Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1923, Page 22

HE OWL TAXI By Herbert Footner Copyright by George H. Doran Company CHAPTER 1 THE TRANSFER T 11 o'clock of a moist night in December Gregory Parr was making his way far westward on 23d street. At his right 1 stretched that famous old row of nified dwellings with pilasters and te front and ahead of him 10th avenue, the stronghold of the h The wet pavements glistened er the street lamps. and the smell nfluenza was in the air. The ¢t was deserted except for a s-town car at Intervals ing itself blithely the on a flat wheel. his vards, long through to the at the foot of the ssage ou the great oia. premier steamship of her day, i on thix particular trip the hristmas” ship. The Savoia ran as o to the hour as a railway train, 1 was scheduled to leave at 1 am order to make the best rail con- ctions. There was no reason why <& should have walked to the pler ept that at the last moment his irt_was loath to leave littie old v York. and even the least inter- ‘ing of her strects called to him \s he walked he communed with nself somewhat after this fashiod rd! 1 didn’t know the old burg it so much to me till lymade up S'mind to leave it! After 11, maybe v a fool to pull up stakes here. 1 W the folks on this wide; their ivs are my ways. 1 speak New vk. Perhaps in London I'll he Tike shin the grass” But his baggage s on the pier and he had pald a posit on his ticket never o:- irred to him that outd still Jange his mivd. On such trifles d weightiest human decisions turn Te crossed 10th avenue and passed rough the long block beyond, ith its escarpments of dark fac- es on either hand. At 11th avenue street opened into a plaza with e ferry houses facing him from the her side, and & long line of steam- 1ip piers stretching south. of which ¢ Brevard pier was the nearest ver the pler sheds Greg saw the i<thead light Savoia gleam- & brightly ard the soft mur- On the reg was on Ere- d line pler, cet, to take D it he Within iped mahoga on, with a low for feet. Behind the counter 1o usual elaborate structura of ma- 'gany and plate glass reared itself the ceiling, a4 super-mantelpiece were, while hetween counter a sirrors moved a ed young in command, one might say. of battalion of bottles behind him sartenders used to be mustachioed now they are smooth and pink- cked To Greg's disappointment he found place almost empty: he desired he longed to hear the racy finally hool t feet. There were they, having d were ' pre hows mpany hoof inks but was sl under Sriener. Mty caugle under iy SEhier driver who was S to the bar- the pink- These in- le to fectly tw yresent was aking fric nder. For gome reason heeked one scorned him stinctive antipathies are impossi axplain; the bartender was pe willing to hobnob with the taxi dly overt You.kEQW'the full e of.motoring {had « { had travelers—invited to drink with them | a swig out of his private stock of cold tea with gusto and charged them fifteen cents for the priviiege; but as for the poor taxi- driver, well, they did not belong to the same herd, that was all Rebuffed in this direction, the driver turned eagerly to the latest comer, Greg. There was something almost pathetio in his anxiety to make friends. Every soul has those moments of desperate lonesomen: 3 Greg was not at all backward in re- sponding. The driver was a spare little man in an overcoat sizes too big for him and almost reaching the ground. (reg was reminded of an old illustration of the Artful Dodger. He s) p. hume us, apelike face, much seamed, and in his eyes was a light at once childlike, impudent and deprecating. Taxi drive that is to say “owl drivers” like this one, wear no uniform, but they are unmistak- able. It may be their overcoats which are full of character. This one was fncredibly worn and shapeless. With 1t w a round cloth eap with a flap let down behind to protect the wearer's ears and neck “Say fella.’ said this with engaging Impudence; with me, will veh, if it's liberty 2 “Sure,” nother “What “Rye he took individual “drink not a sald Greg, “if you'll have with me after.” are you drinking?" high-ball." . T don't genally dilute but just to be high-toned Two rye high-balls.” The refreshment was duly served Greg noticed that as the taxi-driver ifted his glass his hand trembled, yet he was 4 young and healthy-looking man. Greg wondered momentartly. if he had a secret agitation, and then forgot about it. They exchanged opinions quality of the whisky and tenness of the weather These and other pleasant tionalities, not to speak of two high- balls apiece. opened the way for nioro personal communications. They decided they