Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1924, Page 25

e SHOR TS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1924, SPORTS. @ = Close Race Due in American Association : Newark May Get Firpo-Wills Battle {STRENGTH OF KANSAS CITY (LU U U U UM T UM U U U UL LT LT AT lll. JERSEY TOWN MAY RIVAL " AND ST. PAUL CLUBS IS CUT GOTHAM AS FIGHT CENTER Weakening of Champions and Runners-Up by Saale | s sasnannns | Promoters There, With Big Amusement Park Avail- of Stars to Majors Makes Outcome of the Pen- CHARTER oo Takesin . S able, Should Be Able to Give Luis $250,000 - g THE SCENE OF TEX RICKARD’S MOST RECEN iy iy nant Chase This Year Uncertain. P \BY TEX RICKARD. bbbt s { For His End and Still Show a Profit. | relating the incidents of those T : B g 2 hard bovhood days among the BY JOHN B. FOSTER. cattlemen, the tragedies that must : ; i » ) BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, January 23.—Over-season changes in the ranks of the | have influgnced my later life to a ol - K W YORK, January 23.—There is a sort of a dejected note in Tex American Association will make the clubs of that circuit start the | certain extent, I don't want to give : S - 2 i Rickard's statement that Firpo can accept his $200,000 offer to meet 1924 pennant race with far more general uncertainty as to its | the impression that we were devoid i Sl . s % By sy gy / . Harry Wills or leave it. Firpo, it appears, is no longer bound to outcome than was the case in 1923 | of tenderness. Quite the coutrary. s o ; g Sy . g ok » o Rickard and can fight for whom he pleases Kansas City, the champions of 1923, must put out a new inficld, and | At the age of sixteen | was « T S N > 4E 3 ¥ | This freedom is the more significant inasmuch as Newark promoters 1 has lost a rattling good player in Wright. St. Paul will miss Tom Shechan, | ployed to go with a herd of cattle 5 CR s i £ 4 o i " 3 are offering him $250,000 to tackle the negro. As Hugh Gartland, a Jersey the pitcher who won so many games for them last season. Louisville |all the way to Montana, Look at a | §8 T : By ; T g | man, is managing Luis. and also inasmuch as Firpo is very fond of New has said farewell to Dean and Combs. and will not_get as good in return, | 5 2 o § ark, where he got his first start, the chances would scem to be favorable because their kind is not loose in the bushes. Minneapolis is in new | ¥ A ¢ § e to his turning Rickard down in favor of Jersey. hands, with Mike Kelly running things ey meanc { 3 Yotk ¢ e i T = Whether New Yorkers realized it Milwaukee let Simmons go to the Philadelphia Americans, but Sim-| The cattlemen, always secking | gy R M ) Ry & S : WILLS AND MADDEN before or not, thes know now that mons had not heen at Milwaukee long enough to wet thoroughly ac- | Warket, had found that by driving | & : TR AT . ;i |Mke & night-blooming flower, there quainted, and he does vot leave so big a hole, while Milwaukee lost | & herd of yearlings ta A na and ; G i et | has sprung up In Newark an oppor nothing in what it got irom Philadelphia. | 15 them there a few | § gy B i > > FIGHT FEBRUARY 25| tunitr w0 howa fignts on a big scate “The Indianapolis niue needs putty- { months they would gain from fifty which means financially. There is to sixty pounds a steer. They could | g up all over, and Donie Bush will GRIFF WILL TRY : ; e 2 Dreamland Park in that city, a great 1 then be