Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1923, Page 25

PATHOS MARKS SITUATION THAT MONTANA IS FACING oole County Has Gone Limit and State Must Come to Rescue of Project That Was Arranged to Advertise Its Come-Back. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. G REAT FALLS, Mont., June 26—In its wild and woolly annals the open west has record of incidents which touch all the human emotions and a wide variety of the activities of man. But never before in Montana or elsewhere has there been a situation such as now exists in this here county of Toole. already has received $210,000 for not! Briefly, a prize fight manager, who hing, sits holding out his hand while these sons of the west are breaking their backs to dig up still another hundred thousand. The mor patriotism of Montana to do raised the $210,000. ey will be raised—quite probably. it “is u) it. Great Falls, with Shelby's Ee That's the limit. i But to the 1p, has Financially, Toole county is in, so far as putting over a foolish project is concerned. Montana must uphold the state’s prestige, and if history means anything she will do just this thing. The fate of the project is at the orisis. Within two days the country will know whether to trek to the scene or stay home. Men whose words mean something here say it will be wise to transmit the tip to make ready to come. This whole scheme has several angles, but the chief impression now Ts one of pathos. It might, under certain conditions, be funny. But there fsn't a line of real humor in the whole situation—just pathos. Shelby Is Helplens. There is Shelby, growing and boom- ing, vet helpless in the grip of a situ- ation that has already grown too complex. Beneath all lies the fact that Montana is broke. It is going to rise rapidly, but this is the time for | prayer, not a prize fight. Why'did these people out here go into this scheme? Montana, when the war came, was filled with young men. In proportion | to her size she gave more soldiers to the United States Army than any other state. Montana was 100 per cent in the war. Then trouble came, the winter of 1919-20, a bitter, hard win- ter. At great sacrifice cattle men tided thelr stock through the winter. With the coming of spring and time for delivery, prices dropped. The state went broke. Following those bleak yvears came a slow improvement. This spring the ranges have been wonderful for cat- tle. Then came oil, and make no mis- take, there is oil In Toole county. Evervthing is looking up. Montana on the rise. Hooray! Well what should be done to show the world that Montana was back? Some one up In Shelby suggested that the way to show the world was by a eat prize fight. That's all. And they ad as much license to promote a heavyweight battle as Tex Rickerd would have to occupy the chair of mieralogy at the University of Mon- tana. And there you are. ROBERTSON SUSPENDED. CHICAGO, June 26.—Pitcher Charles Robertson of the Chicago White Sox, who won fame when he pitched a perfect game against Detreit last season, has been suspended. Robert- ordered home from Detroit ileason, when it appear- & to pltch extremely | WILLARD DECGLARED FIT FOR FIGHT WITH FIRPO By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY,N. J., June 26— The New Jersey Boxing Commis- ston has put its official stamp of approval upon the heavywelght match on July 12 between Jews Willard, former champion, and Luly Angel Firpo, wmiant from the Argentine. Willard yesterday pansed a special physical examina- tion to determine his fitness #n opponent for the South Amer- fean. Three physiclans, engaged | By the boxing commission, sub- Jected the bix Kansan to a search ing examination that lasted forty- five minutes, after which they signed a brief statement declaring him to be “free from any physical defects.” {BOWEN-CHANEY TILT HEADS V.F.W.CARD Andy Bowen, Washington's unde- | feated lightweight, and his old rival, Joe Chaney of Baltimore, are expected to provide a regular he-man scrap when they meet over the ten-round | route in Sportland arena at Berwyn | Helghts Thursday night. In their | past two battles Bowen has earned a draw and a win. Their match is to feature the six-bout benefit bexing show of Robert E. Peary Ship No. 427, Veterans of Forelgn Wars. In the six-round semi-final Johnny Conroy and Eddie Mahone will be op- ponents. Heine Orchard and Jos Yeo- man also are to meet in a six-round affair. A _third six-round mill s scheduled between Vincent Carbon of | Fort Myer and Speedy Ross, Balti- more fiyweight. Bat Woodman and silent Patterson |are to fling fists | opener. Another four-round tilt is | being arranged. | | MR S T T | S e T T CHICAGO GOLFERS TAKE HARDING TROPHY EVENT BY W. R. McCALLUM. today in the prowess of their T first annual