Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1923, Page 24

'AR, WASHINGTON, D. C. )iOIVDAY, MAY 7, SPQRIS. Nationals to Get Severe Test in West : Dempsey-Gibbons Bout on Historic Site § 1923. SMALL BOX STAFF NEEDS | 56 teacue s 'BETTER BATTING SUPPORT ___ | Detroit FIGHT WILL TAKE PLACE WHERE INDIANS BATTLED Spot, However, Selected for Reason That It Offers Natural Amphitheater and Arena May Be et 3 Constructed at Small Cost. Fhiladelphia, 5; New York, 1 : = Chicago, 4; Detroit, 3. ‘ ; heavyweight champion, defends his title against Tom Gibbons on July 4, at Shelby, Mont., 100 miles north of this place, he will not only fight for the first time in an amphitheater created by nature, but he will be engaged in battle on the very spot where, in April, 1886, the braves of the Blackfeet and the Sioux tribes met in one of the last tribal wars in Montana, facing grim death in a hand-to-hand struggle with toma- hawks and knives. Montana promoters of the Dempsey-Gibbons bout have chosen this historic spot, not for the gory scenc it recalls, but because its contour fits admirably into the architect’s plan for an arena that can be cheaply built. The plans of the building have been so drawn as to accommodate & AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. Pot. w. L. .11 7' ".61i Washington 7 10 C11 8 579|Boston...... 7 10 leveland.. .11 § .B79/St. Louis... 7 10 Philadelphia ® 7 .563|Chicago.... 7 10 in GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. | Lietroit at Chicago. Washington at Detroit. St.Louia at Clovelind. Boston at Chicago, New York at Clevelind. Phila. at Bt. Loui RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, Pot. | 412 Bushmen Take to Road in Four-Cornered Tie Second Division—Johnson’s Pitching and Batting Beats Red Sox in Final, 4-1. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. OMORROW at Detroit the Nationals will open a tour that car T them through the west and to Boston before they return to their home lot three weeks hence. How the Bushmen fare in these | cighteen games, four with each of the Tygers, Indians and White Sox and three apiece with the Browns and Red Sox, should furnish a pretty ac- curate line on the fate that is in store for them in the championship race this season. Developments of the last few days indicate that at least two of their veteran pitchers—Johnson and Zachary—can be counted on for a good mound performance if not worked too frequently, and with George Mogridge's thumb rapidly recovering irom the injury incurred in New BY HERBERT M. PEET. NATIONAL LEAGUE. REAT FALLS, Mont., May 7—When Jack Dempscy. the world % F Bailse v | New York t. Louis. . Toston § 8 529 Cincinna Chicago. . "\10 9 .526 Philadelph Pittsburgh, 10 9 526 Brookiyn GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. o) t Boston. St. Louis at Phila. BT ot B Bittsbn at Braokiyr. New York at Phil Cincinnati at Boston, Chicago at New York. | RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, Cinciunati, 8; Pittstu St.’ Louis, 16: Brooklyn, 7: L .. Chicago. 4v hiladelphia, 4. | York two weeks ago. he may be added to the dependables before many days have elapsed. But with Warmoth and Hollingsworth still doubtful quantitics, despite flashes of good form shown by each, Brillheart yet to prove he is ready to equal his work of last season and “Iron Man” Rus- sell available only to finish games. the Bushmen appear to be poorly fortified with flingers for the stretch of eighteen contests ahead of them. These comprise the entire!| staff, the smallest b in the eir cuit, and they will require consider- WALTER HELPS HIMSELF ably more offensive support than they have been accorded to date if | MG . the Griffs are to improve their posi- Skinner Fewstor, 55 tion Collins, rf.. J. Harris, If... Bums. 1b..... Reicho, of; 1] McMillan, 3b...... Shanks, %b.... Picinich, e. Murray. p... Ferguson: o'Douit " Totals. s WASHINGTON. Rice, rf. S §. Harris Judge, 1 Goslin, 1 of ¥ seven » In the first eighteen games of the campaign. contested here, in New York and Philadelphia against the Yanks, Macks and Red Sox, the Bush- men won seven and lost ten, in addi tion to plaving a tle with the Ath- leties. This