Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1926, Page 27

. . SP Present Road Trip Is Expected to Furnish True Line on Class of the Yankees WINNING HALF OF GAMES LEFT MAY GIVE "EM FLAG Huggins’ ‘“Questionable” League—Nats’ Chances Are Fading—Pirates Gradually Closing in on the Red BY FREDERICK G. LIEB. HE present road trip wi'l tell the true story of the New York Yankees, considered by ‘many the real upset of the year exception of three games at their Stadium home late in the month. | slugging avalanche wiil be on the road continuously until July 9. T Huggi During that time they will play each in Boston and Washington. and two in Philadelphia. A trip of such duration is enough to test the mett if the Yaunks can retain their present tion, they will loom as sure wiiiners homers at regular intervals, Gehrig out of his slump, and Meuscl, 1 and the rest tearing the cover off the ORTS: Staff Rated as Best in With the NESDAY, JUNE -9, 1926, SPORTS. INDIANS GIVE $25,000, ' TWO MEN FOR HURLER By the Associated Press, WACO, Tex., June 9.—Willis Hudlin, 19-year-old pitching ace of the Waco base ball club, has been sold to the Cleveland Ameri- can League team for $25,000 in l"h and a pitcher and aeshort- stop. s The price is said to be the high- est ever paid for a Texas League player. 2 3 A provision in the sale is that Hudlin uiust *“mak all of the cash is paid, Hudlin will stay with Waco the remainder ' of this season, but Cleyeland will ‘send a shortstop to Waco at once. MOUNT RAINIER NINE of the four Western clubs, one series le of any club, and comfortable lead during this expedi- in October. With Ruth still blasting ri ball, it will be a difficult task for any club to stop this powerful New York array. . i The question irequently has been asked whether the Yankee pitchers can hold up. In my opinion. Huggin cither of his most dangerous rivals, ( is better than any right-hander that Connie has this vear, and though “Lefty” Grove has pitched brilliantly ager would prefer the cool and collected Pennock in a real pinch, anything like the e nor can he requently re- , but he Shocker hasn't | stuff that he used to pitch o often. He l quires help to w his gam has a wise head and will win a lot of | games. Young Thomas still has his | wild streaks, but he has the makings | of a fine pitcher, and Jones has looked | better in recent games i The Yankees already are in a posi- | tion where they do not need to win | much more than half of their remain- | ing games to win the pennant. When I they started their Western trip in Cleveland last Saturday the Yankees | had won 34 out of 46 games. Winning | half of their remaining 108 games | would give them 38 victories. That | ance was enough to give Detroit a pennant. \Washington needed only | four mere than that to beat the| Yankees in 19 | the American Ieague sizes up now, there is little likelihood of any | club below the Yankees winning 100 | zames. | « almost certain they will he champions. | Red Sox Tough for A i Connie Mack’s plucky Philadelphia elub checked the great Yankee win- ning streak and hurled back the New York sluggers three games out of | four. But they lost all they gained | in New York by dividing a four-game series with the Red Sox tail-enders in Boston. Inability to take a proper toll, from Boston has held down the | Athletics, as they have split 10 games | with Lee Fohl's Follies of 1926. The Yankees, on the other hand, have feasted regularly on the Bean Boys, winning 11 out of 13. | Washington has advanced in hit- ling, but Harris’ veteran pitchers have | not stood up. Even Johnson has been | losing. The deal with the Browns | for Joe Bush was a mistake, as Bush | has been of little use to the team from the Capital. The Nationals will main dangerous. but their chances for A third pennant grow slimmer with each passing veek. The White Sox class pitchers in Ly and Thurston, are ball in their section. is hitting, and is only outhit by the | Yankees n the American ILeague. | The hitting strength which Collins ha; injected into his line-up ig quite sur- prising. ‘Tygers Keep on Plugging. Detroit_keeps plugging. awa; a littie above the .500 mark. In the early Spring dope 1 called it a fifty- fifty club, and that still is my opin- fon of the Tygers. They will not get very far from the .500 mark all sea- son. | The Cleveland bubble also has| collapsed, as I had predicted. The team was playing above its head, and | was bound to come down. There was a touch of pathos when the great | Speaker benched himself because of weak hitting. The Browns have done hetter since getting back at St. Louis, with three first- ms, Blankenship playing the best The team also It the Yankees win 95 it is| - | tomley, | tional League in home runs, but he | | comeback, Brooklyn