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SPORTS.' Carpentier’s Sparri ng "GOLDBERG ' AND McVEY MSAY GEORGES CAN HIT 5 5 ANHASSET, N. Y., June 2—Sparring partners who have entered . the ring for workouts with Georges Carpentier declared today. I£hat Dempsey's chances of Winning over the French boxing cham- pion were extremely stim. Jack Goldberg, a welterweight from Panama, who received a bit 'of punishment in.the stable arena ‘Vesterday, declared he had never seen such a powerful right hand. he said. s 41t wilt - fool anybody.” “You never know when it is comins, @nd if you do there is no escape. And as for speed, Carpentier has twentieth century limited looking like a farm tractor.” Sure Frem: an Will Wis. Is Qninuluice of Daszling Speed and If It Lands It Means Sleep. * Sam McVey, & negro heavyweight, who has known Georges since he began his ring career, bore out the state- ment concerning the strong right arm. and emphatically predicted that Dempsey would experience uncon- 2 CARP'S RIGHT HAS KIK sciousness on July 2. BY FAIRPLAY. A right-hand that worked like a piston, a shiftiness that is dazzling in speed,and, a smile typical only of Garpentier—these things were ex- hibited yesterday by the challenger. Georges Carpentier's right fist that has provided us with food for thought since Wednesday afternoen, when he used it generously at the expense of T Jl}; Jeannette and Jack Goldberf. JACK BELIEVES HE'LL througn the i crass: “Have you : se : WIN IN FOUR ROUNDS !2555 % 'St daros cibier™ e, i "so, you haven't yet seen the quintessen: of dazsling speed. Carp's right looks to be that. It comes from anv angle, from close by or a distance, and when it lands right it spells sleep. 3 Carp's right looks better than his left. Anyway. he missed with it at times when it looked as though he didn’t mean to miss. And he doesn't use it for jabbing, that is, not often. He rarely shoots it straight and he seems never to measure a man with it. He did feint with it. Carpentier, in boxing with Jean- nette; pulled a trick that I've seen pulled only by lightweights—and only the best of them. He caught a left hook with the inside of his right glove, brushed it to ome side and then stepped in with his own left. It was neat all right. Carp is very shifty upon his feet, but when he attacks there is no ques- tion he ls often‘wide open. Looks as if he is willing to take a crack while he s opening the way for his ri He won't do this against Dempse: not if he is wise. There was & big crowd of fight ex- perts at the ringside yesterday and every man was impressed with the belief that Georges is there. And he looks fine. (Oapyright, 1021.) WORKS STARS ON DRIVES Ties fm; Second in Singles apd, With McCarty, Gets Lead in Doubles in City Tourney. Leaders in All Classes in City Duckpin Tourney DOUBLES, CLASS A. H. MeCarty and Al Works, 636 W. L. Smith and W. A. ’m'::z' ‘W. F. Lawrence and 0. B. Toms, 681 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.' June 2.— Jack Dempsey today began to show indications of cracking under ‘the spell of his enforced four days of 4dieness. He is becoming more fret- ful because of the inactivity at his camp and is eager to resume his conditioning grind on Saturday. which ill be continued without further in- ferruption until he finishes training for the defense of his title against Carpentier at Jersey City, July 2. Dempsey could not resist the temp- tation to go on the road yesterday, it became known today. The champion Jeft camp secretly and alone, return- ing forty minutes later dripping wet with perspiration. He covered be- tween five and six miles. Confident_ of Winning Early. JThe titleholder broke his silence on ghe possible outcome of his fight, Duly 2, when a friend asked