Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1926, Page 22

22 v ‘Ruether Has Proved One of the Sensations of the American League This Seaso DUTCH NOW RANKS SECOND TO SHOCKER IN AVERAGES ilme Left-hander of Nationals Alone of Four Old- ;_'Vtimers With Griffmen - BY JOHN August 2—\\Valter | line against the Browns this ¢in League this season. Yet few realized just how remarkable has be in the present campaign. So consistently good has Dutch been in his slabbing efforts that to- 85 he ranked second among the starting hurlers of the circuit, only Urban Shidcker of the league-leading Yan- kees topping the lone left-hander of the Nationals' mound corps, and vic- tory over the Browns this afternoon would move Ruether a notch closer t& the leadership among the recog- Hized starting pitchers of Ban John- sofi's loop. While his club has been struggling the greater part of the season to keep above the 500 mark, Dutch has been pumping 'em across steadily to get a winning percentage more than 200 points better than the Nationals have amassed. That is sticking to the job. To be exact, Ruether’s winning tecord of 743 is | 8 points above the winning record of his.club. He has started 18 times and remained in action long enough to be credited with 11 victories and have 4 defeats charged against him. ception of Sam Jones of the Yankees Ruether has lost fewer games than any other of the first 10 starting {mcheu of the league. Sad Sam has been defeated only 3 times, but he has won only 6 games. The only clubs to score over Dutch this season have been the White Sox, defeated him twice and both times Collinsmen to 3 runs, but the Nationals could not get any off Alphonse | He dropped another game to them last week. of the season was handed him by the Yankees, in New York, on May .| Louis, 11; Four Then the Nationals were in the throes of a terrible slump and easyv prey | for any onc. The only licking he has suffered in Washington was adminis. Thomas tered by the Indians on May 17. Of the four old-timers on the Na- tionals staff at the beginning of the meason, Ruether has been the only one to prove exceptionally. worth while. Walter Johnson, although he has pitched remarkably well at times, has not been consistent. record of 12 wins and 10 defeats. Stan Coveleskie, league leader last vear, has seven wins and nine losses to show for this season's efforts. Joe Bush never was able to get his bear- ings and soom passed out of the picture. Only Cormistent Veteran. Ruether, alone, of the veterans has withstood the grind. He has been responsible for more than one-fifth of his club’s victories, and at least two of his defeats were due to poor field ing and batting by the Nationals rather than to poor pitching Altogether, the Dutchman ha & mighty handy man to have around. Anuther victory by Ruether today was needed to keep the Nationals above the .500 mark. Their & to 7 defeat by the Browns vesterday left them just a game above a fifty-fifty break Tor the season. It was no easy defeat for the club to take, that Sunday game, for sev-|)\ eral times the Nationals staked them- 7. selves to a ’‘lead, only to have the Browns come back with a vengeance. It was another case of Bucky Harris’ pitchers not being able to stand pros- perity. Pound Zach Off Slab. The Nationals pounded Tom Zach- ary, their old clubmate, off the slab before the fourth inning ended, and did fairly well against Win Ballou, although they repeatedly failed to take any great advantage of the many | ecoring opportunities offered while Rallon was on the hill. After the Rrowns managed to jump to the front in the eighth. they sent Elam Van gilder to the mound, and his fast ball under lowering skies' had the Na tionais helpless in the ninth. Although George Murray, starting for the first time as a National, was in the game hut three innings. just long enough to let the Browns match the hig first inning lead gained by the Cham isler’s bunch did not appear so formidable at the outset and they | were fairly Fred Marberr: