleverness to stand the Wild Bull off in this way, If he can not, then Wills will have to show that he can take it and hit back often enough and hard enough to win. With science discounted and the two fighters hammering away man to man, Firpo stands out as the probable victor. For there never was a prominent fighter who had Jess in the way of actual achievement behind him than Harry Wills. In the past two years, she has fought only four battles. He has knocked out Homer Smith, a white man who is a sheer third rat- er, and Jack Thompson, a negro, who classes no higher. Thompson held out his jaw playfully for Harry to hit and he broke his hand” on Clem Johnson's head, ‘H's fourth fight was with Bartley Madden. The only way that Wills can be figured at all in this battle against ‘tho durable Irishman is to be charitable and say he was not trying, Certainly he made a lament- able exhibition for one.who was sup- posed to be a rival for Dempsey. The best fight he ever turned in was against Fred Fulton in 1920. He knocked out the plasterer jn 3 rounds. Others have done this, but the way he did it was impressive. He was knocked out by Sam Lang- ford when Sam was slipping but still pretty good and beat the tar baby when Sam was blind in one eye and long past his prime, In fact. when you come down to it, his rec ord is nothing at all. Firpo in the past two years has fought 13 battles, defeating Jess Wil- lard, Bill Brennan, Spalla, Weinert, Jack Herman and other lesser lights. He put up the greatest battle against Dempsey that was ever seen in a ring, or anyway the most thrill- ing battle. Anyone who can scatter the champion's facufties as Firpo did at the Polo grounds, pound him at will with the champion helpless against the ropes and finally knock him out of the ring, is a fighter. If Firpo gets the Jump on Wills and sends tuat right of his home two or three times, Harry will look like a dark spot on the canvas. Firpo is four years younger than Wills and that means much in a despdrate bat- Wills’ chance, as said before, will N ON TONIGHT’S RING BATTLE Principals—Luis Angel Firpo, the Argentine vs. Harry Wills of New Orleans, negro heavyweight Jersey City, New Jersey. ‘Time—Main bout 10 o'clock day- Nght saving time. If rain threat- ens, the men will be called. to the Ting at 8:30 o'clock. Gates open at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Weather forecast—fair and cool. Length of bout—twelve rounds; no decision. Time of rounds—three minutes each with one minute intermis- sion between each round. Purse—Estimated at $300,000 of which Firpo’s share will be $175,- 000, Estimate attendance—60,000. Estimated ‘receipts $700,000. Price of admision—$2.20 $27.50, including war tax. Ages—Firpo 28; Wills 32. Weights—Firpo 218; Wills 216. Heights—Firpo 6 ft. 2% inches; Wills 6 ft. 2 inches. Referee—Danny Sullivan. Preliminaries—Charley McKen- na vs. Miguel Ferrera, four rounds; Joe Siivani ys. Carl John- son, four round: Bill Tate vs. John Casanova, 6 rounds; Joe Stossel vs. Jim Maloney, 6 rounds, and Charley Nassert vs. Mike Burke, eight round: Drake Will Take Fast Grid Squad To Mormon City DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 11.— Football fans of the northwest will see one of the fastest, shiftiest back- fields of the Missouri Valley confer- ence in action when the Drake uni- versity eleven invades Salt Lake City, October 4, far its intersectional battle with the University of Utah team. Captain-elect Sam Overbaugh, who ys quarterback on the Drake eleven, is one of the sweetest pilots in“the middle west, football 'critics declare. Orebaugh !s a fast, shifty runner, adept at both stiff-arming and side-stepping. He can hurl.long forward passes accurately, and is extremely clever at pulling the pig- skin out of the air when he is on the recelving end. Orebaugh is al one of the best punters in the Missouri Valley loup. Last season his boots averaged to AN HUG GINS THE TRIBUNE’S PAGE OF SPORTING NEW Che WeN'Ts 1 SHOULD GO OUT MORNIN'S end PRACTICE GIANTS WIN PAIR SLIDIN’S AND ROOST OAFELY AT TOP OF NATIONAL Yankees Idle Due to Rain While Senators Split Doubleheader—Tigers’ Winning Streak Is Broken. The waters of the flood have re- ceded and the Giants’ ark rests peacefully today upon the topnftst hill of the National league Giant rooters, out on deck predict fair sailing for the rest of the se#ison. A dove bearing a double: branch of victory came to John McGraw yesterday and the National league