record, while nothing to boast of, is at least as good a one as that attained by three other clubs, for | the Nationals today were in a four- cornered tie in the second division, being on even terms with Chicago, St. Louis and Boston. ‘Text for Pitchers in Detroit. In their first series of the current trip Bush”s pitchers will have to face one of the greatest hitting teams ever assembled in the Tygers. who have been disputing with Cleveland | and New York for the leadership, and | top the entire pack with a batting average in excess of .300. Then the tackle the Indians, who, with weak vlaces in the garden and infield, plugged and some formidable new &' onvonwocossscs. " . b saatardEl rustue s e Al i | Blucge. Johnson, rroormooo® = coccccorccoool ol suuwsuspulliel cruorobrrosaeLE % » PSSR | I a— »uwoooHROD " " Wl Heassnaastlslobessssseanss i | Totals. : 0 4 27 14 ! *Battad for Mitchell in seventh inning. +Batted for Ferguson in ninth inning. Boston..... 00000100 Washington 04000000 x4 Two-basa hit—Goslin, Three-base hits— ! Johnson. S, Harris. Sacrifices—Shanks, Wade. Peckinpaugh. Double plays—Johnson to_Peck- | inpaugh to Judge: Johnson to Bluega to Judg Bluege to S. Harris to Judge. Left on bases— Boston. 8; Washington, 8. ‘Bases on balls— OF Johinson, 2; off Murray. 1: off Ferguson, Struck out—By Johnson. 4. Hits—Off Murra; 3 in 1% innings; off Ferguson, 5 in 615 in. nings. Hit by pitcher. Losing _pitcher—Murra. Evans, Holmes and Cor 1 hour and 47 minutes. o1 Dox materlal, are traveling at a rapid | bace under Tris Speaker”s lash. The! following the White 3§ ble start, have they hook up with veek x, who, after a misera- By Ferguson (Bluege). Umpires — Mossr: just taken three in a olly. Time of ga: row from the Cobbmen, before mov- ing on for a set with the Browns, who seem to be getting accustomed to the loss of the great Sisler. Un- le: the Bushmen display considera- | hly more prowess on attack than they | have shown to date they will be for- | tunate to win a third of their games | in_the west : While touched up rather frequent- | Johnson. yesterday, uncorked a | of stuff in the pinches and mi: a narrow margin, increasing his | rotal of shut-outs to 101. A spa EN | a £ EARING the finish of three we of only about two inches prevented Walter from attaining this distinc Jtion. the hit by McMillan that did line than the damage passing squarely through in most seasons | fore American League when play started today, one team was in fir POST OFFICE LEAGUE | STARTS WEDNESDAY | will hook up the opening | Department | day at ops Mails game of the Post Office Base Ball League Wednes o1 _the Monument lot Today General Accounting will engage the Interstate the G:vernment circuit, orthwest Athletic <lub fell the Herzl Athletic Club, 10 n the opening contest of the H. A. Leugue. EASTERN-TECH GAME DECIDES RUNNER-UP tied for in ogice | ine in | Le- | to YoM Eastern and Tech second place in the high school tit series. will clash tomerrow in the Mount Pleasant stadium in the only chool game here. Play will start at :15 o'clock. Toduy Central was sched- uled to meet Woodberry Forest in the stadium. Tech was defeated by to 9, while Eastern fell Blue and White, § to 4 Central plays its last scholastic game Friday. when it will hook up with Business, tailender of the series nines, Central before the May 7—T. J n back on team, and w York eenville GREENVILLE, . C.. Davis. former all-Americ the Pittsburgh University now the property of the ants, will report to the « club. ONLY FOUR PLACES EXIST NOW IN AMERICAN LEAGUE eks of play the races in both major base ball leagues have disclosed keener competition all down the | Chicago There were only four places in the st two ! Clevel i Larney's ‘legs, but so fast that he | could “not quite get his hands down | In time to intercept it. Walter him- | self supplied the punch that drove | in two of his team's runs with | iPrec-bagger to the scoreboard, and | he registered another when Rice fol- | towed with a safety. 