Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1924, Page 17

SPORTS. National Regatta Starts Today : Gibbons Still Favorite to Whip EVENTS AT SPRINGFIELD TO BE ROW Decision for Such Course, Which Comes After Long Debate, Sets Precede 1o Avoid Irregular Passages. PRINGFLELD. Mass.. Augu game fish to swim upstream it S Oarsmen. As a result. the opening mecting were arranged over a series the tide in the Connecticut River. in other course have national championships been decided against the cur- went. I'he executive committee of th decision took into consideration th have under ‘the conditions of e cided that the elimination of am irr favor of a straight course that is The meeting lasted into the early morning hours. that the row upstream might make seconds slower. depending upon the The 'S competing in the title rae this yexr include crews and individ of Migh ¢ fr nada . and United States. The American Olympic combination of winuer “ostello, Ke y and Yale” was missing, but W. B arrett ¢ the Buchelors' Barge Club. Philadelpi who defeated the Olyrapic singles chamyion, Jack Beres. ford of England preliminary Olympic heat. on the decision reserved in the final s among the 14 entrants for the wssociation singles title. Three heats of this competition were set for today, and the final tomorrow will be equivalent to the national senior singles champicnship, Bdward McGH of Buffalo, last ‘year's titali defend. and the failure of Pau of Philadelphia to appear. although he Was an entrant, eliminated the last of those eligible to enter as former cham- pions, The intermediate singies, another event of preliminary heats today, re- ceived an added starter in_ Charl Turner of the Argonaut Rowing Ciub, Toronto. The Lachine Rowing Club of Lachine. Quebec, was among the en trants for the intermediate eight final he senior 145-pound fours and the senior quadruple scuils wcre other vents o the day's eard Light drill was the order for the denior eizit-oared crews, including the Undine Barge Club of Philadelphia. pre: ent the Argonauts Toron title “winners week ago. who defeated the Undines that time, and two New York Athle Club eizhts. They will meet in the finals of tomorrow HENGSTLER IS STAR IN ROSEDALE MEET playground athletes, who staged a track and field meet yester- da; presented a star in Jakey Hengstler, who amassed an individual point total of 211 b Clarence rsedale Dumford turned in 13 points, while Roger Smoat was third with 11 points. Those piaced will be eligible to compete in the city playgrounds track and field mect. Summaries. Sump—; ass. Long. Lucas Thorzhers: 100-1b « Smith. Wenzel. Wil #on: 115 1h. class, Hengstier, Dumford, Irvi Hop, step and jump——55 b, class. Benne Zabn, Lickner; 100-1h. class. Chopin, Smoat Wilson: 1o-Ib, cluss, Hengstler, Hutehinson, Lyle. nning the bar rd Thorobur Droad In. tuinh Mender 17t Forrest 18 times: Wen ft. mark & from Hengstler, it k. Chopin ting ~Lyle, Myere. Climbing_ 20-11 pole—iitts. oo logged rave IrvinzDyer. W Ring, I Wenzel. Long-Lickner, Hengstler. ard, Zih . W mford, 1 Vintenineon, Lyie. U. S. FIGHTER DEFEATED; HAND BALL MEN VICTORS DUBLIN 0 Mil- ler of i the finals of thc cames light heavyweight competitio when he wa ed out in the wmd round Englizh Olympic lLampion Miller ma ribited mu perior boxer In the int tional test, J. J. Heany of the dcfeated Daly of Treland Melonagh, of Americ Galway, defeated M lind 3 to 0 in the nati competition Suit Liwas, P Wilson: 115 valimited U st by tie Mitehiell ucky in fight a facin hd ex- 100 a su- hand ball con- ted State mes to | ative of mott of Tre- LEAGUE LEADERS PLAY POTOMACS ON SUNDAY Washington Potomacs of the East rn Colored League will have their hunds full when they oppose the hiladelphin - Hilledal's Sunday at 50 oclock in Griffith Stadium Quaker City club now i league with an all-star hination Hampion or Greer will toil on nound for the lueals FRENCH RACKETERS T0 SAIL TOMORRO PARL August 8.