shipped to Kausas City and d S X S ‘ 1 3 have to be the gla He hasj OUT sold at ”l‘,‘;m.l—,, e MY e = R . NEW YORK, January 24- Harry |amusement center, capable of accom Soaumh to Jeop | N 1 aeasy i iRt e iwed to, tet | B K A > P Wills, negro challenger of Jack | modating thousands upon thousands to shuw e ED BEAN, D_ c BOY o Terd Bed down for: the might. i LAY 53 % o : 8,58 o o K 8 Dempsey, und Bartley Madden of | which now is available for fighting WIDE. conyines oW h ’ % e % MY ¥k L A » New York bhave been re-matched to | It seems logical to assume that the ! « , i e g : o : . o oty E meet at the Newark Armory. Newark, | Newark promoters could draw a large benefit & New York . t 1 right. 5 € A : N. J, in a -de encugh crowd to pay big money hoth holds 2 5 sne 3 3 uring 3 4 i : ; "*l";"“;l-‘ o to Wills and Firpo and vet Colu o c ; = ¥ 5 e Dght was S keo emain Whether e A 3 : ; . B [for February 4. but wus postponed |Fakeofl remaining Whether or olumbus had » b ry « it left ! R RN 3 A, ; G j 7 when Wills injured a hand training. |28, (000 0 el will have B . 5 alon Fo find its i s J ¢ % % " e Wills probably will rearrange - the | MO0 OE SIS Sorething i a Bidn x squad gt | of 3,000 was impossible > TR X % . o £ % bout proposed with Jack Tayior at | ghe BUTSEs. J0C Gione e ik d in the person of Edward | 410 couldn't have kent up wiih the | s e ? 3 1 L - Hlattiord; Gonti, matter of opinion. Rickard, w &reat zater of twenty ¥ LSRR AN P ok e "?“Q g 4 s =5 ., L 2 | s showman, evidently thinks he could i picked the calf up, thes ; SR T N 3 ) = g 2 Syl : FULTON TO BOX GODFREY. |rnot mive Firpo $250,000 and get awas - ulder and carcied bl g L s with it. But the writer's opinion is fess—u ftes . : e aas e : s = 5 . . PAUL. Minn., January 23— |gg sct forth before, that the New fhe vacanc Ingze h 2 5 2 - Forin : A 3 : 3 y < [Ered ton. Minneapolls =heavy- |,rkers could draw a mammoth thron avers who ha e ; 4 Yeight boxer, has signed to meet |54 put the project over big. hd have chndented nih - : ; George , jhegro. at Philadel- | %o Cinough, Rickard has re- in tod. HCotme i e : i y LG |Phie. February 4 in a ten-round bout. | ..iveq the high sign from Kearns too ik and really pulling out of the Wills- B! i b erigme ‘ - =5 : - f B e - - REED AND ROPER DRAW. | Firbs project Ita pretsy clear the —% (Champions and (Chance | gt E3 = —— R ELUTTTATTTT T and you may realize just what sent out to seout an DR e g Dempsey, Kearns & Co. do not view e Ana OXVILLE. Tenn., January - | the ‘possible elimiration of Firpo Wild Bill Reed, Ohio heavyweight. | {11 ravor of Wills, swith ler antsutile: : N e rhiny iy taking : : 4 of the Polo Grounds, famous base ball field of the New York Giants, converted by the promoter (314 Capt. Iiob Roper of Miamb fought | amount of joy. imt th inj E o the fcalf ) : for the Dempsey-Firpo bout. e o wagon enougl about chance in fifty f » r has mende P and 3 f their d « 8 will give all candid belkan r 4 e itio that thi hase job. enoug 1 et - 8 1t the left-hand piteher drafted fro bore. e iives nt Gra Zachnry's h town e ] 3 SEBEBXEEEST Toter o rse | When he returned to his job that | Ir Mi P 4 v 1 —— that v e ROt to Sitt irteen pigs. was a lwn:mfiu! m ; wina et SHIFTS FIGHT OFFICIALS | L0 ol trgin w dotar, | orche . A o t = * we be n to 0! around i Rorehaes e TO AVOID POOR RULINGS | | ~over o wigit came tut o - 5 e ouener. While ‘doing 5o | ““h o & i