Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1923, Page 27

SPORTS. WILDE, BATTLING GAMELY, IS K. 0D IN 7TH ROUND Big Crowd Sits in Silence for Five Minutes Until Beaten Flyweight Champion Is Revived in Order to Pay N The 40,000 who sat in the Polo o captivated by the exhibition of hat for fully at there, mostly quict, waiting for o consciousness that he might hear the roar that was their sincere idute to a genuine fighting man. Viila, an unheard-of Filipino more than a year ago, won because he ohviously was the better man. Wh s prime is a matter debate. Bu hy until Wilde sank in a stupor. Oldtimers who saw the battle sald ‘t reminded them of the passing of Battling Nelson, the durable D: 'who was <o game that he hnd to be ounted out on his feet. Wilde wa ke that last night. Reaten to the point wherd the crowd asked that the punishment be stopped, help t6) either defend himseclf or attac i Ided not an inch ilde kept pressing forw on. througkout the fight. In the first round his chances to hold his crown sermed good, but when the bell rang the second he took a wallop on he n that flattened him and he cver got over the daze. Wilde was beaten when the third round began he was the loser the rest of the ay, but he didn't seem to know it il he woke up. Refuses to Give Up. The glorious manner of his d - on. assing, manner in which he ved aside requests that he stop and he saved the ignominy of cut dwarfied other aspects of the battle. Wilde saw her husband in was his last fight. thousands around her were hat the fight be stopped her cas still. “Well, it had to hap- n some time,” was her comment We shall o home now and rest.” JAmmy received about $60.000, 3714 per cent of the total recelpts, and ‘illa about $20,000, 12% per cent. o total receipts were about $160,- Vilia occuples a pechiliar pugilistic [position. Though world champion, Is not the American title holder. won_the American title from Johnny Buff and then lost it to VILLA GOING BUT WON'T N BY FAI EW YORK, June 19—Pancho Luzon. added, he wouldn't go back to the for the fact that he married two weeks before leaving the orient, his wee [ ride remaining at home. Pancho_promised her he would world title with him. L BIMTISH WOMAN TENNIS STARS COMING TO U. S. LONDOY, June 10.—Three or four of the best woman lawn tennis yers in Great Britain will be t the United Seates in July to engage in a nerfes of matchex leadiug up to their participation in % American national champion- ships at Forest Hills In August, The Lawn Tennis Aasociation ex- pects to announce thelr names in a few days. Unleax Great Britain wink in the European division of the Davis cup eliminstions, it is uniikely that any of her man players will vinit the United States in 1023. SPANISH DAVIS CUP RACKETERS ADVANCE By the Associated Press. WITHINGTON, Lancashire, June A9 —The Dritish lawn temnis team was eliminated from the Davis cup competition by the Spaniards the result of today’s play. The Spaniards took ome of 7's two singles matches, won 1.4 doublen yesterdny and clinch ed the tle today, three matches to one, when Count De Gomar de- feated Randolph Lyectt inm the third singles match, 6—4, 6—1, thus qualified to meet , the other semi-finalist in ower half of the Euwropean TON, Lancashire, June 1. Eduardo Flaquer and Count de Gomar, pregenting Spain, wom the match in oubles In_the Davis cup competition re; the British pair, Randolph n) L. A. Godfree, 6—2, 6—3, 4—6, 6—3. he victory sent the Spaniards into f~ lead In the competition, two matches one, de Gorma having won in the iRles’ over Wheatley last Saturday. pain's loss was when FI reett. D. C. CRICKET TEAM LOSES IN BALTIMORE Washington Cricket Clnh went to lttmore Sunday and played the bnis of St. George on the latter's Sutton. muel and H. Ainsworth. sr., up the batting for the Balti- ore eleven, which made a total boma af R7:Tuns of which the latter Ored 35 and Grant 16. In addition to i~ the hizhest score, Ainsworth s not put out. In bowiing against the Sons S. H. vron tock the honors by disposing six men for 21 runs. ' Carlton took o wickets for 15 rums and Castle snosed of two men for 28 runs. Washington was greatly handicap- "d for batsmen by the absence of ngstreet, Warren and Branch. Cagiton. ‘'who made 12 runs, and astile, Who contributed 10, were the nly players who made double fig- res for the capital team, all of whom ere put out for a total of b5, The Sons of St. George will come Washington to play a return match n July 1 in Potomac Park. e e HUMBRIS REAL STAR FOR BRADLEY SCHOOL Chumbris was the star for Bradley chool, when it won the southwest holastic champlonship by defeating efferson nine, 5 to 4, in a ten-in- ing fray. On the mound he allowed three ingles, and at the bat he slammed a ngld double and homer. He stole o/ Wses and brought in twice as ars. tuns, in addition to striking ut elght