liked euch other. “I'm Hickey Meech,” sald the driver. “Christened Robert at birth, but Hickey because I came from the country, though that's fifteen vears and I'm like to die before T see gain Bhan't te'l my say upon the the rot- outside. conven- you my name said Meaning no offense, you sstand. but it's been in the lately and T want it to be for- g that's all right.” said Hickey “What's in a man's label, anyhow: tain't guarantecd by no poor feud law " He glanced sideways at Gre good clothes. “You're a bit regular beat tonight. ain't off vour 3 avola Well, sailing on Tell you vs has all the Inck Greg laughed shortly. He experi- enced a sudden desire to talk about himself. to »ut his case before a dis- interested party who did not know him and whom he would never see again: it would help him to_grasp his own situation, he felt. During the iast difficult weeks he had not talked to any one T don't a call me lucky.” he 4 good crack over Maybe it was good for my but it hurt. just the san Oh. we all those replied sententiously My cd when 1 Greg He thiy zo. The was all in the hands of his cen accuttomed to suckin ver spoon, @8 you might say—went the most expensive schools and aellewe, and didn't learn much except how o drive i racng car can drive a car. but that's not going to lay any bonds in a safe 1 The some 3 - would “I've lately the head character, the other ktd well vas a part N “Well, it's an old story. but. believe me, when it happens to vourself it has all the effect, if not the charm of novelt A month ago our trus property | deposit | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. dled_and left hia affairs in a Our property has just Vi mosed; he didn’t steal it. you under- his hot hands. “I managed to save enough out of the wreok—it was my firat experi- ence of business, and 1 don't like it—to keep the girla from actual want, but there wasn't a penny left for me. Of course, I was well known in certain cifcles and there were plenty of men who would have give: me a job out of charity, but T wasn't geing to be a poor relation in the crowd where I had once kept my end up with the best. [ was pried 100se from my old foundations and I wanted an cntirely fresh start. So 1 decided to try my luck in London. No small town stuff for me. It seemed 1like a good idea when it came to me, but now—I don’t know—" The driver was “What's the matter? body behind you? No,” said Greg smiling, old town. I didn’t know a hold on me!” “Every dog_loves its own lamp- rosts” said Hickey. “It'll do you Rood to see the world. Wish to God T had the chance! And vou'll make good. Even though you've lost your coin, you've got the habit of cl 5 | Nobody can’'t take that from you And people just naturally give up to_a classy guy. “I don’t quite get vou “You've got stvle,’ said the taxi- driver. “Anybody could see you were accustomed traveling with topnotchers.” “Nothing in it.” sald Greg. My ‘style’ as you ocall it only gets in my way,» now that I've nothing to keep it up on. T'd do better if I coula_begin life over on a section gang.” “Don’t vou fool yourself." retorted the taxi driver. ‘“That's the way a awell always talks! ‘Geel' says he. ‘if T was on'y a horny-handed ton of soil T could make something of myself! It reads well in a book. Rut, take it from me, kid, the ditch- digger ig the scratch man in the race of life; he's got twict as far to run Why, any ordinary fella born in a ft hed can keep-it, but it takes one o these here now Napoleons to win one. T.ook at me now T may as well gav 1 ain't no Napoleon and {hero 1T am 1 was born to sweat, and {T'm still sweating. Of course. I got my vices I shoot craps—that helps keep me poor. Rut it's the habit of being poor that's so hard to break If T could only once get ahead far enough to buy me a real swell out- fit nothing could stop me."” “You'ra dead wrong.” said Greg. “There’s not so much in appearances as people ltke to think Why. the richest man I know goes around look- ing like a ragpicker. And there's many a fancy vest cOvess an empty stomach A workman with a good trade is a king alongside one those poor devils that clings to the edge of what im called socfety.” “Well, T'd like to trv a | clinging { There's nothing like honest work. ™ “For others Anvbodv can have 1my share T wisht T had vour chiances. that's all’ I'd zive mv ‘chances’ as vou call them auick enough for a trade Hickev favered Greg with a lork. Do vou mean that? Sure I mean it" There was a silence of a or two while Hickey dinped his fore- finger in a wet spot and drew de- kigns on the mahogany At last he asked very offhand “Would you call trade?” Sure. Why not?" Well, why don't