Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1923, Page 64

South Atlantic Foot Ball Outlook Bright: Rickard Nervous as Firpo Is Touring | BEST SEASON IN HISTORY OF, SECTION IS EXPECTED North Carolina U. and V. P. L, in Particular, Expect Strong Elevens—Other Schools Lose Many Stars, But Have Fine New Talent. BY H. C. BYRD. W4 ITH the announcement from Quantico that the Marines will begin foot ball practice about the middle of this month, indicating that it will be only a little more than three weeks before many of the big university elevens get their squads into training camps, it is not amiss to consider for a moment just what the gridiron season in th south Atlantic section may bring forth. Without going much into details, it might be well to begin by making the unqualified statement that the season is likely to be the best in the whole history of the section. Certainly that will be the case if the prospects indicated by what usually is called pre-season dope materialize. Many of the institutions arc looking forward to the stro 1 they have yet turned out. Particularly is this true of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University of North Carolina. with the possible exception of Georgia Tech and Georgetown, the best teams in the south; they not only con\istent victors throughout the whole season, which could not be said of either Georgia Tech or Georgetown. Both North Carolina and V. P. L. have back the best of their 1922 material and to that material will be added stars from the freshman squads. Virginia came through last year with the best team it has had since before the war and is sald to possess the material for a real eleven the coming season. And, if this be true, it will have the coaching to get the most out of that material. Virginia will make a much better record this season than it has since the 1915 out- fit_cut such a wide swathe through this part of the buntr; beat Yale and gave Harva reat battle. Virginia will not have any easy time, though, because, besides several other hard contests, it will meet both North Carolina and Virginia Polytechnic In- atitute. Virginia Military Institute and Georgla also are on its schedule. Virginia Military Institute is going to be “one hard nut to crack this year.” as one foot ball follower put it a few davs ago. And Blandy Clark- son, head coach there, made the state- ment last spring that he belleved the outlook for foot ball at Virginia Mili- tary Institute next fall to be the best since he has known anvthing about Vireinta Military Institute athletics. That Is saying a mood deal, too, be- cause Clarkson has been a big part of the development of athletics at Lexington. Maryland to Be Stronger. University of Maryland will have a better eleven than wore its last year and so will orth Caroll State College. Maryland loses oral good men, but with the it will have from the freshman squad and from the substitutes of 19 it should be better off despite some ap- parently big gaps to be filled. North Carolina 8 had a power- ful outfit in 1922, which needed only a little more experience to be a real Yoot ball team. In fact, physically it is probab that North Carolina Stat, had the best squad of all the hools in the south Atlantic states. Washington and Lee people seem to. think that this is likely to be something of an off vear for their school, but they thought the same way about the base ball team last spring, and it turned out to be the hest they had in many years. As a matter of fact Washington and Lee had a good eleven and will have back the majority of those men. While its freshmen eleven was not very strong, there were on the fleld sev- eral men who did not play with the freshman, but who will be eligible for the varsity this year. Burke, for- mer Western High and Columbia University freshman star, for in- stahce, Is expected to be brilliant in the quarterback position. G. U. Should Be Capable. Georgetown should not expect its team this year to attaln any such heights as it did against Lafayette in that post-season game, but in all probability throughout the season will make just as good a record as it did in 1922, Good men were lost, but good men also will be eligible when the squad tro in Septem- ber, who were not eligible a year ago. Catholic University, under a new coaching regime and with better ma- terial, is looking forward to some- thing really worth while on the grid- fron. George Washington, notwith- standing it begins its season with its most desirable game, is banking on turning out a winning eleven and Gallaudet also has high hopes of a capable team Unlversity of Richmond, William and Mary, Davidson, Trinity and Roanoke have been coming fast in oot ball, especially Richmond and v. 