Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1923, Page 29

- 2 SPORTS. THE BVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. 0, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1923.° ~SPORTS.” P e et o O it e —— Brilliant Season in Rowing Is Promised : Dempsey-Gibbons Battle Is Arranged N FIRST TESTS WILL COME VIRGINIA QUARTET WHICH WILL RUN IN LEGION MEET BAY STATE SUSPENDS‘WILL FIGHT IN MONTANA LATTER PART OF MONTH ' = JOHNSON AND FULTON| ™~ )\ JULY 4, KANE STATES ] 2 2 'BOS'H)N, April 18—Floyd Johnson | t = — and Fred Fulton, the hoxers who are | 3 to meet at Jersey City mext Monday Childs’ Cup Race, With Penn, Princeton and Colum- night, were suspendod indennitely in | Manager of Challenger Says That Terms Have Been . S v i g o this state by the boxing commission | ¥ bia Listed, and Navy-Massachusetts Tech . k ) today. The commission held that the | Agreed Upon and All That Remains Is for men had failed to carry out &n agrea- | Events Are Scheduled for April 28. P o] : ; - ; ment to pox fof the Arenu A. C. hiere | Rivals to Sign Contracts. i [1ast Monday. | T T § o : : 4 With the boxers, thelr managers, | ; . : ¢ B |Churies Cook and James Johuston, | St il L R : BY WALTER CAMP. i 7 o and all the boxers under feir man- | ALT‘ LAKE CI'I.Y, LFnht April 18—Afrangements for a world heavy- { = 2 3 5 ¢ ¢ agement were also suspended indefl- | weight championship fight betweea Jack Dempsey, the champion, | { NORK. Ancillis Iiisjscasonipromisesitoibeionc ol helesca nitely. i and Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul have been completed, and the fight est this country has cver had in rowing. Coming of warmer T i e o R 1 % : 2 For T will be held at Shelby, Mont., July 4, #t was announced here by Eddie weather and the disappearance of snow and ice have brought row-| S : v o : . it &) w it e ent witis tha Kaue)mmgfl = Gi&mns July a y ing prospects to the fore with increased emphasis. Sweeps are swinging | S s ’ J 2 B s INew Jersey and New York commis- | : e ; i ] : 4 = K ks ives i 3 3 3 5 : e o sions, the effect of its actlon on the Representatives of the two fighters hiave agreed to all the terms of on a scorc of courses and the scallers are rapidly getting themselves into | : P2 3 5 4 < geed 3 ¥ e o n it e iRt o i e e G o e ol e fund shew in New York May 12 is | to the articles to complete the negotiations which have been under w jexpected to be considered by those | for several months, according to Kune. The signing procedure was rec- states. !garded by Kane as only a formality. form for a strenuous season. | Seven Columbia crews have been boated on the Harlem and Coach Rice is laboring encrgeticaily toward formation of the combinations | which will represent the Blue and White in later regattas. The Japanese at Harvard have organized an eight-oared crew and the varsity has 4 ° : oA g | & will meet Kane and representatives ot loancd them a shell in order that they may learn American rowing an: 4 i Sl > Fl d h F h Ful the Shelby Post of the American Le- introduce it into Japan on their return home. ; i .. i : oYy ohnson to 124 i ton |Blon. which is fostering the bout, at At Harvard and Yale new coaches blocked up Ly ice very late. has al- { Heber H dy had 4 H 9 i 2 . 41 - . . Great Falla Mont. within “four or slgned ai Harvard, has been replaced | though the men are two weeks late, | : “ : - b, | A"d W;nner Wlu Meet Wl et aane staton by Frank J. Muller of Philadelph compared with the time they got on :: " In ‘& suppleme: statement Mike as head coach. He will be assisted | the water last year. Coach Hoyle, % = Collins’of Minneapolis, who, with Loj J by Halnes. At New Haven, Iid Leader however, is putling in some Serious ; g s { ¢ P e Molumby,” state’ commander of the has come on from the Pacific coast | work, both with his heavy and lignt « H ¥ e - legion in Montana, represented