Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1924, Page 25

SPORTS. HARRY MUST SCORE QUICK K. 0. TO BOOST PRESTIGE Colored Title Aspirant Taking Biggest Chance With His Brittle Hands Against Tough Trial Horse Who Has Never Been Stopped. BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, May 12—If Harry Wills is all that some fans think he is, he will beat Bartley Madden very decisively Friday in that ten-round bout at the Queensboro Stadium in Long Island City. The battle originally was scheduled for tonight, but has been postponed because of rain. Harry has a whole lot to lose in this fight. But it is almost a cinch he won't lose anything. Madden is a touch second-rater who has been on the receiving end of a lot of hard punching, all of which he has with- stood with great fortitude. So Harry may not knock him out. And through a quick knockout only can the big negro emerge from the bout with increased prestige. If he can make Bartley take the count, he will do what no one has done yet. On the®other hand, Madden hasn't been up against a real knocker-out. Dempsey probably could stow away Madden with one punch. At least, most critics think so. So even it Wills puts Madden away, but has « hard time doing it, the fans will give him all_due credit; but, at the saem time. they will not too greatly impressed with h s of getting by with Demp Harry could get up a lot of hurrah about his prospects would be to break Hartley in two with a punch or, at most, with a couple of punc s, Bartley reverses the ancient adage which holds that it to give than receive. better receiver than a giver. His great role has been in taking all the opponent can give and standing up under it. Madden Not Hard Hitter, As & hard hitter the Irishman never has been impressive. And he is not very clever. He is just an ordinary tough guy who is hard to hurt. With Wills showing his reputed class, the fight as a fight would not be worth seeing. But a big crowd will turn out just because no one really knows a lot about Wills. In recent years Wills has done nothing but knock out a lot of third-rate negroes, together with one white man—Fred Fulton. 1d it will be regarded as a good sporting proposition whether or not Madden can stick out the route with Wil and, if not, how many rounds he will go. Madden got his grea by lasting with Tommy the referee got discourag both out of the ring. Madden w hopelessly outpointed. but Tom: couldn’t seem to put over the sleeping wallop. Bartley also fought a couple of good bouts with Fred Fulton, in which he ook all Fred had to give and walloped back right merrily But when all is said and done, he is He is what they u horse. Two or three years C Weinert cut him to pieces, winning by am oints. runs _with his got a hard head, one thing his worst enemy will 1t concerning him. And in Wills' ast few starts he always has come out of the bout with a bum maulie. 1f Wills shattered his knuckles on dden, he could kiss goodbye to any e hie mizht have to beat Dempsey, se it takes a sledge hammer with no flaws in it to make the champion see stars. The dope is that Wills will avoid Madden's head as much as pos- sible and confine his assaults to the Irishman’s body. pyright. 1924 ROMERO’S ONLY FIGHTING ASSET IS HIS GAMENESS BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, May 12—Romero’s downfall in his fight with Floyd N Tohnson came after a game showing that brought forth the ad- miration of the fans while at the same time, much as they wanted to. they could not hand him a great deal. i . Hx; has little if any science, as the critics pointed out after seeing him box. He has very little idea how to take care of himself defensively, and every time he bores in with deadly intent he is a mark for his opponent. Tt looks as though Romiero was not even worth building up, and that Rickard, realizing this, threw him in against a'gond second-rater to sce if by come chance he could pull through. He failed, and in failing Floyd Johnson docs not get as much credit as he should. ) "loyd": vallo yas improved as a| perience while he picks up a nice J.,‘i’:";‘.,“‘t‘n‘p’ D O eluding | fisttul of money. Almost any dub T ah wood chopping. that ho has| who has had the advertising Romero s doing in the pust six months | has received can pick up $20,000 to He has a right that looks as if{$30.000 a year. though it were not to be despised. And he is better in every