Schang's Homer Hurts. ame for a time after went to the hox But they awakened in the eighth, when Wally Schang, in the role of pinch hitter. clouted a homer that meant more than either of the homers Joe Judge and Gene Robertson had hit earlier in the fray. Schang’s homer scored a runner ahead and knotted the count, then Bucky Harris foozled a chance that paved the way to the big run for the enemy. Zach took a severe lacing in the first inning. McNeely frame with a single, but tried to con- vert it into a_double with disastrous result. But Bucky Harris and Sam Rice socked one-basers and after Mver lofted to Williams in short left, Goslin_smote a_single to right, to count Harris. Then Judge poled his second homer of the series. n crash into the right field stand, more runs were in Browns Busy in Second. The: Browns got back two of these markers in the second inning with a couple of clouts and an infeld retire- ment. Miller hegan the assault with a drive to left that was held to @ double by McNeely's flashy stop. McManus followed with a holst to deep left center. When Goslin's mis- judgment made the fly a safety, Mil- ler tallied and McManus made third base. Judge took Hargraves' hot under and beat the batter to first, while McManus scored A miscue by Myer and a brace of doubles enabled the Sislermen to make enough runs in the third to tie. Bud- 2y's fumble put Harry Rice on at ihe outset of the frame and while Sisler rolled to Murray and forced out his clubmate, George was left on to take third when Willlams doubled to Tleft center. Miller'’s two-bagger Agninst the right field stand wall sent Sisler and Williams to the plate. Deadlock in Fourth. The Nationals promptly broke the deadlock in the fourth. Bluege hit to left for a hase and scored whien Ruel's drive bounded off the left field stand wall and by Willlams for a triple. Out went Zach and Ballou was “ sent to the mound. Moon Harrls batted for Murray. but‘grounded to AMelillo and Ruel had to stick at the far corner. Muddy got home. though, when Ballou, burling to McNeely, un- corked a wild pitch. Robertson was responsible for the T owns' fifth mark ec chaiked up in the sixth session. He poked the ball into the right field stand for a round tripper. Ballou’s wildness accounted mainly for the National run rezisiered in the eighth. Rluege singled vanced a notch as Ruel was thrown out. Marberry's. looping _single right only put Bluege at third. There SPORTS. Harrismen Lose Tough One Sunday Nationals' series here, has been one of the sensations of the Ameri- With the ex- - and has a| v him. | been | and three | i THE BIG LEAGUE LEADERS By the Associatad Pre AMERICAN LEAGUE. Batting—Fothergill, Tygers, .109. Runs—Ruth, Vankees, 97. Hits—Burns, Indians, 144, Doubles—Burns, Indians, 45. Triples—Gehrig, Yankees, 17. Homers—Ruth, Yankees, 33. Stolen bases—Hunnefiel . and Rice, Senators, 17 ing—Pate, Athletic to Withstand the Grind. , White won 8; NATIONAL LEAGUE. Batting—Hargrave, Reds, .385. Runs—Blades, Cardinals, 4. Hits—Brown, Braves, 137. Doubles—Wheat, Robins, 30. Triples—Walker, Reds, 1 Homers—RBottomley, Cardinals, 15. Stolen bases—Cuyler, Pirates, 22. Pitching, Jones, Cubs, and Haines, Cardinals, won 7, lost 2. RUTH GETTING CLOSE TO HIS RECORD PACE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. Aggust performed his specialty act for the customers three times during the past week to raise his home run-total for the season to 33. his last coming Saturday to give the Yankees a 2-1 vietory over the White Sox On July 31, 1921, the year Ruth set | his record of 59 circuit clouts, he had |38 home runs, but did- not get his 39th until August & Bottomley of St. Louis, whose homee against the Giants vesterday gave him 15. took the lead in the Na tional League over Hack Wilson the Cubs. The American League youngsters lengthened their lead over the Na- tional batsmen in the matter of home runs, when they poled out 24 for the week for a total of 303. the Nationals, which for the season. Leading Home Run Hitter: P . League—Ruth, DUTCH RUETHER. immons, Philadelphia, . Indians and Yankees. The Sox hayve = wock, 1 WHiams, f in Chicago. On June 14 he held the | LOUIS, 11 Manush, Detrolt, 10, 1 Wilson, Chicago. 