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2 Firstbasemen Face Extra Work This Year : Stock of Heavyweights Is In a Slump | BETTER PITCHING TO MEAN ‘MORE HITTING TO INFIELD Southpaw Initial Sackers Appear to Have Edge on Righthanders—Blue of Tygers and Bottom- ley of Cards Given a High Rating. BY GEORGE N pitching, says the Georgia peach in a is due for a pick-up this scason, and the result will be more hitting to | the infield CHADWICK. EW YORK. Mach 15.—First basemen are in for a busy time in 1924 if Ty Cobb, who is licking his Detroit Americahs into shape for | \Firpo’s F irst> F ight in America the pennant race down in Augusta, Ga., knows anything. For | dispatch just received by the writer, “When the American League put an end to the absurd practice of plaving with ar. Watch it this season. The first basemen of 1924 How. then, do the first basemen coming season? handers, opposite can be, ¢ the American League. In the half the righthanders pre- Sheely of Chicago, Burns Cleveland and Schlichner of St all ure righthanders. Blue of Tetroit alone holds up the end of the 1afthanders in the west. In the east it is just the other way. Pipp of the Yanks, Judge of Washington and Tausir of Philadelphla _are left- Janders. while Boston, which prob- ablv will use Harris at first, has the orly righthander. i1 the National League the western haif has three lefthanders in Bottom- | Jov of St. Louis, Grimm of Pittsburgh sind Daubert of Cincinnati. Grimes of Chicago is the only righthander. In ' t Melnnis of Boston, Kelly ‘of New York and Fournier of Brooklyn are right-handed. The only portsider is Holke of Philadelphia. Blue In One of the Best. American lLeague managers were called upon to vote in secret for the Lest first baseman Ieague it is a good guess that Blue. a fthander, would get the choice. | vbe all the lefthanders would rate | e the righthanders. Fred Clarke, | the old Pittsburgh manager, who has | Lesn down south reviving old memo- | ries by looking over ball players, says liausger is in for a great year. And, Clarke does not waste praise on pldy-’| cre who don't deserve it | Of the righthanders in the Amer-'| Jran League, you will never convince | Speaker that his Indians haven't | in George Burns. Speaker | or caaxed to ret that he let | rns go to Boston, and he's glad 0 | ive him back. tio over into the National Leagu and poll the managers and again it s Iefthander, Bottomley, who | probably would ' win. Alinost & | stranger two years ago, Bottomley today is one “of the most highly prized players in the league. Second choice in the National probab fall to either Grimm or Kelly— hander and a righthander. probably has a shade on Kelly be- cause he is quick and becauso he hit better last vear Youngster Had Rapid Rise. Grimm once was a bat boy in St Lo Never had a minute's train- ing in his life to play first. Neither did Bottomley. Yet both found their way into the majors. 1f you take into consideration the teams that are presumed to be in the rupning for the championships, you will find the American headed by p of the Yanks and, Blue of Detroit, both lefthanders. In the N. tional, Kelly of the Giants. a right- hander, is pitted against Daubert of Cincinnati and Grimm of Pittsburgh, both lefthanders. Sizing it all up, it appears that a left-handed first baseman is_prefer- to a righthander. But Kelly is shining proof of the fact that a loft-handed first baseman is not, as some managers seem to think, an absolute necessity for a winning club. Right-handed first basemen have been on winning teams more frequently than left-handed ones, and the right- handed Kelly outplayed the deft- handed Pipp in two world series. (Copyright, 1984.) 11 FROM 10 NATIONS IN CHESS TITLE PLAY| NEW YORK, March 15.—Eleven chess experts, acknowledged maste of the ancient game and representa tives of ten eountries, tomorrow will sturt an tournament, involving I)Ylah:lh:b}ly con- tinuous play for a month. The participants, each of which will twenty games, are headed by e R« ca of Havana. pre ent worid ampion and favorite to defend the laurels he gained three Vuurs ago by defeating Dr. Emanuel Tasker, veteran German plaver. Dr. Tasker will attempt a come-back in I th, b ¢ def ihis tournament, and, with Alexander 3! ,Alekhine, youthful Russian star, Shares recognition as the most for- idable contenders. i Trrank J. Marshall of New York, Tnited Statex champion. and Edward sker of Chicago. western title- | country’s reprosenta- or is expected to upset 1 on titular honors. contestants are: E. Bogol- : Richard Reti, Czecho- | Maroczy, Hungary; ! vid Junowski. France; Dr. S, Tar: | takower, Austria, and ¥. Yates, Iingland, all of whom hold or have held national titles. o irings will be made daily, just! pening of play, which will I 2 pm. to mid- LOCAL R. R. ROLLERS BEAT ROANOKE TEAM Rolling consistently the Southern Railway team smothered the Norfolk & Wesiern Railway quint of Roanoke | 3, sterday at the Recreation Alleys, Svinning out in the ten games by 214 pine. Roanoke defeated Southern by ! 