the and has full charge, with two aseist- | varsity crew: : A { - V ; $, il —~Fred Fulton and Floyd Johnson wil Shelby Post in the fight negotiations ants of his own ¢ ing. Leader Bic Evest April 2S. NEW YORK, April 18. = declared that the fight would be held (‘"l*s nnll Erovone to ‘kl‘ the ']“'»*‘-' We shall get the firet definite line in ; 3 battle in Jersey City next Monday might and the winner will meet in a natural amphitheater one mile take of having his men battered to G d e : = i . west of Shelby. An arena, with @ Dieces by defeats befors they learn real competition at end of this S Jess Willard, former heavyweight champion, in one of the features ing capacity of 40.000° will be his methods, and in view of the past ' month, when, on April the Childs ? ¥y % % of the milk fund program at the Yankee Stadium May 12. If Fulton t and construction work will pro history this scems a wise move :: - o B e ! ed edia v te: signing of cup races are rowed at Philadelph e e fights Wiltard he will be paid only $1 unless his contract is changed. | (f¢d immediately after the signing o Syracuse Has Special Deviee. with Pennsy . Princeton_and Ct 4 o i 3 § 8 3 | 2 vew York and New Jersey box- Neither or Kane last night Dr. Spacth of Princeton and W Tunibia. represe: were will aiso be 3 ; bowy b Thus the tangle between the N ) ey s e e of Pennsylvania are hard at &[Sy Wiy meA TR Bend e W ok ;i % ing commissions was straightened out yesterday after the Jersey | \i'j.qa agreed upon, but it was re- Syracuse is credited with a !the river. the Institute of Technology A 5 ? 4 3 2 injunction, the ported from other sources considered device for tank rowing. which dupli- | rowing the Navy. g 5 A officials had threatened to prevent, through a court injunct R iihic (s A he Y Ansibn ew ot cxlesioutsldes condIthinsmoreiriear]y | OWNEy 0 w0 Bhall e e o0 i * Johnson-Willard match umless Johnson first fought Fulton in Jersey | (iive $500,000 for his end of the purse than acything that been done be. | portunity” to see the effects of the new | : I = : : fore, and the resaits from is use are | Leader regime at Yale, when on fhe : : 4 City as he had contracted. Chairman Muidoon of the New York being watched for eagerly Housatonic, in both v and juntor e 4 3 : £ drew his injunction against Johnson crossing the Hudson Settlement of the discussion as to | Varsity races, I'enn, Columl and Yale | o § s the distance to be rowed at Pough- meet There will also be a race that -3 and it was !“ ONEr i i D ] New Orl. : keepsie has enabled coaches to make | 48y between Tech and Yale 1026 crews. | ; When Fulton's manager declared that his protege would agree ng Le Tarew Orleans ning plans for that event. | Tuinceton has vo an M emen 2 4 . to meet Witard without compensation, in the event of victory over Tamete o Factors which resulted \I:‘A”:,xtggh)l‘l‘\: c < 2o i | ’ S B Johnson, Promoter Tex Rickard signed him up with an offer of §1 ing in their scheduled fifteen-round Béin ithe @celns of Covsil ito Ktand 3 a chance ou the 3 A 7 to make the transaction legal. bout last night. by the old principles supported by Charies river, the Harvard juniors row- | x : # Courtney. who always favored the |i€ the Tech juniors, and ile Harvard shorter race, and the feeling at Penn- | 130-pound crew rowing Tech's 150-pound sylvania that the amount of time|STeW. On May 16 there will be a gen- and training necessary for the lesser | €Fal invitation regatta on the Charles distance was less than that required | T1VEr, 0 May ¢ Cornell has a big day | i a ‘i d_Princeto S by the four-mile contest. The New | Yiile the Harvard, Yaie wnd Princeton ] i { BARER. (Captain) BOHANNON Jack Kearns, manager of Dempsey, rematiis ati Lour iniiles; as ral- LUl bound crews iontest o the IChnrles pion rows the Yale class crew cha B 3 On the Harlem river Columbia tackles ' ¥ N E | dual 2 tripie contests, the and Penn and the Columbia PR s 1 Henley on the Schuylkill, arsity meet, while on the Severn | § ) 5 ' : V R DY Childs cup races and contests | Annapolis rows Syr 3 . o Tousatonic, in which Colum- | Gn May » Bin wia penn will inout Yale. A (hren- | to rot Tiarsant on foe Chusion ok | : : FOR MEADOWBROOK SOUGHT BY KILBANE jear agreement has been signed by with f y hentd Vale so that races will be rowed both | byt the bis the day » e —_— on_the Harlem and on the Schuylkill.