him point- ®lank if he would knock out Carpen- Her: = “I have & hunch that I will,” laugh- Sngly he replied, “and if I'm feeling d that day the fight will be over ide of four rounds.” Later Dempsey was asked what he awould. do if Carpentier landed flush ®wn his jaw like he did against Joe Beckett, in England. & “I gyess I'd have to resign. too. @miled Dempsey. “But he hasn't hit e on the chin yet HILLS, DISTRICT ATHLETE, - WILL ENTER PRINCETON Raiph G. Hills, Washington boy, who eaptains the track and field team at Hill School, will enter Princeton Unl- Jyersity in the fall. Competing in the ‘Hill-Yale freshmen dual meet re- cently, Hills broke the world scho- Jestic sixteen-pound shotput record of Ralph Rose with a heave of 46 feet 6 inches. - Hills is_nineteen years of age, stands six feet three inches in height and weighs 205 pounds. = - Pawaiian Natators Ahead. HONOLULU. June 2.—THe Outrig- ger Canoe Club six-man team won F ;;ls 60 yuflA 'l_'yelay_ Face in 'fl:e DOUBLES, CLASS B. awaiian -A.. A. U. swimming meet, in 5.5 1-5. C. W. Harris and el R Kahanamokua, who competed_in the Olympic games, were members of the team. Bars Fights in Stadium. * BOSTON. June 2—Harvard Univer- #ity will not sanction the use of its stadium for prize fights. This was the statement of President Lowell to officers in charge of plans for the . Yankee fivision reunion on July 2-4, in connection with which a series of bouts, one of them for a world pro- fessional championship, had been an- uounced. : 5 Cycle Race to Flatow. Flatow finished first in the evele race held by the Washington Bicycle Club over the 30-mile course from Washington to Upper Marlboro. Y4 and return. covering the distance § C. E. Payne was second be- ineo. Nogara. High . ‘and McKnight, pace setters as J. P. Evans and Dan Noone.641 DOUBLES, CLASS C. Louis Silverberg and Bill By::l. R. Dorsey and C. T. Parker.622 George King and Chester n&dl. SINGLES, CLASS A. SINGLES CLASS B. G. F. Stockett J. P, Evans 'E. F. Cahoo: SINGLES, CLASS J. A. Ferrall Ben McAlwee . H. J. Guerth 393 361 361 353 349 348 347 339 Al Works bowled himself into the prize-winning list of the cjty duck- pin championships last night on .the o N Lol Grana Central drives.: He scored followed named. HOYLAKE COURSE MDSTLIYl SAND DUNES AND RUSHES The Hoylake course, where the Brit- 4sh amateur tourney was played, iy mostly a dreary waste of sand dunes and rushes. It is the home of the hia= toric Royal Liverpool Golf Clab.. Out- ward bound for the first eight holes | terday’s scores: the course _lrl:u l.lmfhme coast of the. 3 ‘DOUBLES. sh sea. The length.of the course is | william lage . (A). .. 107 1 €480 yards and the par 72-36 each way. | 5. Urban o, % 'R The first nine holes measure 3.2i0| L. yards and the last nine 3.270. Johm Welsh (A) G. Wolsteanholme. the place in the class A-singles and pair- ed with H: 'A. McCarty" went" to. the top ‘of the classvA doubles when the team "conpted 695; - Works made 339 of the total. In-his singles test Works lost a chance. to ‘gain’ a‘alear hold on second place wheti ‘he faltered in his final game, scoring, only 95. He had made 33-jn each.of his first two games. The!doubles score- ousted Smith and Streiter, with 682, from the lead. Yes- The length of the various: holes and the par of each hole follow: } Par. Holes. Yds. P Totals. . s et : H. McCarty (A) 2 Al Works. hahwawa Wins Scholastic Golf Title. T. R. Turner of Hill School won the | H. B. eastern scholastic championship by de- |R. W. feating J. M. Hopkins, jr.. a teammate, in nineteen holes in the final of the an- @ual tournament in Philadelphia. Supplee (A). Relciard. - 24 17508 ‘Boaton, in the National, ‘won fts| ToUl®-- firskgame of the year from New: York when_ it bit off the second: contest af _& ddable-header Thursday. = Speaking of his own misfortune, Lee Fohl says the critics rated the 3 Louls Browns too. high. - “Guiess : ey forgot that I had to find.a setond Welsh baseman and a third baseman who |H K. would take the- place of two fast |J. players,” said Fohl. H. . A. Baker (C), C. B. Dur- abe base ll-g'e-. 