Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1925, Page 31

SPORTES. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13. 1925. SPORTS. 1 3 Heavyweight Puzzle Still Is Unsolved : 1925 Has Been Hard Year on Champions WILLS APPEARS TO HOLD UPPER HAND AT PRESENT Sought by Several Promoters—Kearns Says He’ll| Make Peace With Commission and Book Big Bout—Titleholder, Though, Differs. Associated Press EW YORK to whirl on 13 endless August The heavvweight merry-go-round continues B ihe its with rival promoters and managers | N The is can- tering aimlessly around the three central figures in ringdom’s latest drama —Jack Dempsey, Harry De mmons., wav, sckeying on their wooden steeds whale procession Wills and Gene Tunney mpsey has cast his lot on a Midwestern mustang ridden hy Floyd Fitz Michigan City. Ind.. promoter. while Tunncy has placed his bet on a metropoiitan thoroughbred bucking under the guiding rein of Tex Rickard Paddy Mullins, business genins of Harry Wills, holds the whip hand and the Key 10 the whole situation. Both Rickard and Fitzsimmons have | made the negro's manager tempting offers to get on and ride, but in- riumerable conferences have yet failed to bring a decision irom the un- assuming Mullins of the big thoroughfare Outside main tion is bein bag held the New Athletic Commission. but Dempsey says is empty thearetically 1} the heavyweight ch Dempsey’s te has hag on at the peace and siz mateh with W Rut despite the hatween the rival hallvhon continues s though off the attrac show another NEW YORK A. C. TEAM IS GOING TO EUROPE NEW New York Stat which Jack lack Kea manager business m irehead v a fig ' YORK 3 York oday it Angust 1 Athletic (#).—The ounced field 1 Summar to com- announced vida vhen he will appeat Cluh anr send a track and n Dempsey team to Europe ne apparent deadlock Pete in England, Treland factions the loud And it looks now no definjte solution to the problem will be obtained until Wills, who is mow trotting around Furope, plants his feet once more an Ameri can soil. Wills cabled his manager vesterday $1.000, presumabiv to use for return expenses Marsters, Pat MeDonal a o Mullins talked with Fitzsimmons, | paen S e Rickard and Kearns vest and | “xeniy W Mesle, proxidents Al this even enjoved a 3,000-mile Robe mem- oL Shioven o B e club, and W. Rodman with Dempseoy . her of the hoard of governors ow o P A £ th nors, are now ope arranging the trio. premium pe Eing tri; WOMEN 1 M Steadman Sweden, Fin- France and Italy. It will he composed chiefly of ath- letes who helped Mercury foot ouifit capture the national champion- ship recently at an Francisco, in- cluding such stars as Francis Hussey, lackson Scholz, Alan Helffrich, George land, Garmany, the signature is still for Dempsey’s Side of Story. Associated Preas. S ANGELES. Calif.. August 13 transcontinental conversation eon cerning a piece of paper took place last night hetween Paddy Mullins manager of the negra heavywelght Harry TWills, and Jack Dempsev. whose campionship Wills hapes inherit some time next vea Mullins talked from New York and what he wanted from the titleholder here was an answer to this question Ts this signature on this contract Flovd Fitzslmmons has hean waving at me your signature’’ Tt certainiy i« my signatur son. not a film,” Dempsey was quoted as answering, “and it means that 1 am satisfied with Fitzsimmons' terms if he can satisfy you Well, that satisfies me,” was lins' reply. ‘It looks as though may be able to do business.” That was all of the Mullins-Dempses conversation. hut the champlon's press agent revealad that Dempsey also was | called 1o the telephone to talk to Tex Rickard, who once was mentioned in connection with the proposed encoun hetwean Wills and Dempsey Che burden Rickard's plea was =aid to he. “Won't vou hold off a little lenger on this Fitzsimmons thinz. Jaek?" and the kevnote of