again is picking [up to fifth, last year's position. ns has a more dependable staff than onnie Mack and Bucky Harris. Hoyt | for Philadelphia. any base ball man- | FLAG CHANCE RATINGS | IN MAJORS TO DATE| AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York . s Athletics Washington .. Chicago Detroit . Cleveland St. Louis Boston 625 TIONAL 1 Pittsburgh ... s Cincmnati o New York St. Louis Brooklyn Chicago Boston .. Philadelphia LEAGU ting better, but the club is suffering from the fact that Hornsby and Bot- the club's clean-up hitters, are far below their former batting form. Rogers is hitting 75 points be- low his gait of the last five vears. Where he hitting .415 at this | time a vear ago, he now is hitting only .332. Bottomley leads the Na- | isn't getting enough singles. Where Be finished the National League sea- | #on of 1925 with an average of .3! he now is hitting only 5 With Vance showing signs of a| up hope. However, Jesse Petty, the sensation of the first month of the | campaign, is no longer holding up, and he was charged with two defeats in one day against Boston last week. Somebody must have whipped the Braves info a fury, as the club is hitting in ifs March St. Petersburg | stride and recently scored 44 runs in four games. Two of the pitchers up- set were Pete Donohue and Eppa Rixey, two twirling aces of the Red: The Braves still may fight their w; In answer to letters from some of my readers, I am reprinting the posi tlons in which I predicted the varfous AJubs would finish before the opening of the season AME] N LEAGUE. New York Athletics Washington St. Louis Detroit Chicago Cleveland Boston s | SHAMROCKS TO PLAY NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburgh New York St. Louis, Cincinnati Boston Brooklyn Chicago Philadelphia but they have much ground to re- gain. | In the National League, Pittsburgh | gradually is closing in on the Reds. | The 1 campaign of the Pirates| continues to he a carbon copy of McKechnie's battle plan of a year ago. The Pirates have had their share of had brakes this Spring. but the team kept its head. and never weakened in its team morale. Theirs | was the attitude of a running cham-| pion in a long race. They did not| permit themselves becomee per- | turbed because a few clubs were ahead of them. They knew they | could let out when the right time| came. Reds Finding Road Tougher., Cincinnati is finding the going much tougher now, and the Reds will find the Eastern clubs worthier foe- men than when they recently played them on Redland field. On that happy occasion, Cincinnati won 13 out of 15 from jts Eastern visitors. Since ther New York has been going much stronger and the Boston club has come forward with a rus The Giants have made a good gain in the last week, and the club again is showing something of: its. former dash. They now are at the Polo Grounds for’ almost five complete wee Injuries to Barnes and. Mc- Quillan _handicapped the pitching staff, and forced Fitzsimmons' Green- | field, Ring and Scott to work double | during a string of double-headers | around Memorial day. Little Farrel, substituting for Jack- son, now is hitting much better, while | Florence, the new catcher, has added | batting power to the club, though he a clumdy fellow on the bases. er since last Winter a three- cornered deal between New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh has been | bubbling under the surface. Now 1 believe Boston also is included. If it pops, it must be put ‘over before June 15. 1If it goes over, it may change we complexion of the entire race, ny players are involved. ; Cubs Still Showing Punch. to The Cubs have been coming down, ot they still are swinging from their shoe-tops and scoring a lot of runs. With the exception of the YankS, they are the only big league club which is- hitting in the .300 class. MecCarthy has done wonders with his | voung and rather inexperienced pitch- ing staff, but as the pace grows hot- ter. ft will be difficult for Chicago to remain ahead of New York and St. Louis, as a whole, are hit- Two-Pants ™7™ SUITS (el |} Reduced Vs nae Stanley Clothes Shop 1209 Pa. Ave. N.W. Where quality counts—we win | hostilit DREADNAUGHT TEAM a2 the | renew fternoon when inaught, Park. ALEXANDRIA, Va, June —Dreadnaught semi Shamrocks of < on Sunday they clash at the D Tt will be the second game of the vear between the two clubs, the | Shamrocks havinz won the first. . The Shamrocks are undefeated, while the Dreadnaughts. after a losing start. have won three comsecutive games. The Cardinals are to play their first game of Saturday base ball this week" and. wilt continue throughout the sea- son, playing on both Saturday and Sunday. They meet the Fort Humphreys nine here on Saturday ard on Sunday will entertain ‘the Liberty Athletic Club. The St. Mary's Club will be seeking revenge upon the Alexandria - Fire Department on_Sunday when 'they meet the Columbia Engine Company. The Reliance Engine Company won a 6-to-5 game last Sunday. Thé Virginia Grays will play the Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Bus Line drivers here Sunday after- noon. On June 20 they play the St. ‘meet the Columbia The Sweel an mellow: Its choice " gether with that rich brown Another The Deisel-Wemmer | on Sunday. win at | | the speed of the Silver Heels, one of | Corinthian Club, and W. A. Rogers, | | chairman of the regatta committes, ERSO d MBIIQI;{P ngat' 'h\‘l is why El Verso is sweet and ality tobaccos to- —are fully matured and experth Dlended. ‘The result—a sweet and mellow cigar—with a character all its own. Don’t miss smoking one today. lity brand of Company WOULD TRIM TYPOS Mount Rainier’s base hall to have an opportunity of squaring matters with the Union Printers Sunday, when the Typos invade the District Line field for the second time | this season. i In the first clash of a three-game'| series between the two clubs the Printers gained the verdict, 10 to 8. Both teams took their matches last Sunday, Mount Rainier upsetting the Mohawks and the Printer nine swamping the Triangles at Seat Pleasant. Pop Hessler's Northerns will come out of seclugion on Sunday and start | their campalgn with a program that calls for action both in the morning and afternoon. Arlington: will - fur- nish the oppesition in the second con- test. The team meeting the North- erns in the morning will be announced tomorrow night at a gathering of| plavers in the home of the manager, 3004 Park place. Unlimited clubs wanting action are requested to call Columbia 9333. nine is | Jewish Community Center tossers play the Red Cross nine at St. Eliza beth's Friday and will g0 to Bethesda A meeting of players | he held at the center tonight | Cardinal Seniors, who hit their stride last Sunday. when they cap- tured a Capital City League game from Brookland, will meet tomorrow at the home of Manager McGarvey. Jack Harrington’s Comforters are down for 4 game with Cherrydale on Sunday. Clover Seniors defeated the Na- ivities yesterday, 17 to 2 J. Gubisch is booking games for the | ewspaper *Information Seniors at | Lincoln 2611-J atter 4 o'clock. SECREARY WILBUR AIDS IN TESTING A SPEEDBOAT | Sedtetary of the Navy Wilbur and his aides, Comdr. Bastedo and Lieut. Comdr. Gibson, vesterday tested out the local speed boats that will bid for the Secretary of the Navy trophy in the annual President's Cup re- | zatta, to be held on the Potomac on | September 18, i Silver Heels belongs at the Co. | an Yacht Club, and is owned by H. McCormick-Goodhart. — Her owner. his pilot, W. K. Carter: Con- | rad C. Smith, ‘eommodore of _the | rinth also were on board during the trial of the craft’'s ability as a racer. | P. 0.-AGGIE NETMEN WIN. Post Office-Agriculture racketers went into second place in the Depart. mental Tennis League race yesterday by nosing out Navy, three matches to two, in their first start of the| series. Only doubles were plaved. BASE BALL SECRETS By Sol Metzger When Pitching ‘When a batter crowds the plate— that is, when he gets close to it— : the thing for the pitcher to remem- ber is that -a: ball pitched over the inside of the plate. is going that. battér @ lot-of trouble.’ In order to meet it he will have to step well back, and the chances are that even then if he does connect it will be with the handle of his bat. That means a weak blow and al- most certainly a put out. Don’t feed such a batter a ball over the out- side of the plate. That s just what he looking for and is try- ing to force you to do. If he ever connects with such a ball he would hit it for the proverbial mile. El Verso Geo. W. Coch- ran & Co,, ' Distributor Waghington, D, C: San Felice @4 Leader 2 for15¢ | need .and that is the book of rule 7be @hening fitarr BOYS CLUB Conducted by ROBERT C. McCLELLAN BY TED DREWES, (Natiapal Public Parks Tennis Champion.) REAT base ball stars often have a base ball bat that no other star would have. But it so happens-that the bat they use “feels” right and that is why they| select them. The same goes with selecting tennis rackets. The boy hould get a racket that “feels” right. There is no correct way of describ- ing the sort of racket that will be right for you. But you know by the feel” If it is right. It should be fair- ly evenly balanced. For a good-sized boy a handle 51, inches is about rizht and it should weigh 13% or 14 ounces. In selecting a racket swing several of them and then pick out the one that feels the best. Your equipment has been prescribed for ycu, a complete .uniform and vacket, but there is one most impor- tant item of