Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1924, Page 30

SPORTS. IN WINNING RING BATTLE Frenchman Remains Strong Drawing Card Despite Defeat, However, Having Received Several Bids for Future Bouts. ICHIGAN CITY, Ind., June M 2—Georges Carpentier, ring idol of France, defeated Saturday afternoon in his ten-round bout with Tommy Gibbons, the St. Paul light-heavyweight, remained in bed here today with a badly swollen right ankle, sprained in the ninth round of his losing battle. Four physicians tion revealing torn ligaments. id the ankle was seriously sprained, their examina- In that announcement to the public the defeated boxer found some solace for the lusty booes and taunts flung. at him when he sank to the mat with his face twisted with pain. It was regarded as probable that X-ray pictures of the ankle would be made today. At any rate, Carpentier probably will remain here a week. Francois Descamps, his manager, says that Georges has taken a fancy to this little resort city, and they are content to rest awhile here while they plan their next steps in their latest invasion. Despite his defeat, Carpentier still is a strong drawing card, a half dozen offers for future ring contests having been received yesterday. The Frenchman hopes to carry out his plans to mect e Tunney, the American light-heavyweight champion. pion. Gibbons broke camp ing to St. Paul. He was unmarked, and played a round of golf before packing Mrs. Gibbons and the three youngsters off to the train rpentier was paid a flat g terday, go- tee of $70.000, while Gibbons worked on a basis of 30 per cent of the in- come. A recheck of figures indi- cated the “gate” would be nearer $240,000, than the $227,000 first an- nounced Paris Unmoved by Defeat. PARIS, June 2.—The defeat of Georges Carpentier by Tom Gibbons hardly caused a ripplé on the surface of the sporting life of Paris. There shedding of tears over the ownfall of Carpentie CRITICS BELIEVE GIBBONS _WAS KIND TO CARPENTIER BY. FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, June 2—Now the N heads of the promoters are together for fair. They are wondering, of course, where Carpentier fits in. Has he any drawing powers left in New York and vicinity? Upon the answer to this question depends much. Talk has been heard since Saturday of this fight and that. But a deal of thinking has yet to be done. Sprained ankles in a ring fight don’t get much credence from the fans as a rule. Bill Brennan pulled it on Dempsey in their first fight. It worked to the extent of getting Bill a return battle in New York, but otherwise it did not do so much for Brennan. FIRPO IS DUE TO SIGN TODAY FOR WILLS 60 NEW YORK, June 2.—Luis Firpo is expected to sign a contract in Buenos i gna' o il claim credit Aires today for a match with Harry Wills at Boyle's Thirty Acres, in Jer- sey City, early in_August, under the promotion of Tex Rickard Firpo's signature will restore Rick- ard’s plans for an elimination bout preceding a match between its winner and Jack ,Dempsey for the heavy- weight champlonship, at Boyle's Thirty | Acres in September. Pirpo will receive about $250,000, Rickard said. Wills is under con- tract, but his stipend was not made public. Jack Kearns, manager of Dempsey, will arrive here today for a conference regarding plans for the championship match. POTOMACS ARE BEATEN. ‘Washrington Potomacs of the East- ern Colored League fell before the Black Sox. 9 to 6, yesterday at Bal timore. The Oriole team got to New come for six runs in the second. Ben Taylor's homer with two on featured. BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS AMERICAN LEAGUE. L. Pet. Win. Lose. 14 611 595 14 17 571 462 459 278 378 GAMES TOMORROW. Wash, at Detroit. New York at Chicago. Boston at St. Lou Phila, at Cleveland. RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S GAMES. ‘Washington-Philadelphia (rain). Detroit, 10; Cleveland, 4. Chicago, 7; St. Louis, 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. Win 25 15 634 Chicago .. 25 18 2591 Brooklyn ...21 17 564 Cinclnnatt . 31 20 524 Pittaburg! =2 e Boston . 17 19 472 .486 .459 St. Louis. 18 22 463 439 Philadelphia ....11 25 324 297" ‘GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW..| h Cincinnati at Boston. R RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S GAMES. Boston, I1; New York, 6. Chicago, 2; Pittsburgh, 1. Brooklyn, 8; Philadelphia, 7. St. Louis, 6; Cincinnati, 2. RECORD FOR PAST WEEK IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES The past week's major league rec- ord of games won and lost, runs, hits, errors, opponents’ runs, imcluding xames of Saturday, follows: ‘Wash. at Phila. Olubs. ew York. . Lose. 610 568 538 500 463 Tommy Gibbons obviously was easy on the Frenchman, after the alleged accident happened. No keen observer seems to have any doubt that Tommy had his man in the ninth as a result of wearing body blows and could have finished him within the limit had he cared to do so. Descamps will affirm that had it not been for the ankle Carpentier would have finished in good shape for the manner in which his man stood up to a knockout hitter so soon after an ocean voyage. Very possibly many will agree with him. If the writer was a promoter he would take a gambla with considera- ble pleasure on the appearance of Carpenzier in New York against, say, Spalla. In fact, it will be surprising if guch a.battle is not arranged. As for bout with Tunni that would pay, too, and it looks as though it will be held. But the bally- hoo is held in reserve. In the meantime Carpentier lies in bed in Michigan City nursing an ankle “swollen four times its natural size” Tt must have cost Descamps something for bandages to make it look that big. He willl probably work his way east, picking up all sorts of coin merely for exhibiting himself with his spar- ring partners. All in all, Carpentier has a personality that is worth money*in the ring or out of it. Blow That Hurt Gibbons. Tommy Gibbons says that if that ome right which Carpentier slipped over .on him had struck him on the chin it might have caused him real troubde. As it was, the blow landed upom his cheekbone and he testifies that; it hurt him as much as the wal- lop between the eyves he received from Dempsey at Shelby. As ‘for Carpentier, he cannot him- self talk, because 'of the sprained ankle, probably. but Gus Wilson, his trainer, says that Gibbons cracked him with a left hook in the first round that dazed Carpentier for the first wix rounds of the battle. The Frenchman, he says. did nof really know ‘what' it was all about in those first six rounds. As the tremendous right he dealt Tommy came in the fourth, it ap- pears ‘as though it would have been better, for Georges had he remained dazed throughout the ten rounds. Just where Gibbons stands is a question—that is, in relation to Dempsey. The belief is that he could have stowed Carpentier away had not his kindness of heart—or something —stayed his hands. The trouble is that after a day or two it is what a fighter actually does, not what he might have done, that counts. (Copyright, 1924.) FRUSH ENDS CRIQUI'S HOPES OF COMEBACK By the Associated Press. . PARIS, June 2—Eugene Criqul, France's doughty little soldier-pu- gilist, has failed in his attempt to come back after the beating he re- ceived at the hands of Johnny Dun- dee. Yesterday he went down under the onslaught of Danny Frush, an- W. L. B. Detroit . PUTTRE LTI SEBERBBY 8RRYTARY EEEEEELE B BE 14 T EETEPTIT H. E OB. GeSabwes! eBBhEena MINOR LEAGUE 'RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. L 11; 2 St. P “el INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Teronto, Newark, Jerse; i Buffalo, Tty & e 83 timore, 2, ; Rochester, 10. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION, ; Littls Bock, 1. Mobile, 0. other American, and after the fight 43 |declared he was through with the 21 ring. 3| Criqui had intended, it he won, to 28| soek immediately another chance at 31| Dundee in the hope of reannexing 49|the world featherweight champion- ship. The bid for the opportunity of 21 | tilting for Dundee's crown will now 22| be made by Frush. 7| The knockout came in the eighth 29| round of the scheduled twenty-round 3|affair, after Criqui had been saved 32 )by the gong in the sevemth. Up to 54[that time the fighting had been fair- 471y even, but Frush emerged from the conflict’ unmarked, while in the two final rounds Criqui suffered a severe battering. The knockout blow was a right to Criqui's famous sflver- plate jaw, a rello of his war experi- ence. Criqui never really got over the beating he received from Dundee. He admitted this last night when he said: “I do not want to detract from Frush's victory, but it was Johnny Dundee who beat. me again today.” Sundes who Peat.mo Sgaln today It’s Here MOTORCYCLES—BICYCLES Bought and and Used Motorcyrles {Sold. Expert Bicycle Repairing. weepair shop. Motorcycle Best equipped Howard A. French & Co. 424 9th St. N.W, Feaaklin 6764 Order a Case for YOUR HOME Telephone—Frank. 