'Richmond particularly had eleven in 1922, and is sald to prospects of one just as good for the three months which follow August. Hopkins Building Up Team. Johns Hopkins is making great ef- forts to build up an eleven this year which can wipe up to the dirt with the University of Marvland and then *polish off” the performance by kick- ing the dirt away. Hopkins will have on the fleld practically every member of the squad which wore its colors through a very successful schedule in 19: and it is reported that several - scholastio stars are dus to enter the Baltimore institution who will bolster up the squad considerably. Incidentally, the south Atlantic eection will be noted for more worth while games this vear than usual. Virginia and Virginia Polytechnic In- stitute meet for the first time in more than a decade, Virginia Military In- stitute takes on two new games with Georgia Tech and Tenne: Carolina_State and _Nort University battle in their annual fair- week game at Raleigh, both play Vir- ginta Military _Institute; | Virginia meets Virginia Military institute and Washngton and Lee, and Georgia also comes to Charlottesville to face Vire giniv. Maryland brings to Washing- ton s game with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and North Carolina, and Georgetown has Fordham, Bucknell and Marines as worthy opponents on local xofl: As a post-season contest, the Marines and 3d Army Corps elevens hook up in what may prove as much of a thriller as the game which was played in Baltimore: More anon about the men who are to make up the various squads this fall and also about those who are to be missed because of graduation or for other reasons, but some few stars of ‘last year who were especially prominent in 1922, who will not be in togs, might well be mentioned now. Many Stars are Through. Flavin, great Blue and Gray half- back, has played his last game for Georgetown and so has Bill Kenyon, who probably was an even more val- uable man than Flavin. Hunt, rated last fall by many as the greatest tackle in _the south, has finished at Virginia Military Institute. “Reds" Johnson, who was half a team in him- selt, will not do any more gridiron lonors for North Carolina. Nisbet, 320-pound tackle, last Thanksgiving day played his final game for Mary- land, McDonald, one of Washington and Lee’s fine backs for three years, has wound up his collegiate career, and Gettle, Virginia Polytechnic In- stitute’s great fullback, will not be eligible. . Of course it seems that when such men _are lost others bob up from sgmewhere to take their places, but its dollars ugainst the hole in a doughinut_eacll of the above-men- tloned schools will consider itself exceptionally lucky if it develops men as good as these to fill the vacant spots. ——— HUGH IS GETTING ALONG. Hugh Jepnings, who is now with the New York Giants, is fifty-three éarg old. "He first broke into the ma- ors at twenty-one. He holds the rec- ord for getting hit in one season, have dng been beaned forty-nine-times. colors | matertal | strongest elevens These schools last fall had, won their biggest games, but were SPORTLAND FIGHT SHOW WILL BE HELD SATURDAY Helnle Miller, jpromoter of box- ing shows at Sportiand arena, has poxtponed the Ward-Renzo card, originally scheduled for Thursday night, until Saturday. The post- ponement i In rempect to the memory of the Inte Prealdent, whose remains will be removed from the Capital to Marion, Ohio, Thursday. Ward and Renzo are booked for a fifteen-round mill. Four other bouts totaling twenty-two rounds be fought. MISS FAUNCE VICTOR IN DIVING CONTESTS Miss Winifred Faunce was awarded a silver loving cup for scoring the highest number of points in the girls' fancy diving events yesterday afternoon in the Wardman Park pool. She scored 223 points. Her execution of the swan dive, the front and back cawnd the back Jack were d with considerable applause. Spane Franks had little trouble in copping first place in the men's fancy diving events, scoring 236 points. He also received a silver loving cup. Some lively competition was uncov- ered in the ©50-vard swim, which Mark Coles won In 32 seconds. De Witt was close_behind, followed by Paul Golipart. The race was close ail the way. 5 Only three swimming events were staged, the rain halting further com- petition. Results are as follows: 220-yard swim—Won by Damon; second, J. Kraus Jett . o0 rd back stroke—Won by De witt; second, Paul Golipart. Novice race—Won by Katherine Warrall: second, Buelah Carter: third, Grace Holland —_— John J. McGraw's salary as man- ager of the New York Glants is esti- mated at $50,000 a year. The National Billiard Assoclation of the United States is now represent- ed by 161,927 members. Florence ; third, V. Ai{TlCLE XL AVING executed the exer- cises given in preceding les- sons, you should now be at home in the water. I take it that you have learned to relax. You can- not be afraid of the water now where it is only waist deep. You are able to see in the water. You are able to lie down in the water and get up whenever you want to. Now is the time to take stock of your thoughts and emotions. You are not afraid of smother- ing or strangling as you lie there in the water. You are not afraid of sinking to the bottom and you have proved to your own satis- faction that the water will float your body and that it is not nec- essary for you to spend any physical effort to stay on the surface. : Your fear of the water being largely overcome, your mind is now in a receptive mood to learn something about propelling your body, which by this time you have lcarned is supported by the water. Lie down, face in the water, eyes open, relax your muscles, start paddling with your arms and legs alternating, one at a time, just as you have seen dogs swim. Be sure to remember to try to relax. Just do three or four strokes, so you will have time to get up before you get out of breath. Do