you You sgaid yvou could drive. “Well. in London T don’t suppose T could compete with the native ar- ticle™ ‘T mean here.” “I'm golng to London “Rut vou don’t have tn go. Accord- ing to yourself, it's fust a notior You're sarri vou took already What are vou getting at? I'm just trying veu out to see meant anvthing by your willing to all sympathy. Leaving some- “only the had such | sald Greg. to | | quesr driving a taxi a { try that? 1 told vo! if tdeas Onca more Hickey hesitated. and hen the proposal came with a rush swap with me. Tl give vou my fivver outside for $300 and those clothes vou're wearing. Shes mine, free and clear. Paid_the final in- stallment last week. She's not | you may say, but all the better. She's well “suppled up. And a bar- gain at the price. Got an elegant meter on her. Runs fast and slow for the inspector. Tl let Balanced Gasoline IF all you needed in a gasoline was quick starting—or if you were always just accelerating—or always on a hill or always out in broad open country, it would not be so difficult to produce a gasoline that would exactly meet your needs. you are frequently changing pace—starting, But in driving accelerating, runningidle, starting again, or passing somebody. been one of the motor lem for the oil refiner. “Standard”, the Balanced Ga: motor fuel should do—na make than a one-sided, unbalanced gasolin no more. You can get it conveniently an: . red pumps with the S. O. sign. soline, does " turally and easily. It is harder to e, yet it costs you ywhere from those ! taking a hill, coasting This need for easily changing pace has designer’s great problems—and a prob- everything that a STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) of | letle | l stand—it just naturally melted In|at the other | | moment | | | | firat | French sporting ! | startea new. | quer and for fares|one you try her out, of course, before you pay the money.” Grég drew a long breath and stared with widening eyes. His life had come to the parting of the ways and he was free to choose any direction. This offer presented fascinating possibilities. Like most young men, Greg fancied —Iit would be hard to say why—that the life of a cab driver must be full of romance. “You wouldn't have to leave the old town then,” Hickey went on craftijy. “Belleve me, vou'd begin to ses it for the first’ time. Inside and out!” Greg needed little persuasion. His own imagination pictured the adven- | ture in more glowing colors than the taxi driver had to cammand. It was something else made him hesitate. “Sorry,’ he muid regretfully. ' haven't but two hundred fin th world.” An idea occured to him, “But I've like theése. and h face cleared. lenty more clothes ‘hey're in trunks and bags on the pler yonder. The outfit must be worth more than a hundred even at second-hand clothes prices. T'll give You the claim checks. Tl throw in the deposit receipt too, if you want to travel.” “TN take you,” sald Hickey with | suspicious promptitude; but Greg on his part was too eager to be warned by it. “I'll take a flyer among the English swells. If I make any breaks over there, they'll think it's just be- cauge I'm a Yank.” “Well, let's take flivver,” said Greg. run.” “Run'” cried Hickey. “She can run like Duffy in the quarter mile! Be- fore we go out let me show you my papers is all righ He exhibited cards_for his car license and opera- tor's llcense. “You said your name was Meech, objected Greg. “These are made out to Elmer Fishback. “Oh, a coupla fellas owned the boat since Fishback,” said Hickey. “The cards always goes with the car. You'll have to be Fishback when the inspecter comes round. Here's my a look at the “T suppose she'll | veceipts for the payments.” These were signed Bickle “She fin by one Bessle ced the deal” explained Hickey. “She keeps a little yard over on the Kast Side, and I rent space from her. You might do worse than keep on with her. Ressie’s on the level. It's Gibhon Street south of Houston. Jumping-off place on the East Side. Better put it down.” Gibbon street: I'll remember it the Decline and Fall,” said Greg. Paying their shot, they went out by the front door. The taxi rested easily by the curb, like an old horse asleep. She had a slight list to starboard— “From the bloated rich climbing aboard that side,” explained Hickey. Her absurd little engine hood was Iike a noxe without character, and the lamps _at either side like To complete the like- ad, the top projected over windshield like the visor of a Greg was strongly reminded of the human derelict inside the bar and his face fell. Romance receded inte the background (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) by FRENCH AND SPANISH | NETMEN SPLIT EVEN By the Associated Pres DEAUVILLE, France, July 20.