1 St. Louls, 12; Southworth, ier, Brookdyn, 11. B. KELLER. Ruether, who was to go to the firing| afternoon in the third game of the followers of base ball seem to have en the work of this veteran southpaw American Louls, L. Bell. His first defeat - . : SANDLOTTERS TO MEET. { second as McNeely rolled out. Bucky | Officials of the week-day sandlot | Ha though. ‘walked to fill the |leagues that will figure in the annual bases. Then Rice's stroll pushed | plavoff for the sundown championship | Bluege across the final base. | Bucky's Error Is Costly. Poat. A homer by Sehang and an error by | 'rRuck\' ;{‘ar;'is"|h»|| put the Browns in | ront. With Hargrave out of the way. Robertson walked. Schang batted for BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS Ballou and rifled the ball into the | right field stand to get the two runs | | needed to tie. Melillo grounded out. | but Harry Rice singled to right. Sis. | ler gave Harris a soft chance for a | third out, but the second sacker | fumbled and there were two on. Willlams drove a_one-baser to right that sent Harry Rice home with the decisive run. PLENTY OF HITS - WASHINGTON. WeNeels. it AMERICAN LEAGU YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. St. Louls, 8: Washington, 7 Cleveland, 2: Boaton, New York. 8: Chieago, 4. Philadelphia-Netroit (rain). STANDING OF THE CLUBS. - Washington, » » —295usmmmnno® ul 500mitmnsmnoF - 10/ 3/—] b| 31 3 4] 83— 30 152(501.510 149/481.505 1511511.500 it ] St. Louls | 4] 8 7 Boston. | 3 3| 7 3| 8] 5/ 3 Lost. ._|34/44/48/50/38(51/59160|—— TODAY'S GAMES. it St. Louls. rfil-m»hl- at Detroit (2 games). NATIONAL LEAGUE. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Brookiyn, 2: Chicago, 1. Rew vork st ouls. 2. —Eohuannsun! © o 2l osszsaua EETPIHNS A=Y Hargrave, ¢ . Bobertson. s v s0~mir3090=uP ul smmsusszsusy = z -] 222292222233~ sl 93393023~ Totals Batted for Murray in the . “Butted for Ballow in the eighth. hington 40020001 0—3 Louis.. 022001073 x—8| Two-hase hits—Miller (2), Willlamy, Gos- | Three-hase hits—>MeManus, Goslin, Home runs—Jdudge, Robert Sacrifices—Williams, Miller . du. Murray, _ Double ' plays— | o to Robertson to Sisler: Melillo to | McManus (o’ Melillg o Sisler. = Left | » a 5 e Pittsbureh. & Cineln’ati_|11/—11 107 | | . Lo FI—I_B| 3] 81101 DIB3I43 .53 vn | 3 4 6/—10] 7115 DI5249.515 [ 6 3(60491.505 | Sisles | an | Fi | heer. Struek out. Ballou, ueray, 5 inning | out n tourth) 5 off Vangilder. @ in 1 inning. ~Hit by piteh hall—Ry M ¥ (Sigler). Wild pitch— | Batlow. Winning pitcher—Rallou. Loin L pitcher—Murberry. U mplres—Messrs. Orms | by, Owen and McGowan. Time of game— | 2 hours and 25 ROBINS AGAIN THREATEN IN SENIOR LEAGUE RACE is | ¥ [40]45/47 404949157 57 Skl JEPAYS GAMES. Chicago at Brooklyn. * Pittsburgh ut Philadelphia. &t. Louis at New Yorl Tnings; | Lot opened the | | By the Associated Press. | PPOSITION to Western monopoly of the first division in the Na- O tional League has broken out.anew. . The Chicago Cubs have ditched into the second rank and a Brooklyn menace once again | threatens the lcaders. Doug McWeeny came out on top of Charlie Root in a pitching duel | vesterday, with Brooklyn taking the decision of 2 to 1 from the Cubs. | The Robins also took fourth place. and, with three consecutive victories | | now tucked away. rate one and a haii games from the third-place Cardi- | -Babe Ruth | nd ad-| to nals and but six contests irom the le It was a hard defeat for Root. He allowed but five hits, whereas Me- Weeny vielded seven. Johnny But- Jer’s single drove home Marriott with the deciding run in the fifth. Behind the steady pitching of Me- Quillan the Giants chalked up their third straight triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals, 7 to 2. Jackson and Kelly led the New York attack against Pitcher Alexander. contribut- ing & home run aplece. Jim Bottom- ley produced his fifteenth circuit wal- | ilop of the season for St. Louis. | | | | “Dan O'Leary. veteran walker, per- | formed his act before the main show !was on at the Polo Grounds. He circled the bases five times in the way of celebrating his S7th birthday | anniversary, and the feat was accom- plished in 4 minutes 54 seconds. 