competition for mac Park, played as a curt: Chicago's_team, composed of Matt Jans, John Dawson, the sixteen-year- old interscholastl champion; Bob ‘White and B. (Ted) Lloyd, & Jackson Park product, outplayed Beventeen other teams, shooting an aggregate toam score of 811 to lead St. Louis, its nearest rival, by strokes. New York was next, with 320, while Boston was in fourth lace, with 321. Pl oing White was the bright star of the day, holding a run-up shot for a bird 3 af the ]ast hole in the pres- ence of a gallery that surrounded the green. His teammate Lloyd, with Swhom he played. was out in 34 and appeared certain to shatter the course record of 73, but found trouble aplenty on the last nine and came back In 42 for a 76, the same score a8 that made by young White. Washingten Team Tenth. ‘Washington finished in tenth place, with not one of the members of the team playing up to the standard shown in practice rounds and In revious tournaments. George J. Voight was the best performer for Washington, with a card of 81. C. M. McCourt of Baltimore, al- though his team was disqualified, had the low score for the day, gard of 75.. The Baltimore team was disqualified when Willlam Lovett picked up his ball on the eighteenth green. Some of the galleryltes elected to follow Richard Walsh of New York, runner-up last year. They saw the tall New York lad shoot & good score of 78. Entrants in the tournament were guests last night at a smoker held at the St. James Hotel, at which Chairman James Standish of the pub- lo links committee of the U. S. G. A. presided. He said several ofties are asking for the 1924 tournament. He algo announced that, beginning to- a_teirnament will be held Club for A_scheduled meeting morrow, at the Columbia Country non-qualificrs. RADIOLITES Tell Time in the Dark RADIOLITE is & great Aconnniznce. Under your pillow at night, motosing at night, for outings and vacation trips, a Radiolite is the ideal watch. Models $3.00 to $6.00 HE dozen or more municipal golf links about Chicago are _ujciting products. The celebration is due to{ the ability shown by four Chicago golfers yesterday in winning the n the Warren G. Harding trophy at East Poto- ain raiser to the national public links cham- pionships, which got under way today. ¢ public link golfers to form an in aeppendnnt assoclation falled te ma- torialize. i Scores of the plavers {n the inter- oity match yesterday follow: HIOAGO—Matt Jans, 81; John Dawson, 7, Do Vhite, 76; E. 'B. (Ted) Lloyd, 76! S 2ot~ Walter Kossman, 89; Tom Mal- 1 Frod Oonway, 82; J. B. Curran, jr., . Total, 317. NEW Scharff, 81; Allan F YO8 Walsh, 78; Joseph P, 84; F. Hannen, McAndrew, , 332, 2124 Haydon, 85; T. O. Mo- Laughlin, 81; W. A. Bixty, 83; L. Weinhagen, 7. Total, 586, BUFF. aymond _J. MaoAuliffe, 81; Welter E. Volunst, 84; Dr. Leslls Murray, 83; G Mac] ., PEILADELPHI op Cobls, 88; Bobert Hamilton; 85, Georse Boyle, 85; Lyle Rutty, 87._Total, 839, NEWAREK—M. E‘mx‘ 88; M. 8! xs::mh MaocKnet, 88; Ed Curtin, WASHINGTON—E. P. Brooke, Volght, 81; E. M. Posey, 86; Ol new, jr. 89. Tof TOLE ‘Black, 83; F. H. Disrkes, + EKurek, To 0—B. W 874°0.'W. Forbriok, 88; Jeo 3 tal, ‘Brennan, |, 353. DAYTON-—Hareld Jords M, Btroehls W Delscamp, 81; Bob Frias, $8. Total, ETROIT—Edgar g“‘;' 90; A. G. Lund, TORO] . H. Morrs, L. Gordon, 8; R. Brondsen, HARTFORD—James F. Somers, 101; L. C. Bnnfi?, ®; BR. A Gormand, 93; T. hue, 103, Total, 301, DELL VAN ks low-cut curve makes for com- fort and smmrt dignity that in the four-round | €. Domo- | |, D. C. GOLFERS AHEAD IN AUTO TRADE PLAY —_— ‘Washington's entry in the Intercity Automotive Trade Golf League re- turned to the capital today well in the lead for the point trophy donated by the cities competing in the annual tournament. Five and a half points behind the Baltimore team at the beginning of play yesterday at the North Hills Country Club of Philadelphia, the Washington team plled up 26 ints for a tourney total of 54, dlsplacing Baltimore at the top. Baitimore {s in second place, with an aggregate of 50, while the Phila- delphia team is in third place and Newark in fourth plac Leaders for the Washington con- tingent yesterday were C. H. War- rington, former president of the Washington Automotive Trade Asso- ofation; Louls Jullien, Sam Luttrell and W, B. Guy. Matches in Baltimore and Newark will conclude the tourney. The league has played here this year. HAGEN’S MANAGER DEFENDS BRITISH NEW YORK, June 26.