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30 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAB, WASHINGTON, D: C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER-1T;- 1924, : SPORT S. Bucks Will Need Superior Pitching to Cop : Nation Tunes in on Jersey Tonight INTEREST IS WIDESPREAD TIGHT HURLING ESSENTIAL TO OFFSET WEAK ATTACK This Is Made Apparent in Double-Header With the Mackmen, When Nationals Are Fortunate to Break Even as the Yankees Are Idling. BY JOHN B. KELLER. P be very near. if not quite, the airtight Although in several recent engagements HILADELPHIA. September 11.—Ii the Nationals.are to get Wash- ington this year its first pennant in major league base ball history, their pitching in the 17 games remaining on their schedule must variety. a. number of hits have bounced off the bats of the Bucks. the club really has little natural punch. Generally - the deiense is steady. bat with its hurlers too prone to allow the opposition clusters of clouts at critical times the club cannot count upon its fieiding ability plus an ordinary offensive to keep it to the top of the American League. All of this was painfully evident tunately got an even break with the A Hitting power was sadly lacking in | the first game, but a pitching lapse, | too, had much to do with sending the clan of Griflith to a 2-to-1 defeat. Jezhel Tecumseh Zachary, after ap- parently having the Ma checked, was content to take @ chance on a final oyt in the third inning and dis- aster followed Gieorfe Mogridge naprowly escaped the same fate in the second encoun- ter, when a three-run lead at the start of the Mack: ninth made him feel too prosperous. The Athletics socked him so hard then he had to| retire in favor of Fred Marberry and as fortunite o get a 6-10-5 decision. The day’s work left the Nationals With the same advantage: over the second-place Yankees—a game and a half—they possessed at the out- break of ilities, but only because weather o unfavor- | able for a game in Boston between the three-time league leaders and the | Red Sox | | | Bucks Must Win Today. To assure themselves of starting their final Western swing in undis- | ‘puted possession of first place in the race, the Nationals must win today in the last tilt of the series with the Macks. The Y were e to tackle the Red Sox tw this afternocon and | should they triumph in both encoun- ters and the Athleties win here, Har- rismen d Hugmen would enter the West on even terms in front of the six other clubs of the Johnsonian cir- cuit The Nationals have been credited with having a pitching staff superior to that of the Yankees this vear. but | no matter how confident any hurler under Harris' command may be of hix ability, he must put forth | his best effort from now on. No ball club in the American | League may be accounted soft pick- in’s for dsmoundsn: Each club ap- pears to have a group of batters lia- ble to step out and knock the props from under a pitcher at almost any time. Such a cond n may not be disturbing to a t W with the punc ing power of the Yankees, but it can easily upset the Nationals in their chase for the flag. The sooner all Bucks' staff realize they must make | every pitch mean sonfething, the bet- | ter it will be for the club in its final intensive drive. Every batter step- ping to the plate m: be pitched ‘Ol carefully. No chances can be taken. The Yankees may be able frequent- 1y to overcome lapses of their piteh- | ers with terrific batting rallies, but the Nationals cannot count upon do- | ing that. It is strictiy up to the N | tional moundsmen to bring home the | bacon Attack Is Not Dependable. That first game vesterday demon- strated that the Harrismen cannot place v dependence upon thelr at- tack. Twice Sam Gray, voung right- hander working for the Macks, pro- vided them with golden scoring op- portunities, but in neither instance were they able to take advantage of Sem’s generosity: Gray was quite wild and a bingle from a National bat at either of the two critical moments probably would have shoved him out of action. But none was forthcoming and each time Gray Tecovered his poise sufficiently to prevent damage to his game. Gray gave up six hits and five passes, a trio of the latter being granted in.one frame, yet little was garnered from the walks and wal- lops. The Macks, though, eagerly seized upon the big chiance Zachary held out to them. Jez scattered 10 safeties through the first