champions had strengthened their position in first place to one full game and the Braves were drowned under 22 to 1 and 8 to 0 waterfalls, Brooklyn sailed smoothly as Erhardt won his fifth straight gam¢é allowing Philadelphia only five hits in the 5 to 1 Robin victory. But the double win of the Giants permitted them to draw another half game away from the Robins. par esi SEER Mt: SER SLT ae eI Yesterday’s | Scores around 50 yards, and, as a general 1 rule, he can place the ball just about where he wants it when he kicks. WALKER CUP GOLFERS. PANGTICE FOR MATCH NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Members of the British and American teams are at the Garden City links prac- ticing for matches, beginying to- morrow, which will decide the year's international team -supremacy — in golf, with the cup donated by George H. Walker of St. Louis as the prize. 40c lunch at Wray’s Cafe.—Adv. and win the fight on points. Or, ac- cording to those close to Wills, he stands a chance of knocking Firpo out by sending punches to the Ar- gentino’s weak spot, his stomach. But if he does this, he has got to work quickly. Also he must hit harder than anything he has shown to date. All in all, the dope seems to work out elther that Wills will win on points or Firpo will win by a knock- fout. No one can ever tell what will happen when two strong men meet, but the writer thinks that a Wills victory on points is the likeliest out- come. National League. New York, 22-8; Boston, 1-0. Pittsburgh, 3; St. Louis, 1. Cincinnati, 6; Chicago, 3. Brooklyn, 5; Philadelphia, 1. American League. Chicago, 12; Detroit, 8. Philadelphia, 2-5; Washingtgn, 1-6. No others played. American Association. St. Paul, 7; Kansas City, 4. Kangas City, 8; St. Paul, 3 (2nd game). 4 Columbus, 4; Indianapolis, 2. ‘Toledo, 6; Louisville, 5. No others played. Western League. St. Joseph, 9; Denver, 4. No others played. Coast League. San Francisco, 6; Los Angeles, 1. Salt Lake, 17; Sacramento, 10. Portland, 10; Seattle, 7. Oakland, 3; Vernon, 1. Texas League. Galveston, 13; Dallas, 1. San Antonio, 4-2; Fort Worth, 11-4. Shreveport, 7; Houston, 8. - ‘Wichita Falls, 10; Beaumont, 4. Southern Association. Atlanta, 4; Chattanooga, 2. Memphis, Birmingham, 4. Mobile, 7; New Orleans, 6. Nashville, 5; Little Rock, 0. BASEBALL QUESTION BOX If you have some question to ask about baseball— If you want a rule interpreted— If you want to know anything about a play or a player— Write to John B. Foster, the man who helped make the rules under which the game is played today. If you want a per. sonal reply enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Other: wise your question will be answered in this column. Address—Joln B. Foster, Special Baseball Correspondent of the Casper Tribune, 811 World Building, New York. (Copyright, 1924, Question —Pitcher A is taken out with the score tied, A runner is on third. Pitcher B forces the batter to hit to third, Runner on third starts for the plate but is put out third baseman to catcher. Batter is safe on the fielder’s choice. Next batter triples foliowed by a double which scores winning run. Who loses game, A or B? ‘Answer.—B loses the game. runner that A put on bases thrown out at the plate. The was Question —Bases are filled with the count of three balls and -two strikes on the batter. He hits a Casper Tribune.) baseman. Should this count as an error if the same batsman hits a home run? Answer.—It should if the third baseman had a possible catch. Question—Was there ever a big league player who went through the season with one or no errors—a com- plete season? Answer.—McInnis first baseman made one in 1922. Question—If the batter hits the ball to the outfield and in trying to stretch it into » two bagger is out is this a hit ot? i Ans wed.— The veteran Babe Adams repaired the broken boom of the Pirate ship and steered it safely from. the turbulent waters of the Mississippi with a 3 to 1 victory after allowing the Cardinals only five hits. The Reds beat Chicago, 6 to 3: Rain continued to fall in Boston, keeping the Yankees idle, Wash- ington retained {ts advantage of one and one half games over New York bit sprung a leak which re- ited’ in the loss of the first game, to 1. Heroic work at the pumps by Marberry won the second, 6 to 5. Detroit's winning streak of seven games was interrupted by the White Sox, who slammed five pitchers for 19 hits and a 12 to 8 victory. Sst. Louis and Cleveland were not scheduled, Standings American League, Ww. 80 78 76 70 63 60 61s 59 Club ‘Washington New York Detroit St. Louis .. Cleveland =. Philadelphia Chicago .