| American Henley at Philade: g . 7 y There are rumors of middle west- th Harvard and Yale d ¥ : One of the featur f the 1 . April 18.—Jolnny Kil- orn waiversities oing in for rowing, crews mcet on the Housaton : [ Aismican Tesiod igames at (Cen bane of Cleveland, whose titie of | e e e e s (asti: cre @ nothing further until the | g . be the mile relay race botwern the |WOTld's featherweight boxing cham- | races on this spring at Oakland will | New London, . varsity. funites ara % | University of Virgima and Meadow- pion is not recognized in New York | determine largely whether & crew |ircshmen, on June 22. and then the Y Bl | | rook Athletic Club quartets. = state, has applied for a license to box | will be sent east. finale, thé Intercoilegiate regatta on the 0 S nie Aaw s Tn M strensth aenil- ! i Jle now foi e ¢ here, which probably will be granted, | Cornell, a crew that is usually | Hudeon at Poughkeepsie, June 25. 3 . | Sotis " caor the firet Uime in 1w0| Chairman Willlam ® Muldoon of the | H linjured in a race against Syracuse bfl}:}u{:; l‘on;lmi!:wn sa\d{' < ll | % 5 a th d on. having ilbane has been ched to mee Loy Secovereq C0F sedson. Raving | g criqui of France, feather- Bl . . | 8 1 Meadowhrook is certain to furn welght champion of in a title {plenty of competition for match at the Polo Grounds June 2| : 1] Chariottesville four, as the TDhila- |but Muldeon recently indicated that | ° e 5 k Iphians proved to be one of the| Kilbane first must meet Johnny Dun- | | S | per cigar | % | E will be plenty of shorter |the indoor campaign Since that intimation Muldoon's | This race will be only one of many mandatory powers have been abridged A 5 top-line events in which more than by the appointment of a litensing - e 600 athletes, feminine and mate, will | commission and a new member of the EW YORK, April 18—Appoiniment of a general committee of e o Sapete Kesemiey | . N 3,000, representing athletic interests in everv state and important : : V2777727707777 7, 777777 to make clgars city of the country, has been authorized by the executive com- mittce of the American Olympic committee to promote interest in and . - | s enlist support for this country’s participation in the international games ' S < [l e e o at Paris next year. i 2 o | The names of 1,200 men were suggested to the executive committee as a nucleus for the gencral organizatisn, which will have more than i | i i s vl Corner 7th and G Sts. N.W. times the membership of 2 similar commitiee appointed for the 1920 ' - ympics. 1t is hoped to complete the list of 3,000 before May 1. Adoption of a new code of rules to 24 UNUSUAL Frn el v 5 o ks 3 i VALUES Ghempic commistee, adaition o more| INISH OLYMPIC GAMES 4 4 7 5 ° by the millions than by the Prevail right now, than 4 score of members to the exceu- | POSTPONED FOR A YEAR : : N and your opportunity tive committee and discussion of pre- | b to obtain your choice liminar. Pl :lns for sending this| BY the Associated Press. of our new line of country’s athletes abroad were other| DUBLIN, April 1S.