1 Maul Murray Off Mound. Getting Murray's range in the | second the Bushmen drove him to caver. counting four times. Goslin opened with a terrific drive that car- | ried on a line high up on the right | field fence and netted two bases. He | advanced on Wade's sacrifice. Mur- ray tossing to McMillan too late to et the decision, and the bases were loaded when Ruel drew a pass. Peck’s fiy to Joe Harris scored Goslin, and afiar Bluege forced Ruel, both Wade | and Bluege tallied on Johnson's triple | to right center. Walter then count- «d on a single to center by Rice. Sam was cut down stealing. Johnson was threatened several times before he finally was_nicked | for a marker in the sixth. Mitchell | singled and was left at the midway | after Burns walked in_the opener. Rgund two, saw the bases loaded | whh none ‘out. a hit by McMillan. | a wild toss by Johnson. of Shan sacrafice and Picinich’s swinging | hunt, whereupon Walter whiffed Mur- ray and made Mitchell and Collins pop. Burns was left at the midw: after getting an infleld safety in the hird. "a double play followed the walking of Picinich in the fourth. Burns started the sixth with a wicked smash past Bluege, advanced A notch on Reichle's single to right. and scored when McMillan rified a hit through Johnson's legs to center. Shanks' rap to Johnson resulted in Reichle being forced at third and Bluege completed a dual killing by lining the ball across the diamond to | Judge, | | ON THE SIDE LINES | | f Johnson mow has a winning per- | centage of .750, with three victories and one defeat. Barney is going!| back, but he has a long way to go. “Businexs as usual” for C. Griffith | & Co. There were more than 11,000 cash customers in the house vester- day. The trio of double plays engineered yesterday raised the Nationals' total for the season to twenty-three in eighteen games. Gonlin's mighty maul that started the productive second inning carried high up against the right-field fence on a line. It would easily have cleared the barrier just to the right for a homer. Peck elicited a wild outburst of ap- plause in the third when he scooted to the grass back of Bluege and made a back-hand stab of Burns' roller and tossed while off balance to Judge. The fact that Rajah failed to get his man did not lessen the worth of bis feat. Judge made a smart play in the seventh when. after knocking down Pinch Hitter Skinner's crack, he re- trieved the ball and fired to Peck for a force-out at second. A high-grade whip was required for the completion of a double play when Johnson forced Reichle at the far corner in round 6. Ossie demon- strated he possessed_it. Match Your 0dd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS $4.65 Save the price of nn entire new wnit. All colors. " -ex, pate terns. EISEMAN’S 605-607 7th St. NW. | thriller from Cleveland, 5 to 4, to go | St. Louis.. { Marshall retains the lead with 5 won, in second, one in third and four ticd for fourth, and three were tied for | third in the National. ! Though they lost to the Philadel- CI‘HSOX, 4_; TYGERS, 3 phia Athletics—the sensation team of the season—5 to 1. hefore 55,000 peo- AT CHICAGO.) Yankees managed | A. to start a road trip in first place, as both Detroit and Cleveland lost defeating Boston. 4 to 1, Washington became level with the Red Sox and enabled Chicago, which won ite third straight from Detroit, 4 to 3. and St. Louis. which won a ninth-inning > Detroit. Blue.1b.. . Jones.ab, Cobb. cf. Vel;h I.! = Foth'gl rf. | Pratt, 2, | Berr.as. Manus] Haney s ‘Woodall,. Pillett: Basslert. . | Golez.... Franciép. Totals.. 28 7 23 17 P FANSOr 1 e % JOTSPNINIIPA I 1 ourowSumno ool into place. Chicago ground in the while New York idle. Through its a four-cornered tie for fourth and Pittsburgh both lost tional by losing and Boston were victory over the| Totak. 8 7343 Cubs, 16 to 4, St. Louis went into a *Batted for ¥err in e i bt S 1Batted for Pillette tie for third DLIL ”m\:’:xl":‘“l.n:sl ur;,)l. +Ran for ‘Bassler in which lost to oI N . . . klyn mad, otion toward get- ' Detroit. 0—3 e atom e Chicago. . 00010,102 x—4 ting out of the cellar by (lu\\'nin&‘ Philadelphia. 