Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1923, Page 66

r . S NEW QUARTERS PROVIDED FOR GRIFFMEN AT TAMPA Tmprovements Costing $35,000 Include ‘Steel and Concrete Grandstand, With Up-to-date Dress- ing Rooms and Showers in Clubhouse. Bpe T Dispatch to The Star. AMPA, Fla, January 27—When Clark Griffith and his three-score athletes unload their golf bags, clubs, knickers and a base ball glove or two at the Tampa Bay Hotel and hie themselves to Plant Field a few weeks hence, they will be greeted by, not the ramshackle wooden grandstand and makeshift clubhouse which has housed Fampa's diamond representatives for many years, but a new and imposing steel- and-cemient grandstand, which is just being completed. Last season Griffith found an attentive ear on the progressive side of the municipal officials’ heads when he hinted rather strongly that a new grandstand, with modern dressing rooms, doubtless would do much toward bringing him and his Nationals to Tampa still another season. Tampa’s city fathers took cognizance of the fact that the advertising resultant to lining up the Washington base ball club for its regular spring trainin, would be most valuable, and decided that Tampa should have something de luxe in the way of a grandstand. Pigging up $35,000, jotting down several ideas contributed by Mr. Grif- fith relative to the necessary and pleasant things in and around a mod- ern plant and finally getting under way., the city has constructed an admirable site for staging the dozen or so. games between the Griffmen and National League club here this spring. Part of the ancient wooden struc- ture was burned early last season. The section untouched by the fire was converted into & bleacher section to reinforce the bleacher stand already constructed. The new affair, which will seat 4,000 individuals, demon- strative or otherwise, was erected upon the site occupled by that part of the old grandstand ‘which was burned, plus some additional space to the south Two Large Dressing Roomn. The large dressing rooms, the walls of which are lined with lockers and lavatories, have been constructed heneath the grandstand. Entrance to the rooms is made from-the front of the stand. Off cach dressing room is unother- room—the shower. room, where hot and cold water will not be the problem it was in the old dressing room. Incidentally the showers were built in according to suggestions made by Griff. = With the new grandstand seating 4.000 and the bleachers adding 1,600, the Nationals should have little trouble, so think the Tampa commis- sioners, in making their %hnnual spring training season onc of real joy. Mayhap. but 1924, the city dads will add to their renovated Plant Field a couple of pytting greens. Mike Martin on the Job Mike Martin on the Nationals' pay roll as trainer, but in reality a man of as many duties as a state police- man. accompanied by Stanley Harrls, Giriff's second baseman, are In the ihrées of the royval 'and anclent game.- The annual South Florida falir. which starts here February 1 and closes February 10, is folding Mike's hands, as far as his job at bulld- ing a base ball diamond on: Plant Field is concerned. Mike is seeing to it that plenty of clay is forthcoming. so that, when the fair is over, he wili be able to rush the work of revamp- ing the infield to have it ready for the hurlers who precede the main con- tingent of Griffmen. At present the ball fleld is a perfect specimen of a young cornfield—minus the_corn only. Annually Mike comes to Tampa hoping against hope that the Tampans have left his base ball fleld in something approaching that which the Natfonals leave it. An- nually Mike deposits his luggage at the hotel, makes his way over to Plant Field and there he stands, looks nd mutters. The field has just closed s annual foot ball season..each ime, and now Mike helieves he knows why t pigskin game a “gridiron.” So, rather than add whiteness to his already whitening head, Mike now wheedles some unsuspecting golfer friend into taking him out to one of the golf courses and there the Sena- tors’ handy man forgets his cares. Yesterday Mike was challenged for an cighteen-hole match by some 120- oting acquaintance, and rather re- ctantly, but with a show of fine partsmanship. Mtke accepted the hallenge. Harrls, it seems, is far vorid Mike's class and Bucky scorns ie duffer types. NEW RIFLE CHAMPIONS ARE CROWNED IN 1922 A number of riflemen who never lefore attracted much attention broke into the limelight during the seasan ©f 1922 in the small-bore matches of the National Rifle Association, and some of the veterans who have been standing fn the full glare for years had to move back a little. E. F. Burkins