Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1923, Page 27

P \ ! / SPORTS. Play Starls EVANS AND JONES IN TIE AT 149 FOR Last Washington Entrant Eliminated When Dunphy Fails on First Extra Tie for Qualification Honor. BY W. R. McCALLUM. LOSSMOOR COUNTRY CLUB, holder of the British amateur title, championship of the United States name. B Flossmoor and its keen putting hope for a place among the thirty-t Sweetser’s title He faded out of the picture after lan Dunphy's er through his last round of 82, although he was not defini first extra hole in the play-off had f which Eddie Held, the transtississippi champion, showed the stuff of which he was made by holing a thi ment. As the of the tale the pairing draw stands today the bulk t 18 in the lower half of with the probability that two former amateur champions will do battle in the sedond round u'l Ouimet and Evans both win their matches today. Chick has a job on his hands to lick Willie Hunter, 1920 British champion, while Franeis has casfer going agaiust Anthony Haine of Chicago, the old Yale foot bi player. Bob Jones should have trouble beating C. B. Cochran Texas in the first round In the other half of the draw the two Jes er, the defending champioh, and Guilford, from whom Tie won the title last year at Broo t Hke @a sore thumb. se should repeat thelr tle in the third found on should win today and although Sweetser is play- the person of Brookline bat hureday Guilford prob; ! cummings of Chi- the legiate champlon. | e today, which | should \ Gardner Playing Knepper. Down ini the last bracket of the up-; per half of the draw Bob Gardner of | Chicago and Rudolph E. Knepp e | giant killer of Brookline, are cl ing today, with the odds favoring the former. 'Little Rudy, however, is a bad boy to tackle If he gets his back u s Cyril y_and_Francis Ouimet will y." The foregoing appear to be the class of the pairings, | h Max Marston is found in the half of v .and sh | meet Bob Jones in ‘the Max swings lke a r but he plugs them dowh the middle ! far and i and may cause an | upset in ssmoor festivities, Chris Dunphy lost like the | man he is in the pla ed wi Hoover i Russell Martin of Chicago, while| Johnson St. Louls played with| lqdie Held of St. Louis and Cochran | of Texas. Chris and Bankard drop-| ped out at the first extra hole, where junphy, playing his brassie shot a bit too fine, found the bunker guard- ing the green and wound up with a 6, the same fig that of Bank- ard, who also was trapped. Chris had a twelve-foot putt fc haif, but it lipped che cup. shot | had overrun the green and he chip- ped up short Class worked 1ts w eld in the qualifying r the ne Chick F . Chicago's golfing 1dol, tied with Bobby Jones of Atlanta, the national open cham- plon, for low score, with 149. Two shots back of this pair came i Davidson Herron of Chicago, who won the champlonship over Jones in 1919 at Oakmont. Bob Gardner, the leader of the first half of the medal round, flivvered badly yesterday. The putts were not dropping for Gard- ner and he rolled up 82 blows before | his ball dropped into the tin at the| eighteenth for a total of 156—well behind the men who tied for the al which would have been his ated his run of 74 made 1 méet omor they h { through the und in which the Boston siege gun, bout qualifying along about the fiith hole, where he had taken altogether too many putts, fol- | lowing h of Saturday. But Jesse | hoomed one Into the bunker at the cighth, which is _supposed to catch ihe second shot of the ordinary play- crs, and from then on he went like the grand golfer that he is. Out in| Jesse clicked off par after par to! the seventeenth, where he ran into | trouble in the shape of a missed sec- | ond shot, which cost him a But | Jesse came back with a vengeance on | the long eighteenth, where his second | shot slipped into a shallow trap bor- dering the green, and he holed ouf from thirty yards, with a putter, fof an eagle 3. Jesse finished with a nine | of 36, for a card of 75, and a total of 158—comfortably in, where last year he led the Reld. Jess Sweetserl‘the defending cham- pion, never hgdiany. trouble during his last qualf¥ite round ves Jess was long and