players, five minutes after it was over, in the ctter man than “The Mighty Atom” he dethroned when Wilde was in v wading in at the first gong, getting the edge and hammering away a knock- | the world, has announced that he will shortly return to his native | But he won't stay long, he sa shortly, giving all contenders a crack at his i One may imagine that this leit Mrs. Villa in ather an uncertain, not to say dubious, position. But all's well that ends any style you like. Him Tribute. EW YORK, June 19—Jimmy Wilde yielded his title of world cham- pion flyweight boxer to Pancho Villa last night in a manner that , the 40,000 who watched will remember while they live. | Grounds and saw the title pass were gameness the little Welshman gave seventh round, they | him to open his eyes and come back ether now, at his very best, he is a t he proved his superiority last night | Frankie Genaro. Genaro has been ired a match with the winger of night’s bout. J sald Villa deserved to win. “1 simply met my match,” were his words. don't know whether I all try to get a return bout It's {too early mow to say that. It was the first’ knockout I ever suffered in | {my own class, and maybe that means | {|T'm getting too old. I don't know. Gordon Shades Tremalne. | { Harry Gordon. Philadelphia ban-} tamweight, outboxed Carl Tremaine | of Cleveland in a ten-round contest |and received the judges’ decision | Harry Catena, New York fiyweikht, earned the judges’ Ascici-n over Joe Donley Yewark, N. J. in another | preliminary, a six-round affair. Joy Relgns in Manila. | By the Ascoctated Fress. | MANILA, June 19.—Joyful enthu- | siasm today grected the news that Pancho Vilia, the fiywelght boxer of the Philippines, had won the world | title in his class from Jimmy Wilde | |in New York last night. During the | | night the papers issued extra editions. | The factories with three long blasts | { of their whistles announced that a| native son had captured the trophy. ss meetings were planned for to- nizht to celebrate the first world champlonship in pugillsm to be captured by the Philippines. Betting | here closed last night at three to one in favor of Vill BACK HOME, REMAIN LONG R PLAY. Villa, the new fiyweight champion of | s. He will be back here | e. As a matter of fact, he | Philippine Islands at all were it not | 1 | { never come back unless he brought ~ As for Jimmy Wilde, the “half man !of Wales” will depart with the tidy {sum of money he earned by setting {himself up to be knocked down and | out in the seventh round. You' see the fans will pay o much to see a! {title holder licked these days that no | aged and decrepit champlon can af- | fora in upon the throne. jJoknny tottered here from the west and at the proper time went |to sleep upon his ear, having first |made a few motions that would in- |dicate he used to Le a fighter. | Wilde came next. Any honest, | clear-sighted boxing critic who saw {him training didn't have to be told that the Welshman would have about !as much chance In the ring with |Villa as a watermelon would have |at a darky camp meeting. He didn’t) | even make a ®ood fight. Game, yes. |But from the time Villa' sent him to | |the floor at the end of the second | |round, the bell saving Wilde the count, the Welshman was beaten. He | never had a chance, Villa was all around him like a cooper round a barrel and no matter how much ! money Wilde received it's a cinch he got a wallop for every dollar coming to him. | Forty thousand spectators sat in the seats that had been built on the |Polo Grounds diamond and In_the |cavernous stands. Coogan’s Bluft, gemmed with electric street lamps, looked down upon the scene and to the mouthward the great 155th street viaduct was defined by Its line of lights. The ring stood out in a flood of greenish 1light and within the stands sputtering arc lamps gave the fans all necessary illumination. AR STA COMBE, FLOSS “Hair-Groom” Keeps i{air Combed—Well-Groomed Millions Use It— Fine for Hairl =Not Sticky, Greasy or Smelly Get a jar of “Hair-Groom” from | any druggist for a few cents and make even stubbord, unruly or sham- pooed hair stay combed. all. day in N THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON 40,000 Thrllled as Villa Wins Ring Title : D. C, Victor and Vanquished in World Title Ring Battle TUESDAY, JUN This photo, snapped just before the bell at the Polo Grounds yesterday evening, shows Pancho Villa, the little Filipino scrapper (left), Referce Patsy Haley and Jimmy Wilde of England, the fly- weight champion, who lost his crown when he was knocked out in the seventh round. MANY PLACES HAVE MEN | TENDLER DECISIVELY IN COLLEGIATE SHELLS SCORES OVER MORAN | By the Associated Press, P legiate supremac Statistics listing 177 oarsmen, regular: teen shells scheduled to take part in men races on the regatta program show that twenty-five states, scat-| tered irom Maine to California and Germany and Cuba. CARPENTIER-BECKETT GO MAY BE HELD ON JULY 4 LONDON, June 19.