Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1923, Page 21

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, FRIDAY, JULY &, 1923 SPORTS DEMPSEY’S PILOT WARNED | TO SAVE HIS GOOD HEALTH Montanans Intimated His Exit Might Be Attended by Material Damages—Has Protection on Hand When Bout Takes Place. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. manager, was plumb scared in t| S off the fight, had he dared. Montana of fight managers who demand legally entitled to it. HELBY, Mont, July 6—Now it can be told. Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s he week preceding the big fight here. Failing to receive the third payment of $100,000, he would have called made it clear that it doesn’t approve the ultimate pound of flesh, even though Westerner though he himself is, Kearns' experiences in this affair were altogether novel to him. tracts he makes in behalf of hi. nearer the Bowery, save crooks. s cha: where the statu citizens of Great Falls, anding and {nfluence in the | community, didn't hesitate openly to that if Kearns failed to go hrough with the projected fight with | Gibbons, his exit would be attended | by material damages Unplensant Situation. It is not pleasant for a manager, ac- customed to grabbing huge sums of money from the public in exchange | for a few rounds of boxing on the part »f his meal ticket, to sit in conference | ~ith stalwart, hard-eved gentlemen, whose .44 colts make huge bulges in the rear when they take seats—men who journey to and from Shelby In airplanes that crash to earth, yet leave the occupants miraculously hole and ready to talk turkey next ay. The night Kearns called off the fisht—Monday night—the crowd in the corridor outside his hotel room contained several irate citizens of who had come with the ob- ention of picking a fight. Kearns' willingness to dis- habit and let them have the the hardest—words pre- At least, so regard last—and vented something nasty. it seemed. Word had come to Dempsey, on the other hand. that it would be just as well for his health if he were not too inconsiderate of Gibbons when he faced Gibbons in ring. And, ar- riving here on the morning of the bat- tle, Jimmy Dougherty, the referee. was advised by a self-constituted committee that if he displayed any partiality toward the champion he Would make the journey home to Philadelphia in an unconventional at- titude, to be specific, feet first. Makes Them Uneasy. One may gather from this that those associated with the champion's party were not altogether at ease. They were more.so, however, four hours before the fight, when it be- came manifest that Dempsey was going to capitalize upon the friends | he has made throughout the coun- try. First of all there arrived Joe Tapscott from Chicago, a celebrated foe of bad men. Accompanying him were two detectives from Chicago, colleagues of Mike Trant, who have spent their lives messing around Chi's underworld. Then too, there came Sheriff Bud Chaffin of Logan count. one of the tough mountain distri of West Virginia. All in all, it was a tough bunch. They had themselves deputized as marshals as soon as they arrived. Shelby was entirely apathetic con- cerning Jack’'s - protection. Thus sworn in. they strapped their forty- fours around their walsts and ad- vised Dempsey they were very much at his service. When the champion | entered the arena with his handlers and bodyguard it was a_truly impos- ing impressions, and nothing occurred in the course of the battle to sug- gest that any two-gun man of Mon- tana was swayed beyond the re- sisting point by an ambition to start anything. Perhaps if thiz bodyguard had been available on July ell, there is no telling what Kearns might have | done. As it turned out the fight was held, Kearns, Dempsey and company got all the money that was good for | them and Montana saw a fine prize fight. Correspondents escaped from Sheiby without suffering the evil things that had been promised them. And the rest—so far as Montana is concerned—is silent. (Copyright, 1023.) WILLARD AND FIRPO NEAR FIGHTING EDGE NEW YORK. July 6.