Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1921, Page 29

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1921 29 Business Proves Brisk Among Followers of the Fistic Game During Ring Season of 1921 TITLE BIDDING IS SPIRITED IN NEARLY ALL DIVISIONS Unusual Activity Displayed in Lighter Classes, But Welters, Middles and Heavies Also Display Their Wares for Entertainment of Fans. By the Associated Press. N EW YORK, December 20.—In the squared-circle realm of pugilism, where titles are knocked down to traders with the hardest or the truest punch, business was brisk in 1921. There were many bidders for the title of the bantamweights, and a million punches, more or less, were known to the sporting public. “Irish Joe” Lync S December, came into the year with the Side, by virtue of a high bid last title. He then engaged the old holder, lost when Peter’s brand was recognized by the auctioneers—some people | call ’em judges—as the better of the two. one night in the market at Madison jaunty little Jerseyite, outbid him. offered by a group of traders well h_of New York’s West Pete ferman of New Orleans, and Peter, however, went to sleep Square Garden, and Johnny Buff, a Johnny tet Jack Sharkey, another New York boy, into the bidding later, but he protected his title handily. Then Buff went out to Milwaukee, where there aren’t any auctioneers and it's only the hard punches that will take a title. He met Pal Moore of Memphis, Chicago and other places, and, while Pal offered more punches and of a better quality, according to some of the witnesses he couldn’t find a real hard one in his store. Buff came back with the crown. Dundee Grabs New Title. Not so long ago there was a new title placed in the market—one for 130-pounders or junior lightweights. Upon the scene came one Johnny Dundee, a former Italian fish market clerk, who more than a decade ago was given his Scottish name in one shake of a finan haddie's tail by “Scotty” Honteith, a bonnie boxing #nthusinst from the land of this title. Monteith started Johnny on a career and Johnny realized his ambition after twelve vears by winning the new title in a bout with George Chaney of Baltimore, when Chaney was disqualified for fouling. Johnny Kilbane, grayv-haired King of the feathers, was le active of the lighter men. He engaged in an affair out in Cleveland several months ago with a boy named Danny Frush, and after some rounds of punch trad- ing and claims of fouling iy Frush, Johnny offered his hardest right and retained the title. Leonard Meets Trouble. Benny Leonard, expert fist thrower! of the lightweights, got into some trouble at the outset of the year. when in & bout with Richie Mitchell from out Milwaukee way he got care-! less or something in the second round and let Richie bid high to the jaw With a right. He was very much taken aback, but realized that he was a business man and retained the title with a hard right in the sixth. The auctioneer told Richie that his bid- ding was getting weak and he’'d bet- ter stop. Richie obeyed. Later Leon- ard engaged in twelve rounds of punching with a rugged Italian— Rocky Kansas by name—and won. Leonard has not been engaged in any other important deals, but he en- tertained Sailor Friedman of Chicago in Philadelphia recently and exhib- ited in this town with a welter, Georgie Ward of New Jersey. Leonard may, during the course o the coming year, make an offer for the welterweight title, held by Jack Britton, whose punches, seme aspi- rants for his title say. grow harder as the vears go by. Britton had one important _engagement during the vear—in February he defeated Ted Kid Lewis, the British wallop bar- terer, and former titleholder. Middleweights & Poor Lot. The middleweight king. Johnn Wilson, whose popularity with pugi-| lism's followers has been likened to that of an enforcement agent at a bartender's party, has had several| bouts. Out in Cieveland he engaged Bryan Downey, an awkward but hard puncher, and after being floored sev- eral times was awarded the bout on an_alleged foul, whereupon loud| hulabaloos were raised in the fistic} world. Downey claimed he had won { by a knockout—Wilson claimed he had been fouled and they decided to try again. The result was an uninteresting no- decision affair in Jersey City; the New Jersey boxing commission decided that Wilson’s showing was very, very poor, and they ordered his $37,500 purse held up. Downey went away{ claiming the title, but, according to the laws of barter and trade, it still was Wilson's. Johnny got his money only a few days ago, when the com- misison relented. and he is expected t0 meet Harry Greb, the