—The fight be- tween Joe Beckett and Georges Car- pentier may yet be held on July 4, as scheduled, in the opinion of some sportsmen. Beckett's injured hand was examined yesterday by a London physician, who was unable cover that a bone had been broken. The Britisher's complaint is said to be only a muscle contraction common | to all boxers and it is asserted that if the X-ray examination which Beck- ett subsequently underwent, confirms this diagnosis, the English heavy- weight could put his hand Into con- dition in two days. TRY AMOCO-GAS! Now Sold in Washington Through Visible Pumps by C. & S. SERVICE-STATION 609-11 910 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. : ,'ii—i_ [/ ‘ MO0 BAS to dis-| | Tendler, PHILADELPHIA, June 19—Tew Philadelphia contender for | the lightweight crown held by Benuy and substitutes, for the fif- | the varsity, junior varsity and (resh-; | | New York. as the home state of | | three of the competing institutions— | Cornell, Syracus¢ ‘and Columbla— leads in the number of representa- | | tives, with seventy-four. The state; i of Pennsylvania, with its own unl-! { vorsity In the lists, has twenty-eight | | representatives, and Washington, | whose varsity and freshman oarsmen | | have made che tanscontinental Ui | geeking additional laurels, has twenty- four. | Every member of the Naval Acad- | | emy crew, which completes the var- | sity entry list, represents a different | state or territory, one sweep swinger | | coming from Honolulu. The Penn} | freshman eight includes one oarsma | tram H. ‘lngllt‘. while the Columbia vearling boat has a representative ! from Stockholm, Sweden. E Street N. W. . VAN HEUSEN the Worlds Smartet COLLAR, N Ry VAN N cANew VAN HEUSEN cut low jfor Summer Wear 'No bands, no seams,no starch —the VAN HEUSEN ‘is the foremost in- dication of good taste in dress sk your leundryman to mru)ou;mfllmb“dfld‘ PHILLIPSJONES CORPORATION _ ORD 50 1225 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ran of New Orleans in an e base ball park. Approximately 20,000 persons the contest. OUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 19.—Oarsmen from every section of the | Lot 200 eotsively defeated Pal Mo United States and from several foreign lands will pull sweeps in the crews representing six institutions that will race for intercol- | bout last night at the National League on the Hudson June 28. | ht-round aw Tendler gave Moran a good lacing, om Minnesota to Texas, are repre- | outpointing and outbexing him in sented, in addition to the District of Columbia, Hawaiian Islands, Sweden, | €very round. Ave aHenvietta i T « You'll Theea Sizes - L @ -Perr?c"é% 5¢ yo Yired of ta Hevnvrié ¢ E 19, 1923. ! LEGION NOT INVOLVED IN SCRAP AT SHELBY LEWISTON, Mont, June 10— Quincy Scott, hixforian of the American Legion of Montana, has telegraphed the American Legion Weekly regarding mlleged comnec- tion of the Legion with the Demp- \ny-Gibbons fight at Shelby July 4, giving a° brief review of the pro- motion. £ The negotiatioms were started by Commander Loy J. Molumby for the Legion, but without his having called n meeting of the exceutive committee, which fm a telegram disclaimed all eonnection with the fight, Scott snid. From that time on Molumby neted in his private capucity as the promoter and as- wured the committee he would en- r to prevent the use of his connection with the fight publicity, aceording to the his- torian. . In that he was not successful and Scott emphasizes the fact that the Legion ix not, and never haws been, con cted with the fight at Sheiby. WILLARD AT SCENE; | FIRPO ON HIS WAY NEW YORK, June 19.—Jess Wil- lard, former heavyweight boxing champion, Arrived last might to con- fer with Promioter Tex Rickard con- cerning his bout, July 12, with Luis Angel Firpo, who is expected back | next week from his Central American tour. Willard sald he weighted 256 pnundui and has kept himself in the superb physical condition in which he de- feated Floyd Johnson, the Iowa; heavyweight aspirant, in the recent milk fund bout. Willard expects to pitch his training camp somewherc in New Jersey soon. ICO CITY, June 19.—Luls An- “irpo left for New York by way Laredo last evening, asserting that 1 to begin training as soon as possible for his bout wifh Jess Willard. The Argentine boxer ex- ed regret that Jim Hibbard, the n heavyweight, whom he out in &hort order here last | night, did not give him aj chancé fully to demonstrate to the Mexicans his fighting ability. DOUGHERTY TO REFEREE HEAVYWEIGHT CONTEST PHILADELPHIA, June 19.