7:30—] . e f’é‘ (0), William H. Young (B), E. H. Brian Thomas ball, and have been playing better than they did in 1920. . E. W. Brown (B), Charles T. Rippy (C). For a while everybody was going-to | %g V! in the home-run marathon. Yet one - y one they are lagging. Ruth, with! Bis thirteen notches,"is the only bat- | ter running logically to form. Looks as if the Kelly boom was Sprung too early. W3, Printand O . Hougen a -and J. T. Crittenden (C), and L. B. Rose (B). . Strasser and After looking over what Falk of the White Sox .did while playing agaimst {0 the eastern clubs it Is easy enough to | Wil See_why others-than Chicago. wished %o bag his services. Les A scientific sharp has reduced the :lilolopny of hitting to a degree so ne that he contends a certain per- eentage of foul tips.is due to particles atb:_nh ‘which have accumulat on s There is one hero who._mnever has been sung in base ball. “Yet he has done a lot of good for the boys and the beginners—the voluntary = ground- keeper of the town diamend. ..y 2 e BALTIMORE, June 2.—¥ra! sosk of Fort Wayne, Ind.. Amerie P _ welght boxing chamj , _has been ; matched with Little Baltimore's Jtalian con er, in & tw cision battle here on-June Beytorth (1), William Spsiden and 2 m 'n and J. Drale; (B), William M. Kline Morris and Robert T. . Leh: of Allentown, Pa. stroke of the Princeton crew, victor ver the Navy, Yale, Harvard and Cornell, has been elected to member- hip in-the 1921 senior council, on: lof the highest undergradas MANHASSET, N. Y, June 2.—It is|” 61 fo tie with Jacob Scharf for ‘second.’ ‘TEX RICKARD. U.-S. BOXER MEETS KING; DOESN’T KISS HIS HAND NEW YORK, June 2.—Johnny Coulon, former bantamweight champion, who returned from Europe yesterday, proud- ly told of being presented to Albert, King of the Belgians. “I saw that oth- ers were kissing his hand when they were being presented,” said Johnny, “but 1 didn't, because I didn’t feel that I knew him well enough.” Prize Fighter Is Killed. MOBILE, Ala., June 2.—John (“Red") Olsen, prize fighter, was stabbed to death’ yesterday by Nellie Foxworth, a negress, who is locked up in the police station ‘charged with murder. Chaney and Frush in Bouts. CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 2.—George (K. 0.) Chaney, Baltimore lightweight, and Danney Frush, Baltimore.- feather- weight, appear in twelve-round decision bouts tonight at Dunn Field. Chaney meets Billy McCann. Frush's opponent will be Eddie Wallace. By the Associated Press. here today, 6—2, 61, 5—7, 6—0. 6—4, 6—3. IS Bjurstedt Mallory, American today. Tilden reached the round before semi-finals by defeating M. Rod- zianko of Russia yesterday, 6—3, 6—0, 6—1, while Mrs. Mallory easily dis- posed of Mme. Vaussard. Tilden and Arnold W. Jones are still to be defeated in the men's doubles, and Arnold W. Jones and Miss Edith Sigourney are among the survivors in the mixed doubles. Mrs. Mallory played with superd dash and judgment yesterday and prediction was made that she would go through the final match for the chanrpionship against Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, the French champion. Americans Going to England. LONDON, June 2.—American tennis players who are competing in the tournament in St. Cloud, France, will come to London immediately after the close of the matches there, and will enter the open tennis event at Beck- enham June 6 to 11 and at Roehamp- ton June 13 to June 18, says the Lon- don Times. [Tigers to Play Britons. PRINCETON, N. J., June 2.