—Jess Willard and Luis Angel Firpo, who will battle in a twelve-round match at Boyle's thirty acres next Thursday night, are close to their best fighting edge. Both plan but a few days more of etrenuous work before tapering off— Willard, in his gymnasium quarters in Yonkers, and the South American in his camp at Long Branch, N. J. Willard has lost six pounds in the past two weeks of training, tipping the scales at 240 after eleven rounds of fast ring work vesterday. His present weight is eight pounds below the figure he scaled when he knocked out Floyd Johnson two months ago. Firpo, though in fighting trim as a result of his trip to Cuba and Mexico, has not slackened his pro- gram of conditioning at Long Branch. After a road run and private work- out yesterday under the direction of Jimmy De Forrest, his trainer, Firpo went four rounds each with Jack McAuliffe and Bill Tate, his sparring | knockout blows. All the chances are that any further con- mpion will call for action in centers tes against gun packing apply to all FILMS OF BIG FIGHT ON WAY TO NEW YORK MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 6.— Moving picture films of the Dempsey- | Gibbons fight at Shelby have reached Minneapolis. It had been planned to dispatch them to Chicago immediately after the arrival of the plane, but the filng were held here and are sched- uled to be sent to Chicago by expre The films were takeén by airplane from Shelby to Williston, N. D. There they were put on a special train and taken to Minot where they were picked up by another aviator and brought to Minneapolis. The films are consigned to a firm in New York eity. DEMPSEY IMPROVED BOXER, SAYS REFEREE GLACIER PARK, Mont, July 6.— Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight champion, has improved wonderfully in his boxing, declared James Dough- erty, referee of the Dempsey-Gibbons bout at Shelby. Dougherty came here for a tour| through Glacier National Park and gave out a statement on the fight, “Dempsey was in the best physical condition that I ever saw in an ath- | lete,’ sald Dougherty. “He carried| the fifteen rounds like a panther, and | the reason he did not stop Gibbons was not the lack of him not being a great fighter. It was because Gibbons put up the most wonderful defense I haye ever witnessed. "It was the cleanest and fairest fighting contest that I have ever wit- nessed. I do not think there is any other heavyweight in the world that | rad defense enough to ward off the | attack of Dempsey as Gibbons has.| He was as fast as a bantamweight, | Gibbons was fortunate enough to let slip the punches that would have been I would say that Gitbons is the gamest man that I had the pleasure of refereeing a con- test for. He was in such distress in cne of the rounds from the terrific body punishment that I actually heard the sound of his heart beating when 1 parted them, which goes to show the wonderful gameness of the man to keep on fighting under those conditions. “I think this will go down In his- tory as one of the best heavyweight contests in all pugilistic history. Dempsey has proved that he is the fastest and hardest hitting and most scientific boxer that ever held the heavyweight championship. It was the best fight that I ever have seen in & champlonship contest ONLY 12,000 PERSONS SAWTITLE CONTEST SHELBY, Mont. July 6.—Not more than 12000 persors. lnstead of a re- | ported 20,000, witnessed the Fourth of July heavyweight title contest, ac- | cording to C. A. Rasmusson, collector | sald that about 2,000 persons crashed the gate after breaking down the| barbed wire entanglement. “Even women with children in their arms poured through the opening in | the wire,” Rasmusson said, “many of | the women catching their dresses on the barbs of the wire. They did not | even' stop to loosen their skirts from the wire, but kept right on going, leaving arts of thelr dresses be- ind."” Rasmusson said he was confident that the government received all of the income tax on all tickets sold. The tax amounted to more than $22,000. H The gloves Dempsey wore in_the Shelby battle were presented to Mike ‘Trant, a Chicago detective sergeant and close friend of the champion. Trant has been with Dempsey in all of his important bouts, With the departure of Dempsey's staff of sparring partners today the training, camp was deserted. The Missour{ river was about the only thing that looked the same around mates. 