—James F_ 1 Dougherty of Ridley Park, near here, | |today received a telegram definitely ac- | cepting his terms to referee the Demp- ibbons fight in Shelby, Mont., on 11 be the third time Dougherty fereed a ficht in which Demp- as taken part. The first was in Philadelph hen Jack knocked auli Battling Levinsky. and the second at | Benton Harbor, Tich.,, wh Bill. Miske fell a victim to Dempse knockout punch. Dougherty ias been identified with boxing for twenty-five yvears as ref- eree, promoter and manager. He ref- creed two fights in which Joe Gans participated, and also refereed bouts in which George Dixon, Joe Goddard, Tim Callahan and Harry Forbes were principals. Dougherty youth. KOPF QUITS THE BRAVES | TO ATTEND TO BUSINESS CINCINNATIL, June 19.—Larry Kopf, | Boston National shortstop, has ar: rived in Cincinnati and announced that _he had quit the Braves and would retire from base ball. He said! he notified the Boston management| two weeks ago that he intended to re- i tire permanently to, devote his time to | his oil and gasoline station here. was a wrestler in his u % one ci avy aftey avorher? Then smoke (ng and roblern solved. a a)(ways" Gibbons Aims to Fight at 178 Pounds CHALLENGER OF DEMPSEY NOW TIPS SCALES AT 190 Will Not Face as Great a Weight Handicap as Did Carpentier When French Fighter Battled Champion Two Years Ago. By the Assoclated Pry > HELBY, Mont,, June 19.—When Tom Gibbons, St. Paul challenger for the heavyweight championship, faces Jack Dempsey in their title contest here July 4, he figures he will go into the ring weighing about 178 pounds. At present he tips the scales at a shade above 190. If the challenger’s expectation is fulfilled, he will face a weight handicap of possibly twelve or fifteen pounds, and will be about six pounds heavier than Carpentier when the French heavyweight managed to stay on his feet in front of Dempsey two years ago for four rounds. “The weight doesn’t come off as fast as it always did before,” Gib- bons said today, “and I am glad of it. as possible and still retain my speed.” Plans for a boxing show of three ten-round bouts July 3. to initiate | the new arena, were announced today. | Jimmy Delaney, St. Paul lightwelght, | and Jack Burke of Pittsburgh, one of Dempsey's sparring partners, | probably will mect in the main event. | Gibbons went through his after- | noon workout vesterday with four | sparring partners minus the head- guard he had been wearing. He con- | siders his present sparring mates sufi- | clently scientific and experienced to ren- der unnecessary the use of a head har- ness, and does not fear getting an in- | Jury that would be a target for the | champion's blows. | Delaney was whipping short lefts | and body punches inio the chal- lenger's defense in their two rounds yesterday, but Gibbons retaliated with a left hook and a fashing right cross. Delaney is fast and provides a shifty>target. The fact that Gib-| bous lands as frequently -as he does | against the contender for the light-| welght crown is proof, ti say, of his judgment of dis his speed at this stage of his training. | Mike Collins, who brought Lempsey and Gibbons together, sald today that his connection with the fight h in the role of match-maker only that he had no hand in the business management. When he has arranged | the card of preliminaries, he said, his work will be ended GREAT FALLS, MONT., June 19.— Developing speed by boxing with | lighter opponents wil] be the prin- cipal work in Jack Demps train- ing camyp for the next few days, it} is indicated as a result of the length of time the champion boxed with Billy Wells, British welterwelght, rd” Herman Auerbach, Salt Lake y lightweight, yesterday. ' Aucrbach, & #0n of Dempsey's first manager, knows something of the champion's hitting power as a result of his first clash with the titlehold- | made his I I want to kecp as much weight SIKI FINED 300 FRANCS AND GIVEN A LECTURE By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 19.—Battling Sfki, the Senegnlene henvywelght, today was fined 300 francs and roundly lectured in police court for firing a revolver in a cafe, punching the me of a waiter and insuiting the policeman who arrested him. The Judge ndded 5 francs for drunkea- shook hands with every one in the eourtroom except the judge, who tock refuge in flight. The fighter then walked out, followed by the hundreds who had paeked the courtroom, cxpecting the stift jail scntence which the court had prom- ixed if Siki was ever again haled before it. or. While bLoxing Wells Dempsey romained on the defensive, swaying in & crouching weave as he stepped away from punches The British welterweight, fast and elusive, piled into the champion, swinging from cvery an When Wells_became too energetic, however, Dempsey ad snap back with light left hooks and rights, Harry Draake, British light-heavy- ght, came in for his usual past- ing. Sempsey appeared to be faster sterday than for several days. He declared” the altitude no longer af- focts his breathing. 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