4726 1320 1st St. NE, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1924 Carpentier Is Kept in Bed by Sprained Ankle : Griffs Primed for Long Road Trip TOM GIBBONS UNMARKED TWO EXCITING PERIODS IN CARPENTIER - GIBBONS INTERNATIONAL BATTLE Frenchman lands hard blow to Gibbons’ jaw in seventh round. TYGERS AWAIT INVASION OF THE EASTERN TEAMS leagues today as the teams N EW YORK, June 2—Only three games are scheduled in the big prepare for the next intersectional series, during which all American games will be played in the west and all National contests in the east until June 18. Detroit, the big cat of the Americam circuit, just returned from a suc- cessful prowl, lies in its home jungle awaiting the eastern travelers who must pass through, particularly the Boston Red Sox, with whom it is now tied for second place, and the world champions, who lead the pro- cession, half a game beyond. The Tygers, following Cobb, wh made three singles and a home run, achieved their position yesterday by defeating Cleveland, 10 to 6, while the Red Sox and Yankees were not scheduled. It was the. ninth victory in eleven games for the winners and the ninth defeat in eleven contests for the Indians, who slid into the cellar, tied with the Athletics, whose meet- ing with Washington was postponed by rain. The Browns, recent terrors of the league, also lost their ninth game in eleven tries when Chicago batted five pitchers for a 7-to-4 victory. Eddie Collins, Hooper and Jacobson made home runs. As a result of the game the Sox, Browns and Senators are massed around fourth place with Sisler’s team holding. 3 two-point lead. After a spurt of good base ball which netted nine victories in ten starts and entrenched them in the Na- tional lead by two and one-half games, the Giants anticipated the coming of western teams to the Polo Grounds by a return to their middle western form. Four pitchers allowed seventeen hits while their mates made seven errors and Boston won, 11 to 6. Terry,.a Giant pinch-hitter, made his fourth’ homer of the year. The Cubs advanced a full game upon the leaders by defeating Pittaburgh, 2 to 1, as did_the Robins, who triumphed over Philadeiphia, § to 7. Chicago bunched three of its six hits off Morrison In the first frame for ail its runs. Aldridge held the Pirates to six hits. Fournier made his tenth homer of the season in the Brooklyn victory which _followed rallies _after _the £ for Phillies had climbed on Grimes for five runs in the seventh inning. Cy Williams had four singles. The Reds slipped another notch backward as St. Louis won, 6 to 2, behind Sothoron’s wild, but effective pitching. Donahue was knocked out of the box. L L PLAYS JAPANESE NINE. Howard University planned to tackle the Meiji University nine of Tokio, Japan, today at 3:30 o'clock on the former's campus. President Durkee of the local university was expected to throw out the first ball. Pop Downing will hurl for Howard. TIE FOR LEAGUE LEAD. Rockville will entertain Bethesda, Dickerson will be the guest of Wash- ington Grove and Boyds will play host to Glen Echo next Saturday aft- ernoon in the Montgomery County League. Boyds and Bethesda now are tied for the lead, each with two vice- tories and no_defeats. Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED, Gorss. istallod 1h 837 MAke: MAKES 10 DIFFERENT ES. WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th Fr. 6410. 1435 P. Fr. 8038, “Pay as You Ride” Small Payment Down, -+ Balance Monthly T. 0. PROBEY CO. 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. DENCIO, INJURED, CALLS OFF SCRAP WITH BURKE Burke and Young Dencio called off ington Md., Sporting from a sprained hand received training. Arrangements now are under way between Club, to stage a_ feature bout Johnny Buff, world's weight champion, for next worth. Monday night at their fifteen-round bout listed for tonight at the Wash. | Kenilworth, because the latter is suffering former fly- and Bobby B'lzrkle from the Marines for tine basket ball Kenil- Carpentier getting to his feet after falling in the ninth round, in which he was badly mussed up by the American scrapper. WALKER IS FAVORITE IN GO WITH TENDLER PHILADELPHIA, June 2.