Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1921, Page 24

~SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR; WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 192 — 852 SPORTS. —_—— e, e ———————————== Wob Martin Gets Real Ring Test Tomorrow : Johnny Wilson Seeking Some One to Fight 'A. E. F. BOXING CHAMPION TACKLES BILL BRENNAN War Veterans Pulling for Army Product to Ne- gotiate Hurdle in Effort Ultimately to Win Heavyweight Title. BY DENMAN S THOMPSON. ECOND in interest only to a championship bout will be the fiiteen- round affair to be held tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden between Bill Brennan and Bob Martin, the A. E. F. boxing champion, who aspires to the world heavy weight crown now adorning the dome of Wiiliam Harrison Dempsey of Los Angeles, Toledo and Salt Lake City. Brennan's feat of lasting to the twelf! recent affray established his claim to th round with the champion in their | class as a battler, and it is conceded that if the king of the Army boxers can defeat the Chicagoan or even hold him to a draw he will have to be accepted as a logical contender for the title. ; Martin, who is a native of Albright, | W. Va. twenty-four years old. and is of Indian, Irish and Scotch blood, | is a product of American Army train- | ing, having seen more than two yvears' | service under the where he | gained his first knowledge of boxing. After drilling his way through the A. E. F. contingent he was proclaimed by Gen. Pershing “the fighting cham- pion of forty million men” when he apt. Gordon Cousill of Australia in less than one minute to win . interallied army championship at the stadium in Paris two vears ago this spring. and has since been pro- colors, gressing rapidly as a professional. Defeated Only Twlee. | In u total of eighty-eight fights, | both v and professional, | Tepro rounds, Martin has registered seventy-cight knockouts, { won four by deci boxed three no- verdict affairs, ol d one draw and been defeated twice. His only defeat since leaving the Army was admin- tered by Capt. Bob Roper, who was given a decision over him in their twelve-round bout at Boston recently. His long list of knockouts indicates Martin packs a punch, even if most of his victims did lack class. The decision Roper obtained failed to dim the luster of the reputation Martin is attaining, for the captain is recognizcd as a pretty formidable scrapper himself, ; having one tem-round draw with Bren- man to his credit. Martin has studied ) the tactics of his opponent in every bout and copied the best tricks of each. He possesses one very valuable attribute— supreme confidence in himself. Of Bren- nan-he admits no fear whatever. He saw Brennan box a big fellow named Hugh Walker a short time ago and as the bout preogressed was heard to say, “I can beat him.” He is conceded to have a fairish chance to do this and if he fails it probably will be due solely to the greater experience of the Chica- goan. Gene Tumney Is Through. There are some two millions or more of Americans who engaged in the big | fight who are pulling for Martin to nego- tiate the Brennan hurdle, in the hope that a real ex-soldier uitimately may climb to the top of the pugilistic heap. If Martin is shown to lack the necessary ! ability the hopes of the Wwar veterans will center in Roper,”far the career of Gene Tunney, the otheér'of the promis- ing trio of heavyweights produced by the Army is said to' have béen brought to a close by weak hands, his knuckles hav- ing ca on him. They're at It Again! ‘With the unexpected arrival of Mil- ler Huggins in New York, scribes of “Put yourse’f in Hahn's Shoes” Au Sizeu and Widths For Men who are asking for New Spring Brogue Oxfords Two Styles in Tan Norwegian Calf One Style in Brown Cordovan A Good Y5 Less Than Last Year’s Price 7Hh & jing to play the metropolis have resumed their gratuitous efforts to arrange trades for him. Pat Gharrity, Griff's first- string catcher, again is mentioned as a possible acquisition for the Yankees. The name of Bill Jacobson of the Browns also has been restored to the list and a new one added, Jimmy Dykes of the Athletics. Frank Baker is the bait Huggins is supposed to be fishing with, and he is quoted as sa ing he regards Dykes as a bet jinvestment than the second baseman's BUS PLAN IS DEFEATED American Association Votes Against Revival of 0ld Custom | of Taking Players to Parks. CHICAGO, February 17.