2 o gogdAEt:ggt::g.S“m are worn everywhere by particular dressers and are highly favored for business wear. Cool. Comfortable. Dressy. Correct in Weight. Well Styled. Ca: ly Tailored. Feather-Weight Suits for Hot Weather Wear Y AR AN e Style, cool comfort and wear are evenly distributed in this fine all worsted suiting of splendid quality—TIts light weight, porous texture and body-cooling thin- ness offers every quality for the place. | of internal revenue in Montana, who ' & He scored over Paul Costello, American c GRANVILLE amplon, and o in Philadelphia July 4. FIVE CAPITAL GOLFERS WILL SEEK OPEN TITLE BY W. R. McCALLUM. open golf championship will in the qualifying rounds to G ALLERIES gathered at the Inwood Country Club for the national find special treats in store for them be held the first four days of next week. The championship proper will be played next Friday and Saturday, with thirty-six holes scheduled each day. A team match between teams of amateurs and professionals repre- senting the east and west will be staged tomorrow. Fred McLeod, Colum- bia pro, is captain of the eastern team, while Emmett French of Youngs- town, Ohio, will lead the western o Four Washington profeseionals and one local amateur have entered for the classle. Fred McLeod and Guy M. Standifer, amateur, of Co- lumbia; Dave Thomson of the Wash- ington Golf ~and _Count b, Horaco Brand of Washington and Leo Diegel of Friendship have en- tered. McLeod. Diegel, Brand and Standifer now are at Inwood. while Thomson will leave Washington to- nigh: §x\p-rently every effort has been made by the United States Golf As- sociation to provide interesting matches for the qualifying rounds. As an Instance of this tendency, Wal- ter Hagen, last year's British open champion, will play Wednesday with MacDonald Smith, one of the finest golfers in the world; Gene Saraze the titleholder. will play Monday with Leo Diegel, who was runnér-up in the 1920 event at Toledo: Jess W. Sweetser, the American amateur champion, is paired Tuesday with Joe Kirkwood, trick shot champion, and a player who is overdue to win: “Grandfather” Joh® L. Black of Wichita, Kans, runner-up last year will play Tuesday with Francis Ouimet of Bul!o;, who won the champlonship in 1913. Thal:o are just a few treats for the thousands who will scramble over the hills and dales_of Inwood. few more are the Robert T. Jones, jr., WILLS NOW IN LINE 70 FIGHT CHAMPION By the Associated Pres GREAT FALLS, Mont, July 68— Harry Wills, the negro heavywelght, probably will be Jack Dempsey’s next opponent, Jack Kearns, manager of the heavywelght champion, sald to- day. Kearns sald he expected to fin- ish his business here tomorrow and would leave immediately for New York to close negotiations for 2 match with Wills to be decided prob- on Labor day. We want to box Wills if for nothing more than to convince the public that Dempsey does not draw the color llne and has no fear of him,” Kearns said. “The match was red hot a few months ago, but for some reason it was sidetracked. It is my opinion that it will draw bet- ter than a return match with Wil- lard. Dempsey knocked him over seven times in one round and could do it again, so I don’t see much ob- ject in fighting him." Kearns_revealed that he still re- tains a 3315 per cent Interest in the motion picture rights of the Shelby battle. Gibbons has a 25 per cent interest, while Loy J. Molumby and Mayor Jim Johnson have a 41 2-3 per cent interest in the pictures. = Plans are being made to exhibit them throughout the country immediately. The plctures were declared by ex- perts to be perfect because of weather conditions that prevailed at Shelby on_the afternoon of the fight. The Biggest Little Thing in apparel for men is the Boston Garter y =7 Small, unseen, unfelt—it does a dig work in supporting socks —'keeping them smooth all day and giving pérfect comfort to the wearer. " How did your Garters look this morning? GEORGE FROST COMPANY, MAKERS, BOSTON Rfit. and Robert Cruickshank pairing on Thursday: Jesse P. Guilford-William Braid the same day, and the trip of Richard Walsh, national public links champion. with Johnnie Farrell of Quaker Ridge, one of the youngsters of American golf and a home-bred | to major title. 