— Lacoste of France and Count ds Go- mar of Spain resumed their match vesterday in the Furopean finals, Davis cup. which was interrupted Saturday by When the match was postponed had won the and de « had the I the scors in the set he rain Lacoste third fourth was -1 in favor of plaver. Lacoste 1ost nt at the his service a pe He 1 won the ver. The final resu 6—4 A Brugnon and Cochet of France then in the doubles agalns: de Gomar of n won. 6—4, beginning without of the scoring how - 5 Play nally set were The Spaniards 11—13, 1-6. 6—4 France and point Pl now tied continue Spain each. will with la. today i asure” ‘when you use STANDARD e Balanced Gasoline Fla- | MONDAY, 10 BE RUSHED INTO PLAY AT SEABRIGHT Ship Will Not Dock Until Wednesday—Wealth of Stars Listed. SEABRIGHT, N. J. 30.—MWrs, Molla B. Mallory, American woman- an's champion, and Miss Helen Wills of Berkeley, Calif., eaxily won thelr matches in the first round of the amnual invitation tournament here. Mrx. Mallory de- feated Mina Eleanor Sears of Bow- tom, 6—1, 6—2. Misw Willy defeat- ed Misx Phyllis Walsh of Over- brook, Pa., 6—1, 6—1. Mrs. May Sutton Bundy of Los Angeles de- faulted. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. ITH the Seabright tennis tournament now under way it is evident that the British woman tennis stars will not be able to enter play until Wed- nesday at earliest. They are sailing to this country on the steamship Franconia, which will not dock until Wednesday morning—provided further delays occur to the liner. This is the one drawback to the ten nis at Seabright, where, as never be- fore in this country, perhaps, hav, many internatfonal stars gathered for contest. Australia, Hawaii, Japan, England, France and Spain being rep- resented. True enough, the British women will get here in time to make a showing in the tourney, but no one Who knows what a sea vovage does to tennis form will have much hope that these feminine stars will be in any condition to do themselves justice. Fivery one hay been anxlous to_see McKane, the outstanding woman star of kngland: Mrs. Beamish and others {of the British gal had as much of lan edge upon our Molla as appeared to be the case in the course of the American champion's foreign migra- { tion But while we shall know all @ ut this before the women from the other side return to Albjon. certainly we can expect nothing definite from this week’s play. The British players will be lucky if they can hit the ball at all, figura- tively speaking. and certainly our female sateilites should be able to defeat them —unless, as may have been gathered from the fate of our women in England, the tight little isle has a rocking motion somewhat akin to the deck of an ocean liner. In such event, of course, Miss McKane and her sister plavers will not have to re- gain their land legs In the meantime in the Seabright fennis matches far at least as the women are con |cerned. "will rise to fever heat over '!hl‘ deferred 1ssue as etween Moll {Mallory' and Helen Wills, the phe romenal California girl. who wis pre vented by rain from meeting in the {final matches of the Metroplitan {women's championships at W est Chester. Biltmore, on Sunday—the {match ‘being postponed uptil next Sunday Miss Wills plays a type of tennis that quite approximates the dash- {ing game played by our male stars {—unlike any which either British or {American women show; for that matter Mile. Lenglen's game does not differ from that of other women, ex- celling merely in point of accurac: quickness in covering the back court and hitting. But Miss Wills plays the dashing slambang. thun- derbolt game of the best of the male players, and close observers of tennis iform expect to defeat Mrs. Mal- flory, not only at Seabright and West iChester, but in the nationals. Tt is generally believed. too. that !her style is the one best qualified to ai dge the temperamental Suzanne from her throne. Theére is an under- ctunding that. winning the highest honors in_ this country this vear, Miss JWHIS will attempt to scale the inte national heights next summer Wimbledon {BOB KINSEY WINNER | OF MET NET HONORS | however. interest NEW YORK, July 30.