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SPORTS. WASHINGTON, D. C. 1926. SPORTS. 20 “SURPRISE” IS RUMORED FOR TUESDAY’S MEETING Champion,l It Is Asserted, Will Call Commission’s Hand, as We Battle Negro Next Month. Many Fail to Realize on Clever Strokes Through 1l as Harry’s by Consenting to Lack of Strategy—Leaders, Too, Often Fall Into stless, Indecisive Streak BY FAIR PLAY, ORK. August 18.—Out of the tangled affairs relating to the ofected match between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney emerged v a straight strand of rumor that gained credence in inside qugrters. Dempgey, so the story runs. is zoing to call the officials of New York State wh:; say that hc must fight Harry Wills before participating in any BY HELEN WILLS, HE following article is for tennis playvers on! I say this because every tennis plaver will u what | mean. and also because it has happened dreds of times. in the playi experience of siasts. The which | re tennis” Tennis may well real tennis and meaning pay real tennis most of the time: that i« why they are first rate players. The other kind of tennis i played by hundreds of pcople. who play well. hut who miss being champions by somecthing which seems in tangible and almost mysterious to those why follow their play. as well as to the players themselves 1 should have gone on with the articles which | have been writing ior beginners, but 1 suddenly thought of this subject the other day I was watching 4 voung player's game. and it immediately oceurred to me that the mention of this subject might he of some help to those who are ju past the hezinner's stage. EW pre sterday were: 1o Henry. Johi edale, 3 11 Brook erstand exactly not once, hun tennis enthy “meaningless i he is ng to r be divided into t ess tennis, Mos classe champion- other bouf in this Commonwealth by appearing before the boxirlg commission next Tuesday do just that little thing—in September. Thoge who know Dempsey intimately know that he realiy does not fear the big negro, helieving that Harry w not the knocker-out tvpe of fighter, while He. Dempsey, is. Also, those who are close to the champiom know that if the mood of Mrs. Jack—Estelle Taylors—could he registered when she hears any one sav hep big hoy is afraid of the black heavyweight, nothing in the way of tragic anger she has ever pulled hri’nrg the movie camera woukf in any way compare with and offering to 'BERLENBACH FIGHTS | FRENCHMAN TONIGHT W YORK. August 18 (#).—Fran- | cois Charles of Krance, light heavy- weight champion of Kurope, faces Paul Berlenbach, recently deposted world king of the division, in a 10- as Then. too. there is an honest doubt in the minds of 1pany insiders whether Wills would be quite so willhg 1o hght Dempsey “for a penny” as hc has macge himseli out to be ! ‘_'r'};: :lyaHN‘vcm in a ;‘v‘f:};( in .\'T“[} G R T T ofk State does not pull down a lof GREB ETS CHANCE : T0 OBTAIN REVENGE LEN WILL The veoung of whom P has fine s1roX a rellahe 10 | fairly good ve'leving game endurance and sirength. She moves nsl 0 rather well* over tha court-—-not as | quickly as the very hest plavers, hut By | quite fasi enough for excellent tennis > i She was plavinz against one of the Do yon have the habit of turning | highest ranking pluvers. The rallia< vour toes outward as vou take vour | Were £ood. fast and axciting. and to stance” 1f 5o, and all fs well. stick to| ONe who was watching casually it it it if vom < place the feet and|Would appear that the game was fair hive trouble with |V even. But the final scors showed o <hots, try | that she had managed to win only two "his: Instend of |IAMeS in the two ssts. Her apponent Javing the right |had the advantage of a few more ses oo jurned out, SOMS of tournament plav. but not e it in until the | €NOURh to warrant such a wide dif ‘oot is pointing | (€T€NCe in score. The answer to the Saight. at direct | one-sided issue is that the thinking izht ankles 1o the | 12nnls wis all on one side of the ner iirection line| In women's tennis there ix one per just before | Son who stunds out as being as far aning the from meaningless tennis as she can o swing, brace | POssiDIy be. This is Mile. Lenglen. Of courself swell|course she can be chosen as an illus rzainst. the right | Tration for any of the good points in lem, with practi-| volved in the technique of the game Jiy all your| [N the matter of form she is perfec weight on _ theitlon. Iach one of her strokes carry it heel. Even | WIth It a message. as it were -2 mean with an open | NE. She has an idea and tries to stance the right | €AY it out as she strikes the hall. : be placed this way. The left| ONe of her favorite combination of Tutn omtward, to promote | Strokes is u deep ball, perhaps to her the utmost physical ease. or wear it |0Pbonent’s forchand far in the corner Straight 3t bt fels better that way.