Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1923, Page 25

. [ toniglit, SPORES.. = Big Fight Almost O KEARNS MUST GET FINAL - BUNDLE OF MONEY TODAY Last $100,000 Pledged, But Not Collected—Battle on July 4, However, Seems Assured—Only Few Except Montanans to Attend. BY HEYWOOD BROUN. HELBY, Mont,, July 2—Dempsey. S the bulls is excellent for the moment, the rise will be sustained. Among the many tragedies enge! -Gibbons stock opened strong today. The bonds were steady and there was a sharp rise in the common and both the first and second preferred. The technical position of although there is no assurance that ndered by this bout for the heavy- Weight championship is the ordeal suffered by a host of fight reporters who have sudd found themselves the duties of financial experts. forced by circumstances to assume But today the fight is gradually edging its way off the financial page. The promoters of Montana were not alw. between E Pluribus Unum and 1 O UL set them straight. The final hundred thousand for Dempsey is pledged but not collect- eld. Dempsey’s manager probably will get his money before midnight but not much before. It geems certain by now that there will DBe a fight and that it will be held on July 4, although there lingers a little { talk about the desirability of July 14. Gibbons Is Primed. At this point, curiously enough, a| factor_enters wkich i, financial. | Tom Gibbons wants to fight on tb Fourth because he fcels that he is now at the top of his power. His training problem: has been a difficult one. been necesary for him to develop as muck speed as possible | and still retain weight. Even with the greatest care he might easily g0 atale in another weck, while Demp- mey is in no danger of burning out| and might even be benefited by a' little more polishing on a.s 0 He seems just as powerful as ever. but also just a shade less accura than whei he faved pent.er. The fight on the Fourth will be al-! most wholly a Montana affair. The| mumber of outsiders who have come to Shelby is comparatively small and the raiivonls have booked an insig- | njficant nunber from distant points Chncellations have not been checked | to any great extent by the annaunce- | ment that the fight is on. There still remains the automobile. Citizens of Shelby will tell you when asked, and | even otherwise, that thirty thousand | automobiles surround this town in a| far flung circle and that the cars| will make a concerted attack from | all quarters at the last minute. The | last minute approaches, but not the automobiles. elby Is Apathetic. ‘Shelby seems rather apathetic. The local apathy includes betting. There | seems to be mone at all around here. Most of the people like Gibbons and | hode he will win, but their convietion | te. The only gambing | e have seen was a friendly game of pinganini in the back room of a soft drink salnon. Like everybody else in Shelby, think that Tom Gibbons is a agrecable m but we don't see ho Before this we rised by the outcome of sporting events, but for us this| would he the most startling upset of all. He iacks power. It I ¢ in ‘our epinion not: bbons may stay fifteen rounds, and in that case he would probably have a lead on points, but we do mot think the, referee. would v to let the heavyweight | nship change hands Gibbon. widl need a knock-ou only disturbing factor in our rious fact | tly and ' n do it.} ted, bui at any into the rine. tve we ay be defes ntil he wets But Lere the fight must again A hurd-riding just arrived at presa; with the news that has just gone into | Cafe oDy i YACHT SETS RECORD FOR 260-MILE TRIP . Ohlo, July 2.—After Journeying from: Datroit to Buffalo in the Cigarette, his new speed yacht, n nearly elght hours, Commodore Gar | Wood, of the Detroit Yacht Club and | a party of friends made the return trip in the flying boat Buckeye in| 2 hours and 23 minutes. | ' Commodore Wood and party board- | ed the Cigarette on 1023.) its trial trip| Saturday. The 230-mile direct route| from Detvolt to Buffalo_was covered in 7 hours 68 minutes &0 seconds. Roturning the party boarded the Buckeye in_Buffalo at 2:1¢ p.n., ar- riving in Cleveland two hours and one minute later, said to be a new record for the 200 miles between these cities. The trip from here to Detroit. 