seven of the eight frames he adorned the hill and gave a pass, vet might hav Zotten away with it all had he stuck his guns in the third round. y and Hale were disposed of easily \in that session, but Lamar shot a drive over second base that Harris fielded cleanly, but not in time 1o attempt a throw to first. Then “Miller slapped a ball that Zach tried to grab, only to slow the drive too much to give Peck a chance for a ‘play at first or second base. Hauser 2ot a three-and-two count on Jezebel, then came a good pitch, and the big Mackman poled it to left field for two bases, sending Hale and Lamar home. That was all the scoring off Zach, but it enough. He got himself into hot water several times there- after, but was dragged out by the clever fielding of his teammates. Bucks' One Run a Gift. The Bucks' run in the third was a gift from Gray. Peck fanned at the start of the inning, but Zachary walked. McNeely popped to Perkins before Harris singled by Hale, send- ing Zach to second. Gray then passed Rice, filling the bases, and Goslin also walked, forcing home Zachary. Judge, ‘waited for a three-and-two count to pile up, then watched a third strike go by. The Bucks' next scoring chance came in the eighth, after Goslin fouled to Perkins. Judge got a pass and Taylor was sent in to run for the first sacker, who is nursing the ankle that was hurt last week. Ruel bounceds a single off the third bag that moved Taylor to the far corner. Bluege drove the ball on a short pop to Hale, and Taylor, who had started -for home with the rap, was run down, but not before Ruel reached third and Bluege second. Peck's best, though, was a short loft to Lamar in left. The Bucks might have done some- thing in the ninth, that Tate,. pincb- batting for Zachary, opened with a single, had a sacrifice play gone through, but Benny was caught easily at second when Leibold bunted, while Harris fouled to Dykes back of first base and Rice was retired by Miller's Tunning catch. Griffs Bump Two Southpaws. The Nationals did a deal of hitting at the expsnse of Southpaw Fred Heimach at the start of the second game and bumped Roy Meeker, an- other lefthander, well before he set- tled to work, but Mogridge all but lost the club's advantage in the ninth. Heimach got by the first Inning, al- though he viclded a couple of hits after two were out, but he was pounded in the second. Bluege's sin- gle and Peck's double were followed by Shirley’s one-base hit to left that drove in two scores. Mule went to second as Lamar's throw was on its wuy toward the plate, and when the ball took a bad bound continued to the slabmen of the | | Perki | right | Rice's third. Mogridge fanned, but McNeely Hlvl? ) That Brought Meeker to the hill fn here yesterday when the Bucks for- thletics in a double-header. LEFLER JOINS GRIFFMEN FOR PINCH-HITTING TRIAL PHILADELPHIA, September 11. —Wade Henry Lefler, Worcester outfielder and first baxeman, who hax been leading the Eastern League at batting. reported to the Natlo today for trial. If Lef- ler demonxtrates hix batting abil- ity to the xatixfaction of Manager Harrix, he will be signed for uxe ax n pinch batter during the re- mainder of the easxon. Lefler ix no youngster in baxe ball, having been in pro ranks for ~everal seawons. He ix years old, and hax had a couple of trinls with the Braves, but wax tarned back to the minors because of a weak throwing arm. He ix mearly six feet tall and weighs about 150 pounds. place of Heimach. Harris hit«the newcomer for a two-baser and Rice slammed to center for a single, tally- ing his manager with the fifth run of the frame. Meeker then stopped the slaughter for the inning, but was nicked for a run in the next Bluege singled and so did Peck. Shirley chased Bluege home with a wallop to left, but Peck pulled up at second. Mogridge, trying .to sacri- fice. foul-bunted a third strike. Me- Neely then put up a pop that Dykes deliberately trapped, then threw to lloway. Peck had not moved from econd nor Shirley from first, but the umpires ruled it was not an infield . as claimed by the Bucks, and de- clared Shirley froced out by the play. Harris' loft to Simmons ended the rally. Thereafter Meeker pitched in ex- cellent form. The Bucks got but three more hits off him, singling in each of the last three innings. But Mogridge, who had been reached for a run in the second session, when Simmons doubled, and, following Dykes' loft to Rice, Galloway singled and