—The best of sportsmanship and hospitality was showr toward the American golfers who participated in the recent Brit- ish open champlonship at Troon, Scotland, Robert Harlow, manager of the exhibition tours here and abroad this season of Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, declared upon his return | yesterday. surprise at the n, the former Brit- ish champion, who, upon his arrival last week, charged the British golf authorities with unsportsmanlike ac- tion In barring the Americans’ punc ed clubs, and asserted he would never compete in the Anglo title event again, Hagen algo criticlzed the attitude of the galleries toward him and other invaders, but Harlow denled that there was any ground for dissatis- faction. LEONARD CASE IS DUE- TO BE DECIDED TODAY NEW YORK, June 326.—The New York state athletic commission was expected today to act on the request of the New Jersey boxing commis- sion that Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, be suspended here unless he fulfilled a contract to box Charley White pf Chicago before he meets Lew Tendler of Philadelphia In a title matoh scheduled at the Yankee studium for July 23. The New Jersey autherities last week decided to suspend Leonard unless he goes through with the White bout, originally siated to have heen held ‘at Boyle's Thirty Acres last fall, but postponed when the champion developed a mouth infec- tion. COLLEGE GOLFERS IN TITLE EVENTS MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., June 26.— Intercollegiate téam and {ndividual golf champlonships are at stake in competition beginning today at the Biwanoy Country Club. Today and tomerrow's play will consist of thrity-six holes medal play team scores being based on each col- lege's four best performers for the seventy-two-hole aggregate. To- morrow's also will determine the thirty-two qualifiers for match play in the individual title quest. which begins Thursday. rinceton, winner of the team championship last season, is a favor- ite again. Yale, Williams, Dartmouth, Cornell, Harvard, Pennsylvania and Columbia also are contenders Rudy Knepper of Sioux City, Towa, Princeton captain, In a favorits for the Individual Cchampionship, which will not be defended by the 1922 titleholder, A. Pollack Boyd of Dartmouth, and Chattanooga, Tenn. U. S.-BRITISH WOMEN IN NET TEAM MATCH NEW YORK, June 26—A team match between leading woman tennis players of England and the United States will be the outstanding event of the tour of the United States and Canada by the British tesm, the TUnited States Lawn Tennis Assocla- tion has announced. The place where the match will be played has not vet been seleoted. The pcssibility of the Inauguration of a series of international team con- tests for woman tennis players of the two countries, either annually or bie-nially, was mentioned by officials of th ‘'nited States Lawn Tennis Asso- I committee will be ap- pointed to consider available ma- terial for the American team. Among those mentioned are Mrs. Molla B, Mallory, Miss Helen Wills, Miss Mary Browne, Mrs. May Sutton Bundy, Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup, Mis Edith Sigourncy and Miss Helen Gil- leudeau. The personnel of the English team, according to_cable advices, will In clude Miss Kathleen McKane, Mr: Satterthwaite and Mrs. Corvell. The fourth will be chosen from Miss Flizabeth Ryan, the California play- €r, who has been competing on Euro- an courts; Mrs. K. E. Beamish and irs. mbert Chambers. The Eng- lsh players are expected to arrive n New York during the first week of August. i and, ases the'most | th understanding of what he can pect to do with each of his ex- dis- tance olubs when Mis shots are trap intervenes. Oe way %o determine distance 1» by following the practice of never deciding what club to use for the second shot until the ball has been approached. Then losk toward the green and try to A proximate what the yardage Make up your mind after doing this what elub you will hen ecided in the Lack of confldence in the elub you have chosen will devel 1f any question nrises in your mi about it. And If any question doen arine by reansurt raelf as to the ¥y reassuring yol club you have or by putting that club back in the bax and pleking out another one. Doubts as to th proper use of a gtven elub for certain shot constitute ‘hazard. A player should himwelf in for a mental he can escnpe it. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) YANKEE GIRL SCORES <IN FRENCH TOURNEY —_— By the Associated Press. CHANTIILY, June 26—Miss Edith Cummings of Chicago defeated Mile. Janine Gaveau, France’s seoond rank- ing woman gelfer, by 1 up in nineteen holes in the second reund of the in- ternational woman's golf champion- ship tournament here today. Miss Cummings was the enly American player remaining in the tournament as the third round began this afternoon. Mrs. Ralph Hammar of Lexington, Mass., defaulted and Mrs. Waddell, an American resident of France, was éliminated by Miss Cosgrave of England, 2 and 1. Miss Gladys Bastin of England, last year's winner, was eliminated in the second round, losing to Miss M(::l{ Gourlay, also of England, 17 an Miss Cummings met Mrs, Guy Wil- liams of New Zealand in the third round. After being all square at the elght- eenth, Miss Cummings, with the aid of a magnificent drive, got & 3 to Mlle, Gaveau's 4 on the nineteenth. Mrs. W. A. Gavin of England, Cana- dian champion, and last years runner- 2 at Chantilly, defeated Miss Hartill of England, 3 up and 2 to play. Miss Cummings scored an easy vic- tory over Miss Farlane of w 9 and 7, Ih the first round yest: &n The entries of Mrs. A. B. and Miss Falrbanks, ‘American resi- dents of France, were scratched. ROY SCORES QUICK K. 0. MONTREAL, June 26.