12 pins in a_recent match of five Rames in the Virginia city, and with this handicap to ‘®ercome the local team went into the contest yesterday with a determined spirit. “Roanoke started off like a winner in the first game, smashing the maples for 560 to 749, but this was their big effort, In the second game Southern won, 562 10 011, going to the front. The vis- itors failed to reach the 500 mark in the final three games, while Southern smashed the pins for 541, 539 and 539, totaling 2. Harris of the local quint was the §& high man with 563 while Roanoke's Lest man was Richardson with 531. t the conclusion of the match, the 1ocal contingent dined the visitors at the Occidental. The scores of the amatch: 14 102 109 100 us: iss m) » W] 108 " FETE AR Account Corpl. Tovereakl, lightweight boxer | defeated Sidney Duston of the Boston | of Fourth District had at Quantico, Va.. is hankering for a six-round bout with any local fistic| squash racquets match at the Detrojt | set of 314. fiinger_that can make his weight. Peter J. Mcsorley, who manages Tov- ores! ki, wants to get in touch ,with, Dliatrot UEhiwelghite, oot h a new ball all the time,” of their U international championship | £ | Christophers says Cobb, you saw some pitching The American League has killed joke will get all the chances they want of the bj TERMINAL ICE FIVE OUTBOWLS ORIOLES Terminal leco bowlers. completed their job of trimming the Regent All-Stars of Baltimore last night st half of a ten-game intercit The bowling here was done “in alleys. The ngton team, which had gained a lead of ninety-one pins in the five mames rolled in the Monu- mental City, added thirty-four more last night by compiling the excep- nal total of 2819 (o the visitors' 85. The Terminals’ score was the best for five games rolled here this season. Rosenberg of the big noise bf the match, totaling 14 for his five games. Raurk of the All-Stars was close on his heels and had the high game of the night with at the K Terminals was REGENT ALL-STARS, 1 123 s 120 108 111 9 95 91 113 145 101 109 114 113 352 885 515 Cullen Dungic Petetsen Raurk King . Total, 2,765, TERMIYAL ICE. 108 122 103 139 92 103 5 100 129 125 99 109 114 96 107 518 607 872 550 b72 Total, 2,819, s SAN ANTONIO BOWLERS VICTORS IN “Y” TOURNEY NEW YORK, March 15.—The San Antonio, Tex., Army A team won the 1924 national Y. M. C. A bowling championship with a total pinnage of 2,945, according to an an- nouncement of the results of the finals of a telegraphic tournament The Brooklyn, N. Y., Central Y. M. C. A. team was second with a 2,881 total and East Clevetand, Ohio, third with 2,839, Sergt. Markland of the victorious team was the individual star with a high game of 251 and high' set total of 644, SALVADORS IN LEAD McCarthy 103 85 Ros 145 134 103 11 Chaconas .. IN K. C. PIN LEAGUE! The Knights of Columbus bowlers | are having a merry time in their struggle for the leadership of their league. Salvadors now are in front by a fair margin, with De Sotos and Columbias close enough to make it interesting. Nolan of the Columbi is leading in individual averages, with 109-22, while McNickle of the close on his heels with The league has twenty-three bowl- ers with averages of 100 and better. Following are the averages: Won. Lost. Pet. S0 1T 35 38 35 5 L2 ‘508 Santa Marias . 45 Ovangos . 3% nd_team, Nolan, Columbias . McXNiokle, Ds Botos Mulros, Ovandos 88 333 e, H.G. H.S. 141 " 593 250 17 314 121 33 135 330 141 82 118 330 128 359 138 360 X L Ba Verdi, Balboas . Gelleher, Genoas .... and 135 35¢ Verdi, Ov: 139 341 134 326 118 339 12 3% 128. 339 137 335 13 NS 8RB.NEEBE TN aBBE AR Birry Batbous' “Batbous - Atwall, Salvadors - Moran, Santa Marids Hall 131 317 122 329 140 88 134 323 121 MoCoy, ‘Ovandos Weide, Trinideds | McHale. Do Betos Crowley, Christop] Eullivan, Ovandos . Moore, Senta :mu vadors [ foy, “Gvand: 2322382853222 8222088 Doyl . Obold, Columbias . Otto, Christophers Shliox, Curistaphers ox, Fi trick, Gemoas . Toi De Botes . Kennedy, Balboas Otazo. 