of Wilmington, Del., won the national small-bore indi- vidual champlonship with a perfect code of 1.400. Burkins and H. W. Gerrans of the Canal Zone tied at the regular event with 400 points caoh, while L. J. Corsa of Brooklyn came next with 398. On the first shoot-off Burkins and Gerrans each made another perfect score. On the sccond shoot-off Burkins made & per- foct 400, while Gerrans scored 330, Gerrans won the 50-vard individual champlonship with a perfect score of 500. T. K. Lee of Birmingham, Ala., and Burkins tled for second with 437. H. D. Hack of Hillsboro, Ohio, won the fron sight champlonship at the same distance with 484. Burkins and Lee tled for first place in the 100- vard champlonship with 495, and L. J. Uorsa was third with 493. Albert Nutt of Janesville, Wis., won the iron sight_title at the same distance. At 200 yards Gerrans again proved Tis ability by making a perfect score of 100. Al Hansen of Rosebud, Mont.: ¥. C. Payne of Los Angeles; Emil Schweger of Jan€sville, Wis.; Paul Shepherd of Burlingame, Wis., and Milo Hill.of Caledonia, Ohio, aiso m2de perfect acorcs. The offhand match with the free rifle was won by Walter R. Stokes of Washington, D. C., the world cham- pion, with the .30-caliber rifls. L. J. Cor':‘l was second and W. W. John of the Canal Zone was third. Stokes' score was 378. - Cérsa. won'the prone championship with the free rifle as well as the sit- ting ohampionship. T. K. Lee was second, in _the sitting champlonship and_A. P. 'Willlams of the University of Pennsylvania was third. In the prone matoh E. A. Mahon of the Canal Zome was second and Stokes third. Williams won_the kneeling cham- pignship, with :Corsa second- and Btokes third. The grand average prize. went to Gerrans, with 1,092, Burkins having 3,031 and Lee 1,090. e The team champlonship was won by 31ilisboro, Ohio. with 1,957. - George Washington University’ was second and West Bend, La., third. 4 The long-range team championship was won by the Los Angeles Rifle apd Revolver Club. with 478. .The Haver- hill (Mass.) Rod and Gun Club was second and the Bell Telephone Com- pany’s Chicago team was third, . V ——— CHICAGO, January 27.—University L grapplers won. from . Ne wi njversity ‘wrestlers, 1 to 11, tonight at Evanaton, in a-western <ol match, | Chicago taki .:&o falls apd. three decisions - orth- ‘western winning~one . fall. and’twords: cisfons, & ... - o WORTH OF REPENTANCE ILLUSTRATED IN MAGEE " THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON,"D: Nationals to Have Modern Training Plant : Dempsey May Quit After This Year | Snould Sherry Magee, who been displaced as thelder with the Minneapolis club by*Zeb Milan, former Griffman, be mamed a big league umpire, as is reported, there w cere. Kor Sherry once knocked Umpire Finneran of the N. L., was very repentant amd forever after- ward wa restrained nelf- contained when dealing with umps. Naturally of an aggressive n: 3 Re curbed himself and is a fine walking example of virtwe that follows om repemtance. SEATS FOR AUTO GRIND | ey call the field for the L ibasket . SOLD FAR IN ADVANCE | starts Monday. INDIANAPOLIS, January 27.—Speed fans from all parts of the globe will soon be informed as to their good fortune or misfortuns in ob- talning the points of vantage desired for witnessing the eleventh annual 500-mile international sweepstakes, on the Indianapolis Speedway, May 30. The seat sale for the speed classic Seats for the world base ball series do not go on sale until a short time before the date for the games, but the pasteboards for the premier of all motor speed events are available four months and ofie. day before the event. In fact, speed fans would start buy Ing seats twelve months before the 500-mile test were they available. The day after the last race eight fans dropped into the speedway office and asked to have the same points of vantage for this yvear. One of these ‘was a ‘Los Angeles fan. an- other was from New Orleans, another from Boston and one from Montreal. | The remaining four were from In- diana_and Ohio cities. Since that time the office has had mail requests for seats from many foreign points, Six fans from Japan have asked for ““ome best possible box": from Hamburg, Gerfnany, came a request for,a box; three fans in Honolulu desire eeats. and the requests for parking spaces, boxes and reserved seats from all parts of the United States and Canada are too numerous to mention. WOOD ENTERS CRUISER IN MIAMI-HAVANA RACE DETROIT, January 27.