Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1921, Page 27

SPORTS - M Rickard’s Trip to Europe Will Decide Whether There Is to Be Heavyweight Title Fight TFRENCHMAN IS UNLIKELY TO AGREE TO PURSE CUT city for California shortly before Christmas the story was that he was M the Carpentier fight. His idea was o take on two or three second-raters between the first of the year and the time when he settled down to real in- tensive work in preparation for the battle against the Frenchman. So far as is known, his training has consisted of posing before the moving picture camera and then going off on & vaudeville tour, which is a mighty poor training scheme. This doesn’t mean that Dempsey had any idea of lying down on the Carpentier fight, ‘but it does seem to mean that he has mever had any big idea that Georges ‘would get into the ring with him. Carpentier's Side of It. As_for Carpentler, in a way hs is the biggest man in France, and if he to _enter politics—as it is maid he is thinking of doing—it would mean his retirement from the ring. He has a soclal position in his native land which no prize fighter ever had im the history of the ring, and were to ndon his profession he would at once improve that position. In fact, the future of this national war_hero outside the ring looks (nl + De bdrighter than inside of it. His e BY FAIRPLAY. EW YORK, March 15—Tex Rickard’s forthcoming trip to France N is designed to’settle once and for all the question whether or not there will be a fight next summer between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier. The fact that Rickard feels obliged to make the trip is proof of the statement made two wecks ago, and since repeated, that the proposed big fight is in a very shaky condition. \ Jack Dempsey has not bdeen doing|ambition for the coin of the realm anything much in the way of prepara- | tion for the fight. When he left tlll.li would probably cause him_to go through with the projected Dempsey fight were he certain to receive $200.000 win or lose. But, since s | Brady and Cochran have withdrawn first going to his home for the holi- | Qdays and then go on to California 1o ! gwing the fMight himself, there is lit- do light training in preparation for|tle, if any, chance that Tex would be as promoters. leaving Rickard to wiiling to offer him that amount of money. Those close to Rickard say he has no intention of doing this, He would THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1921 SPORTS.’ i G Wilson Will Get $40,000 for Battle With O’'Dowd NEW YORK, Johnny Wiisen, Boxing champion, w $40,000 for hin fifteen-round cisfon bout here Thurnda; ten rounds here with “Knockout Sweeney,” for which he re- .25, owd’s share of Thurkday's bout will be $20,000. BIG FIGKT IN AMERICA Rickard Makes Positive Statement. Carpentier Is Due to Reach U. S. May 1. NEW YORK, March 15.—The world if he couid hold the fight in New | championship match between Georges York city, but this is out of the question. He might get away with | arpentier and Jack Dempsey will the big battle, but it would probably |not be held in Europe, but on the 80 excite public and legislative opinion | American continent, Tex Rickard, as_to make it the last prize fight held in New York in some years. And Rickard doesn't want this. Tn thg fights he has held since he had the Madison Square Garden he promoter, announced today. Rickard was expected o give his answer some time this week to pro- {moters interested in holding the bout has taken in about a million and afin Canada. He &ald he was not ready half dollars gross. Next season he will do even better—and a heavy- weight championship battle would to make public his answer today. He added he had received word that Carpentier would arrive in the United not pay for losing a business 0 |States May 1 to start training for the lucrat Wil Talk With Georxes. S0, on his trip abroad Rickard will talk turkey with Francois Descamps. the manager, and with Carpentier, the fighter. He will offer the Frenchman a whacking big sum, but that it will be anything like the original 200,000 iron men Is extreme- 1y doubtful. (Copyright, 1021.) TECH WILL MAKE REAL BID FOR DIAMOND TITLE regain its prestige in scholastic base ball. Champions in 1919, tail- enders last year, the Manual Trainers are out in force this season TECH