Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1921, Page 25

SPORTS.,’ JACK SO FAR ADVANCED | THAT HE WILL GO EASY & TLANTIC CITY, N. J,, June 24—Jack Dempscy today is celebrating his twenty-sixth birthday by taking a twenty-four-hour layoff from all training activities: The champion did no real work and suspended his usual gymnasium exercis The camp was closed to the public for the day, and his sparring partners rested up preparatory to the resumption of boxing tomorrow. X sey received a hundred or more telegrams from admirers and relatives, extending birthday greetings and wishing him good luck in_his defense of the championship against Georges Carpentier at Jersey City, July 2. He looked eagerly forward to a message he expects from his S 1 EASYFOR O With the championship battle only Dempsey Almost Won Title in One elght days away, Dempsey is Jrogress- ing so rapldly in his training and is Round, But Willard Finally Sent Him Three. in such 'D.le_nflld condition that Man ager Jack Kearns has decided that he ;!tr:fr{;tl;equlra L\;le Services of Kid | orfol le negro light heavyweigh Harry (This is the nineteenth of a daily ].rrle- of thumbnail sketches of pre- | vious fixhts for the heavywelght championship of the world.) Greb, Mike Gibbons and others, | who “were expected to be in Demp- | sey’s camp for the final week of training. The present sparring part- mners, Kearns said, will continue to| work with Dempsey until the finish. The full training program will be| resumed tomorrow and the l‘]flmhinn‘ also will box Sunday. Dempse: ever, will be given a rest Monday will do only some light training m 1y to satisfy the big crowds wh have been turning out to see him in| action. The titleholder will do his| Jack Dempsey played the accom- ::; v;g:‘l’(ne\:;t& fll-euglr;\";; ’1"\:'&:;.\0" paniment to Jess Willard's swan song schedule laid out by Manager Kearns | % July 4, 1919, at Toledo, Ohio. It totay. Dempsey will take some light [y al over in the third round, Jess: ercise on Thursday to lodsen up his 00 e muscles, but on Friday will remain in | sy HP0000, Sony the: Spericrmiios; seclusion at his camp until the gjme | DeMPsey xot $27,000. for his departure for Jersey City’ The champion fell down and ‘gat, “ldt ;1;sn;llnnn;dl;:vzuxecr;hx;lgsaimnp(l:l; up so many times in the first round T eak from today. ana | that the referee became dizzy from #pend the night in Jersey City quiet-) counting, and failed to hear the bell. y at a private residence. He will re- | This was on the fifth liaison between main in seclusion in Jersey City until | willard and the floor. 4ime;10.50: Lo the arenn. The gong sounded feebl the | L1 nded_feebly on 5 Does S‘o!-edmll’l"';-l‘l';l' seventh count. but Referce Pecord | g Dempsey intended to lay o continued chopping the air over Wil- ay, but a crowd of one thou lard. When he had finished he in- mors camped around the entrance of | formed Dempsey that there had been is training quarters clamoring for ala knockout. and the champion left the ring, only to have his manager c Tunning after him with the in- tion that there had been a h New Jersey, who ran for big fight arena in Jersey chance to get a close-up view of him, and anager Kearns decided at the las miwute to have him do some bag punching. The champion whaled the punching bag for four two-minute rounds and then jumped into the ring and pound- ed the sixty-pound felt-stuffed bag for two two-minute rounds. When he be- g the workout he weighed 196 ]: Dempsey not monotonous regularity inappropriate. first round was awful. But 1 everybody for the worst, and no one was surprised when Wil- lard lost in the third Dempsey opencd the fight by ac-! cepting some taps on the face. Then he hauled off and busted Willard in the stomach so hard that a dazed| ion overspread the Dempsey th Rile, unds, but he probably reduced two pounds as a result of the activitie: Big drops of perspiration splashed off his gleaming body and head every | ¢ time he sank his fist into the heavy| swinging target. | Newspaper correspondents plan to| give Dempsey a surprise party at his | camp tonight. Teddy Haves. the| champion’s trainer, had a cake baked | for him with twenty-six candles on it. | k The newspaper reporters have hired a jasz band to serenade the champion during the party. | { him to the mat with rights and lefts to the face. Again he got up, and! ‘White Horse and Black Cat Stray | Into Camp and Four-Leaf j once more he knocked down. Clavers Are Found. Somehow the giant groped | through the second round, sufte { i MANHASSET, N. Y.. June 24.