—New York was the scene of a battle yesterday between two native sons of Califor- nia for the classic metropolitan lawn {tennis championship. In the final {round of the twenty-seven-year-old {tournament on the turf of the Cres- nt Athletic Club, Robert Kinsey. amous chop stroke artist from the and of the Golden West, defeated iClarence J. Grifin in straight sets, 6—1, 11—9. giving to the Pa- t fts third metropolitan title the event was inaugurated in i h i6—3, { cific {since 1597, i Tor Bob Kinsey it was the second {Nictory in three years and his second leg on the bronze statue which goes to_the plaver winning it three times. | ¥incent Richards, the defending I enampion, who holds the other leg on the present trophy. was forced to de- fault in the fifth round owing to a taxicab accldent. To make it a complete sweep for California. the Kinseys eliminated Lewis N. White of Texas, the 1923 in- tercolleglate doubles champion, and Fred C. Anderson, of New York, in one semi-final, 6—2, 6—3, 2—6, 6- 3 while two other California pairs fought it out for the other final bracket. This match was won by Willlam M. Johnston, whose titles ot world hard court and turf court champfon rested lightly upon him and his old partner, the defeated singles finalist These two, who to- gether held the national doubles championship in 1915 and 1920, trounced Phillip Neer and James Davies. 1922 intercollegiate cham- pions, §—8, 6—0, 6—4. The doubles final will be played next Sunday. Kinsey won the singles because he jemployved his skillful chop stroke to perfection and because Griffin could not consistently come up to the net, the position from which he plays his most efficient game. MUNY RACKETERS PLAY AGAIN TODAY Play will be continued today in the municipal tennis singles, which were started yesterday. All players in the upper half of the draw will contest at the Monument grounds and those in the lower bracket will_play in the courts south of the bathing ~ beach. Matches will start promptly at 4:45 o'clock. get Competition in the doubles will under way tomorrow afternoon. Yesterday's summaries Matohes plaved on Memument courts, frst round: Rutley defeated Hurlbert, 7—5, 4—86, 6—3; Van Hosen defeated Moncure, 5—2, 8—8, 6—4; Omohundro defeated Barber, 6—4, 6—0; Siekier ted De Lion, 6—1," 6—3; Stmpson defested Atkinson, 6—0, 6—3. Becond _yound: Bi Jiszed on bething s, Sotented Ramuey. 75, defeated ~Wilkinson, fofoated Bayrolds; JULY 30, no! whether or not such players as Miss | 23. 19 Dororwy ELLIS. Bonnett won the 50-yard brea swim, Mies Ellis was first in the 56 {AUSSIES GO TO FINAL SOUTH ORANGE, N. I The Australian tennis the final roynd of tition in the American vesterday by doubles at Club, won Tuly team Davis cup entersd vone of defeating Hawat the Orange o Australians had previously tches in singles thit result made them no matter what be of two matches in sing Australia 1 eror play Lawn two m vesterda in sult vietory, the T remami may the meet he | James O Australians Hawkes, took {mateh from | Bowie Dietrick Anderson, « paired vesterda resenting Hawai w re 6—0. §—6, 7 The Australians doubles but superior | the ability to arise ‘,,‘...,‘ pulled the played ex1 ricnce and riveal situ through with Anderson started shion, and it was hi arly at’ the net, that team to Dree hrovzh games in th ot second und third e rtain in was Hawkes i something to spare in spectacular f; skill. parti abled his straight in the six Ther | sic And hix shots | most of the f the van RIGHT HAND ir N MAKING GOLF DRIVE]| Japan. | SPOR CARL THONER WALTER BoNNETT stroke, the 50.vard open and the 200-yard | likcels d race for girls, 'BONNETT BIG SPLASH IN DAVIS CUP PLAY' IN CAMPERS’ SWIMS ! 2. his { When D'Arey Bonnett to victory in three the initial « Potomac Campers’ clinched point honors for Bonnett pointed in the 50-yard breast-stroke and the 50 and 200 vard competitions o more first Kwewaydin nett finishing ard swim for boy 1d took the troke event rd in the indy Run point =corin mest follo 50.yard dash for boys—Bennett din)” first: Staple (Davis ford '(Windy Run), splashed events terday of t he Kwewaydin, in swimming meet Association Camp ned Walter places swimmers in front i <. while Bil d 30-vard rfield also fini ard rac. Camp was 50-yard breast din). first; Ansley (Windy Run 50-yard ' open—Bonnett Branch (Kimnoninn), second; An Run). third. 550-yard breast stroke—Satterfield (Kweway- din). first; Branch (Kimnoninn), seo Ablenfeldt (Drifters). third. 