|On her sacond ball she tries for . When the right 1oe points straight | rather short shot on the forshand side ahead the right leg ahsorbs the weight | Of her adversary. This means a lonz Witliout sos mueh body: twisting run, across the court amd forward: ConEHERI 1930 | then there is usually a fine opening Edicdioiil ittt - for a passing shot down either side, | whichever presents the hest oppor one example of her CAPITAL CITY UNLIMITED " oo e e o g | combinations of shots Miss Aileen Riggin, one of the world’s most perfect exponents of eraw! swimming stroke, illustrates elementary methods of schooling: Position to assume for practice of motieniess glide and leg thrash. But whether or not a good mentor can be obtained the tyro should select for practice a pool of some bit of Water which offers the comblnation of A . = shall, 3 s - round bout at Ebbets Field in Brook- | arate tembormtara {78 o 40 Jky [1vn. tonight. jand some upright surface from which | The form ¢ champion featherweight, |to, push off in startin. | Johnny Dundee, appears against the |, The conditions are important, as be- August 15.—Harry | man Who claims he drove Dundee out | N5 able to reach bottom and stand Greh of Pittsburzh, who lost a de-|Of France. Tred Bretonnel. Dundee |19 8% W ."3’",:&5&fl2"3?3§5;e‘§'3§2 and his middleweight title to | Yas, in difficultles for 2 jong time be. | muscular relaxation so necessary in negro, Tiger Flowers of Atlanta, | mateh in Baria. bt e zlwfles"':’“sl.\wimmmg and the push-off in setting n Madison Square Garden last Feb- | claimed that his reason for doing so | poyier v ey a | ruary. will have his chance to regain | %as the inability of promoters to keep | ", ‘Sahiteq place found, take posi Lawsers| 1IN the same ring tomorrow night e heases: ik LC1ASh 4150 I8 jion with hack to poolside or any Rickard | Greb today was within a pound of | A third French invader. little Andre | [hcoen, UPHBHL rest one foot on said i the limit and in excellent condition. | Routis. is pitted against Eddie Ander- | rgrward until shoulders are near | Flowers. as is usual with him, has | 307 ¢lever performer from Wyoming. ater; extend arms in front and . S o hin An eight-round affair brings together | Naraiia) on the oietce ! een fizhting often in various parts | immy Goodrich, former lightweight | Jar2llel on the surface. Then take a otk 165 Wats v i bakicns Vs i former lightweight | qeep breath and hold it; kick off hori- | e o v, s concluding his | title holder, and Sammy Vogel of New training in a gymnasium here. Flowers gained the title by leading e zontally with raised foot, and imme- 2 diately stretch out flat, body forming a straight line from fingers to pointed ey Cermission to. fight Gene | throughout, his aggressiveness sway-, toss. i i Totres Vil he had met ‘the negro|ing the judges. In thac bout Greb _Under the impetus of the Kick-off i 3 | vou will float readily so long as vou challenger, Harey Wills, | seemed to have Jost much of his flash, vetain momentum. But get up as To Rickard, litlgation is an old toTv. | and_only_once uncorked his “wind s00n as vou feel any discomfort from He has p.l'fl‘l\\med the 'm:’- t ‘m"fiv 21| mill“attack. and that early in the want of breath.and in order to obtain | Rlea ot et nt e e i | hout. The ‘negro used a righthand ot a1V deacriptions —but fis Hights a)-| TR0 WELL GRS (he Pittsbuan | S ] Wl el e £ ze. Boston, outpointed Eddie Lord, Meri: ways h & | If Greb fights as he used to. with | den (12). Phil Goldstein, Pittsburgh. 1 cervice, nd lots of irl <paa able you to perform the thrash cred- itably, particularly if you will observe beforehand the leg drive of some ex- pert crawler, and you may then pass on to the arm stroke without delay. The elementary arm stroke is mere Iy an alternate, windmill circling of the arms. Practice it first standing up. Put one arm forward, the other | back. Then move the former down | and back, the latter up and forward at the same time, making each in turn | brush the thigh and sweep above the ' shoulder. Turn the head from side | g to side. keeping it toward each arm ! as if describing its forward half- | circle. Next do it in swimming position. Push off, zet the feet in motion. then start either arm down and back. As {it nears the thigh roll the body and twist the head toward It. simul- taneously starting the other arm. Continue the alternate movements, raising the arms high above surface as they sweep forward and rolling heavily, first toward one. then the other. S0 s=oon as you can cover a few vards with arms and legs working it | is time to introduce breathing. Stand up, take a deep breath by mouth. close mouth, dip face In water and exhale slowly through the nostrils. ! When free bubbling at the nose indi. cates you are exhaling effectively yvou can try it swimming. Note now to which side vour feet roll more in using arms and legs and choose that side for inhaling. Then