7 to 4. Runs—Blue, Jones, Cobb, Hooper, McCloilan | Rogers Hornst leading major | (2) Gollina, ‘Errors—Kerr, Kamm. Tws-base home-run hitter last vear, made two | hits leilan, Kamm, Blue, Veach. Stolen | circuit swats, bringing his season ?;)'figofigfi";fiy ;’""fincn;}_us%?:?:‘;)xfii ing'fi'ali";‘ ol te four and Charlie Grimm. | (G oy G ety G Bius | Pirate Arst sacker. hit safely, keeb- | {8 iraney 6 Jores oo Bratt, “Loft’ on basape | ing his consecutive record for the | Detroit, 5; Chicago. 5. Bases on balls—Off | season clear. He now has hit in the | Robertson, 6; off Pillette, 1~ Struck out—By | nineteen games played this season. Pillette, 2; by Robertson, 1. Hits—Of Pil- | lette, 6 in 7 innings: off Franmecis. 3 in 1 BROWNS, 5; TRIBE, 4. ning. Hit by pitcher—By Robertson (Pillatte). | (AT CLEVELAND.) Hon pitint: o Francia. Umpires—Mosera. Eowitna"and Moriarty. Time of game—1 hovr St Louis. ABH. 0.A. Cleve'nd. AB.H. ‘Tobin,rf. 2 2 Jami's'n.lf. 4 2 coommmmpumBEEuY | ecoouooonrpnnio NvoonworenuoooLy! i coconoonormronh Totals.. 28 9 27 seventh inning. in eighth inning. eighth inning. and 53 minutes. MACKS, 5; YANKS, 1. (AT NEW YORK.) AB. N Y Mat'wiior. b Witt.af. Halo3b. .. 4 Dugan 3b.. Perkins,c.. 3, Ruth,rf. Hauser,1b; 3 Miller,1f... 2 Gal'wayss. 3 MG wn.tf. & Dykes,2b.. 4 Rommell.p. 4 0A 2 Wamby,2b. Brower,Tf. Guisto.ib.. Summa.cf. Sewall,as. . o > wnonvoonue Gerber.5s.. VanGil'r,p. Danf'th,p. Wright, Pruett.p. Collins® Bennettt. . Totals. 371227 9 Totals. 32 927 11 *Batted for Danforth in seventh inning. tBatted for Wright in ninth inning. $Batted for Brower in ninth inning. 01000020 23] Cleveland. .. . 20110000 0—4 Runs—Tobin, Foster, MoManus, Severeid, Robertson, Jamieson (2), Brower, Sswell. Ertor —Gerber. Tw e hits—Jacobson, Wamby, Bewell, Three-base hits—Brower, Jamieson. Sacrifices—Collins, Wamby, Guisto, Browe; Double plays—Lutzks, Wamby and Guisf Severeid and Foster. Left on bases—St. Louis, Cleveland, 8. Bases on balls—Off Van Gilder, ff Danfort, 1; off Wright, 1; off Morton, 1. , 8 in % innings (no outs Wright, 1 in 2 innings; s; of Danforth, 4 in 1 inning; off cowmurooowe mownmoSonno ©0co0ERNNN~RD cocorowHEaLN coowrmmrnoooo! EYTSORTYSON Beormomon onwnnEoon 271z 000 000 Totals.. 32 Philadelphia. .. New York...... Runs—Perkins, _Hauser, Gowan, Dugan. Errors—Drkes, Mousel. Two-base hits—Ruth (). Thres-base hit—Dugan. Sacrifice hits—Galloway, Pipp, Perkins. _Double plays—Hals to Dykes 'to Hauser; Perkins to Galloway. Left on bases— New York, 7; Philadelphia, 8, First base on Dballs—Of Jones, 1; off Mays, 3. Struck out. By Mays, 2; by Rommell, 5." Hits—Of Jones, 5'in 8 {nnings; off Mays, 2 in 3 innings. Los: ing pitcher—Jones. : e AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City.......... 1 -] 02 001 Miller_ (2), Witt. ' Pipp, oo Bl umsmnmsnnl o2 ® mocomOOwWHLE in 4 innings; off Bruett Simith, none i % inning; Tit'by pitcher—By Morson, (Robertson). Biruck cuBy” Dan. | Kanoas, Cf g 8 orth, 3; Tight, Tuett, 2; - ton. 4. Wid piteh - Wright. ‘gm,v Jitehar | Keefe, Lindsey and Young; Dawson. right, Losing pitoher—Horton. mpires— | and McCarty Messrs. Dineon, Hildobrand and Ormsby. Time | Gotnmbus of game—g hours and 25 minutes e Palmero and GREAT NECK, N. Y., May _7.—Ed- | s . ward Lusker of Chicags and Frank J. | 3o Pan .. e Marshall of New York drew the six- | Tipple, Morrisette and Maye: teenth game of their match for the | Gonzales. United 'States chess championship. | mojedo ... Indianapolfs Bedient and Smith; Hill and Krueger. 2t 5| Bono | Starkte” and | 4 lost and 7 tied. Every Man Wsa Good-Looking Spring Suit These Warm Days = DROP INTO OMOHUNDRO'S AND PICK YOURS OUT FROM™ FABRICS FRESH FROM AMERICA'S BEST LOOMS. OMOHUNDRO WILL TAILOR IT TO FIT YOy PERFECTLY, PLEASING YOU IN EVERY LITTLE DETAIL. OMOHUNDRO'S PRICES ARE AS PLEASING AS THE GARMENTS HE MAKES. OMOHUNDRO, 514 12th ST. Your Tailor—Just Below F ‘St. | Cincinnati i o o e i s This shows Main street of Shelby, Mont., where Jack Dempsey will defend his title against Tommy Gibbons July 4. SOUTH BROOKLAND TEAM Shelby boasts of a popu WILLIAMS BOYS LEADING tion of 1,000. MAJORS IN HOME RUNS CHICAGO, May 7.