Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1926, Page 38

¥ 58 SPORTE; THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1926. SPORTS. Rickard Is Expected to Announce Tunney as Foe for Dempsey in Title Confest JONES DECIDES TO TRY FOR BRITISH OPEN TITLE PROMOTER IS RETURNING \}BASHARA AND HECTOR TO NEW YORK FROM WEST TOP RING CARD HERE Kenilworth Arena, Washington's Indications Are That Wills Has Been Counted Out of new outdoor boxing emporium, to- Running—If New Yo Bout Will Be Held in Jersey. EW YORK, Junc 1 champion N < ready, H has decided upon Gene Tunney ext September. i is expected. Observers here consider that Rick- ard holds whip hand throuzh his agrcements with Dempsey and Tunney dication that Wills and Paddy’ Muliins, his manager, have 1 ted oni of consideration are fact that Tex has made confer with Mullins eran contender terday for an exhi-| atad Press s wen cour en the f temy took his v Midwe: cont ch It R ment with dis New Yol ing announce & Oy, I's anticipated announce mey as his choice meets pproval at the hands of the te Athletic Commission. | pect he will immedi- | B s Thirty Acres N. J.. as the scene of BY FAIRPLAY. YORK. e lL--Any day public w ow what heavy Te Rickard is going to throw the ring with Jack Dempsey | Septen The match, zed in the Yankee rd to build a new stad ‘ the State now that | ovle's Thirty Acres in Jel ound unsuitable to *h is bound to attend which the champion Rickard seat the it and Dempsey meet t he will der ~Promoter Tex Rickard and his heavyweight lately dis cven anxions, to disposc of the long-standing challenge of the | A forma night offers a 12round middleweight [titt between Joe Bashara, Norfolk Syrian, and Mike Hector, West Const | sensation. Both fighters are in town and report to Matchmaker Miller that they are in the pink of condition. Hector has fought the best middle- | weights on the West Coast. He won {the middieweizht championship of the Navy during the flect maneuvers in ssed in the Southland with Jack |Hawail, defeating Jack Perry 'he to ds 1dd k today. Jack has broadcast that he |Baey by arank Joey Kaplan, Baltimore bantam. Buell i with the best on the < an is Balti- antamweight. They rk Does Not Approve champion’s opponent in an open- announcement to that effect by he | more’s are to step six rounds. Ter O'D: takes on | Frager in a four-rounder. cently returned from a suce vasion of Detroit. Frager is 7 nki 0'Day ful in- local far in exc mitted ¥ ss of the percentage per- the boxing board, so it behooves Rickard to cut down his overhead and avoid large commit- ments of money in the building of outside arenas. If one is to judge by what the champion has done since he started out to convince the public that he means to defend his title this year it looks as though Gene Tunney will be murned. Buck Alexander has heen appointed Dempsey s not fooling one in |, the Maryland State Athletic Com. his preparations to date. 1 training | phoGin * to referee tonight's bouts, consists of banging around such spar- Fenteak tand AnE Sehuyio EPHELD exs 4 FReltamy S Judges. The first bell rings ell, Tillie Kid Ilerms old Farmer Lodge. it is about time : g the nublic got wise to the fact that champion does not take his forth- RACE TICKET VALUABLE. ming opponent seriously BOMBAY. Dritish Indi ne 1 (4) Considering the long time he has |—Cyril Stiliman of the firm of Sir spent away from act competition, | Alexander Gibh and partners, h Dempsey would seem to regard him- self as a superman. Going through the motlons of training exhibition tours at so much per per- formance ha fitted & man to defend his_title. | Jack_is not fool enough to believe | e could go through with a hard fight \inst a giant like Harry Wills with the trainin; s been doing. Demp- sey must remember the slovenly man- ner in which Willard prepared himself three professional ring start and orite, fac 1. The latter 3ud Tivior of Terre 1 in theal ! Str mate ind has boxed many of Tavlor's shows, s Billy ( 1 stahle wite is and poor Club’s derby sweepstakes. firm, ha awn Booklet. ed that Stillman been affered £12,000 for a half share in his ticket. to defend his title when Jack was due to meet him. DE FOREST WAS A “GIRL” | CIRCUS STAR IN YOUT™ Ihis 15 the first of a series of s EW YORK, June L.