Pittsburgh pugilist with piston-rod punches, in JMadison Square Garden some time in February. Georges Carpentier, the smiling Frenchman, whose kindly manner and fighting propensities won for him a snug corner in the hearts of Ameri- can sport lovers. held the light-heavy- weight _championship, won in 1920 from_Battling Levinsky in four rounds, but he essayed to become the heavyweight titleholder as well, and found the bidding of Jack Dempsey too hizh. Biggest Event of Year. This beut, in which Dempsey knocked out the smiling Frenchman in the fourth round, was the biggest event of the year. The stakes were high and the Frenchman bid his all in the second round. He attempted to carry on through nerve alone, but the effort was not enough. Among the bantam bidders during the year, other than those mentioned. were Joe Burman of Chicago, Carl Tremaine of Cleveland, Charles Le- doux of France, Midget Smith of New i ifrom York, Young Montreal of Providence and a host of others of lesser note. Sailor Friedman and Lew Tendler, the portsided puncher of Philadelphia, were considered by experts as the foremost contenders for the light- weight title. Tendler recently was defeated by Rocky Kansas, but only several days ago won from Friedman in 15 rounds. Richie Mitchell and his brother Pinkey are said to be get- t ting ready for ne year and may write new fistic epics during 1922 Others Seek Wilxon's Crow, Besides Harry Greb, who claims he can_make midlleweight limit, Mike MecTigus, claimant of the Canadian middleweight title and Mike Gib- bons, the old “phantom” of St. Paul, are out for Wilson's laurels. Gene Tunney, A. E. F. light heavy- weight champion, still is going. Bob Martin, the A. E. F. heavy king. has not been very active since his defeat by Fay Keiser of Cumberland, Md. Keiser has been having trouble, how- ever, Tommy Gibbons, brother of Mike, has been knocking ‘em out row on row all vear and is slated as Georges Carpentier's next opponent. Dempsey will observe New Year by looking for a real good opponent. Some say that Harrx Wills is the most Jogical man for the task and others’ belleve that Jess Willard can come back and do better. PITT NINE TO VISIT. University of Pittsburgh's base ball team will play two games here in_the spring. Catholic University ‘will be met April 13 and Georgetown engaged the next day. On the way here Pitt will play Virginia Poly and Washington and Lee. C. U. ON LEHIGH LIST. ‘BETHLEHBEM, Pa., December 19.— Catholic University of Washington has been listed by Lehigh for a foot ball game here October 7 next. Other games on the Lehigh schedule are: September 30, Gettysburg; October 14, Brown, place pending; 28, Muh- lenberg; November 4, Colgate at Johnm‘? ;\‘i‘"y; lltflgikncu' Leb- non oy, an Easton, NEW PLAYFELLOW TRIAL IS SET FOR JANUARY 3 NEW YORK, December 20— The Playfellow case will return 1o the supreme court, Brooklym, Dy early mext mont Phillip arry F. tice on Cochrane, attorney Jumes F. Johnwon, requesting that the cawe be placed on the calendar for Junuary 3. The suit is f $100,000, the amount Sinclair pa for the three-year-old colt. The Jury failed to agree at the first trial. ARNOLD STATZ TOUTED T0 STAR FOR THE CUBS BY JOHN B. FOSTER. NEW YORK, December 20.—It is assured now that William Veeck eventualiy will succeed in landing Outflielder Arnold Statz for the Chi- cago Cubs. Statz got his experience in New England. He lived in Wor- cester, Mass., and was picked up for the Glants by Jess Burkett, who also lives in Worcester. Jess was sure that Statz would make a fine ball player. ‘The young man came to the Giants when they had ‘plenty of good out- fielders, He could not bat well enough for the Giants and was passed along to the Boston Nationals. He failed to bat well enough to suit_them and went farther along, eventually landing in Los Angeles. Since Statz has been in California he has become one of the most pol ular players on the coast. A Cali- fornia critic says that if O'Connell, who was_obtained by the Glants for $75,000, i worth that amount. That is worth twice that amount. That shows how well they think of the former Giant in California. Switch Improved His Batting. Veeck savs that Statz has turned around at the plate and now bats left-handed instead of right-handed and ever since he has changed his style he has done so well that he is regarded as one of the coast's best batters. His improvement in batting has helped him to pick up in fielding, which often is the case. Tt bs He Wwill not be taken by the Cul $150,000, even to outstrip the Giants in publicity, but the chances are good that the Chicago club will get him and the Chicago