Dempaer's rezponss was reported ax — ARION champinns of the Virginia ax sult of their three-set victory in the title round of on that ground far the past 64 PLAYERS PAIRED FOR WOMAN’S TENNIS NEW YORK. August American and five British have heen seeded in the draw the | women's national tennis champion ship which was made vesterday. Hefen | Wills, Ellzabeth Ryan and Mrs. Mella Bjurstedt Mallory head the seeded ' Amer; ns, while Kathleen McKane Joan Fry and Mrs. Lambert Cham bers are the three top seeded English women Sixty-four plavers in are in the thirty-elghth national mpionship. which begins at the West Side Tennis Club next Monday. and they include ‘practically all the stars of England America and Canada. Miss Ryan and Miss McKane doubt less will meet in the uppar half. while Mrs. Mallory and Miss Wills are e pected to come through in the lower half. The prospect of another meet ing between Miss Wills and ,\hsxi Ryan. which was prevented last week | | in the New York State championship | has aroused great interest in Ihni tournament The draw n per Aul X 13.—Six women | for | all BY FAIRPLAY. NEW YORK. August Mullins. who contrels tne destinies of Harry Wills, is being roasted for not rushing to grab a chance of meeting Gene Tunn Gene has signed and Mullins’ standing back is supposed to have a_funny look But it is not so f It is pretty reasonable. Mullins is nobody's fool ‘and is deiermined to force Dempsey’s hand, making him come out into the | open and state once and for all| whether or not he Is going to meet the negro. 13.—Paddy UPPER HALF. | 5 Elizabetn Ban va. Cargma Winn. Mre, M. | L st bisas DD qur. | B Huft v K. Gardher: Mre_W. H. Priic Mullins sees things helow the Sur-|,.q vy M Bremner: Mrs. B. F. Stenn va. E. | face that no one cise sees -that fa, no | HYfarver: 3 Marion 2 Jemwu o' Nira | outsider. He is convinced mora than | Harrison Smith- Edith Guiler va: G, Ga e e I o T ek | MIN MTank 1Y, Godlrey ve. Mre. T 0. Ba éver n at on in promoter | 41 7T rakior va. Kathlean McKans Mie % doing his nimost to throw Wills off | the track and prevent the hig black | 3 Molia B. Mallory va. Alice Francis: P Grier- the track and prevent the Hiky LIaCk Yafiecre e Hanie S % last resort, tn the nght so far haek that the m will 1t of the Townsend ve. Mrs. Lilllan Scharman He Mildred v Breck “va P % Knderson etarnal hickerina and cease its clamor for the battle Tacohs ve Mre e Rickie: Mre. Phily Mulling has Hawk vs Eleanora R.Sears: Flsie B mouth va. Frelen Colver hattles for the nesro in the past and has not zoi over wondering why { LOWER HALF Helen Wills ve. Mre. Helene Pollack tha promoters have heen so eager to pit the cartain type Faulk: E. B. Cottman vs. Mre. €. Hubbard Mrz. Mar Sutton Bundy vs_Edith B. Handy €. M. Hosmer ve. Mra. G. B. Stanwix: Mars of fighter First it novice with a terrific punch and ne K. Brown va. Mra. Theodore Sohat: Ma Biake va. Virginia L. Carpenter: P S. ReRert Vo Nrn F. V. Roeser: g VA Joan Fry: Eleanor Gom hoxing sense. Paddy fizured that the zame was to have Firpo erase Wills from the pictu with one of his crude roundhouse swin, or ‘to have him Rates: Mra. Robert Le Rov Green: "Mrs. J. D Corbiara Mra. €. €. Madeira v disqualified for illegal tactics or, better vei. 10 have Harry break one of h Newton Marion Williama vs. fragile hands Gart i Mre ilach heen offered many nezro azainst a was Firpo, a hiz lumbering v F | Harper Fiorence. Shel | don: Mrs. 3. ¢ Collingwood va. Mra Charles ) Boahim Edith Sigourney ve Mariha Bav. | ard: Molly D. Thaver va. Mrs. Lampsrt Chambers. | | | PHILADELPHIA GIRLS’ NINE TO MAKE TOUR OF JAPAN, PHILADELPHIA. August 13.