—Jimmy De N George Dixen, led a dual life v | to be assigned b | par between Robert Stead, who has made good in his first | he semi-final goes in | | 28, finished in s | green, while third pl: drawn Colorado in the Caleutta Turf ‘ R e Col. Huff- | and giving [man, another partner of the same | It is report- | pion. won the first fiight of the minia- MANY HOLIDAY TOURNEYS UNDREDS of golfers, attracted by splendid weather and a complete ARE STAGED FOR GOLFERS Memorial day tournament schedule, crowded the local coufses yes- I I terday from dawn to dark, taking part in the various events offered by all the clubs. i ) The competition for the Victor Kauffmann Memorial day trophy at the Chevy Chase Club yesterday ended in a tie for first place between two of the younger members of the club, G. Brown Miller and George D.| Brantley, jr., finishing with scores even with par in the match play against | par event. Brantley scored a 76, with a_handi- | Bennett in the final round by 1 up. cap of seven su-nkvl-m “'lnlfv yf\‘fl“‘erl"\d Other tourney results follow: | an 81, with a handicap of 11 stroke ‘ b e tie will b ved off at a date | Second flikht. fin: e e M e T T comailites, | deleatediC: K Welton, & and Gen. Charles G. Treat, with a gross | Third flight, final—Leo F. Pass de- 79, and Walter F. Chappell. with a|feated C. M. Mar i | zross 84, each finished 2 down to par | Fourth flight, final in a tie for second place, and third |feated 1. §. Moise, 4 place resuited in a tie at 3 down to Fifth flight, final teated W. . Henry, . whose Chase, 3d, | The tombstone event at the Manor | Club was won by Russell T. Edwards, | whose last stroke landed his ball a few feet from the pin at the nine- teenth hole, Edwards plaved with a handicap of 20 strokes. Dr. Connors finished in second place, and Vaughn Darby was third the | Dr. L. T. Hopkins won first place and_Country Club in the section. of the Aravle n Wise, who | Club tombstone tourney, placing his ated his flag a few feet from the ball on the nineteenth green. (. ' cup on the twentieth green. Wise | Nichols, whose ball ended on the played with a handicap of 10 strokes nincteenth fairway, was second and added to 71. the par of the course. L. P di Este third John ¢. Mackall, with a handicap of | ~P. B. Morehouse and i «cond place. his ball [ tied for first place in the second sec! the nineteenth | tion. while third place went to 0. e went D. C. | Sweet i with a handicap of 15, Who | The club members were divided | all on the edze of the cup at |into two sections. one with handicaps under 18 and the other with handi- caps of 18 and over. | M. H. Maier, with a card T ture tournament held at the Bannock- |65, won the competition for burn Golf Club, defeating A. B.|President’s cup at the Beaver gross was 79, and G. H. with a gross of §1. W. D. Harrison and T. W. New bhurn won the four-hall best hall handi- cap tourney at Columbia, finishinz 7 up on par. Second place went to the team of John W. Martin and Lester Rudino, who finished 6 up on par. ihstone tourney at ‘ashington Golf won by Jd D. Tegeler. | bheing in the cup on Gruver w. L. Pendergast, the club cham Dam career of Jimmy De Forest, | ix stories on the Forest, veteran trainer of more than 1000 fighters, including Jack Dempsey, Luis Angel Firpo a“di antil he was 16 vears of age. Silken tresses and flaring hairribbons were part of the wardrobe of | the blond vouth of the De Forest fan Bailey's circus, until sheer desperation over the arbitrary ly forced the boy to rid himself of his femi parents f run away. Characteristically, - est munched away on the stump of a half-burned clgar as he related the details of this youthful experience. prompted by his parents’ belief that a girl would attract more attention and he more profitable to the circus act When the afternoon matince was over Jimmy would hustle from the big- top, tuck