—Commodore Gar Wood of the Detroit Yacht Club has entered his express cruiser, Gar Jr. 111, in the Miami-Havana race, scheduled for March 3. According to powerboat authorities here, at least six cruisers are expected to compete in the race, which will be run over a course straight across the Gulf stream. . Cash prizes totaling $10,000 have been posted by the Comision Nacional Para el Fomento del Tourismo of Cuba. The winner will receive $5.08, while $3,000 and 32,000, respectively, will go 'to second 'and third place winners. The only conditions at- tached to the award of prizes is that at least four cruisers compete in the contest. Following the run to Havana, the cruisers will race to Key West March 6 and on to Miami March 7. The cash prizes, however, are awarded only for the first leg from Miami to Ha- vana. Commodore Wood, who won _the event last year with his Gar Jr. 1I, is expected to enter several 6f his speed boats in the annual regatta over the Blscayne bay course March 9 and 10. Runabouts "and cruisers will be brought into action for this regatta. —_— The playing fleld of Tilinois Unl- | shown the way in the first two hea versity's new stadium will be 16 feet below the first floor level. Correct Rule FFENSE. When it's your ball out of bounds, put it in play ‘at once. Never give oppo- nents time to form thzir defense. On all jump plays it is well to have signals of some sort. In this con- nection it is important that all play- ers know how to jumip. Neither can_yod stand’still‘and wait for.the ball to be tapped to you on jump plays’.' Le“av: the spot dpen to which ball is to be tap_ped. Then rush in, lup~intq air, get the ball and start' the offense. All players should be taught to Tips on Playing Basket Ball; BY ED THORP: dribble. On large courts or aguinst a five-man defense it is necessary to start the offense by dribbling up to the center of the floor. And when polnts |’y player is ahead of il opponents and gets the ball the dribble is_the sole method- of car}rying-it “to the 3% o Py T 3 Gk s C., JANUARY A A G A K Hg Lot S e “MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL”" BY JOHN J. McGRAW, .Manager New York Giants, Three Times World Champions. (Reloased Exclusively Through the North Ameriosn Newspaper Allianoa Origin of the World Series E Idea—Spree That Cost OriolesaChampionship | Over . Re- ceipts of Series—First Intimation of “‘Fixed” | Games. —Trouble HE first germ of the world scries idea—thie suggestion that led to the winding up| of the base ball season with a.classic climax—came from William | Temple, a prominent 'citizen of Pittsburgh and a base ball "eiithu- siast of the highest and-most help- est type. It came at the end of the 1894 season when the Orioles made their first sensational’win of the National League championship. | For several years at the end of each championship fight there had been wide discussions as to whether the best club had won the flag. Obviously | it had. Still there were hundreds who held the bellef that if the second team had got a good start for Instance, it would have won. Mr. Temple suggested that the first and second teams play a series of | games to determine which was the | superior club at the moment. - As a | trophy to the winner he gwve @ beautiful and expensive cup, known as the Temple cup. As a consequence the post-season classic took the name of the Temple cup series. | Four Series in Succession. This was regarded as a bit of genuine sportsmanship and _four series were played—1894-5-6-7. While these games were fully as interesting at the times as the world's series affairs are now it dawned upon base ball people then that such a test was unfair to the winner of the champion- ship. It took the egge off a victory | that had been the rbsult of a whole season's hard work. To. permit a| short series to rob a club of such | glory did pot seem right. There was | a lapse of several years before an- other series was played. After Brooklyn and' Pittsburgh fought it out in 1900. Brooklyn winning, the Temple cup series idea was aban- doned. The vup was given to Joe FOUR HEATS NECESSARY TO DECIDE PACING RACE WINDSOR, Ont, January 27.—A four-heat race in which ‘the heat win- ners staged a spéctacular contest for the deciding circuit of the ice track, featured today’s card at Dovenshire. Fleéty Silk, driven by Fleming, won after Blend J and Alvin Pointer had The event was the 2:15 pace in which the best time was set by Blend J at{ 2:14%. Baron Todd, won the 2:14 trot, | Sonoma Harvester being. the only con. | tender. The meeting closed today after of- ficials decided many of the horses had been raced out by the meetings at Toronto and Mount Clemens. Some of the stables will go to Chat- ham, Ontarlo, next Sunday for a four- day ‘program. : —_— Cornell has won ssventeen out of twenty-five collegiate varsity eight- | oared shell races. | Interpretations Q. If referee calls a foul on a play- er can an additional foul be called on him or any other player for talking back at referee? . ‘es. Of course, the captain may mddress any official on matters of in- {erpretation or (o obtain ensential i formation. But cven such comversa- tions mukt be conducted courteounly, herwise a foul can be called. Q. A player adyvancing with ball ac- cldentally “runs _into an opponent. Opponent makes no attempt to block or'seize ball. Can opponent be penal- ized for, blocking? 