0 players will the qualitying round each of the four start in of all will these quality Out ties | qualifying day: | but eighteen ana each day. | In addition to the Washington men |entered. several pros who were formerly stationed here have enter- ed. They are George Sargent and Jack Durgess, both formerly connect- od with the Chevy Chase Club; How ard H. Beckett, now of Atlanta, form erly of the Washington Goif and Country Club; Wiillam Mackie, a former amateur player at Bannock- burn, and Wiltred Reid, formerly pro at the Indlan Spring Golf Club. INSIDE GOLF By George O'Nei The open stance i» mot a fixed t is opened by de- sre & to the shot to be played. Some drivers prefer it because of the increased physical eomfort it ylelds for them in the matter of indiviual The stance is opened for ve—a choice. in proportion to the be negotiated. In very hort fron shots, approaches to the &reen, ete., the left foot comew clear around and the heels are held close together. Never make a short shot with the feet far apart and held on a line as in the square atance. You eannot co trol the back swink of your cf that way. The open stance short- ens the back stroke and thus auto- matieally controls the power put on the ball. (Copyright, Joba F. Dille Co.) RACKETERS TO CLASH. Dumbarton racketers will visit the Columbia Country Club for a Wash- ington Association match tomorrow. Play will start at 2:30. BATHING SU Life Guard Suits — white shirts, blue flan- nel trunks (guar- anteed fast color) and belt— $4.65 One-piece Bath- ing Suits, black only— $3.50 Bathing Caps Bathing Shoes i Quality Fishing Tackle The kind that catches fish. Everything for the angler —and priced low, too. Good Rods, $2; Good Reels, $1.25; Crab Nets, 65c; Deep-sea Reels, $4. Lines, hooks, baits, buckets, hats and sinkers. Full line of Shakespeare tackle. WALFORD’S, er noted sweepsmen in the People's regatta ALFORD’S “Better Sport Goods”—Established 1873 PUTTING RECORD MADE IN COLUMBIA TOURNEY A record for the women's put- ting tourneys at Columbin was made on July 4 when Mrs. A. B Leech, jr., won the final from Mrs. J. C. McLaughlin after twenty- three holes of play. Mrs. A. B. Shelton won the con- olation from Mrs. C. A. White on the twentieth hole. Mrs. Shelton once was 5 down. . TILDEN IS IN FINAL OF ILLINOIS TOURNEY | CHICAGO, July 6.—Willlam T. Til- den. 24, of Philadelphia, displayed some brilllant racket play vesterday before a gallery of 7,000, and easily defeated Walter Hayes of Chicago in the semi-finals of the sin Tilinots tennis tournament, 6— 6—0. Manuel Alonzo of Spain and Wallace F. Johnson of Philadelphia will meet today in the other semi-final. WOMAN’S TENNIS TITLE TO GIRL FROM COAST BUFFALO, N. Y, July 6.—Miss Mayme MacDonald of Seattle, Wash., won the women's national clay court championship by defeating Miss Lil- lian Scharman of Brooklyn, in a sen- sational three-set match, . 1—86, 6—4. KINSEY BROTHERS SCORE. LOS ANGELES, July 6—Robert and Howard Kinséy of San Francisco won the Pacific Coast men's double championship tennis tournament, de- feating Harvey Snodgrass and Nat Brown of Los Angeles, 6—3. 