way. NO doubt Rickard will fix him up with soma good match for outdoors. Firpo must be smiling. The one thing that would have sent him hurrying to this country would have been 2 Romero victory over Johnson. His pride would have caused him to come hers just to muss the Chilean wp, but now there is nd necessity for this at all. As to Firpo's relations with Rick- ard, Hughey Gartland points out that Rickard offered him $500,000 to meet Wills and Dempsey. ~And, says Hughey, what would become of Riok- ard’s promise wera Wills to beat irpo in the first bout? It's a ocinch he would not pay him any real money 8o on against the champion irpo is no fool and when Rickard realizes this he will have better for- tune in his dealings with the wild boll. Rickard's real chance of pulling out of what looks to be an unprom- ising position is to induce Firpo to come here and pay him good money to beat the best contender for Dempsey’s title. Then he could go ahead, were Firpo to win, and make all sorts of grand arrangements for a second fight between the champion and the Argentinan. Romero's bust, of course, compli- cates_Rickard's outdoor outlook. If The Chilean is wise he will get out of New York and with some wise manager tour the country, meeting third-raters and thus gaining ex- RUTH IS TWO AHEAD IN HOME-RUN RACE Babe Ruth's homer, clouted over the fenoe Saturday in the Yankee's game with Chicago, raised his total to seven and gave him a lead of two over his nearest rival. Four others are tied at the five- yun mark, Hellmann, Detroit, being the only rival in the American League. Thoge In the National are Hartnett, Chicago; Fournler, Brook- jyn, and Willlams, Philadelphia. Five men have four home runs to their credit in the two major leagues. T. Willjams, St. Louis, and Hauser, Philadelphia, are the two American batters, while the three National Leaguers are Horneby and Blades, St. Louis, and Wheat, Brooklyn. In the American Loague St. Louis has & monopoly on_the batters, with three home runs, Jacobson and Mo- Manus having three homers to their credit. Four players in the National ore Grantham and Grimes, Chicago; Neis, Brooklyn, and Barnhart, Pitts- burgh. Those in the American League with two are Speaker, Cleveland; Simmons, Philadelphia; 'Pipp, New York; Tobin, St Louis, and Sheely, Chicago. In the National Leagus Grob and Jaokson, New York; Har- grave and Bohne, Cingnnati, and Sarlson, Philadelphia, have two home runs each BIG LEAGUE AMERICAN Cluh, New York Detrolt .... Boston St Louis Chicago . Washing'n Cleveland.. ® Philndelphia 6 GAMES TODAY. Detroit at Washing'n. Chicago at New York, Chicago at New Yor) 8t. Louis at Boston. St. Louis at Boston, Cleveland at Phila. Cleveland at Phila. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S GAMES, Cleveland, S; Philadelphia, 5. Other gamex postponed (rain). NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. 14 7T 667 050 ks 476 444 35 850 a8t 353 389 .333 GAMES TOMORROW. New York at St. L. New York at St. L. Phila. at Cincinnati, Phila. at Gincinvati. rooklyn at Chicago. Brooklyn at Chicago. Boston at Pittsburgh. Boston at Pittsburgh. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. St. Louix, 3; New York, 2 Philadelphia, 2; Cincinng Chicago, 5; Brooklyn, 4. a5 = HARVARD’S NEW ROWING SYSTEM DUE FOR TEST CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 12.—The first test of Harvard's new system of rowing, postpondd from Saturday be- cause of high wind and rough water, was scheduled for this afternoon. Columbia crews entered in the varsity and junior varsity events were re- fused permission by their faculty to remain over, so the Crimson's omly opponent in senior event, it weather conditions permit of rowing v, will be STATISTICS LEAGUE. GAMES TOMORROW. Detroit at Washing' Club. New York Cincinnati. Louis... 7 Philadelphia 6 reputation bbons uniil | GAMES TODAY. ed and fired THE TVENING STAXE, WASHINGTON, D. . MONDAY, MAY 12, 102 Madden Offers a Test for Wills Friday : Indianapolis Players Are in Demand ALEXANDER PITCHED 62 INNINGS WITHOLT ISSUING A PASS . NICHOLAS MORRIS PLAYED 290 HOLES OF GOLF N 19 HOURS Roy THoMAS othe Athletics TWPPED OFF 34 Fours IN SUCCESSION - « —using the end of ho el YANKEES IN RIGHT SPOT TO RAISE TITLE PENNANT VENTS have conspired to provide a worthy setting for the cere- E monies at Yankee Stadium Wednesday when the Yankees hang up their world champion banner and Babe Ruth receives his diploma as the honor man of the national university of swat in 1923, The world champions sit at the top of the base ball world with a three-game lead achieved after a fight that began in seventh place and ended in first. In the upward climb Babe Ruth has been an important factor. Several of his seven home runs have been decisive, his lesser hits have been timely and his fielding of an excellence usually hidden in the glamour of his bat. The Yankees were prevented from meeting the White Sox yesterday.