—Revival of the 0ld custom of using a bus to carry Ithe players to and from the bail parks, which was said to have been favored by some of the magnates. was voted down by the American As- sociation at its closing session. John Savage, secrctary of the Kansas City club, proposed the restoration of the old carry-all. Suggestion of the ball players’ bus de recently by Johnny Evers. anager of the Chicago Nation- als, who said he favored it because it kept the players together more {and enabled them to keep in touck ball matters better. ociation adopted a tion calling for a benefit ball game {as a testimonial for Umpire Louis Knapp, who died last fall. The pro- ceeds from the game will be given to his widow. i g Akron Club to Stick. BINGHAMPTO! Y..February 17. | —Manager Latin of the Akron In- it ternationals, here to offer a contract ¢ Catcher “Bill” Fisher. formerly of the Pittsburgh Nationals, declared that an effort was made to freeze his club out of the circuit. Latimore as- serted, however, that the Akron club- yowners are determined to stick. new 1 temperamental teammate, Joe Dugan | whom Connie Mack has refused to| Lea rtai consider trading. President Griffith Central gue Uncertain. today said he had heard nothing | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., February 17. further from the Yankees in regard | —Membaors of the Central League are to a swap and that he did not ex-{to meet at Jackson Sunday to decide pect to. whether an eight-club circuit shall be Schang Emulating Ruth. organized for the coming season. Fort Looks as if Wallie Schang, the| Wayne. Jackson and Lansing have catcher obtained by the Yanks from Boston in the deal that sent Thor- mahlen, Ruel, Pratt and Vick to the Red Sox, has decided to emulate the example set by Babe Ruth in refus- unless given a salary boost, despite the fact he already is under contract, New York having as- sumed the two-year agreement he entered into at Boston. Ruth made the Yankees tear up a document that had a year to run and agree to a big, raise, and Schang evidently believes| thing, being the only experienced | been assured of membership if an- i other club can be placed. The original members are Grand Rapids, Kalama- | Zoo, Ludington and Muskegon. | Pitcher Shore Satisfied. | __WINSTON SALEM, N. C., February § 17—Pitcher Ernie Shore, recently | traded by the New York Americans to Vernon, Pacific Coast League, has ac- | cepted terms. he is in a position to do the !amb: Plays That Puzzle backstop on the New York roster. He probably will get away with it, too, but it's all wrong. Players cannot be blamed for getting as much for their services as possible, but a man under contract should be made to fulfill it. Judge Landis could benefit the game immensely by calling a halt on tac- | tics such as Schang seems to be pur- suing, by barring any club from en- tering into a new agreement with a player already under contract. At least one dissenter from the opinion that the coming race lies be- tween Cleveland and New York has been found. He is Al Schacht. Al can’t see the Yankees as contenders with their present outfield of Roth, Ruth and Bodie, and says he is will- ing_to wager real money that the Griffmen wiil finish higher in the race. Giants Line Up Spencer. NEW YORK, February 17.—Vernon Spencer, outfielder, who came to the New York Nationals last year in an exchange that sent Benny Kauff tem- porarily to Toronto, has signed a 1921 contract. Tke club probably will re- cajl Lance Richbourg, University of Florida star inflelder, who performed eIl in the minors since farmed in [ ====BY BILLY EVANS===—— Here is an interference play on foul ground caused by one of the players | who was waiting for his turn at bat. The batsman hit a foul fly that came down midway between the bench and tfe home plate. The first base- iman and catcher elected to make a play on the ball. The first baseman kept yelling he would take it and the catcher finally decided to allaw him to make the play. Standing near the Ihome plate was the next batter up, swinging two or three bats. While the !ball was in the alr, he threw in the direction of his bench two of the bats. One hit the first baseman as he was about to catch the ball, caus- ing him to make a bad muff. At the time of throwing the bats the bats- man had his back to