—Omens | of good luck have been Seen in & nothing more humiliating than a fall partly through the ropes. Dempse: strange things appearing in the camp of Georges Carpentier. tore nito him again when the third A white horse with a star in its forehead strayed from a nearby farm and found its way into the Carpentier barn. A vouthful admirer of the chal- lenger informed him that the coming of the animal boded good fortune. Thc Forse got some onts and was sent hom: The next good sign came in the form of a black cat; it appeared at the front gate late vesterday while (Georges was standing there. It jumped to the fence post, arched its | i he Frenchman's hand ! exclaimed | hampion's | n landed| It was in midsummer, 1913, that Fred blows ‘o the jaw and Wil- [ Fulton, the Minnesota plasterer, six dropued to the floor for six |feet four and a half inches in height ain with a blow | and weighing 220 pounds, was sclected to stop this sensational drive of Demps The bout was held in the apen in Jersey City, July 27, 1918, and proved to be one of the shortest bouts on record, Dempsey winning in twen- ty-seven seconds. iton, who Is still fighting, is one of the most curlous of American box- ers, Possessed of a frame that should make him w champion, he never has heen able to emerge from the second- rate ranks _On this day. he appeared nervous as Dempsey glowered at him from the other side of the ring while seconds laced up his gloves. At the gong. Dempsey tore at him with’the fury of a tiger. Easily get- ting Inside Fulton's guard, despite the long reach that should have protected | the. Minnesotan, Dempsey rained rights and lefts to Fulton's jaw. Ful- ton went down under the furious pelt- ing and stayed down. The Minnesotan tried in various ways to explain his poor showing affer the bout, but to the spectators the flasco only gave one more indica- tion that Dempsey was the proper chal lenger of Jess Willard for the heavy- weight champlionship. CARPENTIER REGISTERS FIRST REAL SENSATION Georges Carpentier, fighting from the bantamweight ranks to meeting first-class midleweights, scored his first great sensation in 1912, when he second time he | ay but the giant ce and he fell ZOt up a es. Willarg was | rouna open Willard was grogsy | and weak, wtih one eve out of shape and everything gone wrong. His sec onds threw the towel into the ring and called it a da WILL GET FIGHT SEATS. jl“ckard Takes Step to Protect olders of Bona Fide Tickets. NEW YORK, June 24—Holders of bona fide tickets to the Dempsey | Carpentier match in Jersey City July {2 will be protected, Tex Rickard. pro- he bout, announced today. Step: hav been detain every person who lent admittance pa: policemen will be the big arena for this purpose. Rickard also warned the public ! against purchasing tickets from any a boy in the road. 3 Best of all, Paul Journee, who got a-| Yicking at the hands of Charl Wi Dempsey Takes Rest on His 26th Birthday : Champions Shake—One of Europe, Other his list of knockouts: Jim Flynn, 1 round; Bill Brennar, 6 rounds;, Bull Sadee, 1 round; To: 1 round; Dan_Ketcher, 2 rounds; Arthur Pelkey, 1 round McCarthy, 1 round; Bob Devere, 1 round; Porky Flynn, 1 round; Fred Fulton, 1 round; Jack Moran, 1 round; Carl Morris, 1 round, with others i of more or less note meeting the same fate. { won the European midleweight cham- pionship from Jim Sullivan, an Eng- lishman, in two rounds, The bout was fought at Monte Car- English sportsmen, confident that heir man would easily defeat the Frenchman, journeyed by hundreds to that famous sporting resort to wager thousands of pounds on Sulli- in ht. | one not swn to be a bona fide jagent. Tndications pointed, he said, to a nation-wide plot to distribute the counterfeit pa many more arrests were s i ert down in Brooklyn the other nigi was wandering about the yard. e cest down. He stopped at a clover | b tnterested, picked A | bu : é and pected. lo. nch howed them to Motor cle Policeman McGee, who officiates | ont gate. said McGee, means nothing but good. at the fr “Wh Greb and Wiggins Draw. Put them in four-leaf clover f our shoes and some in Georges’shoes | TE HAUTE, Ind.. June vas! and everything will be lovely on, Harry ‘ittsburgh and Chuck | "Sgitnesses of the bout declare that July Wiggins of Indianapolis boxed ten|oirpentier, with his clever footwork s last night with the honors even. | Z1OPCRC Gl O) Yive winner from . the tinte the first blow was struck. Feel- ing out his man in the first