65"': T udiey, Do Botas - 0 r, Columblas , Balboas . McKee, Balboas . Sherman, Trinideds . O'Mears, Pintas .. S CHICAGO BILLIARDIST TAKES AMATEUR TITLE CHICAGO, March 15.—Frank L Fleming, Chicago, won the national amateur three-cushion billiard tour- nament when he defeated Dr, Andrew Harris of Chicago, 60 to 37, in 83 innings. X Robert Lord, Chicago, former cham- pion, defeated Dr. R_N. Roascow, Baltimore, 50 to 43, in 33 Innings. PLAY RACQUETS MATCH. DE'’ IT, Mich., March 15. Gazdiner oF 'the Detron Athioiie 2avs —nebBf.2RS88RSSB: Athletic Assoclation. In a special Athletic Club today, Gardiner took the first two and last game. The soores were 15—'-5. ,.\17.\-]‘... l_j-’f surence won two lo g leagues stack up for the! The two leagues have an equal number of left and right but geographically speaking they are just about as opposite as in! 102 | 83 eyt Luis Wins by K. O. 1 HEN friends of Luis Angel CHAPTER I ¥ Firpo’s Experiences in America -BY LUIS ANGEL FIRPO As Told to Alfred Mayer. in the Seventh and i Receives $125 and a Seven-Pound Steak for His Services—Becomes a ‘Prospect. Firpo begged him to go to America to win fame and fortune, little did he dream tdat after his first fight in the United States less than a vegr wayld clapse before { he would have realized both far beyond his wildest expectations. Firpo {came to these shores j weight champion of Sowth America, j make the American promoters fall | secure the services of Firpo. They, { ing, wanted to scc what thi | { The promoters of | consented to give pound steak if he won the match. heralded and unsung big man from i they were willing to pay him good American dollars. o) Weeks went by before Firpo could even get a hearing. Finally, after weeks spent in going from one promoter to the other, Firpo obtained one { that would do a little more than listen to him. True, he was the heavy- but this high-sounding title did not over cach other in their anxiety to like the American followers of box- Argentina could do before Tt was in Newark, N. J. he Broad Athletic Club, who were hard up for a boxer, Firpo his first match. tough opponent, who at that time w. Firpo was offercd $125 for the match w who had taken a liking to Firpo, told him he would They selected Sailor Maxted, a s making a reputation for himself. lose or draw! A local butcher, ve him a seven- Firpo has often told me he believes it was this latter offer which finally decided him to accept the match. | _Firpo signed articles to fight | Maxted at the end of the summer nd the match was to be’ an indoor afair threo months off. This was not a particularly eheerful prospect Firpo_began (o doubt the promise of i Fis South American friends that America was the paradise of boxers fortunes could quickly be . However. he was determined o take every advantage of the op {,portinity offercd him. For three ‘months he trained daily, S at a small Jersey town, \. J. He lived at 135th York, and the dally ride and back. ocoupied four New | to Nutley i Mirpo's American debut at the Laurel Gardens Club at Newark, N. J., | did | | | i | rowd that was ex- but tie 2,000 spectators who sce the battle actually saw mething new in the boxing game. They saw @ man such as they had never seen before and possibly never will see again. True. Firpo was not a polished boxer, ponent of the manly art of self-de- fenge. 4 pitiless brute strength, a that seemed to be us inevitabl the crack of doom. A man who tered the ring with determina clearly stamped on his face, foree as 1 ion with but one purpose—to annihilate, de- | stroy, kil B When Firpo stepped into the ring that night dressed in a loud silk drossing gown presented to him by a lady admirer when he won the championship of South ‘America, he really was awe-inspiring. Six feet three inches tall, weighing pounds. with brisuing black ha dark skinned. unamiling. he might have been mistaken for a ‘“con- f Pizzaro or Cortes Iirpo sat quietly in his | sponding to the erowd’s acclamation |with but the slightest nod of his jhead. After Maxted entered the ring 14 truly amazing thing occurred, | Firpo slowly rose from his stoo), let { his bathrobe siip to the ground, re- vealed the hairy arms and chest of a gorilla: then seizing the ring ropes with both hands, began t shake hem as if he wanted to d:molixh {the whole structure. This naturaily { was greeted by loud boos. The crowd didn't know the purpose ~f this sav- | age demonstration. They believed it iwas to intimidate Maxted and if so it was time for them to boo. Afterward 1 asked Firpo why did this. “Oh,” he r«{lled, “it's simple. Wheu I fought in Chile the ropes were once cut, and when the fight began I leaned against them and fell out of the ring. The referee began count- roer, re- he i H i BANEERS' DUCKPIN LEAGUE. Standing of Teams. ‘Washington Losn Americ Becurity. Nutional Bevings. . 