Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1924, Page 26

96 ° SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 199% T Carpentier Causing Gibbons No Worry : Lowly Phillies Showing Improvement MEETINGS WITH DEMPSEY INDICATE RELATIVE WORTH Georges’ Mighty Right and Hypnotic Eye of His Manager Unlikely to Prevail Against Battler - ‘Who Never Has Been Knocked Down. o BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, May 20—Some one has told FrancPis Descamps, N Carpentier’s manager, that Tommy Gibbons is sensm':'e to mental suggestion. That is the reason, according to a friend of the writer's who crossed the ocean on the same steamship as the French fig}?( party, that the wily, hypnotic Francois feels so certain that Georges is A e s it s olbe auspectedlinay Tommy has been known to y;eld to his imagination. He did with Harry Greb, if ever a man did. Yet with Dempsey he didn't. But perhaps this was because Jack Kearns was too busy trving to corral three hundred thousand dollars from the impoverished oil men of Montana to bother with psychology. Anyway, Descamps believes that BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS his eye and George's right can turn the trick. That is the reason why Michigan Oity these days lo belng flooded with tales of the added force and velocity which has come to C AMERICAN LEAGUE. penticr's right as a result of hi¢ in. - L. Pet. WinLose, a ight. All of which need 640" 634 613 S0t afbot the. 15 10 600 615 577 15 11 577 593 (536 14 13 519 536 .500 12 - 500 462 Club New York .. Boston .. St. Louis Detroit .. Cleveland . Washington Chicago Philadelphi not affect the mentality of a man as wise as Tommy, a man who knows that the fleshiness of middle age means a wastage of pristine power, rather than increase thereof. Gibbons never yet has been knock- ed down and it is doubtful even if Carpentier' right is as good as it was in 1921 when ho smacked Demp- sey with it, that the Frenchman can do it. The writer saw Dempsey let out just one good one in the ring at Shelby which struck Gibbons be- tween the eyes. It was one of those wallops that sent Firpo to the can- vas so repeatedly. Such was the force of it that biood was forced Into both of Gibbons' eves and after the fight they were black down to his cheek bones. Yet Gibbons was not even rocked—iot apparently (later he told the writer he thought his head had come off). But anyway he stood up under it and went on blocking, running and holding on. So it seems to remain to determine how Carpentier can #tand what he gets. Romero’s Future in Doubt. 12 S A50 1 46z 423 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. 8t. Louis at Wash. 8t. Louis at_ Wash. Chicago st Phila, Chicago at. Detroit at Boston. Detroit at Boston. Cloveland at N. Y. Cleveland at N. Y. 440 Boaton, 9: Detroit, 1. Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 3. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. Win.Lose. 503 571 571 552 548 531 500 483 500 450 404 448 16 407 303 14 391 375 GAMES TOMORROW, Boston at St. Louis Brooklyn at Cinci. 1= 15 St. Loulx ... Philadelphin GAMES TODAY. Boston at St. Louis Brooklyn at Cinci. Phila. st Chicago Phila. at Chicago RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S GAMES. | ALL IN A GOOD CAUSE. Doosrine THE ~ OLymPic—FUND. pre=rs WAD A MG DAy with ‘Nick” i ™ Caows. { ARCHDEACON CIRCLED THE BASES LX) *he Gree MorcrisoN WO CAME MBS WNBER COLONS OF et NEWARK A.C. 7O suow THE WL RS Wow ¢T3 Sowe oW THE *.&M-_nufi ————Fosyn. SOWMETE, & past wnownis, 1O VI Hesicar W A 100 YD. shom ARER LIAGUE PIlK. AMD @A33ED @iw LiEl M0 EXTRESS TBilles 9is Tine wns 0:9.8 b MOUGR —o-3 ATHLETIC STARS THRILL OLYMPIC FETE THRONG MATEUR athletes of colleges and clubs, professional base ball What to do with Romero-Rojas is i question that has been occupying ‘1he minds of promoters since Floyd {Johnson wafted him out of the lime- light recently. Romero, of course, is entitled to a living, and it is up to the promoters to provide one for him It would be a pity to waste the publicity that Romero has received, and, as a matter of fact, it still is not without value. There is talk that Romero may be sent into the ring in Jersey as one of the semi-finalists when Weinert and Ad Stone meet. If this were to be done and the Chilean