1" The latest winning streak of the | ¥ankees was extended to 11 games when 'the White Sox were subdued, 8 to 4, on thelr home diamond in Chicago. The Hugmen have won six struggles of their present tour of the West and have vet to taste defeat. Herb Pennock was victor in the box and it was his seventeenth triumph. Cleveland hung the Indian sign on the Boston Red Sox. 2 to 1, stretch- ling the winning stretch of Tris | Speaker's tribe to seven straight. {The clube hattled through eight in- | nings fvitheut a score. and in the | ninth. after the Hose had put over a {run, Burne' sinzle permitted- Spur- weon and Speaker tn come home. Levsen gave four hits and Ruffing 5 Staging an uphill battle. the St. Louis Browns rallied in the eighth and defeated Washington, § to 7. "Rain prevented the Athletics /from | | ague-leading Pirates. LOCKE EQUALS RECORDr FOR RUNNING THE BASES SIOUX CITY, Iowa, August 2 (#).— Roland Locke, former University of Nebraska track star, now playing with the Sioux City base ball club, yester- day equaled the world's record for cir- cling the bases by doing the 120 yards in 13 2-5 seconds. The mark was set several years ago by Maurice Archdeacon, the Chicago White Sox. Locke rounded first in 3 1-5 s onds, second in 7 flat, third in 10 and came home in 13 2 " RADIATORS, FENDERS Mgllfl MARE P RADLATORS FORACTOE" WITTSTATT'S R. & F. WKS. HAWKINS i/ MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street then with i | | | of the city, hold their second meeting | his appone Wednesday night at the Washington | ners at bat | Mti:::";:’;.:h‘!\“h a ninth inning double that | ;0 yjoose Juniors a 5-to-0 win over S | Distr 11 to 10 for the victors. ENDING SLUMPS OF RIVALS HABIT WITH NATS “T. LOUIS, August 2—Twice since they came West the Nationals have broken losihg streaks for opposing clubs. They helped the White Sox end a row of losses, and yesterday did the same thing for the | Browns. Tt was the first win in seven games for George Sisler's club. The defeat shoved the Nationals out of their tie with the Tygers for Now they are in fifth position and not so well entrenched NOW A fourth place. there, Sam Rice had a perfect day at bat vesterday, with four singles and a walk, the hits being made the first four times Samuel stepped to the plate. Had any one of them been reserved for the fifth trip the game result might have been different. Then Sam's walk forced only one run home. # Goslin was In a hitting mood, too. He singled the first time up, tripled the second time and doubled the third time. Al of that drove In one run. Too bad they were so wasted, for when the Goose came up the fourth time there were Nationals on first and ond bases and his best was a sacrl fice fy. Double plays hurt the Nationals’ cause in the second and third rounds. Ruel and McNeely were on with one out in the second when Bucky Harris drilled into a two-ply killing. After starting the third with a single, Rice hit a three-bagger. Rice and Goslin made desperate ef- forts to keep hits from Browns in the third. Sam hacked against the right field ‘stand barrier and leaped high only barely missing Willlams' smash that went for two bases made a dive for Miller's liner | was doubled with Myer before Goslin | tionals’ fielding in the seventh. With The Goose | with while he did not grasp the sphere he | held the drive to a double. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.” ¢, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1926. SPOR TS. n Hargrave picked Bucky Harris off | third base in the fourth for the side | rvetiring out. Red’s heave got the National pilot by a couple of yards. Miller made a spectacular runnirg catch of Myer's liner in the fifth. Bing chased to the depths of right center to spear the ball. A little later in the inning Harry Rice showed the strength of his throwing arm. After catehing Judge's loft against the cen- ter field stand, the Brownie made a | line heave to McManus that all but | got Goslin taking third on the sacrl- | fice. In- the seventh the Browns' third twoply killing of the afternoon checked a National rally. Rice was | on third and Myer on first with one out when Judge sent a slow roller to | Melillo. Myer was easily forced out, | but Judge got a whisker decision | against him | Two fine efforts marked the Na- Sisler on second, Goslin raced against the bleacher barrier for a one-hand catch of Miller's liner and Harris' re lay of the Goose's throw all but got George going into third. Then Mc- Manus bounced the sphere off Bluege's chest, but Ossie managed to get it his bare hand and without and | regaining his balance made a side. retiring throw from well back of th far corner. ST. JOE AND KNICK NINES CONTINUE TO SET PACE T. JOSEPH' S of four. The Saints had the roughest time of any of the winning combinations. but with Leift get a J-to-2 decision over Arlington for the Virginians, and was touched up for nine hits, while Tripp limited | Kunn nts to five. Nicro, with three hits in four Bernie Me( Knickerbocker rthy and flingers, Opps Flynn found Tripp on the mound managed to weather the storm and the | defeated the Senecas. and Knickerbocker nines continue to rule the roost in Section A of the Capital City unlimited-division tended their strings of league victories to four Mount Rainier and Shamrock teams were bringing their wins to three out | arum . both having ex- vesterday, while Johnny Lavcock occupied the box trips, led the win- eleventh straight victory when they 13'to 3. Woods Maryland Athletic Club batters easy pitched for the Medicos. on the other 16 hits at the ex. and came off the end of an landers were held meat. The Knicks, hand, smashed out pense of Roach, field with the lor count. The Mar; to_two bingles. Dick Hughes pitched Mount Rainier 4 9-t0-6 win over Chevy Chase, and, although nicked for 11 bhase blows, kept them well scattered. et Line club trot out heavy artillery in the lucky seventh, chasing five runs across to clinch the game. Baldwin, Goetz and Loomis led the winners with the willow, while Adelman and R. Stevens head- ed the Chevy Chase batting list. Marlboro style of base ball was soft picking for the Shamrocks, who were led by Sammy Haas with three hits in five chances. The count stood 13 to 2 and the hita 14 to 7. Kuhnert and Hamel twirled for the winners. Rialto tossers added another to their string of three straight victorles in section B of the Capital City Leagde by nosing out the Capitals at Ben- ning, 8 to 7. Sol Rosenblatt brought in the winning run with a single in the final frame. Gilly Ottenberg and | Williams were the opposing mounds. | men. Donohoe Motors kept on the heels of the Rialtos, registering their third win at the expense of the Anacostia Eagles, 9 to 3. Bob Lyons was the winning pitcher and was opposed hy Brazerol and Mudd. The hits stood in the section The third game series was another close one, Kenil- | the | worth defeating Bladenshurg, d Waple supplied the winning home the deciding run. It was the second win for Kenilworth. Auth diamonders added to their string and maintained their place at the head of the fleld i the section C race by trouncing the Modocs, 4 to 1 Burrows of the Modocs, who faced McGowan on the hill, was steady until the ninth. runs across In this frame. Chaconas pastimers captured the only clash in’the Capital City junior series, defeating the Freers, 15 to 10, but stand a chance of losing the game through a protest registered by the defeated nine. If the claim that the Chaconas club used ineligible playe: is upheld by the league secretary, the Freers will get the banner in section A and will meet the Corinthians next