v o be over who would superin- B SAs n y mar- | judses would sed tired and v : 5 ‘:‘f?":‘;f‘gi eventing ¢ bl 3 } ) o | tentitie i B kiico) : fourteen DIEs by now,” 1in davs pre- tior ball What iden that a_calf sweet. My ey A molaskes can around in it and pay $157 Where's that | heriff w 1 right down, with | a switeh in his hand, for the boy, g Bl was and, with a kick, opencd the gate and | 2 2 Irove that sow and pigs home. DETROIT TO PLAY 18 | CENARO WHXFSSHERRARD. |, Mot it Wi ia | Mt i R AL e 0 flvweight ol Hut 1 h ep Sitting st his little Bt | it the mere si . | LYNCH FIGHTS TONIGHT. S oEAue, e, suwes 10 . o | FIRPO WILL BATTLE s B, S o et | S e e el & S50 o | LODGE FEBRUARY 16 jecision bout e from wheat. So . re bread and %0 ordered by v FRANCE CROWNS TWO (573 e st it bl . I r Epirit but was delighted ‘:flzlx( between Luis Firpo n};d ‘Farm- 66 b | NEW RING CHAMPIONS 5 S i 55050 1o i o P e I'T°S THE CUT OF YOUR g Duffed out. By this time w make With the he { The date for the bout between ciil g L Ge 3 B the Ansociated P e molling d Vherever | Firpo and Erminio Spalla also has | [Y) i S neiae e N PARIS, Ja - 1S followed, his h g | been ‘postponed pending the: arrival o : | last night bantamweight tailb {from Italy of Spalla. The Italian scheduled in the ! ista. Ga CRBBRRIRBR 2ORS 2R aroh 20, Toronto at 5 is Rochaster ‘ot ah,” s T mpion of France when he was I ”Pl\';':‘ 13 ved 3 weight Is expected to reach Oas L S €l piven the decision 4 o - i os Alres January 30. SRS : doux on pointa in a twenty i °s ahead to ba | —_ | i igh, "N "C.i 23, ¢ Charlvee o herd s | Argentine Greets Rival [0 P Einte ausiee e SRl PO e Sirtea azain e For the proof of the statement, “It’s the cut of Asheville, ¥, 5.6, e a8 Augusta, yrges Rauqu rout They “"‘: ';”"';'"Z “'K"'"‘_r- | MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, January 5 : incin: sl 8 Clacumati was to b 2o . W you might think that'Sitting | 23— Luis Firpo, the Argentine heavy- loth h back h h ;0 EiSesmagis o i | Tond bont and Totaine Il would want to associate with his | weight, met -Farmer+ Lodge, the your clothes that counts, " go back to the time when e o protestea | 5ind; might revert to type .| American pugillst, for the first time W OF e THGEt et hat e Rora, ST | on the deck of the steamer Pan- all fine clothing was custom made. The well- k from Ledoux the how complicated or lengthy the move, | America. which arrived from :ad held for fourteen years. .and follow that chuck wagon right to | York vesterd Firpo had come to =~ [ cloh il IaLE, Tasicny batliopentd min nf moimes )L Gend man it e ad b cutter or designer. For cut determines the way O Prance lkens SIS BUll watil e mas i teq. Stites ihe @etails of B proc CLEVELAND, Januars —The | T 1i representatives of sized littie bull. He would never go |posed fight hetween Firpo and Harry ¢ ¢ t " " . eociana bass bail cik was orderea -r o countries before |Wwith the herd. So. with great care, Wills. the American negro fighter, l h fi h rav h 7 h d h rv h Or Im"‘_, ol s 3 European |we found a woman who would give | at he would not discuss them clothes , the way €y hang, an as ever) ng recruit pite el the Amer- |2 molasses cating calf s Hntil after Firpo was ready to make = 5 \eterans, to report at Hot Springs, ! ic world title, | Long after we had s at fa decision. Gartland added that he d th P d f Ark., for early conditioning before 2 : | herd to Kansas City w, :d re- had offers for exhibition bouts be- to do wi thell‘ dppeal‘ance and comtfort. soin 1o the training camp at Lake-| ] ed owing to |Ports that Sitting a_good | tween Firpo her boxers in . { Yarpentier calf, ex t that he would f v v land, Fla. It is customary for some 3 e :f-“(lxvf(‘}fn'..")l,t\:»‘nx:un(; pt that he woul follow mfi:“lx major league clubs to send their r el champlionship. | In ”flnl’l;'l!:l several I";flr’lbl er 1/in a bout in Buenos .