108 miles, was made in 1 hour and 22| minutes. HOLMEAD TENNIS TEAM DEFEATS TAKOMA PARK | Racketers from the Holmead Ten- pis Club defeated the Takoma Park | netmen, 3 matches to 3 No. 1 singles—Hugh Buckingham (Takoma) defosted ‘Steliwagon® (Holmead), 6—2, 81l No. 2 singles—H, Fowler (Holmead) de- feated E. Beale (Takoms), 6—1, 6—3. No. 1 doubles—Steliwagon and ‘Fowler (Hol. ) defated Nostil and E. Buls doubles—Deylo ani Phillips (Hol. defoatad | B Piatt “and crabi 3 doubles—Hugh Buckingham and G. e r}‘\)fo"-l-’)"m\'ma ot e Sl No. 4 deublei—O, E. Williams and Eouier olmend) dstenied Williems ‘snd oll, 2—6, 8—8, 84, No. 5 doubles—Glayten aad Lincoln i defeated 0. ., Williams and K. e Gellan duimend). 708 o8 Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OF REPAIRED. Cores_ingtall any make,. 10 DIFFERENT I‘ADIATORI. WITTSTATT'S R, and F. WORKS 310 13th. . 6410 1435 P, M. 7443, INDIAN Frask. 6764 MOTOCYCLE DISTRIBUTOR Used and Rebuilt Metecyoles *on" Easy Rerainng ¢ HOWARD A. FRENCH & CO, 424 9th Street N.W. R K Match Your 0dd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS $4.65 Save the price of am entire All_colors, sisew, EISEMAN’S 003-607 Tth St. N.W. that way. | g rionships in the me: s quick to see the difference lowever, Kearns did his best to VILLA’S CHALLENGER SUFFERS KNOCK-OUT By the Associated Press. MANILA, July won a technical knockout over Joe Sugara, challenger of Pancho Villa, in the tenth rounad of a scheduled twelve- round bout today. Sarminto retains the bantamwelight title of the orient, Suzara is fly- weight champion of the orient. A |fight was slow and one-sided. Sarminto will leave shortly for Australia, where he is carded In five . fights. MERCUR CAPTURES D. C. TENNIS HONORS It has become a habit for some “out- slde” tennis player to win the District men's singles champlonship. Keeping up the habit, Fritz Mercur, Harris- burg, Pa, lad and a student at Lehigh University, yesterday carried off the title, taking it away from Clarence M. Charest, who lives {n Baltimore and toils fn Washington. Mercur won & brilllant final match on the Dumbar- ton Club courts, 6—1, 6—4, 4—8, §—6. Mercur, who is only nineteen years ot age, and who just has completed his freshman year at Lehigh, played with the sureness of a veteran, dis- playing a game that was steady and strong In Al departments, Chivest, who won in 1921 and 1922, needed on one more victory to take possession of the championship trophy which has been in competition for e Charest apparently was not auite up to his usual form yesterday, he met a p! was wise enough not to let hi his_best weapons. Mercur adroitly put the ball where Charest could not w his_telling forchand drive or seintillating cross- court smashes. the youthful collegian placing his shots with exceptional ac- curacy After rst Charest made a determined fight. tdok an early lead in the third set a two sets, He a won the first thres games of the fourth set, and after Mercur had taken five ‘straight added three more to lead at 6—8 Mercur, however, still fresh, while Charest was tiring T e trio of games need- s in three classes remain to be ded. The mixed doubles final will be played tomorro with the cham- doubles and the Junior singles, the latter bagun this morning. slated for Wednesday. One match will be played in the men’s_doubles this afternoon, Gore nd Purinton meeting Moore and | Mangan at 4 o'clock. There alse will be several matches in the mixi bles. 'wo mixed doubles pairs reached the semi-finals yesterday, Miss Heyl and Mangan, by defeating Mrs. Don- aldson and Gore, 8—8§, 6—3, and Mi Wakeford and Col. Johnson, by van. quishing Miss Whelchel and Burwell, 5—7, 64, 6—1. PURDUE MAN TO COACH. ST LOUIS, July 2.