should win convincingly over some such good third rater as Joe McCann —who has been mentioned as an op- ponent for Romero—he could go on the road and pick up a lot of no-de- cision money. - That Leonard-Walker Mateh. If the projected Leonard-Walker match falls through, the fault may be laid at the feet of the welter champion. But there will be a lot of fans who will not blame Mickey. Leonard in meeting the Jersey man at the welter limit is taking no chances with his own title and if ke should happen to lose to Walker it would not hurt him_ much. It would not, for example, be the first rime he suffered adversity in meeting 2 welterweight. Walker, on the other hand, is risking his tifle against a Teal fighter and naturally wants a Plece of change for doing it Billy Gibson says that Leonard will fight for $150,000 as his share. There does not seem at present to be a promoter who sees his way clear 1o give this sum to Leonard and a larger sum to Walker. Not that the fight would not be worth it, but it would require building up_in the public mind, and it is pretty late now 1o begin to spring stuff for a sum- mer battle. (Copyright, 1924.) SWISS DAVIS CUP TEAM TAKES WINNING MATCH By the Associated Press. V! NA, May 20.—Switzerland de- feated Austria in their Davis cup ten- nis tie by three matches to one, clinching the winning point by cap- turing ‘one of the singles matches Yesterday. The Swiss had already Won a singles match and the dou- es. The second singles match yesterday between Count Ludwig Salm von Hoog- straeten and C. F. Aeschliman, the Swiss star, was interrupted by dark- ness and will be replayed today. The veteran Swiss player, Martin, defeated Paul Brueck of Austria, 6—2, 3—6, 6—8, 7—5, 6—2. In the Salm- Aeschliman match, each had two sets ‘when darkness put an end to the play, which was brilliant throughou In the previous matches, on Satur- day and Sunday, Count Ludwig Salm defeated Martin, §—6, 6—4, 6—2; Aeschliman defeated ~ Brueck in straight sets, and Aeschliman and Sautter defeated Count Ludwig and Count Otto Salm, 2—6, 6—3, 6—4, 6—4. ST. ALBAN’S NET TEAM TAKES LEAD FOR TITLE St. Alban’s took the lead in the Preparatory School Tennis League by making a clean sweep of Emerson In- stitute in three singles matches and two doubles. N. ¥, at Pitts. N. Y. at Pitts, RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES. Pittsburgh, 6; New York, 3. Other games postponed (rain). REVENGE IS SOUGHT FOR RACER EPINARD By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 20—The British friends of Epinard, dissatisfled .with the re- sult of yesterday’s race, in which the pride of the French turf was defeated by Sir Gallahad III, have offered to back the son of Badajoz to the extent of a half million francs in a return race against his rival over the same distance and with identical weight conditions, with the exception that the race be run on a straightaway course. They have obtained the consent of Pierre Wertheimer, owner of Epi- nard, to run his horse in such an event on condition that it take place before June 5, as Epinard will be taken to Ascot about June 10 for the gold cup event. ‘The challenge was forwarded to- day to Capt Jefferson Davis Cohn, owner of Sir Gallahad. Cohn reserved decision pending a consultation with his trainer. + Both Epinard and Sir Gallahad came out of their hard struggle sound, neither showing the effects of the terrific drive through the stretch “This race will do my horse good,’ M. Wertheimer said today. “I can't help thinking he was still a little short on condition and a little over- weight.” . All the sporting writers in this morning’s Paris newspapers sound the praises of Frank O'Neill for his ride o nSir Gallahad against Everett Haynes and are one in the opinion that O'Neill would have reversed the decision had he been riding Epinard. —_— EDDIE COLLINS IS THIRD PILOT OF SOX THIS YEAR PHILADELPHIA, May 19.