—Prince- ton’s champio ip tennis team will play the Oxford-Cambridge combina- tion that 18 to meet Harvard and Yale at Seabright, N. of .: uly. WOMAN BOWLING STARS TO CONTEST TOMORROW Post Office Club team, champion of the Washington Ladles' Duckpin League, and the Recreation Five, the first women's bowling team organized in- the Distfict, will clash on the Recreation drives tomorrow night in a_three-game set, total pins to count. The match will get under way at 8 Ethel Thomas. Billie Williams. J., about the middle “e41| o'clock. YANKEE TENNIS PLAYERS WIN IN FRENCH TOURNE ST. CLOUD, France, June 2—William T. Tilden, ‘Philadelphia, de- feated M. Danet, France, in the world hard court tennis championship Erik Tegner, Denmark, defeated William H. Laurentz, France, 6—4, The players reaching the semi-finals in the men's singies are M. Washer, Belgium; Nicholas Mishu, Rumania; Tegner and Tilden. T. CLOUD, France,; June 2—William T. Tilden, 2d, and Mrs. Molla hard court championship tournament here, faced hard matches TEX, FIGHT IMPRESSARIO, ONCE HAD OFFICE INHA EW YORK, June 2—From pugilistic promoter to a captain of in- N dustry, such {§ the route Tex Rickard. has traveled. Gone is the glamour of the early bouts promoted by Rickard—the picturesque color scenes which surrounded the arrangements at the staging of the Gans-Nelson “batlé 3t" Goldfield, the Jokinson-Jeffries ‘combat at Reno and even the Dempsey-Willard fracas at.Taledo. (houe'nl‘ freaco days Riskard had MAXAM Is AMONG sTARs In his offce iin bls. hat. Sguraiive speaking. Conferences with principals| .. 3 ind tholr managers were Lejd'in the THAT PENN WILL LOSE corner of a hotel lobby Wi res| ¢ newspaper writers. aiaodIng at af- | PHILADELPHIA. June 2.—Pennsyl. tention Jjust out of ,whispér range.|Yauis’ will Jose elght members of its Every move of. the'. promoter was | track team'by graduation this month. made under .the watchful eyes, of |Among them mmflu‘ 1 f’:by. twice ‘I.he nd. reporters. | intercollegiate -mile ' champion, hundreds of fight fans and Bob Maxam of Washington, star Paged at All Hours. - . quarter-miler. Rickard was the last man'to go |’ “&'hbru fare Bartéls, former . pen-, to his room at night and the fixst to appear in the hotel corridor .is the morning. _He was peged at, Sre hour of the day. Through it he smiled. hustled and dispatched an astonishing amount of work, Placat. ing grumblers and settling disputes amounted to relaxation for the pro- moter. Today all is changed. The Demp- sey-Carpentier bout is a business proposition of twentieth century call- ber. Business is not done in front of a Reno hotel with’ the distant Nevada mountains_forming a purple back- ground in the twilight. Rickard is reached in ‘a private office.’if one has important matters to discuss, ‘only after a_gantlet of secretaries .and other office dignitaries is passed. In place of the hotel lobby'Is ‘& suite of offices. - Mail and telegrams flow into the executive department of Madison Sguare' Garden - in ~an endless stream.: Messengers depart: hourly to adjacent banks to cache the proceeds of ticket sales. No big mercantile corporation is busier. Every Minute Taken Up. Rickard sits in his inner sanctum, the walls of which are hung Wwith photographs. of the scenes of ‘his earlier and ‘more spectacular promo- tions. His date book shows every minute accounted for until 8 p.m. or later. S ‘And Rickard gazes at the photo- graphs of Goldficld, Reno, Alaska and the plains of Paraguay. He swings in his swivel chair and, glanc- : Tn% ut of the window, sees the hot (0. Humphreys of Pennsylvania, first brick wall of a towering: bullding |b . has been elected captain