—The French ten- is team., winner in the European bone eompetition for the Davis cup, ails tomorrow on the steamship daris to meet the survivor of the merican zone for the honor of en- ering the challenge round against he United States. “We have a hard tas before us, but France has a good chance of win- ing,” L'Auto, leading French sport- g publication, quotes Rene La losta, one of the stars of the team, s saying. In any case we leave full f confidence and determination to do r utmost to win. Don’t forget that France lost only lead- h om the ne match in all the European Davis | elimination ties. Playing on will not handicap us sed to playing on turf. not quite at up rass courts we are all u fachet alone is perhap: is ease on the gras —_— - There are no fewer than 2,000 race acks throughout the world. Perkins, n one-nrmed mw e Indian Hill Golf Club of Illinois, hs a_hole-in-one to his credit. THe Maple Inn CAFETERIA e 416 K St. g::}x 7FAr:M‘ Pt 4 BREAKFAST—LUNCHEON—DINNER Home Cooking—Moderate Prices Serving a Special 75¢ Table d’Hote Dinner to 8:30 daily) that is making us any regular trons. Homemade stries, Ice Cream and other good ing: HARRY MAYNARD, Manager Phone Frankiin 3040 TR Y 8.—The argument that as it takes a to win an upstream race caused a change early today in the course for the championship regatta of the National Association of Amateur 1 preparation for the city games, | mber of | ED UPSTREAM nt—Route Is Selected will take a game and a good oarsman events this aiternoon of the two-day of mile-and-one-quarter lanes against | stead of rowing downstream. On no e N. A. A. O. in reversing its earlier he effect that the harder pull would sive heat and high humidity, but de-| egular passage under twe bridges in entirely clear called for the change. It was said afterward the time in the races from 30 to 40 wind conditions. Base Ball AS BIG LEAGUERS PLAY IT BASEBALL AS A PROFESSION-— | player won {at | YOU CAN GET i LOTS OF MON- | EY IN A SHORT | ERAGE MAN IS BECOMING- SUCRESSFUL ARE GOOD AT MOTHING ELSE What do you think of base ball as a profession? Answered by R, Ouattielder, Ko White Sox, Fa- mous for the ~cnsational catches | which he makex, oftentimes saving n same by them. | Base ball is a_good profession to | adopt if vou wish to get a bit of | capital quickly and if you are good | enough to make a major league. My | personal ieeling is that if you are | not a mezjor leaguer. and have but [ little chances to become one, get out | of professional base ball. Minor | league base ball doesn't pay—save in rare instances. [f vou treat your- seli well base ball is not the terrible physical grind which some players make it out. The worst thing against base ball as a profession. so | far as | can see, is that you are | through just about the time a man | in another profession would start to be good. Furthermore. most base ball players are not qualified to be anything else when they finish their playing careers. (Copright, 1924, As iated Editors.) | “Kolf.” the Dutch word for club, is the ancient game of golf. The firs balls covered with leather and stuff. with feathers were made in Holland. | hole with | Kenzies | Largely through ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 8 1924. BANNOCKBURN PAIR BEATS MACKENZIES Bannockburn's pair of sterling amateur golfers pounded out a 4-and-1 3 victory Albert R. MacKenzie and Roland R. MacKenzie in a speo- cial match yesterday—R. Cliff M over | Kimmie ard George J. Voigt winning from the Columbia duo. The match was the feature of au day cf welcome to the new members of the Bannockburn Club, which { wound up with a dinner last night. Wintér rules were used for the match, and McKimmie, the Middle Atlantic champion, and Voigt, the District municipal links champ, won by their wecuracy through the fair- vay and on the putting greens, the Columbia pair taking three putts on the ninth and tenth greens to lose Dboth holes. Albert MacKenzie won the 3 to go into a birdie but the Columbia pair never a hole after that until the 580- yard fourteenth, where Roland holed a 10-foot putt for a birdie 4. Three down at the turn. the dropped the tenth, practically settled the match. All through the match the fine run- up_ shots of McKimmie fe his mastery long-driving the Mid -~ Richmond in June, and yvesterday he again had a streak of laying his run-up shots dead to the cup. Me- Kimmie had the best medal score, for when the mateh ended he had 3, 4. 