get under way, pull first with arm on that side, and as it comes to thigh roll and turn head toward it. inhaling deeply by mouth as it pushes forward. Next' swing face down, no longer rolling or turning head to other side and exhale through the nose under water. the element foffthe receipts is comparatively small. Nbw would Harry., when the show- Apwn came, knowing that the gate would he over a million dollars, ac- wept the measly cut? He probably would if he were so certain of beat Ing Dempsey as he appears to be Otherwise not Harry, if the present report is true, will be called upon next Tuesday to give a practical demonstration to Just how confident he is Chester Horton. | } By the Associated Press. ! W YORK. i | THE EVENING STA 1 | - (RUTH AND FINK DUE GERTRUDE Crawl PLAYGROUND MEET THINKING IS ESSENTIAI | i [ I £ 4 e — E 9 DUETOENDTODAY 1y PLAYING A GOOD GAME SRS | [§ I | b ¥ "EDERLE’S Stroke | Frankie Fink of Dallas, Tex., post-| e —— Imeet was to bhe resumed today. | poned last night because of the con- | | Telve events were' staged sesier | noon, will be put on tonight if condi- | Ihound broad jumps. 100-vard dash, tions' are favorable. ARTICLE 4 | untimited. and the 60-vard dash. $3\ Boy Finnezan in September. He has | & : o et don pT) met such fghters as Billy Petrolle. | HE crawl system of clementary schooling. about to he outlined, was | M€ representailyex of the other & evolved at’ the Women's Swimming Association of New York, and n b } ’F_",:!rrwn:a;\r;kmif!;t r:lh: latter beat 1 g seeking a competent teacher whenever possible, as expert | Ouier poini winnel G o guidance always insures more rapid progress. Cook, 10; Columbia Road. 91 in the ring business. Victories over ; | BillyPetrolle, Bobby Gar Mike, 3: Bloomingdal | speak for themselves. | record wus set, another equaled and In the preliminaries Tex Stovall {excellent time hung up in a number | Jack Turner tackles Willle Curry. | 0-vard dash in the 70-pound ¢ Phil Raymond boxes a man yet to be soconds to hetter the |8 seconds Botazzi of Plazi equaled | the mark set by Dick Jones of Foree | a new event on the plavground | m. beiween Heniamin Me favorite, supplied the principal thrill vesterd: abreast of \White with the finish line |about 30 feet aw From this point | #head of his rival by a few inches. [ The time, 2 minutes. 16 seconds. | Yesterday's recults follow NB-POUND CLASS. . WEDNESDAY., AUGUST 18, The scheduled 12-round bout be. | Weather permitting. competition in [ 8ttton of the arena and parking space | lo\ Instructor_of_Olympic_Team. | |day before rain called a halt. A nuip Fink is confident of beating Ruth | Shosilngim S pound class, were to be decided. ' | Bobby Burns, Frankie Garcla and Ace evol h I B chamilon Bed net o is ideally suited for self-instruction. Ruth’s record” shows him to be [ Eeaki g oo it Dundee. Johnny Dundee, Lew Mayrs, | meets Bud Nolun, who has fought the of events. named and Paul Healy mixes with I mark by 1.5 second. In negotiating | lin 1924 | Cullough of Garfield, a horse. | Runninz # heady race. McCullough. | [each strove desperately for the lead. was regarded us excellent considar "IR‘WMIHR‘ hl"flfirl Jump—We i i . . . . . empse a reeto Wi oul : r e es < IMISS WIS warns ains eanin SS NS 2 - | tween Babe Ruth ot Philadelphia and | ‘he third annual Interplayground ! By L. De B. Hand [after the showers of the late after. | {ber of relays. -pound and &% and clinchinz a match with Honey | The Crawl System of Elementat Plaza, with 14%2 points lead | Hudkins. He fought a draw with Nevertheless. beginners will |y nott: profit by among the leading junior lightweights | Burroughs, 4 R Red Chapman and Mike Ballerino Despita the sogzay track one new sencational Dert Colima three times: | o 3 . i _ Tinton of Henry | Pepco Barry. I the 70-yard dash. 115-pound class, in| stirring finish to the half-mile | and Charlie White of Georgetown. | hald back mast of the route, drawing 1 McCullough finally broaking the tape ne the heavy zol a Morist: | Henry | cision Con third a 3 ort 10 feet. ND CLASS 50-card dash—Won by Tipton second, Beucher. Hares: third. Mee. Time. 0:06 4 Running _broad jump—Waon Columbia " Road; second. Stultz. third. Admire. Johnson. Distance inchas. s Lawyers Still Busy. By the Associated Prees NEW YORK. August 1S.- representing Promoter Tex were hent on legal efforts today to zain a license for the heavvweight hoxing champion. Jack Dempsey. The econtemplated mandamus pro ceedings in the Statc Supreme Court imed at the license committee of the te Athletic Commission. On Mon- | day the committee refused to grant | Henrs Coolke be Baker Rysmate | 100-POUND CLASS B0-rard dash—Won by Nathanson. Cooke second. Rosenthal. Georgatown: third. Feld man. Bloomingdale. Time. 0:083% . Running high jump—Won by Ball. Pla: and’ Cansasea ' Johnson (tied): third. Wada. | Plaza. and. Harris, Columbia Road (tied) Helght. 