3 A. No.' Q.-Ts there any.amateur rule gov- erning. the :number ‘of men"who may take up positions along the sides of frée. throw line? » A. No_particiilag. number' mention. ed. If playérs contend for tions ong. free throw lines the referee ‘the players so tl are evenly dfstrib- Q. Suppose'a gyard has threo per- sonal fouls charged against -him and is then taken out by comeh. Later he is put-back as a forward. Does an- otheripersonal foul disqualify him? A. Yeéu; unfier sy he & o it oF e, Q. How .are ets chosen? lection - at st ‘o WA Tewms change baskets ‘ut ' start;of . second | capture of the scason’s penmant. | ers going through a strain‘like that | against us in the serles, winning the | tirst McGinnity by the players. heard that he still has it. The New York Glauts took the first cup from us.in 1894 in four straight gumes. This rather took the edge off the enthusiasm of Baltimore fans and somewhat dulled the luster of our I have Won Cup Next Three Times. At that, we managed t§ -win ‘the Temple cup the next.three times, though we did not win the pennant' in 1837. Our post-season vietory took he limelight away from the cham pionship Boston team just as the Giants had hurt us In 1894. I shall never forget that first Tem- ple cup series. To be sure that the Glants finished second #o as to get a/ ance at the cup, Jouett Meekin and Amos Rusie pitched every other game for New York for the last month of the season. Can you imagine pitch- in_this day and time? Not only that. but they stepped right in and pitched all the games | famous cup in four straight, games, each winning two. New York rooters came down on! us in‘a great flurry. Such old fans| as De Wolf Hopper, Digby Bell, Nick | Engel and Harry Stevens went crazy with delight over the sucoess of! Johnny Ward and his Gilants. After! that series Ward retired from base ball, by the way. leaving a wonde: ful ‘record behind him, due to his work with the Providence and New York clubs for sixteen years. Ward a Popular Figure. John Ward was an outstanding! character in the game and his per-| sonality was admired by fans and| base ball people throughout the coun- try. He became a lawyer, and has been my pergonal attorney for years. Though we "had many scraps on the ball fidld he was an opponent that ! one could warm up to. He had both | :’lgh(m‘ epirit and rare playing abll- ty. While Jouctt Meekin and Amos Rusie pitched wonderful ball in that series, they' could not have won but for the great support given them | by the Glant plavers, especially Ward, | Mike Tiernan and Eddie Burke T do'not offer this as an alibi, bll!.l to tell the truth, Hughey Jennings and myself wers about the only Oriole plavers who were in proper condition | to put up the kind of game we had | shown all season. We were very! voung and knew little of the joys of | all night affairs. At that time, and| for a long time after, neither of us| had ever taken a drink. I had never smoked. In fact, I have never smoked to this day. Players Divided Receipts. | But the Baltimore fans and others| weresdetermined to show how much they appreciated what we had done to bring a championship to the old ! town. With all the banquets and other affairs arranged to celebrate our winning of ‘the flag—and several davs | elapsing before beginning the big | series—it is not to be wondered that | most of the boys were knocked out of | their stride. aturally, the players| thought they were entitled to break training- for a short spell. So did their Baltimore friends, evidently. Just as the case now the receipts L B S McGRAW AND WILLIAM'A. S i TEMPLE, DONOR OF THE TEMPLE CUP, for the Temple Cup series were divided among the players. Right away con- siderable feeling was aroused among the players over the discovery that several members of the contesting clubs had agreed 1o pool their shares and divide fifty-fifty, no matter which #ide won. In other words, some of the players had decided not to take a chance. Quite a few of the vicforlous team, after having made such a despicable agreement, refused to abide bw it There were many quarrels over this and the friction lasted for years. In fact, this feeling lasted as lohg as the welchers confinued in base ball Goes Back to College. 