High School intends making a determined effort this year to and working enthusiastically. Nearly one hundred candidates answered the first call early this month, and they were sent through enough work . to enable Coach Apple to cull the squad. reducing his material to fifty players of greater-than-aver: ability. The lot now practicing daily on the field at Camp Meigs promises the Maroon and Gray a warthy repre- sentation in the annual fight for the high school championship. Apple will have much to do, how- ever, to develop his team. First of all, he must build a new pitching staff. Capt. Deck, last year's first sacker, can do a bit of hurling, and this husky lefthander will be shifted to the mound. Tiffey, Smith and Wes- ley, right-hand flingers, are out for | their first season, and Cummings, & , first semester boy, who throws from | the port side, 18 trying for the team. { 1f the Manual Trainers are fortunate | enough to get a couple of good per- i formers_from this lot. they will go far in the race this year. . Johnson Omly Veteran Cateher. Johnson is the only catcher left from the 1930 squad. He is rapidly X rounding into form, and probably will be first-string backstop this year. Drissel, April and Graves are among the newcomers striving for backstop positions. Hook, another aspirant for the place, also can play the infield, and may be withdrawn from the re- ceiving department. Tech has four veteran inflelders, two of them second basemen. The latter are Shanks and Jamieson, who alternated . U. SHOTS SET RECORD * TFour Riflemen Make Perfect Scores of 100 and Seven Others Register 99. @eorgetown University’s rifle team ‘broke an intercollegiate record yes- terday when it deQrated the Uni- rersity of Vermont, 49 to 485. With 500 points as the possidble, Maj. Wil- liam H. Hobson, 8. A.. In charge of the R. O. T. C. un! t Georgetown, points out that the score is a re- markable example of marksmanship. Four Georgetown men tied for first place, with individual perfect scores of 100. Beven others tied for second place with scores of 99 each. This is . a record for imtercollegiate shooting this season. 5 making perfect scores were R E. Mor " L_Nowak, G. C. Gafitoyle and R. W. C. Wimsatt. Scores of 99 were made by A. H. Kirehner, J. F. Little, E. D. Murphy, C. McDonough, R. C. McCann, J. F. Morgan and F. C. Moroney. | With D. C. Basketers L Ingram girls vanquished the Bur- m&- .-lxul‘h!‘ lxtl-lo-ll Dbasket e played in Ingram na- fl—fl night. Miss !‘nmlly‘;: well for the winners, while Miss Gul- . nz did some good work for Burrall The Burrall team will meet the Government Dormitory sextet to- :om' might in Epiphany gymna- nm. Bpiphany Comets and Riggs Ath- Jetie Club will be opponents tonight §n Epiphany gymnasium. The en- w«n will be preceded by a game 'ween the Epiphany Tigers and Emaenon Athletic Club, starting at 7:45 o'clock. Reamer Athletie Club will go to Car- roll Institute gymnasium tonight for a match with Quincy Athletic Clu m-ru-: tose-up will occur at7 p'cloc! Triaity Athletie Club overwhelmed {the B¢ Joho's five in a 33-to-12 game Yeaterday. The winners did some ex- cellent passing and shot well from Toul line. Semate Pages, who claim the Dis- . trict 110-pound title, defeated the «Church of the Covenant quint, 30 to 10. The Pages have won seventeen of their nineteen games. ‘Westover Athletic Club overcame the St. Paul Midgets, 18 to 13, after a warm contest. The Westovers did most of their scoring in the latter part of the game. Hurt by Base Ball; Boy Dies. CHICAGO, March 15.—Base ball @laimed its first fatality of the sea- son here yesterday, when Joseph . Mattloa, thirteen years old. was struck on the head by a ball in a game with playmates and died sev- ieral bours later. Pl 8 “ Penn Racketers to Visit C. U. University of Pennsylvania's tennis €eam will visit Brookland April 15 to Play the Catholic University racket- ®rs. The Brooklanders have arranged gnatehes with all of the local colieges, \pxcept Georgetown. Heads Duquesne Basketers. / Carl :llu:,u. star °'b:=l.