3 for a card of 70 first Mac- which shot the st Deer Park. exhibition will be the opening featurs of the Western Maryland championship tournament, to start ab Deer Park August 20. 59 WOMEN TO FOR TENNIS HONORS | NEW st oof YORK. August An womzn tennis players. resenting many sections of the co try. has been drawn for the thirty-sev- enth national tournament, to be played | at Forest H beginning next Mon- day. Light of the leading players of the United States were placed ance with the regulations, to an announcement made public to- day. The placed players. accordin to” their ranks, are Hclen Wil Berkeley, Calif.,, national titie holde Mallory, New. York, 11 champion: M anta Monica, Calif.. former champion; Bleanor Goss, New York: Mrs. Marion Jessu mington. Del: Mayme Mach. New York. national clay vion: Edith Sigournes Martha Bayard, Short The placed play half of the draw include Mrs. Mal- lory, Miss Sigourney, Miss Goss and Miss Bayard, while in the lower half appear the names of Miss Wills, Mr. Jessup. Miss Browne and Miss M Donald B entry rep- in aceord- according IS . Bo Hills, TS in the ton, and upper G. U. GRIDIRON SQUAD TO TRAIN IN VIRGINIA Georgetown University’s foot ball squad now intends to start its train- ing on September 1 at Woodberry Forest, Va. Coach Lou Little had an- | nounced that Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. would be the training sit a trip to that place, changed his mind Coach Little appears pleased with Woodberry Hilltoppers probably themselves on the surrounded by 600 land. Tna to six tennis courts, Woodberry Forest boasts of two mod- -rnly equipped gymnasiums and a base ball field Only those but after the mentor to be we Forest. T} will condit hole golf cou acres of wooded candidates who are eli- gible will make the trip. Announcement of the Georgetown f n coach should be forthcom- n the next several weeks. TOM KERRIGAN TELLS: Why I Failed to Win British Open. waited 40 minutes at one tee in or| and then muffed my play. And that muff had a vital bearing on the { winning of the title. { After a 74 in the first round I had taken a gloomy 80 on the second, but came back in the third with a 72 and was again in the running. Start- nal hand ball | ing off the fourth round, my game was even better, angd I seemed on the | way to realize one of the fondest ambitions of all American golfers—that of bringing home a British title. Everything went along in fine shape | until T reached the fourteenth tee. Here 1 suddenly found myself in a veritable maelstrom of humanity. It was my bad luck to arrive this spot at a time when a succession of stellar lights — Duncan, Herd and | Hutchinson among them—were play- ing the fitth hole, the fairway of which parallels that of the four- teenth. Huge galleries followed each of these favorites and many of them | trespassed upon the fourtcenth fair- way. f 1t was not possible to shoot. | the right of the fourteenth fair was out-of-hounds territory and 1 did | not want to take any chances on that. Also, it was more advisable to drive | well to the left, because this opened the way to the green. So 1 waited until the tramping thousands of en- thusiasts had passed—almost three- quarters of an hour. That was my undoing. Instead of gettinz the resuit T had so carefully planned, I put my drive in a trap. [ | had to ‘play out with a niblick and encountered more bad luck on my third, which went almost to the top { of a hump which crossed the front of the green and then rolled backward, leaving me a nasty putt. It needed three Lo get down, giving me a 6 on a par 4 hole. The net result of this misfortune was that, in my effort to recoup, 1 took three putts, from inside 15 feet, WITH THE i NEW LONG | POINTS EARL & WILSON sl M the British open championship at St. Andrews, Scotland, in | Getting a birdie 4 on the par 5 seven- | toughest | fourteenth, 1921, T} der to make a shot in a certain way on the fifteenth and sixteenth greens. teenth hole, in but nothing four strokes which is rated one of the the world, helped some, could make up for thosc dribbled away on the fifteenth and sixteenth holes. 