1 had no particular sympathy with either side to the argument—it was a degrading arrangement at all times— but I -took particular pains to let the welching players know what I thought of them by verbal shot dur- ing and after every gage that I played with them. So did Yhe rest of the Oriolés. to.loosen: up and settle. After so much talk about it I don’t.believe our play ers would have accepted the money anyway. Jennings and I returned to St Bona- venture College ‘when the Temple Cup series was over and remained there all winter. Night after night we thrashed over our defeat at the hands of the Glants,. between study hours It soon became an obsession with us to win the pennant again, So that we could have oge more crack at them. We were determined ‘that we would not lose another series through lack of condition of any of the players, even if both of us had to constitute | ourselves policemen 5 Demanded Pay Increases. The next spring, 1895, the question that is always uppermost in a ball player's mind after winning a pen- nant ar We wanted more money. We had many arguments with Man- ager Hanlon over the salary ‘question ibut finally all came to terms and we jreported to the training camp, which had been changed from New Orleans to Macon, Ga. Due to our school work we were ten days late, but both were in splendid condition. almost fit and ready for the championship season to begin right then. The whole team went at the train- fng censcientiously. There were no laggards. Never was there such a bunch out for morning practice. That post-season defeat at,the hands of the Giants had taught everybody a lesson Our success of the revious year in winning the pennant by united and aggressive methods had been a last- ing inepiration. Confidence of us. We MWhew that we had to be in the best possible condition, though and that became our main aim. Won Flag Again in 1595, As’a result of this strenuous work and detérmination we had no trouble in winning the 1895 pennant The Boston club was the contender and we plaved them for the cup. It was Just before that series that I heard for the first time in my life ru- mors of ball games having been fixed. Though I did not believe it, the mere idea. sort of sickened me. (Copyright, 1923. United States and Canada, by the Ohristy Walsh Syndicate.) PRI He IN .. " 1894, PROM WHICH THE WORLD SERIES TDEA DEVELOPED, Still the Giants refused | zed out | | b |lie landed in New “\\' progress. N | da | comeback such as Jeffries made. as changed so c 28, '1923—SPORTS "SECTION. - During 1923—Jack S PLANS UNUSUAL ACTIVITY. . BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT Champion Probably Will Take Part in Three Fights ays His Successor Will Have His Sympathy, Not Envy. BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, January 27.—Jack Dempsey will go through a year of ring activity such as he has never known since he has been cham « pion, and then, if undefeated, he will retire. plan he has in mind today. At least this is the Like other world champions, Dempsey has found that about the only usiness. And when I do retire, bel; been a fighter who mpletely in a few His garb when ork the other day as very expressive in indicating his ¥iis derby hat, his modest, There never h ars as Dempsey PARIS OLYMPIC STADIUM IS ONE-THIRD COMPLETED OSTON, Jafary 27—A picture making for the Olympic games B | Geiger, jr., of this city, a member of games. Geiger sai The tr: enthusiastic over the games. Thi hich t! projected, he said, as one “on w j would be_ possible. a MILE O WIN HANDICAP NEW ORLEANS, La, January 27.— B.'N. Holman's Best Pal, regarded as the premier handicap performer of local Tacing until last week, restored himself today by picking up the-top wefght of 122 pounds and running the mile of the Hausman handicap in 1.38 3-5, the fastest time of the meet- ing, to win from Sir Thomas Kean, Irish Kiss and five others. arter Snyder caught Best Pal in motion at the start and his rider, { Romanelli,” kicked him to the lead | rounding the first tyrn. He showed {the way throughout and drew out funder hard urging through the { stretch, after Sir Thomas Kean chal- lenged at the final eighth. | “Fhe disappointment of the race was {the showing made by Comic Song, | who defeated Best Pal last Saturda {The Fonsgwald gelding lacked h jusual speed today and after racing |in contending position on the outside "nl‘ half mile, quit badly in the stretch. i 2 Jockey Pool was the day's riding star, with a triple. of the preparations now "u the at Paris next year, with especial reference to the interests of United States athletes, is presented |in the report to President William C. Prout of the A. A. U, of