Perkins doubled, got into more trouble in the sixth. With one gone Dykes singled and Galloway tripled. retirement enabled Gallo- way to count Mogridge’s worst frame was the ninth though. Welch batted for Meeker and began the inning with a single to right. He moved to second when Hale lined a one-baser to center. An odd" break that foliowed helped the Bucks. Lamar slammed ball to and it seemed for a moment that Rice might make a catch, so both Welch and their bases only a few 3 5 But the sphere hit the wall above head and rebounded to the field with Sam in pursuit. Welch manfiged to score, but Hale just beat Rice's heave to second, and the sur- prised Lamar, who had crossed first base, had to dash back to it. Miller sacrificed and Hauser walked, filling the bases. Here Har- ris called Marberry to the box. Sim- mons hit Fred's first offering for a fly to Rice and Hale scored while Lamar took third after the catch. With Macks' tying and winning runs on third and first bases, re- spectively, however, Dykes lofted to McNeely. —_— |CAUGHTONTH£FLY| Rommel was expected to. toe the slab against the Bucks this after- noon. Harris had Martina, Ogden and Marberry to choose from. Temorrow the Nationals will stop in Pittston, Pa., their manager's home town, for an exhibition game with the Pittston club managed by Bucky's brother Merle. Judge, after a lay-off since last Thursday, due to an injured ankle, returned to his first-basing job in the initial encounter yesterday. He stepped around the base well and the ankle did not seem to bother him at the plate, but he was withdrawn after walking in the eighth and Taylor sent in to run for him. Joe was on the bench during the second fray, but was expected to be back on the job today. In the third inning of the first fray Hale hit a bounder in front of the plate and, thinking it foul, did not breaks for first. He was much sur- prised when Ruel grabbed the ball and touched himout. Gonlin made a fine catch of Sim- mons’ low liner in the fifth after a long run, almost to the foul line. Leibold, who replaced McNeely in center after the sixth session, came in close to second base for Hauser's looper in the seventh. Simmons was kept from a hit by Harris' catch in the eighth. The Mack- let poled the ball on a line toward right center, but Bucky leaped high for a one-hand stab. In the fifth inning of the second game Hauser, with a strike against him,” made a drive over the right- field wall that was foul by less than a yard. Mogridge slipped the next pitch by for a strikeout. A spectacular catch of Miller's liner was made by Rice in the seventh. Sam had to race far to his right for the ball. Peck eame out of his batting slump in good form in the second tilt, get- «dng a double and a single for a game average of .400. Every National except Marberry hit safely in the nightcap. Shirley bat- ted most effectively, driving in three cuns. By wwatting in each of the en- gagements, Rice ran his string of consecutive games with hits to 18. He got a single in the first tilt and a two-bagger in a brace of singles in the second. —_— There are three golf courses on the Belgian _coast. . OWL VENTILATOKS ‘Wholesals azd Retall We Iastall 'n-” RADIATO 13 TANPS Entranes at 181 P N.W. Freak. s000 WITTSTATTS B. AND . WORKS [TRECF A A Fraak, M4 l HOLDING THEIR OWN | AME. Q g3 Sl onsuecccorcos olonnmoscsup Lamar, If. Miller, rf. H 1b. 2l uousesssul £l unsssosunenul wlosscosnnop | orosssa ronomnnmrl ol Hocororonnooll asnauncd 2l oommneSummn: vl osonsscset ol eocessescssat 10 27 *Batted for Zachary i Washington 00 002 -Hauser. oo oo F "0 0 0 01 000 x—3 Btolen base—Rice. pa 3 bases—Washington, 11; Philadelphis, 8. Fi DBase on balls—Off Zachary, 1; off Gray, 8. Btruck out—By Zachary, 2; by Gray, 6. Um- pires—Mesars. Connoll. Hildebrand. of game—1 hour and 45 minutes. SECOND GAME. WASHINGTON. AB. 2. E. P0. ] Bhirley, 1 Mogridge, p. Marberry, p. PR cormposons! PST oo colinosomnn 3% cocamuuSonn, Galloway, Perkins, ~locooceccsono! ~ *Batted for Meeker in ninth. . tMogridge out: foul bunt on third strike. Washington 0810000008 Philadelphi 000200 25 Pockinpaugh. Harris Firsa-base bases—Rice (2) - Left on bases— Washington, 10: 'Philadelphi on' balis—0ff Mogridge. 1 Struck out—By Mogridge. by Moeker, 2. ' Hits—O! Ma . 0 in ing; of 5 115" Taaings. Winning ~ pitcher—Mogridge. Losing _pitcher—Heimach. Umpires—Me: Hildebrand and Comnolly. Time of game—i hours and 5 minutes. GIANTS, NOT YANKEES, OBTAIN FRANK WALKER ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., September 11.