( IH");:II . nivers! et ball E;:l beea aangupull of next . ' 170 Harness Horses in Meet. than 170 horses are entered in <light stake ":m uring the first [} 3 AT e &“tl around the middle sack during the last campaign. MacCartee, third baseman, and Riley, shortstop, are the other ex- perienced infileders. These boys are assured places with the first squad, with Shanks probably getting the call over Jamieson as a regular. Woodward and Quesada are after the first base job. Gass, McNulty, Kline and White are promising infleld candidates. G and Hawley, dependable out- fielders in the last campaign, again are with the squad and their work lngs - tice has been impressive. Jim gh, foot ball star, is taking up the diamond sport for the first time in his high echool career and has a chance to get an out- fleld berth. Rhees, another foot ball player, also Is an outfield candidate. 'This big fellow has been hitting well in practice and also has shown some ability as a pitcher and may be transferred to the mound squad. Tech will open its season April 5 with a game against St. Albans. The Manual Trainers already have scheduled eigh- teen contests and the management is arranging others. Plans for the annual high school series will be completed at a meetil of the faculty etie ad- visers to held next Tuesd: l With Sandlot Nines l Managers of ¢luba desiring to amli: ate with the Rosedale Base Ball League should attend the organisa- tion meeting to be held Friday night at 8 o'clock at 1305 H street north- east. The league's engagements will be played on the Rosedale play- grounds. Miss Grafon, supervisor of the fleld, will have charge of the meeting Friday. Dixie Athletic Club wants to meet some sixteen-year-old team Sunday on the fleld at 1st and E streets southe east. For an engagement, write Man- er Frederick E. Crittenden, 422 34 street southeast, or telephone Lincoln 3778 about 6:30 p.m. Eastern Athletic Club will practice ‘Thursday at § o'clock on the field at 17th and D streets southeast. Man- ager Otis Bastin, 1418 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, is scheduli games with teams in the seventeen- year-old division. Independent Athletie Club has reor- ganized for its fourth successive cam- paign and is looking for games with the Knickerbockers, Rex, Dread- naughts and other speedy nines. Bend challenges to Edward Reidy, 26 New York avenue. Bureau of Railway Econemics has 2 nine including former college and school stars, and games are Ifln‘ booked by Manager Lee Lauks, 42 Homer building. His telephone 1is Main 6488, Peerless Athletic Club will meet at 8 o'clock tonight at 1137 5th street Sortheast, to elect officers. The Peer- less nine will open ita season Satur- day with a game agalnst Gonsaga High School. Tiger Midgets are ready for ‘action and desire games with teams in the thirteen-year-old @ivision. Challenges will be received by Manager Bow- man, telephone North 22 Cirele Athletic Club’s sixteen-year- old team is casting about for practice en| ements. Teams interested should telephone North 8862, after 5:30 p.m. Moatgomery County League, with teams representing Rockville, Gaith- ersburg, Kensington, Silver Spring, Bethesda and Boyds, will open its sea- #on May 30. League officers are: Rob- ert L. Tolson, president; George P. Backs, vice president, and J. E. War- then, secretary-treasurer. National Athletic Cl will meet this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Rosedale playgrounds. Candidates for the eighteen-year-old base ball team are to report. Twining School aine won its second nntgm yesterday, when it handed an §-to-6 drubbing to the Gales School tosmers. Park View Athletie Club, with an 8-t0-6 viotory over Royal Athletic Club to its credit, wants more action. Challenges from seventeen-year-old teams will be received by W. B. Har- vey, 3554 Warder atreet. Dodge Athletie Club pointed the way to the Pirate Athletic Club nine ia & 10-to-8 engagement. LEWIS LEADS WAMSLEY IN 250-POINT CUE GAME ‘Willie Lewis, former pocket billiard champion of Philadeiphia. will bave an advantage of forty-one points and will be in stroke on the eighth ball when he resumes play at Grand Cen- tral Palace tonight in his 250-point ocket billiard match with Charles sley, one-time Maryland titl billlardist. The Philadel Dh'!lln dl; some excellent cuing last night in the first block of the match, getting ru“n'u o!lzl. 17, 13 and 13. ‘amsley’s best strings w 11 and 11. The eryl‘lnd.:revl‘:.;& nalized 18 points by Referes George Cox for un;lll.t;ln‘ three comsecutive scratches. tonight will begin at 8 o'clock. bout. Heitzenroeder Beats Meehan. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 15.—Herman Heitzenroeder, St. Louis heavyweight. shaded Willie Meehan, San Francisco, in an eight-round bout last night. Donza Outfights Zulu Kid. NEW ORLEANS, March 15.—Ashton Donza of New Orleans won a fifteen- round decision over Zulu Kid of Brooklyn in a fast contest last night. They are featherweights. Lewis Outpoints Perry. DETROIT, March 15 —Kid Lewis of New York outpointed Jack Perry of Pittsburgh in a ten-round bout last night. Lewis took eight rounds and two were even. Tate Knocks Out Rivers. DES MOINES, lowa, March 15.— Clonie Tate of Minneapolis knocked out Ray Rivers of Los Angeles last night in the third round. R e Foot Ball Star Divorced. divorce from Thomas H. Graydon, former Harvard foot ball star, on the grounds of extreme cruelty. IBYSZKD WINS ON MAT Forty-Year-0ld Polish Wrestler Throws Stecher in 2:16:10. Shows Marvelous Strength. NEW YORK, March 15.—Stanislaus Zbyszko of Poland threw Joe Stecher, former wrold catch-as-catch-can wrestling champion, here last night in two hours, sixteen minutes and ten meconds with a crotch hold and wrist lock. Zbyszko weighed 225 pounds and Stecher 208. The forty-year-old veteran exhibited a perfect defense against Stecher's dangerous body scissors. He appeared to be in danger of defeat by such a hold which had lasted four minutes. when he squirmed about and seeded in raising himself upright, the same time obtaining a croteh grip. Zbyezko followed this sudden move at by throwing Stecher to the fioor and pinning him with a wrist lock only Ren seconds after freeing himself from the westerner's grip. Zbysako broke from two other body scissors by sheer strength with hig arm and elbow and also by resorting to the toe hold. Stecher kept trying il with his favorite hold but perfected it only three times, one lasting two i} and another minutes and ten second one minute and 15 sec Stecher was the agur first hour and a half, Zbyszk behind his opponent only tw veteran's marvelous ever succeeded in wearing Stecher. John Pesek of Ravena. Neb. threw Tom Draak of Holland in twenty min utes and fifty-five seconds wrist lock hold. Jim Londos. won from Louis Romani of ten minutes and thirty secon a jlu-jitsu leg and arm hold Caddock Blind in One Eye WALNUT, Towa, March 15.—Harl Caddock, former heav weight wr tling champion, is suffering with tem- porary blindness in his right eve. He said Strangler Lewis’ headlock was not the cause of the injury. Lewis to Wrestle Pesek. Ed “Strangler” Lew world heavy- weight catch- catch-can W champion, will meet John I 0 Ravanna, Neb., in a finish bout in New York April 4. Plane Makes Hit With Lewis. WICHITA, Kan. March 15.—After taking a ride in airplane, Ed sor for the zetting down italy in ds. with { “Strangler” Lewis, world champlon heavyweight wrestler, today placed an order for a machine and stipulated that it be delivered to him as soon as posaible. WILL “TALK” FOOT BALL TO PRINCETON PLAYERS EW YORK, March 15.—Bill Roper, Princeton coach, proposes to N add to the spring foot ball practice a series of talks, given at regular intervals. He hit a good point when he urged especially the linemen attend these lectures. There is a tendency among linemen the country over to have an attack of “sleeping sickness” when rules and tactics are being discussed, and it was largely upon alertness that the Princeton line came into its own last year against the more powerful Harvard aggregation. At Yale the talks are likely to be more in_the nature of conferences in New York among former players and coaches. Grass va. Clay Courts. ‘Willlam Tilden, tennis champion, started something when he argued that in a matter of ten years the grams court would be on its last legs. Of course, he is right about the high cost of turf courts, but any one Wwho followed the championship con= tests at Wimbledon, England, and has had opportunity to see how well they can be kept, weeks of steady play, comfort to eye and foot, playing on the grass in preference to the clay will attract players and spec- & great many feel that there is the same distinction between the turf and asphalt in tennls as between the and sand greens in goif. Any one who can have turf greens or courts will have the The progress of turfing in southern courses is an evidence of this. Many a