1. :-thu'u’mx of Wash. ibbs .. Fackington Losa Wo. . Federal-American Berpare TR el v National Metropolitan. A i National Savings kept up its toward first l:ore games during the past week. It cleaned up the leaders in a closely contested match, rolling a set of 1,653. Lincoln was the next victim, being easily defeated. Pollock was the star in both matches, getting 384 and 366, ectively. ull{(‘:u No. 1, and Hihbs took gll three from their opponents. Wash- ington Loan No. 2 took the odd game from Federal-American. American Security beat District two out of three. spurt NAUTICAL LEAGUE. Won. Peot. T2 ‘g2 4356 408 394 ot of the hardest battles for lc.ogn:a leadership In the Distriot is now on in this circuit. Rock Haven, Sunset and Potomac teams are almost e tomas has a. _good chance of slid- ing into first place, as they roll Yapo tomorrow night, and Rock Haven and Sunset clash Thurssday night. V. Ott, the high percentage man the ‘league, with 110, shot the high set last week of 366, while Pippel of Sun- set, garnered the high game of 141. The best team game for the week was 573, hung up by the Drifters. Rock Haven shot & set of 1598, VETERANS' BUREAU LEAGUE. Btanding of Tesms. ss2gnenal i i 523 an counting first place in the race, when Fourth iatri k the odd game from the RKieounts boys. - Hoverts and armel gam B tively; and Levy had a o “‘”fimde’nflm of Accounts had the best count of 324. . ‘While Accoun nnfloun In. games from the load, including | nor was he an ex- | But what they did see was | | enough with hi quistador” who followed the fortunes | ing immediately, and I only just man- aged to scramble back into the ring | before he finished the fatal count. T {do not believe that in America they | would resort to that sort of thing; | neverthe s 1 have kind of got into the habit of testing the ropes that way, und 1 guess T'll continue to do so_until my last fight. The Maxted fisht while it lastea was spectaculir. The sailor was a far better boxer than Firpo, and for a while he managed to keep out of the wav® of those sledge-hammer, pile-driving blows. To those at the ringside, however, it quickly became apparent that it was only a question of time when Maxted must finally suceumb. The «nd came in the sev- enth with Maxted Iying on the can- vas beaten, completely knocked out. It was not necessary for the referee to count over him. We all knew he could not rige at the count of ten or four times that number. Immediately after the Maxted fight the promoters, who were very well pleased with the newspaper notices that Firpe received, again wanted the Argentinian to fight at their club. They offered him another matoh, this time with Joo MeCann, a N ark heavyweight MeceCann didn’t fare any ter than Maxted and was knocked out in the sixth round. Firpo's two victories, while they did not set the pugliistic world agog with his prowess. nevertheless won him a certain amount of recogmition in the newspapers. They began to call him a “prospect,” needing a great dewl of schooling., but still a “pros- pect.” Birpo himself was pleased merican debut, but Fe showed the Kood sense to realize after all he had only defeated nd-raters and that he had 2 long <limb before he could reach the top of the heap.” He still went about dressed somewhat like a prosperous tramp and continued to live in his dingy apartmant at 135th street. His next opponant was Italian Jack Herman, a third-rater. The match was held on a beautiful spring day in May and the innocents gathered to the tune of about 5,000. It was by far the largest crowd so far to wit- ness o match in which Firpe partici- pated. The battle started with easily 89 per cent of the spectators support- ing Herman. For some reason, which it is hard to explain, Firpo's person- ality always scemed to antagonize the crowd. 