the play and | insisted he had no intention of strik- {ing the fielder. What about the play? Batsman Was Out. The flelder ‘always has the .rjght whether on, fair: or foul territory, While there probably was no intenf on the part of the batsman to inter~ fere with the fielder, he so did when {his bat came into contact with the |first baseman about to make the catch. {The umpire was right in declaring ! the batsman out, even though the ball ! was muffed. Looks as though we'd put the “cart be- fore the horse” hy naming the price first. We’re not selling “‘price”—but offering— Over 2,000 Pairs Men's High Shoes —that are such remarkable val- ues—even in these days of get-’ ting back to normal—at $5.95 a pair—that our Men’s Buyer in- sisted on putting the price at the top of this ad. Over 2,000 pairs in the lot— and full of style, value and qual- ity. 191416 Pa.Ave, K 233PaAveSE _Brown Cordovan —Tan “Brogues” —Tan Kid —Tan Calf —Black Calf —Black Kid $6.95 SPATS for Spring, All Colors 95¢ i | FACES HARDEST FIGHT OF HIS. CAREER. resolu- | i ‘A 1, | Fighters Well Matched In Physical Attributes NDICTEDSOXGANPOINT i(}ram,ed Bill of Particulars, Weaver May Ask for Separate Trial. CHICAGO. February 17.—Indicted White Sox. who are to be tried March 16 in connection with the alleged throwing of the 1919 world series, yesterday were granted a bill of par- ticulars by Judge William E. Dever. The bill, which covers four of five points in the indictment against the players, will be filed in Judge Dever's court March 1. A motion which sought to have the state designate on which count of the indictments the state would proceed to trial was denied by Judge Dever. Attorneys for the players were given ninety days to file a bill of excep- tions. Three of the players, Joe Jackson, Claude Williams and George Weaver, were in court and heard Assistant State’s Attorney Gorman read ex- tracts from a confession Jackson and Williams were alleged to have made to the grand jury. Counsel for the defendants indicated that motions and procedure made in behalf of Weaver, Williams and Jack- son would apply to other players in- volved. The others are Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Felsch, Charles Risberg and Fred McMullin. It was said that counsel for Weaver would ask for a separate trial. .= Five Red Regulars Unsigned. CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 17.— Pat Duncan, leftflelder of the Cincin- nati Nationals, has signed his contract for the coming season. Regulars who have not signed contracts but who are expected to get into Jine when Manager Pat Moran arrives in Cincinnati next week, are Heine Groh, Eddle Roush, Jake Daubert, Larry Kopf and Ivy ‘Wingo. Lamar Signs Contract. BROOKLYN, N. Y., February 17.— Outfielder Bill Lamar, who worked as a pinch hitter for the Dodgers in 1920, has sent his signed contract to the Brooklyn management. Pennsylvania Ave. Well-nigh there’ll be no wrinkle. into the discard. e bearing. First Floor. i & $ Second Floor. Yntornarcoral ” BOB MARTIN. 1 ~ t { Al Reach Still Young ‘l At Eighty-One Years | ' PHILADELPHIA, February | 17 ~“Getting ready for the | pring training tript” “Ne, mot exactly,” A Tomy- cheeked, eyed, portly - mentlemnn, walking ~ with - » brisk stride on Chestnut street yenterdny., “I have strolled fn . from 36th and Chestnut streets, and am going as far ax Inde- pendence Hall; then I will walk back to sharpen my appetite for dinner.” It was mone other than A. J. | Reach, who pinyed with the old Athleties in 1871, holding down second base, with Dick McBride in the pitcher’s box. His team wax the world champlons that year. Reach will be eighty-ome years of nge In May. He till in a rabid base ball fan. Shotten to Captain Cards. 