~The general f matters taken up. | council of the Irish Olympic games . P R SuUITS AND A tentative veport was submitted | has decided te nostpome them wntil i TOPCOATS calling for the sending of a team of | the first fortnight in Augnst, 1924, 3 | i : ly 350 athletes in various| owimng to conditions in Ircland. - : : 2 HEE =23 lits you jlere hes of sport to Paris, but the| It had beem the intention to hold e 2 5 Come in and look over exccutive comniittee expressed its be-| the games in August of this year. 2 the large assortment £ that this representation should be i ; i hase & cut down to around 260 at the mOSt | wur Loiins of the Trish m R 5 : WEIayE Jor The report provided for from 30 to amen et 2 N Th i color 00 individuals rack and field| In Aukust, 1024, would conflict s s MEN AND efie::"l::e: r::néenu‘lis,wuv“ ihor | with the regular Olympic games. ; : we | YOUNG MEN T, g an Governing bodies for ice skating,| WFhich are to be held tn Colombes 3 At This Low Price! are in this grand assortmeat. hockey and other winter sports were Stadium, in the suburbs of Paris, ; R L NS owihree! requested to begin at once prepara- | RCX¢ summer. 5 R = tions for American representation in | these branches of athletics, which THE STORE THAT SELLS FOR LESS thousands. R e T ~ That’s why Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, former | 7 s MDA SANCTION TO RUN ABROAD occupation, was added to the execu- | ¥ / tive committee as cxecutive officer. 2 Other additions to the committee, 1 E g / of which Col. Robert M. Thompson of = New York is chairman, included: M, s : . ” F. Loughman, Herbert L. Pratt and EW YORK, April 18—The board of governors of the National e ey o ey Amateur Athletic Union has refused to grant an appeal by Charles delphia. F red’ xdoor .”gr_‘adum; W. Paddock, University of Southern California sprint star and orrs e ot “Porciand, Gres:| world record holder, for sanction to take part in an international college dwin 8. Schaeffer of B\m‘s.lu,\\rack meet at Paris in May. cisco. Col. Washington Bowie of B m. s . S R Baltimore, A. J. Gelger of Boston; J. The board’s decision was based on its feeling that an exception in J. Mitchall of Chicago amd John K. | Paddock’s case could not be made to the recent A. A. U. ruling barring Tener of Pittshurgh, former Governor | all American athletes, except the Yale-Harvard track team, from partici= of Pennsylvania. pation in international meets abroad this year. This ruling was effected —_—— |to assure concentration upon America’s preparation for the Olympic HARVEY, BOXING PILOT, , games at Paris next year. HURT IN AUTO CRASH Paddock, after presenting his case , the Harvard-Yale track team's meet to the board of governors, announced | With Oxford-Cambridge in Englan that he w .| next July was due to the fact that CHICAGO, April 18.—Charley Har- | cision and not take pare in the Paris | PInS (r It had been made about two ey of New York, veteran manager | meat. but would go abroad any s | YEAFs ago. 2 of boxers, who has made 2 business|for business reasons, which he plan. of importing Englith champio 5““!!!(«1 originally to combine with his| Purses given for horse races in this fered a fractured skull in an automo- {athletic venture. He has booked|country during a season amount to bile accident today in which two | passage to sail Friday. | $9.000.000. others were seriously injure The sprintes, who has been in Howard Carr, known as “Kid How- | training for some time, was plainly | ard” a gymnasium owner, Was arresi-, disappointed by failure to obtain|| INDIAN Frank. 6764 ~d_charged with failure to stop at a{sanction to competo abroad. He fad boulevard. He was driving the car | feit, hoSaid, that no objection would || - MOTOCYCLE in which Harvey was riding. Carr was | be raised, inasmuch | slightly injured 3 Parls was a college affair"® ¢t at| DISTRIBUTOR Harvey is manager of Billy Wells.{ The board of governors pointed out | Used and Rebuilt Motocycles Sold British welterweight champion. { that the meet was not of regular In- on’ Easy Terms—Bepairing —_— i:’ercolllgx!attel character, Lut promoted | HOWARD A. FRENCH & CO. WAUKEGAN. IlL. 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