equipment that you will | Learn the rules of tennls as yo would any other sport. A player who knows the rules well has a_distinct advantage over a player who onl picked up the rules as he went along. Iearn the rules first and understand them. The rules that are not plain to you will be plain after an older player has explained them and this any older player will be glad to do. |one that feels right. You can also learn the working of the rules to your greater satisfaction by watching keenly the progress of a match between experienced players. See just how those rules work out by personal observation. Tf you simply read them from the book you might forget or not be impressed, but if you see them worked out in play youn won’t forget. 1 Feeling a Racket. That's how you pick one out—get This also is cor- rect position for the forehand drive; | about to meet the ball—the flat racket | faces well away from the body and in | front of the belt buckie. Tomorrow—Keeping your eye on the tennis ball. (Copyright. 1926.) POST OFFICE GAINS LEAD IN DEPARTMENTAL LOOP | gentine, and continue play Thursday l that threatened to go over th winners shoved across the run that frame. The victory gives the Post Office tossers a record of six wins against one defeat, and practically assures them first place for the initial half of the series. Tomorrow the team plays its final scheduled game of the first half with the Bureau nine, which is near the bottom of the standings. Two tfe contests also are n the books. | Treasury is close behind the lead- | work together" ers, with six wins and two losses, while Veteran's Bureau, the club | which handed Post Office its only defeat, is in third place. Sauber and Brinkman shared mound duty for the winners vester- Sauber going 6 2-3 innings and | B a total of eight hits. Patent Office pulled a surps the Government loop by holding the second place General Accountinz Office nine to seven hits, and gettinc a 7-0 decision. Roche and Luckett formed the hattery for the winning nine, while Reinhart and Birthright led in the hitting Pepeo took its ninth straight beat inz in the Commerclal League ut the hands of the Union Printers, but | played better ball than usual, and | was nosed out by a single run, | The Typos were outhit, 9 to 6, bu by bunching their bingles in the second frame gained a lead that kept them out in front. Webb and Hays were the opposing pitchers. The championship Pullman nine shoved Express out of second place i the ‘Washington Terminal | | Y. M. C. A. circuit with a 9-2 defeat. | Davis on the hill, Shipping | gument | in the With Board got the better of an a with Civil Service, 19 to 8, Potomac Park League. NAME HIGHWAY FOR COBB. ROYSTON, Ga., June 9 (#).—Or- ganization of the Ty Cobb Highway — | | Association was perfected at a meet- |ing here of representatives | towns situated between Royston and of nine Knoxville, Tenn. BANKERS WANT ACTION. A practice game for tomorrow is wanted by the Washington Loan & | Trust nine of the Bankers' Base Ball League. Senior or unlimited man- agers wishing to take up the challenge should call Manager Cullum. SETS MINOR RECORD. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 9 (#).— Milwaukee established a record for consecutive games won in the Ame ican Association by defeating Min- neapolis here yesterday, running her string of wins to 15, surpassing the mark set by Louisville last Wallace Motor Co. NASH Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. ‘Just_ East of Conn. Ave. Main 7612 TR s S 1310-1381F Strest Shoe Dept. Ankle-Fashioned Oxfords [T} I kman finishing up. They allowed | [g |accelerates the clubhead. | you unconsciously push back with the { Club will entertain a team of woman | players from the Elkridge Hunt Cluh {of Baltimore at luncheon and in a June 9 OST OFFICE grabbed the lead in the Departmental Base Ball/ League yesterday by nosing out Treasury’s entry, 7 to 6, in a game e regulation limit .until the ultimate | gave them their margin in the final Inside Golf By Chester Horton, The arms and hands function some- what like a pair of scissors during the golf stroke. The hands ‘‘must during the stroke. This term was in- | vented in golf as asimplifier. While the hands do work together, in reali- ity they work| against each other. Tt is the | opposition of the | left hand to right that puts the snap and speed in vour golf | club. The club | es back with a | straight left arm, | s literally pushed | back. 1 like to| keep practically Al wrist action of it. You ~ start the club down with a left hand and arm action, and just about as the clubhead is on a level with your right hip your entire right side moves into command and From this point on the right arm overtakes the left, as if the two were in a race. When you