1 got & 72 for a total of 298, two strokes behd “Jock” Hutchix son, who subsequently won the cham- nship in_a play-off with Roger Wethered, the Oxford amateur, who tied him at 296. My one consolation was that. though beaten by “Jock.” I finished ahead of all the great British pro- the | | added mor: | fered WOMEN’S WESTERN GOLF C D. Sterrett, Kansa holder, and Mrs champion; Mrs. made a lake in the center of Onwent: Miss Burns reached the third round by defeating Virginia Pep of St Louis, 4 and 3, yesterday at Shore Acres, and ber match today with Vir- ginia Wilson promised to be a good one, for the latter overcame no less a golfer than Bernice Wall, Wiscon- sin_champion Mrs. Sterrett faced Dorothy Klotz of Chicago today after defeating Mrs, J. W. Taylor, and she found no mean | opponent; for n two successive rounds | Miss Klotz put out former champions, Mrs. Elaine Rosenthal Reinhart of | Dallas and Mrs, F. C. Letts of Chi- | cago. | _In the other half of the draw Mrs. | Gaut met Edith Cummings of Chi- | cago, national champion. having elim- | inated Catherine Walsh of Grand Beach, Mich. while Miss Cummings | was ousting Virginia Gittens of Green ‘PLAY NARROWS TO EIGHT HICAGO, August 8—Four Chicagoans, one in each match, today contended for the women’s Western golf championship against the defending champion, Miriam Burns of Kansas City; Mrs. H. Dave Gaut, formerly Southern title Stewart Hanley, Michigan's premier golfer. Play was held at Shore Acres Club because of the flood that still a links. Wis. The survivor of this match will' play the finals of the victor in the contest between Mrs. Hanle and Mrs. Lee Mida of Chicago, the Michi- gan titleholder having defeated Doro- thy Higble of Chicago, while Mrk. Mida overcame Louise Fordyce of Youngstown, Ohlo, champion, after an even battle on the other half. The best golf yesterday was played by Miss Burns, ‘although Miss Cum- mings had a good score that might have figured under par if she had com- pleted the round. Shore Acres course is in good condition, except for a few pools of casual water and some bunkers that are lagoons. The Shore Acres links i§ 6.270 yards tong, a par of 43—43—86 for womien, It is planned to return to Onwenisia tomorrow for the semi- finals and for the final contest at 36 holes on Monday, BILL TILDEN IS SECURE ON HIS TENNIS THRONE BY LAWRENCE PERRY. N PLAY | EW YORK, August 8—Bill Tilden is headed this way for the big national tournaments, stopping here and there en route. in the West has added to the list of championships he holds, hav- | ing triumphed in the clay «court championship at St. Louis and won the | His play | llinois State championship, among other minor victories. Reckoning up the various titles he has won, includnig four national | singles, four national titles on clay and so on through world champion- ships won at Wimbledon, doubles and mixed doubles championships on { turi and clay and sectional titles, the Inside Golf , ~——Bv Chester Horton. Hefore the player can hit a golf ball effectively he must shift his | weight at the start of the back swing, or ually (ransfer during the back | awing, and then st elevate hin club without con- sclously lifting i One of the com- monest faumlts| amonz molfers i | i that they persint- | ently lift the club ! up instead of | swinging it sround. sxwing around. ment yo p you take the club out of itx proper | | plane and if you | manage to get it back into his plane. | coming down, it will be by accident | only. " Swing a