-\|l(|x'¢».t. Fr;hruslr,\' I . 1 - - . . l h. h . Il " e — 5 ‘ = - was d town marshal. t was (15, sald he confldent that he d 7 - sl e i bty Interestng job, but not al- |would beat the Argentine, He spent | t 1s this same principle which guides we is said to be the first time that dr‘ m"F'GHT BODY URGES e) that brought in great |a large portion of his time on the | . . < has ordered its entire hurling staff. alth, The mars! s were not paid | from New York in vigorous | d d h h f d - l h O S ,but hnd 0 depend upon facs | traininge and snid he was in perfeet | ressed men 1n their choice of ready-to-wear cloth- Bedgood were the only Indian F"_M BA - their livelihood. We got two dol- dition. | = hers to g0 to Hot REMOVAL 10 @ half for each arrest. Busi- | Lodge will cstablish atraining - d Th h S = B d P oS tural was good on tur- camp tside of Buenos Aires and | 7 7 b Saiers on iho Gicueia —_ |Gay nights. Dot gat the Impression, |employ lgcal talent to aid him in his | ing today. ey choose dociety bran ecause t is pubtful if LOUISVILLIE, KY. Fanoar: o8 though, fl\f&: \\'Thul;r»xlml ml"ln‘JV:'~ f"‘l' | trai g for th '..t " with ’Flrlprx 1 o - P aken 0 AR - KV, January 23— |\ye fun of it; that we could take ad- | Lodze will remain over in Buenos | h f h l h d h h f l e tenn mavar: Sewen | HavIng Mnished with business of the ' vantage of & man being in his cups |Airés for the hout between Firpo and | the cut of these clothes distinguishes them from all g s p meeting a day ahead of schedule by [Just to ket a fee. When You arrested | Erminio Spalla, the Ttallan heavs ! ) 2 3 dint of diligent applicati i v |® man in those days he understood|weight, in order that he may get a 45 Springs about I .:"i:;;«“or'r(h\;o {0 the conv Aa ,’,:‘:t‘“:'fd”‘l’;““‘ = {hat you meant it. o Undesteonit, |a bt I oF OtherS. L Lma L A tional Boxin ssociation waere re. | The greater t of my fecs came | e e i e . turning to their liomes today. | Officers | from impoundinie striy hogs We had | MILLERS BUY SHORTEN. jwere elected and St. Paul, Minn,, wag & 18 that when @ man's hogs Wit | MINNEAPOLIS, January 23— d e SR e HORNSBY’S ATTITUDE [xiocted for che cut meriin, wis ror | B ne e rifeasea. “Tia¥nne wont | Chiaries “Chicc”” shorten, outtielder abrics are important, but the finest fabrics in the he third Monday e pd v 8 b v sed by 3 i : lto® Bhat saiontnmai T prior {10 e o valued assistant in a lad | 0lis American Association club from 2 IS LAUDED BY RICKEY | ficuari' miri2 s ™l o, rent ¢ Lo, & Xaddes, Bians adinets | the Cincinnat Naddonats” 7 world cannot redeem a commonplace cut. Tailor- e-elected president of the assoc man in Philade a, who fre: = = = ———— [ comes over to Ne ork to . . . . : = - - The closing session of the meet] fme s el h b f l i “ { fwas marked by adoption oC o roting | At that time he was the (¢ 1ng 1s important, but the best of tai oring will never COLUMBUS, Ohio. January 23— | L0, MTENE, reneal of s federal | for hogs Every time ho located 4| SKATING : Rogers Hornsby could have “done no | transportation of motion picture fiie | SIIAY one and penned Bt Uy ones l h b f l siner thing for base ball in general” |OF Drize NERts Allen Bahr. Goims |allow him a 1i-cent commission IS FINE conceal the absence of smart lines. By the Associated Press. than to have made his recent an-|lour Whe sbonsored ”fi;',,..';f.