make the stroke properly the | FINISH WITH THE SWING WITH RIGHT ARM ABOVE LEET . left arm and forward with the right arm and the entire right side of your body. The right hand and forearm pass over the left as the clubhead goes through the ball and the club then comes up, on the left side or finish of the stroke, with the right arm on top of or above the left arm. WOMEN PLAY INTERCITY GOLF MATCH TOMORROW Woman golfers of the Chevy Chase | golf match tomorrow at Chevy Chase. The match is a return engagement | for the contest played several weeks ago at Elkridge. — Fountain Pens Repaired Keys Duplicated, 25¢ | Adams News Depot, 902 G NW_. Here’s a Happy Habit PUT on a fresh suit .of “B.V.D.” every time you dress! 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GOLF PRO TO SHINE LIVERPOOL, 9.—"It might have been wor s the feeling among the American professional golfers who looked over the figures of their play at Formby prior to setting out on today's sec- ond round of 18 holes in the British northern professional champlonship. This was not exactly the sentiment of Bill Mehlhorn, the American-bred pro, however, for his 71 yesterday was only one stroke removed from the topnotch 70 red by two British players—George Gadd of Roehampton and W. L. Davies of Prenton. Neither was it echoed by Walter Hagen, whose 82 was about his worst record and put himh at the obvious disadvantage of having a chance to close up on the field in the remaining June "| By the Associated Prees. yesterday | BERLENBACH IS PUZZLED BY FAIR PLAY. EW YORK, June 9.—Young Stribling has heen in<talled ax favarite N to lift the world light-heavyweight crown irom Paul Berlenbach on Thursday night. Why this should he <0 puzzies Berley a lot. When he met Stribling five years ago in a six-round bout he was a he ginner and nearly broke the Southerner in two with a leit hook to the The bout ended in a draw. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. | _Stribling has improved since then But o has the Astorian. Billy is not the cool, calculating hoxer that Jack Delaney is, and he does not hit so CLEVELAND. Downey, | hard Cleveland middleweight, won from | Outside of the knock-out by Delan: Augle Ratner, New York (10) Bill| Which Berley later redeemed, the or Showers, Chicago, outpointed Floyd |bad mark on his record is the Risue Hybert, Buffalo: (10.) | fight wherein Johnny punched Pau! INDIANAPOLIS. — Joe Anderson, | 570%EY 0n a number of occasions. But, Covington, Ky., and Al Webster, Bil. |3t he end, the champion was coming lings, Mont., middleweights, boxed to | " SUron&. and Risko was weary. a_draw (10.) Jack Reynolds, Muncie, | (StPling won over Risko hands 135 pounds, outpointed Jimmy Web. |10WD. This mav have influenced the T, TReToms a0 : | gambling element in the Dixie lad's o ) \favor. This and the whispers goin SYRAC N. Y.—Bushy Graham\mo rounds that Berlev has wa!‘prn‘ of Utica won decision over Eddie zressed of late and is ready to be 1aken 0'Dowd of Columbus (5.) | by the first good man he mests. KENILWORTH BOUTS T Fios o ot ARE REAL BATTLE lenbach, with hig abi to hand serious menace 1o the best that comee. | Any one with his hody punch is apt te iturn the tables at any staze of a bat- tle. Pu ment has never taken the Fight fans who like their served hot were in their glory night at the Kenilworth Arena. Fros the tap of the gong to start the first | preliminary until the referee carried We Willie Wiggins of Trenton, N. J Bryan three rounds to complete the 72-hole route. It seemed probable, however, that even Hagen and Joe Stein, who alsc had an would come through the second day’'s play not more than 21 strokes behind the leader. to qualify with the rest of the players from the United States and Jurado, the Ar- in the final 36 holes to championship. It was realized today that it would take some far better work by the Americans, other than Mehlhorn, to mike headway up and through the field of exceptionally fine scoring RBritish professionals to give them a chance to win the event or get within the £1,000 prize money. Scores of the United States profes- vesterday follow: Bill Mehl- 34—71: Cyril Walker, 39— 3 Jim Rarn 37—35— Al Watrous, 39—37—76: Joe Kirkwood, 38—38—76; Tommy Armour, 40—37— : Emmett French, 42—38—%0; Wal- ter Hagen, 40—42—%2; Joe Stein, 43--39—82, SWEETSER IS IMPROVED: DEMONSTRATION BARRED NEW YORK. June 9 (#).—Jess Sweetser, returning on the Aquitania decide the | from his successful golf invasfon of Great Britain, is very much improved from the bad cold he contracted whil winning the British amateur title. This assurance s given in a mes. sage to the Aesociated Press from Thomas B. Paine, member of the executi committee of the TUnited States Golf Association, who is also a passenzer on the Aquitania. Paine requested on behalf of Sweet. | ser that no demonstration be arrang- ed in_his honor when he arrives in New York, 100-YEAR-OLD TURFMAN SEES HIS HORSE REPEAT AURORA, Ill, June 3 (#).