—One hundr and nine home funs have been made by sixty-three players in the two major lengues, thix record in- cluding yesterday's cireuir clouts. Of thiv number, thirty-nine Na- tional Least have poled out jnmxes, Kenneth of Louix Brownx, and Cy of lies, in the National, were ing the respective leagues, the aving eight homers and the seve RECORD FOR FAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES! The following table shows game: a € errors and opponents’ ru major leagues for the week of April 1o May 5, inclusive. AMERICAN. 2 3 New York Detroit a Philanclphia Beston . Washington st. Louis Chicago 3 eunneoes S o sl Z caonwes woant 2o 3] New York Pittsburgh Boston St. Louis Philadel Subavaucd Brooklya Big Sports | IN SMALL DOSES Howw should grounders n the - outfield be played? Answered by MAX CAREY Outfelder and captain, Pittsbursh Pi- | rates, greatest bascrunner in the Na- | tional Lengue. There are two ways ground balls in the outfield. of playin 1f th team in the ficld is several runs| ahead, or there are men on bases | that are not likely to score, the bal should be played safe—blocked. However, if the score is close, or a tie, with a man on second or third, i the outfielder should come in fast and scoop the ball on the run an throw to whatever base the play calls for. (Copyright, 1923, Associated Editors.) CONTINUES ITS RAMPAGE ITHIN the get some unlimited District champion ext few weeks W the stronger nines are weeding out the weaker foes e of a championship nine is the South Brook- teams that gives pron land aggregation that ran its string Washington sandiot followers will lea of the real contenders for the junior, senior and ship titles for 1923. Slowly and sure- One of the junior of successive wins to eight yester- ay by taking both ends of a double-header, defeating the Park Athletic Club, 8 to 7, and humbling the Piketo Then ther the Mohawks, Knickerbockers the Mercury Athletic Club. are steadily moving forward. The Mohawks had littlestrouble defeating th National Capital Post, 11 to 6, while the Knicks oo the measure of the Comforter Club, 6 to 0. In a tightly played same, Mercury Athletic Club beat the Union Printers, 4 to 0 are and which . When the District Baxe Ball As- sociation meets tonight for a com- 1lexe reor tion, representatives of the leading sandiot nines are ex- | pected to attend. The meeting will be held at § o'clock at Union station. Plans for the orzanization of inde- pendont nines, well as amateur leagues 1 be discussed De Athlet of the Otis hurling for the ub. struck out fifteen men Pins, his team winning, | 4 to hit the ball all over the lot, connecting with twenty-six bingles. Stags fell hefore ! Athletic Club, 13 to 2 the Spartans can be calling Manager Porch , the Spartan Games with arranged by incoln 815-J. Civil Service tossers were defeated the Potomac Giants, 6 to 4 One of the best games of the dav vas seen on the Rose. when the Clover Athletic Club_took | measure of the Elliott Athletic ub, 7 Ollie and Radice of the losers knocked home runs. by After its defent of the strong Kenil- worth Athletic Club, 18 to 4, the Shamrocks are primed for their battle with the Silver Spring nine next Sun- % won their cason by de- thletic Club, a spectacular | top. The fe catch by Ehlers .short i mes with tenms in the fifteen- sear-old vlass are wanted by the AMoline Athletic Club, 5 to 4. Manager Royal Athletic Club, 5 to 4. Manager Abramson of the Molines can be reached at Main 8730, l Princ. sociati, men Gunners, Ma Georges County Athletic As- Lasily won from the Sea- 14 to 1, at Forestville, | Hitting the ball all over the lot, the Waverly Athletic Club piled up 2 total of twenty-one runs against St. Teresa's 8. Western Athletic Club humbled the Mount Pleasant nine, 16 to 8. Jenkins of the winners connected with a cir- cuit drive. St. Stepben's uncorked a surprise | when it downed the Hanley Athletic Club, 15 to 2. Rialto Athletic Club trounced the nkee Athletic Club in a loosly played game, 15 to 2. Jaffe of the winners hit a homer. St. Joseph Juntors tefeated the Boy Club, 13 to 9. George Barry connected for three bingles. e | Filipino nine and Navajd Athletic) Club battled to a six-run tie. Dark- ness halted the game in the eleventh inning 11 Centurs Athletic_Club is casting about for games. Communicate with Manager J. Jones, Lincoln 5259. 