-. National League. w, aownen- 84 - 84 - 83 Pittsburgh —-2---2-. Cincinnati Philadelphia Boston 90 Sport Calendar Racing. Meeting of Westchester association, at Belmont park. Meeting of Dorval Jockey club, at Montreal, Racing Trotting. Meeting of Grand Circuit at Syra- cuse. i Tennis. Challenge round for thé Davis cup, at Philadelphia, Golf. United States seniors’ champion- ship tournament at Rye, N. Y. California stato championship tournament, at Del Monte. New Jersey women's champion- ship tournament, at Montclear. Field Trials, Northern States Amateur Field Trials association, at Morris, Minn. Boxing. Lais Firpo vs. Harry VWills, rounds, at Jersey City. Mike Burke ys. Charley Nashert, 8 rounds, at Jersey City. Battling Owens vs. Biil rounds, at Jersey City. Jim Maloney ve. Joe Stoessel, rounds, at Jersey City: Charley McKenna vs. Mile raro, 4 rounds, at Jersey City. Joe Silvano vs, Carl Johnson, 4 rounds, at Jersey City. Tut Jackson vs. Joe rounds, at Barberton, O. Ted Moore vs, Morrie Schlaifer, 10 rounds, at Omaha. 12 Tate, 6 er White, 12 Games Today . American’ League, Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis (2 games) Washington at Philadelphia. New York at Boston (2 games). National League. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. gid Moaeieeecnbaatl am Get ready for duck season. grade guns’ and ammunition, per Loan Office.—Adv, High Cas BLACK IN Casper Daily Cribune ——— RING BATTLE TONIGHT po You SOCK VS. SCIENCE IN RING FIGHT TONIGHT By HENRY L. FARELL. (United Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Sept. 11. (United Press)—Sock against, science, the old argument that has waged fighters bt an using their hea be put to proof again tonight in Jer- sey City, where Luis Angel Firpo will impersonate the sock and Harry Wills will demonstrate tne science side. There are those who maintain that a smack on the chin will upset the best fighting brain and that skill is a handicap against a natural fighter and there are the arguments to the contrary that skill always can over- come brute strength. The ideal fighter, as is found in Jack Dempsey, is a combination of sock and science, but that combina- tion is as rare as Dempseys are. Harry Wills perhaps comes closer fm this respect to Dempsey than any of the other heavyweight.contenders. Wills hasn’t the skill of Tom Gib- bons, but he ‘has more size and a heftier kick. It was the lack of size and the steam of punch in Gib- bons that kept Dempsey out of dan- ger In Shelby. Wills has size, strength, and a natural skill that has been improved by Tong exper!- ence, What resistance -he has against punishment and how much [ rage, forgot all his lessons and tore in, swinging his right arm with the left 4: ling at his side. The fero- city of the attack took all the fight out, of Willdrd, and Firpo clubbed him to the floor. For the first time at Saratoga, Firpo showed signs of being anxious to improve himself. He had, as his chief adviser, Bill Ttate, a big color. ed fighter, who was Dempsey’s spar- ring’ partner before the Willard and Carpentier fights and who has lick- ed Wills several times. Firpo seemed to have confidence in Tate and followed his instructions, Tate taught how to hook with his right hand, how to cover up his jaw and how to punch to the body. After several weeks of this scliool- ing, Firpo was vastly improved, and he began to look like something more than a caveman club swinger. This, of course,\means a whole lot in figuring his chance to win. But, as has been pointed out, it will be impossible to figure that this im: provement is perminent until he gets a crack from Wills. If he does not lose his head then, and does not go back to the jungle weapons of assault, Wills will find that he has something more in front of him than a big. fat target. Even if Firpo does forget nll he had learned and becomes just a heart he has to continue when the going gets hard are not known ex- actly. There are spots on his rec- ord that indfeate he prefers to be in front. The colored fighter will have to take some punishment because he can't hope to knock Firpo out with one punch when Dempsey had to put h'm down seyen times before he stayed there no matter how well he can box, how quickly he*can step around and how skillfully he can block and duck he {s going to be hit by Firpo, Bill Tate, the big