Sunday for the junior championship of the city. Auth Midgets took the Corinthian Midgets to camp for their ejghth straight win in the Caplital City =er 5 to 10. The New Havens got forfeit from the Hoboes and defeated the Apollos, 5 to 4, in 10 innings. The Celtic-Southern went to .the Celties, 9 to 1. Waller Reed pastimers eained their Wi !3'1 il XX PO 0 X} |( V.O 133357 10 56 Misin 5700 The winners chased (hr!e‘ i | | B | i | i | | i The Mohawks put the the Elliott nine’s winninz br kes on k with 11-to-1 |a 13-to-3 defeat. Union Printers lost a 10-inning bat tle to the Severns at Annapolis, 4 to 3 Giddings hurled the Berwyn Club The | t0 & §-10-4 triumph over the Washin, its | ton Crescents. The hits stood 11 to 7 for the Marylanders. Washington Red Sox, with Wesley hurling, showed the way to Mitchell ville, 11 to 2. Although outhit, 10 to Bethesda nine got the better Washington Athletic to 3 Smith allowed but 6. the of the | five hits and | fanned 10 batters when the Krovdons | defeated the Modern Woodmen, 13 | to 4. 1 Long held Washington Heights to | a single hit when the Clovers turned in a 4t03 victory. | Senator Midgets took the title in| the Jerry's Sport Shop League by de- | teating the Hartfords, 6 to 3. Smithfield Juniors National Circle Junior: out to 5. the | Southeast Goose Goslins the Allisons, 14 to 5 trimmed Goose Goslin Midgets added to their championship stock yesterday with an | 11-to-0 victory in a return game with Cocoa Cola Midgets. Scagnelli 7 to 6. | Pitched. Eddie Hutchinson's twirling ve the Aztecs. MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. 11-5: Reading. 6 Baltimore, 11 Buftalo, 0 ATION. Kansas City Indianapolis. Loutsvill Milwaukee. Others. rain. SOUTHERN Little Rock. 4: New Orleans, 1. abile, #: Chattanooga, 5. Nashville R: Atlanta. 1 Memphis, 5: Birmingham, 1 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Honston, 1 Shreveport, 2 Beaumont. 13 San Antonio_ Waco, 5-i: W Alexandria, 9 Monroe, Guiport, 2. Fiekah cksbuis. led The motor Baso- line thatisalway: uniform—always dependable. | PLAY-OFF IN TERMINAL LOOP OPENS TOMORROW Pullman and Black and White nines, winners in the first and sec- ond halves, respectively, of the Washington Terminal ¥. M. C. A, Base Ball League, start their pla, off for the championship tomorrow at 5 o'clock on Terminal Field. The teams play five games. On Tuesday of next week South- e Railway and American Rail- way Express clubs, runners-up in the first and second series, start another five-game series. TWO ONE-RUN WINS IN VIRGINIA SERIES Fort Myer and Hume ¢ took their games in th Virginia series vesterday margins, while Cher ford clubs were never pushed to get into the won column Hume'Spring earned its initial vie tory in the league series by nosing out the Virginia White Sox, 3 to 2. Pitcher Vaughan of Hume granted seven bingles, while Brown of the Sox was nicked for nine. Sergt. Bill Mcl.ean fz of 16 batsmen when F the better of Addison, losers falled to it inning pring nines Northern by Trun med a total 1t Myer got 4 to 3. The until the final Cherrydale held to the lead fn the | race by triroming Baliston, 10 to 6 in ‘a three-hour game. The Cherres got. off to a threerun lead in the open er and had clear sailing throughout. MeDonald filled the mound job The Hartfords defeated (ilen Car 1¥n. 10 to 3. in the fourth game of the da: Bellman and Nolan granted only five hits between them LEADS IN TURF WINNINGS CHICAGO, 2 (#) Boat Boot's the Amer n Derby gall: tle Idle Hour « the leading money- winning an thoroughbred of the year e $59.000 » the winne: of the richest race in history the American turf sweepin finish at Washington Park Saturday puts the colt’s earn ce January at §111,095 TREE SAINTS SUSPENDED. COLUMBUS, Ohio. August 2 (&) ger ) Allen of the St. Paul American Association club and three players, Catcher Hoffman and Pitch ers’ Furquhar and Kolp are under in definite suspension as a result of their part in trmouble with Umpire at Toledo Saturda triumph in 1 LEAGUE LEAD HELD BY GLEN ECHO NINE Special Correspondence of The Sta ROCKVILL! Md.,, August en Fcho defeated Dickerson, at Glen Echo, 17 to Saturday, and thereby retained its lead in the Mont gomery County League By defeating Rockville, at Rock ville in both games of a double-heade: hy scores of 12 to 6 and 14 to Bethesda advanced from third place | 1o a tie with Boyds for sec ring lost to Boyds. 