of across the narrow street. Success | Navy's base ball team for next season. imposes penalties, even in pugilistic [John E. ‘Waldlich, also a Pennsyl- promotion, for Tex Rickard .Is an|vanian, has been elected captain of outdoor man. the tennis team. MATCH TO MISS LEMCH British Golf Champion Wins in Fifth Round and.Is Picked to Retain Title. By the Associated Press. TURNBERRY, June 2—In the first semi-final match of the British wom- en’s golf tourmey Miss Wethered d: feanted Miss Scroggie by 8 nd 6 to pl: the other semi-final, Miss Leiteh defeated Miss Jackson by 1 up. TURNBERRY, Scotland, June 2. With all the American entrants elim- inated, the British ‘woman's golf championship tournament narrowed down today to a purely foreign com- petition, in which Miss Cecil Leitch, the present champion, remained a strong favorite. Miss Leitch justified the hopes of her admirers by winning her match in the fifth round with Mrs. Cautléy of Thanet, 2 up and 1 to play. Miss Joyce Wethered of Worpl don defeated Mrs. J. Cochrane of Stirling, 1 up. Miss L. Scroggie of St. Rule de- feated Miss Molly Griffiths, 1 up. Miss Janet Jackson, the Irish champion, defeated Mrs. Alan Mac- bgih of Hesketh at the nineteenth hole. U. S. GOLFERS DID NOT ENTER FRENCH TOURNEY CHANTILLY, France, June 2.—The absence of American golfers at the opening of the French national ama- teur championship tournament yes- terday 'overshadowed the contests. It was explained by the officials that the French golfer, Castel, had suggested to the Americans at Hoy- lake, England, last week that they enter the tournament, the strength of his conversation he wrote to the club to enter them. ‘It was admitted that there had been no for- mal_entries. . The club received s telegram from Evans, who went to London yester- day by airplane, excusing his absence because of rheumatism. —_— has defeated Jokmson in four of the soven matches they have con- tested. 1ages 'in’ both huyrdles in the inte: collegiates; MoFad Nichols, high jumper; Smith, hurdler, and Irwin, cross-country runner. CHINESE -ATHLETES LEAD. Take Most Honors in Games With « Japs and Filipinos. SHANGHAIL June 2.—The series of games among Japanese, Chinese and Filipinos was completed yesterda: Two games of base ball were played, in which the Japanese and Filipino nines each gained a victory by 1 to 0. .China defeated Japan at soccer foot ball. 4 to 0. China also won the pentathlon, basket ball, and foot ball championships. Filipinos won the swimming title. Reverts to 0ld Stymie Rule. The -new stymie rule introduced the United States Golf been rescinded by the Royal Canadian Golf Association. which has_decided to the old rule in effect at the Royal and Ancient Club of St. Andrews. A plebiscite of the golfers of Canada may be taken soon on the question. Navy -Elects Captains. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. June 2—Charles by tennis stars, engaged in the world 19 AMERICAN GOLFERS IN BRISH OPEN EVENT By the Asmciated Press. LONDON, June 2.—The draw for the British open lf championship, which will be played over the St Andrew's course, beginning June 20, was made here today. There were 158 entrants, including fourteen Amer- ican professionals and five amateurs. Two qualifying rounds will be played June 20 and 21. Actual cham- pionship play at 72 holes medal play’] will begin June 22 Pairings for the qualifying includ- ed some of the American entrants as follows: n Charles Hoffner, Philadelphia, with Robert Burgess, with ford; Charles. Chicago. with James Braid; Fred Mc- Leod, Washington, D. C., with Peter Robertson, Braid Hill; Walter Hagan, Detroit, with Charles Hackney; “Bob- by” Jones, Atlanta, Ga., with Jack Anderson. —————— Nkosana, king of a Zulu tribe in Mombasa, employs