not go in for this paddling too strenuously at first. If you get too interested in covering distance in the early stages the first thing you know you will dis- cover you have not enough breath left to take you through the process of standing up in the correct manner, which should take a little time to accomplish. No one can get up instantly. You cannot get up until your legs sink, and it _even takes time for a stone to sink in the water. Try the paddling again, but try to remember not to work hard and be sure to try to relax. Do not swim too far. ROD AND STREAM By Perry Miller- UST when the Potomac river wa J along comes another heavy downpos s returning to normalcy, that is, the water gradually was depositing its burden of mud and the anglers were returning to match their skill with the big and small bass, ur to continue and aggrevate its recent indisposition, or, using the term applied to it by this column, muditis again set it back for another Those who love to angle for members of the bass family will have | to content themselves with fishing at the salt-water places for some | time. According to alf reports the sall sport. Rock, hardheads, spots and traction, and, few, if any sportsmen have returned without landing some | of these fish. Last Sunday at Rock Point a party that was taken out about 3 in the morning returned at 9 o'clock with a | catch of more than 200 fish, many of the number being trout of very good size. As was the case at the begin- ning of the fishing season with hard- heads, which did not reach Rock Point as soon as they made their ap- pearance at other salt water places, owing to its distance from the bay, the trout have been late, compared with other fishing grounds. That they now are at the point is proved by every party that goes out. The only trouble experienced at the point this vear is the lack of peel- ers and soft crabs. The boatmen all say they have never known a year When the scarcity of bait was so marked. But all these fish take kindly to bloodworms, and every fisherman should go prepared with this bait in case he is unable to ob- tain crabs. As was the case at Benedict the first part of the year, when at least one of the boatmen was charging $3 a head for four or more in a boat, the attention of this column has been directed to overcharging at Rock Point. The name of this man could not be ascertained, but it is hoped that all parties visiting the point dur- ing the remainder of the fishing sea- son will first ask the amount charged, and if it is over $1.50, report to this column_with the name of the boat- man. Steps will then be taken to correct this evil. The price agreed upon by the boatmen at the point is $1.50. Two Dass on One Cast. Catching two small mouth bass on one cast was the lucky experience of Carlton E. Lowe, assistant cashier of The Evening_Star Company, on a re- cent visit to Seneca Lake, N. Y. Lowe, upon reaching the lake, was informed by one of the natives that the bass were not biting, but that he could catch plenty of big yellow - perch. Belng a dyed-in-the-wool angler, he obtained a bucket of live bait and proceeded to fish where the Seneca river flows into the lake. Recounting his experience Lowe sald sald the water was so clear the bottom of the lake could be seen a distance of seven or eight feet down. Putting lively minnows on his hooks, he made a cast and got two strikes from fish which were not hooked. A third time he baited up, cast, and hooked a bass. The clearness of the water enableq him to see his fish with fins sticking straight out and fighting with all the well known gameness of the small mouth bass. As he was drawing his prize in another bass took the second hook. Both fish were landed, one welghing about two pounds and the other one a little over one pound. "Lowe said he continued to fish untll he had landed seven or eight bass, all weighing over a pound. An urgent appeal to all anglers i made by the Izaak Walton League monthly to use their influence to have Ithe order reclaiming the upper Missis- sippi bottoms all the way from Lake Pepin, Minn., to Rock Island, I, rescinded. Will H. Dilg, in_his ar- ticle, “The Drainage Crime of a Cen- tury,” calls thése bdttoms America’s most prolific spawning grounds for black bass, and.for all-warm-water week or more. t-water angler has been having great trout have been furnishing the at- game and food fishes. From this sec- tion. during the low-water season,|Which was placed first was typically | millions upon millions of baby bass are annually saved by the bureau of fisherjes rescue crews The scheme is to drain both sides of the river all of the way from Lake Pepin, Minn., to Rock Island, Ill., an area as the crow flies of more than 300 miles. And when these river bottyms are once drained they are gone forever, says Mr. Dilg. When these lands are drained they will be unfit for farming, according to Dr. A. L. Bakke, who has devoted a life- time to the study of such_subjects; Dr. H. C. Oberholser and Dr. L. H. Pammel, national celebrities on the subject. Bluefish at Beach. Fishing at Chesapeake Beach this | week has been very agreeably en-| livened by the arrival of the bluefish, generally known in this section as the tailor. A number of anglers have reported landing several. Rough water has characterized fishing, both day