—Don §. White of Purdue University, has been named coach of the Washingtoi University basket ball team. PARIS GARTERS No metal can touch you There is leg comfort and long comfort in PARIS Garters. They are always higher in quality than in price, When you buy -ask distinctly for PARIS, “3000 Hours of Solid Comfort™ A.STEIN & COMPANY Children's HICKO ‘Gartars CHicAGO Nzw Yoax 35c and up —Pete Sarminto | | out of every dance ticket The | | weeks, | Benning Tigers, 9 to THE EVENING HUMOR AND PATHOS GALORE IN SHELBY SHELBY, Mont, July 2.—Humor, rumor and pathos are companions in expectancy during the days before the battle—the world champlonship heavywelght contest between title- holder, Jack Dempsey, and contender, Tommy Gibbons. On the main street of Shelby, the little Montana ofl and cow town that has sprung into international prom- inence overnight, the stranger may encounter a laugh, a tear and a thrill within a block. Dame rumor hands out the thrills, unsubstantiated, unverified, but not unsung. Until recently the buying and sell- ing_of concessions was one of the lucrative businesses here. The other day the superintendent of right of way of the Great Northern railway found two thrifty citizens busily building “hot dog” stands just across from the depot. They told the rail- way official they had purchased the concessions only the day before for $200 each. When informed they were trespassing upon rallroad property, the two “dog” merchants sadly tore down their stands and sold the lum- ber to a man who was putting up a dance hall. They declared they were “broke. Young women are mearce in Sheiby just now. The fight fans arriving e mostly of the male varlety. Two ‘girl” shows, however, have been at- tempting to lure the extra change from the populace. The luring has been somewhat difficult. Dance hall proprietors seeing that the ladies of the chorus were not overly prosper- ous, arranged to pay the girls 4 cents sold if they would appear at the halls and dance with the patrons after the show. Dances are conducted on the installment plan, 10 cents for each dance. One girl said she made $3.50 the other evening dancing at one of the halls, but another confessed to total receipts of only 40 cents. While prices in Shelby have in- creased in the past two or three they had remained fairly reasonable until yesterday. The big | Jump came in hotel accommodations. All beds, cots and other sleeping places for which a charge of $3 had been made were raised to $5 or more. Most of the hotels boast only one bathroom. A charge of 25 cents for- merly was made for a bath. Yester- day ‘the bath fee was raised to 50 cents. Food and other necessities are also on the incline. THREE GOLFERS TIE IN FRENCH TOURNEY By the Associated Press. TEPPE, July 2—One British and two French golfers were tied for first place at the end of the first day's play in the annual tournament for the Fronch open championship, with totals of 1423 each for the thirty-six holes. The trio—Aubrey oomer, the de- fending titleholder, Jean Gassiat and J. W. Gaudins, the Englishman— were a stroke under Arthur G. Ha- vers, who recently won the British open title. James Ockenden, British profes- slonal, was next with a card of 14. e BRAVES BEAT TIGERS. East Washington Braves, a strong colored nine, took the measure of the . Burgess hurled well for the winners, while Franklyn connected for a homer and three bingles. The winners are re- ceiving challenges through Manager Charles Booth, 703 19th street north- east. “Ilike a l l i I { | [ and AMATEUR PRO TOURNEY IS BEING STAGED TODAY| VICTOR IN Bi6 BOU: N of the District Professional Golfers’ play best ball affair, with prizes to match started at 1 o'clock. It is the first of a series of competitions to be [ months ago by the district court, in held throughout the scason by the ne: Included in the entries for the event are the leading professionals | of clubs about the city. The pair- ings, announced today by Peter Jack- | son of the Indian Spring Club, secre- | tary of the as-ociation, are as fol- lows: Fred McLeod and Dona'd Wood- ward, Columbia; W. R. McCallum and David