4 feet 11 inches. 115-POUND CLAS 70-vard daxh—Won by Botazzi_ Plaza: sec ond.” Sweeney. Cooke: third. P. Kiernan Brookiand. Time. 0:08. ' Running high jump—Won bs Miller Co Tumb 03 _and Perkine “Burroughs {tied): whird. Keen." Cooke. Height." 5 feel 3 inches. r 4 STANCE AnD RIGHT FooT POSITIoN - FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. By the Associated Press TROY, N. Y.—Frankie Garcia, Los | Angeles featherweight, won the | judges’ decision over Joe Souza, New York (10). HARTFORD, Conn.-—Red Chapman, I l i i i | | | | | | UNLIMITED ©} Half-mile_run—Won by 1d: second. = White. Georgetown orb. Garfield. Time. 2:16. footing without floundering, simul- | taneously lift the head. press down There was the rumpus ahout the'h h ol . { S fel Setown " third e At Which | even. | both arms, flailing. boxing critics pre- | and Silvio Mireault, Montreal, boxed a Sh Tohnson-Jeffr | dict a rattling contest. draw (8). with both hands and bend and lower tually carried it into Nevada and he only leg to reach bottom. had trouble with the Dempsey-Car- FROM THE INSIDE Try the motionless glide tew pentier. Dempsey-Firpo and Firpo- | in the same way—you should always proceed from a push-off, body flat, in learning the crawl—but directly upon stretching out begin to thrash the legs up and down, so that one will rise as the other drops. Hold the legs fairly straight, but completely relaxed, that there may be a little play at knees and ankles. Keep the feet pointed and turned a trifle in-| That concludes ward. Confine the thrash to an open- | schooling. The rest of the novi ing of not more than 8 inches between | consists of gradually times, then take up the kick. Wills contests. There are some rumors that Rick- ard is about to change his mind and offer to present a Dempsey-Wills con- test. Willlam J. DBrady, theatrical producer. is said to have offered $500.- 000 to the champion if he will meet | the negro here in September. Rur Rickard's friends say that he will stage a Dempsey-Tunney contest at the Yankee Stadium on September 16, or there will be no heavyweight title bout this vear i i Attorneys for Rickard base their ac- tion on the opinion made public in Al bhany by Attorney General Ottinger that the license committee is beyond its power in refusing to license the champion after he had been declared eligible by the State Athletic Commis- sion. {little thought to the real meaning of each ball and its value as a part of : : | combination of strokes. The average NLIMITED teams of the Capital City Base Ball Leagye will hustle | club game can be brought up. ani up their series this week end with three Saturday games and a _rhoi\']e wue'rinx nl-.r the border line of heels. Make the action rather fasi.|perfecting the movements to comvly trio of double-headers on Sunday. ran . i e L e O b | but very easy, using a minimum of | With the action of the standard stroke | The match hetween the St Joseph's nine and Arlington. on | BUt even though vou gain « feelins effort. Go as far as you can on nne land its various parts will he taken the Virginians' diamond, should furnish the best base ball on the Saturday | ¢ .m“‘;) Erep bl e breath. {up n coming articles. card. Tn the other two games the Marlboro team tackles the Shamrocks | L : : s t e Shan very easy to fall under the spell of A couple of experiments should en- | (Covyricht. 1926.) |at Mount Rainier and the Knicks entertain Maryland Athletic Club at ‘mmnin;:lu! tennis. 1t will appear ’Heorgetown Hollow. from time to time a lstless and un | Knickerbockers and Shamrocks, win- | the best junior clash of the season,|decisive streak in the very best of I ners and runner-up. respectively, in . | last last season's sandlot race, prob- ably will be the center of attraction Sunday. They play a single game BY CORINNE FRAZIER: | lavenue, tl In the first tilt of the three.game |Bames. Tt is one of those things series Tefty | Stevens twirled - the |A8ainst which even the finished player at Friendship diamond on Wisconsin 4 : AT he Knicks having passed up HEN the junior tennis championships get under way next Mon- |a chance to perform on their home day. the doubles crown will be defended by the 1925 champions. | fleld. Georgetown Hollow. — where Freers to a 5-to-4 win. Last Sunday's [has to be eternally alert. Clara Alderton and Virginia Olmsted, who sent in their entries |homers are not so hard to get. They SR te | changing and CHAPTER XXX. BY JACK KEARNS. ESTERDAY [ described how 1 rehcarsed Dempsey to take the play away from Willard and how it won the title. I always made it a rule to study a man’s big move in a fight, and if you could hit on _ aplan to beat him to it you'd ruin him. Willard was the easiest of them ail. When Dempsey crossed him up Willard was a big farmer’s boy again. Trimmed of his pet scheme he was helpless. He couldn’t think quick enough after that. He wgs a “set up” when it came to outwitting him. I've been running a little ahead of my story, but it serves to show that the schooling behind the scenes was what really counted in this case. It absolutely brought Dempsey the world title. 