and night, the stiff winds from the southeast and. northeast lashing the waters to a high pitch. H. A. Garren reports landing sev- eral very fine tallors. He was on the pler casting particularly for trout when he got a flerce strike that car- tied away the hook, bait and part of the line. Rigging his line again, he landed a big, fat tailor. With trout also running fairly strong, the out- look is fine for some gréat sport for the next fortnight, Fisheriien have divided ‘interest with the strollers on the long pier this week over the number of skates or stingarees that now are.paying their periodic visit to the beach wa- ters. The increase in the number of crabbers along the pler, with plenty of tantalizing and very tempting meat bait, always 1y largely responsible for the prevalence of the skates. Dan Veih- myer landed several large ones with an ordinary line on Thursday eve- ning, thereby demonstrating his art- istry as an angler. - U. S. CHESS CONGRES WILL OPEN TOMORROW With fifteen experts: selected,” the executive committee of the ninth American Chess Congress has suc- ceeded in getting together one of the strongest teams possible for the mas- ters’ tournament scheduled to open at the Hotel Alamac, Lake Hopat- cong, N. J., tomorrow. As usual, the New York contingent {s. the largest. but Paris, Chicago, Toronto, Syracus and Toledo wil] be repregented in the fleld, as will also this city. There are so many players of estab- lished reputation in the list and sev- eral newcomers of very great promise that it is not safe to venture any prophecy as to the outcome of what promises to be & memorable competi- tion. Among the - players picked are David Janowski- of .Paris; Edward Lasker of Chicago: Albert B. Hodges, Jucob Bernstein, Oscar Chajes, Abra- ham Kupchik, Harold M. Phillips and Oscar Tenner, all of Manhattan; Mor- ris A. Schapiro of Brooklyn; Roy T. Black of Syracuse; Vladimir Sournin of Washington, D.'C.; John S. Morri- son of Toronto, and Marvin Palmer of Toledoy » 5 ) DOG PADDLE FIRST STROKE FOR SWIMMERS TO LEARN Keep Your Legs Down. FTER you have learned to control your arms and legs to a reasonable degree you are ready for the next step. While you are swimming try to raise vour head out of the water by degrees, not all of a sudden. At the same time the legs should be sinking to a lower depth. There is a reason why your legs should sink when your head comes up out of the water. Tt is this: You cannot have your legs and head both on the sur- face. Either your legs or your head must be up. You want your head up because you may want to breathe. You do not breathe with your legs, so there is no necessity of having them up. If you insist upon keeping your legs up when vour head is up your back and neck will become Strained and you will expericnce quite a bit of suffering. The strain on the back causes a dis- tress that limits the beginner’s forward under the surface in a stabbing motion. To bring the arms out of the water at this time would result in splashing. Your head being out of the water, the splashing would in- terfere with your breathing and your vision. Relaxation the Secret. EEP the head up, but not too high. All that is necessary to keep the mouth clear for breathing. Do not breath through the nose at all in this beginners’ stroke. Inhale in short gulps through the mouth. Exhale through the mouth. If any water enters the mouth ex- pel it &r swallow it. Breathe at intervals, whenever you feel it necessary, say every three or four seconds. Remem- ber, you can only get in as much as you blow out. Blow it out through compressed lips. Be sure never to stuff your lungs full and always blow enough out to make room for what you ex- pect to take in. Weissmuller lilustrating the Dog Paddle for Beginners. thoughts and efforts. When your legs are down your back relaxes. The thing for you to do is to learn to want your feet down when your head is up. Don't think that your legs ought to be on the bottom. T said reasonably down. The body ought to be at an angle of 20 to 25 degrees. The legs continue to paddle at the lower level. You may feel that your legs cannot work at this lTower level, but you must make them work. Don't be par- ticular how you kick—just kick. Be sure you do not let your arms come above the surface of the water. Shoot your hands KENNEL AND FIELD BY GEO. H. KERNODLE, We hear a great deal these days about the dog that {8 finely bred for a certain use. There is the English bullterrier, a fighter; the collie, a shepherd’s dog, and jumerous others. Not specifically these two breeds, but many others just as familiar to every one are unfortunately not used for their intended work, and as a result lose the mental physical requirements necessary to the performance of their work. A judge of bird dogs who i a very | practical man recently remarked that |at his placing of the handler's dog. The animal in question had a beau- }of striking appearance. The dog a worker and the points which scored for the working dog were his feet and legs. The dog of the wonderful head had no legs to carry him after the game. Any one interested In real work- ing dogs, bred and used for the pur- pose intended, should glance over the columns on the American bull- terrier in the Dog Fancier. Here i3 a breed which is not recognized or Togistered by the American Kennel Club, yet the men who breed these dogs’ seem to get the necessary kick out of breeding pit winners. We read of one dog advertised at stud who comes from a long line of fight- ers and who Is himself a winner of twelve pit battles. This is the dog they all go to for stud service. 