200.yard swim—Bonnett (Kwewaydin), rst Berezski (Davis), second; Satterfield (Kwewey. i), third Carbilx Walker of Cleveland ¥ €. "A. intends tackling the channel swim next su # h 1 and trudgeon st M. gl He uses oke with cess DOES WORK BY WALTER HAGEN, Former British LEFT my pupil at the top of th the club poised in the air, wit the toe of the club to the the left hand does most of the work is casier to push with vou to the right and the right hand pushes th this that the left hand 15 te fu It a mistake hand is th to thi at s the the vantageou position, naturally takes command If the left hand were permitted to do more it would injure the shot in this way. There would be a temptation to draw the hand in to- ward the body and the result would be a slice. The right hand pushing the club is more apt to send it .out straight. There is also a temptation to put too much right into the shot which would be most likely to cause a hook. Making Follow Throughs. The club in starting dow gathers momentum as it goes along. The player who attempts to put all that he hs » the shot at the very Start was s efforts. The of the ball similar to er. a whip or the whirling of a rock a string. 1t is all a matter of timing. The main power is supplied just be- fore the ball is hit and the blow must not be checked. Permitting the club- head to go on after the ball is called the follow through, which is one of the most important things to consider in_the game of golf. If the hands are holding too tightl¢ at the top of the swing this will i terfere somewhat with the timing. as the hands and fingers tighten the grip on the club as the speed be- comes greater. At the moment of the impact the hands should be holding the club like a vise. If the fingers should loosen their hold at this stage. the club would slip and the shot would be ruined Few golfers realize that the hands are « little ahead of the clubhead i the impact. The hands, in addre: the ball, are in_tiis club shaft runs from the left knee to the ball, which is teed just a trifle off the left heel. Oue is in the same position when the ball is hit. The speed of the clubhead is so great that it makes up for this difference almost immediately 1f the body started to do its share of the work too soon, the result would be a bad shot and one that was push- ed off to the right hand side of the course. Hardest Thing To Do. If the pivot has been ma erly the bodyv at this time chance to help. The hardest thing that a golfer has to do. is to wait for this moment. The average player wants to hit too soon The clubhead must be glven a chance to connect with the ball before any hody action, other than that necess: to swing the arms downward. is started The follow through completed and all is on its way. The clubhead close to the ball for several There is 10 way of measur ing this accurately. as it varies in different players. The follow through has been described as a sweep. but it must be remembered that no easy tap is going to produce any great re- sults With the club far behind the back is the most picturesque finish of the swing and every player will finish this way with a' well timed stroke. work ward (Copyright, 1923.) WESBROOK KEEPS TITLE. MUSKEGON, Mich.. July 30.—Walter Westbrook of Detroit retained his Michigan singles net championship by defeating Frederick Bastian of In- dianapolls in the final, winning three out of four sets. U ground m the right hand it sition. e | Open Champion. swing in my last golf article. He had h the shaft pointing to the hole and When the club is taken back It is natural that it should, because thar it is to pull. ¢ club to the left. I mean by 11 upswing, but the power must wnswing, ‘ " BACKSPIN } ALWAYS TAKE TURF WITH IRON SHOTS . J | turf with there any advantage in the iron shots? Answered by LAURIE AYTON. Alwars ‘a consistent place winner the big tournaments — national open, mectropolitan Open, western fopen an¢ sectional tournaments. ¥Famed for hix accuraey and steadi- | ness under fire. | ¥ ok ¥ Advantage? Why, the only right way to play the irons is to take turf on every shot in which they are used. Doing this gives a player more control over the ball and increases the steadiitess of his play. It also ! helps to get a back-spin on the ball when a club of the mashie type is used. (Coprright, 1923, Associated Editors.) taking {JAPS AND CANADIANS TO FINISH NET SERIES MONTREAL, July 30.—Although the Japanese team already has elim inated the Canadian coutenders in Davis cup play. by winning two sin- igles and a doubles match, tennis en- thusiasts looked forward with inter- est to tHe playing of the two final singles matches today. A spirited hattle is expected when Willard Crocker, champion of Que- bec and Ontario, meets Masamosuke Fukuda. singles champion of Japan. Leroy Rennle plays Zeuzo Shimizu. —— MISS EPERLE SCORES. NEW YORK. July 20.