6—2, —2. By virtue of their victory the Kinseys will represent the Pacific Coast in the national doubles at Bos- ton August 20. U. S. GOLFER BEATEN. KANAWAKIL P. Q. July 6—L. Bredin of Detroit, the last American in the tournament. was eliminated in the third round of play for the Cana- dian amateur golf championship by Hedvers Mackenzie of Montreal, 3 and 2. GIBBONS IS IN DEMAND; MAY GO ON STAGE By the Assoclated Pre SHELBY. Mont., July 6—Eddie Kane, Tom Gibbons' manager, said he had recelved tentative offers from Tom O'Rourke, matchmaker, for a bout for Gibbons in the Polo Grounds, New York. August 2. against the first available opponent and for a return match with Chuck Wiggins of Indianapolis, whom Gibbons knocked out recently. Several vaudeville offers also have been received and Kane declared Gibbons probably would go on the stage for a short period. ——— i IT BARGAINS One-piece Com- bination Suits, pure worsted. All colors— Extra large N~ size, 48 to 56. One and Two Piece Bathing Suits, all colors. Special at— $6.75 o - Automobile Camp Equipment Stoll and Prentiss Burch Auto Waber's Tents Kamp Kook Stoll’s Auto Stové) Beds Foldi Tebles mod Chairs Kamp Kook 0 Stoves BELYEA IS DEFEATED IN DIAMOND SCULLS By the Annoclated Press. HENLEY-ON-THAMES, July 6~ Hilton Belyea, the Canadian scul- ler, was eliminated from the com- petition for the diamond sculls to- day by D. H. L. Gollan, British oarsman. SUZANNE RETAINS MBLEDON TITLE Handily Beats Miss McKane |souted Gibbons. in Taking Honors for Fifth Time in Row. By the Associated Press. IMBLEDON, July 6.—~Suz- W anne Lenglen of France retained her title as wom- an lawn tennis champion of the world by defeating Miss Kathleen McKane, ranking English woman, in the finals of the Wimbledon tourna- ment today. The French star won in_straight sets, at 6—2, 6-—2. Mlle. Lenglen thus won the title for the fifth successive year. She cannot add to her string, as the present tournament is the last at which the world titles in the various divisions of the grass court game are to_be awarded. Suzanne won by superior stroking and court strategy. chose to play a back court game and was, therefore, beaton from_the out- set,'as Mlie. Lenglen was deadly on the long returns. The four games taken by the English woman during the match were the result of her audgcity in coming to the net on sevéral occasions. combined with a few wild shots on the part of her opponent. Suzanne did not attempt many of her famous smashing placements, being content. for the most part, to draw Miss McKane from one 8idé of the court to the other until she fell into an error or left an opening for & finishing drive. The match was largely one of deep criss-cross driving. The stadium was packed. The day was the hottest of the vear. The youthful Misses Austen and r advanced to the nen's doublés_ by A. Godfree entered the finals in the men's doubles by defeating Dr. A. H. Fyzee and L. 8. Deane. Indian Davis cup players, §—6, 6—4, 6—3. They will meet Count De Gomar and Eduardo Flaquer of Spain in the final tomorrow. WAR R=D NETMEN WIN. War Department Red racketers vanquished Shipping Board netmen, four matches to one, in the Govern- ment Tennis League. Summaries: Thomas and Stauffer, Reds, defeated Fair- banks and Gannon, Shipping Board, 5—7, 6—2, 6—4; Elliott and Robertson, Reds, beat Perts and Price. Shipping Board, 8—6; 6—1; Lans- dale and Pierce, Shipping Board, best Adams and Youne, Reds, 84, T-5: Rowans snd Goor . beat Breen and Ho Shipping rd, 60, 6—2; Smedberg sode, Rod beat Rbodes and Morrison, Shipping Board, &5, 6. land, HAVE BATTLE ON COURT. Tom Fenton and Sam Boyd of the Dupont Athletic Club won a three-set match from Bobby Pilgrim and Don Whiting “2 (g\e Lee Athletic Club, 5—1, TENNIS TOURNEY ENDS. Maurice Crews and Harry Yateman won the men's doubles in the Tuxedo tournament when they defeated A. Buck and K. Rittenhouse. 1. [] Margaret Buck and defeated Syble 6—3, 6—3, in Howell Crews, doubles. {tered by Gibbons, Timekeeper Burke said. Miss McKane | Island, in quest of the crow Aturiei | all comers. and Mildred | is composed of Dr. the women's | chairman; George A. Emmons and C. i C. BLACK AND BLUE MARKS ON CHALLENGER’S GROINS Burke, Timekeeper, Is Shown Bruises—Asserts Only Words Spoken During Scrap Was When Tom Said, “Jack, Get ’Em Up.” GLAC ER PARK, Mont., July 6.