straight and, play- irg well withih himself at all times, zot around in 7, for a . thirty-six- ole total of 13%. "His partne arter of Flosvmoor; didn’t have easy time.;but he got in by al such an shot. Bob on the Jones threw .away the eighteenth: hole by - taking three putts from .the.edge of the reen, just as Chick Byvans threw it way a few hours later doing the same thing. Playifig in the morning, while Evany started in the afternoon; Jones came 1o the elghteenth with a 4 for 72, with practical certainty that he would annex the big gold medal But Bob hooked his tee shot to the rough, one of. two_he.had hooked all through the round, and:pliyed a fine spoon shot which just found the trap guarding the green. It Feally was & magnificent -shot and deserved a far better fate, From the Rrap Bob chipped up to the edge of the green and then proceeded fo- take thrée putts over the sloping, slippery green, missing a three-foot down hill putt for a 5 and a 73, Bob played magnificent golf yester. 4y except on the third and elght enth holes. At the second hole Bol missed hié second shot and found g bunker, but with these twa excep- tions he was flawless. He - wasn't putting 4& he was Saturday, but his game otherwise was perfect. 2 Evans In Typleal’ Form, Tivery one gravitated to Chick. i the afternoon, because he had the best chance of any of the others fof the medal, and he came through in typical Bvans fashion. It brought back memories of eleven years ago at Wheaton, where Evans holéd a thirty-foot puft across the last green at the Chicago_Golf Club to tie Har- old Hiiton of England—subsequently winning the play-off. Chick alwiys plays Ris best befofe Chicago gal- leries, and nobly he performed yes- terday. His four wooden shotsSto the seventeenth and eighteenth holes will stand out for &ll golfing time as four of the finest shots ever made by any golfér tindér pressiure, wheré the siightest muscular loss of control would have the tie for the medal. Debonnait: ek balled up enly one holé @il day, & remarkable thing on this Flgssmoor course; where any hole cafries poténtialities full of dyna- mite for the man plaving in a. medal round. This was the tenth, where! Chick, after a beautiful out nine of got @ brainstorm and took 6, ck was ‘out one under par; aided by birdies "at the first and ninth, where his‘ufcanuy pitching gaye him short putt§ Yor the birdies. Hé hit o splendid ball down the tenth fair- way and them hgoked his seconfl shot tg the rrughw He redlly could have kicked L. on the green in 3, but he Wi &fid still was twern: ty féet away In 4. He finally had to hole @ four-foot putt for a 6. A string of 4s followed to the séven: ! medal stars of American amateur golfdom, including two tional champions and six former national titleholders and a former when Chris Dunphy of Columbia took a 6 at the hrst extra hole in a play-off for last place in the gualifying round yesterday. qure really came about as the result of mis | screamer ! aropping for | b GOLF FIELD IS LED BY MISS COLLETT MONTREAL, September 18.—Tha United States woman's champlon, Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, R. 1, who yesterday led the field with an 80 score in the 18-hole qualifying rourd of the Canadian women's golf tournament, |was matched today with Miss E. Brown- lleo of Riverhead, Ottawa, for play in the first round. Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlantd, who won sccond place in the qualifying round with an 81, wds matched with Miss Sydney Pépler of Toronto, Canad- ian closed champion. Mrs. Dorothy Campbe!l Hurd of Ham- ilton, Ontario, formerly of Pittsburgh, was ‘matched with Miss Matjorie Anna- ble of Montreal, Miss Stirling | Hurd are all draw. Mrs detending half. MEDAL PRIZE Hole in Play-Off of Chicago, September 18.