Thompscn, Washington Golf aml Country Club; Robert Stead, ir., and Robert T. Barnett. Chevy Chase Club; P. C. Knox and Peter Jack- son, Indian Spring Golf Clu! George J. Voight and Tom Ryan, East Po- tomac Park; Dr. Bruce L. Taylor and James . Crabb. Congressional Country Club: P. W. Le Duc and Willlam T. Prendable. Argyle Country Club; Roland R. MacKenrie and P. D'Arcy Bannagan. Columbla; R. P. Goldsmith and Arthur B. Thorn, Town and Country Club. Ralph Beach, assistant professional at Chevy Chase, may play with an amateur of that club. Columbia Country Club's golf team, weakened by the absence of such stars as Dunphy, MacKenzie, Standi- | fer and Stevinson, defeated the team | of the Washington Golf and Country Club at Columbia yesterday, 9 points to 7, in the second match of the inter- club series. Two scores of were registered during the day by Roland | R. MacKenzie and Commander W. W. Smith. Notwithstanding Roland MacKen- zie's brilllant golf. paired with Don- ald Woodward, the Columbia team lost to W. R. McCallum and George | P. Lynde of Washington. The latter pair had a best ball of 33 on the first nine. McCallum holed a chip shot for | a birdle 3 on the sevemteenth. How- | ever, MacKenzie beat McCallum, 3| and 2, while Lynde beat Woodward, 2 and 1. Commander Smith, with his round | of . defeated Heath D. Davidson of Washington, 8 and 7. W. W. Rap- ' ley missed an elght-foot putt on the last green to tie his match with J.| Holt Wright of Washington. The standing of the series by points now is: Bannockburn, 12: Columbla,’ 9; Weshington, 7; Indlan Spring, 4. Summaries of yesterday's play: Rola MacKenzie. Columbia, defeated 3 & 6. ®. T Ryl W oiaingron, ® qefoated Dosatd E o, Wa efea a and 1. Best ball, . Brawner, Columbia, defeated J. O.. Davidson, Waahi: and 2 Jehn Davidion. Washington, defexted Lee L. Har- Columbia, $ up. ' Best ball, all even. Ben R. Hart. Columbia, defested F. W. Freeman. Washington. § 'and 4: H. Holt defeated W. W. Rapley, ball, Columbia, 3 and 3. feated X. ‘Woman golfers of the Indian Spring woman players of the Chevy Chase | c. R B. Hatch, Col Washis . Columbia, 2 and ¥ 7. m"o.‘!.'.‘i""; square. , Washiagton, Columbi efeated 8. L. Orms. Columble, defested 8 fafien Wi E Tdae, Weniog: ofos: . E. o, 2. Best ball, Golumbis, 3 2nd 2. James A. White, jr, and Maj. H. Robb won the four-ball tourney at Bannockburn yesterday, defeating Harry F. Krauss and F. Turton by 2°and 1, in the final round. Women golfers of the Indian Spring Club are today = entertaining the | women players of the Chevy cmul and 4; 8 it bal tez, 3 Club in a team match. ‘fussy’ customer” I{NOWING what I do about the manufac- ture of cigars and cigar quality, it amazes me to see a man who will argue for fifteen minutes over g salad dressing, or who will hold & spirited debate over the freshness of an egg, walk into a cigar store and in the most off-hand manner say, “Give me a good fifteen- cent cigar.” There is just as much pleasure, just as much satisfaction, just as much profit to be derived from the careful selection of cigars as from the careful selection of food. It is just as easy to acquire a taste for good cigars as it is to be satisfied with whatever the man behind the counter offers you. And it is entirely unnecessary to pay a price you cannot afford in order to enjoy the finest tobacco that can be put into a cigar. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Next time you buy a cigar ask for La Palina. At whatever price you are accustomed to pay —from 10c to 3 for 50c, I am certain you will find it the most satisfying, the most delightful mild cigar you ever smoked, e President CONGRESS CIGAR COMPANY Philadelphia 10¢ 2 for 25¢ Excellentes - Senater Magnol Perfecto Grande, 3 for 50¢ Blunt - 2 for 26¢ 15¢ Also numerous other popular ¢hapes and sizes. "IT'S JAVA CIGAR Dintributors Capital Cigar and Tobacco Co. 602 Pa. Ave. N.W, Washington, D, C. Keep 2 fresh box in your office humidor and also in your humidor at home. STAR, WASHINGTO ul of Financial Stage : Dempsey and Gibbons Both Confident CHAMPION NOT COUNTING ON HAVING AN EASY TIME Yeels Sure, Though, He Can Send Blows Home. Tommy Bases Hopes on Victory on Ground C, MONDAY, JULY SPORTS REFEREE MAY DECIDI By the Associated Prees. SHELBY, Mont., July 2.