1 The newspaper men had gathered in full force by | this time and Toledo was a lively place. There was | consternation among the best of the scribes when they saw Dempsey. He didn't look the 190 to 195 that T w claiming for him. As a matter of fact, I had never had him on the scales in front of anybody. 1 didn't dare. Jack weighed only 185, and, with Willard bearing down at 250, our cause would have been ex- ploited as a lost one and the gate would have suffered. KEARNS, I had to overcome that some way. So persistent S had been the requests to see Dempsey on the scales that I had to get around that and fool the boys some way. Seeing is be- Champlon Keeps Busy. Rt the Associated Press. ARATOGA SPRIN! N. Au- gust 18.—Refusal of the State Athlstic (ommission license commit. tee to grant Jack Dempsey a license for his hout with Gene Tunney has epnsed no change in the routine of the ehampion's training camp. Rather the lack of action on the part of the committee has served to put greater energy and speed into the training period at Dempsey's White Sulphur Springs camp. The cham- pion gave some indication of his eager- ness for the battle in his reception vesterday of Bud Gorman, Tunney's originally. Thursda be postponed until Fr Six Pioneer Girl Scouts, { panied by Mrs. ritt S. Miller, jr., schedule will match went 10 innings before the (Copyright. 1 vesterday. Florence Seward, holder of the singles fitle, 1t cx. |Chose to meet the Shamrock bats on | ington Post Building to complete ar-|won the service champlonship vester e b [ present twin bills. Maryland Athletic [ lague. Ax the leagues have voted| yyutralia will not competa for the pete, duc to absence from the city. This would have been Miss Berrall's | Georgetown Hollow. Park, Bankers’ and Terminal elrclit|tralians have not been competitors. who wish to enter the junior event y. Corinthians could even matters with | = Gl iisled shiie o MARINE NINE WINS TITLE. | Officers of the twilight leaguss win' PHILADELPHIA. August 13 (). gather tomorrow night at the Wash- | The Quantico Marines base ball team ity a lot that has as much outfield as|rangements for the annual post-season | day hy defeating the Navy nine, 5 to pected to defend her laurels also. although no word has heen received from | American League Park. | series that will be run this year in!2. in the third and deciding zame. her. Katherine Berrall. runner-up in the singles Jast Summer. who was! qne giher teams of Section A will | €o-operation with the Capital ¢ty ! —- picked by many as a possible winner this year. will be unable to com- ! | Club plays at Arlington, the St. Joe | 10 open the series next Monday it i3 pavig Cup this vear. Tt will mark the last opportunity to compete for the junior title, as she reaches the age |outfit goes to Mount Rainier and important that there be a full repre-{firat time since 1905, when they firat limit next year. | Marlboro meets Chevy Chase at|Sentation at the meeting. Potomac antered Davis Cup play, t the Aus- All girls under 18 years of age Tn Section B, Donohoe Motors .mdm;h‘z%ul—n hl;,nv-vnot Yot lbw;’ com. | ——— Lol | Rialtos, tied for the lead, play at |Pleted. while Commercial, Depart.| are_advised to report their entries | | Bladendhirg and_Henning Aeld, re.| mental and Government joops are| ~RADIATORS, FENQE!RDS to Hoover Bros. at 608 Fourteenth H O street. Entries should be accom- aceom- | The Rialtos are meeting | ready for the championship play-off. | | spectively. |the Anacostia Eagles. The Capitals chief sparring partner, who called at the champion's quarters. Dempsey told Gorman and the challenger's trainer. Lou Fink. and &roup of newspaper men, who had motored from Lake Pleasant. where the fightinz marine is quartered, that he would like to have Tunney visit the camp “tn sea what will happen next month in New York." Tate vesterday afternoon the ebampion had a sUff workont, with a round on the pnlley, a hrief of shadow-hoxing and a hout Jimmy Brown. negro middleweight Then, after a short clash, the cham- plon floored Phil Weisberger, heavy- welght sparring partner. Two other Jimmy Roberts, light heavyweight, and Johnny Saxon, welterweight, gave the champlon plenty of work, but. according to Dempsey. the real test of the day came when Robert Delfino, Argentine heavyweisht. took a lot of severe punishment from the ehampion’s sharp punches. Tunney in Fine Fettle. By the Ascociated Pross SPECULATOR. N —-After a rest from davs. Gene Tunney. heavyweight champion challenger, went back to his mauling today. He was on edge after the rest, and promised to set a fast pace for hix sparring partners. Although Tunnev has