—Miss Ger- trude Ederle of the Women's Swim- ming Association. Nei York, won the = national : 440-yard, free-style swimming - championship yesterday against a* spe¢dy fleld in 6.30 2.5 She finished fosty yards ahead of her ucarest opponent. So the left pushes | TS . EARLY TITLEFIGHT LOGICAL FOR FIRPO Not Likely to Improve Much by Waiting and Might Be Beaten by Dub. BY FAIR PLAY. Ll IS FIRPO says he personal is right would prefer to wait a vear/ De He If he waited a hefore sey e vea good some second-rater, not willing to 1i to reason, might knock him for a goal. Worry over, this would probably keep Tex Rick ard On hand, Firpo might gather ad experience | | ) | | | | awake nights other the in the course i be much | dable as an opponent for the cham {pion than he is today. ! The former of twelve nonths and e e than the 1 u prety 1 ders in po | | { H annot this, at duse Firpo nking type ngs quickly slow and that quick t mind that grasps th | Besides he s noturally derous All th as well 1 next have 125 constdered cet Dempse vear fri he had just month afte now. He wi chance to g ? Well, he' ght to stand without being f Dempsey's stlck i And since although be i to siam eivabl age stag W at chan though awful pasting 1 ered and e has he n some battle to out as agent for the Polo grou rowd He staged three very events but there was a n all but one of them. re wanted in the fight game. stuff that counts, artists It is the 3 |WILLS TO MAKE FIGHT | FOR GO WITH DEMPSEY, | NEW YORK, July 30.—Paddy Mul-§ {lins, manager of Harry Wills, n!lrn;: aspirant for the world's heavywaight title, says he will appear befors the state athletic commission tomorrow to protest against the granting of a pe t for bout between Jack D- psey and s Angel Firpo Tl;’nm:‘,n] for September 14 at the Mullir e regarded the Demp- sey-Firpo match as an evasion ofy a challenge posted by Wills more than a vear ago. He declares he will, point out to the commission that he has long been promised & bout with, the champion. FIRPO BOOKS FIVE BOUTS IN TEN DAYS s0—Luts Angé} meet champion in New York on Sey to ses Chicago be hates the country and the 1d newspaperme: CHICAGO, July Firpo, matched {Jack Dempsey |v-m‘f1 14 e he Before e to prepare fo Firpo said, fight match with Demy expected to have a period of ser. five days. Following is the schedule he an- nounced: Omaha, August 3, tem rounds against Homer Smith; St Louis, August 6, ten rounds agains: | Tommy Cow Tndianapolis, August 8, ten rounds against Joe Downing: ansas City. August 9, six-round exhibition: Philadelphia, August 13 eight rounds against Charles Wein ert “After these fights.” Firpo sald, will take up my training quartens for the Dempsey match. I havn't decided it will but I have had m: Atlantic Ci T havn't picked) sparring part 25 yet, as ! won't need them T get thess other bouts off my hands. 1 would rather have waited a year bef. | meeting Dempsey, but Tex Rickar | the promoter, seemed to think the time is ripe now 4 until Fights on Percentage. ANTONITA, Col. . July Jack Dempsey told the | Press that he would fight Luis Ange Firpo on September 14 “on a per centage basis." 24 Dempsey said he could not announce, at this time what percentage would receive. He hLas been on a fishing trip in this district. Dempsey announced ha would leave Antonita at once for New York Dempsey sald he was much pleased’ that Jack K rn: his manager, h matched him against the South Ama ican. He said he planned to start | training soon as he reaches New {York. The champ declared his train+ 1ing place would be selected by Kearna | it probably would be “near News ¥ city H Informed by the Associated Press jthat the championship fight would i be held at the Polo Grounds, Demp- sey declared New York suits me.” Dempsey sald he was not particulas s to who acted as referee. ‘“Any one they choose will be all Tight withs me,” he said ! 3 AMATEUR-PRO GOLF | EVENT BEING HELD | A score er more amateurs and pras” {of Washington elubs are competing to- |day at Indian Spring in the second: |event held under the auspices of the newly organized District Professiona Golfers' Association. The event {s & | best-ball mateh play against par eontst Ipetition at thirty-six holes. Platv¥ started this morning. |, Roland R. 'MacKenzie and P. 1 D'Arcy Bannigan, amateur and pro. Columbia’s “kid” pair, will attempt to duplicate their success of a month. ago, when they led a select feld with a best ball of 70 in the first tourney. of the association at Columbla. 3 Another “kid” pair has entered the, sts today in the persons of Charles Mackall. amateur, and Ralph Beach, istant pro at the Chevy Chase Club. Both Mackall and Beach pluy sterling; gol & Walter R. Tuckerman and Robert T. Barnett, the latter the Chevy Chase pro. are entered, us are Tom Moor prekident of the Indian Spring Cluby, and the club pro, Peter Jackson. in 1. a score of players started over lthe thirty-six-hole-route. - . 3 Delay of British Women Hits Nei Event because ¢ Associated