4 to Next Saturday afternoon, Glen Echio ays at Rockville, Boyds : and Sandv Spring at Dic The standing of the teams: Won. Lost. 'n BEcho. . e Boys Bethesda “andy Spring Rockville Dickerson TWO HIT HOME RUNS. Lewis and Bailey registered homer: vesterday when the Virginia Quick- steps blanked the Potomac Giants at the Monument grounds. 10 to 0. Bailey, twirling for the winners, al- lowed but three hits and fanned 8§ men. RECORDS OF GRIFFMEN BATTING. 2% nie . Harris 32332 Crowder Uehrinsko Murray Marberry Ruether dohnson Morrell Crowder . CeonensDTOmIBAN Lost, 'KING EDWARD I_- w w2 mnno-b | This was in 5 | ally the sports v BY JACK W sick, too. It was a fine Ho knocked s He was in 1 | He was living with his wife (not Est | my next move was to get him on | | possible. Iy | | ‘dale and Hart- | I 'was somewhat curious to see what sort of people the not talked much about them and | through them, for my own informatio His mother wasn't there at that t I believe, to settle some estate that the old gentleman. | | | | T had been billing Jack all along as |1 the “Fighting Irishman.” Jack Demp sey was naturally the excuse to let fly on that score, but when I met Dempsey he made me rub my chin in surprise Pa called Jack has called him Harry, but when we got down to the family lines, he told | me that there was Jewish hlood in | Dempsey veins. “Conte again,” gasped, for 1 wasn't quite sure I had got him right in the first place, couldn’t believe my ears. Jack Demp sey a Jew “Yes,” said Pa Dempsey, has Jewish bleod in him.” He told me that they Mormans by religion and had bee ong way back. K hegar moving. 1 the Lig fellow start and h mith had “Harry.” He always “Harry were for 1so rns Hankers for East. to fr w 1 1 the subje to g0 Fast We had got victory over reolated through to the Atlantic Coast. There is nothing tha succeeds like suc in this and Dempsey had trimmed a man well thonght of in the East He still was pretty sick and I sat on the edge of the bed with him, telling m of our plans for the future. We York while the iron was wed m on his feet and we v Denver. It's al. ny trips because of the sports editor of nd one of my best ally T got hopped a train Denver on T trots arvy Tan , looked impres up and my new find. the owne ver and with him told Dempsey Otto of the seemed Otto a few thin What Floto Told Dempsey. “You stick to Kearns, here, young fellow, and he'll make you the ch pion of the world.” Otto told Demp: All you've got 1o do is to follow i struc He knows this fightin 1siness hetter than any man I know {and I know a lot of them.” | That was putting the swell on for me alright, but Otto meant a lot of it at that. He wrote a fine big story a me 1.000 copies of the yarn shoots it East. I flooded Chicago and | New York State with this fine bit of ballyhoo. It was better than if I had fons d gets d 2 | heen on the different spots deing my |own shouting. od old Otto. I went into Chicago with Dempsey January, 1918, He w still quite sick and had to go to bed again. We eamped there at the Mo son Hotel for three weeks. Nat iters were all excited | about Dempsey and they wanted to | see him. We had many an inspection | of Dempsey as he lay on his back in bed. I told them that Jack had a bad ankle. I had to give some excuse, | There was nothing we could do. Starts the Ballyhoo Again. Three weeks is a long time to be held up when you're going along, but I tried to make the best of it. I started th old ballyhoo goi ain, and in- terest in Dempsey naturally increased. So did the visiting list. Manager promoters, spe writer hoxers, sports and broken guys came |in a long string to see the new sensa- tion. There was little that was sensa- tional about him as he lay stretched out in bed, but I had to make the best |of it. T hegan to get comebacks from the ballyhoo. I had challenged the world. the whole darned world for Dempsey, hut my big shout was at Willard, the champion. 