—Lew Ten- dler, Philadelphia southpaw, will have his third opportunity to win a boxing champlonship tonight when he meets Mickey Walker of Elizabeth, N. J., holder of the world welterweight title, in a ten-round decision bout. The Philadelphian, who twice attempt- ed to lift the lightweight crown from Benny Leonard, said he had been free for the first time during his training for tonight's bout from worry over making the weight limit, and as a result was in the best physical condition of his career. He expects to enter the ring weighing about 143. Walker is the favorite at 9 to 5, and some wagers of 1 to 4 have been made that he will win by a knockout. The fight will be held at the Philadel- phia National League base ball park. DUNDEE NOT RISKING HIS TITLES TONIGHT NEW YORK, June 2—Jonny Dun- | dee, featherweight, and junior light- weight champion of the world, meets Luis Vicentini of Chile in a twelve round decision fight tonight at Madi- son Square Garden. The bout was originally scheduled for last Wed- nesday but was postponed by rain. Neither Dundee's titles will be at stake as the battle will be held at the lightweight limit. The winner is expected to be matched with the victor of the Sid Barbarian-Jaek Bernstein bout on Wednesday night. Tex Rickard, promoter of both fights, may match the successful box- er of the quartet with Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, = s IR INFANTRY FIVE SCORES. Basketers of the 15th Infantrs won the deciding match of a five-game series in SPORTS. Il TOUR OF WEST TO SHOW REAL CALIBER OF TEAM Manager Harris Expected Back in Line-Up Within ) Couple of Days—Al Schacht Rejoins Altrock As Funmaker—Chesbro and Egan Released. BY. DENMAN THOMPSON. of Manager Bucky Harris the eve of their first tour of the season I EXCEPT for'an inconsequential lameness in the right pedal extremi through the west finds the Nationals in excellent physical condition This afternoon they are scheduled to make a one-day stand at Philadel- phia, but tonight they entrain for the great open spaces, and tomorrow are due to open in Detroif a series of four-game visits that will take them to Cleveland, St. Louis and Chicago in that order, followed by another stop-oyer at Philadelphia, a single battle here with the Athletics June 22 and an invision of New York before they return for a long home stay on June 26. With less than one-quarter of the season completed, but with every rival in_the circuit encountered, the White Sox for the top of the second division, ha more than they won and are practically tied with Griffmen now are in a tie with the g lost just two games the Browns, who are clinging to a berth in the first division by a margin of two points. Thus far the Nationals must be rated something of a question mark, for, although they have not proved consistent winners, their feat last week end of taking two out of three in Boston from the Red Sox, who have been bowling over all opposi- tion, indicates latent strength, and a margin of but five games separates them from the pace-making Yankees. What they accomplish in the next three weeks should furnish a fairly accurate line on the caliber of the local outfit. If they are able to do better than break even in their six- teen skirmishes on the home flelds of the Tygers, Indians, Browns and White Sox they should be in a strategic position to prove a real factor in the race after returning to their own bailiwick. With a hurler of the prowess ot Curley Ogden added to Johnson, Mar- berry and Martina as regulars and with Zachary, Mogridge, McGrew, Russell, Speece and Zahniser avail- able to help out, the team should have no difficulty holding its own with any rival aggregation, even though the far side of the infleld is a bit wobbly, and that demon slugger for the outfield has not yet been found. Harris Not Seriously Hurt. X-ray pictures taken yesterday morning by Dr. Caylor at Providence Hospital of Manager Harris' injured foot disclosed no broken bones, and the pilot will get back into the line as soon as the soreness and swelling due to a strained tendon disappear, possibly by tomorrow, in Detroit. Bucky's injury was received in the eighth inning of the second game with the Red Sox on Memorial day, while sliding into the far corner on a dash from first base following a bingle by Goslin. His spikes caught in the bag and the leg buckled under m. Rain of light but steady dimension; that started early in the afternoon yesterday prevented hostilities with the Athletics and boosted the already long list of postponements confront- ing the Nationals. Nearly 4,000 opti- mistic fans had assembled despite the threatening outlook and cheerfully waited until half an hour after game time, when it became apparent that it would be impossible to stage a battle. This was the second time a