4| A challenge han heen issued by the Riggs Athletic Club for games in the junior class. Telephone to North 659. Smoke better cigarettes —Tareytons, for instance —Tareytons for pleasure —Tareytons for a Quarter — Twenty for a Quarter London Cigarettes to 7. Athletic Club broke even vesterd the unlimited team hum- bling the Ramblers. 7 to 4, and the Reserves losing to the Aztecs. 4 to 3. wn Club, 2 ¥ in: Four players are wanted by Man- ager Pop Kremb of the Liberty Ath- letic Club. Any sandlotters inter- ested are requested to attend to- night's meeting to be held at 411 R street. ixteen players were fanned by mon of the Aimwells, his team win- ning over the Red Lion, 25 to 1. Silver Spring had an ensy time de- feating the Brookland Club, 15 to 2. Lem Owen allowed the invaders only five hits. In a battle from start to finish, the Hilltops obtained a victory of 7 to 6| over the Phils. { 100,000 spectators in the bowl that will be erected, but the topography of the natural amphitheater is such tha: t additional thousands will be cared for on the sloping ground that surrounds the arena and which rises even higher. ’ JACK JOHNSON’S SMASH HAVANA, May 7—The bout be- tween Jack Johnwon, former hold- er of the world’s heavyweight title, and Walter (Farmer) Lodge, the Minnesota fighter, was termin- ated at the end of the fourth round carly today after Lodge had been flocred by a blow which he sald was foul. Johnxon led in the first three rounds of rather tame fighting. In the fourth Lodge was knocked down by a left to the xtomach and time was called while physicians examined him. After a half hour it was announced that the bout would be postponed a week. Johnxon weighed in at pounds and Lodge was pounds heavier. CARP FIGHTS POORLY DESPITE K. 0. VICTORY PARIS. May 7.—Although Georges Carpentier's comeback against Marcel Nilles gave him the French heavy weight title, experts who saw him knockout Nilles in the elghth round of a scheduled fifteen-round battle vesterday were not impressed with georgeous Georges'” showing. In fact, it seemed as though a harder| fighter than Nilles could have put Carpentier away in either the second or third rounds. The dash and the spirit that marked the Georges who once made a pil- grimage to Boyle's Thirty Acres were tempered by a cautiousness that let Nilles maintain & punishing offensive throughout the first five rounds. Car- penticr seemed to suffer severely from the attack on his stomach, which Nii- les varied with lefts to the face. In the sixth, however, Carpentier opened with an uppercut that fell short, landing on the body, Nilles de- 212 three ot since Jack Johnson took the vyweight title from Jim Jeffries at Reno, Nev., in July, 1910, has championship ‘battle of the magn tude of the proposed Dempsey-Gil bons bout been held in _the far west or in a town as small as Shelby which today has a population 2,200 people, including the hundred now there because of the northeri Montana oil boom. A year ago its population was 300. Shelby was designated as a possible townsite back in 1891, when the Great Northern railway extended its transcontinental lines from Mont., through the Rockies to the Pacific coast. It was named by Hill, president of the railwi P. P. Shelby, manager of the Great Northern lines in Montan: Something of the “blessings” which nature conferred on the townsite may be gathered from the statement made to Shelby after he became a Cleveland, Ohio, financier by friends who had 'visisted the place, that h- should not feel complimented by such a namesake, “for it is a lonesomehurst —a wind-swept, sun-blistered and winter-pestered crossroads.” This description tallies with tha given by homesteaders who settled in that section between 1906 and 1916 and who, between 1916 and 1920, wer. driven out by droughts and pests 0ld stockmen, whose profitable bus:- ness of ranging cattle over these same prairies have been supplanted by the newcomers, believe the tender-» 00t settlers “got only what was coming to them From 1917 until March 14, 102 when oil was discovered thirty miles from Shelby, hundreds of thousands of dollars in delinquent taxes were written on Toole county's book be- icause of the great exodus of would be farmers. In the last vear more than 3200,000 of these