—Frank Walker, manager and outfielder of the Roc Mount Club of the Virginia League, has been sold to the New York National League Club for $11,000, it was officially an- nounced here today by Walker, prin- cipal owner of the local club. 1t previously was reported Walker had signed with the York Yankee: that New HOT PENNANT RACE IN COUNTY LEAGUE With but two more games each to play, Rockville, Boyds and Bethesda are having a real fight for champion- ship honors in the Montgomery County Base Ball League. Rockville is now in the lead with 2 one-game margin over Bovds and Bethesda, which are tied for second place. ' Saturday afternoon Rockville and Boyds play at Rockville, while Bethesda hooks up with Glen Echo at Glen Echo. Should Boyds win trom Rockville, which is considered among the possibilities, a triple tie would probably result. as Bethesda figures to defeat Glen Echo, although the boys from the banks of the Poto- mac have recently been going at a lively rate. The final games of the season are scheduled for the afternoon of Sat- urday. September 20, when Washing- ton Grove and Rockville play at Rockville, 'ickerson and Bethesda at Bethesda and Boyds and Glen Echo at Boyds.. Should Rockville lose this week’'s game the close of the regular season would probably find Rockville, Boyds and . Bethesda tied for first place, in which event a special series would be arranged to determine the pennant - winner. 1f, however, Rock- ville wins Saturday, the boys from the county seat are assured of their second successive pennant. The closeness of the contest has the fans all “het” up, and the re- maining games are expected to at- tract large crowds. HOW GRIFFS ARE HITTING G. AB, H. SB. RBIL .22 38 14 4 5 .138 574 191 23 6D 512 171 14 104 19 35 145 13 > 69 14 124 131 19 20 17 Pot. Martina . Rice Goslin . Johnson MeNeely - ceconoo 15 2 2 1 5 4 ] vuosronBiBalloSealsn conco00acuNEE The American Soccer League is to have a circuit of 12 clubs this season, the largest since its organization four Should have atyle, correct quality and proper color—I other words, it sl be a Vienna. 3w Headquarters fo: Knapp Felt Hats [ENNA HAT CO. JOE ORNSTEIN {1894, AMERICAN LEAGUE. 4% a;glggig ERE ] Washington ..|—|13/13] 7] 8]14111]1480[57.584 1118/11/13)17104184].608 800 New York _..[ 9i—| 9| 9/11|11/15{14/78] Detroit -1 8(10/—1 . Touls . Cloveland . Philadelphis .| 7 7| 8/10/10/—10| sl Boston -1 71 8] 6] 911/13,—/10/60/76|.441 Chicago Games Tost. ., 57/68/63/65/75/76176] Games_lost. .. 54/56/56/64/64|81)8590'—' YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. Washington, 1-6; P! s 23, Chicago, 12; Detroit, §. New York-Boston, rain. GAMES TODAY. ‘Washington at Phils. Cleveland at 8t. Louis. New York at Boston. Chicago at Detroif ¢ GAMES TOMORROW. Cleveland at 8t. Louis. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. New York, 23-8; Boaton, 1-0. Pittsburgh, ; St. Leals, 1. Brooklyn, 5; Philadelp! ; Cincinmati, 6; Chicago, 3. GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. 8t. Louis at New York. Open Date. Pittsburgh at Boston. Chicago at Phila. GIANTS AGAIN PERCH HIGH AFTER A DOUBLE TRIUMPH T HE waters of the flood have receded and the Giants’ ark rests peace- fully today upon the topmost hill of the National League. Giant rooters, out on deck. predict fair sailing for the rest of the season. A dove bearing a double branch of victory came to John McGraw yesterday, and before the day was over the National League champions had strengthened their position in first place to one full game, and the Braves were drowned under 22-to-1 and 8-to-0 waterfalls. The Giant total in the first contest established a major league record for the season. In the first game, as though freed from long confinement, the Giants gamboled and cavorted. Frank Frisch got six consecutive hits, and narrowly escaped tying the seven-straight-hit record made by Wilbert Robinson in “mil Meusel celebrated his return from the bench with five hits. Hank Gowdy, Frisch and Young swung for the circuit. In both battles the win- ners made 36 hits for 56 bases. Mc- Quillan allowed the @raves only four blows in the second®and Barnes and Huntzinger held them to seven in the first Brooklyn sailed smoothly as Erhardt won his fifth straight game, allowing Philadelphia only five hits in the 5-to-1 Robin victory. But th» double win