—Eddie Collins, star second baseman of the Chicago Americans, now is in charge of the club as acting manager. He succeeds Johnny Evers, who was operated upon Sunday at his home in Troy, N. Y., for_appendicitis. Evers succeeded Frank Chance as the season opened, making_Collins the third pilot of the White Sox this year. The White Sox squad arrived here in charge of Ed Walsh. Until game time yesterday it was believed Walsh would continue in charg: A players, diamond performers of the Marine Corps and swordsmen of the Navy combined to make the Olympic fund field day in Clark Griffith Stadium yesterday an artistic success. The several thousand spectators in the stands who contributed their bit to Washington's quota of the sum needed to send to the Olympic games in France a worthy representative United States team witnessed in action several men who more than likely will bear the nation’s shield in the international con- tests, and were well entertained from the time the first event, a_hurdle race, started until the base ball game between the National recruits and the Marines ended, nearly three hours later. Financially, the Washington section of the American Olympic committee did well. Approximately $3,500 has been realized from ticket sales for the field day, and it is believed the several assisting committees of business or- ganizations have about $500 more to turn in to the fund. As this city's original quota of the national sum sought was $5,000, it is not so short of its mark Fencers Provide Thrill. The greatest thrill of the afternoon came from the fencing battle royal, in which Lieuts. Jeter, Headlee and Stuart and Ensigns Hunter, Becker and Ginn of the > participated. Parading to the center of the diamond, these men paired off and slashed vigorously at the plumes bedecking their opponents’ masks. With his plume clipped, a con- testant would drop to the ground hors du_combat. To make the struggle more realistic, one of the fencers sustained a scalp wound, not serious, but severe enough to make him a gory victim of the blow. Honors went to Ensign Ginn, the only one to keep his plume flaunting. In the hurdle race J. K. Norton, Washington Canoe Club athiete, who finished second in the 400-meter hurdies at the Antwerp Olympics four years ago, showed that he still can top the tim- bers by taking the measure of Walter Gegan and Ray Hass of Georgetown University, in a 70-meter event. Other Georgetown men_gave exhibitions over 200,400, 00 and 1,500 meter courses, while Tony Flansky of the Hilltoppers and Bob Le Gendre of Newark Athletic Club demonstrated how the discus and javelin could be hurled. Base ball and cinderpath artists collaborated in the two main run- ning events. Loren Murchison, New- ark Athietic Club's national sprint champion and Herschel Bennett, a speedy outfield recruit of the Browms, were matched in a dash over a turf course that had been pace-measured as 100 yards. Murchison gave Ben- nett five yards handicap, then won handily in'9.8 seconds. Maurice Arch- deacon of the White Sox, who holds the world record of 13 2-5 seconds for circling the bases, attempted to lower his mark, but was clocked in 14.1 Clark Griffith must be right in his contentlion that the only real fungo hitters are right-handers. A contest of this nature was won by Bill Jacobson of the Browns, who poled the ball into the concrete stand back of left- center fleld. while Elam Vangilder of the Browns was second and Joe Mar- tina of the Nationals third. All are right-handed hitters. Goose Goslin of the Nationals, who slams from the lett side, was a poor last. The base ball game between the Na- tional rookies and the Marines saw the former win rather easily, 11 to 3. Slim McGrew pitched the first five innings for the pros and gave up only two hits, while Byron Speece yielded but three over the remainder of the route. But for National fielding errors in the last two frames the Marines probably would have been blanked. The National youngsters slammed Watson and Kyle for a dozen safeties and scored in” bunches. Lance Rich- bourg, George Fisher and Carr Smith, outfieiders, were the. hitting demons of the Nationals, the first two get- ting three blows each, while Smith poled a homer, two triples and a single in five times at bat. IN CHECKER SEMI-FINALS. Everett, Schwartz and Simi_will figure in the semi-final games of the Treasury checker tournament today. Everett took the measure of Clarence Wells in three straight games, while Schwartz downed John Simpson, 3 2, and Simi pointed the way to . _Dawson, to 1. TODAY BASE BALL oA AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK WASHINGTON vs. ST. LOUIS Tickets on sale Spalding’s, 1338 G St. N.W. from AM. to 1:00 P.M. Tickets on sale at Hecht Co.’s, 517 7th 8t. Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED, Cores_instalied in any make. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES 'TORS. WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th. Fr. 6410. 1435 P. Fr. 8038, NORTON ouyme worme CHAON wow T He MARTWES Curnished the USIC . Yo Sond BcGRtw ereared YANKEES GET RICHBOURG; WEATHER HALTS GRIFFS Lance Richbours, outfielder, ob- talned from Nashyille of the Southern Association, today became member of the New York club, the Yankees having put in a claim for him when walivers recently were asked by the Nationals. Richbourg did well as a pinch- Ritter fn the first two or three weeks of the meason, but slumped badly when tried as a regular, the Iatest averages showing him to have & mark of 250 for eight hits made In thirty-two times at bat in thirteen games. Whether the world champions pian to re- tain Richbeurg or use him for trading material is usknown. Climatic conditions omce again have forced idlemems om the tionals, their scheduled game with the St. Louis Browns today hav- ing beem called off on account of rain. The two clubs will resume their series tomorrow, weather permitting. KIRKSEY IS INELIGIBLE FOR U. S. OLYMPIC TEAM LOS ANGELES, May 20.—Morris Kirksey, former Stanford University sprinter, who placed second in the 100-meter dash at the 1920 Olympic games, is ineligible to compete for the United States at Paris this year, according to Robert Weaver, president of the Southern Pacific branch of the Amateur Athletic Union. Kirksey, by serving as physical instructor at Santa Rosa, Calif., High School this year, automatically for- feited his right to compete as an amateur for a period of five years, said Weaver. DENCIO LOSES BOUT !N KENILWORTH RING Plenty of real action marked the bouts last night Iin the Kenilworth boxing arena. All of the prelimi- naries were good and the sizzling twelve-round main go, between Young Denclo, the “half-pint” Filipino fly- weight, and Bobby Burke of Reading, Pa, provided a most enterfaining climax. The decision went to Burke, although Dencio might have been given a draw without much argument. Denclo was the ringside favorite, but Burke showed himself to be a smart two-handed battler and wise in ring tactics. Both boys are supposed to possess a knockout punch, yet re- peatedly both were clipped on the jaw last night, but nothing fopped. It was a rattling good mill all the way. Jimmy Conroy of Mohawk Athletic Club and Nick Brown of Baltimore, featherweights, staged a slam-bang battle that kept the spectators in an uproar. Conroy was game, but Brown's experience told and the de- cision went to the Baltimorean, Billy Shattux of this city surprised the fans by knocking out Willie Ptomey of Fort Myer in the first round ‘of their scrap. Ptomey was a bot favorite when he stepped into the ring. Henry Darneille, Capitol Helghts fighting cop. was handed a neat six-round lacing by Marine Charley Burke of Philadelphia. Jack Dillon of the Mohawks knocked out Frankie Sharkey, a Washington battler, in the second round. Kid Thomas and K. O. Henderson, colored heavyweights, swung wildly for & coupie of minutes before the former Dut across a haymaker. STONE AND LOUGHRAN FIGHT SPEEDY DRAW PHILADELPHIA, May 20.—The fis- tic supremacy of Ad Stone of Pater- son, N. J.»and Tommy Lodghran of Philadelphia, both aspiramts to the light-heavywelight title held by Mike MecTigue, was still undecided today, their slashing ten-round bout last night having resulted in a draw. Tt was their first meeting. The referee made the decision after the judges had disagreed. The bout was featured by Stone's vicious body attack and Loughran's continual volley of straight lefts. More than once the lecal man jabbed him- self out of danger. The “fighting Marine” waged an ag- gressive battle, carrying the fight to Loughran, who, although willing to trade punches, occasionally played a defensive game, clinching often and trying to keep the going at long range with spear like jabs. WHAT IS PRIZE FIGHT? WORRIES INDIANA HEAD INDIANAPOLIS, May 20.