sparring partner of Firno’s, has it sized up fafrly well when he says: “Wills ain't going to git away from all of ‘em, and every time he gets hit he’s goin’ to be hurt." It is very doubtful that Wills has the ability to shake off punches that Dempsey has. It ts certain that he can't recover as ‘quickly as the champion. It would stand to reason then, Firpo will get more results out of his punches on Wills than he did on the champion. Dempsey !s far from a slouch as a boxer and his speed can match that of any of the stars in the lighter classes. With alt his boxing, his punching and his speed, he couldn't get away from Firpo, and Wills hardly can expect to. It must be admitted that a fighter must have more than science. Hoe must have ajze, strength, a . punch and the ability to take punishment. Wills has established qualifications in everything but that ability to take It. For some strange reason, Firpo is usually pictured as an ignorant giant, with no sclence and with only the instince 40 kill with his tremen- dous right hand. It is very likely that some of these opinions of the blg South American will have to be changed after tonight's fight. Tt is difficult to anticipate what Firpo will do in the ring because he has such a violent temper when aroused. He didn’t know a thing about boxing when he started In the business, and he didn’t care to learn Me felt that hig left hand was not necessary when he could knock them dead with his right, and he thought that he didn't need to learn a de- fense when he could take them on the chin and put the hitter down with a counter punch. It wan pointed out to Firpo that he would have to learn how to pro- tect himself and how to keep off an opponent with his left hand. He Was suspicious and distrustful of his advisers and ho listened with only one ear when he was belng instruct ed. Perhaps to keep from being an noyed he’ started to carry out the instructions when he was traini for his fight with Jess Willar In the gymnasium he used his left with a clumsy but rather effective jab. Ho stepped around well on his {pet and he used short punches with his right hand. Tex Rickard v eluted that he was beginning to find out the real way to fight and he was a vastly improved fighter. He followed {nstructions early in the fight with Willard until the for: mer champion cracked him on the jaw. Big Firpo then went into a socker, the colored fighter will find out that science in this particular case is not the infallible argument. PIRATES NOT VET DEFEATED BUT SLIPPING By JOHN B, FOSTER. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Sept. 11—Pittsburgh again becomes the stray lamb, deter- mined to uphold a reputation for not doing the right thing at the right time. They needed to smother St. Louis Tuesday in thick brown gravy, In- stead, they dropped a double header, In the process alding the redoubt- able Mr. Yde to lose his second game of the season and spoil a record that would have shone long in the hall of fame. Their double defeat does not ex actly eliminate the Pirates from the pennant race but it causes them to lose faith in themselves as a fitting product of the steel clty and fans, likewise, to lose confidence. The fact seems to be that if the Pirates ever start out buccaneering, they would fall down in a cornfield be- fore they ever got out to sea. They couldn’t make the cornstalks bow to them. Detroit picked up on the leaders and Ty Cobb again ts marching on fairly well with his denizens of the jungle. Washington could not play because of rain and that was un- fortunate for them because it nec sitates a double header later double headers are not any too at this stage of the season. Yanks’ victory in Boston gay a little advantage against W ton. Supporters of the Giants, who fig ure them to win the national pen nan, argue that the Brooklyns are about through. It is maintained that Brooklyn has overplayed itself for the last four weeks and is sub- ject to a reaction. One of the most interesting things about baseball Is that no one ever accuses the Giants of overplaying. Apparently the !m: preasion is that they are camels for endurance and rare bronze in text ure. Dazzy Vance {s on the high road to surpass the record made by Lu que of Cincinnati last year. That's another point that should not bi rloc in the fine Brooklyn is mak Last season and lost 8. Uh! 26 but he lost i , pitched too much for their own good, for ‘neither {s coming any- where near his 1923 record this year. So