1 have often heard people remark that they had nothing against Firpo personally, but they just want- ed to see him knocked out. For four rolinds it looked like any- body’s fight but Herman's. He man. aged to stay on hi= feet, but it look- ed as if one of Firmpo's hard right. of Insurance had high game, 130, and set of 322. His teammate, Brall, had a set of 320, Eichorn of Disbursing Division was the hero-in the clean-up against Chief Clerk’s Division, spilling the maples for a game of 129 and set of 304, As Fourth District was losing one game, this put Disbursing int. third place, AGRICULTURE INTERBUREAU LEAGUE, ‘Dace by winning _six |gemmomics week's bowling marked by the establishment of a few new records. DeGlantz of the Property team spilled 150 for the ‘bighest league game of the season: Farm went into first place with a Eame of 567, and Miller, anchor man for the Farm outfit, rolled a set of 462, the second highest of the season. week's bowling, however, was the work of the Interbureau five. Rolling against Farm Management, a team which outaveraged them more than 5 plos to the man, this game bunch of bowlers copped two of the three games in spite of being outrolled 62 |pins to the set. When they needed the pins they got ‘em. Dameron, for example, had gone nine frames of the third game.without a mark, but, with his team 2 pins in the rear, he pulled a beautiful 4-7-10 spare in the tenth box, counllng 7 on it, his team winning, 507 to 502. Economics got a break in the luck at last and took all three from Forest Service team. Capt. Barl team has rolled consistently games all geason, but simply d e time for the outfit to break into the first division. Conklin had one of his best sets of | run. the y'w tohr lanrurbu. n:‘l:lm - lary to_his team's surprising vic- tory of the Farm Management sutnt. wan continued his fine work for the So-Kems and pulled two games from the Plant Bureau outfit practi- cally by his individual work. He is now sweraging a trifie better than 107, 4 pins ahead of the next high- bowler in the league. Goll, back in the game after an absence, spilled 114 in his second game, winning that one for Plant Bureau and keeping the team in third place. ‘Tucker of the Property five omething = of ocome-back, . games of 111, 116 and 1 taking two out of thres | the etary’s started with a 150 game for Property, but hed tough luck l;u"tghe o;r::r games, counting 85 an ., Tespec- Fvaly, for & 310 set, which, inci boosted Unguestionably the feature of the | ¢ not had the breaks.” There Is still|tablished herself as a dependable “WILD BULL” " This falllength photo of Firps, showing the famous checker bath robe he invariably wears into the ring, was sented to the author of this series. A Luis is: “To my great friend, with best might find its way to Herman's jaw | and the battle would be over. | The sensation came in the fifth round. The round was only about a minute old when Firpo caught Her- man with a terrific left uppercut, The American was positively lifted off his feet and fell unconscious on the can- vas. His head hit-the hard wooden l NEWS AND GOSSIP ABOUT WASHINGTON PINSPILLERS WASHINGTON LADIES' LEAGUE. ts omforter Olub Looks as if the Mount Pleasants have about clinched the old gonfalon. They made a clean sweep in their watch® with Post Office Department, while the Hilltoppers and Commer- ials had a disastrous week. Com- nercials dropped two games to City Post Office, and the Hilltoppers just managed to break even in their last two sets. Post Office Department put a crimp in the dope when they grabbed the odd game from the Hilitoppers, while ! Comforter Club managed to evado, a whitewash in their match with the Hilltoppers by copping the last game by a healthy margin. Columbians seem to be afflicted with the old “jinx” again, and have slipped down several notches in the race. City Post Office is not so far from the leaders and is in a po- sition to put up & fght for the run- ner-up honors. One of the ciasslest bits of bowling shown this season was done by “Bubbl Watts of the Commer- cials when she spilled the pins for a 331 set, rolling against Columbians. “Bubbles” had counts of 100, 126 and 1065. i Ann Newman of Comforter, is one bowler who has. shown steady im- provement in her game, and if she gets control of that hook ball, some records are gofhg to be shattered. Laura Compton of Post Office De- partment, although rolling her first season in the league, already has es- bowler. Laura has not missed a game, and that is what counts in the long She is sure to make good if enthusiasm counts for, anything. ‘Watts, Gulll, Rawlings, Marquis, Franklin and Frensel got on the books with counts for high game: the ppst week, and will get free movie tickets. INTERNAL REVENUE LEAGUE. Py 585 58 543 516 430 a7 Asnex No. 1. ssugeazsss seeasennend No records were broken during the it week, but ther¢ was a general ncrease in averages, as some very §ood seore: PPy Al Srarags o e R M et THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 16, 1924—SPORTS SECTION. (Copyright in the United States, Canada and South America, by Curreat News Fea- tares, Tne. All other rights reserved.) IN A TAME POSE autographed by the fighter and pre translation of the Spanish penned appreciation.” bLoards with a sickly resounding thud, | which could be heard all over the vast ball park. Herman's seconds frantically worked on him to bring him to, but their efforts were usefess. Many thought Herman was dead. (Next Sunday: Firpo Returns to Buenos Aires.) Accounts and Collections, who totaled 1,573 in taking three games from the Solicitors. This set included a game of 580, to which Joliffe contributed a 130 score. Capt. Harmon led the win- ners with 332, while Morsell, with . did the best work for Solicitors. Corporation Audit, with a set of 1,559, were victors In two of their three games with Natural Resources. Pourron anchored in his best style and his total of 336 was a big factor in his team's success. Swenson ably abetted him with a set of 330 and in- cidentally boosted himself into third place in the individual averages. Capt. Kulze made his third appearance of the season int he Auditors’ line-up ;;l’d did himself proud with a set of Capital Stock's set of 1,533 was good for only one win from Annex No. 1, although it toppled the latter's score by 20 pins. In this match Capt. Camp- bell of the league leaders gave the best individual performance of the Wweek by rolling a set of 359. An elght. pin spare in his final box was a classy bit and decided a close game in his team’s favor. Not to be outdone by the other captains, Doc Monroe of Capital Stock showed the way to his bowlers with a set of 324. Personal Audit maintained its one- game margin for the third series by taking the odd game in its match with Special Audit. The latter team made sure of one game by rolling a score of 567. Leo Speer's set of 329 was high. Prohibition showed no mercy in walloping theglowly Sales-Estate ss- | sregation twide in the same place, but | were forced to take some of their own medicine when confronted with & score of 535 in the final game. This is one of the best games rolled by the tallenders during the present season. Staubly contributed a game of 133 to the total and his set of 330 was the evening’s best performance. The Week’s high gime of 134 was rolled by Berenter in this mateh. Davis continues to lead the 1 Wwith an average of 10437, = but his po- *| sition is seriously threatened by Earl Lewis, who is now only 19 pins hind. Other possible prize winners for high averages are Swenson, }s:.:’. Fleld, 103:21 and Charest, The race between Davis and Leslie for the prize to be awarded for'the greatest ntumber of spares has tight- med up to the point where three Spares separate them. Thelr totals are 138 and 135, respectively. Schumann helped himself to a couple mor, strikes, boosting his total 31 an! av;uuoa.ur eliminating all” competi. n. A meeting of the captains has been called for nexs Thursday, at which 47| time committees will be appointed to make arrangements for the gue's annual tournament and banquet, and a delegate will be selected to repre- sent, the leagwe in the city sssocla- ito his { today ALL TITLE CONTENDERS HAVE LOST IN PRESTIGE Proposed Dempsey-Gibbons Return Match Now Ap- . pears to Be Off and the Firpo-Wills Bout Has Dwindled Down to Mere Talk. ‘BY SPARROW McGANN. N scene of the Boston tea party. EW YORK, March 15—Somebody has been throwing wrenches int« the heavyweight fight machinery of late. The way projected bat- tles have been tossed overboard this weck reminds one of a movic Dempsey-Gibbons? From all we hear, that is off. Firpo-Wills? Thi has dwindled down to mere talk—although there is some hope left i that direction. Those most vitally concerned seem to be at Cross-purpose even about the proposed Dempsey All of which indicates tha deal-of trouble late!: because Tex let Firpo get awa against Spalla was a good thing the cause of the two. BERLENBACH PLANS SPEEDY COMEBACK NEW YORK, March 15.