1t is _safe to say that few breeds | except hounds, beagles, sette: point- ers, retrievers, and a few airedales, ever get an opportunity to develop as useful companions. We, in Amer- |1ca, are satisfled to buy our types in other countries and to let show records count above everything else. ‘Willlam Monroe, 1505 Irving street, reports a litter of airedale pupples out of his bitch, Lassle, sired by Dr. D. E. Buckingham's Ch. Yalley Forge Volcano. Newcoin Militant, dam of the win- ning bullterrier bitch at the last Pittsburgh show, has whelped a litter of eleven all-white puppies by Ch. Artesian Ensign. Frank P. Leach, owner of the Newcoin kennels, has reserved one from this litter, which is sald to be a likely show prospect. DEFECTIVE VISION ENDS MIKE GIBBONS’ CAREER ST. PAUL, August 4.—Mike Gibbons, “the phantom.” In his heydey one of the leaders in the middlewelght di- vision, will never box again. This is because of defective vision.. In his last few starts Gibbons col- lided with punches which in his best days would have whizzed harmlessly by, blocked with elbow or shoulder or picked off with a glove before well started. It was not until recently that he visited an eye specialist here, who informed him that the sight of one eye was virtually gone, due, it is Dbelleved, to a loose lace of a glove striking’ it. Gibbons, who is thirty-six vears old, has been in the ring since 1908, a period of fifteen years. Saph McKenna, a bantamweight who trained with Mike Gibbons, also through with the ring as a result of defective eyesight. He was re- cently dismissed from a hospital here, where_he was taken following a bout with_Johnny Ertle. McKenna was considered one of the cleverest boxers developed in this section. He had Gibbons' style to per- fection and was declared to be a pocket edition of Mike. JEFFRIES AN EVANGELIST. ‘James J. Jeffries, formerly champion heavyweight ru‘mn, is preparing to spread certain knowledge he has gained from Bible study, and to advo- cate the unification of the peoples of the white race. His father was a clergyman, qualities and the | | one handler was extremely indignant | tiful head, fair body and was a dog | There is_a chance for ation in this stroke. Do not go about it too violently. Take it easy and do not get excited. Re- member that the secret of swim- ming is not muscle, but relaxa- tion. While you are not able to relax with your head up as when it was under water, at least you must try to relax. From now on your progress depends on how deep and lasting is your interest in swimming. Swimmers -become proficient by practice, by application and an absorbing interest in the sport. The remainder of this series will be devoted to the various speed swimming strokes. (Coprright, 1923, by the Bell Syndicate, Ine.) n. , six furlongs olds and up—Wraith, 111 (Scol A $9.60, $6.80. won; Jacques, 105 (Howard $41.35, $14.30, ‘second: Mercury, 113 (Burke). .10, third, Time, 1.12 4-5. Athanna, Peter {per, Ban Grado.® Tidings, Bull Dog Drum- mond, Red Wingfleld and Seths Lemon also ran, THIRD RACE, one mile and a sixteenth; three-year-olds and = up—Lucky Run, 1 : §34.60, $15.95, §! Deo, 105 (Maiben), $13. Dark Hill, 113 (Mooney), 248 2.5 Uptown, Wate Pardner, Banpablo, By Jove, Benedita, Staunch. Florence Dean, Attorney Muir and Amaze also ran. FOURTH RACE, five and & half furlongs; three-year-olds and up—Best Love, 103 (Wil- $9.30, $4.10, $3.10, Lilt, 99 $3.35, $2.50, seconc James F. O'Hars, 117 (Mooney), $2.85, third. Time, 106. ‘Brown Belle. Dick Turpin, Anglum Maid, Goldie IT and Blackhackle also FIFTH RACE, one mi'e; for thre alds and up—(ajNewhampshire. $3. $2.35, ma, 105 (Flelds Canmors, Blu fer and Bullet Proof also ran. SIXTH RACE, five and & half furlongs; two-year-olds—Deep Thought, 115 (Walls), $3. $2.20. out, won; Viola Burton, 112 (Ta 1in), $2.70, out, second; Barke, 100 (Wallace), out.’ third. Time. 1.08 2-5. Whiff also ra SEVENTH RACE, ono mile and one-six- teenth; three.year-oids and_ up—Marble, 110 (Walls), $5.30, §3.45, $2.75, won; Tender Soth, 102 (Wallace), $3.90." §2.95. second; Maid, 101 (Aron), $2.75, third. _Time, 145 1 Vendor, Halu, Lady Lillian, Blarneystons elso ran. COLUMBUS RESULTS FIRST RACE, fice furlongs; three-year-olds and u) ‘how Chow, 108 (Connors. $1: $4.60, won; Charles Whitney, 105 (Horn), $4:20) $3.20, second; Fullo Fun 100 (Bo: Bam), $2.80, third. Time, 1.16. Sclssors, Royal Maid, Sancho Pansy, Kendall, Charl- ton, Middsy, Esu Gallie also ran. SECOND RACE, five furlongs; {wo-year-olds —Chest Gir! 99 (Lancet). $10, $4.20, $2.60, Forty-Two, 108 (Bonham), $11, $5. second; Watch Out, 104 (Horn), $3, third. 