a highly polished midiron as a scepter. No one knows ‘where he got it. Heden Greerwood, Bronson Quaites and Mrs. Wenz comprise the Recrea- tion Five, The Post Office squad will ind¢lude Franees and Bessie Rawlings, (Peggy Weinberg. Edr Eckhardt, . Hart and A. McCormack. ~ --Sweep for Central Net Team. Central High School rackéters an- nexed their third straight win yester- dey in the High School Tennis League, beating the Eastern team in seven |’ matches. Summarfes: Singles—Fowler C) defeated Gould (E) , 6—2; Dudley (C) defeated Fisher (E) 6—4, 6—1; Phillips (C) defeated Faber (E) 6—1, : Thurtell (C) defeated Hardy (E) 6—2, 6—1. Doubles—Fow- ler and Thurtell (C) defeated Fisher and Kessler (E) 6—0, 6—0: Dudley and Phillipe (C) .defeated Ford and Gould (E) 6—1, 6—1; Winstead and McGuire (C) .defeated Faber and Hardy (B) 63, : Will Lead Yale Track Team. Truman P. Gardner of St Paul, Minn, has been elected captain of the Yale track team for next yedr. He is a pole vaulter. INE .'of texture, with the “feel” of silk and the “wear of irom, Fashion Shop Suits of blue serge—tailored in Roches- ter—are rga’ .clothes. There's nothing like serge to *show up” poor tailoring— and, by the same token.: nothing that' proves it so well. et A special at thirty-nine dol- lars. That's why we espe cially welcome .the “serge” - test. § i SPORTS.™ e SWIMMERS T0 COMPETE AT CANOE CLUBJUNE 11 ‘Washington Canoe Club will con- duct an open swimming meet on the Potomac course adjacent to the club- house June 11. Men will compete in 50-yard movice and 50, 100, 220, stroke and breast-stroke races of 50 yards each. A §0-yard race and fancy diving competition will be held for women. The meet has been sanctioned by the South Atlantic A. A. U. and all entrants must be registered. Entries will close Saturday with Reginald Rutherford, Union Trust Company. A fee of 50 cents per contestant for each event will be charged. ARMY AND NAVY CLASH IS LISTED FOR LINKS Battle will be waged between the Army and the Navy about the'middle of this month. The strife, however, will bs peaceful and ths only casualties will bs shattered golf clubs and possibly broken records. Two selected teams of six golf- ers are to play in a team match over the public links in East Potomac Park. thion champion; Smalley, who won || 1 volley ball | Association has 440 and 880 yard races, and back- Base ball tickets . American League Park Games—Boys’ Club game—June 7 he Hecht Co. 7thatF - 7th at F' Where prices are guaranteed Society Brand | hot-weather | i | clothes come back * | ! EN who know what’s good in clothes show a marked preference for Society Brand. Hence, for the past four years Society Brand have been so busy meeting such demands that they had to forego making distinctive hot-weather clothes. But enlarged fac- tories and an easier labor market now permit production to meet con- sumption, , and after four years Society Brand hot- weather clothes are back. ‘ Zero-weight fabrics; minus lining; minus padding—minus everything that makes for warmth or weight 1 But the substance of fine tailoring is wrought into them, and Society Brand STYLE is stamped all over them It talges real money to métc’l ‘em at the tailor's. They're here at $27.50 to $40 o @/ oo S W oy Men’s white duck trousers ‘ $ 2.115 You :géan’t pay more than $15 for any HANAN shoe in stock ), And ybu can't get better shoes at any price A firmly-woven duck, free from starch or dress- ing and almost as soft as white flannel. Belt, cuff bottoms; carefully finished detail. Waist measures; 28 to 46. o SK ETCHED 'lils a tan orwegian—will give Z long-miléage serna" , with comfort 'at every step. ¢ Fitted with Wingfoot rubber heels. -$15. 2

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