8T. LOUIS, Mo., February 17—Bert Shotton, outfielder, has signed a 1921 contract with the St. Louis Nationals. He will act as field captain. Suks & Company Seventh Street Wear-proof Cravats YOUR stickpin leaves no puncture. Knot them up as tight as you please and Even the sharp edge of the fold collar makes no dent—and you know how quickly that sends most scarfs In Fancy designs and Heather mixtures —made with the Saks-service band—that glides under the collar as if it was ball- Six for $5.00 * Blanket Robes We've had a tremendously big selling lot of Blanket Robes—conspicuous for their generous cut; and careful finish—and tempting in their patterns. Now they’re down to small and medium sizes only—so the price goes down to 1 HOPPE HOLDS CUE SKILL {Convinces Local Billiard Fans Hore- mans Would Have to Step Some to Gain Title. aspirant to the world billiard cham- next week he will have to do some re- markable shooting to convince local jfollowers of the sport that he is a match for Willie Hoppe. i Hoppe demonstrated of the skill that has top of the billiard world for the past fifteen years. Brilliant masses, :fm- were just as easy as ever for the cue wizard, who overwhelmed his team- mate, Charles Peterson of St. Louis, 1300 to 24 in the afternoom and 300 to 76 in the evening. In each of the matches Hoppe aver- aged 60 points to the inning. His first game. licked 146 points long rail shot. He ran 114 ished string of 132. Afternoon Hoppe Peterson Evening: | Hoppe Peterso) . Scores: Tt 70— 13 132 2 o 87 At each of the exhibitions Peterson lectured on the game and imparted some valuable hints to amateur bil- liardists. He fqllowed the Wwith some fancy shots that thrilled. Hoppe and his partner end the en- 22 19 114 3 53 12 toyal at 3 o’clock this 8:15 tonight. BLICK LEADS BOWLERS IN THREE-BALL EVENT Bowlers crowded the from noon until midnight vm;'d:m | rollers was held. en i money prizes must be divi Blick and Max, each of d:ldhnbx:twl:;' | Scores of 29 to their credit. Blick made | the big count twice. The tourney netted an amount sufficient to assure a good time for the Virginians when they visit {for thelr return match with the Royal ve. Besides the cash awards, many “hour” prizes were won by the bowlers. These may be obtained by the fortunate pin spillers at the Royal alleys after o'ciock tonight. 2 ere o s Chevy Chase Bowlers Busy. Chevy Chase Club bowlers, who will entertain the first and second Royal lquints tonight, have scheduled two ,mure matches. Next Thursday the clubmen will be opposed by the five | representing the Supply Company, 1st Maryland Infantry, and a week later the Bannockburn Golf Club rollers will visit Chevy Chase. Anglers to See Movies: Motion pictures of hunting and fish- ing exploits will be presented under | the auspices of the Potomac Anglers’ Associationy tonight in the Masonic ‘Templa Auditorium. The entertain- imenl will begin at 8§ o'clock. Established 1893 OUR SALE At the Stxm of the what you want, instead of they are. 2 MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP NOW BEGGING A BOUT Opponent Also Being Sought for Lew Tendler. Rocky Kansas May Extend Richie Mitchell. Sox Must Convince Landis. BY FAIRPLAY. J OHNNY WILSON, the middlewecight champion, now is in New York looking for a fight with some one. He is full of fight, and it begins to look as though Lis absence from the ring for months after he won a decision over Mike O'Dowd really was due to illness and the ei- fects thereoi. Wilson has beautifully developed chest and shoulders, and; in general, looks like a fighter. wit He uses the Tendler method of boxing, right foot forward, and does most of his jabbing with the right But he faces an ogponcn( more squarely than does the port-sided Phila- delphia lightweigi swiftly and accurately. t and brings his left into play for the big wallop Tex Rickard is trying to hook up spondent, feels it is up to him to sho¥ ‘Wilson for some big bout at the Gar- den, but just now it looks as though O'Dowd would not be the man to en- ter the ring with the champion. Tendler Is Walting. Lew Tendler has signed some opponent in Milwaukee on Feb- ruary 28. This acceptance is held in the western promoter's safe while he looks around for some good man to tackle the southpaw. A lot of untried lightwelghts are willing to take a chance at fame through exchanging wallops with Lew, but the Milwaukee showmen want a real opponent for their star. To date no topnotcher has been found who is willing to fight on this date. Richie Tackles Tough One. Richie Mitchell, according to a letter received today, in Buffalo, working hard for his fight with Rocky Kansas in that city tomorrow night. The fighters will go twelve rounds to a referee’s decision, and, while Mitchell should win, the veteran Kansas has the reputation of being an ugly cus- tomer. Pinky Mitchell in Milwaukee last win- ter. Mitchell, according to my corre- to meet | In fact, he made trouble for| the fans that Benny Leonard did not take all the fight out of him