meeting with the Mackmen has had to be canceled. In addition to two each with the Tygers, Browns and Red Sox, one of the latter being a tie affair, and_single contests with the Indians, White Sox and Yankees, there now are exactly eleven games in the accumulated list here and still another one with the Yankees in New York. Not all of these will be disposed of in the form of double-headers, how- ever, as the schedule makers with commendable foresight left enough open dates for at least four single settos. With no further climatic com- plications seven bargain shows will be offered for the entertainment of local fandom in the period from June 26 to July 21. One Hired and Two Fired. While no base ball was possible on the Sabbath several things of inter- est to the bugs transpired. Not the least of these was the engagement by the Washington management of Al- bertus Schacht. officially a8 coach, but actually as a mirth provoker, The return of the Harlem harlequin, who has been pretty much on the move since he was released three years ago, will be heartily approved by followers of the Nationals. Since developing_trouble with his salary championship of China by a ccunt of 26 to 16. wing in 1922 Schacht has been as- signed to berths at Reading, Bing- hamton and New Haven, but has done 1200 pr minute —WHY? Eight hundred thousand La Palinas are lighted each day— more than CONGRESS CIGAR COMPANY flavor— the flavor that has made good with every smoke-taste. LA PALINA 1T’S JAVA WRAPPED 10c « 2 for25c « 15¢ . 3 for 50c DISI'R;BWORS.C‘MW & Tobacco Ga, ing, 603 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, D. C, little pitching because of a series of Wit S a1 i Nick trock as senior part- ner Schacht has for the last (phrll»" years been an attraction at the world series games between the Giants and Yankees in New York. Nick and Al form the funniest team on the side- lines that base ball ever produced and their reunion is sure to be hailed with chortles of glee in every city of the circuit. Schacht recently visitcd Bonesetter Reese with encouraging results and probably is nursing a sc. cret ambition to make a comeback in the pitcher’s box. The return of Schacht marked the passing of Coaches Jack Chesbro and Ben Egan. Chesbro has been with the club since the start of the train- ing season, having assisted in the tu- toring of the twirlers at the Tampa camp, but Egan was engaged only « few ‘weeks ago, his dutles having been confined largely to directing ac- tivities on the base lines. President Griffith today departed on an extended ivory hunting expedition h his itinerary veiled in secrecy. Scout Joe Engel already is beating about in the bushes in the search of playing material. INDIANS AND MACKS IN LAST-PLACE TIE BY JOHN B. FOSTER? NEW YORK, June 2.—If the Cleve- land Indians and Philadelphia had been able to hold the pace they trotted in 1923 the race for the American League championship today would be the tight- est in the history of that organization prior to the 4th of July. It would not be necessary to look for a difference in the Chicago or Washing- ton standings. Both of those clubs could remain as they are. But the closing of the period up to Decoration day saw eight games between the tailenders and the team in first place in the American League. It also saw two presumably strong teams in seventh and eighth place. Today those same “strong” teams are tied for the bottom. However, it is pos- sible that the 4th of July may bring a * change which will bring the tailenders and the ieague leader closer together. Decoration day and July 4 are the big guide posts along the base ball highway. ‘The American League was set this spring for one of the closest races in major league history. The weakness that has developed comes from where it was least expected, which proves again that no man can put a ball team together on form alone and find that it will invari- ably do just what he expects from it TAKES BIG GOLF EVENT. LEEDS, England, June 2—Fred Robson of Cooden Beach, won_the / Yorkshire Evening News’ 1,000 guineas professional golf tournament, defeating A. Compton of North Man- chester. LEADS ROANOKE NINE. Claud Riddle of Abigdon, Va, has been chosen captain of the 1935 base ball team of Roanoke College. y Open Untih6 P.M.; Saturday, 8 P.M. “Wender What Merts WIIl Say Today?™ At the Sign ef the Moom Establivhed 1808 BIG VALUE. SUITS - —Made to Measure —As you want them. —In the best styles. 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