club, slowly. a few | times in practice, without lifting It upward at all. Observe its action and the true path it takes. Then as you swing it xlowly a few more timex, de- | liberately 1ift it up and observe how | mreatly the path of the clubhes changed. When you lift the club up you munt literaily chop it down. Such a stroke will never deliver a good | ball (Copsright, John F. Dille Co.) BOXING SHOW DELAYED. Alexandria’s boxing show for the| benefit of playground equipment | fund was vostponed last night to| next Wednesday night at the Dread- naught Park. Willie Ptomey of Fort Myer and Johnny Conroy of the Mo- hawk Athletic Club will figure in the main event. CANADIANS’ BOATS SCORE. SODUS BAY, N. Y., August 8 —Cana- | dian craft again carried off the lion's | share ic honors in the second day of | the regatta of the Lake Yacht Racing Assc The Dominion skippers points toward the cups of- in_the two feature cla: for the P. and R. class boats—and al&o continuing victories in the class of | nailer ratings. CARDS BUY OUTFIELDER. ST. LOUTS. August 8. —The first move toward improvement of the St Louis Nationals was taken when it was an- nounced the Cardinals had concluded the purchase of Charles Hafney, star | performances on a relative bas | stein—will take p: center fielder of the Houston club of the Texas League. 7th & fession, and, since Wethered was an amateur, captured second prize money OWL VENTILATORS ‘Wholesale and Retail We Install These Also RADIATORS. FENDERS, BODIES, LAMPS MADE OR REPAIRED, Entrance st 142] P N.W. Frank, 8035 WITTSTATTS R. AND F. WORKS 319 13th N.W, Frank, 6410 On Credit “PAY AS YOU RIDE” Small Payment Down Balance Monthly T.O.ProbeyCo. 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W. Sizes 33, 34, 35, 36 Alt iIl{ changes or refunds. count runs well over 30 titles. There never was a tennis king so great as Tilden nor one who seemed less likely “10 be deposed by some rival. Tilden hegan to flash upon firmament He has =all vagaries of the ome opponent was last year by Manuel will be carried to five some other plaver and then in the tests these same players will be but toys to him Jt would appear to get himself into sensc tense interest of tators as they lean ente prep the temperamental zenfus. He will meet and be beaten, as he loves the t ) spee 1 h his downfall it is th I rise to heights of surprising altitude and with ease and aplomb pull the match out of the fire. Of all the plavers 1 in action this rd the most likely to give the king a battle for his throne—at least the you Californian will if his mateh against ohnston at abright proves to have been an earnest of form. It is almost futile to compare but it does seem that had Tiden heen playing Kinsey instead of Johnston that day at Seabright Big Bill would have had his work cut cut for nim every minute. The writer saw Johnston practicing at Forest Hills the other day and believes that the little Calitornian will at Newport show vast improve ment over his form at Johnston is proceeding with care, is in splendid physical tion’ and has not let the N episode worry him one bit. sreat condi- abright To SHIP YACHTS TO U. §. SOUTHAMPTON. England, August § ‘The four British yachts—Thistle, Zenith. Ticho and Betty—which are 1o compete in the class yacht race for the Brit] . will 2 | be placed on the liner Aquitania, leav- ing Southampton August 16. It pected that the owners of the v Constance Bird, J. L. Le Thomas Glen-Coates and J. E. is ex- chts— Haldin- age on the ship. TO INVITE U. S. BOXERS. MONTREAL. August S.