when the | two met in New York last month. As to the Black Sox. It is not likely that confessions made by three of the eight White Sox players before the grand jury will be admitted as evidence in the trial of the alleged conspirators before Judge Dever in Chicago. It would. say law- vers, be very difficult, probably im- possiblefi to bring these in if the men who confessed did not take the wit- ness stand. But assuming no jury can be found to convict the men o the evidence presented, this does n mean, as some think, that they will be automatically restorted to base ball They have yet to face Judge Landis. who, as supreme head of base ball. could back the players into a corner end make them satisfy him that they were innocent of the charges against them. The impression among those who use their heads is that the su- preme court of base bail will give these men a more dificuit path to travel than will the civil court. (Copyright, 1921.) When Edouard Horemans, Belgian |lege, Danville, Ky., where a man who pionship, gives his exhibition here | positions up to the hiit is regarded as In his two | beaten the Harvard eleven. appearances at the Royal yesterday {the coach, in deciding to get a line he has lost nonme | specialist, demonstrates that he can kept him at the | see through a ladder. = cult draw shots and cushion plays|’ best run was made at the start of the | Minnesota in a close, Then the billiard marvel | game and later nosed out Northwest- before missi: ern by one point. lnn‘hlll victories Chicago stands fourth in the third inning of the evening game, and | race, with & record of five games won completed the match with an unfin- | and matches ! roy, a local product, have been match- gasement here with games at the|to be given by the Supply Company, afternoon and |15t Maryland the three-ball tournament to raise interesting_will be fought by for the entertainment of the Ro::;lg: Young Dempsey. Georgetown middle- 4 ‘When the scores were | weight, and_ Sailor Kendricks of the checked it was found that the first three ' Bolling Field Aviation School. Demp- | tender INVENTORY Full Dress Suits to Order, $50 lMERTZ & MERTZ .CO,‘,‘l-e»m FSt Cornell Is Not Keen to Be B Host to Collegiate Regatta BY LAWRENCE PERRY. t ORNELL isn’t as keen on holding the annual intercollegiate re- gatta this year as she would be were not Yale and Princeton due at Ithaca the latter part of next May to furnish competition as t of Cornell's great spring day festival. This race rotates yearly, the {)::“ocrews rowing in turn at Princeton, Ithaca and Derby, Conn. It is one of the most important of the season’s rowing events, and inter- est in the event is such and expense is 80 great that Cornell could not possi- ‘bly swing another great event in the same season. Line Coach for Centre. | Any good line coach in search of a job :i n‘«’lvlud to write to Centre Col- can teach the forwards to play their a prime necessity. With an enlight- ened system of line play last season Centre would, in all probability. have Mflrfln,i 22 . Drive em Coach Stagg. It {s rather ironical, after an ava- lanche of bitter criticism had been poured upon the head of Alonzo Stagg because of the poor showing of the Chicago basket ball team in the con- ference race that the Midway team should in the past week have downed hard-fought As a result of these three lost. Illinois and Indiana tied for the lead, with five wins Purdue is third| are and one loss each. AHEARN TO BOX CONROY AT SILVER SPRING SHOW ! Young Goldie Ahearn, A. E. F. tefllh.' erweight champion, and Johnny Con- ed for the main bout of the fight show Infantry, at Silver Spring, Md., next Tuesday. These boys are scheduled to box ten rounds to a decision. Since returning from over- seas Ahearn has done much boxing in New England and has scored over the fighters of that section. he!A‘ sig-round preliminary that should ! sey has made quite & record in scraps | at Ardmore, but Kendricks has done well in service engagements and is considered a good match for the Georgetown boy. WILL FIGHT CARPENTIER. {Smith te Get $35,000 for Bout a Monte Carlo March 31. PHILADELPHIA, February 17.