Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1924, Page 29

SPORT S - 3 THE . EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1924 SPORTS. ' Gibbons and Carpentier Ready for Batile : Nationals Will Go on Tour Friday. AMERICAN TAPERING OFF -1 WHILE FRENCHMAN LOAFS [nv\‘adf-r Appears Bigger a His Pre By the Associated Press M ICHIGAN CITY. Ind weight. today started the tay his ten-round contest with day afternoon, while his French tioned to the minute, planned to loaf, Carpentier. working like an ath for battle, engaged a lively worke correspondents yesterday. hoxing fiv of gymnasium exercises. His showin, that he is on edge snchman, looking bigzer and on his first Ame anpe: o With all his grace ? = | his sparring parine Y a n of an in = his blows like a sh is work- outy he rope of the? ring and trotted + grav- | cled road whistlin ving to the gaily dressed women who shouted | “Good luck” to him Both Carpenti muffled with their eyes Punches Gibhons and plans to vaulted over nd Gibbons were | rs to protect | from rasping methodically boxing proba- SPALLA HUSKY CHAP AND APPEARS CLEVER NEW YOI Spalia is u 1 May 28 —This etty husky lookin While he isn't due start training until late the dld show his stuff to the seribes over in Brookiyn no doubt that stuff. How he by the fact for the the vesterduy and is there has a lot of clever hit is best evidenced that he put Firps down of three, according to reports, Spaila him- | 3 man could have counted | sixteen while this count of three was being waved up and down, Undoubtedly Spalla is a good pros pect and it looks Kline i Nick h: ante on Tunney battle way and let a real promoter er-Gibbe arpent = to ount Spalta Firpo would like to meet ttle in this coun- = up to a battle Rickard has any- in Y —4 he he Y oo up this sum- much promise i him to the Dempesey exgeution block, and all the chanves ave that by the time he faces the champion he will be groom- ed and bailyhooe zon- erally exelte the h over the y great TOURNEY TO DECIDE this cour will have e very mer. e to warras Arecr to nations of pects of the RIVAL FOR LEONARD ; NEW YORK, May for Benny Leonard’ will be chos an elimina- tion tournament in July, deta which will be arranged by a com tee which starts work today. committee appointed by the state athl commission consists of Tex Ric irden Charles L. Henderson of the Nostrand A. C., Simon Flaherty of the Queens- boro A. €., James Johnston of the National Spor Al ice and Charles iefer of the Pioneer A ( The commission vesterday Louis (“Kid") Kapian of Conn., as the most logical ¢k for Johnny Dundee feath elght title, supplanting Johnny Leonard of Allentown, Pa, who was previously chosen. Leonard’s defeat at the hands of Tony Vaccarelli last Tuesday ac- counted for the chang, A challenger lightweight crown picked Meriden, Menger RIGLER RESUMES JOB AS UMPIRE IN N. L. NEW YORK. May 28—Charles Rigler, who retired National League umpire in 1922 after fifteen years of service. has heen persuaded to return to his old_job, President John Heydler of the National League announced today. Rigler retired to hecome manager of the lex department of the kast Onlo Oil Company — NOTED SWIMMER SAILS. NEW YORK, May 28 — Frank Beaurepalre, generally termed ‘“the Rreatest open water swimmer in the world,” will sail today on the Aqui- tania, to take part in the Olympic ames, Beaurepaire has been the champlon swimmer of Australia since he was sixteen years old. He is now irty-three. NN~ S PIEDMONT LEAG us Visit—Yankee Boxer Evidently Plans to Fight at Close Range. May 28—Tommy opponent, | outs nd More Robust Than on Gibbons. St. Paul hea pering-off process of his training for ieorges Carpentier here next Satur- satisfied that he is condi- taking his final workout tomorrow. lete superbly conditioned and ready ut for the henefit of the newspaper e rounds in addition to four rounds & was astonishing, and left no doubt DESCAMPS FUNNY — BUT NOT FOOLISH He boxed bly until Friday afternoon. v taking four opponents them on for