far this season Vance has 26 victories to his credit and four de- feats. He is going so well that he A end the month with 380 vie < The only fly in Vance's oint ment is tht two of those four de. feats were suffered at the hands of them shing ed race PAGE FIVE. First in News Of All Events . By RING LARDNER Uf weit, WHERE + GENERALLY * > the Giants after Vance had pitched with what he figures was winning baseball. Kansas has its Walter Johnson, Nebraska its Grover Alexander and Iowa its Dazzy Vance. The corn belt is going some, in spite of the high cost of gas. Vance may not be used in five more of the games that Brooklyn has left ta play but if he is and if he wins them all, he will reach the high 80 victory pennacle. If the Brooklyns need him to win the pen- nant, he is ready to double up and perhaps, like some other famous pitchers, when {t comes to a pinch he will be able to crowd on steam Ithough Robinson has been mighty careful of the sandy hatred boy's arm, as too much exertion pulls it down, SSE EEEEEEEeeEEEEe FOOTBALL TEAM PAY You GENERALLY Despite the mud and the steady rain yesterday afternoon a long practice. sued to all of the men who have re- ported and it is expected that the squad will be increased to more than 40 by the end of the week. The men are working on funda- mentals at present the idea of the coach being to not rush them along to fast. With the probability of no game~being scheduled before Sep- tember 27 there will be plenty of time fo teach plays and formations later. KIGKOFF HOLDS GRIDIRON SoU Coaches Are Busy Dis- cussing Problem of Game. By LAWRENCE PERRY. (Copyright, 1924, Casper Tribune) EW YORK, Sept. 11.—Coaches who already have begun preliminary work with their football squads are giving a great deal of attention to the kickoff problem. Realization that at the kickoff,a ball may not be held came with a disagreeable shock to certain emi- nent coaches who had forgotten that the rule governing this play stipu- lates that all players must be be- hind the ball. They have been digging a groove in the gridiron. The ball is placed over it and thus the kicker is able to get his toe under when sending it away. Tom Thorp, New York University coach, says that the ex pedient is working very well and he has no doubt it will be generally employed. If no player in an important game catches his foot in this gridiron canyon and thus brings to an abrupt close a brilliant dash for touchdown, it is not Mkely the football rules committeemen will take action against the groove scheme next win ter. , The intent of the rule doing away with artificial tees was not to pre- vent distance at the kickoff but to put a stop to delays incidental to moulding tees. Plenty of distance ttained when the ball is kicked groove, although the of the tee kickoff has i ained. The ball seeks a wer, trajectory. Cornell's f rounded amous Tack Monk ila we s 7 und field, firmly warked in tr Charles Ouvurtney was . crew coach at Cornell then; G'enn War. ner was football coach; Hughey Jennings was coach of tho baseball team and George Connors was track | coach A year‘ after Coach Morgan and his assistant George Christopher had 85 candidates for the high school fodtball team out for Suits have been is- SLIDE To THE GENCH Princeton was beaten in a dual meet and Cornell won a special intercol- legiate meet at the Buffalo exposl- tlon in which Chicago, Georgetown and Pennsylvanian were entered. From 1902 to 1912 Cornell's cross country team& won ten sequential championships. He piloted Cornell to her first intercollegiate meet vio- tory in 1905. Since then honors of so many sorts have come to teams and individual athletes coached by Moakley that apace cannot be taken to specify them. Just now track and cross country at Ithaca do not seem to be at their brightest, but this is merely a temp- orary ebb such as occurs from time to time at every university and col- lege. —_——___— London can boast of twenty wom- en undertakers, while sixty women are qualified autioneers. NO ATTENTION TO RAIN. | “That Good Cigar IN EARLY PRACTICE ts made by Consolidated Cigar Corps New York Distributed by PAXTON AND GALLAGHER CO. Casper, Wyoming. SALT CREEK BUSSES 3 Busses a Day Each Way LEAVE CASPER Townsend Hotel Ba.m, 10 a. m., 2:30 p. m. LEAVE SALT CREEK 8 a. m, 2 p. m., 5:30 p. m, BAGGAGE AND EXPRESS Bus Leaves 9:30 Dally Salt Creek Transportation Company Moakley. took hold TELEPHONE 144

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