Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1924, Page 30

SPORTS. Two Navy Crews Likely in Olympic Tryouts : Brooks Makes Tennis Come-back .GRADUATES MAY CONTEND WITH VARSITY OARSMEN Fruition of Present Plans at Annapolis Will Involve Dramatic Spectacle of Glendons, Father and Son, Coaching Against Each Other. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. EW YORK, February 1.—I7 present plans are carried out, the Nav; rowing situation this season will involve the dramatic spectacle of father coaching against son. Young Dick Glendon (Richard J.) will. of course, attend to the development of the regular varsity eight, while Richard A. Glendon, crew coach at Annapolis for so many y will coach an eight made up of men who swung sweeps for the Nav vecent seasons, provided arrangements are carried through for the or- N ganization of such an outfit. . Tn such _eyent, both the regular and graduate crews would participate in the Olympic tryouts in Philadelphia in May. appear that Glendon, senior, which won world honors at the If all these famous veterans were available. Glendon would, as the ing is, sit pretly indeed. But King, the stroke, and three of his com- rades are mot now in the service, thereby leaving a nucleus of four Olympic heroes whose number would be supplemented by outstanding members of other recent crews. Strength of Alumni Doubtful. Even granting that these men are —;or were—ail fine oarsmen and that Frawle. o stroked the 1921 was no less there may be no assur- could be 1924 varsity, for which will le six mem. bers of the strong 1 Individual stars do not them- selves insure a great crew. In no <port do such delicate factors as per- fect co-ordination and the blending of all physical elements figure so important coach may work for weeks and months over eight men who seem to fill every al requirement and Yet never ke that ague, albeit utterly important, essence that must appear if a crew is to be great. Tt is purely p cholo) al and it's mysteries come re properly before the profe of metaphy=ics than the rowing 3 rank Cavanaugh. in writing of th ement in another sport. foot ball 1s it the n tial nexus.” which has a sound propriate something so subtle, and. in point of fact, describes it very well of TUp To Men Themselves. Thus the elder Glendon may find to hand a s°t men whose experience and physique any coach might envy and vet never be able to sel them. so to speak, on fire. As & matter of fact this lies within the men themselves at least this seems a plausible theory Whether it comes from the coach, wholly or in part, or from the : men, one faneies that it is less (as iy induced in alumni oarsmen than i undergraduates. (Copyright, 1924.) WARD IS ONLY YANKEE * T0 GET SALARY BOOST YORK, February 1.—All the mpion New York Yankees be Ruth, were mailed 4 s today by Secretary Bar and it was understod o provided for an increase. Ruth has a five-year contract and Aaron Ward, second basem gets the bOOS! It Joe Dugan’s knee has ful covered when the son wae indicated the third contract would be revised. PLESTINA-FREBERG MAT BOUT NOW IS ASSURED Antone Pappas expects to have a sell-out at the Coliseum the night of Thursday, February 7. vihen Marin I’lestina, perpetual ehal- lenger for the heavywelght wrestling championship of the world, goes to the mat with John Freberg. the husky Swedish grappler. Seats for about 1,600 amd standing room for a couple of thousand more will be avallab prices ranging from $1 to $3, according to the promoter. Pappas today sald he had been ad- vised by Joe Co manager for Freberg, who has won fally from Zbyszko and Lewis, boasts of a de- cision over Stecher and recently tossed Gardini, that Freberg ls con- fident of snaring the $1,000 Plestina NEW world cha pxcept F contrs Promoter has offered to the first man ever win- | ning a fall from him, and that he is entirely willing that the match should be on a winner-take-all basis, GREENLEAF HAS 96 RUN IN CUE EXHIBITION HERE A run of 9 points, thought to set a record for the Distgjct, was made by Ralph Greenleaf, worid pocket bil liard_champlon, in an_exhibition cue match with Joseph Concannon last night at Grand Central Academy. Greenleaf won the match, 150 to 49. In an afternoon matc sreenleaf disposed of Concannon, 150 to 35. The matches concluded Greenleaf's exhibi- tions