delinguencies have been paid so that clear title might be had to the land for leasing purposes. One of the Largest Oil Fields, The proved oil fleld adjacent to Shelby is twenty miles long and twelve miles wide, one of the largest in the United States, though its pres- ent production from the thirty-three wells already drilled is only about 2,200 barrels daily. There are six wells in the field capable of produc- fng 20,000,000 feet of gas in a day. Federal Athletic Club has canceled all its games. Bernstein. Oriental Tigers trimmed the Mo- | hawk Insects, 14 to & pion finiabed Games with teams in the 1{-to-16- year-old class are wanted by Quantics Juniors. Write to J. W. Hammond, Quantico, Va A nerien of uits atier the sixn in-| C. U. AND MARYLAND PLAY BALL GAMES TOMORROW ning gave the Suldec Athletic Club juniors a score of 18 to 11 over the Ransdell nine. Two tomorrow. Shamrock Juniors won from the Knickerbocker Juniors, 12 to 4. The hitting of Wolfinger featured. i Lynch pitched invineible ball for the Glen Echo nine, his team winning over Annex No. 1 of the Treasury League, 5 to 1. _ Arlington Athletic Club continued its winning streak by downing the Virginia Gray Athletic Club, 10 to 8. Ferguson and Pound hurled credit- ably for Arlington, Yomemite Athletic Club triumphed oyer the Congr Heights Athletic Club, 3 to S. Flynn of the winners fanned fourteen. Baltimore ... Rochester . M triple by Andy Baldwin with the bases full gave the Mount Rainier nine a victory of 6 to 3 over the | Dreadnaughts.” Bill Hoffman pitched creditably for the winners. ner and Lake. Jersex City SyTacum Newark . Buffalo . GRIFFS’ STICKWORK i Toledo ... Tndianapotis Krueger. Birmingham | Mobite Morrisor Chattanooga Memphis .. Morris Tate. Little Rock . Nashville ... Mayberr, e eoocscoconuonataan~e s Russell . Atlanta ...... New Orleans .. eo0o0c000emoNooNRo0a00R eooc00omam M) Lapan .. Open Tntll 6 P. M. Saturday, 8 P. M. 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Batterios—Ogden, Batteries—Tecar and Freiiag; hart and Niebergall. Batteries - Schiessler, Fisher and Urban, Butteries — Bedient and SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. McBride, ‘Grabam ‘and Smi Faeth and Eiffert. Best, Lieweilvn and Brock; Martina, Walker, | Matteson and Mitze. The boom at Shelby started last fall, when it was made headquarters fo drill and fleld men employed by the Standard Oil and its subsidiaries as well as several independent com- panies. All through the winter the building of homes, business blocks. warehouses and hotels has been {pushed. Ninety city blocks of_sid: walks are now under way. Ever. thing about the town is typical the “overnight town.” Shelby business men admit that their bid for the Dempsey-Gibbons battle originally was made more for the purpose of getting “Shelby Mont.,” in the newspapers than be-« cause they believed they could get Dempsey to come there. But Great Falls business men took the proposa! seriously, particularly after St. Pau! sportsmen said they believe the scheme feasible and offered co-oper- ation. Molumby Convinces Kearns. At this juncture Loy J. Molumby, state commander of the American Le- gion, who was an aviator in the Army during the late war, jumped into an airplane and flew to Salt Lake City. where he convinced Jack Kearn: Dempsey’s manager, that the proposal j Wwas made in good faith. Later ho H. E.|took another airplane trip from Great 7 2| Falls to Chicago, where negotiations 15 1| were concluded with Kearns. Grea i Wis-| Falls and Shelby business men have Dut up $110.000 cash guarantee for Dempsey and have taken options on ringside seats at $50 a plece to equal the amount of their subscriptions. i Both Dempsey and Gibbons are to 2 train for five weeks previous to the ‘and fight in Great Falls. Under Montana's boxing law one half of the net receipts from all box #g bouts go to the state, to be used in the erection af a hospital for world war veterans. In his work as state commander Molumby has been {m- pressed with the great need for such @n institution here and it is for this reason that he has put up such. a tough battle to get the fight. 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