—Kid Roy, local boxer, retained his title of Ca- nadian featherweight champion, when | he” knocked out Eddie Pinchot of | Charleroi, Pa., in the first round. FIRST AERO GOLF MATCH IS PLAYED WITH SUCCESS C HICAGO, June 26—Airplane golf was played successfully for the first time yesterday at the Olympia Fields Country Club to cele- brate the opening of its fourth eighteen-hole links, making it the largest golf club in the world. A team of nine amateurs defeated nine professionals 1 up in nine holes of match play. Two balls were dropped from an airplane as near as possible profes ball landed. The amateurs used twenty-five s! six, allowing the amateurs to win i was 2 strokes, which was tallied five times. to each hole and an amateur and a onal stationed at each green holed out from where the dropped trokes and the professionals twenty- n medal score also. The best score There were two holes in 4, while all the rest were made in 3, showing the accuracy with which the balls were dropped from the plane. The aerial “driving” was done by Rockwell Stephens. Carrying eighteen golf balls, marked with green ribbons a yard long and the other. nine by red streamers, the plane swooped as low as the forested preserve of the courses would permit. Two balls, one green and one red, were released as the biplane spe dat seventy-five miles an hour over the first hole. One fell on the putting green, while the other all but disappeared in the deep rough to one side. The berib- boned pellets were replaced with un- adorned balls, and the golfers played e terrestial strokes. The balls did not cut into the turf, the ribbons forming a sort of para- chute to lessen the force of gravity By accldent the profesisonals were handicapped, for the green ribpons which marked the pellets Intefided for them were a trifle wider than the reds, The stiff breeze caught the wider ribbons with great effect, car- rying them in almost all instances further from the flag than those be- decked with the narrower red stream- ers Many members of the club con- demned the game as a distortion of golf that would ruin the courses and wreck the finesse of the players who participated. MISS WILLS COMING EAST EARLY TO GET PRACTICE BOSTON, June 26.—Word was re- celved from Berkeley, Callf, that Miss Helen Wills, runner-up for the ational women's tennis title last year, would leave for the east on July 2 and would practice for two weeks at Forest Hlills, Long Island, to become accustomed to grai courts. She will compete in tourna- ments at Westchester, Seabright and Nathua and the women's national championship. She will not play in the national junior event JOCKEY JORDAN DIES. MONTREAL, Quebec, June 26— Charles Jordan, jockey, who was trodden on when hie horse, with two others, fell in the second race at Delorimer Park yesterday, died last night at Royal Victoria Hospital from a fractured skull half DEMPSEY WOULD FIGHT WILLARD-FIRPO VICTOR BY FAIRPLAY. GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 26.— Immedintely the July 4 fight is over, Jack Kearns will hop east and tle up the winner of the Wil- lard-Firpo battle, he deciared to- day. “Somekow or other I am going to land Dempsey In a battle on Labor day,” he atated, “and I don’t care who with. The chances are, too, that Ill.put Dempsey against Haorry Greb in Pittaburgh before Labor day. There would be good money in a fight with Greb there, and I'd like to make it.” TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., June 25. —The Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both were very muddy this morning. ;/_‘é—..