his onl Kid Herman. an pounder. Gibhons zave the fmpréssion in his box with Herman that he intends . to ntier at close range % a boxing contest involved, the isex to atiract a ding to advanc All the 0 seats, the arena. have been sold Carpentier Wil recei cluding $5.000 for expen ibbons will get 30 per ¢ Ints DUNDEE-VICENTINI GO IS NOT TITLE AFFAIR NEW YO meets without any < event 000, sale of tickets, choicest in the title prom 9.000. in- while of the Johnhy Dun- entini, champion .4t the Velodrome | Johnny's featherweight 14ft &t home in its cot- L An lighty but de Chil tonight crown will be ton batting According to some dopesters, this is although Dundee favorite just as well enters he ring the > e HE L00KS HUCH BETER THAN WHEN HE FOUGHT DEMPSEY. HE WEIGHS ad five contests country The Chilean coming four, three of them by The fifth he lost to on points. Both men for the & sinee v this ind h kne Johnny won are | ut. Shugrue said to be under welg The articles stipulate 135 pounds. . PIRATES TRIM CUBS, 54, HE Giants are hali a game further ahead of the close-trailing Cubs T today. They owe it partly to the weather, because rain kept them idle vesterday while the Chicago National outfit getting trimmed by the Pirates in a ten-inning battle, 5 to 4. Chicago tied the score in the ninth with a two-run rally off Kremer. He retired in favor oi Morrison, who blanked the Cubs for the remaning one and two-thirds innings | BiG LEAGUE sTATISTICS AMERICAN LEAG Win.Lose. 845 613 was The League-trailing Phillles sank still lower when Boston captured both sides of a double-headed, 5 to 4 and 10 to 6. ‘In the first game the Phillies made a_ desperate stab at victory in the eighth with a three- rally which tied the score. The ninth was blank on both sides, but ston squeezed in the winning run n the tenth with two out. In the second game the Braves held the lead throughout. Cincinnatl : Louis split a double-header, Reds losing the first, 4 to 3, and winning the second, 3 to 1. Cooney's double with Gon- zales on second gave the Cardinals the winning run in the opener after the Reds had tied the score with a three-run rally in the same frame. In the second game Cincinnati led all the way. In the "American League George Uhle outpitched three Chicago twirl- ers and won for Cleveland, 7 to 2, while in Detroit Bert Cole won his first game of the season by holding St. Louis to three scattered hits until the ninth and winning, 5 to 4, thereby easing the Browns out of third place. Brooklyn was idle with the Giants in New York, while in the Amerfcan rain kept the Yankees and Senators and the Red Sox and Athletics in their quarters. —— TWIN BILL AT CLEVELAND. Club Boston New York. .. Detroit Louix Waxhington “hicago Cleveland ....% Philadelphia . GAMES TODAY. New York at Wash, oit. Chicago at Cleveland. GAMES TOMORROW. New York at Wash, Boston at Phila. St. Louls at Detroit. Chicago at Cleveland. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, New York at Washington (rain). 7: Chieago, 2. St. Louix, 4. Boston at Philadelphia (rain). NATIONAL LEAGUE, Win.Lone. 800 571 E 53 15 Pittsburgh e Loui. . st. EEURasipN CLEVELAND. May 28—The first of the Cleveland Indians' eleven post- poned games was scheduled for today. The Indians and White Sox will meet in a double-header, the extra contest being one postponed here May 3. GAMES TOMOREOW. Pittsburgh at Chicago, Brooklyn at N. Y, Phila. at Boston. GAMES TODAY. Pittsburgh at Chicago. Brooklyn at N. ¥, Phila, at Boston. Cincinnati at St, L. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S GAMES, Boston, 5—10; Philadelphia, 4—8 (1st game 10 innings). Pittsburgh, 5; Chicago, 4 (10 in'gs). St. Louix, 4—1; Cincinnati, 3—3. Brooklyn at New York (rain). LEADS LEHIGH ATHLETES. BETHLEHEM, Pa, May 28.—John H. 