—Thirty-two reigning na- began play today for the amateur —the tweénty-eighth classic of the greens dethroned Washington’s last wo who are battling today for Jess| Miss Collett and Mrs. the upper half of the W. A. Gavin of England, ding in a tre at 161 with five others. cAREpIGH, (N I IRLEI0WaE sed putts all ely out uitil the been played, during the course of 5 in 43. He got a birdie 2 at the ishort thirteenth, where he holed a ix-footer and then came to the seventeénth with 4 chance for a falr score. He was bunkered from the ‘h got out just in the edge of the' rough, haif hit his third shot was home in 4 and took three putts. He got the orthodox b at the eight |eenth 1 mark of 39 .back, and a | card of | Btan | rty-foot putt to stay in the tourna- TODAY’S GOLF PAIRINGS IN TITLE TOURNAMENT UPPER HALF. Gallford and Jacoby, Webes and amings, Herron and Martin, Sweetaer and Seckel, Shutée and Held, Swéet and Allis, Frainey and Fownes, Gardner and Knepper. LOWER HALF. Markton and Simpson, Cochran and Jones, Joe Wells and H. Wells, Davis and George Blossos aines anil Ouiniet, Evans an Hunter, Manion and Franecis Blo som, Von Elui and Carter. er's card— Out—8 3 6 5 5 5 5 5 4—i3 in —3 B 2 444 7 5—B0—sS3 A. MacKenzie Getx an 84 Albert MacKeénzle got around in 84 | shots, also hampered by several putts | ! that iled to drop. He took four putts at the sixth hole, then went all right untll he struck the fifteenth, a long hole that requires two fine shots, | Here he Wwas home with a midiron, and I'then repeated his performance at the | th by taking four put on the | | slippery, level green. He also took a | 6 ‘at “ihe seventcenth through a { missed second shot that just got over the cregk His card follows: l 1 ¢ ¢ of pugh above his score of he took 6. He finished last the members of the Washing- | who played in the tourna- | teenth Evans t the short thirteenth teenth, Chick took another pull at that faddd browh cap he wears, and | prepared to do or ai He had a brace of 4s to win the medal, and a il of nine strokes for the two to tie Bob Jones. He hit a; off the {ee at the seven- teenth and followed it with one of the finest brassle shots ever made. leaving him a putt for a par five hole. He misse vans then slipped another tee-shot rdas do the middle of the ghteenth fairway. Another 4 would give C! ational championship qu: and a gre: d he made. His shot to the eighteenth was perfect, king three putts on At the seven- 5 4 4 4eal i 4 6 B—dit—s4 Chevy ClI the get 4 4 Parson 16 th holes around Satury Rdland MacKenzie, hig father, Albert ily had no chan total of Seele | taking three or i | too " Onres “more ac” it ran down hill 20 yards beyond the | then dublicated Guy Standifer's stunt hole. Chick then had two putts to win, | &t the fork Souanl Bic e ot | and he pl shot with. his head | Welit bver the graeh into the trap,| et ¢ approach | 3hd he putted buack across the green Bt intended, | INto the water, finishing with a 5 to Bt 4 Mttte i1 six | the par 3 hole. Roland took a 6 at Yeit below the lin ipped | the twelrth, T)m-v his pitch w s six-fout o nd | &fter two half-hit woode up to hls six-footer, squared away 34 | anished with three s on possible 4 i h | Bol where he failed to get up with libped the cup, the | for &t W flob] BPISL, WRare B telled (o #3L up With far side of the h Jones ' The two amateurs, conceded o | o ation v Out be the gre: n the off the tie next Sunday Albert Seckel of Chlcago, a former | In 5363445554083 western champion, staged a great come- | But it remained for Frank back, finishing with 154 to put him weil 1 chaux of Memphis to turn in the up with the leaders. Davey Herron, | est luck story of the day long-hitting _ Chi n and fornier | smiled on the dark-hi resident of Pittsbu had a 74 yester- | for the first five holes 3 day for a total of i in|ed him on the s third place. Among the £ who | Beance 1 in the qualifying round were Dunphy, | quito. Frank Newton of Brooklin bounds Gochaux of Memphis, Redve Kengie of Canad Wi m E. of Bostol who ried Bob the at Brookline k Jimmie Standish of D amp of St. L Toronto and F wh and to qua ds of Saturds 7 oland along with tandifier, | ity after | took 83, for | started by at the first hole, | the sixth, and k his fourth ing medal, putts & short shots. He wi 645455505 43 southerner | nd then kick- ith more ven- | lossmoor mos- | hooked one out of | the sixth hole t-shattering blow ped _along under | tweiita hole, where the | irl slipped bima another one be . Ray Boeck- | low the beii. His t hot was i Frank Thompson | the ditch, and when the nightmare | v S. Douglias, one | Was over Frank had amussed a snap- | f the first national amateur champions. [ py 8. At that the southern youngster ! Francis Ouimet had the grandest|had a putt for an eagle 3 on the score of the day—a scintillating elghteenth, for 162, which he just| hich set up a mew competitive | missed record for the Flossmoor course. tancis had this score with a 6 on DEMPSEY Is GOING WEST FOR EXTENDED HOLIDAY the eighth hole, where Jesse Guil- 3. Ouimet hooked his NEW YORK, September 18.