—The Philadelphia Bobbies. zirl base hall| champions of Pennsylvania. have com pleted arrangements for tour of | Japan. The trip will start ahout No |vember 1. A three-week schedule has . been arranged. Thirteen girls will \make the trip in eharge of Eddie Ain |smith. former Washington catcher, row with Minneapolis of the American Association. Alnsmith's wife will chaperon them. College teams only will he plaved. Mullins Looks Ahead. Mullins called the turn and per mitted Wills 1o take on the Argentin fan. outrough him. eutpunch him, and in short, to handle him as he would | a lightweight Wills was scored for out the Wild Bull after dawn twice, hut even sa figure in the bout at all Then It was Bartley Madden. Harfy was censured for not siowing rhe Trishman away by those who failed to yamember that at the time the Gov ernor of New York was a good shot for the presidential nomination, and | o hat with southern delezates present | in New York the spectacle of & black TANK MEET TOMORROW. standing over the uncongcious body of | Swimming teams of the Georgetown a white man would not have 100ked |, 14 Rosedale plavsrounds will engage | a0 good. This. it is whispered. 8 the {{n 5 dual meet tomorrow “afternoon inside atory_ of why Madden staved |in ‘he’ Georgetown pool. Competition along with Wills | will_start at 1 o’clock Weinert sipposed 10 he able | Sl 1o make a show of Wills on the score | of scientific hoxing. But he was out hoxed and knocked out Wills, of has Tunney. Mullins knows and soul that Gene is no the big negro and dees not want the | fght. Fven grantinz that Tunney. | built np, would weigh 190 pounds. Wills weighs 215 pounds of lithe fight: | tng welght zo0d could come of | thie match—a match hetween that fine, clean. intellizent veteran of the | hest fighting unit in the World War and the gigantic nezro. Even with | Wills triumphant over Tunnev, the public would sicken at this spectacle { and would sicken of Wills and there, would_be no more demand that he meet Dempsey. So that is why Mul- | line is not giving three cheers over a Tunney meeting. not knocking g ocking him Firpo did not fo fear of in his heart | match for RESUME TENNI Play in the first annual tennis | tournament of the Baptist Youns People’s Union. checked by rain yes terday. was to be resumed today on the Potomae Park amd Henry Park courts. The scheduls arranged for vesterday was to he followed. APACHES TO GATHEK Apache Athletic Club. for several wears prominent on local gridirons. will hold a foot ball mass meetinz Monday night at £ n'elack at the club. house at Twelfth and E streets south =at. S TODAY. ol cigar you'll like “Here, Jack, -vnte:i the t—1 mean your dispo- :’lotien, with 3 ROI.TAN PANETELA!" . (10c) By CORINNE FRAZIER. IOHANSEN and Mary the tourney two weeks | strengthen the organization by keep. | position WILL REPRESENT LOCAL PADDLERS’ ORGANIZATION IN SWIM FOR THE PRESIDENTS’ C Here is the erack Washington Canos Club 1 for the trophy presented by the Chief Executi from many of the Eastern States have ent when the trophy above are: W. G. Stephenson, Howell Miller, Jerome Shear, Farnham Miller an INETMEN FROM TWO N SPORT/| COASTS HOLD STAGE the Aseociated Press CHICAGO, At junior fennis tournament develop into a contest Atlantic and Pacifie seaboards Of the ei playe: ho have sur. vived four rounds, only two—Berkeley Bell, Texas. and Harris Coggeshall Des Moines. lowa, represent sections other than the East and West coasts Cranston Holman. San Franciseo. and John Doeg, Santa Monlca. Calif. must uphold Western hope: A. L. (Sandy) Wiener, Ph Il represent the Ellen Totten were crowned tennis rounds vesterday Agnes Johansen and Orra Mae st 13.The national sinzles ‘may hetween tha enue playg as a re which has heen in progress t Mis= Johansen and Miss Totten will epresent Virginia avenue in the in er-playground event for the city next month. A track meet will be held on the | Dennlson plavground Friday. begin- |Tigen protege; Frank Luce ning at 10:30 in the morning Mar- | Mass., and Malcolm Hill and jorie Lewis. director of the ground. ' johnson, Waban, Mass. has announced the following events| The singles in the boys' division for girls: 40-vard dash: 50-yard dash, |pbrings together Walter Thomas. El running broad jump. basket ball |mora, N. J.. Bertram Claster, Harris throw for distance, goal throwing, po- |burg. Pa.; Frank Sheilds, New York, tato race and three.legged race. and Leroy Voorhis. Cincinnati JOHNSTON MASTERS RICHARDS SPEEDILY NEW YORK. August 13.