—McGill Toronto and Queens Universities, in Canada, and Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Pennsylvania, in the United States will be asked to compete in un interna- tional intercollegiate boxing tournament at Oxford, England, in 1923, ILL GIANTS TO RETURN. NEW YORK. August & Young, regular right fielder of the New York Nationals, has heen dis- charged from the hospital where he had been under treatment for an internal disorder. He expects to re- join the Giants next week. Kelly and Jackson, two other crippled mem- bers of the club, are expected to re- turn to the line-up during the coming series with Cincinnati. . —Ross EISEMAN’S F Sts. 14145 Summer Suits, *5-% only. Suits of genuine ’alm Beach and fine Tropical Worsted. No ex- erations at cost. IEEE Watch thi a series of s paper and the nearest Oakland showroom for full details of astonishing of motorcar value. What will they be? demonstrations JHnnI | i 1e Alonso, or | World record for t grueling sets | St¥1e Tilden, loves | forward in their ! line nis ruture | Seabright. | | AUSSIES AND JAPS . WIN.IN CUP TENNIS BALTIMORE, August S.—Gerald Patterson” and Pat O'Hara Wood, the Australian Davis cup team, will meet Igacio Borbolla and Erancisco Gerdes of Mexico In a doubles match at the Baltimore €ountry Club this after- | noon in the second day of preliminary | play between the two countries. i The Australians made a clean-sweep | of_yesterday's two singles matches, od defeating Borbolla, 6—3, 6—0, 7, and Pattersonp winning from Manuel Llano, 6—0, 6—1, 6—2. The Wood-Borbolla match produced the more interesting tennis. The play of Borbolla was brilliant at times, but not consistent enough to defeat the steady driving and net play of the Australian. The Patterson-Llano dedly one-sided. he smashing play of the podean left his opponent .in and the match was over in quarters of an hour. contest was di Anti- a daze three- MONTREAL, Quebee, August 8. Sunao Okamo nd Takelchi Harada will meet Willard Crocker and Jack Wright in the doubles play of the second round of the Amecrican zone | Davis cup mateches today. | The Japancse net stdrs Okamoto | and Zenso Shimizu won their singles matches against the Canadians ves-| terday, the opening day of the tourna- ment Okamoto 6—4, =—5, b strenuous time forced the Japan % 6—4, 0—6. i defeated Wright, $—6, t Shimizu had a more with Crocker, w e to the limit, 4— TO SHOW SKILL HERE| Lleven of the swimming stars. who | carried the colors of the United| States the Olympic water games, | ill give a series of demonstrations | tomorrow @t 4 o'clock in the Ward- | man Park swimming pool D. L. Conkling, He in v Luning, | Yet it was only in 1819 that| Charles Pung, Sam Kahanamoku and | the court | Duke Kahanamoku, 1. Kaum. Gay | Karris, Pau Keaioha, Warren Kealoba | id William Kirschbaum will display | ir wares, together with M. \Wesh- u girl athlete, who holds the 100 meter free! swim, Weissmuller ppear, but he was unable to make trip. | Geo Jones. director of | Wardman ‘pool. has arranged to | « large erowd. Al of tomor- ontestants arc experts in the there's a possibility of one | records being broken Jhnny was scheduled | te the th seat row's and o THREE CALIFORNIANS | IN NET SEMI-FINALS “SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., August §.— Harvey Snodgrass and Robert Kinsey. both of California, meet today in the semi-final round for the Southampton the courts of the Meadow Tn the other singles match ials Howard Kinsey of 1l oppose B. L. C. Norton bowl on Club here. of the semi-f California W of St. Louis nodgrass defeating Norman reached .the semi-finals Brookes of in two out of three sets G—1, 46, 6—1. Howard | insey vanquished John F. Whitbeck of Bronxdale, 2 Xe , 6—4, in| the only other singles match of the s by Australia vesterday In the second round of the doubles match Gerald B. Emerson and Jerry Lang defeated 5. Howard Voshell and Fred (. Baggs. 6—4. 