here. FIRPO TURNS A DEAF EAR TO.TEX RICKARD BUENOS AIRES, February Firpo has received a cablegram from Tex Rickard saying: “I will equal any zenuine offer you have to box Wills, Dempsey or both.” Firpo said he would inform Rickard in reply that he preferred the offer of $250,000 for a fight with Harry Wills brought by Hugh Gartland from the Raymond syndicate. He has ac- cepted this contract. The boxer added that he expected an agreement on the motion picture rights and other details of the pro- nosed bout would be reached in a few days, after which he and Gartland would exchange final - confirmatory cablegrams with Raymond. Tt is understood here that although Gartland Is acting as Firpo's trainer thelr business relationship is that of partners. CINCINNATI REDS ANGLING TO BUY COLUMBUS CLUB CHICAGO, February 1—The Cin- cinnati club of the National League 18 negotiating for the purchase of the Columbus club of the American As- socfativm, according to reports in base ball cireies here. Jack Hendricks, former manager of the Indianapolis team, is said to be representing the Cincinnati club in the deal. H. W. Bye of the Thomas E. Wilson & Co.., which owns 6.75 per cent of the stock in the Columbus club, said that he had an appointment here to- day with H. B. Coleman, representing Columbus business men, who pur- chased Wilson’s stock last year, but have since failed to complete the transaction. HOPPE LEADS SCHAEFER BY COMFORTABLE MARGIN CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 1. and | proficient | as in sweep swinging. Al ap- | i vould have the easier task, inasmuch as the scheme is to recall to the academy member Antwerp Olympi, IS, in At first glance it would of the famous 1920 cight, ENGINEER STOPS TRAIN | TO AID MISS COLLETT BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, Fla. Feb- ruary l.—An accommodating rail- Tond engineer helped Mixv Glenna Collett win her match here today againat Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd in the women's annunl Jan- uary golf tournament final. The match was I wgquare com- ing to the home le and when Mins Collett hooked her drive to the railrond track she looked 1 be defeated as Mrs. Hurd was dead to the pin for a par 3. A passenger train was moving down the track into the station and it appeared as if Miss ¢ would have to make her app: shot from an awkward position, But the engineer atopped the tral; long enough to allow the player make her approach. .The sho landed on the green but left her with a twenty-five foot putt t sink for a half. However, MI Collett holed out and went on to win on the nineteenth green. Inside Golf By Chester Horton: 1t ix not possible to stand per- fectly erect during the golf swing, though to do wo would be the ideal. ¥t would give the maximum | of mpeed to the clubhend and the moximum of muscle spring to the swing. What, then. §s the right tilt of the body during the goif swing? It in largely a matter of Individ- unl choice, though some players lern forward much too far. mever lenrning that & more upright poxi- tion would greatly benefit their game. The free t of the body often is interfered with when the player stoops too much. You can text for yourwelt the theory of Body oction when you are in a ntooped position by firat leaning awny over and tryink to pivot sround. Try this at different angles of tilt. You will find o momewhere in the range that fits | you very well, and the chances are that you will be fairly upright when you do find ft. (Copyright, Johu CLASS B 18.2 TITLE IS TAKEN BY JOHANN PHILADELPHIA, February 1.— Joseph Johann of New York is the new class B national amateur 18.2 balkli billiard champion. He won the title last night by defeating Ferdinand Unger of Montelair, N. J., in the final round. Each of the six contestants Played matches, the new champion win- ning all but one of his arl Druck- enmiller, Philadelphia, and George Crookston, Pittsburgh, with _three | victories and two defeats, finished in a tle for second place. James Lewls, New York, and Unger each won two games and lost three, while Frank Coar, Philadelphia, won one and lost four. Lewis won the high average prize for the number of innings played with 4 147-188. SIKI DEFEATED IN BOUT THROUGH INDIFFERENCE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, February 1. —Failure to follow