—It took William M. Johnston just three sets and one hour and five minutes vester day to prove to the Davis Cup selec tion committee that he is the maser of Vincent Richards. The score of their test match. play ed on the championship court at For. est Hills, was 6—3, 64, 7—5. and recorded one of the most crushing de feats ever suffered by the second ranking plaver Richards, played as good tennis as | he ever has shown, but in the third | set he looked like a novice as the fa- mous Californian rushed through five straight games to take the set after trailing at 2 In the three games he won to square the set at 5-all, Johnston allowed Richards just twe | points While it is zenerally understood in The fiscal year for the Capitolites | [SNNIS circles that the victor vester: ends September 1. and at that time a | day will be the No. 2 player on the number of new members are sxpected | L Nited States Daviz Cup team. no | statement was forthcoming after the to he elected. Monthly. bulletins _raviewing activ. | M2tch rezarding a definite decision on | A ks this point 3. Myrick stated | ities of past four weeks and outlining | I plans will be issied fo members of the | that the personnel of the team would | club. beginning next month. These | N° ™3 Down on Susus %8 (and bulletins are expected to do much to _’:' "‘::‘&"“:‘[":;M M’:;S?‘;:flg;f‘, would not be announced until 24 hours before the Davis Cup challenge round play begins. The same reticence surrounded tha | result of the women's doubles match | vesterday in which Mrs. Molla_ Bjur- Tomorrow, with the opening play in | siedt Mallory and Mrs. May Sufton the international matches for the | Bundy defeated Miss Eleanor Goss Wightman trophy, the central interest | ang AMrs. Marion Zinderstein .Jessup. of the sporting world "will rotale g 3 7 While it is understood that Boston. Henry The big field day planned at Bloom ingdale plavgrounds was postponed yesterday on account of the raln. It Wwill be stazed one dav next week. Swimmers from Corcoran and Fill. more playgrounds are scheduled to use the Georgetown pool this after- noon. Emery and Wallach mermaids will have a dip in the Resedal pool tomorrow At a recent meeting of the Capitol Athletic Club. plans for Winter sports were discussed and a new member elected. Virginia Clinedinst was ad mitted and extended a cordial wel | come by Mrs. Cedilia Deublg. the | presiding officer. { Basket ball will be resumed the first of October and volley ball will be introduced for the first time. Con. siderable enthusiasm has been evinced by the elub members for. this new sport Swimming throuzhout = will he continued e the Winter. the Y. W. | - pool heing chartered one nizht | week beginning October 1. ing all members closely club affairs. The next meeting has been called for September 4. in touch with come of the cup competition. just | .. in the Wightman Cup matches tional ~ten.” They were placed : §. RACERS BURN TO DEATH. 3. Helen Wills. (U. S. A.); 4. Kathleen (Spain); 7.