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It includes Irving Vaughan 3 the Chicago Tribune, Jack Ryder of the Cincinnati Enquirer; Edward Balinger of the Pittsburgh Post and Sid Keener of the St. Louis Times. The player who receives the highest number of votes will be awarded a cash prize of $1,000. AND G. U. NINES D SEASONS TODAY ball and Rocheste Buffalo, (s Uni- ity | teams of Catholic Georgetown Un end their regular seasons the former in a game with versity of Maryland at Brook- 4 o'clock and the Hilltoppers Army at West Point rain ilwauk Columbus- L VIRG their | Colt| AN games, Saturday, when the dia hns Hopkins Un = — FLORIDA STATE LE Petersburg, Bradentow: 3 will be well Kuests beaten by Georgetown month, turned ew in 1 to who had vielded the Elis W error that put Ne: the startsof the ingled Neale to drove in the tally it pitched well for Yale until when Georgetown filled but failed e on first ale tenth. third and with an- —for service. Hook and eye Castoff —for convenience. 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R the three games with the New York Yankec be disposed of by tomorrow, with the always pres A gards the weather, the Nationals will perform in the but twice in the month that follows. One of these oc R next Sunday, when the Philadelphia Athlctics visit the C: other will be on Sunday, June 22, when the Mackmen aga attraction. In the four weeks beginning Friday. when they arc in two contests against the Red Sox at Boston. the Grif city in the circuit. Next Monday they will show at Shib following day will find them in Detroit, where they open their initial” swing l)wough the western hali of the circuit. Moving to Cleveland St. Louis and Chicago. in the order named. for four games in cach, they will again stop off at Philadelphia for a pair of battles and then move to New York for a quartet of contests It will be on their return to the home sward, June 26, that the real troubles of the Nationals will begin the start of a long aders piled up by the most unfavorable spring the Capital has experienced in many years. Twenty-six games a sched- uled from June 26 to J 4, but thirty-five must be played in that | either perfod if Harris' henchmen are to the catch up in the matter of postpone ments, a tie with the Red Sox, in ad dition’ to eight canceled by weather awaiting dispositio 1t will be during this str the pitching staff of the before the scheduled to - re ¥ own vard 11 be nd the” | be the sted to appear will visit every Park. and the Johnson a double and afternoon’s work study Pilot Hu Herh P |ag | whil | Johnsor e runs, a right nifty mere under- > Hovt and service | in naa cuit clours of his 1523 rent totul expe of visit assem today who <0 his ¢ on the roster i1l be called on during this stre and about the only consolation Griffs will have is that their ri will he equally as hard pressed for capable mound artists. Manager Harris is hopeful tha within the next month the weather will hgve settled into something cloke to normal to the benefit.of such veterans on his staff as Mogridge Martina, Zachary and Russell, whe | need plénty of hot sunshine to prop- erly ofl their ancient wings, but in the meantime he is gratified to have picked up such a promising perform- er as Curley Ogden, whose work in | subduing the White Sox Monda: stamps him as a valuable addition to the staff. Before the draught in base ball > sets in local fans will have a treat, however, for the world" champion Yankees now are in our midst. The first double-header of the season Was on the card for Clark Griffith S this afternoon, with a single billed for tomorrow To date New Yorkers, who still are setting the pace in the American League, al- though they have company on the top perch in the Boston Red S proved less troublesome foen the Nationals than usual, outfit having taken four of the se contests played with the Gothamit Theoretically, Huggins' three-ti nners have been Aaron Ward, »nd baseman, who was h-(l‘ in Gotham to nurse an injury to his groin incurred in las unday’'s game Ward holds the s nd longest con- secutive playing record, having par- ticipated in 2 games, 335 of 'hl‘fll‘ alongside the champion iron man. 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