Albert the board of governors of the A. | A. U, who has returned frgm a visit to Colombes, scene of the 1924 d it was his general impression that the French au\horm'es were making their plans well in advance and that the country was ack as planncd by them is being he making of new world’s records The report says in part: ‘I went to the Colombes taxi in_twenty-five minutes from the Stadium in { i uite accessible. You can also g0 by | train in less than fifteen minutes to a | station which will be built jn plenty of time before the games. also planning to-build a new boule- vard up to the stadium from Neuilly, which is just outside the Paris gates. They are “The stadium itself is about ome- third completed. The grandstands are overed on_either side of the tracl and the ends are banked-up standing room. around the entire track, even in front of the.grandstands, are to be fairly steep and should give a very good view of concrete. there is ample dressing-room space which would easily take care of 300 men, each with good shower bath layout, rubbing rooms, etc. trance and exit arrangements also are well lafd out This standing room runs The grandstands They will be built Underneath the stands The en- “They are working on the track. It is to be put on a splendid foundation. It is about twenty-five feet wide, and they expect to have it completed b spring. this summer, 1 They should have ultimately as good a track as could be desired have a special red cinder which seems to pack take-offs for the running broad jump and high jump are in and seem to be 1t will be well packed down and in the spring of will ‘again be worked over. 74 it They very well. The runs and - well laid out. Havana Results t | RACE, three furlongs—Quail won; | L ecoudy Hotty W, third. Time, 0.38 45, Scratched—Electr ) RACE, six furlongs—Chile won: QO3 oata: second; Polite: third. = Time, . Al started. | Mt RaCE, six furlonge—Lady Heare | won: Arrah Go On. second: Memphis, third | Time, 11425, Scratched—First Pullef, Ken more and Red, | " FOURTH RACE, five and one-half furlongs— rena il won; Mountain Lassle, seo- | ona wawons. third. ~Time. 10093, Al | started. RACE, fne mile and flfty yards— T o Primo, second . Breadline, third. | Time, 14425 Scratched—Sentimental, Miss | Dixie, Lady Freemen, Kathleen K and Bloom- | ington. | “BiXTH RACE, | Mallowmot wor third, Time, 1. one mile and fifty yards— ‘Stonewall, second; Jap Muma, 14335, Scratched—Shootaway. New Orleans Results ACE. six_furlo The Peruvian, «FIBST R crend Bobey Alisn, third. Time: 1 118 3-5. _Scratched—Oockroach, Mr. Grafter i th Bean. R ACE, ix furlongs—Joha Q. Kelly, ! second: Prince of Umbria, 3. Scratohed—Sweet and t | 'Effare, 11248 . _FOURTH secon: Scratched—Rep. RACE, ono mile—Best Pal, won; Sir Thomas Kean, second: Irish Kiss,' third. Time, 1.38 8-5. All startec ) [ FIFTH RAGE, one mile and an eighth—Jack | Hare, ir., won; Gem, second; Fantioohe, third. 1.53 8-5. Scratched—Tanson and Ber- RACE, one mile and three-sixteenths ‘—glluxbgt‘i won: Est lette. second: Gentle- i man Jounette, third. ime, 2.00 1-5, Scratched | SEVENTH &nd s stxteenth.- . 3 'ylis, secol T k" ‘Scratched—Amns Gallup and Bright Trash. 'STALLION STAKES DRAW IMPOSING LIST OF SIRES CLEVELAND, "Ohib, January Thirty-five of the greatest sires in the country have been named in the championship Stallion stakes of 1925, No. 16, the entrles to which closed December 30, according to announce- ment made here today by James Clark, assistant secretary of the American Assoclation of Trotting Horse Breeders. This is threes more than were named for the stake last year. The 1922 progeny of these sires are eligible to contest as three-year-olds i the, rich trotting event in 1925, st séascn this futurity, which Is second in importanee only = to the great Kentucky Futurity, was raced at the North Randall track during the August Grand’ Circuit meeting, | its money value being more than §11.- 000, and was won by the unbeaten three-year-old trotter, Lee Worthy, 2.03%. The 1925 Futurity will have a money value' of $14,000, it ‘is- esti- mated.. ... 4 The -Matron stake, No. 16, a com- panion “event'-to the champlonship Stallion ‘staké, drew 600 nominations. This stake is for weanlings and foals of 1822 to race as three-year-olds in 1925, Last season the list numbered 0 nominations. The increased en- 7 try this.vear is attributed to the .in- | creasing interest in harness horse | racing. especially in. futurities. The value of the 1922 Matron stake race was about $7,500. It was raced at Toledo. The tracks for the 1933-Stallion and Matron stakes will mut uuo'!):l 15, It ltl bou'und Norr.