round, he started with the gong.of the second somebody slipped a f clovers into the Last night handful of four challenger's boots. Little rest is on the training pro- Downey Outpoints Lohman. t gram for Carpentier next week. The Ohio, June 2 to ~administer terrific punishment camp sparring staff. now numbering I heavyweight, which the Englishmfan could not with- six. of \yhich Joe Jeannette is the on over Joe Lohman of | stand and took the count. The result only hedvyweight, will be bolstered 1o after a twely by three men of over 200 pounds. Who | pight. are due to report K I'I Cricketers to Practice. Tralmer Wilson The Washington Cricket Club will hold practice tomorrow afternoon on the grounds in Potomac Park. Prac- tice also will be held Tuesday and Thu of next week. The club now has equipment and splendid facil- clnding showers. round bout last|made Carpentier the most talked-of boxer in France. In the same year. Carpentier scored twenty-round victories over George Gunther and Willie,Lewis, the Ameri- can middleweight, and also knocked out Hubert Roc, a Frenchman. The victory over Willie Lewis force- fully impressed the worth of the French boxer in the minds of ring ex- perts, both in Europe and America. day excepting 3 ;1 and that sparring ses held daily, providing the weather was | good. | Pldns have been made to protect the camp from the many visitors who call Qetermined to see Carpentier in ac- tion. - = MEN'S WEAR You'll Appreciate “F .The Comfort and Style * Embodied in Our New Summer Gabardine SPORT SUITS T A N e $ i \(@EVERYONE who has seén. thete Nght-weight suits have spoken high- ly of their superior features. Linen Golf Knickers, $7.50 SIDNEY WEST, Inc. Fourteenth at G e foefoleeforforfoofooforfoud: frofrofoforfortord Anniversa and ‘serial n thousand miles. i Here are a fbw examples picked at random from our large stock. These prices are made possible only by enormous purchases neces- sary to stock our chaiq of stores. Georges Carpentier ix here shown grasping hands with Go fMce on a “dam ity Thursday. next to Carpentier ix Tex Rickard, impresario of the battle. Dempsey Establishes Record for Victories in One Round (Thix ix the fifth of a daily series of sketches of Dempxey and Georges Carpentier.) platform. It happened “Wenring n cane” and, standing ng battles of Jack URING the journey across the continent, Dempsey was establish- ing a record which would have made the name “One Round” The record book recites with Homer Smith, 1 round; m d and his manager tell an in- & story in connéction with the bout. They met Carpentier's manager, Descamps, early in the morning to arrange for the con- test, and in a few minutes all details y minor point had been settled. They argued with Descamps until 3 o'clock and then went out for lunch. Returning at 4 they found Descamps still gesticula ing. Through an interpreter the argu- ment was kept up until 2 o'clock the following mornin; and then Lewis, with Descamps still talking, “gave up the ship. The incident is eloquent testimony of the careful manner in which Car- pentier's interests have been cared for by his shrewd manager, both in- ide and outside of the roped arena. —_— RECORD TENNIS ENTRY FOR COLLEGE TOURNEY PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. June 24— One of the largest entry lists in the history of the event is expected for the intercollegiate tennis tourna- ment, which begins at thg Merion Cricket Club June 27. Sixteen collegés and universities aiready have named their teams and others are expected 'before the en- tries close tomorrow. BEECH-NUT CIGARETTES = 20 forl5¢ e 924 14th Street N.W. . . Phone Franklin 6188 Ca ry Tire Sale! 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WIMBLEDON, England. June 24. Spectators at the British ténnis cham- pionship tournament went to the courts today certain to witness stir ring contests betwecn the most bril- liant experts in vhe world. Dempsey will be larger than Car- reatfer in all save two important measurements. Carpentler's advan- tages will be in his wonderfully de- veloped lower limbs and neck. The Frenchman’s calf measurement is 16% finches, as compared with Demp- sey's 16%. Carpentier’s neck meas- yres 16% Inches, with Dempsey's one- quarter inch smaller. Dempney Much Heavier. Dempsey. will outweigh Carpentier by about twenty pounds. He will stand one and a half inches taller. He will outreach' his rival by one inch, 74 inches to 73. In wrist and ankle development they are nearly equal, only a fraction of an inch giv- ing