\\ 111t es | for the title CHALLENGER TO BATTLE Lets Up in His Training—Champion Will Complete Preparation With Boxing This Week—Shelby in Drive to Keep Town Clean. By the Associated Press. S he has foyowtd during the last Tommy Gibbons, contender for His mornin| Late today he wi which is to meet the S| The rest is being taken b is about 185 pounds at present. . Gibbons will fight July 4 if he doesn’t get @ two-cent stamp for his pains, he said last night in response to inquiries concerning rumors that the gate receipts might not run high enough to make hi above $310,000, which is the amount sum. “T am ready to fight; I want to fight the public 18 entitled to eee a fight,” Gibbons said. I don’t care what the receipts are. I will be there when the gong_ rings, ready to fight if I don’t get a two-cent stamp out of | ‘The motto, “Shelby shall be clean,” lpyuanlly has been adopted by law enforcement officlals here. Eleven men have been arrested for alleged violation of the prohibition law - in the last forty-eight hours, two of the leading amusement resorts have been closed and a quantity of whisky and beer conflscated. The force of of- ficers {a growing larger daily. Twen- | ty federal officials are sald to be in Bheiby. D. T. Smith, chief of police at Yak- tma, Wash., has arrived to take charge of the department ef criminal investigation here, assisting Sherifft Benjamin. Floaters and undesirables arriving by the score every day are being ordered out of town. A corps of rallroad detectives police the rail- road yards, while a host city, county and state police and_sheriff's doputies patrol the town. Virtually the only amusement places now op- erating are a few ice cream parlors, tent shows, a moving picture theater, several pool halls and soft drink es- tablishments. GREAT FALLS, Mont. June 26.— Refreshed from a day of relaxation, Jack Dempsey today starts the final week of training before the period of “drying out” for his championship match with Tommy Gibbons at Shel. by July 4. The champion wiil resume boxing In his outdoor ring this afternoon, ing four to six rounds with his fiahter sparring partners. That will be the schedule until Sunday, accord- ing to Manager Jack Kearns, and the jarring Dempsey punches will be Playing “possum” from now until they defend their owner's title in the ring against the St. Paul challenger. Dempsey is starting his last train- ing period in the best of apirits. The grouchy, touchy atmosphere which usually has surrounded the champion within this distance of his previous title bouts is Iacking. There has been nothing to worry him for this match. Training has one along smoothly, and experience s taught him not to fret about the tralning wrinkles which used to both- er him. Kearns declares that Demp- sey is far better today than he ever has been. “He ie hitting harder and boxing with more speed,” Kearns said. “ln fact, Dempey is a better fighter to- day than he ever was, He Is a fin- ished fighter, in great shaps, and ready for Gibbons.” This opinion also fs held by critics who saw Dempsey in tralning before he met Jess \Willard at Toledo ané who followed his training activities at the Atlantic City camp before Georges Carpentier fell at Jersey HELBY, Mont., June 26.—Interrupting the rigid training regulations dlulke and calesthenics were his only muscle stretchers. occupy the mound for the Gibbons Athletic Club team, helby nine in 2 ball game. - s by the challenger because he fears that con- tinuous strenuous training will draw him too fine for the bout. guaranteed Dempsey, an appreciable City. Day after day, oney Crisis in Big Fight Not Yet Passed : Coin, However, Not Worrying Gibbons WTIGUE OUTPOINTED; BERNSTEIN WINNER ———e PHILADBELPHIA, June 28.~Mike MoTigue, in his first ring appearance #ince he won the light heavywelght champtonship from Battling Sikl in Dublin, left anything but a favorable impreasion with local Nght fans after his bout last night with Tommy Loughran. of Philadelphia. In the epinion of sports writers at the ring- side, Loughran clearly outpointed the champion in all but two of the eight rounds. Whether McTigue put forth his best efforts was a question freely Qiscussed today by the fans. Except in the eixth and seventh rounds the title holder appeared awk- ward and Hstleas and was driven all around the ring by the Philadelphian, who after blow to ail landed parts of his body and hesd. Lough- ran land IS WILLING FOR NOTHING week despite rain and cold weather, Jack Dempsey’s title, rested today. His weight point Loughran ®ToggEy, but he seon rallied. Jack Bernstein, junlor lightweight champion, knooked out Freddy Jacks of Australia, in the fifth round. Bernstein was the aggressor for thfithl.rt. Landing blows almost at w In an elght round preliminary, Glonte” Tait, Cansdian Tishtweisni champlon, outpointed Jehnny Clftiton of Brooklyn. HOOVER SHOWS FORM. HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Eng. June 6.—Walter Hoover of Dulu to end_the diamond sculls, has Im- pressed spectators by T Hoover's néw shell, which he ordered famous Sims of Putney, is expected to be ready Thursday, His present soull was buflt in America. is 50 per cent SHEVLIN WHIPS KAPLAN; GETS GO WITH WALKER NEWARK, N. 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