—Jack Dempsey leaves today for his home ford got a 3, tee ghot to the woods, missed a shot | in Salt Lake City, Utah, with nothing |to show for battle of Friday and took three putts for his 6. Other wise he was flawless night except a black eye and hearly ion dollars Dunphy Uniueky in Putting. Chris Dunphy's 82 came about the result of an aggregation of thi teen putts that either rimmed or hit the cup, many of which might r . sonably have been expected to drop. ying a brief visit to his mother he 1 proceed to Los Angeles where he hopes to have an extensive holiday Dempsey will nent in the rin until the first of Two of them were under three f while the others ranged from six xt year at least, Jack Kearns, his| nager, said | to fifteen feet. Had the putis bee LONGEST GAME, 26 INNINGS. ank nd took this b McPhail | fr he Jones to) W year: ! old 1 not meet any oppos| foyr: irdte 4 and again had a fine chance 4 at the eighteenth, but his putt. The. Columbia plaved good golf of the that might just a& well have severt or eight stiokes better, oot putt by t the seven- the District caampion | might have been 75 or better, but he had one of those days where the ball simply would. not drop. He missed only two.shots through the fairway, #:pushed iron shot at thé twelfth and a pitch at the four-| ~4v) teenth, both of Which cost him 4 ehot, | The Jongest base ball game on rec- although in both cases he recovered [ord in the major leagues was staged well. He also pushed Tis iron shot|at Boston, May 1, 1820, When the to the 177-yard eleventh, not a bad | Bfaves amd the Brooklyn Dodgers shot at all, ‘but the ball just trickled |played tWenty-six innings to a tie, the into a trap and hé took three putts |score being 1 In the play-off, two after getting out. days later, it took nineteen innings Chris misse before a declsion could be reached, a hair for a Boston winning, 2 to 1. teenth, for a missed entrant Kin Feen Lut the breaks didn't’ come and he took € Dunphy ard follows 55 4 3 4—39 53858 H—A3—82 Water Stymies Standifer. ¢ M. Standifer, with & card of | yesterday added to i 87 -of [ Saturday, finished second among the Washington contifigent in the quali- fying round. Guy likes the water, for he played the short severth hole @ water hole—in somewhat -the same manner as hé played the élght- centh at Inwood, the hole which cost- him a chance to qualify in the open { champlonship. “Guy played the holz| from the rear. The hole is but 12§ yards and to bessure of getting dver the water he played foo strong and overran the green. Playing with @l putter from the shaliow trap behind the green, Standifer hit the ball teof. strong and his ball ran over the fast green to finally triekle into the edge of the water at the green's edge. - There is a ground fule at Flossmoor which permits the competitor to drop on the edgé of the green after overrunning into . tHe ° water, so Standifer dropped on the edge and was-down with two putts for.a 5. Guy never hit his shots better than he .dil_yesterday. He locked like & finished golfer all thé way through, but he took too many putts on the out niné and on the in-nlue, Where Jie 'had two 48 to make to get a 35. He finished with a 7 and & 5 for a Guy took three putts at the third and fourth, and was out‘ K 5 in. 5 39, first, RACING HAVRE de GRACE Sept. 19 to 29 (Inclusive) SEVEN RACES DAILY Speelal Pennia. H. . {711l leaves Unlon Station at 12 o'élock ficoh—= direct to course. B. & 0. R. H. special train leaves Union Station 12 o'clock moon—parlor anidl @in- '.i chr attiched, 3 dmission — GHindstand and 8185, theluding Govérne Better Coll 118 — {world sculli Jling, in Amateur Title Golf : Wllls' Still on Pugilistic