not boxed for two davs, he did not declare a holiday from his other conditioning He did & miles of road work yes. terday and as much today Inre of the water also called him, hnt not as a swimmer. He traveled 14 miles in a canoe on Lake Pleas- ant vesterds MISS SEARS BEATEN BY YOUNG RACKETER Re the Ascociated Press FOREST HILI Eleanc Sears of Boston, who add. ed to her athletic fame several menths ago by walking home from Providence on a wager, has found walking through the national wom- en's tennis championship here more difficuit She abandoned the effort vesterday when faced by a player almost un- known in national championship plav. Mildred Willard of Philadel- phia. The test came in the second round and Miss Sears was turned back. 86, 7—5 The favorites continued their march toward the titla forsaken by Helen Wills, but hefore Saturday 15 must drop out. Only Penelope Anderson of Richmond. Va. rankin player. had trouble. She was carried 10 three sets by Mrs. B. E. Cole of Boston, 6—0, 1—6, 6— Mre. Mol Mallory. Elizabeth Ryan. Mar K. Browne Eleanor Gose, Martha Bayard, Mrs. Charlotte Hosmer Chapin and Mrs. Hazel Hotehkise Wizhtman had rather easy vigoris. s Y. August 18 Y. August 18 with | boxing for two | The | Southern | ing the gate would be eliminated. | { He had put in two or three stiff davs. | He needed a let-up. and T decided to work an old trick of mine. 1 planned 10 put 15 pounds on Dempsev without actually having it on and in a way {not to infure him. Puts on Some Weight. |, ] gave him a day of rest. 1 told him to drink lots of water and milk and eat all the food that he cared to pack in. He followed my instructions. I knew that the water would never hurt him and that he’'d work it off in the next day's grind. All that day Dempsey poured water into himself. He drank when he wasn't thirsty, but he drank just the same. He got up the next morning and drank some more. He had rounded out until he looked like an alderman. The next ay the scribes were out in force. There had been no announcement of his going to be weighed in public. There was a great big coin scale on {the porch of the pavilion, and 1 schemed to have a dozen or more of the leading lights in sport writing around those scales by innocently challenging their ability to guess each other's weight. Big and little stars of the writing game were getting on and off the scales, and gradually each had registered_his poundage. Tad,” the New York Journal car- toonist and a famous authority on boxing, had just stepped off the scales to kid Hype Igoe of tha New York World about missing his guess as to Tad's” weight. to turn the trick. Dempsey, at my i signal, walked nonchalantly onto the porch. He had on a little red white and blue paper hat, a pair of short swimming trunks and canvas shoes. It was the nearest thing stripped that a man could be. Thought They Had Him. “Get on here, Jack. Now we've got vou dead to rights,” said Tad. “Let's see what vou weigh. can’'t hide out on us any more.” It was working beautifully. Demp- sey made as if to balk, and the insist- ing Tad was more than ever urgent. Finally Dempsey stepped on the scales and Tad dropped the penny to get the long-looked-for news. Slowly the big hand wriggled around until it rested on 201 pounds. They counldn't believe their eyes. 195 were upheld | You been tricked. usual weight. to 195 tomorrow. 1 told 3 weighed. Now do you beli Well, of cou sizzling around the country. eve me?” Willard after all. the next day when he came off the road he weighed 190. In two day: time Jack was back to his actual That was my spot | to being | lieving nine times out of ten, and I decided to give the writers a big e If T could build Dempsey’s weight up in their stories that danger of sparring partners, but there was Willard, a mile or so away, blocking and | laughing at the fellows who plunged in on him in his training. Jack had been working extra hard.|pounds. | | ) My stories of his being | They looked at me as if they had|off my ch “Jack's five pounds or so over his!has never He's been taking it |known. easy. boys, for a day. but he’ll be back | versions jof what happened that ® what he | want to jset the public right in the | I tried to steal the fight in . the news wentthe fir A 200-!4¢ pounder would be a match for big|ability I had put it over:| weight. and the day he entered the 28%a ring at Toledo-he-scalad.Just. “ | sey and Firpof fight. | Willard wasp't the only one out for a ful. urt- Jack was bowling over all of his That was and always;will be | his natural weight. He'll newer see the day that he will be in the condi- tion he was when he bumped sold Jess Willard off. T've known several fighters who could work that weight trick. mspectal. | Iy Cyclone Johnny Thompson, Billy Murray, Dal Hawkins and Mysterious Billy Smith. Not Tired—Just Resting. They've often spoken of {Jack's got- ting tired in thc