% W e - former an b S ¥ 27— latter event. of course, also a practice trac hard as the champlonship track, to bs built just outside the stadium, to be used for training. retary, warming up to the proposition satis- factorily, although he had only ceived final instructions to go ahead from the French Olympic committee shortly believe will be practical for track would housed somewhere near the Triomphs, many to ““The track is a 500-meter track and. looks considerably larger han our quarter-mile tracks. They havesa fine foot ball fleld in the mid- dle and are apparently going to eature rugby and soccer. There is not quite as French People Enthusiastic. “Allan H. Muhr, international sec- says the French people are re- before T arrived. “In the matter of housing, T do not the =mall house proposition men. 1 men be Arc de in Paris, where there are If this proves suggest the track small hotels. for much less money. men to rain, and altogether I think you would find some such arrangement as suggested to be very satisfactory.” Whe' expensive good accommodations | could be had at Neuilly, just outside the gates, Busses could be used for the go back and forth to the track to worthwhile thing about holding a title is the money involved. Year by | year, he has learned that many whom he counted upon as friends have associated with him merely for what they might get out of him. he fights he is accused of having beaten cinch opponents and when he | doesn’t fight he is condemned as cowardly. ' “There is nothing to being a champion except worr “When. I step out and the next champion comes along I am not going to envy him. He will have my sympathy. What I want to do this Myear is to clean up all the real contenders and then turn to some other When said Jack to- ieye me, there wil be no attempt at n I'm out, I'll be out.” conventionally cut elothes, his gait ere, were a complete contrast to tho Dempsey of even two years ago with his yegg cap and Hollywood gar- ments. Jack is working into & busi- ness man. Already he and his man- ager and friend, Jack Kearns, havoe purchased a $250,000 apartment hourc on the west coast and money to b carned this year will also be invested in real estate. Should Have Plenty of Cotn. Through various earnings, fight moving picture rights, stage appeur ances and the like Dempsey anl Kearns probably will have savec about $2,000,000 between them by ti end of this year. In the meantime the chances «r that Dempsey will Indulge in thre: battles, the contenders in two cas to bo developed logically and in the other (Willard's) on the basls of past reputation. The first operation of this clearing house scheme will take place o March 12, when'Luis Firpo and Bil Hrennan meet at Madison Square Gar- den. The following week, March 1% Floyd Johnson and Tommy Gibbons will mingle in the same ring. The chances are that the winners of thesc two battles will be brought together to determine which of them sha meéet the champion, although shoulu Firpo knock Brennan kicking I might be hailed as a logical canii dats for the world's title forthwith Seems Sure to Meet Jess. Whatever happens, it is now pri tically assured that Dempsey Willard will meet somewhere outsid« of New York, perhaps in New Jer sev. on June 30. Rickard is co: vinced that of all candidates Jess the most formidable. While it 1s.ap parent that Dempsey does not thinl 0. he would like to fight Jess as warming-up bout for more fmportan: jengagements. In the background lurks Harr Wills. Tex Rickard's silence about Wills means only one thing, and that is that Tex has been shooed off this bout because of the race question volved. On the other hand, To O'Rourke might succeed in bringing Jack and the negro together. Unless Firpo makes a great sensa- tion when he meets Brennan, Wills is the one man whom a great majority of the fight fans would regard as hav- ing a chance to foll Dempsey's ambi- tions to ratire undefeated. (Copyright, 1923) BOUTS ‘GETTING WORSE AKRON WILL BAN THEM AKRON, Ohio, January 27.—Because they are ‘getting worse and Wors there will be no more boxing bouts pe mitted in Akron after February 7, Cit Manager M. F. Tucker has announced His ruling was sanctioned by the c boxing commission, which may continu to issue permits for amateur showe. Tucker said that professional bout scheduled for January 30 and Februa 7 may be held, but after that the ! | will be clamped down tight for an | definite time. |~ His ruling. he said. resulted from con [plaints of fans that there is 8o litti jinterest in _the professional game thit promoters have been unable to obtai first-class boxers, and that the prices failed to decline as rapldly as the qual- ity of the exhibitions, _ WEST POINT, N. 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