up a number of advantages and his good nature and indifference as to the outcome re- sulted in the defeat of Battling Siki, | light-heavyweight Senegalese boxer, by Joe Lohman of Toledo in their ten- round fight here last night, accord- ing to newspaper men. Siki dazed Lohman several times with right-hand punches, but was content to stand back without press- ing his lead. Twice Lohman fouled the Senegalese, but the latter only smiled and waved away the referee. Siki weakened. as the bout pro- gressed, and Lohman's aggressive- ness won him the sport writers' de- ciston. ille Co.) R EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE TO HAVE FOUR TEAMS SALISBURY, Md, February 1.— J. Harry Rew of Parksley, Va., was unanimously elected president of the Eastern Shore Base Ball League for 1924 yesterday. Rew represents Accomac county in the Virginia legislature, Besides the election of the other league officials, the most important business transacted was the organi- zation of a four-club league for next season. The towns holding franchises are Cambridge and Salisbury, Md.; Dover, Del., and Parksley, Va. Each has posted $500 in good faith to see the season through. SOCCERISTS GET ACTION IN MATCH HERE SUNDAY ‘Washington soccer enthusiasts will be treated to a game between the British embassy team and the La- trobe Free Booters of Baltimore Sun- day on the Monument grounds. Play will start at 2:30 o'clock. Among those who will play for the British embassy 18 Representative Fish of New York. The Latrobe team is considered one of the best combinations in Baltimore. Willie Hoppe, world champion billlard player. defeated Jake Schaefer in the second block of a 1,600-point match 1ast night, 400 to 243. The match now stands: Hoppe, 800; Schaefer, 496. - The final two games will be played this afternon and evening. Radiators and Fenders 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS, ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED, Cores installed in any make, WITTSTATT’S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th. F. 6410, 1425 M TS, - { down and I gave in. | had | the money | s THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, CHAPTER XI1V. How a Promoter Bumps the Bumps. BY TEX RICKARD. Y efforts to have the Jeffries- Johnson fight at Salt Lake City proved futile. I am still of the opin- ion that it should have gone there. As I have said, my judgment was based on the fact that Salt Lake City is nearer the center of popula- tion and would get the people from other sections. ‘It is very important to consider the centers of population in staging a_big spectacle like a world cham- pionship fight. 1 make a point of considering that first. The California_crowd argued and argued. though. They brought every possible influence to bear for hold- ing the big fight in San Francisco. The newspaper men of the coast took up the fight for San Francisco. One of my objections was the gov- ernor might not permit it. There- upon the newspaper writers saw Gov. Gillett. Ho told them that the laws Californta permitted boxing and he saw no reason why the fight shiould not be held in San Franclsco. With tils they finally wore me 1 The people of Salt Lake City were disappointed, but 1 had done my best. Then our troubles begin with, they made me buy a li- cense, which cost $6,000. Under the law a promoter had o have a license for a fight on a certain day. -Another man had that date and I had to buy his_license. Next 1 had to arrange for building an arena. That in itself was a big job. After many negotiations I final- 1y secured a lot at Market and Sth streets. We built an arena at a cost of $35.000, which, by the way, was a total loss. Tex Forced in as Third Man. Then. right in the midst of other difficuities. a dispute arose over the referce, Bergen and Jeffries would not agree to any man who suited Johnson and Johnson would not agree to any man selected by them. Eve body soon took a hand In the argu- ment. Jack Welsh. Ed Smith and Eddle Graney were all suggested. | couldn't get the principals to agree on any one of them. There were still were the main ones. “What's the matter with You being referee?’ Johnson finally suggested to me in desperation. The idea of being referee had never occurred to me. I had had no esperi- ence. ou don’t need any.” Johnson said, “as long as You are square. This got to Jeffries in a few hours. Jeffrics assented. Others came to me, and to settle the matter I decided to be the referee. I did not take it as a joke, because 1 realized the responsibility of the job. In the meantime we had started selling tickets, all of which had been printed at big cost. Much jealousy arisen over one thing and an- other. Everybody seemed confused and_irritable. We had out tickets for $300,000 and was in the bank. I am re that the fight would have drawn 0.000. 1t looked as if we were to arted anew. To s | see the record attendance of all times. Then came the bhombshell — Gov. Gillett forbade the figit. Out $50,000 Before the Start. You can imagine what consterna- tion this caused. And this on top of all the troubles and expenses and arguments. It was enough to make & man throw up his hands. But we didn’ I have never been able to discover why G Glllet changed his mind after giving us the assurance on which we spent so much money. He curtly declared that he would not permit the fight, and that ended it. He gave no explanation. Mind you, I was now out the $35.- 000 for the arena, not a cent of which T ever got back. I was out the $6,000 for the license, not a cent of which was ever returned to me. I was out all the incidental expense of promo- tion, such as the tickets and innu- merable details—more than $30,000. In that troublesome time 1 will never forget Jim Jeffries. “Tex,” he said to me, “i make a_success of it now forget about the guarantee. the fight is not held at all 1 will go anywhere and fight for vou, or I will %0 on the road with a show to see that you don’t come out loser.” A man who will do that is a real man. As long as I live I can never forget Jeftries for that. “Never mind, we'll hold it,” I as- sured him. 1t was now too late to go back to the Salt Lake City people. I didn't have the nerve even if I had had the inclination. There was nothing left but to go to my own state—Nevada. I got in touch with Reno. They agreed to build an arena at no cost to me if we would bring the fight there. That was finally decided upon. Then came the big move to Nevada. Those were exciting days. Training camps had to be moved, headquarters closed and everything. The news- Dpaper colony moved out in a body. Big Tim i Stakeholder. Some ugly rumors arose about the stake money. They were gquickly silenced. Big Tim Sullivan of New York was there as stakeholder, and he had the money, mostly in_ $1,000 bills. T was ready to go through with my end of it and take a chance. Now arose the biggest problem of all. The money had to be returned to those who had bought seats in Sam we don't you can | 1 The photo was made on the who defeated him for the heavyweight Francisco if they wanted it. Those who wanted to keep their seats could get them transferred to the Reno stand. I imagine it isn't difficult for you to see what that meant. A Jig- saw puzzle was tame alongside that. 1 put a notice in the San Francisco papers that anybody who desired to have his tickets redeemed could do so by applying at the bank. The other difficulty of seats we had to settle at Reno. | I have a notion that you are now | the troubles of lly a green one. Tomorrow: In the Trai DUNDEE AND MORAN T0 BATTLE TONIGHT NEW YORK, February 1.—Johnny |Dundee, ororld featherweight |dunior lightweight champion, will temporarily doff his titular Te- galia tonight to meet Pal Moran, New Orleans lightweight, in a fiftcen- round match in which the winner will be eligible to meet Benny Leon- ard in a bout for his lightweight toga. Dundee’s titles will not be at stake, as both participants will weight in over the junior lightweight weight of 130 pounds. Among ring followers Moran is a favorite, due to sensational knock- {out victorles recently over Charlie White and Johnny Shugrue. This will be the third encounter between Dun- dee and Moran. In a twelve-round semi-final Louis “Kid” Kaplan of Meriden, Conn., will meet Iddie Brad Brooklyn feath- erweight. beginning to se promoter—espec a Of Our Entire Stock 9f Values 85 Shoes and . Oxfords Winter Weight ' 1 The Annual Sale 5.5‘5 N Hess ,,,{'5',’,& $11 Values - 8.85 EVERY SIZE, EVERY WIDTH, EVERY LEATHER—the assortment of shoes that you are able to select from during a sale —THAT IS WHY THIS SALE IS A SUCCESS! These Four