1.14. Lasses White, Bernice Childs, Shindy, Virginieb, Domination also ran. THIRD RACE, five and a half furlongs; four-yearolds and up—Litte Pointer, 100 (Horn). $28.60, $10.60, $6.40, won: Seaboard, 112 (Ryan), $7, $4. second: Granny Lee, 105 (Kinnery), $3.60, thi Time, 1.16 3-5. The Decision, "Article X, She Devil, Alcatraz, Walespa, May Rose also ran. FOURTH RACE, one mile seventy yards; o Eajah, 102 (Horn $6.80, "third. Time, 1.673-5. By Gome Delhimar, Evelyn White, Hughes, Grabam also ran. FIFTH RACE, Threeyear-olds and five and & half furlongs—Coax M strong), $15.20. £5.40, $3.20. wor Roost, 108 (Kinnery), $4.40. $3, second; Va sylvia, 111 (Kroger), $2.80, ‘third. Time, 1.14. ' Springvale, G War Map, Eliza Beth Bean also SIXTH RACE. six furlongs; three-year- olds—Maiden Voter, 105 (Lancet). $13, $6.40, 4.80, woa; Bennington, 112 (Wayt). '$15.60, 20, second; Horace Lerch., 107 (Martin), $3.20, third. ' Time, 123 2.5. Queen of the Spa. Boversign 11, Jacobean, Cruces, Streamer also ra Jockeys names missing in following races): SEVENTH RACE, one mile and one-sighth; thres-yearolds and up—Pony Express, 98, $6.80. $3.80, $2.80, wou; Christie Holt 102, $4.60. $3.20. second; Fair Virgini $2.60, third. Time. 155. Cantilever, Dardanella, Gypsy Blair, also ra EIGHTH RACE, six and a_half furlong: three-year-olds and up—Bil Blackwell 109, . $8, won: Timbrel, 103, $17.40, second; Satana, 106, $4. third. Tim .’ Hoover, Walter ' Turnbow, Carris r. Arrab Go On, Mad Nell also ran. —_— CRADLE OF U. S. GOLF. Charleston, §. C.. is credited with having been the first place where golf was played on the American conti- nent. The game was regularly organ- ized in 1784. Officers, clubhouse and greens were then established and con- tinued annually for six years, FIRPO PROVING FINANCIAL GENIUS OF FISTIC WORL BY FAIR PLAY. l over prize fighters who have wasted their ring earnings now express something akin to indignation because Luis Angel Firpo, the “Wild Bull of the Pampas,” hangs on to his dough. Firpo, to the writer's way of think- ing. is a wise hombre. It may be that his desire to gather in the ducats will react unfavorably when Jack Dempsey gets through with him, but meanwhile these are harvest times for the Argentinian, and the farmer who fails to gather in his crops gets little sympathy from bis neighbors, So far as_the coin of the realm is concerned, Firpo is a wealthy man today. Like the shrewd business man that he is. Luis doesn’t squander his money. He probably appreciates the fact—as So few fighters do—that the golden downpour won't last forever. 1t is conservatively estimated that the South American’s winnings in this country in the past two years have gone over the $300.000 mark. Three hundred thousand berrles, put out at the safe 6 per cent, will bring in an annual income of 18,000 iron men— and that's enough to buy bread and butter, together with cigarettes and incidentals. Prize_fighters, above all other arti- sans, should appreciate the “horrible example.” The history of the squared circle is replete with the shadows of penniless pugs. They predominate to such an overwhelming extent that it is cause for amazement when latter- day pugilists persist in throwing their earnings around like the proverbial drunken sailor. Tilt back the hour glass of time and witness Jeffries, Jack Johnson, Bat Nelson, Ad Wol- gast and scores of others who, since their successful ring careers, have felt the pinch of poverty. Even Jess Willard, who was known as consider- able of a tightwad, got caught in the oll game and only recouped his for- tune by a half-hearted come-back for which the New York and Jersey fans fell., So why shouldn’t Luis hang on to his earnings? A man niay be licked in a prize fight, but still retain the respect of .his fellowmen if his bank roll bulges to the extent of three or four hundred -thousand American dollars. (Copyright, 1923.) AURORA RESULTS = ot !"l“. l& Zander), e ‘Time. 2 wom; lower, 5, 04 wski), o ooTime, 040 55. i Eotina 385 Shroo-yesrolds wp; sbout ‘Hutting, 114 (36 0.3 55, & Wesburton, 114, (Serem. 0.60'4:5. Ple, Brown Bill' also Lady SEQOND Ny to 2, , won, 3 0.5, seccad; Glad Stefano, Lady Brosdwater, ran. THIRD RACE, threeyear-olds; six and one- Balf furiongsBrooseds. 107 (Bhafiel). 7 to b Edgia, Jr. 104 (Zaader), )l Hifts Beauty, 107 (ko) . Time, 188, Elmr Dyer, Loubeck ran, TH RAGE, threoqeur.olds up; aix fur, longs—Consort, 106 (Boach), 6 to 1. & to 1, 4 to 5, won; Hamet, 107 (Burger), 3 to 5, out, ; Boerne, 107 (Boganowski), 1 to 4. thind. Time, 1317, Full Moon, Gapers, Voorin ran. FIFTE_RACE, seven furlongs; three-year- olds up—Paimetto, 105 (Fraley), 10 to 1,4 to 1,2 to 1, won; Sundial II, 107 (Suttor 1, ‘even, second; Winnipeg, 101 (Owens), 6 to 5, third. Time, '1:33 &5, Kirk Lady, Barry B, Tuscola and Delsate also ran. RAOE, -olds up; one o= ..m':.%w‘( iakess das gl 'S a strange psychological twist, but the well known celluloid ashtray | fi“‘“i'lv Bt. or the gem-studded cuspidor might be awarded to any one who can explain why certain of the sports writers who shed crocodile tears FIRST RACE, fve and s half furlongs; three-year-olds and up—Last Girl, 106 (Atkin- som), $9.95, §5, $3.45, won: My Gracie, 108 (Taylor), $3.0, $3.40, second; Almirante, 106 (Moore). $4.65, third, Time, 104, Rhine- stone, Avion and Golden Red also ran SEOOND RACE, five furlongs: three.vear. olds and up—Riposta, 108 (Bullman), $8.60, 95, $2.65, won: Black Baby, 101 (Hicks), $2.70, second; Aunt Deda, 111 (Hughes), third. Time, 1.03 3-5. Quaint, Powder Fe Jota and Haran also ran. THIRD RACE. siz and s half furlongs: three-year-olds and up—Forge Ahead, 110 (Bl $17.85, $6.55, $4.90. won: Cornstali, 112 (Dennler), $4.85, $4.10, secon Runnan, 110 (C. Gross), $5.85, third. Time, 1.251-5. 