Sidetrack | GILMORE BEATS HOOVER FOR SCULLING HONORS) AT DUMBARTON NETS| D the world. Gilmore covered the mile-and-a-quarter course on Lake Superior in ecight minutes and thirty-nine secofids, crossing the fitish line four full lengths ahead of Hoover. The time for the event was slow, as compared other courses in the country. with those for the same distance on The vietory of the Philadelphia sculler was Impressive. At the cfack of the starter's gun he shot into the lead, main- taining & sprint pace for three-quarters of a mile and gradually gpening a wide | gap between the stern of his shiell and the bow of Hoover's. Famed for his prowess in dash events, Gilmore was expected to take and hoid the lead At the start, but few thought him capable of holding it iri the manner he did. Hoover cracked early, lacking the strength necessary to match Gil- more's terrific pace, the Duluth oars- man dropped far behind. Hoover only reaily threateried once during the whole race, just beforé the mile had been covered, when he ralsed his stroke and sent his shell moving through the water in a desperate spurt. He managed to cut down Glimore’s lead by something like two lengths, but could { not hold the pace und was forced to sottle down and use all his energy to keep a8 near his rival as possible. | The Duluth sculler was outrowed. His { famous print for the last quarter mile was lacking and he suffered one of the worst defedts of hW carcer. more's staft carried him up to a beat stroke, which he held up to the three-quarter-mile mark, When he slackenied down to & steady thirty-two. Has Had Rapid Rise | PHILADELPHIA, Pa, September| trett Gilmore, the new scull- | Ing champlon, has been rowing for approximately four years, a compara- tively short time in which to rise| from the obscurity of the movice to | the highest honor in the aquatic; world. | Bachelor Barge Club ace first | came into prominence last year when he sculled into_the the gold ¢ n the Schu n en he fleld for & alf the distance in the findl Although beaten both x'ns(nn” nd Gude at o early part of this season, Gilmore turned the later and once more came raph the fore, pturing the dash, cham- pionship singles and doubles in the Schuylkill Navy £ the triple victory at the Canadian | hampionships. He also_captured t ter-mile dash championship more, but lost the associations’ to ) Maguire, the Buffalo policeman, who | hé had beater in Canada When Gilmore lost the singles race to Costello on Labor day he likewise | lost quite a bit of prestige gained by his brilliant performances throughout the sun r. but the Bachelors’ ace went right ahead witd his Duluth trip, and as a result now holds the & championship. ulling under | Mueller for| { ! g kill the arly | in by s has by of Gilmor the direction the last two mentor. Who Costello and many of the ous Vesper oarsmen, deserves a great deal of credit for Garret's latest and grentest triumph. Gilmorae is ldeally épulpped forscul- being tall and rangy, with an alert mind and a vigorous spirit. He d long and faithful for the p race and is well fitted ran years. and the helped develop veteran Kelly, has_train chalienge to defend it, The Philadelphia gold challenge cup was first put into compettion last year, after being originally presented kK Kelley in recognition of his c triumphs. hen Kelley raced there was no to defend the cup. Trial heats raced and Costello, Gilmore, Hoover competed in the Scuylkill, which Hoover one were Belyea and finals on the won. The rules governing the cup call for its defense within six months after the holder receiveés a challenge from a legitimate contender. It also is to be raced for at the Olympic games every four years. OLYMPIC TENNIS ENTRY FILED BY BRITISH TEAM The entry of a British lawn tennis team for participation in next year's Olympics has been made, bringing the total thus far to five. The other four are the United States, France, Italy and Belgium. It is “probable that Australia, Canada, South Africa_will shortly be made. Switzerland, Spain, Holland and Den- mark have announced their Intention to the entries of New Zealand and compete, but their official entries have not yet beent filed MALONE SHADES DARCY. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 1 whip, | Cor Jock Malone, 8t. Paul middleweight, won the judge's decision over Jimmy Darcy of New York in a slow twelve- round bout last night. ars for 20c Roll front, with a lock fof the tie knot ULUTH, Miann., September 18—Garrett Gilmore, wearing the colors of the Bachelors’ Barge Club of Philadélphia, sculled to the ‘great- est triunmiph of His career yesterday wheit hé défeated Walter| ooysrg, Hoover in the gold challenge cup race for thé singles championship of Points on Golf SPOON VS. BRASSIE ON FAIRWAY (AVERAGE) SPOON 150 YOS ZETTER THAN Should a spoon ever be used finals of | for fairway drives that might be i handled with a brassic? Answered by BOB MacDONALD tables Veteran tournament player, winner of dly 10 | the Metropolitan open champlons) 1921, and the Tetas 1922, pén champlo play should use fairway drives. Thé spoon almost as much distance. with more confidence gives thé ball more loft. because the long runt by u most fairway driving. (Copyright, 1923, Associatéd Editors SPANISH BULL FIGHTER { NEARLY KILLED 4 TIMES celebrated Spanish matador, is twenty-six years He is noted among bullfighters for his misfortune in the ring as well Domingo Uriarte, the old. as_his daring feats. Four times in :-ewolved the last rites o n Famous the world over regatia and repeat- for his loag distance driving. It is my opinion that the majority national quar-; of average n Balti- | spoon instead of a brassie for most gives It is used One hun- 1 dred and fifty yards with a spoon is | better than a dub with a brassie. idering that the average player will dub more shots with a brassie, { [ think he will come out better in ng the spoon for his career he has the chiirch the bellef that he was mortally { wounded. “SEPTEMBER 18, 1623, OPEN DOUBLES PLAY Play in the doubles matches of the Dumbarton invitation tournament was slated to get undér way this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock on the club's John Temple Graves. jr., and Bob Bufwell ‘staged a #pirited mateh in the singles yesterday, until darkness halted further play. Burwell won the first set, 9—7, but Graves took the second, 6—1.' They will meet again today. at 3 o'clock. Palrings and vesterday's summary follow: , Pairings: Siaglos—d. Miller vs.” White: 3130, Masgan 8. Holt; 4; Cl rést vs. Bailinger, Graves v8, Burwell, o Doubles—3:30, De Lno and Frisdman_vs. Bessey gd M. 7. Wises: Hénsings snd Her, e vs. Wilioughby and Flownay; Sloward and urray vs. Bobertson and Phillips vs, Hads a White 4. Smith ahd vs. E. O; Wilson and Delle: Yesterday's results: Sncond round—Herter defeated Bessey, 60, 8—17; R. Ballinger defeated l.blfi'b'l. -2 18, 8-—4: Mangan ted Eillott, €=1, i Hol af eates 61, ; Gore 6-—3: Graves i, Bur. (called, darkness) GET TO FOURTH ROUND IN WOMAN’S NET PLAY Racketers competing in the Wom- en's Tenhis Leagué will enter the fourth fround in singles this after- noon on the War Finance courts, 20th and B streets. Pairings for today and yesterday's results follow: Pairings—Mrs, Wamer vs. Olindinst: Gibson vs. Mrs, Donaldson; Miss Love vs. Mis: loj Mids Slater vs, Mits Frazier; Mi T o Wrron bttt st Mioa . winnet of @ibson-Clindinst match. 1 foal Adelaide Cor | koff defested Mri, Sto Miss PLENTY OF ACTION IN JUNCTION BOUTS Real action was seen last night in the opening show Boxing Club, at Chesapeake Junction, Approximately 4,000 enthuslasts braved the chilly winds of early fall, and all left the large arena fully satisfled with the card produced. Oniy four bouts were put on, but they were full of pepper and two resulted in clean knockouts. Benny Schwartz of Baltimore and Battling Murray of Philadelphia, went through twelve rounds of milling in thé feature, at times showing real punch and again showing a @eclded disposifion to stall to such an extent that the referce was compelled to warn them. Schwartz showed he was ja good, clever two-handed boy, though, and earned a decision. Jumbo Eggleston knocked out Phil Brock of Baltimore in the sixth round of thé semi-windup, with a right to the button. Kid Cafoni of Walter Reed Hospital had his hands full with Tommy Her- man of