Prices Denote REDUCTIONS! - SHAPE, EVERY $12 & $12.50, $13 & $13.50 Values 9.85 most complete Actual Sons, Inc. 931 Pa. Ave. ng Camps. | and | title. D. C, "‘RIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1924, The Story of the World’s Greatest Fight — 9 Promoter This shows the late Bob Fitzsimmons reading a text from the Bible to his onetime ring enemy, James J. Jeffries. rm owned by Jefiries at Burbank, Calif., where Bob was staying as the guest of the man WILLS TO FIGHTS MADDEN AS SOON AS HAND HEALS N ably wiil & produce No | his time | Jersey, do | prepare himself for the |n of | battle whe The wri ngland e hand t a neck in against so Young S s He fine place |schooling f the chance heavyweigl city upon k by in the ea against Bi other day. Bartley Madden in Newark. Wills spent four or five injury. matter has been kept vel 1, fans will be very watching Wills an eastern city after ail, Stribling finds tha from the Rosen Stribling’s habit of BY FAIR PLAY. e too carly, but that W s early in M had any reason to|and clever this. 1 s on. st of m in work a fighter" ing just enou ting pe for the | hitter n the time comes. ter hears talk to at when in New s not but arly this winter it w and < bothering hi If this is true, the quiet” All much inter- in_action rugged a bird as Madden. | e i Ya tribbling will not move to | Charles () the writer has for a home, va | of | | and if the question or his boy can be arranged, s are that the voung light- ht will inscribe the i calling cards. St will outfielder. the way linching. noted t, W arked in his jignt 1 in the south the | tion Stribling is big and strong | game. and and a bad habit to get into. in- nuch as it mars the colorful effect ince Stribling into a knockout upon color work. not developed he must rely please the fans. clinching, that is—results in a slow uninteresting_bout, something that boxing enthusiasts do not pay to see. | YANKS FINALLY GET CULLOP. EW YORK, February 1.—The New cees finally bought Pitcher &) Cullop from the Omaha |club of the Western League for $10,- hit upon Atlanta as a (000, and Pitcher Henry Lavallie, who be tried out by Omaha as an Lavallie was with Bridge- port, Conn., last year. EW YORK, February 1.—Paddy Mullins, who manages Harry Wills, states positively that his fighter will keep his contract to meet Maullins says that February 25 prob- s” hand is doing nicely, and that he will h, if not on the February date. doesn’t have to do 0 Clinching—frequent HERZ'TO SELL STUD. | CINCINNATI, <. | Emil Herz, widely known horseman, | has announced that he had decided to | el out the Short Grass Stud Corpora- retire from the breeding | Ohio, February ALL KINDS OF TROUSERS AT EISEMAN’S Match Your Odd Coats With Our Special TROUSERS 4 065 AND UP EISEMA 605-607 7th St. and this is 1— SPOR TS. MAY PAIR WITH ANDERSON FOR DAVIS Veteran Australian Displ CUP DOUBLES ays Old-Time Prowes Helping to Win Home Title—Aussies Are Trying Various Combinations. N These two defeated Gerald EW YORK. February 1.—It looks very much as though James O. Anderson and Norman Brookes will be the Australian doubles team in the Davis cup matches this year. Patterson and Pat O'Hara Wood in straight sets in the Australian doubles championship at Melbourne this week. Anderson, in winning the sin, of practice this winter—he was una the interstate matches—had not affe D. C. BOWLERS TAKE INTERCITY CONTEST Southern Railway bowlers are back from the Monumental cit they took the measure of the Balti- more and Ohio quint. After winning the first two games handily, the | Washington pin smashers let down and the Baltimoreans won the last jone. ‘Mulroe of the Southerns had n game of 139 and top set of I74. outhern's games were 534, 558 and The Baltimoreans rolled 493, and 488. 