Dempsey the advantage in eac ease. Dempsey's biceps measure 16% inches, as compared with Carpentier's 14%5. ~Carpentier's 'k muscles, however, are a magnificent part of his_development, and from these he will draw most of his hitting power. few did they called fish, but they returncd with supplies! of trout, hardheads und spots. Trout put in Point this week and provided excel numerous Washing- tonians who tried their luck in hte Wicomico. Many trout weighing as much as three pounds were landed. In several respects Jess Willard, the | and sportmen also got their share of lent sport for | RoD AND REEL | Some of ‘the rockfish, called, were landed in the dangerous current near Chain Bridge the past about eighteen pounds. Several ten-pound- ers were caugh! “horses,” or erring-rollers, days. One weighed Several Washington sportsmen who visited Piney Point reported the land- ing of long strings of fish. Not only | the usual roun of so-| toad. ch “trash fish,” eels and Kansas giant, whom Dempsey knock-|hardheads and rockfisk. ed out in three rounds, was the larg- est champion. In several other re- spects the more compact Jim Jeffries outstripped Willard easily. others who have held the title. Willard, at fichting weight, scaled 240 pounds and towered § feet inches in the air. His reach of 83% inches was far greater than that of other title holders. His chest meas- urement of 39 inches, normal, was seven inches less than that of “Jeff. Jeffries' wrist, neck, biceps and ankle development was greater than that of Willard, and Willard's calf measure- H lite. Wwillard, | heads and and about ‘Annaj many Washin erring They gton anglers. The waters of the Chesapeake bay off Chesapeake Beach and the Poto- mac in the vicinity of Colonial Beach | are giving up plentiful supplies of fish of the usual salt water varieties, Night fishing at both places is claim- ments were only a fraction of an inch ing attention. larger than Jeffries'. Fig@res on Cham . Following_ are the physical meas- urements of the champion and chal- Icnger., as well as those of the former Folders of the heavyweight title since Corbett won it in 189; Dempgey.Curpentier. Willard. Jeftcies. ri 163 3 [ Johnson. Corbett, Fits: e * 33 Weight 180 Height 5 g Reach il ¢ o est (i s 33 iceps . Calf P13 Ankle ..00 8%, *Age at which title was lost. B & tion. won diplomas. Rockfish are plentiful enough in the vicinity of black buoy near the steel plant to afford sport. are not very large. occupying eamps along the - are ching fish each morning for break- ver above Aqueduct bridge —_— SMITH’S PIGEON FIRST. Scores in 500-Mile Gainesville, Ga. A pigeon belonging to Edward Smit won' ghe 500-mile Northeast Inierna: i Federation flight from Gaines- ville, Ga. The first four birds to finish The return to each loft, with the average speed in yards per minute war Davis-Tyser 690,282 651, E. Brill. 656164 651,940 . Wehausen. . 646.321 y sportamen are enjoying e catching plenty of hard- n occasional trout. It is for his size, was not developed as|expected that trout will become more highly, in & physical way, as several | plentiful in the next few days. West South rivers, only a few miles above Herring bay, and the waters olis also are attracting The fish Race From In the doubles William T. Tilden 2d, and Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mal y T. M. Mavrogord Parton, and Andre . Suzanue Lenglen faced [ll.)‘?..wh~ru‘ell and Mrs. A, E. Beam- sh. In the men's singles Randolph Ly- cett was matched agninst A. eam- ish and Zenzo Shimidzu opposed Roper Barrett. The feature of play was the sensa- tional victory of Francis T. Hunter, America, over P. M. Davson. former British covered court ¢hampion, 7—5, 6—4, 5—17, 4—86, 9— Andre Gobert, France. defeated ?l_emer Doole, . Holland, 6—3. 4— 1 11e. on, e {_ Miss Ryan, California, and i Lenglen, _French singles cha twon by default from Mrs. R M m caramee at Rock |Nair and Miss Kathleen Mcwfie ir <!the women's doublas. In the women'g singles Mrs. Be.m ish of England défeated Miss Holman 6—1, 7—5. S REACH FINAL AT TENNIS. Misses Kelly and Frazer Win in Tourney Doubles. Misses Kelley and Frazier reached the final round of the doubles in the Women's Tennis League tourney b Smith this morning, 4—86, They will meet Misses Wakeford in the final. Only two matches were completed yesterday. both in the consolations. BMrs. Bentley —3, 2, and Miss D. Yeager won from Miss McConihay by the same scores. Miss Thayer Tennis Winner. 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