—Unmarked and undiscouraged by his four-round knockout at the hands of Jack De- laney in Madigon Square Garden last night, Paul Berlenbach, New York middleweight, announced today plans for a come-back, and issued a chal- lenge to Delaney for a return match Far from viewing his setback after he had run up a spectacular string | of twenty-three knockouts, future. Berlenbach and his veteran mentor, Dan Hickey, declared they believed the defeat would give rencwed stimulus to the former ama- teur's ring career. However, Delaney’s decisive vie- tory, gained after a spectacular fight and ‘before a record-breaking Garden crowd %whose enthusiasm has not been matched since the historic T po-Dempsey encounter, hay convinced Hickey that his protege needs much seasoning before tackling top-notch opposition. ° All plans for a match carly in the summer betwecen Berlenbach and Harry Greb, holder #t the middle- weight title, have been abandoned for the present, but Hickey hopes to have fils charge prepared in a few months for a return bout with his conqueror of last night. With Berlenbach shelved, tempo- rarily, at least. as head-line attrac- tion, Delancy is gow in unusual de- | mand. He signed%in agreement early to replace Berlenbach as an oppunent for Jackie Clarke of Allen town, Fa, in twelve rounds at New- ark, N. J. next Monday, night He may also repiace Berlenbach negotiations for an outdoor middl welght titie bout with Greb. S S——— as fatal AMBITIOUS BOXERS | | winding up the indoor season wit ON WAY TO AMERICA NEW YORK. March 15 —Two South American pugilists seeking ring lau- rels here, Quintin Romero Rojas and Louis Vicentini, embarked today from Santiago, Chile, and expect to reach the United States April 3, according to cabled information received by Tex Rickard. Rojas has an agreement with Rick- ard for three fights, with the under- standing that if successful in these, he will be offered $100,000 for a title match with Jack Demp opponent Johnson, Towa heav y. His first wiil be Floyd weight. lightweight, probably Vicentini, a whose knockout streak was stopped when he lost a decision to Johnny Shugrue of Waterbury, Conn., last December, hopes to stage a come-back leading to a title match with Benny Leonard. He may set a return crack at Shugrue, and if victorious, a bout with Pal Moran or Johnny Dundee. —_———— CAFONI IS SEEKING REVENGE IN FIGHT Jack Cafoni, boxer at Walter Reed, has a score to settle with Eddie Leonard of Baltimore in the eight- round feature bout held under the auspices of the Enlisted Men's Serv- ice Club tomorrow night at Wash- ington barracks. These two battiers fought a sav age six-round affair recently at Bal- timore, when Leonard was given the judgeg decision. Two Baltimore new: pers, however, gave the Wash- ington fighter the edge. Cafoni in- tends to prove conolusively tomorrow night Who is the better boxer. Three other bouts are carded. Kid Docowittz_of Washington barracks will face Spud Fitsgerald in a four- round opener that will get under way at 8:30 o'clock. Joe Rivers of Wash- ington barracks and Kid Hogan of the Mohawk Athletic Club are to ap- pear in a six-round go. This will be followed by another six-round bout between Johnny Conroy of the Mo- hawk Athletic Cluband Willie Ptomey of_Jort Myer. The Washington Barracks Band will play between the bouts. The Mohawk Club Quartet also will offer some entertainment. TIA JUANA RESULTS FIRST RACE. two- Soceatns, 115 (A Oueemy wan; ‘hfig T ssoond; it Time, 04515 s 5 latho, Too Much, Altemour and Veordtr sise na. BECOND RACE, three-yearolds up; five fur. ingg—demapsWoeall 78S, 'éfl; 47 8390, won; Fias Glarion (Ellis) Coopers, 3200, e ity 1 Tomit é‘t-:;z Girl, Ring Belie and Charlotta Emith 0 ran. THIRD ‘RACE, three-year-olds up; six fur. M T T .00, $2.40, won: Ponimel, 110 (Eilis), $3.60 B8 SRIRER W e, 1.1515. Cont stone and Tucky Dollee also mam - FOURTH RACE, three-year-olis and and one-half f ogn Glide, 120 BUth” Ollie Weod, Disna. Fash Sh Jome Frd DTy Foms sy 3 FETE FEGE meretas” m."gn. Seth 40, 3240, second; Tda 40, third. Time, 30 ran. SIXTH B. seveuty a_?: o & EEVENTH RACE, threeyesrolds w: six 108 (l-ili).n‘l e Yo TUOHD S HooE B St 0 e T e g Sl G ‘800D, Ledi, 1 Fotten it oy e Ty ht), Vool Tiak a. ‘GOLF EVENT AWARDED. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., March 15.