second reund of his fight with Willard. He wasn't tired. He was resting up a bit, It took a lot of energy to upset Jess Willard seven times, and he entitled to a rest. He boxed a rektful round 1t/ would have | because I told him to. been silly to send Mim tearing proved that ond. The again. The third roun he bad rested in the best fighters that ever lived—Ketchel, Papke, Langford, Young Peter Jack- son and Fitzsimmons—were tired men if they had to do muach knocking down of opponents. r instance, I had Jack Donelly fightjJack Wade in Butte, Mont. ‘Wade knocked Dorjnelly down 10 times in the first ro: ,and 10 times in the second. Wi was a great right-hand hitter, oneyof the best that ever lived. In the third round Wade knocked Donnelly dagvn 4 times. And in the fourth Donnefly knocked Wade down and out with a back-hand punch to the jaw. It wasn't the punch so much as it was that Wade couldn't hold his hands up any more. He had tired himself wut completely try- ink to keep Donnglly on the floor. In the Toledo Jfight Dempsey had scored his knockdpwns as quickly and so close togethed that only one or two of the wrifiers got the correct | number of knogkdowns. It takes a careful man tof coolly record knock downs when a big ring tragedy is on | the boards. ey missed the coupt at Toledo and $he count at the Demp- | Things moved | too quickly forfthe best of the writers. I was resporsible, for I always in- sisted that Dgmpsey make it too fast for the bestyof them, including the man in froi of him. The knock- | downs rattled them all at Toledo. sail that day. Alwost Stole Fight. And now t about Toledo. story of that first round een told. T want it to be f'here have been so many T The tru, matter. ‘st pround and just missed doing But ffor the unshaken nerve and ‘Warren Barbour, the official timekee ger, Dempsey would have been crowned heavyweight king in the first initiated the new log cabin at Camp | and Do I want to get something | panied by the fee of $1 for singles and $1.50 a couple for doubles. Mermaids from the municipal pla; grounds will compete tomorrow aftel noon for {nterpool honors in the der the direction of ude Parker director of girls' activities, and (‘ora Bower, swimming instructor Girls who placed in one or more held recently in the Rosedale morrow’s meet, which begins at o'clock. Georgetown has won trophy for two years in succession and will make a determined effort to capture it a third time, giving them permanent possession. Rosedale is equally determined that the trophy shall grace that ground for the next 12 months, 8o some keen competition will result’ from the coming contest. * Swimmers 12 years and under are permitted to enter three events, Those over 13 years may compete in four, two races and two other events. ac. cording to the rules governing all pla ground meets for girls. i Helen Streeks, Rosedale’s strongst swimmer, is entered in the free styje side stroke, fancy diving and plunge for distance. Tone Whaler, the “hope of jGeorgetown. will swim ‘the" free e, back stroke, 2 v style, ¢ e. fancy diving and Other com follows: 13-year class, free style—Geoy aler “and” Catherine Frengelc Ry, Helen Streeks, Holo et Side -::'en'p—c""leo':'-g‘}z’;v'v'n,“gng."m e zel and Gladys Ballinge Strseks, Margaret Callion and Eather petitors are entered as fetomn. lone elen opione | Whaler. e iy Rosed ary O'Connor and Marsensi b '::;:"( S na King. Edna Hm.-k PR RQ—(,,m)e.c!:kllown Clara Wren and Joues stroke—Georget o heima Gooding fi:l"!d‘:;: e Rufina King and Ellen Swingle. idle race—Gebrieiown. : and Vi 3 Anne Hickes: Dorothy ‘Bien Bre, d T} ones. Rosedale sses. plunge—Georgetown. Tone . Cathering 'Franzel and . Mirs berger: Rosedale, Helen Streeks: Glade, Swahrand Helen fvin”” S iving for ‘objecte—Geargetawn, Ballinger. Sadie Kiatii and EatherineCHaa zel; Rosedale. Mary O'Connor. 5!"; Mll";r’l Hicley 'ane; iving—Georgeiown. lone W] arie_McKernan and Helen Cooper Yi‘:“fl’ Hel:n Streeks, Gladys Spahr and M. fton. lvml—(i '\;"r’”".nfl Clara ng and Margaret Hamberger: daie. Gertrude Hay L garet Simne). Beginners’ berg. Sylvia Baronson Hosedals. Barbara Baril ah Mulbers Interplayground tennis which were due to start this morn Rose. Gladys Spahr and Mar. and Theima Abell Runell Stork and courts, according to Miss Parker. Play will begin tomorrow morning, round fpllowing that seventh knock- down. {Wait until the next chapter f unless further rain prevents. The schedule of matches carded for today will be played off tomorrow morning pitcher is delivering in the fgur spections. a3--announced’ -other ‘Jeesds.. he may, / the | Thelma ‘Good- | Georgetown tank at the annual inter. | Ments for the Pioneer playground swim to be conducted un. | With an intensive training course at three days of | events of the two preliminary meets | Ellen and | Whit Georgetown pools will compete in to- | Woodley I must | with | the curve ball in 1867—59 years ago. Adventure. Kensington, Md.. vester- day when they encamped there for a three-dav stay. The cabin was com pleted by these Scouts last week and they are rounding out their require- the camp their stay Miller. Those in the groun are Lois Hall Anderson. lulia Bell. Julia v Lydia Hunt and during the under the gnidance of Mr Susie Kettner, Minnie Baggstt and Helen Curtain. three Weightman playground athletes, the tests in balancing, racing, hiking. 