presi- dent is so sure that he has a good ball player in prospect he is perfectly willing to wager anything cookies, to cornucopias that Statz proves to be the sensation of the National League the first year that be gets back into the game on this alde of the continent. « Neale Now Independent. Neale may not be with Cincinnati in 1922. He has been so successful with foot ball as a coach that it may not matter much to him. His season as a foot ball coach interferes with his time of contract as a ball player and for that reason the base ball owners are not so anxious to secure him. He leaves a team before the sSeason is over to coach his foot ball players. The Pittsburgh club will make a play for an outflelder. Brooklyn has repudiated. any yearning for Gon- zales, and it was well. Some of the traders haven't given up moving Joe Judge from Washington to New York ‘They had him over in the larger city last spring, but it fell through. Judge ‘would like to play in New York if he were quite sure that the Yankees would win the championship again in 1922. Ionce in awhile. i | i CARPENTIER TO RECEIVE NEW FRENCH DECORATION PARIS, December 320. — The French goverament has instituted a new decorstion—the Order of Phynical Edueation. It will have knights, officers, commanders, &rand officers and grand crosses, as have other French decorations. The ribbon will be violet with a at bestowals are to. be January 1, whea Georges Carpentier, the boxer, is to be made an officer, and Francels his manager; & knight. MATTY NOW IMPROVING AFTER SECOND RELAPSE NEW YORK, December 20.—Friends | of Christy Mathewson, who have been greatly concerned lately by reports from . Saranac Lake that the great pitcher has had a setback -in his fight against tuberculosis, were heartened by a letter received today by the chairman of the benefit game commit- tee, wishing a merry Christmas to all the base baill fans and thanking those who contributed to, the $50,000 testi- monial fund. o Matty says in his letter that he has had quite a severe time of it recently, but that he is sure that he will pull out all right. He had improved to such an extent that he walked out of his home at.Saranac Lake and visited in the town and he played some gamekl of checkers for diversion. Next to base ball there is no. game of which he is more fond. He is a creditable bridge player and in-.days gone by liked to take a hand at'that pastime Checkers, however, gave him as much “amusement nour- ishment” as any non-athletic- game which he knew. The recent setback may prolong his stay at Saranac Lake. He had be- gun to have high hopes of coming down into a lower altitude and see- | Ing a base ball game in New York city in 1922, but he may be forbidden that privilege at such an early date, for the doctors are determined not to permit him to “go visiting” until he is quite fit to make the trip. A. A. CLUB OWNERS MEET; FAVOR 168 HICAGO, December 20.—Ado; C went into session here today the 1922 season. The tentative sched: season about April 12, the same date base ball lid. President Tom Hickey said that GAME SEASON ption of a schedule of 168 games seemed probable when club owners of the American Association to map out plans for the opening of ules submitted for adoption open the the major leagues plan to pry off the a majority of the club owners favor the_readop.tion of the 168-game schedule. The Milwaukee, St. Paul and Indianapolis clubs form the group which favor a shorter schedule of 154 games, ‘while. Louisville, Columbus, Toledo, Kansas City and Minneapolis desire retention of the long one. President Hickey favors the 154- game. program, but the majority of the club: owners ‘held that the 1921 season was & big financial success angd there is no occasion to revert to the 154-game chart. The attendance last season was the greatest in the history of the organization, President Hickey said. Otto Borchert, president of the Mil- waukee club will recommend that the schedule be drafted so that the clubs in the western half of the league will open the season in the eastern cit “For the past few seasons Mil- waukee and other western clubs have opened in their own territory and be- cause of the weather conditions a majority of these games resulted in Dostponements” President Borchert sald. Managers of clubs throughout the assoclation are beginning to arrange tentative deals which may bring new faces to the lineups next spring. Milwaukee club and Clarence Row- land, retained as Manager of Colum- bus, have a number of deals pending whereby they expect to strengthen their teams. Rowland will have eleven players thrust upon him as a result of the