golfer in- quires before he goes to a place whether the greens are turf or sand. Yale Rowing Is Reviving. Yale has some three hundred men out for crews and interest in thelr work, which recelved quite a setback because of the Blue's disastrous row- ing last year, has revived surprising- ly. It is rather strange to think of an American college now so complete- lx' given up to English rowing as is ale. There are two coaches—Nick- alls and Cordberry—both Britishers, and the report goés that their shells this year will be English-built l‘ld'l:'hdga.ll{uli however, if t olepin will ever & hold In this country. it Goldenberg Bowlers in Match. Goldenberg’'s bowling team is sched- uled to meet the Woodward & Lothrop quint tonight at 8 o'clock on the Arcade alleys. The Goldenberg rollers lost their last match, bowled against the Parker-Bridget five. TOPPLING THE PINS R. R. Y. M. O, A. EVENING LEAGUB. .. 99 80 84 . 106 80 83 Bl 64 87 90 83 71 53 98 98 458 409 423 GUE. 5 08 95 76 78 78 0 76 88 8 ‘85 77 94 83 9 420 423 415 ARGENTINA RACKETERS TO PLAY FOR TROPHY NEW York, March 15.—A Davis cup challenge from Argentina, the first from a South American country in the histosy of the international competi- tion, has been received by the United States Tennis Association. Twelve na- BRENNAN STOPS SMITH IN THE THIRD ROUND HAVANA, March 15. 3 heavyweight, ranged. Tippy O'Donnell of South | Washington and Kid Casey of George- town are clever bantams who flcht all the way. Joe Blackburn and Turk | Smith are matched at 135 pounds. Both are capable boxers. P BOUTS AT SILVER SPRING: Bill Brennan. | Bodije and Grass Meet in Main Go | Thursday Night—D. C. Boxers on Card. Thirty-four rounds of boxing. with the main go of ten rounds to a deci- sion between Ping Bodie of Philadel-| phia and Willie Grass of York, Smith, the American Army champion, in the third of a scheduled fifteen- weighed 193 pounds and Smith 191, The ficht was fast and furious from beginning to end, but, while Smith forced fighting, he 'never had Brennan landing straisht lefts face almost at will, and in the pounding his opponent hard in the stom- Smitk went through the ropes onto £ » of the first Armory ton'ght. Should the e t Maryland Infantry. in Silver Spring, Md. bouts will be stomach and | preceded by a five-men battle royal, arting at 8 o'clock ! Young Thoma: As 8 in the third |local 1 round from a right to the jaw, his sec onds gave the si Toney Caponi. weight, was awarded the decis a foul over Spider Roach of California | ed to mect over the in the fourth of a bout scheduled to §0 ten rounds. vas assisted to his corner as the bell | st and Sailor Boswell. ound engagements, will battle for a substantial winner to take ail on on | Harry Gaylor, lightw, BEddie Blond and Rock _Island hts. are slat-| Towa Wins at Basket Ball, TOWA « suc- | Two other scraps { more than interesting have been ar- Badoud, European Welterweight Williams Ready for Bout. Titleholder, Never Got Over BALTIMORE, Mnn-hIL Kid Wilsf Beating by American. 1lams, former world ntam cham- P, S - = pion. Is in excellent condition for hikllq EESE S SHAEON P',;,‘.‘,_‘Lh!f"::":"mfd' 12-round go with Marty Collins 0f| pe title of welterweight champion of York at the dth Regimentiyrope since his vietory over Johnny xham in 1913, has announced his re- holder win, he will endeavor Shtaih 2 wAtch With: Pels Hermuh, 600 o e it eV ine futso wort whom he lost the championship Iboth in America arsl Europe, never . — quite recovered from the terrific Will Manage W. Va. Teams. lacing Johnny Grifiths gave him last b Davis of Weston, W, | year in Paris when the Akron. Ohio, o iger | boxer, during twenty munds, hit the i e K T | European champion with cvery variety B e Futley ot | of blow known in the science of box- elected student | 1ng, from all angles and distances, wrestling squad. | Without being able to bring him down | for the count Badoud, with little or no speak of, relied exclusively on landing knockout blows, which he succeeded in doing many times when practically ence to TY. lowa, March 16.—lowa thwestern last night. 33 cd to 17. in 4 Big Ten basket ball game. |defeated. LANSBURGH & BDROTHER New- strenith, how- || with & the Greek champion. | ‘\ Read it again, men! We don’t wonder that you’re amazed! 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