-Mrs. Molla ‘B. Mallory (U. | this vear's Louisiana Derby. was one Diddie Viasto (France). | borne stud, owned by B. Hancock. team. ix rated three in the second ten. | destroved were Gold Finch, owned by me President Coolidge ever has allowed his name to be used i 8] 2 in the Potomae River a week fro an athleti left to Capital in the 3-mile swi next Saturday, mpetition. Swimmers will be competed far for the first thue. Fro ght, the paddiers shown d Carl Ablenfeld. TWO GIRLS MAY ATTEMPT 'CHANNEL AT SAME TIME Br the Associated Press B OULOGNE of of August 13 France English (¢ swimming the annel are again in have the engaged traming for the feat. and swimminz fans ma: s faction seeing them attempting to make their August 18 or thereahouts Gertrude Ederle of New end. has completely recovered vented her attempt Lillian Harrison of Buenos Aires. who announced, while in a state of collapse after her unsuccessful fourth try at swimming the waterway on Monday, that she would not make another attempt, now says she hopes to try again. While Miss Harrison is easy to t preparing Miss Ederle for the long grind is presenting certain difficulfies 1o her trainer, Jabez Woife. To begin with. he has a difference of opinion as to the methods with her chaperon. Miss Vieta. Wolf, who has made 18/ attempts to eross the channel. con- tends that Miss Ederle nught to do more work In the water. Miss Vieta holds for road werk with anaut twe hours in the water daily Wolte advises heavy massage by a strong man te harden the muscles. to immunize them against the fatigne crossing at came time - York from who the have started last week indisposition which pre- was slight and cold brought on by 12 mersion in th water, but Miss insists on massage by female experts. whose methods, Wolfe claims, are in sufficiently severe, Meanwhile those outside the train ing camp who have watched Miss Ederle’s activities are certain that she s @ splendid chance of performing the feat. Her strong physique con tinues to attract much attention. A doctor who examined Miss Ederle ves terday was am: at her chest expan sion. He had 1o apply the tape meas ure three times hefore he could make himself belisve that her chest expa sion Iy more than 7 inches. He described it as the most wonderful lung development he had observed in hiz career. saving that Miss Ederle must have wonderful en Aurance and vitality im around Forest Hills. Tt will be in-| ; & I the victory gives to Mrs. Mallory and teresting to observe. from the out-|arec Rundy the place ag No. 2 doubles how accurately a Beston tennis eritic | \op 4 n I n which start tomorrow no definite an has ranked six of the “first interna- %8 S8 [AMOrTOR I as follows: First, Suzanne Lenglen (France): 2. Elizabeth Ryan (U. 8. A.): McKane (British Tsles): 5. A PARIS, Ky.. August 13 (#).—Bon MeKane GBritish Teles): 5 MArY K (e Mary,-dam of Quatrain, winner of S. A 5. Mrs. Marion Jessup (U. §. |of four thoroughbreds burned to death 2072 Joan ey (British. Isles: 10,1 when lightning struck a barn at Clay Eleanor Goss, who gained the No. 3 | Bonnie Mary was owned by William of the United States oup | Woodward of Marvland. 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Angust 13 to defend | his laurels in the current campaign there are few cheering refiee the erstwhile idols of sport ciated Pros For the champion who has vet tions in seanning the train of disaster that has befallen many of It has been a had year for title holders in almost every branch of com petition. with unlikely prospect a few additional before the last goal is kicked or the final putt is holed | Here are a few of the outstanding repeating if their veteran casualties among the ehampions: corps is able to stick 1—Willle Hoppe lost the balkline |the finish billiard crown to young Jake | 1t ix an interesting and somewhat Schaefer. strange sidelight in the championship Strangler Lewis was tossed off class 1o note that woman champion the heavyweight wrestling |ship stars have been more consistent throne by Wavne Munn. who |than measculine competitors. Suzanne later vielded the veteran | Lenglen and .Joyce Wethered main Stanislaus Zbyszko. tained their reigns in the domains Cannonball Martin dropped the of tennis and golf abroad. while few world's bantamweight hoxing | mermaids are willing to dispute Ger championship 10 Cherley Rosen: | trude Ederle’s