— ‘The southern amateur golf tourna- it will be Lo s Taie 1o 'he eakstod | wolila get | veversal beat ard’s auspices, | Laughiin}; 7 ' three-year-olds Firpo contest. t under the surface, therc has been a great y. Kearns is sore at Rickard, according to the report y from him. The Argentino’'s showing 0 for Erminio, but it certainly didn’t help -million-dollar return bout between Luis and Dempsey. Insiders say that Luis knew exact- ly what h was doing in letting Spalla stay fourteen rounds. They whisper that all will be made clear in time. Maybe it will, but just now Firpo's strategy, if that was what he was using when he met Spalla, | pretty hard to_locat. It has give the projected Dempsey-Firpo retur: bout a sort of pale saffron laok, and it was yellow enough at best Just the same, unless Spalla can be built up—and some building fs re quired, take it from the writer—or unless something can be done wit Romero-Rojas, Firpo = the onl te candidate whom eastern fans thrilled about as an op ponent for the champion. And even at that Firpo can't af ford to pull another Spalla affair. 17 Al Reich, for instance, should ias more than two rounds when he face Luis, the wild bull's prestige wou uffer further reduction. All Have Lost Prestige. As a matter of fact, all of the ical contenders for Dempsey’s title ha lost in prestige in the past year. A to Wills there has come a distin of opinion. Ie has not fought a real opponent in years and cannot be lured into the ring against George Godfrey, the hungry smoke of Lieperville. ' Besides, his hands are undeniably brittle. Tommy Gibbons, since his battle at Shelby, has been content to pose as ar actor and now is lining up a lot of et-ups to convince the fans his wal lop still is in working order. What- ever be does, any thoughtful fig | fan will hold that'if he couldn't beat Lempsey, last July he certainly can't im this summ Firpo, too, b suffered a loss of reputation, not only because of his poor fights against Lodge and Spalla. but because he h not been llving the sort of life that would impress the public he is a dangerous,man for Dempsey to face Meanwhils, Tex Rickard seems to have lost interest in all the big fel lows and now is devoting his energ to seeing what can be done aho royal flourish, Spal'a Is Due Here Soon. Lrminio Spalla is due #n this coun try shortly and since he signed t. meet Gene Tunney under Tex Rick- the New York Ath- letic Commission will be asked to in- sist that he does this. §o far as that goes, Spalla has advised Tex Rickard he is perfectly willing. It is good he feels this way because he could mot make any money in New York and probably not in New Jersey untill he has lived up to his contract. So the outlook is that Tunney and Spalla will meet in the Garden just before boxing closes there for the winter. If Spalla wins, Tex will try to hook him up with Gibbons.- How Tommy will feel about this cannot be sald. He has consistently avoided all emphasis upon his ability to fight in the light heavyweight class because of his aspirations ® mect Dempses. And because this has been his atti- tude, Gene Tunney is the American light heavy champion today. Gibbons could have that title any time he wanted to take it. (Copyright, 1924.) HAVANA RESULTS FIRST RACE—Five and one-half fur] thres-year.olds and up—Vice Chajrman, 113 (Mclaughlin). 8 10 5, 3 to 5, 1 to 3, won: Busy Bob. 105 (Majestic), even, 1 to 3, sec. ond: Damage, 97 (Dawson!, out. third. Tims. LIl 2.5. " Guida, Oustilla. Monopoly, Lucy Churchill. Melba’ Polly. Midday, Seaboard, Happy Bustan and Pemerens also ran, ND RACE—Five and one-half {urlong four-yearolds and up—Seurry. 112 (Fronk) § 01,31 71t # 12 (Mo- 11 4.5 Ring Eose. Tom 107 (MoGibe), 3 W inches i ter and Bodausky ‘Holland, "Ca: Wellman, Virge, also ran. n %01, woa; Kendall, 108 (Soremi 7 to 10 second; Mad. Nels 3 ‘even, third. - Time, L B, Poter 3. Black Baby. Jacobeas, Gigt. Bob. Boadies andFiaality siio rin. URTH RACE-Mile and sixteenth; four- yoarolds and up—Approval, 107 (Beach), 3 i1 even, 1 t 2, wou; Felix M. 118 (H. Cullahen), 4 to 1,'2 t0 1, second;’ Alluricg. 103 (Graoe), even, third. 'Time, 1.54.. Dar. denella. Erianger, Kitty Carpenter. Plaudel, Paula V., Flotile and Blue Brush ran. FIFTH RACE—Five and one-half furlongs: and up—Chow Chow, . 104 (Omreny 4t 17 00 870, % 1 Lodge, to 1, even, second; 15 (Primrows). 8 ta. 5. T B . sad Duly Fashisn alio 115 (Fronk), 1 Rooster, per, 95 (Eaton), 3 ta jussus, 110 (Majestic). 7 .08 1.5. 1o m, year-elds 4ts 1, 5t 1 Rose, 117 (Birke), 14 Talane, Avispa aad o 1.1 h ator , "Rop, Mormon. Eider, Benditta, Brouer, Smart Guy, May Girl, Ashlasd YALE WRESTLERS SCORE. NEW, HAVEN, Conn., March 15.-° The Yale wrestling team defeated ille, K¥, | Princton here tonight in-a dual meet, Wteh ”