8t. Kevin, Alf Vezina, Mooresque, San Diego and Fly Paper also ran. FOURTH RACE, five furlonge; B et v 2,35, out, secon: Big Noise. 110 (Flynn), out, third. Time, 1.03. Mumbo Jumbo &lso ran. FIFTH RACE, three-year-olds: one mile— Salt Peter, 106" (Bryson). §23.80, .95, o, Assume, 112 (Chapelle), $5.20, $3, sec- Bill Block, 112 (Foden), $2.90, third. Time, 1.44 2.5, Utah, The Clockmender, Min ute Han, Last Ohasco I and Sir Galsiad X 2150 ran; SIXTH RACE, three-year.olds and up: mile . 110 (Ken- .80, $8.40, $5.10, won: Myrtle (0'Mahoney), $3.50, $2.60, secon (Jagkson), $3.20, 'third. ~ Tim nsh, “Chefs, Hoyden. Nan and four-year- (Bryson), Barnum, 116 Crown, 108 Armistice, 118 15035, N ds and up—Hohokus, 115 (Ball), 5, $2.15, won; Flint, i15 (C. Jack . 45, second: Allah, 115 (Ke: $2.60, Time, 1.934-5. Ike nody), . third. 3 Mess Kit, Ella C. and Ramona II also Mills, SARATOGA RESULTS FIRST RACE, six furlo: for three-year- olds and up—Good Time, 116’ (Lee), 10 o1, 4 to1, 2 to 1, won; Belmon, 108 (Ambrose), | 5 to 1, 3 to 1, third. ‘Wawons, Oran, h O, Ca Bquares, Charles 8. also ran. 5 to 2, second; Skirmish, 97 (Burns), Time, 1.133.5. Driftwood, Boyal Cherlle, Day Dus, t. Costigan, Protocol, Three enry, Fluff, Evil and Kewpie stesplechase; two miles: three-year-olds up—(a)Letterman, 130 (Betpel), 13 to 10, 2 to 5, out, won; (b)Wi lam®W., II, 142 (Smyth). out. secon (c)Beamaster, 137 (Mergler), out, third. T 420, (c)Faska (2)0ur Boots, Comig: and_(b)British Wi also ran. THIRD RACE, the United States Hotel stakes; two-year-olds; six furlongs—St. James, 112 (Sande), 13 to 5, even, 1 to 2, won; Mino, 115 (Turner), 3 to 1, 8 to 6, second: (a)Gol , 112 (Corcoran), 4 to 5, third. Time, Lifss Cd Wegmer Tuoky Play, int Briar, Sunny Bal, (a)Transmute, Sun Flag and Nautloal also ran. FOURTH RACE, three-year-olds; one mile and three-sixteenths—(a) Martingale, 128 (Sende). 1t b 4tob 1 to3, won; Moonraker, 111 to 5, 7 to'1 nd FIFTH RACE. one mile; three-year-olds and up—Luminist, 105 (Marineili), 18 to 5. 6 to 5, 3 to 5, won; Rocky Mountain, 108 (Connelly). 3 to 1, 8 to 5, second; Recommendation, 100 (Burns), even, third. 'Time, 13925 East Indian, Valley of Dreams, Billy McLaughlin, Liberty Girl, Douch Oregan, Calli Gula, Mom, Ned Dam and Insulate also ran. SIXTH RACE, fve aad cne-balf furlangs for two-year-old masidens—Husky, 115 fifi)i.m).ous.:wt.m 115 (Barnes), 8 to 5, third. Time, 1. Desperate Desmond, Just, New Gold, Warr: Morto 11 to 20, 1 to 5, out, won: Blind Play, | Pjlistte, Det. Ghine On also Faber, Promoter Apprehensive 1 dogs will begin to scuffle u; N punching bag in his trainin and his sparring partners will resum ing to themselves when the condi and a large bundle of dough, money Tex_spends. % “Watch™ your Attaboy ! Tuck the covers around Just so long as Firpo is booked for match against the third and fourth raters, Rickard will shiver for fear | the draft from some vagrant wallop will blow down the house of cards he has buflt up to draw from the pockets of fandom a million dollar gate. After the gong rings for the first round at the Polo Grounds, iSeptember 14, few besides those so misguided as to bet on the pride of the pampas will care what happens to him. After that his memory prob- ably will be interred unidentified in the potter's field of pugilistic hopes. All Rickard cares is to have Firpo last until the money {& through the Polo Ground turnstiles. To Fight on Unlucky Day. feanwhile, however, he is nger and will be until Luis {poses of Charlie Weinert at Philadel- Iphia on August 13. A rotton un- lucky day is August 13. probably wiil devote some ff hours to cultivating the hree cheers for a police m 1s & queer sentiment for any fighter to subscribe to, but it un- doubtedly would recelve enthusiastic indorsement at the Dempsey After the array of artillery the ring at Shelb. the two Dempsey and Keargs, look beaming eyes on the in around Jacks, with order at the FPolo Grounds. The usual plaint comes from the Dempsey headquarters about the dif- flculty in obtaining sparring partners. The reason, it is averred, is that the camp. | blue-coated | guardians of the peace who will keep FEARFUL LUIS MAY SPOIL RICH BILL WITH DEMPSEY Lest Some Stray Wallop Mar Million-Dollar Gate Expected at Title Bout in New York Next Month. BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, August 4—By the end of next week Jack Dempsey's p the dust of New York roads, the g quarters will beat a merry tattoo their off-hour divertisement of talk- on of the lower maxillary permits. All is in preparation for the fight September 14 with Luis Angel Firpo Meanwhile said Luis Angel Firpo is strutting valorously through the bushes of fightdom nursed and coddled from of a childless millionairess, by Tex Rickard and the promoters whose ar, like the favorite chow step,” broadcasts Tex. “Step ¥ up. him and turn out the light.” And Rickard sighs as another day is done champ just can’t modulate his meth nor refrain from putting full cam into his punche thereby us- up sparring materifal at an un- precendented rate It might b re- membered, however, that such in- ability to restrain the flerceness of his attack was little evidence against Gibbons Battle Should Be Short. It is probable that the September 14 battle, however, will end far