“";‘.’“fi“~’ A $15 Deal in Futures. nouncement -that he would glve his|statute was to be introduced in Con.| We made just one very serious mis- | . hest ices to the St. L “ardi- | Bress. 2 k A d b f h == C C C e e e nd you may be sure of this—the correctly cut nals in spite of differences with the ng Willlam Sailor of St. aul. pro- | to teil me one 've just located | GET YOUR SESERE R s s s s s s e T XD SSSISSREXS management, Brauch Rickey, the | posed creation of the office of ‘nt former chairman of the New Yor! . from other delegates as‘tnption | 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS word,” Rickey declared, aco.rx that |for oratorical attacke of maetnceCle A D O X ZEEAIRENL b i W1 1 While Hornaby's attliude towasd the | lors Tepen o "SACKE B Erenter or | ANE AN e O e your clothes by their cut-<with it comes all the rest. i _t i | worthy portion of his statement. Dif- [Wait in order to see the ciimination || Match Your Odd Coats 1ied In a fist fght last fall i |bat the guestion of & ational has: sow e 1 - o Cardinals manager. dectured nere. in |Londl, BOSIng commitaumnts st 14 ICE garment will always be well tailored from good fab- slugger's declaration. state boxing commission for the post Readiators and Fenders tors Cardinal officials was appreciated, | and officials. lor bowed to the! s51p 1sth. _». GAI0. 1485 P Here at Our ferences between the St. Louis slug- | 0f his hopes™ . . p c ; ing commissioner was not dead, but | Bert Shotton, his field' captain, who g S0 iAge bt | s i g il 2t OFF ON ame from Cleveland to meet him. | J\SRINE;, qnd probably would ) be | his first statement on the St. Louis | jenced the name of William Muldoon, < 5 = - s “iakie tlornst/ at hin| The BRoDoEl dren s Sl Ao bost rics. The thing for you to do, then, is to choose the determination to “give the pub- [2Verwhelming weight of opinion and ger and Rickey were & t?”ka\'e re- l,;F";f;m:t‘}:}'yrvrex;‘:,rgyaidx{:.',‘r (yas seen [ Wifll om, Special H Usual Low Prices Training plans for the spring were 7th at F lic his best” was the most praise- [8aid it seemed he “would have to sulted in a fist fight last f: diucussea, "It was sald, and sonter: | MeCUTE: l . SWEATERS ences were held with several young .6 UP £ 35S players who are expected to become | ‘DU’NCAN EXPECTED TO SIGN. l | members of the squad later. RS CINCINNATI. January 23.—August | = — Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati ; ve the price of re..., 2 'S & 5 HOCKEY RESULTS. Nationals,” after a conference with S eetuit: Do ? i Outflelder Pat Duncan, sald he| i3 ' L pAt New Haven—Boston, Z: New|thought Duncan would sign a con- nyen, 1. tract under mutually satisfactorily E 909 Ps At Eveleth, Minn—Eveleth, 3:|conditions. Earliep in the day Dun. i Pa. Ave. N.W. Cleveland, 2, can was said to have ideas that were RICICICHICHITHC At Willinmstown—Bates, 45 Wil- | widely different as to salary terms BB s S linms, 1. from those of the club officials. o * 4 POSOSOOSK I3TeTs »;