his curls under a cap and prepare to defend himself against the taunts of fellow performers, | These jests at his feminine role, brought discontent. He early learned to express resentment with his fists. Nature endowed young De Fores with a small physique, but many victory was won over a_larger opp nenc by speed, skill and condition. The final break came when, as he srew older, he began to attract atten- | fion from male spectators attracted to this “girl” of the fiving rings by ‘her” lithe manner. grace and re freshing beauty. One dax he received cularly embarrassing note. Sic At heart over the inconsistency of his | Jimmy De Fa G mily, aerial gymnasts of Barnum and edict of his ne attire and dual existence. he ran away. clipped | his curls and dropped the “La Petite” e Forest for the more masculine Jimmy De Forest. m the circus lot he sought the rer. The tanbark life| ne-day stands and over- 1d sown the seed of wan cquired the ability to If to his Furruuml‘ limate : er how unfamiliar they ngs, no appeared. De Forest stowed away on a tramp steamer and bobbed up in Liverpool. | jous of his destination until| glish port was reached. He| veled the capitals of the old coun- ing up odd jobs. Tiring of European atmosphere, he em- ed for America. As a protest agai voung De Forest sou sculine comp: t his circus role t out the most he could find. York for months he reached je-tive in the Bow.| erv, where e old-time fighte! 4:»".‘ & ed hetween sements i SWEETSER HAD MAKINGS | OF GREAT GRIDIRON STAR BY EW YORK. June 1. N his shoulder in freshman year. a fresh in So he sias in 19 holder practice and forward-pa The writer can personall; as the result of an hour catching--trying to ca haps be hit more t spiral passes and booming | punts that Jess has. or had, as much foot_ball in him as golf. Has Pr )< his ear! me g refrained from playing foo the game, and cven after he 2 and was entitled to a certain sed and pu testify spent in accurate—his ved Asset. - experience of the ve him that steadi: under fire. that indomitable ng 1s seen chiefly at ars ago and recently ~which have heen among , It ' Perh: eridiron ix improhable that his | which is ane of his striking . was also derived from Wt as it mav, remains that among all ath- there are none more modest the » zridivon performers. Sweatcer does from now | he meve 1 t least in e t honors, ate title and the phy have heen w he is the e mateur cup. letes than Wh o w wetitic of winning i h Compelled to Work. | And one int thinz abhout | him iz that he has plaved less golf | than most experts, as he is in busi- | ness and b, 10 we Al it not as a| e but as 2 _means of livelihood. Bohby Jones, of course, {s as great a golfer he was. and the Brit. ish k ~asting ¢ that afflicts athletes mental let- | down. | Jones was geared up to dispose of Marris, whom the English were de- pending upon as their and having done so the reaction was so great that Ble—— o ———]afl INASH] Nash-Rinker Motor Co. SALES and SERVICE the for 6 pears at address spraks 1419 Irving St. N.W. Col. 4467 | I=0==n same itself LAWRENCE PERRY. lTess Sweetser, who won the British amateur, | would have made a star foot ball player at Yale had he not injured | iry would have put him out of the star class in golf for good. he came out every afternoon when the Yale varsity clev | | | The shoulder healed eventually, but t ball. But he never lost his enthu- | won the national goli championship aloofness as becomes a great title n was at cd throughout the afternoon. he fell before Jamieson. 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Haynes won third place, his ball finishing past the ditch on the twentieth fairw: Mrs. J. P. Harper won the women’s event, holing out on the eighteenth green Congressional Country Club mem- bers yesterday concluded a three-day tournament, with one 18-h round each day. T. W. Hawley, W. B. Jef- fress, D. G. Roberts, S. I°. Taliaferro and R. W. White tied for first place | with net scores of 65, while J. D. Bes son and C. S. Hatfield tied for second | place with 66. There were several | and the committee decided | to continue play through Saturday in | order that they might be played off. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - » “Kid” Roy, nadian junior lightweight, defeated Danny Kramer. Philadelphia (10) fommy West, Trenton, light heavy- knocked out by RRocky Smith, Battle Creek, Mich. (2). Val Fontaine, | Canadian middleweizht, knocked out Bobby Marriott, Baltimore ( CLEVELAND.—Harry Wills, heavyweight, floored twice and out pointed geff Clark, Atlantic City (ex hibition, 6). B Wallace, Cleveland | Junior lightweight, outpointed Harry Brown, Philadelphia (10) CEDAR RAPIDS —Jimmy Finley, Pacific Coast welter champion, won from Pinky Mitchell (10) negro OUT OF POLO TOURNEY. LONDON ) tine La po June 1 Pampas team has the | scratched its entry for the Itoehamp- | ish team. ton open challenge cup tournament BY 0. B. KEELER. Special Cable to The Star and the Chicagn Daily News C battle Wednesday and Thursda - Jones. George von Elm, Watts Gunn Bobby felt that if he home | without competing in the British open it might look as if he had been too much disappointed by his showing in the British amateur championship “I love to play golf over here and | want another chance to play with the boys on this side,” Jones said. Thus we have four great American amateurs to back up the thrust by Walter Hagen and the coterie of American professionals in an effort to sweep the British hoard of every important title save the ladies’ cham plonship neis Ouimet and Henry Lapham m at the Grand Ho. argument over which bed was the most comf le. Ouimet thought he had lost out in the argu ment until he noticed a gold plate on the foot of the hed he drew. which | sald that the hed had been occupied | by the Prince of went are tel in September, 197 Wales. “lte a Franels pretty good bed.” said (Copsrizht. 1926, By the Ascociated Press. ANDREWS, Scotland. June 1 All the American members of the Whlker Cup golf team are hard a! actice over the famous zolf links here for Wednesday's foursome and Thursday's singles against the Brit- The British players also T. ANDREWS, June 1—With the members of the American Walker p team hard at work here practicing for the great international Bobby Jones announced today that | he had decided 1o remain for the British open championship. This makes | four members of the Walker Cup team who will take part in the apen- and Roland Mackenzie. more than they already know of the links, Bobhy Jones in sterday had a par 72 playing against George Von Elm. and Jese veetser made a hit with a gallers watching him at the firat tea when he shot a birdle three for the 365- vard hole Watts Gunn, the side partner of Bobby Jones from Atlanta, went around the course in 76. Among the Fritich players whe were out w Cyril Tolley, Roger Wethered, W Rrownlow and C. O Hez They plaved a four-ball ma Wethered and Hezlet won 2 o I a practice round et heen decided whe the e British plavers to meet the Amer wiil _be. It thought however hat Robert Harris, whe lost his championship last week: Brownlow fezle'. Holderness, Jam- ieson, Tollev and Wethered will he seven of them The Americ not yer heer, n order of play has announced . POLO EVENT OPENS JULY 31. NEW YORK, June 1 (#).—The na- tiona) hampionship tour nament with a maxi mum handicap ¢ will he contested at the Bilt more Country Club, be. junior polo open 1o t Westchester Rye, N. Y. | are here endeavoring to learn a little ginning Julv 31 A Superior Product lmgroved' Recent improvements in the Speed Wagon add materially to its ance, its comfort for all-day driving, and to the safety with whic operated. ch'ic is These improvements include greater length, the addition of a cowl, a new cab and a newly designed steering mechanism along with a score of other advantageous features. But more important is the fact that throughout the improving process the Speed Wagon has retained all of those worthy characteristigcspwhich have established its reputation as the outstanding value in the com- mercial car field. 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