Baltimore, a real sure enough | youngster. Both boys fought hard. The draw decision rendered was a fair one. Luke McCarthy of Washington made Jiminy Hogan of Baltimore take the count in the second round. i a it - To White Owl smokers and the thousands of meén who are go- ing to smoke White Owls sooner or later—— of the Maryland; SPORTS. ¥y CANNOT HOPE FOR CLASH WITH DEMPSEY OR FIRPO Not Believed Now That Colored Scrapper Would Have Chance With Champion—Gibbons’ Show- ing Against Title Holder Discussed. BY' FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, Septéember 18—~Harry Wills finds himself still side- tracked. Luis Firpo says he will not fight him for a year, mean- ing probably that he wishes to perfect himself for another meet ing with Dempsey beiore he considers an¥ other opponent. As for Dempsey, he says he is yeat, and there will be no public opinion to run counter to his decision. Every one will agree that he has seen fighting enough to last him out the current year. . Dempsey's ability to bring down the giant Firpo with punches that travel only a few inches. has served to alter the views of those who figurcfi Wills had an even chance to beat the champion. Wills has been long inactive, and the conditien of his hands, which seem to be brittle, argue against his punishing Dempsey enough to put him away. WTIGUE IS SIGNED |3, i s ot R FOR BERWYN FIGHT apart in this locality, while Califori- it is believed, have not enougi faith in the ahility of the negro to make a Tia Juana battle a big sate proposi- Mike MoTigue, world champion light héavyweight, will be seen at Sport- 1ahd Helghts boxing arena, Berwsn, Md., Thursday, September 20, against tion. 1 Dempsey could do so much damaga Jack Duffy of Chicago in a fifteen- round feature bout, according to to Firpo, why didn't he pulverize G bons? ~This question is being asked on Helnie Miller, matchmaker. Miller announced last night that all sides. One answer is that Jack is never fo well pleased than when he can MecTigue forwarded him a signed con- tract yestérday. etand flat-footed and sock. Someth has, got to drop when he ie in-such a happy - position. But Gibbons is fast and elusive and to hit him Dempsey had Arrafigemenits now are being made to increase the Seating capacity at! the Sportland arena to 6.000. Ring- slde seats will cost 34 to $3, while the to be constantly on the m When the two mén were together Gibbons had remaindéf of the house will be sold at $2.50 a head. as about a neat a System of blocking Dempsey's arms a8 fight followers ever saw. In_other word never beei knocke is the cléverest defensive boxer in the Harry Ertle, prominent referee, will handle the bout. Miiler claims he Has'| slated one of the best prelimifiary cards ever staged at Sportland. Ac- cofding to him Dufty will be a tongh foe for McTigue. He comes from the world, and being Cconstantly on tie move, shifting, swaying and holding, stockyards of Chicago, and Is report- | ed to carry a terrific punch. It was Dempsey could do_nothing but outpoint McTigue who downed Battling Stki, is opponent. - And finaily Dempsey had not fought in two years up to the Gib- the Sepegalese terror. for the cham- pionship of the world. bons meeting. He was inaccurate hi# hitting in that battle and frequenti CARPENTIER IS AFTER BATTLE WITH GIBBONS missed his man eompletely. The e perience of that Shelby fight was worth a million to the champion Shortcomingge of the referee in Dempsey-Firpo battle, Dempsey's Pail- NEW YORK, September 18.—Tex Rickard, promoter of the Dempsey Firpo championship fight at the Polo Grounds, has annoumced today that he had received a cablegram from e to g0 to His corner upon the occa- sion of knockdowns and displays of ap- Georges Carpentier. French heavy weight star, who was downed by parent stupldity by Firpo were all & Dempsey in 1921, expressing & desire to the swift pace at which the battle was carried. This was not an or@inary to meet Tommy Gibbons, St. Paul fighter, in a fiffeen-round bout a boxing match. It was a fight, swift, Rickard sald he would be g to grim, Qesperate, such as two longshore- men ‘might put up. 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