—Richard T. Burke of New Orlegns, who acted as official timekeeper for the Dempsey-Gibbons fight, ‘made the statement that as the result of Dempsey’s low body blows Tom Gibbons bears on his groins black and blue marks as large as a man's hand. S Burke said, however, he did not believe that Dempsey inte onally The only words spoken by the combatants during the fight were ut- It was in one of the early rounds, and Gibbons, while exchanging blows with Dempsey, addressed himself to his opponent, saying: “Jack, get ‘em up.” He was referring to three or four body blows struck him in the groins, Burke explained. “I saw Gibbons before I left Shelby for Glacier Park,” Burke we on, “and Tommy showed me the black and blue marks on his groins. immediately said: ‘Why, Tom, the press ought to know about th 1 whereupon Gibbons beseeched me not to tell the newspaper men. ‘I don't have to have any alibis in this fight, Gibbons said.” SEVEN EX.TITLE HOLDERS IN OPEN GOLF TOURNEY By the Associated Press. N EW YORK, July 6—Seven former Am¥rican open golf champions and a galaxy of state, sectional and national title holders will tee off with ‘a record field of 360 players next week at Inwood, Long n now held by Gene Sarazen of Briarcliff Lodge. Two of the seven ex-champions seeking new laurels are amateurs, Francis Quimet, Boston, 1913 winner. and Chick Evans, Chicago, 1916 title holder. The others and the year they scaled the heights are: | Hagen of New York, 1914 and 1919; Jim Barnes of Pelham Manog, 1921; Alec Smith of New London, Conn. 1906 and 1910; George Sargent of Columbus, Ohio, 1909, and Fred McLeod of Washington, D. C., 1908. Hagen and Barnes still are among lin of Plainfield, N. 4 the ‘top flight of professional stars|open champion. o matopoHitan and will be favorites in next week's | TInt a 5 os title hunt. McLeod also s capable of | entirely lacking “trom e his “vmis championship golf, but with Smith | championship, for the first time. in and Sargent he ranks with the vet-|several seasons. Joe Kirkwood the eran clan that has given way before | Australian, trick shot expert, is the the rise of a new generation of stars. | leading foreign entry, but as Kirk. Among present holders of national | wood now claims New York as his honors entered, besides Sarazen, are | residence, there is little danger of Jees Sweetser of Ardesley, N. Y., th he trophy goi side o i - amateur king; Richard Walsh of New Tl the came catsiory e Rons York, newly' crowned public 1inks|wood are two amateurs. Al 5 champion, and Dexter Cummings of 'mour, formes Scoteh rfi‘namfio‘\' o champion. Sectional champions in-|both of wh " i s clude Frank W. Dyer af Upper Mont- | Dave Spiital, Toronto: protestiinat politan amateur title holder; Eddie| Held of St. Louis, Transmississippi | e ——— : . Radia o links champlon, and Marty ‘O'Lough- | Ao K,,,‘,:’;‘u,{",fl Egggfia_ { | WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS TRAP sHoTs s'rAGE | _319 13th. F. 6410. 1425 P. M. 7443. Mambers ot the Washington Gun —And Now Is the Time to Club will hold their weekly shoot to- Enjoy It—Let as follows: Fifty targets, spoon | shoot and added target handicap. S8 d0w 6 Heh Readiony. the Illinois Athletic Club coach The schedule for the remainder of who developed such marvel- spoon shoot: distance handicap. two Weissmuller, the McGillivrays and others, teach you the fine Chicago 'and Yale, intercollegiate | Cape’ 1t o bty opvlon, g clair, N. J., Néw Jersey and metro- |the only Canadian eatre amateur and former national public | res installed i any make. | 10 DIFFERENT MAKES &ADXATORS ‘ EVENTS TOMORROW (( THE WATER’S FINE morrow afternoon. The events are — William Bachrach One spoon will be given to high gun July 1s ns follows: 14, 50 targets, ; ous swimmers as Johnny points. B spoons to the two high guns; 21, 50 targets, fixed class shoot. three classes, spoon to high gun in each class; 28, 50 targets, added target | handicap, two spoons to the two high handicap guns. Marcey and Willlams will defend their two-man championship against The shooting_committee A. V. Parson. 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