—Al Lippe, Philadelphia boxing promoter, has announced that he has accepted an offer of $35,000 for Jeff Smith, con- for ~the middieweight cham- pionship, to box Georges Carpentier twenty rounds to a decision in Monte Carlo March 31. Smith and Carpenter boxed twenty rounds in Paris just be- fore the war. : Connolly, @. U. Runner, Ill. Jimmy Connolly, Georgetown’s speedy middle-distance runner, will not rep- resent the Hilltoppers in the Guar- anty Club’s indoor_games in New York Saturday night. 'He is in the uni- versity hospital, suffering from an at- tack of tonsilitis. Coach John O'Reilly hopes to have him ready for the Hop- kins-5th Regiment meet in Baltimore, February 26. Close Daily ¢ P.M. 334% Discount SUITS or OVERCOATS To Measure —at a discount of 33%% is a most remarkable offering when you consider the fine quali:ly When you have a garment tailor-made of the fabric. you get exactly having to accept them as with four and two. In other words, Chicago's position, while not so al- luring as had been hoped. would the case, is not altogether hopeless. It will be recalled that Pat Page, the coachof the 1920 championship five, was transferred to Butte College last spring. Stagg, who never had coached basket ball, decided to take hold of this year's team. All but one of last year's outfit were available. Perhaps the dazzling character of this heavy nucleus for a 1921 team swayed Stagg in his decision to take up the reins. Results indicated that material, matter how good, is useless without a coach. The Midway athletes lost three of the first six games of the schedule. All these defeats were attributed to faulty, inefficient coaching. Since those beatings, however, Chciago has won five straight games. Added to the weight of this showing, now comes a public Statement fro Stagg to the effect that the depart- ment of physical culture and ath- letics and not the students is con- ducting sport at Chicago, that the purposes of the department are higher than the mere winning of games, that games lost thus far were lost not be- cause of poor coaching but through illness of star players, and finally that critics will be thanked if they pay attention to their studies and jeave the success of the basket ball five to those responsible therefor. (Copyright, 1921.) 168 .6° 62" 33 53 gnp | e FRANCE TO HAVE TEAM » IN DAVIS CUP MATCHES NEW YORK, February 17.—The fifth challenge for the Davis cup has been sent by the French Lawn Ten-} nic_Association, in a letter received yesterday by the United States Lawn Tennis Assoclation. Writing to Pre ident Julian S. Myrick, Pierre Gillou, the secretary general, states that the French association anticipates this years ocontest with the keenest in- terast. Australia. the British Isles, France, India and Spain are the nations which already have challenged. Enough others are interested (o make a posy sibility of nine or ten challenges by the time they must be received in the United States, March 15. The draw for.the preliminary ties will be made® immediately thereafter. WOMAN TENNIS PLAYERS HOLD MEETING TONIGHT Reports covering last year's activi- ties and prospects for the 1921 cam- paign will be read and officers for the ensuing season elected by the ‘Women's Tennis League of the Di- trict of Columbia tonight. meeting will be held in the Y. W. C. A, building in F street, opening at 7:30 o'clock. Miss Theodosia D. Sei- bold now is president of the league. —— Tennis Matches Listed. With five matches scheduled and others pending, Central High School's tennis team faces a strenuous season. Matches listed follow: April 20, Tome, at Port Deposit; 30, Baltimore Poly, at Baitimore; May 13, Baltimore Poly; 17, Maryland University; 20. Baltimore City College, at Baltimore. ALOYSIUS FORMS MAT AND BOWLING TEAMS Aloysius Club has organized bowling and wrestling teams and is arranging | contests for therp. Games with Cos- tello Post, American Legion: Patent Office and Mohawk Athletic cluos have been obtained for the duckpin- ners. The grapplers expect to take part in several matches before com- peting in the South Atlantic A. A. U. championships in Baltimore, March 26. For engagements with either teash write the management at 47 I street. - G. U. Reserves Win Game. Georgetown University" reserve basket ball team easily disposed of a Camp Humphreys five in a 33-to-10 game in Ryan gymnasium. O'Byrne did the best playing for the winners. Zbyszko Wins pn Mat. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 17.— Wladek Zbyszko won two falls in forty minutes from Frank Hackman, Milwaukee wrestler, with toe holds last night.