of the Giants permitted them to draw another half game away from the Robins. Stock fielded brilliantly. The veteran Babe Adams repaired GOLFERS AT ARGYLE CLUB TO KEEP BUSY Golfers of the Argyle Club will be quite busy during the next several weeks, there being four weekly intra- club tournaments scheduled, the first of which will get under way on tember 21, when a handicap aff: will hold the stage. A father-andsson tournament will e held on September 28 and a two-bal! mixed foursome match will be the or- der October 5. A tombstone tourney is carded for October 12. AIll of tho tournaments will start at 9 o'clock except the father-and-son competi- tion, which will get under way at 1 o'clock. J. C. Letts is chairman of the tour- nament committee. He is being as- sisted by Everett W. Hawkins, W. M. Graham, F. C. Staley, E. J. Murphy, H. J. Besley and J. H. Cox. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Jersey City, 7-4; i Reading, 16-1: X, 1 Syracuse-Toronto (cold ‘weather) Rochester-Buffalo (cold weather). AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 4: Indianaplis, Durham, 12: Kaleigh, 137 APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Knoxville, 7; Bristol, 1 (post series). TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, Sep- tember 11.—The Potomac River was clear and the Shenandoah was mud- dy this morning. the broken boom of the Pirate ship and steered it safely from the turbulent waters of the Mississippi with a 3-to-1 victory after allowing the Cardinals only five hits. The Reds hammered Jacobs and Keen in the first innings for all of their runs in the 6-to-3 win over Chicago. Donohue pitched well. Rain continued to fall in Boston, keeping the Yankees idle, but Huggins watched Washington rock in a storm at Philadelphia. The league leaders re- tained their advantage of one and one-half games over New York, but sprung a leak which resulted in the loss of the first game, 2 to 1. Heroic work won the second, 6 to 5. Detroit'’s winning streak of seven games was interrupted by the White Sox, who slammed five pitchers for 19 hits and a 12-to-8 victory. Thurston held the Tygers, although hit freely. St. Louis and Cleveland were not scheduled. Inside Golf y Chester Horto: ‘When the clubhead is thrown into the ball with the hands there is & sort of dip which . Yo feel the shoulders, enpecially the right one, “dip” into the the clul ulls . rough, but at the same time there must be mo n reality the body weight pans- throush the to the left lex. The clubkead, ‘with the path thus dips to the 1y,%0 that the atand it ix the cl waward, not his shoulders really ag downward. Just as the club- head meets the ball ix the place for the player to xtraighten the right arm right into slam his right Pressure against the right hai Doing this, the player soom will learn where the point of pressing, with him, begins. When the wrists become atiff and rigid ye pressing, and thus loning the whip of (Copyright, 1924.) —_— et The Thompson brothers of Canada. Frank, W. J., Nicol, Stanley and Matt, are all golf champions. MARLBORO Seven Races Daily Sept. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 ADMISSION, $1.00 Special trains leave District line on Ches. Beach R. R. at 1:00 p. MEN—and BOYS—Here Are Genuine Footwear Markdowns! Have you seen the up-to-the-minute footwesr offered in this first sale in our history? Make your selection todasy while styles are_complete. Large feet? Very small feet? — we can fit you. You have our entire stock to pick from — including fall and winter models and men’s small shoes suitable for boys’ wear. ABSOLUTELY GENUINE REDUCTIONS! The differ- ence between the fair-and.square price, stamped on the sole, and the reduced price means real money in your t. CAN YOU AFFORD TO OVERLOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY? p FEW PAIRS ALL BOYS’ SHOES Were $4 and . $2.95 NOwW. BRITISH AND YANK GOLFERS TUNING UP NEW YORK, September 1l.