before the lotted limit of fifteen rounds reached. Firpo has been for this one big mon promoters and there be gained by saving hiw other match, When he's 1 through, so far as the big money concerned and the champ p 1 will stow him away according Length might be added to the tle by providing Firpo with a pair of spiked shoes and making a cinder track around the ring. In fault of this equipment, however, Firpo prob- ably will rest his hertc flowered ear upon the canvas f necessary perfod soon after hostilit om He | profitabie his handle encouragemer “Only $25, r, in “built up” “killing by the urt him way the naximum ch The prices sc. the inhabi hary will e Yot ho as from t (Cop; ants o ats from the as the arown front in Francc | pre prince BIG LEAGUE AVERAGES (Including games of Thursday.) AMERICAN. (Fifteen Games or More.) Player. Club. G. AB, R. H.2b.3b.HRPct man! . 316 69 123 27 6 13 .390 Holmann, Det-- 53 338 o6 128 25 & 25 380 97 361 139 39 9 .365 100 348 124 24 358 87 291 102 10 351 99 411 144 25 45 104 1835 4 42 s 15 0 91 368 70 123 13 93 349 116 28 79 286 95 17 90 314 50 104 18 116 21 Smith, N. Y | Strunk, Chi. - I Wite, N. Y.... Burns, Bos, | Flagstead, Bo | Harris, Bos, | Williams, St | McManus: | Manush, De | Haney. ‘Det. Cobb, Det. { Uhle, ‘Wash, | Rice, | Ruel, Wash. Myatt, Cl Yeach, De Summa, | Rigney, Det.’. . { Fothergill, Det. | Jacobson, 'st. L. | Remm, Chi. ! Hauser, Pl Tobin, 'St. L. lCnnnolg, Clev... Pipp, r} s on o T B 0 @ © s en BeoomwnuocworuniBonsnonnune! 318 314 318 310 1310 310 309 ‘309 ‘300 508 308 307 ‘307 ‘303 ‘302 TIPS OO OO OO O D O OO OO D I 4D 1D 43 00 O 89 s O s © 10 80 G 89 G0 10 0 408 4 00 © .00 © 013 0 e 1 s 00 14 © O R0 0 -1 b1 5 ot . De | gy Judge, Wash. gm:finy. X. Y. alber, Phil | Walberg. Phil {Macthews, Phil. | Gerber, 8t. 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Cleveland ., @ i LT 1 S3325: Sennmnes 233 b #H g Pitcher. Club, N. Y. aing Piteper. Q. Y.L, zianty, .. K Leveretfs, Ohi... 7' 8 X;olln"dly P'ffl. < o 7 t. L. Shn 5% % . N, Y. Hoyt, N. ¥.". Cols fiz. O 0202 190 o1 s G A RSO 5 D BB B . Bo te, St. Francis, Dot . Mitchell, Wash Ogden, Phil. ... Bayze, St. L. Blankenship, Chi. Collins, Dst. .. Edwards, Clev. Kolp. St. L, Murray, Bos g‘.lm’or eroy, Bos. Fullerton, Bos, Root, 86 L. Robertson, Chi.. Chi TN DT TR 294 | Do Berry, BKI: NATIONAL. (Fifteen Games or More,) Player, Club, G. AB. R. H.2b.3b.HR.Pct Gooney, Bos, ... 2°1 2700 0i.000 4 24 5 0 0453 ¥, S 1319 713 Whest Bila, 1057 aynor, Pitts. Masn, St.L.Cin,. Bottomley, St. L, 92 Weinert, Phil. .. 27 h, M. Y. .. 99 Cin. % Beo Grimm, Mueller, 3 Fournier, Bkin, Barnhart, Fitts,. « Young, N. Y. Sherdel, St T Mexdows, Ph PL. 25 Stengel, N. Y. | Johnston, Bkin. Hollocher, Ci Kelieher, Chi. Southw'th, Bos O'Farrell, Chi. Hargrave, Cin. 226 Bancroft, N. Y.. 64 263 | McInnis, "Bos, ... 98 395 | Mokan, Phil . 76 293 | Henline, Phil.”.. 74 224 | Williams, . 83 328 | Flack, St. L. .. 80 | Tierney, Pt.-Ph. 85 ;gunun,ycu‘. ... 92 | Carey, Pitts. . | Tee. Phil, Bressler, Cin. Grimes, Chi. Bigbee, Pitts. . Friberg, Chi. Pinelli;' Cin | ESm'th N.¥. | Smith, & Benton, Chi BunherenSonanne10mn B onroSonmenmmne DO OO D DO KNI 19O 4 T B O O D OO 41 3106 0) 0 O 8310 b T RO 10 O 4 O 19009108 4 10O 4 © 60 01 01 91D © o 58 O €0 0 e 0 63 30 padeay s Relly, N. Y. .. Cunning'm, N.¥. Wilson, Phil. .. Caveney. Ciz. Stock, ‘St. L Statz, Chi. Groh,' N. oo 1 P D OHTNO BN DR OBOOBE 1000 mI e Myers,” § Miller, Chi Bagwell, 5 Grimes. 'Bkin. . Neis, Bkln, ... Russell, Pitt: Cin, i, Mitchell, Phil. { Eillingim, Bos... Grantham, Chi. . T. Griffith. Bkin, Holke, Phil. Boeckel, Bos. .. Wrightst'e. Phil. Toporcer, Bt. L. ° Dumovich, Chi... Maranville, Pitt, Taylor, Bkln. . Qescliger. Bo: g e 0’Connell, N. Wingo, Cin, .. Ruether, Biln.. Burns, Cin. .. High, Bkin, .. R. Bmith, Bos. .. Eaines, B2 L. | Felix, Bos. ... McCurdy, §t. L. Erelgau st L Secott, N. Y. . Keen, Chi. . Gooch, Pitts. Nixon, Bos. .... Gernewich, Bos. Bohne, Cin. Daubert, Cin. Alexander, Chi, Aldridge, Chi, .. Heathcote. Chi Bailey, Bkin. ... McCarron. Bkln, Blades, St. L OHBBICcCcoHoRIorT RSN ERaaREEsoRooI R InnSarsakonEno! , Bo Elliott, Chi. .... glnv{.nnx. Sln’. ickermgn, Bkin, ‘Hubb Phil. Smith, Bkin. Vogel, Chi, North, St. L.... Parkinson, Phil.. Olson, Bkin, ... Cllll{hln. Chi. . Donohue, Cin. Kaufmann, i Nehf, N, Y. OO IO OO MO MO O WH I HOH B OOHOHO ORI OOUNOHaNOESDOON CLUB BATTING. G. AB. R. H. 97 3,416 508 1033 Piftanirgh ) New York. St. Louis.. Chicago Brooklyn ... Cincinnati . Phila Boston . 2b. 3b.HR. Pet. 14177 36 . 167 55 59 181 49 50 . 160 36 64 127 51 & 152 60 33 166 29 74 129 41 25 Pitcher. Club, Ryan, N. Y. Luque, Gin, Adams, Pitts, Basfoot, St. L. Aidridge, Chi. ... | Marrison, Pitts.. Aloxander, Chi. .. | Donohue, Cin, Jonnard, N. ¥ Stuart, St. L. Benton, Cin. . { Kaufmana, Oh{ Ring. Phil. Bentley, N. Y. | Ha‘nes, St. L 1 Vance. Bkin, | Scott, N, Y. { Smith, Bkin. | Bagby. Pitts, ... | McQuiltan, N. ¥’ 1 Cooper, Pitt: | Watson, B: Rixey, Cin, . N. Bt. W.L. _ Pitcher. Club, W.L, 91 Mitchel, Fai. 8 Reuther, Bkln. J.Barnes, NY..Bs. Dickerman, Bkln, wEOoRee waosEebunoa! Cheeves, Chi. Benton, Bos. Keck. Cin. % Fussell, Chi, Genewich, Bos. Osborne, Chi, . St. L. | Pitts, | Rudolph, Bo: Glazner, Pt.-Ph. ‘Weinert. Phil. Couch, Gia. Behan, Phi @BREEo0n I L e [T AB00®E oo anmne 1m0 e Rt om©wm @85