208l throwing and folk dancing. Scout degree | Adelaide | play at Kenilworth in a third contest. Auth tossers will seek their seventh Vic Gauzza, president of the Com mercial Teague. has called a meeting | of his officers and managers for to- | straight win in Section € when they meet the Modocs at Washington Ba ‘acks. The Concordians go to Rive: dale for a crack at the Stephen nine. Two double-headers are listed for nday in the Northern Virginia loop. two games with the s von Village. while Hume Spring goes to Ballston for a {twin bill. Addison vs. Fort t Fort Myer and Glen Carlyn Virginla White Sox at Hume Spring are the other games scheduled | The final game of the Corinthian- received their | Kreer play-off for the junior cham-| bronze efficiency badges for passing | pionship of the Capital City League, | scheduled for East Ellipse diamond Sunday at 3 o'clock. promises to be P ot Manager of the UESTION : Answer: A pitcher who al that section gives the first that comes his way, and th man on the club. Question. How do vou learn a batter's weakness? Answer. You and yvour catcher work together remembering what ball a certain batter hits best and what one he fails on. He'll make a pitcher worry. Question. Who threw the first rothy Bishoff and Catherine | curve Answer. Arthur Cummings, a Brooklyn amateur player, is credited first discovering and throwing = Wren. | worked in the box can he under any ca——Georgetown. Lillie Green. | ing, were held up because of wet | righ Since then many new discoveries have Flazel Wolfe | heen made, most noted probably belng i} L A5 L B ANERION B, e n | Christy Mathewson's femous fade- away ball Question. After a pitcher has | circumstances return to the box in the sume game? { Answer. |but stays in the game at some other position he can later return to the box in the same game. matches, | jaft the game he capnot. Can a batter bat both left in one time at the | Question. and plat Answer. Yes. The hatter change over from right to left vided he doesn't do so ile the may The batter | Hazel Wolfe and Ada | that is hardest to pitch to is the ona | If a pitcher quits the box | But if he has | the ball. In y BOYS CLUB BY JACK HENDRICKS, Cincinnati Reds. ways covers first base on balls hit to baseman a chance to field everything e pitcher practically becomes a tenth | ball pitched from the right side and then cross over to the left and bat lat the second bail. 'FARRELL, WITH 142, TOPS IN GOLF TEST | By the Associated Press. ' GARDEN CITY, N. Y.. August 18 Johnny Farrell "of Quaker Ridge showed the way In the eastern district [tests for the national professional | champlonship with | holes. Eleven players were to qualify. but i two are still in question after 12 extra end to the struggle. The 12 holes {found Fred Canausa. Joe Turnesa, John Golden and Arthur Demane | deadlocked at 152. Tn the playoff Golden was successful while Canausa tailed. Turnesa and Demane will play oles today for the other place. The leaders: nny Farrell_Quajer Rid R i B | Leo Diegsl. New York. . | Tomr-y Harmon. Hudson River J'm Burnes. Rockwood Hall. .. Gene Sarazen. Fresh Meadow Pat Doyle. Fimatord . . Rehl iy Prorsress 1 Poor est Poin | 18 h Arthur Dem. lz.hg Goiden, Myer | VK. 146 for the 36 | night at Atla | Hess tossers have hooked the Sea man Gunner nine for a game tomor row. National Circle base ballers, win-) | ners over Eastport last Sundav. wifl | invade Berwvn's bailiwick on the com- ing Sabbath. | |STECHER SNAPS RIBS i By the Assoviated Press. i SAN FRANCISCO. August 13— | Joe Stecher. claimant of the world's wrestling champlonship, defeated | John Freiberg of Sweden here last | night. Stecher pinned Freiberg's shoulders | to the mat after an hour and 15 | minutes of wrestling, and at the | same time broke two of his op- | ponent's ribs with his famed bedy scissors. Frelberg was unable | what was to have been a out-of-three match Wiadek Zbyszko. I to. continue two-falls- Pole. defeated What do they mean by the “tenth man on a ball club”? | Dan Koloff, the “Balkan Lion." one | fall. | | :Wire”and Disc Wheels 'W. S. Kenworthy & Co. [1617-19 14th St. N.W. North 441 Service and Parts Tires, Tubes and Repairing TODAY BASE BALL 2% AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Detroit TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 AM. | | | i | | Wallace Motor Co. 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