—Mem- bers of the British and American teams are at the Garden City links ‘practicing for matches, beginning to- morrow, which will decide the vear's international team supremacy in golf, with the cup donated by George H. Walker of St. Louis as the prize. In response to a call by Robert A. Gardner of Chicaga for the American team to report yesterday, eight of the 10 members appeared. he absentees were Chick Evans of Chicago, and Jess Sweetser of New York. Sweétser sent word that he would appear -to- day, and Evans also Is expected to be on hand. 1 Dr. O. F. Willing of Portland, Ores. the sensation of last year's matche: went out on the course before da: break by himself, getting the ringe of various holes and practicing pitches to the heavily trapped greens, which Francis Ouimet thinks will' be the deciding factor in the match; as the Americans are prone to the pitch shot in contrast of the run-up of the Britiah, & - Later Dr. Willing and W. C. Fownes of Pittsburgh played a, practice round with Jesse Guilford of Boston and Bobby Jones of Atlanta. Jones had trouble getting the touch of ‘the greens. He appeared with a set of shallow-faced wooden clubs in con- trast to straight-faced bludgeons he was last seen with In_the North. Max R. Marston of Philadelphia, national champion, and Jimmy John- ston of St. Paul, Western champion, played a mixed foursome with Miss Edith Cummings of Chicago and Mrs. Quentin ¥. Feitner of New York. After practice at Garden City in the morning the British team went over to the nearby Cherry Valley links. They have decided not to accept invi- tations to the Wills-Firpo fight to- night lest they have inadequate sleep before the matches begin tomorrow, Four two-ball foursomes will be played toniorrow and eight twosomes Saturday, eil at 36 holes. JUNIOR GOLF STARS IN D. C. TITLE PLAY A group of jumior golfers, includ- ing the lads who have made golfing history about Washington this year, took the spotlight today for a brief period. They are competing at the Chevy Chase Club for the champlon- ship of the District. Foremost among the contenders are Roland R. MacKenzie, winner of the Washington and Indian Spring tour- neys; James C. Davis, jr.. long hitter extraordinary; Karl F. Kellerman, ir.; J. Floyd Brawner and Robert Hanna, all of Columbia: Reginald Loftus ‘of Chevy Chase, Henry D. Nicholson of Washington and several others who have but an outside chance. The lads are playing 36 holes at medal play today over the long and hard Chevy Chase course for the title now held by Charles M. Mackall of Chevy Chase. Mackall is not eligible to play this year because he has passed his twenty-first birthday. Entries for the woman's golf cham- pionship of the District of Columbia, which starts next Monday at Colum- bia, closes Saturday night. Entries should be sent to Mrs. H. King Corn- ‘ie]bl at her home or to the Columbia club. Manor and Argyle Clubs will play the third of a series of team matchcs on the latter's course Saturday. Members of the fourth district of the United Typothetae of America are playing today at the Town and Country Club fn a special event. STRIBLING TO BOX STONE. NEW YORK. feptember 11.—Young Stribling, Macon, Ga., light heavy- weight, and Ad Stone of Philadelphia have signed to meet in a 12-round bon* at the Newark Armory September 3¢ IN WILLS-FIRPO BATTLE Prince of Wales and Champion Jack Dempsey to Be in Colorful Crowd—Opinion of Experts Is Evenly Divided as to the Outcome. N EW, YORK, September 11.—The primitive lure of combat will center the atténtion of a large part of the Nation tonight upon the arcna at Boyle’s Thirty Acres, in Jersey C , where Harry Wills and Luis Angel Firpo meet in a 12-round heavyweight battle, with a match against Champion Jack Dempsey-as a prize to the winner. The fight is scheduled to begin bat, if rains threatens, will be thrown ahead as early as 8:30. at 10 o'clock, daylight-saving time Fair skies however, are promised by the weather burcau. Tex Rickard apparently has won the legal semi-final to the engage- ment. Judge Runyan of the United States District Court at Newark will act this morning on an application for a bench warrant asking the arrest of Firpo on a charge of violation of the white <lave act. Ring follow were certain that the latest attempt to prevent the bout would jail The principals went to Jersey City this morning to remain until time for the battle. Wills was accom- panied by his wife and Manager Paddy Mullins, who, with Jeff Clarke. will act as his advisers during the bout. Firpo’'s chief second will be his trainer, the veteran negro. Dan ‘Washington. The most colorful crowd which has attended a fight since Jack Dempsey knocked out Georges Carpentier in “the battle of the century” in the same ring three years ago, is ex- pected to witness the fight. The Prince of Wales and international sportsmen now in this country mav be added to the usual cross-section of American