—The age-old adage that ‘youth must be served” means nothing in the ¥Young life of Tom Cheek, 100-vear-old horse. man from West Virginia. Cheek, with his whiskers. cane and flopping black hat, saw his 10-year- | °r old gelding Red romp to victory for | the second time within a week at | Exposition Park vesterday. i Red won the 6 furlongs for 4-vear- | olds and up by a head his backers with $9 for every et. and rewarded | 4 ight Rig E. Popper & Co., Inc., Manufacturers steam out of hiz terriffic drives to the |to his corner in the fifth round of the dish | hody. Stribling’s success will depend upen ffinal event, the entire entertainment |Was a slam-bang affair. his ability to travel the long 1 | route at goodlx cpeed while absorbing the punches that Paul is sure to send If he does. then the South will ave a champion pugilist around mid- ht on Thursdar But it does net look like odds-on that he will. Seems | like an even monev proposition. | Wiggins, who onlv last week stop- By the Associated Prese |ped the local lad, Tony Cortez, failed! NEW YORK, Jume 7 —A [to live up to expectations in his bout urtack. { ng - with Vince Dundee of Baltimore. Both | ysed his famed le nd is th oth! |hoys weighed 143, and. while it was »‘:I s '.4"‘.: iv;,[” %’1',:"::::;‘1;[}‘1«! {generally conceded that the Baltlmor- | fenge of his light-heavyweisht bexing ean would win, no one hardly expected title against Youns Stribling of At- Dundee to K. O. his man. lanta. Ga., at the Yankee Stadium to- Dundee proved too fast and clever morrow nizht, in the opinion of bgx- |for the Jerseyite, however, and used ing followers, B his opponent for a chopping block Stribling is a rapaile mizer all the way through. WIRRINS t00k |is not regarded as one to f {the count of nine in the first round from a solid right to the jaw, and o was a punching bag until he finally was put to sleep. Jack Cafoni, Walter Reed soldier and Young Dencio, local Filipino | fiyweight, fought eight fast and_furi ous rounds to & draw decision. Manv blows were struck, but neither bos suffered anv noticeable punishment Another slam-bang affair resulted |when Walt MacFeeley. Georgetown | Cniversity student and recent winner [of the South Atlantic lightheavy weight title, met Marty Gallagher. Georgetown's fighting harp, who two vears ago annexed the heavyweight title in this divislon. Gallagher out-| s - weighed his man by 21 pounds and| NEW YORK. June 2 (®).—Tex this_ advantage proved too much for |Rickard has been granted a license a McFeeley. Mac took a smash on the | Matchmaker at the Yankee Stadium, button in the first round which drop-| Which for boxing purposes will b ped him for the count of nine. He Known as the Rickard Sperting Club. ame out for the second, and after There isa significance in the award. holding his rival even for a while for it places Rickard directly under gave way in the fifth when Gallagher, the jurisdiction of the New York | fully recuperated, went after his rival | State Athletic Commission.” His status with everything he had. McFeeley | previous to the granting of the license |took a terrible lacing in this round | was in question. and was out on his feet when his| Now if the promoter insists on the seconds tossed the towel in the ring. |matching of Champion Jack Dempsey Joe Fila of the Mohawl Athletic |and Gene Tunney and the commission |Club won all the way from insist that Dempsev meet Harry | Di_Assiz in their four-round go. Wills, there will be at least some | The proved to be action open to the solons should they | somew comeds act. Kid | desire to pumsh him. for they can Voody, Government Printing Office ! tzke away i dium permit. welterweight, faced Billy Harris, an | unknown quantity from “somewhere in Ohio.” Woody was a six footer | while Harris_measured about four {foot. nine. The crowd got a zond laugh as long as the bout conti Wondy outclassed his man and wor a K. O. in the last minute of the st round. Buck Alexander of Baltimore ref- ed all bouts. | (The big arena was mmrm-mmyi filled. i i | vet he as ene to force the nanv decisions have azgressivensss in nhach's friends + hit old policy of at- nst odds will come + of need + the 15-round battie «ppears that the men the ring on even terms Roth report themselves fit and have . ning New are confl As apn: TEX RICKARD GRANTED MATCHMAKER'S LICENSE COTTON STATES LEAGUE. DANDRUFF GERMS befare their discovery hair loss was & misfortune. Now it shows neslect. Use NewbrosHerpicide Far Healthy Mair® oo PIEDMONT LEAGUE. Salisburs Durham. '3: “Winston. 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