5—6. Snodgrass and Walter Wesbrook won from Fritz Mercur and Thomas Mangan in the AUTOMOBILES | OVERHAULED Central Auto Works and Garage Wm. Beuchert, Prop. 449-51 Eye St. N.W. Franklin 680; (1717, 111171 E I I TT I L1 I AR 127 1A DURANT “Just a Real Good Car” /1L LLLH LD 1L 2L LI PP L L LR LA GARTERS NO METAL CAN TOUCH YOU Two hands are better than one. So are two garter clasps. Own an extra pair of double grip Paris for double comfortand cleanliness As low as 40¢ A.STEIN & COMPANY Abe Makers of Hickery Prodacts Chicago | counter | promises | is_plenty 17 Bloomfield OVER 60,000 SEATS SOLD FOR CONTEST IN LONDON Stadium Can Accommodate 127,000, and a Capacity Crowd Would Establish World Mark—Odds On American Fighter Lessen. By the Associsted Press, ONLON. August 8—Tom Gibbons, the American light-heavy weight, is still the favorite in the betting to win over Jack Bloomfield of g land in their match tomorrow in the great Wembley Stadium, al though the odds on the invader shortened considerably yesterday. The advance sale thus far totals over 60.000 seats, testifying to the great interest in the match. The capacity of the stadium is 127,000, 17 this is reached tomorrow it will set a new world record for attendance at a pugilistic affair. Oue of the prearranged jeatures oi the fight has been climinated through the sudden action of the British war office in forbidding the participation of soldiers whom the promoter, Maj. Wilson. had cngaged to act as ringside stewards. i The soldiers, mainly belonging to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, which regiment now is taking part in the “‘pageant of the empire at the Wembley exposition, had voluntcered heir service, telling Maj. Wilson. Both « wio commanded one battalion of their [ engagin regiment in the war, that they were |compiet willing to serve the Daily Mail, came a surprise that none of the soldiers cou allowed to uct asx steward or other capacity in connection the fight order 1 br n any wd Bloomtieid as only ir it work. havin their rious traini without pay if al- | Their handlers say the are in “th lowed to see the fight pink” f it. which is sched- The promoter arranged that they |ul ! bm. Special pro be employed as stewards. Nome of been made to cover tn the soldiers of the guards regiment [ring in event of rain. some Sheltcs also were engaged and all were Keen | being provided also for most of t on the job. Yesterday according to|spectators. OLYMPIC SWIMMERS | FIRPQ DECLINES TO DIET, DeForrest a 100 w re | surd n an MUNY NETMEN PLAYING Kets round of the e Firpo thus seem p: nual nat which started | Foster. South Bend. opposed to It { Hopkins, Philadelphia: Cranston Hol- man, San Francisco, to T. Drewes, St Louis: L. Schaefer, Buffal Davis, Boston, and York, to C. Merke, picture may club Wills into todasy EW YORK. August 8—Alarming reports come irom Saratoga, where has no idea of the virtues of dieting and inclines to those rich viands that and refuses to tolerate the presence of a mentor like Jimmy carefully and with 1ot of skill. It !inches. That js ¢} him fall with wants to w h out equal suddenness. en Boyl Thirty Acres as good to let found H submission, but what is going to hap- Luis Firpo is preparing for his battle with Harry Wilis. The Wild titillate the palate and add huge rolls of embonpoint o the midscction who would prescribe food for him and make him stick to it R e Green battles with I Firpo has not be Y man to —from the sale of tic ut of the pen to h if Wills gets to him f BY FAIR PLAY. Bull wants his fodder frequently and in plentiful quantities. e Luis is surrounded by a band i yes-men, according to all accounts Tex Rickard built up Firpo very yblow did not trave preparcd to let g = i handle. and sin the 9 & en far—to be clean-up this Of course, h with one of those stomach pile-drivers The sad part of it is, from Firpo's standpoint, that a good trainer and a skilled coach could take Luis in hand and probably make of him the most formidable fighter that ever, stood in a ring. In other words, it is eight prestige that Firpo is an Argentinian instead of a Finn. What those Finnish train- ers would make of Luis is left to the imaginat Detroit 'HEWITT TIRES 32x4 $S. N, S, Cord—S18.55 There ix a negro middleweight hail- piy ) ing from Providence, named Jack | NATIONAL-HEWITT CO., Inc. Green, who will bear watching. The e writer saw him_ stow Vie Clifford 1007 9th St. N.W.—Fr. 4056 away the other night with the short- est kind of right-hand hook. 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