—The ref INE of Washington’s leading amateur golfers paired with profes- |eree's decision may be consideres sionals of their respective clubs are playing this afternoon at the |final in the world championship bou Columbia Country Club in the first event held under the auspices | P°tWeen Jack Dempsey and Tom Gib bons here July 4 under a new set of rules to be formulated today. The commisslon appeinted several Association, The affair is a medal go to the two leading teams. The That Jack Is Not as Good as He Was. W association. INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil The player ould use the stance that yields him the great- est bodily ease In his full shots. Many players feel a tightness when the club is at the top of the upswing—that s, a sort of tightness that means discomfort. This must not be In the golf accordance with the state law, is com- posed of Mayor Jim Johnson, treas- urer of the bout, and two others. ¢ Mentana rules heretofore have pro- vided for the presence of two Judges f ; arrive. BY FAIR PLAY. at the ringside, and the referee voted only In case there was a tie. Qwing to the importance of the bout, this rule is to be changed, placing in the hands of the referee the power to de- cide the winner of the hout in case it should continue the fifteen rounds. The boxers will be examined Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. They will be given physical examina- tions. Although mnot required in heavywelght bouts, the two men]| probably will be weighed and meas- Having talked with Gibbons here and with Dempsey in principals have been willing to express it. 1 DEMPSEY: “I am feellng in first | rate fighting condition. I hav realized all along that I had to be if I were to hold my title against Gibbons. I am not underestimat- ing him. He is a high.class man, I hope to beat him, of course. if I do it will be alright. And i1 I dont, it will still be alright. You can never tell about a fight. They say that Glbbons is the sclentific boxer, and I am a mere mauler. If that's so, why Tommy ought to have a good chance. I hope to be able to land on him. They say he is too clever to be hit, but his ears don't show that, and besldes I've seen him hit. So at least I can hope to come through. I can't say how long I'll fight him. You can be sure though I'll be trying to land on him as hard as I can from the start of the battle. GIBBONS: “I ba: my hopes of winning on the ground that Demp- sey isn’t as good as he used to be. I think I can hit sufficiently hard to hurt him and on my part am planning to make him miss me the most of the time. He is a harder hitter than I am, but if he misses his strength is sapped in propor- tion to the effort expended. “As to my plan of battle, that is difficult to say. I shan't do & run- ning race around the ring. But otherwise the manner of battle depends on many things that come up when you face an opponent. In- another good battle, I hope.” (Copyright, 1923.) YANKS, 4; MACK END TRAINING TODAY. CHICAGO, July 2.—Lew Tendler of Philadelphia and Sailor Freedman of Chicago, both challengers for the lightweight title, who meet at Mich- igan City on Wednesday, will finlsh thelr training ‘oday. GRIFFS’ STICKWORK l AB. 10 wn stroke. A slight chamge in the stance may eliminate this feel- ing, thouxh the player must be careful to discern between the naturally kward feeling of romething ough absolutely right, which not accustomed 0. A feeling of awkwardneas will wear away with practice, but a feeling of dixcomfort, from wrong applications of th body to the golf stroke, will last forever. (Copyright, John F. Dille Co.) FRISCO HAS BIG POOL. The largest public municipal swim. ming pool in the world was recently opened in San Francisco, Callf. 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