1 ragged him pretty called him everything. Soon I began | to get offers from all over. Any man | who would come out and defy Wil {1ard would bave to be somebody, they | thought, and the Eastern promoters | were fishing for me and my man Starts Work on War Benefit. Well, we hegan work on a big war [ henefit show for the Salvation Army. Wil d had agreed to come to Chi- ‘.--.g.. to hox Dempsey six rounds for | the charity, though T always had my | doubts about his really intending to | face my man at that time. eamed it up pretty and every- | body was talking about it. At its hot- cor Thompson steps in and everything off. Guess he was | afraid to put boxing back right in Chicago after it had been canned there for 20 vears or more. 1 was more than disappointed 1 only the chance to get that | big ez in there. T was willing to take | the chance that Jack could lick him. l i | | HEN I hit Salt Lake City I found Dempsey sick in bed Pa | 1§ racket | & | 1 DEMPSEY A MORMON JEW, IS DISCOVERY OF KEARNS Manager Learns Some Astonishing Facts in Conver- sation With Jack’s Father—Pilots “Rags™ "Jess Willard in Campaign of Ballyhoo. KEARNS. Good and wd'do. All my immediate plans were no condition to fight for some weeks. elle Taylor) in a roeming house, and his feet and on our way as soon as It was the first opportunity I hid had to meet his fo'ks, and naturall vere. had was anxious him me. She had e East t had been icft her. But Jack 10 get a line or 1 did meet knew he had gone soft 2 | tough fell | him tidn't me 1o i he champi the title o fight us ana I called Wi 1 called cor," nd a rough, re to trim to beat 1 d as I claimed wouldn't randed the crown i evervthing under the Irtle come the on of the wo trig sun wou Dempsey me thi e ! Jack Registered for Draft. | 'n t Dempsey into charge ns ir ted, He ependents I Hogan the Franciseo, was classified the fe t sificat « saw ve g Demp- a fighter, the next of the wor Jac ighte leave he, fore we ‘What Hogan. “No, and w and the the world,” 1 put i ! *“Champion?’ sa hese champions o1 fro ne trenches “Well, this fel time 1 him out the s ssified him | b next champior Hogan. “Sa: ht 1o be in the be when his take had comes ot vou GIBBONS SAYS JACK WILL WHIP TUNNEY By the A OSAKI Dempsey him he'li win seven rounds That was Gibbons. the | whe withste | Uing fro the e Mon ney bons reasserted Gene heat him the public sev.” Gi that Dempsey w has wi Dempsey “But He 2 espect f “A fig < estimate world's crown “Gene fellow | sey | sive. | the 4 nice clean boy. A snappy He's the kind of a hoy Demp likes meet—fast and aggres was Tommy's description ew York battler, rsonall T u smarter t Dempsey. He's hard He's aggressive. It's going to be a | great fight and I'd like to see it | “Dempsey far the harder hit | ter of the two. Gene is faster—he's 1;.»( speed and brains, but Dempsey hits * K ney is g abre e BIKE RECORD IS BROKEN. CHICAGO, Au 2 (2 A world record for five miles unpaced for senjors w set in the Illinois final | for the national amateur bicyle cham i pionships when August Bensor | pedaled the distance in" 11:04 2.5, bet | tering the old mark by two-fifths of la see nd. ward Merkner and Ted | Becker were selected to represent Tllinois in the national event in Phila delphia_September i and At the Sign the Moon L Close Dcily 6P .M | | | | | | | Estublished 1898 . Sale of Priestley English Cloth ._1and Mellow K mild and mellow through and through. It’s pack- ed with smoke quality. Anditsells foranickel. Id and Mohair Coat and Trousers Made to Order as You Want Them 0.5 $35 and $40 Values .,,,.‘...,,,,unumllllmm “ ING Edward is a clean cigar— Daniel Loughran Co., Disteibutors 1347 Penna. Ave. N.W. 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