place around the top in herg. swimming Mike McTigue heavyweight lenbach Jean Borotra's Wimbledon tennis scepter was lifted hi= countryman. Rene Lacoste W. E. Garrett Gilmore's national cculling honors went ta Walter Hoover il Walker the American open golf crown to Willie Mar Farlane. Rabe Ruth has haen dethro as major league home run ki the not of turnovers hurling o ita guna in 1o 3 lost the toza to Paul light Ber DR. KING EASY WINNER OVER KELLEHER AT NETS SOUTHAMPTON. N. Y., August 13 Dr. George King of New < zained the remaininz bracket in round before t} semi-finals of Southampton invitation tennis tourna ment at the Meadow Club. Hitting with hlinding speed. the Metropelitan star defeated Hugh G. M. Kelleher {#lso of New York, at 6—2, 6—1. | This match was the only one plaved |In singles, the courts being sivan over to the doubles Todav the field in bhe reduced four Herbert Bow |man of New York will meat George |M. Lott of Chicago and Cedric Major of New York will play A. P. Chapin ir., of Springfield. Mass., in the upper ‘hil’ In the lower half Howard Kin i sey will oppose Dr. King and Brian 1t is not an impossibility that Norton of St. Louls will face Robert racquels in foreign or native hands.|Kinsey may find Big Bill's Achilles heel in the 1 championships next month A vear ago Helen Wills seemed des tined for supremacy of the type nf den’s. She now is threatened by beth Ryan, the Californian, who has come back te American tourna nt competition after 13 vea's in ingland and Furepe, where she was Suzanne Lenglen's most consistent ri val Miss Rvan’s decisive defeat of Miss Wills at Seabright has put the cham- ! pion on the defensive. Helen also was forced 1n three sets by Mrs. Jessup and Mrs. Mallory in recent tourna ments In golf. bby .Jones. the amateur king. and Walter Hagen, P. G. A | champion. face none too pleasant pros- pects. trying to keep their laurels in a game which delights in upsets and uncertainties. Nevertheless these two tamous linksmen will tee off with close 10 and even chance of coming through again Base Ball Change Likely. Rase hall fandom. meanwhile. i clearing its decks for a new champion or twn. In the home vards of the New York Gianta and Washington rulers of 1 major league helghts this may seem a hit premature, buf supporters of the Pittsburgh Pirate: and the Philadeiphia Athletica are al most ready to hoist the pennants. On the face of the returns so far Washington has the hetter chance of Oy Tost 8 z Twe Whe Appear Safe. An expert consensus probably would agree that Willlam T. Tilden. tennix monarch for five years, has the best | chance of any to keep at the iop. It also would concede that Jack Demp- sey's heavywelght crown will be intaet by January 1, 1926, hut whereas Dempsey's present policy invelves tew, | It any risks, Tiden will meat all com ers in defense of his title the singles -nine teams started in doubles and two rounds were plaved The outstanding combinatipns wera the Kinsev brothers. national ch: pions: 8. Howard Voshell ana Chapin Norton and Lott and Lewis and Whita =nd Thalheimer. SPANISH AND JAPANESE NETMEN IN CUP MATCH By the Apsociated Press. BALTIMORE. Md., August 13.—Tha firat of the Davis Cup elimination con rests scheduled for this city will held at the Baltimbre Country Cluh this afterncon, with Spain and Japan vying for the honors. Two singles matches will engag rivals today. In the first Harada of Japan will Flaquer of Spain The aces of the opposing net teams will be pitted against each other in the second. They are Zenzo Shimidz and Manuel Alongo. Spain Doubles zre scheduled for tamarraw the teams to be chosen today FOOT BALL MEETING. Corinthian Athletie Club foot hall |team ecandidates will meet tomerrow night at 7:30 o'clock at Immaculate {Conception gymnasium. The Corin thians plan to have twe teams an the fleld this vear be R the Takeucht meet Eduardo