—Gov. Emmet F. Branch is pondering the question: “What is a prize fight in Indiana?" The governor let it be known that if he is convinced between now and May 31 that the Gibbons-Carpentier match scheduled at Michigan City, Ind., is a prize fight he will order it stopped. To date, he indicated, he has not been convinced. MACK FARMS WALBERG. PHILADELPHIA, May 20.—Manager Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Americans has decided to send George (“Rube”) Walberg, left-hand pitcher, to Milwaukee, of the American Ass: ciation, on option. Walberg was pur- chased by the Athletics last spring from Portland, of the Pacific League, after the New York Giants had turned him back. CLOSER RACE SEEMS DUE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE Pirates Lack Piiching Power to Be Real Flag Con- tenders, But Giants Have Tough Opponents in Both the Reds and Cubs. BY JOHN B. FOSTER. “W YORK, May 20.—The Philadelphia Nationals mas they are not meck. They have been an irritant salt in an open wound. When least expected to, t and, instead of submitting to be kicked around | have been snapping at the heels of the mighty. total of victories to a more respectable figure t} time last year. If that signifies anything, it is the greater weakness of the National League against the tail-enders, as compared with last year. Ii con tinues, it is a mighty significant straw as to which way the wind is blow- ing. It meansa closer race for the pennant, with the ever present possi- bility of the leader being hauled down from the top by a tail-e Hubbell, ~the big Philadelphia | instead of being the proces: pitcher, who has had his share of had been predicted, is fa op- knocks all through his career, and |ing into a competition of uncertainiy who has speed enough to knock | with power enough in the serond down an Army mule, won one game | division to throw some first divieion and lost six in 1923 This spring he [ club out of the race if the atiick has won three and lost two. He has | happens to settls on that particular made the western teams bite the dust | nine, and can stick through a game, which| Were Pittsburgh stepping at the is more than he could do last season. | pace that it did a year ago it is Giants Hig Snag in Cubs. doubtful whether the Giants and Cin- New York found the Chicago club | {innati would be at death grips for better than any team it has met in | (h® Ieaguc leadersnip. = And even © Natlopal. ‘Thete s nothing/very:| i o B At 2t sl certdin shat (e surprising about that. Although | Pirates will not be \up there makin irimmed by St Louis' four games in | & Rree-cornered fight out of it b succession, the Giants were not meet- | the 4th of July. ing team that was as formidable Pirate Pitchers Are Weak. all around as the Cubs. The latter| The weakness of Pittsburgh is he- have two or three good pitchers and | ginning to demonstrate itself 5o that the Cardinals are not so certain in | it can be read The pitchers are that department. Cooney stepped |not up to first division base ball and into the gap at short for St. Louis at | the infield that batted like a moment when he could do them |battery during the early part of he most good. But his acquisition |is a below form. Marany was no greater for the Cards than |may be playing a good second ba was the return of Hollocher to the [ but he isn't hitting .250 and Tray Cubs. Hollocher will make a great|nor hasn't seen anything like 500 difference in the National League race | Grimm 't hitting like he did if he keeps on as he has started. 1923, eith That race at the present moment west, like y have won, ncidentally raisin they could boast this (Copyright, 1924.) WEST TO DATE HAS EDGE ESTERN clubs in each league have one more game than their ON EAST IN BOTH LEAGUES V'V National, playing on their home grounds, the western represen tatives have won seventeen and lost sixteen games. The series in this league has been featured by the failure of the sectional leaders, New York and Cincinnati, to cope with supposedly weaker opponents like St. Louis Boston and Philadelphia. In the American League the west has won fourteen a The Athletics have won only two of their eight strug eastern teams have outplayed the invaders except the Si who have won four of their five Bames. In both I captured thirty-one of sixty games. On a rainy fleld at Pittsburgh ves- | runs. 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