life, including an in- creasing number of women, who com- pose the typical fight crowd. Dempsey, himself, ‘monarch of fistiana, will head the battalion of champions, ex- champions, high lights and dim lights of present and past in pugilism, who gather for the major struggles. Circus Day Scenes Due. The circus day scenes which at- tended the Carpentier-Dempsey af- fair will be repeated outside the pin= saucer. Cordons of police will be thrown for blocks around. tickeis will be sold from 16 wagons, mounted officers will scatter curious crowds, concessions men will bark their in- vitations. A temporary jail and hos- pital have been erected within the inclosed ra: In all, 1,200 police and firemen will be on hand. Hudson River tubes, railroad trains. electric lines, busges and private cars will disgorge humanity at the arena. Other news of the Nation will be haited while the fight is in_progress. Radios will be tuned in. Not since the Democratic convention will the American public give its attention so completely to one subject as to this modern version of a Roman holiday. The principals—Luis Firpo, “the Wild Bull of the Pampas,” “the Tawny Tarzan,” “the Argentine Cave- | “the Brown | man"—and Harry Wills Panther of New Orleans,” fit unsually well into their roles as gladiators Wills, a negro, is easily pictured as a symbol of the savage fading into a jungle curtain; but no small part of the power in the magnet of this fight will be the spectacle of a giant negro struggling with a white man who represents an even greater throw- back into primitive life. In this fight it will be Wills who will employ science to evade the sav. age rushes of Firpo, whose one ida is to crush quickly: it will be the negro who will carry_the sympathy of that part of the crowd which pities the underdog. It probably will be a brute battle, with science forgotten and the victory to the strong. Experts Evenly Divided. Experts, in final published opinions, disagree almost evenly upon the re- sult. Broadly, their speculations credit Wills with the superior science and Firpo with the greater power and aggressiveness. Those who favor Fir- po maintain that his sheer force will BIG FIGHT FACTS PRINCIPALS—Luix Angel Firpo. the Arzentine, va. Harry Wills of New Orleans. negro heavyweight Jersey City, N. J. TIME—Main beut 10 o'clock da light saving time. If rain threat- enx the men will be called to the ring at 8:30 o'clock. Gates open at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. ATHER—Forecast: Fair and . GTH OF BOUT—Twelve cision. ROUNDS—Three m utes each. with one minute inter- mixxion hetween each round. timated at $300,000, which Firpo's share will he 000. Extimated attendance 60, ncluding war tax. S—Firpo, 28; Willx, 1GHTS—Firpo, TS—Firpo, G Wills, 6 feet 2 inche: REFEREE—Danny Sulliv PRELIMINARIES — Charles We- Kenna Miguel Ferrera, four rounds: Joe Silvani vx. Carl John ~on, four rounds: Bill Tate v~. J Casanova. six rounds; Joe Stoessel wx. Jim Maloney, xix rounds, and Charley Nashert vx. Mike Burke. eight rounds, override Wills pite the | cleverness. Those who pick the | declare that the Argentine will b {easy target and that Wills | enough punch to drop him. The fighters expressed confidencr | final statements. Firpo declared u | auivocally that it s Wills' doo t he would gg on to the cha hip. Wills wa® more cons but quietly certain. Both were judged to be in splendid ph: cal condition. Their probable weights were announced today as 215 for tie negro and 218 for the Argentine. Danny Sullivan, who will refer the struggle. is known as a capable, courageous and experienced judge. latters an lias in SOCCER TEAMS IN TIE. NEW YORK, September 11.—The Corinthian foot ball club of England played a tie game of soccer yesterday with the. Brooklyn Wanderers, 1 to 1 The English led 1 to 0 at half time More than 5,000 people witnessed the contest SPEEDWAY TO BE SOLD. KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 11— The property of the bankrupt Kansas City Speedway Association, including a mile-and-a-quarter board track for automobile racing, will be sold auction here October DOBBS HATS Consideration of style should not stop at the neck. The Dobbs BERKELEY is the finish- ing touch to the well The assortment of choice of a hat to oper shade onize wi dressed man’s attire. s permits the the color scheme for the day. Dobbs hats range in price from Seven Dollars upward The Hecht Co. _F_St. at Tth