547 {539 Regulars of the National Capital League vwon two out of three games from the Linwoods. Baile: of winners, had a gme of 1 d set of 341, Triumph Cafe of the Mount Pleas- {ant League grabbed the odd game {from the Mount Pleasant quint. Pantos topped with a set of 352 ami game of 137. Midgets eaptured two out of three ifrom the Unions in the Bureau of | Standards League. Peters of the game of 120. linsel Saxon of the Legion League pocketed all games with the Sergt. Jasper quint. O. Clark, of the victors game of 13¢ and Johnson, the high se of 336. Hilltops pulled the clean-up act on { Georgetown in the Athletic Club League. Edinger and Hough winners set the pace, the former with the high game of and the latter {with the top set of 344. | . Prohnibition, of the Internal Revenue League, won two out of three from Personal Audit. Beyer of Prohibi- tion got the high set and game of 343 and 121. Car Shops, of the Terminal *“Y" League. captured the odd game from the Round House boys. Young of the |losers had a game of 120. | _Columbia Printing Company, of the | Typothetae League, walked awa with all three games with the George Simonds & Co. quint. Noack of the winners, had a set of 329 and a game |of 11 | Five matches were rollea in the Southern Railway League. Opera- tions won the odd from Constructior Freight Auditors did the same to the Disbursing; Purchasing captured the odd game from the Engineers; Freight Traflic outrolled the Freizht Auditors in two, and the Law made a clean Bernhardt best_with a game of 137 of 359, of Construction bowled and a set Stansbury won three from M. 1M Parker, in the Mzsonic League. and Harmony did the same trick to Lebanon. Stanford of Stansbury had the high game of 132, and Rice of Harmony the top set of 347. WOMEN ROLL BIG SCORES IN TOLEDO TOURNAMENT TOLEDO. Ohio, February 1.—With a score of 2.458. the Boody House | quintet won the event of the Central States Bowling Association tenpin | tournament for women. concludad last night. The team of Ruth and Herwatt, Toledo, won the doubles event with 1,03 Mrs. Ruby Baker, Detroit, carried off the honors in the singles with a score of 618. Mrs. Andrew Jeager, Toledo, won the all-events with a score of 1,634 where | the | | Midgets had high set of 326 and top | American | three | had the best | of the | sweep over Freight Traffic. | gles titles, demonstrated that his | ble to play with the Sydney tcam in cted him too greatl: | Austral ! great deal of experimenti | the Victoria championships | Brookes was palred with It. W aund proceeded to the sen where O'Hara Wood and R. V. | disposed of them. Lut | Patterson and Hawkes were the | tors. It had been supposed that Patters and Hawkes would remain togethe: with the idea of Davis cup play, but in the Australian championships e find Patterson and Wood paire }against’ Anderson and Brookes Reports from the under side of world this winter h apprais Wood's form as fully up to his e If not bevond it, and- probably { [1ed to hispartnership with Patter Brookes has b making progress in his comeback canm and his play thus far has | acterized by all his pristine prow in doubles. It 1% not unifkely that Arthur il . the Dritish open champion sene Sarazen, the American nal, will play another seventy-two hole ‘match in the early sumu somewhere this side of the Missis sippt Sarazen pocketed $2.500 through victory at San ranci and of course is not unwilling to win mor The prediction has been made that ii Flavers and Sarazen meet on the ba of medal play Gene will be out luck. Those who argue th forget that Sara open in 19 volved medul not be so good erall ord ma play e but honor ope WOMAN’S NET FINALS T0 BE PLAYED TODAY 1.—Both finals in the ent of the were o NEW YORK. singles and doubles women's indoor tourn: Heights Casino, Brooklyn, today’s prog: In the sing! man. New York, | ra m. the | semi-final mateh today between Mrs Iafarion zinderstein Jessup. Wilmin {ton. Del, and Miss Martha B Hills. X. J Mi: terday defeated Miss ston, in the ot February win { | er sem!-final. i doubles Mrs. Baneroft ! Bayard. e | MRS. MALLORY INVITED TO PLAY FOR NORWAY | NEW YORK. February 1.—M: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory. seven times national woman’s tennis champ who has been barred from compet for the United States in the Olymp is eligible to represent Norway native land, if she desires to do This question. a subject of unce tainty for 1 weeks, was definitely in an invitation exte to Mrs. Mallory to compete for 1 OPERATION FOR IA&)STA, HAVANA. February Acosta, Louisville out leave Havana next Wed Louisville to undergo an opers his right ankle, which he broke la summer. He hopes e operation will enable 1 to play ball season, st WINGCOLLARS Men of affairs are wearing Wings. The best looking collar a man ever wore. They ought 1o be in your collar calleclion Q2> Clae#l, Peabody & Co., Inc. Makers, Troy, NY. Ld