|the Athletics lost their eleventh Boston and St. Louis in the American |straight game, and Coveleskie won his and Pittsburgh and Boston in the |first as Cleveland hit three pitchers National were not scheduled for an $-to-5 victory. Dire results hinted by Kipling con- ———— tinue to result from the meeting of = - . east and west, Cincinnati, terrar of| MICHIGAN-ONTARIO LEAGUE. the west, was defeated by the Phillies, thought to have been the mildest mem- ber of the seaboard quartet. The Giants, terrors of the Atlantic Coast. lost their second game in two days to the trailing Cardinals. The score was to 2 In the only American League game . 10; Grand Rapids, 3. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Carlson shut out Cincinnati, 2 to 0, and allowed .ofly one Red to touch third while the Phillies were hitting Luque. Little Dinty Gearin pitched £ood ball for the Giants, but Travis Jackson, with three errors at shortstop, gave the game away. Brooklyn got to Jacobs in the last innings for three runs, but the Cubs were friendly with Reuther all the way and won, 5 to 4. Rochester, 4;: Newark, 3. Syracuse, 5-0; Baltimore, 1-4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. One man told another about the mellow flavor delivered by La Palina’s imported Java wrapper. Word-of-mouth advertis- ing—man to man-—that’s wi y La Palina made good. CONGRESS CIGAR COMPANY P PALINA CIGAR 1T’S JAVA WRAPPED 10c = 2 for28c « 15c - 3 for 50c DISTRIBUTORS: Capital Ciger & Tobacco Co, Inc. 602 Pennsylvanis Avenue N.W., GAME TODAY CANCELED; CARR SMITH RECALLED Bucky Harris’ Nationals, for the mecond day in succession, will be idle this afternoon, the scheduled ‘combat with ithe Detroit Tygery having been postponed because of the sodden condition of the out- field, due to the almost continuous rain of the past forty-elght hours. With better weather predicted the second and final fracas of the set will be staged tomorrow. The Cleveland Indians are due to open a four-day sojourn here, starting Wednesday. Clark Grifith today annoanced that Carr Smith, youthful cutfieider placed on option with the Chatta- noogs club, hax been recalled and probably will alternate with Nemo Lefbold in right fleld, facing monthpaw pitchers, Smith has been hitting hard for Les Nun- amaker's Southern Association el BAKER-M’GRAW TILT NEW YORK, May 12—President John A. Heydler of the National League declares he will not call a special meeting to discuss charges of “invisible influence” surrounding the transfer of star ball players made by Willlam F. Baker, president of the Philadelphia Nationals 8! 8. McGraw, manager of the New! York Giants. “I have no intention of calling a special meeting at this time,” Heydler said. “The whole thing looks 1 of these teapot tempests. Baker is InLES DESSAGNE SMOKED A BIG CIGAR (N A MINUTE AND 4& SECONDS 2 Paris -Sept.1923 HEYDLER TO IGNORE | very much disturbed over something way ALTIMORE, Md, May B Wise Counsellor, the Ward ¢ in the race, was suddenly withdray disheartened by the condition of the fell almost steadily Reports current for several days that the Kentucky colt had not worked satisfactorily were denied by Ward, who insisted that only the sloppy condition of the course caused the withdrawal Sleepy Head, Sunspero, Klondike and | Mr. Muth were seratched this morn- ing. Others are likely to be withdrawn The Rancocas Stabl now stands out most the eves of the to be ridden by more prominence — Likewise, Benj SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Al e Memphis, 5: Little Rock, 4. tanior dast Mobile, 5; Chattancoga, 3. conditions, New Orleans, 6:0: Nasheille, attracted. game, 7 innings by agreement). PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Beattls, 15.7; Portland. 8-6. Balt Lake, 14-15; Sacramento, 10-18. San Francisco, 3-7; Vernon, 2-6. 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