deal which sent pitcher Dave Danforth, star left-hander of Columbns, to the St. Louis Americans. “We are going to do everything in our power to produce a Winner next season,” Rowland said. “Since 1903 1 | have only had two clubs finish out of the first division, both times in last LRVRVRVEDEDEVEDEDEREEDE ~ ELECTRIC TRAINS $3.50 to §15 Tree Foot Balls All Leather $2.00 to $10.00 Roller Skates . Unjon Haraware "Extension Ball-bear- ing Skates, for boys and girls— $249 $3.50 Iey Hot Bottles Pint, $249 $5.50 Icy Hot Bottles Quart. $3.49 sets o 500-Shot Air Rifle, $2.50 - 350-Shot Air Rifle, $2.25 THE MAN-~THE BOY Likes Gifts From French’s Mazda 8-light Battery out- fit — 8-light Knives, $1.25 Pen Knives 75¢ Up 3 &8 L) : s o3 79¢, 98¢, Up Lights $2.98 Boxing Gloves All Leather $4.00 to $15.00 $1.98) Volley Balls, $3 ‘AII Leather 4 Scout Ice Skates All standard makes at lowest prices. 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The Mil- waukee club will do its training in Missouri, while Waxahachie, Tex.. will be the camp of the Kansas City Blues. KILLINGER JOINS “BUDDY” IF HE GOES WITH YANKS NEW YORK, December 20.—Glenn Killinger, Penn State foot ball star, who is slated for a tryout with the New k Yankees next spring, will have a ilege “buddy” in Hinkey Haines, a enn State gridiron star of 1920. Haines was signed by the Yankees lust year and farmed out on an optional srecment. Along with Killinger, he Ii be given a trial at the Yankee { training camp at New Orleans. Babe Ruth came to town today and pressed his anxiety to get to work ith the bat. He said he was glad that | Commissioner Landis had given him { permission to play on the spring train- ing trip. _ Alrex promoter has come | | | bouts In South Amer Quite a few pplers can be spared, if he will ‘em. Retiring from Busines SALE Wonderful Values in High-Class Men’s Furnishings In order to close out our stocks as quickly as possible we have marked every article at ridiculously low prices. Below are listed a few typical bargains. Collars (Arrow, lde and London) 2 for 25c¢ Garters makes. * Shirts Madras, Parkolet, Etc., Bates Street. Pajamas Formerly values to $5.00. Neckwear Values to $2.00. Hats Boston, Paris and all other leading GIANTS WILL “DOLL UP” IN COLORFUL UNIFORM NEW YORK, December 20.—The uniforms worn next season by the New York Giants, world base ball ;::-D‘Ol-. ‘will be somewhat color- The home suits will be white ‘with a violet stripe and the fnitials “NY” on the sleeves. e stock- ings will be read, white and blue the eap white with lue k. The road unmiform will be &ray and the word “Giants” across the shirt fromt. MIKE GIBBONS PLANNING TO GO ABROAD TO FIGHT ST. PAUL, Minn., December 20.—Mike Gibbons, St Paul middleweight boxer, is planning a trip to England for a series of matches next spring. He injured his right hand in the bout with Mike O'Dowd here last week and will give it a month's rest. Negotiations for the trip are under way. SCHAEFER HAS BIG LEAD IN CONTEST WITH CONTI PHILADELPHIA, December 20.— Jake Schaefer, world champion 18.2 balk line billiardist, won the first two blocks of a 3,200-point exhibition match yesterday from Roger Contl, and is leading the Frenca star, 800 to 247. Schaefer won, 400 to 152 and 400 to 95. The champion's highest run was 249 and Conti's 62. — Cue Tourney Leader to Play. Wheatley, wh ofs tied for the lead in the District pocket billlard tour- ney, will play Kimball tomght at the Grand Central. Last night, Richmond defeated Dickey, 100 to 47, the win- ner havig a high run of 20. R GOLF CLUB TO MEET. 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NEW YORK, December Recognition of the rol ing falls rule by the commixsfon for the Zhyxzko- champlonship wrestling bout held recently hax come to tay, it has bee: ounced, n William Muldoon the commisxion said that he refused to strike it from the of despite the fact that George Both- a D . K. Roller, both s of the mat game, ha quested a retur: of deci in 1 to the old method ding wrestling matches by Ix alone. uldoon declared the flying and rolling falls rule offered n safe- xuard to the sport without detract- ing from the competitive interest attached, Young Fitz Loses Decision. NEW ORLEANS, December Harry Foley of Hot Springs was given a decision over Young Lob Fitzsimmons of New York at the end of a sensational fifteen-round fixht here last night. The men are i heavyweights. The decision was n popular with many of the fans . Hanlon Easy for Dundee. PHILADELPHIA _ Decs |Johnny Dundee, New | weight, outpointed Jimm | Denver in an eight-rou | bout last night. 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